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In duos Archimedis Aequeponderantium Libros Paraphrasis Scholiis illustrata

In duos Archimedis Aequeponderantium Libros Paraphrasis Scholiis illustrata by MONTE, Guidobaldo del

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Seller: Martayan Lan, Inc.
Title
In duos Archimedis Aequeponderantium Libros Paraphrasis Scholiis illustrata
Author
MONTE, Guidobaldo del
Seller
Martayan Lan, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Pesaro: Hieronymus Concordia, 1588. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 4to.,[29.7 x 19.7 cm], (2) ff., 202 pp., (1) f. Bound in 18th C mottled calf, some rubbing, with title gilt on spine. Ex libris of Alexander Henry Davis on front pastedown. Title soiled, cancel on p. 9, corner of 1 leaf torn, trace of former library stamp on f.R2, pp.155-58 misbound. Light toning on scattered leaves, but overall a bright copy, very good. First edition of an Archimedean work by Galileo's friend and early patron Guidobaldo del Monte. Guidobaldo's Liber mechanicorum (1577), regarded as the greatest work on statics since the Greeks, employed the mathematically rigorous proofs of Archimedean models in investigating static and mechanical questions; the present work develops many of those ideas in a paraphrase of Archimedes' "On the Equilibrium of Planes," which applied geometry to hydrostatics and proved the law of the lever using pure geometry. These works had a profound and lasting impact on the methodology adopted by 16th C Italian scientists, most notably Galileo: "Guidobaldo was Galileo's patron and friend and was possibly the greatest single influence on the mechanics of Galileo" (DSB). In addition to his patronage, Guidobaldo also supported Galileo's bid for Chair of Mathematics at the University of Padua in 1592. Galileo himself, who was sent a copy of the present work, adopted Guidobaldo's analysis of the lever.Guidobaldo del Monte (1545-1607, born to a wealthy family from Urbino, was a soldier, military engineer, astronomer and mathematician. In addition to writing works of applied geometry and physics, he also wrote on perspective, and he developed mathematical instruments including the proportional and elliptical compass. * Riccardi II.179; DSB IX.487-489; Bibliotheca Chemico-Mathematica, 12033.
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Up From Slavery by WASHINGTON Booker T

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Seller: Bauman Rare Books
Title
Up From Slavery
Author
WASHINGTON Booker T
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Bauman Rare Books (United States)
Description
1901. First Edition. WASHINGTON, Booker T. Up From Slavery. An Autobiography. New York: Doubleday, Page, 1901. Octavo, original gilt-stamped burgundy cloth, top edge gilt. $3200.First edition of Washington's landmark autobiography, with frontispiece portrait, in original gilt-stamped cloth.Booker T. Washington, ""the son of a black slave and a white man, was born into slavery on a Virginia plantation. Freed, he taught himself to read from Webster's 'Blue-back spelling book,' adopted his inspirational surname, and walked most of the 500 miles to attend Hampton Institute for vocational training. Ten years later, aged 25, he was selected to head Tuskegee Institute… His leadership in education as well as his talents as a public speaker made him the outstanding black man of his time"" (Hart, 803). ""Counted among the ablest public speakers of his time… he became the most recognized spokesman of his generation. Washington's Up From Slavery is listed among the most widely read autobiographies. It was originally published as a serial in the Outlook Magazine… and was ultimately published in more than 12 languages"" (Blockson, Commented Bibliography 51). Includes the text of Washington's famous ""Atlanta Compromise"" speech of 1895, which set the tone of race relations in America for decades to come. Containing tipped-in photogravure frontispiece with facsimile signature. Title page variations noted: this copy without ""Author of 'The Future of the American Negro'"" printed beneath Washington's name, a variation sometimes referred to as the ""first state,"" and less common in the trade, though no priority has been definitively established. Without dust jacket, as issued. Brignano 270. Blockson 10188. Small patterned sticker to front pastedown.Interior generally fine, cloth with only minor wear, gilt bright. An exceptional nearly fine copy.
The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie; With Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Translated by Margaret Armour

