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Mammotrectus super Bibliam

Mammotrectus super Bibliam by MARCHESINUS, Johannes

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Seller: Musinsky Rare Books, Inc.
Title
Mammotrectus super Bibliam
Author
MARCHESINUS, Johannes
Seller
Musinsky Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Description
Venice: Nicolaus Jenson, 1479. 4to (212 x 146 mm). Collation: A10 B-C8; a-y8 1-68 710 (A1 blank, A2r-C8v subject index; a1r author’s prologue, a1r-7/9v text, colophon on 7/9v, 7/10r-v table of contents). [260]  leaves. Double column, 38 lines and headline. Types: 3:106G (headlines and openings of each book), 6:84(75)G (text). Capital spaces with guide letters. Rubricated: pearled Lombard initials in red, some with extenders, many with additional (slightly later?) black penwork infill, capital strokes and paragraph marks in red. Contemporary manuscript register of biblical names on recto of blank leaf A1, neatly written in two columns; contemporary manuscript foliation (1-234), leaf numbers added to the table, and a few marginal notes, all in the same hand. A few wormholes in first few quires, more worming in last few quires, light marginal dampstaining to last 8 or so leaves, a couple of red smudges (rubricator’s?) on r5v and y8r. A large copy, preserving some deckle edges. Binding: Contemporary South German or Austrian dark brown blind-stamped calf over wooden boards, covers with large central panel outlined by triple fillets and with intersecting fillets forming a saltire design, outer borders stamped with a repeated Maria banderole tool, the compartments of the panel stamped with two sizes of rosettes, a fleur-de-lis, a round ihs tool, a three-leaved plant, a teardrop-shaped dragon tool, drawer-handle tool and larger leafy plant tool; ten incised and embossed brass corner-and centerpiece bosses, two brass fore-edge clasps and catches, the leather renewed, spine with banderole tools, with erroneous 19th-century paper label “S. Hieronym Expositio antiqua,” 5 red-dyed parchment index tabs, quire liners of manuscript waste; spine rubbed, leather abraded at head and tail exposing endbands, oversewn with later thread, worming, especially to lower cover (possibly recased but apparently not a remboîtage, the worming in the inner covers matching the text block). Modern linen folding case. Provenance: contemporary manuscript imprecation against thieves on front pastedown, manuscript register and annotations as described above.  A fine copy of Jenson’s edition of this important Franciscan Biblical and liturgical aid, popular in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, containing hundreds of short entries providing etymological and grammatical explanations of terms found in the Vulgate and in liturgy. Written between 1279 and 1297, by Giovanni Marchesino, a friar from Reggio Emilia, the Mammotrectus was “maternal milk” for the uneducated clergy (the term had been used by Augustine in his Commentary on the Psalms). Using synonyms and paraphrases, Marchesino taught barely literate priests how to pronounce the Latin words from the Bible which they read aloud and sang in Church, what the words meant, and how to use them in sentences. The first and longest part, arranged in order of the books of the Bible, from Genesis to Apocalypse, provides definitions, etymology, pronunciation and declensions of difficult words. This is followed by sections on the Psalms, the Lives of the Saints, basic Biblical exegesis, information on Hebrew festivals and customs, and extensive explanations of liturgical texts, including antiphons and responses, Eucharistic prayers, hymns, and sermons for every day of the ecclesiastical calendar. Packed with information, the work remained for two hundred years “the chief manual for poorly-educated priests” (Moss). It was used by young friars, who needed to master the Biblical texts and to use them in preaching. A third part, found in some manuscripts but apparently not in the printed tradition, contained an explanation of the Franciscan rule and papal bulls related to the order. Twenty-three surviving 15th-century editions were followed by only a handful of editions in the early sixteenth century, by which time the Mammotrectus had become on object of derision on the part of the Reformists, for whom it was perhaps an unwelcome reminder of the ignorance of the clergy. Jenson’s edition essentially reprinted the 1478 edition of Renner and Bartua (Goff M238). The omitted line and a half at the end of the second column on y8v appears to have been printed in this copy (not stamped in, as in British Library copy, IA. 197929). Quire 1 is here correctly printed (cf. BMC). The owner of this attractive copy supplied his own supplemental index of names. I have not been able to identify the binding shop; the tools are not reproduced in the Einbanddatenbank, Kyriss, or Schunke Schwenke Sammlung. ISTC im00239000; Goff M-239;  CIBN M-124; Walsh 1593, 1594; BMC V 180; BSB-Ink M-158; GW M20819. Cf. Ann Moss, “Latin Liturgical Hymns and their Early Printing History 1470-1520,” Humanistica Lovaniensia, 36 (1987), 112-37, esp. p. 118; Frans van Liere, “Marchesino da Reggio (Giovanni Marchesini)”, Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by Rowling, J.K.

