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CLARISSIMI VIRI D. ALCIATI EMBLEMATVM LIBRI DVO by Alciati, ANDREA

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Title: CLARISSIMI VIRI D. ALCIATI EMBLEMATVM LIBRI DVO
Author: Alciati, ANDREA
Seller: The Book Block (United States)
Description: Lyons J. de Tournes & G. Gazeau, 1556. Sm. 8vo., full green morocco with a pair of double gilt fillet borders trapping a beaded border; floral gilt corner fleurons; the spine is decorated in a Greek key design, without titling. A.e.g. over red staining, printed floral endpapers. A handsome, unsophisticated binding of indeterminate age in fine condition.Ruth Mortimer points out that this series of 113 woodcuts was designed for the first de Tournes-Gazeau edition of 1547, and continued in use into the seventeenth century. The subjects were freely adapted from the Paris blocks--either directly or through Lyons copies used in editions by Jacques Moderne in 1544 and 1545—with considerable skill in added detail. The series is attributed to BERNARD SALOMON and are considered, "the most skillful of the Alciati interpretations."The Hofer-Harvard copy Ms. Mortimer describes is the 1580 sixth de Tournes edition. Our edition contains EXCELLENT IMPRESSIONS of the blocks and wide margins except for the title-page border which is closely trimmed along the right edge with minimal loss. Lower right corner of the first two leaves restored from the verso with a small ink addition to the border. UNCOMMON IN ANY EDITION, just one copy shows up in auction records for the past twenty-six years.See also: Cartier vol. 2. Brunet I, p. 148 (1547 edition only). Praz p. 6 (1547 edition). THE PERFECT FUSION OF FRENCH AND ITALIAN TASTE

All 18 Christmas Numbers from HOUSEHOLD WORDS and ALL THE YEAR ROUND by Dickens, Charles

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Title: All 18 Christmas Numbers from HOUSEHOLD WORDS and ALL THE YEAR ROUND
Author: Dickens, Charles
Seller: Sumner & Stillman (United States)
Description: 1850. This is a complete set Dickens's annual "Extra Christmas Numbers" -- all nine of HOUSEHOLD WORDS, followed by all nine of ALL THE YEAR ROUND. London: Dec. 1850 - Dec. 1858 and Dec. 1859 - Dec. 1867. Original self-wrappers (first 13 numbers) and original blue printed wrappers (last five numbers) -- as issued. First Editions of all eighteen pieces. Dickens was the editor (or "conductor") of both of these periodicals -- one rising out of the ashes of the other -- but he also wrote at least part of the Christmas story in each of these eighteen numbers. The stories in HOUSEHOLD WORDS are: 1850 ("A Christmas Tree" is by CD) 1851 ("What Christmas is, as we Grow Older" is by CD) 1852 A ROUND OF STORIES ("The Poor Relation's Story" and "The Child's Story" are by CD) 1853 ANOTHER ROUND OF STORIES ("The Schoolboy's Story" and "Nobody's Story" are by CD) 1854 THE SEVEN POOR TRAVELLERS ("The First Poor Traveller" and "The Road" are by CD) 1855 THE HOLLY-TREE INN ("The Guest," "The Boots" and "The Bill" are by CD; the rest is by Wilkie Collins) 1856 THE WRECK OF THE GOLDEN MARY (most of "The Wreck" plus the hymn on p. 21 are by CD; the rest is by Wilkie Collins) 1857 THE PERILS OF CERTAIN ENGLISH PRISONERS (chapters I and III are by CD; chapter II is by Wilkie Collins) 1858 A HOUSE TO LET ("Going into Society" is by CD) The stories in ALL THE YEAR ROUND are: 1859 THE HAUNTED HOUSE ("The Mortals in the House," "The Ghost in Master B's Room" and "The Ghost in the Corner Room" are by CD -- as well as all but one of the other opening paragraphs) 1860 A MESSAGE FROM THE SEA (chapters I, II and V, plus passages in other chapters, are by CD; the rest is by Wilkie Collins) 1861 TOM TIDDLER'S GROUND (chapters I, VI and VII are by CD) 1862 SOMEBODY'S LUGGAGE (the first, second, part of the third, seventh and tenth chapters are by CD) 1863 MRS. LIRRIPER'S LODGINGS (chapters I and VII are by CD) 1864 MRS. LIRRIPER'S LEGACY (chapters I and VII are by CD) 1865 DOCTOR MARIGOLD'S PRESCRIPTIONS (chapters I, VI and VIII are by CD) 1866 MUGBY JUNCTION (the first four chapters are by CD -- as indicated on the front cover) 1867 NO THOROUGHFARE (the Overture, Act III, and parts of Acts I and IV are by CD; the rest is by Wilkie Collins, listed as co-author) All eighteen numbers are in very good-plus or near-fine condition, with only very minor edge-wear and soil (though the 1851 issue has a couple of closed tears on the front wrapper and an ink-mark on the rear). Five of the numbers (HhW 1854 through 1858) still have unopened leaves; a few appear that they might once have been bound up (though not trimmed or anything). They are housed in a modern cloth case with inner chemise. Though the last five numbers (the ones in blue wrappers) are not uncommon, the others have become rather scarce; it is now quite unusual to encounter a complete collection of all eighteen. Eckel pp 193-197 ("In good state they [a complete set] are hard to find" -- this in 1932!).

