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THE NEW YORK TRILOGY: City of Glass, Ghosts, The Locked Room by Auster, Paul

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Title: THE NEW YORK TRILOGY: City of Glass, Ghosts, The Locked Room
Author: Auster, Paul
Seller: Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition: Fine in fine jackets.
Description: Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press, 1986. First edition. Fine in fine jackets.. Signed first printings (all) of Auster's beloved and best-known work, a postmodern deconstruction of the detective novel. Initially inspired by a wrong number placed to his house asking for the Pinkerton Detective Agency, Auster's interlocking series of novels take as their starting point classic mysteries, but use them to investigate more existential and philosophical ideas. As he later said of the trilogy: "[The detective novel] was useful to me in the same way old musical hall routines and vaudeville were useful to Beckett in writing WAITING FOR GODOT. Or the way romances were useful to Cervantes in writing DON QUIXOTE." A beautiful set of this contemporary classic. Three volumes; 7.5'' x 5''. Original full blue cloth. In original unclipped (no price, as issued) color photographic jackets designed by Katie Messborn (CITY first state without publisher's seal on spine). Blue endpapers. 208, 104, 184 pages. Each volume signed by Auster in ink on title page. Bright, tight, clean and sharp overall.

PRAYERS AND OFFICES OF DEVOTION. [with] THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER. [with] THE HOLY BIBLE by (BINDINGS - MACKENZIE). JENKS, BENJAMIN

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Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts

Title: PRAYERS AND OFFICES OF DEVOTION. [with] THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER. [with] THE HOLY BIBLE
Author: (BINDINGS - MACKENZIE). JENKS, BENJAMIN
Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
Description: 1824-32. Bible: 256 x 173 mm. (10 1/8 x 6 3/4"), Common Prayer: 251 x 160 mm. (9 7/8 x 6 1/4"), Prayers: 80 x 110 mm. (7 x 4 1/4"). Three separately published volumes.. VERY PRETTY DEEP GREEN STRAIGHT-GRAIN MOROCCO by J. Mackenzie (stamp-signed on front turn-in), covers bordered with a French fillet enclosing a large scrolling central frame, central panel gilt stamped "Charl[ot]te Hill, 1834," raised bands, spine compartments decorated with a similar scrolling frame, turn-ins gilt, all edges gilt. In a (surprisingly well-preserved) publisher's custom-made dual-level black morocco box. Book of Common Prayer with front hinge just slightly open at bottom, otherwise virtually without signs of use--A REMARKABLY WELL-PRESERVED SET. In a clever custom box that includes a facsimile spine, these three devotional books feature particularly attractive matching bindings by a leading London artisan. The three books include the Bible (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1829), the Book of Common Prayer (London: Joseph Butterworth & Son, et. al., 1824), and Prayers and Offices of Devotion (London: Longman & Co. et. al., 1832). The last of these, written by Church of England clergyman Benjamin Jenks (1648-1724), includes specific prayers for a wide variety of situations, ranging from deaths to requests for rain to "the Mortification of all fleshly lusts." It became a classic that remained in print through the end of the 19th century. Binder John Mackenzie may have been trained by the firm of Staggemeier & Welcher, and he is known to have employed Joseph Zaehnsdorf from 1840-42. According to Howe, he described himself in a circular issued in 1840 as "Bookbinder to their late Majesties King George IVth & King William IVth," ("bookbinder to the King" is stamped inside the present bindings), as well as a binder with 40 years of experience, and someone with one of the largest collections of brass binding tools in London. His work is of a very high quality, as the present volumes attest. The custom covers indicate that our volumes were the property of a Charlotte Hill. Since she had a common name, we cannot say who she was, and she may have been a fine woman with impeccable deportment. However, she did not find inspiration from the present virtually untouched set, which--much to our benefit--has been handled by her (and subsequent owners) as a treasure, not as a source of communion with the divine..

Map Showing Subdivisions of the Ojai Valley Company by [California]

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Title: Map Showing Subdivisions of the Ojai Valley Company
Author: [California]
Seller: McBride Rare Books (United States)
Condition: About very good.
Description: [Ojai, Ca.]: Ojai Valley Company, 1925. About very good.. Lithographic map, 28 x 27 inches. Old olds, some creasing, a few small tears to margins, minor separations at crossfolds, seven-inch closed tear to upper portion of map, two-and-a-half-inch closed tear to lower portion of map, upper and lower margins of map trimmed. A rare and striking subdivision map by the Ojai Valley Company, founded in 1922 to develop the Arbolada neighborhood of Ojai in Ventura County. The map is annotated in lead or red pencil to denote sold lots and the names of some of the purchasers, the size of each lot, and other notes. In a few cases the construction of new buildings are noted on certain plots, including a Catholic church and a hotel. Some additional roads and lots have been added to the map in pencil.

