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Robert Macaire, Les

Robert Macaire, Les by DAUMIER, Honoré; PHILIPON, Charles

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Robert Macaire, Les
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DAUMIER, Honoré; PHILIPON, Charles
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David Brass Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
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Paris: Chez Aubert, 1838. Daumier's Most Celebrated Work Les Robert Macaire [Caricaturana] Complete with 100 Spectacular Hand-Colored Plates, All Heightened with Gum Arabic A Remarkable Example in the Original Publisher's Blue Cloth DAUMIER, Honoré and Charles Philipon. Les Robert Macaire [Caricaturana]. Paris: 1838. First edition. Folio (13 3/16 x 10 3/8 inches; 338 x 263 mm.). One hundred [and one] hand-colored lithographed plates (complete) heightened with gum arabic. In this copy plate 96 "A tous les coeurs bien nés que le patrie est chère!!" (DR-451 published 10/28/1838) has been substituted by the insertion of "Robert Macaire 2e. Sèrie 7. Nouveautés philantropiques." (DR-872 published 04/04/1841) - The plate number has been changed in old ink to "96" - most likely by the publisher prior to binding - see note below. [An original hand colored example of plate 96 "A tous les coeurs bien nés que le patrie est chère!!" (DR-451 published 10/28/1838) has now been inserted after plate 95]. The first plate bound a little tight at top margin just touching image, plate 13 (DR-366) with small (1 1/2 inch) expertly repaired marginal tear just touching image, plate 32 (DR- 385); Small expert repair (5/8 inch) to inner blank margin of plate 46 (DR-401); tiny (5/16 inch) repaired tear on blank margins of plates 11 (DR-364), 31 (DR-385) and 48 (DR-403) - a few plates very slightly toned, plate 34 (DR-388) a little foxed. Publisher's diaper grain blue cloth, covers ruled in blind, front cover with "Robert - Macaire" decoratively stamped in gilt, plain endpapers (expertly re-cased, inner hinges repaired). Old (April 1942) booksellers catalog description on front free-endpaper (not mentioning the substituted plate). Old tape residue on front free and rear endpapers. An excellent example of Honoré Daumier's most celebrated work, the superb hand coloring bright and fresh. This is only the second time we have seen this book in the publisher's binding. Note: The second series of Robert Macaire - twenty lithographs (DR-866 - DR-885 was published from 10/25/1840 to 09/11/1842) and is excessively rare - we have never seen or handled any of these plates before. "Les Robert Macaire remains Daumier's best-known work... Baudelaire chose it... for specific discussion in his essay on French caricaturists and Carteret accorded it a place in his bibliography. Its contemporary popularity was immense. As an album it was published by Aubert in an edition of 2500 copies, a far larger number than for any other series [however the vast majority of these copies were issued with plain lithographs - only a few copies were issued with hand-coloring]. Yet so persistent was the demand that 6000 two-volume sets of reduced copies, called Les cent-et-un Robert Macaire, were published in 1839..." (Ray). Though 2,500 may have been printed few have survived. OCLC/KVK records only two complete copies in institutions worldwide, Sadleir's at the Morgan Library, and one at Yale. ABPC reports only seven complete copies at auction since 1935. The 'reduced' edition of 1839-41 Les cent-et-un Robert Macaire is still quite rare at auction (two complete copies only since 1975) but there are more copies in institutional holdings. "When politics became a forbidden topic in Le Charivari, where Caricaturana first appeared, Daumier and Philipon turned to social satire. If they could not attack Louis-Philippe directly, they could at least show the kind of society that flourished under his gross and venal regime. Taking the flamboyant and florid swindler Macaire from the character that Frederick Lemaitre had created in a hack melodrama called L'Auberge des adrets, they showed him... ranging through all kinds of commercial enterprise, in the stock market, in the banks, in the courts, and in dozens of other public settings, never failing to find eager dupes... Though Daumier's designs are are superb in themselves... they would be incomplete without the unfailing wit and point of Philipon's captions" (Ray). Daumier Register 354-373, 375-455; Ray, Art of the French Illustrated Book 161. Beraldi V, p. 124.
GEESTELYKE NATUURKUNDE

GEESTELYKE NATUURKUNDE by (BIBLE - NATURAL HISTORY OF). SCHEUCHZER, JOHANN JAKOB

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GEESTELYKE NATUURKUNDE
Author
(BIBLE - NATURAL HISTORY OF). SCHEUCHZER, JOHANN JAKOB
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Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
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Amsterdam: Petrus Shenk, 1735-38. First Edition in Dutch. 415 x 264 mm. (16 3/8 x 10 3/8"). Entirely complete (with continuous pagination, but with a jump in page numbering from the end of book XIII to the beginning of XIV, as usual). 15 parts in eight volumes. Translated by Florentius H. J. van Halen. HANDSOME CONTEMPORARY VELLUM, covers with large gilt entrelac centerpiece framed with gilt floral rule with bouquet-like cornerpieces, gilt floral border, raised bands, compartments richly gilt, titles and volume numbers handwritten in ink on spines, all edges gilt. With head- and tailpieces, 15 engraved titles printed in red and black with engraved vignettes, and complete with frontispiece, two engraved portraits of the author and the engraver (the latter with shorter margins, probably tipped-in), and 760 OFTEN STRIKING COPPER ENGRAVINGS (on 758 plates), one with partial hand coloring, a few double-page. Front pastedown of first volume with handwritten note in French on lined paper; with additional black & white title to first work erroneously dated 1728. Nissen ZBI 3661; see also: Faber du Faur, "German Baroque Literature," p. 472. Trivial soiling to the vellum, the seventh volume with a faint marginal dampstain affecting a few quires (but not touching engravings), the odd negligible blemish, but AN OUTSTANDING SET, the very attractive original bindings showing only insignificant wear, and THE CONTENTS ESPECIALLY FRESH AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT, WITH VERY FINE IMPRESSIONS OF THE PLATES. This is the first Dutch translation of Scheuchzer's "Sacred Nature," one of the most splendid German illustrated books of the 18th century, presenting what surely is the most impressive combination of biblical exegesis and scientific illustration to be found in any printed book. First published in 1731-35 as the "Physica Sacra" in Latin, and as the "Kupfer-Bibel" in German (so-named for the amazing array of copperplate engravings), this work is arranged according to the progression of books in the Bible, citing passages from those chapters where phenomena from the natural world are mentioned. The typical pattern here includes a textual citation followed by the author's often lengthy remarks on the passage and, in many cases, a dramatic engraving to illustrate what is said. The plates are identical to the earlier editions (retaining the inscriptions in Latin and German) and are the work of Johann-Melchior Fuseli, of the well-known Zurich family of 18th and 19th century artists. The engraved scenes are always executed with great skill, are generally very animated, and are often fascinating. Of the 760 images meant to illustrate the text, many are strictly or primarily depictions of biblical scenes; several are simply illustrations of specimens of nature; and a large number, perhaps half, offer a kind of combination. An example of this last type includes a wonderful scene showing the birth of Man (as related in Genesis 1:26-27) depicting not only a startled Adam in his fecund paradise, but also 10 images of fetuses, placentas, and the skeletons of children, attached like mounted specimens to the architectural frame of the illustration. According to Faber du Faur, it is in this work that "the Baroque attains, philosophically as well as artistically, its high point and its conclusion. It is the last of those elegant works which do not really contain illustrations to a text but which are, in effect, composed of splendid plates with a text to accompany them." Scheuchzer (1672-1733) was a prolific naturalist who promoted at every opportunity the most modern scientific ideas, though without wanting to risk the accusation of being irreverent. He says that the present work represents an attempt at finding a harmony between reason and revelation, though it can also be seen as an effort to promulgate progressive theories under the venerable cloak of biblical commentary. The bibliographies disagree about the number of plates that ought to be present in this work and in other editions, but ours corresponds to copies previously sold at auction as complete. Copies of the "Physica Sacra" and its translations show up regularly for sale, but almost never does one see the work both complete and, as here, with a clean and fresh text in remarkably well-preserved and attractive contemporary bindings..
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Was sind und was sollen zahlen by [MATHEMATICS SAMMELBAND]. DEDEKIND, R.

