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Syllabus of the Course of Lectures on Materia Medica and Pharmacy Delivered in the University of Pennsylvania by Wood, George B - TWO INTERLEAVED COPIES WITH EXTENSIVE NOTES - INDIVIDUAL OWNERS - PRINTED BY LYDIA BAILEY

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Title: Syllabus of the Course of Lectures on Materia Medica and Pharmacy Delivered in the University of Pennsylvania
Author: Wood, George B - TWO INTERLEAVED COPIES WITH EXTENSIVE NOTES - INDIVIDUAL OWNERS - PRINTED BY LYDIA BAILEY
Seller: Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
Condition: Good; some spotting; moderate wear to the bindings.
Description: Philadelphia: Printed by Lydia R Bailey, 1840 & 1847. Later printings.. Three quarter leather over horizontal ribbed cloth; three quarter red leather over marbled boards. . Good; some spotting; moderate wear to the bindings.. 8vo, I - [4], [1] - 69 pp.; II - [4], [1] - 70 pp. This handbook was meant to be used in conjunction with Wood's lectures. It is an outline presentation of all the botanical and mineral elements utilized in the Dispensatory of the United States. Both copies are heavily annotated and interleaved throughout. The 1840 edition was once owned by Henry Race who is responsible for the notes. He took his medical degree from the Univ. of Pennsylvania in 1843 and practiced medicine in Pittstown, NJ. Race went to the gold fields of California in 1849 and returned to Pittstown in 1851 to practice medicine. The edition of 1847 has been entirely reset and revised from that of 1840. It bears the notes of Claudius Mastin who was born in Huntsville, AL and completed his medical degree at the Univ. of Pennsylvania in 1849. He then travelled to Europe and returned to Mobile to practice. In 1861 he volunteered for the Confederate Army serving at Shiloh under General Polk and then being appointed to the post of Inspector of the Army of Mississippi. He survived the war and went on to be a noted surgeon in Mobile and later head of the Am. Surgical Assoc. in 1890 (see Kelly & Burrage). Both copies of the Syllabus offered here have extensive notes throughout and provide considerable insight to the teachings of Wood. Both copies were printed by Lydia Bailey, one of the most accomplished printers in post-colonial America. She took over her husband's business in 1808 at a time when his trade was at its nadir. She, a master printer, soon proved a commercial success and at its peak employed 40 or more people in the firm. See Nipps, Checklist .... for Bailey.

Lord Randolph Churchill by CHURCHILL Winston

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Title: Lord Randolph Churchill
Author: CHURCHILL Winston
Seller: Bauman Rare Books (United States)
Description: 1906. First Edition. CHURCHILL, Winston. Lord Randolph Churchill. London: Macmillan, 1906. Two volumes. Octavo, original burgundy cloth, top edges gilt, uncut. $2000.First edition of Churchill's distinguished biography of his father, with two photographic frontispiece portraits of Lord Randolph, in the original cloth.""In My Early Life, Winston joked about his father's low opinion of him Beneath Winston's tremendous stature as a world leader, his belligerence, his confidence, there ran this dark, poignant thread, of a son working vainly to win his father's approval"" (Rubin, 106, 108). ""Outside Parliament, Churchill devoted much of his time during 1904 and 1905 to compiling a biography of Lord Randolph. He was motivated in part by a desire for an intimate knowledge of his father that had been denied him during Lord Randolph's lifetime When the book emerged in 1906, it was widely hailed as one of the best political biographies in English and its prose style is still greatly admired today Contemporary readers were struck by the frankness and openness of the account, contrasting favorably with the pious acts of homage served up as biography by other sons of famous fathers. It was, after all, a study in failure rather than success. The writing of the biography marked the point at which Churchill at last outgrew his father's memory"" (Grant, 47). Illustrated with numerous full-page plates and manuscript facsimiles. Cohen A17.1. Woods A8a. Langworth, 68-71. Gift inscriptions, owner signatures, owner inkstamps.Scattered foxing, almost wholly to fore-edge; cloth unusually nice and fresh with spines mildly toned. A near-fine copy.

