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Loved One by WAUGH Evelyn

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Title: Loved One
Author: WAUGH Evelyn
Seller: Bauman Rare Books (United States)
Description: 1948. First Edition. WAUGH, Evelyn. The Loved One. An Anglo-American Tragedy. (London): Chapman & Hall, [1948]. Octavo, original green cloth, top edge gilt, uncut. $2500.Signed limited large-paper first book edition, presentation copy, number 20 of only 250 copies signed by Evelyn Waugh and illustrator Stuart Boyle, additionally inscribed by Waugh on the limitation page: ""Miss Kay Collins's copy.""""In 1947 Waugh visited Hollywood to discuss the proposed film of Brideshead Revisited. No film was ever made because he refused to alter the story as the producers wished, largely that they might satisfy the standards set by the very powerful Catholic Legion of Decency. But the visit was not barren. With time on his hands he became fascinated with Californian burial practices, and the result was The Loved One (1948) which, for all its macabre setting, was a highly successful light novel based on Forest Lawn"" (DNB). Waugh wrote in his diary: ""I found a deep mine of literary gold in the cemetery of Forest Lawn and the work of the morticians and intend to get to work immediately on a novelette staged there."" He did extensive research for the novel, which included touring Forest Lawn and reading and annotating Embalming Techniques, a book by Forest Lawn founder, Dr. Hubert Eaton. The Loved One was critically acclaimed in Great Britain, as well as in the States, though The New Yorker refused to publish it when approached, claiming the themes had already been handled by other authors including Sinclair Lewis and Nathaniel West. The Loved One was adapted for the screen in 1965 by British filmmaker Tony Richardson and the screenplay was written by American satirical novelist Terry Southern and British author Christopher Isherwood. This is the first book edition; the work was first published in its entirety by Cyril Connolly in the February 1948 issue of the periodical Horizon. Without extremely rare glassine. Interior fine, only minor toning to extremities of binding. A near-fine signed and inscribed copy.

PHILOSOPHIE DE L'UNIVERS by Du Pont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel

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Title: PHILOSOPHIE DE L'UNIVERS
Author: Du Pont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel
Seller: De Wolfe and Wood (United States)
Description: Paris: Goujon Fils, 1799. Troisieme Edition. Portrait engraved by L.J. Cathelin. This excellent work represents the third and final edition of Dupont's respected treatise aimed at stating a philosophy of life. Here its core concept of providential laws that govern the entire universe is in keeping with the natural law underpinnings of Physiocratic doctrine, of which Du Pont de Nemours (1739-1817) was a major proponent. One of the central tenets of this ideology is that nothing is done by chance. Rather, providential laws direct the whole universe. This would prove impactful as in 1799 (the year of this work's publication) that Du Pont de Nemours would flee to America, finding comfort in the friendship of Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson, as we know, had adopted a similar view regarding natural rights leading to his famed approach to the Declaration of Independence. Jefferson also owned a copy of this work, given to him by Du Pont de Nemours. This fine copy belonged to direct a descendant, Dr. Alexis Irene DuPont Jr. (1843-1904). On their bookplate is "Rencourt" the name of the family estate built near Grenville Delaware in 1890. The "Du Pont" family would go on to become one of the most famous American families responsible for the DuPont Chemical company, known for its chemical polymers that included those used to make Kevlar. Octavo (196 x 120mm). Late 19th century 3/4 calf with marbled boards, spine decorated with gilt in six compartments and morocco labels, edges and endpapers also marbled. Engraved frontispiece portrait of the author by L.J. Cathelin.

The banquet of Xenophon. Done from the Greek, with an essay to Lady Jean Douglass, concerning the doctrine, and death of Socrates. By James Welwood, M. D. by Xenophon

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Title: The banquet of Xenophon. Done from the Greek, with an essay to Lady Jean Douglass, concerning the doctrine, and death of Socrates. By James Welwood, M. D.
Author: Xenophon
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (United States)
Description: Glasgow: printed and sold by Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1750. 8vo, pp. 238, [2]; contemporary tan sheep, double gilt rules on covers, gilt-decorated spine 6 compartments, black morocco label in 1, red speckled edges; spine toned, armorial bookplate of Charles of Yorke, very good and sound. Gaskell 175.

