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SUITE OF 8 ENGRAVED PLATES OF ROME

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Title: SUITE OF 8 ENGRAVED PLATES OF ROME
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
Description: [Rome]: [Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi], [c. 1670]. Oblong Folio, 8 plates; G; bound in later three-quarter vellum, patterned paper boards; mild rubbing and wear; Features 10 engravings on 8 plates; backing to gutter of plates 1-4, lower edge of 4, 8, fore edge of 5-8, upper edge of 8, lower fore corner of 8; small water-stain to lower edge of 2, 4, 5, 8; small loss to lower edge of 1-4; single tape repair to plate 2; some wear to fore edge from handling; some foxing; 1) Disegno et sito del sontuoso giardino et palazzo del Gran Duca di Toscana in Roma; 2) Villa Borghesia; 3) Giardino del Ill.mo Card Montalto; 4) Giardino de Gl' Illmi Sigri Mattei; 5) Pitratto Nel Quale Si Rappresenta Il Vero Sito Dell' Horti Et Fontane Che Coningeniosissimi Adornamentiet Maraviglie Si...; 6) Font. In Roma Nella Piazza Di. S. Pietro [AND] Font. In Roma Nella Piazza Di. S. Giacomo Scorcia Cavalii; 7) Fon. In R. Nel Cortile Grande Nel Vaticano [AND] Fonta. In Roma Nel Monte Giordano Al Palazzo Delli Sig Or Sini; 8) Fonta. In Ro. Nel La Piaz. Giudea [AND] Fonta. Nel Ponte Sisti in Roma; shelved case 4. A small portfolio of engravings of Roman gardens and fountains, put together from individual purchases and later bound together. Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi ran a famous press in Rome and sold prints to travelers who were either on a Grand Tour or simply visiting. Some were later used for architectural inspiration at home.;. 1357857. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Luxe Etiketten by LABELS

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Title: Luxe Etiketten
Author: LABELS
Seller: Ursus Books (United States)
Description: 1920. LABELS. Luxe Etiketten voor Wijnen Likeuren Gestilleerd Limonades enz. 1 pp. Illustrated with 87 plates. 8vo, bound in publisher's wrappers. Rijswijk: n.d., (ca. 1920). A catalog of stunning colour-printed labels, mostly, but not, only for various kinds of bottled drinks. Very scarce; no copies listed on OCLC.

Educational Silk Exhibit. For Textile Schools, Colleges, Universities and Department Store Personnel Work by Cheney Brothers

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Title: Educational Silk Exhibit. For Textile Schools, Colleges, Universities and Department Store Personnel Work
Author: Cheney Brothers
Seller: ZH BOOKS (United States)
Condition: Good
Description: South Manchester, CT: Cheney Brothers, 1906. Good. First edition presumed, n. d. (ca 1906); 17 x 12 1/2; large, heavy, card stock portfolio (the two boards separated), printed in black; eight wall charts on heavy card stock, illustrated with photographs, drawings, and silk samples; seven of them with a string to upper margin for hanging; boards with scuffing to edges and some age-toning and spotting; charts with a bit of rubbing and wear to edges and corners; two of the charts missing two swatches of fabric each; overall in good to very good condition.The Cheney brothers of Manchester - Ward, Frank, and Rush - began their career by investing in cultivating the notoriously-difficult to grow mulberry trees, the food source of the silkworm, in 1833. Quickly realizing that the project would be a failure and that the money lay in processing, rather than in raw production, the brothers partnered with their other brother Ralph and another investor and opened the Mt. Nebo Silk Mills in 1838, which would be renamed the Cheney Brothers Silk Manufacturing Company in 1854. By the time the second Industrial Revolution rolled in in the 1860s, the Cheney business was well on its way to becoming the largest silk manufacturer in the United States and the only company to manage all phases of silk production, but the actual raising of silkworms. Instead, they imported silk cocoons from Asia. The Cheney brothers were not only businessmen, but also inventors (their patented Rixford Roller would revolutionize the silk manufacturing process), investors (an employee of theirs and an ex-Colt firearms employee, Christopher Spencer, would invent and patent his revolutionary Spencer Gun in 1860, with the Cheneys' backing, in their own factory), philanthropists (they would build numerous community centers, schools, hospitals, a railroad, etc.), and generous employers (providing free, on-site, modern accomodations for the workers and their families). Unfortunately, the Great Depression and later, during WWII, the ushering of synthetic fabrics, would spell the demise of the company, which would ultimately be bought and dismantled by the J.P. Stevens and Co. of New York in 1955.The current educational charts, lavish and well-executed, showed the cultivated stages of silk, including actual cocoons and frisons, and provided numerous samples ( over 30 ) of silk ropes and raw-silk threads, and pile, gown, necktie, upholstery, and decorative silk fabrics.