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Title
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Author
Rowling, J.K.
Seller
B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
London: Bloomsbury, 1997 First paperback edition, first printing (number line 10 to 1), with no space between "Taylor" and "1997" on the seventh line of the copyright page, and "1 wand" printed twice in the list below "Other Equipment" on p. 53. According to Errington, "Both hardback (A1(a)) and paperback (A1(aa)) were published on the same date and neither has bibliographical priority." One of 5,150 copies. Publisher's pictorial wrappers illustrated by Thomas Taylor, with yellow, black, and white lettering, and young wizard to rear panel. Very good, with bright and clean wrappers, light wear to spine ends, minimal edgewear, a small puncture to rear wrapper ("£4.99" mostly effaced), light creases to some pages, tiny loss to half-title page and p. 53 (text unaffected), and a closed tear and light yellow staining to p. 121. Overall, a superb copy of the first Harry Potter book. Housed in a custom red clamshell box. Errington A1(aa). First published in 1997, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is the first book in the Harry Potter heptalogy. It introduces both Harry and readers alike to the secret, magical world of witches and wizards in Great Britain. It also sets the stage for the six subsequent novels by familiarizing readers with the villainous Lord Voldemort and how his and Harry's fates are inevitably intertwined. Although often regarded as a children's novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone topped adult reading charts in the UK, and in the United States, where it was published under the alternate title Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Notably, the first printing of this book in hardcover format is exceedingly rare; only 500 copies were printed, of which about 300 ended up in libraries. Despite its small print run, the book was an immediate success, and went through dozens of print runs within the first few years after publication. . First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Very Good.
Writings of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, with Biographical & Critical Notes, in Eleven Volumes

Writings of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, with Biographical & Critical Notes, in Eleven Volumes by LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth

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Title
Writings of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, with Biographical & Critical Notes, in Eleven Volumes
Author
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth
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Mystery Pier Books, inc (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
This is #131 of 500 copies of this luxuriously leather-bound let of the classic poetry of Longfellow. Pasted in volume II is a two-page autograph letter, signed, written in Cambridge, dated February 4, 1874. A stunning set.
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De la suggestion dans l’état hypnotique et dans l’état de veille by BERNHEIM, Hippolyte

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De la suggestion dans l’état hypnotique et dans l’état de veille
Author
BERNHEIM, Hippolyte
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Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description
Paris: Octave Doin, 1884. FIRST EDITION. Original printed wrappers. An excellent copy. First edition, the foundational work of the Nancy school of hypnotism. Bernheim (1837-1919), a professor in the Faculté de Médécine at Nancy, began studying hypnotism, suggestion and hysteria after observing Liebault’s method of treatment by induced sleep. Like Liébeault, Bernheim studied the scientific applications of hypnotism and substituted verbal for sensory stimuli; he interpreted hypnotism and its consequent phenomena as being the result of suggestion. “After two years of working closely with Liébault, Bernheim published the present work in which he stated that hypnosis was not a pathological state based on physiological processes, as Charcot had claimed, but a purely psychological state closely connected with suggestion. Bernheim was the first to state that the states of hypnosis posited by Charcot were actually artifacts produced by suggestion; he also demonstrated that Charcot’s ‘four-phase hysteria’ was not an illness but a psychoneurotic reaction caused by suggestion, and curable by the same process. He believed that suggestibility was not limited to hysterics but extended to the entire human race, and used the study of suggestibility to gain insight into human behavior. ‘Historically this conception of Bernheim’s ... should be considered the first (known) attempt to evolve a general understanding of human behavior and its motivation on the basis of the study of psychopathology rather than on the basis of philosophical systems’ (Zilboorg & Henry, p. 368)” (Norman). Bernheim here highlights the essential role of suggestion in the production and development of the very curious mental states which constitutes hypnotism in its varying degrees. He offers a careful examination, based on a large number of experiments, of all the phenomena relating to suggestion. Garrison & Morton, 4995.1; Norman 210.
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La coltivazione del riso by SPOLVERINI, Giovanni Battista

