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President Adams Writes to an Old Friend, Reflecting on the Vicissitudes of High Office by JOHN ADAMS

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Title: President Adams Writes to an Old Friend, Reflecting on the Vicissitudes of High Office
Author: JOHN ADAMS
Seller: Seth Kaller, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: President Adams Writes to an Old Friend, Reflecting on the Vicissitudes of High Office A wistful letter to a boyhood friend in which Adams mentions some guileful political colleagues and laments the "popular Passions of the times" and the general neglect of his political writings. "The Difficulty of leading or guiding Millions, by any means but Power and Establishments can be known only to those who have tried Experiments of it." JOHN ADAMS. Autograph Letter Signed, as President, to Tristram Dalton, March 30, 1798, Philadelphia, [Pa.] 2 pp., 8 x 9⅞ in. Complete Transcript Philadelphia, March 30, 1798 [different hand:] Received April 5th My worthy Friend, I am as much in Debts in the literary and epistolary way, as our Princes of modern Speculation are in their pursuits: and I suppose for Similar Reasons viz want of Method, in accuracy of amounts, no Economy and undertaking more than I am capable of managing. To you, I am indebted for three late letters, at least. The Character drawn in the first and alluded to in the Second, has always been civil to me, personally; and especially in his last visit to this Place. But I have heard frequently of his Conversation and Behavior. I am out of all danger from his designs. The Plan, in your last Letter, that I mean of the 26th of this month, shall have all the attention it deserves from me. There are few Men if any to whom my Inclinations and feelings are better disposed, than to the C. in question. In one of your Letters you recall the memory of forgotten Lucubrations. Alass! Experience, History and Prophecy founded on both are lost to Mankind. They oppose in vain, their feeble Resistance to the popular Passions of the times. It may in some future time be remarked that those Papers were written in 1786 & 1787, and the Events of the Subsequent ten or eleven years may be compared with them: but this will be done by a very few in their Closets and will influence Nations very little. The Difficulty of leading or guiding Millions, by any means but Power and Establishments can be known only to those who have tried Experiments of it. My regards to the Family. And accept of & renewal of Protestations of Esteem, which have been made and repeated almost half a hundred years, From your most obedient John Adams Hon. Tristram Dalton Esq. [Docketing in a different hand]: Once President of the United States Class mate of T D & friends while they lived M.A.W. 1907. Historical Background Earlier in the month, Adams and his Cabinet had received reports of the humiliation suffered by John Marshall, Charles C. Pinckney, and Elbridge Gerry in Paris. French Foreign Minister Charles Talleyrand told the three diplomats through French officials indentified in the United States as "X," "Y," and "Z" that negotiations would not proceed unless they paid a personal bribe of $250,000. France, in the midst of war with Britain, had authorized its naval vessels to seize American shipping. A small American Navy was beginning to respond in kind in this "Quasi-War." In hopes of avoiding open war with their old revolutionary allies, Adams had sent Marshall, Pinckney, and Gerry, but now, as of March 1798, it appeared a declaration of war might be necessary. Adams called a special session of Congress in hopes of mobilizing for war while also sending new diplomatic envoys to France. On March 16, he addressed Congress, informing them of the XYZ affair, all of which sparked the bitterest partisanship the young republic had yet seen. Adams' reference to a duplicitous friend--affable in person but designing behind his back--is to Thomas Law (1756-1834). In his letter of February 12, Dalton warned Adams that Law was "a Person who may be deemed dangerous." Law had purchased large amounts of land in Washington, D.C. and expended "considerable Sums" on buildings, serving as the agent of someone in England. More sinisterly, Dalton worried about Law's influence on American politics. He had heard Law publicly "vilify" the measures of the Washington administration, especially the Jay Treaty with Great Britain, and justify the conduct of the French. Dalton warned Adams that Law was promoting improvements in an area of Washington in which he was interested, even if they were contrary to the public good. Dalton paints a vivid picture of Law, and apologizes if he takes too much freedom but declares it is the first instance in his forty-six-year acquaintance with Adams that he has spoken in this way of a person's character. (Dalton to Adams, February 12, 1798) On March 20, Dalton again wrote to Adams with the hope that Law's conduct since Dalton's first letter had justified Dalton's writing to Adams earlier. He told Adams that he frequently refers to Adams' "political Bible" and compares recent events and movements to "your History, and Observations—and Prophesies, bounded on Human Nature." He hoped that Americans would adhere to the principles of the Constitution "that we may attain a proper National Character!" and not become the "foot Ball of European Powers!" (Dalton to Adams, March 20, 1798) Less that a week later, Dalton wrote a third letter to Adams, regarding a plot of land that he owned in partnership with Tobias Lear (1762-1816), the "C[itizen]. in question" of Adams' reply in this letter. On March 19, Adams had told Congress that he doubted that the envoys to France would be successful in settling differences between the nations. He urged Congress to adopt measures for protecting "our seafaring and commercial citizens," defending the nation's territory, and "replenishing our arsenals, establishing foundries and military manufactures." In 1796, the United States purchased a 125-acre tract of land at the conjunction of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers (Harpers Ferry) for an arsenal and gun factory. Lear had acted as an agent in the purchase, but prior to the purchase, Dalton and Lear had leased the property. They were willing, "in part," to sacrifice to the public good but hoped that they could proceed with their improvements "without interfering in the Designs of the United States." Dalton and Lear, under the firm name of Lear & Co. owned a large store and wharf in Harpers Ferry, and hoped that Adams would consider either Lear or Dalton or both for the position of agent or commissioner to "superintend the Preparations and Works in that Quarter." The United States began construction of the United States Arsenal and Armory at Harpers Ferry in 1799, and three years later, mass production of military arms began there. (Dalton to Adams, March 26, 1798) The "forgotten Lucubrations" (overelaborate writings) are Adams' Defense of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America (1787). Dalton was among those who received presentation copies of the first volume, along with Thomas Jefferson, Lafayette, Samuel Adams and a few other close friends. Abigail Adams described the work as "an investigation into the different forms of government, both ancient and modern . . . with the purpose of demonstrating the superiority of mixed forms over simple ones," such as the more democratic, unicameral legislature advocated by Jacques Turgot. A Harvard classmate of Adams, Dalton was later Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and then the state's first Senator. Dalton frequently wrote to Adams to commiserate about what they both deemed the reckless upsurge of democracy in the new nation.

