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Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson’s (and George Washington's) First Formal Neutrality Instructions on the Outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars by Thomas Jefferson

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Title: Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson’s (and George Washington's) First Formal Neutrality Instructions on the Outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars
Author: Thomas Jefferson
Seller: The Raab Collection (United States)
Description: 21/03/1793. In the musical Hamilton, it is depicted in the song ""Cabinet Meeting Number 2"" Having just learned of Louis XVI's death: ""Secure to our vessels the rights of neutrality, and protect them against all invasions of it"" He asks them to be vigilant to protect American shipping, trade and neutrality and to protect the American flag from being stolen and used against the new nation The text of these instructions was approved by President Washington, including the emphasis on the need to prevent foreign vessels from illegitimately flying the American flag, and granting consuls the authority to inspect and investigate ships suspected of misrepresenting their nationality “On the first imminent symptoms of rupture among the maritime powers...you will be pleased also…to give no countenance to the usurpation of our flag by foreign vessels, but rather indeed to aid in detecting it, as without bringing to us any advantage, the usurpation will tend to commit us with the belligerent powers, and to subject those vessels which are truly ours to harassing scrutinies in order to distinguish them from the counterfeits.” The Consuls were instructed to send all their correspondence to Jefferson directly, an indication of the importance of the instructionsFollowing the French Revolution, other European monarchies became increasingly alarmed and saw France as a threat to their own internal security. France declared war on Austria as a preemptive measure on April 20, 1792, thus initiating a conflict that included the Habsburg Monarchy, which controlled Hungary as well. Prussia, having allied with Austria that February, declared war on France in June 1792. The execution of French King Louis XVI on January 21, 1793, enraged Europe's monarchical powers and led to a rapid expansion of the anti-French alliance. In early February 1793, France declared war on Great Britain and the Dutch Republic. In March, it declared war on its former ally, Spain. Portugal, Naples, and other states also joined the anti-French coalition in that month. All the great powers on the continent of Europe, except for Russia, were then embroiled in war.The French had also dispatched a new minister, Edmond-Charles Genêt, who was already on his way to the U.S. to rally support for France.In March 1793, the U.S. government, Washington and Jefferson learned of the death of Louis XVI. At a cabinet meeting on March 12, Washington first raised the question of neutrality. According to Jefferson’s notes, the president asked his cabinet to consider “whether we should declare our neutrality, or await events.” This was not yet a formal decision, but it put neutrality on the table as the policy to be discussed. Jefferson wanted neutrality observed in practice but without a public proclamation; Hamilton pushed for a formal, public statement.A second meeting took place. On March 22. Jefferson records in his ""Anas"": “Mar. 22. The President called a meeting of the heads of departments, in which he proposed for consideration, 1. Whether a proclamation should issue to prevent our citizens from taking part in any hostilities on the seas, with or against any of the belligerent powers. 2. Whether we should receive the minister from the Republic of France. 3. Whether we should not issue a proclamation for the purpose of preventing interferences by our citizens in the war.” The very next day, Hamilton would begin working on his formal draft of the neutrality proclamation.But on March 22, Washington convened his secretaries to ask three urgent questions:1) Should a proclamation issue, warning U.S. citizens not to take part in the war?2) Should the United States receive Genêt, the new minister from the French Republic?3) How should the U.S. handle its 1778 alliance with France given the changed circumstances?By doing this, Washington was making sure the executive branch had a united policy before Genêt arrived and before American private adventurers took matters into their own hands.Perhaps at this meeting, Jefferson brought Washington the draft of a text, this very letter, and Washington approved its warnings on neutrality and the American flag.Tensions in Europe were at a boiling point, but had not yet received news of the actual expansion of the wars, though it knew it was imminent. When the war news arrived in April, it intensified the rivalry between Alexander Hamilton's pro-British Federalists and Thomas Jefferson's pro-French Democratic-Republicans. To avoid being drawn into a European war, President George Washington issued his Proclamation of Neutrality on April 22, 1793. The proclamation formally declared the U.S. impartial in the conflict and warned citizens against aiding either side.Robert Fox was a Quaker shipping agent in Falmouth, England, and father of the noted English scientist of the same name. Fox senior was nominated and confirmed as the United States Consul at that port under the mistaken name of Edward Fox in February 1793. He was sent his consular instructions by Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson in March, still under the name Edward Fox. He responded to Jefferson pointing out the mistake in name, and saying that Robert Morris, who recommended either him or his brother to serve as American consul, had informed them that the appointment was made, and there is no Edward Fox in Falmouth—and asking for another appointment in his own name. In the meantime he would act as consul if the U.S. minister in London did not object (which he did not). Fox also told Jefferson he would abide to the best of his ability by his directions, would sign the required bond, and informed him that since the outbreak of war between Britain and France, a great number of American ships had arrived in Falmouth and been permitted to leave with their cargoes to wherever their proprietors choose, though lately none has been ordered to France, but many to Spain. He hoped soon to receive his new appointment and would immediately inform the U.S. minister in London of anything important. Fox functioned as acting U.S. consul until he was renominated and reconfirmed under his own name in May 1794 and served with distinction until his death in 1818.Important circular letter signed by Thomas Jefferson to U.S. Consuls, to reinforce American neutrality amid the escalating war in Europe, the content of which was approved by President Washington according to the National Archives, two pages, Philadelphia, March 21, 1793, addressed to Consul Robert W. Fox (under the mistaken name of Edward Fox), containing the U.S. government’s instructions to its consuls on the war and the responsibilities they would have in protecting American interests, trade, and neutrality. Jefferson emphasizes the need to prevent foreign vessels from illegitimately flying the American flag, and grants consuls the authority to inspect and investigate ships suspected of misrepresenting their nationality. Additionally, Jefferson mandates that consuls provide a bond with two or more guarantors to ensure their actions aligned with U.S. interests and its commitment to neutrality.“Present appearances in Europe rendering a general war there probable, I am to desire your particular attention to all the indications of it, and on the first imminent symptoms of rupture among the maritime powers, to put our vessels on their guard. In the same event the patronage of our Consuls will be particularly requisite to secure to our vessels the rights of neutrality, and protect them against all invasions of it. You will be pleased also in the same case to give no countenance to the usurpation of our flag by foreign vessels, but rather indeed to aid in detecting it, as without bringing to us any advantage, the usurpation will tend to commit us with the belligerent powers, and to subject those vessels which are truly ours to harassing scrutinies in order to distinguish them from the counterfeits.“The law requiring the consuls of the United States to give bond with two or more good sureties for the faithful performance of their duties, I enclose you a blank bond for that purpose. According to a standing regulation which places our Consuls in Europe in relation with the Minister of the United States in the same country with them, if there be one, and if none, then with their Minister in Paris, and our Consuls in America in immediate relation with the Secretary of State, you will be pleased to have your sureties approved by the person to whom you stand thus referred, and to send the bond when executed, by a safe conveyance, to the Secretary of State, to be disposed of according to law; and this with all the expedition the case will admit: provided this should not have been done before.“A copy of the laws of the last Session of Congress will be sent to Mr. Pinckney, Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States in London to be forwarded to you. You will be pleased to address your letters always to 'The Secretary of State for the United States of America at Philadelphia, without adding the name, in order to prevent the casualties to them which changes in the office might otherwise occasion…” Thomas Pinckney was the U.S. minister to Great Britain from 1792 to 1794. We can find no other example of this letter having reached the market previously.This was a crucial letter in every way, replete with instructions to the Consuls to take actions to protect American interests. And there was real cause for concern that justified the letter. Both the French and British violated U.S. neutrality, leading in time to the Phony War with France in 1798 and the War of 1812 with Britain. We found no evidence that another copy of this important letter has come up for sale.

Magnificent Thomas Jefferson Free Frank, From an Important Letter to the Signer Benjamin Harrison by Thomas Jefferson

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Title: Magnificent Thomas Jefferson Free Frank, From an Important Letter to the Signer Benjamin Harrison
Author: Thomas Jefferson
Seller: The Raab Collection (United States)
Description: 31/12/1783. The letter dealt with ratification of the Treaty of Paris, and the Republican uprising in the Netherlands, affirming their right to bear armsCongressional assent was required for the Treaty of Paris ending the American Revolution to take effect, and delegates were called to convene at the Maryland State House in Annapolis, then serving as the nation's capital, in November 1783. The Treaty stipulated that Congress approve and return the document to Great Britain within six months of being signed. However, according to the Articles of Confederation, under which the American government was then operating, representatives from nine of the thirteen states were required to be present in order for Congress to proceed. Due to the severe winter of 1783-1784, and challenges in reaching Annapolis, representatives from only seven states were initially present at the Maryland State House. Mindful of the nearly two months required to cross the Atlantic, Congress grew concerned that a sufficient number of delegates would not arrive in time to return the ratified treaty by March. This Jefferson articulated.In the Netherlands in 1783, Republicans favored a strong legislature and limited power in the head of state (stadholder), while the Orangists favored a powerful stadtholder. It was a period marked by political instability. The republicans were inspired by Enlightenment ideals, like those contained in the Declaration of Independence, and sought a more democratic government. There was unrest, with armed civilians taking over some cities and regions. Jefferson supported the republicans, and the right of patriots to take up arms to combat tyranny.On June 7, 1776, in the Continental Congress, Benjamin Harrison was chosen to introduce fellow Virginian Richard Henry Lee, who introduced the resolution calling for independence from Great Britain. Harrison was selected to read Thomas Jefferson’s draft of the Declaration of Independence to the assembled delegates on July 1, and served as Chairman of the Whole during the debate over independence on July 2. He then signed Declaration of Independence. After the war, he was governor of Virginia.On December 31, 1783, Jefferson wrote to Harrison, then governor of Virginia, reporting approvingly on the activities of the Republican Movement in the Netherlands, their right to bear arms, and hoping for a quorum of states to ratify the Treaty of Paris that ended the Revolutionary War.This is the free frank that accompanied that letter. Autograph document signed, Annapolis, December 31, 1783, a full sheet addressed in Jefferson’s hand reading “His Excellency Governor Harrison, Richmond”, and signed at the lower left “Th: Jefferson.” Harrison’s docket is also present, reading “Mr. Jefferson’s letter, Decr. 31, 1783.”

