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Lady Arabella: or The Adventures of a Doll by [Fine Binding - Bayntun of Bath] Cruikshank, George (illustrator); Miss [Julia] Pardoe

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Title: Lady Arabella: or The Adventures of a Doll
Author: [Fine Binding - Bayntun of Bath] Cruikshank, George (illustrator); Miss [Julia] Pardoe
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: London: Kerby and Son, 1856. First edition. Fine. Small octavo (6 5/8 x 5 inches; 168 x 126 mm.). Half-title, Title Page, 88 pp. With four hand colored etchings by George Cruikshank. Bound ca. 1925 by Bayntun of Bath (stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-in). Full forest green crushed levant morocco. Covers ruled and decoratively bordered in gilt, front cover with a fine scene inlaid in blind and various colored morocco, taken from the color plate facing page 62. Spine with five raised bands decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments, gilt board-edges, wide decorative gilt turn-ins, all edges gilt, green marbled paper liners and end-leaves. Minimal darkening of spine. Closed tear on p. 84 and a few marginal tears on the facing leaves. A very fine example overall. "Julia Pardoe (1806-1862), was an English poet, novelist, historian and traveler. She was born at Beverley, Yorkshire, and showed an early interest in literature. She became a prolific and versatile writer, producing in addition to her lively and well-written novels many books on travel, and others dealing with historical subjects. She was a keen observer, and her travel to the East gave her an accurate and deep knowledge of the peoples and manners of the East. To modern readers she is probably best known for her books on her travels in Turkey, which are some of the earliest works by a woman on this area. In 1836 she traveled to Constantinople with her father, Major Thomas Pardoe. This voyage inspired her book The City of the Sultan (1836). Later she collaborated with the artist William Henry Bartlett to produce The Beauties of the Bosphorus (1839), an illustrated account of Constantinople" (A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature). Lady Arabella; or The Adventures of a Doll would appear to have been her only children's book. George Cruikshank (1792-1878) was one of the most famous British caricaturists and illustrators during the Regency period. He would form a friendship with Charles Dickens, illustrating many of his books, and later in life would be active in the temperance movement. George Bayntun (1873-1940) was the founder of Bayntun Bindery. Trained by apprenticeship with the Taylor family, Bayntun opened his own book bindery in 1894 dedicated to using traditional hand-crafted techniques and high-quality materials. The Bath-based firm acquired the Rivière Bindery in 1939, transforming into the "Bayntun-Riviere bindery," which is still in existence and family owned. Fine.

Influence of Motion of the Medium on the Velocity of Light; in The American Journal of Science by Michelson, Albert [and] Morley, Edward

