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The Final Treaty of Ghent, in the Form of the Outline and Detailed Analysis Sent to the Head of America's Diplomatic Corp in Europe by Jonathan Russell

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Title: The Final Treaty of Ghent, in the Form of the Outline and Detailed Analysis Sent to the Head of America's Diplomatic Corp in Europe
Author: Jonathan Russell
Seller: The Raab Collection (United States)
Description: 23/12/1814. “We shall receive the British ministers at a conference this day to fill up the blanks, particularly those with respect to the limitation of capture at sea, and to arrange some of the formalities of the treaty. This done, and fair copies of the treaty drawn up, it will be signed. You have now before you the results of our labors. I will make no other comment than that I believe we have done the best, or nearly the best, which was practicable in existing conditions.”The 1783 Treaty of Paris ending the American Revolution awarded the western frontier to the United States, but the British did not give up the idea of setting up a Native American buffer state between its holdings and the U.S. on that frontier. This hoped-for state would be shaped like a dagger and descend from the Canadian border on a line from the center point of Ohio west to the Mississippi River and reach to the far south of the Illinois Territory. It would act as a block to American immigration west, hinder U.S. use of the new Louisiana Purchase lands and the Mississippi River, discourage American trade in the west to the benefit of British merchants, set up an ally on the western border of the U.S., and make Canada safer from potential U.S. incursions.By the late 1790s, from their forts in Ontario, the British were supplying and arming the Indians living in what is now the United States. By 1810 the Native Americans were ready to organize and were presenting a serious threat to American pioneers and interests. Two visionary Shawnee Indian leaders, Tecumseh and his brother The Prophet, realized that if US encroachment onto Indian land was ever to be stopped, this was the time. They rallied a broad Indian alliance to fight the white settlers. The alliance promised to sign over no more land to the whites, and the various tribes of the region promised to work together. The British were aiding and financing the Indian alliance from Canada. Though Tecumseh was defeated in Indiana by General William Henry Harrison in 1811, in 1812 threats of Indian uprisings remained a reality on the American frontier.American trade was in a state of crisis by 1812. The British were seizing American ships on the high seas, and forcing seamen to join the Royal Navy or merchant navy. This impressment of seamen was deemed necessary because of the difficulty in obtaining enough recruits in Britain. Probably in the neighborhood of 6,000 Americans were impressed by the British leading up to the War of 1812. Americans considered this action as a violation of their sovereignty, a real slap in the face. In addition, Britain seized vessels bound for Europe that did not first call at a British port. France retaliated, confiscating vessels if they had first stopped in Britain. Together they seized nearly 1,500 American vessels between 1803 and 1812. This was a staggering number, and as many of the cargoes were sold as prizes, the loss to American merchants was enormous.Pushing for war in 1812 were the War Hawks, a group of prominent Congressmen mainly from the west and south, led by House Speaker Henry Clay, and also including John C. Calhoun. On June 1, 1812, President James Madison, sufficiently persuaded by the pro-war position, sent the U.S. Congress a war message, and war was declared June 17. But the U.S. was unprepared for the War of 1812, and the fortunes of war proved vacillating. There were successes, such as William Henry Harrison’s victory in the northwest in the Battle of the Thames, in which Tecumseh was killed, and Oliver H. Perry’s victory on Lake Erie. But there were also failures, such as Gen. James Wilkinson's expedition against Montreal; also, Fort Niagara was lost, Black Rock and Buffalo were burned, and great quantities of provisions and stores destroyed. The American hope of conquering Canada began to look like a dream, and the threat remained that the British and their Indian allies might yet gain a hold over territory in the American west in order to create an Indian buffer state between the U.S. and the Mississippi River. The British blockade of the U.S. eastern seaboard was constantly growing more rigid; not a single American man-of-war was on the open sea. Meanwhile the discontent with the war prevailing in New England, which was destined to culminate in the Hartford Convention, continued to be active and to threaten rebellious outbreaks. But the most ominous event was the downfall of Napoleon’s prospects, the likely conclusion of peace in Europe, and, in consequence, the liberation of the military, naval, and financial resources of Great Britain for a vigorous prosecution of the war in America. In 1813 the Americans agreed to mediation to end the war, but the British declined and instead in early 1814 offered direct peace talks to be held at Ghent in Belgium. The U.S. accepted that offer.The head of the American negotiating team was John Quincy Adams, the U.S.’s most experienced diplomat. The four men who served with him were carefully selected by President Madison to reflect the varieties of political sentiment in the United States. Foremost among them was Henry Clay, the foremost War Hawk. Albert Gallatin had served as Secretary of the Treasury for both Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. James Bayard was a U.S. Senator belonging to the Federalist Party who had been an opponent of the war, and was one of the 13 Senators to vote against declaring