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The Brownies: Their Book by Cox, Palmer (1840-1924)

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Title: The Brownies: Their Book
Author: Cox, Palmer (1840-1924)
Seller: The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA (United States)
Condition: Good
Description: xii+144 pages Illustrated throughout. Quarto (10 3/4" x 8 1/2") bound in original pictorial boards in original pictorial jacket in a custom slipcase. First edition, first state, with the De Vinne Press seal immediately below the copyright notice.The Brownies is a series of publications by Canadian illustrator and author Palmer Cox, based on names and elements from English traditional mythology and Scottish stories told to Cox by his grandmother. Illustrations with verse aimed at children, The Brownies was published in magazines and books during the late 19th century and early 20th century. Not unlike fairies and goblins, Brownies are imaginary little sprites, who are supposed to delight in harmless pranks and helpful deeds. Never allowing themselves to be seen by mortal eyes, they are male, drawn to represent many professions and nationalities, all mischievous members of the fairy world whose principal attribute is helping with chores while a family sleeps. The Brownie characters became famous in their day, and at the peak of their popularity were a pioneering name brand within merchandising. The first appearances of Brownie characters in a print publication took place in 1879, but not until the February, 1881 issue of Wide Awake magazine were the creatures printed in their final form. The first proper story, The Brownies' Ride, appeared in the February 1883 issue of the children's periodical St. Nicholas Magazine. Published in 1899, The Brownies Abroad is considered the first Brownie comic strip, though it didn't utilize speech balloons until the publication The Brownie Clown of Brownie Town of 1908. From 1903, The Brownies appeared as a newspaper Sunday strip for several years. The first compilation, The Brownies, Their Book, was published in 1887, followed by 16 books in the series until the last in 1918.Condition:Rubbing to boards and spine extremities; marginal damp-staining through majority of leaves, ownership inscription. Dust jacket, damp-stained, some wrinkling and creasing, few small chips a better than good copy in scarce like jacket.

A FARM IN FAIRYLAND by Housman, Laurence

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Title: A FARM IN FAIRYLAND
Author: Housman, Laurence
Seller: Sumner & Stillman (United States)
Description: 1894. Housman, Laurence. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., 1894. Original apple-green cloth pictorially decorated in dark green and gilt. First Edition of Laurence Housman's first book, a collection of twelve fairy tales he wrote and illustrated. He subsequently produced three similar collections of fairy tales (the illustrations of which were engraved by his sister Clemence) -- THE HOUSE OF JOY (1895), THE FIELD OF CLOVER (1898) and THE BLUE MOON (1904). (As an aside: what a family! -- another sibling was poet A.E. Housman, whose A SHROPSHIRE LAD came out in 1896 -- and Clemence was an author as well, authoring THE WERE-WOLF in that same year 1896.) As a whole, they [the fairy tales] represent the work of an imaginative writer with an eye and an ear for detail; the telling phrase, the delicate expression, with which he enchanted his young readers. His prose is musical and essentially simple, but nevertheless filled with action to stimulate a child's roving mind. The fate of a character can change within the twist of a phrase, the plot sent racing down an altogether new path... Even today historians of children's literature include Housman's fairy-tales in anthologies because of his ability to delight the senses... [Engen] As with the next two volumes, this one is handsomely bound in apple-green cloth with one of the illustrations reproduced on the front cover (mostly in dark green, but with a splash of gilt). This is a nearly fine copy (scarcely any soil or wear, with only slight fading of the spine cloth); atypically, there is no foxing on the leaves within. Engen pp 60-70; NCBEL III 632 & 1098. Provenance: signature of "GB Postlethwaite | Chislehurst | 1894

The Cocker. Containing every informatio n to the breeders and amateurs of that noble bird, the game cock: to which is added, a variety of other useful information for the instruction of thos e who are attendants on the cock pit. by SKETCHLEY, William.

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Title: The Cocker. Containing every informatio n to the breeders and amateurs of that noble bird, the game cock: to which is added, a variety of other useful information for the instruction of thos e who are attendants on the cock pit.
Author: SKETCHLEY, William.
Seller: Savoy Books (United States)
Description: Book. Burton-On-Trent: J. Croft, 1814. Sm 8vo, later full polished calf, spine gilt; marbled endpapers. Pp. 154. Frontispiece of cock fight. Some browning and foxing; front hinge tender. Expanded edition of the a book first published in 1793. Pp. 1-61 give full particulars on breeding, desirable charcteristics, matches, etc.; remainder forms for keeping records, accounts, etc..

Sergio Leone (director) ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST [C'ERA UNA VOLTA IL WEST] (1968) Italian foglio poster - 2 by Euro International

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Title: Sergio Leone (director) ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST [C'ERA UNA VOLTA IL WEST] (1968) Italian foglio poster - 2
Creator: Euro International
Seller: Walterfilm, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Euro International. No binding. Very Good. Rome: Euro International Films, 1968. Vintage original 37 x 25" (94 x 66 cm) Italian one panel poster. Folded, with scattered creases and creasing along fold lines. Overall very good. A number of different original Italian posters were created for this film, this one featuring Henry Fonda and Claudia Cardinale.

