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Recueil de Chansons et Romances. Calligraphic Manuscript. by CALLIGRAPHIC MANUSCRIPT

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Title
Recueil de Chansons et Romances. Calligraphic Manuscript.
Author
CALLIGRAPHIC MANUSCRIPT
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Ursus Books (United States)
Description
1788. FRENCH CALLIGRAPHIC MANUSCRIPT. Recueil de Chansons et Romances. [4], 108 pp. Square 8vo., 178 x 137 mm, bound in contemporary French red morocco, spine richly decorated with gilt-tooled lyres and floral ornaments in alternating spine compartments, French filet borders on covers, blue silk endpapers and flyleaves, a.e.g. Paris: 1788. A Superb Calligraphic Manuscript; a masterpiece of eighteenth-century creative text and image. The manuscript is completely written and drawn in black ink on thick papier vergé by a French calligrapher of the Ancien Régime. The pages of this manuscript contain one image per page, each being an incorporation of words and ornament to create a morphological composition. For example, there appears on page 4 a verse "A Eleonore" where each couplet forms the solid part of a cloverleaf, as a symbol of luck to Eleonore; page 22 is a short verse on the body and soul, set inside a shaped heart composed of a triple floral border; on page 51 one finds a pair of eye-glasses (Les Lunettes) with four couplets of verse in each lens on the subject of seeing matters of life clearly; several pages contain songs with the border ornamentation comprised of musical staves and notes, while the lyrics can be found in the center ornaments. A number of the morphological compositions are shaped into pieces of jewelry, flowers, trees, snowflakes, or furniture (page 50 shows a couplet of verse inside of a table mirror composed of flowers). The remainder of the pages offer compositions which are purely ornamental in nature, with text and image creating geometric lozenges, circles or a coalescence of circles, partitioned quadrangles, floral rectangles, etc., all of them ornamented with flowers and garlands of a most delicate and exquisite design. The manuscript is absolutely complete, executed by an exceptional, artistic calligraphic hand. The volume is preserved in a contemporary French red morocco binding in very fine condition.
To Heal and to Build; The Programs of President Lyndon B. Johnson. Edited by James MacGregor Burns

To Heal and to Build; The Programs of President Lyndon B. Johnson. Edited by James MacGregor Burns by Johnson, Lyndon B. [Vance, Cyrus]

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Title
To Heal and to Build; The Programs of President Lyndon B. Johnson. Edited by James MacGregor Burns
Author
Johnson, Lyndon B. [Vance, Cyrus]
Seller
The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Condition
Near fine
Description
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1968. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/fine. First edition of To Heal and to Build: The Programs of President Lyndon B. Johnson inscribed to future Secretary of State, Cyrus Vance.. Octavo, xiv, 506pp. Blue cloth, title stamped in gilt and red. Stated "first edition" on copyright page, with no later printings noted. Top edge dyed yellow, faint sunning to top quarter of cloth, a near fine example. In the publisher's fine dust jacket, retail price of $8.95 on front flap, bright illustrations. This copy is signed by the president on the dedication page: "To Cyrus Vance / Who through the years has done much more than his share to put this together. With my admiration & gratitude / Lyndon B. Johnson / May 28, 1968." An exceptional association copy. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance (1917-2002) served as the Deputy Secretary of Defense under President Lyndon B. Johnson from 1964 to 1967. During this period, Vance played a key role in overseeing the U.S. military's involvement in the Vietnam War, though he privately expressed reservations, and eventually resigned from his post. Vance was also the primary negotiator during the Panama Canal Zone disputes and helped de-escalate the Cyprus crisis in 1967. This foreign diplomatic experience led to his nomination as President Carter's Secretary of State in 1977.
KISSES: A POETICAL TRANSLATION OF THE BASIA . . . WITH THE ORIGINAL LATIN, AND AN ESSAY ON HIS LIFE AND WRITINGS

KISSES: A POETICAL TRANSLATION OF THE BASIA . . . WITH THE ORIGINAL LATIN, AND AN ESSAY ON HIS LIFE AND WRITINGS by (EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED BOOKS). (BINDINGS - TAFFIN). SECUNDUS, JOANNES [EVERAERTS, JAN]