The Scarecrow of Oz by Baum, L. Frank

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Title: The Scarecrow of Oz
Author: Baum, L. Frank
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co, 1915. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good+. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original green cloth with spine stamped in black and full color illustrated paper label to front cover, with in-text illustrations and 12 full-color plates inserted. Near Fine with slight lean to binding, light wear to spine ends with a short tear to the crown. Former owner name to ownership leaf, several hinges throughout just slightly over-opened and rear inner hinge is lightly tender. In a Very Good+ dust jacket with chipping to the spine ends, black staining with slight associated waviness along the top edge of the rear panel and spine. A nice copy. Bienvenue pp. 63.

The Last Unicorn by Beagle, Peter S.

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Title: The Last Unicorn
Author: Beagle, Peter S.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good+
Description: New York: The Viking Press, 1968. First Edition. Very Good+/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's blue paper-covered boards over black spine cloth with spine lettered in blue, yellow and purple; pink topstain. Very Good+ with toning to boards, slight rubbing to spine lettering, light dust soiling to top edge of text block, light soiling to edges of boards, ,contents tanned. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light edge wear, toning to spine and edges heavier at the verso. A great copy of the beloved fantasy novel.

Belgii Novi, Angliae Novae, Et Partis Virginiae Novissima Delineatio by JANSSON, J

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Title: Belgii Novi, Angliae Novae, Et Partis Virginiae Novissima Delineatio
Author: JANSSON, J
Seller: Martayan Lan, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Amsterdam, 1660. No Binding. Near Fine. 17 1/4 x 20 ¼ inches. Fine hand color; reinforced bottom of centerfold, else fine condition. A beautiful example of a cartographic cornerstone that provided the template for the mapping of the Northeast for well into the following century. It is the earliest collectible map to show the correct shapes of both Manhattan and Long Island. Several English settlements along the Connecticut shoreline appear for the first time here as do the Swedish settlements along the Delaware River. Moreover, all of the Indian tribes that were encountered by Europeans at the time can be found on the map. The map was most likely based on a large manuscript map that was used as part of a protest by New Netherlands colonists against the policies of the Dutch West India Company, the organization that sponsored the colonization of New York. The author of the manuscript is believed to have been Adrien van der Donck, a lawyer who was an early resident of New Amsterdam and who led the protest of the colonists. The map first appeared in this reduced, printed version as separate publication in 1651. As Campbell observes, "the prototype map represents Dutch elegance at its best." In addition to its decorative qualities, the map is visually suggestive of the moment in history when European colonies were only tenuously established in the Northeast with the frontier still hovering nearby. As Campbell eloquently puts it: "Indians surrounded them (the European settlements) and from the numerous native names on the map one can almost feel the pressure keeping the settlers back." Burden 305, state 2; Stokes, I.N.P. The Iconography of Manhattan, I, pp. 143-146; Campbell, T. in Tooley, R.V. The Mapping of America, pp. 279, 283.

Schorbuti Historia cui inobservatum vel saltem indictum hactenus symptoma accesit by ALBERTI, Salomon

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Title: Schorbuti Historia cui inobservatum vel saltem indictum hactenus symptoma accesit
Author: ALBERTI, Salomon
Seller: Martayan Lan, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: Wittenberg: Georg Muller, 1594. Rare first edition of one of the earliest works on the subject of scurvy by the well-known anatomist, undertaken to survey the incidence of the disease in the ducal territories around Wittenberg, and consequently qualifying as an example of public health medicine. According to O’Malley, Alberti was able to positively demonstrate the disease’s prevalence in the territory surveyed, and astutely recommend citrus fruit as part of a preventative diet, a benevolent property later recognized by James Lind in his Treatise on the Scurvy (Edinburg, 1753). “The book was known by James Lind and referred to by him in his celebrated treatise” (O’Malley, p. 98). Salomon Alberti (1540-1600) is best known for producing the first illustrations of the venous valves and for producing the first extensive printed account devoted solely to their function in his Tres Orationes (Nuremberg, 1585). The correct understanding of the venous valves was essential to Harvey’s concept of a systemic circulation of the blood. The work went through at least two 17th-century editions (1624; 1674), though the editio princeps appears to be the only one containing Alberti’s public disputation of 1591 with Ernestus Hettenbach, which constitutes the first public announcement of his results. NUC lists NLM; OCLC adds UCLA Medical and Oxford for this edition. * Durling 81 (giving incorrect no. of pages, but correct signature run A-Q8, R4); not in Adams or Waller, and first edition not at Wellcome; C. D. O’Malley in DSB I.98; Thorndike VI.229-30..

Fra i pelli-rosse d’America. Curiosità etnografiche by GROSSI, Vincenzo

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Title: Fra i pelli-rosse d’America. Curiosità etnografiche
Author: GROSSI, Vincenzo
Seller: Martayan Lan, Inc. (United States)
Description: ITALIAN ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY ON THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS, ONLY ONE U.S. COPY Turin, La Letteratura, 1888. 8vo (18 x 12 cm), 25 pp. Bound in blue publisher's wrappers. Small tear to the upper margin of cover, and clean tear not affecting printed text on two leaves. Discreet collector's stamp on cover. Generally very fresh. First edition of this Italian ethnographic work on the Indigenous peoples of North America. The first section focuses on the funerary rites and ceremonial dances of the Choctaw, Otoe, Oconee, Esselen, and Yoki tribes. Of special interest is Grossi's meticulous account of a three-day funeral for a Yoki chief, which was attended by 200 people—including an Esselen delegation—and features descriptions of the traditional costumes worn. The second half of the work explores oral traditions and poetry, specifically focusing on the Maidu and Muscogee peoples. This section includes rare song fragments translations covering religious, romantic, and funerary themes. The author, Vincenzo Grossi (1860–1913), was an Italian ethnographer and adjunct lecturer at the University of Genoa. His work draws heavily on seminal contemporary sources, such as Stephen Powers' Tribes of California (1877) and H.H. Bancroft's Native Races of the Pacific States (1874–75. In his 1886 paper, "Lingue, letteratura e tradizioni popolari degli Indigeni d'America," Grossi's research demonstrated the influence of contemporary reports by the Bureau of American Ethnology and works on Indigenous American linguistics by Friederich Müller and Daniel Brinton (Giordano, p. 92). OCLC records one U.S. copy at Rice University.* Fedora Giordano, "The Anxiety of Discovery: The Italian Interest in Native American Studies," RSA Journal, vol. 5 (1994), pp. 81-109.

Magazine yearbook signed [""Hispanics in the Major Leagues""] by BASEBALL

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Title: Magazine yearbook signed [""Hispanics in the Major Leagues""]
Author: BASEBALL
Seller: Bauman Rare Books (United States)
Description: 1993. First Edition. Signed. (BASEBALL). Magazine yearbook signed [""Hispanics in the Major Leagues""]. New York: R. Paniagua, 1993. Quarto, staple-bound as issued, original photographic paper wrappers. $4500.First edition of this bilingual yearbook celebrating Latinos in baseball as of 1993, signed by 42 players including Hall of Famers Roberto Alomar and Edgar Martinez, as well as baseball luminaries Sandy Alomar, Moises Alou, John Candelaria, Julio Franco, Dave Martinez, Rafael Palmiero, Tony Pena, and Ruben Sierra.This wonderful bilingual yearbook focusing on Latinos in Major League Baseball is signed by 42 players including: Luis Alicea, Roberto Alomar, Sandy Alomar, Moises Alou, Wilson Alvarez, Carlos Baerga, Rafael Belliard, Freddie Benavides, Ricky Bones, John Candelaria, Andujar Cedeno, Jose De Leon, Alvaro Espinoza, Tony Fossas, Julio Franco, Mike Gallego, Carlos Garcia, Leo Gomez, Ricky Gutierrez, Jose Guzman, Roberto Hernandez, Teddy Higuera, Stan Javier, Nelson Liriano, Dave Magadan, Dave Martinez, Edgar Martinez, Jose Mesa, Jamie Navarro, Angel Miranda, Omar Olivares, Edwin Nunez, Jose Offerman, Rafael Palmiero, Tony Pena, Ben Rivera, Luis Rivera, Rey Sanchez, David Segui, Ruben Sierra, and Jose Vizcaino. A few small stains to interior, light rubbing to extremities, and a few tape repairs to spine. A very good copy.

