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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman [with extra suite]

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman [with extra suite] by Sterne, Laurence; New, Melvyn and New, Joan (Editors); New, Melvyn (Essay); Baldessari, John (Artist)

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Seller: Swan's Fine Books
Title
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman [with extra suite]
Author
Sterne, Laurence; New, Melvyn and New, Joan (Editors); New, Melvyn (Essay); Baldessari, John (Artist)
Seller
Swan's Fine Books (United States)
Condition
New
Description
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 1988. Limited Edition. Hardcover. New. Baldessari, John. Main volume: octavo, 10 1/4" by 6 3/4", 624 pages. Essay: same size, 44 pages. Photo-collages, same size, 86 accordion-fold pages. The type is Caslon Old Style, the face used for the first printings of Sterne's original nine volumes (1760-1767), in Monotype composition by Mackenzie-Harris, with larger sizes handset. The paper is a special making of all-cotton Curtis Ruysdael. Tipped-in marbled paper was specially made. The binding of the main volume is machine-sewn, with a dark green calf spine and corners, mabled paper sides, and gold spine titling. The essay volume is identical in production except it is bond in green paper over boards, with gold titling on the front. The accordion-fold volume of photo-collages and excerpts was printed by offset lithography on Curtis Bridgewater Cover paper and has green paper-covered boards with gold titling on the front cover, and a piece of folded green paper covering the fore-edge. All three volumes are in a single slipcase, covered in green paper with spine titling in gold. An extra suite of five large-scale lithographic prints was printed in black and eight colors of inks. The paper is T.H. Saunders Waterford Hot Press paper, ranging in size within 22 by 30 inches. The suite is housed in a portfolio with a green cloth spine and green paper sides with a titling label on the front. Edition of 50 numbered sets, plus 15 hors de commerce, signed by the artist. With 39 photo-collage illustrations and an extra suite of five lithographs by John Baldessari, in three volumes, with prospectus. Laurence Sterne (1713-1768) was an obscure country parson when he self-published the first two volumes of this novel in 1760. When he died eight years later, he was rich and famous, and his book, unlike any other work of English fiction, had garnered extravagent praise and abundant censure. He acknowledged inspiration in the writings of Rabelais, Cervantes, and Montaigne, but "Tristram Shandy" was and remains an original, provocative, and hilariously funny book. The text was highly unusual in its typographic presentation, and Arion Press went out of its way to be faithful to the details of the setting, which include asterisks for naughty words, a marbled page, and a black page. Please note that while this set is new, the leather back of the main volume does show a few very light, stray marks. ___POSTAGE: Please note that this set is extremely large and heavy, and additional postage may apply; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.
Revenge of the Lawn: Stories 1962-1970

Revenge of the Lawn: Stories 1962-1970 by Brautigan, Richard

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Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Title
Revenge of the Lawn: Stories 1962-1970
Author
Brautigan, Richard
Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1971. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. First edition, first printing. Association copy signed by Richard Brautigan on the front free endpaper and inscribed to his girlfriend Sherry Vetter, whose photograph appears on the book jacket: "This Copy is for Sherry Vetter with [fish pictogram] from Richard Brautigan, November 26, 1971." Together with a 10 x 8 inch photograph, an outtake from the photoshoot that produced the cover image, and a typewritten letter from Brautigan to Vetter signed with a fish pictogram. [ii], 174 pp. Bound in publisher's green cloth stamped in silver. Very Good with light fading and moderate rubbing to upper and lower board edges, bumping to corners, and light offsetting to endpapers. Light foxing to textblock edges and occasionally throughout. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with light toning, soiling, and edgewear and scattered foxing. Very light foxing and curling to photo corners, soft creasing to letter and staining to envelope. A touching association copy from the estate of Sherry Elizabeth Vetter, a Berkeley graduate who dated Brautigan in San Francisco. She wears a different dress in the outtake photo but has the same lovely smile, posing with the chocolate cake she made herself - a reference to the first story in this collection. He wrote to her while she was visiting family in Kentucky on November 4, three weeks before he signed the book to her: "Fog is the story here in San Francisco. We've had three days of it now. I like it but look forward to seeing the heads and tails of your shiny little face.
The Ice in the Bedroom

The Ice in the Bedroom by Wodehouse, P. G.

