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Bird's Eye View. Camp Bowie, Fort Worth Tex. October 1917

Bird's Eye View. Camp Bowie, Fort Worth Tex. October 1917 by [Texas]. [World War I]

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Title
Bird's Eye View. Camp Bowie, Fort Worth Tex. October 1917
Author
[Texas]. [World War I]
Seller
McBride Rare Books (United States)
Condition
Very good.
Description
Chicago: Mayhart Studio, 1917. Very good.. Large panoramic photograph, 8 x 90.5 inches. Rolled. Light wear at edges, with a couple of small chips and very short closed tears along top edge. minor dust soiling and toning. A fabulous and extremely long panoramic photograph, measuring approximately 7.5 feet in length, that depicts Camp Bowie in Fort Worth during October 1917. At this time, the camp was still under construction but also housed an entire infantry division in training for World War I. Ongoing construction efforts are clearly evident, as piles of lumber in various states of organization occupy the field in the center foreground. Already completed barracks and other out buildings occupy the right of the image, and thousands of army tents sweep into the background of the center and left portions of the image. A group of standard houses, likely for officers and their families, is located at the lower left of the image. The photographers, Mayhart Studio of Chicago, were responsible for a number of military and patriotic views during the United States' involvement in the Great War, including the well-known "Living Flag" image of thousands of servicemen composing an American flag. "Construction of Camp Bowie began on July 18, 1917. The camp, in the Arlington Heights neighborhood about three miles west of downtown Fort Worth, was established by the United States War Department to give training to the Thirty-sixth Infantry Division. Local officials expected financial gain and urged that the camp be located at Fort Worth. Including the adjacent rifle range and trench system, the site encompassed 2,186 acres.... Camp Bowie's greatest average monthly strength was recorded in October 1917 as 30,901. For about five months after the departure of the Thirty-sixth for France in July 1918, the camp functioned as an infantry replacement and training facility, with monthly population ranging from 4,164 to 10,527.... Shortly after the Armistice on November 11, 1918, Camp Bowie was designated a demobilization center. By May 31, 1919, it had discharged 31,584 men. The heaviest traffic occurred in June, when it processed thousands of combat veterans of the Thirty-sixth and Ninetieth Texas-Oklahoma divisions. The demobilization having been concluded, Camp Bowie was closed on August 15, 1919" -- Handbook of Texas Online. A quite remarkable photographic document of this short-lived, World War I-era army camp in Fort Worth, whose grounds and surrounding neighborhood are now touted by the municipal tourism office as "the city's premier commerce corridor." We locate no other examples of this excellent and large panorama.
William Blake's Watercolour Inventions in Illustration of The Grave by Robert Blair; Edited with Essays and Commentary by Martin Butlin and an Essay on the Poem by Morton D. Paley

William Blake's Watercolour Inventions in Illustration of The Grave by Robert Blair; Edited with Essays and Commentary by Martin Butlin and an Essay on the Poem by Morton D. Paley by Blake, William (illustrator). Blair, Robert

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Seller: John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller
Title
William Blake's Watercolour Inventions in Illustration of The Grave by Robert Blair; Edited with Essays and Commentary by Martin Butlin and an Essay on the Poem by Morton D. Paley
Author
Blake, William (illustrator). Blair, Robert
Seller
John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller (United States)
Description
2009. [N. P.]: The William Blake Trust, 2009. Folio, 95pp. Original black silk binding, with morocco labels, stamped in gilt, to top board and backstrip, black cloth-covered slipcase; illustrated throughout with color reproductions of watercolor drawings, as well as engravings. As new. § First edition, limited to 186 copies, out of print on publication. From the announcement: "These watercolor designs, which disappeared from the public eye from 1836-2001, came to light in a Glasgow bookshop, and were [later] offered as an entity to institutions and collectors at a price which, as it turned out, none could afford, or at least, was prepared to pay. Eventually, in the face of much protest, the portfolio and the 19 designs were offered for sale in 20 separate lots at Sotheby's, New York, in 2006. The drawings are now widely dispersed and it is most unlikely that they will ever again be seen together." The sale was roundly condemned at the time as an act of cultural crime. This book (and the facsimile portfolio in the de luxe issue) are now the only record we will ever have of the original series. Happily, the Blake Trust created a superb book, which is and will surely remain the single most valuable reference work on these remarkable Blake drawings.
The Art of Dying Wool, Silk, and Cotton. Translated from the French

