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SISTER CARRIE by Dreiser, Theodore

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SISTER CARRIE
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Dreiser, Theodore
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New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1900. First edition. The scarce, unaltered version of his first book about a young woman who moves to Chicago in search of her personal version of the American Dream. Ranked 33rd on the Modern Library's 100 Best Novels list. Approximately 1,000 copies were printed before Doubleday halted publication, at his wife's urging, due to the frank nature of the story. The publisher made little effort to advertise it, and less than half were sold before it's believed to have been suppressed. This copy from the library of book collector, Arthur Swann, with his bookplate on front pastedown. Shadow of another bookplate under Swann's, small ownership stamp on front endpaper, and light repair to hinges. Otherwise, very nearly fine with just a touch of minor edge rubbing. Housed in red cloth chemise and gilt-stamped quarter red leather slipcase with matching cloth sides. Nicest copy we've handled.
Ŏjŏng chusŏ paeksŏn 御定朱書百選 [Royal Edition of a Hundred Selected Letters of Zhu]

Ŏjŏng chusŏ paeksŏn 御定朱書百選 [Royal Edition of a Hundred Selected Letters of Zhu] by ZHU, Xi 朱熹, author, & CHŎNGJO 正祖, King of Korea, editor

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Ŏjŏng chusŏ paeksŏn 御定朱書百選 [Royal Edition of a Hundred Selected Letters of Zhu]
Author
ZHU, Xi 朱熹, author, & CHŎNGJO 正祖, King of Korea, editor
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Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
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]. 1 p.l., 4, 25, 34, 29; 37, 30, 28 folding leaves. Six kwŏn in two volumes. Small folio (360 x 223 mm.), orig. wrappers (some wear & rubbing), handwritten title on covers, orig. stitching. [Hansŏng]: Kyujanggak, [ca. 1799]. A royal gift, presented by the king of Korea. In 1794, King Chŏngjo (1752-1800) of the Chŏson dynasty compiled and had printed a collection of the letters of the great Neo-Confucian philosopher Zhu Xi 朱熹 (1130-1200) to be disseminated throughout his kingdom. As King Chŏngjo wrote on this occasion, “the learning of Master Zhu, in its expansive and oceanic plentitude, is best represented by his collected writings; the writings of Master Zhu, in their utmost subtlety and precision, are best represented by his personal correspondences” (“Chusŏ paeksŏn yukkwŏn” 朱書百選六卷, in Hongjae chŏnsŏ 弘齋全書 [Collected Writings of King Chŏngjo], kwŏn 180). Drawing from a number of established collections, he selected 100 letters and carefully arranged them, “beginning with the letter to Yanping 延平 [i.e., Li Tong 李侗, 1093-1163, Zhu Xi’s teacher] to pronounce his lineage of instruction, and ending with the letter to Zhiqing 直卿 [i.e., Huang Gan 黃干, 1152-1221, Zhu Xi’s disciple] to demonstrate the bestowment of teachings.” That 1794 edition, with moderate marginal annotations on “personal and place names, as well as philological glosses and references,” was sent to be printed with the chŏngyuja 丁酉字 metal type, cast in the year 1777. Printed copies were sent to various official printing houses throughout the kingdom and used as models to carve woodblocks for a xylographic edition (ibid.). Sometime around 1799, realizing that in the capital only metal type copies of the book remained, the king ordered woodblocks to be made locally as well for the work so that more copies could be printed and distributed (Chŏngjo, “Sinin ogyŏng…” 新印五經…, in Hongjae chŏnsŏ, kwŏn 36). Most woodblock re-editions of this work retain the original title-page, which contains not only the title Royal Edition of a Hundred Selected Letters of Zhu (K. Ŏjŏng chusŏ paeksŏn 御定朱書百選) but also the inscription in seal script that reads 甲寅內閣活印 — “palace edition, printed with movable type in the kabin year [1794].” This title-page, compounded with the absence of any additional paratextual information, likely resulted in the description of these woodblock re-editions as the original metal type 1794 edition, in spite of lacking the features of metal typography. We have carefully examined our copy and found that it was likely printed with the woodblocks carved around 1799 (undoubtedly through the cannibalization of a typographic copy) and kept within the royal library. Certain qualities of our copy make it distinctive: not only are the cursive characters rendered with impressive clarity, the marginal annotations mentioned in King Chŏngjo’s edict are also preserved in faux-manuscript style — a feature absent in some other copies we have consulted (erroneously described as the 1794 edition). The best evidence that our copy was printed by the royal library (K. kyujanggak 奎章閣), of course, is the fact that it was a royal gift (K. naesabon 內賜本), presented by the king himself to notable officials or individuals, in this case an examinee from Suwŏnbu 水原府. The “Record of Presentation” (K. naesagi 內賜記) is handwritten on the front endpaper of the first volume as usual and is dated to the second month of Xianfeng 5 (1855). However, both the name of the recipient and the official responsible for the Record have been obscured. A name, Im Hŭi-ji 林熙之, is written next to the name of the recipient, but in a clearly different hand and ink. Records of the Royal Secretariat (K. Sŭngjŏngwŏn ilgi 承政院日記) states that on the 29th day of this month, copies of the Hundred Selected Letters were indeed bestowed to six examinees, but all their names are not given. On the first leaf of the table of contents and facing the title-page is the Seal of Presentation (K. naesa’in 內賜印), which reads 奎章之宝 [Treasure of the Kyujanggak]. This seal was used for presentation copies roughly between 1782 and 1894, as shown by Lee & Song in “A Study on Naesabon Preserved in Kyujanggak” (in Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society 43, no. 2). This book is rare outside of East Asia. We find three copies under WorldCat 35891835 (with a misspelled title and described as the 1794 edition on account of the aforementioned title-page, which our copy also possesses). None of them is described as a presentation copy. Very good set. Some occasional soiling and dampstaining. Unimportant worming, mostly marginal. ❧ King Chŏngjo, Hongjae chŏnsŏ 弘齋全書, in Han’guk munjip ch’onggan 韓國文集叢刊, digital access via krpia.co.kr.
Tomus Primus Epistolarum… continens scripta viri Dei, ab anno millesimo quingentesimo septimo usq(ue) ad annum vicesimum secundum: A Iohanne Aurifabro…. collectus & anno M.D.LVI... editus… [and] Tomus secundus Epistolarum … continens scriptas ab anno millesimo quingentesimo vigesimo usq(ue) ad annum vigesimum octavum: A Iohanne Aurifabro Collectus & anno M.D.LXV... editus