ULYSSES; [With original covers bound in] by Joyce, James

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Title: ULYSSES; [With original covers bound in]
Author: Joyce, James
Seller: Quill & Brush (United States)
Description: London: Egoist Press, 1922. First UK edition. Printed in France from the plates of the original Shakespeare and Company edition (just nine months after the first). Number 1299 of 2,000 numbered copies. Finely re-bound in large 8vo gilt-stamped full blue leather with edges slightly trimmed (by approximately 5 mm) and the original paper covers bound in. The separately published 7-page errata that would have originally been laid in is not present here but facsimile copy is provided. Very good to near fine with original paper covers showing small amount of edge wear, minor damp staining to bottom tips of several leaves, and covers toned to light brown on spine and along edges. [Slocum & Cahoon A18].

A CLOCKWORK ORANGE; [first-issue binding & dust jacket] by Burgess, Anthony

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Title: A CLOCKWORK ORANGE; [first-issue binding & dust jacket]
Author: Burgess, Anthony
Seller: Quill & Brush (United States)
Description: London: Heinemann, (1962). First edition. In the first-issue black cloth binding and first-issue dust jacket with the wider flaps. Set in a not-so-distant future society with a culture of extreme youth rebellion and violence. Basis for the 1971 movie (reportedly something Burgess was none to happy about as it was perceived to glorify rape and violence). On Time Magazine's list of the 100 best English-language novels written since 1923 and named by Modern Library and its readers as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. Near fine to fine with only minor shelf wear; in near fine, price-clipped dust jacket with mild toning to spine, touch of light rubbing to spine ends and corners, and one small tear internally mended with archival tape.

