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Commentaries on the Laws of England (in four volumes) by Blackstone, Sir William

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Title: Commentaries on the Laws of England (in four volumes)
Author: Blackstone, Sir William
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Description: Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1769. First edition. Four quarto volumes (250 x 194 mm) collating complete: [4], iii, [7], 4-473, [1], viii; [8], 520, xix, [1]; [8], 455, [1], xxvii, [1]; [8], 436, vii, [41]. With the engraved "Table of Consanguinity" and folding "Table of Descendants" in Volume II. Rare 8 page "Supplement to the First Edition" bound in at the end of the first volume. Contemporary full calf boards with original spine labels preserved on three of the volumes, replaced to style on the fourth. Repairs to the spines preserving the original leather on two of the volumes, rebacked to style on two. An excellent set internally, generally clean and wide-margined, with only slight occasional foxing. A few leaves with marginal dampstaining, heaviest on the final two leaves of volume 4. Signed by the original owner, Mountague Cholmeley 1765, and with his son's bookplate on the inner paste-down; contemporary marginal annotations throughout volume I. Housed in a full leather slipcase. "Blackstone's great achievement was to popularize the law and the traditions which had influenced its formation...If the English constitution survived the troubles of the next century, it was because the law had gained a new popular respect, and this was in part due to the enormous success of Blackstone's work" (Printing and the Mind of Man). First published in 1765, Blackstone made a complex legal system based on precedents, accessible to the average reader. The publication and great success of these commentaries marked a dramatic shift in the popular perception of the law within England and they became required reading for practitioners and scholars alike for many years. PMM 212. Grolier 100 in English, 52. Rothschild 407. ESTC T57753.

Bluettes et souvenirs poétques by Common Place Book. Baron Achille de Cholet (1811-1888).x.

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Title: Bluettes et souvenirs poétques
Author: Common Place Book. Baron Achille de Cholet (1811-1888).x.
Seller: De Simone Company, Booksellers (United States)
Description: 8vo. 186x 119 mm., [7 ¼ x 4 ½ inches]. [1]-14, [1], 15-19, 21-24, [1], 25-29, [1], 30-36, [1], 37-90; folios 74 and 83-90 blank except for page numbers and 4 lines on fol. 85 verso; plus 18 blank leaves at the end followed by [1] leaves containing 3 index pages, and 1 final blank leaf. Manuscript section tiles in outline capitals on separate leaves, included in foliation. Complete (the gap between folios 19 and 21 is a foliation error). Ruled borders throughout. Text in brown ink in a flowing cursive hand, varying lines, numerous insertions, and deletions. The manuscript on wove paper is illustrated with 20 pen-and-ink drawings, of which 7 full-page, on rectos with verso blank (the first five not included in the foliation), and 13 half-page or smaller, plus 2 small ornaments. Bound in black straight-grain morocco, covers gilt paneled, central panel with arabesque tooling at corners, smooth spine with gilt title cartouche lettered “Bluettes” from which extend triple gilt fillets, terminating in ornaments at head and tail, gilt edges, with moiré satin endleaves; binding a bit rubbed with corners bumped. A manuscript of poems and short prose pieces, all in a romantic vein, illustrated with quite accomplished pen-and-ink drawings, presumably by the author, whose name and the date of the manuscript are supplied on the verso of the front free endpaper: “Le Baron Achille de Cholet / Officier á l’Etat-Major / 1836”. In the first poem, (Aux Dames), the poet calls himself a “novice Ecolier” implying youthfulness, and the date of 1836 on the front fly leaf is probably at the time of writing, although some of the many corrections and deletions may have been added later. The titles of the other poems or groups of poems, are : Le Rin, Le Déserteur, L’Isolement, L’Impiété, Un Croix, sur la Montagne, La Mère du Prisonnier, L’Avenir / á Melle Francine d’Hurbal, Rheyms, Séparation L’Enfant perdu, L’Adieu au Plaisir, La Campagne / á Mr le Vicomte Alfred de R. . ., Le Cloches du Soir, La Neige, Les Pauvres, and Le Jour des Rois . . . These stolid sentimental poems and prose impressions reflect the prevailing Romanticism of the period, as do the far more skillfully executed pen-and-ink drawings that illustrate them. Somber or dreamlike, with dark cross-hatching contrasting with lighter areas, the drawings show a dark tunnel under a rocky mountainside, a soldier in a garret or prison, a cloaked barefoot man, an emblematic trophy with musical instruments and weaponry, a raven perched on ruined tombstones and columns, a domestic scene of father and daughter, a women on her knees, the façade of Reims Cathedral surrounded by swirling clouds, architectural details of cathedrals, several surrounded by decaying facades, and vignettes of crumbling chateaux, pastoral churches, and snow-covered gatehouses, all of which reflect the vogue for l’ancienne France and the “pittoresque”, as notably popularized by Nodier and Taylor in their Voyage pittoresque et romantiques dans l’Ancienne France (23 volumes, 1820-1878). Achille de Cholet was descended from an ancient Anjou noble family, according to his obituary in 1888 in the Bulletin héraldique de France (vol. 7, 235-6). He became an officer in the Légion d’honneur, and was well known for his important topographic researches in the south of France. A few of the pieces in the manuscript are dedicated to aristocrats, mainly female. It seems likely that the Baron shared his family’s Royalist views: his father had died in exile, and his brother (whose first name is not given in the obituary) was an “ardent champion of the Royalists press” and author of a book title Madame en Vendée (relating the attempted coup in 1832 of the duchesse de Berry, mother of the Prentender the Comte de Chambord), which was pursued and effectively banned by the tribunals (indeed, the work appears not be recorded in OCLC or other online OPACs). Thanks to Nina Musinsky for this description. .

