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La Science de la santé, soit pour le moral, soit pour le physique by [BROUTET, Guillaume de]

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Seller: Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts
Title
La Science de la santé, soit pour le moral, soit pour le physique
Author
[BROUTET, Guillaume de]
Seller
Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description
Avignon: Laurent Aubanel, 1813. FIRST EDITION. Woodcut and typographic ornaments. Untrimmed in contemporary pastepaper wrappers backed with printing waste from the same publication. A fine copy in genuine, original condition. First edition, an anonymous encyclopedic handbook of physical and moral health for laymen. Divided into two separate dictionaries, the first part contains terms related to the conservation of health and ethics, and the second addresses medicinal plants, foods, and compounds, complete with recipes and directions for use. Unlike a typical alphabetic index, though, each entry includes practical advice, historical information, and literary concordances. In keeping with the cerebral theme of the text, it has entries for surgeon, sleep, exercise, saliva, and vapors as well as love, laughing, vengeance, and usury. Guillaume de Broutet (1739-1817) was an often overlooked figure in the psychiatric reform movement in the late 18th century. He served as Administrator or the Hôspice des Insensés in Avignon and Rector of the Pénitents Noirs de la Miséricorde, a charity dedicated to prisoners and the mentally ill. In the Avertissement of this book, he indicates that it should not be sold for profit, and anyone who receives a free copy should make a charitable donation or give the book to a charitable person. OCLC locates three copies outside Europe: DeWitt, Yale, and National Library of Medicine.
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The Congo and the founding of the free state. A story of work and exploration by STANLEY, Henry M.

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Seller: Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts
Title
The Congo and the founding of the free state. A story of work and exploration
Author
STANLEY, Henry M.
Seller
Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1885. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. With frontispiece in each volume, 5 colored maps (including 2 very large folding maps in the pocket to each volume) 42 full-page engraved plates and dozens of text woodcuts. The folding maps are in excellent condition, without tears. Original publisher’s decorated cloth, very minor smudging but with bright colors; interior absolutely excellent. Withdrawn from the New Jersey Historical Society, with their bookplate indicating a gift from Marcus S. Ward and their inconspicuous blindstamp on each title. A wonderful copy. First American edition, published the same time in London. Already a famous explorer, Stanley was approached by King Leopold II of the Belgians to assist in opening up the Congo region for development and “westernization,” although his main intent was to exploit the natural resources of the region for himself. Between 1879 and 1894, Stanley built a road from the lower Congo to Stanley Pool, launching steamers on the upper river. Despite entering into treaties with local chieftains, he assisted Leopold to fully exploit the entire area, often with cruel acts against the indigenous population (including his own porters). In this, his journalistic recitation of his time spent there, he details the social and economic evolution of the area in the creation of the Congo Free State. Stanley (1841-1904), though born in Wales, spent many years in the United States, actually fighting in the Civil War for both the Confederate and Union armies. Most famous for his exploration of the African Continent and his locating the missionary and explorer David Livingstone, he was revered as a romantic explorer and journalist despite also being known for his cruelty and disregard of African natives.
College Confidential (Original banner poster for the 1960 film)

College Confidential (Original banner poster for the 1960 film) by Albert Zugsmith (director); Irving Shulman (screenwriter); Steve Allen, Jayne Meadows, Walter Winchell, Mamie Van Doren (starring)

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Seller: Royal Books
Title
College Confidential (Original banner poster for the 1960 film)
Author
Albert Zugsmith (director); Irving Shulman (screenwriter); Steve Allen, Jayne Meadows, Walter Winchell, Mamie Van Doren (starring)
Seller
Royal Books (United States)
Description
Universal City: Universal International Pictures, 1960. Vintage full color banner poster for the 1960 film, with a "Classified By Ontario Board of Censors as Adult Entertainment" label on the lower right. Rare in this format. Steve Allen stars as a sociology professor accused of corrupting the students morals after conducting a survey about their lifestyles and sexual habits. An unofficial follow-up to the hit 1958 film "High School Confidential!" 118.5 x 24 inches. Very Good plus, with censor label partially detached. Bright and unfaded.
1940s Cotton Handkerchief of Young Women Athletes

