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Canterbury Tales by CHAUCER TYRWHITT Thomas

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Seller: Bauman Rare Books
Title
Canterbury Tales
Author
CHAUCER TYRWHITT Thomas
Seller
Bauman Rare Books (United States)
Description
1775. CHAUCER (TYRWHITT, Thomas, editor). The Canterbury Tales. London: T. Payne, 1775-78. Five volumes. Octavo, early 19th-century full navy straight-grain morocco, elaborately blind-tooled spines, raised bands, all edges gilt. $4800.First Tyrwhitt edition of Chaucer’s classic—""the best-edited English Classic that ever has appeared""—handsomely bound in full morocco-gilt. From the esteemed collection of Frederic Perkins, with his engraved armorial bookplates.In preparing his groundbreaking edition, Tyrwhitt consulted roughly 25 manuscripts of Chaucer's Tales. ""Tyrwhitt's edition has enjoyed the highest reputation, and the estimation in which it has been held is in great part deserved, and ought to be permanent"" (Child). ""It was considered 'the best-edited English Classic that ever has appeared,' and Professor Skeat in his edition (1894) speaks of it 'as a work of high literary value, to which I am greatly indebted for many necessary notes.' As late as 1891, his notes and glossary were condensed and arranged under the text in the edition of Chaucer in Sir John Lubbock's Hundred Books"" (DNB). With an essay on Chaucer's language and versification, as well as an introduction, notes and a glossary volume, published three years after the four volumes containing the Tales themselves, all by Tyrwhitt. From the library of Frederic Perkins (1780-1860), noted as an important English literature collector in De Ricci, English Collectors of Books and Manuscripts, with his armorial bookplate. ""[Perkins] started collecting books about 1820 and left his library to his second son George who died in 1879. A portion, chiefly musical, was sold by auction in London… 17 July 1861, and a second sale, rich in Shakespeare quartos and folios took place… on 10 July 1889"" (University of Toronto Libraries).A beautifully bound set of this important edition, with distinguished provenance, in fine condition.
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Whole Proceedings on the Trial Against Thomas Paine by PAINE Thomas

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Title
Whole Proceedings on the Trial Against Thomas Paine
Author
PAINE Thomas
Seller
Bauman Rare Books (United States)
Description
1793. (PAINE, Thomas). The Whole Proceedings on the Trial of an Information Exhibited ex Officio by the King's Attorney-General Against Thomas Paine. London: Martha Gurney, 1793. Octavo, period-style half brown calf and marbled boards, red morocco spine label; pp. (1-3), 4-196. $4000.Second edition, issued in the same year as the first, of the court transcript to Thomas Paine's 1792 British trial for seditious libel. A scarce and valued record, handsomely bound.Paine's Rights of Man is ""the clearest of all expositions of the basic principles of democracy"" (PMM 241). Here, recording one of history's most compelling legal battles, is the transcript of the 1792 British prosecution of Thomas Paine, a battle that began with the printing of the second part of Rights of Man. Within months, the government issued a Royal Proclamation aimed at suppressing Paine's writings and that same day, he was charged with seditious libel. In addition, he soon became the object of government-sponsored propaganda. ""Spies tailed him constantly on London's streets"" and when the trial postponed until December, friends like William Blake advised him to flee the country: 'You must not go home, or you are a dead man.'"" (Keane, 337, 343). Heeding the advice, Paine escaped to France and the trial began in absentia.""Thomas Paine,"" the prosecution proclaimed, ""late of London, gentlemen, being a wicked, malicious, seditious, and ill-disposed person… [did] represent, suggest and cause it to be believed, that the… hereditary regal government of this kingdom was a tyranny."" With Paine absent, his lawyer Thomas Erskine offered an eloquent defense of his friend and the rights of a free press. But a hand-picked jury quickly returned the verdict of guilty and ""Paine was now an outlaw. Should he ever set foot in England again, he could be imprisoned for life or even executed"" (Fruchtman, 290). The court record was recorded verbatim by Joseph Gurney whose earlier transcripts for the House of Commons resulted in the ""first public acknowledgement of the verbal accuracy of shorthand"" in any country (DNB). Bound without two final advertisement leaves. Gimbel-Yale, 78. Sabin 96918. ESTC T5905. First and last pages slightly toned, otherwise a clean, fresh copy, handsomely bound.
Original Poster for February 1994 Nirvana Concert in Barcelona.

