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The Young Abolitionists; or Conversations on Slavery by [Brown, William Wells]; Jones, J. Elizabeth

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Title: The Young Abolitionists; or Conversations on Slavery
Author: [Brown, William Wells]; Jones, J. Elizabeth
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Description: Boson: Published at The Anti-Slavery Office, 1848. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Signed by William Wells Brown on the first blank page and inscribed to "Joseph Potter from his friend [signed] Wm W. Brown / Taunton Oct. 18, 1848." William Wells Brown was an American abolitionist, novelist, playwright, and historian. Born into slavery near Mount Sterling, Kentucky, he escaped to Ohio in 1834 at the age of 19. He settled in Boston, Massachusetts, where he worked for abolitionist causes and became a prolific writer. While working for abolition, Brown also supported a number of causes including temperance, women's suffrage, pacifism, prison reform, and an anti-tobacco movement. His first novel, Clotel, published in 1853, is considered by most scholars to be the first novel published by an African American. Bound in publisher's original brown cloth ornately stamped in blind and decorated in gilt. Near Fine with light wear and soiling to cloth, rubbing at corners and spine ends. Pages tanned, sporadically foxed and with a light cigar-smoke odor. A didactic novel for children about a Northern white family and their experiences with slavery and the abolition movement. Jones was known for her abolitionist views and traveled throughout New England, Pennsylvania, and Ohio as a lecturer in support of Garrisonian abolitionism.

Modo brevissimo da far orioli orizontali, et verticali by Grassi, Orazio, S.J. (1583-1654)

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Title: Modo brevissimo da far orioli orizontali, et verticali
Author: Grassi, Orazio, S.J. (1583-1654)
Seller: Liber Antiquus (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: Italy: 17th c.. Hardcover. Fine. 17th c. manuscript in Italian on paper, illustrated with five diagrams, one of them tipped in. Bound in modern marbled boards. Leaves skillfully re-margined. Shine-through and occasional ink blots. From the collection of Robert B. Honeyman (1979, III, n°1195). A practical manual for making sundials, both horizontal and vertical. The last sentence ("ex Patre Horatio Grassio Socie[tatis] Jesu.") indicates that the text is the work of the Jesuit mathematician, astronomer, and architect, Father Orazio Grassi, famous for his dispute with Galileo over the nature of comets (1618-1619) and as architect of the Church of Sant' Ignazio in Rome. The sundial was a key scientific instrument and the Jesuits, whose churches, colleges, gardens, and observatories were outfitted with them, were among the foremost experts in their design and use. They designed and supervised the construction of numerous dials for the papacy, for noble patrons, and as gifts for foreign rulers (such as those brought to China and presented to the Wanli Emperor by Matteo Ricci, S.J.). The Jesuit Orazio Grassi (1583-1654) distinguished himself as an architect, mathematician, physicist, and a designer of instruments. He studied in Rome at the Jesuit Collegio Romano, where from 1604 to 1606 he attended the "Mathematical Academy" of the Jesuit astronomer Christoph Clavius, a leading expert on horology and on the premier instrument of that science, the sundial. From 1616 to 1628 Grassi held the chair of mathematics at his alma mater. There he taught astronomy, optics, and architecture and conducted scientific research. Grassi wrote at least two unpublished works on sundials, both of which survive in manuscript: "Tractatus tres de sphera, de horologis ac de optica", 1617, and "In primum librum de architectura M. Vitruvii et in nonum eiusdem De horologiorum solarium descriptione duo brevissimi tractati", 1624 (Milan, Biblioteca nazionale Braidense, AF.IX.33) This manuscript has not been compared with either text.

Cuban Cookery. Gastronomic Secrets of the Tropics, with an Appendix on Cuban Drinks by [Cook Books]. [Cuba]. De Baralt, Blanche Z.