Tomus Primus Epistolarum… continens scripta viri Dei, ab anno millesimo quingentesimo septimo usq(ue) ad annum vicesimum secundum: A Iohanne Aurifabro…. collectus & anno M.D.LVI... editus… [and] Tomus secundus Epistolarum … continens scriptas ab anno millesimo quingentesimo vigesimo usq(ue) ad annum vigesimum octavum: A Iohanne Aurifabro Collectus & anno M.D.LXV... editus by Luther, Martin (1483-1546)

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Tomus Primus Epistolarum… continens scripta viri Dei, ab anno millesimo quingentesimo septimo usq(ue) ad annum vicesimum secundum: A Iohanne Aurifabro…. collectus & anno M.D.LVI... editus… [and] Tomus secundus Epistolarum … continens scriptas ab anno millesimo quingentesimo vigesimo usq(ue) ad annum vigesimum octavum: A Iohanne Aurifabro Collectus & anno M.D.LXV... editus
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Luther, Martin (1483-1546)
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Liber Antiquus (United States)
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Fine
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Frankfurt an der Oder: Friedrich Hartmann, 1597. THIRD EDITION (the 1st ed. of Vol. I appeared in 1556; 1st ed. of Vol. II in 1565). Hardcover. Fine. Bound in matching 17th c. stiff vellum, ruled in blind (covers slightly bowed, vellum lightly soiled, small split at head of rear hinge of Vol. I, 1 end-band loose). The contents are in overall excellent condition, with minor blemishes (Vol I: leaf D2 with small natural paper flaw affecting a few letters, small paste stain to lvs. m3, q2, and GG1; a few index lvs. lightly browned. Vol. II: title very slightly frayed; first four lvs. damp-stained at head, a handful of gatherings with very light damp-stains in the lower margin.) The dimensions of the two volumes, in matching early bindings, differ in size by about 1 cm. Edges of text-block stained an even blue. Third printing of Martin Luther's early correspondence, edited by Joannes Aurifaber (1519-1575), Luther’s private secretary, who lived with Luther at the time of the Reformer’s death. The first volume contains 255 letters from 1507 to 1522 (from the celebration of his first Mass to his removal to Wartburg Castle after the Diet of Worms). The second has 407 letters, from 1520 to 1528. These letters offer a revealing view of Luther’s private and public thoughts on matters of pivotal importance to the early reformation. They include a "cover letter" to a copy of the 95 Theses, written on the very day (October 31st, 1517) that Luther nailed the Theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg. In this letter, addressed to Cardinal Albrecht, Archbishop of Magdeberg and Mainz, Luther requests that the indulgence traffic be halted. In a related letter, written as a dedication to his explanations of the 95 Theses, Luther gives an account of his understanding of penitence, which led him finally to the attack on indulgences. Included are letters to Pope Leo X (1475-1521), King Henry VIII (1491-1547), Georg Spalatin (1484-1545), Philip Melanchthon (1497-1560), Frederick, Elector of Saxony (1463-1525), Emperor Charles V (1500-1558), Andreas Karlstadt (1486-1541), Cardinal Tommaso de Vio Cajetan (1470-1534), and many others. This collection also includes Luther’s first letter to Erasmus, written at Wittenberg on March 28th, 1519 (Vol. I, p. 156-158) and several letters in which Luther discusses his opinions of Erasmus’ theology. The letters’ chronological arrangement allows the reader to follow the development of Luther’s thought and the political ramifications of his actions. Luther provides first-hand accounts of his efforts to avoid a trial in Rome, his negotiations with the Pope’s secretary, Karl von Miltitz, and the papal legate, Cardinal Cajetan, and his eventual appearance before the Emperor at the Diet of Worms. Included are Luther’s letter to Cajetan (Oct., 1518), written as Luther fled the Augsburg to avoid being kidnapped and taken to Rome, and a letter of apology to Pope Leo X (Jan., 1519) in which Luther argues that he is now powerless to control the power of his own ideas: "The demand is made that I recant my Disputation. If such a revocation could accomplish what I was attempting to do with my theses, I would issue it without hesitation. Now, however, through the antagonism and pressure of my enemies, my writings are spread farther than I ever had expected and are so deeply rooted in the hearts of so many people that I am not in the position to revoke them.". In a letter written after his appearance at Worms, Luther writes to the Emperor to express his gratitude and ask for continued protection. He also gives a vivid account of the proceedings and a critique of his own performance. "Your Sacred Majesty ordered that I be asked first whether I would acknowledge said little books as mine, and second whether or not I would be ready to revoke them, or would uphold the. When I had acknowledged that [these books] were mine... I pointed out with great reverence and submission that the following was my opinion: since I had fortified my books with clear and intelligible Scripture passages, it does not seem to me right or just to deny the Word of God and revoke my little books in this way, nor could I do it in any way. [...] In addition to all this, it was requested and demanded of me that I answer simply and plainly whether or not I was ready to recant. Again I answered as humbly as I could: since my conscience is bound by the Scripture passages which I have quoted in my little books, I could under no circumstances recant anything, unless I be better informed." In a letter to Nicholas von Amsdorf (folio 326), Luther describes his capture and the ride to Wartburg Castle. The first volume concludes with a series of letters to Melanchthon and others, written from the Wartburg, in which Luther discusses the volatile situation at Erfurt and Wittenberg and the actions of Karlstadt, in particular. In these letters, Luther discusses his ideas on clerical and monastic celibacy, communion, private mass, the dynamics of faith, etc.
The Heroine; or Adventures of a Fair Romance Reader

