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Evangelium: Book of Gospels by (Binding: Margarete Seeler)

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Title: Evangelium: Book of Gospels
Author: (Binding: Margarete Seeler)
Seller: Thorn Books (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: n.p.: n.p., n.d.. Hardcover. Fine. A magnificent binding incorporating panels by Margarete Seeler. The eight cloisonné panels and the cloisonné figure of Christ were commissioned by Chauncey Stillman in 1960. In 1983, Mr. Stillman caused the nine panels to be incorporated into hand-wrought metal covers and affixed to the leather binding of this Evangelium. The artist used copper panels with 18 carat gold for the nine enamels and all cloisonné wires. The metal support is fine pewter. Silver is used in the bezels of the semi-precious stones and in the three small panels which cover the silver nuts and bolts. The rear cross is outlined in seed pearls. The text is an extract of the four Gospels from a nineteenth century printing of an Allioli Bible in German. Manuscript notes designate the days on which excerpts are to be read in the Liturgy. A hand-calligraphed vellum page gives the history of the binding, and is signed by Chauncey Stillman, Margarete Seeler, and James Strait, the Abbot of Erlac Monastery, now extinct, for whom the binding was commissioned. Wear to the text pages, but the binding is in fine condition. Housed in a custom clamshell case. .

The Ingoldsby Legends (in 3 vols.) by [Fine Binding - Bayntun of Bath] Ingoldsby, Thomas [Richard Harris Barham]

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Title: The Ingoldsby Legends (in 3 vols.)
Author: [Fine Binding - Bayntun of Bath] Ingoldsby, Thomas [Richard Harris Barham]
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: London: Richard Bentley, 1855. Tenth edition. Fine. Three octavo volumes (7 5/8 x 4 3/4 in; 193 x 121 mm). xii, 338, [2]; iv, 288; vi, [2], 364 pp. Twenty engraved plates by George Cruikshank and John Leech, including frontispieces. Uniformly bound c. 1925 by Bayntun of Bath (stamp-signed to front turn-in) in full crushed blue morocco with a multi-colored pictorial onlay vignette to each upper cover, the vignette within an enchanting arabesque-bordered frame with extensive gilt dots as background. Wide turn-ins with triple fillets. Gilt rolled edges. Gilt ornamented raised bands. Gilt framed and ornamented compartments. All edges gilt. Pink marbled endpapers. A fine set, handsomely bound. The exquisite multi-color leather inlays on the front cover of each volume depict as follows: First Series: The Great Lord Cardinal from the Jackdaw of Rheims (opposite page 221) Second Series: Shylock from The Merchant of Venice (opposite page 45) Third Series: Sir Christopher Hatton from The House-Warming, A Legend of Bleeding-Heart Yard (opposite page 292) The Ingoldsby Legends are Richard Barham's famous series of often-macabre and politically-incorrect parodies of myths, legends and ghost stories, with illustrations by George Cruikshank and John Leech. Barham's pieces began appearing in Bentley's Miscellany in 1837 (at about the time Oliver Twist was appearing there), and were immensely popular with that journal's readers-so much so that they were subsequently collected in these three separately-published volumes. Though Barham's work is largely forgotten today, we do have several hold-overs from it-such as the tale from which Walt Disney devised "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" and the earliest published version of the children's poem about the dog "Bingo." George Bayntun (1873-1940) was the founder of Bayntun Bindery. Trained by apprenticeship with the Taylor family, Bayntun opened his own book bindery in 1894 dedicated to using traditional hand-crafted techniques and high-quality materials. The Bath-based firm acquired the Rivière Bindery in 1939, transforming into the "Bayntun-Riviere bindery," which is still in existence and family owned. Fine.

Juan Soto, Gobernador Constitucional del Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz, Considerando: Que la Justicia, el Honor Nacional y la Conveniencia Publica, Demandan Imperiosamente Que Sostengamos con Teson y a Todo Trance, la Guerra Que Ha Provocado la Desleal Republica Vecina... [caption title and first lines of text] by [Mexican-American War]