Abécédaire des petits gourmands by DUFRENOY, Adélaïde-Gillette

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Title: Abécédaire des petits gourmands
Author: DUFRENOY, Adélaïde-Gillette
Seller: Ursus Books (United States)
Description: 1822. DUFRENOY, Adélaïde-Gillette. Abécédaire des petits gourmands. [1], vii, 109, [2] pp., including 26 black and white plates. Later half-morocco. Paris: Lefuel, [1822]. A delightful and rare alphabet book for "little gourmands," devoted to children and their love of food (chiefly sweets). The plates depict young girls and boys eating, stealing, spilling, and longing for various delicacies, including "Flan," "Galette," "Meringues," and "Sucre." Adelaide-Gilette Dufrénoy (1765-1825) was a French poet and painter from Brittany, as well as an author of children's books. The attractive illustrations are after designs by Jean Charles Develly (1783-1862) and Jean Charles François Leloy (1774-1846), both artists who worked at the Royal Porcelain Factory of Sèvres. Despite some foxing it is still an appealing copy. Former owner's signature on verso of the title-page. OCLC lists Stanford, Indiana, LC, Princeton, Morgan Library, Harvard and UCLA in the US and BN.

William Henry Harrison, Former Minister to Colombia, Writes His Legation Secretary on Efforts to Get the U.S. Government to Pay Their Expenses Getting to South America by William Henry Harrison

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Title: William Henry Harrison, Former Minister to Colombia, Writes His Legation Secretary on Efforts to Get the U.S. Government to Pay Their Expenses Getting to South America
Author: William Henry Harrison
Seller: The Raab Collection (United States)
Description: 07/03/1831. “I was informed some time ago that the government has refused to allow Mr. Thornton credit for the $200 which was paid for our passage from Erie to Maracaibo. I have remonstrated against this and have gotten the promise of a reconsideration. I have just written a note to Mr. Van Buren [President Van Buren] on the subject. If you come here shortly, I wish you would attend to this business.” A scarce ALS of Harrison relating to his time as a diplomatIn 1828, President John Quincy Adams appointed William Henry Harrison as the first U.S. Minister to Colombia. Edward Tayloe became Secretary to Harrison at the Colombian Legation. He had previously held a similar post in Mexico.Before the party left for Bogota, President Adams was defeated by Andrew Jackson, and the patrician Virginians and New Englanders who had ruled America since its creation were out. Gen. Harrison and Edward Tayloe proceeded to Colombia, hoping the new administration would leave them in place. They ventured by ship through the Caribbean to Maracaibo in Venezuela. Eventually, they took a 10-day trip by mule to the Colombian capital of Bogotá. There Harrison met Colombian President Simon Bolivar. Bolivar, who had been the Great Liberator, was now bordering on becoming the Great Dictator. Harrison sent dispatches back to Washington, warning of Bolivar’s increasing paranoia and restrictions of personal liberties. After an attempted coup against Bolivar, Bolivar's second in command blamed the affair on the meddling of Harrison and Tayloe. In 1829, Andrew Jackson appointed a new minister to Colombia. Harrison returned home to Ohio and Tayloe to Virginia.Rensselaer Van Rensselaer was a friend of Harrison, who joined him in Colombia during Harrison’s service there. Sir Edward Thornton was a British diplomat who was Rensselaer’s godfather.For several years after returning to Ohio, Harrison managed his estate, welcomed back veterans of his various campaigns, wrote books, and had books written about him. But based on his experience and expertise, he was still contacted about affairs in Colombia.Autograph letter signed, Washington, March 7, 1831, to Edward Tayloe, on matters relating to Colombia, how they got there, and monies still owed Thornton for financing their trip in 1828. “Circumstances which Col. Van Rensselaer will explain to you prevented me from visiting you as I had constantly intended until just last week. I submitted all the evidence I had of Moore’s business to a friend who offered to bring it before the government for the purpose of getting Moore dismissed. He was of opinion, however, that although he was satisfied of his guilt, he approved of my determination not to bring the matter forward until some legal proof could be procured. I have spoken to VR [Van Rensselaer] further on this subject.“I was informed some time ago that the government has refused to allow Mr. Thornton credit for the $200 which was paid for our passage from Erie to Maracaibo. I have remonstrated against this and have gotten the promise of a reconsideration. I have just written a note to Mr. Van Buren [President Van Buren] on the subject. If you come here shortly, I wish you would attend to this business. The grounds upon which I continue to have it allowed is that Turner was directed to landing at some part of Colombia which I should denigrate. That I would of course have preferred to be taken to the…in the Erie but to avoid putting her in any danger I proposed to encounter the dangers in a crazy vessel that the schooner was engaged to pilot in the Erie or take us where she left Curacao that it was not determined which until we got near the capes of the bay. If they ultimately decide against allowing it we must certainly not suffer our friend Turner to say it but decide it I having two thirds. Present me most respectfully to your better half…” This is a scarce ALS of Harrison relating to his time as a diplomat.In 1836, the Whig Party decided on a unique strategy for the Presidential election. Instead of nominating one candidate, the Whigs would nominate several candidates, each of whom was supposed to be very popular in one part of the country. The hope was then to split the electoral vote and send the election to the House. This plan had several flaws. First, the Democrats controlled the House and would win any election there. Second, it is hard enough to find one good presidential nominee, let alone two or three. In 1836, the Whigs nominated four candidates: Daniel Webster, Hugh White, Willie Mangum, and Harrison. Harrison was chosen because of his military background and his popularity in the West. In the end, Martin Van Buren won the election. Harrison polled the second most votes of any of the Whigs and won 73 electoral votes. In 1840 Harrison would be nominated for president by the Whigs and would be elected.

