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Breviary Treasures

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Title: Breviary Treasures
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller (United States)
Condition: Bound in full dark blue french levant, gilt spines, t.e.g. Fine. Bookplate of C.W.C. Deering
Description: Boston: Privately Printed by Nathan Haskell Dole, 1905. The Athenian Edition, Number 78 of 100 copies on Royal Japanese vellum. Illustrated with frontispieces and head and tail-pieces. 10 vols. 8vo. Bound in full dark blue french levant, gilt spines, t.e.g. Fine. Bookplate of C.W.C. Deering. The Athenian Edition, Number 78 of 100 copies on Royal Japanese vellum. Illustrated with frontispieces and head and tail-pieces. 10 vols. 8vo. A choice set of this finely printed compendium of world literature: Comprising: The Wisdom of Marcus Aurelius. Translated by Jeremy Collier, illus. by A.G. Learned The Ecolgues of Vergil. Translated by Baron Bowen Sayings of Epictetus Selections from Gesta Romanorum. Translated by Rev. Charles Small Odes of Anacreon Anacreontics and Other Selections from the Greek Anthology The Satires of Horace The Story of Odysseus in the Land of the Phacians, Being the Sixth and a Part of the Seventh Book of the Odyssey translated by Andrew Lang and Prof. Butcher Selections from Aristophanes and Lucian. Translated by F.A. Paley The Olympic and Pythian Odes of Pindar. Translated into English Verse by Abraham Moore. Illus by A.G. Learned Selections from the Koran of Mohammed. Translated by George Sale. Illus. by A.G. Learned.

SOUTH BOSTON, 1859 (HANDCOLORED LITHOGRAPH BY JOSEPH FOXCROFT COLE) by PRINTS - BOSTON

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Seller: Boston Book Company

Title: SOUTH BOSTON, 1859 (HANDCOLORED LITHOGRAPH BY JOSEPH FOXCROFT COLE)
Author: PRINTS - BOSTON
Seller: Boston Book Company (United States)
Description: 1859. [PRINTS - BOSTON] SOUTH BOSTON, 1859 (HANDCOLORED LITHOGRAPH BY JOSEPH FOXCROFT COLE). Boston: J. F. A. Cole (ca. 1859). Image matted to 22 x 29 1/2 inches. Three spots of browning to the sky area, faint arc of foxing, a few more to the scenes below the main image. Main image features a main intersection of roads (one signposted "G Street, Ward 12"). Great perspective. Very good overall. Below the title is printed: "To the citizens of South Boston this picture is most respectfully dedicated by the Artist.

Electrical Papers by HEAVISIDE, O.

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Title: Electrical Papers
Author: HEAVISIDE, O.
Seller: Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description: New York & London: Macmillan & Co, 1894. SECOND EDITION. Text illustrations. Original publisher’s cloth, an exceptionally good copy. Ownership signature of the writer and electrical engineer F[ranz] J[osphe] Dommerque. Scarce second edition of Heaviside’s collected works in all aspects of electricity, practical and theoretical. First printed two years earlier, many of the papers had originally appeared in the Philosophical Magazine and The Electrician. He deals with “theoretical aspects of problems in telegraphy and electrical transmission, making use of an unusual calculatory method called operational calculus, now better known as the method of Laplace transforms, to study transient currents in networks. His work on the theory of the telephone made long-distance service practical” (Encyclopedia Britannica). Heaviside (1850-1925) was a self-taught electrical engineer, physicist and mathematician. He became “an expert in mathematical physics and played an important role in the development of the electro-magnetic theory of James Clerk Maxwell and in its practical applications” (DSB). He anticipated employment of Laplace and Fourier transforms in electrical engineering, and was the first to formulate the mathematical equations for use in telegraphy. He was elected an honorary member of the Institute of Electrical Engineers, from whom he was awarded the first Faraday Medal, as well as a Fellow of the Royal Society.

An essay towards a theory of apparitions by FERRIAR, John, M.D.

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Title: An essay towards a theory of apparitions
Author: FERRIAR, John, M.D.
Seller: Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description: London: Cadell and Davies, 1813. FIRST EDITION. Contemporary paste-boards, spine repaired. Small book label on paste-down, signature of Wm. Macmath dated 23rd October 1905 on verso of first blank. Overall a fine copy. First edition. Ferriar “combined literary pursuits with an interest in psychological phenomena in An essay towards the theory of apparitions, 1813 in which he showed from historical examples and his own clinical experience ‘that morbid disposition of the brain is capable of producing spectral impressions, without any external prototypes.’ These could occur in the absence of generalized delirium and ‘exclusive of actual insanity . . . even while he [the patient] is convinced of their fallacy” (Hunter). Ferriar, who also did pioneer work in the field of epidemiology, makes frequent references to John Beaumont, who wrote on ghosts and spirits. Ferriar (1760-1815), who studied medicine at Edinburgh University, was a famous physician in Manchester as well as a literary critic. He was the first to suggest that digitalis was beneficial in dropsy, as well as one of the first physicians to recognize an association between acute rheumatism and heart disease. He was appointed physician at Manchester Infirmary where he introduced numerous reforms which aided in the recovery of patients. He also wrote four volumes of medical histories, as well as literary essays, poetry and plays.

