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MANSFIELD PARK by Austen, Jane; [Rébora, Sol]

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Title: MANSFIELD PARK
Author: Austen, Jane; [Rébora, Sol]
Seller: Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition: Near fine.
Description: Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1832. Near fine.. First US edition of Austen's third published novel - in a stunning fine art binding by the acclaimed Argentinian design bookbinder Sol Rébora. Morally upright Fanny gets pulled into a neighbor's scheming via an adaptation of Elizabeth Inchbald's well-known play, LOVERS' VOWS. Among Austen's works, MANSFIELD PARK especially demonstrates how careful contrasts of characters and plot twists can bring out subtle ironies. First published in 1814 in three volumes, this is the first edition to appear in the United States, published in two volumes by Carey & Lea in an edition of only 1250 copies. Sol Rébora is an internationally recognized design bookbinder based in Buenos Aires. Her works embody a minimalistic elegance that is nevertheless subtly complex, as in the carefully structured multiple layers used here. They are not only visually stunning, but supremely tactile. From Rèbora's artist statement: "The cloth texture is achieved using silk with a patterned design that evokes the aesthetic of the time period in which the original edition was produced, creating a visual connection with antique paper. This design also appeals to the collective memory of how custom bindings from the early 19th century might have appeared, complete with deep-relief hot-stamping impressions." A magnificent, unique copy of an Austen first. Two 12mo volumes, 6.75'' x 4.25'' each. Modern full pink design binding by Sol Rébora in Can Can structure with one layer of cotton cloth and two layers of Japanese paper, each element hand-painted with acrylics and textured with a patterned design impressed with deep-relief hot-stamping from silk; spines and boards stamped in dark grey. Cotton and abaca handmade paper peach endpapers. Publisher's catalogue bound at front of volume I. 4, 200; 204 pages. Vol. II with pencil inscription of the Portsmouth Athenaeum to fly leaf. Some browning, a few spots of staining to text block, some early pencil notes. Tight.

THE REAL TIN FLOWER: Poems About the Real World at Nine by Barnstone, Aliki; Sexton, Anne; Giovanopoulos, Paul

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Title: THE REAL TIN FLOWER: Poems About the Real World at Nine
Author: Barnstone, Aliki; Sexton, Anne; Giovanopoulos, Paul
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Condition: Fine in near fine jacket.
Description: New York: Crowell-Collier Press, 1968. First printing. Fine in near fine jacket.. First edition of the first poetry collection by the future poet laureate of Missouri, published when the author was 12 and hailed by Anne Sexton as a child prodigy and the next Rimbaud. 9'' x 6''. Original orange cloth with flower design stamped in gilt. Yellow endpapers. In original unclipped ($3.95) pictorial dust jacket. 54 pages. Illustrated by Giovanopoulos. Minor edgewear and toning to jacket, with a few tiny closed tears to top edge.

Memoria en Que el Gobierno del Estado de Nuevo Leon Da Cuenta el Tercer Congreso Constitucional, de Todos los Ramos Que Han Sido a Su Cargo en el Año Pasado de 1828 by [Mexico]. [Finances]

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Title: Memoria en Que el Gobierno del Estado de Nuevo Leon Da Cuenta el Tercer Congreso Constitucional, de Todos los Ramos Que Han Sido a Su Cargo en el Año Pasado de 1828
Author: [Mexico]. [Finances]
Seller: McBride Rare Books (United States)
Condition: Very good plus.
Description: [Monterey]: Imprenta de Gobierno a Cargo del Ciudadano Sixto Gonzalez, 1829. Very good plus.. [9]pp., plus nineteen tables, some folding and completed in manuscript. Small folio. 20-century full calf, tooled in blind and gilt, dyed title panel on front board. Very minor wear and scuffing. Contemporary manuscript rubrics. Light tanning. The constitution of Nuevo Léon required its Secretary of State to provide an annual account of income and expenses for the state's operation. The present work contains a seven-page narrative report on various government operations, public health, jails, roads, education, industry, agriculture, the church, and the military. Following this account are nineteen tables with statistical data for these subject areas, each signed in print and with the manuscript rubric of the state secretary, Pedro del Valle. Interestingly, two of the tables that record census data for the population of Nuevo Léon and the sum of livestock and cattle in the state are both completed in manuscript. Scarce, and an interesting record of operations and accounting for this future border state during the first decade of Mexican independence; we locate only one other copy, at the British Library.

