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THIRTY NEW BRAZILIAN PLANTS<br>DESCRIBED BY LINNAEUS' FOREMOST DISCIPLE<br>Plantarum brasiliensium. Decas Prima / Secunda / Tertia.

THIRTY NEW BRAZILIAN PLANTS
DESCRIBED BY LINNAEUS' FOREMOST DISCIPLE
Plantarum brasiliensium. Decas Prima / Secunda / Tertia. by [BRAZIL] / THUNBERG, Carol Peter; BILLBERG, Immanuel; AHLBERG, Carolus Gustavus; HOLM, Carolus Otto

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Title: THIRTY NEW BRAZILIAN PLANTS
DESCRIBED BY LINNAEUS' FOREMOST DISCIPLE
Plantarum brasiliensium. Decas Prima / Secunda / Tertia.
Author: [BRAZIL] / THUNBERG, Carol Peter; BILLBERG, Immanuel; AHLBERG, Carolus Gustavus; HOLM, Carolus Otto
Seller: Martayan Lan, Inc. (United States)
Description: Three separately published parts. 4to. [20 x 16.5, 20.5 x 16, and 21 x 17 cm]. I: (1) f., 16 pp., with engraved plates of Lobelia westiniana [31 cm x 20.5 cm] and Rhexia imbricata & Berberis laurifolia [30 cm x 20.5 cm]. II: (1) f. 11 pp. III: (2) ff., 13 pp., engraved plate of Billbergia speciosa [35.5cm x 22cm]. Title pages slightly dusty. Part II unbound. Generally excellent. A rare series of three consecutively printed dissertations (2 of them illustrated) on the flora of Brazil, diligently recorded in standard Linnaean form by Carl Thunberg, Linnaeus' foremost disciple and the greatest botanical explorer and collector of his day. The specimens were collected by Georg Wilhelm Freyreiss in his travels to Minas Gerais, Brazil in 1814-15. Only eight species out of the thirty described by Thunberg in these booklets had been studied until recently (Moraes, Smedt, and Hjertson). Most of the specimens can still be found today at Uppsala University. Although the dissertations are separately signed by Billberg, Ahlberg, and Holm, Reyment notes that the work in each case was Thunberg's, since it was customary for the professor to write the thesis which his students would then defend in public. Each dissertation is in the form of a scientific description of 10 different species, of which several appear to be named and described for the first time: for example, Billberg's thesis notes two Lobelia, one Begonia, and one Euphorbia; Ahlberg'sseveral orchids (Epidendrum, Cymbidium sp.), nightshades (Solanum sp.), and a type of wild basil (Ocymum); and Holm's a species of bromeliad (Billbergia speciosa). Two of the theses are illustrated with detailed depictions of the specimens involved, on large folding engravings. Carl Peter Thunberg (1743-1828), rector of the University of Uppsala, earned the epithets "father of South African botany" and "the Japanese Linnaeus." Of the disciples whom Linnaeus sent off on far-flung collecting journeys, Thunberg traveled the furthest, reaching South Africa, Indonesia, Japan (where in order to be admitted he had to pass himself off as a Dutch Protestant merchant), and Sri Lanka. Thunberg is cited in naming some 254 species of plants and animals (though significantly more plants than animals) and authoring more than 160 monographs and scientific papers. OCLC: 3 parts together at NYPL, U. Minnesota, JCB, Harvard. *Pritzel 9314; BMNH 5, p. 2110; Stafleu & Cowan 14397; G. Eriksson in DSB XIII, 391-3; not in Borba; R. Reyment, "Carl Peter Thunberg (1743-1828), The Founder of Japanese Botanical Research"; Moraes, Smedt, and Hjertson, "Notes on the Brazilian Plants Collected by Georg Wilhelm Freyreiss and Published by Carl Peter Thunberg in Plantarum brasiliensium," Harvard Papers in Botany 19/1 (2014): 123-132.