Original Poster for February 1994 Nirvana Concert in Barcelona. by [Nirvana]

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Seller: B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA
Title
Original Poster for February 1994 Nirvana Concert in Barcelona.
Author
[Nirvana]
Seller
B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
1994 February 1994. 38.5" x 27.5". Original white poster for February 9, 1994 Nirvana show at the Palau dels Esports de Barcelona (Barcelona Sports Palace), printed in blue. About fine poster, with just a small spot of soiling. Overall, a rare poster for one of Nirvana's final shows, in excellent condition. This poster is for the third concert that Nirvana played on their European In Utero tour. One source writes, "If there was a beginning of the end of Kurt Cobain's short life, that final chapter most certainly began in February 1994" (Guitar World). The European tour was abruptly cut short when Cobain overdosed on alcohol and Rohypnol on March 4th. Setlist: Radio Friendly Unit Shifter Drain You Breed Serve the Servants Come as You Are Smells Like Teen Spirit Sliver Dumb In Bloom About a Girl Lithium Pennyroyal Tea School Polly Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle Very Ape Rape Me Territorial Pissings Encore: The Man Who Sold the World All Apologies On a Plain Heart-Shaped Box About the collection: This collection of Nirvana concert mini-posters, flyers, and posters covers nearly the entire lifespan of the legendary grunge band, from a small show on December 1st, 1988, six months before the group's first studio album Bleach was released, to a March 18th, 1994 show that the band was slated to play as a part of their European In Utero tour (a show that never happened due to frontman Kurt Cobain's deteriorating health.) On March 4th, 1994, the European tour was cancelled after Cobain overdosed on alcohol and Rohypnol, and he committed suicide a month later. Some highlights include the earliest mini-poster (December 1988), which features the band as the third band on a three act bill (and in the smallest-sized lettering), a mini-poster for the band's January 1990 show at Hub Ballroom at the University of Washington, which produced Charles Peterson's famous stage diving photo (and, according to rumors, a ban on Nirvana ever playing again at a University of Washington venue), a flyer and mini-poster for two shows during Nirvana's Nevermind tour in the fall of 1991, and three beautiful posters for the band's In Utero tour, two of which feature the album's iconic winged figure. This collection features wonderful artistic variety, all with a very DIY and grunge feel. They also highlight the various grunge, punk, and alternative rock bands that Nirvana performed alongside during the early days of their touring.. Broadside. Near Fine.
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EARTHMAN'S BURDEN / *** association copy *** by Anderson, Poul & Dickson, Gordon & Cartier, Edd

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Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY
Title
EARTHMAN'S BURDEN / *** association copy ***
Author
Anderson, Poul & Dickson, Gordon & Cartier, Edd
Seller
THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY (United States)
Description
EARTHMAN'S BURDEN, Gnome Press, 1957, first edition, (second state cloth binding) fine in like Edd Cartier dust-wrapper with Interior illustrations by Edd Cartier as well. A collection of 6 short stories including THE ADVENTURE OF THE MISPLACED HOUND, a Sherlockian pastiche. Signed by both Anderson and Dickson as well as Inscribed by "Doc" Smith to his daughter, Verna. Nice association copy.
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GRANITE AND RAINBOW by Woolf, Virginia

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Title
GRANITE AND RAINBOW
Author
Woolf, Virginia
Seller
THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY (United States)
Description
GRANITE AND RAINBOW, H-B, 1958, first American edition, some off-setting to the covers, else vg+/near fine in vg+ dust-wrapper.
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AMAZING STORIES December 1952 by AMAZING STORIES SCIENCE FICTION Gerald Vance, Robert Arnette, Rog Phillips

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Title
AMAZING STORIES December 1952
Author
AMAZING STORIES SCIENCE FICTION Gerald Vance, Robert Arnette, Rog Phillips
Seller
THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY (United States)
Description
AMAZING STORIES for December 1952, Ziff Davis Publishing Company, first edition, some light wear and tear and light chipping to the spine extremities, else a vg copy with fine contents in full color pictorial wraps. Original contributions by Gerald Vance, Robert Arnette, Rog Phillips, et.al.
Lucky Peach: A Quarterly Journal of Food and Writing (Issues 1-7)

Lucky Peach: A Quarterly Journal of Food and Writing (Issues 1-7) by Ying, Chris [Editor-in-Chief]; David Chang [Editor]; Peter Meehan [Editor]; Anthony Bourdain

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Title
Lucky Peach: A Quarterly Journal of Food and Writing (Issues 1-7)
Author
Ying, Chris [Editor-in-Chief]; David Chang [Editor]; Peter Meehan [Editor]; Anthony Bourdain
Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
San Francisco: McSweeney's/ Lucky Peach, 2013. The first seven issues of the definitive culinary magazine of the Hipster era, irreverent and profusely illustrated, with an emphasis on the quality of the writing. Bound in publisher's illustrated wraps. Wraps slightly shelf-worn, else Fine.
Eleven Kinds of Loneliness

Eleven Kinds of Loneliness by Yates, Richard

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Title
Eleven Kinds of Loneliness
Author
Yates, Richard
Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. 230 pp. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Pages toned with age. Very slight fraying to cloth along bottom edge, edges a bit dust soiled. Jacket worn and rubbed along edges, spine panel dulled, small split along fore edge, price intact ($4.50). The follow-up to Revolutionary Road, an excellent collection of short stories including "Doctor Jack O'Lantern," "B.A.R. Man," and "Out with the Old.
Sixteen Months at the Gold Diggings

Sixteen Months at the Gold Diggings by Woods, Daniel B.