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Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Title
The Ice in the Bedroom
Author
Wodehouse, P. G.
Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1961. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by P. G. Wodehouse on the front free end paper. Bound in publisher's original black paper boards over black spine cloth stamped in yellow, white and red. Near Fine with light soiling to rear joint, light wear to spine ends, contents lightly tanned. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with slight edge wear, scratch to rear panel; old price sticker ghost to front flap.
(The Marlborough Gems) Gemmarum Antiquarum Delectus, ex Praestantioribus Desumptus, quae in Dactyliothecis Ducis Marlburiensis Conservantur. Choix des Pierres Antiques Gravees du Cabinet du Duc de Marlborough

(The Marlborough Gems) Gemmarum Antiquarum Delectus, ex Praestantioribus Desumptus, quae in Dactyliothecis Ducis Marlburiensis Conservantur. Choix des Pierres Antiques Gravees du Cabinet du Duc de Marlborough by [Bryant, Jacob]; [William Cole]

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Title
(The Marlborough Gems) Gemmarum Antiquarum Delectus, ex Praestantioribus Desumptus, quae in Dactyliothecis Ducis Marlburiensis Conservantur. Choix des Pierres Antiques Gravees du Cabinet du Duc de Marlborough
Author
[Bryant, Jacob]; [William Cole]
Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
London: Jonathan Murray, 1845. Second edition. Complete in two large folio volumes. Three quarter red calf lettered and ruled in gilt with vellum sides, top edges gilt. Text in English and Latin. Ex-library copies, non-circulating, with bookplates on paste downs, call numbers printed on spines, perforations to title with a few penciled notes. Plates unmarked and unperforated. Very Good overall with some chipping and wear to calf. Contents very bright. All 108 plates and two frontispieces present, showcasing the fourth Duke of Marlborough's collection of gems.
Kinh dịch 易經 [Ch. Yijing]

Kinh dịch 易經 [Ch. Yijing] by THE CLASSIC OF CHANGES

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Title
Kinh dịch 易經 [Ch. Yijing]
Author
THE CLASSIC OF CHANGES
Seller
Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description
Some woodcut diagrams. Woodblock-printed. 3, 76; 71; 93; 71 folding leaves. Four quyển in four vols. 8vo, orig. wrappers with pasted-on handwritten title-slip, leaves appear to be knot-bound inside, red edges. [Vietnam: Nguyễn dynasty?]. Rare Vietnamese edition of the Classic of Changes, incorporating cosmological diagrams and commentaries of the Neo-Confucian philosophers Shao Yong 邵雍 (1012-77), Cheng Yi 程颐 (1033-1107) and Zhu Xi 朱熹 (1130-1200). The only other Vietnamese copy of the Classic of Changes in WorldCat is a different edition, held at Leiden University (accession no. 695525306). "The Yijing was probably introduced into Vietnam at about the same time as it reached Korea and Japan, but it did not become influential until the establishment of the Lê dynasty (1428-1789). During that period Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism became state orthodoxy, and the Changes was studied both as a Confucian classic at the Imperial College and as a divination manual at the Ministry of Rites."-Richard J. Smith, The I Ching: A Biography (2012), pp. 151-52. "Yijing scholarship in Vietnam was highly pragmatic. Vietnamese scholars were not interested in metaphysical discussions or textual criticism. To most Vietnamese, the Yijing was a book of high practical value. The Yijing was basically treated as a textbook for the civil service examinations. The Vietnamese government reprinted Zhu Xi and Cheng Yi's commentaries on the Yijing numerous times to promote Confucian education and morality... "Traditional Vietnam also applied Yijing-related principles to things and affairs in their daily life. Though not a popular and influential text in the Vietnamese Confucian circle, the Yijing and its yinyang wuxing (two primal forces and five basic agents) doctrine penetrated the ideas and practices of Vietnamese politics, medicine, agriculture, calendrical studies, geography, religion and folklore. The yinyang wuxing doctrine shaped the Vietnamese perception of their society, politics, human relationship and the outside world...The imperial family and the courtiers applied the principle of wuxing in naming. Vietnamese scholars used the Yijing to advocate the 'six-eight poetry.' Some Vietnamese officials claimed authority from the divination of the Yijing. Geomancy or fengshui based on the yinyang wuxing doctrine was prevalent in Vietnamese thought and folklore."-Wai-Ming Ng, "Yijing Scholarship in Late Nguyễn Vietnam," Review of Vietnamese Studies 3, No. 1 (2003), p. 5. Our copy of the Classic of Changes appears to be identical to the digitized copy held at the National Library of Vietnam, HVv.1/1-4, which has been described as a Vietnamese reprint of a Yongle-era (1403-25) Chinese edition. It is a succinct presentation of the Classic of Changes with essential prefatory and in-line commentaries by Neo-Confucian scholars, including a series of cosmological diagrams in the first volume. As Richard Smith notes above, Yijing editions such as ours have been published in Vietnam since the Lê dynasty, and the absence of publication information - either of the Chinese edition or the Vietnamese reprint - makes our copy difficult to date. The presence of handwritten marginalia in sinographs, nevertheless, makes clear that our copy has been carefully studied by at least one Vietnamese student of the classic, presumably before the abolishment of the civil examination system in 1919. Overall very good condition, with light (and mostly marginal) staining and worming. The endpapers are recycled paper with printed and handwritten texts. Edges are painted red, and some are split along the fore-edge, which does not affect reading. Annotated by hand throughout in red ink, with additional (and later) page numbers in Arabic numerals and glosses in the Vietnamese Latin alphabet. ❧ Yuenan Hannan wenxian ziliaoku 越南漢喃文獻資料庫, Academia Sinica.
Hydrodynamics" -- Atoms for Peace Poster Series by Erik Nitsche