it. However, once the war began he supported the war effort. Jonathan Russell was acting U.S. ambassador to Britain when war was declared. In addition to being a negotiator, he was also serving as ambassador to Sweden and Norway. He proved instrumental in achieving the final peace terms. The talks commenced in August 1814.William H. Crawford was sent as U.S. ambassador to France in 1813, with orders to demand the repeal of the Berlin and Milan Decrees (put in place by Napoleon to attempt to strangle the British Islands, but in doing so interfering with U.S. commerce), to protest violations of American trading interests, and to attempt to negotiate a commercial treaty. During the Ghent peace negotiations, he was responsible for superintending the American consuls in Europe and keeping them informed of developments. More than that, he was an advisor to the President on the happenings on the Continent. As Ambassador to the Court of one of the two major adversaries in the conflicts in Europe, he was also actively involved in the Ghent negotiation process in 1814, advising the negotiators and responding to their confidential communiqués. He would later serve as Secretary of War and Secretary of the Treasury under Presidents Madison and Monroe.The talks commenced August 8, 1814. At the start the U.S. negotiators had their instructions: the impressment of seamen and illegal blockades were the principal cause of the war,"" which would ""cease as soon as these rights are respected."" British cruisers must not be allowed to stop and search U.S. vessels, which practice ""withholds the respect due our flag…It is expected that all American seamen who have been impressed will be discharged.” Another major object of the negotiations was to end the British blockades. “We also need to be assured that no further interference with our commerce"" will take place. Next the instructions took up the question of the British arming and supplying the Indians. The article in the Treaty of 1794 ""allowing ""British traders from Canada and the North to trade with the Indian Tribes in the U.S., must not be renewed."" Nor must Britain continue to use native forces against ""our Western States and Territories.” Thus, the U.S. negotiators must insist on an end to impressment, and ship seizures, and a stop to aiding the Indians in the American west.As for the British, they had made big promises to the Indians in return for their support, so they initially demanded that the country now occupied by the states of Michigan, Illinois, and Wisconsin, the larger part of Indiana, and about one third of Ohio, should be set apart for them. This would also act as a buffer zone, a perpetual protection of the British possessions against American ambition. They also demanded that the United States should relinquish the right of keeping any armed vessels on the Great Lakes; and, in addition to all this, they asked for the cession of a piece of Maine, and for the right of navigating the Mississippi River. The Americans rejected these demands out of hand, and actively considered going home at the end of August. They ended up staying, and over the coming weeks and months there discussions, sending of notes and replies, references of disputed points by the British commissioners to their Foreign Office in London, and long waiting for answers.Little progress was made in negotiations through October, and as November opened there was still no comprehensive draft treaty covering all the war’s issues. The Americans sought each party to make a draft, and then exchange drafts. But the British saw a competitive advantage in forcing the Americans to act first, and also claimed this was a matter of etiquette; they refused to prepare a draft. This the U.S. delegation considered petty and inappropriate, but the Americans decided to make the draft themselves. On November 10 the American draft for a comprehensive treaty was provided to the British. This was the first draft treaty of Ghent, and it contained 15 points. The British approved most of the articles in the draft, but disputes remained with regard to the British right to the navigation of the Mississippi, the American right to fish in British waters off Canada, and the text relating to Indian lands. Since British support for the Indians was a main reason U.S. War Hawks wanted the conflict, the Americans were adamant on conceding nothing to the Indians. And now that peace was in the offing and the government in London (and the Duke of Wellington) wanted it sooner rather than later, the British were prepared to abandon their promises to the Indians of not agreeing to a treaty without taking their interests into account.At last, after long discussions (in which the American envoys displayed great skill in argument), and after repeated references of the disputed points by the British commissioners to their Foreign Office, the British government declared that it was willing to accept American language relating to the Indians, and a treaty silent on both other subjects - the fisheries as well as the navigation of the Mississippi. This declaration reached the American commissioners December 22, 1814, and with it the last obstacle to a final agreement was removed.The original report that the Treaty of Ghent would be signed imminently, with the final negotiating notes for the treaty provisionsCrawford was notified immediately. Autograph report signed, by negotiator Jonathan Russell, 8 long pages, Ghent, December 23, 1814, to Crawford. “In noticing the diversity of opinion which may occasionally occur in particular points between the members of the mission to which I belong, and which undoubtedly arises from the difference of the impression which the same circumstances make on different men, however sincerely united in the pursuit of the same ultimate object, I by no means set up for infallibility or am overconfident that the course of which