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Shinju shahoron [New Theory of Portable Firearms] by BOOMS, Petrus Gerardus

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Title: Shinju shahoron [New Theory of Portable Firearms]
Author: BOOMS, Petrus Gerardus
Seller: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description: Four very large woodblock printed folding plates, many tables & diagrams in the text. 2, 8, 19 folding leaves. Large 8vo (255 x 183 mm.), orig. aubergine semi-stiff patterned wrappers, orig. block-printed title label on upper cover, new stitching. [Japan]: 1857. The very rare first edition in Japanese of an elaborate analysis of the muzzle-loading Minié rifle, an innovative French infantry weapon of the mid-19th century. The translator, Kosaburo Akamatsu (1831-67), was a rangaku scholar and an important military scientist. He translated several other Western military works. This is a translation of Booms’s Verhandeling over het schot der draagbare vuurwapens (1st ed.: 1855). Booms (1822-97) was a Dutch general and military historian. After Commodore Perry’s two expeditions, the Japanese stockpiled Western weapons and amassed books on military strategy and weapons in preparation for a hostile invasion. Akamatsu was introduced to Western firearms and tactics in Nagasaki at a Dutch-influenced military academy. Akamatsu directly translates Booms’s preface, then recapitulates numerous trials of the rifle’s accuracy. This is followed by comparisons of the Minié with rifles from other European nations. The Minié rifle was imported into Japan in large numbers, and it was one of the most prevalent firearms employed by Japanese soldiers. The four folding plates, which are quite large for Japanese books, present minutely detailed schematics and cross-sections of the Minié rifle. Fine and fresh copy. WorldCat locates only one copy in North America.

SHE-MALE: The Sex-Reversal True Story of Coccinelle by Wade, Carlson

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Title: SHE-MALE: The Sex-Reversal True Story of Coccinelle
Author: Wade, Carlson
Seller: Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition: Near fine in very good jacket.
Description: New York: Epic Publishing Co., Inc, 1963. First printing. Near fine in very good jacket.. Scarce first edition of this semi-plagiarized, semi-pirated biography of Jacqueline Charlotte Dufresnoy (1931-2006), one of the earliest transgender women to undergo gender reassignment surgery. Performing under the stage name Coccinelle, Dufresnoy worked as a cabaret singer and founded the organization "Devenir Femme" to lobby and provide support for transgender people in her native France. Her 1962 marriage marked the first time a transgender person was legally permitted to marry in France. SHE-MALE details Coccinelle's story through her surgery, and it is heavily based on (indeed in places clearly plagiarized from) the 1962 English translation (REVERSE SEX) of Dufresnoy's husband's memoir COCCINELLE EST LUI. Despite these origins and its rather sensationalist presentation, SHE-MALE is a serious engagement with its subject. Scarce: we trace only two copies at auction or in commerce and only about a dozen scattered holdings in OCLC. 7.75'' x 5.25''. Original red boards. In original unclipped ($5.00) color photographic jacket. 192 pages, plus two black-and-white photo insert sections. Bit of chipping and a couple of old tape repairs to jacket. "5.00" price written on front panel. Book with touches of shelfwear. Else sound.

ELOISE IN PARIS by Thompson, Kay; Knight, Hilary

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Title: ELOISE IN PARIS
Author: Thompson, Kay; Knight, Hilary
Seller: Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition: Fine in very good plus jacket.
Description: New York: Simon and Schuster, 1957. First printing. Fine in very good plus jacket.. First edition of Eloise's whirlwind tour of Paris (that's Paris, France) from promenading up the Champs-Elysées to St.-Germain for a salade niçoise, and on to M. Dior for an "absolutely chic" dress. 11'' x 8''. Original red cloth stamped in black and silver. In original unclipped ($3.50) pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated by Knight throughout. Minor edgewear to boards. A few tiny chips and short closed tears to jacket; spine lightly sunned.

