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Knowing My Place by MULDOON, Paul

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Seller: James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC
Title
Knowing My Place
Author
MULDOON, Paul
Seller
James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC (United States)
Condition
Fine copy of a very rare book
Description
[Belfast: Ulsterman Publications], 1971. First edition of the author's first book, published when Muldoon was a nineteen year old student at Queen's University, Belfast. Signed by Muldoon and inscribed by the editor and publisher of The Honest Ulsterman, the poet Frank Ormsby, on the title-page: "Enjoy these poems! / Frank Ormsby. Fine copy of a very rare book. 8vo, original printed wrappers, stapled as issued. Fine copy of a very rare book.
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North Central by NIEDECKER, Lorine

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Title
North Central
Author
NIEDECKER, Lorine
Seller
James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC (United States)
Condition
Fine copy.
Description
London: Fulcrum Press, (1968). First edition. One of 100 copies printed on mould-made deckle-edged paper & signed by Niedecker, the late oracle of Black Hawk Island, one of America's real poets. Fine copy.. 4to, cloth, dust jacket. Fine copy.
The Sketch Book (Signed ltd. edition)

The Sketch Book (Signed ltd. edition) by [Fine Binding - Cedric Chivers] Irving, Washington; Edmund J. Sullivan (illustrator)

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Title
The Sketch Book (Signed ltd. edition)
Author
[Fine Binding - Cedric Chivers] Irving, Washington; Edmund J. Sullivan (illustrator)
Seller
Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Description
London: George Newnes Ltd, 1902. First thus. Two volumes bound in one. Each volume one of just 30 copies printed on Japanese Vellum (both number 25), signed by the illustrator, Edmund Sullivan. Bound for Brentanos by the famous English bookbinder, Cedric Chivers, in full red morocco with his signature vellucent painted illustration to the font panel. Spine with inlaid morocco details. Spine very subtly toned, otherwise a fine copy overall. A lovely example of book arts for both this handsome printing, as well as the expertly crafted binding. Complete with 2 frontispieces and 18 plates by Edmund Sullivan. A collection of Washington Irving's short stories, including his most famous and beloved tales, Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (narrated by the fictional Dutch historian Diedrich Knickerbocker). "The Sketch Book was a celebrated event in American literary history. The collection was the first American work of short stories to gain international success and popularity" and while "most of the book's 30 off pieces concern Irving's impressions of England, six chapters deal with American subjects." (Britannica) Patented in 1898, Chivers's "vellucent" bindings departed from traditional methods of creating hand-painted vellum bindings. In the 18th century Chivers's great predecessor, Edwards of Halifax, painted in reverse on the underside of translucent vellum, thereby providing a layer of protection for the design. His technique almost vanished with his death, and it was not until the 1890s that Chivers developed his own similar method for protecting the design underneath the vellum itself - the backing sheet of the vellum was painted, which was then covered in vellum which had been shaved to transparency, the vellum was then tooled in gilt. The books which Chivers thus bound have always been a favorite of collectors, and usually still present well, the vellum having served its purpose of protecting the design for many decades, as Chivers intended.
Memoirs of Mrs. Hetta L. Ward with Selections from her Writings (Presentation Copy)

Memoirs of Mrs. Hetta L. Ward with Selections from her Writings (Presentation Copy) by [Women's Education] [Companionate Marriage] Ward, Hetta L.; Reverend Ward; Susan Hayes

