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Ordnance Instructions for the Confederate States Navy Relating to the Preparation of Vessels of War for Battle, to the Duties of Officers and Others When at Quarters, to Ordnance and Ordnance Stores, and to Gunnery.; Published by order of the Navy Department

Ordnance Instructions for the Confederate States Navy Relating to the Preparation of Vessels of War for Battle, to the Duties of Officers and Others When at Quarters, to Ordnance and Ordnance Stores, and to Gunnery.; Published by order of the Navy Department

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Ordnance Instructions for the Confederate States Navy Relating to the Preparation of Vessels of War for Battle, to the Duties of Officers and Others When at Quarters, to Ordnance and Ordnance Stores, and to Gunnery.; Published by order of the Navy Department
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Bartlebys Books (United States)
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London, England: Saunders, Otley & Co.). (Printed by Spottiswoode and Co.), 1864. Third edition (i.e., first and only Confederate edition). 8vo. xix, 171, cix pp. 21 plates (17 lettered A-P, with two each for letters C and D and J not used, each labelled "Diagrams" and 4 numbered plates in the appendix), in-text diagrams and tables. The only Ordnance Manual produced for the Confederate Navy, adapted from a United States manual first published in 1852 and reissued in 1860, printed in Great Britain and imported through the blockade. Inscription on the front endpaper "Naval Commandant's Office, / Marion C.H., S.C. / September 1864." The Marion Courthouse Naval Station was constructed on the banks of the Pee Dee River, about 100 miles from the Atlantic coast in the 1862, moving it away from potential bombardments from the water or coastal invasion; two small torpedo boats and the CSS Pee Dee were built there. The station was one of several inland naval facilities constructed in the Confederacy, the largest being in Charlotte, N.C. (cf, "Our Very Own Naval Yard" by Matthew Robinson, SCNOW online). Nevins I, p. 221: "Treats not only of ordnance subjects, but also gives much information concerning preparation for battle." Not in Broadfoot. Rather widely held by research libraries (OCLC locates 33 copies), but rare in trade, with no copy recorded at auction by either ABPC (1976-2017) or RareBookHub (since a 1921 offering by Anderson Galleries); RareBookHub also records a copy offered by Goodspeed in 1937. We know of one copy obtained privately by a collector in the past decade. Bookplate removed from front pastedown, label removed from rear endpaper, but a good solid copy of a rare book with an outstanding Confederate association. Contemporary half-calf and pebbled brown cloth (base of spine chipped, joints cracked, but repaired and sound, occasional light foxing, bookplate removed from front pastedown, label removed from rear endpaper), gilt spine title, edges sprinkled red. (10186).
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Three Young Rats by CALDER Alexander

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Seller: Bauman Rare Books
Title
Three Young Rats
Author
CALDER Alexander
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Bauman Rare Books (United States)
Description
1944. First Edition. Signed. CALDER, Alexander. Three Young Rats and Other Rhymes. Drawings by Alexander Calder. Edited with Introduction by James Johnson Sweeney. New York: Curt Valentin, 1944. Folio, original half tan cloth and pictorial yellow boards, original dust jacket. $4200.Limited first edition, one of only 760 copies, with a wonderful inscription with flourishes that fills almost the entire front free endpaper: ""to Edward L. Fischer, Cordial Greetings from Alexander Calder, Jan. 1945.""Calder's 85 illustrations are as direct, delightful and disturbing as the nursery rhymes they depict. ""Until comparatively recent times, little thought was given these 'trifles of the nursery'… That such trifles lasted any great time is surprising. But it is difficult to exaggerate the extreme tenacity of tradition in little things. Nothing is more remarkable than the way that a phrase or a custom will survive ages after its original significance has been forgotten"" (Introduction). Contemporary exhibition catalogue laid in.Occasional foxing. Sun-toning along edges and spine of fragile dust jacket. A near-fine copy, most desirable inscribed.
One Printed Page 2.