I may be the advocate is the best. I am still further from intending to insinuate any reproach against the patriotism or integrity or intelligence of my colleagues because I happen to be so unfortunate as not to accord with them in my view of all the subjects, which, in the course of the negotiation are presented for discussion. My only object in communicating to you these things is to make you better acquainted with the character of our proceedings, to show you that both sides of a question have been examined, and the profit of your information and advice, if to be obtained in season to influence the final decision. There are so many agents informing the opinions and producing the convictions of a man besides his reason... The influence of habit and of education is also unsafe and the wisest and best of men may in vain believe themselves free from the prejudices it necessarily engenders. A long cooperation with a party or a sect imbues the very soul with their colors and whatever purity we may affect or sincerely endeavor to attain we still give the same tinge to everything which we touch. A professional education is likewise apt to impose fetters on the mind and to give a mechanical or artificial character even to our reasoning. Aware of these and other frailties of human nature, if I am disposed perhaps to distrust too much the opinions of others I am taught a salutary diffidence in my own. When however I encounter a man in whose heart all the nobler passions have found their home, who's head is unobscured by the fogs of false education, who's great object is the welfare of his country and pursues this object with an instinctive good sense that never deceives, I listen to him with unsuspecting confidence...”“I will now endeavor to make you amends by stating the sober details of business, which I'm sure Will be more interesting to you. After my last letter to you of the second we heard nothing from the British ministers until the ninth when Mr. Baker their secretary called on us to ask a conference for the next day. At this conference they informed us that their amendment to the first article could not be entirely withdrawn but they were willing so to modify it.... They gave us also to understand that all our propositions as a substitute for their additional clause to the eighth article were inadmissible on their part, however they presented one (marked A) which you will find enclosed....”“We shall receive the British ministers at a conference this day to fill up the blanks, particularly those with respect to the limitation of capture at sea, and to arrange some of the formalities of the treaty. This done, and fair copies of the treaty drawn up, it will be signed. You have now before you the results of our labors. I will make no other comment than that I believe we have done the best, or nearly the best, which was practicable in existing conditions.”The four large pages of intensive notations illustrate the fundamental basis of the peace: stop the war with few preconditions, and leave the other issues between the two nations to further negotiations in peacetime in the future. Here are a few excerpts:The British wanted provisions with specificity, such as, “His Britannic Majesty agrees to enter into negotiations with the United States of America respecting the terms, conditions, and regulations under which the inhabitants of the United States take fish on certain parts of the coast of Newfoundland and other of his…dominions in North America…The United States of America agrees to enter into negotiations with His Britannic Majesty respecting the terms, conditions, and regulations under which the navigation of the river Mississippi…shall remain free and open to the subjects of Great Britain”. The Americans felt these were unnecessary, and they were not included in the final treaty; moreover, they would “not accede” to introducing navigation of the Mississippi at all. “Yet to an agreement couched in general terms, so as to embrace all the subjects of difference not yet adjusted…the undersigned are ready to agree.”The parties agreed “to the mutual restoration of territory taken by either party from the other during the war”, with the exception of a dispute in Maine (that would not be resolved for years), provided that “the claim of the United States shall not thereby in any manner be affected.” The Americans expressed concurrence with the British demand, and would “promote the abolition of the slave trade”.The treaty was signed December 24, 1814. The fundamental basis of the peace: stop the war with few preconditions, and leave the other issues between the two nations to further negotiations in peacetime in the future. But in addition to the written provisions of the treaty, there were unwritten understandings of enormous significance. This made the Treaty of Ghent one of the most important ever signed by the United States. The United States gave up its designs on Canada, which left Britain free to cease looking over its shoulder at North America. It could concentrate its efforts elsewhere. In return, Britain stopped supporting the Indians in the “buffer state” in their fight against the encroaching Americans. Their withdrawal was the death knell to the Indian’s efforts; and they were the true losers in the war. The way to the American west was now open, the great impediment removed. The United States gained in another way - domestically - as the turning away from old enemies and issues led to the molding of a separate American future. The war’s end unified the country and led to the Era of Good Feeling. As Albert Gallatin said,“They are more Americans; they feel and act more as a nation”. It let loose a burst of energy in emigration, commerce and invention that changed the face of the country.This report was acquired by us from a direct descendant of William H. Crawford, and it has never before been offered for sale.