Poster inscribed [""Stages""] by SENDAK Maurice

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Title: Poster inscribed [""Stages""]
Author: SENDAK Maurice
Seller: Bauman Rare Books (United States)
Description: 1976. Signed. SENDAK, Maurice. Poster inscribed [""Stages""]. No place, 1976. Large color poster, measuring 15 by 23 inches, closely framed. $1800.Poster for the original production of the play ""Stages,"" with art by Maurice Sendak, inscribed by him, ""For Elizabeth with my best wishes! Maurice Sendak June '78.""Sendak like this poster enough to include it in his Posters collection, one of only 24 to be selected. The play fared less well: it closed on opening night. Hanrahan C6a. The former owner of this inscribed poster was Maurice Sendak's neighbor, Andrew, from Ridgefield, Connecticut. Sendak bought a home and studio in Ridgefield in 1972 with his longtime partner, Eugene Glynn, and lived there until his death. Andrew first encountered Sendak in 1975 during one of his daily dog walks. (Sendak owned many dogs throughout his life, and they often starred in his books.) Andrew was immediately taken with Sendak, who reminded him of his recently deceased father. One day, Andrew called Sendak at home and asked if he could join him on his walks. Andrew and Sendak thus embarked on a 37-year friendship that also included the Andrew's mother, Betty, as well as Andrew's brother. Sendak went on long walks and hikes with Andrew and his family regularly, discussing general life events, opera, and books. He also invited them into his studio to show off works in progress. Andrew's mother, Betty, was an avid reader and collector and she and Sendak would talk late into the night about books. Sendak offered Betty advice about how to find and authenticate rare children's books, which she used to build her collection. Additionally, he frequently bartered for autographs (i.e. a cake for an inscribed drawing featuring the cake). Sendak often referred to Betty as ""Elizabeth"" in inscriptions as he felt that ""Betty"" was too common a name. The many inscribed drawings, along with first editions, signed books, and other valuable items grew into one of the country's premier Sendak collections.Fine condition.

