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The Last of the Windjammers (in 2 vols)

The Last of the Windjammers (in 2 vols) by Lubbock, Basil

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Seller: Whitmore Rare Books
Title
The Last of the Windjammers (in 2 vols)
Author
Lubbock, Basil
Seller
Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Description
Boston: Charles E. Lauriat Company, 1929. First American edition. First impression. Two octavo volumes in four (9 5/8 x 7 1/8 inches; 245 x 180 mm.). Publishers blue cloth, spines lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, map endpapers. Ink signature on front flyleaf of volume 1, part 1. A few small tape repairs to some folding maps otherwise a near fine set. Complete with the original prospectus's for both volumes. Volume One: xiv, 266; [iv], 267-518 pages. With 126 illustrations and 17 plans. Volume Two: xv, [i, blank], 212; [iv], 213-443, [1 blank] pages. With 174 illustrations and 17 plans. "Here is a real book of the sea, another welcome break in the hasty, monotonous, superficial collections that have made their appearance to exploit the thirst for genuine sea literature created mainly by the appearance of Mr. Lubbock's world- famous books on Clippers and Frigates, narratives that have stirred the emotions and thoughts of readers even far removed from actual seafaring. This book, which will be published in two volumes, will complete the series which commenced with the China Clippers and deals, in particular, with those ships and trades which were not included in the previous volumes. The book was planned to take in every Sailing Ship of any note from the year of the opening of the Suez Canal to the present day, but in practice vessels of a very much earlier date have often been included, especially when sketching the early history of shipping firms. Volume I. is divided into Three Parts. The first deals with the Life and Personnel in Sail, with a chapter on the History of Cape Horn. Part II. is devoted to the vessels in the big Sailing Ship Trades, such as the Jute Clippers and Grain Carriers. Part III. is devoted entirely to the Small Fry -- Swansea Copper-ore-men, Clipper Barques in the South and West African Trades, Intercolonial and South Sea Traders, Fruit Schooners and Fish Carriers. The illustrations and plans, which are very numerous, have been carefully selected and are intended to provide a pictorial record of the last seventy years of the now almost extinct Windjammer. Never before have so many particulars of voyages, incidents and names been included in one boon. It is a simple seamanlike narrative, told in Mr. Lubbock's inimitable style beloved by seafarers and relished by those who love the sea and its traditions. It is a book you will be really proud to possess -- and guard! "(Publisher's prospectus for volume 1). Volume two deals with the Deep-Water Sailing Ships, 1888-1928. "In this, the second volume, the great steel sailing ships of the last thirty years are described in detail. Although steel plates and wire rigging were a big contrast to oak ribs, pine planking and tarred hemp rigging, these pages show that life at sea aboard the last of the windjammers was very little different from that of our great-grandfathers in the days of Nelson... There are a number of appendices, giving hull measurements, rigging plans, and other statistics... The index of ships, owners and captains is most complete. The end-pieces take the form of a conventionalized chart and the binding is of the same quality that gave Volume One such handsome appearance" (Publisher's prospectus for volume 2).
The Singer Building, Noon (Photogravure from Coburn's New York)

The Singer Building, Noon (Photogravure from Coburn's New York) by COBURN, Alvin Langdon

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Seller: Harper's Books
Title
The Singer Building, Noon (Photogravure from Coburn's New York)
Author
COBURN, Alvin Langdon
Seller
Harper's Books (United States)
Condition
Fine condition.
Description
London: Duckworth & Co. / New York: Brentano's, 1910. Fine condition.. Hand-pulled photogravure (9 x 2.5 inches), recuperated from a broken edition of Alvin Langdon Coburn's striking 1910 publication New York, which was deaccessioned from the George Eastman House collection, with their stamp and pencil markings on the verso.
The Blue Melody. Society’s Latest Syncopated Walk. As First Played by Sophie Tucker’s Five Kings of Syncopation

The Blue Melody. Society’s Latest Syncopated Walk. As First Played by Sophie Tucker’s Five Kings of Syncopation by [Music – Early Jazz – Ragtime] Pinkard, Maceo