The Art of Dying Wool, Silk, and Cotton. Translated from the French by Hellot (Jean), (Pierre-Joseph) Macquer, and Le Pileur d'Aplingy

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Title
The Art of Dying Wool, Silk, and Cotton. Translated from the French
Author
Hellot (Jean), (Pierre-Joseph) Macquer, and Le Pileur d'Aplingy
Seller
Thorn Books (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
London: R, Baldwin, 1789. First edition in English. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. x, (vii), 206, 209-508, pp. 6 engraved plates, 4pp. of descriptions and 12pp. of adverts. Sometime nicely bound in quarter leather, spine in six compartments tooled in blind with raised bands, red leather lettering labels, gilt, marbled paper boards. The soiled title page has been remargined, and there is occasional light staining, especially near the rear. Surplus stamp of the Library of Congress on the dedication page. Overall a very good copy of a rare book. Three separate works. Edelstein called them three of the thirteen key works on the history of dyeing published before 1856. Only the work by Hellot on Wool had been translated into English before,; this is the first English translation of the other two works. .
I Never Sang For My Father (First Edition, inscribed by Robert Anderson and Gilbert Cates)

I Never Sang For My Father (First Edition, inscribed by Robert Anderson and Gilbert Cates) by Robert Anderson

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Title
I Never Sang For My Father (First Edition, inscribed by Robert Anderson and Gilbert Cates)
Author
Robert Anderson
Seller
Royal Books (United States)
Description
New York: Random House, 1968. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED by author Robert Anderson and director Gilbert Cates on the front endpaper in the year of publication: "9/3/68 / Dear Jerome / Thank you for investing in 'Father' / Best / Gil / and I thank you too / Robert Anderson." Basis for the 1970 film directed by Cates, starring Gene Hackman and Melvyn Douglas. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Boards faintly faded on the top and bottom edges. Jacket has light creasing and a few nicks on the top edge of the rear panel and the bottom edge of the front panel, reinforced with paper tape on the verso.
Antique Miniature Painting of a Late 18th-Early 19th Century Gentleman

Antique Miniature Painting of a Late 18th-Early 19th Century Gentleman

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Title
Antique Miniature Painting of a Late 18th-Early 19th Century Gentleman
Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good +
Description
Painting. Very Good +. A late 18th-early 19th century American miniature hand-painted portrait --in gouache-- of a "gentleman". (The family from whom the painting came believed it may have been painted by the American still-life painter Raphaelle Peale {1774-1825} but there was nothing accompanying the portrait to support this). The painting is clean and bright and presents very well. In a handsome period wooden frame, with aged gilt-bordering designed to highlight the painting. 5" wide x 6" tall in its frame, which has been re-backed in recent years and from which we have not removed the portrait. A nice piece of original Americana.
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Godey's Lady's Book and Magazine, 1854 by Godey, Louis A. and Sarah J. Hale [Editors].