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La coltivazione del riso
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SPOLVERINI, Giovanni Battista
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Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description
Padua: Stamperia del seminario, 1810. Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards; a fine, clean copy. Eighth edition.
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Sketches of Naval Life. With Notices of Men, Manners and Scenery on the Shores of the Mediterranean, in a Series of Letters from the Brandywine and Constitution Frigates. by “A Civilian” (George Jones.)

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Sketches of Naval Life. With Notices of Men, Manners and Scenery on the Shores of the Mediterranean, in a Series of Letters from the Brandywine and Constitution Frigates.
Author
“A Civilian” (George Jones.)
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Ten Pound Island Book Co. (United States)
Condition
Jones was a Yale graduate who shipped as schoolmaster aboard the frigate "Brandywine" in 1825, under Charles Morris. One of his
Description
New Haven: Hezekiah Howe, 1829. Jones was a Yale graduate who shipped as schoolmaster aboard the frigate "Brandywine" in 1825, under Charles Morris. One of his navigation students on that voyage was Matthew Fontaine Maury. After conveying Lafayette home from his visit to the United States, the "Brandywine" joined the Mediterranean Squadron under Commodore John Rodgers, where Jones was transferred to the "Constitution." These two volumes are an account of that voyage, told in the form of 67 detailed letters, each of which is dated and contains multiple entries, as in a sea journal. Jones must have found life at sea to his liking. After returning to the states in 1828, he became a Navy Chaplain serving on several ships, about which he wrote another book. He was appointed the first Chaplain of the Naval Academy when it opened in Annapolis in 1845, where he served as Librarian as well. Later Jones joined Matthew C. Perry’s expedition to Japan, 1852-1854, and was a substantial contributor to the three-volume report of the expedition. See Smith II, 2596 - "The author served as a schoolmaster", and Drury's "U.S. Naval Chaplains" p. 114. This is quite a scarce book in the trade. It is an untrimmed copy. However, it has been rebound in perfunctory modern half calf over marbled boards. The former owner pasted his bookplate onto the title page of volume I, and it has left glue marks at the bottom of the page. The folding frontispiece map in volume II has been bound in upside down, and the title page of this volume has a faint but visible oval blindstamp of a public library. This set is priced accordingly. Two volumes, 11.5 x 19.5 cm. viii, 284; vii, 286, (1 errata) pp. b/w maps and plates.
Original pennant for the New York Yankees, circa 1940s

Original pennant for the New York Yankees, circa 1940s by [New York Yankees]

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Original pennant for the New York Yankees, circa 1940s
Author
[New York Yankees]
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Royal Books (United States)
Description
N.p.: N.p., 1940. Vintage felt pennant for the New York Yankees, circa 1940s. 24.5 x 8 inches. Very Good plus, lightly worn.
Quinzaine de Pasque, Notee, a l'Usage de Paris.

Quinzaine de Pasque, Notee, a l'Usage de Paris.

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Quinzaine de Pasque, Notee, a l'Usage de Paris.
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Dale Steffey Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Paris: Jean Desaint, 1739. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. [2], xvj, 542, [3] pages. Printer's address p. 541 (transl. from the French) "From the Printing Office of Jean-Baptiste Christophe Ballard, Sole Printer to the King for Music, & Notator of His Majesty's Chapel". Only the title page and the chapter headings are in French, the rest is in Latin. Printed notated music. Bound in contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, marbled end papers, with woodcut arms to title-page.Very Good, tear to leather at head of spine, joints rubbed, prior owner name in ink front end page, scattered minor toning, contemporary ink inscription in Latin rear end page. The Desaint edition RARE, OCLC locates a single copy, in Lyon, France..
Images 1923-1974