The Heroine; or Adventures of a Fair Romance Reader by Barrett, Eaton

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The Heroine; or Adventures of a Fair Romance Reader
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Barrett, Eaton
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Biblioctopus (United States)
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London, 1813. First Edition. —the subtitle was changed in the 2nd edition. 3 vols. A few small, faint spots to the back cover of vol. II (the only flaw) else fine and unworn, brighter than a Hollywood smile, in a royal binding of early 19th century green cloth (ca. 1835), the spines elaborately gilt, with the Royal Arms of Britain and Hanover embossed on the covers (the King of England’s family arms, though traceable to his brother Ernst). No half-titles in vols. II and III but with the vol. III ads. Unlike many pre–Victorian novels, this one is a laudable read, and scarce in any condition. 3 sets sold at auction in the last 35 years, all of them piñata quality (one a clunky modern rebind, one in old but nasty half calf, and one in worn and dull half morocco). Ours is all but unbelievable in this spectacular state of preservation with this impeccable provenance. Coll: xx, 224. [2], 239 [blank]. [2], 302 [2pp. ads]. Ref: Barron, Horror Lit. 1-5. This is not an obscure book. Note it’s reference as one of Barron’s foundation books of all horror literature written from 1762 to 1824. The Heroine’s thrust is not quite comic, though it does have droll jeopardy and the fall of dignity, and it’s not quite gothic though it does have granite skies, howling winds, and an old manor with secret passages and a sketchy deed. but rather it is the first pure and unabashed satire of horror literature with something of both, anticipating Austen’s Northanger Abbey (1818), yet drawing in other ways from Cervantes Don Quixote (1605) and Fielding’s Tom Jones (1749). The heroine, Cherry Wilkinson, rejects her rural life and adopts the identities of the fictional female characters she admires from reading Gothic novels (think of 21st century little girls who fantasize about being Wonder Woman). Barrett sets her in the kind of chaos usually found in newspaper articles that end with the words, “...and then he turned the gun on himself,” commencing a series of picaresque adventures, some of them previously unprecedented in literature. Cherry starts out optimistic (convinced that all will be well) and grows to have faith (certain that things make sense regardless of how they turn out), and she discovers that it’s hard to be a woman but even harder to become one. And if you think we just hype these books without cause, here’s some bubbling enthusiasm from a knowing and contemporary reviewer: “I finished The Heroine last night and was very much amused by it...It diverted me exceedingly...I have torn through the third volume...I do not think it falls off. It is a delightful burlesque particularly on the Radcliffe style.” —Jane Austen And from a critique revisiting it a few years later: “Racy, dashing, and palpable.” —Edgar Allan Poe.
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Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions by MACKAY Charles

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Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions
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MACKAY Charles
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Bauman Rare Books (United States)
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1852. MACKAY, Charles. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds. London: Office of the National Illustrated Library, 1852. Two volumes. Octavo, original publisher's brown gilt- and blind-stamped cloth, elaborately gilt-stamped spines, printed endpapers, top edges gilt. $2800.Second edition of this important, entertaining and influential early study of crowd behavior, subsequently used to explore popular psychology and to chart the stock market, with numerous wood-engraved illustrations, in original gilt-stamped cloth.Noted Scottish poet and journalist Charles Mackay attempted in this work to document and explain major ""popular delusions,"" or seemingly irrational instances of mass action and belief. ""Men,"" the author contends, ""think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds."" In developing his theories of mass behavior, Mackay analyzes a breadth of historical examples ranging from witch hunts, alchemists and famous haunted houses to the South Sea Bubble of 1720 and the Crusades. Mackay's work has had a remarkably far-reaching impact, influencing such diverse fields as popular psychology and the charting of the stock market—as noted by The New York Times, which urged, ""Any investor who has not read Charles Mackay's 'Tulipomania,' from his classic Extraordinary Popular Delusions, first published in 1841, should grab this book for that exercise alone."" Each volume with engraved frontispiece, engraved and letterpress title pages, and numerous wood-engraved illustrations. Volume II with two rear leaves of publisher's advertisements. See Norman 1406. Owner pencil signature to front free endpaper of Volume I partially erased. Bookseller ticket to rear pastedown of Volume II.Interiors clean; light wear to spine ends, rubbing to corners, cloth clean, gilt bright. An extremely good copy in the original cloth.
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Reports of Adjudged Cases by STRANGE John

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Reports of Adjudged Cases
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STRANGE John
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1755. First Edition. STRANGE, John. Reports of Adjudged Cases in the Courts of Chancery, King's Bench, Common Pleas and Exchequer, from Trinity Term in the second Year of King George I to Trinity Term in the twenty-first Year of King George II. London: Henry Lintot, 1755. Two volumes. Thick folio, contemporary full tan calf, raised bands, red morocco spine labels. $2400.First edition of this posthumously published collection of reports and transcriptions of cases from 1715 to 1750, with engraved frontispiece portrait of Strange in the first volume, in contemporary calf boards.Strange served as Solicitor General early in his career and was Master of the Rolls—the senior Civil Justice judge—at the time of his death in 1754. From early in his career he had been compiling notes and transcripts of legal cases. ""Before his death Strange had been preparing his collection of reports for publication. Because of his willingness to lend his notes to judges there had been many opportunities for copies of this material, unscrupulously obtained, to pass into the hands of legal hacks. It included summaries and arguments of cases where no judgment had been made. It was Strange's chief concern, therefore, to have ready a definitive compilation of reports of adjudged cases that could be published in the event of any pirating of his work. Accordingly, when some of Strange's case notes did indeed appear shortly after his death under the title of A Collection of Select Cases Relating to Evidence, by a Late Barrister-at-Law, his executors acted swiftly to suppress it, and in 1755 his eldest son published the reports as authentically selected, dedicating them to Lord Hardwicke. Reprinted in second and third editions in 1782 and 1795, Strange's reports endured in their usefulness for the rest of the century and after"" (DNB). Evidence of bookplate removal in both volumes.Interior quite clean, handsome contemporary calf binding with expert repairs and restoration to joints, spine ends and board extremities.
Radges’ Directory of the City of Topeka for 1887-8