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Title: Influence of Motion of the Medium on the Velocity of Light; in The American Journal of Science
Author: Michelson, Albert [and] Morley, Edward
Seller: Biblioctopus (United States)
Description: New Haven: The American Journal of Science, 1886. First Edition. 8vo (243 x 152mm), pp. viii, 488, plus 10 inserted plates at the back.The American Journal of Science, Vol. XXXI, January to June, the full semiannual volume, containing (pages 377–386) the first experiments with Michelson’s own invented instruments, the continuation of which (in 1887), negated classical scientific theories on the existence of a universal ether. The findings held revolutionary implications that led directly to (and through) Lorentz (the Lorentz contraction equations) and Einstein (special relativity), to the acceptance of new reference standards of time and space from geometry and cosmometry (measurement of the universe). Michelson won his 1907 Nobel Prize in physics, both for creating the instruments he used, and for his achievements with them, in his experiments. Original wrappers, covers, spine and page edges brittle and chipped, internally clean, pages unopened, very good. Scarce. No copies on RBH. Michelson and Morley first aether-drag experiment. “Starting in 1885, Michelson collaborated with Edward Morley, spending considerable time and money to repeat the Fizeau experiment on Fresnel’s drag coefficient (finished in 1886, explained in this paper) and to repeat the Michelson experiment (finished in 1887)... In 1886, Michelson and Morley successfully confirmed Fresnel’s drag coefficient – this result was also considered as a confirmation of the stationary aether concept. This strengthened the hope of finding the aether wind. Thus Michelson and Morley created an improved version of the Michelson experiment with more than enough accuracy to detect this hypothetical effect. The experiment was performed in several periods of concentrated observations between April and July 1887” (Landmark Experiments in Physics). The Michelson-Morley experiment is one of the most famous and important experiments in the history of physics - the result of which “held revolutionary implications which led directly through Lorentz and Einstein to the acceptance of new standards of reference of time and space from geometry and cosmometry” (Dibner). “In 1729 James Bradley reported to the Royal Society that in observing any fixed star it was necessary to point the telescope not directly at the star but a little in advance of it. This he called the angle of aberration. The fact reported by Bradley was repeatedly confirmed and the angle of aberration was accounted for by the movement of the earth through the ether - the medium by which light waves are conveyed. If the luminiferous ether is a medium through which the earth moves without disturbing it, it would seem to follow that a beam of light reaching the earth from the direction towards which the earth itself is moving should reach it faster than one from an opposite direction. In August 1881 Albert Abraham Michelson described, in the American Journal of Science, a new interferometer which he had devised with the express purpose of measuring these relative speeds with minute accuracy. Any form of clock hitherto invented, however accurate, would necessarily be subject to margin of error greater than the time difference in question. Michelson’s instrument was planned to measure the relative speeds of light waves moving at right angles to each other. In August [recto November] 1887, in the same journal, in collaboration with Edward Williams Morley, he reported the almost completely negative results of their experiments.” (PMM 378). “They used a slightly silvered glass set angular to a ray of sunlight so that a part of the ray was transmitted, a part reflected out and again returned, thereby providing two paths, one perpendicular to the other. If drift existed, the superimposed rays would produce interference. None was observed, showing that the earth’s motion did not affect the light’s speed” (Dibner: Heralds of Science, 161). “The [result] of this experiment was a serious blow to classical scientific theories because it cast doubts on the existence of the universal ether which had been a basic principle of, for example, the Newtonian theories of the universe” (PMM 401). “The dilemma appeared inescapable until Lorentz found the solution ... Lorentz assumed the electrical nature of matter and stated that all electrical particles become shortened when in motion along the direction in which the ether drifts. Thus one arm of Michelson’s interferometer would be just sufficiently shorter than the other to reduce the time necessary for light to traverse it and thus to make that time coincident with that of the beam in the transverse arm of the instrument. In 1905 Einstein propounded a special, limited theory of relativity with the express purpose of clarifying the aberration problem, to which end he adopted Lorentz’s theory” (PMM 378). The result of the Michelson-Morley experiment lies at the core of Einstein’s theory of special relativity; “It’s two vitally important, revolutionary conclusions were (1) that ‘it is impossible by any experiment to detect uniform motion relative to the ether’, (2) that energy and mass are equivalent, expressed in the now famous equation e=mc2. This attempt to circumvent the impasse created by the negative results of the Michelson-Morley experiment derived from a kind of neo-Berkeleyism, which made it appear that the material nature of real objects changed in relation to the position of the observer. Thus the logical conclusion of the Lorentz hypothesis is that physical objects change their size, that the duration of any process varies in length according to the observer’s position. … Clearly, then, length, breadth, depth and even time itself are not inherent properties of spatial objects but variables related to the position and motion of a particular observer. … We must give up the idea of taking a God’s eye view of the world. Thus, it had been supposed that the earth must be moving through the luminiferous ether, fixed in absolute space; but experiments had not revealed any such motion. Einstein wrote: ‘According to this theory there is no such thing as a 'specially favoured' (unique) co-ordinate system to occasion the introduction of the ether-idea, and hence there can be no ether drift, nor any experiment with which to demonstrate it’. (PMM 408).

Waldensian Researches During a Second Visit to the Vaudois of Piemont by Gilly, William Stephen

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Title: Waldensian Researches During a Second Visit to the Vaudois of Piemont
Author: Gilly, William Stephen
Seller: Thorn Books (United States)
Condition: Near fine
Description: London: C. J. G. & F. Rivington, 1831. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 8vo. viii, (2), 560pp. Full purple straight-grain morocco by Goodwin of Tetbury. Spine in six compartments, gilt, with teo deep red lettering labels, gilt. Gilt rules on the boards, blind inner dentelles, marbled endpapers and edges, Folding map and plates present. Light rubbing to the hinges else a fine copy, with the bookplate of Estcourt Library on the front pastedown. .

EAST 100th STREET by Davidson, Bruce

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Title: EAST 100th STREET
Author: Davidson, Bruce
Seller: J.B. Muns, Fine Arts Books (United States)
Description: Dust jacket chipped in two small places. Photo on cover as issued. Photos of East Harlem. All illus.

The Old Franklin Almanac; eight volumes from 1860-1871

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Title: The Old Franklin Almanac; eight volumes from 1860-1871
Seller: James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.) (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Philadelphia: John Haslett, A. Winch, 1871. Softcover. Very Good. Eight volumes in a handsome, custom, green cloth-covered board clamshell with spine stamped in black. Paperback almanacs present for 1860, 1861, 1862, 1864, 1865, 1868, 1870, and 1871. The volumes are in remarkable condition, with minimal wear to spines. 1864 has a detached rear cover, present. 1860 has chipping to front cover. 6 x 9 inches. Roughly 50 pages each.

