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Ganshō sai fukushinroku 含章斎腹診録 [Ganshō’s Diagnosis of Abdomen Treatments, Listed]

Ganshō sai fukushinroku 含章斎腹診録 [Ganshō’s Diagnosis of Abdomen Treatments, Listed] by WADA, Tōkaku 和田東郭

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Title
Ganshō sai fukushinroku 含章斎腹診録 [Ganshō’s Diagnosis of Abdomen Treatments, Listed]
Author
WADA, Tōkaku 和田東郭
Seller
Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description
14 full-page woodcuts. 50; 44.5 folding leaves. Two vols. 8vo, orig. semi-stiff patterned wrappers, title-slips on upper covers, new stitching. Kyoto & other cities: Hayashi Yoshibei 林芳兵衛 et al., 1850. First edition and rare; we find no copy outside of Japan. Published posthumously by disciples of Wada (1744-1803), who was the physician to a number of aristocrats. His teacher was Yoshimasu Tōdō 吉益東洞 (1702-73), head of the Yoshimasu school of surgery, one of the institutes most closely aligned with Dutch influences after their first contacts in about 1600. Tōdō is considered to be the most innovative and influential figure in the development of kampo (Chinese medicine and materia medica adapted to Japanese culture and needs). He believed that any effective technique, regardless of philosophical tradition, was acceptable and should be based on experiment and observation. As part of kampo (traditional Japanese herbal medicine), fukushin 腹診 (the abdominal exam by percussion) is one of the most important diagnostic procedures. Derived from the traditional Chinese medicine writings of Zhang Zhongjing (ca. 150-219 CE), fukushin was fully developed and systematized in Japan and is still widely practiced. Palpation is structured to assess thickness, tension, resistance, tenderness, and masses. The 14 attractive full-page woodcuts depict the areas of the abdomen suitable for palpation. The accompanying notes correct or confirm other doctors’ theories regarding the indications gained from palpation of each section. Much of the text in the first volume is given to recipes for the preparation of medicines to cure a wide range of diseases. Vol. 2 contains case histories. Fine fresh copy.
Double Award (Artist's Ephemera)

Double Award (Artist's Ephemera) by CONNER, Bruce and Kristine Stiles (performer)

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Title
Double Award (Artist's Ephemera)
Author
CONNER, Bruce and Kristine Stiles (performer)
Seller
Harper's Books (United States)
Condition
Handbill in fine condition, with purple handstamp to verso: "For deposit only to the account of Bruce Conner.
Description
San Francisco: Self-published, [1981]. Handbill in fine condition, with purple handstamp to verso: "For deposit only to the account of Bruce Conner.. Handbill (3 x 6 inches), printed recto-only to textured paper. On February 5, 1981, Bruce Conner appeared before the American Arbitration Association to seek restitution from the Braunstein/Quay Gallery for failure to pay him for works sold, as well as for damages suffered to consigned works from improper storage. The arbitrator awarded Conner on both counts. Regardless, a few months later, to announce a celebration for the Quay Gallery's twentieth anniversary, Conner was listed in their press release as one of the Gallery's featured artists. To protest this shamelessness, Conner designed this handbill, to be dispersed at the anniversary party by his Assistant, Kristine Stiles, costumed as his emissary in business suit and heels. Thrown-out of the upper floor gallery by Ruth Braunstein herself, Stiles continued her performance on the sidewalk below, reportedly told by more than one departing guest: "You ruined [Ruth's] party.
America First: New York 1960s

America First: New York 1960s by WAKAMATSU, Tad

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Title
America First: New York 1960s
Author
WAKAMATSU, Tad
Seller
Harper's Books (United States)
Condition
A near fine copy in glossy boards. Illustrated jacket with minor toning, else near fine; accompanied by original publisher's obi
Description
Tokyo: Bungei-Shunju, 1985. A near fine copy in glossy boards. Illustrated jacket with minor toning, else near fine; accompanied by original publisher's obi. Uncommon, with only 3 OCLC records located outside of Japan.. First Edition. Square octavo. "Kennedy is dead, the shadow of the Vietnam War looms, and in early 1960s New York, just before the Beatles arrived, an unpaid studio assistant has registered for the draft and follows the lives of people in the street." A poignant collection of black-and-white NYC street photography from Japanese photographer Tad Wakamatsu, best known for his photobook Ipy Girl Ipy. Concluding with an autobiographical text from Wakamatsu (in Japanese), relating his time in New York as Richard Avedon's studio assistant.
Shock Corridor (Collection of 27 original photographs from the 1963 film)

