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Manuscript archive of the organizer of the auction of the collections of the Osada family in Osaka by KAJIMAYA OSADA SAKUBEI 加島屋長田作兵衛 AUCTION

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Title: Manuscript archive of the organizer of the auction of the collections of the Osada family in Osaka
Author: KAJIMAYA OSADA SAKUBEI 加島屋長田作兵衛 AUCTION
Seller: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description: Osaka: 1868. The Osada Sakubei merchant family in Osaka, one of the wealthiest of that great business city, was founded in 1626. Initially rice brokers, they soon expanded into the very lucrative business of providing loans to powerful feudal lords (daimyō). With the establishment of the Meiji Restoration in 1868 and the abolition of the domain system, the traditional function of Japanese merchant banks was transformed, and the Osada Sakubei, unable to adapt by finding other clients, went bankrupt in 1874, due to the high number of unpaid debts from the feudal domains. As their business collapsed, the family’s first step to raise funds was to sell their collection of art and cultural items, which included tea ceremony tools, luxury furnishings, paintings, vertical scrolls, many notable porcelains, etc. This collection of materials is related to the auction, which took place on 23 August 1868 (Keiō 4), considered an auspicious day by its organizer, Funaya Hisatarō 船屋久太郎 (also known as Funakyū 船久). 1. The wrapper for this archive is entitled on the upper side in manuscript “Osaka Osada shi dōgu nyūsatsu” 大阪長田氏道具入札 (“Auction for Mr. Osada’s Collection in Osaka”). The wrapper is charming, with the original flaps and string ties. 2. “Rakusatsu chō” 落札帳 (“Results & Buyers’ Names”). This manuscript contains the final prices for the lots, brief descriptions of the items, and buyers’ names. Each has the seal of approval. 89 folding leaves, 8vo (245 x 172 mm.), orig. self-wrappers, stitched as issued. 3. “Kaozuke chō” 顔付帳 (“Agenda of Preliminary Meetings”). The auctioneers’ staff had meetings on 21, 22, and 23 August, and this is the list of tasks and who was responsible. 4 folding leaves, oblong agenda format (125 x 345 mm.), orig. self-wrappers, stitched as issued. 4. “Nyūsatsu dōgu atetzuke chō” 入札道具当付帳 (“Items for Bidding, Gathered”). The inventory of the sale with lot numbers and object descriptions, followed by trade symbols, which we cannot decipher. 21 folding leaves, oblong agenda format (125 x 324 mm.), orig. self-wrappers, stitched as issued. 5. “Takajime chō” 高〆帳 (“Tally Book”). A fascinating document providing the names of the buyers and the sums of their purchases. 6 folding leaves, oblong agenda format (125 x 347 mm.), orig. self-wrappers, stitched as issued. 6. “Mawashi banzuke chō” 廻シ番付帳 (“Seating Arrangement & Final Bids Register”). The hierarchical seating arrangement is still observed at Japanese book auctions. 13 folding leaves, oblong agenda format (125 x 347 mm.), orig. self-wrappers, stitched as issued. 7. “Kinsen shutsunyū chō” 金銭出入帳 (“Receipts & Payments Account Book”). 4 folding leaves, oblong agenda format (125 x 347 mm.), orig. self-wrappers, stitched as issued. 8. “Zatsuyō chō” 雑用帳 (“Miscellaneous Memoranda”). 4 folding leaves, oblong agenda format (125 x 347 mm.), orig. self-wrappers, stitched as issued. 9. “…Sho nyūyō to kōkoku nado uchiawase” 諸入用と広告など打合せ (“Memoranda of Matters Related to Advertisements and Miscellaneous Subjects”). The expenses for advertising the sale. 4 folding leaves, oblong agenda format (123 x 325 mm.), orig. self-wrappers, orig. stitching. 10. A bundle of 14 sheets, tied at head with the original string, of invoices and receipts. Some appear with names, their seals, addresses, and company names. Fine condition. Archives of this sort rarely survive.