Letters written by eminent persons in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; to which are added, Hearne's journeys to reading, and to Whaddon Hall . . . and lives of eminent men. The whole now first published from the originals in the Bodleian Library and Ashmolean Museum, with biographical and literary illustrations by AUBREY, John and others

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Seller: Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts

Title: Letters written by eminent persons in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; to which are added, Hearne's journeys to reading, and to Whaddon Hall . . . and lives of eminent men. The whole now first published from the originals in the Bodleian Library and Ashmolean Museum, with biographical and literary illustrations
Author: AUBREY, John and others
Seller: Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description: London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1813. FIRST EDITION. Frontispiece portrait cut out and pasted onto a blank leaf opposite the title in Volume I. Contemporary (original?) calf-backed boards, spine labels; other than some minor spotting on the first few leaves in each volume, an excellent uncut copy from the libraries of William Greenwood and Dr. Herbert Silvette with their bookplates and Greenwood’s signature on the title to Volume I dated 1873. First edition of this collection of over 150 letters, most “from the collections of Hearne, Smith, and Ballard in the Bodleian Library. In addition to many curious anecdotes and remarks of a local nature ... they exhibit biographical sketches of persons contemporary with the writers, as well as notices of passing events, and of the general state of literature. The two journeys of Hearne are printed from his manuscript diaries in the Bodleian Library” (from the Advertisement). The second part of the second volume contains the first printing of John Aubrey’s Lives of eminent men; his detailed biographical sketches of many iconic personalities from the 16th and 17th centuries provided a significant source of personal information for future writers and historians.

JOAN CRAWFORD AT PLAY WITH DAUGHTER CHRISTINA (1941) Photo by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Title: JOAN CRAWFORD AT PLAY WITH DAUGHTER CHRISTINA (1941) Photo
Author: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Seller: Walterfilm, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. No binding. Fine. Los Angeles: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1941. Vintage original 8 x 10" (20 x 25 cm) black-and-white glossy silver gelatin photo. Original typed blurb on the verso, fine. Wearing identical outfits, Joan and Christina sample tea in a sandbox. According to text on verso, Joan loves the period between pictures as she can spend her time with Christina, and Christina loves it, too. Also, it was Christina's idea to wear identical outfits.

Heartlight by Barron, T.A.

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Title: Heartlight
Author: Barron, T.A.
Seller: Bookbid Rare Books (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: Philomel Books, 1995. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. SIGNED UNCORRECTED PROOF of T.A. Barron¿s ¿Heartlight.¿ Soft cover. Published in New York by Philomel Books, 1990. ¿Uncorrected Proof¿ stated on front cover. Signed by author on half-title page. Price indicated as $15.95. Book fine, in wrappers.

Songs of Innocence and of Experience by Blake, William

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Title: Songs of Innocence and of Experience
Author: Blake, William
Seller: Bookbid Rare Books (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: Franklin Library, 1980. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Fine with no dust jacket. This is an example of one of the older FULL LEATHER Franklin Library Books. Bound in Full, gilt tooled Leather, with gilt page edges; gilt spine decorations and lettering; silk Moire endpapers; silk ribbon place marker; 5 raised bands to the spine etc etc. A very clean and bright copy. A Volume in the 100 GREATEST BOOKS OF ALL TIMES Series.

Corona Club Cook Book. [Compiled by members of the Corona Club.] by [Corona Club (San Francisco); Household Economics Section]

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Title: Corona Club Cook Book. [Compiled by members of the Corona Club.]
Author: [Corona Club (San Francisco); Household Economics Section]
Seller: Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink (United States)
Description: San Francisco: Rincon Publishing Company, 1910. Octavo, [6], 19-249, [13] pages. Advertisements. FIRST EDITION, likely second printing. This printing lacks the initial 13 pages of ads, but the pagination begins at "19" leading us to believe that this issue followed that with ads in the front. A collection of attributed recipes written in narrative format, assembled to raise funds for a club house. Includes household tips and a section on Lemon Remedies. Local advertisements precede, follow, and are interspersed throughout the recipes. Organized in 1898, San Francisco's Corona Club was a women's charitable and civic organization. At the time of this publication, the club's numbers were limited to two hundred women, but the limitation was later lifted. Sections, including Social Services, Book Review, Child Welfare, Dramatic, and Household Economics carried out a wide variety of activities, providing funds and support "to make this great city a better place in which to live". In soiled and slightly bumped, blue-titled white oilcloth. Tideline to the gutter at the bottom of text block, Some light foxing and edgewear throughout. Good. Manuscript recipes throughout, twenty-seven written on blanks and in margins, one laid in, one tipped-in, and one clipping laid in. [OCLC locates twelve copies; Brown 93; Cook, page 32].

Short History of the Royal Ulster Rifles

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Title: Short History of the Royal Ulster Rifles
Seller: Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB (United States)
Description: Belfast: James Moore Limited, 1930. Hard Cover. 12mo. 122pp. A series of 5 lectures in 9 parts (meant to accompany 50 slides - not present). Green cloth with silver embossing.

[SHEET MUSIC] The Good Rhein Wine by Gray, John (Composed by)

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Title: [SHEET MUSIC] The Good Rhein Wine
Author: Gray, John (Composed by)
Seller: lizzyoung bookseller (United States)
Condition: Cream illustrated wraps. Good
Description: London: W.H. Broome, c.1870. Sheet_music. Cream illustrated wraps. Good. 5 pages. 36 x 26.5 cm. Edges trimmed with loss to date. Covers lightly soiled and foxed, with some small closed tears to the edges. Spine crudely hand sewn. Discernible fold to middle.

Artillery Equipment of the Napoleonic Wars (Men-at-Arms, 96) by Wise, Terence; Hook, Richard

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Title: Artillery Equipment of the Napoleonic Wars (Men-at-Arms, 96)
Author: Wise, Terence; Hook, Richard
Seller: Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9780850453362
Condition: Very Good
Description: London: Osprey Publishing, 1987. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. 40pp. Wraps just slightly tanned, else very good.

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