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Theatrum Machinarum Novum, das ist, Neu-vermehrter Schauplatz der Mechanischen Künsten by BÖCKLER, Georg Andreas

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Title: Theatrum Machinarum Novum, das ist, Neu-vermehrter Schauplatz der Mechanischen Künsten
Author: BÖCKLER, Georg Andreas
Seller: Martayan Lan, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Nuremberg: Paulus Fürsten, 1673. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. (Frontispiece dated 1661). Folio [33 x 21.5 cm], (6) ff., 44 pp., 154 numbered engraved plates. Bound in original blindstamped vellum over wooden boards, raised bands on spine, with title written in ink in an old hand, clasps and ties present. Some tiny wormholes in blank margin of engraved title and a few leaves; some minor handsoiling; small and light waterstain in upper margin of title and following leaves; typical toning and light browning seen in this volume, but rather less than usual; a few impressions of plates on the light side, or shaved with no loss to image. Generally a fresh copy with good strikes in a handsome original binding. Scarce second German edition and unusually fine copy, in its original blindstamped binding, of this supra-illustrated machinery book devoted to pumps, presses and milling machinery by the Nuremberg architect and engineer Böckler.The work contains a total of 154 full-page engraved plates, depicting a wide variety of mills, waterwheels, and grinding machines, including designs for water-driven perpetual-motion machines. The work is also unusual among Baroque machine books for primarily containing devices that had actually been realized-not simply the fantasies of inventors who could find a willing engraver.Machines described and pictured include paper mills; gunpowder mills; a fulling mill; a smithy with water-powered bellows; pipe boring mills; grinding apparatus for sharpening tools, knives and weapons; and windmills. The majority are grist mills and water-raising devices powered by water, animals, and humans, though other noteworthy examples include a roasting spit, a fire-engine, a pumping system for an outdoor fountain, a man-powered mill which is also a sort of circular stair-stepper, and a famous attempt at designing a perpetual motion machine. Many of the engravings are familiar because they were plagiarized in technology publications for the next hundred years.The work was first published in German in 1661, with a Latin translation following the next year. Several reprints of both followed, always with the same plates. Like most German books of the period, Böckler's books tend to brown, and this is one of the cleanest and freshest copies of his books we have ever encountered. * Graesse I.459; Hoover 142 (Latin); Singer, History of Technology III.16-17.

La Journée de Mado [COMPLETE WITH ITS FOUR POCHOIR PLATES] by Bady, Carlos (Pochoirs by)

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Title: La Journée de Mado [COMPLETE WITH ITS FOUR POCHOIR PLATES]
Author: Bady, Carlos (Pochoirs by)
Seller: Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
Condition: vg
Description: Paris: Galerie Lutetia, 1932. First edition. Softcover. vg. Quarto. Original pochoir-illustrated paper portfolio containing four loose leaves, as issued. Delightful series of four colorful hand-colored pochoirs by Carlos Bady titled "La Journée de Mado" (Mado’s Day), and published in Paris circa 1932 by Galerie Lutetia. The series comprises the following pochoir plates illustrating four scenes in the life of Mado, a beautiful young Parisian woman: - Mado Babille (Mado is chatting over the phone - with one cherub listening to the conversation, and another one watching the scene) - Mado se maquille (Mado is putting make-up on - with the assistance of the same two cherubs) - Mado s'habille (Mado gets dressed - also with the assistance of the same cherubs!) - Mado se déshabille (Mado gets undressed by two different cherubs) The colors are among the most vibrant ever produced. Along with Raoul Dufy and Paul Allier, Carlos Bady was among the last artists to produce this style of beautiful pochoir prints. Approximate size of each plate: Paper 9 1/2 x 7". Image 8 x 6" . Minor and sporadic creasing and age-toning along edges of portfolio. Title and captions in French. Portfolio in overall good+ to very good, pochoir plates in near fine to fine condition.

Enarrationes, de aegrotis, et morbis in Evangelio. Opus in miraculorum Christi Domini amplitudinem Ecclesiae Christianae elimatum by Ader, Guillelmi (Guilhem Ader)

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Title: Enarrationes, de aegrotis, et morbis in Evangelio. Opus in miraculorum Christi Domini amplitudinem Ecclesiae Christianae elimatum
Author: Ader, Guillelmi (Guilhem Ader)
Seller: Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
Condition: fair to g+
Description: Tolosae (Toulouse): Raymundi Colomerii, 1623. Second edition. Hardcover. fair to g+. Octavo [24], 458, [6]pp (Index). Full contemporary vellum, with yapp edges. Engraved vignette on title page. Second edition of this scarce and extravagant medical treatise by Guilhem Ader, the renowned Occitan language writer from Gascony, who studied medicine in Toulouse and became a physician in the Duc of Joyeuse's army. In this work, Ader deals with diseases and the miraculous healing power of Jesus Christ. This treatise contains also the author's considerations on various diseases mentioned in the New Testament: Leprosy, paralysis, etc... and a quite interesting chapter on werewolves (pp. 31-41 and 387-391). Ex-library sticker on lower spine. Moderate age-toning and damp-staining on binding. Previous owner's ex-libris (Alfred M. Hellman) on inside of front cover. Previous owner's signature in ink at lower margin of title page (not affecting text). Some water-staining on pages throughout the second half of the book. Back hinge starting. Closed tears and creasing on last page of Index. Binding in overall good- to good, first half of the book in good+ to very good, second half in fair to good- condition.

