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Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome

Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome by BURTON Richard F.

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Seller: Bauman Rare Books
Title
Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome
Author
BURTON Richard F.
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Bauman Rare Books (United States)
Description
1864. First Edition. BURTON, Richard F. A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome. With Notices of the So Called ""Amazons,"" The Grand Customs, The Yearly Customs, The Human Sacrifices, The Present State of the Slave Trade, and the Negro's Place in Nature. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1864. Two volumes. Octavo, 20th-century three-quarter tan calf, raised bands, burgundy morocco spine labels, top edges gilt, uncut. $4500.First edition of this account of Burton’s last major expedition in West Africa, handsomely bound.In late 1863, while serving as British Consul in West Africa, Burton traveled to the Kingdom of Dahome in order to establish trade relationships, to protest the kingdom's involvement in the slave trade, and to investigate charges that King Gelele participated in ritual human sacrifice. Burton traveled in full pomp, with hundreds of porters and assistants, but the king refused him a private audience. As preparations for the yearly custom began, Burton demanded no one be killed in his presence. ""In deference to him— or to his Queen— the victims were slaughtered at night — 'the evil nights,' said Burton— the king cutting off the first head himself"" (Rice, 379). Unlike earlier travelers, Burton sought an unprejudiced explanation for the practices, despite his own revulsion. When he protested to Gelele, ""the king had his answers. It was the English who long ago had initiated the slave trade… and as for the custom [of sacrifice, the king] slew only malefactors and prisoners of war… It had been a frustrating, disappointing, unsuccessful trip, and psychologically the king had been Burton's master… Only Burton's magnificent two-volume work on his efforts served to offset his disappointments"" (Rice, 380). Each volume with an engraved frontispiece. With page 181 of Volume II misnumbered 381, as called for in Penzer. Penzer, 72-73. Casada 47. Bookplates.Interior generally fine, with marginal paper repairs to pp.23-44 in Volume I. Handsomely bound.
Pair of Manuscript Medical Lecture Notebooks kept by an unidentified student at New York University Medical School, 1847-1848

Pair of Manuscript Medical Lecture Notebooks kept by an unidentified student at New York University Medical School, 1847-1848

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Pair of Manuscript Medical Lecture Notebooks kept by an unidentified student at New York University Medical School, 1847-1848
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Michael Brown Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Description
two volumes, 12mo, 107, 138 manuscript pages, bound in original roan backed boards, entries written in pencil in a legible hand, very good, clean and legible condition. Manuscript lecture notes on the lectures of Granville Sharp Pattison (1791-1851), Valentine Mott (1785-1865), Gunning S. Bedford (1806-1870), Martyn Paine (1794-1877), Samuel Henry Dickson (1798-1872). An interesting pair of medical lecture notes kept by an early medical student of New York University Medical School, New York University College of Medicine was founded in 1841. These notes were taken at the lectures of four of its founders: Drs. Bedford, Mott, Paine and Pattison. Dickson was hired in 1847 but remained there only three years, he was subsequently appointed to Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia.
La Testa di Alvise ("The Head of Alvise")

La Testa di Alvise ("The Head of Alvise") by Lina Wertmuller

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La Testa di Alvise ("The Head of Alvise")
Author
Lina Wertmuller
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Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
Milan: Romanzo Rizzoli Editore, 1981. Original wraps. Near Fine. SIGNED BY LINA WERTMULLER on the half-title. A very sharp copy to boot of the September 1981 true 1st edition ("prima edizione"). Clean and Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers. The only published novel by this major Italian film director (1928-2021).
The Peculiar People, a Christian Monthly Devoted to Jewish Interests. 28 issues: Vol. II, Nos. 1, 2, 7, 8, 10, 11 (1889-1890); Vol. III, Nos. 1-3, 5-10, 12(1890-1891); and Vol. IV, Nos. 1-10 (1891-1892)

The Peculiar People, a Christian Monthly Devoted to Jewish Interests. 28 issues: Vol. II, Nos. 1, 2, 7, 8, 10, 11 (1889-1890); Vol. III, Nos. 1-3, 5-10, 12(1890-1891); and Vol. IV, Nos. 1-10 (1891-1892)

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The Peculiar People, a Christian Monthly Devoted to Jewish Interests. 28 issues: Vol. II, Nos. 1, 2, 7, 8, 10, 11 (1889-1890); Vol. III, Nos. 1-3, 5-10, 12(1890-1891); and Vol. IV, Nos. 1-10 (1891-1892)
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McBlain Books (United States)
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1892. Paperback. Fair. Original wrappers present on all issues although some are heavily chipped and detached. Ex lib. ("Hamilton College Library" stamped on all issues). Monthly periodical printed by the American Sunday Sabbath Tract Society in Alfred Centre, NY. Edited by Rev. William C. Daland of Leonardsville, NY. Aimed at converting Jews to Christianity.
Up & Down the Beach

Up & Down the Beach by METHOT, June

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Up & Down the Beach
Author
METHOT, June
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Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
(Navesink, New Jersey: Whip Publishers, 1988. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Quarto. 208pp. Illustrated. Fine in fine dust jacket. Warmly Inscribed by the author.
Scraps of Biography: Tenth Book of the Faith-Promoting Series

Scraps of Biography: Tenth Book of the Faith-Promoting Series

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Scraps of Biography: Tenth Book of the Faith-Promoting Series
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Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
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Good
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Salt Lake City, UT: Juvenile Instruction Office, 1883. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 104pp. Sextodecimo [18.5 cm] Blue cloth covered boards with a gilt stamped title on the front board, and blind stamped decorative borders on the covers. The covers are rubbed and periodically stained and darkened. The front free endpaper has 2 previous owners' names, with the dates "1903" and "1936", and there are very occasional pencil markings (along with one notation) in the text. The book is solid. Short biographies of John Tanner and Newel Knight intended for younger readers. Flake 7599.
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SOUNDS BEFORE SLEEP by Aitchison, James

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SOUNDS BEFORE SLEEP
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Aitchison, James
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THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY (United States)
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SOUNDS BEFORE SLEEP, Hogarth Press, 1971, first edition, fine in vg+ dust-wrapper save for some wear and tear to the head of the dust-wrapper spine. The author/poets first book. Poetry.
EOP Newsline. Vol. 2 issue 4 (Dec. 1975)

EOP Newsline. Vol. 2 issue 4 (Dec. 1975)

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EOP Newsline. Vol. 2 issue 4 (Dec. 1975)
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Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
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San Jose: Educational Opportunity Program, San Jose State University, 1975. newsletter. Single sheet printed front and back, fold crease, toning and edgewear. Brief news items include an article about the Public Media Committee of the school's Asian American Studies Department, which sought to combat stereotypical depictions in film and television.

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