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Manuscript on paper, written in one fine legible hand, entitled on label of the first volume: “Gakkaroku” 樂家錄 [“{Kyoto} Imperial Court Music & Dances Musicological Encyclopedia”]

Manuscript on paper, written in one fine legible hand, entitled on label of the first volume: “Gakkaroku” 樂家錄 [“{Kyoto} Imperial Court Music & Dances Musicological Encyclopedia”] by ABE, Suenao [but correctly Suehisa]

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Manuscript on paper, written in one fine legible hand, entitled on label of the first volume: “Gakkaroku” 樂家錄 [“{Kyoto} Imperial Court Music & Dances Musicological Encyclopedia”]
Author
ABE, Suenao [but correctly Suehisa]
Seller
Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description
Many illus., mostly in black but some in red, pink, gray, green, yellow, blue, etc. Ca. 1821 folding leaves of text. 1083 chapters in 50 parts in 54 vols. (parts 14 & 15 in one vol., parts 24, 34, 42, & 47 in two vols. each, plus one vol. of table of contents). 8vo (266 x 188 mm.), orig. blue wrappers, orig. manuscript labels on each upper wrapper, new stitching. [Probably Kyoto: written in 1690 & this is a mid-Edo copy]. A rare and extremely important text, finely illustrated and complete in 50 parts; it remained unpublished until 1936. WorldCat lists no copy of this manuscript in North America (the NYPL’s copy is a microfilm). This “monumental fifty-volume work of encyclopedic nature on gagaku” (Fukushima & Nelson), was written by Suenao Abe (1622-1708), a 17th-generation specialist performer on the hichiriki (a double-reed flute). Gagaku refers to all traditional court music of Japan. The word is written in Japanese with two Chinese characters that signify “elegant music.” Its origins are Chinese, but the Japanese borrowed only the Chinese court entertainment music and not the ritual music. “The Gakkaroku by Abe Suenao was compiled in 1690. At that time, the author (born in 1622) was 68 and looked back to a long experience in the service of the Imperial court in Kyoto. The Abe family was specialized in hichiriki playing and in bugaku since many generations. Suenao was excellent in both. He made a special study of the percussion patterns, to which a large part of the Gakkaroku is devoted, dealing separately with every instrument. Bugaku also is most thoroughly described. The Gakkaroku was greatly admired ever since it was completed, and is very highly thought of by modern scholars. Together with the Kyokunsho and the Taigensho it forms the body of the Gakusho’ no sandaibu, the three orthodox compendia of musical knowledge… “Abe Suenao died in 1708, at the age of 87, 160 years before the great refurbishing of Imperial court music during the Meiji restoration. His well documented work was one of the pillars to support the newly restored gagaku.”–Eta Harich-Schneider, “Roei: The Medieval Court Songs of Japan” in Monumenta Nipponica, Vol. 14, No. 1/2 (April-July 1958), p. 106. This encyclopedia of Japanese musicology immediately became a standard work, and copies were quickly made and circulated. As noted above, it remained in manuscript for nearly 250 years and was not published until 1936. This encyclopedia is incredibly rich in detail, revealing Abe’s great scholarship. For example, the corpus of musical works past and present is given with lyrics and notation, and the sections on theory and notation are extensive. The descriptions of all the musical instruments include information on their origins and structures, and instructions for how to manufacture, practice and play them. Shishinden’s theater and stage settings are described in very considerable detail and illustrated. Names of performers and dancers are given with their family trees. Abe also lists the most famous and popular pieces of many periods; important ritual performances listed by month; the sequence within performances; the greatest performers of the past; styles of dances; and extensive lists of musical pieces for dances. Descriptions of costumes, masks, and headgear are provided along with illustrations. Many performances of the past and their settings are fully elaborated. This work is wonderfully bibliographical as well: Abe provides in the final text volume a list of earlier reference books and manuscripts. The illustrations also include images of the musical instruments. Some worming, occasionally touching text (but not badly), but a fine set. Preserved in five chitsu. ❧ Kazuo Fukushima & Steven G. Nelson, “The Documentary Sources of Japanese Music” in Fontes Artis Musicae, Vol. 43, No. 2 (April-June 1996), p. 182.
Alessandro Albrizzi (Two original photographs, circa 1950s)

Alessandro Albrizzi (Two original photographs, circa 1950s) by [Alessandro Albrizzi]