Harvey Fierstein's FREAKY PUSSY A T-ROOM MUSICAL (1973) Theatre poster by N.Y.T.E. at the Fortune Theatre

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Title: Harvey Fierstein's FREAKY PUSSY A T-ROOM MUSICAL (1973) Theatre poster
Creator: N.Y.T.E. at the Fortune Theatre
Seller: Walterfilm, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Very Good+
Description: N.Y.T.E. at the Fortune Theatre. No binding. Very Good+. [New York]: N.Y.T.E. at the Fortune Theatre, [1973]. Vintage original 14 x 9" (35 x 22 cm.) poster, folded, with a marginal note at top left in an unknown hand, light stain in top left, very good+. An exceedingly scarce mini-poster documenting a very early moment in Harvey Fierstein's career. He made his stage debut in Andy Warhol's Pork, and appeared in two additional plays done at the La MaMa Theatre. He was all of nineteen years-old when this play made its debut. Not in World Cat.

Johannis de Dondis Paduani civis Astrarium: facsimile du manuscrit de Padoue et traduction française by DALL’OROLOGIO, Giovanni

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Seller: Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts

Title: Johannis de Dondis Paduani civis Astrarium: facsimile du manuscrit de Padoue et traduction française
Author: DALL’OROLOGIO, Giovanni
Seller: Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description: Padova & Paris: Biblioteca Capitolare; Les Belles Lettres, 1987. FACSIMILE REPRODUCTION. Reproduction in photographic facsimile of manuscript D39 of the Capitolare Library of Padova. Soft vellum binding leather laces in imitation of the original. A fine copy. This is a facsimile of MS D39, the manuscript of Dondi’s Tractatus astrarii in the Biblioteca Capitolare in Padova. This facsimile was issued with a separate text volume, which is not present. Both were limited to 500 copies printed. The Astrarium was a complex astronomical clock built between 1348 and 1364 in Padova, Italy, by the doctor and clock-maker Giovanni Dondi dall'Orologio. The Astrarium had seven faces and 107 moving parts; it showed the positions of the sun, the moon and the five planets then known, as well as religious feast days. It was one of the first mechanical clocks to be built in Europe. Dondi documented the Astrarium in detail in the Tractatus astrarii. In the introduction, Dondi writes that his machine was built in accordance with the 13th-century Theorica planetarum of Campano di Novara, and to demonstrate the validity of the descriptions of the motion of heavenly bodies of Aristotle and Avicenna. The Tractatus survives in twelve manuscript sources. The autograph in the Biblioteca Capitolare of Padova (MS. D39) and a copy of it, also in Padova, are certainly the work of Dondi. The other sources are rewritten versions of the autograph, to which Dondi's contribution is as yet unclear. The last known description dates back to 1529, when Emperor Charles V arrived in Italy. Giovanni Dondi describes its construction in a treaty, and it was thanks to this original text that it was possible to rebuild the astrarium in 1963. The autograph manuscript was published in 1987 in a critical edition with colour facsimile and French translation by Emmanuel Poulle as the first volume of the Opera omnia of Jacopo and Giovanni Dondi.

