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NOBLE JEU DE BILLARD. COUPS EXTRAORDINAIRES ET SURPRENANTS by (BILLIARDS). MINGAUD, FRANÇOIS

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Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts

Title: NOBLE JEU DE BILLARD. COUPS EXTRAORDINAIRES ET SURPRENANTS
Author: (BILLIARDS). MINGAUD, FRANÇOIS
Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
Description: [Paris: s.n., 1827. FIRST EDITION. 339 x 247 mm. (13 1/4 x 9 3/4"). 3 p.l., 40 pp. Contemporary (presumably original) wine red moiré silk, upper cover framed by gilt rule with elaborately curling passionflower vines at corners, lower cover with gilt centerpiece, flat spine, white moiré-textured endpapers. Lithographed throughout. With portrait of the author and 40 FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS of billiard shots, the billiard ball in motion colored by hand red, blue, or yellow. Spine slightly sunned, very minor wear to the fragile binding, the final five leaves with a couple of light but noticeable (wax?) stains. Even with this one problem, a really excellent copy, the silk binding surprisingly well preserved, and the lithographs still sharp. In an attractive contemporary silk binding, this quite rare, entirely lithographed "Noble Game of Billiards" represents a major sporting publication composed by a former convict whose accomplishments at the felted table were widely acknowledged. Made up of 40 plates, enhanced here with contemporary hand-coloring, the book lays out the exact technique of various shots, the trajectories of the balls charmingly demonstrated with coiled lines indicating the spin imparted. Our author, French infantry officer and billiards master François Mingaud (1771-1847), is best known for pioneering the leather tip for a billiards cue, allowing for greater precision and spin. A rather colorful character, he had become an expert in billiards while imprisoned at Bicêtre for support of the anti-Napoleonic conspiracy of Georges Cadoudal. Following his release in 1807, he toured Europe, demonstrating his trick shots and overall mastery of the game and then composed the present work to share his knowledge and further cement the reputation he had established. While not the first book published on billiards--rules of the game had appeared in general gaming books starting in the 17th century, and a couple of billiards-specific books had been published in the early 19th century--this a landmark publication, being the first to discuss comprehensively the game as we know it today. "Noble Jeu de Billiard" is rare: OCLC finds only two copies of the first edition in institutional collections, one in the United States, and we are able to trace just three copies at auction..

The Loco Logodaedalist In Situ: Selected Poems 1968-70. Embellishments by Joe Tilson. Notes by the Poet by WILLIAMS, Jonathan

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Seller: James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC

Title: The Loco Logodaedalist In Situ: Selected Poems 1968-70. Embellishments by Joe Tilson. Notes by the Poet
Author: WILLIAMS, Jonathan
Seller: James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC (United States)
Condition: Fine copy in slightly worn glassine.
Description: London: Cape Goliard Press, 1971. First edition. One of 50 numbered copies signed by JW. Jaffe A67. Fine copy in slightly worn glassine.. 8vo, pictorial endpapers by Lyle Bonge, red cloth, glassine dust jacket. Fine copy in slightly worn glassine.

Autograph Letter Signed sent to Glenn Frank, later Associate Editor (1919-1922), and editor (1922-1925) Century magazine followed by President of the University of Wisconsin (1925-1937) by Steffens, Lincoln, 1866-1936

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Title: Autograph Letter Signed sent to Glenn Frank, later Associate Editor (1919-1922), and editor (1922-1925) Century magazine followed by President of the University of Wisconsin (1925-1937)
Author: Steffens, Lincoln, 1866-1936
Seller: McBlain Books (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good. Single sheet folded in half to make four pages. Embossed letterhead stamp (The Players -- a private New York Club frequented by Steffens). 18 x 11 cm. as folded. No envelope present. Slighty browning on large portion of last page. Steffens' handwriting is difficult for us to decipher. The body of the letter seems to discuss a proposed or imagined lecture tour for Steffens and his experience talking about that with someone from or with an interest in Russia and maybe others. Steffens soon became much less popular in the United States with his general endorsement of the Russia Revolution and the utopian society being created there. A lengthy P. S. asks Glenn to donate or raise $200 for some specific labor cause for which someone had offered to donate $1000 if Steffens could raise a matching amount -- he appears to claim that he has $600 committed. Glenn may have been employed by Filenes in Boston at this time or may have already been employed at Century. Steffens was an important muckraking journalist.

American Poetry: The Twentieth Century. Volume Two, E.E. Cummings to May Swenson. by [POETRY ANTHOLOGY].

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Title: American Poetry: The Twentieth Century. Volume Two, E.E. Cummings to May Swenson.
Author: [POETRY ANTHOLOGY].
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller-ABAA (United States)
Description: NY: Library of America, (2000).. First edition.. xxxii + 1009 pp w/notes, index of titles & first lines, & index of poets. Very near fine in near fine dust jacket.

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