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Alessandro Albrizzi (Two original photographs, circa 1950s)
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[Alessandro Albrizzi]
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Royal Books (United States)
Description
Paris: William Morris Agency, 1950. ry Good Plus overall, with faint foxing and slight curling.
Myra's Bed (Original photograph from the 1967 film)

Myra's Bed (Original photograph from the 1967 film) by William Gaston (director); Ralph G. Edwards, Patricia Moore (starring)

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Myra's Bed (Original photograph from the 1967 film)
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William Gaston (director); Ralph G. Edwards, Patricia Moore (starring)
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Royal Books (United States)
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N.p.: N.p., 1967. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1967 film. Myra, married to an older man who is unaware of her infidelities, invites a number of customers from the cafe she works over to her house for sex one night her husband is away and dies at the hand of vicious sadist. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good, with a diagonal crease to the top left corner.
Strange Sisters: The Art of Lesbian Pulp Fiction 1949-1969 (First Edition)

Strange Sisters: The Art of Lesbian Pulp Fiction 1949-1969 (First Edition) by [Lesbiana] Jaye Zimet

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Strange Sisters: The Art of Lesbian Pulp Fiction 1949-1969 (First Edition)
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[Lesbiana] Jaye Zimet
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Royal Books (United States)
Description
New York: Penguin / Viking Studio, 1999. First Edition. First Edition, a trade softcover original. As New. Fine in perfect-bound wrappers. Illustrated in color throughout. A cornerstone guide to the artists and artwork from the golden era of lesbiana paperbacks.
The Fighting Guardsman (Original photograph from the 1946 film)

The Fighting Guardsman (Original photograph from the 1946 film) by Alexandre Dumas (novel); Henry Levin (director); Edward Dein, Franz Schulz writing as Franz Spencer (screenwriter); Willard Parker, Anita Louise, Janis Carter, John Loder, Edgar Buchanan (starring)

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The Fighting Guardsman (Original photograph from the 1946 film)
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Alexandre Dumas (novel); Henry Levin (director); Edward Dein, Franz Schulz writing as Franz Spencer (screenwriter); Willard Parker, Anita Louise, Janis Carter, John Loder, Edgar Buchanan (starring)
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Royal Books (United States)
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Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1946. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1946 film. Based on the 1857 novel "The Companions of Jehu" by Alexandre Dumas. In the days leading up to the French Revolution, a baron steals the king's tax profits to give them back to the poor. Set in France. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus.
The Life of Sir Richard Burton

The Life of Sir Richard Burton by Wright, Thomas, 1859-1936

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The Life of Sir Richard Burton
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Wright, Thomas, 1859-1936
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McBlain Books (United States)
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Very Good
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London: Everett & Co, 1906. 1st ed. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 vols. frontis, photos and illustrations, index, xxix, [2], 32-291, x, [2], [14]-291p. Original red cloth. 23cm. Both backstrips are faded; the backstrip on Vol. II is also rather spotted. Ends of backstrips rubbed. Minor foxing. Five adjacent illustrations stick out a little and appear to have been reglued without completely reseating them. Cover edges slightly soiled. No Jackets. Penzer [and others] have attacked this biography, especially Wright's statement that Burton took three-fourth's of his Arabian Nights from John Payne's version. [See pp. 312-322 in Penzer's An Annotated Bibliography of Sir Richard Francis Burton].
The Democratic Record: Disloyalty to the Constitution! Sympathy with Rebellion! Fraud! Theft! Robbery and Plunder by the Million! The Mission of the Party Consummated by Tammany

The Democratic Record: Disloyalty to the Constitution! Sympathy with Rebellion! Fraud! Theft! Robbery and Plunder by the Million! The Mission of the Party Consummated by Tammany