Zalevskiy by Zalevskiy, Aleksey

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Title: Zalevskiy
Author: Zalevskiy, Aleksey
Seller: Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
Condition: vg
Description: Kiev: ADEF-Ukraine, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Folio. 603, [5]pp. Original grey dust-jacket over silver-lettered grey paper covered boards. Photo-illustrated endpapers. This work is a stunning retrospective of Ukrainian designer Aleksey Zalevskiy's work from 1994 to 2008. It is profusely illustrated throughout with hundreds of color photographic reproductions. Publisher's information at rear in English and Ukrainian. Dust-jacket, binding and interior in very good condition.

Final Report U.S. Naval Construction Battalion Unit Two Hundred One. Deep Freeze 68 [cover title] by [Antarctica]. [Construction and Engineering]

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Title: Final Report U.S. Naval Construction Battalion Unit Two Hundred One. Deep Freeze 68 [cover title]
Author: [Antarctica]. [Construction and Engineering]
Seller: McBride Rare Books (United States)
Condition: Very good.
Description: [Antarctica, 1968. Very good.. [65]pp. report typed on rectos only, plus [28] leaves, illustrated with eighty-six black-and-white mounted photographs, each approximately 5 x 7 inches, most accompanied by typed paper caption strips, plus three loose photographs. Quarto. Original pressboard wrappers with metal spine fastener, with printed title leaf pasted to front board. Minor wear to binding, photos in generally nice condition. A typed report accompanied by detailed photographs documenting the 1967-1968 projects carried out by U.S. Naval Construction Battalion Unit 201 in Antarctica dubbed "Deep Freeze '68." The projects involved the upgrading and expansion of facilities at McMurdo Station and Palmer Station including water, sewer, and energy infrastructure improvements and laboratory and living-quarters construction. The original photographs here provide more than eighty-five detailed and well-captioned views of Antarctic construction, architecture, and engineering involved in the execution of “Deep Freeze ‘68,” with sixty-five pages of typed reports providing a dense written summary in support of the project. Battalion Unit 201 had been newly established in 1967 as a Seabee unit specializing solely in Antarctic construction to continue supporting the series of "Operation Deep Freeze" missions first headed by Admiral Richard E. Byrd in the 1950s to establish a permanent research infrastructure on the then-largely unexplored Antarctic continent. Plagued by material shortages and the savage regional climate, Unit 201 was disbanded at the end of “Deep Freeze ‘71” as the brief building season made the continuation of a dedicated Antarctic construction unit unfeasible.

Ze Povo tem by De CANTOS, Paulo

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Title: Ze Povo tem
Author: De CANTOS, Paulo
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Description: 1939. De CANTOS, Pauo. Ze Povo tem. 256pp. 8vo, publisher's wrappers. Libon: Póvoa de Varzim (Portugal): Soc. Graf. da Povoa, 1939. An example of eccentric modernist book making from the little-known Portuguese educator and amateur printer Paulo de Cantos who lived from 1892 to 1979. An aphoristic ollection of ethnographic information. The title includes a rebus for "eye". Although without any of De Cantos's eccentric illustrations the book makes a distinctive use of typography. A fine copy. NOT LISTED IN OCLC

Original caricature signed, believed to be of the French composer Paul Dukas (1865-1935) by CARUSO, Enrico 1873-1921

