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Before Adam by London, Jack

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Title: Before Adam
Author: London, Jack
Seller: Carpe Diem Fine Books (United States)
Description: New York: The MacMillan Company, 1907. First Edition. 8vo. vii, [1], 242 + [4] advertisements pp; many pages unopened. Color frontispiece & 7 color plates by Charles Livingston Bull, double-page inserted map; drawings within text. Light brown buckram with red & white lettering on spine and front board; 6 ape-like footprints in dark brown on front cover & spine. In rare publisher's unrestored light brown dust jacket printed in red. Light fading to spine; else a fine copy in near fine dust jacket (two small chips at spine end; light brown line down spine; small dark spot on front flap). Serialized in 1906 and 1907 in Everybody's Magazine, "Before Adam" is the story of a man who dreams he lives the life of an early hominid, offering an early view of human evolution. (BAL 11903; Sisson & Martens p. 34).

[Matchbox label and matchbox label design collection - rinpyō 燐票 ]

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Title: [Matchbox label and matchbox label design collection - rinpyō 燐票 ]
Seller: Boston Book Company (United States)
Description: 195. [Matchbox label and matchbox label design collection - rinpyō 燐票 ] C. 1950s-1960s 99 loose matchbox and matchbook labels (rinpyō 燐票) backed with bamboo or other lightweight wood. Colorful illustrations advertise a range of businesses, including Western style clothing shop Hashimoto, Marutama pachinko parlor, Hato Tokkyū はと特急 [Dove/Pigeon Express], Kyowa, Mitsubishi and Dai-Ichi Banks. Also included is a matchbook label for Hotel New Nagoya ホテルニューナゴヤ, which opened in 1956 and thirteen years later changed its name to Hotel Nagoya Castle ホテルナゴヤキャッスル, finally merging with Westin hotels and reopening as Westin Nagoya Castle ウェスティンナゴヤキャッスル in 2000. One matchbook has a drawing of “Kyoto Kokusai Tower” which was first opened to the public in December of 1964. Soiling and tears to some of the labels. 7 matchbook labels in a plastic sheet, plus one duplicate. Also in the sheet are two small canceled stamps, an entry ticket for Kiyomizu Temple and a ¥15 bus ticket for the 1958 Pan Asian games in Tokyo. The colorful labels for Nocturne in Shinjuku are split in two, front and back, with “Noct” on one label and “Urne” on the other. There is a chip in the corner of the former. There is also one loose train ticket with a pictorial scene with traditional and modern Japanese architecture and a mountain with a Daimonji in the background. 19 white sheets 28 x 19cm with multiple, colorful matchbox labels laid down per page, for a total of over 130 labels. Label size range is approx. 3.5 x 5.5cm to 5.5 x 8cm. 9 black, 3 gray and 3 green sheets of heavy paper with a single, original design of a matchbook label on each, for a total of 15 designs. Lovely colors and graphic design of original artwork for matchbox labels.

MAGNIFICENT COLORED ENGRAVINGS. Rare and Remarkable Animals of Scotland, by Dalyell, John Graham

