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Stuarts by MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS FOSTER J. J.

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Stuarts
Author
MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS FOSTER J. J.
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Bauman Rare Books (United States)
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1902. First Edition. (MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS) FOSTER, J.J. The Stuarts. Being Illustrations of the Personal History of the Family (Especially Mary Queen of Scots) in XVIth, XVIIth and XVIIIth Century Art. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1902. Two volumes. Folio (10-1/2 by 15 inches), full period-style red morocco, raised bands, gilt-decorated boards and spines, top edges gilt, uncut. $4500.Signed limited first American ""Edition de Luxe,"" number 20 of only 75 copies signed by the author, with two hand-colored frontispiece portraits, over 90 folio plates (two hand-colored), and numerous in-text illustrations.""In the following pages an attempt is made to illustrate the characters, the persons, and some of the surroundings of the principal members of this ill-fated house; and, incidentally, of their friends and foes, from the days of James V. of Scotland down to those of Prince Charles Edward, in whose person the Stuarts may be said to have made their last appearance as a political force."" Although focused on portraiture, the plates also include maps, scenes, and document facsimiles. Issued the same year in London in both trade and limited editions, as in New York. Ink shelf number to verso of title page in Volume I.Scattered marginal faint foxing, not affecting images on plates; beuatifully bound.
Clementi's Introduction to the Art of playing on the Piano Forte: Containing, the Elements of Music; Preliminary notions on Fingering with Examples; and Fifty fingered Lessons, In the major and minor keys mostly in use by Composers of the first rank, Ancient and Modern: To which are prefixed short Preludes by the Author ... Price 10s. 6d. [Op. 42]

Clementi's Introduction to the Art of playing on the Piano Forte: Containing, the Elements of Music; Preliminary notions on Fingering with Examples; and Fifty fingered Lessons, In the major and minor keys mostly in use by Composers of the first rank, Ancient and Modern: To which are prefixed short Preludes by the Author ... Price 10s. 6d. [Op. 42] by CLEMENTI, Muzio 1752-1832

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Clementi's Introduction to the Art of playing on the Piano Forte: Containing, the Elements of Music; Preliminary notions on Fingering with Examples; and Fifty fingered Lessons, In the major and minor keys mostly in use by Composers of the first rank, Ancient and Modern: To which are prefixed short Preludes by the Author ... Price 10s. 6d. [Op. 42]
Author
CLEMENTI, Muzio 1752-1832
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J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
Description
London: Clementi, Banger, Hyde, Collard & Davis No. 26, Cheapside. where may be had, as a Supplement to the above Work, Clementi's Six Progressive fingered Sonatinas, 1806. Folio. Disbound. 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 63, [i] (blank) pp. Watermark 1806. Occasional markings in pen, some dashes, and the final notes of the 23rd lesson cancelled, p. 35. Slightly worn; minor soiling to blank lower margins; occasional small tears to lower edges; occasional repairs, including to lower outer corner of title, with outer margin of blank verso reinforced; lower portion of blank outer margin of first page reinforced. First Edition, later issue of this highly influential work. Tyson p. 84. RISM C3080 (two copies only). The "preliminaries" include observations on "Clefs; The Scale, or Gamut; Exercise for treble notes; Exercise for bass notes; Intervals; Example of the Natural or Diatonic scale; Example of Intervals; Tenor, Counter-tenor, and Soprano clefs explained; Figure, Length, and relative Value of Notes; Time and its divisions; Sharps, and Flats, &c.; Various other marks; Abbreviations; Style, Graces, and marks of Expression, &c.; Appogiaturas, and other Graces in small notes explained; Turns, Shakes, and Beats, explained; Major, and Minor Modes or Keys; Explanation of Various Terms; Fingering; Extensions and Contractions &c. ... Intended for the complete beginner, it starts off with a compact explanation of musical notation and elementary theory, including time-signatures, tonalities, and ornamentation, and then proceeds to specifically pianistic matters such as hand position... and fingering. A series of exercises follows: scales, arpeggios, and, surprisingly early on, passages in thirds and sixths. The bulk of Clementi's Introduction is a remarkable series of fifty 'lessons' - short pieces of various kinds and various grades of difficulty by diverse composers. They are arranged by keys (eighteen of the twenty-four are represented), and each group is prefaced with a prelude by Clementi. These 'lessons' provide further evidence of the scale and range of Clementi's activities as a collector of music during this period. Compositions of Cavalli, Bach [J.S. and C.P.E], Handel, D. Scarlatti, Couperin, and Rameau are placed alongside pieces by Haydn and Pleyel, and by Clementi's younger contemporaries, Cramer, Dussek, and Beethoven... J.S. Bach is represented by the Polonaise and Minuet from the Sixth French Suite in E major [Lesson XLVIII, pp. 62-63, BWV817]. This is one of several first printings of Bach for which Clementi was responsible during this period, none of which, so far as I can ascertain, has been recognized as such. .. The Introduction also features one of Beethoven's earliest appearances in print in England [Lesson XXXIX, p. 52]... his slight 'Ländlerischer Tanz' - Clementi calls it a waltz - in D major, WO 11 ... The ageing Beethoven thought highly of it; Schindler tells us this, and several of the composer's letters from 1825 and 1826 record his efforts to secure more copies of the work ... The fullest testimony we have as to Beethoven's regard for Clementi's music is that of the composer's assistant Anton Felix Schindler: He had nothing by Haydn or Cherubini; of Mozart's music he had a part of the score of Don Giovanni and many sonatas. Almost all of Clementi's sonatas were at hand. He had the greatest admiration for these sonatas, considering them the most beautiful, the most pianistic of works, both for their lovely, pleasing, original melodies and for the consistent, easily followed form of each movement... The musical education of his beloved nephew was confined for many years almost exclusively to the playing of Clementi sonatas." Plantinga: Clementi, pp. 164-167, 310. "This tutor was designed primarily as a succinct introduction to the basic knowledge required by the rapidly-growing class of amateur music-makers. Nevertheless, the brief remarks and exercises were sufficient to reveal to the observant reader and skillful teacher of the time the germ of the new technical skills and interpretative knowledge needed for performance of the emerging piano literature. Thus, this volume, which was more up-to-date than many others written between 1800 and 1820, discloses significant details concerning the transitional state of keyboard performance at the turn of the century, some twenty years after the pianoforte achieved primacy among the keyboard instruments." Sandra P. Rosenblum in her introduction to a facsimile of the second issue of the work published in New York by Da Capo in 1974.
Tom Swift and His Motor Boat

