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QING CHAO XI HUA JUAN: [EROTIC] PAINTED SCROLL OF THE QING DYNASTY. SIGNED: "XU by XU, Zeng-Shing

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Seller: Rare Oriental Book Company, ABAA, ILAB - AN ART AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COMPANY

Title: QING CHAO XI HUA JUAN: [EROTIC] PAINTED SCROLL OF THE QING DYNASTY. SIGNED: "XU
Author: XU, Zeng-Shing
Seller: Rare Oriental Book Company, ABAA, ILAB - AN ART AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COMPANY (United States)
Description: [China n.d. ca. late 18-early 19 century]. Silk mounted hand scroll, brocade gold silk cover, purple silk ribbon tie, lovely lacquer & mother-of-pearl ends, 2.2 meters long, 25 cm. wide continuous color painting on paper, stiff backing. *** *** *** . . . A GREAT QING DYNASTY HAND-PAINTED EROTIC SCROLL . . . SIGNED BY THE ARTIST XU, WITH HIS SEAL . . This is a charming and lovely hand painted scroll from the Great Qing Dynasty [1644-1912]. It shows ten "positions" of making love. The work begins as a series of views showing a couple engaging in different positions of love- making: while reclining on a wooden lounge. . * Each view shows the couple in degrees of partial nudity, revealing their genitals and the shows the woman's lovely "Golden Lotus" or bound feet. In between some views are flowers, or a young girl attendant who assisting in pushing the master while he pumps the object of his affection, also shown is a pair of tiny Pekinese dogs making love. The last scene shows the old master with two girls as he engages both. The girls have beautiful and traditional coiffeur with flowers or other hair decorations, they all wear lovely silk embroidered gowns, and wear jewelry. . * An early work done in light pastel gouache, a skillful hand with much attention to detail. By and large a very nice example of Chinese erotic painting. The style is that of the late 18th or early 19th century. . * CONDITION: A bit of minor restoration at the edges, with a few small holes or cracks, but with solid backing. Please review the photos posted to our website. . * Please request our erotic Chinese art catalog for other original art works, painted pieces, references and similar items. . *** REFERENCES: A. Franzblau: EROTIC ART OF CHINA. * Etiemble: AN ESSAY ON EROTICISM & LOVE IN ANCIENET CHINA. * M. DeSmedt: CHINESE EROTISM. DREAMS OF SPRING: Erotic Art in China. * M. Beurdeley: CHINESE EROTIC ART. * J. Byron: PORTRAIT OF A CHINESE PARADISE, et al. ***.

The Comic Almanac (Complete) by Cruikshank, George

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Seller: Thorn Books

Title: The Comic Almanac (Complete)
Author: Cruikshank, George
Seller: Thorn Books (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: London: Tilt and Bogue, 1853. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. NIneteen volumes comprising the complete first and second series. Bound in full crimson morocco by Riviere and son; spines in six compartments with raised bands, gilt titles, gilt inner dentelles, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers. With the color engraved bookplates of Chales Cobb Walker. And also with a music conservatory blindstamp at the base of each title page and another page near the end, varying with the volume. Otherwise this is a fine set, and profusely illustrated by Cruikshank. Wrappers are bound in, although the 1835 edition has wrappers from 1842. Three frontispieces with contemporary coloring, otherwise uncolored, as called for. Ads present in a few volumes. The last five volumes have folding frontispieces. Cohn, 183, who notes that there we frequent reissues in volume form. .

Household Words; All The Year Round by Dickens,Charles; Wilkie Collins, Mrs. Gaskell, Anthony Trollope, Charles Lever, Contributors

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Title: Household Words; All The Year Round
Author: Dickens,Charles; Wilkie Collins, Mrs. Gaskell, Anthony Trollope, Charles Lever, Contributors
Seller: Thorn Books (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: London: n.p. (Chapman and Hall), 1868. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. First volume edition. 16 volumes for Household Words; 20 volumes for All the year Round; 36 8vo volumes in all. All but two of the volumes are ex-college library in modern buckram, gilt spine titles. Library markings are: shelf numbers on spines; pencil numbers on upper left corners of titles pages; two line rubber stamp on textblock edges. Volumes 14 and 16 of Household Words are contemporary half leather, marbled paper boards, similarly ex-library. Generally very good to near fine but with occasional foxing and staining. First appearances of Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations, and The Moonstone, the first detective story. Shipping at cost. .