Images 1923-1974 by Adams, Ansel

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Title
Images 1923-1974
Author
Adams, Ansel
Seller
Dawson's Book Shop (United States)
Condition
Very good,
Description
New York Graphic Society, Boston, (1974). Very good,. First Edition 13 in. x 34 in. x 17 in., 128 pages, Cloth, Dust Jacket (price clipped on front flap, small abrasion (not a tear) on rear cover), With cardboard slipcase, some soiling, paper split at some edges and corners
[RELIGION] THE REPORT OF THE WESLEYAN METHODIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY; 1819. | ACCOUNT OF DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THE WESLEYAN MISSION-FUND; FROM THE ACCOUNTS TRANSMITTED BY THE SECRETARIES OF THE SEVERAL AUXILIARY AND BRANCH SOCIETIES

[RELIGION] THE REPORT OF THE WESLEYAN METHODIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY; 1819. | ACCOUNT OF DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THE WESLEYAN MISSION-FUND; FROM THE ACCOUNTS TRANSMITTED BY THE SECRETARIES OF THE SEVERAL AUXILIARY AND BRANCH SOCIETIES

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[RELIGION] THE REPORT OF THE WESLEYAN METHODIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY; 1819. | ACCOUNT OF DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THE WESLEYAN MISSION-FUND; FROM THE ACCOUNTS TRANSMITTED BY THE SECRETARIES OF THE SEVERAL AUXILIARY AND BRANCH SOCIETIES
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Black Swan Books, Inc. (United States)
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Fair binding
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London: Printed for the Missionary Society, by Benjamin Bensley, 1820. Disbound. Fair binding. An extensive list and history of missions, organized by geographic region, in the year 1819. Also with financial records of the Wesleyan mission-funds, with statements for the origin and amounts of funding, broken down by county. The Wesleyan Missionary Society, or English Wesleyan Mission, was involved in sending missionary workers to various countries in the 19th century. Lacking the paper covers. xix, [1], 68, [88] pp. No copies located on OCLC. An uncommon, and detailed account of the English Wesleyan Mission, for the year 1819. Fair binding.
Recollections of a Beloved Sister, Interspersed with Reflections Addressed to Her Own Children

Recollections of a Beloved Sister, Interspersed with Reflections Addressed to Her Own Children by Wayland, [Jane]

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Recollections of a Beloved Sister, Interspersed with Reflections Addressed to Her Own Children
Author
Wayland, [Jane]
Seller
Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description
Derby: Henry Mozley and Son, 1830 Second British edition. There was also a Boston edition published in 1829 by Munroe and Francis. All editions are scarce. OCLC locates two copies of the present edition (British Library; Heinz Historical Center in Pennsylvania) and no copies of either the first British edition or the Boston edition.. Original drab boards, blue cloth spine, and paper spine label. . Octavo. With engraved frontisportrait. Some dampstaining to boards and rubbing to label. Contemporary pencil signature, plus ink signature, dated 1869, to front flyleaf. Light foxing to front and back matter. Some dust soiling and toning to leaves. A very good, tight copy of a scarce work. The present work is a social history narrated by a woman mourning the death of her sister, Sophy, "a delicate and high-minded female, exposed early in life to all the dangers of the world, yet threading all its intricate mazes with a firm step and upright demeanor," (p. 7). The narrator tells Sophy's life story to her children as an instructive view into the social roles of women and the morality expected of them. The work is a follow-up to the children's book Little Sophy (ca. 1827).
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Na pershi huli. Zhart na odnu diiu by Vasylchenko, S.