Shock Corridor (Collection of 27 original photographs from the 1963 film) by Samuel Fuller (director, screenwriter); Peter Breck, Constance Towers, Gene Evens, James Best (starring)

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Title
Shock Corridor (Collection of 27 original photographs from the 1963 film)
Author
Samuel Fuller (director, screenwriter); Peter Breck, Constance Towers, Gene Evens, James Best (starring)
Seller
Royal Books (United States)
Description
Glendale, CA: Allied Artists, 1963. Collection of 27 vintage reference photographs from the 1963 film, including four photographs showing proposed advertising material for the film. All but the advertising promos photos have provenance labels on the versos. With a pink mimeograph production sheet laid in, showing credits and a brief synopsis. Samuel Fuller's hallucinatory tour-de-force, about a Daily Globe journalist who, in an attempt to win a Pulitzer Prize, has himself institutionalized in an asylum recently implicated in a murder case. 10 x 8 inches. Generally Near Fine, with some faint toning to the margins and light curling, and studio still photographs with manuscript ink and pencil layout annotations and numeric annotations on the rectos. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 19. Rosenbaum 1000. Scorsese, A Personal Journey Through American Movies. Spicer US. Grant US.
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Ensign, Bridgman & Fanning’s Map of Illinois by ENSIGN, BRIDGMAN & FANNING

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Seller: Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts
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Ensign, Bridgman & Fanning’s Map of Illinois
Author
ENSIGN, BRIDGMAN & FANNING
Seller
Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description
New York: Ensign, Bridgman & Fanning. In the original publisher’s cloth binding, decorated in blind, gilt on front cover; list of publisher’s maps, charts and books on the front paste-down, and with the exception of a very small 2 inch tear in crease, in excellent condition. This map of Illinois shows county boundaries in different colors along with cities, towns, rivers roads and railroads. There is an inset map of Chicago at lower left, showing city blocks and the various wards. At the upper left is a table with population by county as of 1850. The map was issued as folded.
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A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY THROUGH FRANCE AND ITALY. BY MR. YORICK by [Sterne Laurence]

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A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY THROUGH FRANCE AND ITALY. BY MR. YORICK
Author
[Sterne Laurence]
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The Book Block (United States)
Description
London J. Creswick & Co., 1794. Sm. 8vo. (6 1/4 x 4 1/16), full acid calf with a single narrow floral border on the covers; spine with five raised bands and elaborate gilt decoration. Board edges gilt, inner gilt dentelles, a.e.g. (by Zaehnsdorf). This exceptionally well printed edition with its six engravings by W. Bromley after drawings by M. Archer employs excellent typography and a few well chosen head and tail pieces, making it highly attractive and readable. The unfinished narrative attacks sentimentalism wherein Sterne playfully moralizes so as to present an almost delicate caricature of moralizing itself. It is hard to understand today how for so many years it was read with great seriousness. It was first published in 1768, the year of Sterne's death. BEAUTIFULLY BOUND—WITH SIX FINE ENGRAVINGS
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom

Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom by Blight, David W.

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Title
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
Author
Blight, David W.
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The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (United States)
ISBN
9781982136697
Condition
Near fine
Description
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2019. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Signed limited edition of Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom, by David W. Blight.. Octavo, xx, 892pp. Blue hardcover, title in gilt on spine. First edition, first printing, with full number line on copyright page. In publisher's limited edition dust jacket, "Pulitzer Prize" label on cover, retail price on front flap, a touch of shelf wear, in near fine condition. Signed by the author on tipped-in limitation page. Author and historian David W. Blight won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for History and the Lincoln Prize for this work on Frederick Douglass. This was the first major biography of Frederick Douglass in nearly three decades.
A God in Ruins

