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Al Vostro Servizio by KIPPENBERGER, Martin, Jochen Krüger, and Achim Duchow

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Title: Al Vostro Servizio
Author: KIPPENBERGER, Martin, Jochen Krüger, and Achim Duchow
Seller: Harper's Books (United States)
Condition: Very faint fading to spine, else a remarkably fine copy in bold illustrated wrappers. Only two OCLC records located, both of the
Description: [Hamburg: Self-published], 1977. Very faint fading to spine, else a remarkably fine copy in bold illustrated wrappers. Only two OCLC records located, both of them in Switzerland; MoMA also records a copy. A Kippenberger rarity.. First Edition. Octavo. One of only 100 copies of Martin Kippenberger's first artist's book; a collaborative project with Achim Duchow and Jochen Krüger, published on the occasion of a group exhibition staged at Kippenberger's Hamburg apartment (Oct. 28, 1977). Kippenberger's contribution—credited to Kippy Kippensberger (pp. 74-120)—includes dozens of xerographic reproductions of his early cycle of black-and-white Florence paintings (Uno di voi, un tedesco in Firenze), accompanied by a transcript of his conversation with the German actor Balduin Baas from just a few days before the exhibition's opening. Forming the mid-section, Jochen Krüger's chiaroscuro street photography imbues this volume with the feel of a Provoke publication. (Koch 1).

Shinshū sosetsu 慎終疏節 [Simple Ceremonies for the Final Send-off] by NAKAMURA, Tekisai 中村惕斎

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Title: Shinshū sosetsu 慎終疏節 [Simple Ceremonies for the Final Send-off]
Author: NAKAMURA, Tekisai 中村惕斎
Seller: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description: 12 full-page hand-colored woodcut illus. (each with several figures, some with text) & one black & white full-page illus. 61 folding leaves. Four parts in one vol. 8vo, orig. wrappers, orig. block-printed title label on upper cover, new stitching. [Japan, probably Kyoto]: Preface dated 1690. First edition, and very rare, of this work on funerary rites by Nakamura (1629-1702/03), written in classical Chinese with Japanese kunten reading marks. The 12 woodcut illustrations have been beautifully colored by hand at an early date. Nakamura, who probably had a merchant background, was a Neo-Confucian scholar in the early Tokugawa period and he and Ito Jinsai (1627-1705) were considered the preeminent scholars of their generation. Nakamura wrote the first illustrated encyclopedia to be published in Japan. His Neo-Confucian learning, influenced by Zhu Xi (1130-1200) and largely focused on ritual, is seen in this work on funerary rites. When it comes to sons’ and daughters’ respectful acts towards their kin, the ceremonies of birthdays and funerals must all be carried out according to ritual in order to be called filially pious. The ritual of carrying out the veneration of a birthday, however, can be slowly discussed in advance. Only the handling of the ceremony of a funeral arrives suddenly, and the texts on the topic are many and complicated. Even though one has once practiced it in the past, when misfortune suddenly strikes, the ritual is confused and panicked and cannot be handled alone. In words reminiscent of the precise Confucian textual scholarship that was on the rise in Japan in this period, Nakamura wrote (in trans.) that the abandonment of the method of ritual in later ages makes the ancient ways particularly difficult to restore, even more so as the customs of our country are shallow, having been separated from the teaching and not knowing that there is such a thing as the rituals of the former kings [of Chinese antiquity]. Nakamura had thus made the present book “in four juan on the basis of Master Zhu [Xi’s] funerary rituals, presenting a summary of what is commonly followed by the learned.” Nakamura’s book explais the process in detail, beginning with the handling of a terminally sick person before death. A commentary expounds on the instructions. The fine hand-colored woodcuts depict coffins, garments and undergarments for the deceased, furniture and decorations for ceremonies, banners, wooden pillows, tombs, ornate palanquins, lanterns, how to lower the coffin into the tomb, a mausoleum, tombstones, and a black & white depiction of the seating plan according to family relationship. Our copy contains a Preface dated late in 1690. We find no copy in WorldCat. Very good copy. Some worming throughout, carefully mended and mostly marginal.