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Na pershi huli. Zhart na odnu diiu
Author
Vasylchenko, S.
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ZH BOOKS (United States)
Description
Avgsburg (Augsburg): Nashe Zhyttia, 1946. Softcover. First edition thus; 8 x 6; pp. 22; beige wraps printed in black; spine reinforced with a blue paper tape; small nicks and cuts along edges; chip to upper corner of front wrap; faint, penciled-in notations to several pages; overall good to very good condition. Title in English and Ukrainian. Stepan Vasylchenko (pseud. for Stepan Panasenko) (1879 - 1932) was a Ukrainian poet, author and educator. He made his literary debut with a Russian-language story - The Failure of Resistance (1903) - while teaching at a small, one-teacher school in the village of Potoky. Although he was criticized by some for being a typical "peasant" writer, most of his pre-Revolutionary works dealt with provincial subjects and characters intimate and close to his heart. He was arrested for participating in labor strikes, but released in 1908 after getting very ill with typhus. He was strictly forbidden to teach for the rest of his life. He wrote numerous short stories, memoirs, and poems, even while serving in the First World War. An integral part of his legacy are his plays, including the current one-act, satirical one, published posthumously at a DP (displaced persons) camp in Germany, that for a certain degree contributed to the development of Ukrainian drama.
Zui xin ge ti chi du gong du he bian shu ji zhi nan / 最新各體尺牘公牘合編書記指南

Zui xin ge ti chi du gong du he bian shu ji zhi nan / 最新各體尺牘公牘合編書記指南

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Zui xin ge ti chi du gong du he bian shu ji zhi nan / 最新各體尺牘公牘合編書記指南
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Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
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Shanghai: Shi jie shu ju, 1923. Three paperback volumes bound with thread in traditional manner, pages toned, ownership signature on covers, otherwise very good; in a wrap-around case with chipped title label. Third printing. "The latest guide to the compilation of various styles of letters and official documents." Contains two letter-writing guides: Guang zhu gao deng chi du da quan 廣注高等尺牘大全 and Shi shang shi yong zui xin gong du quan shu 士商實用最新公牘全書.
Hints and Suggestions That Lead to Success

Hints and Suggestions That Lead to Success

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Hints and Suggestions That Lead to Success
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Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description
Indianapolis, IN: G.A Topp & Co, 1899. Pamphlet. [4]p., wraps. 5.5 x 3.25 in. Very Good. Advertisement for Topp’s Framing Tool, for use in roofing, with tips for sales. Also serves as a solicitation for people to sell Topp & Co. products.
Adams of Fleet Street, Instrument Makers to King George III.

Adams of Fleet Street, Instrument Makers to King George III. by ADAMS, George [et.al.]; John R. MILLBURN.