High and Low by BETJEMAN, John

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Title: High and Low
Author: BETJEMAN, John
Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Description: London: John Murray, 1966. High and Low" - Betjeman at His Most Characteristically English An Inscribed Copy of a Late Collection by the Poet Laureate BETJEMAN, John. High and Low. London: John Murray, [1966]. First edition, inscribed on the front free endpaper: "Inscribed for / Mrs G. Watson / John Betjeman / 1971." Small octavo (7 5/16 x 4 3/8 inches; 181 x 111 mm.). x, [1-2], 3-81, [3, blank] pp. Publisher's original yellow cloth, spine lettered in gilt. In the original pink dust jacket printed in black and white, spine faded, with minor wear at extremities. A very fine copy in a good dust jacket. A late collection by John Betjeman, later Poet Laureate, whose verse - by turns affectionate, ironic, and gently satirical - captures the textures of English life with unmatched charm. High and Low continues Betjeman's lifelong preoccupation with architecture, memory, and the quiet absurdities of modernity, expressed in a style at once accessible and metrically accomplished. Inscribed copies of Betjeman's works are increasingly sought, particularly those dated after his elevation to national prominence. The present inscription, made in 1971 - the year before he was appointed Poet Laureate - places it at a moment when his reputation was at its height and still ascending. The notoriously delicate pink dust jacket is prone to fading, as here; copies retaining bright color are uncommon.

A World Awash with Fascism & Fear by Ferlinghetti, Lawrence

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Title: A World Awash with Fascism & Fear
Author: Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
Seller: Tschanz Rare Books (United States)
Description: San Francisco: Cranium Press, 1971. Broadside [38 cm x 55 cm] Printed in red and black ink. Near fine. Folds as issued. Inscribed by Ferlinghetti on the front panel to Charles and Janet Richards. Rare. Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919-1921) was a poet, painter, book designer, publisher, bookseller, and graphic artist, who was an important leader in the American poetry revival in San Francisco in the 1950s.

The Mexican Night Ferlinghetti / Mexicka Noc by Ferlinghetti, Lawrence

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Title: The Mexican Night Ferlinghetti / Mexicka Noc
Author: Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
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Description: Olomouc: Votobia, 1996. First Czech Edition. 93pp. Sextodecimo [14.5 cm] White printed wrappers. Better than very good. Signed by Ferlinghetti on the title page. Czech translation of the Mexican Night. Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919-1921) was a poet, painter, book designer, publisher, bookseller, and graphic artist, who was an important leader in the American poetry revival in San Francisco in the 1950s.

Yves Tanguy & Alexander Calder: Between Surrealism and Abstraction by TANGUY, Yves (artist); Alexander CALDER (artist); Susan DAVIDSON (text by)

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Title: Yves Tanguy & Alexander Calder: Between Surrealism and Abstraction
Author: TANGUY, Yves (artist); Alexander CALDER (artist); Susan DAVIDSON (text by)
Seller: Riverrun Books & Manuscripts (United States)
ISBN: 9780979094286
Condition: Some shelf wear; boards with a few minor markings and a small tear; internally a clean copy
Description: New York: L&M Arts. First edition. Some shelf wear; boards with a few minor markings and a small tear; internally a clean copy. 11.5 x 9.5 inches. 180 pages. Profusely illustrated in color. Original printed boards. "In 1942, at the opening of her Art of This Century gallery, Peggy Guggenheim famously demonstrated her equability toward both Surrealist and abstract art by wearing one earring made by Surrealist painter Yves Tanguy and one by abstract sculptor and kinetic artist Alexander Calder. Yet the opposition implied by this act of truce-making perhaps overstates the antimonies between these two modernist masters. Tanguy and Calder shared many friends in Surrealist circles in Paris, and showed work in the same exhibitions throughout the middle of the century. In this beautiful volume, full of color reproductions and important ephemera relating to the artists' shared history, Susan Davidson, Senior Curator of collections and exhibitions at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, elucidates the overlap between these two canonical modernists" (the publisher).

RCA VICTOR'S BLUEBIRD POPULAR 35¢ RECORDS [CATALOG] (Apr 1940) Pamphlet by Bluebird Records

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Title: RCA VICTOR'S BLUEBIRD POPULAR 35¢ RECORDS [CATALOG] (Apr 1940) Pamphlet
Author: Bluebird Records
Seller: Walterfilm, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Very Good+
Description: RCA Victor. No binding. Very Good+. [Camden, NJ]: Victor Records, April 1940. Vintage original 6 1/4 x 3 3/8" (16 x 26 cm) pamphlet folded 4x, opens up to 6 1/4 x 16 5/8" (16 x 41.5 cm) with five pages on either side. Fats Waller, Sidney Bechet, Earl Hines and Louis Armstrong are among the African American musicians listed in this catalog for Bluebird Records.

Albion Michigan 1971 Classified Business Directory by [Albion, Michigan]

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Title: Albion Michigan 1971 Classified Business Directory
Author: [Albion, Michigan]
Seller: Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
Condition: Good
Description: Albion: [Albion Chamber of Commerce?], 1971. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 337pp. Wraps darkened and worn, else a serviceable example.

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