Citizen Kane Book, The by WELLES, Orson

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Title: Citizen Kane Book, The
Author: WELLES, Orson
Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Description: [Boston & New York]: Atlantic-Little Brown, 1971. With an Inscribed Photograph of Orson Welles affixed to the Front Free Endpaper WELLES, Orson. The Citizen Kane Book. Raising Kane by Paul Kael [&] The Shooting Script by Herman J. Mankiewicz and Orson Welles. Now Published for the First Time and illustrated with Eighty-one Frames from the Film and the Cutting Continuity of the Completed Film. [Boston & New York]: Atlantic-Little Brown, 1971. First edition. Large quarto (11 x 8 3/8 inches; 280 x 213 mm.). [vi], [1]-440 pp. Illustrated in black & white. Publishers gray cloth over boards, front cover and spine lettered in silver. Pictorial dust jacket. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Affixed to the front free endpaper is a fine 10 x 8 inch black & white photograph inscribed "To Paul [R. Palmer] Best Wishes Orson Welles" George Orson Welles (1915-1985) was an American director, actor, writer, and producer who is remembered for his innovative work in film, radio, and theater. He is considered to be among the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time.

Farthing Hall by WALPOLE, Hugh; PRIESTLEY, J.B.

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Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc.

Title: Farthing Hall
Author: WALPOLE, Hugh; PRIESTLEY, J.B.
Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Description: London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1929. A Collaboration... WALPOLE, Hugh. & PRIESTLEY, J.B. Farthing Hall. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1929. First edition. Octavo (7 1/2 x 5 inches; 191 x 127 mm.). [viii], [1]-275, [1, blank], [4 advertisements] pp. Publishers green ribbed cloth, spine lettered in gilt. A fine copy in the publisher's gray printed dust jacket, spine slightly darkened, a couple of small closed edge tears, small piece (1/8 inch) missing from top of spine. An excellent copy. The novel is a collaboration between Hugh Walpole and John Boynton Priestley. Walpole, the older novelist, writes as the young artist, while Priestley takes the character of the middle-aged academic. Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, CBE (1884-1941) was an English novelist. He was the son of an Anglican clergyman, intended for a career in the church but drawn instead to writing. Among those who encouraged him were the authors Henry James and Arnold Bennett. John Boynton Priestley (1894-1984) was an English novelist, playwright, screenwriter, broadcaster and social commentator.

PAROISSIEN: ELZEVIR, RITE ROMAIN by (BINDINGS - GRUEL). (PRAYER BOOK IN FRENCH)

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Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts

Title: PAROISSIEN: ELZEVIR, RITE ROMAIN
Author: (BINDINGS - GRUEL). (PRAYER BOOK IN FRENCH)
Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
Description: Paris: Gruel et Engelmann, 1889. 165 x 83 mm. (6 1/2 x 3 1/4"). 2 p.l., 649 pp., [1] (colophon) leaf. STRIKING CONTEMPORARY BURGUNDY MOROCCO, ELABORATELY GILT, BY GRUEL (stamp-signed at tail of spine), UPPER COVER WITH A LARGE AND RICHLY DETAILED OVAL BAS-RELIEF PLAQUETTE OF THE LAST SUPPER framed above and below by a large panel of interlacing open strapwork comprised of abstracted gilt floral and foliate curls and other decorative elements, lower cover similarly decorated, with its central medallion containing a gilt cipher in intertwined majuscules, raised bands, spine gilt in double-ruled compartments with central arabesque, gilt filigree turn-ins, claret moiré silk endleaves, all edges gilt, original brass clasps with strapwork decoration. With 26 illustrations, comprised of 22 large black and white woodcut headpieces, and four chromolithographed plates with gold highlights, along with numerous uncolored woodcut initials. Front free endleaf gilt-stamp "24 Mai 1891"; first Communion card of Andre Gallien, dated 9 May 1895, laid in. A VERY FINE COPY, the morocco lustrous and the leaves entirely crisp and clean. Gruel and Engelmann published and bound numerous works of devotion, like the present impressively adorned "Paroissien," a service book that includes the texts and prayers (in Latin and French) used to celebrate Mass throughout the year. The very pleasing plaquette on the front cover showing the Last Supper is reminiscent of the celebrated Apollo and Pegasus bindings done for collector Giovanni Battista Grimaldi (ca. 1524-ca. 1612). In her "Bookbinders and their Craft," Sarah Prideaux says that the Gruel firm, founded in 1811, "always had the highest reputation . . . for initiative in artistic matters, as well as for irreproachable execution in the detail of its many-sided achievements." Paul Gruel (1864-1954) took over the firm after the death of his father, the great Léon Gruel, in 1923 and ably directed the operation until his own death, maintaining the atelier's reputation for excellence. Over the years, the firm employed some of the most skillful artisans in the trade, including Prideaux herself..

