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Connoissance et Culture Parfaite des Tulippes rare ... Anemones extraordinaires, des Oeillets, et des belles Oreilles .... by Anon. - FLOWERS - GARDENING - TULIPS

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Title: Connoissance et Culture Parfaite des Tulippes rare ... Anemones extraordinaires, des Oeillets, et des belles Oreilles ....
Author: Anon. - FLOWERS - GARDENING - TULIPS
Seller: Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
Condition: A very good copy; binding somewhat rubbed; some toning; light stain in the top margin.
Description: Paris: L D`Houry, 1688. First Edition.. Full contemporary calf.. A very good copy; binding somewhat rubbed; some toning; light stain in the top margin.. 12mo, [24], 142, [2] pp.. Contents leaf bound after the text. An anonymous work by one of the members of the small group of connoisseur plantsman of 17th century France known as the ' jardiniers fleuristes '. The work is dedicated to Andre LeNotre the creator of the gardens at Versailles. The book treats the cultivation of the four most prized and novel flowers of the day : the tulip, carnation, anemone, and primrose. The author mentions many of his fellow floriculturists in passing. Oak Spring Flora #34 - "sophisticated little book" ; OCLC - 4 copies.

Collection of Letters from William Cullen Bryant mainly to his brother John H. Bryant, 1815 – 1866 by Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878)