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KISSES: A POETICAL TRANSLATION OF THE BASIA . . . WITH THE ORIGINAL LATIN, AND AN ESSAY ON HIS LIFE AND WRITINGS
Author
(EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED BOOKS). (BINDINGS - TAFFIN). SECUNDUS, JOANNES [EVERAERTS, JAN]
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Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
Description
London: Printed by D. Bond, for J. Bew, 1778. Third Edition, with Additions, and the "Epithalamium" Newly Translated. 240 x 148 mm. (9 1/2 x 5 7/8"). x, [11]-238 pp. LOVELY DARK BLUE STRAIGHT-GRAIN MOROCCO ELABORATELY TOOLED IN GILT BY TAFFIN (stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-in), covers with gilt frame entwined with large lozenge and with rays emanating from central ornate medallion to corners, raised bands, spine gilt in densely stippled compartments with central roundel and floral tools, gilt titling, gilt rolled turn-ins, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Extra engraved title page with tondo portrait of the poet and engraved frontispiece by Bartolozzi, as called for, and EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH 32 DELIGHTFUL ENGRAVINGS BY EISEN AND COCHIN printed on Japon, consisting of 12 full-page scenes, eight tailpieces (these with a second printing of the ornament in sanguine tipped on the plate), and two larger vignettes printed in sanguine tipped onto flyleaves at front and rear. Old dealer description tipped onto front free endpaper. Brunet V, 257; ESTC T101632. See also: Gray, "The Art of Love Poetry," pp. 83-85. Trivial rubbing to joints, intermittent minor foxing to text (due to paper quality), but still A FINE COPY, the plates bright and richly impressed, the binding lustrous and with few signs of wear. This is an attractive edition of a popular and influential collection of Renaissance love poetry, enhanced with amorous engravings by Rococo masters and beautifully bound by a Belle Epoque Parisian binder. In his brief life, Jan Everaerts, or Johannes Secundus (1511-36) studied law in Paris, served as secretary to a Spanish archbishop, and achieved enduring fame for the neo-Latinist poems he wrote, based on the works of Catullus. Originally published posthumously in 1541, this series of 19 poems exploring the joys of kissing "significantly influenced the development of European love poetry," according to Gray. In his essays, Montaigne noted that he found the "Basia" equally as entertaining as the "Decameron" or Rabelais. The gallant engravings here, showing flirtatious couples of the ancien régime, complement the verses perfectly. These include some of the images Charles Eisen created for the Fermiers-Généraux edition of La Fontaine's "Contes et Nouvelles," considered some of the finest French illustrations of the 18th century. Bryan says that Eisen (1720-78), court painter to Louis XV and drawing master to Madame de Pompadour, had a hand in "almost all the important [illustrated] books published in France in his time." His "exquisite plates [are] engraved with a light point and with striking originality." He "took his inspirations direct from nature, but add[ed] something of the ideal, after the manner of Watteau and Boucher." The elegant binding was created by the Taffin workshop in Paris, the upscale hand-bindery operated by Lille publishers and trade binders Taffin-Lefort. Flety notes that Taffin took over the rue de Savoie workshop of E. Rouselle in 1895 and, after a move to new premises following the First World War, the bindery continued to operate until 1954..
Mid-Twentieth Century African American Literary Culture: Langston Hughes Autographed Lincoln University Lecture Announcement

Mid-Twentieth Century African American Literary Culture: Langston Hughes Autographed Lincoln University Lecture Announcement by Langston Hughes; Lincoln University

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Mid-Twentieth Century African American Literary Culture: Langston Hughes Autographed Lincoln University Lecture Announcement
Author
Langston Hughes; Lincoln University
Seller
Max Rambod Inc. (United States)
Description
1940. Hughes, Langston. Signed broadside for lecture readings at Lincoln University, circa 1940s-early 1950s, documents his role as a leading African American poet and public intellectual returning to his alma mater for a formal campus appearance. The printed announcement lists Hughes as presenting "Lecture-Readings" as part of Lincoln University's Lecture-Recital Series and includes performance of "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," his 1921 poem that established themes of historical continuity, racial memory, and cultural endurance central to his literary career. Issued during the period when Hughes regularly appeared at historically Black colleges and universities following his national recognition as a Harlem Renaissance figure, the broadside records the circulation of Black literature through live academic and communal settings. Lincoln University, where Hughes earned his B.A. in 1929 after leaving Columbia University amid racial exclusion, provided an early institutional foundation for his intellectual development; his later return as featured lecturer underscores the sustained relationship between Black higher education and African American literary production. Hughes, Langston. Signed printed broadside announcing lecture readings at Lincoln University. Undated, circa 1940s-early 1950s. Measures approximately 5 x 7½ inches. Printed program notes Hughes's presentation of "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" alongside musical selections and concludes, "Mr. Hughes will meet the public in Bennett Lounge following the program." Signed prominently in blue ink in the lower blank area, "Langston Hughes." The broadside situates Hughes within mid-century campus programming that combined poetry, music, and public discussion, reflecting the integration of literary performance and Black institutional life. "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," first published when Hughes was a teenager, links African American identity to ancient civilizations and diasporic history, and its inclusion in this program demonstrates the continuity between his early poetic voice and later public presentations. Light overall wrinkling now largely flattened; two small closed tears at the bottom edge and right margin stabilized with archival tape on verso; signature bold and clear. Overall very good condition. Signed piece of African American literary ephemera connecting Harlem Renaissance authorship to historically Black collegiate culture.
HEI VON ALLERLEI