Rossini Prepares for the Great Worlds Fair in Paris in 1867 by Gioachino Rossini

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Title: Rossini Prepares for the Great Worlds Fair in Paris in 1867
Author: Gioachino Rossini
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Description: 29/01/1867. Gioachino Rossini, the great Italian composer who wrote operas, chamber music, songs, and some instrumental and piano pieces, is perhaps best-known for works like ""The Barber of Seville."" He is often referred to as the Italian Mozart, a reference to his skill and the young age at which it was accomplished.In 1855, Rossini moved to Paris, where he settled, and established himself as a cultural figure in that city, entertaining and occasionally composing. He hosted many literary and artistic figures and was a well known lover of food and cooking. He was a celebrity, who had achieved fame and financial comfort.The International Exposition of 1867 in France was the second world's fair to be held in Paris and took place from April 1 to November 3 1867. Many nations were represented at the fair. Following a decree of Emperor Napoleon III, the fair took place in the midst of the renovation of Paris, marking the culmination of the Second French Empire.For such a grand occasion, Rossini was chosen to write the ""Hymn to Napoleon III,"" which he did and it was the musical centerpiece, the anthem of the event. Rossini also was a liaison for the fair on behalf of Italians at home, particularly those close to where he called home. His primary fiscal agent and correspondent was Angelo Mignani, who handled his finances and was a link back to Italy. Professor Rizzoli was the chief surgeon in Bologna, a university town in northern Italy, also the home of Mignani. Rizzoli was the inventor of surgical techniques he wished to exhibit at the fair.Autograph letter signed, Paris, January 29, 1867, to Mignani, accepting a large sum of money, likely for living expenses, and assuring Rizzoli that his funds had cleared. ""Dear Angelo. I received your letter dated the 24th in which is included the draft of 1047.35 francs. Also tell Mr. Rizzoli that the promissory note was accepted immediately and that it has the signatures (probably not well known by him) of Spaniards who enjoy a great reputation in Paris. Dear Angelo, continue in your good work. G. Rossini."" 1000 francs in today's money would be several thousand US dollars, and likely represented his living expenses as he was composing his Hymn and preparing for the Worlds Fair.

WITHOUT TEXT, BUT PROBABLY OPENING PRIME by AN ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF FROM A DUTCH BOOK OF HOURS, WITH A VERY FINE MINIATURE OF THE NATIVITY BY THE MASTERS OF THE DELFT HALF-LENGTH FIGURES