Radges’ Directory of the City of Topeka for 1887-8

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Radges’ Directory of the City of Topeka for 1887-8
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James Arsenault & Company (United States)
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[Topeka, Kansas: Samuel Radges, 1887]. 8vo, original purple cloth, gilt spine, gilt advertisements to covers. [7], 20-482, [2] pp., double-page chromolithographic map, folding map, 12.75” x 21.875”, numerous color-printed advertisements, illus. CONDITION: Good, rubbed, spine sunned, front hinge cracked and sprung but holding. An excellent, quite substantial western city directory, with maps and advertisements printed in color. It includes a double-page advertising map of the state of Kansas for Strickler, Daniels & Pounds, General Real Estate Dealers, a fold-out Map of the City of Topeka and Suburbs, an introductory article on Topeka, a street and avenue guide, a list of additions and subdivisions, sections on city and state government, amusements, banks, railways, churches, clubs, associations, schools and so on. All of the heads of household are listed by name, occupation and address. The directory is replete with advertisements for all manner of businesses, most of them illustrated and printed on color backgrounds.  Radges began publishing Topeka directories in 1869 (for 1870). All seem to be scarce. OCLC records only two copies of the 1887-8 edition, at Yale and the New York Historical Society. No copies recorded on Rare Book Hub. The only Radges directory offered by the Eberstadt’s was the first of 1870, catalog 115, item 602. Not in Streeter. 
World-Noted Women; Or, Types of Womanly Attributes of All Lands and Ages

World-Noted Women; Or, Types of Womanly Attributes of All Lands and Ages by (Guild of Women Binders) Clarke, Mary Cowden

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World-Noted Women; Or, Types of Womanly Attributes of All Lands and Ages
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(Guild of Women Binders) Clarke, Mary Cowden
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Thorn Books (United States)
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Near fine
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New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1858. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. LArge 4to. 407pp. Illustrated with full page engraved portraits of Sappho, Lucretia, Aspasia, Cleopatra, St. Cecilia, Heloise, Laura, Valentine de Milan, Joan d'Arc, Margaret of Anjou, Isabella of Castile, Lady Jane Grey, Pocahontas, La Valliere, Maria Theresa, Catherine II, Florence NIghtingale. A lovely Arts and Crafts binding in full Niger Morocco in a medium brown color. Spine in six compartments with nicely spaced gilt titles in two. Blind tooling along the bands and onto the boards in a suggestion of clasps. The boards, both upper and lower, with gilt and blind rules in a pleasing rectangular design interrupted by a "Noveau-style" design on the binding side with gilt curves ending in gilt leaves and dots. Simple parallel gilt line inner dentelles with box-shapes and blind dots at the corners of the inner line, peach water-color endpapers, all edges gilt. A sumptuous binding. The pastedowns have been nicely repaired, occasional trace of foxing not affecting the images, else this is in fine condition. Unsigned binding, though almost certainly the work of the Guild of Women Bookbinders based on the design and the tools used. .
Indian Boyhood

Indian Boyhood by Eastman, Charles A.

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Indian Boyhood
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Eastman, Charles A.
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Thorn Books (United States)
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New York: McClure, Phillips & Co, 1902. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Near fine. 8vo. viii, (2), 289,(1)pp. Red cloth, gilt title on spine and upper board, color paste-on to the upper board with gilt frame lines. Illustrated with four full page plates by E. L. Blumenshein. Top edge gilt. A near fine copy. Autobiographical account by the author, whose Sioux name was Ohiyesa (b. 1858). After the Dakota War of 1862, he and his family were forced to flee to Canada where he lived the traditional Sioux life. His father had been captured but was eventually released and took Eastman to live with him in the US, where Eastmen eventually became a doctor. A valuable resource on Sioux culture. .
The way of all flesh

The way of all flesh by BUTLER, Samuel

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The way of all flesh
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BUTLER, Samuel
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Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
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London: Grant Richards, 1903. FIRST EDITION. Original red cloth with title in gilt on front board and spine, top edge gilt; minor soiling to bottom edge, otherwise an excellent copy preserved in a slipcase. First edition, first issue with the half-title and publisher’s ads. This semi-autobiographical tale is regarded by some as the first twentieth century novel, and features a forcefully satirical indictment of Victorian-era England’s chief institutions. Recounting his troubled upbringing and subsequent adult life, Butler’s tale shines a light onto the deceptiveness of Victorian domestic life. Foreshadowing the destruction of nineteenth century middle class ideals in the fallout of the Great War, we’re reminded of the ways in which successive generations have continued to question conventional values. Written over nearly eleven years, this text was published posthumously, Butler believing his writing style too contentious. It has remained continuously in print since its publication. Butler (1835-1902) is most well-known for his classically utopian satire Erewhon. He is regarded as a forerunner of the New Zealand utopian/dystopian tradition of literature. Despite his antagonistic writing style, Butler’s work played a crucial role in the early twentieth century reaction against Victorianism.
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Manual of the Lancasterian System, of Teaching Reading, Writing, Arithmetic and Needle-Work, as Practised in the Schools of the Free-School Society, of New-York. New York: Published by order and for the benefit of the Free-School Society. , 1820. 8vo, removed; pp. 63. With 4plates, 2 of which folding. Fine, bright copy. by {Lancastrian System.)