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Title: Juan Soto, Gobernador Constitucional del Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz, Considerando: Que la Justicia, el Honor Nacional y la Conveniencia Publica, Demandan Imperiosamente Que Sostengamos con Teson y a Todo Trance, la Guerra Que Ha Provocado la Desleal Republica Vecina... [caption title and first lines of text]
Author: [Mexican-American War]
Seller: McBride Rare Books (United States)
Condition: Very good.
Description: Huatusco: May 31, 1847. Very good.. Broadside decree, 17.5 x 11 inches. Printed on lined paper. Previously folded, with a couple of very small losses at central fold. Minor wear at edges. Light dust soiling and toning. A rare broadside decree that establishes guidelines for the collection of funds and donations for guerillas and their families continuing the fight against the American invasion around Veracruz in 1847. The important port city had fallen two months prior, and Santa Anna was routed at Cerro Gerro by Winfield Scott a month earlier. All that was left for Mexican forces in the region was sustained guerilla harassment of the American army. In this decree, a separate account from regular government monies is established for funds raised, and various government departments of the state of Veracruz are ordered to encourage donations and to publicize contributions, and children are even encouraged to contribute food to the soldiers. A desperate plea for a desperate situation; dated May 31, 1847, and signed in type by Veracruz state president Juan Soto in Huatusco, the temporary location of the displaced government. OCLC locates no other copies.

[Two Mounted Photos of an Electric Car Driven by Automotive Pioneer Dr. Carlos Booth] by [Automobiles]

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Title: [Two Mounted Photos of an Electric Car Driven by Automotive Pioneer Dr. Carlos Booth]
Author: [Automobiles]
Seller: McBride Rare Books (United States)
Condition: Very good.
Description: [New York: May 30, 1896. Very good.. Two mounted albumen photographs, 3.75 x 4.75 inches on cards 4.25 x 5.25 inches. Contemporary ink annotations on mounts, minor wear and soiling. Two photographs of one of the vehicles in the second-ever American automobile race, which began in New York City and ended in Westchester County, near our offices. The first race was held on Thanksgiving Day in 1895; this race was run six months later, on May 30, 1896. Six cars participated, five of which were imported from Europe. The sixth car was a DIY affair built by Dr. Carlos Booth, an Ohio physician who disliked horses and had eagerly embraced the new horseless carriage. Thus, these photos would seem to show one of the first-ever American-built cars. Both show the car at the starting point in City Hall Park in Manhattan, one with a view of the front of the car and the other showing the rear of the vehicle. Dr. Booth's car did not win the race, alas, but it did manage to reach the finish line in Ardsley.

Primera parte de la Choronica avgvstiniana de Mechoacan. En qve se tratan, y escriuen las vidas de nueue varones apostólicos, Augustinianos by Juan González de la Puente (1580-16?) and Nicolás León from the library of George Foster

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Title: Primera parte de la Choronica avgvstiniana de Mechoacan. En qve se tratan, y escriuen las vidas de nueue varones apostólicos, Augustinianos
Author: Juan González de la Puente (1580-16?) and Nicolás León from the library of George Foster
Seller: The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: 509+ix pages. Octavo (8 3/4" x 6 1/2") bound in quarter leather with raised spine bands over marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine. Published under the direction of Bishop Plancarte y Navarrete, with a brief bibliographical note by Nicolas Leon. From the library of George Foster. Second edition. Juan Gonzalez de la Puente, born a Spaniard, undertook to chronicle the Augustinians in Michoacan and to write the lives of nine "apostolic varones". Part 1 of his Chronica appeared not long after its composition about 1623. In 1630 the chapter meeting of his province in Tiripitio, Michoacan, authorized him to publish the second part, but no trace of part 2 has to date been uncovered. In the extant manuscript, he wrote the biographies of the nine friars, scattered over three books. They are Juan Bautista de Moya, Juan de Median Rincon, Diego de Chaves, Sebastian de Trasierra, Francisco de Acosta, Juan de Montalvo, Francisco Lopez, Pedro de Vera and Diego de Villarubia. As a matter of fact, none of these belonged to the Michoacan province, but were from Santisimo Nombre in Mexico City; but as they had been active in Michoacan, before the latter was an officially established province, Puente included them. Book 1 contains no lives of these men, but instead is devoted to a wide range of topics. Among them is the discovery of the New World, the conquest of Mexico, and Augustinian activities in Mexico after arrival, as well as in Persia and the Orient. Book 2 contains biographies of the first five missionaries and recounts, in entire chapters, Augustinian efforts among the Indians of Michoacan as well as to missions in China and Japan. The remaining four missionaries appear in book 3, which completes the account (to his times) of the Augustinian ministry to the Tarascans. At the edge of the text Puente indicates his main sources. His ideas are easy to follow, but occasionally he lapses into a diffuse style, especially when extolling the virtues of his brethren. He also has a predilection for the unusual and the extraordinary. His Choronicaof Michoacan appeared in the same year (1624) as Grijalva's of Mexico, although the latter province had been founded some 67 years earlier. A relative rare work, the 1624 edition of which this was reissue.George McClelland Foster, Jr born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on October 9, 1913, died on May 18, 2006, at his home in the hills above the campus of the University of California, Berkeley, where he served as a professor from 1953 to his retirement in 1979, when he became professor emeritus. His contributions to anthropological theory and practice still challenge us; in more than 300 publications, his writings encompass a wide diversity of topics, including acculturation, long-term fieldwork, peasant economies, pottery making, public health, social structure, symbolic systems, technological change, theories of illness and wellness, humoral medicine in Latin America, and worldview. The quantity, quality, and long-term value of his scholarly work led to his election to the National Academy of Sciences in 1976. Virtually all of his major publications have been reprinted and/or translated. Provenance from the executor of Foster's library laid in.Condition:Spine sunned, some shelf wear and fore edge wear, points rubbed, pages age toned, George Foster's stamp to title else about very good.

