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Floridae Americae Provinciae Recens & exactissima descriptio by LE MOYNE, J./ DE BRY, T

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Title
Floridae Americae Provinciae Recens & exactissima descriptio
Author
LE MOYNE, J./ DE BRY, T
Seller
Martayan Lan, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
Frankfurt, 1591. No Binding. Near Fine. 14 1/2 x 17 5/8 inches. Slight offsetting, else excellent condition. Fine example of this cornerstone map of Florida and the Southeast, with a bold impression and good margins. It "was the chief basis for maps of the European cartographers for over a hundred years" (Cumming, et al). It is also one of the most finely engraved of all early maps, and the well-inked impression of this example heightens the beauty of its intricate engraving. What makes this map particularly exciting, and also unusual for a work of this period, is that it was largely based on actual observation or, at the least, on first-hand sources. The cartographer, Jacques Le Moyne, was an artist who accompanied a short-lived French colonial enterprise in the southeast. Settlements were established on Parris Island in South Carolina in 1562 and at the head of St. John's River in northern Florida in 1564. From these bases, explorations were conducted and recorded by Le Moyne. Thus it can be said that on this map is some of the earliest mapping of the Georgia and South Carolina coastline based on direct observation. The interior areas of the map were on the other hand based on Indian reports and rumor. Ironically, it was many of these details that were longest lived on subsequent maps. Especially conspicuous on later maps is the lake in the north-center with the falls emptying into it. Below it is an enticing note, which reads in translation: "In this lake the natives find grains of silver." Likewise, the mountains above it are said to contain gold, silver and copper. Above this is a small portion of what appears to be a very large body of water, which most likely represents the Pacific Ocean as derived from Verrazano. The explorer believed that the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans were separated by a narrow isthmus in the area of present-day North Carolina. After the French colonies were wiped out by the Spanish, Le Moyne made his way to London with his drawings; these included several of Indian life in addition to the one that served as the model for this map. In 1588, the German engraver and publisher, Theodore De Bry, purchased the drawings from Le Moyne's widow and produced engravings of them for inclusion in a series of works on the Americas called the Grands voyages. In so doing, De Bry rescued for posterity some of the earliest depictions we have of the Southeast and its inhabitants. Only a single one of Le Moyne's original drawings survives; it is in the collection of the New York Public Library. Richly colored, it is of astonishing beauty. Burden 79; Cumming, Skelton, Quinn The Discovery of North America, caption for no. 198, p. 174, illus. p. 175; Cumming, The Southeast in Early Maps pp. 13-18, no. 14; Schwartz/Ehrenberg, Mapping of America, p. 82.
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Extraordinary family scrapbook of original drawings, watercolors, lithographs, and Peale Museum silhouettes, all pasted in an 1802 volume of the Philadelphia newspaper Gazette of the United States containing approximately 100 complete issues. by [SCRAPBOOK -- FOLK ART] [PHILADELPHIA] [NEWSPAPERS] [WOMEN]

