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Sochineniia Vissarion Grigoryevich Belinsky (12 vols.) by Belinsky, Vissarion Grigoryevich

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Title: Sochineniia Vissarion Grigoryevich Belinsky (12 vols.)
Author: Belinsky, Vissarion Grigoryevich
Seller: Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
Condition: g
Description: Moscow: V Tip. V. Gracheva, 1867. Hardcover. g. 12 octavo vols. Black covered boards. Leather spines with gold lettering. Raised bands on spines. This set is a collection of the various works of Vissarion Grigoryevich Belinsky, (1811 - 1848) was a Russian writer and critic, often called the “father” of the Russian radical intelligentsia. As critic for four major reviews he became the principal champion of the realistic and socially responsible new Russian literature. His emphasis on the use of literature to express social and political ideas is considered the basis of Soviet literary criticism. Among the authors whose talents he recognized and encouraged were Gogol, Lermontov, and Dostoyevsky. Belinksy lived in poverty and died at 37 of tuberculosis. Entire set is in Russian. Age wear and scuffing to boards and spines. Small white cataloging label on the bottom of each spine. Volumes 6, 11 and 12 are missing their spines. Rear board of volumes 6 and 12 detached but present. Exteriors are in overall good condition, interiors in overall very good condition.

Observations on the Brumal Retreat of the Swallow .... by Philochelidon [Forster, Thomas I M]

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Title: Observations on the Brumal Retreat of the Swallow ....
Author: Philochelidon [Forster, Thomas I M]
Seller: Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
Condition: Very good.
Description: London: Printed by W Phillips, 1808. First Edition. Disbound.. Very good.. 8vo, [2], [3] - 27, [5] pp. "The first edition of this contribution to a very old controversy is a very rare item" - Casey-Wood, p. 346. An argument in favor of the species annual migration ("birds of passage") accompanied by a species list (after the text) and variants of names.

1854 Letter Warning of “Humbug” and Advising a Strategy for Fixing a Political Appointment for Collector of the Port of New York by [New York City – Politics – Customs] Riddle, C.

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Title: 1854 Letter Warning of “Humbug” and Advising a Strategy for Fixing a Political Appointment for Collector of the Port of New York
Author: [New York City – Politics – Customs] Riddle, C.
Seller: Auger Down Books (United States)
Condition: Folded with one small tear; near fine.
Description: New York City, 1854. Single one-page letter measuring 8 x 12 ½ inches. Folded with one small tear; near fine.. A letter from “C. Riddle” with the New York City Inspector’s Department to “Sant. Mairs Esq” concerning the best way to push through their choice of appointee for the Collector of the Port of New York. Riddle writes: “I write this to inform you that there has been six or seven appointments made in the Custom House within the last few days. You know what the old man told us the other day when you were here. This looks to me as if there was some humbug going on. Now, my dear sir, in my opinion, the certain way to secure Mr. Van Derlip’s appointment is for you to write to Washington and secure the influence of Dayton or Miller or someone of your Congressmen to see the Secretary of the Treasury and let them use their influence with him. It is said here by the knowing ones that all the appointments are made at Washington now if this be so, this is the only way to fix the Collector. [...] A little effort on your part in this way will I think fix the matter.” Given that Riddle mentions the Custom House, the “Collector” position the two are trying to fix is likely Collector of the Port of New York. This position, which oversaw the collection of import duties and fines, was extremely lucrative: it paid a percentage of money collected at what was then the busiest port in the US, and the Collector’s office was also able to hand out federal jobs. The Collector was appointed by the President, who at the time was Franklin Pierce; the Secretary of the Treasury, whom Riddle is suggesting Mairs influence, was James Guthrie. Guthrie pushed reforms on customs collectors, including requiring much more frequent reports from them. If Collector of the Port was the position in question, the pair were unsuccessful; State Senator Heman J. Redfield was the Pierce-appointed Collector from 1853 to 1857, and no one named Van Derlip ever held the position. An intriguing example of an attempt at political maneuvering. Of interest to scholars of New York City politics.

Look Homeward Angel by Wolfe, Thomas

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Title: Look Homeward Angel
Author: Wolfe, Thomas
Seller: Dale Steffey Books, ABAA (United States)
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Description: Southern Living Gallery/ The Southern Classics Library, 1984. Book. Fine. Leather. Limited Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SCARCE in current commerce. Fine, as issued. Privately printed for members of The Southern Classics Library, printed by Kingsport Press, bound by Sherwood Bindery Division of the Kingsport Press in genuine leather with brass-die stamping in gilt, all edges gilt, marbled end papers. Cover stampings and design by Daniel B. Bianchi and Selma Ordewer..