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Godey's Lady's Book and Magazine, 1854
Author
Godey, Louis A. and Sarah J. Hale [Editors].
Seller
Argonaut Book Shop (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
Philadelphia: Louis A. Godey, 1854 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First edition. A complete bound volume of all twelve issues of this famous fashion magazine. Thick octavo (9½x6 inches). Pp. 572 + 570. Table of contents. Profusely illustrated with drawings, music scores, poetry, gossip, patterns, fashions, etc., including 12 hand-colored fashion plates. Publisher's gilt decorated red cloth, red leather spine lettered and decorated in gilt. A few preliminary pages lightly toned. A fine, complete copy. Everything the fashionable lady could want including designs, music, poetry, drawings, gossip, sewing patterns, etc. along with twelve lovely hand-colored fashion plates covering the latest in lady's dress fashions..
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Serie di ritratti d'uomini illustri toscani con gli elogj istorici dei medesimi ... Volume quarto ONLY (A Series of Portraits of Illustrious Tuscan Men with Historical Histories of the Same) by Zocchi, Giuseppe

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Serie di ritratti d'uomini illustri toscani con gli elogj istorici dei medesimi ... Volume quarto ONLY (A Series of Portraits of Illustrious Tuscan Men with Historical Histories of the Same)
Author
Zocchi, Giuseppe
Seller
Hoffman Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good+
Description
Florence, Italy: Appresso Giuseppe Allegrini. Very Good+. 1773. Hardcover. A series of portraits of illustrious Tuscan men with historical histories of the same ... measuring 18 x 14 1/2 inches in contemporary (original) 18th Century patterned paper boards and half parchment binding which is severely damaged and stained with heavy loss at the top of the spine. The contents also show damage including old dampstaining throughout, which is at times heavy in the inner hinges and upper margins but which fortunately affects only 4 or 5 of the 52 glorious copper engraved portraits. A handsome production with defects but would serve well for reading or research. .
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The Anniversary. Autograph manuscript poem by Watts, Alaric A. (1797-1864)

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The Anniversary. Autograph manuscript poem
Author
Watts, Alaric A. (1797-1864)
Seller
Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books (United States)
Description
Folio, 3 page manuscript poem, no doubt composed in 1841 on the 20th anniversary of the poet's marriage to Priscilla Maden Wiffen. "Twenty chequered years have past, / Summer suns and wintry weather, / Since, our lot in concert cast, / First we 'climbed the hill, together'...." Watts heads his poem with a quote from Milton: "The world was all before us, where to choose our place of rest and Providence our guide." The poem was included in "Heath's Book of Beauty" 1847 and reprinted (with some differences from our manuscript) in Watts's "Lyrics of the Heart" (1851).
SERIES: Poems 1967-1971

SERIES: Poems 1967-1971 by Grenier, Robert

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Title
SERIES: Poems 1967-1971
Author
Grenier, Robert
Seller
Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition
Very good plus.
Description
(Ann Arbor): This Press, 1978. First edition. Very good plus.. First printing of this collection, warmly inscribed to fellow Language poet and THIS co-founder Barrett Watten. 9'' x 6''. Original black-and-white wrappers by Francie Shaw. Original price ($4.00) printed on rear wrapper. Edition of 600 copies. 142, [2] pages. Inscribed by Grenier on dedication page: "for Barry - No more hard hats! / Love, / Bob G." Watten's ownership notation to upper corner of title page. Mild edgewear and toning to wrappers.
FFLOWWERS (Poems, 1993-4)

FFLOWWERS (Poems, 1993-4) by DOWNS, Buck

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Title
FFLOWWERS (Poems, 1993-4)
Author
DOWNS, Buck
Seller
Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition
Good +.
Description
Los Angeles: Upper Limit Music, 1994. First Edition. Good +.. First printing of this collection of poems by Downs, published by this Los Angeles press, or "Newsletter in Poetics," named after a line from Zukofsky's "A." Wraps. 8vo. Saddle-stapled wraps. Good plus to very good. Some smoke damage to front cover. Interior overall clean throughout. [19] pp.
TENNESSEE COOKBOOK