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Extraordinary family scrapbook of original drawings, watercolors, lithographs, and Peale Museum silhouettes, all pasted in an 1802 volume of the Philadelphia newspaper Gazette of the United States containing approximately 100 complete issues.
Author
[SCRAPBOOK -- FOLK ART] [PHILADELPHIA] [NEWSPAPERS] [WOMEN]
Seller
Sanctuary Books (United States)
Description
Folio, 20 x 12½ inches, contemporary half calf, worn with boards detached. The first 24 leaves of this truly remarkable (and quite large) object are used as a circa 1820s scrapbook. This is followed by approximately 100 complete issues of the Gazette of the United States, plus some partial issues, with moderate wear. Philadelphia and environs, 1802-circa 1824. The compliler of this scrapbook was possibly a descendant of Lynford Lardner (1715-1774), a close associate of the Penn's who had an estate at Tacony near Philadelphia. Much of the original art is by women. As nearly as can be assumed, the artists featured include his daughter Hannah Lardner (1756-1839), and granddaughter Elizabeth Lardner (1791-1877), whose mother was from the Saltar family. The original art includes: a watercolor of a rose by Elizabeth Saltar Lardner of Tacony; an ink and wash landscape by Miss Hannah Lardner of Tacony; two ink and wash views by Frances "Fanny" Saltar (1790-1880?) titled "Cootstown from the East" (of Kutztown, PA) and "A View Down the Lehigh River from Bethlehem Bridge". There are two watercolors of flowers by Frances Saltar of Tacony, trimmed and laid in rather than mounted; an unsigned watercolor still life of shells; an unsigned pencil sketch of a ruined building; an unsigned pencil sketch of a residence; and a watercolor of flowers in an urn signed "S. Courlander." Also included are 20 silhouettes in a uniform format, 5 x 4 inches, all but three of them laid down on dark paper. Some bear faint embossed stamps reading "Museum," which helps identify them as products of Peale's Museum, run by the noted artist Charles Willson Peale. A formerly enslaved man named Moses Williams, who had been owned by the Peale family, secured his freedom in 1802 and then produced thousands of silhouettes for Peale's Museum at 8 cents each. His remarkable story has only recently received attention. These works are not signed, and Peale may have employed other silhouettists in addition to Williams, but many, or all, of these portraits were likely by Williams. Three are captioned in manuscript: Mary F. Smith, "Lardner," and "Country Cousin." Additional ephemera mounted in the scrapbook includes an 1824 engraved invitation to the Lafayette Ball; a set of French allegorical prints of the four seasons; 8 large hand-colored botanical engravings; and an engraved portrait of Lafayette by Longacre. Most of the volume was actually never used as a scrapbook. The Philadelphia newspaper, Gazette of the United States, 16 February to 30 June 1802, is bound as fairly close to a complete run of approximately 100 issues, but 5 issues are missing, and 7 are incomplete. The 8 March issue has two black-bordered pages to mourn the death of Federalism at the hands of Thomas Jefferson. More traditionally, the black-bordered 26 May issue mourns the death of Martha Washington.
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Norwood by PORTIS Charles

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Title
Norwood
Author
PORTIS Charles
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Bauman Rare Books (United States)
Description
1966. First Edition. Signed. PORTIS, Charles. Norwood. New York: Simon and Schuster, (1966). Octavo, original blue cloth, original dust jacket. $6800.First edition of the first novel from the author of True Grit, in the elusive original dust jacket, inscribed on the front free endpaper by Portis: ""For J— C— of Spokane, with best regards, Charles Portis Aug. 15 1994 Little Rock.""The publicity-shy Portis, who died in in early 2020, ""drew a cult following and accolades as the work of possibly the nation's best unknown writer"" (New York Times). ""For longtime readers, new fans, and especially writers who try to write funny stuff and know how hard it is, Portis' work is peerless."" Norwood, his first novel, ""depicts the road trip of Norwood Pratt, a Marine and would-be country singer from Ralph, Texas, who travels to New York City and back to try and collect a debt from an old service buddy, Joe William Reese. Along the way Norwood meets a travel writer who never goes anywhere, 'the world's smallest perfect man,' and Joann the Wonder Hen. When it was published on July 29, 1966… the first printing sold out by the end of August and the New York Times called it 'delightfully original'"" (Oxford American). First edition, with ""First Printing"" on copyright page. Serialized in part in the Saturday Evening Post the same year. Small authentication sticker on front free endpaper verso.Book in fine condition, dust jacket very nearly so. An attractive inscribed copy.
A Pair of Photograph Albums Documenting San Francisco, Monterey, and the Surrounding Areas in the Late 1880s

A Pair of Photograph Albums Documenting San Francisco, Monterey, and the Surrounding Areas in the Late 1880s by [California - Early Photography] [San Francisco and the Bay Area]

