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Lettere Della Signora Isabella Andreini Padovana, Comica Gelosa, [et] Academica Intenta, nominata l'Accesa. Aggiuntovi di nuovo li Ragionamenti Piacevoli dell'istessa. Con due Tauole vna delle Lettere, e l'altra de' Ragionamenti, che nell'Opera si contengono. Di nuovo ristampate, & con ogni diligenza ricorrette. [With:] Fragmenti by Andreini, Isabella (1562-1604)

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Title: Lettere Della Signora Isabella Andreini Padovana, Comica Gelosa, [et] Academica Intenta, nominata l'Accesa. Aggiuntovi di nuovo li Ragionamenti Piacevoli dell'istessa. Con due Tauole vna delle Lettere, e l'altra de' Ragionamenti, che nell'Opera si contengono. Di nuovo ristampate, & con ogni diligenza ricorrette. [With:] Fragmenti
Author: Andreini, Isabella (1562-1604)
Seller: Liber Antiquus (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: Venice: Presso Gio. Battista Combi, 1638. TWELFTH EDITION of the LETTERS, EIGHTH EDITION of the "FRAGMENTI. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in contemporary vellum, stained red, some wear and soiling, remains of green silk ties. A nice copy with a little minor damp-staining, and some worming in three signatures, affecting one to two lines of text but not the sense. The first edition of Isabella Andreini's collection of letters appeared in 1607, four years after the author's death, edited by her husband, Francesco. In 1617, with the assistance of Flaminio Scala, Francesco published the "Fragmenti". For a discussion of both works, see below. "Born in Padua to Venetian parents in 1562, Isabella Andreini (née Canali) would become the most celebrated commedia dell'arte actress of her century by the time of her death in 1604. Praised by contemporaries such as Tasso, Marino, and Chiabrera and famed in France as well as Italy, Andreini was renowned both for the prima donna innamorata role she played on the stage and for the erudition she displayed in her written works. These included a pastoral play, a volume of poetry, a collection of Lettere, and a compilation of Fragmenti; the last two works published posthumously by her husband. Her verse was second only to that of Tasso in a poetic contest sponsored by Cardinal Giorgio Cinthio Aldobrandini in Rome and later described by one of her sons. She was one of few women to be admitted into a literary academy in Renaissance Italy: the Accademia degli Intenti of Pavia, which she joined with the name "Accesa." After her death at age forty-two, not only was Andreini's legacy felt in the realms of theater and literature, but a number of her madrigals and other poetic compositions were set to music (MacNeil 2003). The Lettere: "In 1601, Isabella signaled, in a letter to the humanist Erycius Puteanus, that she had undertaken a third literary project, a collection of letters. This work, the Lettere di Isabella Andreini padovana comica gelosa, was edited and published three years after Isabella's death by Francesco Andreini, with an apocryphal dedicatory letter composed by him under her name. Despite the title, the Lettere are, like Isabella's other works, a distinctly theatrical text. A series of dramatic monologues clearly derived from the on-stage discourse of commedia dell'arte's innamorati characters, these highly stylized compositions address all aspects of the love relationship, with heavy doses of Petrarchism and neoplatonism. Most interestingly, these fictive missives are written in both male and female voices, echoing Isabella's skill for adopting a hermaphroditic persona as she did when performing her Pazzia. The Fragmenti: "Francesco also collected a number of contrasti, or dialogues, that Isabella had created from her commedia dell'arte experience. These were published some years later in 1620, with the participation of Flaminio Scala, under the title Fragmenti di alcune scritture della Signora Isabella Andreini comica gelosa e academica intenta. Francesco Andreini's editing of his wife's work in both instances has been characterized as part of a larger project on the actor's part to preserve and promote not just the memory and legacy of his wife, but that of commedia dell'arte in general. (Meredith Kennedy Ray) The second volume contains thirty-one of Andreini's "contrasti amorosi" or "contrasti scenici" (love quarrels or stage quarrels.) In the commedia dell'arte, contrasti are staged debates usually enacted by a pair of lovers (innamorati). "They probably served as extended lazzi, prepared and rehearsed sequences of action and dialogue that improvising players might use in their performances whenever they thought it appropriate."(Longman) Andreini's contrasti explore the passions of love and hate, love and death, love and vows, marital love, tragedy, comedy, and epic poetry. For example, "in the 'Contrasto sopra le passion dell'odio, e dell'amore,' the lovers Tacito and Amasia discuss if and how love and hate may co-exist, which passion is stronger and how these passions affect them. In the 'Contrasto sopra la dignità degli amanti,' Attilio and Diotima debate which is more worthy, the lover or the beloved, and in the 'Contrasto sopra le armi e le lettere,' Alessandro and Corinna argue which path to immortal fame is more noble, the pursuit of marital victories or the pursuit of philosophical and literary endeavors."(Brown).

Verve by TERIADE E.