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Title: Collection of Letters from William Cullen Bryant mainly to his brother John H. Bryant, 1815 – 1866
Author: Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878)
Seller: Michael Brown Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Description: eight letters (plus two faded letters), 15 pages, some letters damp-stained, and spotted, as well as being a bit brittle, in generally good condition, and readable. William Cullen Bryant, American romantic poet, journalist and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post, here writes his brother, (the earliest letter 1815 is written to his father), concerning business affairs and family news. His brother John had removed to Princeton, Putnam County, Illinois, and the two brothers apparently were partners in land and real estate there. Bryant mentions difficulties with the Post in two letters, which he was hoping to sell amidst the financial difficulties of 1837. Bryant did not sell the paper but remained its editor in chief for half a century (1828-1878) The Evening-Post became not only the foundation of his fortune but also the means by which he exercised considerable political power in New York City, and State but nationally as well. The letters also mention Bryant's botanical interests which included the nurture of specimens of trees and shrubs from around the world at his home on Long Island at Roslyn. October 25, 1837, New York, W. C. Bryant to John Bryant "Dear Brother, I am very much obliged to you for your kind offer and if I were at liberty I should like nothing better than to pass a year in Illinois. But I am fastened here for the present The Evening Post cannot be disposed of in these hard times, and, on account of the difficulty of making collections, its income does not present an appearance which would enable me to sell it for its real value even if I could find a purchaser. I am chained to the oar for another year at least. The prospects of the journal are however improving, though I am personally no better for it at present. I am very much perplexed by the state of my pecuniary affairs. I have taken a house in town at as moderate a rent as I could find and expect my family from the country in a very few days. I am obliged to practice the strictest frugality – but that I do not regard as an evil. The great difficulty lies in meeting the debts in which the purchase of the paper has involved me…." August 30, 1850, New York W. C. Bryant to John H. Bryant "Dear Brother, I thank you for the statement you have given me of my account with you. I wish I had mentioned to you that I should be glad to know how many bushels of wheat you had received from Gales at different times and what prices the wheat brought in market. In order that I might judge what sort of bargain I made in selling him the land. I should also like to know how much is yet coming to me on his notes. Will you be so kind as to inform me when you receive this? With regard to the building of a house, your advice I doubt not is judicious. I do not see, however, that I can send out any money for the purpose this fall – money is not so plenty with me as that. I had been in hopes that Gales would pay enough on his notes to buy the timber for the building. If that cannot be done I think the building of the house must go over to another year at least. I had thought of offering you, if you would build the house, the first years rent, which I suppose would be about ten per cent on the value. I did not offer any thing for the trouble taken in building the first house, because I made an abatement from the interest stipulated in the notes. The terms on which you wish to exchange lands with me I am not sure that I perfectly understand. I have no objection to any arrangement of that kind however, on fair business principles. If you will give me for my lands near the village lands the same value in lands elsewhere within a reasonable distance. I am content and I am willing that Mr. Olds shall say what amount of land I shall take for what I transfer to you. The monument for our mother's grave certainly ought to be attended to and I take shame to myself that it has been so long neglected. I must see for what a simple monument of good marble can be had and order it to be made. I have but at hand the memoranda of the day of the death, though I have I believe that of her birth. Will you send it to me? I had entertained some thoughts before you wrote of coming out to Illinois in the last half of September. If I do, I shall bring out my wife with me, but it is uncertain yet. I thank you however, and so does my wife for your hospitable invitation. The plum trees you sent me succeeded very well and now make flourishing little trees. Of the gooseberry cuttings some appeared to start root; they put forth leaves, but last winter the frost threw them nearly out of the ground, and the spring rains while I was absent in town, washing away the earth completed the mischief. One only yet maintains a starveling existence with two or three little leaves, but it must inevitably die. I should like use of the gooseberry cuttings this fall. … We are all well – my wife is at our place in Roslyn & Julia on Staten Island and Fanny with her three children at her cottage by the water where they have the benefit of a dip now and then in the salt water, which keeps them strong and hearty. Part of the summer has been uncommonly hot, but it is now rather cooler than usual. Last week I took my wife and Julia to Easthampton and Montauk Point, the eastern extremity of Long Island. Easthampton consists of large ancient banks, and green level farms with a ridge of sand hills on the sea shore and a belt of sandy woods on the other three sides. Montauk Point is a peninsula of grassy hills, bare of trees, pastured by cattle and separated from the rest of the island by an isthmus of sand. It is very cool in the summer time and the sea views are fine…" New York, September 22, 1860, W. C. Bryant to John H. Bryant "Dear Brother, I enclose you the receipt which you have written for. As to the purchases I wish you to make the one for $ 1600 by all means if you can. If you should be able to do this it will be well I think to let that be the limit of your purchases. In case that cannot be done I think it might be well to buy the farm for $ 2300 which you say is to be very cheap, unless some advantageous bargain for a smaller sum should come in your way. I leave that to your discretion. We are all well. Frances has been generally better this summer than she was last year. We expect to go to Boston for a short visit next week. The season is favorable. The grass is abundant, and so is the fruit; the Indian corn good and the potatoes fair. The political harvest is no less promising New York is free for Lincoln the other factions are discouraged." Roslyn, May 10, 1861, W. C. Bryant to John H. Bryant "Dear Brother, I was in town yesterday and got your letter which Mr. Hendersen after we had consulted together answered. I am sorry not to be able to do better by you. If I had not laid out all the money I have and made arrangements for paying out what you owe the firm I might have taken your debt to myself. But we have engaged to pay money to Mr. Bigelow of whom Mr. Godwin has bought a third part of the Evening Post, we cannot do without the money due from yourself and Mr. Dee. It was supposed that the note would without question be paid at maturity. I hope the sixty days will answer your purpose. As to coming out if I were to come alone I could fix a day; but Frances comes with me and it is her whose convenience I must consult. I can only say now that we mean to set out some time in the beginning of week after next that is probably on the 21st (Tuesday) or 22d or 23d – that we shall stop at Rochester the first night, and the next night somewhere else and get to Chicago in three days, and Princeton in four…." American National Biography, vol. 3 pp., 825-827 Dictionary of American Biography, vol. 2, pp., 200-205

The Romance of El Camino Real by California Landmarks and Historical Records Bureau