Kit'im Haggadah shel Pesach [Passages of a Passover Haggadah] by (Haggadah)

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Seller: James Cummins Bookseller

Title: Kit'im Haggadah shel Pesach [Passages of a Passover Haggadah]
Author: (Haggadah)
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller (United States)
Condition: Stapled self wrappers. Foxing and browning
Description: Binyamina [Palestine]: Beit Hasefer Ha'anani B'Binyamina, 1947. Mimeographed. Illustrated. 15 leaves, printed recto only. 4to. Stapled self wrappers. Foxing and browning. Mimeographed. Illustrated. 15 leaves, printed recto only. 4to. An extraordinary survival: a passover haggadah mimeographed at a school in Binyamina (near Haifa) toward the end of World War II, containing passages from the traditional seder service interspersed with poetry, writings and illustrations concerning the war. Binyamina was the location of a large refugee camp (Mahanot Olim) for Jews fleeting the Holocaust. Unrecorded in OCLC and not mentioned in Nathan Steiner's Haggadot Kibbutziyot.

Memorable Women of the Puritan Times (in 2 vols.) by Anderson, Rev. James

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Seller: Whitmore Rare Books

Title: Memorable Women of the Puritan Times (in 2 vols.)
Author: Anderson, Rev. James
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Description: London: Blackie & Son, 1862. First edition. Original publisher's cloth bindings embossed in blind and stamped with gilt to spines. Yellow endpapers. Spines uniformly sunned, with a bit of rolling to volume I, else tight and pleasing. Armorial bookplate of the late 19th century collector Henry Birkbeck to front pastedown of each; contemporary ownership monogram dated 1862 to front endpaper of volume II. Light scattered foxing to preliminaries and terminal leaves; volume I entirely uncut and both volumes clean and unmarked. Collating iv, [1, blank], 408, 16; [6, 408, 16: complete, including half titles and publishers catalogues to both. OCLC reports a surprising number of libraries with only one of the two volumes; the present is the only copy on the market. "The Puritan times embrace the most interesting and instructive period in the annals of English history. Prolific in characters distinguished by great intellectual powers, combined with apostolic simplicity and piety...and detailing struggles for civic and religious liberty." Though the period, as described by the Rev. James Anderson, was a crucial one, often the contributions of women remain overlooked. To that end, he submits "this series of female biographies, embracing the lives of women belonging to or connected with the Puritan party." Anderson's nod to women in these volumes is part of a larger project -- in fact, he published Ladies of the Reformation as well as Ladies of the Covenant before the present work. In working to uncover women's contributions and familiarize readers with the central role of women in religious history, Anderson acknowledges that women as consumers had become a driving force in the book market. During this period, a rash of "female biographies" had begun to appear; these, mostly, emphasizing the roles of women in developing the novel genre, or as political leaders. To valorize them within the religious sphere was a notably progressive move. A total of 26 women appear here, each with a chapter dedicated to her background and contributions. Multiple of the included women have connections to key male figures such as Oliver Cromwell and John Bunyan -- reminding readers of the role women play in shaping their families' educations and spirituality. The absence of women who have become well known in our own times -- including those unmarried, such as Hannah More-- give us the opportunity to examine how or why women rise to historical prominence in different times.

Colorants benzidine sur files de coton by BAYER, Friedrich & Co.

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Seller: Ursus Books

Title: Colorants benzidine sur files de coton
Author: BAYER, Friedrich & Co.
Seller: Ursus Books (United States)
Description: 1913. BAYER, Friedrich & Co. Colorants benzidine sur files de coton. Volume 1 (of 2). 43 pp., with 206 mounted fabric samples. 8vo, 206 x 158 mm, publisher's cloth. Leverkusen: Societe anonyme des produits Fred. Bayer et Cie, 1913. A wonderful copy of this early twentieth-century work on dyeing, which is enlivened by the presence of 206 tipped-in fabric samples. It's rarity is attested to by the fact that OCLC lists only a copy of both volumes in the BN and of Volume 2 in Denmark.