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Title
Memoirs of Mrs. Hetta L. Ward with Selections from her Writings (Presentation Copy)
Author
[Women's Education] [Companionate Marriage] Ward, Hetta L.; Reverend Ward; Susan Hayes
Seller
Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good +
Description
Berkeley: T.R. Marvin, 1843. First edition. Very Good +. Original publisher's cloth binding with gilt to front board. Minor loss of cloth to crown of spine. Faint residue of removed library label to spine and front board. Peach endpapers. Light scattered foxing as is typical of the period. Inscribed on the front endpaper by Ward's husband, the compiler: "Reverend Mr. Ellingwood with the respects of J.W. Ward." Bookplate on the front pastedown reveals that the recipient Rev. Ellingwood went on to donate the volume to the Theological Seminary of Bangor, Maine. A scarce and important example of a published American elegiac volume, produced in this case by an eminent family to mourn the loss of an educated woman. Memoirs is unrecorded by OCLC and has never appeared at auction. In their marriage, James Wilson Ward and Hetta Lord Hayes Ward united two prominent Northeastern families. A senator and Congregationalist minister, James descended from the founders of Plymouth and had attended Andover and Amherst. Hetta, the daughter of a judge and niece of a Dartmouth president, was herself a graduate of Miss Grant's Seminary Academy. The present volume, released "exclusively for private circulation among the friends of the deceased," is a testament to Hetta's value not as a daughter who married well or a wife who effectively managed a house, but as a companion, an intellectual, and an individual. In this sense, it deconstructs the period's expectations of separate spheres or hierarchy between sexes. With an opening letter by Susan Hayes, Hetta's mother, as well as a copy of the eulogy conducted by her husband, the book reveals vast details about who Hetta was as a person. Both describe her as tender and affectionate; but time and again, emphasis is placed on her mind. Though Hetta was skillful with a needle as a child, according to her mother, "her numberless questions interested and surprised me...She acquired a fondness for poetry...She became as much interested in the in the study of the exact sciences as in the works of imagination, making herself acquainted with the higher branches of Mathematics, Algebra, Geometry, etc." James, similarly, eulogizes his wife. What becomes clear is that he is grieving the loss of a companion and equal. "If we have found a friend of distinguished excellence, and for years rejoiced with that friend in mutual interchange and warm affections, it is natural when death intervenes and separates us from the dear object of our love, to contemplate their virtues...First characteristic which I would notice which she possessed in an eminent degree is an ardent love of truth...She possessed great powers of abstraction...She saw with great clearness the point of an argument and was quick to distinguish between sophistry...She loved to trace the workings of the human mind." Not satisfied simply to have their own testaments to Hetta's extraordinary mind, the compilers included to the last half of the book a collection of her own poetry and prose. A scarce work, in a genre underappreciated in American literature and history. Such coterie publications of intimate mourning were uncommon for the time, particularly for a woman. National Cyclopedia of American Biography 148. Very Good +.
A Gentleman Volunteer: The Letters of George Hennell from the Peninsular War 1812-1813

A Gentleman Volunteer: The Letters of George Hennell from the Peninsular War 1812-1813 by Glover, Michael (editor)

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Title
A Gentleman Volunteer: The Letters of George Hennell from the Peninsular War 1812-1813
Author
Glover, Michael (editor)
Seller
Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Description
London: Heinemann, 1979. First edition. Large octavo (9 3/16 x 6 inches; 234 x 152 mm.). Collating [8], 181, [1, blank]. One of twenty-five copies signed (on the half-title) by Michael Glover and Sir Antony Read and specially bound by Zaehnsdorf (stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-in) in full black morocco. Covers ruled in gilt, front cover with an oval onlaid red morocco medallion (3 1/2 x 2 15/16 inches; 88 x 75 mm.) stamped in gilt with the silhouette portrait of George Hennell (reproducing the portrait on the front flap of the dust jacket). Spine panelled and lettered in gilt with five raised bands and with a circular red morocco onlay with the Zaehnsdorf monogram stamped in gilt at the foot, board edges ruled in gilt, turn-ins decoratively stamped in gilt, all edges gilt, red watered silk doublures and liners. Original pictorial dust jacket bound in at end. Six double-sided photographic plates and several maps and plans in the text. Housed in the original fleece-lined black cloth slipcase. A Fine copy. "Of this edition 25 copies have been reserved by arrangement with the publishers for fine binding by Zaehnsdorf. This is copy number 9 which has been specially bound for David Brass" (calligraphed on an inserted limitation leaf at front). Hennell served in Wellington's Army during the Peninsular War (1807-1814). Hennell wrote letters home and they are renowned for providing insight into everyday life for infantry soldiers.
[Thoughts While Fox Hunting]