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Title
Sixteen Months at the Gold Diggings
Author
Woods, Daniel B.
Seller
Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1851. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 199; 6pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Brown floral embossed cloth over boards with a gilt stamped title on the backstrip. Six pages of publisher's advertisements at the rear. Slight slope to the spine. Light internal foxing, with roughly a dozen pages showing more prominent foxing. Underlining and marking in pencil on p. 42. An attractive copy. Howes W-651. Graff 4741. Zamorano 80, 80. The author's recounting of his experiences as a prospector in the California Mines. "Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume IV" referred to his account in this way, "Becoming a miner among the miners, he had the most ample opportunities to learn their conditions, their prospects, their sufferings, and their rewards. He describes plainly what he saw. He borrows no colors from the fancy... Eminently free from exaggeration, it shows the hardships by which the gold of California was procured on the first discovery of the placers. Its tendency is to discourage emigration. He would advise those that are tolerably well off at home to be content.
The Paintings of Donald Roller Wilson ( A Chameleon Book)

The Paintings of Donald Roller Wilson ( A Chameleon Book) by Wilson, Donald Roller; Introduction by Peter Frank

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Title
The Paintings of Donald Roller Wilson ( A Chameleon Book)
Author
Wilson, Donald Roller; Introduction by Peter Frank
Seller
Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780877015628
Condition
Very Good
Description
San Francisco and New York: Chronicle Books; Chameleon Books, Inc, 1988. First Chronicle Books printing. Paperback. Very Good. SIGNED. 128pp. Small quarto [24 cm] Illustrated wraps, with general light rubbing and scuffing to the wraps. A collection featuring Wilson's brilliant absurdist paintings which combine classical realism and post-Freudian black humor. Signed by Donald Roller Wilson, in the year of publication, with the date "1988" on the half title page.
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The Lances of Lynwood; Chivalry in England (In Its Original 1881 Dustjacket!!) by Charlotte M. Yonge

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Title
The Lances of Lynwood; Chivalry in England (In Its Original 1881 Dustjacket!!)
Author
Charlotte M. Yonge
Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1881. Very Good/Very Good. The 1881 early printing of this children's/juvenile tale of "chivalry in England". Incredibly, including its pictorial, dark-red dustjacket (making this the oldest dustjacket this bookseler has handled). Solid and VG (very light staining along the lower-tips of the preliminaries) in a clean, remarkably well-preserved example of the sturdy dustjacket, especially considering its age. Light creasing along the spine ends, a 1 1/2" chip at the rear panel's upper corner. Several small closed tears as well to the panel edges. Still though, a bright, very presentable, all but completely intact dustjacket.
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Dicky Bird's ABC by -

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Title
Dicky Bird's ABC
Author
-
Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Collectible; Very Good
Description
Boston: De Wolfe, Fiske & Co. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. First Edition. Bright, colorful children's alphabet book, c. 1900. VG in its linen-backed pictorial cloth. Light wear and creasing to the panels, light fraying to the spine. Oblong octavo, beautiful chromolithography thruout.
From the Rapidan to Richmond and the Spottsylvania Campaign: A Sketch in Personal Narrative of the Scenes a Soldier Saw

From the Rapidan to Richmond and the Spottsylvania Campaign: A Sketch in Personal Narrative of the Scenes a Soldier Saw by William Meade Dame, D.D.

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Title
From the Rapidan to Richmond and the Spottsylvania Campaign: A Sketch in Personal Narrative of the Scenes a Soldier Saw
Author
William Meade Dame, D.D.
Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
Baltimore: Green-Lucas Company, 1920. Cloth. Near Fine. A clean, very sharp copy of the 1920 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in its light-green cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the front panel and spine. Octavo, 213 pgs.
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Whose Birthday Is It by Nancy Dingman Watson

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Seller: Appledore Books, ABAA
Title
Whose Birthday Is It
Author
Nancy Dingman Watson
Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Collectible; Fine
Description
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1954. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. A handsome copy of this 1954 edition, in its "reinforced binding". Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light soiling at the front panel. Octavo, nicely illustrated thruout (partially in color) by Aldred A. Watson.
David Smith: Drawings for Sculpture -- 1954-1964

