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Catalogue des Livres provenans de la Bibliotheque de M.L.D.D. L. V. [Duc de la Vallière] disposé et mis en ordre, Avec une Table Alphabetique des Auteurs, par Guill. Franç. de Bure le jeune

Catalogue des Livres provenans de la Bibliotheque de M.L.D.D. L. V. [Duc de la Vallière] disposé et mis en ordre, Avec une Table Alphabetique des Auteurs, par Guill. Franç. de Bure le jeune by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: LA VALLIÈRE)

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Title
Catalogue des Livres provenans de la Bibliotheque de M.L.D.D. L. V. [Duc de la Vallière] disposé et mis en ordre, Avec une Table Alphabetique des Auteurs, par Guill. Franç. de Bure le jeune
Author
(AUCTION CATALOGUE: LA VALLIÈRE)
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Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description
liv, [2], 618 pp.; 2 p.l., 400 pp. Two vols. in one. Thick 4to, cont. speckled boards, excellently rebacked in antique calf, gilt, reusing the two red morocco lettering pieces on spine. Paris: G.F. de Bure, 1767. A very rare large paper copy of the extremely uncommon auction catalogue of the first of three sales of duplicates from the library of the duc de la Vallière, who formed by the time of his death in 1780 the most important collection of books of the 18th century. La Vallière, born rich and richer still through several inheritances, began buying in a serious way at the sale of the comte d’Hoym in 1738. For more than forty years, he acquired MSS., books, and entire collections on an enormous scale, buying at every major sale in France (and even in London at the Askew sale in 1775). We know that in one single year — 1774 — La Valliêre bought more than 6000 books. Such a pace of acquisition caused the Duc to have many duplicates and triplicates. This catalogue, which contains 5633 lots, contains duplicate books and MSS. (!). We see that La Valliêre was not above selling unique items: lots 5566-5633 are all precious early French MSS. A fine copy, priced throughout in a contemporary hand. ❧ Guigard, II, pp. 294-95. Peignot, p. 128. Pollard & Ehrman, pp. 247 & 341 & no. 347. Taylor, Book Catalogues, p. 248-49.
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Catalogue d’Estampes anciennes et modernes, Oeuvres et Recueils, suite de Cartes Géographiques, Planches gravées, Gouaches et Dessins, Après Cessation de Commerce de M. Blaizot, marchand d’Estampes. Par F. L. Regnault-Delalande. Cette Vente fera le Lundi 19 Avril et les trois jours suivans… by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: BLAIZOT, [Pierre])

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Catalogue d’Estampes anciennes et modernes, Oeuvres et Recueils, suite de Cartes Géographiques, Planches gravées, Gouaches et Dessins, Après Cessation de Commerce de M. Blaizot, marchand d’Estampes. Par F. L. Regnault-Delalande. Cette Vente fera le Lundi 19 Avril et les trois jours suivans…
Author
(AUCTION CATALOGUE: BLAIZOT, [Pierre])
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Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description
24 pp. 8vo (198 x 125 mm.), modern aubergine cloth, title on upper cover. Paris: Félix & Regnault-Delalande, 1819. A very scarce auction catalogue marking the dissolution of Pierre Blaizot’s inventory; WorldCat records no copy in North America. Despite the lengthy interval between his death and this sale, we can identify the seller as Pierre Blaizot (1740-1808) due to the offerings in the present catalogue — prints, maps, and luxury paper — that match the description of his business on the BnF Data site. Blaizot’s page on the site notes that he was orphaned at age 9, but managed to set up an office in Versailles and a store in Paris in 1775. Suspected of selling illicit books, he spent a week in prison in 1782. His business was the target of investigations during the Revolution, leading him to gradually cede control to the bookseller Nicolas Angé. In the final decade of his life, he trained his son-in-law Antoine Hippolyte Etienne (1776-1840) as a bookseller and assisted in the establishment of Etienne’s bookshop. 227 lots, including prints by B. & J. Audran, Balechou, Bartolozzi, Bloemaert, Callot, Desnoyers, Flippart, Ingouf, Morghen, Poilly, Porporati, Rembrandt, Strange, Thouvenin, Wille, etc.; the celebrated books of Le Clerc, du Cerceau, Vitruvius, Blondel, Dupuis, R. & J. Adam, etc.; maps (lots 185-208); engraved plates, and drawings. Lot 148 is a massive group of Le Clerc’s work numbering 3432 pieces which was part of the comte Rigal sale (1817). A very nice copy. In the characteristic binding of the Bibliothèque Heim, with the library’s stamp on the verso of title. ❧ Lugt 9564.
Courte Exposition d'un Systeme Social Rationnel [caption title]

