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THE ARABIAN NIGHTS

THE ARABIAN NIGHTS by Westall, Richard

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Seller: Type Punch Matrix
Title
THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
Author
Westall, Richard
Seller
Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition
Near fine.
Description
London: J. Booker; Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy; et al., 1819. Near fine.. Beautiful Regency-era set of the classic compendium of Middle Eastern folktales with illustrations by Queen Victoria's (future) drawing master. In the framing device of ONE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS, Sharazade delays her own execution by captivating her captor-king with stories. The compilation of Islamic Golden Age folktales would gain popularity in Europe after Orientalist Antoine Gallard translated the work into his native French in 1704. English translations soon followed, and what came to be known as THE ARABIAN NIGHTS would end up having a powerful influence on what is commonly thought of as the Western narrative tradition- with figures such as Aladdin, Ali Baba, and Sinbad the Sailor leaving an indelible mark on the European cultural imagination. A lovely set with Westall's evocative illustrations in stunning blue calf. Four volumes, 6.25'' x 3.75'' each. Contemporary full blue calf, raised bands, elaborately gilt-stamped spines, red spine labels, triple gilt-rules. All edges marbled, marbled endpapers. Original silk brown ribbon markers. Illustrated with frontispieces in every volume and 7 additional full page plate engravings. iv, 358; iv, 350; [4], 340; [4], 384 pages. Light rubbing and edgewear, faint scattered foxing, moreso to endpapers, else sound and bright.
STEVE REICH [ca. 1980s-90s] Photo archive

STEVE REICH [ca. 1980s-90s] Photo archive by Various

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Seller: Walterfilm, Inc.
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STEVE REICH [ca. 1980s-90s] Photo archive
Author
Various
Seller
Walterfilm, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Just About Fine
Description
Various. No binding. Just About Fine. New York: [ca. 1980s-1990s]. Set of 11 vintage original 8 x 10" (20 x 25 cm) and one 5 x 7" (13 x 18 cm) black-and-white photos. All have photographer credits, two are double weight, one has text on verso, two have holograph printing notations in margins. Overall just about fine. Steve Reich (b. 1936) is one of the founders of minimalist music, His innovations include using tape loops to create phasing patterns, as on the early compositions It's Gonna Rain (1965) and Come Out (1966), and the use of simple, audible processes, as on Pendulum Music (1968) and Four Organs (1970). Works like Drumming (1971) and Music for 18 Musicians (1976), both considered landmarks of minimalism and important influences on experimental music, rock and contemporary electronic music, would help entrench minimalism as a movement. (Wikipedia)
Photographies Stereoscopiques sur verre en tons chauds - Fontainebleau

Photographies Stereoscopiques sur verre en tons chauds - Fontainebleau by Lumiere Bros.

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Seller: Palinurus Antiquarian Books
Title
Photographies Stereoscopiques sur verre en tons chauds - Fontainebleau
Author
Lumiere Bros.
Seller
Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
Condition
Fine condition throughout; second series wanting the printed list; may want 2 slides.
Description
[Lyon]: Lumiere Bros., ca 1930. Boxed as issued.. Fine condition throughout; second series wanting the printed list; may want 2 slides.. Three boxes of glass slides containing 34 slides with individual glassine sleeves and the viewer. Glass, positive, stereoscopic photographic views of Fontainebleau, illustrating the facade details, interiors, fountains, grottoes, and pools. Each box comes with a folded sheet of printed legends that identify the views (the second series box is without the leaf of explanatory text). In addition to the slides the original viewing device is also provided. The stereo effect is dramatic and the slides provide an astonishing amount of detail.
Man Wants But Little

Man Wants But Little by Wright, Wilson (pseud. for William Reitzel)

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Title
Man Wants But Little
Author
Wright, Wilson (pseud. for William Reitzel)
Seller
ReadInk (United States)
Condition
Very Good+ in Very Good+ dj
Description
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dj. 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. [light shelfwear, spine slightly turned, faint dust-soiling to top of text block; jacket slightly edgeworn and age-toned]. Agrarian novel of sorts, about a young Spanish farmer who emigrates to Cuba, "where the rising wave of a boom-period sweeps him tempestuously into the drama of Cuban life. He answers the confusion of American mines, local politics, sugar boom, and local revolution with a stubborn simplicity." The Time magazine reviewer observed that "sinister echoes of U.S. big business [and] Havana terrorism are felt only in the background of this pastoral tale of Cuban peasantry," also noting that the author had spent a year in Cuba circa 1928, where he "wandered the countryside, spoke the language, watched the people instead of the politicians." A particularly nice example of the scarce and somewhat fragile dust jacket. .
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Agent of the Terran Empire [INSCRIBED] by Anderson, Poul

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Title
Agent of the Terran Empire [INSCRIBED]
Author
Anderson, Poul
Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
Condition
Very good condition
Description
Philadelphia, New York: Chilton Books, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. Octavo. [12] 201pp. Original black cloth with gilt lettering and publisher's device on spine; in original, color-illustrated dustjacket with black and brown lettering and publisher's device on spine. Decorative endpapers. Inscribed to American science-fiction writer Jerry Pournelle, signed Poul Anderson on half-title. "The Scothian warlords are on the rampage! The Merseians, those cold, implacable foes, are advancing! Earth is decadent, her ruler lazy, defenseless! Here is a set of swashbuckling, breathtaking adventures among the stars...." Publisher). Dustjacket with light wear along edges, minor fraying at head and tail of spine. Binding with light wear along edges.
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Eight Mortal Ladies Possessed by Williams, Tennessee