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Was sind und was sollen zahlen
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[MATHEMATICS SAMMELBAND]. DEDEKIND, R.
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Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
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Braunschweig: Vieweg, 1888. WITH: O. Fischer, Matyas Lerch, E. Phragmen, C. Neumann, C. Meray. 1. DEDEKIND, Richard Was sind und was sollen die Zahlen. Braunschweig: Vieweg and Son, 1888. 8vo. xviii, 58 pp., including half-title. First edition, rare, of Dedekind’s important work on set theory. His epochal 1872 publication, Stetigkeit und irrationale zahlen, gave the first rigorous definition of the system of real numbers, laying the foundation for much of modern day real analysis and point-set topology. This, his follow-up work, elaborates on his attempts “to derive a purely logical foundation for arithmetic, and devised a number of axioms that formally and exactly represented the logical concept of whole numbers” (DSB). Dedekind (1831-1916), a German mathematician, friend and colleague of Georg Cantor, claimed all of mathematics to be a branch of logic. In this work (The nature and meaning of numbers), he “presents a theory of the integers using set-theoretic concepts and outlines a possible approach to placing the rationals on a logistically well-founded axiomatic basis” (Parkinson, p. 415). 2. FISCHER, Otto Konforme abbildung sphärischer dreiecke auf einander mittelst algebraischer funktionen. Leipzig: von Metzger & Wittig, 1885. 8vo. 76 pp. Complete with half-title and 2 large folding plates on heavier stock. First edition of the author’s thesis on conforming images of spherical triangles by means of algebraic functions. Fischer (1861-1916) was a German physiologist and mathematician, earning a doctorate degree from the Franke Foundation in Halle an der Saale in 1885 under Felix Klein. His main interest was the mechanics of the muscles and joints of the human musculoskeletal system. He was a professor at the University of Leipzig, where he taught both medicine and mathematics. 3. PHRAGMÉN, [Lars] E[dvard] Über die Berechnung der einzelnen Glieder der Riemann’schen primzahlformel. Stockholm: Kongliga vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, 1891. 8vo. pp. 721-744. First edition of this famous work on the calculation of the individual members of the Riemann prime number formula. The son of mathematics teachers, Phragmén (1863-1937) also taught mathematics before obtaining his degree at the University of Uppsala. He was an editor at the Acta Mathematica, where he corresponded with Poincare to correct a book in which he found a number of errors. He was also president of the Swedish Society of Actuaries. He is best known, however, for the Phragmén-Lindelöf principle, an extension of the maximum modulus principle of complex analysis to unbounded domains. 4. NEUMANN, Carl Ueber den Satz der virtuellen verrückungen; Ueber das princip der virtuellen oder facultativen verrückungen. [Leipzig: von Breitkopf und Härtel, 1869]. Two separate papers. 8vo. pp. [257]-280; [53]-64. In Konigl. Sachs. Gesellschaft der Wissenchaften. With annotations on the first couple of pages. At the end of the second paper, a thank you by C.F. Gauss. Two works on virtual displacements. Neumann created the second-type boundary, which, when imposed on an ordinary or partial differential equation, if specifies the value that the derivative of a solution is to take on the boundary of the domain. Neumann (1832-1925) was professor of mathematics at both the Universities of Tübingen and Leipzig. His main interests were in applied mathematics, and he wrote on mathematical physics, potential and electrodynamics. He was also editor of Mathematische Annalen. 5. LERCH, M[atyáš] Contributions à la théorie des fonctions; Addition au mémorie présenté dans la séance du 15 Octobre [Prag, 1886]. Two separate papers. 8vo. pp. 571-582; pp.423-432. With a 4 page letter containing mathematical symbols handwritten by Lerch to Karl Weierstrass (1815-1897) tipped in between the two papers. The letter is signed by Lerch and dated October 1890. A small section of page 582 is crossed out in the same hand. First printings of Lerch’s contributions to general mathematical functions. These papers are the first in a series dealing with the general theory of functions, the most significant of which constitutes construction of continuous functions having no derivative. These works were written quite early. Lerch (1860-1922) showed exceptional abilities while still studying at the Czech Technical University at Prague. Before 1896 he published more than 110 scientific papers in domestic as well as prominent foreign journals. Much of his work concerned mathematical analysis, including theories of infinite series, of the gamma function, of elliptic functions, and the integral calculus. Weierstrass is generally referred to as the father of modern analysis. He made significant contributions and advancements in the field of calculus of variations. Numerous theories and functions bear his name. 6. MÉRAY, [Hugues Ch[arles Robert] Théorie des radicaux fondée exclusivement sur les propriétés générales des séries entières. Dijon, Darantiere, [1885]. 8vo. 75, [1] pp. Title page in manuscript signed by Méray and dated Dijon, 1891. With annotations throughout probably by the author for another edition. First edition of Méray’s famous work, Radical theory based exclusively on the general properties of power series. Méray (1835-1911) is remembered for having anticipated, clearly and with only minor differences of style, Cantor’s theory of irrational numbers, one of the main steps in the arithmetization of analysis. Of interest, an earlier “arithmetical” theory of irrational numbers was propounded by Weierstraass in his lectures when he introduced the real numbers as sums of sequences of rational numbers. Dedekind also seems to have developed his theory of irrationals at an earlier date. No copies of Phragmén, Lerch or Méray are located by OCLC.
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Offprint collection - 16 offprints by FANKHAUSER, Gerhard