Of Space / Time and the River by BENFORD, Gregory

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Title: Of Space / Time and the River
Author: BENFORD, Gregory
Seller: Riverrun Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description: New York: Cheap Street, 1991. 8vo. 68pp. Illustrations by Judy J. King-Rieniets. Original cloth; dust jacket; slipcase. A fine copy. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED DELUXE ISSUE, letter 'K" of nine lettered copies signed of the "Collector's Edition" from an edition of 177. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed on the colophon.

Compagnie by BECKETT, Samuel

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Title: Compagnie
Author: BECKETT, Samuel
Seller: Riverrun Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description: Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit, 1980. 8vo. 87, [5] pp. Original white printed wrappers, entirely unopened; original glassine. Front panel of glassine with tear at head, otherwise fine. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 87 of 99 copies from an edition of 106 (there were 7 hors commerce) on Alfamousse, publisher's numbered limitation ticket.

Self Portrait by Friedlander, Lee

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Seller: Dawson's Book Shop

Title: Self Portrait
Author: Friedlander, Lee
Seller: Dawson's Book Shop (United States)
Description: Haywire Press, New City, (1970). First Edition 8 1/2 z 9 inches, unnumbered pages, wrappers, some wear, A small unassuming first monograph by this important contemporary photographer.

A Delicate Balance (Signed Limited Edition) by ALBEE, Edward and Tom Holland

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Title: A Delicate Balance (Signed Limited Edition)
Author: ALBEE, Edward and Tom Holland
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
Description: San Francisco, CA: Arion Press, 2011. Limited edition. Hardcover. 169 pages. Number 130 of 300 copies with the types Monotype American Garamond and Univers printed letterpress on Revere, an Italian mould-made paper. The ninety second publication of the Arion Press. Features an introduction by David Littlejohn and color illustrations by Tom Holland. A fine copy in cloth boards with purple goatskin spine. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by both Albee and Holland on the colophon page. An attractive edition of this Pulitzer Prize winning play by Albee.

Une Dynastie d'Artistes: Les Trois Riesener, du 7 Avril au 15 Mai 1954

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Title: Une Dynastie d'Artistes: Les Trois Riesener, du 7 Avril au 15 Mai 1954
Seller: Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
Condition: VG: Wear to the edges and corners of the wraps. Previous owner's name on the first page. Slight tanning to the page margins. Maj
Description: Paris: Busson, 1954. Staplebound. VG: Wear to the edges and corners of the wraps. Previous owner's name on the first page. Slight tanning to the page margins. Majority clean body pages and solid binding.. A green staplebound book with brown text on the front cover. [32] pages; illustrated in black-and-white.

New desk standard dictionary. Em'pha'type edition. By the Funk & Wagnalls editorial staff

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Title: New desk standard dictionary. Em'pha'type edition. By the Funk & Wagnalls editorial staff
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (United States)
Description: New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1951. 8vo, pp. xvi, 943; text illustrations throughout; contemporary three-quarter black morocco over green marble boards, gilt spine, t.e.g., marble endpapers; binding partly detached from text block, shelf wear, most notably along hinges; in all a very attractive copy. All emphasized syllables underlined in this edition.

Teacher's Manual for The Reader's Digest New Reading Skill Builder: Grade 3 Reading Level, Part One

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Title: Teacher's Manual for The Reader's Digest New Reading Skill Builder: Grade 3 Reading Level, Part One
Seller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Readers Digest, 1966. Softcover. Very Good. Teacher's edition. 12mo. 128pp. Pictorial wrappers. Owner's address labels inside front and rear wrappers, very good.

An Apology Both Ways. by ALDRIDGE, Richard.

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Title: An Apology Both Ways.
Author: ALDRIDGE, Richard.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller-ABAA (United States)
Description: Bloomington: Indiana University Press,, 1957.. First edition.. 58 pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket with some soiling and two small chips to the rear panel.

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