The Lone Wolf Returns by Vance, Louis Joseph

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Title: The Lone Wolf Returns
Author: Vance, Louis Joseph
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Condition: Near fine
Description: New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1923. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/very good. First edition, first printing of The Lone Wolf Returns by Louis Joseph Vance, in the publisher's scarce dust jacket.. Octavo, 367pp. Gray cloth, title in gilt on front cover and spine. No additional printings listed. Solid text block, light wear to head and tail of spine, faint toning to hinges. In the publisher's scarce dust jacket, price clipped, with a few small losses along top edge. One closed tear along rear hinge flap, touch of sunning to spine, archival tape repair on verso at head of spine. Both panels retain vibrant illustrations of the titular "Lone Wolf." (Steinbrunner & Penzler 250) A scarce work in jacket. The Lone Wolf series tells the story of Michael Lanyard, a fictional jewel thief turned private detective. The Lone Wolf Returns was adapted into a silent film numerous times after its publication; the first starring Bert Lytell in 1926 and another starring Malvyn Douglas in 1935. Other titles in this series include The Lone Wolf (1914), The False Faces (1918), Alias The Lone Wolf (1921), Red Masquerade (1921), The Lone Wolf's Son (1931), Encore (1933), and The Lone Wolf's Last Prowl (1934).

Fluffy Ruffles: The "It Girl of 1907 - Paper Doll by Wallace Morgan

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Title: Fluffy Ruffles: The "It Girl of 1907 - Paper Doll
Author: Wallace Morgan
Seller: Eclectibles (United States)
Condition: Edge wear on envelope. 4 hats lacking.
Description: New York: J. Ottmann, 1907. Edge wear on envelope. 4 hats lacking.. A 10 34/" easel back die-cut paper doll with five costumes, one hat and the original envelope. The character first appeared as a comic strip in the New York Herald and its European counterpart the Paris Herald. Fluffy was considered the "New Woman" of the 20th Century. She epitomized the evolution of women into independent thinkers also promoting the current fashions of the day. Costumes include a driving outfit and a golfing outfit. Envelope measures 11" x 8

Autograph Letter Signed, New Hartford, New York, December 21, 1830, to Hon. Charles E. Dudley, Washington by Savage, Eli

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Title: Autograph Letter Signed, New Hartford, New York, December 21, 1830, to Hon. Charles E. Dudley, Washington
Author: Savage, Eli
Seller: Michael Brown Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Description: Quarto, two pages, old folds, postal markings on stamp-less address leaf, "free franked", in very good, clean and legible condition. Savage, recently returned from Green Bay, writes to Dudley seeking the post of Indian Agent there and comments upon the Oneida, York and Buffalo Indians, and the removal of the latter. "My Dear Sir, … I hasten to answer your enquiry as to Mr. Colton he is a gentleman that I saw but once at Green Bay and that was two days before I left there. When in New York about a month before I saw you he (Colton) made himself known to me and told me the great attachment he had for the Indians and that he intended to go to Washington this winter and vindicate their cause, and publish a series of numbers on the ill treatment of the Indians, I encouraged him in the measure, for I supposed that discouragement was equal to encouragement believing that he was one of those who was sent out to spy out the difficulty between the Government and the Indians, for the purpose of raising the Indian Question in this State for political purposes this is all that I know of Mr. Colton.. Since I saw you I have understood that the Oneida Indians were not satisfied with the Report of the Commissioners and that some of them will be at Washington this winter, the information that I conveyed to you was from Gen Root and not from the Indians since then I have learned they are anxious for more land, as I told you it is all the White Man and not the Red Man. According to your wishes if I go to New York this winter I shall call upon Mr. J. D. Ogden. I may be at Washington in the course of the Session after the office of Indian Agent at Green Bay if Col. Stambaugh appointment is not confirmed as it is said that it will not be owing to his neglect of duty while at the Bay how true this may be I do not know. It is an office that I should like very well if consistent with the Power to give it to me and it would be of great importance to this state upon the account of the Removal of the York Indians for they feel a great interest in having an agent from this state. I am sure that it would assist much in the Removal of the Buffalo Indians. It is an office that I have thought of much and it was suggested to me when at the Bay I should wish to hear from you …"

Autograph Letter Signed, Franklin, Tennessee, July 18, 1841, to James M. Critz, Lewisburg, Virginia by Meredith, F. D.

