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Catalogue des Bronzes, et autres Curiosités antiques, tant Egyptiennes que Grecques, Romaines & Gauloises; des Médailles antiques & modernes en or, en argent & en bronze; des Médailliers, & des autres effets curieux du Cabinet de feu M. De Valois…Dont la Vente se fera vers la fin du Carême de la présente année 1748 [ca. 1 April]…[by Gersaint]

Catalogue des Bronzes, et autres Curiosités antiques, tant Egyptiennes que Grecques, Romaines & Gauloises; des Médailles antiques & modernes en or, en argent & en bronze; des Médailliers, & des autres effets curieux du Cabinet de feu M. De Valois…Dont la Vente se fera vers la fin du Carême de la présente année 1748 [ca. 1 April]…[by Gersaint] by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: VALOIS, Charles de)

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Catalogue des Bronzes, et autres Curiosités antiques, tant Egyptiennes que Grecques, Romaines & Gauloises; des Médailles antiques & modernes en or, en argent & en bronze; des Médailliers, & des autres effets curieux du Cabinet de feu M. De Valois…Dont la Vente se fera vers la fin du Carême de la présente année 1748 [ca. 1 April]…[by Gersaint]
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(AUCTION CATALOGUE: VALOIS, Charles de)
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Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
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22 pp., 1 leaf of “Approbation.” Small 8vo (160 x 95 mm.), 19th-century calf-backed marbled boards (joints a little rubbed), red morocco lettering-piece on spine. Paris: Prault & Barrois, 1748. A rare sale catalogue of the Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and Gallic antiquities amassed by Valois (1671-1747), an early connoisseur of ancient objects, who was named antiquaire du roi. This was one of Gersaint’s final sales. “Valois was the son and nephew of great 17th-century scholars, Adrien and Henri de Valois; antiquary of the king and pensionnaire de l’Académie des inscriptions, he accumulated sculptures, ancient bronze and more than 6000 medals, many from the age of imperial Rome, brought together in his mansion on the Ile Saint-Louis…”–G. Glorieux, A L’Enseigne de Gersaint (2002), pp. 378-79. The catalogue describes a total of 104 lots, with concise notes. Glorieux adds that the results of the auction were mixed and amounted to only 4316 livres. Nice copy; we locate only one in North America. Lacking the rare frontispiece mentioned by Lugt. On the verso of the title, there is a useful list of Gersaint’s catalogues since 1736. ❧ Lugt 685. N.B.G., Vol. 45, col. 900.
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Spirit Earth by [Lumiice Press] Williams, Thomas Parker and Mary Agnes

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Spirit Earth
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[Lumiice Press] Williams, Thomas Parker and Mary Agnes
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The Kelmscott Bookshop (United States)
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Philadelphia.
Learning From Las Vegas

Learning From Las Vegas by Venturi, Robert, Brrown, Denise Scott; and Izenour, Steven

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Learning From Las Vegas
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Venturi, Robert, Brrown, Denise Scott; and Izenour, Steven
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Royoung bookseller, Inc. (United States)
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Publisher’s blue-grey cloth stamped in gilt with color photograph illustration mounted to upper cover and framed in gilt, orig
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Cambridge: MIT Press, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Publisher’s blue-grey cloth stamped in gilt with color photograph illustration mounted to upper cover and framed in gilt, original printed glassine dust jacket. Near fine in very good dust wrapper. Folio, 189 pages.36 x 27.5 cm. Numerous illustrations from photographs and architectural plans. Venturi, Brown, and Izenour taught a third-year studio graduate class at Yale that would significantly influence the study of architecture in the postmodern era. The class was called “Learning from Las Vegas, or Form Analysis as Design Research.” Thirteen students signed up for the course which became the title of this book, but compiled, researched and photographed by the students themselves.
THE CASE OF DRED SCOTT IN THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT. THE FULL OPINIONS OF CHIEF JUSTICE TANEY AND JUSTICE CURTIS, AND ABSTRACTS OF THE OPINIONS OF THE OTHER JUDGES; WITH AN ANALYSIS OF THE POINTS RULED, AND SOME CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS

THE CASE OF DRED SCOTT IN THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT. THE FULL OPINIONS OF CHIEF JUSTICE TANEY AND JUSTICE CURTIS, AND ABSTRACTS OF THE OPINIONS OF THE OTHER JUDGES; WITH AN ANALYSIS OF THE POINTS RULED, AND SOME CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS by [African-Americana – Legal History – Dred Scott Case] Taney, Chief Justice Roger; et al.

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THE CASE OF DRED SCOTT IN THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT. THE FULL OPINIONS OF CHIEF JUSTICE TANEY AND JUSTICE CURTIS, AND ABSTRACTS OF THE OPINIONS OF THE OTHER JUDGES; WITH AN ANALYSIS OF THE POINTS RULED, AND SOME CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS
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[African-Americana – Legal History – Dred Scott Case] Taney, Chief Justice Roger; et al.
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Auger Down Books (United States)
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Near Fine with minimal wear and toning to rear leaf.
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New York: Greeley & McElrath, 1857. Original unbound copy in stitches as issued. Near Fine with minimal wear and toning to rear leaf.. The first edition of the summary of the landmark case, which includes Justice Taney’s assertion that people of African descent “are not included, and were not intended to be included, under the word ‘citizens’ in the Constitution, and can therefore claim none of the rights and privileges which that instrument provides for and secures to citizens of the United States.” Widely considered the worst ruling in the history of the Supreme Court, the case had significant influence on the events that led to the Civil War. This is a particularly well preserved copy of the first edition, in stitches as issued, and never bound. Besides the opinions of Justice Taney and Curtis, the report of the Joint Legislative Committee at Albany is included at the end. Blockson 2556. Sabin 78257.
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The man of genius by LOMBROSO, Cesare