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Adams of Fleet Street, Instrument Makers to King George III.
Author
ADAMS, George [et.al.]; John R. MILLBURN.
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Jeff Weber Rare Books (Switzerland)
Description
Aldershot:: Ashgate, 2000., 2000. 8vo. xix, [3], 420 pp. Numerous illustrations, index. WITH ADDED LARGE FOLDING (printer's galley, or author's graphic) GENEALOGICAL TABLE (much larger than the one published in the book, same text, but with a couple of annotations added by the author). Original gilt-stamped black cloth, dust-jacket; jacket rubbed. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, JOHN R. MILLBURN, TO HIS CLOSE FRIEND, COLLEAGUE AND CO-WRITER, "Dr. Henry C. King, With the author's compliments . . . May 2000." Very good. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO HIS FRIEND & WRITING PARTNER, HENRY C. KING. "'G. Adams in Fleet Street London' is the signature on some of the finest scientific instruments of the eighteenth century. This book is the first comprehensive study of the instrument-making business run by the Adams family, from its foundation in 1734 to bankruptcy in 1817. It is based on detailed research in the archival sources as well as examination of extant instruments and publications by George Adams senior and his two sons, George junior and Dudley. Separate chapters are devoted to George senior's family background, his royal connections, and his new globes; George junior's numerous publications, and his dealings with van Marum; and to Dudley's dabbling with 'medico-electrical therapeutics'. The book is richly illustrated with plates from the Adams's own publications and with examples of instruments ranging from unique museum pieces - such as the 'Prince of Wales' microscope - and globes to the more common, even mundane, items of the kind seen in salesrooms and dealers - the surveying, navigational and military instruments that formed the backbone of the business. The appendices include facsimiles of trade catalogues and an annotated short-title listing of the Adams family's publications, which also covers American and Continental editions, as well as the posthumous ones by W. & S. Jones." – jacket. / 'Millburn has delved profitably into a wide range of sources. Copious illustrations, many of the instruments passing through the Saleroom or in private hands, expand on those usually shown . . . a book well worth waiting for.' Albion 'In a meticulous piece of research sustained over many years, a remarkably coherent picture of the firm's history and the lives of the men behind it has been constructed by John Millburn.' Journal of the American Scientific Instrument Enterprise '. . . the impact of Millburn's work on historiography could go far beyond that of a well contextualized biography . . . this book marks a turning point in the standards necessary to produce a serious historical work on instrument makers. . . his pleasant narrative, and the use of rich and good iconographical resources, make Millburn's book a model for the genre.' Medical History '(Millburn) describes the instruments from the Adams family and their chief competitors, and he uses those instruments as evidence. He does so thoroughly and with discrimination. In order to present this evidence, he has produced a splendidly-illustrated book . . .' Canadian Journal of History 'His book contains several appendixes, one of them especially useful for instrument historians as an aid to dating Adams instruments and publications . . . very detailed . . . an excellent source of information on eighteenth-century life . . . an excellent work . . . the definitive work on the Adams workshop.' Technology and Culture '. . . this book marks a turning point in the standards necessary to produce a serious historical work on instrument makers . . . a model for the genre.' Medical History 46/3 'Millburn is already renowned among eighteenth-century historians of science . . . With this book, he has extended our knowledge in two directions, simultaneously enriching our awareness of the mid-century instrument trade, and providing a longitudinal study of how one family adapted to changing circumstances . . . The thoroughness of Millburn's research is stunning. He has drawn on an impressively wide range of sources . . . This history of the Adams family is an indispensable mine of information and research aide for anyone interested in the eighteenth-century instrument trade.' Metascience '. . . a fascinating book. Its eighty pages of notes, critical apparatus, and bibliography provide a fund of primary archival data that will be of as much use to historians of London, of business practices, and even of advertising, as it will to historians of scientific instruments. The volume is superbly produced on glossy art paper, and its 126 high-definition plates of engravings and instrument photographs render visually explicit the items discussed in the text. Dr Millburn must be congratulated on his achievement, for his book opens up a fascinating dimension of eighteenth-century intellectual and commercial life.' [review] Annals of Science. / CONTENTS: Part I: George Adams senior: Family background; Foundation and development of the Fleet Street business; Royal connections; Adams's globes; George Adams senior's last few years, 1767-1772; Part II: George Adams junior: Continuation of the business; Essays and lectures; Instruments for van Marum; Hannah Adams and the succession; Part III: Dudley Adams: Globe maker and instrument maker; Bankrupt: the end of the Adams instrument business; Electrician and political reformer; Appendices: George Adams senior's catalogue 1766; George Adams junior's last catalogue, 1795; Aids to dating Adams instruments and publications; Short-title list of publications by the Adams family; Bibliography; General index. / Other books written by John R. Millburn: 1) Benjamin Martin: Author, Instrument-maker, and 'Country Showman'; 2) The London Evening Courses of Benjamin Martin and James Ferguson, Eighteenth-Century Lecturers on Experimental Philosophy; 3) Benjamin Martin: Supplement; 4) Benjamin Martin: Author, Instrument-maker, and "Country Showman"; 5) With: Henry C. King, Geared to the stars; [and] 6) Wheelwright of the Heavens: The Life and Works of James Ferguson, FRS, (1988); 7) Retailer of the Sciences: Benjamin Martin's Scientific Instrument Catalogues, 1756-82.
THE BARRACKS THIEF [SIGNED]
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THE BARRACKS THIEF [SIGNED] by Wolff, Tobias

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THE BARRACKS THIEF [SIGNED]
Author
Wolff, Tobias
Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780880010351
Description
New York: The Ecco Press, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 101 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Spine black with red and yellow lettering. Exterior has light wear including light sunning to the spine and minor wear to the head/tail edges. Boards have slight wear with faint sunning to the spine and minor edge wear. Cocking to the spine. Text block has mild foxing to the edges. First edition. Signed by the author. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column U, ND-U. 1400789. FP New Rockville Stock.
ARAB POLITICS IN THE SOVIET MIRROR
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ARAB POLITICS IN THE SOVIET MIRROR by Yodfat, Aryeh