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Title: WITHOUT TEXT, BUT PROBABLY OPENING PRIME
Author: AN ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF FROM A DUTCH BOOK OF HOURS, WITH A VERY FINE MINIATURE OF THE NATIVITY BY THE MASTERS OF THE DELFT HALF-LENGTH FIGURES
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Description: Delft, ca. 1470. Leaf: 172 x 115 mm. (6 3/4 x 4 1/2"). Frame: 242 x 190 mm. (9 1/2 x 7 1/2"). In an attractive wooden frame. A FINELY PAINTED MINIATURE OF THE NATIVITY within an arch-topped compartment, the parents of the Christ Child kneeling before him as he lies on the ground outside the stable, Joseph (uncharacteristically) supporting himself with a cane in his left hand and holding a long burning candle in his right, two diminutive angels in attendance, the head of an ass sticking out of the stable window in the background to the left, AND, IN THE RIGHT BACKGROUND, A CHARMING DEPICTION OF THE ANNUNCIATION TO THE SHEPHERDS, ALL OF THIS BENEATH A VERY DETAILED ARCHITECTURAL CANOPY suspended in the sky, AND THE WHOLE WITHIN A FULL BORDER of acanthus leaves and other foliage and flowers in reds, blues, greens, yellows, and brushed gold, along with very many small burnished gold ivy leaves and buds on hairline stems, a small stag in the bottom border and a large delicately shaded angel, who mirrors the Virgin's pose, in the left border (verso blank). ◆A hint of soiling to edges of vellum, but IN VERY FINE CONDITION, without any paint erosion, with the colors rich and true, and with the burnished gold still shimmering. Notable for its attractive color scheme, fine craftsmanship, and unusual composition, this vibrant leaf was produced by a talented artist belonging to the stylistic group known as the Masters of the Delft Half-Length Figures. The lack of text and blank back of this leaf clearly suggest that it was produced as a singleton intended for insertion in a Book of Hours, and its subject matter indicates that it would have faced the opening for the third hour of the day, Prime. The present depiction of the Nativity is out of the ordinary in that it is combined with another scene, the Annunciation to the Shepherds, a subject that usually begins Terce in the Hours of the Virgin. It is a testament to the artist's ingenuity and compositional skills that he has managed to incorporate these two scenes so seamlessly; in fact, rather than pulling focus from the main subject celebrating the birth of Christ, this secondary scene adds additional interest to the picture and amplifies the storyline. Though the Annunciation to the Shepherds takes place at a distance from the Nativity, we immediately grasp their connection and can see how arrival of humanity's savior was felt far beyond the manger. It is also interesting to note how much the artist has emphasized the figure of Joseph. Not only does he take up as much space as the Virgin, but the candle and cane he holds frame the Christ child and communicate a strong suggestion of a protective parent (the Virgin is doing her part by praying hard, but she is more passive). In addition to its engaging subject matter, there is a high level of artistic achievement here, including delicately molded figures, impressively detailed architectural elements, and a lovely color palette. The elegant hand seen in this miniature manifests a quiet sophistication that distinguishes this artist as a particularly talented member of his circle. Active from about 1450-80, the Masters of the Delft Half-Length Figures were named by James Marrow after the angels and other figures whose upper bodies are typically found emerging from a cloud within the borders. Although the present leaf uncharacteristically contains a full-length angel in the border, it shares other stylistic similarities, such as the elaborate architectural canopy hovering over the main composition; and it particularly resembles the work of the artist of Keble College MS 77, an illuminator described in "The Golden Age of Dutch Manuscript Illumination" as "one of the more articulate of the group" whose "figures are more fully modelled and his palette . . . deeper and brighter" than that of his contemporaries. Because of the complexity of the subject matter and the high level of artistic accomplishment seen here, this leaf was probably part of an elaborate Book of Hours produced in response to an important commission..

Exoticum: Twenty-five Desert Plants from the Huntington Gardens. Wood Engravings by Richard Wagener. Essay by Edwin Dobb. by [ Wagener, Richard ]

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Title: Exoticum: Twenty-five Desert Plants from the Huntington Gardens. Wood Engravings by Richard Wagener. Essay by Edwin Dobb.
Author: [ Wagener, Richard ]
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Description: [Petaluma, California:] Mixolydian Editions, 2017 One of sixty copies, signed by both Edwin Dobb and Richard Wagener. This is one of the twenty-six deluxe copies, featuring the extra signed prints. Quarter terra cotta morocco over marbled paper boards, gilt lettered spine. Laid in a clamshell box, along with five signed prints from the edition and a special printing of the bladderpod plant, which was the genesis of this suite of engravings. The suite of prints is in a green paper chemise. Clamshell box with printed paper spine label. Binding by John DeMerritt; paper marbling by Pamela Smith of Abiquiu, New Mexico.. Folio. 12.25 x 7.5 pp. Printed letterpress on two types of Zerkall-Bütten paper from the Kall River Valley in Germany. Engravings printed directly from the wood blocks on a Vandercook Universal I proof press. A fine copy. Edwin Dobb is a fiction writer, essayist, and journalist. A former editor-in-chief of The Sciences and contributing writer at Harper's, he currently writes for National Geographic and teaches at the U. C. Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. "Richard Wagener is a California printmaker and book artist specializing in wood engraving, and is the proprietor of Mixolydian Editions where he publishes fine press limited edition books and prints. He is the 2016 co-recipient of the Carl Hertzog Award for Excellence in Book Design from the University of Texas at El Paso and the recipient of the 2016 Oscar Lewis Award for contributions to Book Arts from the Book Club of California" (from the prospectus).

The Closing of the American Mind by Bloom, Allan

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Title: The Closing of the American Mind
Author: Bloom, Allan
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ISBN: 9780671479909
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Simon and Schuster, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Inscribed by Bloom on one of the front endpapers. Very Good in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($18.95), some scratches and small stains on the surface. Quarter white buckram with green paper on the boards, bumped at the corners, faded at the edges. Square, front hinge loose presumably from being signed, firmly bound otherwise, some stains at the top edge, clean internally. A true first printing of Bloom's surprise best-selling novel that bemoans the loss of reason in favor of "creativity." A scarce first made scarcer by the inscription.