L' Art des Jardins. Traite General de la Composition des Parcs et Jardins by Andre, E - GARDENING - LANDSCAPE

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Title: L' Art des Jardins. Traite General de la Composition des Parcs et Jardins
Author: Andre, E - GARDENING - LANDSCAPE
Seller: Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
Condition: Very good with some light sunning to the spine; one text leaf with a repaired tear (no loss).
Description: Paris: G Masson, [1879]. First Edition.. Original publisher's crimson cloth over bevelled boards.. Very good with some light sunning to the spine; one text leaf with a repaired tear (no loss).. Royal 8vo, [8], [iii] - viii, [1] - 888 pp. + frontispiece & 9 full and double page inserted color lithographs of garden designs accompanied by numerous other text illustrations. An important source for modern gardening and the foundation book for the so called mixed style. A book that was used throughout Europe and England in the late 19th century (color plate 8 of the book illustrates Sefton Park in Liverpool, designed by the author). Appended to the comprehensive text is a list of public and private parks (there are 30 private parks listed for the USA). Springer #76.

The Disappearance of General Jason (First UK Edition) by P.C. Wren

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Seller: Royal Books

Title: The Disappearance of General Jason (First UK Edition)
Author: P.C. Wren
Seller: Royal Books (United States)
Description: London: John Murray, 1940. First Edition. First Edition, preceding all others. Very Good plus in a Very Good example of the scarce dust jacket. Light foxing along the edges and to the interior leaves. Jacket chipped to the crown, repaired with tape on the verso, and lightly foxed overall.

Report of the Proceedings, on the Petition of Mrs. Sarah M. Jarvis, for a Divorce from her Husband, Rev. Samuel F. Jarvis, D. D., L. L. D. Before a Committee of the Legislature of Connecticut

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Title: Report of the Proceedings, on the Petition of Mrs. Sarah M. Jarvis, for a Divorce from her Husband, Rev. Samuel F. Jarvis, D. D., L. L. D. Before a Committee of the Legislature of Connecticut
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
Description: Hartford: Review Press, 1839. String-Bound pamphlet; 116 pages; G; age toning to pages, foxing to pages, bending along fore edge and at corners, black marks near fore edge of front cover, "1905" in pen on front cover; RW; Shelved Room A. 1358247. Special Collections.

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BACK IN THE WORLD : STORIES [signed] by Wolff, Tobias, 1945-

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Title: BACK IN THE WORLD : STORIES [signed]
Author: Wolff, Tobias, 1945-
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9780395354162
Description: Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1985. Hardcover. Octavo, 221 pages. In Good plus condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine is black with white print. Dust jacket in mylar; light edge wear. Price unclipped: “$15.95. Boards quarter bound with black cloth to spine and grey paper to boards. Text block has light spotting to edges. Laid in: publisher ephemera including a b&w photograph of author. Inscribed in ink by the author on the title page. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column V. 1401675. FP New Rockville Stock.

The Oriental Rug [limited/SIGNED edition] by Balakian, Peter

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Seller: ReadInk

Title: The Oriental Rug [limited/*SIGNED* edition]
Author: Balakian, Peter
Seller: ReadInk (United States)
Condition: Very Good+
Description: Lewisburg PA: The Press of Appletree Valley. 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. (brick-orange paper-covered boards; no dust jacket, probably as issued) [light foxing to front-cover paper lable, faint stain at right edge of front cover, small black smudge on rear cover]. This short poem (reprinted from the November 1985 issue of "Poetry" magazine), illustrated with four beautiful linoleum cuts, was the third of four limited editions of this Armenian-American poet's works to be issued by this small press. Balakian won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Laid in to this copy is Christmas card (apparently sent to the book's one-time owner), containing a brief poem ("I Sing of a Maiden") and illustrated on the front by a wood engraving by Barnard Taylor; handwritten inside is "Greetings of the Season from Ann and Barnard." (The card, also printed at The Press of Appletree Valley, is in Near Fine condition, the only blemish being a tiny brown stain at the right edge of the front.) (linoleum cuts) SIGNED on the limitation page by the author/poet and the illustrator; "Designed and printed at The Press of Appletree Valley. The binding is by Pam and Don Rash. This is copy number: O." [It's unclear whether that handwritten number is a zero or the letter O.] Author & Illustrator . Signed by Author & Illustrator .

