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OS LUSÍADAS

OS LUSÍADAS by (BINDINGS - 19TH CENTURY PORTUGUESE COMMEMORATIVE). CAMÕES, LUÍS DE

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Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts
Title
OS LUSÍADAS
Author
(BINDINGS - 19TH CENTURY PORTUGUESE COMMEMORATIVE). CAMÕES, LUÍS DE
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Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
Description
Leipzig: Typographia Giesecke & Devrient [for] Emilio Biel, Portugal, 1880. 400 x 305 mm. (15 3/4 x 12"). 2 p.l., LVI, 375, [1], XCII pp. IMPOSING CONTEMPORARY BLACK CALF, upper cover with sunken central panel framed by gilt and blind rules, raised gothic window frame with gilt tooling, large ship embossed and painted at center, gilt lettering above and below, lower cover gilt-stamped "Companhia Portugueza Editora / Porto," raised bands, spine panels with blind-stamped floral frames, gilt lettering, patterned endpapers, apparently later hinges, all edges gilt and elaborately gauffered. In a later green felt-lined cloth slipcase. Illustrated half title, engraved portrait frontispiece, dedication, and portrait of the dedicatee, engraved decorative half frames at beginning of each Canto and tailpiece at the end, 10 section titles printed in colors, and 19 plates, all with original tissue guards. Front pastedown with modern color-printed bookplate dated 1980. ◆Spine slightly sunned, leather with a few minor scrapes, scratches, and other small signs of wear, plates variously foxed because of paper used (usually mildly or moderately, though occasionally more noticeably); nevertheless, a striking volume with its main attractions (the front cover and shimmering gauffered edges) retaining all of their appeal. This is an impressive commemorative edition of the masterpiece of the Portuguese language's greatest poet, in a binding that celebrates that country's history of exploration. First published in 1572, the epic poem "Os Lusíadas" relates the adventures of Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama (ca. 1460s - 1524), the first European to reach India by sea. Sailing via the Cape of Good Hope in 1497, he established the first ocean route from Europe to India, landing in Calicut in 1498. His navigation skills provided Portugal with more than bragging rights for accomplishing a feat attempted for decades at the cost of hundreds of sailors' lives: the Portuguese now had unprecedented access to the spices of the East, and came to dominate that market. A master of verse whose skills have been compared to those of Shakespeare, Milton, and Dante, Luís de Camões (ca. 1524/25 - 1580) also had firsthand experience of the voyage: he travelled to India on the carrack São Bento in 1553. He composed parts of this work while dwelling in a cave in Macau, and managed to save the manuscript when he was shipwrecked in the Mekong delta. After 17 years in the East, Camões returned to Portugal and completed "Os Lusíadas." When it was published two years later, he was rewarded with a royal pension. The binding here depicts a Portuguese caravel--the small, very maneuverable ship Portugal's explorers used in the Age of Discovery--at full sail on choppy seas, in a sunken space framed within a Moorish-style arch bearing the Portuguese Coat of Arms. Dedicated to Dom Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil, this luxurious production was issued to commemorate the 300th anniversary of Camões' death..
[Typed Letter, Signed, Written to Missionary Friends, Reporting on Travels in China, Including Visits to Hospitals]

[Typed Letter, Signed, Written to Missionary Friends, Reporting on Travels in China, Including Visits to Hospitals] by [China]. [Travel]. Goodnow, Minnie

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Title
[Typed Letter, Signed, Written to Missionary Friends, Reporting on Travels in China, Including Visits to Hospitals]
Author
[China]. [Travel]. Goodnow, Minnie
Seller
McBride Rare Books (United States)
Condition
About very good.
Description
Peiping, China: June 4, 1936. About very good.. [2]pp. Folio. Old fold lines, minor wear, a few contemporary annotations. Letter written by a nurse visiting China, relating her itinerary in China which includes numerous trips to local hospitals and leper colonies. Minnie Goodnow was a registered nurse who served in France during the Great War. After her return to the U.S., she was a nursing administrator in several hospitals before embarking on this journey. She writes: "I am having a trip that is no less than wonderful. I had three objectives in mind for it, -- to see the world, or some bits of it; to see hospitals and learn something of what was being done in nursing education in several lands; and to see something of missions at first hand. I'm doing all three of them -- superficially, but with great profit to myself. ... I went up to Chiengmai with some of the mission people, staid with Dr. and Mrs. Cort, saw the wonderful leper colony, and had a marvellous time. Here in China I have had a steady diet of missions and hospitals and done sight-seeing, too." She goes on to relate her itinerary, which includes trips to Shanghai, Nanking, Hankow, and Changsha, as well as a stay at a Buddhist monastery -- "Can you fancy the thrill I got from spending the night on top of a sacred mountain, in a Buddhist monastery, in the heart of China!" She continues: "Miss Stephenson went with me to two 'country' hospitals -- to complete -- or add to -- my education! They were those at Siaokan and Tiean, and were most interesting. I also saw the old-fashioned leper asylum at Tiean, which is on the way to becoming new-fashioned. Then I came here to Peiping, where I have been for nearly four weeks. I am giving a short course in History of Nursing and doing sight-seeing, also meeting people." She tells her reader that after China she plans to travel on to Indian with a similar mission. An interesting look into the culture of American travel and mission work in China in the 1930s.
Horizontal Tracking Shots