TENNESSEE COOKBOOK by Lillard, Mrs. Reese

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TENNESSEE COOKBOOK
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Lillard, Mrs. Reese
Seller
lizzyoung bookseller (United States)
Condition
Green boards. Very good
Description
Nashville, Tenn.: Printed for the Author - Publishing House of the M. E. Church, South, 1922. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Green boards. Very good. 267 pages. 19.5 x 13 cm. Originally published in 1904, this revised edition contains a broad range of recipes typical of early 1900s southern tables, including items like shad roe croquettes, creamed tripe, sweatbread patties, hog's head cheese, pig's feet, chestnut stuffing, turnip greens with hog jowl, hoe cakes, and Tennessee eggnog. This type of regional food writing illustrates local practices like using sorghum as a sweetener and identifying dishes influenced by the rural, agrarian culture. The former owner of this book took the time to annotate some of the recipes - such as adding her own method to the Raisin Wine recipe and noting which recipes were "fine" or "excellent". Previous owner's bookplate on verso of front cover: "Ex Libris Christine Tate". Interior soiled throughout, not affecting text. Covers very lightly soiled.
UNTITLED TIJUANA BIBLE, WITH ILLUSTRATED WRAPPERS

UNTITLED TIJUANA BIBLE, WITH ILLUSTRATED WRAPPERS by [Tijuana Bible]

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Title
UNTITLED TIJUANA BIBLE, WITH ILLUSTRATED WRAPPERS
Author
[Tijuana Bible]
Seller
David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC (United States)
Description
[np, 1930. Oblong 16mo, original illustrated wrappers, 8pp. Near Fine. A common theme for these Bibles: respectable married man tells a young woman he wants to "buy a little of your kiester if we could get it over before my wife comes back from the store." The activities progress in graphic detail. Tijuana Bibles "were produced by a shadowy criminal underground in the 1930s. Very little hard information is available about how the Bibles were created, where they were manufactured, and how they were distributed. One certain fact, confirmed by numerous anecdotes, is that these comic books were for many young men their first peek into the forbidden world of erotic intimacy" [Adelman]. They were crudely printed and illustrated porn tract-comic books. The skimpy stories featured contemporary movie, sports, folk, political and cartoon characters in absurdly hyperbolic sexual relations. Why they're called Tijuana Bibles is a matter of speculation; 'Tijuana' was typically associated with iniquity and as an outlet for behavior considered impermissible elsewhere. Properly considered the ancestor of America's underground comics, Tijuana Bibles declined in popularity in the 1960's as mainstream publications like Playboy would satisfy readers' prurient interests. Adelman, Tijuana Bibles. Art and Wit in America's Forbidden Funnies. 1930s-1950s. [1997].
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GladiatoR by Wylie, Philip

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GladiatoR
Author
Wylie, Philip
Seller
THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY (United States)
Description
Gladiator, Avon, 1949, first soft-cover edition, slight wear to the spine extremities else near fine in full color pictorial wraps. #216.
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THREE GUINEAS by Woolf, Virginia

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Title
THREE GUINEAS
Author
Woolf, Virginia
Seller
THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY (United States)
Description
THREE GUINEAS, Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1938, first American edition, off-setting to the title page and adjacent page due most likely to a piece of newspaper laid in (no longer present), else a vg+/near fine copy. Illustrated.
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Utah Historical Quarterly: Spring 1989 (Vol. 57 no. 2)

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Utah Historical Quarterly: Spring 1989 (Vol. 57 no. 2)
Seller
Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
Utah State Historical Society, 1989. Fine. Utah Historical Quarterly: Spring 1989 (Vol. 57 no. 2). SLC: Utah State Historical Society, 1989. 91pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Near fine with slight yellowing.
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Roots of scientific thought; a cultural perspective. by WIENER, Philip P., & Aaron NOLAND, editors.

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Roots of scientific thought; a cultural perspective.
Author
WIENER, Philip P., & Aaron NOLAND, editors.
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Jeff Weber Rare Books (Switzerland)
Description
New York:: Basic Books, (1958)., 1958. 8vo. x, 677 pp. illus., index. cloth, dust-jacket; jacket edges worn.

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