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MANSFIELD PARK by Austen, Jane; [Rébora, Sol]

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Title: MANSFIELD PARK
Author: Austen, Jane; [Rébora, Sol]
Seller: Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition: Near fine.
Description: Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1832. Near fine.. First US edition of Austen's third published novel - in a stunning fine art binding by the acclaimed Argentinian design bookbinder Sol Rébora. Morally upright Fanny gets pulled into a neighbor's scheming via an adaptation of Elizabeth Inchbald's well-known play, LOVERS' VOWS. Among Austen's works, MANSFIELD PARK especially demonstrates how careful contrasts of characters and plot twists can bring out subtle ironies. First published in 1814 in three volumes, this is the first edition to appear in the United States, published in two volumes by Carey & Lea in an edition of only 1250 copies. Sol Rébora is an internationally recognized design bookbinder based in Buenos Aires. Her works embody a minimalistic elegance that is nevertheless subtly complex, as in the carefully structured multiple layers used here. They are not only visually stunning, but supremely tactile. From Rèbora's artist statement: "The cloth texture is achieved using silk with a patterned design that evokes the aesthetic of the time period in which the original edition was produced, creating a visual connection with antique paper. This design also appeals to the collective memory of how custom bindings from the early 19th century might have appeared, complete with deep-relief hot-stamping impressions." A magnificent, unique copy of an Austen first. Two 12mo volumes, 6.75'' x 4.25'' each. Modern full pink design binding by Sol Rébora in Can Can structure with one layer of cotton cloth and two layers of Japanese paper, each element hand-painted with acrylics and textured with a patterned design impressed with deep-relief hot-stamping from silk; spines and boards stamped in dark grey. Cotton and abaca handmade paper peach endpapers. Publisher's catalogue bound at front of volume I. 4, 200; 204 pages. Vol. II with pencil inscription of the Portsmouth Athenaeum to fly leaf. Some browning, a few spots of staining to text block, some early pencil notes. Tight.

Memoria en Que el Gobierno del Estado de Nuevo Leon Da Cuenta el Tercer Congreso Constitucional, de Todos los Ramos Que Han Sido a Su Cargo en el Año Pasado de 1828 by [Mexico]. [Finances]

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Title: Memoria en Que el Gobierno del Estado de Nuevo Leon Da Cuenta el Tercer Congreso Constitucional, de Todos los Ramos Que Han Sido a Su Cargo en el Año Pasado de 1828
Author: [Mexico]. [Finances]
Seller: McBride Rare Books (United States)
Condition: Very good plus.
Description: [Monterey]: Imprenta de Gobierno a Cargo del Ciudadano Sixto Gonzalez, 1829. Very good plus.. [9]pp., plus nineteen tables, some folding and completed in manuscript. Small folio. 20-century full calf, tooled in blind and gilt, dyed title panel on front board. Very minor wear and scuffing. Contemporary manuscript rubrics. Light tanning. The constitution of Nuevo Léon required its Secretary of State to provide an annual account of income and expenses for the state's operation. The present work contains a seven-page narrative report on various government operations, public health, jails, roads, education, industry, agriculture, the church, and the military. Following this account are nineteen tables with statistical data for these subject areas, each signed in print and with the manuscript rubric of the state secretary, Pedro del Valle. Interestingly, two of the tables that record census data for the population of Nuevo Léon and the sum of livestock and cattle in the state are both completed in manuscript. Scarce, and an interesting record of operations and accounting for this future border state during the first decade of Mexican independence; we locate only one other copy, at the British Library.

City charter, proposed for the adoption of the freemen of Providence, at a town meeting, to be holden April 29th, 1829 [wrapper title]