Courte Exposition d'un Systeme Social Rationnel [caption title] by Owen, Robert

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Courte Exposition d'un Systeme Social Rationnel [caption title]
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Owen, Robert
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Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
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Very good; horizontal fold; slight darkening to one panel of the first page.
Description
[Paris]: [Imprimerie de Marc-Aurel], [1848]. As issued.. Very good; horizontal fold; slight darkening to one panel of the first page.. Folio, six pages; printed in double columns. A presentation of the views of the English socialist reformer Robert Owen issued within the heart of the 1848 uprising that overtook all of Europe (re: Marx). It is a translation of the important Outline of the Rational System of Society, London, 1830 (for more see PMM #271). The reform of humanity and education of character through social structures, e.g., New Lanark, are presented to the French populace. The text is a detailed outline of Owen's social system. NLW bibliography of Owen #40; DNB XIV, 1338-1346; OCLC citing 4 holdings (France and Switzerland).
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On Disorders of the Cerebral Circulation and on the Connection Between Affections of the Brain and Diseases of the Heart by Burrows, George

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On Disorders of the Cerebral Circulation and on the Connection Between Affections of the Brain and Diseases of the Heart
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Burrows, George
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Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
Condition
Very good; cloth split along the front joint.
Description
Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1848. First American Edition.. Original publisher's black cloth.. Very good; cloth split along the front joint.. 8vo, xii, [1] - 216, 32 (adverts - dated 1855) pp. + 6 color plates of cerebral circulation. Burrows studies showed that alterations in the cerebral circulation might be related to apoplexy. Burrows pursued the difficulties of identifying and examining circulation in the brain. Burrows correctly postulated that the cerebrospinal fluid was an important element in the contents of the cranium and that it must be in constant relation to the quantity of blood. Burrows book is one of the few original works on the subject prior to the twentieth century. Garrison/McHenry - '... milestone in the study of cerebral vascular physiology.'
The Halloween Tree (Signed first edition)

The Halloween Tree (Signed first edition) by Bradbury, Ray; Mugnaini, Joseph, illustrator

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The Halloween Tree (Signed first edition)
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Bradbury, Ray; Mugnaini, Joseph, illustrator
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Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972. First edition. Signed on the front flyleaf by Ray Bradbury with the message "All Hallows 1978." Publisher's black cloth with just a bit of fading to edges of boards. Top edge stained red. Minor foxing to half-title. Unclipped dust jacket with some rubbing to back panel. Overall a clean, Near Fine copy in like jacket. Bradbury's whimsical story about a group of boys who get swept away on an adventure through space and time while trick-or-treating. In pursuit of their lost friend, the boys visit historical locations that reveal the origins and mythology of Halloween.The story is illustrated throughout by Joseph Mugnaini, who also provided illustrations for Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451.
Acrobats in a Park (Signed limited edition)

Acrobats in a Park (Signed limited edition) by Welty, Eudora

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Acrobats in a Park (Signed limited edition)
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Welty, Eudora
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Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Condition
Fine
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Northridge: Lord John Press, 1980. First thus. Fine. Presentation copy, outside of the three hundred numbered and signed copies and the hundred deluxe editions, signed by the author on the limitation page. A Fine copy bound in green cloth boards, with embossed design of acrobats on front board and right marbled endpapers. Interior as new. One of Welty's first short stories written around 1935 (although not seen in print until its 1977 publication in Delta magazine), which gives readers insight into the writer's creative and professional development. Welt herself admits in her introduction that she actually knew very little about the subject of acrobats, but was driven to capture the spell of traveling performers, and in retrospect sees the family story as a central theme carried throughout her career. Fine.
The Pawn

