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Le Livre des Mille Nuits et Une Nuit by ARABIAN NIGHTS MARDRUS J.C.

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Seller: Bauman Rare Books
Title
Le Livre des Mille Nuits et Une Nuit
Author
ARABIAN NIGHTS MARDRUS J.C.
Seller
Bauman Rare Books (United States)
Description
1920. (ARABIAN NIGHTS) MARDRUS, J.C. Le Livre des Mille Nuits et Une Nuit. Traduction Littérale et Complète du Texte Arabe par le Dr. J.C. Mardrus. Paris: Fasquelle, circa 1920. Eight volumes. Large quarto, contemporary half green calf, elaborately gilt-decorated spines with red morocco onlays and spine labels, raised bands, patterned paper-covered boards, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. $4000.Lovely illustrated edition of Mardrus’ colorful French translation of the Arabian Nights, illustrated with 156 color reproductions of intricate illuminated miniatures from Persian and Hindu manuscripts, very handsomely bound.The stories now known collectively as Alf Layla wa-Layla (One Thousand Nights and a Night)—the earliest manuscript of which dates from the 14th century—""have become part of the common heritage of Western and world literature"" (Barron, 2-4). ""Mardrus' translation caught the literary mood of the time… [His] version of the Arabian tales was a belated product of fin-de-siècle taste, a portrait of a fantasy Orient, compounded of opium reveries, jeweled dissipation, lost paradises, melancholy opulence and odalisques pining in gilded cages… T.E. Lawrence [described] the Mardrus version as 'Much the best version of the Nights in any language'"" (Irwin, 36-9). Text in French. Mardrus' translation first appeared 1889-1904. See Clute & Grant, 51. Spines uniformly toned, gilt bright. A beautifully bound and illustrated set in near-fine condition.
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Wit and Wisdom from West Africa by STANLEY Henry M. BURTON Richard Francis

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Seller: Bauman Rare Books
Title
Wit and Wisdom from West Africa
Author
STANLEY Henry M. BURTON Richard Francis
Seller
Bauman Rare Books (United States)
Description
1865. First Edition. BURTON, Richard F. Wit and Wisdom from West Africa; or, A Book of Proverbial Philosophy, Idioms, Enigmas, and Laconisms. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1865. Octavo, modern three-quarter brown calf, raised bands, red morocco spine label, marbled boards and edges. $3200.First edition of Burton’s collected African folk wisdom and his own observations from his three years of travels in West Africa, attractively bound.""Burton's life abounds in strange, mysterious, dark passages, but the three years in West Africa—three years that must have seemed like an eternity of hell—are among the strangest. Three years in a stinking, malarial, undeveloped, miasmic, ignorant, nasty backwater!… That he wrote a lot of books—nine fat volumes—during those three years is a matter of record, books that are pedantically, obsessively entranced with facts, with details, with the layering up of information. As virtually always, any single one of them would have been enough to make another man's reputation, to ensure a safe berth in a university or a foreign office"" (Rice, 481). Burton's Wit and Wisdom ""comprises material which heretofore existed only in oral form… The book collect proverbs from seven languages (Wolof, Kanuri, Ojim, Ga Yoruba, Efik and Fan) together with miscellaneous other colloquialisms, idioms and the like"" (Casada 71). ""This is a very interesting work… rare, especially if in good condition"" (Penzer). Penzer, 75. Minor foxing to first several and last several leaves. Attractive modern binding fine.
Dombey and Son

Dombey and Son by Dickens, Charles

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Seller: Whitmore Rare Books
Title
Dombey and Son
Author
Dickens, Charles
Seller
Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. First edition. Fine. Very early issue, with all but 5 of Smith's 'internal flaws.' Finely bound full red morocco with a portrait of Dickens on the front cover and his signatures on the rear in gilt (binding unsigned, but seems to be Bayntun). Gilt titles and decorative spine compartments on the spine, all edges gilt. Marbled end papers. Bound without half title else complete, with vignette title, eight-line errata, and all 40 engraved plates (including the first example of a "dark plate" facing page 547). A handsome copy in a lovely binding. Housed in a custom slipcase. Dombey and Son tackles a number of key themes that appear throughout Dickens' authorial career-concerns about family duty, class position, child welfare, and the dangers of arranged marriages in particular. As the titular Dombey builds his shipping company, he fantasizes that his son will someday take over the business and continue his legacy. But England is changing rapidly due to the effects of industrialization, and its effects ripple throughout Victorian culture. One symbol of industrialization's promise (and its perils) is the railroad. In chapter six, Dickens calls the railroad's impact a "great earthquake." Dombey and Son grapples with the effects of industrialization, and the railroad is one of the novel's symbols for this momentous era. Smith 8. Fine.
[CIVIL WAR] [CARTE DE VISITE ALBUM] GOLANSVILLE, VIRGINIA. TERRELL FAMILY