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Manual of the Lancasterian System, of Teaching Reading, Writing, Arithmetic and Needle-Work, as Practised in the Schools of the Free-School Society, of New-York. New York: Published by order and for the benefit of the Free-School Society. , 1820. 8vo, removed; pp. 63. With 4plates, 2 of which folding. Fine, bright copy.
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Book. New York: Published by order and for the benefit of the Free-School Society, 1820. 8vo, removed; pp. 63. With 4 plates, 2 of which folding. Fine, bright copy. First edition. This manual is one of the clearest, most detailed expositions of actual monitorial practice for both boys and girls of the period. Its text was revised and adapted from a manual published in 1816 by the British and Foreign School Society. "It is committed to the press, with a belief, that a Lancasterian Text Book, it will be found well calculated for the use of teachers, and for general information." The four plates show classroom organization, apparatus and furniture, and grouping of students with monitors, This copy bears the ownership signature of New York politician, senator and friend of Martin van Buren, Charles Edward Dudley (1780-1841) - see DAB. Imprints 2914, Sabin 44414 and 54285 (note)..
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First Biennial Report of the Trustees and Instructer of the Monitorial School, Boston. by [FOWLE, Wuilliam B.]

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First Biennial Report of the Trustees and Instructer of the Monitorial School, Boston.
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[FOWLE, Wuilliam B.]
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Savoy Books (United States)
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Boston: Thomas B. Wait and Son, 1826. Book. 1826. 8vo, removed. pp. 38, half-title. Foxed; very good. Detailed account, philosophical and practical, of the newly established school, following the precepts of Joseph Lancaster (as well as Pestalozzi), with its emphasis on student peer instruction, self-government and rejection of corporal punishment. Fowle (1795-1865), a Boston bookseller and text-book author, was the sole instructor at the time. Students from the age of four to eighteen were invited to attend. Imprints 23883..
DIVINE | DIVINE IN AFRIKA (ca. 1983) South African poster

DIVINE | DIVINE IN AFRIKA (ca. 1983) South African poster by Zipps

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DIVINE | DIVINE IN AFRIKA (ca. 1983) South African poster
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Zipps
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No binding. Very Good. Fine Art Print Vintage original 35 x 25" (89 x 63.5 cm.) poster, South Africa. Pieces of tape were affixed on the back in the four corners, causing some minor stains in those corners, poster otherwise unfolded and perfect, hence near fine. Scarce poster documenting a stage performance given by Divine in a Johannesburg, South Africa night spot known as Zipps.
AMERICA AND FRANCE. THE INTIRE MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS: COVERING THE FULL POWERS TO, AND DISPATCHES FROM, THE ENVOYS EXTRAORDINARY OF THE UNITED STATES, TO THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF CONGRESS

AMERICA AND FRANCE. THE INTIRE MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS: COVERING THE FULL POWERS TO, AND DISPATCHES FROM, THE ENVOYS EXTRAORDINARY OF THE UNITED STATES, TO THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF CONGRESS by [XYZ Affair]

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AMERICA AND FRANCE. THE INTIRE MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS: COVERING THE FULL POWERS TO, AND DISPATCHES FROM, THE ENVOYS EXTRAORDINARY OF THE UNITED STATES, TO THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF CONGRESS
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[XYZ Affair]
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David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC (United States)
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Boston: B. Russell, 1798. 71, [1 blank] pp. Stitched, uncut. Generously margined. A piece from top left corner of title page has been cut out [no text loss] with one clean closed cut that carried through to second leaf [no text loss]. Lightly dusted and toned, a few small blank edge chips, light scattered foxing. Good+. This private Boston printing of Adams's Message includes "the famous 'XYZ' correspondence." The document includes Adams's letters credentialing Marshall, Pinckney, and Gerry as his envoys to adjust difficulties with France; and their blow-by-blow description of the whole sordid affair, in which Mr. X demanded that "a sum of money was required for the pocket of the Directory and ministers, which would be at the disposal of M. Talleyrand: and that a loan would also be insisted on. Mr. X. said, if we acceded to these measures, M. Talleyrand had no doubt that all our differences with France might be accommodated." Mr. Y. advised, "You must pay money, you must pay a great deal of money." Adams asked Congress to keep this document secret while an appropriate response was considered. Evans 34815. Howes A199.
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration [Signed Bookplate Mounted in]

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration [Signed Bookplate Mounted in] by Isabel Wilkerson

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The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration [Signed Bookplate Mounted in]
Author
Isabel Wilkerson
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Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780679444329
Condition
Very Good +
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New York: Random House, 2010. Very Good +. New York: Random House, 2010. Reprint. Octavo; publisher's two-toned boards in photo-illustrated dust jacket retaining original price; x,622pp.; Light shelf wear, "Signed" sticker to upper jacket panel, corners nudged, compliments bookplate to front free endpaper from State Farm's Hubert H. Humphrey Civil and Human Rights Award Dinner, May 16, 2012. A Very Good or better copy overall. Bookplate signed by the author mounted to half title page. Handsome copy of Wilkerson's major history of the Great Migration, listed at No. 2 on the New York Times' 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.
What Was True: The Photographs and Notebooks of William Gedney

What Was True: The Photographs and Notebooks of William Gedney by William Gedney; Margaret Sartor and Geoff Dyer [eds.]