Hydrodynamics" -- Atoms for Peace Poster Series by Erik Nitsche by Erik Nitsche

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Title
Hydrodynamics" -- Atoms for Peace Poster Series by Erik Nitsche
Author
Erik Nitsche
Seller
Eclectibles (United States)
Condition
Good to very good. Short tears, including larger closed short tear to head.
Description
Lausanne, Switzerland: General Dynamics, Lith. R. Marsens, 1955. Good to very good. Short tears, including larger closed short tear to head.. An exceptional poster designed by Erik Nitsche (1908-1998), while working as art director for the engineering firm General Dynamics in 1955. It is part of the "Atoms for Peace" poster series, and was exhibited by the firm at the 1955 International Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy in Geneva, Switzerland. What makes the series so impactful-- aside from their stunning use of color, typography, and image-- is the coherent message Nitsche has woven throughout the pieces: that atomic energy can be used for peace and modern innovation among nations, rather than destruction and discord sown by the advent of Oppenheimer's atomic bomb. The posters each feature a different minimal, yet nuanced expression of modern science and innovation, with the phrase "Atoms for Peace" in different languages including French, Hindi, English, Spanish, German, Italian, and Arabic. Nitsche, Erik. "Hydrodynamics". Lausanne: General Dynamics, Lith. R. Marsens, 1955. Lithographed poster measuring approx. 50" by 35". Depicts submarine exiting a Nautilus shell, with a globe in the center of the Nautilus. French at head reads, "l'atom au service de la paix
A New System, Or, An Analysis of Ancient Mythology

A New System, Or, An Analysis of Ancient Mythology by Bryant, Jacob. Blake, William

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Title
A New System, Or, An Analysis of Ancient Mythology
Author
Bryant, Jacob. Blake, William
Seller
John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller (United States)
Description
1775. London: T. Payne, 1775/1776. 3 vols, 4to, xx, 516; [2], vi, 535; viii, 602 pp, with 31 engravings on the 30 listed plates. A very good and attractive set in clean condition, bound in original calf with gilt decorated rules to covers, and gilt decoration to spine panels, with six compartments and red and black labels. § Second edition of Vol. 1 and 2 (1775), and only edition of Vol. 3 (1796). The three maps are lacking. All other illustrations are present in good condition but including usual offsetting and a few showing minor mottling and browning. Plate XI, stated in the List of Plates to be a Bartolozzi engraved plate designed by Cypriani from an original onyx Camaio by the Greek artist Tryphon is the correct plate, although in fact it bears no plate No. and the imprint "G. B. Cipriani Del, I.K. Sherwin Sculp.." Although Bartolozzi normally signs his studio's plates, J. K. Sherwin was an apprentice of Bartolozzi's, and presumably was allowed to sign his engraving in this instance. The plate's design matches "The Marriage of Eros and Psyche" from Tryphon's Camaio in the Duke of Marlborough's Collection (see e.g Wikipaedia: "The Marlborough Gem"). Bentley, BB, 439. Essick, CBI, p. 117 entry C.
Louise Bourgeois: Conscious and Unconscious

Louise Bourgeois: Conscious and Unconscious by BOURGEOIS, Louise (artist); Larratt-Smith, Philip (curator)

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Title
Louise Bourgeois: Conscious and Unconscious
Author
BOURGEOIS, Louise (artist); Larratt-Smith, Philip (curator)
Seller
Riverrun Books & Manuscripts (United States)
ISBN
9789992194645
Condition
A small note written on the title page; otherwise a clean copy
Description
Doha, Qatar: Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing, 2012. First edition. A small note written on the title page; otherwise a clean copy. 12.5 x 9 inches. 106 pages. Profusely illustrated in color. Original pictorial boards; cloth slipcase. With text in both English and Arabic.
A Biographer's Notebook