City charter, proposed for the adoption of the freemen of Providence, at a town meeting, to be holden April 29th, 1829 [wrapper title]

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Title: City charter, proposed for the adoption of the freemen of Providence, at a town meeting, to be holden April 29th, 1829 [wrapper title]
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (United States)
Description: [Providence]: printed for the use of the Freeman, by order of the town, 1829. 8vo, pp. 12; self-wrappers, stitched, as issued; lightly toned, else fine. U.S. Senator's Theodore Francis Green's copy, with his lightly penciled ownership signature at the top of the first leaf. At the time the oldest serving member of the Senate, Green (1867-1966) was Governor of R.I. 1933-37, and U.S. Senator 1937-61. Together with: City Charter, proposed for the adoption of the freemen of Providence, at a town meeting to be holden October 22, 1831. Providence, R.I.: Cranston & Hammond, printers, 1831. pp.16; self-wrappers, stitched, as issued; moderate worming but sense remains clear. A crucial period for the formation of city government, a period when city politics were marked by racial strife and factional fighting. In 1829 Providence had grown to a population of 16,000 and the town meeting agreed to hand over control over city government to elected municipal officials. The freemen approved this charter proposal by a vote of 312 to 222. It was believed elected officials would be better able to spend large amounts of public money. However, the transition from town meeting to municipal government was not smooth. The period between these two charters was marked by rioting and racial unrest. In September 1831, a number of sailors looked to start trouble in the black "Olney's Lane" section of town. After the sailors had harassed local inhabitants, one sailor was shot and killed by a black man. The following day, a huge mob assembled in Olney's Lane to dismantle houses in defiance of the First Light Infantry sent by the Governor to quell unrest. On September 23, the mob reassembled, and on the 24th several houses on Smith Street were attacked. After the Governor's troops had read the riot act and called for peace, the mob continued to throw stones at houses and at the soldiers. Eventually, the troops fired on the crowd, killing four. The town committee appointed to investigate the rioting concluded that inefficient city government had been chiefly to blame for the incidents. On October 5 a town meeting voted unanimously to draw up another city charter for municipal government. But at the meeting on October, the freemen of Providence rejected the new charter, which would have given the General Assembly power to grant the new city charter. Conflicts between different sections of the town were eventually resolved, and Providence's first city government was elected in April 1832. American Imprints 40192 & 8897; Bartlett, p. 214.

Arthur Conan Doyle (source) BAKER STREET [1965] Theatre window card poster by Alexander H. Cohen

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Title: Arthur Conan Doyle (source) BAKER STREET [1965] Theatre window card poster
Creator: Alexander H. Cohen
Seller: Walterfilm, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: Alexander H. Cohen. No binding. Fine. New York: Alexander H. Cohen, [1965]. Vintage original 22 x 14" (56 x 36 cm) window card poster. Fine. A musical with a book by Jerome Coopersmith and music and lyrics by Marian Grudeff and Raymond Jessel, based on the tales of Sherlock Holmes. Loosely based on the 1891 Sherlock Holmes story "A Scandal in Bohemia" by Arthur Conan Doyle with elements of "The Final Problem" and "The Empty House" as well, it is set in and around London in 1897, the year in which England celebrated the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria (an event marked by an elaborate royal procession depicted by Bil Baird's marionettes). The musical veers from Conan Doyle's work in that Irene Adler becomes an associate of Holmes rather than his opponent, thus allowing an element of romance between the two. Because of problems the show went through during out-of-town tryouts, Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock, the successful composing team of Fiddler on the Roof, were brought in to contribute additional songs including "Cold Clear World" and "I Shall Miss You". They also wrote "I'm in London Again" which was the first number for Irene Adler, but after opening night this number (which can be heard on the cast album) was dropped and replaced by another Bock-Harnick composition, "Buffalo Belle", which had Irene Adler performing an elaborate Wild West number. The musical opened on Broadway at the Broadway Theatre on February 16, 1965, running to October 30, and then transferred to the Martin Beck Theatre (now the Al Hirschfeld Theatre) on November 3, 1965, where it closed on November 14, 1965, after a total of 311 performances and six previews. Directed by Harold Prince, the cast included Fritz Weaver, Peter Sallis, Martin Gabel, Inga Swenson, Virginia Vestoff, Teddy Green and, in supporting roles, Christopher Walken and Tommy Tune, both in their Broadway debuts. (Wikipedia)