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Title: Cuban Cookery. Gastronomic Secrets of the Tropics, with an Appendix on Cuban Drinks
Author: [Cook Books]. [Cuba]. De Baralt, Blanche Z.
Seller: McBride Rare Books (United States)
Condition: Very good.
Description: Havana, 1931. Very good.. 150pp. Stiff black cloth covers, printed paper label on front board. Front cover vertically creased, light wear to boards; remnants of glassine stuck to covers. Contemporary inscription on front flyleaf. Internally clean. In a custom clamshell box. First edition of the first Cuban cook book published in English. Blanche Zacharie de Baralt (1865-1950) was born in New York; she married Luis Alejandro Baralt y Peoli in 1886, and the couple moved to his native Cuba in 1900. She earned a PhD in philosophy from the University of Havana in 1902, and went on to translate the poetry of Tagore and to write a book on Jose Marti. She also published this volume, which was clearly geared toward the tourist market, with the introduction emphasizing the idea of taking home the tastes of one's holiday abroad. Each chapter heading has an illustration, and these were drawn by Federico Edelmann and Conrad W. Massaguer (the one above the section for beans appears to show a cowboy riding along in a cloud of gas). Notably, this work contains several important Cuban cocktails including the first appearance of the mojito, referred to here as a Rum Cocktail or Cuban Mojo. Rare in the true first edition.

Nouveaux Contes populaires…Traduits de l’Anglais par Mme Élise Voïard by EDGEWORTH, Maria

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Title: Nouveaux Contes populaires…Traduits de l’Anglais par Mme Élise Voïard
Author: EDGEWORTH, Maria
Seller: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description: Four vols. Small 8vo, cont. green sheep-backed green boards maroquiné, single gilt fillet round sides, flat spines gilt. Paris: P. Baudouin, 1835. First edition in French of this collection of four short novels by Edgeworth (1767-1849). Élise Voïart (1786–1866), translator of many English and German works into French, was also a novelist. Fine set, signed by Prince Dietrichstein on the free front endpapers. WorldCat locates no set in North America.

Catalogue de la Vente qui aura lieu par suite du Décès de C. F. Daubigny (6 May 1878 & subsequent days) by (DAUBIGNY, Charles François)

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Title: Catalogue de la Vente qui aura lieu par suite du Décès de C. F. Daubigny (6 May 1878 & subsequent days)
Author: (DAUBIGNY, Charles François)
Seller: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description: xiii, 85 pp. 4to, cont. red morocco-backed marbled boards, collector’s name on spine. Paris: 1878. Scarce fully priced catalogue, dispersing the collection and studio of painter Daubigny (1817-78). Nicely bound and in fine condition. With the invitation card for the sale bound-in. ❧ Lugt 38360.

Il zodiaco di Dendara illustrato by Testa

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Title: Il zodiaco di Dendara illustrato
Author: Testa
Seller: Jeremy Norman & Co., Inc. (United States)
Description: Genoua: Ponthenier, 1822. [Testa, Domenico (1746-1852).] Il zodiaco di Dendara illustrato. [8], xvii, 62pp. Folding plate. Genoa: Tipografia Ponthenier, 1822. 202 x 121 mm. (uncut and largely unopened). Original plain blue wrappers, upper third of spine splitting, minor spotting. Small lacuna in upper right corner of title, but very good to fine. First Edition. An illustrated description of the Dendara Zodiac, an Egyptian bas-relief that originally formed part of the ceiling of a temple dedicated to Osiris in Egypt's Dendera temple complex. The circular sculpture, now in the Louvre, depicts the constellations of the zodiac, some in their familiar Greco-Roman representations and others in a more Egyptian form. It also shows the five planets known to the Egyptians in a configuration identified as having occurred in the summer of 50 BCE, together with depictions of the lunar eclipse of 25 September 52 BCE and the solar eclipse of 7 March 51 BCE. This evidence has enabled modern astrophysicists to date the Dendara Zodiac to between 15 June and 15 August BCE; however, the Zodiac's age was a source of controversy in the 19th century, with estimates ranging from 2500 BCE to 147 CE. .

Traite des Hors-D'oeuvre & Savoureux. Nouvelle edition. Dessins de Froment by Helie, Auguste

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Title: Traite des Hors-D'oeuvre & Savoureux. Nouvelle edition. Dessins de Froment
Author: Helie, Auguste
Seller: Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink (United States)
Description: Paris: Bibliotheque de L'Art Culinaire, 1897. Octavo, 79, [2] pages. Advertisements. Later edition; stated "Nouvelle edition". An interesting collection of hors d'oeuvres by the author of Traite General de la Cuisine Maigre, and published by the journal L'Art Culinaire. Includes recipes for deviled haddock, rice and parmesan croquettes, and Norwegian anchovies with eggs. Near very good, with some age-toning throughout. In printed paper boards over a black cloth spine. Scarce.