AMERIKA by STRUCK, HERMANN. Holitscher, Arthur

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Title: AMERIKA
Author: STRUCK, HERMANN. Holitscher, Arthur
Seller: L'Estampe Originale (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: Hans Heinrich Tillgner Verlag., 1922. 36pp. with 20 etchings of America from the Brooklyn Bridge to palm trees in California. Large 4to. With vellum spine over boards. One of 300 copies signed on the colophon by the artist. Binding and interior of book in fine condition. Double folded pages (uncut) printed on only one side. In perfect condition. HERMANN STRUCK was born Hayyin Aharon ben David and educated in Berlin. He was an etcher, lithographer and painter. He was an early Zionist, traveling to Palestine as early as 1903 and settling in Haifa in 1923. In 1915 he enlisted in the German army and served in (Polish, Lithuanian, Latvian, and White Russian) Russia. While there during the war, he produced a large number of prints with subject matter that included: the landscapes of the small towns inhabited by Jews; Jewish character studies and studies of German officers and enlisted men as they went about their housekeeping duties and leisure-time activities on the war front. Struck was best known as an etcher, having written a standard text on the subject and taught graphic technique to a number of artists, among them Chagall, Lieberman and Corinth.

The Proofs Of The Controversial Warren Harding Biography, The Shadow Of Blooming Grove by (WARREN HARDING)

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Title: The Proofs Of The Controversial Warren Harding Biography, The Shadow Of Blooming Grove
Author: (WARREN HARDING)
Seller: Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc. (United States)
Description: WARREN G. HARDING (1865-1923). Harding was the Twenty-Ninth President. Proof copies. 1968. No place. The proof copies of Francis Russells 1968 biography The Shadow Of Blooming Grove. The controversial biography is best-remembered for a lawsuit brought by the Harding family against Russell. He discovered letters between Harding and his mistress, Carrie Phillips, and Russell intended to publish excerpts of the correspondence. The Harding family successfully sued to block their disclosure, and it boosted the pre-publication publicity for the tome. The proofs are in two bound booklets and housed in a custom-made green box. There is at least one handwritten correction and the pages have the usual wear to the edges. Perfect for the Warren Harding completist!

De la paralysie consideree chez les alienes by Calmeil, Louis Florentin

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Title: De la paralysie consideree chez les alienes
Author: Calmeil, Louis Florentin
Seller: Jeremy Norman & Co., Inc. (United States)
Description: Paris: Bailliere, 1826. 1st edition. Calmeil, Louis Florentin (1798-1895). De la paralysie consideree chez les alienes, recherches faites dans le service de feu M. Royer-Collard et de M. Esquirol. 8vo. [4] ii, 446pp. Paris and London: J.-B. Bailliere, 1826. 198 x 122 mm. Modern quarter morocco, marbled boards in period style. Light browning, but very good. One signature misbound. First Edition. Garrison-Morton 4797. Calmeil was a pupil of the French psychiatrist Esquirol. His treatise contains the classic description of general paralysis of the insane, along with an attempt to correlate the pathology of the disease with its clinical manifestations. However, Calmeil did not recognize that general paralysis was a separate disease entity (syphilis) and not simply a complication of mental illness. Norman 389. Zilboorg & Henry, p. 529. 305.

The Shores And Islands Of The Mediterranaean Drawn From Nature by Wright, George Newenham. Illustrated by Grenville Temple, W.L. Leitch, Major Irton, & Lieut. Allen

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Title: The Shores And Islands Of The Mediterranaean Drawn From Nature
Author: Wright, George Newenham. Illustrated by Grenville Temple, W.L. Leitch, Major Irton, & Lieut. Allen
Seller: James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.) (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: London: Fisher, Son & Co, 1840. Hardcover. Very good. 1st edition. Contemporary half polished calf and marbled paper boards lettered in gilt, 156 pp., engraved title, one folding map and 64 full-page engraved plates. C. Bentley, Grenville Temple, W.L. Leitch, S. Prout, T. Allom, C. Bentley, S. Prout and J. Salmon are among the contributing artists. Text is clean and bright, light foxing to some of the plates, chipping at the head of the spine and rubbed through at the extremities. Very good condition.

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Rough Magic: A Biography of Sylvia Plath by Alexander, Paul

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Title: Rough Magic: A Biography of Sylvia Plath
Author: Alexander, Paul
Seller: James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.) (United States)
ISBN: 9780670818129
Condition: Book fine, Dust jacket fine.
Description: New York: Viking, 1991. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine, Dust jacket fine.. Remainder mark on the bottom edge.