Tom Swift and His Motor Boat by Victor Appleton

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Tom Swift and His Motor Boat
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Victor Appleton
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Fine
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Published in New York by Grosset & Dunlap, 1924. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. EARLY PRINTING of Victor Appleton's "Tom Swift and His Motor Boat." Published in New York by Grosset & Dunlap in 1924. Early Printing. Book near fine with only spotting on top edge. DJ very good with sun fading.
Black Images. Volume 1 Number 1 & Number 3 & 4. A Critical Quarterly on Black Culture

Black Images. Volume 1 Number 1 & Number 3 & 4. A Critical Quarterly on Black Culture

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Black Images. Volume 1 Number 1 & Number 3 & 4. A Critical Quarterly on Black Culture
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James Cummins Bookseller (United States)
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Wrapers. About fine
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Toronto Ontario, 1972. 32,; 67, [1]pp. With errata in Vol.I. 4to. Wrapers. About fine. 32,; 67, [1]pp. With errata in Vol.I. 4to.
RUDI GERNREICH [1969] Set of 2 photos

RUDI GERNREICH [1969] Set of 2 photos by Warner Brothers

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RUDI GERNREICH [1969] Set of 2 photos
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Warner Brothers
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Walterfilm, Inc. (United States)
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About Fine
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Warner Brothers. No binding. About Fine. Los Angeles: Warner Brothers, [1969]. Set of two vintage original 8 x 10" (20 x 25 cm) black-and-white glossy photos. Tape remnant and pencil notation on front of one portrait. Overall about fine. Rudi Gernreich (1922-1985) was an Austrian-born American fashion designer whose avant-garde clothing designs are generally regarded as the most innovative and dynamic fashion of the 1960s. He purposefully used fashion design as a social statement to advance sexual freedom, producing clothes that followed the natural form of the female body, freeing them from the constraints of high fashion. He was a founding member of and financially supported the early activities of the Mattachine Society, which was a very early gay rights organization. He consciously pushed the boundaries of acceptable fashion and used his designs as an opportunity to comment on social issues and to expand society's perception of what was acceptable. (Wikipedia) Gernreich is photographed with a model wearing his creation for the 1969 Warner Brothers film 2000 Years Later. The second photo is from approximately the same period.
Dandelion Wine

Dandelion Wine by Bradbury, Ray

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Dandelion Wine
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Bradbury, Ray
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Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
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Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1988. Fine. Joseph Mugnaini. octavo, 269 pages; publisher's red full-leather binding, decorated in gilt; all edges gilt. Silk moire end papers, silk bookmark. Publisher's "Collector's Notes" and Easton bookplate (unused) laid in. A lovely production of Bradbury's first book.
Luc Tuymans: Exhibitions at David Zwirner

Luc Tuymans: Exhibitions at David Zwirner by TUYMAN, Luc (artist); Donna WINGATE (editor); Tommy SIMOENS (editor); Brice MARDEN (contributor); Robert STORR (contributor); Madeleine GRYNSZTEJN (contributor); Helen MOLESWORTH (contributor); Lynne TILLMAN (contributor)