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A Pair of Photograph Albums Documenting San Francisco, Monterey, and the Surrounding Areas in the Late 1880s
Author
[California - Early Photography] [San Francisco and the Bay Area]
Seller
Auger Down Books (United States)
Description
Northern California, 1880. 4to, one album in burgundy cloth, the other oblong brown pebbled cloth. Seventy-one sepia-toned and cyanotype photographs, most measuring 6 ½ x 4 ½ inches. Near fine with some light wear to albums, photographs very good or better with very good contrast, some showing a hint of fading. A very early pair of vernacular photograph albums, centering on the experiences of a wealthy family in San Francisco, Monterey, and the surrounding areas in the late 1880s. The bulk of the images show the family and their unidentified circle in domestic scenes, with the vernacular architecture and landscapes of the Bay Area on full display. Other images show landmarks including Golden Gate Park, the Francis Scott Key monument, various views of the first Hotel del Monte in Monterey, which would burn in 1887, dating the photographs to the period prior to the fire. The album also includes photographs of African American families. The image quality is generally quite strong, and the photographer was either a professional assembling the album, which includes many portraits of family and presumed friends, for themselves, or the work of a highly skilled amateur. The Initials on the front pastedown are “M.J.R.,” though this could be a later owner. The albums were from the estate of the muralist Clara Fargo Thomas, who was a resident of New York, and could possibly have been from one of her family members, though we are unable to glean much detail from the contents. The few annotations offer little clues, one just reading “5/11/89 - Golden Gate Park,” and another identifying a house as 509 Webster St. in San Francisco, though the typical Victorian architecture and sloped street of the house suggest it could have just been a photograph of San Francisco’s unique architecture. The photographs of the people give insight into the lives of the new wealthy class of San Francisco residents of the late 19th century, with others, interestingly showing rural scenes and people. The photographer also had an eye for the flora of the region, which is displayed throughout. It is unclear what the relationship of the African-American subjects was to the photographer, and why they appear in the album. Overall a compelling group of images, and the earliest example of vernacular photograph albums of California images we can find in the trade.
Poster for Run-DMC’s 1986 Raising Hell Tour at the Oakland Coliseum

Poster for Run-DMC’s 1986 Raising Hell Tour at the Oakland Coliseum by [Concert Posters - Hip-Hop – California] Graham, Bill; Hang ‘Em High Postering

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Poster for Run-DMC’s 1986 Raising Hell Tour at the Oakland Coliseum
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[Concert Posters - Hip-Hop – California] Graham, Bill; Hang ‘Em High Postering
Seller
Auger Down Books (United States)
Condition
Fine.
Description
Oakland, California, 1986. 18 x 25 inch poster on heavy cardstock. Fine.. Poster for Run-DMC’S Raising Hell Tour featuring Whodini, LL Cool J, and R&B group Timex Social Club. Run-DMC were touring on their third studio album, Raising Hell, which went triple platinum. Later tour dates, including New York City, Pittsburgh, and Long Beach, were disrupted by alleged gang violence, causing Run-DMC to cancel at least one date. Nonetheless, the album and tour are variously credited with kicking off the so-called golden age of hip-hop and cementing the genre in popular culture, making the careers of LL Cool J and the Beastie Boys (who did not play at this particular date), and reviving the career of Aerosmith.
The Mis-Education of the Negro

The Mis-Education of the Negro by Woodson, Carter Godwin

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Title
The Mis-Education of the Negro
Author
Woodson, Carter Godwin
Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
Washington, D.C.: The Associated Publishers, Inc, 1938. First edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. xiv, [2], 207 pp. Bound in publisher's blue cloth lettered in black. Near Fine with slight sunning to spine, light wear to extremities, and faint foxing to upper textblock edge. Contemporary ownership signature and address to each pastedown. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with sunning to spine and extremities, scattered foxing, and light edgewear. Three tape repairs to verso, shallow chip to tail. A classic examination of racism in American education. This copy was owned by Henrietta Roberts, a teacher whose great-grandfather was born into slavery and held office during Reconstruction; her father built one of the the earliest Black-owned grocery stores in San Antonio.
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Holograph manuscript fair copy of the poem "Crow's Playmates", fourteen lines, signed and dated by the poet at the bottom, Ted Hughes - December 1975", on single page of thick deckle-edged paper; together with a carbon typescript of the poem "Crow's Battle Fury" , one page, with four corrections in Hughes's hand, signed by the poet at the bottom of the page by HUGHES, Ted

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Holograph manuscript fair copy of the poem "Crow's Playmates", fourteen lines, signed and dated by the poet at the bottom, Ted Hughes - December 1975", on single page of thick deckle-edged paper; together with a carbon typescript of the poem "Crow's Battle Fury" , one page, with four corrections in Hughes's hand, signed by the poet at the bottom of the page
Author
HUGHES, Ted
Seller
James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC (United States)
Condition
Both manuscripts are in fine condition.
Description
Both manuscripts are in fine condition.. Both of these poems appeared in Crow (1970); Hughes's fair copy of "Crow's Playmates" matches the published text; however, in the typescript of "Crow's Battle Fury", there is one five-line stanza in parentheses which does not appear in the published text; and is this stanza which bears Hughes's holograph corrections. Both manuscripts are in fine condition.
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Original wood-engraved illustration for the Golden Cockerel Press' edition of Gulliver's Travels, 2 1/4" x 5" (image size) on off-white paper, signed, dated '25', and captioned by Jones in the margin, 1925. The wood-engraving depicts Gulliver being attacked from behind by a Yahoo as he bathes by a river in the land of the Houyhnhnms by JONES, David