The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie; With Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Translated by Margaret Armour by Wagner, Richard [Arthur Rackham]

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Title
The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie; With Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Translated by Margaret Armour
Author
Wagner, Richard [Arthur Rackham]
Seller
The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Condition
Near fine
Description
London: William Heinemann, 1910. Limited Edition. Leather bound. Near fine. Signed limited edition of The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie by Richard Wagner, with illustrations by Arthur Rackham.. Large octavo, ix, [2], 3-159pp, [1]. Finely bound in three-quarter red morocco, red cloth-covered boards. Five raised bands, title in gilt on spine with gilt embellished compartments. Top edge gilt. Binder's imprint on verso of front free endpaper: "Bound for Chas. J. Sawyer, Ltd. London." Solid text block, touch of foxing throughout text, a near fine example. Complete with 34 full-page plates, including frontispiece. Each plate mounted to brown cardstock with captioned tissue guard. (Latimore & Haskell 37) One of 1150 limited edition copies, this one numbered 648. Signed by the illustrator, Arthur Rackham, on the limitation page. The original title of this composition by Richard Wagner in German was Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of Nibelung), a collection of four German language music dramas. The four parts include: Das Rheingold (The Rhinegold), Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), Siegfried, and Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods). The previous bookseller, Charles J. Sawyer, owned and operated his bookshop from 1894 until his passing in 1931, when the firm was bequeathed to his children.
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Souvenir of the Photoplayers Ball.; Given by the Photoplayers' Club of Los Angeles. Valentine's Night. February 14, 1914 by Photoplayers' Club

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Souvenir of the Photoplayers Ball.; Given by the Photoplayers' Club of Los Angeles. Valentine's Night. February 14, 1914
Author
Photoplayers' Club
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Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books (United States)
Description
Los Angeles: Photoplayers' Club, 1914. First edition. Unpaginated, portraits and advertisements. This was the second Photoplayers' Ball, after the third the club fell into bankruptcy. Recent quarter cloth, original wrappers preserved with reinforcement to their versos, in near-fine condition.
UNWIN BROTHERS WILL BE PLEASED TO FORWARD ESTIMATES FOR PRICE LISTS, CATALOGUES AND PRINTING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. PRINTING IN OLD STYLE A SPECIALTY. ESTABLISHED 1826. THE GRESHAM PRESS... (From front cover)

UNWIN BROTHERS WILL BE PLEASED TO FORWARD ESTIMATES FOR PRICE LISTS, CATALOGUES AND PRINTING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. PRINTING IN OLD STYLE A SPECIALTY. ESTABLISHED 1826. THE GRESHAM PRESS... (From front cover)

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UNWIN BROTHERS WILL BE PLEASED TO FORWARD ESTIMATES FOR PRICE LISTS, CATALOGUES AND PRINTING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. PRINTING IN OLD STYLE A SPECIALTY. ESTABLISHED 1826. THE GRESHAM PRESS... (From front cover)
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London: Gresham Press, 1890. original front cover present but worn; back cover lacking. oblong 4to. original front cover present but worn; back cover lacking. (24) pages. Comprises priced specimens of labels, both blank and filled, and reversed for transfer, along with vignette specimens of pianos, piano stools, organs, musical cases, etc. Specimens printed in orange or black. No other copy traced. Front cover detached and heavily chipped around edges, contents very good. Back cover lacking. An incredible survival.
SHALL WE GATHER AT THE RIVER

SHALL WE GATHER AT THE RIVER by Wright, James

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SHALL WE GATHER AT THE RIVER
Author
Wright, James
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Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press (United States)
Description
London: Rapp & Whiting, 1969. paper covered boards, dust jacket. 8vo. paper covered boards, dust jacket. Not paginated. First English edition. Includes "A Note on James Wright" by Robert Bly. Bookseller's stamp at the foot of the front pastedown. Top edge and fore-edge foxed, abrasion at the top corner of the front free endpaper. Ccreased, price-clipped white dust jacket soiled at the edges.
Independence Day in Dublin Town. Emma Carus’ Great Irish Song Hit