[MINIATURE BOOKS] SAMUEL ADAMS. FIREBRAND OF THE REVOLUTION by Alexander Winston

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Title: [MINIATURE BOOKS] SAMUEL ADAMS. FIREBRAND OF THE REVOLUTION
Author: Alexander Winston
Seller: Black Swan Books, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Near Fine binding
Description: Owl House Press, 2010. Full Leather. Near Fine binding. Numbered 52 of 150 copies. A history of the famous revolutionary and Founding Father. With a few reproduction illustrations of portraits. Blue leather with gilt lettering. 4.8 x 4.0 cm. Near Fine binding.

The Blade: the cutting edge of change [five issues]

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Title: The Blade: the cutting edge of change [five issues]
Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description: Irvine, CA, 1976. Newspaper. Issues 1-5 of the tabloid format newspaper published by Third World student activists at UC Irvine. Each has a horizontal fold, the last issue has a phone number penned on the cover.

A Decent, Orderly Lynching The Montana Vigilantes by Allen, Frederick

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Title: A Decent, Orderly Lynching The Montana Vigilantes
Author: Allen, Frederick
Seller: Americana Books ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9780806136516
Condition: Very good
Description: Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2004. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo. xxiv, [1], 421 pages. Illustrated. Brown leather? binding with stamped title on the front cover and spine. All edges gilt. Limited, numbered edition of 250 copies. This is number 42. Signed by the author on the limitation page.

Millard Sheets: Recent Watercolours by -

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Title: Millard Sheets: Recent Watercolours
Author: -
Seller: Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Collectible; Fine
Description: London: Arthur Tooth & Sons, 1964. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. The catalogue based on the June 1964 exhibition at London's Arthur Tooth & Sons Gallery. Clean and Near Fine in its stapled, pictorial wrappers.

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Old Brooklyn in Early Photographs, 1865 - 1929 by Younger, William Lee

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Seller: Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB

Title: Old Brooklyn in Early Photographs, 1865 - 1929
Author: Younger, William Lee
Seller: Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
ISBN: 9780486235875
Condition: VG- with light creasing to covers. Very interesting inscription inside to Clare Boothe Luce on her 75th birthday. from Adele Men
Description: New York: Dover Publications, 1978. Softcover. VG- with light creasing to covers. Very interesting inscription inside to Clare Boothe Luce on her 75th birthday. from Adele Menken, sister of artist/film-maker Marie Menken Maas (poet Willard Maas's wife).. Brown ill. wraps. 160 pp. 157 bw plates. Offers a rare glimpse of the developments of 19th century Brooklyn. The lengthy inscription to Mrs. Luce is from Adele Menken, sister of artist/film-maker Marie Menken Maas (poet Willard Maas's wife). Adele explains that the home where the Maases lived when Marie retired from Time, Inc., as a clerk in the foreign department, is pictured in this book. The Luces owned Time, Inc.

Greenes Newes both from Heaven and Hell by B. R. 1598 and Greenes Funeralls by R. B. 1594. Reprinted from the Original Editions with Notes Etc by R. B. McKerrow

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Title: Greenes Newes both from Heaven and Hell by B. R. 1598 and Greenes Funeralls by R. B. 1594. Reprinted from the Original Editions with Notes Etc by R. B. McKerrow
Seller: McBlain Books (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Stratford upon Avon: Shakespeare Head Press, 1922. Re-issued reprint. Hardcover. Very Good. index, xii, 96p. Original clorth backed green boards. 22 cm. Front endpaper split at hinge. Modest foxing (heaviest on outer eaves). Moderate cover soiling. No jacket. This reprint was first published by Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd in 1911 and re-issued by Shakespeare Head Press in 1922.

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Score by Ryan, Kennedy

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Seller: Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB

Title: Score
Author: Ryan, Kennedy
Seller: Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN: 9781538769652
Condition: New
Description: New. New book.

GNUGNOME GNUS by Gnu Gnome Press

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Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY

Title: GNUGNOME GNUS
Author: Gnu Gnome Press
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY (United States)
Description: GNUGNOME GNUS, Gnu Gnome Press, 1994, first edition, fine. One page folded to make four with an additional insert consisting of an order form for their first book publication, SKYCLIMBER by Ray Gallun. Apparently the first publication from this new house whose eldest partner is none other than David Kyle of Gnome Press was never produced.

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