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Title: The Romance of El Camino Real
Author: California Landmarks and Historical Records Bureau
Seller: John Howell for Books (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Los Angeles, CA: Kaloprint Corporation, [1936]. 4to. 13 3/8 x 10 1/2 inches. Unpaginated. [122] pp. Registration and Dedication Pages left blank, 2 vignettes on the title page, list of the missions by date of dedication, what follows are a series of 25 openings with descriptive text on the versos, tissue guards, and a Kaloprint image on the rectos (text facing illustration) of Father Serra, the mission buildings, manuscript documents, and Indian survivors of the missions; text clean, unmarked. Blind- and gilt-stamped brown leather, this copy has been neatly re-backed with brown cloth that matches the leather; binding square and tight. Laid in are 3 ephemeral pieces from the Bureau, including a typed note on Bureau letterhead telling how to have an ancestor's portrait mounted on the dedication page, a small bi-fold "Value Received" which details the benefits of membership in the Bureau, and a certificate that states that Sonya Carlson Doud, is a sustaining 5-year member of the Bureau, SIGNED by Sherman Danby. CYG512-005. Very Good. LIMITED EDITION of 1,000 copies. The California Landmarks and Historical Records Bureau, Inc. was incorporated in 1931 as a California non-profit organization. Its purpose was to gain legislative and public support to preserve "the romance" of California by passing laws for historic preservation, and marking of historic landmarks. It hired newspapermen Sherman Danby (who SIGNED Sonya Doud's certificate of membership) and Frederic N. Shovey as Director and Publicity Directors, respectively. It was headquartered in Sacramento, but its Southern California Office was in the Douglas Building in Los Angeles; it began by organizing prominent women in Southern California, and then made an organizing tour of the state in 1932. One of its benefits of membership is this volume extolling the Romance of El Camino Real, with its pictures of the California Missions. The Bureau actually assumed the care of several missions, and in 1933 was able to secure Federal Assistance in reconstructing certain missions when the National Director of Work Relief and Special Projects, Jacob Baker, authorized relief labor to be used in Mission reconstruction. See: The San Bernardino Sun, September 13, 1933, page 1, and The Santa Cruz Sentinel, January 22, 1933, page 5.

