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Framed and Signed Walter Johnson Base Ball Game by [Johnson, Walter]

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Seller: B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA

Title: Framed and Signed Walter Johnson Base Ball Game
Author: [Johnson, Walter]
Seller: B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Washington D.C.: [No publisher], 1925 First edition. Signed by Walter Johnson in brown ink on his arm on the top of the game box. Brown wooden framed display, matted in red, with top panel of red, green, and yellow Walter Johnson Base Ball Game box, side panel of box, baseball field board, 10 silver game tokens, seven red tokens, and three purple tokens pasted to board (red and purple tokens not issued with the game), two scorecards (one filled, the other unfilled), and scarce teetotum spinner. Near fine, with light scuffing to the playing board, and a few light tears to the top panel of the box. Overall, a wonderful signed display of this early 20th century baseball board game. The Walter Johnson Base Ball Game is a board game in which players use a baseball field board, silver game tokens, and a unique metal teetotum to simulate the game of baseball. According to Sports Collectors Daily, the game "has become one of the most popular and sought after antique sports board games." Walter Johnson, nicknamed "Big Train'' due to the blinding speed of his fastball, is one of the greatest pitchers in MLB history. He played 21 seasons for the Washington Senators (1907-1927) and won the pitching triple crown three times. He was among the first group of players inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1936, along with Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, and Christy Mathewson.. Signed. First Edition. Framed Display. Near Fine.

Photographs by Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934 by Man Ray

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Seller: Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books

Title: Photographs by Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934
Author: Man Ray
Seller: Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books (United States)
Description: Hartford, Conn: James Thrall Soby. First edition. Man Ray. 104 pp, plastic spiral binding. Second issue with the false "second edition" statement. A few small rubs and creases to covers; very good.

The Enchanted Mesa. Vintage photogravure by Curtis, Edward S.

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Seller: Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books

Title: The Enchanted Mesa. Vintage photogravure
Author: Curtis, Edward S.
Seller: Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books (United States)
Description: Seattle, 1904. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, v. 16, p. 176 . Printed on Japanese vellum. Framed. Additional shipping required.

Conscription Is Too High a Price to Pay for Prejudice [cover title] by [African Americana]: [Military]: [National Council Against Conscription]

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Seller: The Joe Fay Company LLC

Title: Conscription Is Too High a Price to Pay for Prejudice [cover title]
Author: [African Americana]: [Military]: [National Council Against Conscription]
Seller: The Joe Fay Company LLC (United States)
Condition: Very good plus.
Description: Washington DC: National Council Against Conscription, 1948. Very good plus.. [16]pp. Original self wrappers, stapled. Minor wear and soiling to outer leaves. Subtitled, "A Report on Racial Segregation in the Armed Forces," the present pamphlet calls for an end to the practice through reasoned discussion presented in sections such as "Army Evaded Race Clause in War Draft," "Army Refuses to Use Skilled Negroes," "Army Plans to Continue Race Policy," "Army Wants Draft Principle," "Army Prejudice Endangers Foreign Policy," "Segregation Injures Reserves," "Civil Rights Commission Urges Change," and "'Super-Race' Army Proposed." The latter is particularly interesting, arguing that the Army's consideration of allowing white soldiers to form all-white units is "an essentially fascist idea. Army divisions composed entirely of those who believe they belong to a superior race would be dangerous to America." The seven authors of the pamphlet call for Congressional action and the sign their names in type at the end as members of the "Special committee on Race Relations of the National Council Against Conscription." Interestingly, a pencil note on the last page notes the publication date as June 1948; President Truman issued Executive Order 9981 a month later, desegregating the American Armed Forces. OCLC lists three institutional holdings, at NYPL, Swarthmore, and the Wisconsin Historical Society.

Autograph letter signed to Mr. [John] Paget by Carpenter, William B.

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Seller: Jeremy Norman & Co., Inc.

Title: Autograph letter signed to Mr. [John] Paget
Author: Carpenter, William B.
Seller: Jeremy Norman & Co., Inc. (United States)
Description: London, 1860. London, 30 June 1860. Bifolium. 4pp. 180 x 111 mm. A few pin-holes but fine otherwise. From English physiologist and naturalist William B. Carpenter, who "helped shape the modern life sciences in Britain (Oxford DNB) through both his writings and his work as a teacher and administrator at what is now the University of London. Carpenter performed valuable researches in marine zoology, and was directly influential in persuading the British Admiralty to sponsor the Challenger expedition, the first major scientific study of the deep oceans. Carpenter is also recognized as one of the founders of the modern theory of the adaptive unconscious-he observed that the human perceptual system and the mechanism of human thought operates almost completely outside of conscious awareness. Carpenter's correspondent was the police magistrate and author John Paget. "I cannot let Mrs. Carpenter be the only one to express our hearty appreciation of the kind feeling on the part of Mrs. Paget and yourself, by which the beautiful gift which we had the pleasure of receiving from you yesterday has been prompted, as well as our admiration of the combined elegance and utility of the gift itself. Since its arrival, Mrs. Carpenter has for the first time informed me that she had been taken into your counsels in the matter; and I am very glad that without any intention of her own, your gift should have taken a form that so appropriately made her a participator in it. For her interest in Guy and her constant solicitude for his welfare have been, as I need scarcely tell you, in no degree inferior to my own. It gives us both great pleasure to have so substantial an expression of the satisfaction felt by Mrs. Paget and yourself in what we have endeavoured to do for him; and we trust, with her, that the influences and associations of early years may be pleasantly and usefully kept up on both sides by the continued friendship of our boys as they advance in life. With kindest wishes for the welfare and happiness of Mrs. Paget, yourself, and your family, believe me, Dear Mr. Paget, always yours most sincerely, William B. Carpenter." .

