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THE LONG GALLERY, LOUVRE by WHISTLER, JAMES MCNEIL (1834-1903)

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Title: THE LONG GALLERY, LOUVRE
Author: WHISTLER, JAMES MCNEIL (1834-1903)
Seller: L'Estampe Originale (United States)
Description: 1894. Lithograph. Way 52, W. 28, ML 83, Tedeschi, Stratis and Spink 146.. Published in The Studio, with blindstamp. Full Margins: 8½ x 6.Signed in the stone with the Whistler butterfly monograph. Printed on the full sheet of cream wove paper. In fine condition.

Soft ground bust-length etching by Ferdinand Michl (1877-1951) by VERDI, Giuseppe 1813-1901

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Title: Soft ground bust-length etching by Ferdinand Michl (1877-1951)
Creator: VERDI, Giuseppe 1813-1901
Seller: J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
Description: Verdi's facsimile signature within the plate. Signed by the artist at lower right, just below plate mark. 215 x 170 mm. + wide margins. A fine impression printed on tan wove paper. Left outer margin slightly chipped.

Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898–1899 by Chun, Carl; Schulz, Franz Eilhard; Neumann, Gunther; Schurig, Walther; Strauss, Erich

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Title: Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898–1899
Author: Chun, Carl; Schulz, Franz Eilhard; Neumann, Gunther; Schurig, Walther; Strauss, Erich
Seller: Biomed Rare Books LLC, ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Description: Jena: Gustav Fischer, 1905, 1906, 1909. First edition, first printing. 4 ORIGINAL MONOGRAPHS FROM THE VALDAVIA EXPEDITION OF 1898-1899 WITH FINE LITHOGRAPHIC PLATES AND MAPS. The Valdivia Expedition, or Deutsche Tiefsee-Expedition (German Deep Sea Expedition), was a scientific expedition organized and funded by the German Empire under Kaiser Wilhelm II and was named after the ship which was bought and outfitted for the expedition, the SS Valdivia. It was led by the marine biologist Carl Chun and the expedition ran from 1898-1899 with the purpose of exploring the depths of the oceans below 500 fathoms, which had not been explored by the earlier Challenger Expedition. In the mid-19th century most scientists adhered to the Abyssus theory which posited that it was not possible for life to exist below 300 fathoms depth. CARL CHUN (1852 – 1914) was a German marine biologist and a pioneer of oceanographic research. He held a deep conviction that there must be abundant life in the unknown abyssal regions of the oceans and he proposed that the German Empire organize its own expedition which was to be nationally funded with the approval of the Kaiser. The Valdivia set sail from Hamburg on 1 August 1898 and made its first call at Edinburgh, where the scientists visited the offices of The Challenger Expedition Commission. The expedition then sailed north, entering the Atlantic between the Faroe Islands and the Shetland Islands and then turning south towards the Canary Islands and the west coast of Africa, reaching Cape Town on 26 August. They then explored a major part of the Indian Ocean and the Antarctic Ocean, covering a total of 32,000 nautical miles. The main aims of the expedition were to collect as many biological specimens as they could while focusing on how organisms adapted to the extreme conditions of the environment of the deep oceans. After organizing the first deep-sea expedition aboard the Valdivia he spent his life studying the collections made during the expedition, and was responsible for discovering many marine organisms. These were published over the ensuing 40 years in 24 volumes as Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898–1899 (Scientific results of the German deep-sea expedition on the steamer "Valdivia" 1898–1899). Offered here are 4 slim folio volumes, 34.5 x 25.5 x 0.5 cm, in orange printed paper wraps: the installments as originally published. The large folio format accommodates the fine color lithographs and maps that were printed by Werner and Winter of Frankfurt, specialists in scientific illustration, and by Giltsch Lithographische Anstalt, the lithographers in Jena who produced the illustrations for Kunstformen der Natur after drawings by Ernst Haeckel. Light soiling to covers, some chipping to paper spine ends, small Aquatic Institute handstamp to bottom of each title page—no other marks. Very good with each volume encased in an archival 4-flap folder with stiff card covers and cloth spine. 1) 1905 Die Xenophyophoren, eine besondere Gruppe der Rhizopoden [The Xenophyophores, a distinct group of rhizopods] by Franz Eilhard Schulze (1840-1921). Text 55 pp, 7 color plates with facing descriptive text, 46 x 31 cm color folding map of the world showing the location of collected xenophyophores. Recent molecular analysis has confirmed that Xenophyophores belong to the phylum Foraminifera, although they have previously been classified as sponges, rhizopods and even a completely new phylum. They live exclusively in the deep-sea and use their amoeba-like pseudopodia to build elaborate houses from the surrounding sediment and other materials (one species builds exclusively from glass sponge spicules) – an amazing feat for a single cell! These 'tests' include a range of structures including fans, globules, and brain-like masses. The tests are premium real estate in the muddy expanses of the deep-sea, often supporting other animals such as brittlestars, isopods, and polychaete worms. Perhaps unsurprisingly, environments with xenophyophores have higher biodiversity than similar environments without them. Most xenophyophores are epibenthic, living on the surface of the seafloor, but some may extend their cytoplasm beneath the sediment. Xenophyophores are incredibly fragile and difficult to collect from their deep-sea habitats, and this is one of the reasons we know so little about their life history or ecosystem function. 2) 1906 Doliolum by Gunther Neumann. 14 plates with facing descriptive text (11 color, 2 uncolored, 1 white on black background), 38.5 x 52.5 cm color folding map tracing the voyage of the Valdivia. The Doliolida are an order of Tunicates, small marine chordates 1–2 mm long and barrel-shaped. Most are filter-feeding free-swimming plankton; cilia pump water through the body which drives them forward. As the water passes through, small particles and plankton on which the animal feeds are strained from the water by the gill slits. Doliolids can also move by contracting the muscular bands around the body creating a temporary water jet that thrusts them forward or backward. Doliolids alternate through sexual and asexual generations. The sexual generation consists of individuals featuring eight muscle bands, each having male or female gonads. Asexual individuals produce mature progeny asexually. The "nurse" produces buds (which grow into new zooids) in its ventral stalk, but the buds grow and mature on its dorsal stalk. Each bud is an aggregate of a few dozen cells. Buds are immobile, but are actively carried by phorocytes--mobile cells. They develop into spoon-shaped zooids that supply food for the whole colony via a common blood circulation. Finally, when the two phorozooid rows on the nurse's stalk are filled up and the first phorozooids grow big enough, the phorocytes begin to plant subsequent buds on the stalks of phorozooids, which are still attached to the main colony at this point. Only this third batch of buds eventually grows into gonozooids - the sexual generation. Gonozooids detached from the phorozooid swim free, mate, and produce fertilized eggs - from which spring the next generation of asexual zooid "factories", and the cycle repeats. The total number of zooids produced by a single nurse colony can reach tens of thousands - explosive growth unusual in the animal kingdom. 3) 1906 Anatomie der Echinothuriden [Anatomy of the Echinothurioids] by Walther Schurig. [1], 293-350 pp, 22 figures in text, 2 Lithographic plates with transparent overlays by Werner & Winter, 2 lithographic plates (1 color) by Giltsch Lithographische Anstalt. Unopened. Echinothurioids are distinguished from other sea urchins by the combination of a flexible test and hollow spines. The membrane around the mouth contains only simple plates, in contrast to the more complex mouth parts of their close relatives, the Diadematoida. They are nearly all deep sea dwellers. Echinothurioids are nearly all found on the seabed at abyssal depths. For many years, echinothurioids were believed to be extinct, being only known from fossils. Their fossils are rare because the test tends to disintegrate after the echinoderm dies, and the only parts to be preserved are detached plates and spines. 4) 1909 Das Gammaridenauge [Gammaridae] by Erich Strauss. [1], 84 pp, 47 figures in text, 6 lithographic plates (4 partly colored), unopened. The Gammaridea was one of the suborders of the order Amphipoda, comprising small, shrimp-like crustaceans. They were for a long time used as a "wastebin taxon", which included numerous genera of gammaridean amphipods that since then have been removed to their own families, such as the Anisogammaridae, Melitidae and Niphargidae. This report is a study of innervation and optical organs of the head.