Sport-Jahres-Meister Magazine: Olympia in Innsbruck 1964 by Bahr, Gerhard (ed.);

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Title: Sport-Jahres-Meister Magazine: Olympia in Innsbruck 1964
Author: Bahr, Gerhard (ed.);
Seller: Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
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Description: Nürnberg: Bahr KG, 1964. First edition. Softcover. vg. 4to. Original color-illustrated wraps. Olympia in Innsbruck. Nr. 1 - 16. Jahrgang - 10. Februar 1964. Auflage 206,200. 46pp. Profusely illustrated with b/w and sepia-toned reproductions of photographs showing athletes, events, officials, etc., at the IX. Olympic Winter Games in Innsbruck. Includes few color plates (one double-page map) and advertisements, lists of winners and results. Compiled and collected by Gerhard Bahr with contributions by Edi Finger, Paul Ludwig and Günter Dehn. Photographs by Bahr-Presse-Bild and Richard Frischauf. Text in German. Minor creasing on wraps. Very good to near fine condition.

Flatweaves of the Vakiflar Museum, Istanbul - Flachgewebe des Vakiflar-Museums Istanbul [INSCRIBED AND SIGNED] by Balpinar, Belkis; Udo Hirsch

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Title: Flatweaves of the Vakiflar Museum, Istanbul - Flachgewebe des Vakiflar-Museums Istanbul [INSCRIBED AND SIGNED]
Author: Balpinar, Belkis; Udo Hirsch
Seller: Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
Condition: g+ to vg
Description: Wesel: Uta Hülsey, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. g+ to vg. Folio. 295, [1]pp. Original illustrated dust-jacket over gilt-stamped brown cloth, with gold lettering on spine. Title page inscribed and signed by Belkis Balpinar "to Fred and Stella [Krieger], to great textile lovers. 28. 1. 2001." Illustrated with one hundred twenty striking color photographic reproductions of kilims (each with its technical and descriptive entry), this remarkable work discusses the donation process of flatweaves, their background, the historical context of Anatolian weavers, and the technical variations in Anatolian flatweaves. Moderate shelf wear on dust-jacket. Text in English and German. DJ in overall good, binding and interior in very good condition.

DAS HAUS DES ARCHITEKTEN/ ARCHITECTS' HOMES/ LA MAISON DE L'ARCHITECTE by WINKLER, Robert, compiler

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Title: DAS HAUS DES ARCHITEKTEN/ ARCHITECTS' HOMES/ LA MAISON DE L'ARCHITECTE
Author: WINKLER, Robert, compiler
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Description: WINKLER, Robert, Compiler. DAS HAUS DES ARCHITEKTEN/ ARCHITECTS' HOMES/ LA MAISON DE L'ARCHITECTE. Zurich: Girsberger, (1955). 4to. Cloth. 232 pages. Second, enlarged edition. "By means of a tri-lingual text - English, French and German - Mr. Winkler presents examples of forty-four architects' houses from thirteen different countries. The principles generally accepted in the world of architecture, a well as regional traditions, come out more clearly than elsewhere in the architects' house. That is the justification for this book; the architect's homes better than any other, reveals his conception of domestic culture." Profusely illustrated with black-and-white reproductions of photographs and architectural plans. Includes photographs of each architect along with their works including Alvar Aalto, Walter Gropius, Ernst Gisel, Jose Luis Sert, Ken Tange, and other outstanding international architects. Very good.

THE ARCHITECTURAL METALWORK OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA by WINTHROP, Robert P.

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Title: THE ARCHITECTURAL METALWORK OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA
Author: WINTHROP, Robert P.
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Description: 1980. WINTHROP, Robert P. THE ARCHITECUTRAL METALWORK OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. Richmond, William Byrd Press, 1980. Oblong 8vo. Cloth in dust wrapper. 122 pages, plates. First edition. A survery of the iron balconies and verandahs of Richmond. Very good.