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Offprint collection - 16 offprints
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FANKHAUSER, Gerhard
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Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
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1946. FIRST PRINTINGS. 16 offprints. We are pleased to offer a collection of 16 offprints by Gerhard Fankhauser. Fankhauser (1901-1981) was a professor of biology at Princeton University and an expert on embryology and cell biology. Born in Switzerland, he received his Ph.D. at the University of Berne and came to America in 1929 as a Rockefeller research fellow, joining the Princeton faculty two years later. He was internationally known for his research on the development of amphibia. In experiments using hormone manipulation and cross-breeding techniques, he studied the control of chromosomes on the amphibian life cycle. His research showed that the size of a cell is directly related to the number of chromosomes it contains. Quite popular at Princeton, he was the author of well over one hundred papers and reviews. 1. “Cytological studies on egg fragments of the salamander triton. II. The history of the supernumerary sperm nuclei in normal fertilization and cleavage of fragments containint the egg nucleus.” Offprint from the Journal of Experimental Zoology, Vol. 62, No. 1, May, 1932. Pp. 185-235. Original printed wrappers. With 4 full-page plates containing 47 illustrations and accompanying explanations and additional text illustrations. Presentation signature from the author on the top of the front wrapper. 2. “Cytological studies on egg fragments of the salamander triton. III. The early development of the sperm nuclei in egg fragments without the egg nucleus.” Offprint from the Journal of Experimental Zoology, Vol. 67, No. 2, February, 1934. Pp. 159-215. Original printed wrappers. With 4 full-page plates containing 47 illustrations and accompanying explanations and additional text illustrations. 3. “Cytological studies on egg fragments of the salamander triton. IV. The cleavage of egg fragments without the egg nucleus.” Offprint from the Journal of Experimental Zoology, Vol. 67, No. 3, April, 1934. Pp. 349-393. Original printed wrappers. With 1 full-page plate containing 8 illustrations and accompanying explanations and additional text illustrations. 4. “Cytological studies on egg fragments of the salamander triton. V. Chromosome number and chromosome individuality in the cleavage mitoses of merogonic fragments.” Offprint from the Journal of Experimental Zoology, Vol. 68, No. 1, May, 1934. Pp. 1-57. Original printed wrappers. With 2 full-page plates containing 11 illustrations and accompanying explanations and additional text illustrations. 5. “The effects of changes in chromosome number on amphibiah development.” Offprint from the Quarterly Review of Biology, Vol. 20, No. 1, March, 1945. Pp. 20-78. Stapled as issued without wrappers. Includes substantive bibliography. 6. — & HUMPHREY, R.R. “Three generations of polyploids in ambystomid salamanders.” Offprint from the Journal of Heredity, Nol. XL, No. 1, January, 1949. Pp. 7-12. Stapled as issued without wrappers. With 2 photographic illustrations in the text. (2 copies) 7. “The production and development of haploid salamander larvae.” Offprint from the Journal of Heredity, Vol.XXVIII, No. 1, January, 1937. 15 pp. With numerous text illustrations and graphs. Original printed wrappers. 8. “Sex differentiation in a haploid salamander, triton taeniatus laur.” Offprint from the Journal of Experimental Zoology, Vol.79, No. 1, August, 1938. Pp. 35-49. With 3 plates containing 25 figures. Original printed wrappers. 9. “Polyploidy in the salamander, Eurycea Bislineata.” Offprint from the Journal of Heredity, Vol. XXX, No. 9, September, 1939. Pp. 379-388. Text figures. Original printed wrappers. 10. “Polyploidy in amphibians.” Offprint from The Collecting Net, Vol. XIV, No. 2, July 15, 1939. 4 pp. Stapled as issued without wrappers. 11. “The microscopical anatomy of metamorphosis in a haploid salamander, Triton Taeniatur Laur.” Offprint from the Journal of Morphology, Vol. 62, No. 3, May, 1938. Pp. 393-413. With 5 plates containing 41 figures. Original printed wrappers. 12. — & HUMPHREY, R.R. “Induction of triploidy and haploidy in axolotl eggs by cold treatment.” Offprint from Biological Bulletin, Vol. 83, No. 3, December, 1942. Pp. 367-374. Original printed wrappers. 13. — & GRIFFITHS, Raymond B. “Induction of triploidy and haploidy in the newt, Triturus Viridescens, by cold treatment of unsegmented eggs.” Offprint from Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 25, No. 5, May, 1939. Pp. 233-238. Original printed wrappers. 14. “The development of fragments of the fertilized Triton egg with the egg nucleus alone (‘gyno-merogony’).” Offprint from the Journal of Experimental Zoology, Vol. 75, no. 3, April, 1937. Pp. 413-469. With 6 plates containing 22 figures. Original printed wrappers. 15. — & HUMPHREY, R.R. “The development, structure and functional capacity of the ovaries in triploid ambystomid salamanders.” Offprint from the Journal of Morphology, Vol. 79, No. 3, November, 1946. Pp. 467-510. With 6 full-page plates containing 36 figures plus a text table. Original printed wrappers. 16. — & HARVEY, Edmund Newton. “The tension at the surface of the eggs of the salamander, Triturus (Diemyctylus) viridescens.” Offprint from the Journal of Cellular and Comparative Physiology, Vol. 3, No. 4, October, 1939. Pp. 463-475. With 1 full-page plate and numerous text illustrations. Original printed wrappers.
A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities by Dickens, Charles

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A Tale of Two Cities
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Dickens, Charles
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John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller (United States)
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1859. London: Chapman & Hall, 1859. Large 8vo, viii, 254 pp. Frontispiece, engraved title & 14 plates by H.K. Browne. Without list of plates. Polished green calf, backstrip gilt with red and brown gilt-lettered labels, marbled edges and endpapers. Binding a little rubbed and worn at corners, spot of worming to backstrip, contents clean with minimal toning to the plates, small address ticket on front free endpaper, overall very good. § First edition in book form of Dickens' great novel of darkness and light, containing 7 of the 8 first issue points identified by Smith (the final two letters of "himself" on p.166 are well printed). The list of plates is not present. "When Dickens began the publication of All the Year Round, the successor of Household Words, he realized the necessity of making a strong start. So he began writing A Tale of Two Cities, publishing the first of the serial in the opening number of his new periodical... As a novel of great popularity it probably ranks next to Pickwick and Copperfield" (Eckel 87). This was the last novel in which Dickens worked with "Phiz" after a partnership of 23 years, and was published on commission through the renewed partnership with Chapman & Hall. "A Tale of Two Cities originally appeared in the weekly journal All the Year Round from April 30 to November 26, 1859 (Nos. 1-31). It was also published in eight monthly parts, the last part forming a double number, from June- December 1859. The novel was published in book form on November 21, 1859." (Smith I, 13). Eckel 87. Thomson 89. Smith I, 13.
MY OWN MAG

MY OWN MAG by Nuttall, Jeff

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MY OWN MAG
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Nuttall, Jeff
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Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix (United States)
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Near fine.
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Barnet, Herts, UK: Homosap Inc, 1964. First editions. Near fine.. 11 issues (of 17) of Nuttall's masterful mimeo magazine that functioned as an important platform for the cut-up work of William S. Burroughs. An innovative and intricate assemblage (which included burn marks, holes, variously sized papers, fold-outs, stickers, and the like), MY OWN MAG was easily one of the most vital and exuberant little mags of the 1960s. And while it published the likes of Anselm Hollo, Charles Plymell, William Wantling, Doug Blazek, Bill Butler, Carl Weissner, Claude Pélieu, Robert Creeley, and Allen Ginsberg, Nuttall's publication was perhaps most infliential as a primary outlet for the work of Burroughs, who published numerous of his "cut-ups" across MOM's run. Issues included are: nos. 5, 6 ("Cut Up Issue"), 7, 8, 9 ("Special Post-Election Issue"), 10 ("All British Issue"), 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15. Issues, especially the early ones, are becoming increasingly uncommon, and substantive runs of any kind scarce. A representative collection of this indispensable artists' magazine. 11 volumes; majority 13'' x 8''. Original stapled mimeographed self wrappers. Various paginations. Mild wear here and there. Else a remarkably bright, clean, and sharp set.
Alphabet de l'imperfection et Malice des Femmes