HEI VON ALLERLEI by Bailer, Adele; Franz Cizek

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HEI VON ALLERLEI
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Bailer, Adele; Franz Cizek
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Type Punch Matrix (United States)
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Very good plus.
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Leipzig: Ferdinand Hirt & Sohn, 1924. Very good plus.. First edition of this beautiful silhouette picture book by a young student of Viennese juvenile art theorist and pedagogue Franz Cizek, with Cizek's own introduction describing his famous classes for children ages 6-15. 10'' x 13''. Original pictorial boards with maroon cloth spine. Decorative endpapers. Wiener Jugendkunst-Bilderbücher 4. Text in German. Verses and illustrations by Bailer. [16] pages. Light wear and bumping to boards with a few scuffs and faint traces of soil. Pages lightly toned.
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Farewell to Model T.; By Lee Strout White [pseud.]. With illustrations by Alain by White, E.B.

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Farewell to Model T.; By Lee Strout White [pseud.]. With illustrations by Alain
Author
White, E.B.
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Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books (United States)
Description
New York: Putnam's, 1936. First edition. Original green cloth, some foxing, very good copy in lightly worn and chipped dust jacket. "In 'The Second Tree from the Corner', p. 32 EBW explains that the pseudonym Lee Strout White is a combination of his name and the name Richard Lee Strout. Strout had submitted a manuscript to The New Yorker, which gave EBW the idea for this piece on the Model T," Hall A8.
Spartacus

Spartacus by FAST, Howard

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Spartacus
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FAST, Howard
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Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York: The Author, 1951. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition. Corners 9 a bit bumped, very good in worn, about good dust jacket with several tears and some staining on the rear panel. Signed by the author. Because of growing concern over his Communist sympathies, Fast was unable to find a commercial publisher for this book and finally published it himself. In the midst of the Red Scare this study of the eternal quest for freedom, and of the dying days of the Roman Republic as it moved toward Empire, became a best-seller. Basis for the epic film produced by and starring Kirk Douglas, and directed by Stanley Kubrick. The magnificent cast also included Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton, scene-stealer Peter Ustinov (who won an Oscar), Tony Curtis, Woody Strode, and many others. Douglas's unflinching insistence that Dalton Trumbo receive screen credit for his script signaled the end of the Hollywood Blacklist. A compromised but reasonably presentable copy.
Still Life

Still Life by Louise Penny

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Still Life
Author
Louise Penny
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Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA (United States)
ISBN
9780312352554
Condition
Near Fine
Description
First US Edition/First Printing with the complete number line; A Near Fine book in a Fine dust jacket, with only light rubbing to the spine ends and faint age-spotting to the exterior text block, else a Fine/Fine copy. An exceptional example of this novel, the author's first published work and first appearance of Inspector Armand Gamache; uncommon in the first printing and in this condition. Not remaindered, not price-clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar cover and will ship securely wrapped in a sturdy box.
Unequal Justice under Law: Women and the Constitution