Baker Street (Original script for a 2016 staging of the 1965 Broadway musical) by Arthur Conan Doyle (stories); Marian Grudeff, Ray Jessel (music, lyrics); Jerome Coopersmith (book); Cindy Goldfield (director)

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Title: Baker Street (Original script for a 2016 staging of the 1965 Broadway musical)
Author: Arthur Conan Doyle (stories); Marian Grudeff, Ray Jessel (music, lyrics); Jerome Coopersmith (book); Cindy Goldfield (director)
Seller: Royal Books (United States)
Description: N.p.: N.p., 2016. Draft script for a 2016 staging of the successful 1965 Broadway musical, held at 42nd Street Moon Theatre in San Francisco. The play made its Broadway debut at the Broadway Theatre in February of 1965, running through the end of October of the same year and later transferring to the Al Hirschfeld Theatre (then known as the Martin Beck Theatre). The original cast included Fritz Weaver, Peter Sallis, Martin Gabel, and Inga Swenson, and garnered four Tony nominations, winning one for Best Scenic Design. Self wrappers. Title page present, undated, with credits for playwrights Jerome Coopersmith, Marian Grudeff, and Raymond Jessel, and story credit to Arthur Conan Doyle. 105 leaves, with last page of text numbered II-34. Xerographic duplication, rectos only, with undated, tipped-in revisions throughout. Pages about Fine, partially bound with a binder clip at the top edges.