A Biographer's Notebook by BOLITHO, Hector

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Title
A Biographer's Notebook
Author
BOLITHO, Hector
Seller
Riverrun Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Condition
Slight edgewear and toning to the sheets, generally very good
Description
London: William Clowes and Sons, 1950. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. Slight edgewear and toning to the sheets, generally very good. 8vo. Advance copy in drab wrappers, printed paper label on cover. Advance copy, and the dedication copy, inscribed under the printed dedication "To Robert J. Shaw": "with devotion Hector." A prolific New Zealand writer, novelist and biographer, Bolitho (1897-1974), has inked a number of corrections throughout the text.
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Feminist Journal Critiquing Patriarchal Biases in Economic Theory "Impolite Questions About Frederick Engels", 1970 by Frederick Engels; Women Unlimited

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Feminist Journal Critiquing Patriarchal Biases in Economic Theory "Impolite Questions About Frederick Engels", 1970
Author
Frederick Engels; Women Unlimited
Seller
Max Rambod Inc. (United States)
Description
1970. [Feminist] Impolite Questions About Frederick Engels, A Feminist Journal. Women Unlimited: St. Paul Minnesota, March 1970. A journal with two articles of feminist theory reexamining the work of Frederick Engels. Measures 5.5 x 8.5 inches. Marigold yellow soft cover pamphlet stapled with 50 cent mark in top corner and "no. 1" printed at bottom beneath title. These papers criticize the biases underlying Engel's milestone text, The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State, revealing the limitations of Marxism within a patriarchal framework. The 1970s were a period of rapid growth for feminist theory with new scholarly attention turned to the role gender plays in shaping every aspect of human experience, including those limiting experiences of theorists like Engel. As feminist radicalism gained respect within scholarship, perspective on prominent texts shifted, too. Ink imprints from opposing pages do not obscure text. Text has been underlined in black in places. Very good condition.
Zorro - 1st Edition/1st Printing

Zorro - 1st Edition/1st Printing by Allende, Isabel

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Title
Zorro - 1st Edition/1st Printing
Author
Allende, Isabel
Seller
Books Tell You Why, Inc. (United States)
ISBN
9780060778972
Condition
Fine+ in Fine+ dust jacket
Description
New York: HarperCollinsPublishers. Fine+ in Fine+ dust jacket. 2005. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0060778970 . A handsome first edition/first printing in unread Very Fine condition in Very Fine dust-jacket. Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden; Zorro is a masked, sword-wielding hero who defends the people of California from the evil forces of the Spanish government. This exciting novel is full of action and adventure, and it is sure to captivate young readers.; 8vo .
The Girls of Playboy One

The Girls of Playboy One by Playboy

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Seller: Carpetbagger Books, ABAA
Title
The Girls of Playboy One
Author
Playboy
Seller
Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
Chicago: Playboy Press, 1973. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Fine in a Very Good dust jacket, unclipped (no price), a chip at the back panel. Brown cloth, bumped at the corners, with bronze gilt lettering and designs on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection of 151 full-color photographs.
Dead Crazy; A Jenny Cain Mystery

Dead Crazy; A Jenny Cain Mystery by Pickard, Nancy

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Title
Dead Crazy; A Jenny Cain Mystery
Author
Pickard, Nancy
Seller
Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1988. Uncorrected Proof. Paperback. Near Fine. Near Fine. Wraps lightly faded at the spine. Firmly bound with a slight forward lean, clean internally. The fifth Jenny Cain mystery.
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Tales from Blackwood

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Title
Tales from Blackwood
Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
Scotland: William Blackwood and Sons, 1946. Hardcover. Good. Good Hardcover. The book spine ends and cover corners have minor chipping. The book covers and spine have fading and light soiling. The book hinges are cracked. The pages have light water staining along margins. The inside front cover has a stamp mark.
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Robert Schumann: Eine Biographie ... Dritte, wesentlich vermehrte Auflage. Mit einer Porträtradirung by [SCHUMANN, Robert]. Wasielewski, Wilhelm Josef von

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Title
Robert Schumann: Eine Biographie ... Dritte, wesentlich vermehrte Auflage. Mit einer Porträtradirung
Author
[SCHUMANN, Robert]. Wasielewski, Wilhelm Josef von
Seller
J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
Bonn: Emil Strauss, 1880. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. Original publisher's dark gold embossed cloth with titling to upper and spine, decorative endpapers, small decorative Dutch's bookseller's label to lower corner of upper pastedown. 447 pp. Slightly worn, browned, and foxed.

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