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What Was True: The Photographs and Notebooks of William Gedney
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William Gedney; Margaret Sartor and Geoff Dyer [eds.]
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Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780393048247
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Very Good
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New York: A Lyndhurst Book published by the Center for Documentary Studies in association with W.W. Norton & Company, 2000. Very Good/Very Good +. New York: A Lyndhurst Book published by the Center for Documentary Studies in association with W.W. Norton & Company, 2000. First Edition. Quarto; 192pp. Black and white photographs. Photo-illustrated dust jacket. Avocado cloth boards stamped in white. Creasing to edges of unclipped dust jacket. Boards slightly cocked with mild shelfwear; binding sound and pages unmarked; a Very Good and sound copy.
The development and protection of the oyster in Maryland by W.K. Brooks, PhD. Being the report written by him as chairman of the Oyster commission of the state of Maryland, and presented to the General Assembly, February, 1884.

The development and protection of the oyster in Maryland by W.K. Brooks, PhD. Being the report written by him as chairman of the Oyster commission of the state of Maryland, and presented to the General Assembly, February, 1884. by Brooks, William Keith

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The development and protection of the oyster in Maryland by W.K. Brooks, PhD. Being the report written by him as chairman of the Oyster commission of the state of Maryland, and presented to the General Assembly, February, 1884.
Author
Brooks, William Keith
Seller
Biomed Rare Books LLC, ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Description
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University, 1884. First edition. 1884 SCARCE LIMITED EDITION OF A DETAILED REPORT ON THE CHESAPEAKE OYSTER ILLUSTRATED WITH LITHOGRAPHED PLATES AND LARGE FOLDING MAPS. 11 1/2 inches tall folio hardcover, recent tan cloth binding, leather spine with gilt title, new endpapers, 193 pp, 13 plates, 4 large color maps (26 x 32 1/2, 16 3/4 x 34 1/2, 31 x 35, and 31 x 36 1/2 inches). Binding fine, small library handstamp verso title page, faint embossed library seal to edge of each plate. Very good in custom archival mylar cover. Maps have browning of creases, archival tape repair to some creases, good overall. 13 copies in Worldcat. MESSAGE TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY FROM D.C. GILMAN, PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY: "In accordance with your request, a small edition has been printed, for the use of the University, of a Report of the Oyster Commission of the State of Maryland, which has just been presented to the Legislature of this State. Its author is one of our own staff, Professor W. K. BROOKS, Ph. D., who has devoted the greater part of his time during the last eighteen months to the study of the problem of perpetuating the oyster beds of the Chesapeake. The fact that he was made a member of the Oyster Commission, by appointment of the Governor of the State, should not conceal the part which this University has taken in the prosecution of the enquiry. Dr. Brooks, for the last six years, has been the Director of the Chesapeake Zoological Laboratory, an organization maintained at the expense of the Johns Hopkins University for the study of the manifold forms of living creatures which are found upon our sea-board. As long ago as 1878 he perceived the importance of the oyster, in its economical and in its scientific aspects, and began a series of prolonged, delicate, and original investigations respecting the mode by which the young are propagated, and the conditions of their early life." WILLIAM KEITH BROOKS (1848 – 1908) was an American zoologist who studied under Louis Agassiz at Harvard, receiving his PhD in 1875. A year later he became a junior faculty member at Johns Hopkins University when it opened, teaching and researching marine biology. He founded the Chesapeake Zoological Laboratory where he spent most summers, moving each summer between Crisfield, Maryland, Hampton, Virginia, tBeaufort, North Carolina, Jamaica, and the Tortugas. Commissioned by the state of Maryland to study the American oyster, Brooks' findings led to the discovery that fertilization of this type of oyster, unlike the European form, occurred outside the body. He was a member of the American Philosophical Society, National Academy of Sciences, the National Philosophical Society, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, the Boston Society of Natural History, the Maryland Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Society of Zoologists, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Royal Microscopical Society.
HARPO SPEAKS!

HARPO SPEAKS! by Marx, Harpo [Author]; Barber, Rowland [Contributor]; Marx, Susan [Illustrator]

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HARPO SPEAKS!
Author
Marx, Harpo [Author]; Barber, Rowland [Contributor]; Marx, Susan [Illustrator]
Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
London: Victor Gollancz, Ltd, 1961. First UK Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 475 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine is pink with black lettering. Dust jacket is protected with a mylar covering, price cut. Bumping and chipping to head and tail of dust jacket spine. Bumping and chipping to corners of dust jacket. Rubbing to dust jacket. Bumping to head and tail of spine. Cocking to spine. Bumping to corners. Mild age-toning to text block throughout. Mild sinking to spine. Shelved in Memoirs. 1412665. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
ORIGINAL "PLAY IT COOL" MOVIE POSTER

ORIGINAL "PLAY IT COOL" MOVIE POSTER

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ORIGINAL "PLAY IT COOL" MOVIE POSTER
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Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
1962. One Sheet (measures 27 in. x 41 in.) Condition is Very Good with light age toning, crease folds, and moderate wear to upper edge. FJ Consignment. Shelved in Rockville Room A. 1377562. Special Collections - Upstairs.
The Shoe House Nursery Rhyme Book. The Pages Talk. Teaches Children How to Tie Laces

The Shoe House Nursery Rhyme Book. The Pages Talk. Teaches Children How to Tie Laces by [???]

