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Sphera del Universo by Rocamoro y Torrano (Ginés)

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Title: Sphera del Universo
Author: Rocamoro y Torrano (Ginés)
Seller: Thorn Books (United States)
Condition: Near fine
Description: Madrid: Juan Herrera, 1599. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 4to. (14), fol. 1-271, (1). Woodcut of the arms of Don Luys Faxardo on the title page. Full vellum, ties, manuscript spine title Illustrated with woodcuts, including several full page plates of the sphere of Ivan Sacrobosco, another illustrating both solar and lunar eclipses, and a large woodcut of the solar system showing the earth in the center and the sun revolving in an orbit between Venus and Mars. This title is somewhat bibliographically confusing in that the preliminaries differ from copy to copy, and the title page is sometimes typeset, sometimes with the shield of Don Luys. Palau (271732) remarks that the publisher may have spoiled some of the early leaves by not including his frontispiece ("Es debido a que el autor inutilizó las primeras hojas por no haber incluido su retrato..."), and by substituting 18 new leaves. This copy lacks p2, the frontispiece, as is frequently the case; but the leaf with the Sonnet of Lope de Vega (obverse) and the Licenciado Camarino (reverse) is present here, though not so in other copies. Joannes de Sacrobosco, a scholar-astonomer at the University of Paris, published his work on the Sphere about 1230, which gives a readable account of the Ptolemaic universe and contains a clear description of the earth as a sphere. Even though Copernicus was formulating his ideas of a heliocentric solar system in the mid 1500's, this concept was apparently not yet considered the norm. This is a very good copy: folio 74 has a closed and neatly mended horizontal tear (no loss) and folio 104 has a repair of a closed marginal tear on the bottom,affecting only the bottom border and not the image of the sphere on its reverse. Palau 271732. Rare. Text in Spanish.

Works of George Borrow, The by BORROW, George; SHORTER, Clement, editor

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Title: Works of George Borrow, The
Author: BORROW, George; SHORTER, Clement, editor
Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Description: London: Constable & Co., 1923. The Norwich Edition of George Borrow Number One of Only 775 Copies - Beautifully Bound by Bayntun-Rivière BORROW, George. The Works of George Borrow. Edited, with much hitherto unpublished manuscript, by Clement Shorter. London: Constable & Co. Ltd.; New York: Gabriel Wells, 1923-1924. The Norwich Edition. Limited to 775 numbered copies, this being copy number 1. Sixteen octavo volumes (8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches; 222 x 146 mm.). Title-pages printed in red and black throughout. Handsomely bound circa 1950 by Bayntun-Rivière in three-quarter medium green morocco over green cloth boards ruled in gilt, spines with five raised bands decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. A fine and elegant set in an especially pleasing postwar Bayntun-Rivière binding. A distinguished edition of the works of one of the nineteenth century's most eccentric and compelling literary wanderers. Linguist, traveler, Bible salesman, folklorist, and novelist, George Borrow created books unlike any of his contemporaries - vivid, autobiographical narratives infused with gypsy lore, roadside adventures, linguistic curiosity, and a deep fascination with the margins of European society. Borrow's enduring masterpieces include The Bible in Spain, his extraordinary account of travels through Spain while distributing Protestant scriptures; Lavengro and The Romany Rye, semi-autobiographical works blending memoir, fiction, and philosophical reflection; and Wild Wales, one of the great travel books of the Victorian era. His prose possesses a singular energy and immediacy, filled with colorful encounters, strange characters, and the romance of the open road. Edited by Clement Shorter and incorporating previously unpublished manuscript material, the Norwich Edition remains one of the most important collected editions of Borrow's writings. The present example, copy number one of the edition, gains additional distinction from its refined Bayntun-Rivière binding - a set equally attractive on the shelf and rewarding in content.