Artistic Cooking by Yang Ling-Fu

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Title: Artistic Cooking
Author: Yang Ling-Fu
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Condition: Color illustrated cream wraps, 4-hole stab sewn. Very good
Description: China: Self Published, 1939. Sewn binding. Color illustrated cream wraps, 4-hole stab sewn. Very good. 43 pages. 21 x 14.5 cm. An early 20th-century work on Chinese cooking by an artist, poet and culinary instructor. Born in China, Yang came to the United states in the 1920s to study art in Philadelphia. She later taught language, art and cooking classes in a range of institutions, including the University of California, Stanford University, and the Defense Language Institute at the Presidio in Monterey. The volume features recipes drawn from imperial cuisine, Mandarin traditions, renowned restaurants and regional home cooking across China. Covers creased and rubbed. Interior very lightly foxed.

President Ho Chi Minh, May 19, 1890-September 3, 1969

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Title: President Ho Chi Minh, May 19, 1890-September 3, 1969
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Description: [Hanoi: printed at the Tien Bo Printing House, distributed by Xunhasaba, 1969. First edition in English (also printed in Russian, French, Chinese and Spanish), folio, pp. 36, [4]; numerous illustrations throughout, printed music; very good in original pictorial wrappers. A tribute to the late leader of North Vietnam, issued as a special supplement to the English edition of the periodical Viet-nam.

The Copper Box by Fletcher, J.S.

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Title: The Copper Box
Author: Fletcher, J.S.
Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
Condition: Very Good/Near Fine
Description: New York: George H. Doran Company, 1923. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo, 338pp. Beautiful First American Edition. Bound in mustard-colored cloth with titles and decoration stamped in black on front board and spine. Square and tight with little or no wear save some softness to spine ends. Scattered foxing to pages and fore-edge. Attractive unclipped, though unpriced, dust-jacket has chipping, nicks, rubbing and closed tears. Soiling to spine and rear panel. Still sharp and complete. A very pretty collectable copy of an uncommon title, particularly in jacket. (Hubin, p.145).

The Abiding of Ume (Ume No Kakurega) by Sawyer, Edith A.

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Title: The Abiding of Ume (Ume No Kakurega)
Author: Sawyer, Edith A.
Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: New York: John Lowell Pratt, 1932. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Large 12mo. 174pp. Introduction by Viscount Saito, Prime Minister of Japan. Beautiful First Edition bound in original maroon cloth with spine and cover titles stamped in black. A bit of rubbing to spine ends and tips but a square, clean and tight copy. A few spots on top page edges. Very attractive unclipped wrapper, ($2.00 in middle of front flap), has some soiling and chipping to edges and tips. Spine toning. Still solid and bright. Adventure/Romance in Feudal Japan. Sequel to The Way of Ume. Inscribed by the author on the ffep. "To Mr. Nelson Stille, Ume's Godfather as it were. Edith A. Sawyer, Dec. 7th, 1932.

THE OLD WIVES' TALE by BENNETT, Arnold

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Title: THE OLD WIVES' TALE
Author: BENNETT, Arnold
Seller: Charles Agvent, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Fine in Very Good dustwrappers with typical darkening to the spines and a Very Good slipcase
Description: Oxford: Limited Editions Club, 1941. Hardcover. Fine in Very Good dustwrappers with typical darkening to the spines and a Very Good slipcase. John Austen. Two large quarto volumes bound in half green buckram and floral-decorated boards. Preface by the author with an introduction by Frank Swinnerton. Copy #834 of 1500 numbered copies with handsome color plates by John Austen and SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page.

Fourth Biennial Report of the State Board of Horticulture of the State of California. For 1893-94. by [STATE BOARD OF HORTICULTURE].