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The Shoe House Nursery Rhyme Book. The Pages Talk. Teaches Children How to Tie Laces
Author
[???]
Seller
Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
New York (1957): Novelty Import Co., Inc. First Edition. Near Fine. A book shaped like a shoe, with holes and a shoe lace, for teaching children to tie laces. Pictorial boards, red spine, 4 stiff cardboard pages, which when squeezed, make the sound of a barnyard animal; various nursery rhymes printed inside. Pictorial shoe-shaped slipcase, with a minor repair on top edge; book is near fine. Small owner inscription inside, dated 5-23-59.
Afro-Americans in New York Life and History, Vol. 7, No. 2 (July 1983)

Afro-Americans in New York Life and History, Vol. 7, No. 2 (July 1983)

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Afro-Americans in New York Life and History, Vol. 7, No. 2 (July 1983)
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McBlain Books (United States)
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Very Good
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Buffalo: Afro-American Historical Association of the Niagara Frontier, 1983. Paperback. Very Good. 79, [1]p. Softcover in original wrapper. 23 cm. Includes an article about Henrietta Vinton Davis, a Garveyite and one of the the first 13 members of U.N.I.A. in New york City.
Wendingen. 1930 Series, No. 10 (Rothenburg ob der Taber)

Wendingen. 1930 Series, No. 10 (Rothenburg ob der Taber)

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Wendingen. 1930 Series, No. 10 (Rothenburg ob der Taber)
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McBlain Books (United States)
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Very Good
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Santpoort: C. A. Mees, 1930. Paperback. Very Good. Illustrated. 18p. Printed on double-fold paper. Softcover in original tied wrapper. Square 34 cm. Minor wear and some light cover foxing. Dutch text.
New-gay

New-gay

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New-gay
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Gerard Koskovich Queer Antiquarian Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good-
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A periodical entirely devoted to personal ads from individuals and couples throughout France seeking erotic contacts; published in a random order with no subdivisions by type or even by region. Despite the reference to "gay" in the publication title, the advertisers are gay, les­bian and bisexual (or "bissex" in the parlance of the journal); many present themselves as "tra­vesti" or "transsex" — or as interested in same. A considerable number of the ads solicit partici­pants in an array of kink and fetish practices. Approximately one-third of the ads include black-and-white photos of the advertiser, all of them White. By contrast, the front wrap is devoted to a photo of a pair of muscular young Black men, one in shorts and one nude. Offered here is the only recorded copy of an issue of New-gay. The frequency and the dates of first and last issues are unknown.No holdings in WorldCat or the Catalogue Collectif de France. CONDITION: Minor wear & soiling to wraps; annotation in blue ballpoint on front wrap: "Novembre 1983"; dent to outside corners of front wrap & initial leaves. NOTE: Masked for public posting. Unmasked image upon request.
The King and the Whirlybird

The King and the Whirlybird by Mabel Watts

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The King and the Whirlybird
Author
Mabel Watts
Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Collectible; Fine
Description
New York: Parents' Magazine Press, 1969. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A tight, very well-preserved copy of the 1969 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with light offsetting along the rear panel's top-edge and at the spine. Octavo, nicely illustrated thruout by Harold Berson.
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Miquel Barcelo: Paintings from 1983 to 1985 by -

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Miquel Barcelo: Paintings from 1983 to 1985
Author
-
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Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Collectible; Fine
Description
Boston: Institute of Contemporary Art, 1986. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. A very sharp copy of the catalogue of the Feb-April 1986 exhibition at Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art. Bright and Near Fine (with small former owner name at half-title) in its white wrappers. And in a crisp, Near Fine beige dustjacket.
Good Luck in Preserving

Good Luck in Preserving by Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co.

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Good Luck in Preserving
Author
Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co.
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lizzyoung bookseller (United States)
Condition
Color illustrated wraps. Very good
Description
East Cambridge, Massachusetts: Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co., 1917. Third Edition. Staplebound. Color illustrated wraps. Very good. Unpaginated) 12 printed pages, 4 pages gummed labels. 15.5 x 9 cm. Colorful wrappers highlight the once positive symbol, the Swastika - known as a "Good Luck" symbol before the German Nazi party employed it as their emblem. Here, in 1917, the Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co. utilized the symbol as an added bonus in this pamphlet - 4 pages of gummed labels to be used on one's jars after using their rubber sealers. Methods of preserving and recipes round out the pamphlet. Stamped on front cover: From Alling Rubber Co., Holyoke Mass. Covers lightly soiled, interior clean.
Voyages to Hudson Bay in Search of a Northwest Passage 1741-1747; Vol. I - The Voyage of Christopher Middleton, Vol. II - The Voyage of William Moor and Francis Smith [Hakluyt Society Second Series No. 177 & 181]

Voyages to Hudson Bay in Search of a Northwest Passage 1741-1747; Vol. I - The Voyage of Christopher Middleton, Vol. II - The Voyage of William Moor and Francis Smith [Hakluyt Society Second Series No. 177 & 181] by Barr, William and Glyndwr Williams (Eds.)

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Voyages to Hudson Bay in Search of a Northwest Passage 1741-1747; Vol. I - The Voyage of Christopher Middleton, Vol. II - The Voyage of William Moor and Francis Smith [Hakluyt Society Second Series No. 177 & 181]
Author
Barr, William and Glyndwr Williams (Eds.)
Seller
David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
London: The Hakluyt Society - Cambridge University Press, 1994. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. [8.5x5.75in]; Vol. I, 1994 - xii, 333 pp., 11 plates including frontispiece, seven maps and charts, three illustrations, bibliography and index; Vol. II, 1995 - xv, 393 pp., 20 plates with frontispiece, 13 maps, charts and views, 6 illustrations, appendices, bibliography and index; light blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine and gilt devise on front, all edges trimmed; Dark blue dust jacket with dark blue and white lettering in white bordered pale green field on front and spine, advertisement on back; Negligible shelf wear to book, dust jacket spine faded with some rubbing and scratches to surfaces. The Hakluyt Society was founded in 1846 in London for the publication of primary sources of exploration and discovery expeditions. They were named after Richard Hakluyt (1552-1616) a collector and editor of narratives of voyages and travels. The publications are primarily from English expeditions related to English interests from the 17th century on. The Society is still very active and publishing historic works in a series of publications - the first from 1847-99, the second from 1899-1998 and the third beginning in 1999. In addition, there is an Extra series of more extensive books for direct sale to the public. These volumes cover the early search for the North West Passage through Hudson Bay, which was determined not to lead to the Pacific Ocean.
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SANTA CLAUS IN STORYLAND by (Pop-Up )