Independence Day in Dublin Town. Emma Carus’ Great Irish Song Hit by [Irish-American Performance – Vaudeville] Harty, Bob; Breuer, Ernest

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Independence Day in Dublin Town. Emma Carus’ Great Irish Song Hit
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[Irish-American Performance – Vaudeville] Harty, Bob; Breuer, Ernest
Seller
Auger Down Books (United States)
Condition
Light wear and minor creasing to edges; very good overall.
Description
New York / Chicago / London: M. Witmark & Sons, 1910. Folio sheet music, 13 ½ x 10 ½ inches. Color pictorial cover. Light wear and minor creasing to edges; very good overall.. A lively Irish-themed novelty song promoted as “Emma Carus’ Great Irish Song Hit,” issued by the major popular music publisher M. Witmark & Sons. The cover illustration shows Carus dancing before a marching crowd carrying a banner reading “Home Rule,” evoking the Irish nationalist movement, then a prominent political issue both in Ireland and among Irish-American communities. Emma Carus (1879–1927) was a well-known American vaudeville performer and comic singer who appeared widely in theaters and variety shows during the early twentieth century. Born in New York, she became a popular stage personality through novelty songs and character performances, often introducing new numbers that were quickly issued in sheet music by publishers such as Witmark. The present piece, with lyrics by Bob Harty and music by Ernest Breuer, reflects the continuing popularity of Irish-themed songs in American vaudeville and popular music during the period, when political themes such as Irish Home Rule frequently appeared in theatrical songs and stage sketches aimed at Irish-American audiences. We find a copy with a variant cover in commerce but not this design.
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The Phillips Collection; a Museum of modern Art and Its Sources: Catalogue

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The Phillips Collection; a Museum of modern Art and Its Sources: Catalogue
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Hackenberg Booksellers ABAA (United States)
Description
Washington: Phillips Gallery, 1952. x, 148 [1]p., plus 264 b/w and colored illus., torn dj, rear hinge starting.
On the Tracks of Wild Game

On the Tracks of Wild Game by ŠALAMUN, Tomaž (verse); Sonja Kravanja (translation)

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On the Tracks of Wild Game
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ŠALAMUN, Tomaž (verse); Sonja Kravanja (translation)
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Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
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Brooklyn: Ugly Duckling Presse, 2012. First American Edition. Softcover. Octavo (19cm); blue pictorial paper wrappers; [ii],[6],7-106,[2]pp; illus. Eastern European Poets Series #29. A Fine copy. First published as Po Sledeh Divjadi (1979), this collection of verse includes "World Touch Venice", "Clumsy Guys", and "History is a woman, let's be gay!", translated from the Slovenian to English by Kravanja. [87127].
Alberto Magnelli: A Retrospective 1912-1965

Alberto Magnelli: A Retrospective 1912-1965 by Abadie, Daniel

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Alberto Magnelli: A Retrospective 1912-1965
Author
Abadie, Daniel
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Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780897973311
Condition
Very good
Description
NY: Marlborough, 2008. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 56pp. Pages a bit tanned, else very good in publisher's wraps.
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Blue-Collar Light: Poems. by ZARZYSKI, Paul.

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Blue-Collar Light: Poems.
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ZARZYSKI, Paul.
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Jeff Maser, Bookseller-ABAA (United States)
Description
West Sacramento: Red Wing Press, (1998).. First edition.. 41 pp. Fine in stapled wrappers. Dated (5-3-2000) and INSCRIBED by Zarzyski inside the front cover.
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JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER'S POETRY. AN APPRAISAL AND A SELECTION by WARREN, Robert Penn

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JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER'S POETRY. AN APPRAISAL AND A SELECTION
Author
WARREN, Robert Penn
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The Bookpress, Ltd. (United States)
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WARREN, Robert Penn. JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER'S POETRY. AN APPRAISAL AND A SELECTION. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, (1971). 8vo. Cloth spine, paper covered boards, dust jacket. 208 pages. First edition. Warren gives a biographical and critical portrait of Whittier along with a selection of 36 of Whittier's poems. An important study.

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