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Dark Carnival

Dark Carnival by Bradbury, Ray

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Title
Dark Carnival
Author
Bradbury, Ray
Seller
Bookbid Rare Books (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
Arkham House, 1947. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. A near fine first edition in a near fine dust jacket, which still has the original $3 price on the front flap. Very slight wrinkle to side of pages 22 and 23. Signed by Bradbury on the title page. Comes in a custom-made collector's slipcase.
Ruminations

Ruminations by Maryatt, Kitty [Professor, Scripps College Typography and Book Arts Class]; Rumi, Jalaud'din (Original Poetry); Barks, Coleman (Poetical Interpretation)

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Title
Ruminations
Author
Maryatt, Kitty [Professor, Scripps College Typography and Book Arts Class]; Rumi, Jalaud'din (Original Poetry); Barks, Coleman (Poetical Interpretation)
Seller
Swan's Fine Books (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
Claremont, California: Scripps College Press, 2011. Limited Edition. Stitched Binding. Fine. One of 103 copies, folio size, [28] pp., signed by the students and Kitty Marryatt. The publications by the students of the Book Arts and Typography Class at Scripps College are some of the most imaginative we have ever seen, and this publication is no exception. The work was inspired by the the 13th-century poet Jalaud'din Rumil, now known by most simply as "Rumi". Although a Muslim by faith, his poetry "seeks to deal with the more universal aspects of the human condition. He discusses the aspects of existance encountered by all individuals, and continues to make profound, beautiful statements regarding even the most ortinary tasks and occurences..." (n.b, from the book's bio of Rumi). The students in the Class chose a medieval text and provided their own commentaries as exegesis. This book unfolded as a poem by Rumi as interpreted by Coleman Barks, with the students' commentaries. The visual images "were inspired by the geometric structures of medieval book imagery. The colors of the linoleum blocks reflect the preponderance of lapis lazuli blue, crimson red and royal purple in medieval miniatures" (n.b., from the Colophon). A true delight for both the eye and the soul. Scarce in the online markeplace, as of this writing there are no other copies online; our search of OCLC locates thirty institutional holdings. ___DESCRIPTION: Boards bound in Ginga Iridescent Orange bookcloth (introducing gold which was prevalent in medival manuscrips), binding Tyvek-reinforced tapes with gold thread which are attached to the covers, each page with a geometric design in various colours, signed by each of the students in the class and Professor Maryatt on the page facing the Colophon; types Scripps Old Style, Centaur, Arrighi, and Weiss (Initials) on Rives BFK paper, binding folio size (14 1/4" by 11 1/8"), unpaginated with fourteen leaves; limited edition of 103 copies, this no. 73. ___CONDITION: Fine overall, the cloth over the boards clean, the tape binding strong, straight corners with a modicum of rubbing, a square text block, the interior is clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; a lovely production. ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note the following: (i) additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs, please inquire for details; and (ii) any taxes, duty, or tariffs charged by your country will, of necessity, be your responsibility. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.
Needlework Notes, Dated from Sept. 4, 1918 through Nov. 11, 1920

Needlework Notes, Dated from Sept. 4, 1918 through Nov. 11, 1920 by LOCK, A.

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Title
Needlework Notes, Dated from Sept. 4, 1918 through Nov. 11, 1920
Author
LOCK, A.
Seller
Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
No place noted: Manuscript, 1920. Boards. Very good. [MANUSCRIPT] [NEEDLEWORK] [HOME ARTS]. Octavo (8vo); 97 leaves; stiff wrapper with handmade dust jacket of green stiff paper, hand-lettered title and author to front; bookseller stamp to front pastedown, partially covered by handmade dust jacket; old cloth tape reinforces front hinge; blue lined paper, marbled edges, hand-ruled red lines; inscriptions in blue, red, green, and black ink; foliated with page numerals written in ink recto upper right corner; most text recto only with illustrations and samples pasted to verso, foliation numerals 1-60, numerals 61-82 blank, numerals 83-97 mostly written verso with notes extending to recto; tipped in 8 stitching and construction samples, 26 fabric identified samples, 3 eyelet and light soiling boards, a few cloth samples missing, binding cracked but holding tight; very good. A needlework manuscript written and wrought by A. LOCK. We are given no hint to the full identity of the notebook author, nor the purpose for cataloging the sewing techniques and fabric samples, but the last written pages give a clue. Short essays or advanced class notes titled, "Aims of a Needlework Teacher" and "Making a Syllabus", speak of introducing the child to the needle arts from the age of 4 years. Topics covered include stitches, edgings, seams, darning, sewing machines, mattress and carpet construction, knitting notes, undergarment material and construction, and identification of fabrics. Carefully scribed notes in neat blue ink on lined paper with small detailed drawings to accompany the text.
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Bibliography of the Grabhorn Press, 1915-1940. Bound with: Bibliography of the Grabhorn Press, 1940-1956 by Heller, Elinor Raas and David Magee