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SANTA CLAUS IN STORYLAND
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(Pop-Up )
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Green Gate Farm Antiquarian Books (United States)
Description
Fitchburg, Massachusetts: Doehla Greeting Cards, Inc., 1950. Octavo. Spiral-bound pictorial wrappers. Five moveable illustrations and two folding pop-up illustrations make this a holiday delight! This is the Santa Baby Boomers remember, fat and jolly surrounded by a world of primary colors and friendly children! There is a quarter size hole in the back page of the book, caused by the removal of a lollipop. It appears the lollipop was included with the book but alas is gone along with the snow on the roof of the house on the cover. The piece of bubble gum is still present in wrapper however.
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The Rowfant Club; A Register of Its Records 1891-1973, in the Western Reserve Historical Society

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The Rowfant Club; A Register of Its Records 1891-1973, in the Western Reserve Historical Society
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James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.) (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
Cleveland: Rowfant Club, 1974. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in the publisher's original cloth covered boards, spine stamped in gilt, cover stamped in blind.
Ruth & Esther

Ruth & Esther by Queen-Sutherland, Kandy

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Ruth & Esther
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Queen-Sutherland, Kandy
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Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9781573128919
Condition
Very good
Description
Macon: Smyth & Helwys, 2016. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. xxiv, 494pp+indices. Very good hardback in a very good dustjacket. Includes CD-ROM.
The Sculpture of Clement Meadmore
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The Sculpture of Clement Meadmore by MEADMORE, Clement and Eric Gibson

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The Sculpture of Clement Meadmore
Author
MEADMORE, Clement and Eric Gibson
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Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9781555950989
Description
New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1994. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 143 pages. Monograph on the sculpture of Australian-American artist. Features text by Eric Gibson. Includes numerous color and black and white illustrations, a chronology, list of collections, list of previous exhibitions, and an index. A fine copy in cloth boards and in a very near fine dust jacket.
SOPHIE DU PONT, A YOUNG LADY IN AMERICA, SKETCHES, DIARIES, & LETTERS, 1823-1833

SOPHIE DU PONT, A YOUNG LADY IN AMERICA, SKETCHES, DIARIES, & LETTERS, 1823-1833 by Low, Betty Bright

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SOPHIE DU PONT, A YOUNG LADY IN AMERICA, SKETCHES, DIARIES, & LETTERS, 1823-1833
Author
Low, Betty Bright
Seller
Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press (United States)
Description
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1987. cloth, dust jacket. Du Pont, Sophie. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 192 pages. First edition. With 160 illustrations including 75 in full color. Sophie du Pont's father, E.I. du Pont, had founded the du Pont company on the Brandywine River in Delaware.
POETRY MAGAZINE: A GALLERY OF VOICES

POETRY MAGAZINE: A GALLERY OF VOICES

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POETRY MAGAZINE: A GALLERY OF VOICES
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Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press (United States)
Description
Chicago: University of Chicago Library, 1980. stiff paper wrappers. Poetry. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. Unpaginated. A catalogue for an exhibition of material from the Harriet Monroe Modern Poetry Collection. Ms. Monroe was the founder/editor/owner of Poetry Magazine. Included are facsimile letters from Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot and other well-known poets. Well annotated and illustrated.
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Sophie du Pont: A Young Lady in America: Sketches, Diaries & Letters, 1823-1833. by Low, Betty-Bright and Jacqueline Hinsley. [du Pont, Sophie].

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Sophie du Pont: A Young Lady in America: Sketches, Diaries & Letters, 1823-1833.
Author
Low, Betty-Bright and Jacqueline Hinsley. [du Pont, Sophie].
Seller
Lighthouse Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., [1987]. Square quarto, red cloth (hardcover), gilt letters,192 pp. Fine (As New), in a Fine (As New) dust jacket. From jacket: A window on the America of the Early REpublic is opened for us by young Sophie du Pont. Her father, E. I. du Pont, had come from France and in 1802 settled on the banks of the Brandywine Creek, four miles above Wilminghton, where he set up a gunpowder factory. A period of ten years in the family life of the du Ponts, newly settled in Delaware, is illuminated by Sophie’s letters, diaries, and sketches from1823 (when she was thirteen) to 1833 (when she was twenty-three), which have been discoverd in the du Pont family archives and organized into this charming book by its two researcher authors.”
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Paul Grinke. Catalogue Five. Miscellany of Fifty Books, Manuscripts and Drawings, with a Note by Ruthven Todd on Stothard s Drawing of the Battle of Ai by [Blake, William. Sale Catalogue]

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Paul Grinke. Catalogue Five. Miscellany of Fifty Books, Manuscripts and Drawings, with a Note by Ruthven Todd on Stothard s Drawing of the Battle of Ai
Author
[Blake, William. Sale Catalogue]
Seller
John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller (United States)
Description
London: Paul Grinke, [No Date]. Oblong 8vo, 28pp. Wrappers. ß Item 32 page 17-19 The Battle of Ai by Thomas Stothard with engravings by Blake during his development as a commercial engraver.
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Milton s Hymn On the Morning of Christ s Nativity with Illustrations by William Blake by [Blake, William. Sale Catalogue]

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Milton s Hymn On the Morning of Christ s Nativity with Illustrations by William Blake
Author
[Blake, William. Sale Catalogue]
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John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller (United States)
Description
1981. Gloucestershire, UK: The Whittington Press, 1981. Large 4to, bi-fold with tipped-in color plate of The Old Dragon (loose). Light soiling. Very good. ß Announcement of the May 1981 limited edition publication Milton s Hymn On the Morning of Christ s Nativity with Illustrations by William Blake by Whittington Press in association with Angscot Productions.

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