ch'anel by Westerman, Donna Day

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Title: ch'anel
Author: Westerman, Donna Day
Seller: Swan's Fine Books (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: Orinda, California: Donna Day Westerman, N.D.. Limited and Signed Edition. Stiff wraps. Fine. Westerman, Donna Day. No. 13 of 20 (book edition; there are another 20 in a fine print edition), tall, thin quarto size, single wood engraving on four folded leaves, signed by the artist. Donna Day Westerman is a printmaker, painter and book artist in the Bay Area of California. [She is] "interested in traditional and historical media — particularly, woodcuts, wood-engravings and egg tempera — used in a contemporary manner. Working from close observation, and occasionally referring to [her] own photographs, [she] conceptually reduce[s] realistic nature to calligraphic or glyph-like notations. A kind of erasure takes place as the visual abundance... is distilled into the essence of the place. Other senses, such as sound and touch often inform the visual... A challenge... has been to capture the powerful ephemeral forms of fog and water in the hard-edged medium of wood... the medium itself determines much of the outcome." (n. b., "Artist's Statement" from the web site of the artist.) The present volume is inspired by a whale skeleton found on Lummi Island, Washington. ___DESCRIPTION: Original handmade paper covered boards heightened in foils, deckled edges, printed title strip laid onto upper board, printed label with author's name inlaid to lower board, backstrip opens so the accordion style format can be displayed in a connected elongated format, single-panel wood engraving printed in black 4" by 20", Optima type, Arches 88 paper, 12"by 4" when closed, five folded leaves including title page and colophon, limited edition, number 13 of 20, signed by Donna Day Westerman. ___CONDITION: A fine copy, no flaws to the paper covers, leaves are bright, rich impression, a fine copy signed and numbered by Donna Day Westerman; acquired by us directly from the Artist, new. ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.

La Presqu'ile du Sinai, Etude de Geographie et d'Histoire [The Sinai Peninsula, Study of Geography and History]; Bibliotheque de l'Ecole, Des Hautes Etudes, Publiee Sous les Auspices Du Ministere de l'Instruction Publique, Sciences Historiques et Philologiques, Cent Soixante et Onzieme Fascicule by Weill, Raymond

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Title: La Presqu'ile du Sinai, Etude de Geographie et d'Histoire [The Sinai Peninsula, Study of Geography and History]; Bibliotheque de l'Ecole, Des Hautes Etudes, Publiee Sous les Auspices Du Ministere de l'Instruction Publique, Sciences Historiques et Philologiques, Cent Soixante et Onzieme Fascicule
Author: Weill, Raymond
Seller: Swan's Fine Books (United States)
Condition: Near fine
Description: Paris: Librairie Honore Champion, 1908. Hardcover. Near fine. Quarto size, 390 pp., in French, with folding maps. This volume comprises a geographic study of the Sinai Peninsula, in Egypt, written by French archaeologist and Egyptologist Raymond Weill; it is a thorough examination of the topography and climate of the region, and their effects on the locality and development of civilisation there, aided by detailed maps throughout. Although it is part of a series, this book is a stand-alone; it is also in a lovely custom binding, as it was probably issued in the original wraps. ___DESCRIPTION: Quarter red leather with marbled paper boards in red with flecks of gilt, the spine with five raised bands, five gilt illustrations of the Star of David, and gilt lettering, top edge gilt, red marbled endpapers, title page with publisher's device in black, various tables and maps in black throughout, three fold-out maps and one fold-out topographical chart, some in black and white and some in colour; quarto size (10" by 6.75"), pagination: [i-vii] viii-ix [x] 1-380. Please note the text is in French. ___CONDITION: Volume is near fine, with clean boards, straight corners, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, and the interior is clean and bright; some rubbing to the corners and to the head, tail, and edges of the spine, some age-toning to the outer margins of the pages, and there is a stamp on the verso of the front free endpaper, likely a prior owner's, with the initials "A. J. O."; even with its few flaws, still a lovely work. ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.