Alphabet de l'imperfection et Malice des Femmes by OLIVIER, Jacques

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Alphabet de l'imperfection et Malice des Femmes
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OLIVIER, Jacques
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Heritage Book Shop, LLC (United States)
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Paris: Chez Jean Petit-Pas, 1617. Full Description: [OLIVIER, Jacques., pseud. TROUSSET, Alexis] Alphabet de l'imperfection et Malice des Femmes. De mil hommes i'en ay Trouve un bon & de toutes les femmes pas une, Dedie a la plus mauvaise de monde. Paris: Chez Jean Petit-Pas, 1617. First Edition of Trousset's famous misogynistic tract, "Alphabet of imperfection and malice of women." an alphabetically ordered descriptions of female vices, beginning with the letter 'A' ('a very avaricious animal'). Twelvemo (5 5/8 x 3 3/16 inches; 142 x 80 mm). 360, [19, table], [1, printer's remark] pp. With engraved headpieces and historiated initials. Title-page with woodcut vignette of Marguerite de Valois, Queen of France from 1589 to 1599 and wife of Henry IV, to whom the work is dedicated ("la plus mauvaise du monde", "the worst creature in the world"). We could find no first edition copies of any of these three titles on Rare Book Hub. [Together with]: [OLIVIER, Jacques., pseud. TROUSSET, Alexis]. Response aux impertinences de l'aposté capitaine Vigouroux, sur la Defense des femmes, par Jacques Olivier, licencier aux Loix et en Droict Canon, auteur de l'Alphabet... Paris: Chez Jean Petit-Pas, 1617. First Edition of Trousset's response to a refutation of his work by Le Sieur Vigoureux. Twelvemo (5 5/8 x 3 3/16 inches; 142 x 80 mm). 251, [1, blank], [9, table], [1, blank, [1, printer's remark], [1, blank] pp. With engraved headpieces and historiated initials. Title-page with woodcut vignette printer's device. [And] [DE LA BRUYERE, Jean]. Réplique à l'Antimalice ou Défense des femmes du sieur Vigoureux... ou sont reiettees les favtes qu'on attribue aux hommes a l'ignorance de l'autheur qui ne les a peu prouver. Par le Sieur de La Bruyère, gentil-homme bearnois. Paris: Chez Jean Petit-Pas, 1617. First Edition of Le Bruyere's response to the same work by Le Sieur Vigoureux. Twelvemo (5 5/8 x 3 3/16 inches; 142 x 80 mm). 144, 175-317, [1, blank] pp. With leaf H5 as a cancel. Pagination skips, but collates complete. With engraved headpieces and historiated initials. Title-page with woodcut vignette printer's device. Three volumes uniformly bound in full 18th-century (?) vellum. Front boards ruled in gilt. Each board with a gilt central device. Board edges tooled in gilt. Gilt dentelles. Spines stamped in gilt. Each spine with two spine labels, red and black morocco, lettered in gilt. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Some rubbing to boards and some light soiling to vellum. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown of each volume. Overall a very good, and attractive set. "The French phrase querelle des femmes, meaning 'the woman question,' refers to a literary debate about the nature and status of women. This debate began around 1500 and continued beyond the end of the Renaissance." (Encyclopedia dot com). "At the heart of the 'querelle des femmes' lay the fundamental mistrust of women, and their relegation to a subsidiary role in all respect... Some members of the clergy took a more liberal view, but the most violent attacks on women, expressing real hatred and fear, were written by priests or members of religious order... One of the most popular anti-feminist works was Jacques Olivier's 'Alphabet de l'imperfection et malice des femmes,' published in Paris in 1617 and reprinted at least eighteen times by 1650, which provoked many refutations and kept the 'Querelle femmes' alive for several decades. It was still being reprinted in 1683, when two editions appeared in Rouen. All editions except the first, which is anonymous, give the author as 'Jacques Olivier, licencier aux Loix et en droit canon', but according to Maclean he was almost certainly a Franciscan monk, Alexis Trousset, who had published other works at around the same time. His book is a vicious attack on what he perceived as the coquetry, vanity, hypocrisy and inconstancy of the female sex, subscribing to the view that women are sexually more voracious than men and using this prejudice to undermine altogether their moral and intellectual status." (Women and Theatre in Seventeenth- century France. Elizabeth Rosalind Grist) When author Le Sieur Vigoureux "argued that the faults attributed to women occurred just as frequently among men, Trousset replied (within months of publishing the original Alphabet ) by contrasting the alleged ignorance of his critic with the unimpeachable authorities on which he relied." Trousset's Alphabet's first refutation was "entitled La defense des femmes, contre l'alphabet de leur pretendue malice et imperfection... Its author describes himself as 'le sieur Vigoureux, capitaine du chasteau de Brye-Comte-Robert'... His tract, which rests on the tenet 'les femmes sont telles que les hommes les rendent', (women are what men make them) provokes two replies, one from Trousset "Resonse aux impertinencer de l'aposte' capitaine Vigoureux, sur la defence des femmes" and le sieur de La Bruyere's "Replique a l'antimalice ou defiance des femme du sieur Vigoureux", both from the same printer (Jean Petit-Pas), and both bearing the same date of Privilege, 27 October 1617. Brunet, IV-182 HBS 69455. $4,500.
Hexametri precepta medicine continentes.

Hexametri precepta medicine continentes. by Serenus Samonicus, Quintus (4th century CE).

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Hexametri precepta medicine continentes.
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Serenus Samonicus, Quintus (4th century CE).
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Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio (United States)
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Leipzig: Valentin Schumann ("in officina Valentini Dammandri"), 1515. Fine. Octavo (21 cm); 32 leaves. Title and postscript set in large gothic type; text in roman. Woodcut title page within four-sided border, includes human figures with stylized plants, a putto, birds, etc. About 66 woodcut initials. In recent quarter leather over marbled boards. References: Durling 4189; BM/STC German 815; This edition not in Adams, Wellcome, Osler, etc.. Title page reproduced in J. Luther, "Die Titeleinfassungen der Reformationszeit," pl. 89. From what modern scholarship can discern, Serenus was a poet who had a keen interest in medical science and pharmaceuticals. He is famous for using the formula "abracadabra" in the treatment of illness, and for amassing a personal library of 60,000 scrolls. The 1,107 hexameter lines that make up this essay were inspired by the "Medicina Plinii," a book of pharmacy by a pseudo-Pliny of the mid-4th-century, as well as the real Pliny's Natural History and the Greek guide to materia medica by Dioscorides. The text consists of prescriptions and remedies for about 65 different diseases. The poem was extremely influential in the practice of Late-Antique and Medieval medicine. It was reprinted 21 times between the first edition of 1484 and 1731, apart from inclusion in many compilations of medical texts. As late as 1866 it was translated into German, Prescriptions cover a range of ailments from headache, itching, elephantiasis, bad breath, gall stones, pimples, treatment of wounds, and even money bites. The text is followed by Remmius Flavianus, "Carmen de ponderibus et mensuris," a versified explanation of weights and measurees specifically for use by physicians.
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Acta Crystallographica 6; with papers by F.H.C. Crick, Rosalind Franklin, and more. . by Crick, Franklin, et al.