The Pawn by Harmer, Charles H (editor)

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The Pawn
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Harmer, Charles H (editor)
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The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA (United States)
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Good
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2 volumes. 96 pages with diagrams; 40 pages with diagrams. Quarto (11" x 7 3/4") issued in wrappers. (Betts: 7-58) First and only publication.The Pawn was published by Charles H Harmer, fortnightly in four page issues. The publication was dedicated primarily to local chess news throughout the United States, focusing on local clubs, matches and events. The problem editor was L P Lawson and Lee Edwards assisted in annotating games.Condition:Volume one lacks numbers 2, 3 and 16. Volume two lacks number number 9, other than that complete. Some pages separated at folds, volume one number one heavily chipped at edges, all issues age toned else a good set of a vary scare publication.
Naval Tracts: In Six Books. Containing, 1. A yearly account of the English and Spanish fleets during the war in queen Elizabeth's time... II. Actions of the English under King James I... III. The office of the lord high admiral of England, ... IV. Discoveries and enterprizes of the Spaniards and Portugueses;.... V. Divers projects and stratagems ...VI. Treats of fishing to be set up on the coast of England, Scotland, and Ireland,..

Naval Tracts: In Six Books. Containing, 1. A yearly account of the English and Spanish fleets during the war in queen Elizabeth's time... II. Actions of the English under King James I... III. The office of the lord high admiral of England, ... IV. Discoveries and enterprizes of the Spaniards and Portugueses;.... V. Divers projects and stratagems ...VI. Treats of fishing to be set up on the coast of England, Scotland, and Ireland,.. by Monson, Sir WIlliam

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Naval Tracts: In Six Books. Containing, 1. A yearly account of the English and Spanish fleets during the war in queen Elizabeth's time... II. Actions of the English under King James I... III. The office of the lord high admiral of England, ... IV. Discoveries and enterprizes of the Spaniards and Portugueses;.... V. Divers projects and stratagems ...VI. Treats of fishing to be set up on the coast of England, Scotland, and Ireland,..
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Monson, Sir WIlliam
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Thorn Books (United States)
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Fine
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London: Printed for Henry Lintot; and John Osborn, 1745. Early Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Folio. 147-508pp. Extracted from the third edition of Churchill's Voyages, 1745. Preface and letter to his eldest son precedes the Naval Tracts. Bound to style ion quarter calf, spine in seven compartments with raised bands; red leather lettering piece, gilt. A fine copy. And an important work of naval history, containing accounts of the Drake-Norris Portugal expedition (1589); The Earl of Cumberland's privateering expeditions (1586-1598); the capture of Madre de Dios (1592); Drake and Hawkins last voyage (1595-96) and more. There is also early information on fisheries and whaling. See Cox II, 438.
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(Agricultural Fair Broadside - Berkshire County.) Farmington Valley Agricultural Society.

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(Agricultural Fair Broadside - Berkshire County.) Farmington Valley Agricultural Society.
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Savoy Books (United States)
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Book. The Fifth Annual Cattle Show and Fair of the Farmington Valley Agricultural Society, will be held at Otis, Mass. On Wednesday, Sept. 23, 1868. Lee, Mass.: Chronicle Print, [1868.] Broadside, 24 x 18 inches, untrimmed. Folded, near fine. In a modern frame. Handsome broadside on mustard yellow paper, listing officers, committees, and entry divisions; varied type headline, text within double rule..
Tom Swift and his Chest of Secrets

Tom Swift and his Chest of Secrets by Appleton, Victor

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Tom Swift and his Chest of Secrets
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Appleton, Victor
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Bookbid Rare Books (United States)
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Very Good
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Grosset & Dunlap, 1927. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. EARLY PRINTING of Victor Appleton¿s ¿Tom Swift and his Chest of Secrets.¿ Published in New York by Grosset & Dunlap, 1927. This is the 28th title. Copyright page lists to this title. Book list in back lists titles 1-32. Front flap lists titles 1-32. Book in very good+ condition, slight rubbing on bottom of front board, corners slightly chipped and bumped, spine tips slightly rubbed and edges of back board slightly chipped. DJ in very good condition, corners lightly chipped, small tear on top edge of front cover, small piece missing from top of spine and chipping on bottom edge of spine, small tear on bottom edge of back cover.
Photo Journalism; Photojournalismus; Reportage Photographique
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Photo Journalism; Photojournalismus; Reportage Photographique by Yapp, Nick; Amanda Hopkinson

