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Magnalia Christi Americana by MATHER Cotton

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Seller: Bauman Rare Books

Title: Magnalia Christi Americana
Author: MATHER Cotton
Seller: Bauman Rare Books (United States)
Description: 1702. First Edition. MATHER, Cotton. Magnalia Christi Americana: or, the Eccelsiastical History of New-England, from its first planting in the year 1620, unto the year of our Lord, 1698 London: Thomas Parkhurst, 1702. Folio (9 by 13 inches), contemporary full dark brown paneled speckled calf rebacked, raised bands, red morocco spine label. $15,000.The exceptionally rare and exceedingly significant first edition of Cotton Mather's salvation history of colonial Massachusetts, the ""most important 18th-century American book"" (Howes M391), including the earliest 18th-century general map of New England (often not present).No dispassionate chronicle, Mather's magnum opus is instead a monument of moral urgency and reforming zeal, ""a collection of essays, memorials and addresses intended to call a wayward generation back to the principles and practices upon which [New England] was founded"" (Magill, 557-58). In these pages, Mather portrays colonial America, most especially Massachusetts, as a land both guided by God's providential hand and threatened by the schemes of Satan. He offers numerous biographical sketchesthe most notable of his subjects arguably being Sir William Phips, Massachusetts' first royal governor, about whom the Magnalia stands as the primary contemporary source of informationand also ""preserves numerous details about the religious leaders and theological attitudes"" of his day (Peckham, 49), including such ""heretics"" as Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson, and discussions (including some methodological critiques) of the Salem witchcraft trials. In still other portions of the text, Mather ""proves himself a master of description and narration. His circumstantial stories of shipwrecks and pirates, of Indian raids, adulteries and murders must have contributed greatly to the popularity of the Magnalia in his own day"" (Magill, 561). ""Mather's Magnalia is the most famous American book of colonial times and the indispensable source for colonial social history"" (Streeter 658). Composed beginning in 1693, the Magnalia Christi Americana remains ""among the great works of English literature in the 17th century Somehow, as no one else can, Cotton Mather makes you by and by feel what the Puritan ideal was: if he does not tell just what men were, he does tell just what they wanted to be, and what loyal posterity longed to believe them"" (Wendell, 161). The book is also renowned for including ""the first general map of New England published in the 18th century"" (Schwartz & Ehrenberg, 133). The ""Mather map,"" present in this copy, is often missing. The first American edition of the Magnalia would not appear until 1820. Rare errata provided in facsimile on one leaf; the work is considered complete without it. The errata, ""which Mather caused to be printed here after he had received the book from England"" (Church 806), was printed well after the book and in America, and was originally printed on two leaves, with the recto of the first and the verso of the second leaf blank. Sabin 46392. Howes M391. Church 806. Three Centuries of American History, 51. Stevens, Bibliotheca Americana 1415. Streeter 658. Lowndes, 1512. Engraved armorial bookplate of Francis John Stainforth (1797-1866), British Anglican clergyman who served as a curate in London-area parishes and a collector of books, stamps, and shells. His library included, at the time, perhaps the largest private collection of books by women writers.Text generally quite clean. Folding map with neat three-inch archival repair to verso of one fold only; image clean and fine. Light wear to corners, rubbing to board edges. An extremely good, neatly rebacked copy.

Die Öffentliche Maskerade in Bamberg Fastnachts Montage 1833 in kolorirten Abbildungen