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Acta Crystallographica 6; with papers by F.H.C. Crick, Rosalind Franklin, and more. .
Author
Crick, Franklin, et al.
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Jeremy Norman & Co., Inc. (United States)
Description
Cambridge, 1953. (1) Bragg, William L. and Pippard, A.B. The form birefringence of macromolecules. pp. 865-867. (2) Crick, Francis H.C. The Fourier transform of a coiled-coil pp. 685 -The packing of -helices: simple coiled-coils. pp. 689 -The strength of the 10 Å reflexions in haemoglobin. pp. 600 -The unit cells of four proteins. pp. 221 (3) Franklin, Rosalind E. & Gosling, R.C. The structure of sodium thymonucleate fibres. I. The influence of water content, pp. 673-677. -The structure of sodium thymonucleate fibres. II. The cylindrically symmetrical Patterson function, pp. 678- (4) Luzatti, V. Resolution d'une structure cristalline lorsque les positions d'une partie des atomes sont connues: traitement statistique, pp. 142 -Structure cristalline de HNO3 x 3H2O. I. Resolution de la structure; utilisation de la fonction de Patterson, pp. 152 -Structure cristalline de HNO3 x 3H2O. II. Localisation des atomes d'hydrogene; discussion des erreurs; description de la structure. pp. 157 -Traitement statistique des erreurs dans le cas d'une structure pseudo-centrosymetrique. pp. 550. (5) Perutz, Max F. Polarazation dishorism, form birefringence, and molecular orientation in crystalline haemoglobins. p. 859. Whole volume, 888pp. 9 plates. Text-figs. Brown cloth, gilt lettering on spine. A very good copy.
Kansatsu ehon - Kinda bukku - boku kei.

Kansatsu ehon - Kinda bukku - boku kei. by TAKEI, Takeo

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Kansatsu ehon - Kinda bukku - boku kei.
Author
TAKEI, Takeo
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Ursus Books (United States)
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1932. TAKEI, Takeo. Kansatsu ehon - Kinda bukku - boku kei. 16 pp. including covers, all colour lithographs on light card. Oblong folio, 260 x 380 mm., bound in publisher's illustrated wrappers in a new blue cloth folding box. Tokyo: Fureberukan, 1932. This is one in a series of "observation" books begun in 1927 by the now named Froebel-kan - based on the principles of educator Friedrich Froebel. An interesting example of prewar Japanese book design for children, with some of the plates verging on kitsch, and some almost surreally avant-garde.
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The Man With The Golden Arm by ALGREN, Nelson

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The Man With The Golden Arm
Author
ALGREN, Nelson
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Argosy Book Store (United States)
Condition
fine
Description
New York: Doubleday, 1949. hardcover. fine. 8vo, handsomely rebound in full tan morocco with green spine labels. New York: Doubleday, 1949. First Edition. Fine.
The Luminous Darkness; A Personal Interpretation of the Anatomy of Segregation and the Ground of Hope

The Luminous Darkness; A Personal Interpretation of the Anatomy of Segregation and the Ground of Hope by Thurman, Howard

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The Luminous Darkness; A Personal Interpretation of the Anatomy of Segregation and the Ground of Hope
Author
Thurman, Howard
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The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
New York: Harper and Row, 1965. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Signed first edition of The Luminous Darkness by Howard Thurman.. Octavo, xi, 113pp. Yellow hardcover, title in gilt on black cloth spine. With "E-P" code and "First Edition" statement on copyright page, indicating first printing. Solid text block, a fine copy. In the publisher's dust jacket, $3.00 retail price, toning to verso, shelf worn. Signed by the author on the title page: "To --- with every good remembrance! Howard Thurman." Howard Thurman (1899-1981) was a prominent minister, academic, and civil rights leader of the 20th century. He served as dean of Rankin Chapel at Howard University from 1932-1944, then as dean of Marsh Chapel at Boston University from 1953-1965. Thurman's dedication to sharing the theology of radical nonviolence influenced many civil rights movement leaders, including Martin Luther King, Jr., who was mentored by Thurman while attending Boston University.
Personal Account and Series of Adventures in Arabia, First Edition 1780

Personal Account and Series of Adventures in Arabia, First Edition 1780 by Eyles Irwin; Arabia

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Personal Account and Series of Adventures in Arabia, First Edition 1780
Author
Eyles Irwin; Arabia
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Max Rambod Inc. (United States)
Description
1780. IRWIN, Eyles. A Series of Adventures in the Course of a Voyage up the Red Sea, on the Coast of Arabia and Egypt; and of a Route through the Deserts of Thebais, Hitherto Unknown to the European Traveller, in the year MDCCLXXVII, in Letters to a Lady. Dublin: Sleater, Whitestone, Potts, Colles, Wilson, Jenkins, Flin Etc. 1780. 4to, 576 pp. With the original attached fold-out map of The Red Sea, wants 2 other maps. Antique full leather binding, with gold inlay on the spine. First edition of Eyles Irwin's exciting personal account and observations in Arabia and Egypt in the 18th century. Irwin was born in Calcutta and served with the East India Company. Irwin was dismissed from the East India Company in 1776, and traveled through Arabia and Egypt on his return to England to seek redress. He left India in 1777 for England, when his ship was captured by pirates. From Cossier he was forced to cross the desert to Suez and then on to Luxor, Cairo and Alexandria. His journey lasted eleven months. Irwin's narrative is comprised of letters to an unnamed "Lady," which provides the reader with candid observations of the convergence of European and Arab cultures in the late 1700's. The letters detail the journey to various ports, cities and deserts of modern day Saudi Arabia. This book was published in 1780, a time when European exploration and travel was at its peak. The Arab world during the 1700's was considered mysterious, enchanting and exotic, thus attracting European travelers like Irwin. Tidrick remarks that Irwin's "travel narrative of 1780 was a long recitation of Bedouin treachery." Includes two poems by Irwin 'Ode to the dessert' and 'Ode to the Nile.' The title panel on the spine remains, the reverse board was detached and has been sewn back on with dark thread. There is a 3 1/2" split on the front hinge, although the hinge is still strong. Corners bumped and worn, with the top and base of the spine worn, with some chipping. The inside pages are very good. Overall in good condition. Blackmer Collection 865; Atabey Collection 609.
First Day Covers Apollo-Soyuz