David Smith: Drawings for Sculpture -- 1954-1964

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Title
David Smith: Drawings for Sculpture -- 1954-1964
Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
Mountainville, NY: Storm King Art Center, 1982. Original wraps. Near Fine. A tight copy of the catalogue based on the May-October 1982 exhibition at Storm King Art Center. Oblong octavo, stapled pictorial wrappers. Except for light foxing along the fore-edges, clean and Near Fine.
Good News

Good News by ABBEY, Edward

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Title
Good News
Author
ABBEY, Edward
Seller
Argosy Book Store (United States)
Condition
fine
Description
New York: Dutton, 1980. First. hardcover. fine/fine. 8vo, black cloth backed grey boards, d.w. New York: Dutton, (1980). First Edition. Fine. Signed by the author on the fly leaf.
Asher & Adams' Michigan

Asher & Adams' Michigan by ASHER & ADAMS

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Title
Asher & Adams' Michigan
Author
ASHER & ADAMS
Seller
Argosy Book Store (United States)
Condition
near fine
Description
New York: Asher & Adams, 1872. unbound. near fine. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 23" x 15.75". Great double page map of Michigan divided into counties and townships. Shows cities, major routes, railroads and waterways. Centered on Lake Michigan, the map includes parts of Lake Superior and Lake Huron, extending from Isle Royale in the northwest to the St. Clair River in the southeast. Features an inset showing the northwestern portion of Michigan (Ontonagon). Some toning but otherwise in very good condition. Asher & Adams were publishers based in Washington and New York in the late 19th century who produced some of the most detailed and colorful atlases of the period.
[Broadside] Steps (Stepping-Off Place)

[Broadside] Steps (Stepping-Off Place) by Vito Acconci

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Title
[Broadside] Steps (Stepping-Off Place)
Author
Vito Acconci
Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
New York: Vito Acconci, 1970. Good. New York: Vito Acconci, 1970. Broadside (28x21.5cm) xeroxed from typescript. Previous folds and heavy wear and soil from use with small loss at top edge not quite approaching text. A Good example only. According to the previous bookseller this piece came from the library of Fluxus poet and musician Jackson Mac Low. A rare example describing the Situationist performance artist Vito Acconci's early famous performance piece "Steps": every morning at 8am at his apartment on Christopher Street beginning in February, 1970, and (presumably) forever afterwards on alternating months, Acconci would step up on an 18-inch stool at the rate of thirty steps a minute, an activity he would maintain until he could no longer hold the proposed rate. At the end of each month he would issue a report (not included here). "The public can see the activity performed, in my apartment, any morning during the performance months. Whenever I cannot be home, I will attempt to perform the activity wherever I happen to be." According to digitized copies of his reports, Acconci would begin each performance month only able to maintain the activity for just a few minutes at a time--by the end of the month he could hold if for nearly thirty minutes, if nothing else a testament to endurance training. We locate only one other example of this proposal, at the Biblioteca del Museo Reina Sofia in Spain.
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A Short Dissertation on the Barometer, Thermometer, and Other Meteorological Instruments .... by Adams, G (the younger)

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Seller: Palinurus Antiquarian Books
Title
A Short Dissertation on the Barometer, Thermometer, and Other Meteorological Instruments ....
Author
Adams, G (the younger)
Seller
Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
Condition
A good copy; some rodent damage to the blank margin of some leaves at the end of the tract (no loss); library stamp on first bla
Description
London: Printed for the Author, 1790. First Edition.. Contemporary marbled wrappers.. A good copy; some rodent damage to the blank margin of some leaves at the end of the tract (no loss); library stamp on first blank, preface, and last leaf.. 8vo. viii, 60, [2] pp. Adams succeeded his father in the instrument business. He was the author of a number of books and pamphlets; most famous for his book on the microscope. The pamphlet offered here is devoted to barometers and weather forecasting. Appended to it is a list of his instruments for sale. DNB I, 97.
LIVING WITH CHRIS

LIVING WITH CHRIS by BERRIGAN, Ted and Joe Brainard

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Title
LIVING WITH CHRIS
Author
BERRIGAN, Ted and Joe Brainard
Seller
Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition
Very Good.
Description
New York: Boke Press, nd. First Edition. Very Good.. Scarce collaboration, with Brainard illustrating Berrigan's poem about babysitting fellow poet Dick Gallup's daughter. An early title for all participants. Printed by Brainard's Boke Press. Undated. Fischer quotes Ron Padgett and Alice Notley as giving a publication date of 1968, most other sources suggest ca. 1965. [Fischer p. 26]. Wraps. 4to. Side-stapled mimeo wraps. Very good or better with minimal shelfwear and faint soil here and there. Else bright and sound. Unpaginated.
How to Prevent Your Child from Becoming a Neurotic Adult (First Edition)

