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American ornithology; or, The natural history of the birds of the United States . . . . ; American ornithology; or, The natural history of birds inhabiting the United States, not given by Wilson by WILSON, Alexander; BONAPARTE, Charles Lucien`

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Title: American ornithology; or, The natural history of the birds of the United States . . . . ; American ornithology; or, The natural history of birds inhabiting the United States, not given by Wilson
Author: WILSON, Alexander; BONAPARTE, Charles Lucien`
Seller: Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description: Philadelphia: Bradford and Inskeep; Samuel Augustus Mitchell, 1828. FIRST EDITIONS. I. Contemporary half red roan over marbled boards, gilt spine; some wear to extremities, offsetting from plates. Ex-libris David Bixler and Lee Lawrence Stopple, with their bookplates. II. Contemporary half red roan over marbled boards, gilt spine; some wear to extremities, offsetting from plates. Ex-libris David Bixler and Lee Lawrence Stopple, with their bookplates. I. First edition of "the first truly great American ornithology . . . absolutely basic as a collector's item" (Bennett). Wilson's Ornithology was an artistic, scientific, and commercial undertaking of magisterial proportions. His plates depict 320 figures of 262 species, including 39 that were entirely new and 23 that were for the first time described sufficiently to distinguish them from European species with which they had been confused. II. First edition with the rare first issue of Volume 1. The work was subsequently purchased by Carey, Lea, and Carey, and published under their aegis. Intended as a supplement to Wilson's American Ornithology, Bonaparte describes 60 birds supposedly not treated in the original work.

Liber fluviorum; or, river scenery of France by TURNER, J.M.W.; RITCHIE, Leitch; WATTS, Alaric

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Title: Liber fluviorum; or, river scenery of France
Author: TURNER, J.M.W.; RITCHIE, Leitch; WATTS, Alaric
Seller: Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description: London: Henry G. Bohn, 1853. FIRST EDITION. Added engraved title page. With 61 steel-engraved plates by J.M.W. Turner. Contemporary blind-stamped pebbled cloth over thick boards, spine and edges a bit worn; marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. A beautiful, clean copy. First edition of the full version of Liber fluviorum. Turner’s illustrations and Ritchie’s text first appeared in slightly different forms between 1833 and 1835 in three volumes that came to be known as Turner's Annual Tours; the plates were reissued in 1837 as Rivers of France before this first printing of the full work. It was reprinted in 1857. The exquisite plates reflect the wonder of France and its rivers in the mid-nineteenth century, and Watts’ biography is one of the first after Turner’s death in 1851.

THE POETS OF GREAT BRITAIN [128 Volumes] by Wyatt, Thomas; Vaughan, Henry; et al.

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Title: THE POETS OF GREAT BRITAIN [128 Volumes]
Author: Wyatt, Thomas; Vaughan, Henry; et al.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
Description: Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1854. First U.S. Edition Thus. Hardcover. 12mo., 128 volumes. In Good plus condition. Half bound in brown leather with marbled paper boards, red band on the spine with gilded lettering and patterns. Page edges have marbled design. Boards have shelf wear and some rubbing and denting to the edges, with minor chipping to edges, and bumping to corners. End papers are marbled. Each volume has a small stamp with the name "C. H. George" on front end papers. Text block has age-toning and minor foxing. Some volumes have folding or denting to the edges of the pages. Volume 3 of "The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood" has an uncut page in the back. Volume 1 of "The Poetical Works of Lord Byron" has pencil writing on one of the first end papers. NOTE: Shelved Rockville Floor, Aisle 10, top shelf towards end on right-hand side, three boxes plus on small display box. -DS Complete listing of all contents available upon request. This edition was published by Little, Brown and Company between the years 1854-1863 and includes the works of 44 different authors from Sir Thomas Wyatt to Isaac Watts. 1376891. Special Collections.

Friends of Elbows Akimbo Present Armageddon Review (Original flyer for the 1990 avant-garde performance series) by Elbows Akimbo

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Title: Friends of Elbows Akimbo Present Armageddon Review (Original flyer for the 1990 avant-garde performance series)
Author: Elbows Akimbo
Seller: Royal Books (United States)
Description: San Francisco: N.p., 1990. Vintage flyer for a series of six performances, held on May 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, and 13, 1990, at the Intersection for the Arts in San Francisco. Elbows Akimbo was an avant-garde performance ensemble in the San Francisco underground scene of the late 1980s through the mid 1990s, founded by director Thomas Schulz and singer/songwriter, poet, and author Diana Rosalind. Intersection for the Arts is a Bay Area arts nonprofit founded in 1965 which continues its mission to this day. 8.5 x 11 inches on red paper. Some faint rubbing on bottom margin, else Near Fine.

