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TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES. A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented. [all three American editions] by Hardy, Thomas

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Title: TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES. A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented. [all three American editions]
Author: Hardy, Thomas
Seller: Sumner & Stillman (United States)
Description: 1892. Illustrated. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1892. (421 pages of text). PLUS: New York: Harper & Brothers, 1892. New and Revised Edition. (455 pages of text). PLUS: New York: Harper & Brothers, 1893. New and Completely Revised Edition. (457 pages of text). Original terra-cotta cloth decorated in black. First American Edition -- plus the subsequent two editions that restored deleted passages. TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES was way ahead of its time. The reading public, both in the UK and in the US, was not prepared to read about Tess's rape by her cousin Alec, about a baby ("Sorrow") born as a result, about the death of Sorrow, about the ensuing murder of Alec by Tess, and about Tess's execution. Hardy would write just one more novel, likewise way ahead of its time -- JUDE THE OBSCURE in 1896: Jude and his cousin Sue live together despite each being otherwise married, his unknown child from his marriage ("Little Father Time") joins the family only to decide that "because we are too menny," he must kill his two half-siblings and then himself. Thereafter, Hardy swore off writing fiction for the remaining 32 years of his life. The First American Edition (January 1892, 421 pages) consisted of the text (and illustrations) that had appeared serially in family-oriented Harper's Bazaar. Excluded are many events that had been in the (November 1891) London three-decker, which were "more especially addressed to adult readers" -- including two pivotal ones: Tess's seduction/rape by her cousin Alec, and the baptism and death of the resulting baby. The book thus makes no sense at all. The "New and Revised Edition" (May 1892, 455 pages) restores these two major events but leaves the rest of the text bowdlerized. Finally, the "New and Completely Revised Edition" (1893, 457 pages) gets the text more or less back in line with the English edition -- and is thus sought as the actual First American Edition of the book as Hardy wrote it. These Harper editions also constitute the first illustrated edition (since the English edition was unillustrated); the book is furthermore sought as an example of a binding designed by Margaret Armstrong. All three volumes are in near-fine condition (very light wear at the extremities, occasional light cover soil, first volume's rear endpaper cracked, minor wear to the margin of one plate in the second volume). See Purdy p. 76; Gullans & Espey 112.

BRENDAN BEHAN (1956) Photo archive by Various

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Title: BRENDAN BEHAN (1956) Photo archive
Author: Various
Seller: Walterfilm, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Various. No binding. Near Fine. Set of 4 vintage original black-and-white photos, overall near fine or better: - Two 8 x 6" (20 x 15 cm) portraits, both with old photo agency stickers on verso, one has holograph notation of 1956, which would correspond to the time of the Joan Littlewood production of Behan's The Quare Fellow. - One 9 x 7" (23 x 18 cm) UPI photo dated 10/12/56 with mimeographed text on verso. Behan with Ria Rooney, who produced The Quare Fellow for the first time in London. - One 8 x 10" (20 x 25 cm) photo. Text on verso mentions the upcoming show Impulse, which Behan was preparing for an April 1, 1961 premiere in New York; sadly, Behan's crippling alcoholism became so severe that the show was cancelled. Brendan Behan (1923-1964) was an Irish poet, short story writer, novelist, playwright and activist who wrote in both English and Irish. He is widely regarded as one of Ireland's greatest writers. In 1954, Behan's first play, The Quare Fellow, was produced in Dublin. It was well received; however, it was the 1956 production at Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop in Stratford, London, that gained Behan a wider reputation. This was helped by a famous drunken interview on BBC television with Malcolm Muggeridge. In 1958, Behan's play in the Irish language, An Giall, had its debut at Dublin's Damer Theatre. Later, Behan's English-language adaptation called The Hostage met with great success internationally. Behan's autobiographical novel, Borstal Boy, was published the same year and became a worldwide best-seller. (Wikipedia)

WILLIE NELSON [ca. 1990s] Photo archive by Various

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Title: WILLIE NELSON [ca. 1990s] Photo archive
Author: Various
Seller: Walterfilm, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Various. No binding. Near Fine. [Nashville, et al.: Various, ca. 1990s]. Set of 10 vintage original black-and-white glossy photos: three 7 x 9" (17 x 22 cm) and seven 8 x 10" (20 x 25 cm). Overall near fine. Willie Nelson (b. 1933) is an iconic American country music singer-songwriter, guitarist and activist whose career spans over seven decades. After struggling in Nashville as a songwriter for hits like "Crazy" in the 1960s, he shifted to "outlaw country" in the 1970s, achieving massive stardom with albums like Red Headed Stranger (1975) and Stardust (1978). (Wikipedia)

The Baptist Church Manual: Containing the Declaration of Faith, Covenant, Rules of Order, and Brief Forms of Church Letters by Brown, J. Newton D. D.

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Title: The Baptist Church Manual: Containing the Declaration of Faith, Covenant, Rules of Order, and Brief Forms of Church Letters
Author: Brown, J. Newton D. D.
Seller: ZH BOOKS (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: Philadelphia, PA: American Baptist Publication Society, 1860. Very good. Early printing, most probably the last one during the uthor's lifetime, n. d. (1860s - the American Baptist Publication Society moved its quarters from 1420 Chestnut Street, where the first printing of the booklet was issued, to 530 Church Street, the current publication, in the 1860s); 6 x 4; pp. [2], 5-36; off-white wraps, printed in red and ruled with an elaborate border; a small nick to top edge of front wrap, else minor wear; in very good or better condition.John Newton Brown (1803 - 1868) was an influential Baptist minister, publisher, and educator. He was also editorial secretary of the American Baptist Publication Society. He would be remembered best for drawing the New Hampshire Confession of Faith - adopted by the New Hampshire Baptist Convention in 1833 and to this day - widely accepted by Baptists as a clear and concise statement of their faith.