How to Prevent Your Child from Becoming a Neurotic Adult (First Edition) by Albert Ellis, Janet L. Wolfe, Sandra Mosely

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Title
How to Prevent Your Child from Becoming a Neurotic Adult (First Edition)
Author
Albert Ellis, Janet L. Wolfe, Sandra Mosely
Seller
Royal Books (United States)
Description
New York: Crown Publishers, 1966. First Edition. First Edition. Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Light foxing on the page edges. Jacket lightly worn at the corners, with a moderately rubbed rear panel, and faint offsetting on the left edge of the rear flap.
Card Stunts for Kiddies

Card Stunts for Kiddies

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Title
Card Stunts for Kiddies
Seller
Eclectibles (United States)
Condition
Very good to fine. Light toning.
Description
Cincinnati, Ohio: The U.S. Playing Card Company, 1921. Very good to fine. Light toning.. A book of games for children using old decks of playing cards: "Decks of cards which no longer 'slip' easily interfere with the pleasure of grown-ups but to kiddies they offer material for much entertainment and not a little instruction disguised as play" (p. 3). Old decks are used to build castles, solve puzzles, make decorations, play pretend, and even for learning the Thirteen Colonies, word building, and geography. 12mo (7.25" by 4.5"), pp. 16, with in-text illustrations, stapled in original illustrated wrappers.
The Davis Vertical Feed Sewing Machine

The Davis Vertical Feed Sewing Machine

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Title
The Davis Vertical Feed Sewing Machine
Seller
Eclectibles (United States)
Condition
Very good. Light toning, a couple minor short tears.
Description
Watertown, New York: The Davis Sewing Machine Co, 1880. Very good. Light toning, a couple minor short tears.. A nicely preserved folding pamphlet advertising Davis brand sewing machines, a line of vertical feed machines marketed to women as labor saving devices for making domestic tasks easy and efficient. Includes a lengthy pitch for the products, with a price list for the different models and accessories (hemmers, braiders, quilters, rufflers, etc.). Lists dozens of benefits of this line of machines (e.g. "make plaited trimming and sew on at the same time", "It will sew the cord on the edges of military coats, jackets, &c."). Seven of the models are illustrated with model numbers. Measures approx. 5.5" by 3.25" folded, 11" by 13" unfolded. Printed in brown and black. Ink stamp of sales agent. The Davis Sewing Machine Company was founded in 1868 and became known for the efficiency of their "vertical feed" machines. By 1892, they had also began producing bicycles and eventually stopped producing sewing machines to meet the 1890s bicycle craze.
Uncut Advertising Paper Dolls Sheet - Young Boy with 4 Military Costumes

Uncut Advertising Paper Dolls Sheet - Young Boy with 4 Military Costumes

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Title
Uncut Advertising Paper Dolls Sheet - Young Boy with 4 Military Costumes
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Eclectibles (United States)
Description
England: Brook's Glace Spool Thread, 1890. A uncut 7 1/2" x 6 5/8" paper doll sheet promoting Brook's Glace Spool Cotton. It includes a 5 1/2" young adolescent male paper doll with a note in his hand "with Brook's Compliments" and spool thread at his feet. It also includes four (4) military costumes from different branches of the service. The reverse of has advertising to correspond with the reverse of the dolls and the costumes. Instructions for cutting and use also found on reverse.
The Earthquake-Proof Reactor for Japan

The Earthquake-Proof Reactor for Japan

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Title
The Earthquake-Proof Reactor for Japan
Seller
McBlain Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Erith, Kent [England]: General Electric Company Limited of England and Simon-Carves Limited, 1960. Paperback. Very Good. folding partly-colored print outlining the plant and some of its safety equipment, 16p. Softcover in original wrapper. 30 cm. Minor cover soil. "Printed by courtesy of Nuclear Power from the March 1960 issue" Also included: Fujii Denki Seizo K. K./Tokai Mura Nuclear Power Station. JAPC. Instruction and Procedures for R. P. V. Pressure Test. Issue No. 1 (5th September, 1963). 11p. [photostat?]. Softcover in original wrapper. Numerous corrections, questions and comments written in pencil [writer unknown]. "CGB[?] copy" inked on front cover.
Archives of the Chinese Art Society of America. Volume IX (1955)

Archives of the Chinese Art Society of America. Volume IX (1955)