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Title: Verve
Author: TERIADE E.
Seller: Bauman Rare Books (United States)
Description: 1938. First Edition. TÉRIADE, Efstratios (ELEFTHERIADES, Efstratios). Verve. Volume 1, Number 2 (March-June 1938). Paris: (Imprimerie des Beaux-Arts), [1938]. Slim folio, original illustrated wrappers by Braque, original cardboard box. $1200.First American edition of this exceptional second issue of Verve, with cover art by Georges Braque, four original lithographs (two each by Kandinsky and André Masson), and articles by James Joyce, Hemingway, Valéry and Malraux.""Fifty years ago in Paris, the magazine to look for was Verve, which first came out in December 1937 and kept going in one form or another till 1960. That first cover (by Henri Matisse) sang out from the other side of the street in a way that made us run across the road to look at it more closely. And when we turned its pages, Verve had a bosomy, full-fleshed, slightly slithery quality that this former subscriber would know in his sleep"" (John Russell). Art critic Efstratios Eleftheriades, under the nom de plume ""Tériade,"" founded Verve, with the financial assistance of David Smart, publisher of Esquire and Apparel Arts. ""The magazine, a quarterly review of arts and letters, was lavish in design and challenging in content. Teriade's view of the world of art and literature was personal, bold and compelling"" (Rick Gagliano). Once called ""the most beautiful magazine in the world,"" Verve contained original lithographs by the most famous artists of the day Matisse, Picasso, Braque, Léger, Miró, Chagall with numerous lithographs appearing for the first time. First American edition, published the same year as the French, with English text translated by Robert Sage. With original subscription card laid in.Book fresh and fine, scarce matching original carboard box expertly repaired.

Archive of material on "White Shadows in the South Seas" [Southern Skies] from the estate of Monte Blue by W.S. Van Dyke (director); Frederick O'Brien (novel); Jack Cunningham (screenwriter); Ray Doyle (adaptation); Monte Blue, Raquel Torres (starring)

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Title: Archive of material on "White Shadows in the South Seas" [Southern Skies] from the estate of Monte Blue
Author: W.S. Van Dyke (director); Frederick O'Brien (novel); Jack Cunningham (screenwriter); Ray Doyle (adaptation); Monte Blue, Raquel Torres (starring)
Seller: Royal Books (United States)
Description: Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1928. Archive of material from the 1928 film. From the estate of actor Monte Blue, who starred in the film. Included in the archive are a carbon typescript draft script, here under the working title "Southern Skies," four vintage photographs, each with a mimeo snipe on the verso, one with a press stamp as well, and a later, 1921 edition of the 1919 travel book by Frederick O'Brien which served as the source material for the film, signed and dated by Blue, with his bookplate on the front pastedown. MGM's first film with a fully prerecorded soundtrack, comprised of music and sound effects, including, most notably, the first time the company's mascot Leo the Lion roared at the film's start, White Shadows in the South Seas doesn't quite classify as a "talkie," as only the single whispered word "hello" appears in the soundtrack. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Cinematography. Set on a Polynesian Island, shot on location in Tahiti, at the time an ambitious endeavor to shoot a Hollywood film on location among native islanders, using many of them as extras in the film. Carbon typescript draft: Cream colored titled wrappers, rubber-stamped copy No. 5046 and production No. 338, dated November 29, 1927, with credits for screenwriter Jack Cunningham and adaptation writer Ray Doyle. Title page integral with the first page of the text, dated November 16,1927, with credits for Cunningham and Doyle. 146 leaves, with last leaf of text numbered 146. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Poor bound with two gold brads. 1921 copy of "White Shadows in the South Seas:" Early The Century edition from 1921, first edition was originally published by The Century in 1919. Very Good, lacking jacket. Front hinge split, with light rubbing to the cloth at the extremities.

Lee Friedlander by -

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Title: Lee Friedlander
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Seller: Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Collectible; Fine
Description: Valencia, Spain: IVAM (Institut Valencia d'Art Modern) Centre Julio Gonzalez, 1992. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. Uncommon and impressive catalogue of a Lee Friedlander exhibit, Institut Valencia d'Art Modern, Valencia, Spain, 1992. Bright and Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers. Thick oblong octavo, 153 pgs. A very strong sampling of Friedlander's work, mostly from the mid-60s thru the mid 80s. Crisp, well-produced black-and-white photos on thick, high-quality paper. Dual text, in both Spanish and Portuguese.

[Harvard broadside]: "1907 Triennial – Second Spasm

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Title: [Harvard broadside]: "1907 Triennial – Second Spasm
Seller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: [Cambridge: Hardvard Lampoon, 1910. Unbound. Very Good. Broadside. Measuring 9¾" x 11¾". Old folds, a few small bumps along the edges, two tiny tears on the right side at the folds, very good. A broadside detailing a schedule of events leading up to Harvard University's graduation day on June 29, 1910, likely published by the Harvard Lampoon. The events seem to have been held for the graduating class of 1907, hence the title.

Acts, Resolutions and Memorials Passed by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Utah, During the Twelfth Annual Session, For the Years 1862-63

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Title: Acts, Resolutions and Memorials Passed by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Utah, During the Twelfth Annual Session, For the Years 1862-63
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Description: Great Salt Lake City: Elias Smith, 1863. Paperback. 15pp. Sextodecimo [18.5 cm] Light blue wrappers. Fine.

A MAN IN FULL by Wolfe, Tom

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Title: A MAN IN FULL
Author: Wolfe, Tom
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY (United States)
Description: A MAN IN FULL, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1998, first edition, just about fine in like full color wrap-around dust-wrapper. Inscribed by the author and dated at time of publication.

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Bridge of Clay by Markus Zuzak

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Title: Bridge of Clay
Author: Markus Zuzak
Seller: Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA (United States)
ISBN: 9780375845598
Condition: Fine
Description: Stated first edition with the complete number line; signed by the author on the 2nd free end paper. In as new condition with no flaws. Beautiful copy of this novel by the acclaimed author of "The Book Thief". In archival protection.

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