Pre-battle map of Okinawa Island by WORLD WAR II

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Title: Pre-battle map of Okinawa Island
Creator: WORLD WAR II
Seller: Bauman Rare Books (United States)
Description: 1945. (WORLD WAR II). Pre-battle map of Okinawa Island. Washington: Army Map Service, 1945. Single sheet, measuring 22-1/2 by 20 inches, with black-and-white topographical map on Side A and color oceanographic map on Side B. $2500.Official doubled-sided U.S. Army map of Okinawa Island before the Battle of Okinawa, labeled ""SECRET.""The Battle of Okinawa (code name ""Operation Iceberg"") took place on Okinawa Island between April 1, 1945 and June 22, 1945. One of the Ryukyu Islands extending southwest of the Japanese mainland, Okinawa was of paramount strategic importance. Allied forces needed it to launch Operation Downfall, the large-scale on-the-ground invasion of Japan anticipated to take place in November 1945. Allied forces, the bulk of which were U.S. Army and marines, faced off against the Imperial Japanese Army and conscripted indigenous Okinawan civilians that spring. The Allies launched a multi-pronged amphibious assault of Okinawa and surrounding islands. Although the Allies significantly outnumbered defenders, the Japanese brooked their efforts with kamikaze and other extreme defense tactics. Approximately 250,000 died from war, starvation, illness, and mass suicide in what would be the bloodiest battle in the Pacific Theater.Side A of this map shows Beach Landing zones coded by color and number extending down the western coast of southern Okinawa Island and corresponding to the area around modern day Yomitan. Kedena Air Base, from which Allied forces planned to transport troops in Operation Downfall, is located just a little further inland outside of the map limits. The map shows roads, airports, railroad, and radio towers, and lighthouses, as well as underwater currents, obstacles, and cables. Gun, pill box, block house, and earth-covered installations are demarcated as are limited topographical features. A Japanese-English glossary of helpful topographical terms underscores the nature of the foreign invasion.Side B shows a composite image of an aerial photo map overlaid with a topographical map, also reproduced in February 1945 a few months prior to Operation Iceberg. This map shows landmarks like airports, docks, and major cities, while also giving a sense of water currents and depth.On April 1, 1945, Commander of the Tenth Army Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr. successfully launched an amphibious assault against this very coastline. His Army divisions and Marines, commanded by Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr., Roy Geiger, John R. Hodge, and Pedro de Valle, among others, landed in waves on Hagushi Beaches (shown on both sides of this map.) Allied forces met such little resistance that they captured Yomitan Air Base (shown as ""Yontan Airport"" on Side A) and Kedena Air Base within hours. Lieutenant General Buckner was killed by coral shrapnel just days before the battle's conclusion, on June 18, 1945.This map and scant others like it facilitated the Allied invasion by introducing troops to the topography, landmarks, and place names of Okinawa Island. Accurate maps depended on military intelligence collected using the latest technology. Maps related to the Battle of Okinawa are significantly scarcer than D-Day maps (which are highly coveted). Fine condition.

Historical Record of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards, or Oxford Blues by PACKE Edmund

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Title: Historical Record of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards, or Oxford Blues
Author: PACKE Edmund
Seller: Bauman Rare Books (United States)
Description: 1847. First Edition. PACKE, Edmund. An Historical Record of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards, or Oxford Blues: Its Services, and the Transactions in which it has Been Engaged, from its First Establishment to the Present Time. London: Parker, Furnivall, 1847. Octavo, original navy cloth recased with original spine laid down. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. $1100.Early edition of this 19th-century work on the history of the Oxford Blues cavalry regiment, who fought in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Battle of Waterloo, with frontispiece portrait of the Earl of Oxford, hand-colored vignette title page, black-and-white plate of the standard of King William IV, and six colored plates depicting members of the regiment on horseback in the uniforms worn between 1742 to 1834.This work covers the history of the Royal Horse Guards a.k.a. the Oxford Blues cavalry regiment, from its establishment in the Georgian era to the publication of this book in the early Victorian era. The Blues served in the French Revolutionary Wars, in the Peninsular War, and in the Battle of Waterloo. The author, Edmund Packe, was the son of a distinguished officer who fought at the Battle of Waterloo. While the printed title page is dated 1834, the engraved title page is dated 1847. Moreover, this copy does not call for the 1662 plate; accordingly, it is not present here. This copy does contain the so-called ""extra"" plates for 1815 and 1834explicitly called for on the plate list of this copy. All of this indicates that this is an early edition, apparently compiled using some sheets from the first edition such as the printed title page, but with a revised plate list and vignette title page and added illustrations. Interior generally quite nice, only light wear and soiling to binding with toning to spine. A near-fine copy.

A Small Ivan Pavlov/Paul Yakovlev Collection by Various

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Title: A Small Ivan Pavlov/Paul Yakovlev Collection
Author: Various
Seller: ZH BOOKS (United States)
Description: Various, 1925. Hardcover. Pavlov, Ivan Dvadtsatiletnii Opyt Obektivnogo Izucheniia Vysshei Nervnoi Deiatelnosti (Povedeniia) Zhivotnykh. Uslovnye Refleksy. Sbornik Statei, Dokladov, Lektsii i Rechei [Twenty Years of Objective Study of the Higher Nervous Activity (Behavior) of Animals. Conditioned Reflexes. A Collection of Articles, Reports, Lectures, and Speeches]Leningrad/Moskva: Gosudarstvennoe Izdatel'stvo, 1925.Third edition, 1 of 5000 copies; 6 1/4" x 9 1/4"; pp. [5], 4-397, [3]; rebound in red cloth over boards; brown morocco label with gilt lettering to spine; uniform age-toning to text block; page edges a bit brittle with two small chips to fore-edge of first free page; last leaf (publisher's advertisements) with some loss of paper to lower margin; illustrated with black & white drawings; overall very good condition. A beautiful association copy from Nobel Prize winner physiologist Ivan Pavlov, known for his work on classical conditioning, to his pupil - Harvard educator and a world-renowned neuropathologist in his own right Paul Yakovlev. The book is signed: "Ot avtora" ("From the author") on the title page. On the front pastedown Yakovlev has taped a photograph of himself seated with Pavlov with a quote, in Russian and in English, of their topic of discussion at the time the photo was taken: "Subcortive ganglia actuate the cerebral cortex." A second copy of the same photograph is loosely laid in the book. A third photo of aging Pavlov is taped to the first free page. The front endpaper bears Yakovlev's signature and a lengthy note: "This is personal copy of Prof. Ivan Petrovich Pavlov with a notation in his own hand: "from the author." Sent to me in Paris from Leningrad in the Spring of 1924 before the publication date in 1925. I cannot account for this." Two Yakovlev stamps are present - one is his own personal "Dr. Paul I. Yakovlev" in red ink on first free page and a second one: "Yakovlev Collection, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC" is on the title page. Numerous notes and drawings in Yakovlev's hand are scattered throughout the book. Together with:Yakovlev, Paul and Halloran, Roy Collected Lectures of the Seventh Postgraduate Seminar in Neurology and Psychiatry Including A Review Course in Military Neuropsychiatry. October 3, 1941 - April 10, 1942 [In 3 Volumes]Waltham, Mass.: Privately printed by the authors, 1942.First edition (first, second, and third semesters); 5 1/2" x 8 1/2"; vol. I pp. [3], II-VI, 1-250, [2], vol. II pp. [4], III-VI, 1-309, [2], vol. III pp. [3], II-VI, 1-528; cloth-backed paper over boards; gilt title to spines; a bit of rubbing and wear to tips of spine and corners; pages clean; very good condition.Personal copies of Paul Yakovlev's own lectures, volume III bears a note in his hand: "Paul Yakovlev personal copy, not to be removed from his library." Each one of the volumes has a: "Yakovlev Collection, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC" stamp to the title page. A newspaper clipping of an article on: "Neuropsychiatrists in the Army," dated in Yakovlev's hand is loosely laid in volume I. Several marginal notes and drawings are present throughout volume III.

Stuart Little by White, E.B.

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Title: Stuart Little
Author: White, E.B.
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: New York & London: Harper & Brothers, 1945. First edition. Fine/Fine. First edition (stated on copyright page with 10-5 and I-U). An exceptionally Fine copy in like dust jacket, and scarce in this condition. The first children's book by ecological writer E. B. White, it was praised at its release by Malcolm Cowley of The New York Times as "one of the best children's books published this year." Since then, it has become a classic, and it has inspired both film and television adaptations. The story of a talking mouse named Stuart who is born to the Little family, of New York City. From the start, Stuart stands out as different-just over two inches tall, he still thinks and behaves like a seven year old boy, and his parents begin feeling concern about where he will fit in the world. A story of bravery, embracing uniqueness, and developing friendships through kindness and acceptance, Stuart Little is a cornerstone children's book. Hall, A13. Fine in Fine dust jacket.