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Original wood-engraved illustration for the Golden Cockerel Press' edition of Gulliver's Travels, 2 1/4" x 5" (image size) on off-white paper, signed, dated '25', and captioned by Jones in the margin, 1925. The wood-engraving depicts Gulliver being attacked from behind by a Yahoo as he bathes by a river in the land of the Houyhnhnms
Author
JONES, David
Seller
James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC (United States)
Condition
Faint horizontal crease through engraving, otherwise a fine copy
Description
Faint horizontal crease through engraving, otherwise a fine copy. Faint horizontal crease through engraving, otherwise a fine copy.
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Corn Close. A Cottage in Dentdale. Photographs by Reuben Cox. Essays by Thomas Meyer and Anne Midgette. (Preface by James Jaffe. Portraits by Mike Harding) by [JARGON SOCIETY] COX, Reuben

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Corn Close. A Cottage in Dentdale. Photographs by Reuben Cox. Essays by Thomas Meyer and Anne Midgette. (Preface by James Jaffe. Portraits by Mike Harding)
Author
[JARGON SOCIETY] COX, Reuben
Seller
James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC (United States)
Condition
As new, at publication price
Description
(Salisbury, CT): Green Shade, 2015. First edition, published as Jargon 116. Limited to 50 copies signed by Cox, Meyer, Midgette, Greene and Jaffe, and with an original photograph signed by the photographer laid in. Corn Close is the Cumbrian cottage where the poets Jonathan Williams and Thomas Meyer lived for over thirty years. Reuben Cox, a professional photographer and formerly on the faculty of Cooper Union, is the author of The Work of Joe Webb: Appalachian Master of Rustic Architecture (Jargon Society, 2009). As new, at publication price. 4to, illustrated in color, original cloth, dust jacket, in publisher's slipcase. As new, at publication price.
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German Guilds - 18th century.) [ms. title:] Zunfft Articull der Schneider und Schumacher...1749.

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German Guilds - 18th century.) [ms. title:] Zunfft Articull der Schneider und Schumacher...1749.
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Savoy Books (United States)
Description
Book. Germany, 1749. Folio, contemporary vellum, titled on front. 22 leaves on both sides, in a secretarial hand, with glosses. Soiled, gathering loose in binding. Interesting series of 37 articles regarding reforms of shoemaker, leather and other guilds in the mid-18th century. As indicated in the preamble, the articles were issued by Prince Wolffgang Ernst I of Ysingen and Budingen (1686-1754), and the manuscript bears his signature and seal. A letter from an earlier owner to Walter Schatzki describes the ms. in some detail, and relates it to the struggle at the time for power between rulers and the guilds..
Official Brooklyn Dodgers 1936 Score Card

Official Brooklyn Dodgers 1936 Score Card by -

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Title
Official Brooklyn Dodgers 1936 Score Card
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-
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Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Collectible; Fine
Description
New York: Harry M. Stevens, 1936. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. First Thus. A crisp, very sharp copy of this 1936 Brooklyn Dodgers "Official 5 Cent Score Card". Clean and Near Fine (with several small pencil marks to the line-up) in its stapled wrappers, with wonderful New York-area ads thruout. Surprisingly high-quality printing --featuring vivid color and steel engaving-- by The DeVinne Brown Corp. of New York. This particular game is against The Dodgers' bitter National League rival, the Mel Ott and Carl Hubbell-led New York Giants. (The Dodgers of course were managed at the time by the great Casey Stengel). A nice piece of baseball --and New York-- ephemera.
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A Bibliography of the Writings of Noah Webster by Noah Webster

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A Bibliography of the Writings of Noah Webster
Author
Noah Webster
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Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
New York Public Library, 1958. 1st. Hardcover. 1958 1st edition, 1 of 500 copies. VG+ in its original dark-blue cloth with bright gilt-lettering on spine. Thick quarto, 655 pgs.
LE SURMALE. ROMAN MODERNE