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Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA
Title
ARAB POLITICS IN THE SOVIET MIRROR
Author
Yodfat, Aryeh
Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780706512687
Description
Jerusalem: Israel Universities Press, 1973. Hardcover. Octavo. xii Foreword, 332 pages. In Very Good minus condition with Good plus dustjacket. Black and yellow spine with white and black text. Dustjacket shows mild edgewear and shelfwear and sunning to spine. Textblock shows toning to endpapers and pastedowns and date and place of acquisition on front endpaper. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, "FDA" Section. 1367979. FP New Rockville Stock.
Brothers & Keepers [Review Copy]

Brothers & Keepers [Review Copy] by [AFRICAN AMERICANA] WIDEMAN, John Edgar

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Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books
Title
Brothers & Keepers [Review Copy]
Author
[AFRICAN AMERICANA] WIDEMAN, John Edgar
Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
London: Allison & Busby, 1985. First U.K. Edition. First Impression, cloth issue, a review copy, with the publisher's slip and 2pp press release laid in. Octavo (22cm); black paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [x],[2],3-243,[3]pp. Pictorial bookplate to front endpaper, crown gently bumped and sunned, else a fresh, Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced £9.95 net), with some mild wrinkling at crown, and a hint of sunning to spine; Near Fine. Wideman's moving memoir of he and his brother Robert's upbringing in the poor Black neighborhood of Homewood in Pittsburgh, PA, and the divergent paths they took. John Edgar went to university, became and Ivy League basketball player, and was one of the first Black Rhodes scholars at Oxford; his brother Robert is serving a life sentence in prison, accused of a 1975 murder. "...a head-on confrontation with the dark side of the American dream - with racial prejudice and the problems created by a society that has nothing to offer disaffected young blacks like Robert Wideman" (from the press release). BLOCKSON 10313 (for the US edition). 81644.
Blue: A Novel

Blue: A Novel by Zucker, Benjamin

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Seller: Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
Title
Blue: A Novel
Author
Zucker, Benjamin
Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
ISBN
9781585670000
Condition
VG/VG-. Some wear to dust jacket, but clean and tight interior. Inscribed by the author.
Description
Woodstock, New York: Overlook Press, 2000. Hardcover. VG/VG-. Some wear to dust jacket, but clean and tight interior. Inscribed by the author.. Navy cloth over boards, silver lettering on spine. Black and pictorial dj with blue lettering on spine. vii; 247 pp. Profusely illustrated in BW and color. The first novel in a trilogy written about the gem merchant industry in New York City.
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Dorothea Tanning: Between Lives--Works on Paper by -

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Seller: Appledore Books, ABAA
Title
Dorothea Tanning: Between Lives--Works on Paper
Author
-
Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Collectible; Fine
Description
London: Runkel-Hue-Williams Ltd, 1989. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. A sharp copy of the catalogue based on the Sept-Oct 1989 exhibition at London's Runkel-Hue-Williams Gallery. Crisp and Near Fine in its white wrappers, with just a touch of soiling to the rear panel.
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UNA EXPOSICION, VARIAS EXPOSICIONES, UN TIEMPO DE INAUGURACIONES. 15 AÑOS DE LA SEMANA CULTURAL LÉSBICA-GAY

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Seller: Beverly Karno Books LLC
Title
UNA EXPOSICION, VARIAS EXPOSICIONES, UN TIEMPO DE INAUGURACIONES. 15 AÑOS DE LA SEMANA CULTURAL LÉSBICA-GAY
Seller
Beverly Karno Books LLC (United States)
Description
México: Difusión Cultural UNAM/Museo Universitario del Chopo, 2002. b/w and color plates, cat., color pict. wrps. General catalogue for the exhibitions of artworks made by lesbians and gays. The exhibitions took place as part of the week dedicated to Lesbian-Gay art and cultural events in Mexico City, celebrating their 15th anniversary.
Selected Poems

Selected Poems by ABSE, Dannie

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Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA
Title
Selected Poems
Author
ABSE, Dannie
Seller
Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
New York: Oxford University Press, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. The first book of poems by this Welsh poet to be published in the United States. A close to near fine copy with some light foxing in a close to near fine dust jacket with a small edge tear to the top of the front panel and some slight foxing.

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