Description de L'Afrique, Contenant Les Noms, La Situation & Les Confins de Toutes ses Parties, Leurs Rivieres, Leurs Villes & Leurs Habitations, Leurs Plantes & Leurs Animaux; Les Moeurs, Les Coûtumes, La Langue, Les Richesses, La Religion & Le Gouvernement de Ses Peuples by [AFRICA] DAPPER, O[lfert]

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Title: Description de L'Afrique, Contenant Les Noms, La Situation & Les Confins de Toutes ses Parties, Leurs Rivieres, Leurs Villes & Leurs Habitations, Leurs Plantes & Leurs Animaux; Les Moeurs, Les Coûtumes, La Langue, Les Richesses, La Religion & Le Gouvernement de Ses Peuples
Author: [AFRICA] DAPPER, O[lfert]
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description: Amsterdam: Wolfgang, Waesberge, Boom & van Someren, 1686. First Thus. First French edition. Folio in fours (37cm). Contemporary mottled calf, spine divided into seven compartments, each tooled in gilt, all edges sprinkled red; plain endpapers; [vi],534,[22]pp; engraved title page, 26 (of 42) double-page line-engraved plates, 55 in-text line engravings. Lacking 17 maps and plates, including the large folding map of Africa. Bookseller's embossed stamp of F. R. Thorold, Johannesburg, to front free endpaper. Text complete, collating 2o: π1 *2 A-3Z4 4A2, signed $1-3 (2K3 not signed). Generally tight with minor edgewear, lower front joint starting to split, very occasional spots of foxing but overall clean: a sound but obviously defective copy. The only French translation of this important 1668 text on Africa, considered authoritative in its day despite the fact that its Dutch author never visited Africa (instead relying on primary accounts of voyages). Extensively illustrated with depictions of people, cities, flora, and fauna; this copy lacking almost all the maps, but serviceable.

[Manuscript Receipt Documenting the Sale of a Young Slave in Florida During the Civil War] by [Slavery]: [Florida]

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Title: [Manuscript Receipt Documenting the Sale of a Young Slave in Florida During the Civil War]
Author: [Slavery]: [Florida]
Seller: The Joe Fay Company LLC (United States)
Description: Quincy, FL: January 1, 1864. [1]p. of manuscript, docketed on verso. Old crease, minor staining. Very good. A short but impactful and somewhat unusual document memorializing the inheritance of a young slave named "Anderson aged about twenty years" from a Florida estate in the penultimate year of the Civil War. Anderson was formerly owned by Daniel Love of Gadsden County, and is here inherited by "John Shaw for Margaret E. Shaw" by Love's executor (and likely brother) Edward Love. The document is dated New Year's Day, 1864. An unusual occurrence of a Florida slave being transmitted to a woman through inheritance.

A New Frigorifick Experiment Shewing How a Considerable Degree of Cold May be Suddenly Produced Without the Help of Snow, Ice, Haile....at Any Time of Year by BOYLE, Robert (After Robert Boyle)

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Title: A New Frigorifick Experiment Shewing How a Considerable Degree of Cold May be Suddenly Produced Without the Help of Snow, Ice, Haile....at Any Time of Year
Author: BOYLE, Robert (After Robert Boyle)
Seller: Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: London: The Royal Society of London, 1666. First Edition. Very Good. Octavo, pp. 255 - 262 of the Philosophical transactions, Number 15. This article is a supplement to Boyle's 1663 publication "New Experiments and Observations Touching Cold." This was published shortly after "Boyle's Law" (1662), stating that the volume of a gas varies inversely with pressure. Printed on laid paper, unbound.