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Seller: Auger Down Books
Title
The Blue Melody. Society’s Latest Syncopated Walk. As First Played by Sophie Tucker’s Five Kings of Syncopation
Author
[Music – Early Jazz – Ragtime] Pinkard, Maceo
Seller
Auger Down Books (United States)
Condition
Light edge wear and small creases; a couple tiny tears to margins, very good with strong color and excellent internal condition.
Description
Omaha, Nebraska: Maceo Pinkard Music Publisher, 1917. Folio sheet music, 11 x 14 inches, 3 pp. plus cover. Light edge wear and small creases; a couple tiny tears to margins, very good with strong color and excellent internal condition.. An early jazz-era composition by the important African American songwriter Maceo Pinkard (1897–1962), issued from his short-lived Omaha publishing venture during the first years of the national “jass band” craze. The cover advertises the piece as a “1917 ‘Jass Band’ Craze!” and features a photograph of Sophie Tucker’s Five Kings of Syncopation, the ensemble associated with the immensely popular vaudeville star Sophie Tucker during the years immediately preceding American entry into the First World War. Pinkard, born in Blue Springs, Nebraska, emerged as one of the most important Black popular songwriters of the early twentieth century. As a teenager he worked in Nebraska theaters and dance orchestras before forming a publishing firm in Omaha while still barely twenty years old. His early Midwestern publications—including pieces such as “The Blue Melody”—show him operating within the ragtime and syncopated dance music tradition that was evolving into early jazz. Within a few years Pinkard relocated to Chicago and New York, where he became a major Tin Pan Alley figure, later composing standards such as “Sweet Georgia Brown” (1925). The piece is respectfully dedicated to “Sophie Tucker’s (5) Kings of Syncopation,” reflecting Tucker’s role as one of the most influential vaudeville singers of the 1910s. The interior advertisement reproduces a sample chorus of Pinkard’s hit “I’m a Real Kind Mama,” another early jazz-age success associated with Tucker’s repertoire.
The Circle: A Novel SIGNED FIRST EDITION

The Circle: A Novel SIGNED FIRST EDITION by Eggers, Dave

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Title
The Circle: A Novel SIGNED FIRST EDITION
Author
Eggers, Dave
Seller
Underground Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780385351393
Condition
Very good
Description
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Dave Eggers in ink to bookplate at half-title page. Stated First Edition. 8 3/4" X 6 1/4". 491pp. Mild rubbing and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in black paper over boards with spine and covers stamped in red and silver. Gentle rubbing to edges of boards. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm and sound. A presentable signed first edition of the exhilarating dystopic novel from Dave Eggers, the inspiration for the 2017 film starring Tom Hanks and Emma Watson. ABOUT THIS BOOK: The Circle is the exhilarating new novel from Dave Eggers, best-selling author of A Hologram for the King, a finalist for the National Book Award. When Mae Holland is hired to work for the Circle, the world's most powerful internet company, she feels she's been given the opportunity of a lifetime. The Circle, run out of a sprawling California campus, links users' personal emails, social media, banking, and purchasing with their universal operating system, resulting in one online identity and a new age of civility and transparency. As Mae tours the open-plan office spaces, the towering glass dining facilities, the cozy dorms for those who spend nights at work, she is thrilled with the company's modernity and activity. There are parties that last through the night, there are famous musicians playing on the lawn, there are athletic activities and clubs and brunches, and even an aquarium of rare fish retrieved from the Marianas Trench by the CEO. Mae can't believe her luck, her great fortune to work for the most influential company in the world--even as life beyond the campus grows distant, even as a strange encounter with a colleague leaves her shaken, even as her role at the Circle becomes increasingly public. What begins as the captivating story of one woman's ambition and idealism soon becomes a heart-racing novel of suspense, raising questions about memory, history, privacy, democracy, and the limits of human knowledge.(Publisher).
Harry's Vacation: or, Philosophy at Home

Harry's Vacation: or, Philosophy at Home by William C. Richards

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Title
Harry's Vacation: or, Philosophy at Home
Author
William C. Richards
Seller
Eclectibles (United States)
Description
New York: D. Appleton and Co, 1882. 398 pp. Cloth cover with gilt stamped images on upper cover and spine, frontispiece, printed end papers, illustrations, author's revised edition. OCLC: 4 (December 14, 2016) 7" x 5" some creasing on spine edges.
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Pavlov: A Biography by Babkin, B. P.

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Title
Pavlov: A Biography
Author
Babkin, B. P.
Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
Condition
vg
Description
Chicago: University of Chicago, 1949. First edition. Hardcover. vg. 8vo. xiii, 366 pp. Teal cloth binding with gilt lettering to spine. Head and tail of spine lightly bumped. Some discoloration to spine. Frontis. A tight copy in very good condition.

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