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Title
Bibliography of the Grabhorn Press, 1915-1940. Bound with: Bibliography of the Grabhorn Press, 1940-1956
Author
Heller, Elinor Raas and David Magee
Seller
Argonaut Book Shop (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1975 Book. Fine. Hardcover. Reproduction, reduced by fifteen percent, of the rare original volumes produced by the Grabhorn Press. Limited to 500 copies. The original volumes were limited to 210 copies and 225 copies respectively and today sell for a great deal of money when found. Quarto. Pp. xiv, [6], 193, [2] + xvi [6], 119. Printed in red and black. Tan cloth, gilt. Slight staining to covers, light foxing to edge of text-block, else a fine copy. This work is the necessary reference for the Grabhorn Press books and includes full collations for nearly 600 works printed by them. An index of titles and an index of authors and printers is provided. The books are arranged chronologically..
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Dickens in Camp by Harte, Bret

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Title
Dickens in Camp
Author
Harte, Bret
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Argonaut Book Shop (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1923 Book. Fine. Hardcover. Although not indicated, one of 250 copies printed by John Henry Nash as a gift to the Book Club of California. Thin quarto. [12]pp. Three facsimile pages tipped in. Red boards decorated with tan, black, green and white leaf pattern, printed paper label on front cover. Light wear to spine ends, handsomely engraved bookplate on inner cover, else a fine copy. "Dickens in Camp" was the tribute Bret Harte paid to the memory of the great English novelist. The work is considered Harte's masterpiece in verse. Printed from the manuscript in the Bender Collection at Mills College. Includes three facsimiles pages of the original Harte manuscript. [Book Club: 20]..
The Battle of the Wilderness, May 5-6, 1864
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The Battle of the Wilderness, May 5-6, 1864 by Rhea, Gordon C.

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The Battle of the Wilderness, May 5-6, 1864
Author
Rhea, Gordon C.
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Argonaut Book Shop (United States)
ISBN
9780807118733
Condition
Very fine
Description
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1994 Book. Very fine. Hardcover. Dark green leatherette, white lettering on spine. Appendix, bibliography, index. A very fine copy with pictorial dust jacket..
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SO HERE THEN ARE DREAMS by Schreiner, Olive

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Title
SO HERE THEN ARE DREAMS
Author
Schreiner, Olive
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Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
East Aurora: The Roycrofters, 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Wide 8vo, suede spine, leather label. Initials, borders and ornaments designed by Saint Gerome, printining supervised by Andrew Andrews, "Honest Roycorfter". Suede spine over gray paper boards. Small abrasions above label and tiny tear to suede (1/4') parallel to top edge rear panel. Shallow grayish-white intermittent spotting to top edge of pastedown and free front endpaper. Internals about as fine as one could expect to see. The superior copy.
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The Youth's Instructer and Guardian, Volume 3, Numbers 7-12 by Methodist Episcopal Church

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The Youth's Instructer and Guardian, Volume 3, Numbers 7-12
Author
Methodist Episcopal Church
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Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Condition
Good+
Description
Np: Published for Methodist Episcopal Church (printer not identified), 1825. First Editions. Half Leather. Good+. Six monthly issues, July 1825 to December 1825, Volume 3, Numbers 7 - 12, pp 217 - 428, 429-432 (contents) issued by the Methodist Episcopal Church bound in one volume, 12mo, half-leather over marbelized paper-covered boards. Worn but firmlly bound, with scattered foxing. Contemporary bookplate of the Sunday School Library of the Methodist Episcopal Church, with very specfic instructions to borrowers about how to read and care for books in their loaned possession.
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Two Lectures on the Efficiency of the Heart and its Measurement by Henderson, Y

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Title
Two Lectures on the Efficiency of the Heart and its Measurement
Author
Henderson, Y
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Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
Condition
A very good copy.
Description
London: Lancet, 1925. Offprint.. orig. printed wrappers.. A very good copy.. 8vo. There is an occasional text illus.. Two lectures on the meaning of efficiency and the applications of this definition to man. The first lecture intorduces new concepts and equipment for measuring the work function of the human heart. See G - M for the author's entries.
Proceedings of the Worcester Society of Antiquity, From Its Institution Jan. 24, 1875, to the Re-Organization Under the General Laws of the Commonwealth, March 6th, 1877; Together with the Constitution and By-Laws and Certificate of Incorporation. Volume I.

Proceedings of the Worcester Society of Antiquity, From Its Institution Jan. 24, 1875, to the Re-Organization Under the General Laws of the Commonwealth, March 6th, 1877; Together with the Constitution and By-Laws and Certificate of Incorporation. Volume I. by [Worcester, Massachusetts]

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Proceedings of the Worcester Society of Antiquity, From Its Institution Jan. 24, 1875, to the Re-Organization Under the General Laws of the Commonwealth, March 6th, 1877; Together with the Constitution and By-Laws and Certificate of Incorporation. Volume I.
Author
[Worcester, Massachusetts]
Seller
Americana Books ABAA (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
Worcester: Published by the Society, 1878. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Quarto. Volume I. Series of reports: [4], 71 pages; 42 pages; 160 pages; 114 pages. Black marbled paper covered boards with black leather corners and spine. Gilt title on the spine. Light damp staining to the bottom corners of the text up to page 12 of the second title. Hartford Connecticut bookbinder label on the rear bottom corner. Previous owner's small postal address labels on the the front and rear paste downs.
Verdun Belle

Verdun Belle by Woollcott, Alexander. Illustrated by Edwina

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Verdun Belle
Author
Woollcott, Alexander. Illustrated by Edwina
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James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.) (United States)
Description
New York, Grosset & Dunlap, [1928]. Presentation edition. Full calf lettered in gilt on the spine, slipcase, 121 pp. Rubbed at the head and heel, otherwise very good.
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EXCERPTA E STATUTIS ACADEMIAE CANTABRIGIENSIS... by (CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY)

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EXCERPTA E STATUTIS ACADEMIAE CANTABRIGIENSIS...
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(CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY)
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The Bookpress, Ltd. (United States)
Description
(CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY) EXCERPTA E STATUTIS ACADEMIAE CANTABRIGIENSIS.... Cantabrigiae: J. Smith, 1815. 8vo. Later wrappers. 30 pages, 1 folding plate Stating rules and costs for attending Cambridge University in 1815. Inscript in ink on title page, else fine.
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THE NEW GOSPEL OF PEACE ACCORDING TO ST. BENJAMIN by White, Richard G.

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Title
THE NEW GOSPEL OF PEACE ACCORDING TO ST. BENJAMIN
Author
White, Richard G.
Seller
David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC (United States)
Description
Manchester and London: Abel Heywood, Printer, 1863. 42, [2 blanks] pp, Original printed wrappers present but detached [bit of blank extremity chipping]. Disbound. Good+. Howes says "White disavowed authorship" of this satirical piece, a biblical rendering of the slavery conflict in U.S. history, with references to Charles the Summoner, James 'whose surname being interpreted meaneth Facing-both-ways,' Abraham the Honest, and the Phiretas (for the Fireaters of the South). White, a New York man of letters who wrote for the London Spectator on behalf of the North during the War, evidently did not want to be associated with an item that he may have considered undignified. Howes W368 and Monaghan 256 (American editions). OCLC 25511828 [7] as of January 2025.
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Our Old-fashioned Flowers. by PERCIVAL., Olive.

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Title
Our Old-fashioned Flowers.
Author
PERCIVAL., Olive.
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Savoy Books (United States)
Description
Book. Pasadena: 1947. 8vo, patterned boards, cloth spine. Pp. 245. Colored frontis; line drawings in margins. A little rubbed. First edition, privately printed by Ward Ritchie in an edition of a thousand copies. Includes history of plant names, indexes of flowers, herbs and roses, with their old names, and a bibliography of books on old-fashioned plants..
Catching Fire - 1st Edition/1st Printing
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Catching Fire - 1st Edition/1st Printing by Wyatt, Wyatt

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Catching Fire - 1st Edition/1st Printing
Author
Wyatt, Wyatt
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Books Tell You Why, Inc. (United States)
ISBN
9780394407647
Condition
Fine in Fine dust jacket
Description
New York: Random House. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1977. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0394407644 . A first Printing of the First Edition in Fine condition housed in an equally impressive dust-jacket; Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But as she steps out of the arena into a new world, she's confronted with threats both foreign and domestic. The Capitol is still trying to find a way to defeat her, and her former allies are now her deadliest enemies.With the help of a group of rebels, Katniss finds herself in the middle of a brutal civil war. She must use her unique skills and resources to survive, and find a way to bring peace to the districts. Catching Fire is a thrilling sequel that will keep readers on the edge of their seats.; 8vo ; 272 pages; TBC; .
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Tyburn Fair: The Eighty-Sixth Grove Play. Composer, Richard B. Evans. Director, Adrian McNamara. by Winks, Donald L.

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Tyburn Fair: The Eighty-Sixth Grove Play. Composer, Richard B. Evans. Director, Adrian McNamara.
Author
Winks, Donald L.
Seller
Lighthouse Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
San Francisco: The Bohemian Club, 1991. One of 2,775 copies designed by Andrew Hoyem and produced by the Arion Press. Octavo, printed boards, xv, 65 pp. Illus. Near-Fine (a very light damp-stain running along front cover fore-edge) with the 8-page Play Bill laid-in.
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My Florida Soul: Florida History with Humor. by Winn, Ed.

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My Florida Soul: Florida History with Humor.
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Winn, Ed.
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Lighthouse Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
Published by the Author, (1996). First Edition. Signed and inscribed by the Author. Octavo, softbound (slick photo. illus. stiff wrappers), 175 pp. Fine. From lower cover: Ed Winn was born and has always lived in Florida. He is a true native son who has fished Florida’s lakes and hunted game in the woods. He is a man who truly loves this State, so its seems to naturally follow that he finds himself wanting to spread the facts about Florida and relate some stories so that other people can appreciate this great and fragile place where we live.
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A Mirror for Medicine. Some Resources of the Wellcome Institute Library. An Exhibition. by Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine.

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A Mirror for Medicine. Some Resources of the Wellcome Institute Library. An Exhibition.
Author
Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine.
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Jeff Weber Rare Books (Switzerland)
Description
London:: Wellcome Institute, 1987., 1987. 8vo. 39 pp. Descriptive list. Printed wrappers. FINE.
Fatal Attractions; The Troubles with Science.

Fatal Attractions; The Troubles with Science. by BAUER, Henry H. (1931-).

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Fatal Attractions; The Troubles with Science.
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BAUER, Henry H. (1931-).
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Jeff Weber Rare Books (Switzerland)
ISBN
9781931044288
Description
New York:: Paraview Press, 2001., 2001. 8vo. 237 pp. Printed wrappers. Fine. "The modern world has become fatally addicted to science. In the beginning, the natural sciences were simply humankind's storehouse of knowledge about the mechanics of the world. But increasingly, since the late 19th century, science has become a universal role model for how to acquire knowledge. Science-based metaphors pervade our words and thoughts. Science is now our very arbiter of truth, and has even become a surrogate religion. Science now occupies an impossibly demanding cultural role and, inevitably, misconceptions about it are rampant. Therein lies the root of the troubles with science. Curing those troubles requires that we understand what science's manifold faces are and allow each to have only as much influence as it really deserves." Henry Hermann Bauer is an emeritus professor of chemistry and science studies at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. ISBN 10: 1931044287
SEX DRUGS ROCK & ROLL

SEX DRUGS ROCK & ROLL by Bogosian, Eric

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SEX DRUGS ROCK & ROLL
Author
Bogosian, Eric
Seller
Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA (United States)
ISBN
9780060166007
Condition
Fine
Description
NY: HarperCollins, 1991. First edition, first prnt. Tiny bottom edge spine cloth wrinkle; otherwise, an unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The image is of the book described and not a stock photo.
MASON'S RETREAT

MASON'S RETREAT by Tilghman, Christopher

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MASON'S RETREAT
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Tilghman, Christopher
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Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA (United States)
ISBN
9780679427124
Condition
Fine
Description
NY: Random House, 1996. First edition, first prnt. Remainder stripe on the topedge; otherwise, an unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Tilghman's second book. Hardcovers. The image is of the book described and not a stock photo.

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