The International Studio: An Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art, Volume Six

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Title: The International Studio: An Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art, Volume Six
Seller: Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
Condition: VG-. Binding slightly cocked and some soiling to boards, otherwise clean and unmarked.
Description: New York: Offices of the International Studio, 1899. Hardcover. VG-. Binding slightly cocked and some soiling to boards, otherwise clean and unmarked.. Quarto. Hardcover. Bound in green cloth with white titles. 298 pages with 20 pages supplementary material. Numerous b&w and some color illustrations/plates. 29 cm.

The Cabinet of Entertaining and Useful Reading

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Title: The Cabinet of Entertaining and Useful Reading
Seller: Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
Condition: VG: Wear to edges and corners. Inked name on front free end page. Foxing and tanning to the pages; nothing that seems to affect
Description: New York: Charles S. Francis & Co, 1843. Hardcover. VG: Wear to edges and corners. Inked name on front free end page. Foxing and tanning to the pages; nothing that seems to affect the reading. Tan leatherbound book with gilt text on a black plate on the spine. 288 pages; black-and-white illustrations.

Autograph Letter Signed. Philadelphia, March 30, 1840., to Edward Burd, Paris (care of Hottinguer & Co., by Steamship British Queen via England) by Coxe, Daniel W.

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Title: Autograph Letter Signed. Philadelphia, March 30, 1840., to Edward Burd, Paris (care of Hottinguer & Co., by Steamship British Queen via England)
Author: Coxe, Daniel W.
Seller: Michael Brown Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Description: quarto, three pages plus stampless address leaf, heavily stained and with hole from seal opening, but no loss of text. 1840 Brother of the late Tench Coxe, Economist and Jeffersonian politician, sends news of the "revolutionary" presidential election of William Henry Harrison to a fellow Philadelphia grandee vacationing in Europe. Coxe writes: "…Our last letter from you mentioned your intention of leaving Baden for Paris, where I presume you now are…Our political Revolution is complete and Harrison has 19 States with 234 Electoral Votes by 140,000 popular Majority besides overcoming 200,000 Officeholders and postmasters, etc. Van B.[uren] it is just ascertained gets Illinois by a very small majority which makes only 7 States out ot 26 for him including in the 7 Virginia also by a small majority of about 1000. So much for the capacity of the People to judge of [measures?] and change their Rulers when dissatisfied with their Conduct. The result of this election is surely a proud triumph for Representative Government. G[eneral] Harrison being pledged to serve but for 4 years, will it is hoped and believed prove himself an independent and not a time serving Prest. - but of his Cabinet nothing is known as yet, tho it is not supposed that H. Clay will be in it tho he may counsel and advise as a friend. Of Webster it seems to be thought his habits of [?] and otherwise will prevent his serving, tho perhaps he might make an able Minister to England as understanding thoroughly the N.E. Boundary question. In the Senate U.S. there will be a Whig Majority of about 6 after 4 March and 60 or 70 in the House. John Davis the new Govt. of Massachusetts is spoken of as Secy of the Treasury and Jno. Sergeant is mentioned by some as Secy of State, but as before said Harrison has not committed himself. Stocks and real Estate are here [?] and any important improvement must depend on financial matters and the State of the Currency and it is yet too soon to know what the next Congress (which may possibly be Convened at an early day) will do. The Banks here and elsewhere it is now believed will resume 15 Jany including the U.S. Bk with some [?] stakes themselves may yet become the fiscal agent of Govt. having nearly paid off all its debt to the US and its paper (bk notes) being, notwithstanding its former mismanagement, more current throughout the Union than any other State Bk. It is impossible however to judge correctly of its prospects in that respect, or whether a new Bk of the US may not ultimately be established. Nathaniel Prime of NY, the great Broker who retired some yrs ago from business committed suicide a few days ago, which is attributed in letters of the N. papers to a morbid state of mind from living in the Country, but many suspect that it is connected with money matters and losses - tho it is said he is rich and was happy in his family. I will try to send you the Report of the d'Hunteville case…by some private hand. It furnishes a serious lesson to Parents how they connect their family with foreigners…a marriage malaporte, the result of interested and ambitious motives on the part of the Parents… Dr. Randolph who married Miss Physick embarks shortly for France and his family are to follow in the spring. The universal confidence in the B.[ritish] Steamers and their rapid passages will soon render the voyage to and from Europe as easy as a journey to Niagara or Canada, especially those to Boston. We are going today to visit Mr. and Mrs. [Henry Alexander] Wise (Sarah Sergeant) who were married on Thursday last. Mr. W is a widower with 4 children and distinguished in Congress for talents and highmindedness but has bad health. Robt. Hare, son of Mrs. Chas. Hare, was married lately to a young French Catholic from the Island named Du Pestre which religious faith he is said to have embraced…." Daniel Coxe, a younger brother of politically prominent Tench Coxe, who had died 16 years before, was not noted for his interest in politics; rather, he was a prominent Philadelphia merchant who had turned to extensive speculation in Spanish Grant lands in Louisiana and West Florida, and spent most of his later life in litigation (detailed in his papers at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania) to confirm his claims to a large Louisiana tract on the Ouachita River. This letter is unusual for its political content, revealing Coxe's happy view of Whig William Henry Harrison's defeat of Democrat Martin Van Buren, sentiments Coxe apparently shared with his correspondent, wealthy Philadelphia lawyer Edward Shippen Burd. It's also interesting for Coxe's choice of social news that he felt would interest a fellow member of the Philadelphia upper crust – particularly the suicide of Wall Street's Nathaniel Prime, and the court battle for child custody between Boston heiress Ellen d'Hauteville and her husband, a Swiss nobleman, the moral of the story being the perils of rich Americans marrying their daughter to titled European aristocrats.

AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF REV. JAMES B. FINLEY; OR, PIONEER OF LIFE IN THE WEST by STRICKLAND, W.P. [Editor]

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Title: AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF REV. JAMES B. FINLEY; OR, PIONEER OF LIFE IN THE WEST
Author: STRICKLAND, W.P. [Editor]
Seller: Antic Hay Books (United States)
Description: Cincinnati: The Methodist Book Concern, 1854. First Edition, later printing. James B. Finlay [1781-1857]. Finley's familiarity with Native-American customs prompted Methodist Bishop McKendree to station him at the newly created Wyandot Indian mission at Upper Sandusky, Ohio. Under Finley's leadership, the mission prospered with the establishment of a church, school, farm, and store. Finley significantly improved support for the mission during a trip east in 1826 to attend the anniversary of the Methodist Mission Society. A sympathetic defender of Indian rights, Finlay was harshly critical of the federal government's removal policy that ultimately forced the Wyandot nation to relocate in Kansas in 1843. Finley was also a force in the growing antislavery movement within Methodism. 12mo., embossed dark-brown cloth, spine stamped in gilt; 455 pages. Illustrated.. Good (some wear along spine edges & little discoloration covers; bit of scattered foxing, an occasional pencil notation).

Youth in Art: #4, Summer 1966: Skol by ZEWS Studio, Sven-Eric, Ulf Geeson, Thor Ewinlind, Bob Anders, et al.

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Title: Youth in Art: #4, Summer 1966: Skol
Author: ZEWS Studio, Sven-Eric, Ulf Geeson, Thor Ewinlind, Bob Anders, et al.
Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description: New York: Tomorrow's Man Pub, 1966. Magazine. 48p. includes covers, 5.5x8.5 inches, b&w physique style photos, semi-nude with posing pouches, color centerfold, very good digest size magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Special issue focusing on Scandinavian male models.

We are Listening (Signed Broadside) by ACKERMAN, Diane

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Title: We are Listening (Signed Broadside)
Author: ACKERMAN, Diane
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
Description: Berkeley, CA: Black Oak Books, 1990. First edition. Broadside printed and designed at Okeanos Press and measuring 8" x 11." A poem from her book "Jaguar of Sweet Laughter: New and Selected Poems." Printed on the occasion of her reading at Black Oak Books. A very fine copy. Signed by Ackerman. Uncommon.

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