Horizontal Tracking Shots by KELLEY, Mike

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Horizontal Tracking Shots
Author
KELLEY, Mike
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Harper's Books (United States)
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A fine copy in illustrated boards.
Description
New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2009. A fine copy in illustrated boards.. First Edition. Quarto. Published on the occasion of Mike Kelley's 2009 exhibition at Gagosian, New York (Nov. 7 - Dec, 23, 2009). Featuring color reproductions of the exhibited works, along with installation views and an interview transcript.
[LAW] ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, BEGUN AND HELD AT THE CAPITOL, IN THE CITY OF RICHMOND ON MONDAY THE FIFTH DAY OF DECEMBER, IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE [1825], AND OF THE COMMONWEALTH THE FIFTIETH

[LAW] ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, BEGUN AND HELD AT THE CAPITOL, IN THE CITY OF RICHMOND ON MONDAY THE FIFTH DAY OF DECEMBER, IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE [1825], AND OF THE COMMONWEALTH THE FIFTIETH by Virginia General Assembly

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[LAW] ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, BEGUN AND HELD AT THE CAPITOL, IN THE CITY OF RICHMOND ON MONDAY THE FIFTH DAY OF DECEMBER, IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE [1825], AND OF THE COMMONWEALTH THE FIFTIETH
Author
Virginia General Assembly
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Black Swan Books, Inc. (United States)
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Very Good binding
Description
Richmond: Thomas Ritchie, 1826. Quarter Leather. Very Good binding. Large 8vo.; quarter calf over marbled boards with morocco label; [3], 4-125 including the Index; this less common than the Acts later in the century.~~From the early days of the Republic, when things were still being shaped in the Commonwealth. For example, the town of City Point in Prince George County was established this year. We also note that there was a reward for killing crows. Very Good binding.
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VENETIAN GLASS NEPHEW by WYLIE, Elinor

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VENETIAN GLASS NEPHEW
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WYLIE, Elinor
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Houle Rare Books & Autographs (United States)
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NY, DORAN, 1925. VERY GOOD-FINE.
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Annie Deane by ADLEMAN, Robert H

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Annie Deane
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ADLEMAN, Robert H
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Houle Rare Books & Autographs (United States)
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New York, The World Publishing Company [1971]., 1971. First edition (so stated). 8vo. Dust jacket designed by Milton Charles (unclipped). Very good. 213 pages. Signed and inscribed by Robert H. Adleman on the front free endpaper: "For Gene and Nancy Tunick who are dear friends of my brothers, Ed and Stan, Robert H. Adleman, Sept. 1971, Malibu, Calf". Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/Very Good.
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The Rose Tattoo by Williams, Tennessee

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The Rose Tattoo
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Williams, Tennessee
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Sanctuary Books (United States)
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Very Good
Description
New York: New Directions, 1951. First Edition stated. Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. Variant grey cloth; dust jacket design by Alvin Lustig; 8vo; pp. xv, [1], 144, plus b/w photo-illustrated plate. A very good copy in the Lustig DJ, original price of $3.00 intact, edgeworn with shallow chipping along the edges. A respectible copy of this popular play and basis for the 1955 Daniel Mann film starring Anna Magnani in her Oscar-winning portrayal of a widow wooed by truck driver Burt Lancaster.
The Jumping Fool (Vintage script for the 1970 play)

The Jumping Fool (Vintage script for the 1970 play) by Allen Savage (director); Shirl Hendryx (playwright); Alan Bergmann, Michael Petard, Elizabeth Shepherd (starring)

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The Jumping Fool (Vintage script for the 1970 play)
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Allen Savage (director); Shirl Hendryx (playwright); Alan Bergmann, Michael Petard, Elizabeth Shepherd (starring)
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Royal Books (United States)
Description
N.p.: N.p., 1984. Vintage script for the 1970 play, which debuted off-Broadway at the Fortune Theatre on February 9, 1970. Laid in with the script are three copies of a review of a later run of the play printed in the American National Theater and Academy West newsletter, and three copies of an advertising sheet for the play, along with a brief autograph note from playwright Shirl Hendryx to talent agent Walter Kohner, introducing the script and review copies, date-stamped May 11 1984. A slice-of-life drama about an aging, discontented journalist who is haunted by the ghost of a circus acrobat. Beige titled wrappers. Title page present, undated, with credits for screenwriter Shirl Hendryx. 96 leaves, with last page of text numbered 2-49. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages and wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads.
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Sectarianism and religious persecution in China. A page in the history of religions by Groot, J. J. M. de

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Sectarianism and religious persecution in China. A page in the history of religions
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Groot, J. J. M. de
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Rulon-Miller Books (United States)
Description
Taipei: Literature House Ltd, 1963. Facsimile edition, 2 vols. in 1, 10.25 x 7 in., pp. [6] (reading viii), 595, [3]; text illustrations, folding plate; bound Chinese style with folded edges and stab stiched spine; blue cloth covers, title label on upper cover; about fine in original clasped case. Originally published in 1901.

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