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Title: Die Öffentliche Maskerade in Bamberg Fastnachts Montage 1833 in kolorirten Abbildungen
Seller: White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Bamberg: Verlag der Drausnick'sche Buch und Kunsthandlung, 1833. First Edition. Hardcover. Paper pastedown on boards. Cloth spine. Modern cloth clamshell box. Very Good. A spectacular, and scarce, festival processional or parade book. Only copy showing on OCLC First Search located in Berlin. There are two copies of what seems a somewhat similar Bamberg procesional from four years later, but not only does this other work memorialize a different year's festivities, but also it is of a different size and format. Oblong, 22 by 24.5 cm. 28 hand-colored lithographic plates, eleven of which are double paged. The plates are here not in numerical order, but all are present, most importantly. And the coloring is especially rich and appealing. Among the participants in this procession depicted here are a band compreised of both men and women, all on horseback, the women, side saddle, with elements of costume added to the band member's conventional dress (their regular clothing), and curiously including two black men; the mandatory Harlequin, here also on a bedizened horse rearing up; preposterously dressed riders supposedly representing a traveler, with a crosswalk sign, and a London horse master with all sorts of absurd gear piled up; a commander of the Kraehwinkler, a word we are uncertain how to translate, but possibly, Crow Merchants; a Sunday rider dressed as an effiminate dandy; etc. etc. There are men in drag, women with giant pipes, and endless silliness. The characters being played are obviously meant to be absurd. Condition: film of soiling, and some scratches on paper pastedown cover and cloth spine. Corners and edges rubbed. Leaves within with light age toning evident along their edges, and some occasional light foxing, but overall, the imagery is bright, and the paper reads as mostly clean.

ISLANDIA by Wright, Austin Tappan

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Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY

Title: ISLANDIA
Author: Wright, Austin Tappan
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY (United States)
Description: ISLANDIA, Farrar & Rinehart, 1942, first edition, some wear to the spine, mostly at the folds, else vg in wraps. Advance reading copy. Scarce thus. Along with a vg+ copy of the first edition.

Miles: The Autobiography (Review Copy) by Miles Davis (With Quincy Troupe)

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Title: Miles: The Autobiography (Review Copy)
Author: Miles Davis (With Quincy Troupe)
Seller: Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: New York: Simon and Schuster, 1989. Boards. Fine/Fine. WARMLY, LENGTHILY INSCRIBED BY QUINCY TROUPE on the title page. An all-but-immaculate copy to boot of the 1989 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a crisp, price-intact, Fine dustjacket. A Review Copy to boot, with the Simon and Schuster Review Slip AND the 1-pg. Synopsis laid-in.

Luggage #1 by Jason Castolene and Mike Zimbouski

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Title: Luggage #1
Author: Jason Castolene and Mike Zimbouski
Seller: Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good +
Description: Boston: Self-published, 1997. Original wraps. Very Good +. The maiden issue of this interesting 'zine published out of Boston. This first issue featuring long interviews with both Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth and Don Byron, the renowned composer and multi-instrumentalist. Clean and VG+ in its stapled white wrappers. WARMLY INSCRIBED AT THE REAR BY JASON CASTOLENE, THE MAGAZINE'S AUTHOR AND DESIGNER.

Map No. 10. United States [Oregon, California, Utah, New Mexico, Nebraska]

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Title: Map No. 10. United States [Oregon, California, Utah, New Mexico, Nebraska]
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York. Map. Very Good. Hand-colored map [9 1/4" x 11 1/8"]. Small ink stain in lower right corner. Lightly foxed. Contemporary notation on the reverse. Page from an atlas. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1851, by Cady & Burgess in the Clerks office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Shows the newly formed Territory of Utah right in the center. Fort Bridger lies in the Territory of Utah.

The Artist Looks at Industrial Pittsburgh 1836 - 1993 by Youngner, Rina with Emily Hetzel

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Title: The Artist Looks at Industrial Pittsburgh 1836 - 1993
Author: Youngner, Rina with Emily Hetzel
Seller: Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
Condition: VG. Clean and tight but with gallery owner's ex-lib. sticker and stamp.
Description: Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh, 1993. Softcover. VG. Clean and tight but with gallery owner's ex-lib. sticker and stamp.. Clay and peach stapled wraps with color images and black lettering. 32 pp. with numerous bw images. Exhibition catalogue, divided into chronological sections of: The Smoky City, The Iron City, The Steel City, Carnegie's Legacy, MillTown and Epilogue. Each section contains essay material with supporting images. Included is a checklist of the 156 works in the exhibition as well as a separate, stapled-in addendum sheet. The exhibition stems from the work Younger did on her PhD dissertation, "Paintings and Graphic Images of Industry in Nineteenth Century Pittsburgh: A Study of the Relationship Betwen Art and Industry." The dissertation provides extensive and more in-depth material about the subject that complements the exhibition catalogue essay.