The Bridge Over the River Kwai by Pierre Boulle

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Title: The Bridge Over the River Kwai
Author: Pierre Boulle
Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: Vanguard, 1954. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Fine Copy of The Advance Reader's Copy in Blue Wrappers. First Edition. Issue for Reviewer's.Beautiful Copy..

SAUL BASS | THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM (Dec 26, 1955) Film premiere invitation by United Artists

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Title: SAUL BASS | THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM (Dec 26, 1955) Film premiere invitation
Author: United Artists
Seller: Walterfilm, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: United Artists. No binding. Fine. Los Angeles: United Artists, 1955. Vintage original 6 x 8" (15 x 20 cm) cardboard program with vellum paper cover. Fine. The Man with the Golden Arm was the first major Hollywood film to tackle the subject of drug addiction, which was still a taboo subject for American films during the 1950s. Its release defied censorship codes of the time while its success signaled moviegoers' growing interest in serious, adult film themes. As early as 1949 the source material was considered as a vehicle for John Garfield, and even in 1955 censors were very hard on the content of the film. Saul Bass designed the crooked arm symbol used in the film's advertising campaign, which director Otto Preminger liked so much that he threatened to pull the picture if an exhibitor changed the advertisements. Ranked at number 14 of the 25 best poster designs of all time, here is Bass' art in its purest form. Bass also created the film's animated title sequence, the first of many such sequences he created for films by Preminger, Alfred Hitchcock and others. (Wikipedia) For the opening guest-invited premiere, stars including Judy Garland, Bette Davis, Noel Coward, Liberace, Debbie Reynolds, as well as cast and crew, attended and would have received an invitation such as this. The West Coast premiere, as indicated on the invitation, was held on Dec 26th, 1955, at the Fox Beverly Theatre and was a formal affair.

Latter-Day Saints' Millennial Star Volume 40 - 1878

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Title: Latter-Day Saints' Millennial Star Volume 40 - 1878
Seller: Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Edited and Published by William Budge, 1878. Very Good. Latter-Day Saints' Millennial Star Volume 40 - 1878. Liverpool: Edited and Published by William Budge, 1878. 824pp. Indexed. 8vo. Book condition: Very good. The covers are rubbed. The front cover is discolored. Internally clean, structurally sound. Complete.

Hillsboro People [Inscribed and Signed by Canfield] by Dorothy Canfield [stories]; Sarah N. Cleghorn [verses]

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Title: Hillsboro People [Inscribed and Signed by Canfield]
Author: Dorothy Canfield [stories]; Sarah N. Cleghorn [verses]
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1915. Very Good. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1915. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's maroon gilt-lettered cloth; v,[1],346,[2],[4](ads)pp. Light shelf wear to cloth extremities, textblock margins a bit dust-soiled, else a Very Good, bright and sound copy. Inscribed and signed by the author on front free endpaper, "For Jon Amy [?] / With friendly greetings from Dorothy Canfield Fisher / Arlington Vermont, July, 1944.

Ni por esas: John Baldessari by John Baldessari

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Title: Ni por esas: John Baldessari
Author: John Baldessari
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9782877210706
Condition: Fine
Description: Madrid / Bordeaux: Centro de Arte Reina Sofia / capcMusee d'art contemporain, 1989. Fine/Very Good. Madrid / Bordeaux: Centro de Arte Reina Sofia / capcMusee d'art contemporain, 1989. First Edition. Slim quarto (28cm); publisher's card wrappers in pale blue printed dust jacket; 94pp.; illus. throughout, some in color. Moderate wear to jacket at corners, bookseller ticket to rear jacket flap, else a Very Good or better example. Text almost entirely in French. Catalog of works by American photographer John Baldessari for an exhibition which opened in Madrid before traveling to Bordeaux and Valencia.

Money and How it Gets that Way by Miller, Henry

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Title: Money and How it Gets that Way
Author: Miller, Henry
Seller: De Wolfe and Wood (United States)
Description: Paris: Booster Publications, 1938. Uncut copy and in very good condition This copy is not signed by Miller and does not have the manuscript copyright information found in most examples 64 pp pp.