Iracema, or Honey Lips; and Manuel de Moraes the Convert by Burton, Isabel, trans. [J. de Alencar; J. M. Pereira da Silva]

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Title: Iracema, or Honey Lips; and Manuel de Moraes the Convert
Author: Burton, Isabel, trans. [J. de Alencar; J. M. Pereira da Silva]
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: London: Bickers & Son, 1886. First English language edition. Near Fine. Finely bound by Boundey, Root & Son in half morocco over marbled boards. Top edge brightly gilt. Marbled endpapers. Internally a pleasing copy, unmarked but for a previous ownership stamp from the Catholic University of America Library to the lower first title. Collates vii, [1, blank], 101, [1, blank]; vii,138: bound without the original paper wrappers else complete. A pleasing copy of an important work, Isabel Burton's first translation into English of J. de Alencar, the father of modern Brazilian literature. The daughter of British gentry and one of England's most influential Catholic families, Isabel Arundell Burton was educated and intelligent in her own rite. But her marriage to explorer Sir Richard Burton brought a new level of adventure to her life. Before their courtship even began, "Burton had become the first infidel to infiltrate Mecca as one of the faithful, and in an expedition to discover the source of the Nile, would be the first white man to see Lake Tanganyika. After being married, the Burtons traveled and experienced the world, from diplomatic postings in Brazil and Africa to hair raising adventures in the Syrian desert" (Lovell). It was during the couple's time in Brazil that Isabel learned of two indigenous writers, whose works were not available in English. The desire to spread these stories -- and their authors' names -- motivated the translation, as, likely, did Burton's encouragement of his wife to take on literary projects. According to the preface of Iracema, the book which bears Isabel's name alone as translator, " I cannot allow my readers to remain ignorant of the name Senhor J. de Alencar, the author of this and several other works; for he deserves to be as well known in England as in Brazil...He is their first prose and romance writer. His style, written in the best Portuguese of the present day...contains poetic and delicate touches, and beauty in similes, yet it is real and true to life...I cannot thank him sufficiently for having allowed so incompetent a translator to be the first to introduce him to the British public." Of course, the cache of having Isabel Burton take up the work increased the likelihood that the novel would be noticed and devoured by the English. And Isabel, in a spirit of cultural exchange, pushes for white Europeans to appreciate and engage with the beauty of another culture's literature. Though Burton performed her translations in 1865-1869, Iracema would not appear in print until 1886, in a combined issue with her and her husband's joint translation of Manuel de Moraes. Alencar, now considered one of the fathers of modern Brazilian literature, was a writer made accessible to English speakers thanks to Burton's own appreciation of his language and her desire to share it. Near Fine.

Fotografias: Tercera Exposición de la Sociedad de Arte Moderno, Mexico, julio de 1945 by ÁLVAREZ BRAVO, Manuel and Diego Rivera

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Title: Fotografias: Tercera Exposición de la Sociedad de Arte Moderno, Mexico, julio de 1945
Author: ÁLVAREZ BRAVO, Manuel and Diego Rivera
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Condition: Printed wrappers with light wear along edges and lightly age-toned, with slight bump to top of text-block; thus close to near fi
Description: Mexico City: Sociedad de Arte Moderno, 1945. Printed wrappers with light wear along edges and lightly age-toned, with slight bump to top of text-block; thus close to near fine. Housed in black cloth clamshell case with lettering piece to spine.. First Edition. Quarto. Published on the occasion of Álvarez Bravo's influential 1945 exhibition, which explored the quality of "Mexicanidad" and helped set the agenda for a generation of Latin American photography. (Parr / Badger, v2). Contents: 93, [3] pages, featuring 30 black-and-white plates captioned to opposing pages. Includes a series of critical texts on the esteemed photographer, from the likes of Diego Rivera and Gabriel Figueroa, along with an artist statement, biographical text, a portrait of Álvarez Bravo by his wife Doris Heyden, a timeline of the history of photography, and a descriptive catalogue of the 109 photographs on display in the exhibition. Text in Spanish.

Dawn of Flame and Other Stories by Stanley G. Weinbaum

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Title: Dawn of Flame and Other Stories
Author: Stanley G. Weinbaum
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Condition: Very Good
Description: Book Condition- Very Good: A firm signed copy. Moderate wear. Slightly tarnished gilt. Some dust-soiling to the outer red edges. Previous bookseller notes "500 copies" to front flyleaf. Custom Box: Fine condition. Features Override: Signed by Raymond A. Palmer on the title page. Sponsored by The Milwaukee Fictioneers and Milwaukee Chapter, American Fiction Guild. Printed by Ruppert Printing Service, Jamaica, New York. The author's first book, published posthumously. These stories with the exception of "Dawn of Flame" first appeared in Magazine form. Introduction by Lawrence Keating. Black hymnal type binding over pliable boards, gilt lettering, all paper edges red. Housed in a beautiful custom clamshell box. Pictorial leather spine over cloth-covered boards and box.

Catalogus librorum manuscriptorum bibliothecae Cottonianae (bound with:) Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae in unum collecti cum indice alphabetico by SMITH, Thomas (1638-1710)-BERNARD, Edward (1638-1696)

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Title: Catalogus librorum manuscriptorum bibliothecae Cottonianae (bound with:) Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae in unum collecti cum indice alphabetico
Author: SMITH, Thomas (1638-1710)-BERNARD, Edward (1638-1696)
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Description: Two works in one volume, folio (395x250 mm). Smith: [12], L, [2], 159, [25] pp. Engraved portrait of Sir Robert Cotton by R. White after C. Johnson, title vignette of the Sheldonian Theater and 2 engraved headpieces by M. Burghers. Text printed in two columns. Bernard:two parts: [32], 374 [i.e. 376], [44], 88, [10], 89-274 [i. e. 174], [8] pp.; 403 [i.e. 308], [24], 65, [9] pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Sir Thomas Bodley, with inset portraits of the Earl of Pembroke, Archbishop Laud, Sir Kenelm Digby and John Selden, engraved vignette on title-page of the Bodleian Library. Epistola dated September 1698.Contemporary sprinkled calf, spine gilt (rubbed, upper joint split, spine ends a little worn). Some foxing and browning due to the quality of the paper, overall a good, genuine copy from the Macclesfield Library (with its engraved bookplate and embossed stamp). I. First edition "of the only complete record of the celebrated manuscript library of Sir Robert Bruce Cotton which to the present day is one of the best-known components of the British Library; presented by his grandson, Sir John Cotton, to whom the volume is dedicated, to the nation in 1701, it fell victim to a disastrous fire in 1731, when 212 of 958 manuscripts were destroyed or badly damaged. Thomas Smith, a non-juring divine and scholar, at times of Magdalen College, Oxford, had a rather checkered career, but finally settled down in the household of Sir John Cotton and his grandson, another Sir John, and a fine collector himself, was for twelve years in charge of the Cottonian manuscripts" (Bibliotheca Bibliographica Breslaueriana, Christie's, New York, 2005, part II, no. 161). One of the three collections acquired by the British government to form the British Museum Library, the library of Sir Robert Bruce Cotton (1571-1631) is "arguably the most important collection of manuscripts ever assembled in Britain by a private individual" (C.J. Wright, Sir Robert Cotton As Collector: Essays on an Early Stuart Courtier and His Legacy, London, 1997). The library, which was transferred to the British museum in 1757 and contains spectacular treasures like the Lindisfarne Gospels, two of the contemporary copies of the Magna Charta, and the only surviving manuscript of Beowulf, was the result of Cotton's forty-year research and effort to preserve manuscript materials, principally relating to England's history and governmental affairs. Located in Cotton House in the Palace of Westminster, the library was housed in a narrow room and had an unusual arrangement. A bronze bust of a historical personage, including Augustus Caesar, Cleopatra, Julius Caesar, Nero, Otho, and Vespasian, was placed at the head of each bookcase. In total, there were fourteen busts, and the shelf marks were thus formed by bust name, shelf letter and volume number. The catalogue, compiled by Thomas Smith, includes a life of Cotton and a history of the library (cf. C.G. Tite, ed., Catalogue of the manuscripts in the Cottonian library, 1696, Cambridge, 1984). II. "First edition of Bernard's great catalogue of manuscripts in British libraries. This is 'one of the most notable achievements of early English bibliographers […] When G. Haenel, in 1830, printed his 'Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum', he thought so much of Bernard's work that he endeavoured to supplement him rather than to duplicate his lists' (De Ricci, p. 9). Part I [Bibliotheca Bodleiana] contains a life of Bodley, a description of the Bodleian, lists of various collections of manuscripts contained in it, such as those of Pembroke, Cromwell, Digby, Laud, Junius, Hyde and Ashmole. Part II [Bibliothecae collegiorum oxiniensium] lists the manuscripts in Oxford Colleges; Part III [Academia Cantabrigiensis] those in Cambridge Colleges. Part I of vol. 2 [Publicae quam privatae Angliae bibliothecae] contains the manuscripts in public, cathedral, and school libraries and in some fifty private collections, including those of Evelyn Hobbes, Brotherton, Sloane, Lord Derby, Leneve, and Isaac Vossius. All parts have general indices" (Bibliotheca Bibliographica Breslaueriana, Christie's, New York, 2005, part III, no. 1180). Part II of vol. 2 [Bibliothecae Hiberniae] is dedicated to the manuscripts in Irish libraries. Wing, S4233 & C1253.