LE SURMALE. ROMAN MODERNE by Alfred Jarry; illustrated by Roger De Valerio

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LE SURMALE. ROMAN MODERNE
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Alfred Jarry; illustrated by Roger De Valerio
Seller
Black Swan Books, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Very Good+ binding
Description
Paris: P.-A. Chavanne & Cie, 1948. Limited Edition. Full Leather. Very Good+ binding. A beautiful production of symbolist writer Alfred Jarry's Le Surmale ["The Supermale"]. Printed in green and black, with 19 drypoint etchings by Roger De Valerio. De Valerio is perhaps best known as the editor of Le Rire, and a designer of posters. He illustrated two books--Le Supremale, and Sacha Guitry's The Lion and the Hen. Originally issued in wrappers, this copy has been rebound in Spanish leather. #246 of 260 copies. Very Good+ binding.
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CAPTAIN'S DEATH BED by WOOLF, Virginia

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CAPTAIN'S DEATH BED
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WOOLF, Virginia
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Houle Rare Books & Autographs (United States)
Description
NY, HARCOURT, 1950, 1950. DUST JACKET FIRST AMERICAN EDITION VERY GOOD. 1st Edition. Hardcover.
Two page ALs

Two page ALs by Tissot, Clement-Joseph

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Two page ALs
Author
Tissot, Clement-Joseph
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Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
Condition
Very good.
Description
Paris, May 19, 1822. Not bound.. Very good.. Two page ALs on one sheet meas. 295 x 212 mm. Tissot writing to claim unpaid expenses for his time as a military physician. The letter includes accounts for his pay and uncompensated expenses. Hirsch V, 595.
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ARTISTAS EN MEXICO: 9. MANUEL FELGUÉREZ; 10. IRMA PALACIOS; 11. PHIL KELLY; 12. MARCOS ARCE, SET.; Caja 3

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ARTISTAS EN MEXICO: 9. MANUEL FELGUÉREZ; 10. IRMA PALACIOS; 11. PHIL KELLY; 12. MARCOS ARCE, SET.; Caja 3
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Beverly Karno Books LLC (United States)
Description
México, D.F.: Taller Gráfica Bordes, 2007. b/w and color plates, illus., facs., cat., bio/chron., sigs., plus one lithograph, loose as issued, color pict. wrps., inside black cloth covered double-lid shell box with pull-out black ribbon, in cardboard slip cover. A fine press project with 4 books on 4 contemporary artists to be published every three months. 60 contemporary, living artists in Mexico are involved in the project. This set is the first publication of the cultural center located in México City with the intent of providing and well printed, economical series on contemporary, living artists that includes images of 15 of their most representative works, a biography and critical texts. Each book in the special edition includes one signed, numbered lithograph in an edition of 50, plus images of 15 of their most representative works, a biography and critical texts. The publication is a project of the Centro Cultural Estación Indianilla, a remodeled 19th century electric train station, transformed into a multifaceted cultural space adapted for the practice, exhibition and development of contemporary and new technology artistic creations as well an historic place. The cultural promoter of this innovative project was Isaac Masri, who recovered and saved the fabulous objects of the permanent exhibition in the basement of the station, including artwork created by artists Leonora Carrington, Francisco Toledo, Manuel Felguérez, Vicente Rojo, Gustavo Pérez and others. While the lithograph is an edition of 50, the book is an edition of 1000. ENGLISH AND SPANISH TEXTS.
Puss in Boots. Animated

Puss in Boots. Animated by WEHR, Julian

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Puss in Boots. Animated
Author
WEHR, Julian
Seller
Riverrun Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Condition
A near-fine copy, the moveables all complete and in fully working condition, some light wear to edges of boards, but generally a
Description
New York: Duenwald Printing Corporation, 1944. A near-fine copy, the moveables all complete and in fully working condition, some light wear to edges of boards, but generally a very well-preserved copy of one of Wehr's fragile moveable children's books. 8vo. [17] pages. Six full-page color moveable illustrations by Julian Wehr. Original red comb binding, printed pictorial boards.
A Course of Elementary Instruction in Practical Biology

A Course of Elementary Instruction in Practical Biology by Huxley, T.H. and Martin, H.N.