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Title: Original caricature signed, believed to be of the French composer Paul Dukas (1865-1935)
Author: CARUSO, Enrico 1873-1921
Seller: J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
Description: 189 x 149 mm (7.5 x 5.75"). Dated 1913. Blue pen and wash. Slightly worn and foxed, especially to verso; creased at upper edge and central fold; remnants of adhesive to upper corners of verso. Together with: A handsome postcard photograph of Caruso seated, stylishly dressed, with cigarette and cane in hand. 136 x 84 mm., with the name of the photographer's studio (Brogi), printed to lower right edge of recto, the name and London address of the publisher Breitkopf and Härtel and "Printed in Germany" printed to verso. Slightly browned; remnants of adhesive to verso. While Caruso's self-caricatures are possibly the most desirable to opera collectors, his often insightful drawings of composers, singers, conductors, etc. are also valuable iconographical records. See Sisca: Caruso's Caricatures, NY, Dover 1977, for a comprehensive overview of the caricatures. "The famous tenor Caruso was a skilled amateur caricaturist who portrayed himself in operatic roles and drew humorous portraits of friends, as a release from his stressful professional life. Since 1903 Caruso had lived in New York for part of each year while performing at the Metropolitan Opera, and sent opera-related caricatures to La Follia, a local Italian-language newspaper." Website of The Metropolitan Opera, New York "With his original treatment of traditional forms, his highly inventive approach to musical drama, and his importance as a teacher and writer, [Paul Dukas] occupies a central position in French musical history... Dukas was not only an influence on many French 20th-century composers and others such as Zemlinsky and Berg, but also remains important in his own right. His reputation rests on only a small number of compositions, notably the Piano Sonata, Ariane et Barbe-bleue, the ballet La Péri and L'apprenti sorcier. Dukas's influence as a critic, from 1892 to 1932, can be compared with Debussy's; his informed opinions reveal great sensitivity to the musical and aesthetic changes that took place during the period." Manuela Schwartz and G.W. Hopkins in Grove Music Online.

WITH TRUMPET AND DRUM [large-paper copy] by Field, Eugene

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Title: WITH TRUMPET AND DRUM [large-paper copy]
Author: Field, Eugene
Seller: Sumner & Stillman (United States)
Description: 1892. ["Little Boy Blue"] New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1892. Original pale blue-grey paper-covered boards with white parchment spine and fore-tips. First Edition -- which is to say, one of the 250 large-paper copies, preceding the trade issue -- of this famous collection of children's verse. Some poems had appeared in a couple of earlier Field books, but much had appeared only in newspapers or magazines. Included are Field's best-known poems such as "Wynken, Blynken and Nod" and "Little Boy Blue." This is #146 of the 250 Van Gelder large-paper copies signed by "Charles Scribner's Sons"; according to Blanck (citing the publisher's records), these 250 copies were issued on November 21st, while the trade copies came out on December 3rd. It is in just-about-fine condition, with less than usual of the cover soil typically found on such a light-colored binding. Blanck 5750.

Weird Science-Fantasy and Incredible Science Fiction EC Archives Volumes 1-2 Box Set by Spicer, Bill; Mason, Bill; Stewart, Bhob

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Title: Weird Science-Fantasy and Incredible Science Fiction EC Archives Volumes 1-2 Box Set
Author: Spicer, Bill; Mason, Bill; Stewart, Bhob
Seller: Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: West Plains: Russ Cochran, Publisher, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase, bumped and with some rubbing. Pictorial cloth on the boards, lightly bumped, some scuffing at the spines. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. An omnibus of numbers 23 through 33.

Blacksmith" -- Vinegar Valentine

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Title: Blacksmith" -- Vinegar Valentine
Seller: Eclectibles (United States)
Condition: Very good. Toned with spotting, offsetting, and letter folds.
Description: England: N.p., 1860. Very good. Toned with spotting, offsetting, and letter folds.. A "Blacksmith"-themed Vinegar Valentine, showing a rough-around-the edges blacksmith mid-swing as he pounds what looks like a horseshoe on an anvil. The text below reads: "Mr. Hammer and Tongs, pray go it, sonorous, To that sweet useful tune of the famed 'Anvil Chorus;' Like Vulcan of old, who the thunderbolts made, Your face and complexion denote your dark trade. Although a great blower, and striking's your lot, Be sure that you strike while the iron is hot." A charming piece of ephemera with lots of personality, and refreshingly tame compared to other Vinegar Valentines we have seen. Measures approx. 9.5" by 7.5" Vinegar Valentines (sometimes called Penny Dreadfuls, not to be confused with the identically named cheap serial literature of the same period) were most popular in the Victorian era, and were usually sent anonymously and with a bit of a mean-spiritedness to someone you were not fond of.

Practical Directions for Armature and Field-Magnet Winding by Edward Trevert

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Title: Practical Directions for Armature and Field-Magnet Winding
Author: Edward Trevert
Seller: Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Lynn, MA: Bubier Publishing Co, 1892. Cloth. Very Good. The uncommon 1892 1st edition. Solid and VG in its navy-blue cloth, with light soiling at the front panel and mild rubbing and scuffing to the rear panel. 16mo, handsome steel engravings throughout. (Continung from the title page: "Containing Working Directions for Winding Dynamos and Motors, with Additional Descriptions of Some Apparatus Made by the Several Leading Electric Companies in the United States"). Charming ads at the rear of other titles published by Bubier Publishing Co. of Lynn, MA.