QUESTIONS OF TRAVEL by Bishop, Elizabeth

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Title: QUESTIONS OF TRAVEL
Author: Bishop, Elizabeth
Seller: Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition: Very good plus.
Description: New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1965. First printing (stated). Very good plus.. Rare unbound advance galley proofs of Bishop's first poetry collection after winning the Pulitzer Prize for her 1955 POEMS. Bishop first came to Brazil in 1951, and once there, the poet "reshaped and redefined her entire career around Brazil from the moment of her arrival [...] so much so that her mature work is inconceivable without Brazil. Bishop's decision to stay quite literally transformed her career" (Hicok). Half the poems in QUESTIONS OF TRAVEL have overtly Brazilian themes, while the rest, separated by the section title "ELSEWHERE," hearken back to her experiences in Nova Scotia, Massachusetts, the "world of books gone flat" of St. Elizabeths hospital, all seen from a new distance of time and space. 8.25'' x 6''. Seven original unbound gatherings with olive-green endpapers. 95, [1] pages. Single scuff line to outer leaves, light wear and marginal toning to endpapers.

Mathematical Papers; Volume 1, 1923-1934 by Adams, Clarence Raymond

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Title: Mathematical Papers; Volume 1, 1923-1934
Author: Adams, Clarence Raymond
Seller: James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.) (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: 1934. Hardcover. Fine. A collection of 44 pamphlets and writings, including abstracts and indices of non-mathematical and student wirtings, by former Brown University Mathematics Professor C. Raymond Adams, each published separately between 1923-1934, bound together in red half leather and cloth over boards ruled in gilt. Spine is stamped and decorated in gilt with 5 raised bands. Corners and heel bumped, else fine. Custom title page and table of contents. Inscription in ink on ffep reads "To Mother, on her seventy-seventh birthday anniversary, from Raymond. February 19, 1935."

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Mustang Sally; A Novel of Sex, Gambling, and Higher Education by Allen, Edward

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Title: Mustang Sally; A Novel of Sex, Gambling, and Higher Education
Author: Allen, Edward
Seller: James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.) (United States)
ISBN: 9780393034035
Condition: Near Fine/ Near Fine
Description: New York: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1992. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/ Near Fine. Near fine condition in near fine dust jacket.

THE DISAPPEARING CITY by Wright, Frank Lloyd

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Seller: J.B. Muns, Fine Arts Books

Title: THE DISAPPEARING CITY
Author: Wright, Frank Lloyd
Seller: J.B. Muns, Fine Arts Books (United States)
Description: Signature of Warren Callister, bay area architect on front free flyleaf. He was a Taliesin apprentice in the 40's-50's. Wright design on the cover.

Ming Yun (In Chinese) by TIAN JIA QING

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Seller: Riverrun Books & Manuscripts

Title: Ming Yun (In Chinese)
Author: TIAN JIA QING
Seller: Riverrun Books & Manuscripts (United States)
ISBN: 9787501018536
Condition: A near-fine copy with a few light scuffs to covers
Description: Cultural Relics Publishing House, 2006. A near-fine copy with a few light scuffs to covers. Oblong folio (13 x 14.5 inches). 186 pages. Color plates, some folding. Original silver-lettered cloth. A highly detailed, and beautifully printed study of the creation of "Modern Ming" furniture by this influential classical furniture expert. There are photographs of the pieces from multiple angles, as well as schematic drawings.

The Pilgrims of the Rhine. By the author of "Pelham", "Eugene Aram", &c by (Bulwer-Lytton, Edward)

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Title: The Pilgrims of the Rhine. By the author of "Pelham", "Eugene Aram", &c
Author: (Bulwer-Lytton, Edward)
Seller: Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: NY: Harper & Brothers, 1834. First US Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Solid, unsophisticated copy of the American first edition of Lytton's famous work. 8vo, brown linen-backed covers, paper label spine (typical period binding), (xiii). 239, (1), 9 (3). Cloth faded a bit, more so at spine. Small corner of fly torn away. Slightly cocked spine.

Edible Alphabet Book by ABC. Ragan, Vicki

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Title: Edible Alphabet Book
Author: ABC. Ragan, Vicki
Seller: E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: Boston: Bulfinch Press/Little, Brown (1995). Boards with red cloth spine, illustrated dust jacket. An ABC for grown-ups featuring limericks about strangely paired vegetables accompanied by brilliant photos composed by Vicki Ragan.. Stated First Edition. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Vicki Ragan. Square 8vo..

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Apaches: Eagles of the Southwest. by WORCESTER, Donald E.

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Title: Apaches: Eagles of the Southwest.
Author: WORCESTER, Donald E.
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN: 9780806123974
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. Near Fine. 1992. Paperback. 0806123974 . Fifth paperback printing. Previous owner's name on half-title page, else about fine in illustrated wraps. .

How Things Work

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Title: How Things Work
Seller: Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition: Good
Description: Publications International, 1990. Good. How Things Work. Lincolnwood, Illinois: Publications International, 1990. 320pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 4to. Hardcover. Book condition: Good with bumped and lightly yellowed edges. Top edge soiled slightly and marked with brown ink.

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