One Printed Page 2. by TUERLINCKX, Joelle; JOELLE TUERLINCKX

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One Printed Page 2.
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TUERLINCKX, Joelle; JOELLE TUERLINCKX
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Ursus Books (United States)
Description
2006. TUERLINCKX, Joelle. One Printed Page 2. Contains "the Biggest Surface on Earth Scale 1:1." A computer generated image on paper, diameter 270 mm. Matted in publisher's cardboard portfolio. New York: Library Council of the Museum of Modern Art, 2004. In her films, sculptures, public projects, and extensive publications, the Belgian Conceptual artist Joëlle Tuerlinckx looks at unlikely spaces and substances to pose formal, perceptual, physical and social conundrums. This work was generated from a sample artifact that the artist calls "original momametamaterial"-a sheet of paper covered with a thick layer of powdery gray photocopier toner. Each unique image, signed and dated to the hour, was produced on a series of desktop laser printers over many days. Each reads as a shimmering, minimalist gray abstraction, printed on a circular sheet of paper, or as a gray void, marked by the shifting moiré patterns that in commercial printing may indicate degraded reproduction. Accompanying each piece is a seemingly scientific, highly technical description of the project, written by the artist, with computer-generated diagrams of atomic spheres. The text, sometimes credible, sometimes vaguely preposterous, outlines the complex electrostatic calibrations and other processes by which the artist fabricated "extracts" from a surface that does not exist in nature. One of 200 copies, Print signed on verso by Tuerlinckx and text leaf initialed and dated on each side by her. The print immaculate, slight staining on one corner of the cardboard portfolio.
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WORTH WILE by Wren, P. C.

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Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY
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WORTH WILE
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Wren, P. C.
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THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY (United States)
Description
WORTH WILE, Longmans, Green & Co, 1937, first edition, Canadian issue, fine in vg+/near fine pictorial dust-wrapper with some slight dust-soil and rubbing to the rear dust-wrapper panel. A very nice copy. A companion book to THE MAN OF A GHOST laid in the Sin Kiang province of China, Tashkent and the northwest frontier of India.
The Fables of Aesop. Illustrated by Edward J. Detmold

The Fables of Aesop. Illustrated by Edward J. Detmold by Aesop; Detmold, Edward J. (Illustrator)

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The Fables of Aesop. Illustrated by Edward J. Detmold
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Aesop; Detmold, Edward J. (Illustrator)
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Dale Steffey Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York: Hodder & Stoughton Book. Very Good. Hardcover. American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. No Date (1909-1912?). Collects 313 of Aesop's classic fables and features 23 mounted full-color plates, all present, by Detmold. Originally published by Hodder and Stoughton in London in 1909 in a limited edition, this American edition is quite uncommon in commerce. Very Good in original embossed green cloth with gilt lettering, illustrated end papers, small prior owner name in ink, scattered moderate toning throughout, spine evenly sunned to pale green, mounting page for illustration at p.134 loose. Still an attractive copy, with all of the marvelous Detmold illustrations..
La Califfa (Original screenplay for the 1970 film)

La Califfa (Original screenplay for the 1970 film) by Alberto Bevilacqua (director, screenwriter); Romy Schneider, Ugo Tognazzi, Massimo Farinelli, Marina Berti (starring); Ennio Morricone (composer)

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La Califfa (Original screenplay for the 1970 film)
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Alberto Bevilacqua (director, screenwriter); Romy Schneider, Ugo Tognazzi, Massimo Farinelli, Marina Berti (starring); Ennio Morricone (composer)
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Royal Books (United States)
Description
Rome: Fair Film, 1970. Draft script for the 1970 film. An English language script for consideration by US filmmakers, though the film was shot in Italian. Based on Alberto Bevilacqua's 1964 novel of the same name. The widow of a worker killed by police joins the militant strike against the factory owners, one of which falls in love with her and is forced to face his glaring conflicts of interest. Shot on location in Parma, Italy. Grey titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter and director Alberto Bevilacqua. 82 leaves, with last page of text numbered 82. Mechanical duplication. Pages Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound internally with three gold brads.
TOURS OF THE INTERNATIONAL HIGHWAY ENGINEERS, OCTOBER 1930