First Day Covers Apollo-Soyuz by Apollo-Soyuz

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First Day Covers Apollo-Soyuz
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Apollo-Soyuz
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Max Rambod Inc. (United States)
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1972. The Apollo program, which ended in a demonstration of détente in space: a joint orbital flight of the Apollo and Soyuz spaceships. Three space related FDC's and one air mail envelope, all with Russian postage stamps. The first is of Nixon on a visit to Moscow. He signs an agreement to dock an Apollo spacecraft with a Russian Sues space laboratory in 1972. Another of the FDC's depicts a launch of Soyuz-11 from Russia.
[VIRGINIANA] SOUTHHAMPTON COUNTY & FRANKLIN A PICTORIAL HISTORY

[VIRGINIANA] SOUTHHAMPTON COUNTY & FRANKLIN A PICTORIAL HISTORY by Daniel T. Balfour

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[VIRGINIANA] SOUTHHAMPTON COUNTY & FRANKLIN A PICTORIAL HISTORY
Author
Daniel T. Balfour
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Black Swan Books, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Near Fine binding
Description
Norfolk: The Donning Company, 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Signed. 4to; in full green leatherette; with titling on the upper board and spine in gilt; 192 pages including the Index; with color and black and white photographs throughout; with maps on the paste downs and ends papers; in a bright dust jacket.~~Inscribed by the author on the title page “To Causey with best wishes - Daniel Balfour”. Near Fine binding / Near Fine dust jacket.
[[SALESMAN’S SAMPLE] [2 VARIANT BINDINGS] LIFE OF HON. GROVER CLEVELAND, EX-PRESIDENT, U. S. A., A FULL ACCOUNT OF HIS ANCESTRY, BOYHOOD. EARLY STRUGGLES, RECENT POLITICAL TRIUMPHS, MARRIAGE AND HOME LIFE, WITH A SKETCH OF THE LIFE AND PUBLIC SERVICES OF HON. ADLAI E. STEVENSON ..

[[SALESMAN’S SAMPLE] [2 VARIANT BINDINGS] LIFE OF HON. GROVER CLEVELAND, EX-PRESIDENT, U. S. A., A FULL ACCOUNT OF HIS ANCESTRY, BOYHOOD. EARLY STRUGGLES, RECENT POLITICAL TRIUMPHS, MARRIAGE AND HOME LIFE, WITH A SKETCH OF THE LIFE AND PUBLIC SERVICES OF HON. ADLAI E. STEVENSON .. by Hon. Roger Q. Mills; Hon. James G. Blaine

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[[SALESMAN’S SAMPLE] [2 VARIANT BINDINGS] LIFE OF HON. GROVER CLEVELAND, EX-PRESIDENT, U. S. A., A FULL ACCOUNT OF HIS ANCESTRY, BOYHOOD. EARLY STRUGGLES, RECENT POLITICAL TRIUMPHS, MARRIAGE AND HOME LIFE, WITH A SKETCH OF THE LIFE AND PUBLIC SERVICES OF HON. ADLAI E. STEVENSON ..
Author
Hon. Roger Q. Mills; Hon. James G. Blaine
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Black Swan Books, Inc. (United States)
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Very Good binding
Description
Not Identified: Political Publishing Co, 1892. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 8vo.; two volumes in variant bindings, one with decorations in red, dark blue and gilt, and the other with no red in the decorative cover; pagination numbers to 348 in each, followed lined pages for subscriber’s names -- one volume has several names (with addresses indicating Michigan); illustrated with photographic plates on coated paper.~~One volume has a sample spine attached to the front pastedown. Also one volume has a frontispiece portrait of Grover Cleveland, and the other volume has a colorful chromolithographic frontispiece with portraits of Cleveland and Stevenson.~~Variants of the “Official Edition” of this book, “Sold by Subscription Only”. Very Good binding.
THE FIRST FOLIO OF SHAKESPEARE: THE NORTON FACSIMILE

THE FIRST FOLIO OF SHAKESPEARE: THE NORTON FACSIMILE by William Shakespeare (author); prepared by Charlton Hinman; introduction by Peter W.M. Blayney

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THE FIRST FOLIO OF SHAKESPEARE: THE NORTON FACSIMILE
Author
William Shakespeare (author); prepared by Charlton Hinman; introduction by Peter W.M. Blayney
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Black Swan Books, Inc. (United States)
ISBN
9780393039856
Condition
Near Fine binding
Description
New York: Norton & Co, 1996. 2nd Facsimile edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Folio; in quarter burgundy leather over pictorial cloth covered boards; xxxvii; 928 pages; housed in the publisher’s slipcase; light wear to the slipcase; a wonderful facsimile production of Shakespeare’s work originally printed in 1623. Near Fine binding.
Sweet Thursday

Sweet Thursday by Steinbeck, John

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Sweet Thursday
Author
Steinbeck, John
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Dale Steffey Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York: Viking Press, 1954. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good, cloth at spine with faint crease, prior owner name in ink front end page, in a Very Good Plus dust jacket, small chips and light wear at spine ends. Bound in light gray cloth boards with red lettering and blue bird motifs to the spine and upper board. Top edge stained red. In the correct first issue dust jacket, un-clipped and priced $3.50 and with author's portrait photo by Philippe Halsman and no blurbs on the rear panel..
Violina; or, the Passing of the Old Adam and Eve.

Violina; or, the Passing of the Old Adam and Eve. by Todd, Mary Ives.

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Title
Violina; or, the Passing of the Old Adam and Eve.
Author
Todd, Mary Ives.
Seller
Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description
New York: Broadway Publishing Company, [ [n.d., copyright 1904] First edition under this title. Seemingly predated by an edition under the title Violina; or, Poland and Liberty (New York: John L. Strus, 1904). Both editions are scarce. OCLC records only six physical copies of the Strus edition (Howard, Michigan State, LAPL, Ohio State, Macomb Community College, National Taiwan University) and four physical copies of the Broadway edition (the Huntington, Allegheny College, University of Pittsburgh, and NYPL). Publisher's purple cloth stamped in pink and gilt. . Octavo. . With three plates (frontispiece and three illustrations of Florence). Spine sunned and some discoloration to cloth. Some foxing to first and last few leaves. Open tear to margin of p. 162 (not touching text). Inscribed by Mary Ives Todd, "To my Dear Friend, Mr. F.A. Calkins, with the compliments of the author." A very good copy. Like many of the other novels by Mary Van Lennup Ives Todd (1849 – ca. 1915?), Violina uses the story of a young woman's tumultuous marriage to reflect on religious tradition, women's rights, and how husbands exert control over wives. The titular Violina Isartoryski is a young Polish American woman who travels to Florence to train as a musician. In Italy, she marries a musician who mistreats her; the pair eventually divorce when Violina discovers that he has two children with another woman. The themes of Violina reflect those of Todd's novel Deborah (1896), which examines marriage and gender in Salt Lake City during the early years of Mormon settlement there.
Documentary Photography