[Thoughts While Fox Hunting] by ALKEN, Henry

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Title
[Thoughts While Fox Hunting]
Author
ALKEN, Henry
Seller
David Brass Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Description
London: , 1833. Thoughts While Fox Hunting" A Very Scarce and Highly Amusing Series of Hand Colored Lithograph Plates ALKEN, Henry. [Thoughts While Fox Hunting]. London: Thomas McLean, 1833. First [hand-colored] edition. Oblong folio (10 9 16 x 14 1/4 inches; 268 x 362 mm.). Six very fine hand colored lithograph plates. All plates with imprint "London. Published by Thos. McLean. 26 Haymarket, 1833" Bound ca, 1930 by Rivière & Son in three-quarter dark green morocco over green cloth boards ruled in gilt. Front cover lettered in gilt" Going A Pace / Alken", spine with five raised bands paneled and lettered in gilt in compartments, plum coated endpapers, top edge gilt. Plates slightly soiled in blank margins, two very minor and expertly repaired marginal tears, the fourth plate neatly repaired in inner margin not affecting plate mark. Still a near fine example of this rare suite. A highly amusing set of plates first issued without color (as per the Fitz Eugene Dixon copy and then issued in color the same year. The Plates: 1. Going A Pace. [Huntsmen and hounds in gull cry] 2. Putting A Good Head To It. [Several horsemen about to jump a hurdle] 3. A Regular Purl. [ A horseman and his horse tripped headlong into a field after jumping a hurdle with other horsemen drawing up to view the catastrophe 4. Feeling A Brook. [ Three horsemen trying to clear a brook; one has failed, and both horse and rider are precipitated into the stream 5. Pounded. [Three horsemen looking at the barricades surrounding the field] 6. Rather Stale [Four horsemen approaching a seemingly difficult hurdle] The only reference that we could find of this extremely rare suite was in the Fitz Eugene Dixon sale (Anderson Galleries, NY, Jan 6 & & 1937. lot 98): "A set of 6 India Proof Prints with manuscript notes by the artist, illustrating 'Thoughts While Fox Hunting"... Very unusual prints; the technique of the lithographing is very fine... These prints were also issued in color about 1833." Not in Abbey; Bobins V, 1625: Not in Mellon; Not in Tooley; No copies located by OCLC/KVK.
Diccionario de la Lengua Tarasca o de Michoacán/Aquí comienza el vocabulario en la lengua castellana y michoacana

Diccionario de la Lengua Tarasca o de Michoacán/Aquí comienza el vocabulario en la lengua castellana y michoacana by Gilberti, Maturino (1498?-1585) signed by the author