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Title
Archives of the Chinese Art Society of America. Volume IX (1955)
Seller
McBlain Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
[New York]: Chinese Art Society of America, 1955. Paperback. Very Good. photos/illustrations, 93p. Softcover in original wrapper. 31cm. Modest cover soiling. Backstrip browned and worn (and chipped off at ends). Oriental Art Recently acquired by American Museums and four other articles, including "Significant Patterns on Chinese Bronze Mirrors," by Schuyler Cammann (pp. 43-62).
Cahiers d'Histoire Egyptienne: Histoire - Ethnographie - Documents. = Egyptian History Papaers, Volume XI (1969)

Cahiers d'Histoire Egyptienne: Histoire - Ethnographie - Documents. = Egyptian History Papaers, Volume XI (1969)

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Title
Cahiers d'Histoire Egyptienne: Histoire - Ethnographie - Documents. = Egyptian History Papaers, Volume XI (1969)
Seller
McBlain Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
LeCaire: Costa Tsoumas & Co, 1969. Paperback. Very Good. 234p. Softcover in original wrapper. 24cm.
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The Four Seasons in Yosemite National Park. A Photographic Story of Yosemite's Spectacular Scenery by Adams, Ansel; Plumb, Stanley

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The Four Seasons in Yosemite National Park. A Photographic Story of Yosemite's Spectacular Scenery
Author
Adams, Ansel; Plumb, Stanley
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ZH BOOKS (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
Los Angeles: Times-Mirror Printing and Binding House, 1936. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 12 x 8 1/2; pp. [52]; brown pictorial wraps; glassine dust jacket; illustrated with color frontis plate, numerous black-and-white photographs, and a map; book with a small crease to lower right corners and minor age-toning to leaves - in very good to near fine condition; DJ with a few small cuts to front panel and some loss to back panel - in fair condition. A beautiful and early Ansel Adams collection of Yosemite photographs, the book was published by the Yosemite Park and Curry Company - founded in 1925 and one of the largest and longest operating concessioners in the national park system - and edited by their Publicity Director Stanley Plumb. It would go through several editions, in part due to the fact that Ansel Adams was quite unhappy with the representation of his images in print.
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Frozen Desserts" together with "Dainty Sandwiches by Anonymous

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Frozen Desserts" together with "Dainty Sandwiches
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Anonymous
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ZH BOOKS (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
Boston: Rust Craft, 1918. Softcover. Very good. First editions, n. d. (ca 1918); illustrated folders - 6 x 3 1/2, 18 cards in each folder - 5 x 3; folders with small nicks to corners and minor spotting; light wear to spine spine; cards in near fine or better condition. Released as a series of recipe- and cocktail publications, each folder contained a small upbeat rhyme to recto with the current two reading, respectively: "When you wish a new Dessert, Something sure to please, One that's cool - refreshing, too, Just try one of these!" and "For Sandwiches of many kinds, With fillings that are new, I hope that these few recipes Will helpful be to you!" Each folder included 17 or 19 cards (as published) and the present ones featured Strawberry Mousse, Raspberry Vinegar, Pineapple Sherbet, Frozen Newport Whip, Saint Patrick sandwich, Olive and Cucumber, Fresh Tongue, etc. Not in OCLC, not in the trade (as of January 2021).
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Terracotta Figurines from Kourion in Cyprus by Young, John Howard & Suzanne Halstead

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Title
Terracotta Figurines from Kourion in Cyprus
Author
Young, John Howard & Suzanne Halstead
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Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
Condition
NF interior but with museum ex-lib. sticker and book plate
Description
Philadelphia: The University of Pennsylvania, 1955. Hardcover. NF interior but with museum ex-lib. sticker and book plate. Blue wraps with black lettering (original binding) covered in dark blue library binding with gilt spine lettering. 260 pp. plus 74 bw plates. From the introduction: "This book presents a study of the mass of figurines uncovered by the excavations at Kourion, on the island of Cyprus, undertaken by the University Museum of Philadelphia between the years 1934 and 1948." Divided into 3 parts, the sections include general principles, sites and finds; the catalogue with notes, information about the votaries, groups, votive animals and miscellaneous items, The Horsemen of Kourion and appendices to the catalogue; and the conclusions listing materials and methods, costume and equipment, cults and dedications and style and development. A concordance and index follow, and the full-page bw plates close out the book.
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Master Drawings of the Twentieth Century

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Master Drawings of the Twentieth Century
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Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
ISBN
9780966076929
Condition
VG
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New York: Mitchell-Innes & Nash, 1998. Softcover. VG. A square softcover book with white text on a blue spine. 108 pages; profusely illustrated with both color and black-and-white images.
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Catalogue of the Paintings in the Corcoran Gallery of Art

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Catalogue of the Paintings in the Corcoran Gallery of Art
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Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
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VG
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1913. 66th edition. Softcover. VG. Octavo. Softcover. Brown wraps. 115 pp. numerous bw plates. Lists 316 paintings and sculptures.
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Bahunek by Zlamalik, Dr. Vinko