DR. SCOTT, THE VIGILANCE COMMITTEE AND THE CHURCH. A LECTURE BY W. CARROLL, DELIVERED IN MUSICAL HALL, SAN FRANCISCO, OCT. 12, 1856 by [Wiegand, Conrad]

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Title: DR. SCOTT, THE VIGILANCE COMMITTEE AND THE CHURCH. A LECTURE BY W. CARROLL, DELIVERED IN MUSICAL HALL, SAN FRANCISCO, OCT. 12, 1856
Author: [Wiegand, Conrad]
Seller: David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC (United States)
Description: San Francisco: Whitton, Towne & Co, 1856. 52pp. Disbound with light to moderate foxing, Good+. Wiegand, who entered the copyright, was the 25-year old assayer of the U.S. Mint in San Francisco. He published this Lecture, under the pseudonym ' W. Carroll,' to answer the "vituperations" of his critics; and to raise money for himself "on the eve of being turned out of office for the exercise of my constitutionally guaranteed rights as a free American citizen." Wiegand had come to the defence of Reverend Scott who, virtually alone among area clergy, had denounced the Vigilance Committee and its "Lynch law court." Though he supports the Committee, Wiegand opposes the harsh proscription of Dr. Scott. In the course of this lengthy lecture, he arraigns "the lamentable corruption of our public Press" and many powerful people, including federal authorities. These include especially his boss, J. Ross Browne, who would fire him, and "those poor miserable drivellers, the Gwins, the Wellers, and the minor lights, who tormented Mr. Browne into such action." Wiegand's combative nature evidently was unnoticed when he later moved to Nevada. In the Appendix of 'Roughing It', Mark Twain calls him a "lamb." FIRST EDITION. Cohen 4205. Rocq 12820. Cowan 682. Greenwood 788. Not in Eberstadt, Decker, Soliday. OCLC 58933504 [1- CA State Lib.].

[TOBACCO PROHIBITION, ITALY 1734-1764]. Small collection of Proclamations, together 6 items (1 broadside + 5 bandi) by [TOBACCO PROHIBITION IN ITALY]

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Title: [TOBACCO PROHIBITION, ITALY 1734-1764]. Small collection of Proclamations, together 6 items (1 broadside + 5 bandi)
Author: [TOBACCO PROHIBITION IN ITALY]
Seller: Michael Laird Rare Books LLC (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: Sicily, Naples and Turin, 1764. Very good. Together 6 items: 1 broadside (46 x 34.5 cm) + 5 bandi (folio sheets, each folded once, various sizes, various wear, some signatures clipped, others supplied in manuscript, assorted manuscript annotations, extracted from bindings). Small but very interesting collection of Bandi on the prohibition of tobacco, all scarce (none are found in OCLC / FirstSearch). As there was no centralized government in Italy, the restrictions on Tobacco was a quagmire of regional taxation, restriction, and monopolization, as is attested by the bandi in the present collection. Increasing tobacco consumption in the Italian penensula merited the establishment of fiscal laws by various States. The present items illustrate the expansion of tobacco culture, and the disjointed governmental responses from Sicily, Naples, and Turin: 1. Broadside: Carlo [...] La Regia Giunta eretta da S.M. per il Dritto proibitivo del Tabacco (3 May 1758). 2. Noi il Conte d' Americo Amari [...] del gius proibitivo del Tabacco (23 January 1746), 2 pp. 3. Noi d' Michele Amari conte de S. Adriano [...] del Jus prohibendi del Tabacco (23 January 1740), 2 pp. 4. Noi Don Giuseppe Termine e Ferreri [...] del Jus prohibendi del Tabacco (30 November 1733), 1 p. 5. Manifesto Camerale per la vendita. de distribuzione del Tabacco nel Luogo di Refrancore (14 May 1762), 3 pp. with Tariffs. 6. 5. Manifesto Camerale che ristabilisce la vendita, e distribuzione del Tabacco nel Luogo di Rochetta Belbo (13 February 1764), 3 pp. with Tariffs.

An Account of the Origin, Symptoms, and Cure of the Influenza and Epidemic Catarrh .... by [Porter, Henry H]

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Title: An Account of the Origin, Symptoms, and Cure of the Influenza and Epidemic Catarrh ....
Author: [Porter, Henry H]
Seller: Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
Condition: Good; heavily spotted throughout; contemporary signature torn from the title page; spine worn; covers loosening.
Description: Philadelphia: Henry H Porter, 1832. First Edition. Publisher's original cloth backed boards with original orange glazed paper label on the front cover.. Good; heavily spotted throughout; contemporary signature torn from the title page; spine worn; covers loosening.. 8vo, 4 (adverts.) 80 pp. This copy with cogent annotations. Porter had a brief career as publisher in Philadelphia during the early 1830s. The book offered here was issued by the Journal of Health - another Porter project that failed in 1834 after four years. Porter, however, occupies an important place in the development of American medicine. Through his handful of separate publications and the journal he was unrelenting in his criticism of Thomsonians, botanical "doctors", homoeopaths, and purveyors of nostrums. He sought to bring medical care under the supervision of properly educated and trained physicians. Together with Jon Bell and David Condie they accounted for virtually all of the content in his publications. All of his publications are scarce in the market. See Atwater #2053.