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Title
Diccionario de la Lengua Tarasca o de Michoacán/Aquí comienza el vocabulario en la lengua castellana y michoacana
Author
Gilberti, Maturino (1498?-1585) signed by the author
Seller
The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA (United States)
Condition
About very good
Description
518 pages with facsimiles and wood cuts. Folio. (13" x 9 1/4") bound in half leather with marbled boards with gilt lettering to spine. Compiled and re-impression under the direction of Antonio Penafiel. Inscribed by Penafiel. First published in 1559. Second edition limited to 200 copies of which this is number 5.When the Franciscans arrived in Michoacan in 1525, they found a new challenge, the language of the natives of the region, whom they came to call Tarascans was different from other native languages of New Spain. Maturino Gilberti, a Franciscan friar whose skills in the Tarascan language exceeded those of their peers. When his works were printed it was the first attempt of a systematic analysis of the language, and his vocabulary is still the best known Tarascan dictionary. Prior to his arrival in the new world, very little is know, it is thought that he may have been born in 1498. but it could have been in 1507 or 8 in the city of Poitiers, France. He studied arts and theology at the University of Toulouse and came to New Spain in 1531, shortly after his ordination. Fray Alonso de la Rea, Michoacan's Franciscan chronicler of the seventeenth century, says Gilberti went directly to Michoacan. He quickly learned the language and was held in high admiration by the natives. It seems that his first publication was a Christian doctrine that came out in 1553. In 1556 we find Fray Gilberti in Tzintzuntzan, were Quiroga established the episcopal see and where indigenous Tzintzuntzans and other subjected Indians were forced in building the cathedral. Gilberti stood against Bishop Quiroga and the enslavement of the indigenous to build and pay for the cathedral. In the summer of 1558 Gilberti proposed several books to be printed in Mexico. He Had obtained approval for them by James Daciano, guardian (superior of the convent)of the Franciscans in Tzintzuntzan, in July. He must have acted quickly, because on August 10 received letters from Archbishop Alonso, and the Franciscan provincial authorizing the publication of his books. Within the same twelve month period the Viceroy Luis de Velasco gave his written approval. In accordance with such approvals he would published four books in Mexico during the course of less than one year. All were published at the press of Juan Pablo. It seems that Gilberti had thought that his grammar (Arte) and dictionary (vocabulary) were two parts of the same work. This is probably the reason why the dictionary does not have the usual written approvals, because the dictionary is mentioned in the letters to the principle of grammar. Gilberti died in Tzintzuntzan 1585.Condition:Inscribed on half title, spine, hinges, edges and corners rubbed, corners bumped. Internally very good in good binding.
Crónica de la Orden de N. Seráfico P. S. Francisco, Provincia de San Pedro y San Pablo de Mechoacán en la Nueva España

Crónica de la Orden de N. Seráfico P. S. Francisco, Provincia de San Pedro y San Pablo de Mechoacán en la Nueva España by Rea, Alonso de la (1610-1660?) from the library of Professor George M Foster

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Title
Crónica de la Orden de N. Seráfico P. S. Francisco, Provincia de San Pedro y San Pablo de Mechoacán en la Nueva España
Author
Rea, Alonso de la (1610-1660?) from the library of Professor George M Foster
Seller
The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
xv+488 pages with appendices. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5") bound in quarter leather with gilt lettering to spine in stiff boards. From the library of Professor George M Foster. Second edition.Alonso de la Rea was born in Queretaro in 1610. He wrote his Cronica in 1637-1639, providing data on Michoacán and Jalisco. For many matters he leaned heavily on Torquemada, who in turn had copied them from Mendieta. Ricard, quoting an 18th century opinion, mentions that Rea lacked interest in chronology to an excessive degree. His work was however, an official and methodical chronicle of the province, preserving considerable detail about it. Rea's Cronica ... 1639 was first published in 1643, and is now a bibliographical rarity. The volume is divided into three books, totaling 92 chapter. Book 1 describes the region, products, people, their dealings with Aztecs, their general traits, religious rites, the last native emperors, and coming of the Spaniards. This is followed by arrival of the Franciscan missionaries, with biographies of some of these pioneer friars. Book 2 begins with the division of the province between Michoacán and Jalisco (1606) and contains numerous biographies of the members of that order. Book 3 is also a series of lives and an account of the Custodio del Rio Verde. The second edition was published in Mexico (1882). It includes additional relevant documents in three appendices. At the end of the text there is a table of contents, but no index.George McClelland Foster, Jr born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on October 9, 1913, died on May 18, 2006, at his home in the hills above the campus of the University of California, Berkeley, where he served as a professor from 1953 to his retirement in 1979, when he became professor emeritus. His contributions to anthropological theory and practice still challenge us; in more than 300 publications, his writings encompass a wide diversity of topics, including acculturation, long-term fieldwork, peasant economies, pottery making, public health, social structure, symbolic systems, technological change, theories of illness and wellness, humoral medicine in Latin America, and worldview. The quantity, quality, and long-term value of his scholarly work led to his election to the National Academy of Sciences in 1976. Virtually all of his major publications have been reprinted and/or translated. Provenance from the executor of Foster's library laid in.Condition:Foster's stamp to title. Corners bumped, edge wear to boards, rubbing to paper boards else a very good copy.
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Poems from the Desert by MONTGOMERY of ALAMEIN Field General the Viscount