Das dem Drey-Einigen Gott Andachtig Vertauend Angenehm Danckbahre Osterreich Von der Rom. Kayserl auch zu Hungarn und Boheim Konigl. Mayt. Leopold, Den 25. Wein-Monats 1682. Als Sie In der Domkirchen zu S. Stephan... eine Marmorsteinene Saulen auffrichten... Das Gelubd aufferbaulichst abgelegt. Auff den furnehmsten Platz der Statt Wienn am Graben genannt prachtigst vorgestellet

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Title: Das dem Drey-Einigen Gott Andachtig Vertauend Angenehm Danckbahre Osterreich Von der Rom. Kayserl auch zu Hungarn und Boheim Konigl. Mayt. Leopold, Den 25. Wein-Monats 1682. Als Sie In der Domkirchen zu S. Stephan... eine Marmorsteinene Saulen auffrichten... Das Gelubd aufferbaulichst abgelegt. Auff den furnehmsten Platz der Statt Wienn am Graben genannt prachtigst vorgestellet
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Description: Vienna: Leopold Voigt, 1682. 20 (303 x 200 mm). Large folding plates (525 x 1850 mm, comprising 5 large plates joined together). Contemporary marbled wrappers; cloth folding case. In 1679, Vienna was visited by one of the last big plague epidemics. Fleeing the` city, Emperor Leopold I vowed to erect a marble mercy column if the epidemic would end. A temporary wooden structure was erected in the same year. Three years later, Leopold's vow was renewed. This volume and the large folding plate are commemorating an early conservative design for the memorial column known as "Pestsäule" ("plague column") in Vienna, which was finally inaugurated in High Baroque style in 1693.

Marci Hieronymi Vidae Cremonensis, Albae Episcopi, Opera by Vida, Marco Girolamo (c1490-1566)

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Title: Marci Hieronymi Vidae Cremonensis, Albae Episcopi, Opera
Author: Vida, Marco Girolamo (c1490-1566)
Seller: The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA (United States)
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Description: 575 pages. Duodecimo (5" x 3 1/2") bound in original vellum. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 4564)Marco Girolamo Vida was an Italian Humanist. He came to Rome under Julius II; as a priest and canon regular, he presented, in the rather lax Court, the greatest example of severity of morals. The Humanists were called upon to produce a great Christian epic. Vida undertook it, and in order that he might work at it Leo X gave him the priory of St. Sylvester at Frascati. The work, the Christias, was not finished until after the death of Leo X. The subject goes beyond the life of Christ and is in reality the establishment of Christianity, for Vida accords much space at the end of his poem to the spread of the Gospel. There is no mythological element in the six cantos; hence the unity of tone is more perfect than in Sannazaro's De partu Virginis. Vida was also the author of short poems, such as De Bombyce, De ludo scaccorum (on chess), and of a second serious and extensive work, De arte poetica, written before 1520 (published in 1527). This didactic poem is interesting as an expression of the ideas of Humanism concerning poetry and because of its great influence. Vida dealt only with the ancients and their imitators, wholly neglecting writers in the vernacular. The general conception of his Ars poetica is inspired by Qunitillian. The writer takes the future poet almost at the cradle, and describes the education and care which he should receive. He instructs him in invention, composition, and especially style, emphasizing particularly the harmony of the verse and defining imitative harmony, examples of which, taken from Virgil, have passed into classical teaching. While Boileau exaggerates the difficulties of poetry and multiplies the duties of the poet, Vida undertakes to cultivate a taste for poetry and to remove the obstacles from the poet's path. In consequence of his plan Vida treats only of poetry in general. To him the model and prince of poets was Virgil, while he depreciates Homer, criticizing his prolixity, repetition, and low style. He was the source of arguments later made use of in France by the partisans of the moderns; Vida was the first to assert that the word "ass" used by Homer did not belong to the noble style. He carried prejudice so far as to congratulate the Latin language for being ignorant of compound words so frequent in Greek. Vida's own style is elegant, clear, harmonious, and ordinarily simple. He was warm in admiration, especially in his eulogies of Virgil, but he is verbose, and if by chance he imitates Horace he dilutes him. The poem is now of interest only as a manifestation of Classicism in modern literature.Vida's poem Scacchia Ludus [Chess Game], contained herein (pages 520-542), first published in 1527 is among the earliest and most influential works related to the game of chess. This compelling didactic poem centers on a game played between Apollo and Mercury on Mount Olympus. Because of its high artistry, it is said the poem made a tremendous impression on anyone who read it including the renowned Dutch humanist of the Renaissance, Desiderius Erasmus. Scacchia Ludus [aka Scaccia Ludus] did much to spread the game's popularity, and in the process directly inspired many other popular works on the game including Jan Kochanowski's poem Chess (c. 1565), in which the game is described as a battle between two armies; and William Jones' Caissa, or the game of chess (1772), a poem which popularized the pseudo-ancient Greek dryad Caïssa as the "goddess of chess". Another lasting effect Vida's poem had on the game of chess was the introduction of a tower as the Rook. Originally, the queen had a somewhat limited role in chess. At the end of the fifteenth century however, the rules changed, and the queen was granted the power of unlimited moves in all directions that had previously belonged to the bishop. (The king only retained his power to move one square at a time.) In an influential and wildly popular Virgilian-style epic, the Scacchia ludus, Vida celebrates the transformation of the game and the power of the queen. He refers to his martial queens both as 'virgo' and 'Amazon', invoking a tradition that views chess as a battle of the Amazons. The language of this influential poem is thus suggestive not just in comprehending the significance of the sisters playing chess, but in understanding the symbolism of the pieces themselvesCondition:Ties lacking edge wear with back upper edge chipped, rubbed, previous owner's name in neat old pen to title else about very good.

THE RACE - JEROME PARK N.Y

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Title: THE RACE - JEROME PARK N.Y
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Condition: Small archival linen tape repairs on the reverse used to strengthen the paper where torn at the margins, two tears going into th
Description: New York: Thomas Kelly, 1869. First Edition. Print. Small archival linen tape repairs on the reverse used to strengthen the paper where torn at the margins, two tears going into the image slightly; mild dampstain lower right corner, dampstain at left center margin, small circular stain top center, light foxing spread across the left side, scattered soiling. Quite attractive and now nicely matted and framed. Scarce hand-colored lithograph (28 x 22 matted and framed to an overall size of 34" x 27"), one of a series of four prints published by Kelly and printed by Wm. C. Robertson of Jerome Park, site of the inaugural Belmont Stakes in 1867. The other three views were FALSE START, SADDLING, and RETURNING TO WEIGH. All are uncommon. The oldest of America's three Triple Crown races, the Belmont Stakes was first run on June 19, 1867, at the Jerome Park race course (named after owner Leonard W. Jerome), an oddly shaped, English-style track in The Bronx that required its runners to negotiate three turns instead of two because of a dip in the middle of the backstretch. A filly, Ruthless, won the first Belmont's $1,850 winners purse, outlasting DeCourcey by a head. The race has been run annually ever since (the last race at Jerome Park was in 1890), with the exception of 1911 and '12, and the Belmont has established itself as the ultimate test of championship stamina in this country.

A Set of Anatomical Tables .... -BOUND WITH- Outlines of the Theory and Practice of Midwifery by Smellie, W / Hamilton, A - OBSTETRICS

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Title: A Set of Anatomical Tables .... -BOUND WITH- Outlines of the Theory and Practice of Midwifery
Author: Smellie, W / Hamilton, A - OBSTETRICS
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Condition: A very good copy; endpapers replaced; joints strengthened.
Description: Edinburgh: C Elliot, 1785/'84. New Edition/First Edition.. Full contemporary calf.. A very good copy; endpapers replaced; joints strengthened.. 8vo. The Smellie has 41 copper eng. plates. Smellie's anatomical plates are generally regarded to be suprerior to anything in the 18th century. Spencer in his History of British Midwifery credits Smellie with producing a book that was responsible for the spread of correct ideas of labor than any other book published. The edition offered here is in the much reduced 8vo. format. The plates, however, retain their detail and clarity. The book in this format contains two additional plates not found in the original. The Smellie is here bound up with Hamilton's book. Hamilton was the first prof. of midwifery at Edinburgh. Blake p. 420 & 196; Heirs of Hipp., #826 citing the first; see G-M.

Hand - Book for the Military Surgeon : being a compendium of ... war surgery .... by Tripler, C S & Blackman, G C

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Title: Hand - Book for the Military Surgeon : being a compendium of ... war surgery ....
Author: Tripler, C S & Blackman, G C
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Condition: A copy that has had a great deal of damage to the cloth from insects (nearly all gone) but internally bright; blind stamp on tit
Description: Cincinnati: R Clarke & Co., 1861. First Edition.. Original publisher's cloth.. A copy that has had a great deal of damage to the cloth from insects (nearly all gone) but internally bright; blind stamp on title.. 8vo. Tripler was general director of the Army of the Potomac and organized all its medical services. This was one of a handful of similar manuals issued by the US Army after the outbreak of the Civil War to prepare the medical staff for field surgery. Rutkow # GS 51.

