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A Collection of State Papers, Relative to the first Acknowledgement of the Sovereignity of the United States of America,; and the reception of their Minister Plenipotentiary, by their High-Mightinesses the States-General of the United Netherlands by [ADAMS, John]

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Title: A Collection of State Papers, Relative to the first Acknowledgement of the Sovereignity of the United States of America,; and the reception of their Minister Plenipotentiary, by their High-Mightinesses the States-General of the United Netherlands
Author: [ADAMS, John]
Seller: Argosy Book Store (United States)
Condition: very good
Description: The Hague: Privately Printed, 1782. First. hardcover. very good. 96 pages. Slim 8vo, rebound in modern brown polished calf (some light dampstaining in gutter of first several leaves, otherwise rather clean; untrimmed pages a bit soft at fore-edge margin). The Hague, 1782, probably printed for private distribution. True first edition [reprinted in London later the same year]. A very scarce printing in which Adams, as commissioner to the Netherlands, secured the treaty by which that country recognized our independence. Includes an account of the reception of the first American ambassador. OCLC lists 21 copies. The important privately printed first edition of Adams' negotiations with Holland for diplomatic recognition and, subsequently, a highly important loan to the new young republic. "In January 1782 Adams demanded of the ministers of the republic and the deputies of the city a reply to his memorial of Apr. 19 asking for recognition. Three months later he was formally recognized, whereupon he submitted a plan of a treaty, which was signed in October, and made proposals for and secured the first loan." --Sabin 228; ESTC; N27676

Notes on the Development of a Show (Sonnabend, New York; January 15-29, 1972) / Notes Toward Performing a Gallery Space (Signed with Announcement Card) by ACCONCI, Vito

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Title: Notes on the Development of a Show (Sonnabend, New York; January 15-29, 1972) / Notes Toward Performing a Gallery Space (Signed with Announcement Card)
Author: ACCONCI, Vito
Seller: Harper's Books (United States)
Condition: Minor edge-wear to illustrated wrappers; near fine. With 6 OCLC records located in North America. Accompanied by original 1972 S
Description: Hamburg: Edition Leeber Hossmann / New York: Sonnabend, 1972-1973. Minor edge-wear to illustrated wrappers; near fine. With 6 OCLC records located in North America. Accompanied by original 1972 Sonnabend announcement (5 x 9 in.), illustrated after a selection of the research photographs that appear in the book.. Limited Edition. Oblong octavo. No. 35 of 250 copies; SIGNED by Acconci. While Seedbed is arguably known as Vito Acconci's signature work, its context is often overlooked, being but one of a suite of performances designed as interventions into Ileana Sonnabend's recently-opened SoHo gallery space (Jan. 15 - 29, 1972). The following year, Acconci published the present artist's book—24 leaves of his diagrammatic notes (in-facsimile), typescript research excerpts (e.g. Goffman, Wittgenstein), and 78 mounted photographs—revealing the theoretical underpinnings and urban/spatial research that animated these performances. Acconci's reference to Seedbed here is coy, with a simple illustration of the ramp and a set of ambiguous statements: "When I am not inside the ramp, the ramp can still contain the product I grow, the product of my growth.

ORIGINAL ART BY JAPANESE SCHOOL CHILDREN

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Title: ORIGINAL ART BY JAPANESE SCHOOL CHILDREN
Seller: Charles Agvent, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Front cover and first page detached. Still Near Fine and quite charming
Description: Tokyo, 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Front cover and first page detached. Still Near Fine and quite charming. Oblong (9" x 6-1/2") green floral silk cloth over boards with matching box containing handwritten explanations of the contents in English and Japanese as well as a typed statement in English, along with 101 ORIGINAL DRAWINGS, most in watercolor, by Japanese schoolchildren of Tokyo's Hongo district ranging in age from 6 to 14, many quite accomplished despite the age of the artists. Subjects include battleship portraits, landscapes, insect studies, patriotic scenes, genre scenes, portraits, and more. The album was created as a gift for then Captain Joseph Murdock of the ship "Rhode Island" as part of Theodore Roosevelt's "Great White Fleet" trip around the world at his stop in Japan. Murdoch would become an Admiral as well as the Commander in Chief of the Asiatic Fleet in 1911. Included is a 1954 letter of provenance from Murdoch's family.