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Title: MAGNIFICENT COLORED ENGRAVINGS. Rare and Remarkable Animals of Scotland,
Author: Dalyell, John Graham
Seller: Biomed Rare Books LLC, ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Description: London: John Van Voorst, 1847. First edition. 1847 MAGNIFICENT BIOLOGY OF MARINE LIFE OF SCOTLAND ILLUSTRATED WITH OVER 100 FINE HAND-COLORED ENGRAVINGS AFTER PAINTINGS BY NOTED LOCAL ARTISTS. Two 11 inches tall hardcover volumes, recent 3/4 calf, spine with raised bands and gilt leather title labels, green moire cloth covered boards, bookplate of Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow front paste-down, handstamp of Aquatic Research Institute to front free endpaper. Vol. I, xii, 270 pp, 53 colored engraved plates; Vol. II, [iv], 322 pp, [2], 56 colored engraved plates with tissue guards. Small abrasions to edges of spine and tips of corners, old faint dampstain to lower corner of pages, touching only 1 image; occasional minor foxing; marginal browning & light chipping to endpapers, titles & last 2 leaves, overall very good in custom archival mylar covers. Cole Pt. 2, p. 74; BMNH p. 417; Nissen ZBI 1031. SIR JOHN GRAHAM DALYELL (1775-1851) was a Scottish antiquary and naturalist. When an infant he fell from a table upon a stone floor and became lame for life. He attended classes first at St. Andrews, and secondly at the University of Edinburgh, and while there qualified himself for the Scotch bar, and became a member of the Faculty of Advocates in 1796. The work in the parliament-house proved to be too fatiguing for him, but he acquired a considerable business as a consulting advocate, and although a younger son and not wealthy he made it a rule of his legal practice not to accept a fee from a relative, a widow, or an orphan. In 1797 he was elected a member of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, and was chosen the first vice-president of that society; he also became a member of the Society of Arts for Scotland, and served as president 1839-40. Devoting himself to letters with an enthusiasm which animated him to the last, he soon turned his attention to the manuscript treasures of the Advocates' Library, and in 1798 produced his first work, Fragments of Scottish History. In addition to his knowledge of antiquarian lore he had also an extensive acquaintance with natural history, and in 1814 published Observations on several Species of Planariæ, illustrated by coloured figures of living animals. On 22 August 1836 he was created a knight by letters patent, and on 1 February 1841 succeeded his brother, Sir James Dalyell, as sixth baronet of Binns. With Rare and Remarkable Animals of Scotland published in 1847 (offered here), Dalyell published his most magnificent work, which was unfortunately delayed for nearly five years, owing to a dispute and a law process with the engraver. This delay deprived Dalyell of the full credit of several of his discoveries in connection with medusae, which feature prominently among the 100+ fine hand colored engravings of marine zoophytes. FROM THE PREFACE: "The substance of the following Treatise has been derived from a series of observations, protracted during many years. I have endeavoured to select the most vigorous living specimens of their kind; and along with a general description, to present their resemblance from delineations by the most skillful artists, By suitable precautions, I have been enabled to preserve individual subjects, one, two, nay, even ten or twenty years, and, by this long acquaintance, to gain some information of their character. The naturalist's earliest care ought to be obtaining an accurate delineation of his subject—always selecting the finest specimen—and taking it in motion, or when the parts are best unfolded. Herein it is preferable to employ another's talent than the naturalist himself, though a skillful artist. All specimens ought to be healthy, vigorous, and entire. I have endeavoured to practice this rule throughout, from conviction of its utility. Among many accomplished artists to whom this work is indebted, I cannot omit the late Mr Peter Syme, an eminent flower painter, the late Mr Alexander Macaulay, an amateur who devoted much of his time to similar studies,- John Welch, an excellent miniature painter, whose exquisite productions from the microscope are entitled to the highest admiration—likewise Mr Andrew Thorn, presently occupied in paintings for the Stained Glass Windows of the House of Lords, whose accuracy and patient diligence exceed all commendation."

Imprinting. Early Experience and the Developmental Psychobiology of Attachment. Foreword by Konrad Lorenz by Hess, Eckhard H.