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Title: Fourth Biennial Report of the State Board of Horticulture of the State of California. For 1893-94.
Author: [STATE BOARD OF HORTICULTURE].
Seller: Argonaut Book Shop (United States)
Condition: Very fine
Description: Sacramento: A. J. Johnston, State Printing Office, 1892 Book. Very fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Pp. [4], 458 plus frontispiece, 53 plates (including 2 color plates of Beneficial Insects), numerous text illustrations. Index. Publisher's original pebbled black cloth gilt lettering and pictorial element (of the Goddess Pomona) to spine. Corners of two leaves slightly crunched, ink stamps to front and rear endpaper. A very fine copy. First edition of this Biennial Report. Includes the Reports for both 1893 and 1894. Covers the normal reports to the Governor, etc. Also includes transactions of the sixteenth and seventeenth State Fruit Growers' Convention and, of course, information on the Horticultural Exhibit at the Midwinter Fair held in San Francisco, 1894. The frontis illustration shows a portion of the exhibit; the second section of the book provides the article, Exhibit at Midwinter Fair and Horticultural Day Tree (pp. 443-451) including a photographic plate showing the Mission Olive Tree (labeled the Horticultural Day Tree) planted at the west side of the Fine Arts Building at the Midwinter Fair held in Golden Gate Park. This was one of the famous and historic trees at San Diego, over a century old, "from which dates the first period in the horticultural history of California." Other key articles include those on apricots, cherries, Fruit Growers in the Santa Maria Valley, another on California Almonds, etc. .

Of Corporations, Fraternities, and Guilds: Or, A Discourse, Wherein.. by Sheppard, William, d. 1675

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Title: Of Corporations, Fraternities, and Guilds: Or, A Discourse, Wherein..
Author: Sheppard, William, d. 1675
Seller: The Lawbook Exchange Ltd (United States)
ISBN: 9781584779216
Description: 2009. ISBN:13: 9781584779216; ISBN-10: 1584779217. The First English Treatise on Corporations Sheppard, William. Of Corporations, Fraternities, and Guilds: Or, A Discourse, Wherein the Learning of the Law Touching Bodies Politique is Unfolded, Shewing the Use and Necessity of that Invention, The Antiquity, Various Kinds, Order and Government of the Same. Necessary to be Known not Only of All Members and Dependants of Such Bodies; But of All the Professours of Our Common Law. With Forms and Presidents, of Charters of Corporation. Originally published: London: Printed for H. Twyford, T. Dring, and J. Place, 1659. [6], 187, [1] pp. Reprinted 2009 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584779216. Attractive smyth sewn maroon cloth bound hardcover with gilt stamped spine and front cover. New. $65. * Reprint of the only edition of the first English treatise on the laws governing corporate bodies. The first six sections define types of corporations and their component parts. The following three sections discuss charters, "what ordinances a corporation may make" and "the nature of a corporation." The final part of the book is a collection of forms. Among the corporations discussed are two established by the Rump Parliament: The Norwich Weavers and The Corporation for the Propagation of the Gospel in New England. Active in the Protectorate, where he was Cromwell's legal advisor, Sheppard [d. 1675?] aimed to reform the common law. Ahead of his time in many ways, some of his proposals anticipate changes that were adopted in the nineteenth century. His work was well-received and deeply influential. Some of his books, most notably The Touchstone of Common Assurances (1648), were standard authorities into the nineteenth century.

Prize Stories 1962 The O. Henry Awards by [Pynchon, Thomas]

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Title: Prize Stories 1962 The O. Henry Awards
Author: [Pynchon, Thomas]
Seller: Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Garden City: Doubleday, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Edited and with an Introduction by Richard Poirier. Very Good in a Very Good jacket, clipped, generally rubbed and with some chips. Green buckram, lightly mottled, with red and black ink lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, stamped "SOLD" with black marker underneat on the front endpaper. In addition to Pynchon's "Under the Rose," collected here are stories by Katherine Anne Porter, Tom Cole, Shirley Ann Grau, Reynolds Price, John Updike, and others.

Your Own Beloved Sons by Anderson, Thomas

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Title: Your Own Beloved Sons
Author: Anderson, Thomas
Seller: James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.) (United States)
Condition: Book fine, Dust jacket fine.
Description: New York: Random House, 1956. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine, Dust jacket fine.. Chips and minor closed tears to the extremities of the dust jacket. Previous owner's name in ink on the front free endpaper.

CLASSICAL DANCES AND COSTUMES OF INDIA by Ambrose, Kay

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Title: CLASSICAL DANCES AND COSTUMES OF INDIA
Author: Ambrose, Kay
Seller: Hoffman Books (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: London: A & C Bkacj. Very Good. 1950. Hardcover. 1st edition, London, A & C Black (1950). 95 pages, Hardcover, very good condition, no jacket. .

The Oneida Community (American Culture Series) by [No Author]

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Title: The Oneida Community (American Culture Series)
Author: [No Author]
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Condition: Near Fine
Description: Michigan: University Microfilms. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 32 pp. A facsimile reprint of the work on the Oneida Community first published in 1865.

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