Countdown: Sex Bombs (Complete in 6 Volumes) by Hiroyuki Utatane

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Title: Countdown: Sex Bombs (Complete in 6 Volumes)
Author: Hiroyuki Utatane
Seller: Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Seattle: Eros Comix, 1995. Pictorial wrappers. Near Fine. Hiroyuki Utatane. The 1995 1st American editions, complete in 6 volumes. All 6 volumes clean and Near Fine to Fine in their stapled, pictorial wrappers. Skillfully illustrated throughout. Uncommon in its full run.

Grammaire De La Langue Serbo-Croate by A. Meillet et A. Vaillant

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Title: Grammaire De La Langue Serbo-Croate
Author: A. Meillet et A. Vaillant
Seller: Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Collectible; Very Good
Description: Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honore Champion, 1924. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. The 1924 1st edition. VG in its light-green wrappers, with light foxing along the top-edges. Octavo, 302 pgs. Text in French.

FRUITS OF THE WORLD IN DANGER by BAXTER, Glen

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Title: FRUITS OF THE WORLD IN DANGER
Author: BAXTER, Glen
Seller: Charles Agvent, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: (New York): Gotham Book Mart, (1974). First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Fine. Glen Baxter. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11") stapled pictorial wraps with title page and 6 pages of captioned illustrations printed on rectos with versos blank. An early Baxter title based on exhibitions of his pen and ink drawings at the Gotham Book Mart. SIGNED on the title page by the author/artist. Acquired directly from the Gotham Book Mart inventory after the store closed.

Over One Thousand Recipes. The Lakeside Cook Book. A complete manual of practical, economical, palatable, healthful and useful cookery by [Donnelley, Naomi]

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Title: Over One Thousand Recipes. The Lakeside Cook Book. A complete manual of practical, economical, palatable, healthful and useful cookery
Author: [Donnelley, Naomi]
Seller: Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink (United States)
Description: Chicago: Donnelley, Loyd & Co, 1878. Octavo-sized booklet, stapled in wrapper (21 x 15.6 cm.), 47, [1] pages. Illustrated. Advertisements. FIRST EDITION. In September of the same year, a second volume was issued by Donnelley, Gasette, & Loyd, "containing an entirely new collection of recipes for household use". The second volume carried the changed subtitle: a manual of recipes for cooking, pickling, and preserving, and other useful information for the housekeeper. In 1885, The Lakeside Cook Book was issued in Boston with a new title, The Home-made Cook Book, by M.J. Ivers and Co. A small household manual, with culinary recipes in narrative form, as well as cleaning tips, invalid cooking, and antidotes for poisons. The lithographic wrappers, printed in black and gold indicate "Price 10 cents" while the Library Company of Philadelphia copy indicates "Price 25 cents". The rear wrapper panel contains an interesting advertisement for "The Mantchoo Tea... for sale by newsdealers, booksellers, stationers, druggists..." All pages browned and somewhat brittle. Some dog ears and chipping to wrapper edges and spine. Good only. [OCLC locates six copies of this first edition (though three indicate slight bibliographic differences) and six copies of volume two; Brown 684; not in Cagle].

Selected and New Poems by Dubie, Norman

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Title: Selected and New Poems
Author: Dubie, Norman
Seller: Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix (United States)
ISBN: 9780393018172
Condition: Very Good in a Very Good jacket.
Description: New York: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1983. First Edition. Very Good in a Very Good jacket.. Uncommon hardcover issue of the first edition of the the collection that established Dubie's (wider) reputation. Cloth. 8vo. 145pp. Jacket lightly rubbed, mild edgewear, one small closed tear rear panel. Unclipped. Book bumped at one corner. Remainder mark to bottom edge which has also grazed the jacket flaps. Else bright and sound.

The Shades of the Wilderness by ALTSHELER, Joseph A.

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Title: The Shades of the Wilderness
Author: ALTSHELER, Joseph A.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description: New York: Appleton Century Crofts, (1944). Later printing. Small octavo. Gray cloth; dustjacket; 360pp. Very clean copy, tight andFine, in original pictorial dustwrapper, price-clipped, lightly edgeworn; Very Good.. Originally published 1916; this is a much later printing, but an unusually attractive copy in its original jacket. One of Altsheler's Civil War novels for boys.

Winning Hearts and Minds

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Title: Winning Hearts and Minds
Seller: Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: NY: McGraw Hill. 1972. The wrappered reissue of one of the early, important collections of poetry by Vietnam vets, published by a small press that was started by vets. Later this title was picked up by a major New York publisher and reissued. An important volume, which introduced such writers as W.D. Ehrhart, Michael Casey and Gustav Hasford, among others. Inscribed by Michael Uhl. Very good in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good.

The Strange Life of Charles Waterton 1782-1865 by ALDINGTON, Richard

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Title: The Strange Life of Charles Waterton 1782-1865
Author: ALDINGTON, Richard
Seller: Argosy Book Store (United States)
Condition: very good
Description: New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1949. hardcover. very good/very good(-). Black & white illustrations. 231pp. Small 8vo, cloth, dust wrapper; d.w. chipped with small pieces missing. N.Y.: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, (1949). Very good.

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