1940s Cotton Handkerchief of Young Women Athletes

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Seller: White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
Title
1940s Cotton Handkerchief of Young Women Athletes
Seller
White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
1946. Near Fine. Colorful and fun handkerchief depicting young women, college aged, playing tennis, basketball, and golf, riding horses, running and swimming. The single exception is a vignette of two women lying comfortable in a tree's shade, both reading a book, a Greek colonnaded building, suggestive of a university building, in the background. N.d., but from the hair styles and fashion clearly from the 1940s, and probably from just after the end of the Second World War. The design of the hankie is a deft and seamless collage. Supplementing the figurative vignettes of the active women -- we would say there are seven separate such vignettes, each with one or two women engaged in the particular activity -- the tree that forms the center is dotted with small vignettes of objects integral to some of the activities -- tennis racquets, golf clubs, books. Acting to separate the larger figurative vignettes from one another are enlarged abstracted oak leaves which we believe are deliberately shaped to suggest swans. This being a hankie celebrating active vigorous women, men may be absent from the artwork but are of clearly on the minds of the nubile women, as suggested by the carved initials and heart on the tree trunk! The hankie is about 50 cm square, or not quite 20 inches square. We do not know who made this hankie, nor how many might have been made. Surely there are few, if any, survivals of it. We spot two tiny pinprick holes in the fabric. Nothing of the design is lost, and the colors remain vibrant.
Reflections Upon Some of the Subjects in Dispute, Between the Author of the Divine Legation of Moses, and a Late Professor in the University of Oxford

Reflections Upon Some of the Subjects in Dispute, Between the Author of the Divine Legation of Moses, and a Late Professor in the University of Oxford by A Layman [Andrew Wilson]

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Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Title
Reflections Upon Some of the Subjects in Dispute, Between the Author of the Divine Legation of Moses, and a Late Professor in the University of Oxford
Author
A Layman [Andrew Wilson]
Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
London: Printed for the Author; and Sold by W. Griffin, 1766. Very Good. London: Printed for the Author; and Sold by W. Griffin, [1766]. First Edition. Octavo. 118 pages. Bound in 19th century boards with leather spine and tips with gilt lettering to spine. Chipped at extremities with loss to bottom of spine. General scuffing and rubbing to boards. Ownership stamp to boards and preliminaries. Cracked at front hinge but binding is holding. Some toning to pages. Manuscript annotations to title page in pen and pencil identifying, apparently correctly, the subjects of the books as William Warburton and Robert Lowth, as well as the author, Andrew Wilson. The Warburton/Lowth controversy stemmed from the former's defense of orthodox Christian belief, the first part of which was originally published in 1738. No copies found in retail or auction records. [Halkett p. 2113].
ORIGINAL "LADY SINGS THE BLUES" LOBBY CARD SET (x8)

ORIGINAL "LADY SINGS THE BLUES" LOBBY CARD SET (x8)

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Title
ORIGINAL "LADY SINGS THE BLUES" LOBBY CARD SET (x8)
Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
Cleveland: LPIU, 1972. Set of 8 lobby cards (14 in. x 11 in.) In Very Good condition. Light age toning and light wear to corners and edges, with yellow stain to back top right corner of all cards. FJ Consignment. Shelved in Rockville Room A. 1375693. Special Collections - Upstairs.
Why We Lost: A General's Inside Account of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars

Why We Lost: A General's Inside Account of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars by Daniel Bolger

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Title
Why We Lost: A General's Inside Account of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars
Author
Daniel Bolger
Seller
Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA (United States)
ISBN
9780544370487
Condition
Fine
Description
First Edition/First Printing with the complete number line: A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket with no visible flaws. Not remaindered, not price-clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar cover and will ship securely wrapped in a sturdy box.

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