Philosophy of Mathematics and Natural Science by Weyl, Hermann; Helmer, Olaf (Translation used for revision and augmentation)

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Title: Philosophy of Mathematics and Natural Science
Author: Weyl, Hermann; Helmer, Olaf (Translation used for revision and augmentation)
Seller: Swan's Fine Books (United States)
Condition: Near fine
Description: Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1949. Hardcover. Near fine/good +. Small quarto size, 311 pp., in dust jacket. Hermann Klaus Hugo Weyl (1885-1955) "had major significance for theoretical physics as well as purely mathematical disciplines such as number theory. He was one of the most influential mathematicians of the twentieth century, and an important member of the Institute for Advanced Study during its early years" (n.b., per Wiki). This a revised and augmented edition, with new appendices "on such subjects as Foundations of Mathematics, Ars Combinatorioa, Quantum Mechanics, Physics and Biology, and Evolution..." (per jacket flap). ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in full green cloth over boards, "label" in black with gilt lettering stamped onto the spine, binding small quarto size (9 1/8" by 6 1/4"), 311 pp. In the publisher's dust jacket with a summary of the book on the front flap and publisher's ads on the back flap and back panel. ___CONDITION: Volume is near fine, the boards clean, straight corners with minimal rubbing, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, the interior is clean and bright, the sole prior owner marking being a name and date (and one other small annotation) at the top of the front free endpaper; light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and light toning to the margins of the text. The dust jacket somewhat better than good, while all parts are present and attached there is overall light soil, overall edgewear, the printed price was roughly torn out (not cleanly cut), and a ring on the verso of the front panel (not visible from the front). ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note the following: (i) additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs, please inquire for details; and (ii) any taxes, duty, or tariffs charged by your country will, of necessity, be your responsibility. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.

TEDDY WILSON [ca. late-1930s-1961] Photo archive by Various

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Title: TEDDY WILSON [ca. late-1930s-1961] Photo archive
Author: Various
Seller: Walterfilm, Inc. (United States)
Condition: About Fine
Description: Various. No binding. About Fine. New York: Various, [ca. late-1930s to 1961]. Set of eight mostly 8 x 10" (20 x 25 cm) glossy silver gelatin black-and-white photos. Minor use, about fine. American jazz pianist Teddy Wilson has been described as "the definitive swing pianist". He recorded with jazz greats Louis Armstrong, Lena Horne, Billie Holiday, Benny Goodman and Ella Fitzgerald. Born in Austin, Texas, he made his way into the Detroit music scene by 1929 and worked with Benny Goodman by the mid-1930s, earning him a contract with Brunswick Records. He became a headliner in Cafe Society and went on to teach at Juilliard from 1945 to 1952. Wilson was known throughout Europe as well. Portraits include Wilson at the piano (as well as with the orchestra of Cafe Society), rehearsing with Benny Goodman, with Earl Himes and preparing for a Carnegie Hall performance.

THAT'S MY MAMA [1974-75] TV photo archive by ABC Television

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Title: THAT'S MY MAMA [1974-75] TV photo archive
Author: ABC Television
Seller: Walterfilm, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: ABC Television. No binding. Near Fine. [New York: ABC-TV, 1974-75]. Set of six vintage original 8 x 10" (20 x 25 cm) and 7 x 9" (18 x 23 cm) black-and-white photos. Most have affixed descriptive text, overall near fine. Set in a middle-class African American neighborhood in Washington, D.C., That's My Mama revolved around the character Clifton Curtis (played by Clifton Davis), a man in his mid-20s who worked as a barber at Oscar's Barber Shop, the family barber shop he inherited from his late father. While Clifton enjoyed being a bachelor, his loving but tart-tongued and opinionated mother Eloise "Mama" Curtis, played by Theresa Merritt, wanted him to settle down and find a nice wife. Additional characters such as Clifton's two best friends -- Earl, played by Teddy Wilson, an easy-going mailman and Junior, played by Ted Lange, a suave and good-humored ladies' man -- came and went over the course of a typical day at Oscar's Barber Shop. (Wikipedia)

NEW VOCALION NOVELTY DANCE, COUNTRY DANCE, FOLK SONG AND RACE RECORDS [CATALOG] (Jan 1940) Pamphlet by Vocalion Records

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Title: NEW VOCALION NOVELTY DANCE, COUNTRY DANCE, FOLK SONG AND RACE RECORDS [CATALOG] (Jan 1940) Pamphlet
Author: Vocalion Records
Seller: Walterfilm, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Just About Fine
Description: Columbia Recording Corp.. No binding. Just About Fine. Bridgeport, CT: Columbia Recording Corp., January 1940. Vintage original 6 1/4 x 3 3/8" (16 x 26 cm) pamphlet folded 2x, opens up to 6 1/4 x 10 1/4" (16 x 11 cm). Just about fine. This catalog for Vocalion Records is rich in offerings by African American blues musicians such as Little Buddy Doyle, Blind Boy Fuller and Roosevelt Scott, as well as country and Western artists such as Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys, the Light Crust Doughboys and Hank Penny.