A.R.A. FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT,June 8, 1969 - April 9, 1959 by (Wright, Frank Lloyd)

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Title: A.R.A. FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT,June 8, 1969 - April 9, 1959
Author: (Wright, Frank Lloyd)
Seller: J.B. Muns, Fine Arts Books (United States)
Condition: Good +
Description: ca 1960. Paperback. Good +. Article by son, John Lloyd Wright on his father. 24pp of Wright works in photos. 2pp article. Small piece excised top of frornt cover & another on rear cover. Previously published by "Architectural Design, London,Jan. 1960.

Merchant prince & master builder: by Cleary, Richard L.

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Title: Merchant prince & master builder:
Author: Cleary, Richard L.
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Condition: Very Good
Description: Pittsburgh: Heinz Architectural Center/Carnegie Museum of Art, 1999. Very Good. Folio. Kaufmann's patronage of Wright brings all his commissioned drawings to this exhibition with Fallingwater the centerpiece.

Harold Arlen. Happy with the Blues by ARLEN, Harold; JABLONSKI, Edward

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Title: Harold Arlen. Happy with the Blues
Author: ARLEN, Harold; JABLONSKI, Edward
Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Description: Garden City, New York : Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1961. 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow...' With a Signed Photograph of the Composer Harold Arlen [ARLEN, Harold]. JABLONSKI, Edward. Harold Arlen. Happy with the Blues. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1961. With a signed photograph of Harold Arlen dated "aug. - 14 - 72" pasted to the half-title. First edition. Octavo (9 1/8 x 6 inches; 232 x 152 mm.). [1-11], 12-286 pp. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Publishers black cloth over boards, front cover and spine lettered in gilt and blue, pictorial endpapers, pictorial dust jacket. A near fine copy in a price-clipped printed dust jacket with a couple of neat tape repairs on lower edge. Affixed to the half-title is a black & white photograph signed "Harold Arlen - Aug - 14-72" Harold Arlen, born Hyman Arluck; (1905-1986) was an American composer of popular music, who composed over five hundred songs, a number of which have become known worldwide. In addition to composing the songs for the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz (lyrics by Yip Harburg), including "Over the Rainbow", which won him the Oscar for Best Original Song, he was nominated as composer for eight other Oscar awards. Arlen was a highly regarded contributor to the Great American Songbook. "Over the Rainbow" was voted the 20th century's Number 1 song by the RIAA and the NEA.

Chin Chin Kobakama. Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 25 by Rendered into English by Lafcadio Hearn. Story by Suzuki Kason or Arai Yoshimune (uncredited)

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Title: Chin Chin Kobakama. Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 25
Author: Rendered into English by Lafcadio Hearn. Story by Suzuki Kason or Arai Yoshimune (uncredited)
Seller: White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (United States)
Description: Tokyo: T. Hasegawa. N.d, circa 1903. Probably first edition. Unpaginated, twelve folded-over leaves, including cover. Larger format, 7.5 by 5.25 inches, or 19 by 13.5 cm. Probably the best tale ever built around toothpicks! A fairy tale of the supernatural retribution meted out to lazy women, with a second shorter variant of the same story included as well. This copy has particularly crisp and bright color! Light soiling to covers, and some minor waviness where fabric dinged by bottom edge.

Prospectus of the Fort Payne Coal and Iron Co., a Corporation Organized under the Laws of the State of Alabama

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Title: Prospectus of the Fort Payne Coal and Iron Co., a Corporation Organized under the Laws of the State of Alabama
Seller: Bartlebys Books (United States)
Description: Boston, MA: Washington Press, Geo. E. Crosby & Co., Printers (for the company), 1888. First edition. 8vo. 32 pp. Announcing plans to build a manufacturing city in the Wills Valley at Fort Payne. OCLC locates ten copies (five in Alabama, North Carolina, Texas-Austin, Virginia, Wisconsin-Milwaukee). Very good copy, lacking the folding map that was laid into most copies (all?) on publication. Original printed light green-gray wrappers. (#6940).