, Address Delivered by Charles W. Peale, to the Corporation and Citizens of Philadelphia, on The 18th Day of July, in Academy Hall, Fourth Street. by Peale, Charles Wilson

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Title: , Address Delivered by Charles W. Peale, to the Corporation and Citizens of Philadelphia, on The 18th Day of July, in Academy Hall, Fourth Street.
Author: Peale, Charles Wilson
Seller: Michael Brown Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Description: octavo, 23, [1] pp., sewn as issued, untrimmed, ex-library, hand and blind stamps on title page, text somewhat tanned, else a good copy. Peale here appeals for financial assistance for his museum founded in the 1780s, which, in 1816, like Peale himself, was in financial duress. He presents his museum as a public benefit to city; he cites its benefits as an attraction to the city as well as a place of learning. He looks back with bitterness stating that even "with all this… the institution does not maintain itself." Peale believed that a museum could only exist with a liberal endowment. It had been "madness … to form a school of useful knowledge, to diffuse its usefulness to every class of our country, to amuse and in the same moment to instruct the adult, as well as the youth of each sex and age." American Imprints 38567, see Sellers, Charles Coleman, Peale's Museum and "The New Museum Idea" Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Feb. 29, 1980, Vol. 124, No. 1, pp. 25-34. https://ww.jstor.org/stable/986654

UNDERCOVER LOVE-IN by FOERSTER, Jan

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Title: UNDERCOVER LOVE-IN
Author: FOERSTER, Jan
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Condition: Near fine.
Description: n.p.: Continental Classics, 1968. Near fine.. Sleaze erotica reporting on "the intimate sexual high jinks and perverted sex escapades of secret agents"; in particular, those of one British agent, "James," who reports to "M." and whose exploits uncannily mirror those of James Bond. The pseudonymous Foerster is claimed to be a "young bachelor attached to British Intelligence. An inquiry was even raised in Parliament," the prologue reveals, "concerning 'civil servants whose fornications were being financed by public funds', but for obvious reasons the matter was soon discreetly hushed up." One presumes this information to be the purest fiction, but then again, one never knows. Continental Classics #CC-150. Wraps. Mass market paperback. Printed orange-yellow wraps. Minimal wear; very faint rubbing to back cover. 188 pages. Near fine.

Pete Turner Photographs. Introduction by Owen Edwards by Turner, Pete

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Title: Pete Turner Photographs. Introduction by Owen Edwards
Author: Turner, Pete
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Description: New York: Abrams, [1987] First edition. Cloth. Quarto. Color illustrations throughout. Fine in fine d.j.

Saul Bellow at Seventy-Five: A Collection of Critical Essays by Bach, Gerhard

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Title: Saul Bellow at Seventy-Five: A Collection of Critical Essays
Author: Bach, Gerhard
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Description: Tübingen: Gunter Narr, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Octavo. [6], 202pp. Original printed soft blue cloth. This collection of essays presents issues raised by reading Bellow today, reflecting at the same time the range of contemporary Bellow scholarship, its methods, themes, projections, and judgments. The essays have been developed from papers originally presented at the International Symposium "Saul Bellow at 75," held in Heidelberg, Germany, in July 1990, to commemorate Bellow's seventy-fifth birthday and recognize the writer's achievement and worlwide appeal.

THE DIVER'S CLOTHES LIE EMPTY by Vida, Vendela

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Title: THE DIVER'S CLOTHES LIE EMPTY
Author: Vida, Vendela
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ISBN: 9780062110916
Condition: Fine in fine jacket.
Description: (New York): Ecco / HarperCollins, 2015. Fine in fine jacket.. Signed, slipcased first edition of the fourth novel by Vida, a founder of THE BELIEVER magazine and past winner of the Kate Chopin award, issued as part of the Powell's Books INDIESPENSABLE series. For more than ten years and over seventy installments, Powell's Books (Portland) has been issuing their semi-monthly INDIESPENSABLE series, a subscription-only selection of specially-produced, (typically) limited edition volumes from many of the most prominent names in literature (Claire Messud, George Saunders, Michael Chabon, Annie Proulx, Donna Tartt, J.M. Coetzee, Jeffrey Eugenides, Jonathan Franzen, Siri Hustvedt) and publishing (McSweeney's, Graywolf, Algonquin). Installments commonly include a signed and slipcased recent release, as well as one or more promotional titles (usually ARCs or the like, but sometimes advance excerpts). 8'' x 5.5''. Original quarter rust cloth with sage boards. In original unclipped ($25.99) dust jacket with "signed first edition" sticker on front panel. In original rust cloth slipcase. 216 pages. With original INDIESPENSABLE booklet. Signed by Vida on tipped-in leaf. Minimal edgewear.

AS MAX SAW IT with Holograph Note by Begley, Louis

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Title: AS MAX SAW IT with Holograph Note
Author: Begley, Louis
Seller: Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA (United States)
ISBN: 9780679433071
Condition: Fine
Description: NY: Knopf, 1994. First edition, first prnt. Signed by Begley on the half-title page. Laid-in is Begley's 5.5 x 8.5 inch personalized Debevoise & Plimpton law firm stationery with his holograph note, "Here you are!" Small nick on the rear board bottom edge; otherwise, an unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Begley's third novel.. Signed By Author with Note. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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