Disappearing City by Wright, Frank Lloyd

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Title: Disappearing City
Author: Wright, Frank Lloyd
Seller: J.B. Muns, Fine Arts Books (United States)
Condition: Good
Description: New York, 1932. Hardcover. Good. The green cover edition, the first (before the light blue with the illus.). Cover has some fading & water stain, but the title is most uncommon. Priced accordingly.

CHICAGO; A CENTURY OF PROGRESS 1833-1933

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Title: CHICAGO; A CENTURY OF PROGRESS 1833-1933
Seller: J.B. Muns, Fine Arts Books (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Chicago, 1933. Hardcover. Very Good. Silver decorated cover & spine. Many photo illus. of archiecture, etc. Publ. for the World's Fair. Large 4to. Original slipcase with sl. rubbing/tape. Otherwise a beautiful copy!

Drawings by C.H.Johnson and Others by No Author

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Title: Drawings by C.H.Johnson and Others
Author: No Author
Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
Condition: Good/Very Good
Description: New York: E.R Herrick & Company, 1898. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. Large Oblong Folio, 21" x 14"8vo., 209pp. Bound in 1/4 ivory cloth over paper covered boards. 22 unpaginated full-color illustrations, most by Johnson but several others by popular illustrators of the time. Moderate professional restoration primarily for re-attaching and reinforcing spine. Some minor cleaning internal strengthening. Illustrations are fresh and bright and though some have some mild foxing on the white borders, the images themselves are unaffected. A couple of preliminary pages are dog-eared. One or two short close tears. Edge-wear and some abrasion to lower front tip. Some soiling to boards. One of four volumes in this series of drawing collection by "...leading American Artists", including W. Granville Smith and A. De Thulstrup, with their own collections in the series, as well as many others. For the most part some very pretty decorative and historical watercolors, though a few are frankly rather disturbing. A very pretty, solid collectable copy with no other copies currently available in the market. Please note: due to size and weight, nominal additional shipping charges may apply.

The World of Ancient Art by Boardman, John

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Title: The World of Ancient Art
Author: Boardman, John
Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
ISBN: 9780500238271
Condition: Fine
Description: London: Thames & Hudson, 2006. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Large 4to., 406pp. Beautiful Unread First Edition. Square and tight and clean throughout with little or no wear save a tiny gentle bump to the heel and crown. Equally attractive dust-jacket. A gorgeous collectable copy. Please note: International and Priority shipping may require additional postage.

Belaia staia, stikhotvoreniia [White Flock, Verses] by Ahkmatova, Anna Andreevna (pseudonym of Anna Andreevna Gorenko, wife of Gumilev)

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Title: Belaia staia, stikhotvoreniia [White Flock, Verses]
Author: Ahkmatova, Anna Andreevna (pseudonym of Anna Andreevna Gorenko, wife of Gumilev)
Seller: Sanctuary Books (United States)
Condition: Very Good+
Description: Peterburg: Petropolis / Alkonost, 1923. Fourth augmented edition. Paperback. Very Good+. Original wraps; pp. 142. Covers lightly creased along the edges; ownership signature on front cover. Internally nice and clean.

The Labyrinth of the Spirits by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

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Title: The Labyrinth of the Spirits
Author: Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Seller: Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: Signed Limited Edition of which this is #37 of 400; A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket, as new and unread. SIGNED by the author on a limitation page. A pristine copy of this 4th novel in the Cemetery of Forgotten Books series; scarce in this condition due to it's heft; a lovely volume from Subterranean Press from an author who will surely be missed. Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library, no visible flaws; in a protective Mylar cover.

Literary Anecdotes of the Nineteenth Century: Contributions Towards A Literary History of the Period. 2 Vols by Nicoll, W. Robertson; Thomas J. Wise (Eds.)

