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D'Aci i d'Allà [1934 Christmas Issue], Containing Figures davant el mar by MIRÓ, Joan

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Seller: The Manhattan Rare Book Company

Title: D'Aci i d'Allà [1934 Christmas Issue], Containing Figures davant el mar
Author: MIRÓ, Joan
Seller: The Manhattan Rare Book Company (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Llibreria, Catalonia: np, 1934. 1st Edition. Very Good. FIRST EDITION, with the EXTREMELY RARE AND SOUGHT-AFTER POCHOIR BY MIRÓ (From Here and There: Figures by the Sea); one of only five pochoirs created in his career. "After their first encounter, Miró and [the architect] Sert continued to meet often through the group of painters, sculptors, and art critics of the cultural group known as ADLAN (1932-1936)." Through the joint efforts of ADLAN and GATCPAC, a group of architects active from 1930 to 1936, came "the most representative publication of that period: a special issue of the magazine D'Aci i d'Allà focusing on twentieth-century art-the 1934 Christmas issue-directly supervised by Joan Prats and Josep Lluís Sert and with the participation of Joan Miró, in the first instance of a collaboration between the artist and the architect ... The result of this joint effort was far more than a mere revision of contemporary visual arts; it became a guidebook to the new trends and to the avant-garde aesthetic, providing information both about the art world and about the latest advances in the fields of housing and construction. Joan Miró was the main protagonist of the issue of D'Aci i d'Allà directed by Sert, once again being praised as a contemporary primitive. In designing the cover and the famous pochoir specifically created for this issue, Miró managed to convey the greatest expressive force with minimal resources, using only red, yellow, and black against the white paper background" (Vecchierini, 46-48). The most sought-after issue of this Spanish magazine, which contains an hors texte colour pochoir plate by Joan Miró (Figures davant el mar), printed in yellow, red, and black. There are also texts by C. Soldevila, L. Fernández, C. Zervos, J. L. Sert, J.V. Foix, C. Sindreu, M.A. Cassanyes, A. Jakovsky, and S. Gasch. Cramer 11. Barcelona: Llibreria Catalonia, 1934. Size: 330 x 280 mm (approx. 13 x 11 inches). Spiral bound in original illustrated wrappers. With original subscription form laid in. Very light wear to wrappers. Pochoir pristine. A remarkably well-preserved copy of a notoriously rare and fragile work.

Four Language Passport for the Whaling Brig Leonidas, Signed by John Tyler as President and John C. Calhoun as Secretary of State by John Tyler|John C. Calhoun

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Title: Four Language Passport for the Whaling Brig Leonidas, Signed by John Tyler as President and John C. Calhoun as Secretary of State
Author: John Tyler|John C. Calhoun
Seller: The Raab Collection (United States)
Description: 18/08/1845. The Brig Leonidas saw long service in the whaling industry, and is frequently mentioned in journals and records of the era. An interesting and unexpected episode in its history was recorded in a magazine in 1850: “Another illustration of the well known power and agility of the swordfish, the formidable enemy of the whale, was discovered by the workmen engaged in repairing the brig Leonidas, whaler, at this port, a day or two since. In searching for the cause of a leak which bad occurred during her last voyage, it was found that the side of the vessel bad been penetrated quite through, including the copper sheathing and two thicknesses of solid oak plank, not less than five inches, by the sword of one of these fish. The sword was about 12 inches in length…”Peleg Cornell was a well-known whaling captain out of Westport, Massachusetts [near New Bedford]. He made 20 voyages between 1831 and 1870, and left an interesting journal that sold at Christie’s. There is a whale weather vane atop his house in Westport to this day. He was the master of the Leonidas on more than one occasion.Document signed, as President, Washington, August 18, 1845, being a passport providing that “Leave and permission are hereby given to Peleg Cornell, master or commander of the Brig called Leonidas of the burthen of 127 tons, lying at present in the port of Fall River [near New Bedford, Massachusetts] bound for the South Atlantic Ocean and laden with Provisions, stores and utensils for a whaling voyage, to depart and proceed…on his said voyage…” The document is countersigned by John C. Calhoun as Secretary of State, a post he held for only one year; and also signing is Phineas W. Russell, Collector for the port of Fall River. The passport is in four languages (English, Spanish, French, and Dutch), as befits a ship’s traveling in international waters.It is an interesting fact that these ship’s passports were signed in blank by presidents and secretaries of state. They were then sent out to the various port collectors, who filled them out with specific ship information as each case arose. Occasionally some forms signed by one president remained on hand as his term ended, and the forms signed by the new president had not yet arrived or had run out. So some collectors chose to use the old, out of date forms, rather than be caught short. That very thing happened with this document, as you have Tyler and Calhoun signing a document dated in August 1845, yet their term had ended in March of that year. We have over our three decades had perhaps three or four of these seemingly misdated forms, which tell a story all their own.

Kritika etiki Spensera (Criticism of Spenser's Ethics) by Sokolovoi, Sofi

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Title: Kritika etiki Spensera (Criticism of Spenser's Ethics)
Author: Sokolovoi, Sofi
Seller: ZH BOOKS (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: S.-Peterburg (St. Petersburg): M. V. Pirozhkova, 1905. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 9 x 6; [4], 1-116; rebound in dark-blue cloth over boards; light wear to tips of spine and a light, rubbed spot to front board; a bit of webbing showing at gutter between pp. 2 and 3, although textblock solid and securely-attached; uniform age-toning, very god condition.A well-thought and thorough criticism, the book refutes Herbert Spenser's theories and ideas and, more specifically, his ethics views. Spenser (1820 - 1903), British sociologist, biologist, and theorist, would be best remebered for coining the phrase "survival of the fittest," but also, for theorizing that the height of the process of evolution would be the "creation of the perfect man in the perfect society."

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