CONSTRUCCIÓN. AÑO IV, N° 43. REVISTA DE INGENIERÍA, ARQUITECTURA, ARTE, DECORACIÓN Y INDUSTRIA

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Title: CONSTRUCCIÓN. AÑO IV, N° 43. REVISTA DE INGENIERÍA, ARQUITECTURA, ARTE, DECORACIÓN Y INDUSTRIA
Seller: Beverly Karno Books LLC (United States)
Condition: (weak hinges, partially detached spine; marginal wear in covers, some foxing, not affecting text or plates)
Description: México: Construcción, 1944. (weak hinges, partially detached spine; marginal wear in covers, some foxing, not affecting text or plates). b/w plates, drawings, plans, measured plans, elevations, tables, graphs, advertisements, illustrated wrappers. This periodical is virtually unknown and does not appear in the National Library of Mexico, or UNAM or OCLC. The contributors were leaders in post WWII an integrated movement of architecture, engineering and planning to build a modern Mexico. Despite the technical sounding title of the magazine, the interest was in achieving a broader integration of architecture, urban planning, construction and art and thus "Construction" was born along with the words "decoration, art and industry in the title. Many of the contributors to the magazine were part of the planning and construction of the University Nacional Autonóma de Mexico and generally in post-WWII urban planning and influenced modernity in architecture. Alberto Dovalí Jaime pioneering work with reinforced concrete led the way to the boom of buildings and public structures that used that material. Architect Carlos Lazo Barreiro (Mexico City 1914-1955) was a founder in 1943 of the magazine "Construcción". Engineer Alberto Dovalí Jaime, the Mexican pioneer of reinforced concrete (RC) in Mexico was also one of the founders. Engineers Dovalí Jaime (Secretary of Communications) and Vicente Guerrero and Gama designed the first prestressed concrete bridge in Mexico, over the Santa Catarina River, in Monterrey. General director was Almiro P. (Pérez) Moratinos from UNAM. The magazine documents planning and architecture in states outside of Mexico indicating a national viewpoint. The The sections of the magazine included with some variations: Temas Generales Ingenieria, Matematicas, Planificacion, Arquitectura, Arqueologia, Seccion Industrial, Arte, Decoracion and each issue contains robust contributions. The archaeology sections included information on what could be considered patrimonial, such as colonial churches One of the only references to this publication: "Bajo una línea parecida, surgió en 1943 "Construcción, revista de ingeniería, arquitectura, arte, decoración e industria". El apartado que se dedicó a urbanismo estuvo a cargo de Carlos Lazo, y a pesar del enfoque técnico de la revista, destaco el interés por lograr una integración más amplia. Lejos de los debates surgidos en la primera revista de principios de siglo -El Arte y la Ciencia- cuando las carreras de ingeniería y arquitectura se disputaban sus alcances, la revista "Construcción" nació insólitamente junto a las palabras "decoración, arte e industria" (Canales González, Ana Fernanda. La modernidad arquitectónica de México: a través de los medios impresos. Tesis Doctoral. [Madrid, Spain] : Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid, 2013 --page 248. (https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/148666108.pdf)_. CONTENTS: Editorial -- Conceptos y experimentos fundamentales que se aplican al diseño de construcciones en arcillas saturadas / por el Ing. Leonardo Zeevaert -- La celulosa / por J. Hurtado Mahuenda -- Método moderno de refinación de lubricantes / por el Ing. Oscar Jiménez Farias -- La ingeniería y las matemática / por el Ing. Vicente Guerrero y Gama -- El esfuerzo creador e las naciones en guerra -- Caminos del mundo / por Jaume Miravitlles -- PLANIFICACIÓN -- Planificación industrial mexicana / por el arquitecto Carlos Lazo Jr. -- ARQUITECTURA -- Croquis / por el arquitecto L. F. -- Elogio y condenación de los ingenieros / por el arquitecto M. Gómez Mayorga -- La III Feria del Libro, Radio, Cine y Periodismo -- El Banco de la Construcción, S.A. -- El estilo taurino -- Standard gráfico de la construcción -- Boletín de la S.A.M. -- ARTE -- DECORACIÓN -- Decoración comercial -- Los murales en la decoración -- Filosofía de la arquitectura.

The Heart Never Fits Its Wanting (Signed First Edition) by ABBOTT, Lee K., Jr.

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Title: The Heart Never Fits Its Wanting (Signed First Edition)
Author: ABBOTT, Lee K., Jr.
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9780915996056
Description: Cedar Falls, IA: The North American Review, University of Northern Iowa, 1980. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 119 pages. Abbot's first book, a collection of ten short stories. A clean very near fine copy with some slight pushing to the base of the spine and in a very near fine dust jacket with some very minor wear. Signed by Abbott on the title page in the year of publication. Uncommon signed.

David Rabinowitch Sculptures 1963-1970: With Selected Drawings, Plans and Notes by -

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Title: David Rabinowitch Sculptures 1963-1970: With Selected Drawings, Plans and Notes
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Seller: Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Collectible; Very Good
Description: Bielefeld, Germany: Karl Kerber Verlag, 1987. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. The 1987 1st edition, with a dual text, in both German and English. Tight and VG- (with light staining along several front gutters and light spotting at the panels) in a bright, VG dustjacket, with very light scuffing and wear to the panels. Thick octavo, 350 pgs., crisp black-and-white plates thruout.

Ken Sanders Rare Books T-Shirt - Unisex Black (2XL)

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Title: Ken Sanders Rare Books T-Shirt - Unisex Black (2XL)
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Description: Salt Lake City: Ken Sanders Rare Books, 2017. The perfect shirt for the stylishly bookish! (KSRB Tee) Chest measurement: 60cm. XX-LARGE. Store logo in white ink on black tee. 100% cotton.

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