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Photo Journalism; Photojournalismus; Reportage Photographique
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Yapp, Nick; Amanda Hopkinson
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James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.) (United States)
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9783833125560
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Fine
Description
New York: Könemann, 2006. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Part 1 by Nick Yapp. Part 2 by Amanda Hopkinson. Bound in publisher's original black cloth with spine stamped in red. Frontispiece. Profusely illustrated. 8 3/4 x 12 inches. 800 pages.
The Letters of Heinrich and Thomas Mann, 1900-1949 (Weimar and Now: German Cultural Criticism, No 12)
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The Letters of Heinrich and Thomas Mann, 1900-1949 (Weimar and Now: German Cultural Criticism, No 12) by Wysling, Hans, editor

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The Letters of Heinrich and Thomas Mann, 1900-1949 (Weimar and Now: German Cultural Criticism, No 12)
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Wysling, Hans, editor
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James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.) (United States)
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9780520072787
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Fine
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Berkeley: University Of California Press, 1998. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Translated by Don Reneau. Additional translations by Richard and Clara Winston.
A Historical Guide to the Mormon Battalion and Butterfield Trail

A Historical Guide to the Mormon Battalion and Butterfield Trail by Talbot, Dan

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A Historical Guide to the Mormon Battalion and Butterfield Trail
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Talbot, Dan
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Tschanz Rare Books (United States)
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Tucson: Westernlore Press, 1992. First Edition. 124pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] Dark blue buckram boards with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Signed by the author on the title page. Illustrated guide to the Mormon Battalion/Butterfield Trail through southern Arizona. There are few major events in the history of the Far West from 1846 to 1849 that did not involve the Mormon Battalion. Recruits for the Mexican War from migrating Mormons in Iowa, the Battalion helped make that migration to Utah possible, opened four major western trails to wagons (including principal overland routes of the forty-niners), showed the importance of the Gadsden Purchase corridor, participated in the United States conquest of California and in the discovery of gold there, escorted John Fremont to his court martial, and carried the news of the gold east to an eager American public.
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ISLAND OF CAPTAIN SPARROW by WRIGHT, S Fowler

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ISLAND OF CAPTAIN SPARROW
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WRIGHT, S Fowler
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Houle Rare Books & Autographs (United States)
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NY, GROSSET, 1950. SCI FI CLASSICS REPRINT FINE.
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Hogan's Goat by ALFRED, William

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Hogan's Goat
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ALFRED, William
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Argosy Book Store (United States)
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fine
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New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1966. First. hardcover. fine/near fine. 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1966). First Edition.
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Vickers Aircraft since 1908. by Andrews, C. F.

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Vickers Aircraft since 1908.
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Andrews, C. F.
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Lighthouse Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
London: Putnam, (1969). First Edition. Octavo, blue cloth (hardcover), x, 566 pp. Photos, illus. Fine, with bookplate, in dust jacket with mylar protector.
Lightnin', After the Play of the Same Name

Lightnin', After the Play of the Same Name by Bacon, Frank; Smith, Winchell

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Lightnin', After the Play of the Same Name
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Bacon, Frank; Smith, Winchell
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Crooked House Books & Paper (United States)
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Very Good
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Grosset & Dunlap, 1925. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Red cloth boards lettered in black, under Robert Robinson illustrated dust jacket, four photographic plates from the 1925 William Fox / John Ford film. Minor wear to book, DJ has chipping to bottom of spine panel, but quite nice with good color to front panel which shows Lightnin' on a soapbox with a dog for his audience. Lightnin' was a record-setting play with almost 1300 performances starring Frank Bacon as the lead, in the role of a lifetime. It was made into a film twice, this 1925 one starring Jay Hunt, and a 1930 version starring Will Rogers.

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