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Bahunek
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Zlamalik, Dr. Vinko
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Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
Condition
VG/VG
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New York: Brewster Editions, 1984. limited to 1000 copies in English. Hardbound. VG/VG. Blue cloth wit hblack glossy, color illustrated dustjacket. 87 pp., several bw and 64 full-page color plates. This insightful and wonderfully illustrated volume on this Croatian artist is one of the 1000 copies printed in English. Similar numbers were printed in German and Croatian.
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Crosscurrents: An Exchange Exhibition between Guild Hall Museum and the Provincetown Art Association and Museum

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Crosscurrents: An Exchange Exhibition between Guild Hall Museum and the Provincetown Art Association and Museum
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Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
ISBN
9780933793026
Condition
VG- (Label & few marks from previous gallery owner; slight scuffs to cover; interior clean.)
Description
East Hampton, NY: Guild Hall Museum, 1986. Softcover. VG- (Label & few marks from previous gallery owner; slight scuffs to cover; interior clean.). Blue & gray wraps, 68 pp., BW illus. Issued in conjunction with several 1986 exhibitions featuring these two sites and their artists. With essays by B. H. Friedman, April Kingsley, and Helen A. Harrison, and a variety of artwork is represented.
[LIQUOR] [TRADE CATALOG] Wines, Spirits & Cordials

[LIQUOR] [TRADE CATALOG] Wines, Spirits & Cordials by Blanchard, Farrar & Co.

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[LIQUOR] [TRADE CATALOG] Wines, Spirits & Cordials
Author
Blanchard, Farrar & Co.
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lizzyoung bookseller (United States)
Condition
Cream illustrated wraps. Very good
Description
Boston: Blanchard, Farrar & Co., c. 1887. Sewn binding. Cream illustrated wraps. Very good. 12 pages. 14.5 x 8 cm. A captivating look at the broad array of wines, liqueurs, and ales available at the end of the 19th century in Boston, MA. The shop owned by David W. Blanchard and John W. Farrar stocked 17 different Bourbon and Rye Whiskeys, 5 types of Rum, 8 different Gins, 12 varieties of Brandies, 7 types of Sherry Wines, 8 varieties of Port Wine, 14 varieties of Native Wines, 6 different Claret Wines, 3 types of Sauternes, and a wide array of Cordials, Bitters, Punches, Essences, Cocktails, and Foreign Ales and Porters. An illustrated map of downtown Boston is featured on the back cover with miniature drawings of the Boston & Maine Depot, the Boston & Lowell Depot, the Eastern Depot, the Fitchburg Depot, Warren Bridge, Quincy Market, Faneuil Hall, and the Blanchard, Farrar & Co. store situated on their appropriate streets. Covers toned and soiled, interior clean.
Handbook of Artificial Intelligence Volume 1-3

Handbook of Artificial Intelligence Volume 1-3 by Avron Barr

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Handbook of Artificial Intelligence Volume 1-3
Author
Avron Barr
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Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA (United States)
ISBN
9780865760059
Condition
Fine
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3 Volume Set; Assumed First Edition/First Printings (Volumes still in shrinkwrap); Fine books in Fine dust jackets, as new and unread. A pristine set of this early handbook on AI; an uncommon title, particularly as new and unread. Not remaindered, not price-clipped; will ship carefully wrapped in a sturdy box.
And the Word Was

And the Word Was by Bruce Bauman

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And the Word Was
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Bruce Bauman
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Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA (United States)
ISBN
9781590511411
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Fine
Description
First Edition/First Printing with the complete number line; A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket in as new, unread condition. SIGNED by the author on the title page with a line drawn through his printed name, with no inscription. A pristine copy of this highly acclaimed novel; not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; in archival protection and shipped in a sturdy box.
Stork Shower

Stork Shower

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Title
Stork Shower
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Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
Toledo, Ohio: Lester Game Company, 1957. Softcover. Near Fine. Octavo. Spiral-bound illustrated wrappers. Black and white illustrations Slight edgwear else near fine.
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A Manual of the Writings in Middle English 1050-1500

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A Manual of the Writings in Middle English 1050-1500
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Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
CT: Archon Books, 1989. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good plus. Hardcover is lightly rubbed at spine ends and corners, corners lightly bumped.
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The Case of Sergeant Grischa by ZWEIG, Arnold

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Title
The Case of Sergeant Grischa
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ZWEIG, Arnold
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Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
New York: Viking, 1928. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Good hardcover. First US edition. Text clean. Stamp on front endpaper. Corners on cover bent. Fading to black cover.
The Night In Question (Signed Limited Edition)