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Poems from the Desert
Author
MONTGOMERY of ALAMEIN Field General the Viscount
Seller
Bauman Rare Books (United States)
Description
1944. First Edition. Signed. MONTGOMERY OF ALAMEIN, Bernard. Poems from the Desert. Verses by Members of the Eighth Army. London: George G. Harrap, (1944). Octavo, original half navy morocco, uncut, original cardboard slipcase. $1850.Signed limited first edition of this collection of 27 poems written by members of the Eighth Army while in the Western Desert in 1942-43, number 53 of only 110 copies signed by General Bernard Montgomery, who has written the Foreword, with etched frontispiece by Stephen Gooden.Twenty-six of the poems gathered here were the winning entries taken from 403 poems submitted to a competition organized by the Eighth Army's newspaper Crusader; poems had to be written in the Western Desert to be considered. The twenty-seventh poem ""has a unique history. Written on a scrap of paper, it fluttered into the hands of a soldier sheltering in a slit trench, during the battle of El Ahgeila."" As the renowned commander of the Eighth Army, Montgomery of Alamein, writes in his foreword, ""It is not too fanciful to see in the poems that follow something of the greatness of mind and spirit with which this valiant Army has been fired, and to which so many of its finest achievements can be attributed."" With original cardboard slipcase. A few spots of foxing to endpapers and cloth boards. A near-fine signed copy.
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One Christmas by CAPOTE Truman

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Title
One Christmas
Author
CAPOTE Truman
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Bauman Rare Books (United States)
Description
1983. First Edition. Signed. CAPOTE, Truman. One Christmas. New York: Random House, (1983). Slim octavo, original black cloth, original slipcase. $1000.Signed limited first edition, number 197 of only 500 copies signed by Capote.The redemptive story of a young Capote's first Christmas with his estranged father. The photographic illustration on the slipcase pictures a young Truman seated on his father's lap.
Original Signed Self Portrait Sketch

Original Signed Self Portrait Sketch by COVARRUBIAS, MIGUEL

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Original Signed Self Portrait Sketch
Author
COVARRUBIAS, MIGUEL
Seller
Schulson Autographs (United States)
Description
Covarrubias draws a pencil sketch of his face on a round doily. He signs the sketch in printed capital letters, "COVARRUBIAS." The sketch is framed in a rough hewn folk art like painted wooden oval frame and laid onto a gold and green painted wooden background. The sketch is rendered in lighter pencil than the darker signature. The actual drawing is sharper than the photograph shown here. Covarrubias moved to New York on a grant from the Mexican Government in 1924. He is renown for his drawings that captured the cultural activity of the Harlem Renaissance in his book, "Negro Drawings." (1927). He was a regular illustrator on the covers for "Vanity Fair," "Vogue," and "The New Yorker," designed costumes for Josephine Baker, and generally popularized the art and cultures of the Americas and of Bali. He was interested in the ethnology of Mexican culture and posited that Mayan culture was preceded by Olmec culture, discounted at first but now known to be accurate. It is thought that his stylistic concerns drew him to study Mexican and also Balinese ethnography. Although still regarded as a caricaturist and illustrator since the majority of his output falls into these categories, Covarrubias is being reconsidered as a multidimensional Modernist working in many forms.
Noticia del Establecimiento y Poblacion de las Colonias Inglesas en la America Septentrional: religion, orden de gobierno, leyes y costumbres de sus naturales y habitantes; calidades de su clima, terreno, frutos, plantas y animales; y estado de su industria, artes, comercio y navegacion

Noticia del Establecimiento y Poblacion de las Colonias Inglesas en la America Septentrional: religion, orden de gobierno, leyes y costumbres de sus naturales y habitantes; calidades de su clima, terreno, frutos, plantas y animales; y estado de su industria, artes, comercio y navegacion by Alvarez, Francisco