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Title: Autograph Letter Signed, Franklin, Tennessee, July 18, 1841, to James M. Critz, Lewisburg, Virginia
Author: Meredith, F. D.
Seller: Michael Brown Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Description: Quarto, two pages, plus stamp less address leaf, in very good, clean and legible condition. 1841 Future President Polk runs unsuccessfully for reelection as Governor of Tennessee. Meredith writes in part: "…I got here on the 5th of July…The corn crop here is very fine though backward… The crops in the south have suffered very much for rain but not withstanding they may be called very good. Yesterday, I had the pleasure of hearing Gov. Polk and Mr. Jones speak, they both made fine speeches, there were some 15 hundred or two thousand persons present, Ladies and gentlemen. The majority paid the greatest attention that could have been done but I am sorry to say that there were some that had not any respect for either of the gentlemen and were to say that they had no respect for themselves… I think Gov. Polk and Mr. Jones are both smart men, it is said that Jones is quite a different man from Gov. Cannon. I think that Jones and Polk are well matched. They both are smart to themselves and I might say to Tennessee also…" When the writer heard James Polk speak in a rural city in Tennessee, south of Nashville, the former Speaker of the US House of Representative was the incumbent Jacksonian Democratic Governor running for reelection. It's odd that Meredith, writing to his friend Critz, a doctor and slave-owning farmer, thought Polk and his Whig opponent, "Lean Jimmy" Jones, were "well matched" as orators, because Jones was reputed to be a much more entertaining speaker and storyteller. In the election, a month later, Jones defeated Polk by a slim majority of 3,000 votes. Two years later, Polk tried again for the same office and again lost to Jones. With those defeats behind him, in 1844, Polk entered his party's convention as nothing more than a "dark horse" candidate for Vice President. But when no candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination could secure the necessary two-thirds majority, Polk emerged as the compromise nominee. He went on to defeat Whig Henry Clay for the Presidency, holding office as Commander in Chief during the victorious Mexican-American War.

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Farm by MacDonald, Betty; Sendak, Maurice (Illustrator)

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Title: Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Farm
Author: MacDonald, Betty; Sendak, Maurice (Illustrator)
Seller: Swan's Fine Books (United States)
Condition: Near fine
Description: Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Comany, 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/good +. Sendak, Maurice. First printing, octavo size, 128 pp. An early Sendak title, third (of five) in the series about the delightful Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, who "lives in an upside down house, smells like cookies, and was married to a pirate who buried his treasure in the backyard!" (N.B., quote from dust jacket flap, quoting the Philadelphia Inquirer). The character remained so enduringly popular that a new title was published in 2016 featuring the character's great-niece, "Missy Piggle-Wiggle and the Whatever Cure" (N.B., from Wiki). ___DESCRIPTION: Green cloth boards with a vignette on the front in dark purple of a small girl and boy holding hands, dark purple lettering on the spine, plain endpapers, pictorial title page (with illustrations spreading over two pages), "First Edition" stated on copyright page (correct for first printing per Hanrahan), wonderful in-text illustrations by Maurice Sendak throughout; octavo size (text block 8" tall), pagination: (1)-128. Dust jacket has original (and correct) $2.00 price on the lower front flap, wrap-around illustration in purple with, on the front panel, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (with a pirate on her shoulder as befits the wife of a pirate) with a small boy following her who is beckoning to (on the back panel) the small girl and boy holding hands, with a small dog bringing up the rear, all upon a background of white with green highlights, purple lettering on the spine; text on flaps in purple, the front flap with a summary of this title, publisher's ads on back flap for the first two books in the series. ___CONDITION: Volume is near fine overall, with a strong, square text block, solid hinges, the corners are straight with a bare minimum of rubbing, the interior is clean and bright, the only prior owner marking is a gift inscription in red ink "To Susan / Christmas 1957" on the front free endpaper. The dust jacket is good or better; it is not price-clipped and is entire; there is sunning to the spine, a small chip (size of a dot) out of the spine not affecting text, overall edgewear with minor loss to the head and tail of the spine (not affecting any lettering), foxing to the creases and a small stain where the back panel meets the spine. ___CITATION: Hanrahan A13. ___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB and the IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions, we are here to help.

Guida D'Italia Venezia Tridentina E Cadore. by [Venice].

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Title: Guida D'Italia Venezia Tridentina E Cadore.
Author: [Venice].
Seller: Nicholas D. Riccio Rare Books & Prints (United States)
Description: Small 8vo, red cloth, gilt lettering on spine and top cover, illustrated 620 pp. Signature on front endpaper, normal aging and browning, one map with edge tear; otherwise very good plus. Two small double page maps along with text, and two larger folding maps in the rear. Lots of detail.

Catalogue Two. A Selection of Fine & Rare Books by Wyer, William

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Title: Catalogue Two. A Selection of Fine & Rare Books
Author: Wyer, William
Seller: Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition: A very good+ copy with minor rubbing on wrappers.
Description: Williamstown, MA: William Wyer, 1982. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. A very good+ copy with minor rubbing on wrappers.. Unpaged. Illus. with b/w plates and in-text reproductions. 16mo. 53 items.

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