Five Young American Poets by Berryman, John; Jarrell, Randall; Barnard, Mary; Moses, W.R.; O'Donnell, George Marion

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Title: Five Young American Poets
Author: Berryman, John; Jarrell, Randall; Barnard, Mary; Moses, W.R.; O'Donnell, George Marion
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: New Directions, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Signed by John Berryman on front paste down and inscribed to novelist Frederick Boyden, "so much skill, much faith - [signed] John Berryman[,] Boston 16 Dec 1941." 221 pp. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Near Fine in Very Good price-clipped dust jacket that is rubbed along edges, slightly chipped at head and tail, closed tear along front flap fold, a few faint stains. The very first book appearance of John Berryman (and quite rare signed by him), as well as poet/ novelist/essayist Randall Jarrell and poet/translator of Sappho Mary Barnard.

Embauche Au Balkan: 24 elastiche Seiten zum Thema Einstellungsgespräche oder 'The Happy End of Franz Kafka's Amerika.' (Inscribed) by WÜRTHLE, Michel, and Martin Kippenberger

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Title: Embauche Au Balkan: 24 elastiche Seiten zum Thema Einstellungsgespräche oder 'The Happy End of Franz Kafka's Amerika.' (Inscribed)
Author: WÜRTHLE, Michel, and Martin Kippenberger
Seller: Harper's Books (United States)
Condition: Minor toning to illustrated wrappers; near fine. Uncommon, with no OCLC records located.
Description: Hamburg: Meterverlag, 1994. Minor toning to illustrated wrappers; near fine. Uncommon, with no OCLC records located.. First edition. Octavo. One of the cycle of publications produced for Martin Kippenberger’s maximalist exhibition The Happy End of Franz Kafka's “Amerika;” a spy story written by Paris Bar impresario Michel Würthle after he lost a Mau Mau bet to Kippenberger. This copy INSCRIBED by Würthle to title page, and dated in the year of publication: “Für die lieben Kieseritzky von eurem M. / Berlin, März 94.” The story is printed twice, once in absurdly oversized font. One of an estimated 600-800 copies. (Koch 132).

CHIMERA by BARTH, John

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Title: CHIMERA
Author: BARTH, John
Seller: Charles Agvent, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Fine in acetate dustwrapper and slipcase, as issued
Description: New York: Random House, (1972). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in acetate dustwrapper and slipcase, as issued. Copy #244 of 300 numbered and SIGNED copies of this winner of the National Book Award. Walter Shirley's copy with his bookplate tipped to a front blank.

Ten Books on Architecture. Translated into Italian by Cosimo Bartoli, and into English by James Leoni. Edited by Joseph Rykwert. by ALBERTI, LEONE BATTISTA.

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Title: Ten Books on Architecture. Translated into Italian by Cosimo Bartoli, and into English by James Leoni. Edited by Joseph Rykwert.
Author: ALBERTI, LEONE BATTISTA.
Seller: Ars Libri Ltd (United States)
Description: London (Alec Tiranti), 1955.. xx, 236pp., 68 plates. 4to. Cloth. Reprint of the 1755 edition.

Report of a select committe [sic] on a petition of the Berkshire Association for the Promotion [of] Agriculture and Manufactures. February 21, 1817. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table by [Agriculture] United States, Congress, House

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Title: Report of a select committe [sic] on a petition of the Berkshire Association for the Promotion [of] Agriculture and Manufactures. February 21, 1817. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table
Author: [Agriculture] United States, Congress, House
Seller: Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition: A very good copy, edge worn, folded, with War Department Library stamp on title.
Description: Washington [D.C.]: [Printed by William A. Davis], 1817. First edition. Removed. A very good copy, edge worn, folded, with War Department Library stamp on title.. 2 pp. 8vo. Number 95 in brackets on top. The Committee recommends that there be an establishment of a national Agriculture board, noting that different parts of Europe and the U.S. have already instituted such boards, "under the auspices of government, and have diffused much useful information, and contributed to... public welfare." Notes that Geo. Washington, in 1796, recommended to Congress that there be a national Agricultural Board. OCLC shows only four original, unbound holdings. American Imprints 42680.

The Lost Refrigerator and Other Poems for Children. by ACKERSON, Duane.

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Title: The Lost Refrigerator and Other Poems for Children.
Author: ACKERSON, Duane.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller-ABAA (United States)
Description: (np): The Dragonfly,, 1974.. First edition.. [16 pp]. Sunning along spine, else fine in stapled wrappers. Twelve poems, issued as Dragonfly Pamphlet #4.

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