Traité de L' Epilepsie by Tissot, S A

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Title: Traité de L' Epilepsie
Author: Tissot, S A
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Condition: Good; joints a bit strained.
Description: Paris: P F Didot, 1783. Later Printing.. Full contemporary calf.. Good; joints a bit strained.. 12mo, viii, [1] - 419 One of the earliest "modern" treatises devoted to the subject that is praised by Temkin for its approach and information. Temkin, pp. 229 - 231.

A Family Canoe Trip by Snedeker, Florence

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Title: A Family Canoe Trip
Author: Snedeker, Florence
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Condition: A very good copy.
Description: New York: Harper & Brothers, 1892. First Edition.. Orig. publisher's cloth.. A very good copy.. 12mo. There are half tone photographs throughout. Part of the Harper's ' Black and White ' series. A charming account of a sojourn through the Lake District of New York State. An early use of half-tone illustration.

The Fox. Vol. 1, nos. 1 [SIGNED by Sarah Charlesworth, Joseph Kosuth, Michael Corris, Andrew Menard, Preston Heller and Mel Ramsden, no. 7/100], 2 & 3 (all published).

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Title: The Fox. Vol. 1, nos. 1 [SIGNED by Sarah Charlesworth, Joseph Kosuth, Michael Corris, Andrew Menard, Preston Heller and Mel Ramsden, no. 7/100], 2 & 3 (all published).
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Description: Three issues, 144 [2],163 [7],186 [17] pp., comprising a complete run of the noted conceptual art journal. 4to, ca. 27 cm. Very good, with endemic light toning to the interior pages. Illus. stiff wraps. [600] Founded by members of the New York Art & Language circle in 1975, the present serial arose out of frustration with the perceived elitism of the originary British contingent of Art & Language. The renegade effort was short-lived, however. By the third issue, tensions within the American group lead to a controversial decision to end the publication and effectively disband the group, rendering the implied solidarity of the six editors' co-signatures on the first black page of issue 1 in the present set all the more poignant. Unsigned issues are common in the marketplace, but the signed edition of no. 1 is extremely rare. Artists' Magazines, pp. 261-2; In Numbers, pp. 70-73.

Twenty Poems by Kooser, Ted

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Title: Twenty Poems
Author: Kooser, Ted
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Condition: Slight tanning and a marginal stain to wrappers, otherwise near fine.
Description: Crete, Nebraska: The Best Cellar Press, 1973. First edition. Slight tanning and a marginal stain to wrappers, otherwise near fine.. 8vo, unpag. pamphlet in wrappers, stapled. The third book by the former U.S. Poet Laureate. On the title page is the following inscription: "For Russell Edson with great admiration, Ted Kooser, 8/13/74.

The Warrior and the Maiden. Illustrated with 10 reverse-offset linocuts in black on colored backgrounds printed from the offset-sheet by [GOGMAGOG PRESS] COX, Morris

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Title: The Warrior and the Maiden. Illustrated with 10 reverse-offset linocuts in black on colored backgrounds printed from the offset-sheet
Author: [GOGMAGOG PRESS] COX, Morris
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Condition: Neat and attractive book-label with initials "WP" at the bottom of the front endpaper
Description: London: Gogmagog Press, 1967. Chambers 19. Copy number 13 of 65 copies numbered and signed in ink by the author on the colophon. Printed on Barcham Green Dover Castle handmade paper, bound in natural felt boards with orange flame pattern at covers. Japanese endpapers, matching paper slipcase with silk draw ribbon. Prospectus laid-in. Neat and attractive book-label with initials "WP" at the bottom of the front endpaper. Neat and attractive book-label with initials "WP" at the bottom of the front endpaper.

A General Gazeteer; Or, Compendious Geographical Dictionary, Containing a Description of the Nations, Empires, Kingdoms, States, Provinces, Cities, Towns ... in the Known World ..... Illustrated with Maps by Brookes, R.

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Title: A General Gazeteer; Or, Compendious Geographical Dictionary, Containing a Description of the Nations, Empires, Kingdoms, States, Provinces, Cities, Towns ... in the Known World ..... Illustrated with Maps
Author: Brookes, R.
Seller: Thorn Books (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: London: Printed for J. Bumpus, et al., 1818. Hardcover. Very good. The Fifteenth Edition, with Considerable Additions and Improvements. 8vo. xvi, 776pp. Folding engraved frontispiece of two world globes; Illustrated with six folding engraved maps (complete). Half deep blue calf, spine gilt, maroon lettering label, gilt, marbled paper sides, edges and end papers. Light wear to edges and hinges, some aging and soil to the maps, closed tear at a fold on the Africa map and text, but overall a very good copy. Here you will see the entire southwest coast of North America named California; with Mexico and New Mexico to the east, New Leon to the south, Louisiana taking the greater part of the center, and the United States along the east coast. Corea is shown and, across the sea, Nippon. Africa looks strangely complete, though many of the names in the center of the country are not recognized by this cataloguer. .

The Comic History of England by ¿ Beckett, Gilbert Abbot

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Title: The Comic History of England
Author: ¿ Beckett, Gilbert Abbot
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Description: 1855. London: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co, [c.1855]. 8vo, 2 vols. in 1: xviii, 320; 304 pp. Title-page printed in black and red, complete with 10 hand-colored steel engravings and numerous in-text wood engravings in each volume, including frontispieces. Full tan crushed morocco, all edges gilt, with original backstrip and upper panel of cloth binding preserved on rear pastedowns. Gift inscription dated 1878 on half title. Binding lightly scuffed and marked, faint shadow of bookplate removed from front pastedown, occasional light foxing, but generally attractive and presents nicely. ß First edition, illustrations by John Leech. This extremely popular work was originally published serially by the Punch Office from 1846-1847. Gilbert Abbott ¿ Beckett (1811-1856) was a comic writer and police magistrate, The Comic History of England is one of his best known and widely reprinted works. His friends and contemporaries including Charles Dickens, Douglas Jerrold, George Cruikshank, Sheridan Knowles, and others.

Joli Milan: Luoghi della Milano di Stendhal incisi all’acquaforte da Agostino Zaliani by ZALIANI, Agostino, illustrator; Guido BEZZOLA; Stendhal

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Title: Joli Milan: Luoghi della Milano di Stendhal incisi all’acquaforte da Agostino Zaliani
Author: ZALIANI, Agostino, illustrator; Guido BEZZOLA; Stendhal
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Description: Milan: Franco Sciardelli, 1983. Folio (13 x 10 inches). Seven original etchings by Zaliani, each signed in pencil. Text and plates laid loose as issued in original printed wrappers; slipcase. A fine copy. LIMITED EDITION, number 81 of 120 copies.

American Prospects: Photographs by Joel Sternfeld; Andy Grundbeg [intro.]; Anne W. Tucker [afterword]

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Title: American Prospects: Photographs
Author: Joel Sternfeld; Andy Grundbeg [intro.]; Anne W. Tucker [afterword]
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ISBN: 9780812916591
Condition: Very Good+
Description: New York / Houston, TX: Times Books / Houston Museum of Fine Arts, 1987. Very Good+/Very Good Condition. New York / Houston, TX: Times Books / Museum of Fine Arts, [1987]. First Edition Stated. Oblong quarto (26x31cm); publisher's cloth in unclipped photo-illustrated dust jacket; [15]pp. + 55 leaves of color photographic plates including frontispiece. Very light wear to jacket margins, scattered foxing to jacket verso, else a Very Good and sound example. The photographer's first book, collecting images taken during a ten-year trek across the United States. The resulting images--a quaint Virginia farmer's market with a house on fire on the hill behind; a desultory and cloudy day at the Wet 'n Wild in Orlando; a collapsed elephant blocking the road in Woodland, Washington--offers "collisions of the magnificent and the mundane" (Roth 101, p. 260-1).

Carnal Knowledge (Original transparency from the 1971 film) by Mike Nichols (director); Jules Feiffer (screenwriter); Jack Nicholson, Art Garfunkel, Ann-Margret, Candice Bergen, Rita Moreno, Carol Kane (starring)

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Title: Carnal Knowledge (Original transparency from the 1971 film)
Author: Mike Nichols (director); Jules Feiffer (screenwriter); Jack Nicholson, Art Garfunkel, Ann-Margret, Candice Bergen, Rita Moreno, Carol Kane (starring)
Seller: Royal Books (United States)
Description: Universal City: Universal Studios, 1964. Vintage color transparency from the film, showing Ann-Margret and Jack Nicholson. A pitch-black comedy, chronicling the sex lives of two college friends over a period of 25 years, as they navigate their changing desires and expectations. Set and shot on location in New York and Massachusetts in the US, and Vancouver in Canada. 4 x 5 inches. Near Fine.