Documentary Photography by Owens, Bill

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Documentary Photography
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Owens, Bill
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Dawson's Book Shop (United States)
Condition
Very good, staining to some leaves at top and bottom edge
Description
Bill Owens, Livermore, (19780. Very good, staining to some leaves at top and bottom edge. 11 x 8 1/4 inches, wrappers, Inscribed by Owens in pen on introduction page, [1] (introduction) 56, [1] (advertisement) pages. Owens candid self published work discusses how he became a successful documentary/commercial photographer including descriptions of all his major projects as well as a discussion of equipment used and his stylistic approach to the medium. Illustrated with a generous amount of reproductions from photographs detailing the 1970s suburban life in Livermore, California that made him famous.
The Chicago Stadum Review (December 1938)

The Chicago Stadum Review (December 1938)

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The Chicago Stadum Review (December 1938)
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Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
Illinois Sportservice, Inc, 1938. Magazines. Near Fine. A crisp, well-preserved copy of the December 4th, 1938 issue of this charming weekly "published for every athletic event at the Chicago Stadium". This issue devoted specifically to hockey and the Chicago Black Hawks ("Lightning on Skates"). Clean and Near Fine in its stapled wrappers, with just a touch of light soiling to the rear panel. Striking cover design by Jan Bryan Studio. A nice early piece of Chicago sports ephemera, with wonderful local, period ads throughout.
The Pilgrimage of Henry James

The Pilgrimage of Henry James by Van Wyck Brooks, Ed

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The Pilgrimage of Henry James
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Van Wyck Brooks, Ed
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Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Collectible; Very Good
Description
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, 1925. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. The 1925 1st edition, IN THE UNCOMMON DUSTJACKET. Solid and VG in its red cloth. And in a bright, VG- dustjacket, with light chipping to the panel edges, light soiling along the spine and light chipping at its crown. Still though, a very presentable copy. Octavo, 170 pgs. Small, neat 1925 inscription on the front free endpaper.
Illustrated Catalogue of Master Works of the Early English, Dutch, French, and Flemish Schools belonging to Eugene Fischhof, Paris, and T. J. Blakeslee, New York, to be Sold at Absolute Public Sale at Chickering Hall ... March 9th and 10th ..

Illustrated Catalogue of Master Works of the Early English, Dutch, French, and Flemish Schools belonging to Eugene Fischhof, Paris, and T. J. Blakeslee, New York, to be Sold at Absolute Public Sale at Chickering Hall ... March 9th and 10th .. by American Art Association. Fischhof, Eugene and Blakeslee, Theron J.

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Illustrated Catalogue of Master Works of the Early English, Dutch, French, and Flemish Schools belonging to Eugene Fischhof, Paris, and T. J. Blakeslee, New York, to be Sold at Absolute Public Sale at Chickering Hall ... March 9th and 10th ..
Author
American Art Association. Fischhof, Eugene and Blakeslee, Theron J.
Seller
Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition
A very good copy, boards rubbed and soiled, a few leaves offset, hint of darkening to top edge, overall crisp.
Description
New York: American Art Assoc., 1900. First edition. Gray card stock in folded gray wrappers. Stamped red title. Front edge deckled. A very good copy, boards rubbed and soiled, a few leaves offset, hint of darkening to top edge, overall crisp.. Unpaged [181 pp.]. Illus. with 36 b/w plates. 4to. #256 of 300 copies printed. 165 works by 109 artist including: Allori (Bronzino), Bassano, Copley, Cosway, Cotes, Couture, Cranach, Creswick, A. Cuyp and J. P. Cuyp, Dobson, Dupont, Elias, Etty, Gainsborough, Gordon, Greuze, Hals, Hamon, Hanneman, Hogarth, Hone, Honthorst, Hoogstraaten, Isabey, Jettel , Koninck, Lawrence, Metsu, Mierevelt, Mignard, Mulready, Opie, Henry Raeburn, Joshua Reynolds, Raestein, Rubens, Steen, Tintoretto, Van Dyck, John Watts, and others. Each item described on a separate page; 36 are illustrated with full page duotone plates.
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Elegy by Rebecca West

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Elegy
Author
Rebecca West
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Jeff Bergman Books ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
Phoenix Book Shop, 1930. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. Signed by Author(s). Limited. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Near fine copy.Light foxing of the boards. 1-250 copies signed by the Author #(80) Nice Copy..
The Legend of Chilpangcingo

The Legend of Chilpangcingo by [No Author]

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The Legend of Chilpangcingo
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[No Author]
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Yesterday's Muse Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
S.N. Large Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. A few light spots to front board. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. [12 ff.] An account of the legend of Chilpangcingo, a city in Mexico with ties to the ancient Toltecs.
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THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ST. LOUIS AND SAN FRANCISCO RAILROAD COMPANY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30TH, 1899 by St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Company

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THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ST. LOUIS AND SAN FRANCISCO RAILROAD COMPANY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30TH, 1899
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St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Company
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David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC (United States)
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St. Louis: Woodward & Tiernan Printing Co., 1899. 38pp, folding map of the railroad and connecting lines. Original printed wrappers [light dust and wear, small rubberstamp at head of front wrap], original staples. Very Good. All material on the Road's financial condition, with a map depicting its route and connecting lines. OCLC 251864058 [1-AAS], 187467966 [1-PAU-serial], 7984345 [11-serial].
Catch Your Breath - 1st Edition/1st Printing

Catch Your Breath - 1st Edition/1st Printing by Auerbach, Jessica

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Catch Your Breath - 1st Edition/1st Printing
Author
Auerbach, Jessica
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Books Tell You Why, Inc. (United States)
ISBN
9780399141669
Condition
Fine in Fine dust jacket
Description
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1996. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0399141669 . First edition/first printing in about Fine condition in alike dust-jacket; Author's fourth novel; 8vo; FSA .
Francis: A Call to Conversion

Francis: A Call to Conversion by Arnold, Duane W.H.

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Francis: A Call to Conversion
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Arnold, Duane W.H.
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Books Tell You Why, Inc. (United States)
ISBN
9780310520603
Condition
Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
Description
Grand Rapids, MI: Cantilever Books. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. 0310520606 . Very Good+ condition with some shelfwear and a date inked on the front flyleaf in a Very Good dust-jacket with light edgewear and scuffing; The spirit of Francis of Assisi emerges as a guide to help the church make its way into the 21 century; 8vo; 143 pages; FSA .
Church & Rothko: Sublime

Church & Rothko: Sublime by ROTHKO, Mark; Edwin Frederic CHURCH; John WILMERDING

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Church & Rothko: Sublime
Author
ROTHKO, Mark; Edwin Frederic CHURCH; John WILMERDING
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Riverrun Books & Manuscripts (United States)
ISBN
9781734105926
Condition
New in shrinkwrap
Description
New York: Mnuchin Gallery, 2020. New in shrinkwrap. 12.5 x 11 inches. Profuesly illustrated. Original pictorial boards. First edition.
Johnny Guitar