Land of Fiction. Thirty-Two Novels and Stories About Southern California from Ramona to the Loved One. A Bibliographical Essay. by Powell, Lawrence Clark

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Title: Land of Fiction. Thirty-Two Novels and Stories About Southern California from Ramona to the Loved One. A Bibliographical Essay.
Author: Powell, Lawrence Clark
Seller: Argonaut Book Shop (United States)
Condition: Very fine
Description: Los Angeles: The Historical Society of Southern California, 1991 Book. Very fine. Hardcover. Signed by the author. One of 350 (100 of which are signed) copies printed by The Castle Press. 12mo. xiv, [58]pp. Index. Maroon cloth. A very fine copy. An annotated list of 32 novels and stories about Southern California, from Ramona (1884) to The Loved One (1948). .

Desert Rose by McMurtry, Larry

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Title: Desert Rose
Author: McMurtry, Larry
Seller: Argonaut Book Shop (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: New York: Simon and Schuster, 1983 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition. 254pp. Violet cloth-backed gray boards. A very fine copy with pictorial dust jacket. The story of a Las Vegas showgirl whose beauty is fading and of her daughter whose star is rising--set amid the artificial world of Vegas..

Oeuvres Completes de Vauvenargues, precedees d'une notice sur sa vie et ses ouvrages et accompagnees des notes de Voltaire, Morellet, Fortia, Suard; Nouvelle Edition, Tome I [et] II. [Avec] Oeuvres Posthumes de Vauvenargues, precedees de son eloge, par M. Ch. de Saint-Maurice, et accompagnees de notes et de lettres inedites de Voltaire by Vauvenargues, [Luc de Clapiers, Marquis de]; Voltaire, [Jean-Jacques]

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Title: Oeuvres Completes de Vauvenargues, precedees d'une notice sur sa vie et ses ouvrages et accompagnees des notes de Voltaire, Morellet, Fortia, Suard; Nouvelle Edition, Tome I [et] II. [Avec] Oeuvres Posthumes de Vauvenargues, precedees de son eloge, par M. Ch. de Saint-Maurice, et accompagnees de notes et de lettres inedites de Voltaire
Author: Vauvenargues, [Luc de Clapiers, Marquis de]; Voltaire, [Jean-Jacques]
Seller: Sanctuary Books (United States)
Condition: Very Good+
Description: Paris: Chez J. L. J. Briere, 1823. Hardcover. Very Good+. Contemporary marbled paper, backed in gilt-ruled morocco, gilt-stamped lettering in second and fourth spine compartments; 3 volumes, 16mo (132x82mm); pp. [4], 392; [4], 396; [4], 390. Spines just a little sunned; some light scuffing at spine tips and along edges of boards; faint foxing throughout. Rear-endpaper of the "Posthumes" volume torn. A lovely little set.

Love of Kimono Embraces the Whole World by YAMANAKA, Norio

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Title: Love of Kimono Embraces the Whole World
Author: YAMANAKA, Norio
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Tokyo:: Sodo Kimono Academy Press,. Very Good. 1982. Paperback. B0007C67BC . Black and white photographs. First edition (paperback). Very good in printed wraps. ; 37 pages .

Journal of Discourses. Volume 3 by Young, Brigham

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Title: Journal of Discourses. Volume 3
Author: Young, Brigham
Seller: Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Gastera Trust, 1955. Very Good. Young, Brigham. Journal of Discourses. Volume 3. Liechtenstein: Gastera Trust, 1955. 375pp. 8vo. 3/4 black leather with cream paper covered boards. Book condition: Very good. The covers are lightly rubbed. There is a tiny chip in the leather close to the head of the spine. Photomechanical reprint of the Original Edition of 1856.

Dirty Work: A Novel by BROWN, Larry

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Title: Dirty Work: A Novel
Author: BROWN, Larry
Seller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9780945575207
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books, 1989. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Near fine in a modestly toned very good dust jacket with slight rubbing. Author's first novel, and second book, of two men in a veterans' hospital who were both severely wounded in the Vietnam War.

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