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Title: Literary Anecdotes of the Nineteenth Century: Contributions Towards A Literary History of the Period. 2 Vols
Author: Nicoll, W. Robertson; Thomas J. Wise (Eds.)
Seller: Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
Condition: good- to good condition
Description: London, New York: Hodder & Stoughton; Dodd Mead & Company, 1895. First edition. Hardcover. good- to good condition. Large Octavo. xii, 627 [7], 20 plates, xvi, 495pp., 20 plates. Original red cloth with gilt lettering and decorative ruling on spines. Frontispiece engraving with tissue guard. "The editors hope to provide... a considerable amount of fresh matter, illustrating the life and work of British authors in the Nineteenth Century. To a large extent they rely upon manuscript material, but use will be made of practically inaccessible texts, and of fugitive writings. While leading authors will receive due attention, much space will be devoted to the less-known writers of the period. It is intended to supply Biographies, Letters hitherto unpublished, additions from Manuscript sources to published works, together with a series of full Bibliographies of the writings of the greater authors." (Preface). Some wear along edges of binding with spines sunned. Light cracks on gutter of first inside front cover. Tissue guard with some chipping along edges. Blocks lightly age-toned.

Gedichte [INSCRIBED] by Gomringer, Nora-Eugenie

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Title: Gedichte [INSCRIBED]
Author: Gomringer, Nora-Eugenie
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Condition: Fine condition
Description: NP: Published by the author, 2000. First edition. Softcover. Fine condition. Octavo. Unpaginated. Color-illustrated stiff wraps with black lettering on cover and spine. Inscribed "9/20/00 Liebe Judy, lieber Cornelius, mein herzlichster Dank für den Sommer in Los Angeles. Nora-E. Gomringer (...my heartfelt thanks for the summer in Los Angeles...)." Presented to the USC Professor Cornelius Schnauber and his wife Judy during the Summer of 2000 while completing an internship at the archive of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Nora Gomringer's first collection of poetry; demanding, critical, delicate, experimental, both feet on the ground (most of the time) refreshing. Gomringer's first collection of poetry appeared in 2000. Following this self-published collection, the publisher Grupello Düsseldorf published 'hyphenation' in 2002. Since 2006, she has been published by the independent publisher Voland & Quist. Her works include more then ten volumes of poetry and two books of essays. Her most recent collection is "Gottesanbieterin," which appeared in 2020. Among literary honors Nora-Eugenie Gomringer was awarded were the August-Graf-von-Platen Prize in 2013, the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize in 2015, and the Carl Zuckmayer Medal in 2021.

Gallerie galanter Damen. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis weiblicher Karaktere, Sitten, Empfindungen und Kunstgriffe unsrer Zeiten und der vorigen Jahrhunderte

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Title: Gallerie galanter Damen. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis weiblicher Karaktere, Sitten, Empfindungen und Kunstgriffe unsrer Zeiten und der vorigen Jahrhunderte
Seller: Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
Description: Regensburg: Montag- und Weißischen Buchhandlung, 1793. Dritte und letzte Sammlung. Hardcover. 8vo. 200pp. Bound in contemporary half leather over red paper-covered boards with finely gold-tooled spine. Deckled edges. Modern endpapers. Late 18th century work looking at the characters and customs of Aurora Gräfin von Serini, Madame la Baliere, Marquise von Pompadour, Maria von Beauvilliers, Gräfin St. Sebastian, and Ninon von Lenclos. Text in German, gothic script. Age wear and some staining on binding. Front joint split but holding. Usual rippling to pages. Binding in fair, interior in overall very good condition.