49th Parallels: New Canadian Art by Young, Dennis

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Title: 49th Parallels: New Canadian Art
Author: Young, Dennis
Seller: Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
Condition: VG
Description: Sarasota, Florida: John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 1971. Softcover. VG. White illus. wraps; Staple-bound; Unpaginated, approx. 80 pp.; 44 bw, 5 color plates; 11 bw figures. From an exhibition held February 14 - March 21, 1971 at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, Florida and April 3 - May 16, 1971 at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, Illinois; Contains works by 16 Canadian artists, including Guido Molinari, Michael Snow, Iain Baxter, and others; Biographies for each artist included.

OLD INNS by Aldein, Cecil

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Title: OLD INNS
Author: Aldein, Cecil
Seller: lizzyoung bookseller (United States)
Condition: Black cloth covered boards, decorated in gilt. Good
Description: New York: DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY, 1921. Hardcover. Black cloth covered boards, decorated in gilt. Good. 149 pages. 25.5 x 19 cm. A comprehensive look at the timeless country inns in and around London and the English Countryside. Beautifully illustrated in color and black and white. 16 color tinted illustrations with captioned tissue guards, along with 12 full page black and white illustrations, accompanied by 32 smaller illustrations in black and white. Covers rubbed and lightly soiled. Interior pages lightly toned.

[MENU] - Bill of Fare, Headquarters Eighth Regiment Infantry, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia

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Title: [MENU] - Bill of Fare, Headquarters Eighth Regiment Infantry, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia
Seller: lizzyoung bookseller (United States)
Condition: Illustrated folding cards. Very good
Description: Boston: John A. Lowell & Co. , 1888. Cards. Illustrated folding cards. Very good. 17 x 11 cm. Cover engraved by John A. Lowell & Co. portrays a Civil War Soldier, rear cover portrays an ad for the Central Hotel, No. 6 Canal Street, Providence R.I. The interior records the Eighth Regiment Staff. Bill of Fare/Menu lists Breakfast, Dinner, And Supper menus. 2 cm. closed tear to spine otherwise clean and crisp.

Bill Woodrow: About this Axis, Drawings 1990-95 by WOODROW, Bill

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Title: Bill Woodrow: About this Axis, Drawings 1990-95
Author: WOODROW, Bill
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9780950349374
Description: London: Camden Arts Centre, 1995. First edition and first printing. Oblong hardcover. Published in conjunction an exhibition that ran August 4 through October 1, 1995 at the Camden Arts Centre and then October 7 through November 17, 1995 at the Harris Museum in Preston. Includes numerous black and white illustrations. A fine copy in black cloth boards and with laid in price list. No dust jacket as issued.

American Film: Journal of the Film and Television Arts [magazine] (December-January 1978 [cover: Nicola Pagett in "Anna Karenina"] by Alpert, Hollis, ed.

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Title: American Film: Journal of the Film and Television Arts [magazine] (December-January 1978 [cover: Nicola Pagett in "Anna Karenina"]
Author: Alpert, Hollis, ed.
Seller: ReadInk (United States)
Condition: Very Good+
Description: Washington DC: The American Film Institute. Very Good+. (c.1977). (Vol. III, No. 3). Magazine. [nice clean copy, modest wear along spine, very tiny bump/bend to lower right corner of front cover]. (B&W/color photographs) Feature articles include: "The Legacy of 'Masterpiece Theatre'" (the cover story); a speculative article about the potential for home viewing of newly-released movies; an article about director Don Siegel; "The RKO Years: Orson Welles and Howard Hughes" by Ron Haver (the conclusion of a 2-part article); "The Moyers Style," an article about Bill Moyers's work for "CBS Reports"; David Thomson's ruminations on how movie stars' images are affected by their (often phony) names. The "Dialogue on Film" is with director Peter Bogdanovich. Column entries include an examination of the hot-and-cold enthusiasm of Pauline Kael for the films of Robert Altman, and reminscences about songwriter Johnny Mercer. Also includes an index to Volume II of the magazine. .

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