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Calling Card (sometimes called a bookplate) for George Cumberland

Calling Card (sometimes called a bookplate) for George Cumberland by Blake, William

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Seller: John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller
Title
Calling Card (sometimes called a bookplate) for George Cumberland
Author
Blake, William
Seller
John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller (United States)
Description
1827. [London: William Blake, 1827]. Printed in black ink on thick card. Very finely printed, in good condition though trimmed very close to the image at the left and right edges, once pasted down and thus with traces of mounting on the verso and pencil notes from an earlier collector (c. 1950?), image and plate mark exactly as per Essick 1DD. ß Blake s last engraving, executed for one of his closest friends. Blake inscribed the plate, lower right, with his name and age, A Δ 70. He may have sensed that 1827 could well be the last year of his life, but took pride in being capable of pursuing his art and craft to the end. Blake was in fact 69 when he died; perhaps he inscribed 70 on the Cumberland card in anticipation of working on it until he turned that age. At least when considered in retrospect, this most unusual inscription contributes to the elegiac and prophetic iconography of the design. The images invoke one of Blake s greatest themes the relationships between time and eternity. Although probably intended as a calling card, two books have been located with this card pasted in, both written by George Cumberland Jr. Thus it has on occasion been sold as a bookplate. Examples on card not in Cumberland s book are exceptionally rare and have been presumed to be of the earliest printing and possibly by Blake himself. All other impressions (on laid paper most often) are posthumous. Thirty-nine examples in all are known to Essick, not including examples now untraced, of which eight are on card, of which one is described as printed in green ink. Essick, The Separate Plates of William Blake, XXI, see entry 1DD for identical measurements (but not this copy). Bindman, Complete Graphic Works of Blake, 654.
Down With All Monopoly! Farmers Attend! ....

Down With All Monopoly! Farmers Attend! .... by BROADSIDE - LABOR - AGRICULTURE

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Seller: Palinurus Antiquarian Books
Title
Down With All Monopoly! Farmers Attend! ....
Author
BROADSIDE - LABOR - AGRICULTURE
Seller
Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
Condition
A very good copy with some small marginal chipping; printed horizontally on a sheet 9 x 12 inches.
Description
Annawan [WI]: Unknown Prtr., 1860. Edition Unknown.. As issued.. A very good copy with some small marginal chipping; printed horizontally on a sheet 9 x 12 inches.. Broadside. Annawan was a farming community in Wisconsin. It no longer exists. The town was located near the present day city of Menonomie close to the border with Minnesota. This broadside was issued by local farmers calling for a public meeting (May 10, 1860) in response to the local railroad imposing a one cent a bushel tax on all grain shipped out of Annawan. This broadside is among the earliest artifacts of people vs. railroads and railroad rates in the northwestern territories. This conflict shifted to the courts (Peik vs. Chicago & Northwestern, 1876) culminating in cases into the late 1920s before the Supreme Court. Unlocated.
Technique 1916: Year Book of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Technique 1916: Year Book of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Title
Technique 1916: Year Book of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
Full leather. Near Fine. A very sharp copy of the 1916 MIT Yearbook, bound (by the University) in a full dark-gray morocco. Tight and Near Fine, with light soiling along the fore-edge. Thick quarto, top-edge gilt, lovely engravings and hundreds of evocative black-and-white photos.
CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OF THE MERCANTILE BENEFICIAL ASSOCIATION, OF PHILADELPHIA

CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OF THE MERCANTILE BENEFICIAL ASSOCIATION, OF PHILADELPHIA by Mercantile Beneficial Association

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Title
CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OF THE MERCANTILE BENEFICIAL ASSOCIATION, OF PHILADELPHIA
Author
Mercantile Beneficial Association
Seller
David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC (United States)
Description
Philadelphia: J. Crissy, 1842. Original printed wrappers, stitched, 12pp. 12mo. Light foxing, Good+. Signature, 'David S. Brown Esq' on title page. The Association was formed as the Panic of 1837 receded, "for the amelioration of...frequent revulsions, and incidental vicissitudes" of trade; "to spare sensitive and honest poverty the humiliation of asking charity of strangers." Members are "engaged in mercantile pursuits, in the City of Philadelphia and its vicinity." FIRST EDITION. AI 42-3348 [2]. Not in Sabin, Eberstadt, Decker.
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A Century of Progress Exposition: Official View Book by ALBERT, Allen D.

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Title
A Century of Progress Exposition: Official View Book
Author
ALBERT, Allen D.
Seller
Argosy Book Store (United States)
Condition
very good(+)
Description
Chicago: The Reuben H. Donnelley Corporation, 1933. First. paperback. very good(+). Kauffman & Fabry Co.. Vibrant color illustrations throughout. Slim oblong 8vo, paper wrappers. Chicago: The Reuben H. Donnelley Corporation, (1933). A very good(+) copy.
Aspekte 1944-1965

Aspekte 1944-1965

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Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA
Title
Aspekte 1944-1965
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Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
Basel: Galerie Beyeler, 1966. First edition. Softcover. Exhibition catalog for a group show that ran March through May 1966. Includes tipped in color illustrations of works by Jackson Pollock, Emil Schumacher, Ben Nicholson, Pierre Soulages, Alberto Burri, and Antoni Tapies. A near fine copy in stapled wrappers with flaps and laid in complimentary slip.

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