A Pair of Photographs - Before and After - Who was Left without a Mate? Litchfield CT., 1888

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Title: A Pair of Photographs - Before and After - Who was Left without a Mate? Litchfield CT., 1888
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Description: 1888. Two (2) photographs taken of a group of young people while sitting on a porch. It appears as though they are on a holiday or picnic, as several people are holding lawn tennis rackets. The first photo shows a group of thirteen (13) people, some appearing quite affectionate or familiar towards their partner. The second photograph depicts only six (6) rather dejected looking members of the group. Each is wearing or holding a sign that reads "LEFT", while the remaining spaces have signs marked "TAKEN". Presumably there was some courting going on between the times of the two photographs, as the remaining individuals were all that were "left". A sign in front of second photograph reads 1888. Reverse of one photograph marked Benedict - Litchfield, Conn. Photos measure 4 3/8" x 7 3/8" on slightly larger mounts. edge wear on mounts.

A Happy New Year!" -- Uncle Sam Enjoys "Sweet Owen" Brand Tobacco on New Year's Card

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Title: A Happy New Year!" -- Uncle Sam Enjoys "Sweet Owen" Brand Tobacco on New Year's Card
Seller: Eclectibles (United States)
Condition: Good. Light toning, dust soiling, surface abrasion from previous scrapbook adhesive to verso.
Description: United States: Sweet Owen, 1876. Good. Light toning, dust soiling, surface abrasion from previous scrapbook adhesive to verso.. A comical lithographed card produced to celebrate the 1876 New Year, as well as promote "Sweet Owen" brand tobacco. Three figures stand in a line, with Uncle Sam in the center holding a packet of "Sweet Owen" in his hands. Two caricatures of men smoke and chew tobacco on either side of him. The caption reads, "We three are embarked, in one common cause, Bill snuffs Tom puffs and I chaws!". The other two men are (potentially) caricatures of that year's Presidential election running mates, William A. Wheeler and Thomas A. Hendricks; the joke would be that "Sweet Owen" brand tobacco is enjoyed by both political parties. Measures approx. 4.25" by 3" with rounded corners, verso blank.

Summer Specialties Catalog and Sample Circular by Various

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Title: Summer Specialties Catalog and Sample Circular
Author: Various
Seller: ZH BOOKS (United States)
Description: Graydon Palmer Co., 1898. Softcover. Catalog: 9 x 3 3/4; pp. 1-16; beige wraps, printed in brown; light creasing; small spot to back wrap; illustrated with photographs and drawings; very good or better condition. Sample circular: 6 x 8 1/2; single sheet, recto only; pink stock, printed in black; 11 swatches of fabric glued to the paper; glue dots bleeding through a few of the lighter-colored cloth; light fraying; very good condition.Fragile and beautifully preserved pieces of ephemera, the catalog and sample circular outline the highlights of women's fashion at the end of the 19th century. The Graydon Palmer Company of Chicago has meticulously described the various ladies' suits and sets, including the "Fancy Duck Suit" and the "Bicycle Suit." Also indicated are the fabrics used for each ware, which can be viewed, touched, and compared on the accompanying circular. The last few pages of the catalog showcase sailor hats, parasols, hair switches, and more.

Catalogue of books of the Marion Library Association

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Title: Catalogue of books of the Marion Library Association
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Description: New Bedford: E. Anthony & Sons, 1893. 8vo, pp. 128; original pictorial stiff card wrappers; text a bit toned, else very good. List of books by authors and titles, plus a separate section for poetry. Also, an abstract of the by-laws and a list of members. Not found in OCLC.

THE LOWLIFE by Baron, Alexander

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Title: THE LOWLIFE
Author: Baron, Alexander
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9780860250968
Description: Essex, UK: Ian Henry Publications, Ltd, 1977. Presumed First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Octavo, 191 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good dust jacket. Dust jacket spine brown with orange lettering and encased in mylar covering, price uncut: "£3.10". Dust jacket ripped near top fore edge. Spine mildly cocked. Mild liquid staining to top fore edge of textblock. Mild general shelf wear otherwise. Shelved under Front Counter. 1412632. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