KAWS One by KAWS

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Title: KAWS One
Author: KAWS
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Condition: Fine in illustrated boards, in a fine obi.
Description: Tokyo: Little More, 2001. Fine in illustrated boards, in a fine obi.. First Edition. Small quarto. The artist's second book, published in conjunction with a 2001 solo show at Parco Gallery, Tokyo. Classic ad disruptions and the Kimpsons.

A Correct List of the Members of the Last House of Commons, distinguished according to their Votes in certain late public Questions, in which the Rights and Liberties of the People were essentially concerned.

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Title: A Correct List of the Members of the Last House of Commons, distinguished according to their Votes in certain late public Questions, in which the Rights and Liberties of the People were essentially concerned.
Seller: Savoy Books (United States)
Description: London: For J. Almon and Debrett, 1780. Book. Double folio broadside, 32 x 21 1/2 inches, untrimmed. Folded, worn and separated along folds, with occasional loss of letters. Large anti-royalist broadside which lists votes on 6 questions such as payment of the King's debts, abolishing the Board of Trade, and decreasing the Crown's influence. Each member is listed by name, together with his voting record, and his ties to royalty, if any. The list is followed by an anonymous address "To the Electors of Great-Britain", anti-corruption in theme, with mention of the expense of the American war..

AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, FROM WASHINGTON, 15 FEBRUARY 1827, TO HUGH PEEBLES, CONCERNING WOOL'S MORTGAGE ON REAL ESTATE WHICH PEEBLES WISHES TO SELL by Wool, John E.

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Title: AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, FROM WASHINGTON, 15 FEBRUARY 1827, TO HUGH PEEBLES, CONCERNING WOOL'S MORTGAGE ON REAL ESTATE WHICH PEEBLES WISHES TO SELL
Author: Wool, John E.
Seller: David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC (United States)
Description: Single leaf, 7-7/8" x 9-5/8," Old folds, entirely in Wool's hand in neat ink manuscript. Signed at the end, with a flourish, John E. Wool. Very Good. Wool writes that he "has recently been informed that you are about, or have already agreed, to sell your house and lot, on which I presume I have a mortgage, to E. Wilson Esqr. Apprehensive that you may have been induced to the agreement, under the expectation that I should indulge Mr. Wilson in the payment of the mortgage, I conceive it my duty to inform you, that, when Mr. Wilson suggested to me the idea of purchasing the property in anticipation of such indulgence, I expressly stated to him it could not be granted and that I could not consent to any arrangement other than that which existed between you and myself." Wool acknowledges that "the subject is a delicate one, and relates to a family nearly connected with Mrs Wool." After his signature, Wool appends a postscript, stating that he "should be pleased to receive a line from you on the subject of this letter." [With:] 5-3/8" x 7-1/4" engraved portrait of General John E. Wool (toning, staining to edges). New York: Johnson, Fry & Co., 1858. Facsimile signature beneath engraving. When he wrote this Letter Wool, a career Army man, was Inspector-General of the Army. During the course of his long career-- which included service in the War of 1812, the Mexican War, and the Civil War-- he earned a well-deserved reputation as an extraordinarily capable soldier and organizer. The oldest general on either side of the Civil War, the 77-year-old Wool commanded the Department of the East.