The Price: A Play by [Arion Press] Miller, Arthur; Sam Washburn, illustrator

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Title: The Price: A Play
Author: [Arion Press] Miller, Arthur; Sam Washburn, illustrator
Seller: The Kelmscott Bookshop (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: San Francisco: Arion Press, 1999. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Number 280 of 300 numbered copies with 26 lettered copies hors de commerce. Signed by Arthur Miller on the half title page and by the illustrator on the colophon. This is a handsome edition of Miller's well known play. The Price is a two-act play written in 1967 by Arthur Miller. It is about family dynamics, the price of furniture and the price of one's decisions. The play premiered on Broadway in 1968, and has been revived four times on Broadway. It was nominated for two 1968 Tony Awards. [Wikipedia] According to the prospectus, the NYT drama critic wrote following a new production in 1999 that The Price is one of the great Miller works. It ranks alongside Death of a Salesman. The eight black and white illustrations by Stan Washburn (1943 - ) all depict furniture found in an attic. He is a painter, printmaker, and, more recently, a writer. His art is in the collections of the Achenbach Foundation, the Brooklyn Museum, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Portland Art Museum, among others. He has illustrated a number of Arion Press editions. Bound in a golden brown cloth with an additional illustration by Washburn of a clock that is inset on the front cover. A cream title label to spine. The type is Goudy Old Style and letterpress printed on Zerkall mouldmade paper from Germany. Housed in a slipcase with cloth edges and paper sides with a design of Dollar signs. Accompanied by the prospectus. In fine condition. Measures 7 x 10 inches. 112 numbered pages plus 16 unnumbered pages for the illustrations. PRI/111624.

Pinehurst, North Carolina, Founded by James W. Tufts: A Brief Description of the Leading Health and Recreation Resort of the South; Its Climate, Cottages, and Hotels and the Opportunities It Offers for Golf, Shooting, Tennis, and Out-of-Door Life

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Title: Pinehurst, North Carolina, Founded by James W. Tufts: A Brief Description of the Leading Health and Recreation Resort of the South; Its Climate, Cottages, and Hotels and the Opportunities It Offers for Golf, Shooting, Tennis, and Out-of-Door Life
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Description: Pinehurst, NC: Leonard Tufts, 1916. Oblong 8vo. 62 (2) pp. Illustrated; unused reply card for more information laid in. Original multi-color decorated wrappers. Very good. Revised edition, showing Philip Carter as the most recent winner of the United North and South Championship Golf Tournament (1916), and with all information updated. Elaborate promotional describing the full range of living and sporting possibilities in Pinehurst. Originally published in 1905 and revised and re-issued a number of times over the following 15 years.

New Orleans [cover title]

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Title: New Orleans [cover title]
Seller: Bartlebys Books (United States)
Description: (New York: Wittemann), 1900. First edition. 12mo. 12-panel series of sepia views of New Orleans, folded accordion-style, several views spanning two panels, one, a panorama of the city, spanning four; survey of public and private buildings, hotels, the 1885 Exposition grounds, monuments, and recreational spots. OCLC locates two copies (Northwestern State, New Orleans). A little wear at the extremities of some plates, but very good. Original cloth-backed gilt-stamped boards (rubbed). (#5601).

Democracy May Not Exist, But We'll Miss It When We're Gone by TAYLOR, Astra

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Title: Democracy May Not Exist, But We'll Miss It When We're Gone
Author: TAYLOR, Astra
Seller: Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: NY: Metropolitan Books. (2019). Signed by the author, who is a Canadian-American documentary filmmaker ("What is Democracy?) and activist. Taylor tackles issues such as the decline of democracy and democracy's connection (or disconnection) to corporate wealth, financial inequality, freedom, inclusion, conflict, coercion, and environmental degradation. If democracy means rule by the people, what does it mean to rule and who counts as the people? Fine in a fine dust jacket, with blurbs by Rebecca Solnit and Naomi Klein, among others. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine.

THE ALCESTIAD OR, A LIFE IN THE SUN by Wilder, Thornton

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Title: THE ALCESTIAD OR, A LIFE IN THE SUN
Author: Wilder, Thornton
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ISBN: 9780060146382
Condition: Near Fine
Description: NY: Harper & Row, 1977. First edition, first prnt. Foreword by Isabel Wilder. Association Copy. Inscribed by Isabel Wilder, Wilder's sister, on the blue front free endpage to Herman W. "Fritz" Liebert and his wife. "For Laura & Fritz - The second copy of the advance volume sent to me herewith comes to you dear generous & cherished friends who meant so much to Thornton and to me - With love Isabel Oct 25 - 1977." Isabel, Wilder's closest sibling, acted as his personal agent. Fritz Liebert was the first librarian of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale and a central figure in Johnson & Boswell studies. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy.

COLLECTED POEMS by Williams, C.K.

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Title: COLLECTED POEMS
Author: Williams, C.K.
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ISBN: 9780374126520
Condition: Fine
Description: NY: Farrar Straus Giroux, 2006. First edition, first prnt. Signed by Williams on the title page. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

WAR BY CANDLELIGHT. STORIES by Alarcon, Daniel

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Title: WAR BY CANDLELIGHT. STORIES
Author: Alarcon, Daniel
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ISBN: 9780060594787
Condition: Fine
Description: NY: HarperCollins, 2005. First edition, first prnt. Signed by Alarcon on the title page. NYC booksigning event flyer laid-in. Short remainder stipe on the bottom edge; otherwise, an unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Alarcon's first book.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hay-fever; or, summer catarrh: Its nature and treatment by Beard, George M.

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Title: Hay-fever; or, summer catarrh: Its nature and treatment
Author: Beard, George M.
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Description: New York: Harper & Brothers, 1876. [4], 266pp.188 x 126 mm. Original cloth, light edgewear. Very good.

ADDRESS OF A MINISTER TO THE CHURCH UNDER HIS PASTORAL CARE, IN WHICH IT IS INQUIRED, "WHETHER A CHURCH IS OBLIGED, OR AUTHORIZED, BY ANY PRECEPT OR PRECEDENT IN THE NEW-TESTAMENT, TO REQUIRE A PUBLICK, FORMAL AND EXPLICIT CONFESSION, OF SOME PARTICULAR MISDEMEANORS... by [Badger, Stephen]

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Title: ADDRESS OF A MINISTER TO THE CHURCH UNDER HIS PASTORAL CARE, IN WHICH IT IS INQUIRED, "WHETHER A CHURCH IS OBLIGED, OR AUTHORIZED, BY ANY PRECEPT OR PRECEDENT IN THE NEW-TESTAMENT, TO REQUIRE A PUBLICK, FORMAL AND EXPLICIT CONFESSION, OF SOME PARTICULAR MISDEMEANORS...
Author: [Badger, Stephen]
Seller: David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC (United States)
Description: Boston: Printed for, and sold by E. Battelle, 1784. 44pp, disbound with scattered foxing. Inner margin tear to title leaf, costing several letters on page [2]. Good. Attacking "ecclesiastical usurpations," Badger argues that the New Testament does not require public confession "by those, who, in some particular instances, have transgressed the bounds, which our holy religion has prescribed, as previously necessary to their being permitted to make a publick profession of their faith in Christ, and to their being admitted to attend upon, and conform to the sacramental institutions of the gospel." Badger recommends "christian charity, especially in cases of lesser transgressions." FIRST EDITION. Evans 18337.

Report on the Birds of Pennsylvania by Warren, B. H.

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Title: Report on the Birds of Pennsylvania
Author: Warren, B. H.
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Condition: Very Good
Description: Harrisburg: E. K. Meyers, 1890. Second Edition. Half Calf. Very Good. 8vo. xiv, 434 pp. With 100 plates, all but one with color. This second edition is much enlarged and has twice as many plates as the first. Plates based on Audobon. Contemporary calf is heavily worn and very dry, with rubbing and cracks abounding. Redeeming this copy are the clean plates. One text leaf with small marginal crease and tiny closed tear. Otherwise text age toned but clean as well.

Installation Views by (POSENENSKE, Charlotte)

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Title: Installation Views
Author: (POSENENSKE, Charlotte)
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Description: Color illus. throughout. 264 pp. Large 4to (297 x 210 mm.), printed softcover. Milan: Lenz Press, 2025. From the publisher's website: "Conceived as a visual résumé, Installation Views provides both a comprehensive overview of Charlotte Posenenske's solo exhibitions and a record of her numerous group shows. The book features an essay written by curator Erlend Hammer on the role of documentary photographs in the circulation of works of art... "The book was published in conjunction with the eponymous show at the Haugar Art Museum in Tønsberg, Norway-the first full-scale presentation of the artist's oeuvre in Scandinavia. The exhibition showcased works from all the artist's major series of modular sculpture. Consisting of works made over the course of less than 12 months, between 1967 and 1968, preceding the abrupt end to Posenenske's career as an artist, the exhibition had the character of a snapshot. We are left wondering whether her withdrawal from the art world was a logical or necessary consequence of the development of the series. What are we to do with Posenenske's assertion that art is powerless to effectively change society for the better?" As new. Designed by Lorenzo Mason Studio.

Daniel Webster Signs A Speech For A Philadelphia Dinner Honoring Him by DANIEL WEBSTER

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Title: Daniel Webster Signs A Speech For A Philadelphia Dinner Honoring Him
Author: DANIEL WEBSTER
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Description: DANIEL WEBSTER (1782-1852). Webster, a Massachusetts and New Hampshire Congressman, served as Secretary of State in the Harrison/Tyler and Fillmore administrations. He unsuccessfully ran for President in 1836 and became the premier Senator and orator of his day. SB. 88pg. 1847. Philadelphia. A printed speech signed For Mr. Callamare From D.W. on the top margin. The speech is entitled Dinner To The Hon. Daniel WebsterBy The Merchants, and Other Citizens of Philadelphia, December 6, 1846. The speech is in fine condition and has been rebound into a more modern binding; there is a Dartmouth College label on the inside of the front cover.