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Title: City charter, proposed for the adoption of the freemen of Providence, at a town meeting, to be holden April 29th, 1829 [wrapper title]
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (United States)
Description: [Providence]: printed for the use of the Freeman, by order of the town, 1829. 8vo, pp. 12; self-wrappers, stitched, as issued; lightly toned, else fine. U.S. Senator's Theodore Francis Green's copy, with his lightly penciled ownership signature at the top of the first leaf. At the time the oldest serving member of the Senate, Green (1867-1966) was Governor of R.I. 1933-37, and U.S. Senator 1937-61. Together with: City Charter, proposed for the adoption of the freemen of Providence, at a town meeting to be holden October 22, 1831. Providence, R.I.: Cranston & Hammond, printers, 1831. pp.16; self-wrappers, stitched, as issued; moderate worming but sense remains clear. A crucial period for the formation of city government, a period when city politics were marked by racial strife and factional fighting. In 1829 Providence had grown to a population of 16,000 and the town meeting agreed to hand over control over city government to elected municipal officials. The freemen approved this charter proposal by a vote of 312 to 222. It was believed elected officials would be better able to spend large amounts of public money. However, the transition from town meeting to municipal government was not smooth. The period between these two charters was marked by rioting and racial unrest. In September 1831, a number of sailors looked to start trouble in the black "Olney's Lane" section of town. After the sailors had harassed local inhabitants, one sailor was shot and killed by a black man. The following day, a huge mob assembled in Olney's Lane to dismantle houses in defiance of the First Light Infantry sent by the Governor to quell unrest. On September 23, the mob reassembled, and on the 24th several houses on Smith Street were attacked. After the Governor's troops had read the riot act and called for peace, the mob continued to throw stones at houses and at the soldiers. Eventually, the troops fired on the crowd, killing four. The town committee appointed to investigate the rioting concluded that inefficient city government had been chiefly to blame for the incidents. On October 5 a town meeting voted unanimously to draw up another city charter for municipal government. But at the meeting on October, the freemen of Providence rejected the new charter, which would have given the General Assembly power to grant the new city charter. Conflicts between different sections of the town were eventually resolved, and Providence's first city government was elected in April 1832. American Imprints 40192 & 8897; Bartlett, p. 214.

DAS HAUS DES ARCHITEKTEN/ ARCHITECTS' HOMES/ LA MAISON DE L'ARCHITECTE by WINKLER, Robert, compiler

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Title: DAS HAUS DES ARCHITEKTEN/ ARCHITECTS' HOMES/ LA MAISON DE L'ARCHITECTE
Author: WINKLER, Robert, compiler
Seller: The Bookpress, Ltd. (United States)
Description: WINKLER, Robert, Compiler. DAS HAUS DES ARCHITEKTEN/ ARCHITECTS' HOMES/ LA MAISON DE L'ARCHITECTE. Zurich: Girsberger, (1955). 4to. Cloth. 232 pages. Second, enlarged edition. "By means of a tri-lingual text - English, French and German - Mr. Winkler presents examples of forty-four architects' houses from thirteen different countries. The principles generally accepted in the world of architecture, a well as regional traditions, come out more clearly than elsewhere in the architects' house. That is the justification for this book; the architect's homes better than any other, reveals his conception of domestic culture." Profusely illustrated with black-and-white reproductions of photographs and architectural plans. Includes photographs of each architect along with their works including Alvar Aalto, Walter Gropius, Ernst Gisel, Jose Luis Sert, Ken Tange, and other outstanding international architects. Very good.

Flatweaves of the Vakiflar Museum, Istanbul - Flachgewebe des Vakiflar-Museums Istanbul [INSCRIBED AND SIGNED] by Balpinar, Belkis; Udo Hirsch

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Title: Flatweaves of the Vakiflar Museum, Istanbul - Flachgewebe des Vakiflar-Museums Istanbul [INSCRIBED AND SIGNED]
Author: Balpinar, Belkis; Udo Hirsch
Seller: Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
Condition: g+ to vg
Description: Wesel: Uta Hülsey, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. g+ to vg. Folio. 295, [1]pp. Original illustrated dust-jacket over gilt-stamped brown cloth, with gold lettering on spine. Title page inscribed and signed by Belkis Balpinar "to Fred and Stella [Krieger], to great textile lovers. 28. 1. 2001." Illustrated with one hundred twenty striking color photographic reproductions of kilims (each with its technical and descriptive entry), this remarkable work discusses the donation process of flatweaves, their background, the historical context of Anatolian weavers, and the technical variations in Anatolian flatweaves. Moderate shelf wear on dust-jacket. Text in English and German. DJ in overall good, binding and interior in very good condition.

Polite Sex by WILCOX, James

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Title: Polite Sex
Author: WILCOX, James
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9780060163563
Description: New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. The fifth novel from the author of the terrific "Modern Baptists." This work is a departure for him in that it is set in New York. A close to near fine copy with a remainder mark to the bottom of the page edges in a near fine dust jacket.

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