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Noticia del Establecimiento y Poblacion de las Colonias Inglesas en la America Septentrional: religion, orden de gobierno, leyes y costumbres de sus naturales y habitantes; calidades de su clima, terreno, frutos, plantas y animales; y estado de su industria, artes, comercio y navegacion
Author
Alvarez, Francisco
Seller
Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition
A very good copy, front board slightly bowed, small split to vellum on rear board at lower joint, minor soiling, else a bright,
Description
Madrid: En la Oficina de Antonio Fernandez, 1778. First edition. Later vellum, spine lettered in manuscript. A very good copy, front board slightly bowed, small split to vellum on rear board at lower joint, minor soiling, else a bright, sharp copy.. 196 pp. 8vo. Written just a year before Spain joined the fight against England, an interesting history, and the longest Spanish work to that date, describing the English colonies in America. Quite thorough with seventeen chapters covering the origin and establishment of the English Colonies in America; detailed accounts of Virginia, Maryland, New England, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Carolina, Georgia; Colonies acquired from other European countries by Treaty; Canada, Florida; Observations concerning the colonies; Customs and Religion of the Indians; particular plants in English America, as well as information on the industry, commerce and navigation. Despite the date of its publication, and the preface in which Alvarez notes that all eyes are on these "Anglo-Americans," he provides little concrete detail on the revolution itself. Provenance: From the library of Alberto Parreño, with his bookplate on front paste down. Palau 9252. Sabin 975. Howes A192 ("aa"). Medina BHA: V, 4832. Clark I, 187.
The Jingle of a Jap

The Jingle of a Jap by Thurston, Clara Bell

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Title
The Jingle of a Jap
Author
Thurston, Clara Bell
Seller
White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
Boston: H. M. Caldwell Co, 1906. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine. With both the scarce three dimensional doll attached to the binding and the original box. 8vo. 23 by 18 cm. Unpaginated, with 23 chapters, each a page or two, with lovely color illustrations throughout. Beautiful silk fabric boards with minor soilage and then wear in lower corner. Light wear to the fabric binding and book. The doll itself isin a superb state of preservation. The box lid has a moderate level of soiling on the paper pastedown and along the edges, with two side edges repaired. Still, the box is an extraordinary survivor.
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Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York, D. T. Valentine, 1862 by Valentine, D. T.

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Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York, D. T. Valentine, 1862
Author
Valentine, D. T.
Seller
White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York: Edmund Jones & Co, 1862. Full Morocco. Very Good. 775 pp. With numerous color and tinted plates and fold-outs, including color illustration of New York Harbor and City Hall (an inset). Of particular interest is series of illustrations pertaining to the construction of the aquaduct and reservoir, and part of this is a depiction of the building of High Bridge linking the Bronx and Manhattan, a bridge of soaring beauty now visually ruined by the spaghetti loops of the Cross Bronx interchange. Also there are several plates of Civil War interest such as a depiction of the departure of several regiments in different plates. The red morocco is bright and lustrous on boards, where there is in gilt embossed the name of the original owner (Alderman George Moore) and the donor. The spine is duller but still healthy overall, with one splotch of surface loss and a crack in the upper tip now repaired but still noticeable. The interior is tight and generally quite clean.
Avvisi di utilità generale. Le raccolte di Grano più abbondanti. Le farine più salubri ed economiche. Il PANE migliore, Economico, più sostanzioso, più nutritivo... cotto in una nuova maniera... Firenze: Editori del Giornale di Commercio

Avvisi di utilità generale. Le raccolte di Grano più abbondanti. Le farine più salubri ed economiche. Il PANE migliore, Economico, più sostanzioso, più nutritivo... cotto in una nuova maniera... Firenze: Editori del Giornale di Commercio by Cookery