1829 – A letter from a young man to his cousin, who he fears is romantically toying with one of his friends by “Edward C.

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Title: 1829 – A letter from a young man to his cousin, who he fears is romantically toying with one of his friends
Author: “Edward C.
Seller: Kurt A. Sanftleben (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, 1829. Envelope or Cover. Very good. This three-page stampless letter was written by “Edward C.” in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania to his cousin, Louisa Elliott in Harrisburg. It is dated May 14th, 1829, and bears a double-circle Huntingdon postmark dated May 15 along with a somewhat ornate manuscript “Paid 12½” rate mark. In this letter, Edward questions his cousin with regard to her affection for her fiancé, his friend “K”, while expressing some rather harsh opinions regarding the fickleness of women and beseeches her to contact K rather than flirting with others. It reads in part: “I received a letter from K. by last Monday’s mail. He speaks of you as one not altogether indifferent to him. He says change of places may . . . produce change of feelings, although he says he does not fear it. . .. Does he place too much confidence in you or is he deceiving himself” From your letters to me, I suspect he is, and that grossly, notwithstanding you took the precaution to say that you were only almost in Love!!! Did I not tell you often that if you was away you would soon forget him? Think well of what you are doing. I know that it is the nature and disposition of the females to fall almost in love with every new face they meet provided the person pays them a little attention. I do not say that is really the case with you but it might be. It is not right to be flirting about with every fellow that wears a fine coat and more particularly after you have solemnly engaged yourself to another. . .. Louisa cast not off a well time love for a pleasant or good looking Esau. K. says that you have not replied to his two last letters. He says it may mean something. He regrets very much that the chance of communications between you & him is broken by your absence. . .. Write you do write to him he says he will not know where to direct his letters. Write to him then Louisa put his poor heart at rest. I have fellow-feeling for him or any . . . who has been so unfortunate as to fall in love. I have given you [this information so] you can decide whether you will write or not. . .. Do as you think best and all will be well.”. This relationship scenario sounds like it could have been pulled from an American version of a romantic Regency Era novel.

The Cockpit by ZANGWILL, Israel

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Title: The Cockpit
Author: ZANGWILL, Israel
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description: New York: Macmillan, 1921. First Edition. First Printing. (Nov. 1921); Octavo (19.5cm.); blue boards titled in gilt on spine; dustjacket; uncut pages; 264pp.; light rubbing along bottom edge and corners; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $1.60) light rubbing and edgewear; chipping to extremities including spine ends; Very Good.

Contes D'Andersen [INSCRIBED by TRANSLATOR] by Andersen, Hans Christian, Paul Leyssac (translator) and Vilhelm Pedersen (illustrator)

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Title: Contes D'Andersen [INSCRIBED by TRANSLATOR]
Author: Andersen, Hans Christian, Paul Leyssac (translator) and Vilhelm Pedersen (illustrator)
Seller: Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
Condition: vg
Description: Paris: Librairie Stock, 1930. Fourth edition. Softcover. vg. 8vo. 224 pp. Decorative paper wrappers. Inscribed by translator on title page "Pour Stephen Green. En souvenir d'une matinee de l'alliance Americaine de Boston. Le 11 mars 1933." Illustrated with a number of lovely-quaint b/w facsimile drawings of scenes from the story line. Includes a b/w facsimile photograph of the birthplace of Hans Christian Andersen at Odense, Denmark cut out from a newspaper that someone has laid in the book as well as a publisher's advertisement. In French, translated from the Dutch. Uneven pages. Some age wear to wrappers, otherwise book is in very good condition.

Young socialist, vol. 9, no. 2 (Whole Number 67), Nov.-Dec. 1965 by Sheppard, Barry, editor

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Title: Young socialist, vol. 9, no. 2 (Whole Number 67), Nov.-Dec. 1965
Author: Sheppard, Barry, editor
Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description: New York: Young Socialist Alliance, 1965. 31p., stapled wraps, 8.25 x 10.75 inches, illus., wraps worn, staples rusted, previous owner's name penned on first page else very good condition. Cover story on the Bring the Troops Home Movement and the recent protests against the Vietnam war.

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