TOURS OF THE INTERNATIONAL HIGHWAY ENGINEERS, OCTOBER 1930

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TOURS OF THE INTERNATIONAL HIGHWAY ENGINEERS, OCTOBER 1930
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Black Swan Books, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Good binding
Description
Washington, DC: Highway Education Board, 1930. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good binding. First Edition of the Tours of the International Highway Engineers, October 1930. With photographic illustrations. A chronicle and travelogue of the international delegation of highway engineers, touring American infrastructure back when it still maintained to a reasonable degree. Foxing to the flyleaves. Bowing to the boards. Chipping to the gilt decoration. Textured green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. Good. Good binding.
You don't have to be Jewish to oppose the war in Vietnam [pinback button]

You don't have to be Jewish to oppose the war in Vietnam [pinback button]

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You don't have to be Jewish to oppose the war in Vietnam [pinback button]
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Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
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New York: UUU [Underground Uplift Unlimited], [196-]. 1.5 inch diameter pin, very good. UUU was a head shop located at 28 St. Marks Place; address is on the curl.
Jin shan yi jiu 金山憶舊

Jin shan yi jiu 金山憶舊 by Zhang Xiangpu 張香譜

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Jin shan yi jiu 金山憶舊
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Zhang Xiangpu 張香譜
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Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
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Taibei: Guangdong guomin daxue Taibei shi xiao you hui 廣東國民大學臺北市校友會, 1972. paperback. 10, 6, 3, 175 p., very good wraps, in mildly edgeworn plastic overwrap. Memoir by the Taiwanese educator, written in retirement in San Francisco. Significant discussion of Chinese-American life in San Francisco.
Bartolus on the Conflict of Laws

Bartolus on the Conflict of Laws by Beale, Joseph H., (translator)

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Bartolus on the Conflict of Laws
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Beale, Joseph H., (translator)
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The Lawbook Exchange Ltd (United States)
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9781584772941
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2003. ISBN-13: 9781584772941; ISBN-10: 1584772948. Beale, Joseph Henry. Bartolus on the Conflict of Laws. Translated into English by Joseph Henry Beale. Originally published: Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1914. 86 pp. Reprinted 2003 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584772941; ISBN-10: 1584772948. Hardcover. New. $39.95 * This is a notably lucid translation of the sections concerning the conflict of laws in Bartolus's Super Primam et Secundam Partem Codicis Commentaria, a commentary on the first two books of Justinian's Code and its glosses that circulated widely in manuscript and was first printed in 1471. Taken together, these sections comprise the first comprehensive statement on the subject. One of the great medieval commentators, Bartolus di Sassoferrato [1313-1357] was a professor of law at the University of Perugia. His authority as an expositor of Roman law was immense, and it endured for centuries. A practical lawyer, Bartolus attempted to derive principles suitable to his time from the accumulated layers of local, feudal and Roman law. Joseph Henry Beale [1861-1943] was a professor at Harvard Law School and served as the first dean of the University of Chicago Law School. An influential authority on the conflict of laws, corporations and criminal law, he also published important work in legal history and bibliography. He was a distinguished classicist while an undergraduate at Harvard. "Mr. Beale in this translation presents a clear statement of these principles as laid down by Bartolus and the modern lawyer should have no difficulty in understanding the true meaning. (.) The book should prove of practical assistance to those engaged in tracing the historical development of the law, and should be of interest, at least from an historical point of view, to every lawyer." --E.W.M., 63 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 583 (1915).
The Trial of Elizabeth Cree