War: Its Conduct and Legal Results by Baty, Thomas and J.H. Morgan

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Title: War: Its Conduct and Legal Results
Author: Baty, Thomas and J.H. Morgan
Seller: The Lawbook Exchange Ltd (United States)
ISBN: 9781616194024
Description: 2014. ISBN-13: 9781616194024; ISBN-10: 1616194022. The First World War and International Law Baty, T., and J.H. Morgan. War: Its Conduct and Legal Results. Originally published: London: John Murray, 1915. xxviii, [ii], 578 pp. Reprinted 2014 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616194024; ISBN-10: 1616194022. Paperback. New. $39.95 * The authors argue that the First World War effectively ended the existing system of international law, a system that was already in decline due to the growing economic and political interdependence of states. These changes have created a new set of problems that will provide the basis of a new system of international law when the war ends. In addition to supplying an intellectual framework for this new system, Baty and Morgan address practical topics, such as international arbitration, and more abstract issues, such as the clash between nationalism and cosmopolitanism. "[V]ery good reading....It is a thoughtful book." --T.S.W., Yale Law Journal 19:313-314. * Thomas Baty [1868-1954], an English lawyer, traitor and transgender pioneer, was one of the most intriguing individuals in the field of twentieth-century international law. A leading expert and prolific scholar who taught at Oxford University and was a joint secretary of the International Law Association, he secured his reputation with the publication of this work and earlier, International Law (1909). At the same time he lived a parallel private life as Irene Clyde and helped to found, and was the editor of, Urania, the pioneering anti-gender magazine of the 1900s. In 1916 he became a legal advisor to the Japanese foreign ministry. His legal opinion did much to "justify" Japan's invasion of Manchuria in 1931. At the outbreak of war in 1939 he chose to remain in Japan and continued to advise the government even after Pearl Harbor and Japan's declaration of war against the U.S. and Britain. His last legal paper appeared in the English- language journal Contemporary Japan in 1944. J.H. Morgan [1876-1955] was a Liberal candidate for Parliament in 1910. A legal editor of the Encyclopedia Britannica (14th edition), he was professor of constitutional law at the University of London and legal adviser to the War Crimes Commission at Nuremberg from 1947 to 1949.

Mostra Dei Guardi by Zampetti, Pietro

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Title: Mostra Dei Guardi
Author: Zampetti, Pietro
Seller: Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
Condition: VG/VG but foxing spots to the page edges
Description: Venezia: Alfieri, 1965. Hardbound. VG/VG but foxing spots to the page edges. Turquoise cloth with color pictorial dustjacket. lxxxiv, 423 pp., over 250 mostly bw plates. Text is in Italian. A huge exhibition of this family's work.

Francis Butler Simkins 1897-1966: Historian of the South

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Title: Francis Butler Simkins 1897-1966: Historian of the South
Seller: Ed's Editions Bookstore (United States)
Condition: Good
Description: The State Printing Company, 1967. PAPERBACK. Good. 0x0x0. Signed by Author. B001FVJVIK Inscribed by the editor Gus Graydon. Clean, has a good binding, no marks or notations. tnos

Shadow Pcitures My Children Love to Make. by Adams, Elizabeth.

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Title: Shadow Pcitures My Children Love to Make.
Author: Adams, Elizabeth.
Seller: Lighthouse Books, ABAA (United States)
Description: New York: Lloyd Adams Noble, 1914. Large, oblong octavo, paperbound (stiff gold illus. wrappers, stapled), [34] pp. Very Good+, with edgewear and light soiling to covers. From Preface, A Book Planned to Entertain Your Children...In the evening hour after supper the making of shadow-pictures has afforded my cchildren endless delight. And I am sure their efforts to entertain their father and myself have been of a real instructive value to themselves.

A Blake Bibliography by Bentley, G. E., Jr . Nurmi Martin K.

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Title: A Blake Bibliography
Author: Bentley, G. E., Jr . Nurmi Martin K.
Seller: John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller (United States)
Description: 1964. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1964. 8vo, xix, 393pp, with illustrations. Very good in original dust-jacket, worn at edges. ß First edition. The Bible until Bentley s BB and Essick s various books came along. Bentley, BB, 686.

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