(California LGBTQ history) THE CASTRO, SAN FRANCISCO (1985) Pictorial map / poster by Graham Bruce by Graham Bruce

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Title: (California LGBTQ history) THE CASTRO, SAN FRANCISCO (1985) Pictorial map / poster by Graham Bruce
Creator: Graham Bruce
Seller: Walterfilm, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Just About Fine
Description: Np. No binding. Just About Fine. [San Francisco]: Community Pride, 1985. Vintage original 24 x 36" (61 x 91.5 cm.) pictorial map / poster. Unfolded, minor crimping at bottom left corner, some minor additional wear in a few places at edges, but just about fine with vibrant colors. A vibrant portrayal of San Francisco's Castro neighborhood at a time of great social activism but also at a moment when the LGBTQ community was being devastated by the AIDS epidemic. The map spotlights many of the establishments which catered to the gay community. We are treated to an oblique perspective of the neighborhood. Structuring the view is an orthogonal grid of blue lines representing the area's main streets. In the spaces created between these streets we find an abundance of imagery depicting life -- and especially nightlife -- in the district. At the forefront, most of the scenes are centered on a variety of human figures. Many of them have deliberately been drawn as neutral figures, in some cases hardly more than an outline. But many also include details that anchor the scenes to San Francisco, including 49ers football jerseys, CA license plates or ganja-toting hippies. The map includes many different images of gay men, with an impressive array of mustaches and cowboy hats. There are various portrayals of men hugging, dancing and generally hanging out and being themselves. This map is an extraordinary time capsule -- and an exceedingly rare one. WorldCat only records one known copy, at the Library of Congress, and I can find no previous auction record of it ever appearing.

Rand McNally & Co.'s New 3 Inch Terrestrial Globe Copyright 1891, by Rand, McNally, & Co by AMERICAN GLOBE AND SCHOOL SUPPLY CO./ RAND MCNALLY

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Title: Rand McNally & Co.'s New 3 Inch Terrestrial Globe Copyright 1891, by Rand, McNally, & Co
Author: AMERICAN GLOBE AND SCHOOL SUPPLY CO./ RAND MCNALLY
Seller: Martayan Lan, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Seneca Falls, NY, 1891. No Binding. Near Fine. 3-inch diameter globe anchored in magnifying glass as issued; 5 ½ inches total height. Color-printed, wax-engraved (?) gores; some fading of place names, a few repair in extreme southern portion, but overall remarkably little wear; overall excellent condition. An unrecorded, delightful cartographic curiosity: a very good quality miniature globe with a magnifying paperweight as its base. Only two other globes by the American Globe and Supply Company are known: a six-inch terrestrial recorded by Rumsey, dated 1892, and an eight-inch terrestrial cited in Rittenhouse, dated 1891; see below. This Seneca Falls, New York company was one of several for which Rand McNally supplied gores for the globes it produced. Rand McNally did not issue its first globe until 1887. Very nice condition for an object of this kind. Cf. Rumsey 5120; Rittenhouse Vol. 2, No. 1, p. 23.