Food, Sex and TV. Fast, Easy and Fun by [Food/Art]; Heinecken, Robert; Suzanne Pastor

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Title: Food, Sex and TV. Fast, Easy and Fun
Author: [Food/Art]; Heinecken, Robert; Suzanne Pastor
Seller: Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink (United States)
Description: Kassel: Fotoforum Kassel, 1983. Oblong octavo (16.5 x 25 cm.), [24] pages. Illustrated in color and black & white. Text in English and in German. Chronology and a bibliography. FIRST EDITION, limited to twelve hundred unnumbered copies. A photographic artist book published on the occasion of the 1983 exhibition of photographic works by the Los Angeles-based Robert Heinecken who took on the subjects of food, sex and tv. The work here was conceptualized and realized by Suzanne Pastor. Included are images from the series of documentary photograms of Heinecken's breakfast or dinner (1971). Near fine in photo-illustrated wrappers.

Trial of the Case of the Commonwealth versus David Lee Child, for publishing ... a libel of the Honorable John Keyes .... by Whitman, John W (reporter) - LAW - PRESS - PUBLISHING

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Title: Trial of the Case of the Commonwealth versus David Lee Child, for publishing ... a libel of the Honorable John Keyes ....
Author: Whitman, John W (reporter) - LAW - PRESS - PUBLISHING
Seller: Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
Condition: Very good; light spotting to the title page.
Description: Boston: Dutton & Wentworth, 1829. First Edition.. Disbound.. Very good; light spotting to the title page.. 8vo, 119, [1] pp. Child - printer and abolitionist - accused Keyes - a State Senator - of corruption in the award of printing contracts for the printing of official documents of the state of Massachusetts. He was charged with criminal libel. The jury found Child guilty despite his counsel's eloquent defense of freedom of the press: public officials may not "entrench themselves behind" coercive legal "barriers when their public administration is called into question. It is not for them to close the door against official investigation, or check the spirit of free inquiry into public abuses, by threatening to bring down the strong arm of the law upon all who" criticize them. The trial also offers a good deal of particular information on the business practices of the print trade at this time and about printing. McCoy C-318; S & S #40671; Sabin #12702.

Journal of Pacific History - Volumes 1-11 in 13 pieces

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Title: Journal of Pacific History - Volumes 1-11 in 13 pieces
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Condition: Very Good
Description: Australian National University, 1966-1976. Very Good. Journal of Pacific History - Volumes 1-11 in 13 pieces. Canberra: Australian National University, 1966-1976. 4to. Paperback. Book condition: Very good; some shelf wear, corners bumped, former owner's signature on cover of vol. 1. Vols. 10 & 11 bound in 2 parts each.

The Mighty And The Almighty - 1st Edition/1st Printing by Albright, Madeleine

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Title: The Mighty And The Almighty - 1st Edition/1st Printing
Author: Albright, Madeleine
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Condition: As New
Description: Norwalk, CT: Easton Press. As New. 2006. First Edition; First Printing. Full-Leather. A special Limited As New first edition/first printing preceding the trade edition. This one SIGNED by the author, Madeleine Albright. A wonderful copy in As New condition, never taken out of its original shrink-wrap; Madeleine Albright, U. S. Secretary of state from 1997 to 2001 and author of Madam Secretary, offers a thoughtful perspective of the role of religion in shaping America’s approach to the world. Contains all of the classic Easton Press trimmings: premium leather, silk moiré end leaves, distinctive cover design, raised bands, accented in real 22KT gold, satin ribbon page marker, gilded page edges, long-lasting, high quality acid-neutral paper, sewn pages for strength and durability; 8vo; Signed by Author .