Autograph Letter Signed, Clifton, England, February 24, 1830, to her mother, Julia Stockton Rush, Philadelphia by Manners, Mary Rush

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Title: Autograph Letter Signed, Clifton, England, February 24, 1830, to her mother, Julia Stockton Rush, Philadelphia
Author: Manners, Mary Rush
Seller: Michael Brown Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Description: Quarto, 2 pages, receipt cut from bottom of third page, as mentioned in the letter, not affecting text, formerly folded, else in very good, clean, and legible condition. Letter from Mary Rush Manners, daughter, and grand-daughter of two Signers of the Declaration of Independence, sister of a Presidential hopeful – married to an impoverished British officer who fought the Americans in the War of 1812. "… it gave me the greatest pleasure to hear of your health and happiness, your account of the comfortable stones [anthracite coal?] now in use in Philadelphia … a striking contrast to the miseries we were enduring from cold at the time your letter arrived which found us seated almost in a good fire, and shivering from cold which it was not possible for coals placed in a large grate to defend us from. We have had one of the most sever winters ever experienced in England; I never in any country suffered so much indeed we have all suffered greatly from cold and rheumatism. Major Manners has been much shaken by it and his state makes me very uneasy but I trust in a merciful God who has saved him through much suffering that the return of milk weather will restore him to his unusual state. Since I last wrote you my dearest Mother I have had the happiness to see my dear Brother Richard and although it was but a transient glace his stay being but a few hours, yet it afforded me infinite pleasure, I was delighted to see him in such good health and spirits, and satisfied with the result of his exertions, his very short stay left on my mind the impression of an agreeable dream. I had scarcely time to realize the pleasure ere it was gone. I had a thousand things to say, and questions to ask which a time would not permit while he was with us. I hope and trust he will receive a very valuable reward for his toil and exertions. I was much pleased to hear the Canada [the vessel on which Richard Rush sailed back to the US] had arrived safely at New York. You must have greeted his return with much joy … … I pray God you may long continue to enjoy every blessing this world can bestow. I cannot describe to you … how greatly my heart yearns to see you and the other members of my beloved family once more but for such happiness I may not look. Our Heavenly Father has ordered it otherwise … I received a latter some time ago from Georgy Cuthbert … [daughter of her sister Anne Emily] … in which she positively assured me we may depend on a remittance early in the winter. The winter has nearly passed and there are weekly arrivals but nothing for us. They really trifle with our peace and credit as this is the third positive assurance of the remittance … always followed by a disappointment … My sister never writes to me … It is hard they cannot send us one hundred out of the three hundred and fifty due to us. We are to leave this place soon as we cannot find a dwelling in it within our means. The one we have hitherto occupied we are obliged to leave. I know not yet where we shall go but trust we may be able to find something …" Despite one of the most pristine American Revolutionary pedigrees possible – daughter of Dr. Benjamin Rush, Signer of the Declaration of Independence; grand-daughter of Richard Stockton, another Signer of the Declaration; the sister of Richard Rush, presidential cabinet member and vice-presidential nominee – at the age of 25, Mary Rush had married Thomas Manners, a British Army Major with no independent means. She first went with him to Canada where she gave birth to a son. Her sister Anne was there, married to a politician of British Canada, albeit one of French descent. When the War of 1812 began, Major Manners' Regiment fought (and defeated) the Americans in several engagements on the US-Canadian border. Mary's father privately expressed the fear that Manners might be killed in action, leaving Mary and her son to become dependent on him, but her father died in the second year of the War, while the Major survived the military campaigns; he and his family then returned to England, where they lived, as their letters attests, in relative poverty until the Major's death, four years later. Why Mary was dependent on receiving funds from her estranged sister's daughter is unknown. Most interesting in Mary's mention of seeing her brother Richard in England. He had already served as Madison's Attorney General and Monroe's Secretary of State and had run unsuccessfully for Vice President as John Quincy Adams' running Mate. He had then been Andrew Jackson's Secretary of the Treasury. When he left that office, he was commissioned by Virginia cities to negotiate a large loan in England. It was that trip that brought him a brief reunion with his sister. It would have been interesting to know if their conversation had turned to politics: When Rush returned to America, he was offered the presidential nomination by the Anti-Masonic Party, an honor he declined. His last public office was as American Ambassador to revolutionary France, sailing for England too late to see his sister Mary one last time. Widowed by her military husband, she died just before Rush's arrival in England.

Polite Sex by WILCOX, James

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Title: Polite Sex
Author: WILCOX, James
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9780060163563
Description: New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. The fifth novel from the author of the terrific "Modern Baptists." This work is a departure for him in that it is set in New York. A close to near fine copy with a remainder mark to the bottom of the page edges in a near fine dust jacket.

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