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Luc Tuymans: Exhibitions at David Zwirner
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TUYMAN, Luc (artist); Donna WINGATE (editor); Tommy SIMOENS (editor); Brice MARDEN (contributor); Robert STORR (contributor); Madeleine GRYNSZTEJN (contributor); Helen MOLESWORTH (contributor); Lynne TILLMAN (contributor)
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Riverrun Books & Manuscripts (United States)
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9789461300720
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A clean copy
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Belgium: Ludion, 2013. Revised and reprinted. A clean copy. 11.5 x 9.75 inches. 224 pages. Profusely illustrated in color. Original cloth; pictorial dust jacket. "The famous David Zwirner Gallery in New York has been a base of operations for the Belgian painter Luc Tuymans since 1994. At the start of his career, Tuymans committed himself to showing a new series of works there once every two years--a promise that he kept, and continues to keep, 18 years on, as his tempered style and political content have steadily garnered him worldwide acclaim. Tuymans' thematic exhibitions at the Zwirner Gallery have tackled controversial topics, ranging from the Holocaust to Belgium's colonial past and the hypocrisy of the Disney empire. Luc Tuymans: Exhibitions at David Zwirner 1994-2012 presents the artist's major works, together with brief commentary, photographs and archival documentation. Interviews with four leading U.S. critics--Ann Temkin, Brice Marden, Peter Schjeldahl and Robert Storr--that were conducted specially for this publication by Lynne Tillman discuss Tuymans' presence in the U.S" (the publisher).
American Book Auction Catalogues 1713-1934: A Union List
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American Book Auction Catalogues 1713-1934: A Union List by McKay, George L., compiler; introduction by Clarence S. Brigham

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American Book Auction Catalogues 1713-1934: A Union List
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McKay, George L., compiler; introduction by Clarence S. Brigham
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James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.) (United States)
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9781578981311
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Fine Condition
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Mansfield Centre, CT: Martino, N. d.. Hardcover. Fine Condition. Limited edition facsimile of the original 1937 edition published by The New York Public Library.
OMAR; DESIGNED TO ILLUSTRATE THE JEWISH HISTORY FROM B. C. 63, TO THE BIRTH OF CHRIST

OMAR; DESIGNED TO ILLUSTRATE THE JEWISH HISTORY FROM B. C. 63, TO THE BIRTH OF CHRIST by American Sunday-School Union

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OMAR; DESIGNED TO ILLUSTRATE THE JEWISH HISTORY FROM B. C. 63, TO THE BIRTH OF CHRIST
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American Sunday-School Union
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Black Swan Books, Inc. (United States)
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Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 1835. Quarter Leather. Very Good binding. The American Sunday-School Union’s edition of Omar: Designed to Illustrate the Jewish History from B.C. 63 to the Birth of Christ. Engraved frontispiece and additional in text illustrations. Sunday School name and number on the front pastedown, in ink. Scattered foxing. Quarter red leather, with gilt lettering, over marbled paper boards. Very Good. Very Good binding.
Parley's Poetical Present

Parley's Poetical Present by Chap Book

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Parley's Poetical Present
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Chap Book
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Royoung bookseller, Inc. (United States)
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Delft blue decorated covers
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Worcester: J. Grout, Jr., Nd. Wraps. Delft blue decorated covers. 24 pages. 14 x 9 cm. Illustrated with ten wood engravings, most are full page. Interior contents clean, nick to front cover margin.
Stand by the Republican Colors! Speech of Hon. Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts, at Great Falls, New Hampshire, February 24, 1872

Stand by the Republican Colors! Speech of Hon. Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts, at Great Falls, New Hampshire, February 24, 1872 by Wilson, Henry, 1812-1875

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Stand by the Republican Colors! Speech of Hon. Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts, at Great Falls, New Hampshire, February 24, 1872
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Wilson, Henry, 1812-1875
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McBlain Books (United States)
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{Washington?]: Publisher not identified, 1872. Very Good. 8p. No separate wrapper present. 25cm. Later horizontal folds (perhaps for mailing). Modest browning. Speech delivered in support of the Republican candidates and especially the re-election of President Grant along with himself (Wilson) as Vice President (to replace Schuyler Colfax). Unfortunately Wilson had little time to fully enjoy his term as Vice President, suffering a serious stroke in 1873 and a fatal stroke two years later.
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The 150th Anniversary of the Birth of Abraham Lincoln by Joint Session of Congress

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The 150th Anniversary of the Birth of Abraham Lincoln
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Joint Session of Congress
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Ed's Editions Bookstore (United States)
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Good
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United States Government Printing Office, 1959-01-01. hardcover. Good. 8x10x1. Clean, has good binding, no marks or notations, light wear to the hardcover, bookplate on front end paper. LF (S.U.)