Life of Heber C. Kimball, an Apostle; the Father and Founder of the British Mission by Whitney, Orson Ferguson

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Title: Life of Heber C. Kimball, an Apostle; the Father and Founder of the British Mission
Author: Whitney, Orson Ferguson
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: Salt Lake City, UT: Published by the Kimball Family. Printed at the Juvenile Instructor Office, 1888. First Edition. Leather bound. Very good. 520pp. Octavo [24 cm] Embossed leather boards. Title gilt stamped on front board and backstrip. All edges gilt. Rebacked, with a portion of the original spine overlaid. Leather professionally preserved with archival cellugel (making leather less dry). There are a couple of contemporary gift inscriptions on the preliminary pages. Frontispieces Heber C. Kimball and his wife Vilate are present. The Joseph and Hyrum Smith portraits are also present at the center. Biography of the Mormon leader by his grandson. Flake/Draper 9772.

Wm. M'Kinley Jr's Grocery, Wine, and Tea Store by Wm. M'Kinley Jr's Grocery, Wine, and Tea Store

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Title: Wm. M'Kinley Jr's Grocery, Wine, and Tea Store
Author: Wm. M'Kinley Jr's Grocery, Wine, and Tea Store
Seller: Eclectibles (United States)
Condition: Very good. Minor dust soiling, toning.
Description: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geddes, printer, 1870. Very good. Minor dust soiling, toning.. Printed trade card advertising "Wm. M'Kinley Jr's Grocery, Wine, and Tea Store" on the North Side of Philadelphia. Lists Spermaceti Oil (for oil lamps and lighting), pickles, dried beef, and tongue among the goods for sale. Bright green coated card measuring approx. 1.5" by 3.5", verso blank.

Takings; Or, The Life of a Collegian - TAKING AMISS

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Title: Takings; Or, The Life of a Collegian - TAKING AMISS
Seller: Eclectibles (United States)
Description: Measures 5 1/2" x 8 3/4". Vivid color and moderate wear.

Modos de Ver: Pintura y Escultura del Ultimo decenio en Valencia by ALIAGA, Juan Vicente and Jose Miguel Cortes

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Title: Modos de Ver: Pintura y Escultura del Ultimo decenio en Valencia
Author: ALIAGA, Juan Vicente and Jose Miguel Cortes
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
Description: Valencia, Spain: IVAM Centre Del Carme, 1989. First edition. Oblong softcover. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran April through June 1989. Text in English and Spanish with an essay by Juan Vicente Aliaga and Jose Miguel Cortes. Includes color illustrations of works by Javier Baldeon, Carmen Calvo, Fernando Machado, Angeles Marco, Emilio Martinez, Evaristo Navarro, Miquel Narro, Pepe Romero, and Manuel Saez. A very good copy in wrappers with some bumping/creasing to the top corner throughout.

ew Worlds : Maps from the Age of Discovery. by Baynton-Williams, Miles, Baynton-Williams, Ashley.

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Title: ew Worlds : Maps from the Age of Discovery.
Author: Baynton-Williams, Miles, Baynton-Williams, Ashley.
Seller: Nicholas D. Riccio Rare Books & Prints (United States)
Description: Folio, hardcover, dust jacket, illustrated, 224 pp. Slight bend at top of dust jaket; otherwise in near fine condition. Wonderfully illustrated history of mapping of the new worlds. Stock image included. Some extra postage maybe required because of book size.

The coming age presaged by an era of profounder research. by BAKER, Frederick Augustus (1866-1932).

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Title: The coming age presaged by an era of profounder research.
Author: BAKER, Frederick Augustus (1866-1932).
Seller: Jeff Weber Rare Books (Switzerland)
Description: Maplewood, New Jersey,: 1933., 1933. 233 x 153 mm. 8vo. 26 pp. Printed wrappers. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on page 26. Very good. The author also wrote other papers: Cosmic causes – Veiled Wonders and Scientific Blunders, or nature maligned, (1930) – The Science of Light and Heat, or Optical effects and defects, (1931) – The Atom defined and located; or, The dawn of the modern scientific era, (1932) etc.

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