[Three items from the Vancouver Student Movement, with additional flyers laid in]

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Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB

Title: [Three items from the Vancouver Student Movement, with additional flyers laid in]
Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description: Vancouver, BC: Vancouver Student Movement, 1969. Two issues of Vancouver Student, 12 pages each, toned with some edgewear and toning, numbers 11 and 12, together with a two-page document, "Vancouver Student Movement presents: Anti-Repression - a conference," 8.5x11 inches, very good. Laid into the latter issue of the newspaper are two 8.5x14 inch handbills, foxed along the top edge, for Maoist campus events apparently hosted by the same group. Campus organization affiliated with Hardial Bains' group.

The Mongol chronicles of the seventeenth century. Translated by Rudolf Lowenthal by Zamcarano, Cyben Z.

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Title: The Mongol chronicles of the seventeenth century. Translated by Rudolf Lowenthal
Author: Zamcarano, Cyben Z.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (United States)
Description: Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1955. 8vo, pp. x, 93, [1]; largely unopened; fine in original printed mustard wrappers. Issued as no. 3 in the publisher's Göttinger Asiatische Forschungen series.

CENSUS by Ball, Jesse

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Seller: Type Punch Matrix

Title: CENSUS
Author: Ball, Jesse
Seller: Type Punch Matrix (United States)
ISBN: 9780062864444
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Description: New York: Ecco, 2018. Fine in fine dust jacket.. Signed special first printing of this surreal tale of a very unusual census undertaken by a dying man and his disabled son - issued with slipcase as part of the Powell's Books INDIESPENSABLE Series. For more than ten years and over seventy installments, Powell's Books (Portland) has been issuing their semi-monthly INDIESPENSABLE series, a subscription-only selection of specially-produced, (typically) limited edition volumes from many of the most prominent names in literature (Claire Messud, George Saunders, Michael Chabon, Annie Proulx, Donna Tartt, J.M. Coetzee, Jeffrey Eugenides, Jonathan Franzen, Siri Hustvedt) and publishing (McSweeney's, Graywolf, Algonquin). Installments commonly include a signed and slipcased recent release, as well as one of more promotional titles (usually ARCs or like, but sometimes, advance excerpts). 8.25'' x 5.25''. Original black boards. Original unclipped ($25.99) color pictorial dust jacket with "Signed first edition" sticker. Illustrated in black and white. 256 pages. With original INDIESPENSABLE booklet. Signed by Ball to INDIESPENSABLE page. In original grey pictorial slipcase. Tight.

The History of Mystery by Collins, Max Allan

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Seller: Carpetbagger Books, ABAA

Title: The History of Mystery
Author: Collins, Max Allan
Seller: Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9781888054538
Condition: Fine
Description: Portland: Collectors Press, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in a Fine dust jacket, unclipped ($45.00). Pictorial cloth on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. An illustrated history of the genre from Poe's Dupin stories to Pinkerton's memoirs to the works of modern masters like Raymond Chandler and Ross MacDonald.

THREE VERY SPECIAL OFFERS FOR VERY SPECIAL PEOPLE

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Title: THREE VERY SPECIAL OFFERS FOR VERY SPECIAL PEOPLE
Seller: Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press (United States)
Description: (Florence, Massachusetts): Kat Ran Press, 2003. broadside, folded three times. Kat Ran Press. small 8vo. broadside, folded three times. Publication announcement of three titles published by Michael Russem of the Kat Ran Press. A fine copy.

Daniel Blum's Screen World 1949 [Volume 1] by Blum, Daniel

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Title: Daniel Blum's Screen World 1949 [Volume 1]
Author: Blum, Daniel
Seller: ReadInk (United States)
Condition: Poor
Description: New York: Greenberg: Publisher. Poor. (c.1950). First Edition. Softcover. [heavily worn with extensive creasing to covers; the spine covering is almost completely gone, but it's holding together -- just barely -- because it was stitched, not perfect-bound; rubber stamp of Kier's Book House on front endpaper and title page]. (B&W photographs) The first issue of this long-running annual round-up of the year's films and personalities. In the beginning (and for another year or two, I believe) this publication was issued in both a dust-jacketed hardcover edition and as a softcover, this example being the latter -- as as noted, with the binding almost shot. The front cover features small portrait hotos of Joan Fontaine, Cary Grant, Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Barbara Stanwyck, Katharine Hepburn, and John Lund. The volume contains the first of the "Portrait Dolls of Famous Film Folk" (by artist Mary Green) full-page photo feature (including dolls of Greta Garbo, Greer Garson, W.C. Fields, Bing Crosby); the "Promising Personalities" sections includes Mario Lanza, Ruth Roman, Scott Brady; the volume is dedicated to silent film actress Clara Kimball Young. Ordinarily I would just discard a book in this condition -- but, well, it was the beginning of a long-running and much-loved series, and I just haven't got the heart to chuck the poor abused thing out. So I've made it super-cheap, just to help it find a new home. .

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