[2 papers] "L'Oocyte de Pholcus Phalangioides Fuessl." by BAMBEKE, Charles Eugene Marie van (1829-1918).

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Title: [2 papers] "L'Oocyte de Pholcus Phalangioides Fuessl."
Author: BAMBEKE, Charles Eugene Marie van (1829-1918).
Seller: Jeff Weber Rare Books (Switzerland)
Description: Offprint from: Bulletins de l'Academie Royale de Belgique, 3rd series, t. XXXIII, no. 4. Brussels:: l'Academie Royale de Belgique, 1897; 1898., 1897. BOUND WITH: BAMBEKE. "Recherches sur l'Oocyte de Pholcus Phalangioides (Fuessl)." Offprint from: Archives de Biologie, tome XV. Liege: Vaillant-Carmanne, 1898. 8vo. 307-321; 511-598 pp. 6 double-page chromolithographic plates (2nd paper). Early brown cloth, gilt spine, original printed wrappers bound in. INSCRIBED & RUBBER STAMPED "Hommage de l'Auteur." Ownership signature of F. M. MacFarland. FINE. Includes six stunning double-page chromolithographs of microscopic scenes. Inscribed by the author. In 1884, Bambeke gave up the hygiene course to devote himself to histology and embryology. He published a series of memoirs on the constitution of the egg in the Bulletins of the Belgian Academy of Sciences and in Archives de biologie, including: a mediating report of the germinal vesicle with the periphery of the vitellus (1883), on the ovarian egg of Scorpène (1893), on the oocyte of Pholcus phalangioides (1898). PROVENANCE: Frank Mace MacFarland (1869–1951) was an American malacologist associated with Stanford University in California. He played a leading role in organizing the Hopkins Seaside Laboratory (now Hopkins Marine Station) in Pacific Grove, California, of which he was in charge from 1910 to 1913 and co-director from 1915 to 1917, and in which he maintained an active interest throughout the remainder of his life.

Samuel Butler and The Odyssey by (Butler, Samuel) Farrington, B.

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Title: Samuel Butler and The Odyssey
Author: (Butler, Samuel) Farrington, B.
Seller: Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books (United States)
Description: London: Cape, 1929. First edition. Black cloth, fine in lightly worn jacket.

Champ de vitres. Peverelli by Butor, Michel ; Limbour, Georges

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Title: Champ de vitres. Peverelli
Author: Butor, Michel ; Limbour, Georges
Seller: Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books (United States)
Description: Paris: Galerie Lucie Weill, 1969. First edition. Cesare Peverelli. 4, 14 p. : ill. ; Wrappers, fine. Printed dos-a-dos with Georges Limbour, Champ de Cannes, both essays for the catalogue of works by Cesare Peverelli.

THE FACES BEHIND THE NAMES: THE VIETNAM WAR, VOLUME II by WARD, Don

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Title: THE FACES BEHIND THE NAMES: THE VIETNAM WAR, VOLUME II
Author: WARD, Don
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Description: The Memorial Press, 1999. WARD, Don. THE FACE BEHIND THE NAMES: THE VIETNAM WAR, VOLUME II. [No place]: The Memorial Press, [1999]. Quarto, black cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Signed by Ward on the title page. Ward's personal effort to collect as many testimonials as possible to honor military personel killed in Vietnam, especially through soliciting family biographies, letters and photographs. This book contains a number of items relating to the collection of this information: A lengthy biography, a citation for a Bronze Medal, a photograph of parent's receiving the medal, and a form letter from Ward. Fine in d/j. $75.00.

The Last Carousel by ALGREN, Nelson

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Title: The Last Carousel
Author: ALGREN, Nelson
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9780399111310
Description: New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1973. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 435 pages. A novel from the author of "The Man With the Golden Arm." A near fine copy in cloth boards with the small former owner signature of a bookseller/publisher to the front free endpaper and in a very good plus dust jacket with some small edge tears and other light wear.

The Unknown Ansel Adams by ALINDER, James and Ansel Adams

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Title: The Unknown Ansel Adams
Author: ALINDER, James and Ansel Adams
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9780933286306
Description: Carmel, CA: The Friends of Photography, 1982. First edition. Softcover. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran February 19 through April 11, 1982 in Carmel and then April 16 through August 1, 1982 in San Francisco. Text by Alinder and a credo by Adams. Includes 8 black and white images. A clean near fine copy in stapled wrappers.

LADDER OF YEARS by Tyler, Anne

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Title: LADDER OF YEARS
Author: Tyler, Anne
Seller: Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA (United States)
ISBN: 9780679441557
Condition: Near Fine
Description: NY: Knopf, 1995. First edition, first prnt. Quarter cloth and paper-covered boards. Wear on spine bottom edge cloth and shallow crease on the front and rear dustjacket flaps. Unread copy in Near Fine condition in a Near Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Tyler's thirteenth novel.. A NYT Notable Book. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The images are of the book described and not stock photos.

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