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Daughter of Fortune by Allende, Isabel and translated by Margaret Sayers Peden

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Title: Daughter of Fortune
Author: Allende, Isabel and translated by Margaret Sayers Peden
Seller: Books Tell You Why, Inc. (United States)
ISBN: 9780060194918
Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Description: New York: Harpercollinspublishers. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1999. Sixth Printing. Hardcover. 006019491x . A Fine Later printing in a Nearly Fine dust-jacket with some minor wear to the edges; Isabel Allende's Daughter of Fortune is the story of Alicia, a young woman of great beauty and privilege who must overcome the obstacles of class, family, and society to find her place in the world. Alicia's journey takes her from the opulence of the Spanish court to the poverty and obscurity of a French village, and finally to the riches and power of a Mexican empire. Along the way, Alicia is confronted by the temptations of power, love, and the divine.This highly anticipated translation of one of the most acclaimed novels of the twentieth century is an intimate and powerful story of self-discovery.; 8vo; 399 pages; MR, Price check? .

Album

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Title: Album
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Description: n.p.: n.d., [late 19th century]. 4to, approx. 200 blank pp., original embossed limp calf, a bit worn at the edges and with some hairline cracks, else good and sound, or better.

Autograph signature of the noted Austrian contralto and mezzo-soprano by SCHUMANN-HEINK, Ernestine 1861-1936

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Title: Autograph signature of the noted Austrian contralto and mezzo-soprano
Author: SCHUMANN-HEINK, Ernestine 1861-1936
Seller: J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
Description: On a slip of paper 68 x 109 mm. Dated London, March 27, 1909. In black ink. Slightly creased; right edge slightly frayed, not affecting signature. Together with a three-quarter length vintage photograph of Schumann-Heink by the White Studio in New York, ca. 177 x 126 mm. "Between 1897 and 1901 Schumann-Heink took part in four consecutive Covent Garden seasons, and became a regular member of the Metropolitan company for a similar period (1898-1903), returning subsequently for single seasons only. By then she had begun the series of popular and profitable cross-country American concert tours that occupied much of the rest of her long career. In 1909 she returned to Dresden to sing the part of Clytemnestra in the première of Elektra. Although she could sing (and very well) virtually anything, her English and American stage career centred on Wagner; and it was as Erda that she bade farewell to the Metropolitan in 1932, still captivating the audience, as the American critic Olin Downes wrote, with 'knowledge and imagination embodied in the tone and in every syllable of the text she delivered so memorably'. These words well describe the effect vividly conveyed by her Erda and Waltraute recordings made less than three years before. Although largely unrepresentative of her serious repertory, her many other recordings, made over a period of 25 years, give a splendid impression of her powers: of her opulent and flexible tones from low D to high B, the amazing fullness and evenness of her shake, her artistic conviction, dramatic temperament and vivid enunciation. Among them should be mentioned the brindisi from Lucrezia Borgia (several versions, all good), the prison scene from Le prophète, 'Parto, parto' from La clemenza di Tito, and the duet with Caruso ('Ai nostri monti') from Il trovatore." Desmond Shawe-Taylor in Grove Music Online.

OLD SHIRTS AND NEW SKINS by Alexie, Sherman

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Title: OLD SHIRTS AND NEW SKINS
Author: Alexie, Sherman
Seller: Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA (United States)
ISBN: 9780935626360
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Los Angeles: Univ of California Library, 1993. First edition, first prnt. Perfect-bound illustrated wraps. Foreword by Adrian C. Louis. Illustrated by Elizabeth Woody. No. 9 in the publisher's" Native American Series." Beginning toning on spine. Unread copy in Near Fine condition.. First Edition. Soft Cover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.The image is of the book described and not a stock photo.

The Big Something by PADGETT, Ron

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Title: The Big Something
Author: PADGETT, Ron
Seller: James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC (United States)
Condition: As new.
Description: (Great Barrington, MA): The Figures, (1990). First edition. As new.. 12mo, original wrappers. As new.

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