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Avvisi di utilità generale. Le raccolte di Grano più abbondanti. Le farine più salubri ed economiche. Il PANE migliore, Economico, più sostanzioso, più nutritivo... cotto in una nuova maniera... Firenze: Editori del Giornale di Commercio
Author
Cookery
Seller
De Simone Company, Booksellers (United States)
Description
Firenze: Via Panzani, 1832. 8vo. 220 x 140 mm., [8 ¾ x 5 ¾ inches]. 8 pp. Later mauve colored paper wrappers. Ownership stamp of H. Gerroid. Rare pamphlet discussing recent bumper harvests of wheat and methods for the production of the healthiest and cheapest flours to produce the most nutritious bread, prepared in a new method to preserve both flavor and nutrients. Piedmont style bread, called "Pane Toscano or Richard", was the most favored brand in Florence and this advertising pamphlet describes in detail the history of the brand, its method of production and the reasons for its singular success in the region. It does all this without mentioning a competitor or other methods of production, but stresses it healthful qualities and flavor. With the ownership stamp of Baron Hector Garriod (1803-1883), a celebrated art dealer bornn in the Savoy but who lived most of his life in Florence. Not cited in ICCU, Westbury or other culinary reference books.
Cock Robin: Silhouette Series

Cock Robin: Silhouette Series by Shugg, R.

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Title
Cock Robin: Silhouette Series
Author
Shugg, R.
Seller
Thorn Books (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
New-York: R. Shugg, 1880. Wraps. Very good. 5½ by 6½ inches. 24 pages. Each set shows an illustration in silhouette on the right with the text facing. Cock Robin is followed by 'Robin and Richard', 'Jack Sprat' and 'See, Saw Margery Daw'. Each of the three subsequent rhymes are one page with a facing illustration. Yellow wrappers printed in red and black. The first and last pages pasted to the cover as issued. Publisher's advertisement on the pack cover. With "Silhouette Series" on the front wrapper. Wrappers soiled and spine neatly mended with tissue, else this is in very good condition, and a remarkable survival for such a fragile item. Rare. Not in Osborne, not in Cotsen; only one copy located in OCLC at Yale.
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On the Minute Structure and Functions of the Spinal Cord and Medulla Oblongata, and ... Treatment of Epilepsy by Schroeder van der Kolk, J

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On the Minute Structure and Functions of the Spinal Cord and Medulla Oblongata, and ... Treatment of Epilepsy
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Schroeder van der Kolk, J
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Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
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Very good; inst. stamp on title & endsheet; neat attractive gilt ownership stamp on spine; some wear to the joints in places.
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London: New Sydenham Soc., 1859. First English Edition.. Original publisher's cloth.. Very good; inst. stamp on title & endsheet; neat attractive gilt ownership stamp on spine; some wear to the joints in places.. 8vo. There are 10 lithographic plates of the brain and spinal cord. This is two works bound as one. The first deals with the spinal cord the second with epilepsy. The careful microscopic studies of the author brought histological examination of the nervous system to the forefront in connection with study of localization of function. It also confirmed the medulla as the seat of the epilepsy. See G - M #4815 for the first German.
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Letter from the Secretary of War ... An Estimate of all the Posts and Stations for Which Garrisons will be Expedient .... by USA: House of Representatives

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Letter from the Secretary of War ... An Estimate of all the Posts and Stations for Which Garrisons will be Expedient ....
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USA: House of Representatives
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Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
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A very good, untrimmed copy; some scattered spotting.
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Washington DC: House of Rep., 1801. First Edition.. stitched as issued.. A very good, untrimmed copy; some scattered spotting.. 8vo. A summation of the distribution of the American Army across the new nation.
The Edgar Rice Burroughs Library of Illustration [3 Vols]

The Edgar Rice Burroughs Library of Illustration [3 Vols] by Burroughs, Edgar Rice; Cochran, Russ

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The Edgar Rice Burroughs Library of Illustration [3 Vols]
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Burroughs, Edgar Rice; Cochran, Russ
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Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
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Very Good
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West Plains: Russ Cochran, Publisher, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Limited to 2000. Fine in a Fine slipcase. Cream cloth with gilt lettering on the spines, brown leather labels and paste-down illustrations on the front boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally.
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ESSAY ON NATIONAL PRIDE. TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED, MEMOIRS OF THE AUTHOR'S LIFE AND WRITINGS. TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL GERMAN OF THE ALTE CELEBRATED...AULIC COUNSELLOR AND PHYSICIAN TO HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY AT HANOVER. BY SAMUEL H. WILCOCKE by Zimmermann, J[ohan] G[eorg]