[ALSs] Two Brief Letters from G.F. Watts to Rich Patrons of the Thornycroft & Sassoon Families by Watts, G.F. [George Frederic]

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Title: [ALSs] Two Brief Letters from G.F. Watts to Rich Patrons of the Thornycroft & Sassoon Families
Author: Watts, G.F. [George Frederic]
Seller: Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition: Very good, pin holes along top edge, faint soiling.
Description: n.p., 1890. Very good, pin holes along top edge, faint soiling.. [2 pp]. 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches. Painter and sculptor George Frederic Watts (1817-1904) enrolled at the Royal Academy when he was 18 years old, and started exhibiting there a few years later. Associated with the Symbolic movement, his works were often allegorical, and include: "Sir Galahad" ; "Orpheus And Eurydice" ; "The Judgement of Paris" ; "The Wounded Heron" ; and "The Minotaur." He was elected as an Academician to the Royal Academy in 1867, and was among the original members of the new Order of Merit. The Watts Gallery, located in Compton, is dedicated to his works Two brief, undated letters, written on small 1 pp. bifoliums, and signed by Watts: [1] To [?] Sassoon: "I don't know how to thank you so can't attempt, but beg you to believe... " [2] To Hamo [Thornycroft]: "I am unavoidably prevented from coming before lunch but I will come about 3 if possible. And I am however very unwell today & may have to bed suddenly but I hope not & will come as I say if possible..." William Hamo Thornycroft (1850-1925) was an English sculptor and part of the Thornycroft family, a notable English family of sculptors, artists and engineers, who were related by marriage to the Sassoon family, known as "Rothschilds of the East" whose best know member was Siegfried Sassoon, whose mother was a Thornycroft. Neither letter indicates a location, but they were likely written from London or the village of Compton, near Surrey.

ABRAHAM VAN DER HART, 1747-1820, ARCHITECT STADSBOUWMEESTER VAN AMSTER by SWIGCHEM, C.A. van

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Title: ABRAHAM VAN DER HART, 1747-1820, ARCHITECT STADSBOUWMEESTER VAN AMSTER
Author: SWIGCHEM, C.A. van
Seller: The Bookpress, Ltd. (United States)
Description: (HART) SWIGCHEM, C.A. van. ABRAHAM VAN DER HART, 1747-1820, ARCHITECT STADSBOUWMEESTER VAN AMSTERDAM. Amsterdam: Schelterma & Holkema, 1965. Small 4to. Cloth, dust jacket. xii, 3 (1) pages, 86 pages of plates. First, and only, edition. Monograph on late eighteenth-century Dutch architect who transcended Dutch architecture from the Baroque period into the nineteenth century neo-classici Illustrated with photographs of his commissions and drawings of his works. Fourteen page summary in English in back. Minor wear to dust jacket, else ve good.

U.S. Department of Agriculture. Farmers' Bulletins Nos. 120 - 155 by various

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Title: U.S. Department of Agriculture. Farmers' Bulletins Nos. 120 - 155
Author: various
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Condition: Very Good
Description: Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1900. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Does NOT include contents or index. Lacks issues: 123, 124, 125, 129, 130, 132, 135, 136, 141, 143, 145, 146, 147, 148, 151, and 153. Topics include: The Principal Insects Affecting the Tobacco Plant; Beans, Peas, and Other Legumes as Food; Experiment Station Work XVI - XX; Practical Suggestions for Farm Buildings; Important Insecticides; Eggs and Their Uses as Food; Household Tests for the Detection of Oleomargarine and Renovated Butter; Tree Planting on Rural School Grounds; The Angora Goat; Irrigation in Field and Garden; Emmer: A Grain for the Semiarid Regions; Pineapple Growing; Principles of Nutrition and Nutritive Value of Food; Clearing New Land; Scabies of Cattle; The Home Fruit Garden; and How Insects Affect Health in Rural Districts. The name "Lynden Evans" is printed in gilt on the foot of the spine. Lynden Evans (1828 - 1926) was a teacher, lawyer, and U.S. Congressman from Illinois. Full marbled edges and marbled endpapers. Front endpaper is present but detached and chipped. Minor wear to edges and hinges of boards. Clean interior with illustrations. An attractive book. Each bulletin has its own pagination. SCI/032119.

FIRSTS. COLLECTING MODERN FIRST EDITIONS by Smiley, Robin H (editor)

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Title: FIRSTS. COLLECTING MODERN FIRST EDITIONS
Author: Smiley, Robin H (editor)
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Description: Los Angeles: Lucerne Group, 1991. Vol. 1, No's 6, 10, 11 and 12.. Checklists for Dorothy B. Hughes, Philip Jose Farmer, Phoebe Atwood Taylor. Articles about The Crime Club, New Noir Writers, Edgar Rice Burroughs and the Nancy Drew series. Vol. 12 with a torn page at stapled binding; otherwise, all volumes complete with inserted subscription application forms. All Very Good or Fine condition. Four volumes, sold as a lot only.. Soft Cover. Very Good/Not Issued.

Sons of Adversity by Cornford, L. Cope

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Title: Sons of Adversity
Author: Cornford, L. Cope
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Description: Boston: L.C. Page and Company, 1898. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Kennedy, J.W. Light blue pictorial cloth with black and gilt decorations, 12mo, 315[8]pages, black and white illustrations throughout; spine is dust soiled, some smudging to cover boards, edge worn, some writing on endpapers. A romance of Queen Elizabeth's Time.

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