Is Atlas Shrugging by RAND, Ayn

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Title: Is Atlas Shrugging
Author: RAND, Ayn
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Condition: Near Fine
Description: New York: Reprinted for The Objectivist Newsletter by Nathaniel Brandon Institute, 1964. Softcover. Near Fine. First separate edition. Tall thin octavo. 18pp. Stapled printed self-wrappers. Owner name at top of front wrap, else near fine.

The Lucifer Effect: How Good People Turn Evil by ZIMBARDO, Philip

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Title: The Lucifer Effect: How Good People Turn Evil
Author: ZIMBARDO, Philip
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ISBN: 9781846041037
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Description: London: Rider, 2009. Softcover. Fine. Reprint. Trade paperback. Fine in wrappers.

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The Comfortable Garden by ZIMMERMAN, Ann et al.

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Title: The Comfortable Garden
Author: ZIMMERMAN, Ann et al.
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ISBN: 9781402705915
Condition: Fine
Description: New York: Sterling, 2003. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Fine in wrappers.

[SPECIAL PRESS] [SIGNED] THE FOUR GOSPELS by Ernest Sutherland Bates [Introduction]; Illustrated by E. R. Weiss

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Title: [SPECIAL PRESS] [SIGNED] THE FOUR GOSPELS
Author: Ernest Sutherland Bates [Introduction]; Illustrated by E. R. Weiss
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Condition: Near Fine binding
Description: Leipzig: Poeschel & Trepte, 1932. Limited Edition. Near Fine binding. E. R. Weiss. Signed. Large 8vo; quarter bound in vellum over paper covered boards; with titling on the spine in gilt; 237 pages; in publisher’s slipcase; soiling to the vellum spine; the slipcase has signs of wear and a spot of water damage with a 2 inch crack to the top edge but holding well.~~Limited to fifteen hundred copies with decorations by Emil Rudolph Weiss; Signed by E.R, Weiss on the colophon. Near Fine binding.

The Long Partition and the Making of Modern South Asia by Vazira Fazila-Yacoobali Zamindar

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Title: The Long Partition and the Making of Modern South Asia
Author: Vazira Fazila-Yacoobali Zamindar
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ISBN: 9780231138468
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Description: First Edition/First Printing with the complete number line; A Fine book in a Near Fine dust jacket, with only slight rubbing to the panels and edges. An exceptional copy of this history of the cartography, boundaries, and politics of modern south Asia from the Columbia University Press; an uncommon title in the first printing. Not remaindered, not ex-library; will ship carefully wrapped in a sturdy box.

THE SOUTH [Signed] by Tóibin, Colm

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Title: THE SOUTH [Signed]
Author: Tóibin, Colm
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ISBN: 9780330339858
Description: London, UK: Picador, 1995. First Edition thus, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 238 pages. In Very Good minus condition with Very Good condition dust jacket. Spine is white and yellow with dark purple lettering. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering, price uncut: "£14.99" on front flap, has mild creasing along spine head and tail. Boards have mild shelving wear and creasing along spine head and tail, moderate creasing to front joints, mild discoloration along extremities and bumping to fore corners. Textblock has mild age-toning along edges and throughout interior. Signed flat on title page by Colm Tóibín. Shelved Room C overflow. 1405045. Special Collections.

POEMS OF WORDSWORTH by Wordsworth, William

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Title: POEMS OF WORDSWORTH
Author: Wordsworth, William
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Description: London: Caxton Publishing Company, (1907). A 12mo., 259 pages, including glossary and an index of first lines. Bound in original decorative brown cloth. Top edge gilt. Edited by Oliphant Smeaton. Portrait frontispiece and pictorial title page by A. S. Hartrick. Eight full page color plates by M. Dibdin Spooner. A bit of very light wear and endleaves browned, else a fine copy.

New York City Business Directory Published Annually (with Latest Changes) 1891-92

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Title: New York City Business Directory Published Annually (with Latest Changes) 1891-92
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Description: New York:: United States Printing Co., 1891. Hardcover. Good. 12mo, ix,[9] -416 pp., ex-library, handstamps, bound in later cloth, red and black spine labels, some cover soiling, else a good copy.

Famous Airplanes of the World 56: Mitsubishi Army Type Zero Carrier Fighter Model 22-63

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Title: Famous Airplanes of the World 56: Mitsubishi Army Type Zero Carrier Fighter Model 22-63
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Description: Tokyo: Bunrindo, 1996. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 88pp. Very good paperback in a very good dustjacket. Text in Japanese.

Women and Power in Native North America by Laura F. Klein and Lillian A. Ackerman

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Title: Women and Power in Native North America
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Description: Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1995. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. First Edition. x, 286pp+index. Very good hardback in a very good dustjacket.

Poor Collins: His Life, His Art, and His Influence by AINSWORTH, Edward Gay Jr.

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Title: Poor Collins: His Life, His Art, and His Influence
Author: AINSWORTH, Edward Gay Jr.
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Description: Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1937. hardcover. fine. 340pp. 8vo, maroon boards. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, (1937). A fine copy.

Life Sentence by COLSON, Charles W.

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Title: Life Sentence
Author: COLSON, Charles W.
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ISBN: 9780912376417
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Description: Waco: Chosen Books, 1979. hardcover. fine/fine. Black and white illustrations. 306 pages. 8vo, brown boards, d.w. Waco: Chosen Books, (1979). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper.

32nd Annual American Indian Artists Exhibition, Philbrook Art Center, May 8 - July 3, 1977

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Title: 32nd Annual American Indian Artists Exhibition, Philbrook Art Center, May 8 - July 3, 1977
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Description: Tulsa: Philbrook Art Center, 1977. Paperback. Very Good. black & white illustrations, (16) unnumbered pages. Softcover in original wrapper. 26 cm.

Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath. by [PLATH, Sylvia]. Clark, Heather.

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Title: Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath.
Author: [PLATH, Sylvia]. Clark, Heather.
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Description: NY: Knopf,, 2020.. First edition.. xxix + 1118 pp w/notes & index. Very near fine in like dust jacket with light sunning to spine.

Unity Expo Pre-registration brochure: Celebrate Lesbian, Bisexual and Gay Culture [brochure]

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Title: Unity Expo Pre-registration brochure: Celebrate Lesbian, Bisexual and Gay Culture [brochure]
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Description: San Francisco: Unity Expo, 1994. 12-panel brochure folded to 5.5x8.5 inches and unfolds to a broadside with photos, event schedule and details, sponsors and registration form, very good on glossy stock. The Expo ran from August 13 - 14, 1994 at the Fashion Design Center and Quentin Crisp, carol Migden, John Fleck, Amy Madigan, Richard Masur, Simon LeVay and others appeared.

Homeland Elegies: A Novel by Akhtar, Ayad

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Title: Homeland Elegies: A Novel
Author: Akhtar, Ayad
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ISBN: 9780316496421
Condition: Near Fine
Description: New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2020. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x1x9. First edition. An exceptional copy. 2020 Hard Cover. xx, 343 pp. A deeply personal work about identity and belonging in a nation coming apart at the seams, Homeland Elegies blends fact and fiction to tell an epic story of longing and dispossession in the world that 9/11 made. Part family drama, part social essay, part picaresque novel, at its heart it is the story of a father, a son, and the country they both call home. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ayad Akhtar forges a new narrative voice to capture a country in which debt has ruined countless lives and the gods of finance rule, where immigrants live in fear, and where the nation's unhealed wounds wreak havoc around the world. Akhtar attempts to make sense of it all through the lens of a story about one family, from a heartland town in America to palatial suites in Central Europe to guerrilla lookouts in the mountains of Afghanistan, and spares no oneâ€”least of all himselfâ€”in the process.

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The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason by Harris, Sam

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Title: The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
Author: Harris, Sam
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ISBN: 9780393327656
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Description: W. W. Norton & Company, 2004. Very Good. Harris, Sam. The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason. New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Company, 2004. 348pp. Indexed. Bibliography. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Edges lightly rubbed.

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A General Gazeteer; Or, Compendious Geographical Dictionary, Containing a Description of the Nations, Empires, Kingdoms, States, Provinces, Cities, Towns ... in the Known World ..... Illustrated with Maps by Brookes, R.

The Comic History of England by ¿ Beckett, Gilbert Abbot

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Pinehurst, North Carolina, Founded by James W. Tufts: A Brief Description of the Leading Health and Recreation Resort of the South; Its Climate, Cottages, and Hotels and the Opportunities It Offers for Golf, Shooting, Tennis, and Out-of-Door Life

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New York City Business Directory Published Annually (with Latest Changes) 1891-92

Famous Airplanes of the World 56: Mitsubishi Army Type Zero Carrier Fighter Model 22-63

Women and Power in Native North America by Laura F. Klein and Lillian A. Ackerman

Poor Collins: His Life, His Art, and His Influence by AINSWORTH, Edward Gay Jr.

Life Sentence by COLSON, Charles W.

32nd Annual American Indian Artists Exhibition, Philbrook Art Center, May 8 - July 3, 1977

Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath. by [PLATH, Sylvia]. Clark, Heather.

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Homeland Elegies: A Novel by Akhtar, Ayad

The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason by Harris, Sam

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