The Trial of Elizabeth Cree by ACKROYD, Peter

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The Trial of Elizabeth Cree
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ACKROYD, Peter
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Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
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New York: Nan E. Talese / Doubleday, 1995. First edition. Softcover. Advance reading copy/bound galley of this novel of the Limehouse Murders. A close to near fine copy in illustrated wrappers that have a little rubbing to the edges.
Shylock Reasons With Mr. Chesteron and Other Poems

Shylock Reasons With Mr. Chesteron and Other Poems by WOLFE, Humbert

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Shylock Reasons With Mr. Chesteron and Other Poems
Author
WOLFE, Humbert
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Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1920. First edition. Hardcover. 63 pages. An about very good copy with some minor wear to the corners and spine ends and som tanning to some of the pages. No dust jacket.
The Artgum. Nine issues: Vol. 1, Nos. 2, 4 and 5 (January, April and May, 1923); Vol. II, Nos. 1, 3-7 (November, 1923 and January-May, 1924)

The Artgum. Nine issues: Vol. 1, Nos. 2, 4 and 5 (January, April and May, 1923); Vol. II, Nos. 1, 3-7 (November, 1923 and January-May, 1924)

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The Artgum. Nine issues: Vol. 1, Nos. 2, 4 and 5 (January, April and May, 1923); Vol. II, Nos. 1, 3-7 (November, 1923 and January-May, 1924)
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McBlain Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Boston: Massachusetts Normal Art School, 1923. Paperback. Very Good. Generally 11-16 pages per issue plus a few unnumbered pages of advertisements at end of each issue. Softcovers in original wrapper. 26 cm. Text double-columned. Minor cover wear. Former owner's name on or in some issues.
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Fiscal Policy and the Road to the Euro: 30 June - 1 July, 2005

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Fiscal Policy and the Road to the Euro: 30 June - 1 July, 2005
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Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
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Warsaw: National Bank of Poland, 2005. Softcover. VG. Yellow wraps with brown and red lettering; 292 pp. with several charts, diagrams, and tables as well as bw photographs of each author. A series of papers presented at a conference in 2005, all in English, all about finance and finacial reform, mostly within Europe but also more internationally.
Feminist Resources for Schools and Colleges: A Guide to Curriculum Materials

Feminist Resources for Schools and Colleges: A Guide to Curriculum Materials by AHLUM, Carol and Jacqueline M. Fralley

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Feminist Resources for Schools and Colleges: A Guide to Curriculum Materials
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AHLUM, Carol and Jacqueline M. Fralley
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Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
Old Westbury, NY: Clearinghouse on Women's Studies--an Education project of the Feminist Press, SUNY/College at Old Westbury, [1973]. First Edition. Quarto (27.5cm.); staplebound self-wrappers; 20pp.; text in double columns. About Fine. List of resources including works on sexism in education and a directory of "Feminist Booksellers" in the country.
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The History of Astronomy by ABETTI, Giorgio

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The History of Astronomy
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ABETTI, Giorgio
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Argosy Book Store (United States)
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very good
Description
London: Abelard-Schuman, 1952. hardcover. very good. Translated by Betty Burr Abetti. 41 Illustrations. 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. London: Abelard-Schuman, (1952). Very good.
William Alvord. Born January 3, 1833. Died December 21, 1904.

William Alvord. Born January 3, 1833. Died December 21, 1904. by [ALVORD, William (1833-1904)] HITTELL, Theodore H.

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William Alvord. Born January 3, 1833. Died December 21, 1904.
Author
[ALVORD, William (1833-1904)] HITTELL, Theodore H.
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Jeff Weber Rare Books (Switzerland)
Description
San Francisco:: California Academy of Sciences, 1905., 1905. (235 x 150 mm). 8 pp. Frontis. port. of Alvord with facsimile signature. Printed wrappers. Embossed stamps, library call number on front cover. Near fine.

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