Unequal Justice under Law: Women and the Constitution by Brown, Helen Elizabeth

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Unequal Justice under Law: Women and the Constitution
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Brown, Helen Elizabeth
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Langdon Manor Books LLC (United States)
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Very good
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Washington, D.C.: National Woman's Party, 1942. Very good. 7 7/8” x 5”. Stapled self-wrappers. Pp. 15. Very good: a touch of faint soiling to wrapper edges; a few small dogears. This is an offprint of an article by an important lawyer, Helen Elizabeth Brown, intended to drum up support for the National Woman's Party (NWP) and to promote equal rights and legal justice for women. Helen Elizabeth Brown was born in Indiana in 1899 but grew up in Fort Worth, Texas. Upon finishing high school she went to work for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, where she paved the way for female reporters by covering the police court circuit, City Hall and local politics. In 1922 she accepted a position on the staff of the Baltimore Post and was the first woman at that paper to cover the courthouse as well. Brown attended law school at the University of Maryland and was admitted to the bar in 1926. In 1927 she formed the first organization for women lawyers in Maryland, and one year later founded the Business and Professional Woman's Council. Brown also served as Assistant City Solicitor, Judge of the Baltimore Housing Court and instructor at the University of Baltimore Law School. This article originally appeared in Equal Rights, the official magazine of the NWP. Founded in 1923, the publication was directed towards women, but also strove to educate men about the benefits of women's suffrage and women's rights. NWP was an outgrowth of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage, formed in 1913 by Alice Paul and Lucy Burns. The group is best known for their efforts in writing, revising, publicizing and advocating for the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). The fight for this bill lasted decades, including a pivotal rewrite in 1943, and it was finally passed by Congress in 1972. With a sharp wit, Brown's article systematically reviewed the legal inequalities women faced, covering labor laws, the 14th and 19th Amendments, “the miracle of marriage” and the “biased masculine process.” Ultimately, Brown posited that “There is now but one remedy for this accumulated injustice, and that is the prompt passage and ratification” of the ERA – “This Amendment will end the lingering tyrannies of the dark ages and counteract the corrosive common-law interpretations by men judges which have destroyed the Constitutional rights which should have been the just heritage of every American woman.” An uncommon and inspiring work on legal justice for women. OCLC shows six holdings.
Actor Joseph Jefferson Gives Advice

Actor Joseph Jefferson Gives Advice by JOSEPH JEFFERSON

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Actor Joseph Jefferson Gives Advice
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JOSEPH JEFFERSON
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Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc. (United States)
Description
JOSEPH JEFFERSON (1829-1905). Joseph Jefferson III was an American actor, painter, and comedian. He took on his first role at the age of four when he appeared in a play in Washington, D.C and continued his career for much of his 76 years. He is well known for his role as Rip Van Winkle in the 1903 film.ALS. 2pg. September 27,1897. N.p. An autograph letter signed J Jefferson giving advice to someones son. Dear Sir I will be pleased for your son when he can call on me and will give him the best advice in my power. Tho this is a bad time to apply for next season as nearly all of the companies are made up Mrs. Jefferson to you. Faithfully yours J Jefferson. Jefferson is helping someones son, letting him know that acting and/or theater companies would be full and decided already for the next season. The top inch of the first page is cut off. This letter is in very good condition.
Ross Bleckner 6 April to 27 April 1991

Ross Bleckner 6 April to 27 April 1991 by BLECKNER, Ross

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Ross Bleckner 6 April to 27 April 1991
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BLECKNER, Ross
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Riverrun Books & Manuscripts (United States)
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Fine
Description
New York: Mary Boone Gallery, 1991. First edition. Fine. 4to. 11 full-page reproductions of Bleckner's paintings. Original patterned cloth. Includes a list of exhibitions and a bibliography.
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Mormonism Exposed The Constitution and the Territories A Lawyers View No. 5 by Young, Richard W.

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Mormonism Exposed The Constitution and the Territories A Lawyers View No. 5
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Young, Richard W.
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Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
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Very Good
Description
by the author, circa 1855. Very Good. Young, Richard W.. Mormonism Exposed The Constitution and the Territories A Lawyers View No. 5. [Salt Lake City]: by the author, circa 1855. 87-113pp. 8vo. Light green stapled wraps. Book condition: Very good. Flake 10,109.
The Fate of Marxism in Russia
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The Fate of Marxism in Russia by Yakovlev, Alexander

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The Fate of Marxism in Russia
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Yakovlev, Alexander
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Hackenberg Booksellers ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780300053654
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New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1993. Translated by Catherine A. Fitzpatrick. xxi, 250p., slightly chipped dj.
Piecing Me Together

Piecing Me Together by Watson, Renée

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Piecing Me Together
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Watson, Renée
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Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9781681191072
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New
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New York: Bloomsbury, 2018. Later printing. Paperback. New. 288pp. Octavo. Illustrated wraps. Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner New York Times bestseller Acclaimed author Renee Watson offers a powerful story about a girl striving for success in a world that too often seems like it's trying to break her.

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