Black Is / White Is (2 Volumes) by Turner Brown, Jr. and Preston Wilcox

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Title: Black Is / White Is (2 Volumes)
Author: Turner Brown, Jr. and Preston Wilcox
Seller: Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: New York: Grove Press, 1970. Original wraps. Near Fine. Ann Weisman and Sandy Huffaker. Clean, very impressive copies of the 1969 and 1970 stated 1st printings of both "Black Is" and "White Is" respectively. Both published by Grove Press (specifically their "Black Cat" imprint), both crisp and Near Fine. Poclet-sized, each wonderfully illustrated along the versos, with written captions at the facing rectos. Nice "bookends", not common to be offered as a pair.

Tibetan People's Right of Self-Determination. Brief summary: report of the workshop on self-determination of the Tibetan people: legitimacy of Tibet's case 1994/1996, India

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Title: Tibetan People's Right of Self-Determination. Brief summary: report of the workshop on self-determination of the Tibetan people: legitimacy of Tibet's case 1994/1996, India
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (United States)
Description: New Delhi: Tibetan Parliamentary and Policy Research Centre, 1997. First edition, 8vo, pp. [3], iii, 40; very good, sound, and clean in original maroon wrappers printed in yellow. Surprisingly, only 3 in OCLC, and only Columbia in the U.S.

The Hanukkah Puzzle Book by Ellen G. K. Rubin

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Title: The Hanukkah Puzzle Book
Author: Ellen G. K. Rubin
Seller: lizzyoung bookseller (United States)
Condition: Color illustrated boards, housed in color illustrated box. Fine
Description: Pitspopany, 2004. Cards. Color illustrated boards, housed in color illustrated box. Fine. Unpaginated. 8 pages each, 64 pages total. 16.5 x 30.5 cm, each book approximately 8.5 x 7 cm. Eight separate, full color board books for each of the holiday nights forms a puzzle to help young children learn all about Hanukkah, from the miracle of the oil to how to light the menorah. The books are nestled in an illustrated tray and re-sealable cellophane bag for easy storage allowing for years of holiday fun. In addition to the Hanukkah story, the books answer questions such as, In which direction do we properly set and light the menorah candles? and What are the rules of the dreidel game? The back of each book lights a candle (1-8) in the menorah so that even pre-schoolers can put the puzzle together as they follow the holidays progression and learn to count. Young children [2-7] love that each book fits into their hand. In original plastic covering.

Animals in India by Ylla

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Title: Animals in India
Author: Ylla
Seller: Hackenberg Booksellers ABAA (United States)
Description: New York: Harper & Brothers, 1958. 128 [4]p., b/w and colored illus., quarto format, slightly chipped dj. Ylla was sthe pseudonym for the Hungarian photographer, Camilla Koffler (1908-1965).

The Conrad Aiken Lecture Series. by [AIKEN, Conrad].

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Title: The Conrad Aiken Lecture Series.
Author: [AIKEN, Conrad].
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller-ABAA (United States)
Description: [Savannah]: Poetry Society of Georgia, [c. 1973].. First edition.. [8 pp]. Paperclip mark to rear cover, else near fine in printed wrappers. Photograph and tributes to Aiken, with an introduction to the lecture series bearing his name.

Silencer by WICKER, Marcus

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Title: Silencer
Author: WICKER, Marcus
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9781328715548
Description: Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 2017. First edition. Softcover. 69 pages. Advance Reading Copy. A slim collection of poems. A very good copy in wrappers with some pencil underlining to some of the pages but otherwise a clean copy. Uncommon in this format.

So Was Your Old Man. A Commentary on Joys, Jobs, and Jackasses. by Bailey, Hillary G.

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Title: So Was Your Old Man. A Commentary on Joys, Jobs, and Jackasses.
Author: Bailey, Hillary G.
Seller: Lighthouse Books, ABAA (United States)
Description: Boston: Branden Press, (1976). Signed & inscribed by author on dedication page. Octavo, red leatherette (hardcover), 351 pp. Fine, in a Good dust jacket with light soiling and two hairline tairs. From jacket: In an age where anyone over sixty is thought to be ‘over the hill,’ Hillary G. Bailey takes a hard look at history to discover that neither young folks nor old have ever been immune to human frailty: for all its accomplishments, humankind is still very much a babe in the woods. Bailey -- who has traveled the world with camera in had, observing the monuments and wreckages of human endeavor -- blends compassion with satire in this richly illustrated, highly quotable dissertation...

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