A God in Ruins by Atkinson, Kate

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A God in Ruins
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Atkinson, Kate
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The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
London: Doubleday, 2015. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Signed first edition of A God Signed by Kate Atkinson.. Octavo, 394pp, [2]. Maroon hardcover, title in white on spine. All edges dyed red, with red bookmark sewn in. Illustrated endpapers. Solid text block, a fine copy. In the publisher's dust jacket, £20.00 retail price on front flap, touch of wear to edges, otherwise fine. With a Costa sticker on the front panel advertising Atkinson's past work, Life After Life. Signed on the title page: "Kate Atkinson / 7.5.15.
Self-Interest or Communal Interest: An Ideology of Leadership in the Gideon, Abimelech and Jephthah Narratives (Judg 6-12) (Supplements to Vetus Testamentum 106) (Vetus Testamentum, Supplements)
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Self-Interest or Communal Interest: An Ideology of Leadership in the Gideon, Abimelech and Jephthah Narratives (Judg 6-12) (Supplements to Vetus Testamentum 106) (Vetus Testamentum, Supplements) by Elie Assis

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Self-Interest or Communal Interest: An Ideology of Leadership in the Gideon, Abimelech and Jephthah Narratives (Judg 6-12) (Supplements to Vetus Testamentum 106) (Vetus Testamentum, Supplements)
Author
Elie Assis
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Ed's Editions Bookstore (United States)
ISBN
9789004143548
Condition
Very Good
Description
Brill Academic Pub, 2005-05-14. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x0x9. Dust jacket and book are clean, has a very good binding. Gift inscription is written on the front endpaper- no other marks or notations.
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The Integral Philosophy of Sri Aurobindo: A Commemorative Symposium by Sri; Aurobindo

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The Integral Philosophy of Sri Aurobindo: A Commemorative Symposium
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Sri; Aurobindo
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Ed's Editions Bookstore (United States)
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Good
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George Allen & Unwin,, 1960. hardcover. Good/Good. 0x0x0. Dust jacket and book are clean, has a good binding, no marks or notations. Red cloth boards.
Comets and Meteors (Follett Beginning Science Books)

Comets and Meteors (Follett Beginning Science Books) by Isaac Asimov

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Comets and Meteors (Follett Beginning Science Books)
Author
Isaac Asimov
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Ed's Editions Bookstore (United States)
ISBN
9780695400477
Condition
Good
Description
Follett Publishing Co, 1972. First Edition. hardcover. Good/Good. 8x0x0. First Edition, First Printing stated. Dust jacket and book are in good condition, dust jacket has minor edge wear. Light blue cloth boards. Clean, has a good binding, no marks or notations.
When the Devil Was Well

When the Devil Was Well by STEVENSON, Robert Louis; William P. TRENT, editor

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When the Devil Was Well
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STEVENSON, Robert Louis; William P. TRENT, editor
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Riverrun Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description
New York: Privately Printed for Dr. A. S. W. Rosenbach [by Boston: The Bibliophile Society], 1921. 4to (23 x 17.5 cm). Frontispiece portrait, folding facsimile plates of the manuscript. Original gilt-lettered parchment-backed boards; fragment of plain original dust wrapper. One of 450 copies of this "Small Complimentary Edition," issued by The Bibliophile Society as a "token of gratitude and appreciation" for Rosenbach as he had allowed them to reproduce his original manuscript of this piece.
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Book marks made from Bruce Rogers' apparel

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Book marks made from Bruce Rogers' apparel
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Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press (United States)
Description
np: np, 1970. single sheet. Rogers, Bruce. oblong 8vo. single sheet. A book mark made on hand-made paper by Harrison Elliott from former wearing apparel of Bruce Rogers. In fine condition. Contains a small poem about Bruce Rogers.
Explaining China
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Explaining China by ALLEN, Steve

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Title
Explaining China
Author
ALLEN, Steve
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Argosy Book Store (United States)
ISBN
9780517540626
Condition
very good
Description
New York: Crown, 1980. First. hardcover. very good/good. 150 photographs. 339 pages, large 8vo, cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper spine faded, rubbed, edgeworn. New York: Crown, (1980). First edition. A very good copy in a good dust wrapper.

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