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The man of genius
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LOMBROSO, Cesare
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London: Walter Scott, 1891. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Complete with the large folding map. Publisher’s cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine; front joint loose, otherwise a fine copy. First edition in English of Lombroso’s main work on which he built his criminal anthropological theories. Included is the frontispiece map of famous painters and musicians. Lombroso’s theory of anthropological criminology essentially states that criminality is inherited, and that someone who would be “born criminal” can be identified by physical (congenital) defects, which confirms a criminal as savage or atavistic. Lombroso believed that genius was an evolutionary beneficial form of insanity, stemming from the same root as other mental illnesses. He here argues that artistic genius is a form of hereditary insanity. In order to classify geniuses as “degenerate” or insane, Lombroso judged each genius by whether they exhibited degenerate symptoms such as precocity, longevity, versatility and inspiration. Lombroso supplemented these psychological observations with skeletal and cranial measurements, including facial angles, abnormalities in bone structure, and volumes of brain fluid. He connects geniuses to various health disorders as well by listing signs of degeneration, some of which include abnormalities and discrepancies in height and pallor. The book points out neurosis and insanity in genius, insanity in art and literature, and the influence of race and heredity in determining genius and insanity. To this extent he was following in the footsteps of Galton’s statistical work with hereditary genius. His list of geniuses, both those who descended into degenerative states and those who did not, is quite enlightening.
Inside Pride: the official guide to San Francisco LGBT Pride [19 issue broken run]

Inside Pride: the official guide to San Francisco LGBT Pride [19 issue broken run]

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Inside Pride: the official guide to San Francisco LGBT Pride [19 issue broken run]
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San Francisco: various publishers, 2018. Magazine. Nineteen issues of the Guide, various pagination, 8.5x11 inches, and 5.25x8.25 inches, calendar of events, parade map, advertising, services and resources, interviews, information, lightly-worn issues of the magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. One of several publications published for the SF Pride Festival and parade. Issues include 1999-2008, 2010-2018 missing only 2009.
Photographic Florilegium of Sha Fei, a Famous Photographer

Photographic Florilegium of Sha Fei, a Famous Photographer by SHA FEI

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Photographic Florilegium of Sha Fei, a Famous Photographer
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SHA FEI
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Riverrun Books & Manuscripts (United States)
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9787536045941
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Text block separating slightly at front, light wear to jacket, internally clean and fine
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Beijing: Guangzhou Anno Domini Media Co., Ltd, 2005. First edition. Text block separating slightly at front, light wear to jacket, internally clean and fine. 4.75 x 4.75 inches. Profusely illustrated in black-and-white. Brown cloth; black printed dust jacket. Text in Chinese and English. Sha Fei was a Chinese photojournalist and war photographer best known for his work with the Chinese Communist Party during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–45).
Petersburg Perspectives

Petersburg Perspectives by ALTHAUS, Frank & SUTCLIFFE, Mark, eds

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Petersburg Perspectives
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ALTHAUS, Frank & SUTCLIFFE, Mark, eds
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Argosy Book Store (United States)
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9781861542601
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fine
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London: Fontanka, 2003. First. hardcover. fine/fine. Over 250 full color illustrations. Small 4to, lavender cloth, d.w. London: Fontanka, (2003). Fine in fine dust wrapper. Includes six essays and two short stories, the whole providing a celebration of Russia's most beautiful city.
La Penseee Politique Polonaise a l'Epoque de l'Humanisme et de la Renaissance

La Penseee Politique Polonaise a l'Epoque de l'Humanisme et de la Renaissance by Wyrwa, Tadeusz

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La Penseee Politique Polonaise a l'Epoque de l'Humanisme et de la Renaissance
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Wyrwa, Tadeusz
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Paris: Librairie Polonaise; London: Poets and Painters Press, 1978. Paperback. Near Fine/Near Fine. index, 684p. Softcover in original wrapper. dj. 22 cm. French text. Preface by Pierre Chaunu.
The Roman Empire and Its Germanic Peoples
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The Roman Empire and Its Germanic Peoples by Wolfram, Herwig

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The Roman Empire and Its Germanic Peoples
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Wolfram, Herwig
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Berkeley, Etc.: University of Californa Press, 1997. Translated by Thomas Dunlap. xx, 361p., maps, dj.
H.M.S. Pinafore

H.M.S. Pinafore by Wheeler, Opal [adapted from Gilbert and Sullivan]

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H.M.S. Pinafore
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Wheeler, Opal [adapted from Gilbert and Sullivan]
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New York: E.P. Dutton and Co., Inc, 1946. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Fritz Kredel. Pictorial cloth boards; 4to; illustrations by Fritz Kredel; 96 pp. Clean and bright copy, minor wear to boards but near fine; dust jacket has closed tear to top edge, chip and crease at bottom front corner, now protected by mylar sleeve. First edition stated, DJ price of $3.00 intact. Includes music and lyrics to some of the songs, Kredel's illustrations capture the fun and action of the musical.

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