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Title
Eight Mortal Ladies Possessed
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Williams, Tennessee
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Sanctuary Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York: New Directions, 1974. Paperback. Very Good. Wrappers issue. Signed by Tennessee Williams on half-title.
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THE STRENGTH TO DREAM by Wilson, Colin

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Title
THE STRENGTH TO DREAM
Author
Wilson, Colin
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THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY (United States)
Description
THE STRENGTH TO DREAM, Gollancz, 1962, first edition, vg+ in vg dust-wrapper with some light dust-soil. Literature of the imagination and its miners are examined.
NOAH'S COMPASS

NOAH'S COMPASS by Tyler, Anne

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Title
NOAH'S COMPASS
Author
Tyler, Anne
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Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA (United States)
ISBN
9780307272409
Condition
Fine
Description
NY: Knopf, 2009. First edition, first prnt. Signed by Tyler on a tipped-in front free endpage. One of an unstated number of copies issued by the publisher for promotional purposes. Unread copy in Fine conmdition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Catalogue of the "Carey Collection" and a Loan Collection of Engravings, etc. - December 17, 1879

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Title
Catalogue of the "Carey Collection" and a Loan Collection of Engravings, etc. - December 17, 1879
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Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
Philadelphia: Collins, 1879. Softcover. Good. First edition. Good only. Covers chipped and torn at edges, most of spine cover missing, notations throughout.
Theodore Chasseriau (1819-1856): The Unknown Romantic

Theodore Chasseriau (1819-1856): The Unknown Romantic by Guegan, Stephane, Vincent Pomarede and Louise-Antoine Prat

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Theodore Chasseriau (1819-1856): The Unknown Romantic
Author
Guegan, Stephane, Vincent Pomarede and Louise-Antoine Prat
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Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
ISBN
9780300096903
Condition
VG+/VG+
Description
New Haven, CT: Metropolitan Museum of Art / Yale University Press, 2002. Hardbound. VG+/VG+. Light blue cloth with color pictorial glossy dust jacket. 432 pp with 58 bw and 267 color plates, weighs almost 6 lbs. Published to accompany the exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, featuring works by French romance painter Theodore Chasseriau. "Theodore Chasseriau was one of the most sensual and intellectual painters of his time. A pupil and precocious disciple of Ingres, he also fell under the influence of Delacroix, and he left his mark on both the second generation of Romantic artists and their Symbolist successors. Although his works fuse Ingres's linear precision with the lush colour and Romantic exoticism of Delacroix, they escape easy stylistic classification. His oeuvre includes Orientalist and religious paintings, scenes from Antiquity, and portraits, but he is best known for his ambitious decorative compositions for the churches of Paris and for the Cour des Comptes in the Palais d'Orsay. This volume presents more than 250 of Chasseriau's paintings, drawings and prints. The texts of the essays and entries, as well as the extensive chronology, focus on the artist's personality, his professional and social milieu, and on the works themselves, thus providing an in-depth view of the state of the arts in France in the mid-19th century." Contents as follows: Indian and the Chinese, or The two Byzantines / Louis-Antoine Prat -- Between Paris and Algiers: a stubborn believer? / Stéphane Guégan -- Resurrection and metamorphosis: Chassériau about 1900 / Christine Peltre -- Catalogue / Stéphane Guégan, Peter Benson Miller, Vincent Pomarède, Louis-Antoine Prat -- Chronology / Bruno Chenique -- Precocious talent, a young man in a hurry (1819-43) ; Cour des comptes years (1844-48) ; "Young god burdened with sorrow" (1849-56) / Vincent Pomerède -- Addendum / Gary Tinterow.
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Le Vite De Piu Eccellenti Pittori, Scultori e Architetti Di Giorgio Vasari by Vasari, Giorgio; Gaetano Milanesi, Ed

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Le Vite De Piu Eccellenti Pittori, Scultori e Architetti Di Giorgio Vasari
Author
Vasari, Giorgio; Gaetano Milanesi, Ed
Seller
White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Firenze (Florence): G. Barbera, 1889. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo. vii + 267 pp., with biographies of Cimabue, di Lapo, Giotto, Orgagna, Ghiberti, Brunelleschi, Niccola e Giovanni, Donato, Frate Giovanni da Fiesole, Perugino, da Vinci, Raffaello da Urbino, Andrea del Sarto. Binding very tight. Pages toned, clean. Light soilage on cream colored cloth, which is over marbled boards. Very good overall.
American Military History 1607-1958 (ROTCM 145-20)

American Military History 1607-1958 (ROTCM 145-20) by Department of the Army

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American Military History 1607-1958 (ROTCM 145-20)
Author
Department of the Army
Seller
Yesterday's Muse Books (United States)
ISBN
9781125931592
Condition
Good
Description
Washington D.C: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1959. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Boards rubbed. 1959 Hard Cover. A guide to the major military engagements featuring American troops from Colonial times through the time of the book's printing.

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