[CIVIL WAR] [CARTE DE VISITE ALBUM] GOLANSVILLE, VIRGINIA. TERRELL FAMILY

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[CIVIL WAR] [CARTE DE VISITE ALBUM] GOLANSVILLE, VIRGINIA. TERRELL FAMILY
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Black Swan Books, Inc. (United States)
Description
1880. A leatherbound Carte de Visite album with metal clasp belonging to “Mrs. Sue F. Terrell, Golansville, Virginia”. The album is full with 26 cartes de visite and 4 tintypes; there are two unbound cdv’s laid in that seem to belong with the collection but do not fit in. Nearly all of the cdv’s have handwritten identifications of the sitters, and the handwriting appears to be the same. Several names appear multiple times, and include “Scruggs” “Terrell” “Smith” and “Stevens”. The families clearly intermingled, and some of the names are “Mattie Wood Scruggs”, “Mollie Wood Terrell”, Ida and Wilbur W. Smith; “Elijah Jacob and Nannie N. Stevens Smith”. The Terrell family was well established in Caroline County from at least the late 1700’s. There is one particularly striking tintype image of T. W. Wood playing the violin. The album is in good shape, though some of the mounts are broken and have minor loss. Backmarks include Richmond and Charlottesville photographers.
SANTIAGO POEMS AND OTHER VERSES

SANTIAGO POEMS AND OTHER VERSES by WICKENHEISER, Herbert

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Title
SANTIAGO POEMS AND OTHER VERSES
Author
WICKENHEISER, Herbert
Seller
Antic Hay Books (United States)
Description
The Stratford Co, 1932. WICKENHEISER, Herbert. SANTIAGO POEMS AND OTHER VERSES. Boston: The Stratford Co., [1932]. 12mo., cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Signed by Wickenheiser on title-page. Very Good; wear (chips & tears) d/j. $75.00.
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MIGRATION OF STONEWARE POTTERS IN NORTH AMERICA by Treichler, Robert

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MIGRATION OF STONEWARE POTTERS IN NORTH AMERICA
Author
Treichler, Robert
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Hoffman Books (United States)
Condition
Fine+
Description
Tallmadge, Ohio: By the Author. Fine+. 2022. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 135 pages : illustrations (some color), genealogical tables, maps, portraits ; 29 cm Sugarcreek, Ohio : Carlisle Printing, 2022. 11 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches - Fine+ - fully illustrated.; 11 1/2 by 8 1/2 inches; 135 pages .
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Good Bones by Margaret Eleanor Atwood

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Title
Good Bones
Author
Margaret Eleanor Atwood
Seller
Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA (United States)
ISBN
9780747513315
Condition
Fine
Description
First British Edition; signed by the author on the title page. Beautiful copy in unread condition with a flawless dust jacket wrapped in archival protection.
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Don't Look Contemporary Drawings From an Alumna's Collection by Wyckoff, Elizabeth

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Seller: Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
Title
Don't Look Contemporary Drawings From an Alumna's Collection
Author
Wyckoff, Elizabeth
Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
Condition
VG
Description
Wellesley, MA: Davis Museum and Cultural Center, 2007. Softcover. VG. Color illustrated wraps with blue text on spine, French flaps. 133 pp, transparent page prior to title. Many color illustrations. Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Mass., Sept. 19-Dec. 9, 2007.
Mrs. Knox's Sugar-Less Desserts and Salads

Mrs. Knox's Sugar-Less Desserts and Salads by Charles B. Knox Gelatine Co. Inc.

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Title
Mrs. Knox's Sugar-Less Desserts and Salads
Author
Charles B. Knox Gelatine Co. Inc.
Seller
lizzyoung bookseller (United States)
Condition
Cream printed card, Fine
Description
Johnstown, NY: Charles B. Knox Gelatine Co. Inc. , 1942. Folded. Cream printed card, Fine. Unpaginated, 14 x 11 cm. Beginning with a letter addressed to Mrs. Housewife, from Mrs. Knox herself, Mrs. Knox's Sugar-Less Desserts and Salads markets the Knox products to the women of America who are consuming less sugar due to the government's rationing of it during the war. The rest of the folded leaflet is a collection of desserts and salads for the family, which Mrs. Knox claims to have tested in her own kitchen. Pages clean and clear
Herkenning – Jaargang 16, No. 2, Maart 1964

Herkenning – Jaargang 16, No. 2, Maart 1964

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Title
Herkenning – Jaargang 16, No. 2, Maart 1964
Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Amsterdam: C. A. Spin & Zoon N.V., 1964. Softcover. Very Good. Vol. 16, No. 2, March 1964. Quarto. 26-47pp. Profusely illustrated from black-and-white photographs. Text is in Dutch with a summary in English. Stapled wrappers. Very good with some light foxing and wear to the wrappers and creased in the middle. Official magazine for the Dutch armed forces.

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