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The Democratic Record: Disloyalty to the Constitution! Sympathy with Rebellion! Fraud! Theft! Robbery and Plunder by the Million! The Mission of the Party Consummated by Tammany
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Eclectibles (United States)
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Age toning. Crease marks. Fading. Minor tears to the rough paper edge.
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New York, 1872. Age toning. Crease marks. Fading. Minor tears to the rough paper edge.. A political flyer condemning the corruption by the Democratic Party, and more specifically the Tammany Hall and its Grand Sachem, William M. Tweed (1823-1878). Tammany Hall, alternately called the Tammany Society, Society of St. Tammany, the Sons of St. Tammany, or the Colombian Order, was a political organization in New York that was first founded in 1786. Tammany Hall had particular influence over the Democratic Party and New York City and New York State Politics. Tammany Hall was also know for its graft and political corruption, but even more so under the rule of William M. Tweed, who supposedly swindled the New York tax payers out of $25 to $45 million dollars, though later more recent estimates have placed that number as high as $200 million. This 8 page flyer, most likely printed on behalf of the Republican party, details out the expenditures of the Democratic Party between 1860-1870. What is interesting is that the flyer never names Tweed specifically, but rather the Democratic Party and Tammany Hall. The flyer however does point out some corruption on the part of the Republican Party, but, it continues on to assert that "a few dishonest men may have crept into position where for a season they exercised their dishonest purposes against the public funds; but this much is safe to say: all the moneys stolen by Republican officials during the ten years and half of the rule of that party , is not sufficient to pay the annual interest of the amounts stolen by the Democratic national administrations or upon the sums plundered from the people of the Country and State of New York during the last few years." The flyer ends with this last argument against the Democratic Party: "This is the Democratic record, made up from its own history. It ever has been, and it ever will be, a thieving, depredating, unprincipled cabal, whose only impulse has been self-aggrandizement, though it cost of national treasure, life and honor to accomplish its nefarious ends. It cannot change its disposition and policy in this respect any more than forty thieves could refrain from robbery when temptation afforded an opportunity. In view of history, no honest Republican, no candid Democrat, can vote for or give countenance to Democratic nominees, no matter how insignificant the trust for which they have been named." 8 folded pages. Paper has rough edges. OCLC 2 (Oct 2019, one is dated 1871 the other 1872, but appears to be the same item) Measures 9 1/4" x 6" (folded), 18 1/2' x 11 3/4
AUNT LOUISA'S KEEPSAKE

AUNT LOUISA'S KEEPSAKE by [Bowen, C. E.]; [Valentine, L.]

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AUNT LOUISA'S KEEPSAKE
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[Bowen, C. E.]; [Valentine, L.]
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Type Punch Matrix (United States)
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Very good.
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London; New York: Frederick Warne and Co.; Scribner, Welford, and Co, 1868. First edition. Very good.. Beautifully illustrated Victorian collection of tales to be read in different seasons, featuring chromolithographs by Kronheim and Dalziels. In variant green cloth binding. Includes "Sing a Song of Sixpence," "Robin Hood," "Robin's Christmas Eve," and "The Sea Side." Four charming drawings have been added to blank pages by a former owner, including an amusing illustration of a woman being laced into a corset, labeled "Endurance." 10.5'' x 8.75''. Original green cloth with gilt stamped titles and designs. 24 full-page chromolithographs. [74] leaves, printed one side only. Several pencil drawings tipped onto blanks. Gilt somewhat faded, with repairs to edges and joints. Endpapers renewed. Pages uniformly lightly toned, with some soil and occasional light offsetting from illustrations. Plates vivid.
Republic of China yearbook 1991-92

Republic of China yearbook 1991-92

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Republic of China yearbook 1991-92
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Rulon-Miller Books (United States)
Description
[Taipei]: Kwang Hwa Publishing Company, 1991. First edition, 8vo, pp. xxi, [1], 663, [3]; map endpapers, color illustrations throughout; front hinge starting, else very good in original pictorial laminate boards. General information about Taiwan, including the year in review, history, language, government and law, elections and political parties, national defense, among other subjects, and 4 in-depth biographies of Sun Yat-sen, Lee Teng-hui, Li Luan-zu, and Hau Pei-tsun.
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Chinese Folk Art II: In American Collections, From Early 15th Century to Early 20th Century by Zeng, Youhe

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Chinese Folk Art II: In American Collections, From Early 15th Century to Early 20th Century
Author
Zeng, Youhe
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Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
Condition
G+ (Ex-library, with label and bookplate, previous owner's name on title page, some marks, otherwise quite nice.)
Description
Honolulu, Hawaii: The University Press of Hawaii, 1977. Softcover. G+ (Ex-library, with label and bookplate, previous owner's name on title page, some marks, otherwise quite nice.). White & decorated wraps, xvii, 159 pp., more than 130 BW illustrations, 6 color plates. Issued in conjunction with a 1977 exhibition, "dedicated to Chinese-Americans in celebration of the bicentennial year of United States 1976." Includes examples of utilitarian objects (bamboo constructs, basketry, textiles, wooden utensils, lacquered leathers, gourds, pewter, and silver) as well as sumbolic attributes (domestic god statues, woodblock prints, folk paintings, tile-engraving, paper crafts, and papercuts).

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