Lady Windmere's Fan by Wilde, Oscar

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Title: Lady Windmere's Fan
Author: Wilde, Oscar
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Description: Paris: [Leonard Smithers], 1903. Hardcover. Very good. Limited to 250 copies, of which this is number 115. About very good in the original plain brown cloth, toned in spots, rubbed at the edges and corners. Square, bound with some reading wear on the binding, a semi-circle in the lower quarter of the front endpaper has been removed for reasons unknown. Pirated edition published by Leonard Smithers.

The Young King and The Star-Child by Wilde, Oscar

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Title: The Young King and The Star-Child
Author: Wilde, Oscar
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Description: Boston: L.C. Page & Company, [n.d.]. Hardcover. Very Good. Illustrated. Very Good, no jacket. Light green buckram, rubbed and faded at the edges. Bound with some reading wear and a slight forward lean, bookplate inside the front board, clean otherwise. Published as part of Page's Cosy Corner Series of young adult books.

The Closing of the American Mind by Bloom, Allan

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Title: The Closing of the American Mind
Author: Bloom, Allan
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ISBN: 9781451683202
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Description: New York: Simon and Schuster, 2012. Paperback. Very Good. Foreword by Saul Bellow. Afterword by Andrew Ferguson. Second Printing. Very Good. Wraps bumped at the corners. Square, bound with some reading wear, clean internally.

[Trade Catalogue] ABC Fabrics A.B.C. Fine Percale Full Standard Eighty Square Yard Wide Put Up Double Fold-Demi Pieces Guaranteed Fast Color -- Season 1929 -- Arthur Beir & Co., Inc. 41-45 White Street New York

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Title: [Trade Catalogue] ABC Fabrics A.B.C. Fine Percale Full Standard Eighty Square Yard Wide Put Up Double Fold-Demi Pieces Guaranteed Fast Color -- Season 1929 -- Arthur Beir & Co., Inc. 41-45 White Street New York
Seller: White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (United States)
Condition: Very Good Plus
Description: New York: Arthur Bier & Co., Inc, 1929. Hardcover. Calf on boards. Ribbon ties. Very Good Plus. 569 triangular swatches of Percale fabric, arranged in a fairly unusual concertina-format. Percale is an especially fine cotton favored in bed linen. Besides the large number of samples, we add that many are also striking, and shown is a wide variety of styles -- polka dots, stripes, floral, geometric, country gingham, etc. etc. Many of the patterns are infused with an Art Deco flair, including those that show a Cubist influence, but there are patterns in a more traditional, and/or less classifiable, mold as well. 36 by 23 cm. The inside cover, front and back, have some printed content. The concertina otherwise is entirely printed on one side. It has 45 panels with the triangular samples, ten to eighteen swatches per panel except for the last panel which has merely four. The first panel has more, 23 in all, of solid color. These serve as a color chart also. Following this panel, each column of fabrics, with most panels having two or three columns, has a single design shown with five or six color mixes. The cover shows some wear, with a few stains, scratches, surface loss, rubbing of the silver lettering, but cumulatively it doesn't represent a significant issue, we think. Swatches can be frayed, but never much. We believe that the catalogue is complete, meaning all the swatches that were in it originally are still present. The few blank areas show no evidence of paste at least.

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Indian in the Cupboard by Banks, Lynne Reid;Cole, Brock

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Title: Indian in the Cupboard
Author: Banks, Lynne Reid;Cole, Brock
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ISBN: 9780385170512
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Description: New York, New York, U.S.A.: Doubleday, 1985. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. First Edition in the United States of America stated on the copyright page. Early printing. Book is nice and bright and square. Minor rubbing at corners and spine ends. Dust jacket has original price of $9.95 printed on the front flap; minor chipping at corners and spine ends; light soiling.

The Secret of the Indian by Banks, Lynne Reid

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Title: The Secret of the Indian
Author: Banks, Lynne Reid
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Description: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1989. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. First Edition October 1989 stated on the copyright page. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Original price of $13.95 printed on front flap of dust jacket. Original owner's bookplate on the front free endpage.

Charles Rennie Mackintosh: The Complete Furniture, