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Vom lieben Gott und Anderes. An Grosse für Kinder erzählt von Rainer Maria Rilke. Geschmücht von E. R. Weiss by RILKE, Rainer Maria

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Title
Vom lieben Gott und Anderes. An Grosse für Kinder erzählt von Rainer Maria Rilke. Geschmücht von E. R. Weiss
Author
RILKE, Rainer Maria
Seller
James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC (United States)
Condition
Covers darkened and lightly soiled, otherwise a very good copy, preserved in a full brown morocco clamshell box
Description
Berlin und Leipzig: Imm Insel-Verlag bein Schuster & Loeffler, 1900. First edition of this early collection of stories about a God who is a sculptor resembling Rodin, for whom Rilke served as secretary. Von Mises 11. Presentation copy, inscribed by Rilke on the first blank to his cousin Paula: “Meiner lieber Cousine und Fründin, meiner lieber hilfreichen Paula. René. Weinachten 1900.” In English, “My dear cousin and friend, my dear helpful Paula. René. Christmas 1900.” Paula von Rilke was one of the poet’s close relatives, both friend and benefactor. During her life she advanced him money against an inheritance and then, at her death, left him a legacy which enabled him to live permanently in Switzerland. Covers darkened and lightly soiled, otherwise a very good copy, preserved in a full brown morocco clamshell box. 8vo, illustrated, original decorated boards (rebacked). Covers darkened and lightly soiled, otherwise a very good copy, preserved in a full brown morocco clamshell box.
Circo agonale di Roma restituito all'antica forma con illuminazioni e macchine artificiali dall'E.mo, e R.mo Cardinale di Polignac ministro di S.M. Christianissima per celebrare il felice nascimento

Circo agonale di Roma restituito all'antica forma con illuminazioni e macchine artificiali dall'E.mo, e R.mo Cardinale di Polignac ministro di S.M. Christianissima per celebrare il felice nascimento by ROME. FESTIVALS

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Circo agonale di Roma restituito all'antica forma con illuminazioni e macchine artificiali dall'E.mo, e R.mo Cardinale di Polignac ministro di S.M. Christianissima per celebrare il felice nascimento
Author
ROME. FESTIVALS
Seller
Liber Antiquus (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
Rome: Nella Stamperia di Gio. Battista de Caporali, per andare all'Orso, 1729. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in later carta rustica. A fine, fresh copy on crisp paper. Very faint soiling to upper margin. A large historiated initial, decorative head- and tail-pieces. With the arms of Cardinal Polignac on the title page. A very rare account of the elaborate transformation of Piazza Navona to celebrate the birth of the Dauphin Louis, son of King Louis XV of France (1715-1774) and his royal consort María Leszczyńska (1703-1768). The Rococo painter Pier Leone Ghezzi (1674-1750), charged with staging the events, had the piazza “restored” to its ancient glory as the stadium of Domitian, the foundations of which are buried beneath the piazza and give the modern space its distinctive, oblong shape. The spectacle was captured by the Roman painter Giovanni Paolo Pannini (1691-1765), who produced a painting of the Piazza in its glory, of which two copies exist. One is in the Louvre, the other in the National Gallery of Ireland. The piazza was transformed by the erection of magnificent columns, quadriform temples (all painted to look like marble), monumental statuary, and fountains that flowed with wine (which was distributed to the spectators). The center-piece of the scene, Bernini’s Fountain of the Four Rivers; Borromini’s church of Sant’Agnese served as the imposing backdrop for this splendid display. All of these elements, including the inscriptions, the symbolism of the statuary, the royal blazons, the festoons of laurel, flowers, and flowers that unified the components, the torches and candelabra that illuminated the whole scene, the various instruments played, etc., etc. are described in detail. The performances are also described. Musicians played from elevated stages, delighting the crowd with song. There were fireworks (conducted by the papal bombardieri of Castel Sant’Angelo), a cavalry parade, and a dramatic performance written by the celebrated librettist Pietro Metastasio (1698-1782), with music by Leonardo Vinci (1690-1730). The performance took place in the French ambassador’s residence, Palazzo Altemps, at the northern end of the piazza. The final page of the account names the performers, the set designer, and the engineers in charge of the fireworks. The second part of the volume comprises sonnets composed in honor of the Dauphin, the boy’s mother, María Leszczyńska, and the French ambassador to the Vatican, Cardinal Melchior di Polignac.
Signed Photograph of Ronald Reagan as President in the Oval Office

Signed Photograph of Ronald Reagan as President in the Oval Office by Ronald Reagan

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Title
Signed Photograph of Ronald Reagan as President in the Oval Office
Author
Ronald Reagan
Seller
The Raab Collection (United States)
Description
1981. Signed photograph, as President, inscribed to long-time friend and aide Nancy Clark Reynolds with the inscription ""Just a photo of two people who obviously are glad to see each other. My complaint is - it doesn't happen often enough.""
Robert Morris Promissory Note, Used As Evidence In His Bankruptcy Trial

Robert Morris Promissory Note, Used As Evidence In His Bankruptcy Trial by ROBERT MORRIS

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Robert Morris Promissory Note, Used As Evidence In His Bankruptcy Trial
Author
ROBERT MORRIS
Seller
Seth Kaller, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
Financier of the Revolution forced into bankruptcy court: "Sixty days after date, I promise to pay unto Mr. Mathias Kurlin Junr or Order Thirteen Hundred & forty six Dolls & Sixty Seven Cents for value recd." ROBERT MORRIS. Autograph Document Signed, December 12, 1794. 1 p., 7⅛ x 3¾ in. On the document's verso is a note reading "Exhibited to us under the commission against Robert Morris, Philadelphia, 15th October 1801." Signed by John Hollowell and Thomas Cumpston, commissioners appointed to oversee the bankruptcy proceedings after Morris had languished in debtor's prison for three years. Historical Background Robert Morris (1734-1806), signer of the Declaration of Independence, merchant and land speculator, is best known for his role as financier for the Continental Congress. With the national government virtually bankrupt, Morris risked his own personal fortune by purchasing supplies for the army, pressuring the states for cash contributions and securing a major French loan to finance the Bank of North America. He spent his remaining years in various public positions, including senator of Pennsylvania. Morris speculated extensively in Western land after the war, forming the North American Land Co. with James Greenleaf and Jonathan Nicholson. Soon after, however, the land market collapsed and Morris was ruined. The final blow came in 1798, when a minor creditor's claim sent him to the Philadelphia debtor's prison. It has often been said that while George Washington was president, he felt he could not pardon his long-time friend, but visited Morris in debtor's prison as a show of support. That story is only half true. Morris didn't enter debtor's prison until 1798, two years after Washington's presidency, so Washington couldn't have pardoned him, but he did visit Morris in prison, where the latter remained for three years until his wife was able to bail him out.
All Religions are One

All Religions are One by Blake, William (Trianon Press)

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All Religions are One
Author
Blake, William (Trianon Press)
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John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller (United States)
Description
1970. London: Trianon Press, 1970. 4to, 10 facsimile leaves and 5 pp. of commentary. Original full green morocco, backstrip slightly faded as usual, slipcase. § Edition de luxe, this being copy h.c. ii, limited to 36 copies specially bound with extra suites of the plates, of an edition in all of 662 copies. Bentley, Blake Books, 5. All Religions are One (c. 1788) is "a small tractate, perhaps Blake's first experiment in his illuminated printing, [it] exists in only one copy. It affirms that the Imagination 'is the true man'... and thus early Blake had completed his revolutionary theory of the nature of man and proclaimed the unity of all true religions." ((Damon, Blake Dictionary).
Bars and Shadows. Prison Poems of Ralph Chaplin

Bars and Shadows. Prison Poems of Ralph Chaplin by Chaplin, Ralph

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Bars and Shadows. Prison Poems of Ralph Chaplin
Author
Chaplin, Ralph
Seller
John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller (United States)
Description
1922. New York: The Leonard Press, 1922. 12mo, 48 pp. Photographic portrait frontis. Printed paper-wrapped boards. Light wear and spotting to boards; very good. Inscribed by Bruce Rogers on recto of frontispiece. § A collection of poetry written by labor organizer and Wobbly Ralph Chaplin while serving four years of a 20-year sentence for conspiring to hinder the draft and encourage desertion during the First World War. This copy has been inscribed to a friend by the book designer Bruce Rogers. In 1917 Chaplin was one of around 100 Wobblies rounded up, tried and convicted under the Espionage Act of 1917. He was imprisoned first in Cook County Jail and later in Leavenworth Prison in Kansas. He is credited with writing the words to the trade union anthem "Solidarity Forever" and for designing the black cat image adopted as a symbol by anarcho-syndicalists.
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English Blake by Blackstone, Bernard

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Title
English Blake
Author
Blackstone, Bernard
Seller
John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller (United States)
Description
1966. Hamden, Ct: Archon Books, 1966. 8vo, xviii, 455 pp, with 10 plates and portrait frontispiece. Good in original dark blue/black cloth; slight bubbling at base of rear cover. Internally clean, slight spotting to foredge and slight buckling at bottom of last few pages. § Reprint of 1949 first edition. Bentley, BB, 1212: "a useful, rather miscellaneous book; the most stimulating section is on the Island in the Moon".
William Blake and the Age of Revolution

William Blake and the Age of Revolution by Bronowski, J.

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William Blake and the Age of Revolution
Author
Bronowski, J.
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John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller (United States)
Description
1965. New York: Harper Colophon, 1969. 8vo, 207 pp. 16 plates. Wrappers illustrated in orange, black and white, some edgewear and fading, underlining and short notes in pencil throughout. § Bentley, BB, 1288 I: "one of the most illuminating books on Blake".
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The Experienced English Housekeeper. For the use and ease of ladies, housekeepers, cooks, &c., Written purely from practice. Dedicated to the Hon. Lady Elizabeth Warburton, whom the author lately served as housekeeper.. by Raffald, Elizabeth

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The Experienced English Housekeeper. For the use and ease of ladies, housekeepers, cooks, &c., Written purely from practice. Dedicated to the Hon. Lady Elizabeth Warburton, whom the author lately served as housekeeper..
Author
Raffald, Elizabeth
Seller
Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink (United States)
Description
London: Printed for J. Brambles, A. Meggitt, and J. Waters, by H. Mozley, Market-place, Gainsborough, 1805. 24mo. (18 x 10.5 cm.), vii, [1], 282 pages. Frontispiece depicting a kitchen table laden with fish, flesh and fowl; one folding plate, depicting the stove fires; lacking the two plates of table settings. Stated “New Edition, in which are inserted some celebrated Receipts by other modern Authors”, in a handy small format. Originally published in 1769, The Experienced English Housekeeper was one of the most celebrated and popular of 18th century cookery books, placing the author in the same sphere as Hannah Glasse. In addition to her position as housekeeper to Lady Warburton, Elizabeth Raffald operated the Bull’s Head Pub in Manchester, and the King’s Head in Salford, both notable inns. She helped found a newspaper, operated a confectionery shop and ran a cooking school. All this after having provided her husband, John Raffald, with fifteen daughters (or sixteen depending on your source). Recipes include To Spin a Silver Web for Covering Sweet Meats, and Directions for a Grand Table. Lacking part of the first plate, showing the design of three stoves, and lacking both of the plates of table settings; a few pages edgeworn, not effecting text. Attractively rebound in full brown calf, with blind tooled boards and a red morocco title label. Near very good. [OCLC locates just one copy of this edition, at Oxford; Cagle 944-953 (earlier editions); Maclean, page 121ff. (earlier editions)].
1853-4. Abridged Descriptive Catalogue of Select Fruit Trees, ornamental trees, shrubs, herbaceous perennial plants, &c. cultivated and for sale at the nursery of H.S. Ramsdell, Thompson, Conn

1853-4. Abridged Descriptive Catalogue of Select Fruit Trees, ornamental trees, shrubs, herbaceous perennial plants, &c. cultivated and for sale at the nursery of H.S. Ramsdell, Thompson, Conn by Ramsdell, Hezekiah S.; Downing, A.J.

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1853-4. Abridged Descriptive Catalogue of Select Fruit Trees, ornamental trees, shrubs, herbaceous perennial plants, &c. cultivated and for sale at the nursery of H.S. Ramsdell, Thompson, Conn
Author
Ramsdell, Hezekiah S.; Downing, A.J.
Seller
Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink (United States)
Description
[Thompson, Conn.]: H.S. Ramsdell, 1853. Bi-folio (25 x 25 cm.), [1], 2-4 pages. A nursery catalogue with more than one hundred eighty varieties in all, of apples, pears, apricots, peaches, plums, cherries, grapes, raspberries, currants, strawberries, gooseberries, quince, as well as hedge plants, peonies, irises, lilies, roses, moss roses, and hardy climbing roses. The list includes the namesake apple, the "Ramsdell Sweet, large red, tender, rich, great bearer. Dec.-Jan." The Ramsdell Sweet – originally the Ramsdell's Red Sweeting (1845), English Sweet, Ramsdell Sweeting, and others. In 1862, the Ramsdell Sweet was recognized by the American Pomological Society. The final page of the bi-folio contains A.J. Downing's "Hints for Transplanting". Some light discoloration to leaves, otherwise fine. [OCLC locates four copies (AAS, UDelaware, LCPhiladelphia, CTMuseumofHistory].
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For Bitters Only by Ring, Carlyn

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Title
For Bitters Only
Author
Ring, Carlyn
Seller
Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink (United States)
Description
Wellesley, Massachusetts: The Pi Press, 1980. Quarto (28.5 x 19.5 cm.), [2], 543, [2] pages. Profusely illustrated throughout in black & white, and with eight pages of color illustrations. Printed in brown ink throughout. FIRST EDITION. A detailed listing of collectible bitters bottles, with line drawing illustrations of many of the bottles. An essential resource. In white cloth, printed in tan and brown; corners a bit bumped, otherwise fine. Inscribed by the author on the title page: "To Richard E. Sheaff, Happy Collecting! Carlyn Ring, July 1984". Richard (Dick) Sheaff, is a former President of the Ephemera Society of America, and a master collector in many categories.
A Pale View of Hills

A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro

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A Pale View of Hills
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Kazuo Ishiguro
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Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA (United States)
ISBN
9780399127182
Condition
Fine
Description
Stated first American Edition; A Fine book in a Near Fine dust jacket, with only light foxing to the flap edges and faint soiling to the exterior text block. SIGNED by the author to the title page. An exceptional copy of this Nobel winning author's first novel. The binding is tight, the pages are white; this volume is not price clipped, not ex-lib, no other markings are present...a beautiful copy of a work who's author is now being recognized as one of the finest of our generation; this novel is uncommon in this condition due to a reportedly small first print run; getting scarce signed. Protected in a fresh mylar cover and will ship carefully wrapped in a sturdy box.
Guerra de Razas (Negros Contra Blancos en Cuba)

Guerra de Razas (Negros Contra Blancos en Cuba) by Conte, Rafael. Campany, José

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Title
Guerra de Razas (Negros Contra Blancos en Cuba)
Author
Conte, Rafael. Campany, José
Seller
McBride Rare Books (United States)
Condition
Good plus.
Description
Havana, 1912. Good plus.. 196pp. Original printed front wrapper bound into 20th-century faux leather, paper boards, spine and front board gilt lettered. Contemporary ownership inscription and bookseller's ink stamp on title page. Lower corners of initial and final leaves repaired with tissue. Even tanning, occasional foxing, heavier to initial leaves. A scarce, contemporary account of what the authors term the "Guerra de Razas," also known as the 1912 Cuban War, an uprising by parts of the island's Afro-Cuban population demanding equal rights, which was brutally extinguished by government forces. The conflict had its roots in racial tensions between Cuba's Hispanic and Black populations after the reestablishment of self-government in 1909. Race-based political parties such as the Partido Independiente de Color had been established in the 1900s to fight for the civil rights of Black Cubans, but these groups were outlawed by the predominantly Hispanic government in 1910. The PIC continued to operate, however, and its leaders, Evaristo Esteñoz and Pedro Ivonet agitated for a rebellion that would force the government to reverse the law. When the uprising finally occurred in the eastern provinces of Cuba on May 20, 1912, it was met with extreme force, with contemporary accounts and eyewitnesses numbering the executed and massacred at anywhere between 2,000 and 6,000 people, including Esteñoz and Ivonet. The authors of the present work present their account from a pro-government perspective, but nevertheless make some attempt toward social history and analysis of the causes of conflict. The whole is photographically illustrated with numerous portraits of significant military figures. OCLC locates a small handful of copies in U.S. institutions.
Mentorial Tales for the Instruction of Young Ladies

Mentorial Tales for the Instruction of Young Ladies by PILKINGTON, Mrs

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Mentorial Tales for the Instruction of Young Ladies
Author
PILKINGTON, Mrs
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Heritage Book Shop, LLC (United States)
Description
Philadelphia: Johnson and Warner, 1811. Early American edition. First English edition was printed in 1802 and first American edition in 1803. Present dedication page dated October 1, 1802. One twelvemo volume (5 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches; 137 x 85 mm). iv, [1, contents], [1, blank], 5-292 pp. We could find no copies of either the first American or First English at auction. We could find only one complete copy of the 1803 edition in a library. Contemporary full sheep. Spine ruled in gilt. Morocco spine label. Boards rubbed and scuffed. Pages with toning and soiling as usual with American paper of this time. Pages 214-215 with some soiling, obscuring a few words. Small tear from upper outer corner of dedication page (pg iv), not affecting text. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Early ink ownership signature on front free endpaper. Overall a very good copy. "[Pilkington] decided to take advantage of her experience as a teacher and her interest in education and to become a professional writer for children. She had already published a volume of poetry in 1796 and now turned her hand to writing the first of many morally didactic tales. Three were published by Elizabeth Newbery in 1797... Pilkington quickly branched out into educational literature and wrote a succession of works designed for the growing market of girls' boarding-schools, including A Mirror for the Female Sex: Historical Beauties for Young Ladies (1798), Biography for Girls (1798), and Mentorial tales for the instruction of young ladies just leaving school and entering upon the theatre of life (1802). Although she regarded the religious and moral dimensions of education as paramount, she echoed both Hannah More and Mary Wollstonecraft in arguing that girls should be given an intellectual education and in asserting that 'the female mind is certainly as capable of acquiring knowledge as that of the other sex' (A Mirror for the Female Sex, 61)." (Oxford Dictionary of National Biography). HBS 68424. $1,000.
WATERSCAPES LANDSCAPES

WATERSCAPES LANDSCAPES by Vonnegut, Kurt and April Gornik

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WATERSCAPES LANDSCAPES
Author
Vonnegut, Kurt and April Gornik
Seller
Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
(East Hampton): (Glenn Horowitz), 1999. First edition, limited to 100 unnumbered copies signed by Vonnegut and Gornik on the title page. Twelve color plate illustrations by Gornik. Essay by Vonnegut. Set in Dante type, printed on Arches paper at the Stinehour Press. Designed by Jerry Kelly and Edsel Williams. Issued without distjacket. Slipcase. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine slipcase in the publisher's shrinkwrap which has been opened.. Signed By Author & Artist. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Not Issued. Illus. by April Gornik. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.
FIBER

FIBER by Bass, Rick

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Title
FIBER
Author
Bass, Rick
Seller
Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA (United States)
ISBN
9780820320632
Condition
Fine
Description
Athens: Univ of Georgia Press, 1998. First edition, first prnt. Signed by Bass on the title page. Illustrations by Elizabeth Hughes Bass. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. The images are of the book described and not stock photos.
The Strange Career of Jim Crow

The Strange Career of Jim Crow by C. Vann Woodward

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Title
The Strange Career of Jim Crow
Author
C. Vann Woodward
Seller
Ed's Editions Bookstore (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
Oxford University Press, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Dust jacket has mild wear with a half inch closed tear to the rear panel top edge, jacket spine title lettering has faded. Black cloth boards have only light wear. Clean, has a good binding, has some underlining in pencil. First Edition, First printing. (RBR)
Whiteheadian Thought As a Basis for a Philosophy of Religion
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Whiteheadian Thought As a Basis for a Philosophy of Religion by Wood, Forrest

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Whiteheadian Thought As a Basis for a Philosophy of Religion
Author
Wood, Forrest
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Ed's Editions Bookstore (United States)
ISBN
9780819154224
Condition
Good
Description
Univ Pr of Amer, 1986. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Signed by Author. Signed by author, clean, has good binding, no marks or notations, burgundy cloth boards, no title on the front cover.
Photo and inscription by Liberace at the Club Mocambo, Hollywood, December 1954. Also in photo, and with an inscription, is actor Andre-Philippe

Photo and inscription by Liberace at the Club Mocambo, Hollywood, December 1954. Also in photo, and with an inscription, is actor Andre-Philippe

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Photo and inscription by Liberace at the Club Mocambo, Hollywood, December 1954. Also in photo, and with an inscription, is actor Andre-Philippe
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White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Hollywood, 1954. Very Good. Lovely inscription by Liberace with a small vignette drawing of a grand piano beside his appropriately flamboyant signature. The inscription was to a Norma, and it reads: "To Lovely Norma, I think this is a most memorable Day for many reasons." The photo, framed by light card on the facing page, shows the young but easily recognizable Liberace smiling at Norma to his right, while Norma is looking straight at the camera, as is Andre Philippe, to Liberace's left. The photo is black and white and was surely taken by a roving photographer who worked the nightclub. Liberace in 1954 was at the height of his fame and popularity, which isn't to suggest that his star waned shortly thereafter, because it didn't. He had also played the Club Mocambo many times prior to 1954. We don't know, though, that he had a gig at the club the night of this photo. Andre Philippe, born in the Bronx as Everett Cooper (1927 to 2007), was an actor best known for his work on television, with a featured role in the series "Mr. Novak" in the early 1960s, guest roles on countless other television series, and smaller parts in many movies, some still well-known such as "Harry and Tonto". In the photo Andre Philippe looks like a young Desi Arnaz, and almost unrecognizable from his look during the core of his acting career. But from the signature there can be no doubt that he is one and the same. We do not know who Norma was. The photo and inscriptions are on the inside of a folded sheet photo sleeve from the club, with its name, location, and what was probably its logo on the front cover. Closed, the photo sleeve measures 17 by 21.5 cm. The photo, visible under its framing, is 11.5 by 16 cm. Light wear. Typical deterioration of the photo.
Noise 10 Art Magazine with original lithographs

Noise 10 Art Magazine with original lithographs by Mallarme, Nivollet, Pleynet, Risset, Blyau, Dante

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Title
Noise 10 Art Magazine with original lithographs
Author
Mallarme, Nivollet, Pleynet, Risset, Blyau, Dante
Seller
Marninart, Inc (ABAA-ILAB) (United States)
Description
French art magazine Noise no. 10, Maeght Editeur 1989. With original lithographs in color by Pierre Buraglio, Dessins by George Jeanclos Printed in thick wove paper. Include essays and poems by Mallarme, Nivollet, Pleynet, Risset, Blyau, and a translation in French of Dante Divine Commedy (Canto XXII from Paradise) by Jacqueline Risset. Text in French. Front cover by Sam Francis
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HERBIER DE LA FRANCE.PLANTE SUSPECTE DE LA FRANCE. LE BOLET CORIACE by (MUSHROOMS). BULLIARD, PIERRE

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HERBIER DE LA FRANCE.PLANTE SUSPECTE DE LA FRANCE. LE BOLET CORIACE
Author
(MUSHROOMS). BULLIARD, PIERRE
Seller
L'Estampe Originale (United States)
Description
1780-93. Image: 9 x 6 ¼". Wide margins. Tinted engraving, Pl. 28. Pierre Bulliard is considered a pioneer in mycological studies, and he produced some of the most accomplished botanical plates of the eighteenth century. For these plates, he line-etched an outline of the mushrooms, then used three tinted plates to achieve the color.
AUTOGRAPH

AUTOGRAPH by BERLIN, Irving

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AUTOGRAPH
Author
BERLIN, Irving
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Boston Book Company (United States)
Description
19. BERLIN, Irving. AUTOGRAPH. Signature in ink on blank sheet, 8" x 5". Very good; shows some creasing.
Kriss Kringle's Raree Show, for Good Boys and Girls

Kriss Kringle's Raree Show, for Good Boys and Girls

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Kriss Kringle's Raree Show, for Good Boys and Girls
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James Arsenault & Company (United States)
Description
Philadelphia: Walker & Gillis, 10 South Fifth Street, 1846. Hardcover. 8vo (8.75” x 7.25”), gilt green cloth. 158 pp., 40 engraved plates. Early ownership inscription at endpapers. Early bookseller’s ticket at front pastedown reading “Sold at the Franklin Bookstore, by John F. Brown, Concord N.H.” CONDITION: Fair, warping near cloth at spine due to water damage, 2.25” loss to back cover, text foxed, pgs. 105–140 coming detached. First edition. Scarce. OCLC records just seven copies.
Locomotion. A Serio- Comic Stave, Read at the Dinner of the Celebration at Lincoln, July 4th, 1871

Locomotion. A Serio- Comic Stave, Read at the Dinner of the Celebration at Lincoln, July 4th, 1871 by Jordan, Dr. C.A. Jordan

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Locomotion. A Serio- Comic Stave, Read at the Dinner of the Celebration at Lincoln, July 4th, 1871
Author
Jordan, Dr. C.A. Jordan
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De Wolfe and Wood (United States)
Description
Lincoln, ME., 1871. Broadside. 10 1/2" x 6". Creasing, minor stains and lower left corner lacking. A poem celebrating the 4th of July in a small Maine town. Unrecorded.
Witness to Witchcraft

Witness to Witchcraft by WRIGHT, Harry B.

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Witness to Witchcraft
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WRIGHT, Harry B.
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Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
London: Souvenir Press, 1957. First Edition. 8vo. 22cm x 14.5cm. Publisher's green cloth. Dustjacket. Titled in gilt to spine, light wear to extremities, in a bright, clean dustjacket with some inoffensive wear to the edges and corners, and some minor soiling to the white rear panel. A very good copy with a little fraying around the edges. 218pp. Internally clean, with a central section of black and white photographs of various rituals, and indigenous peoples. A fascinating account of those people who were at the time referred to by Westerners as "Witch Doctors", what that term means to different cultures, and the role that such practitioners occupy in their respective societies. A good example of mid 20th century 'intruder anthropology'.
The Great White Throne - Zion National Park, Utah. Reached via Union Pacific Railroad

The Great White Throne - Zion National Park, Utah. Reached via Union Pacific Railroad by [Utah Parks Company]

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The Great White Throne - Zion National Park, Utah. Reached via Union Pacific Railroad
Author
[Utah Parks Company]
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Tschanz Rare Books (United States)
Description
[Omaha, NE]: Union Pacific Railroad, 1950. Large [66 cm x 91 cm] / [26" x 36"] sheet with a bright color image [51 cm x 76.5 cm]. / [21" x 30"] Fine. 'A' condition. This large and bright image was likely produced from a photochrom, and was produced to promote trips from the Utah Parks Company, which was a subsidiary of U.P., that ran guided loop tours of the parks and monuments of southern Utah and northern Arizona.
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A Dictionary of the Choctaw Language - Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 46

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A Dictionary of the Choctaw Language - Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 46
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Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Government Printing Office, 1915. Very Good. . A Dictionary of the Choctaw Language - Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 46. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1915. 611pp. 8vo. Olive green cloth. Book condition: Very good. The edges of the covers are lightly rubbed. The fore edge of the front cover is barely perceptibly stained.
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From Moscow to Berlin: Marshal Zhukov's Greatest Battles by Zhukov, Georgi K.

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From Moscow to Berlin: Marshal Zhukov's Greatest Battles
Author
Zhukov, Georgi K.
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Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Noontide Press, 1991. Very Good. Zhukov, Georgi K.. From Moscow to Berlin: Marshal Zhukov's Greatest Battles. Costa Mesa, CA: Noontide Press, 1991. 304pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 8vo. Black 1/4 Cloth. Book condition: Very good with gently bumped corners. Highlighting on a few pages. Dust Jacket Condition: Good with rubbed edges. Tear in head of spine..
The Morning After: American Successes and Excesses 1981-1986 (Publisher's Promotional Poster)

The Morning After: American Successes and Excesses 1981-1986 (Publisher's Promotional Poster) by Will, George F.

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The Morning After: American Successes and Excesses 1981-1986 (Publisher's Promotional Poster)
Author
Will, George F.
Seller
Dale Steffey Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
The Free Press, 1986. Poster. Very Good. Poster. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Printing. 24" h x 17"w. Publisher's promotional poster, 24" h x 17"w, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR George F. Will at top edge -"To..... Best Wishes George F. Will". Very Good, slight creasing top left cornet, light soiling bottom left corner. Well suited for framing, will be shipped loosely rolled in sturdy mailing tube..
Permanent Errors

Permanent Errors by Price, Reynolds

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Permanent Errors
Author
Price, Reynolds
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Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
New York: Atheneum, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Inscribed by Price on the title page. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($6.50), multiple creases down the front flap, generally toned. Grey cloth, faded at the edges, with gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound with a red top stain, clean internally. A collection of related stories divided into four parts, all of which "share a controlling effort--the attempt to isolate in a number of lives the central error of act, will, understanding which, once made, has been permanent, incurable, but whose diagnosis and palliation are the hopes of continuance.
Tinker Town Tom

Tinker Town Tom by Ames, Esther M.

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Tinker Town Tom
Author
Ames, Esther M.
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E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good Minus
Description
Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1926 (1924). Red cloth titled in black with full color pastedown, wear to extremities, book slightly bowed, abrasions to endpaper and previous owner's name, some waviness to pages, occasional marks and small marginal edge tears. The adventures and trials of Tinker Tom set in a world of humanized toys. Illustrated in color on every other page. Scarce title.. Early Edition. Pictorial Cover. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. Illus. by Arnold L. Hicks. 8vo.
Jerry Todd, Editor-in-Grief

Jerry Todd, Editor-in-Grief by EDWARDS, Leo

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Jerry Todd, Editor-in-Grief
Author
EDWARDS, Leo
Seller
Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
Condition
Near fine
Description
New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1930. Later printing. Cloth. Near fine/very good. Bert SALG. Later printing, c.1936. 12mo; xx [ii], 246pp, [4]; bright red buckram stamped in black with title, author, and vignette of a fish wearing a top hat to the front board; map endpapers in red ink; illustrated frontispiece and 3 additional plates in b&w; three small white spots to rear board, light glue burn to eps; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket, light chipping to spine head and tail, scuff to rear dj with a few small holes; near fine in very good dj. One of the Jerry Todd Series books by humorist Leo Edwards. Edwards also authored the Poppy Ott Series. The forward to the book includes a section called, "Our Chatter-Box", it includes a letter from the author and then a selection of letters, poems, etc. that were sent to the author by his young reader fans.
Bride of the Gorilla

Bride of the Gorilla by Weaver, Tom

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Bride of the Gorilla
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Weaver, Tom
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ReadInk (United States)
Condition
Fine
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Albany GA: BearManor Media. (c.2015). First Edition. Softcover. Fine. [a very nice, as-new book, with no discernible wear]. (Scripts from the Crypt, No. 3) Series Trade PB (B&W photographs, facsimiles) Everything -- and I really do mean everything -- you could possibly want to know about this 1951 Grade-B (optimistically) "outlandish monster melodrama." Includes: an introduction by John Landis; the full original screenplay; an article about the making of the film; a tribute to its screenwriter-director, Curt Siodmak; an essay on its music score (by Raoul Kraushaar); an interview with producer Herman Cohen; a timeline of the life and career of its star, Lon Chaney Jr.; a reproduction of the original pressbook; "and more" (if you can take any more). This book is ample proof (if any was needed) that there are no cinematic depths too low to be plumbed by film scholars; I personally won't be satisfied until every single film in the Medveds' historic book "The Fifty Worst Films of All Time" has been honored with its own lavishly-illustrated monograph. (Or maybe they already have, and I just haven't been paying attention.) ****NOTE that additonal postage charges will be assessed for international shipping of this moderately heavy oversize paperback; if this concerns you, please contact us for a shipping quote before placing your order.**** .
THE DAY OF CREATION

THE DAY OF CREATION by BALLARD, J. G. [James Graham BALLARD]

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THE DAY OF CREATION
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BALLARD, J. G. [James Graham BALLARD]
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Charles Agvent, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (1988). First American Edition. wraps. Near Fine. Uncorrected proof in light blue wraps by the author of CRASH.
National Past-Times: Narrative, Representation, and Power in Modern China

National Past-Times: Narrative, Representation, and Power in Modern China by Anagnost, Ann

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National Past-Times: Narrative, Representation, and Power in Modern China
Author
Anagnost, Ann
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Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780822319696
Condition
Very good
Description
Durham: Duke University Press, 1997. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 226pp+ index. Internally fine with clean text that has no underlining, highlighting or notes.
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Andalusische Reise; Granada, Malaga, Gibraltar, Sevilla, Cordoba by ANDALUSIA

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Andalusische Reise; Granada, Malaga, Gibraltar, Sevilla, Cordoba
Author
ANDALUSIA
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Argosy Book Store (United States)
Condition
near fine
Description
Wien: Anton Schroll, 1961. hardcover. near fine. Many Photo. Illus., several in color. thin 8vo, pictorial boards. Wien: Anton Schroll, (1961). Near Fine Text in German.

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