Poems on the Abolition of the Slave Trade by SLAVERY MONTGOMERY James

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Title: Poems on the Abolition of the Slave Trade
Author: SLAVERY MONTGOMERY James
Seller: Bauman Rare Books (United States)
Description: 1809. First Edition. (SLAVERYABOLITION) MONTGOMERY, James, GRAHAME, James and BENGER, E[lizabeth]. Poems on the Abolition of the Slave Trade. London: Printed for R. Bowyer, 1809 [i.e. 1810]. Tall quarto, contemporary brown calf gilt rebacked with original spine laid down, raised bands, marbled endpapers and edges. $2000.First edition of famed publisher and artist Bowyers richly illustrated volume featuring eloquent anti-slavery poems by Montgomery, Grahame and Benger, a major antislavery work issued shortly after Britains abolition of the slave trade, with engraved portraits of abolitionists Sharpe, Clarkson and Wilberforce, engraved allegorical title page and nine full-page engravings after paintings by artist Sir Robert Smirke, a handsome wide-margined copy in contemporary boards.This handsomely illustrated volume features three epic poemsMontgomery's The West Indies, Grahame's Africa Delivered and Elizabeth Benger's A Poem Occasioned by the Abolition of the Slave Trade in 1806. All were ""commissioned by the London publisher Robert Bowyer, for inclusion in a lavish volume of antislavery poetry timed to celebrate the abolition of the slave trade"" (Basker, Amazing Grace, 612). With biographies and engraved full-page medallion portraits of leading British abolitionists Sharpe, Clarkson and Wilberforce, Poems on the Abolition of the Slave Trade is especially noted for its nine full-page engravings and the allegorical title page vignette, engraved by Scriven and Worthington after paintings by renowned artist Sir Robert Smirke, whose works were considered ""gems in the art of history painting"" (American Daily Advertiser). On presenting a copy to George III, Bowyer described this as a ""most beautifully embellished volume of Poems (which have been written expressly for the occasion) on the Abolition of the Slave Trade"" (Baptist Quarterly, 35). Poems won early critical praise as an ""elegant publication on the Abolition of this traffic, and we congratulate the poets, the artist and the editor"" (Monthly Review). First edition: plates dated ""Dec. 1, 1809""; portraits dated ""Jan 1, 1810."" With engraved and letterpress title pages. With directions to the binder leaf bound in at rear. Lowndes, 1591. Goldsmiths 19923. Kress B5549. Sabin 50145. Benezit IX:656. Occasional faint foxing, chiefly marginal. A near-fine copy, scarce and desirable in contemporary binding.

STREETS OF FIRE (1983) Original production artwork by James Allen

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Title: STREETS OF FIRE (1983) Original production artwork
Author: James Allen
Seller: Walterfilm, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Universal. No binding. Near Fine. [Los Angeles: Universal Pictures, 1983]. From the estate of James Allen, the film's art director. Original artwork, 27 9/16 x 15 5/8" in colored pencil and ink titled "Ardmore Police Dept. Streets of Fire", signed and dated "James Allen '83". Original artwork in pencil and ink on vellum measuring 21 x 10 1/2" (54 x 27 cm). A logo for "Road Masters Chelsea", a gang which threaten Reva's (Deborah Van Valkenburgh) diner, but whom her brother Cody (Michael Paré) makes fast work of. Three pieces of artwork (color photos printed on art paper of Allen's original designs) ranging in size from 20 x 12 1/2" (51 x 32 cm) to 24 x 20" (61 x 51 cm). These are definitely unique, one of a kind pieces, since Allen had only one of each printed for his internal archive. "Tonight is What it Means to Be Young" is the glorious anthem with which the film begins and ends in Walter Hill's great, anarchic rock-and-roll epic. The film at the time garnered little critical or popular attention, but it is now recognized as one of the classics of 80s Hollywood cinema (a recent 70mm Los Angeles screening at the American Cinematheque, which I attended, was a massive success with an audience of mostly people who had not even been born in 1984, when the film was released). Streets of Fire is an action crime neo-noir film directed by Walter Hill, from a screenplay by Hill and Larry Gross. Described on the poster and in the opening credits as "A Rock & Roll Fable", the film combines elements of the automobile culture and music from the 1950s with the fashion style and sociology of the 1980s. Starring Michael Paré, Diane Lane, Rick Moranis, Amy Madigan, Willem Dafoe, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, E. G. Daily and Bill Paxton, the film follows ex-soldiers Tom Cody (Paré) and McCoy (Madigan) as they embark on a mission to rescue Cody's ex-girlfriend Ellen Aim (Lane), who was kidnapped by Raven Shaddock (Dafoe), the leader of an outlaw motorcycle gang called The Bombers. (Wikipedia)

A Narrative of a Visit to the Mauritius and South Africa. by Backhouse, James.

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Title: A Narrative of a Visit to the Mauritius and South Africa.
Author: Backhouse, James.
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Condition: Backhouse concluded a tour of Australia and sailed for the Indian Ocean in 1838. The lengthy work resulting from that voyage inc
Description: London: Hamilton, Adams, and Co., 1844. Backhouse concluded a tour of Australia and sailed for the Indian Ocean in 1838. The lengthy work resulting from that voyage includes extensive descriptions of Mauritius, Mozambique Channel, and the Cape Colony, as well as many interior locations. "Backhouse and Walker were encouraged ... to visit the penal establishments and Aboriginal settlements and to make observations and suggest improvements. Their valuable reports were quite frank..." Hill 45. Ferguson 3558. Frontispiece of Hobart Town lightly foxed. Abraded library stamp on front pastedown, no other markings in text. Rubbed spot on backstrip. A good copy of the first edition bound in original blindstamped cloth with gold spine lettering. The three folding maps - "The World," "Tasmania," and "New South Wales," are in good condition.. 22.5 cm. xviii, 560, cxliv (appendices) pp. b/w plates, folding maps.