Ucieczka do Przodu! Jerzy Stuhr od A do Z w Wywiadach Marii Malatynskiej [Signed/Inscribed by Author] by Stuhr, Jerzy

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Title: Ucieczka do Przodu! Jerzy Stuhr od A do Z w Wywiadach Marii Malatynskiej [Signed/Inscribed by Author]
Author: Stuhr, Jerzy
Seller: ZH BOOKS (United States)
Description: Krakow : Wydawnictwo Znak, 2007. First edition; 5 1/2" x 8"; pp. [2], 5-351 including text to last page; original pictorial wraps; illustrated from photographs; signed and inscribed by author on half-title page; very minor wear to corners; near fine.The book contains a lengthy and exhaustive interview with Stuhr by Maria Malatynska - a film critic and an author herself - and covers topics, questions and opinions on cinema, theater, patriotism, immigration, etc.

The Life of Sir John Franklin, R. N. by Traill, H(enry) D(uff).

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Title: The Life of Sir John Franklin, R. N.
Author: Traill, H(enry) D(uff).
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Description: London, John Murray. 1896.

AnaÃ¯s Nin Reader by AnaÃ¯s Nin, Philip K. Jason, Anna Balakian

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Title: AnaÃ¯s Nin Reader
Author: AnaÃ¯s Nin, Philip K. Jason, Anna Balakian
Seller: James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.) (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: Chicago: Swallow, 1973. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Edited by Jason, introduction by Balakian. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth with spine stamped in silver. Book is fine. Dust jacket has very minor rubbing to top edge of front cover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches. 316 pages.

Makers of History: Hannibal by Abbott, Jacob

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Title: Makers of History: Hannibal
Author: Abbott, Jacob
Seller: Books Tell You Why, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Very Good-
Description: Akron, Ohio: The Superior Printing Company. Very Good-. Hardcover. A soiled and edgeworn Very Good- edition with tanning to the pages ; Jacob Abbott's biography of Hannibal, one of the most fascinating and complex figures in history, tells the story of a man who was at once brilliant and deadly, heroic and ruthless. From his earliest years, when he displayed prodigious skills as a soldier and general, to his final days, when he fought against Rome in the final siege of Carthage, Abbott brings to life the extraordinary life and times of the greatest military strategist of all time.; 8vo; 257 pages .

A History of Finland by Wuorinen, John H.

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Title: A History of Finland
Author: Wuorinen, John H.
Seller: Hoffman Books (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. New York and London: Columbia Univ. Press, for the American Scandinavian Foundation, 1965 1st ed. 548 pages, Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. .

GEOLOGY AND GROUND-WATER RESOURCES OF NORTH DAKOTA by WSP 598 -- Simpson, Howard E.

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Title: GEOLOGY AND GROUND-WATER RESOURCES OF NORTH DAKOTA
Author: WSP 598 -- Simpson, Howard E.
Seller: Hoffman Books (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Washington, D.C.: GPO. Very Good. 1929. Softcover. USGS, 1929.. Wrappers, very good condition. Complete with all maps and plates. .

Hymns of St. Bridget by Berkson, Bill; and O'Hara, Frank

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Title: Hymns of St. Bridget
Author: Berkson, Bill; and O'Hara, Frank
Seller: Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books (United States)
Description: New York: Adventures in Poetry, 1974. First edition. Rivers, Larry. Wrappers, stapled. Cover design by Larry Rivers. Fine.

An Exhibition of Oil Paintings by Messrs. Weir Twachtman [admission ticket]

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Title: An Exhibition of Oil Paintings by Messrs. Weir Twachtman [admission ticket]
Seller: Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
Condition: VG
Description: Boston, 2 Newbury Street: St. Botolph Club, 1893. Softbound. VG. Printed card. For an exhibition from Monday Nov. 27 to Saturday Dec. 9, 1893 inclusive. Printed on one side only, not filled out.4" x 2.25"

Liberation. Vol. 12, no. 8 (November 1967) by Dellinger, Dave, editor

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Title: Liberation. Vol. 12, no. 8 (November 1967)
Author: Dellinger, Dave, editor
Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description: New York: Liberation Collective, 1967. Magazine. 46p., stapled wraps, 8.5x11 inches, lightly toned, wraps edgeworn, address and ink smudge on rear wrap, else very good condition. Theme of this issue is "The Pentagon and After: The American Resistance" (on resistance to the Vietnam war), with articles by Barbara Deming, Paul Goodman, Sidney Lens, Staughton Lynd, and more.

Poems 1963 - 1983 by WILLIAMS, C.K.

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Title: Poems 1963 - 1983
Author: WILLIAMS, C.K.
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9780374522049
Description: New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1989. First edition and first printing. Softcover. 244 pages. Anthology of poems from Williams who was a Pulitzer Prize and national Book Award winning poet and writer. A fine copy in wrappers.

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