AIDS in Amsterdam by Mariëlle Hageman

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Title: AIDS in Amsterdam
Author: Mariëlle Hageman
Seller: Gerard Koskovich Queer Antiquarian Books (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Extensively illustrated overview of the history of AIDS in Amsterdam prepared by the Amsterdam City Archives and other municipal agencies for distribution in conjunction with the 22nd International Conference on AIDS, held in Amsterdam in June 2018. Discusses the responses of policymakers, healthcare providers and affected populations, including community organizing, activism and cultural expression. CONDITION: Slight dent to head of spine.

The Compositor as Artist, Craftsman and Tradesman by alexander Lawson; Joseph Sanders, Illustrator

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Title: The Compositor as Artist, Craftsman and Tradesman
Author: alexander Lawson; Joseph Sanders, Illustrator
Seller: Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: Athens: The Press of the Nightowl, 1990. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. 350cc. Unnumbered, unsigned out of series copy. 34pp. Very good in publisher's tow tone cloth.

At Home with the Presidents by Blodgett, Bonnie & D.J. Price

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Title: At Home with the Presidents
Author: Blodgett, Bonnie & D.J. Price
Seller: Royoung bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Orig. navy cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper
Description: New York: Overlook Press, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. navy cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 256 pages. 125 black and white photographs and drawings, and fifty-eight color photographs. Index. An architectural and social tour. Bookplate.

What is Phototypography? a talk given before the 35th Annual Convention of the International Association of Printing House Craftsmen, Inc by Carl P. Palmer

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Title: What is Phototypography? a talk given before the 35th Annual Convention of the International Association of Printing House Craftsmen, Inc
Author: Carl P. Palmer
Seller: Eclectibles (United States)
Description: Delaware: E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. (INC), 1954. 8 pp. Paper booklet with three hole punch, black and white photographs and illustrations. Booklet gives an overview of phototypography; the planning and execution of and who uses it, 16 sample pictures included. 11" x 8 1/2" has some slight staining on cover.

That Sacred Spot is Definitely Located. This Temple Site Marker Was Dedicated August 3,1967 by [Temple Lot] [Church of Christ]

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Title: That Sacred Spot is Definitely Located. This Temple Site Marker Was Dedicated August 3,1967
Author: [Temple Lot] [Church of Christ]
Seller: Tschanz Rare Books (United States)
Description: Independence, MO: Church of Christ [Temple Lot], 1967. Second Edition. [4]pp. Single sheet folded in half [22 cm x 28 cm] Near fine. Short illustrated work by the Temple Lot that discusses the temple lot in Independence. Illustrated with a map on the rear panel and photographs of two of the marker stones. "We look forward to the day when Latter Day Saints shall resolve their doctrinal differences and return to the primitive teachings of the Church as Restored on April 6, 1830, that they may assist in building the House of the Lord upon this consecrated Spot." - p.[3].

Winterthur Portfolio, Volume 5 by Doud, Richard K. (editor)

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Seller: Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB

Title: Winterthur Portfolio, Volume 5
Author: Doud, Richard K. (editor)
Seller: Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
ISBN: 9780813902807
Condition: VG
Description: Wilmington, Del: Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 1969. Hardbound. VG. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering. 226 pp. Numerous bw illustrations. Contains 14 articles on American Arts, Architecture, and related topics to the research and programs at Winterthur. Articles include Stephen Bordley of Colonial Annapolis; The Baltimore Glass Trade, 1780-1820; Rinaldo and Armida: An Example of Classical Nudity in 18th Century American Painting; Interior Decoration of City Houses in Baltimore: Federal Period ; Library of Edward Lloyd IV of Wye House; History of A Bandbox: A Pictorial Record of the Founding of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; John Hesselius, Maryland Limner; Furniture Designs of Henry W Jenkins & Sons; The Indian Queen. Index.

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