Betty Parsons: Paintings, Gouaches and Sculpture 1955-68 by PARSONS, Betty and Lawrence Alloway

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Title: Betty Parsons: Paintings, Gouaches and Sculpture 1955-68
Author: PARSONS, Betty and Lawrence Alloway
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
Description: London: Whitechapel Gallery, 1968. First edition. Softcover. 23 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran November through December 1968. Features a preface by Bryan Robertson and an essay by Lawrence Alloway. Features a black and white photographic portrait of Parsons by Alexander Liberman. Includes 2 color and 18 black and white illustrations, list of previous exhibitions and checklist. A very good copy in French style wrappers with some very minor wear and from the library of the Marlborough Gallery library with their sticker to the front cover but otherwise free of marks. A nice copy with an interesting provenance. .

Alcoholics Anonymous [The Big Blue Book] by Alcoholics Anonymous

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Title: Alcoholics Anonymous [The Big Blue Book]
Author: Alcoholics Anonymous
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ISBN: 9781893007161
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Description: New York: Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc, 2024. Fourth Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket - Pictorial Cover. 5x1x8. 2024 50th printing of fourth edition. From foreword to footnote: "In 2021, Alcoholics Anonymous is in seventy-three languages." Brand new from publisher. An exceptional copy. xxx, 575 pp. Includes: Preface; Foreword to the First Edition; Foreword to the Second Edition; Foreword to the Third Edition; Foreword to the Fourth Edition; The Doctor's Opinion; Bill's Story; There is a Solution; More About Alcoholism; We Agnostics; How it Works; Into Action; Working with Others; To Wives; The Family Afterward; To Employers; A Vision for You; PERSONAL STORIES: PIONEERS OF A.A.: Doctor Bob's Nightmare; Alcoholic Anonymous Number Three; He Had to Be Shown; He Thought He Could Drink Like a Gentleman; Women Suffer Too; The European Drinker; The Vicious Cycle; The News Hawk; From Farm to City; The Man Who Mastered Fear; He Sold Himself Short; Home Brewmeister; The Keys of the Kingdom; THEY STOPPED IN TIME: Too Young'; Fear of Fear; Those Golden Years; The Housewife Who Drank at Home; Lifesaving Words; Physician, Heal Thyself!; A Teen-Ager's Decision; Rum, Radio and Rebellion; Any Day Was Washday; It Might Have Been Worse; A Flower of the South; Calculating the Costs; Stars Don't Fall; Growing Up All Over Again; Unto the Second Generation; Me an Alcoholic'; Doctor, Alcoholic, Addict; THEY LOST NEARLY ALL: A Five-Time Loser Wins; Promoted to Chronic; Join the Tribe!; Belle of the Bar; Jim's Story; Our Southern Friend; The Prisoner Freed; Desperation Drinking; The Career Officer; Another Chance; He Who Loses His Life; Freedom from Bondage; A.A. Taught Him to Handle Sobriety; APPENDICES: The A.A. Tradition; Spiritual Experience; The Medical View on A.A.; The Lasker Award; The Religious View on A.A.; How to Get in Touch with A.A.; Twelve Concepts (Short Form).

Apprenticeship: Towards a New Paradigm of Learning by Ainley, Patrick (Ed.); Rainbird, Helen (Ed.)

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Title: Apprenticeship: Towards a New Paradigm of Learning
Author: Ainley, Patrick (Ed.); Rainbird, Helen (Ed.)
Seller: Underground Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9780749427283
Condition: Good
Description: London: Kogan Page, 1999. Ex-Library. Hardcover. Good/good. Ex-Library. Hardcover. 9 3/4" X 6 1/4". xii, 211pp. Mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Gentle bumps to covers and edges of green paper over boards. Library sticker and stamp to front endpapers. Very occasional inked underlining to pages. Underlining does not obscure text. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: In the light of changes the government has launched as part of its welfare to work initiatives, this text explores apprenticeship. The authors set the historical context and discuss the theoretical and practical aspects of acquiring the necessary knowledge and skills for competence.(Publisher).

Thee; A Poem by AIKEN, Conrad

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Title: Thee; A Poem
Author: AIKEN, Conrad
Seller: Argosy Book Store (United States)
Condition: fine
Description: New York: Braziller, 1967. First. hardcover. fine/near fine. Baskin. Drawings by Leonard Baskin. Tall thin 8vo, boards, d.w. N.Y.: Braziller, (1967). First Edition. Fine.

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