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ESSAY ON NATIONAL PRIDE. TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED, MEMOIRS OF THE AUTHOR'S LIFE AND WRITINGS. TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL GERMAN OF THE ALTE CELEBRATED...AULIC COUNSELLOR AND PHYSICIAN TO HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY AT HANOVER. BY SAMUEL H. WILCOCKE
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Zimmermann, J[ohan] G[eorg]
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David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC (United States)
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New York: Printed by M.L. & W.A. Davis, for H. Caritat, Bookseller and Librarian, 1799. pp xl, [41]-300, [25]. Foxed, bound in contemporary full leather [boards rubbed], rebacked, original leather spine label laid down. Good to Good+. "The last section contains the Index and a list of Caritat's new publication." Evans. The first is an account of Zimmerman's life and "great genius," and a bibliographical discussion of this work, first published in 1758. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Evans 36750. III Jenkins 938.
Going to Meet the Man

Going to Meet the Man by Baldwin, James

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Going to Meet the Man
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Baldwin, James
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Bookbid Rare Books (United States)
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near fine
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Dial Press, 1965. first. hardcover. near fine/very good. First edition. Book near fine. Dust jacket very good, minor wear and tear, minor foxing to inside of dj.
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JACOB'S ROOM by WOOLF, Virginia

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JACOB'S ROOM
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WOOLF, Virginia
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Second Life Books Inc (United States)
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NY: Harcourt, Brace, 1923. First American edn. 8vo, pp. 303. Some soiled yellow cloth with paper label on spine. One hinge tender, flyleaf loose, Former owner, author and editor Barbara Howes' signature on flyleaf. VG. Kirkpatrick A6b. Issued in an edition of just 1500 copies.
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FRANCES TOOR'S MOTORIST GUIDE TO MEXICO; Maps and Drawings by Carlos Mérida and A. Cervantes

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FRANCES TOOR'S MOTORIST GUIDE TO MEXICO; Maps and Drawings by Carlos Mérida and A. Cervantes
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Beverly Karno Books LLC (United States)
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México: Frances Toor Studios, 1938. b/w plates, illus., maps, ind., three-color artwork on beige coth covers. Stunning illustrated cover by Carlos Mérida.
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MASTER MANUAL FOR WOODWORKERS. by Albert Constantine & Son, Inc.

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MASTER MANUAL FOR WOODWORKERS.
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Albert Constantine & Son, Inc.
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J.B. Muns, Fine Arts Books (United States)
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Very Good
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New York, 1949. Paperback. Very Good. Intro. of the company, description of woods, order blank laid in, veneer kits for inlaid pictures with illus., cabinet woods, jigsawed projects, picture frame mouldings, inlayed borders with color illus., "hard-to-get" materials, period furniture hardware, upholstery tools & supplies, costume jewelry findings, plastics for the craftsman (plexiglas), ceramic tiles, etc. - all illus. & priced. 128pp. 7" x 10".
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Poems: With an Introductory Sketch by Alex F. Irvine by Whitlock, Genevieve Hale

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Poems: With an Introductory Sketch by Alex F. Irvine
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Whitlock, Genevieve Hale
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McBlain Books (United States)
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Near Fine
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New Haven: Charles E. H. Whitlock, 1906. 1st ed. Hardcover. Near Fine. frontis portrait, xi, 126p. Green cloth. 21cm. Corner bumped. No Jacket. Poetry. The author who died before her 28th birthday, identified herself as a Christian socialist.
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MAN IN HIS TIME by Aldiss, Brian

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MAN IN HIS TIME
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Aldiss, Brian
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MAN IN HIS TIME, Atheneum, 1989, first edition, fine in wraps. Uncorrected proof. Signed by the author.
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Sixty-third Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, 1945-1946

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Sixty-third Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, 1945-1946
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Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
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Very Good
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Smithsonian Institution, 1947. Very Good. Sixty-third Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, 1945-1946. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1947. 12pp. 8vo. Wraps. Book condition: Very good.

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