The Night In Question (Signed Limited Edition) by WOLFF, Tobias

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The Night In Question (Signed Limited Edition)
Author
WOLFF, Tobias
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Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. 27 pages. A limited edition of 1500 copies which contains the title story from the collection. A cloth edition issued without a dustjacket but in a wraparound sleeve that resembles the jacket. A fine copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine and in a near fine wraparound band that resembles the dust jacket. Signed by Wolfe.
My Experiences in Color Photography

My Experiences in Color Photography by WOLFF, Paul, Alfred Tritschler, and Rudolf Hermann

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My Experiences in Color Photography
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WOLFF, Paul, Alfred Tritschler, and Rudolf Hermann
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Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
New York: Grayson Publishing Corp. in cooperation with Cinefot International Corp, 1952. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Features text by Dr. Paul Wolff translated into English by Warner S. Fictor and with an appreciation and supplement by Jacob Deschin. Includes 54 color plates of works by Dr. Paul Wolff, Alfred Tritschler, and Rudolf Hermann. A near fine copy in green cloth boards with a former owner's small rubberstamp to the front free endpaper and pastedown and in an about very good dust jacket with several tears and some tape repairs.
Art of the Third Reich

Art of the Third Reich by ADAM, Peter (text); Phyllis Freeman (editor); Bob McKee (design); Uta Hoffman (photo editor)

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Art of the Third Reich
Author
ADAM, Peter (text); Phyllis Freeman (editor); Bob McKee (design); Uta Hoffman (photo editor)
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Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1992. First Edition. Quarto (27cm); gray cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in light gray on spine; dustjacket; [6],7-332pp; black-and-white photographic halftones and colorful illustrations throughout. This copy is from the library of noted poet, translator, and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn (1928-2024), with his pictorial bookplate to front pastedown. Trace soil to rear cover; Very Good+. Dustwrapper has trivial surface wear; Very Good+. Based on Peter Adam's television series created for the BBC (1988), this text explores the art styles present throughout the Third Reich, with focus including National Socialist ideology, sculptures, architects, and building sites. Text concludes with notes, bibliography, and index. [87255].
Steel memorial. December 1, 1865

Steel memorial. December 1, 1865

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Steel memorial. December 1, 1865
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Rulon-Miller Books (United States)
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N.p., 1865. 8vo, pp. 15; original yellow wrappers, occasional tears, otherwise very good. Only two copies located in OCLC.
The Psycho-Biology of Language: An Introduction to Dynamic Philology

The Psycho-Biology of Language: An Introduction to Dynamic Philology by Zipf, George Kingsley; Miller, George A. (Intro.)

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The Psycho-Biology of Language: An Introduction to Dynamic Philology
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Zipf, George Kingsley; Miller, George A. (Intro.)
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Underground Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
Cambridge: The M.I.T. Press, 1968. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 8" X 5 1/2". xv, 336pp. Wear to pictorial paper wraps with rubbing, toning, creasing, and bumps to covers, corners, and edges. Toning and light dust-spotting to edges of text block. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: An investigation of speech as a form of behavior, examined in the manner of the exact sciences by the direct application of statistical principles to the objective speech-phenomena. The findings of an extensive investigation of the stream of speech which is viewed as but a series of communicative gestures, presented in such a manner that they will be readily available not only to the professional linguist, but to any serious reader interested in linguistic phenomena. The author provides evidence for example, that the length of a word, far from being a random matter, is closely related to the frequency of its usage-the greater the frequency, the shorter the word. It can furthermore be shown that either from speech-sounds, or from roots and affixes, or from words or phrases, that the more complex any speech-element is phonetically, the less frequently it occurs. All the author's evidence points quite conclusively to the existence of a fundamental condition of equilibrium between the form and function of speech-habits, or speech-patterns in any language.(Publisher).
Christian Theology: an historical catalogue, No. 232

Christian Theology: an historical catalogue, No. 232 by Allenson, Alec R.

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Christian Theology: an historical catalogue, No. 232
Author
Allenson, Alec R.
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Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition
A near fine copy.
Description
Naperville, IL: Alec R. Allenson, Inc., 1964. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. A near fine copy.. Unpaged. 8vo. 100 items listed.
The V.I.P.s (Dell 9335)

The V.I.P.s (Dell 9335) by Albert, Marvin H

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The V.I.P.s (Dell 9335)
Author
Albert, Marvin H
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Yesterday's Muse Books (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
New York: Dell, 1963. 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good. 6x4x0. First paperback printing. Pages faintly toned. 1963 Mass Market Paperback. 192 pp. Film still of Richard Burton kissing Elizabeth Taylor's cheek on front and back cover. A group of ultra-wealthy travelers have a life-altering day of thrills at an airport.

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