Johnny Guitar by Chanslor, Roy

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Johnny Guitar
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Chanslor, Roy
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ReadInk (United States)
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Near Fine
Description
New York: Pocket Books (1017). Near Fine. 1954. 2nd printing. Softcover. [a very nice copy, with ust a touch of edge- and surface-wear to covers, firm and uncreased spine]. Mass Market PB "A novel of gamblers, outlaws and lynching in the American West," and renowned as the source of the famously overheated Nicholas Ray film -- which has all those elements but oh so much more, with Joan Crawford and Mercedes McCambridge squaring off, ostensibly over the affections of the laconic title character (played by Sterling Hayden), but really just because they hate each other's guts. Definitely a movie tie-in edition -- it even includes the statement "Movie produced by Republic Pictures, November 1953" as part of the publishing history on the copyright page! -- although the tie-in is confined to the first inside page, where a line drawing of Crawford is accompanied by her purported testimonial about the book ("For me there was a special excitement in the role of this fascinating woman...."). Externally, the book is like a miniaturized version of the hardcover edition, using the same cover art -- although upon close comparison, it's evident that the figure of the woman has been re-drawn in order to make her face stand out a little more (no attempt was made to make her resemble the then-45-year-old Joan, though). .
THE MEZZANINE

THE MEZZANINE by BAKER, Nicholson

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THE MEZZANINE
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BAKER, Nicholson
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Charles Agvent, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Fine in a Fine dustwrapper
Description
New York: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, (1988). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Author's first book.
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The Soldier.; Number 39 in the Poets of the Year Series by Aiken, Conrad

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The Soldier.; Number 39 in the Poets of the Year Series
Author
Aiken, Conrad
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James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.) (United States)
Description
Norfolk, Conn: New Directions, 1944. 1st. Folded and stapled in cream wrappers with a gray dust jacket. Minor wear at extremities, otherwise very good condition.
Back to Blood; A Novel
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Back to Blood; A Novel by Wolfe, Tom

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Back to Blood; A Novel
Author
Wolfe, Tom
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James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.) (United States)
ISBN
9780316036313
Condition
Very good
Description
New York: Little, Brown, 2012. 1st. Hardcover. Very good/near fine. Bound in the publisher's original paper over boards, spine stamped in gilt. Stained front and rear boards, else fine.
New Orleans in the Thirties

New Orleans in the Thirties by Widmer, Mary Lou

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Title
New Orleans in the Thirties
Author
Widmer, Mary Lou
Seller
Americana Books ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780882897363
Condition
Very good
Description
Gretna, Louisiana: Pelican Pub Co Inc, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Tall quarto. 176 pages. Frontispiece. Illustrated. Red binding with gilt title on spine. Color illustrated dust jacket. Inscribed, signed by the author on the right front flyleaf.
A Williamsburg Hornbook

A Williamsburg Hornbook by Wise, Felicity (Doris D. Hammes)

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Title
A Williamsburg Hornbook
Author
Wise, Felicity (Doris D. Hammes)
Seller
Americana Books ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780811718967
Condition
Very good
Description
Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1973. Hardcover. Very good/good. Octavo. Hardcover with color illustrated dust jacket. 128 pages. Illustrated with black and white photographs and some drawings. Light shelf wear and foxing to the dust jacket. Inscribed and signed by the author Doris D Hammes on the right front flyleaf: "To: Dr. John Lanzalatti who makes his money the old fashioned way - - - he earns it! With a sense of humor intact, Felicity Penelope (far better or worser known as Doris D. Hammes) January 1987." The author signed her name - Doris D. Hammes - on the title page.
UNIVERSIDAD MENSUAL DE CULTURA POPULAR. NUM. 24, TOMO V.

UNIVERSIDAD MENSUAL DE CULTURA POPULAR. NUM. 24, TOMO V.

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UNIVERSIDAD MENSUAL DE CULTURA POPULAR. NUM. 24, TOMO V.
Seller
Beverly Karno Books LLC (United States)
Description
México, D.F.: Universidad Nacional, 1938. b/w plates, wrps. Devoted to art, architecture, literature, cinema published by the University. In 1929, when the University became autonomous, the concept of extension of culture was incorporated into the university mission, and the University created various agencies and dependencies with the purpose of extending university cultural heritage to Mexican society. The then rector Ignacio García Téllez supported the foundation of the Center for Social Action of University Students - whose headquarters was under the directorship ofSalvador Azuela until 1938 -, on which various cultural outreach centers depended. The creation of the Universidad de México magazine dates back to this period. Contains many important articles by and about emerging artists and writers. Published T. 1, no. 1 (feb. 1936)-t. 5, núm. 29 (jun. 1938). No. 24-29 includes a separately numbered section with title Cuadernos de arte. no. 1-6, each also with a distinctive title./ Supersedes Universidad de México, issued 1930-33; superseded by Universidad de México, issued 1946-59. SPECIAL ART SECTION: La Arquitectura Precolombina en la América Central / George C. Vaillant.
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Edith & Mr. Bear by WRIGHT, Dare

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Title
Edith & Mr. Bear
Author
WRIGHT, Dare
Seller
Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition
Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
Description
NY:: Random House,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1964. Hardcover. A Lonely Doll story. Illustrated with black and white photographs by the author. First edition (not stated). Very good in a very good (edge worn with two moderate sized chips and a few closed edge tears), price clipped dust jacket. .
Gittel's Journey: An Ellis Island Story

Gittel's Journey: An Ellis Island Story by Lesléa Newman and Amy June Bates

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Gittel's Journey: An Ellis Island Story
Author
Lesléa Newman and Amy June Bates
Seller
Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9781419727474
Condition
Very good
Description
NY: Abrams, 2019. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. First Edition. Very good hardback in a very good dustjacket.
THE DIARY OF "HELENA MORLEY

THE DIARY OF "HELENA MORLEY by Bishop, Elizabeth; Morley, Helena; [Alice Dayrell Caldeira Brant]

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Title
THE DIARY OF "HELENA MORLEY
Author
Bishop, Elizabeth; Morley, Helena; [Alice Dayrell Caldeira Brant]
Seller
Type Punch Matrix (United States)
ISBN
9780912946467
Condition
Near fine.
Description
New York: The Ecco Press, 1977. Near fine.. First Ecco Press edition of Morley (Brant)'s adolescent diary, first privately published in Brazil in 1942 and in Bishop's English translation in 1957, reissued here as one of the "Neglected Books of the Twentieth Century" with a new foreword by Bishop. 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original glossy wrappers designed by Cynthia Krupat. [xxxviii], 281, [1] pages. Minor toning and edgewear.
She Walks at Night
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She Walks at Night by Yokomizo, Seishi

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Title
She Walks at Night
Author
Yokomizo, Seishi
Seller
Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN
9781805335573
Condition
New
Description
New. New book.
Look Homeward, Angel

Look Homeward, Angel by Wolfe, Thomas

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Title
Look Homeward, Angel
Author
Wolfe, Thomas
Seller
Ed's Editions Bookstore (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1957. Hardcover. Very Good. Light blue cloth boards. Clean, has a good binding, no marks or notations. 520 pages. Book Club Edition.

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