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Title: Imprinting. Early Experience and the Developmental Psychobiology of Attachment. Foreword by Konrad Lorenz
Author: Hess, Eckhard H.
Seller: Biomed Rare Books LLC, ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Description: New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., 1973. First printing. Review copy. COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOBIOLOGY OF ATTACHMENT BY LEADING U OF CHICAGO PSYCHOLOGIST--REVIEW COPY OF SIR PATRICK BATESON, CAMBRIDGE ETHOLOGIST. 9 1/4 inches tall hardcover, gray cloth binding, gilt title to cover and spine, signed on front free endpaper, "Patrick Bateson/ Mar. 1973." xv, 472 pp, illustrations, scattered pencil notations, laid in notes. LAID IN review request from Science journal. Very good with small stain corner of bottom edge in very good minus jacket with sun-darkened spine, in mylar sleeve. ECKHARD HEINRICH HESS (1916 – 1986) was a German-born American psychologist and ethologist, known for his research on pupillometry and animal imprinting. He joined the Department of Psychology at the University of Chicago as an instructor in 1948. He became a full professor in the Department of Psychology in 1959, and served as its chairman from 1963 to 1968. Hess pioneered the study of animal behavior from an ethological/evolutionary perspective at a time when Skinner's behaviorism was the dominant paradigm of animal behavior study in the United States. PROVENANCE: SIR PATRICK BATESON (1938 – 2017) was an English biologist, expert on ethology and phenotypic plasticity. Bateson was a professor at the University of Cambridge and served as president of the Zoological Society of London from 2004 to 2014. Bateson was a biologist who specialised in researching the behavior of animals and how it is influenced by genetic and environmental factors. He was a world authority on imprinting in birds — the process of learning to recognise their parents and members of their own species — and his work led to new principles in behavioural development. He had an interest in how developmental and behavioural processes influence evolution. Bateson was knighted for services to science in the 2003 Birthday Honours list. He received an Honorary Doctor of Science (ScD) degree from the University of St Andrews and an Honorary Fellowship from Queen Mary University of London. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1983. In 2014 he received the Frink Medal from the Zoological Society of London.

An Original Personalized Photo Album of a Member of the Bulgarian Youth Brigade, Appointed by the Communist Party, Working in the Mines in Gorlovka, Ukraine (1957-1960) by Various

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Title: An Original Personalized Photo Album of a Member of the Bulgarian Youth Brigade, Appointed by the Communist Party, Working in the Mines in Gorlovka, Ukraine (1957-1960)
Author: Various
Seller: ZH BOOKS (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Gorlovka: Secretary of the Party, 1960. Hardcover. Very Good. On the front cover (in Bulgarian): "Brotherly Friendship, Unbreakable/ Album of the Bulgarian Youth Brigade, 'VII Congress of the Bulgarian Communist Party,' Shafts '19-20,' 11 'Bis' and 'Komsomolets'/ Town of Gorlovka-Donbass, USSR 1957-1960/ Dimitrov, D. P. Oblong 10" x 13"; pp. 20 (5 empty at the end); red embossed covers; heavy textured pages; each page contains an original photographic collage of smaller photos; several rubbed spots to spine; slight age-darkening and warping to margins of some of the pages; very good. Russian-Bulgarian youth brigades working together were common during Communism. The current album was presented to a member of the Bulgarian group as a memento and a token of the undying friendship between the two countries. All the photos measure approximately 7" x 9" with the first being a personal picture of the man (Dimitrov, D. P.) presented with the album, the second - a collage of photos of Lenin and Georgi Dimitrov, and the rest - the Party leaders, the people in the brigade, and views of the town of Gorlovka and the coal mines in the Donetsk Province of Eastern Ukraine.

The Code by GOSSAGE, John

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Title: The Code
Author: GOSSAGE, John
Seller: Harper's Books (United States)
ISBN: 9780615596747
Condition: Gray papered boards in minimalist jacket. As new; still in shrinkwrap.
Description: East Hampton: Harper's Books, 2012. Gray papered boards in minimalist jacket. As new; still in shrinkwrap.. First Edition. Quarto. Limited to 1000 copies. Published on the occasion of Gossage's exhibition at Harper's Books, East Hampton (Aug. 18 - Oct. 1, 2012). A collection of color photographs shot in and around Tokyo. While Gossage's trademark celebration of the banal is certainly on display here, the photographer charts new territory with shots of Tokyo street scenes, skyscapes and tissue boxes.

Isaac Witkin by WITKIN, Isaac

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Title: Isaac Witkin
Author: WITKIN, Isaac
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9780942051087
Description: New York: Hirschl & Adler Modern, 1988. First edition. Softcover. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran May 19 through June 24, 1988. Includes 8 illustrations with 7 in color, a list of previous exhibitions, list of public collections. A clean near fine copy in French style wrappers with some slight sunning to and along the spine and edges and with laid in reception card.

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