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A Course of Elementary Instruction in Practical Biology
Author
Huxley, T.H. and Martin, H.N.
Seller
Biomed Rare Books LLC, ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Description
London: Macmillan and Co., 1883. Revised edition (1st 1875). 1875 T H HUXLEY'S LABORATORY GUIDE TO BIOLOGY (NEWLY COMBINED BOTANY AND ZOOLOGY). 7 inches tall hardcover, red cloth binding, blindstamped publisher's seal to front cover, gilt title to spine, black endpapers, i-xi, 279 pp, 72-page publisher's catalogue. Spine faded, otherwise unmarked and very good in custom archival mylar cover. From Preface: "Very soon after I began to teach Natural History, or what we now call Biology, at the Royal School of Mines, some twenty years ago, I arrived at the conviction that the study of living bodies is really one discipline, which is divided into Zoology and Botany simply as a matter of convenience; and that the scientific Zoologist should no more be ignorant of the fundamental phenomena of vegetable life, than the scientific Botanist of those of animal existence. Moreover, it was obvious that the road to a sound and thorough knowledge of Zoology and Botany lay through Morphology and Physiology; and that, as in the case of all other physical sciences, so in these, sound and thorough knowledge was only to be obtained by practical work in he laboratory." THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY (1825 – 1895) was an English biologist and anthropologist who specialized in comparative anatomy. He has become known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his advocacy of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. Huxley had little formal schooling and was virtually self-taught. He became perhaps the finest comparative anatomist of the later 19th century. He worked on invertebrates, clarifying relationships between groups previously little understood. Later, he worked on vertebrates, especially on the relationship between apes and humans. After comparing Archaeopteryx with Compsognathus, he concluded that birds evolved from small carnivorous dinosaurs, a belief still widely held today. The thirty-one years during which Huxley occupied the chair of natural history at the Royal School of Mines included work on vertebrate paleontology and on many projects to advance the place of science in British life. When Huxley himself was young there were virtually no degrees in British universities in the biological sciences and few courses. Most biologists of his day either were self-taught or took medical degrees. When he retired there were established chairs in biological disciplines in most universities, and a broad consensus on the curricula to be followed. Huxley was the single most influential person in this transformation. Huxley was also a major influence in the direction taken by British schools: in November 1870, he was elected to the London School Board in its first elections.
Sapoli-o-lic" Promotional Booklet features Selections from H.M.S. Pinafore

Sapoli-o-lic" Promotional Booklet features Selections from H.M.S. Pinafore

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Sapoli-o-lic" Promotional Booklet features Selections from H.M.S. Pinafore
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Eclectibles (United States)
Description
New York: Enoch Morgan Sons Co. (E.M.S), 1879. An 18 pp booklet using altered selections from HMS Pinafore to promote Sapolio polishing and cleansing soap. Illustrations from the comic opera and altered verses to include Sapolio thoruhgout interspersed with testimonials for the product. Also inlcudes words and music for The Merry Maiden and the Tar and I'm Called Little Buttercup. Measures 5" x 3 3/8
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Incunables from the Schoyen Collection

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Incunables from the Schoyen Collection
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Books Tell You Why, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
New York: Sotheby's. Fine. 1991. Hardcover. A Fine edition with very little blemishing ; 8vo .
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COLLECTED POEMS; 1942-1970 by WRIGHT, Judith

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COLLECTED POEMS; 1942-1970
Author
WRIGHT, Judith
Seller
Second Life Books Inc (United States)
Description
Melbourne, Australia: Angus and Robertson, 1971. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 302. A very good copy in faded dj. Poems by the Australian writer.
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William Blake Engraver: A Descriptive Catalogue& by Charles Ryskamp. With an Introductory Essay by Geoffrey Keynes by [Blake, William. Exhibition Catalogue]

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William Blake Engraver: A Descriptive Catalogue& by Charles Ryskamp. With an Introductory Essay by Geoffrey Keynes
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[Blake, William. Exhibition Catalogue]
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John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller (United States)
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1969. Princeton: Princeton University Library, 1969. 8vo, 61pp, illus. Original marbled wrappers, slightly worn but good, with original label detached but loosely inserted. Very good. ß First edition, an excellent account of Blake s engravings. Bentley, Blake Books, 700.
E.I. DU PONT AND THE MERINO MANIA IN DELAWARE 1805-1815

E.I. DU PONT AND THE MERINO MANIA IN DELAWARE 1805-1815 by Pursell Jr., Carroll W.

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E.I. DU PONT AND THE MERINO MANIA IN DELAWARE 1805-1815
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Pursell Jr., Carroll W.
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Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press (United States)
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1962. stapled self paper wrappers. 8vo. stapled self paper wrappers. pp.91-100. Reprinted from Agricultural History, Vol. 36, No.2 (April 1962). B2-27. Discussion of the sale of the wool from Merino sheep and the business started by du Pont, Dupont, Bauduy & Co. Reproduces a factory label used by the company. .

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