The Luck of the Bodkins by Pelham Grenville "P G" Wodehouse (1881-1975)

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Title: The Luck of the Bodkins
Author: Pelham Grenville "P G" Wodehouse (1881-1975)
Seller: The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: 298 pages. Small octavo (7 1/2" x 5 1/4") bound in green cloth with dark green lettering to cover and spine in original pictorial jacket. (First's January 2003 pg 45) First American edition. The Luck of the Bodkins first published in the United Kingdom on October 11, 1935 by Herbert Jenkins, and in the United States on January 3, 1936 by Little, Brown and Company. The two editions are significantly different, though the plot remains the same. The novel was serialized in Passing Show magazine (UK) from 21 September to 23 November 1935, and this version was published as the UK edition. For its US magazine appearance, in the Red Book, between August 1935 and January 1936, Wodehouse re-wrote the story, reducing its length, and this became the US book edition. The story concerns the complicated love life of amiable young Drone Monty Bodkin, the nephew of Sir Gregory Parsloe-Parsloe, who had previously appeared in Heavy Weather (1933), when he was employed as the latest in the long line of Lord Emsworth's secretaries. The plot of The Luck of the Bodkins continues into Pearls, Girls and Monty Bodkin (1972), in which Monty, the object of his affections, hockey-playing Gertrude Butterwick, and movie-mogul Ivor Llewellyn all return.Condition:Some light foxing to fore edge pages, points lightly rubbed. Jacket with some closed edge tears, spine ends lightly chipped with some closed tears, spine sunned, tape repair to back panel else better than very good copy in like jacket.

American Trans-Atlantic Telegraph Pioneer Cyrus W. Field Signs The Catalogue Of A Naval Art Exhibition In Greenwich, Headquarters Of His Undersea Cable Venture by CYRUS FIELD

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Title: American Trans-Atlantic Telegraph Pioneer Cyrus W. Field Signs The Catalogue Of A Naval Art Exhibition In Greenwich, Headquarters Of His Undersea Cable Venture
Author: CYRUS FIELD
Seller: Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc. (United States)
Description: CYRUS W. FIELD (1819-1892). Field was the driving force behind the first telegraph cable across the Atlantic Ocean. After unsuccessful attempts in 1857 and 1858, Field succeeded in laying a working cable between Ireland and Newfoundland in August 1858, only to have it fail four weeks later. He finally succeeded in laying a working cable in 1866. Field then went on to help establish elevated railroads in New York City, and to collaborate with Jay Gould in various railroad projects.SB. 36pg. 4 x 6 . No date. No place. A book signed Cyrus W. Field on the front cover. It is entitled Catalogue of the Portraits of distinguished Naval Commanders and representations of Their Warlike Achievements, exhibited in the Naval Gallery of Greenwich Hospital. London: William Clowes and Sons, 1853. It is ex-libris The Caldwell Collection, Library of Knox College, Galesburg, IL. Greenwich Hospital was a home for disabled Royal Navy sailors in the 18th and 19th centuries; the building later became the Royal Naval College when the hospital programs were moved elsewhere. From 1824 to 1936, the building hosted the National Gallery of Naval Art, now part of the National Maritime Museum. This book is the catalogue of an exhibition of naval commanders portraits shown in the gallery in 1853. Greenwich, a district of London, is noted for its maritime industries, including submarine telegraph cable. Glass, Eliot, & Company, which manufactured the 1858 and 1866 trans-Atlantic cables, and the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company, which was responsible for the construction and installation of the successful 1866 cable, were both headquartered at Greenwichs Enderbys Wharf. His signature appears on the top margin of the front cover, which is made of paper.

THE ROYCROFT LEATHER BOOK by Hubbard, Elbert

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Title: THE ROYCROFT LEATHER BOOK
Author: Hubbard, Elbert
Seller: Green Gate Farm Antiquarian Books (United States)
Description: The Roycrofters, East Aurora, New York, 1909. Original decorative wraps with the cover design by Dard Hunter. Small octavo. About 40 pages of Roycroft leather offerings including wastebaskets, purses, bellows, cigar cases, glove cases, bags, mats, pillows and much more. Well illustrated with items priced. A few pages opened roughly otherwise very clean and bright with cover design unmarked.

Mike Kelley: Hermaphrodite Drawings (2005-2006) by KELLEY, Mike

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Title: Mike Kelley: Hermaphrodite Drawings (2005-2006)
Author: KELLEY, Mike
Seller: Harper's Books (United States)
Condition: Fine in gilt-embossed purple papered boards.
Description: London: Gagosian Gallery, 2007. Fine in gilt-embossed purple papered boards.. First Edition. Quarto. Catalogue conceived by Mike Kelley for a solo exhibition at Gagosian Gallery, London (Feb. 6 - Mar. 17, 2007). Features enlarged full-bleed spreads of the drawings, with an essay by Steven Stern.

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