Beasts from Belloc. A Selection of Poems from Hilaire Belloc's The Book of Beasts for Bad Children and More Beasts for Worse Children by Belloc, Hilaire; Sarah Chamberlain [Illustrator]

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Title: Beasts from Belloc. A Selection of Poems from Hilaire Belloc's The Book of Beasts for Bad Children and More Beasts for Worse Children
Author: Belloc, Hilaire; Sarah Chamberlain [Illustrator]
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: Portland, OR: The Chamberlain Press, 1982. Limited Edition. Fine. Limited edition. Copy #123 of 125, signed by Sarah Chamberlain. Bound by Barbara Blumenthal in decorative boards, with a morocco spine stamped in black. Fine. A lovely book of poems by the notable French-born author Hilaire Belloc illustrated with seventeen charming wood engravings by Chamberlain.

[Sheet music]: We Were Very Poor Together Mary by FOSDICK, W.W., words by, and Alfred Hopper, music by

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Title: [Sheet music]: We Were Very Poor Together Mary
Author: FOSDICK, W.W., words by, and Alfred Hopper, music by
Seller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Cincinnati: A.C. Peters & Brother, 1862. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Lithograph by Thomas Sinclair. Folio. 5pp. Wrappers. Notched and worn along the spine from once being bound within an album, scattered foxing, toning, and offsetting throughout, still a very good copy. For voice and piano. Plate imprint, "We were very poor - 3394 - 4." The front cover states, "To the members of the Cincinnati Sketch Club," which was actually a periodical called *The Sketch Club*, which was supported by local artists and patrons, and edited by W.W. Fosdick. This song was published the year Fosdick passed away; he is best remembered for his poem "Aura Lea," which was set to music by George R. Poulton. This piece is unrecorded by *OCLC* and appears to be equally scarce in the trade.

AUTHOR'S PROOF by Zara, Louis

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Title: AUTHOR'S PROOF
Author: Zara, Louis
Seller: Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press (United States)
Description: Skokie, IL: Black Cat Press, 1979. cloth, title gilt-stamped on spine, decoration gilt-stamped on front board, marbled endpapers. Miniature Books. miniature book (4.3 x 5.8 cm). cloth, title gilt-stamped on spine, decoration gilt-stamped on front board, marbled endpapers. 33, (3) pages. Limited to 249 copies. (Bradbury, Black Cat Press 55). Publisher's note by Norman Forque. Printed French-fold. With the miniature bookplate of Kathryn Rickard on the front pastedown.

Railroad Stories, Formerly Railroad Man's Magazine, Volume XXII, No. 5, October 1937 by William T. Dewart, President

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Title: Railroad Stories, Formerly Railroad Man's Magazine, Volume XXII, No. 5, October 1937
Author: William T. Dewart, President
Seller: Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
Description: New York City: The Frank A. Munsey Company, Publisher, 280 Broadway, 1937. Small 4to (9 7/8" x 6 7/8"); (A-D), 144pp; color pictorial wrapper featuring a train on the front and an ad for Camel cigarettes on the rear; chipping and small splits to edges, tape repair to verso front wrapper, paper age-toned, binding tight; very good minus. Railroad enthusiast's monthly magazine, the Table of Contents is divided into the following sections: Illustrated Features, Fiction, True Tales, and Popular Departments. See the Table of Contents in the Photos.

WIN: Peace and Freedom Through Nonviolent Action; Volume 3, Number 18, October 30, 1967 by Morris, Mark, managing editor

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Title: WIN: Peace and Freedom Through Nonviolent Action; Volume 3, Number 18, October 30, 1967
Author: Morris, Mark, managing editor
Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description: New York: New York Workshop in Nonviolence / War Resisters League, 1967. Magazine. 14p., stapled wraps, 8.5x11 inches, lightly worn, subscribers address printed on address pllate on rear cover, very good condition. Includes an articles and calls for the October 1967 days of resistence and other anti-draft, anti-Vietnam War actions.

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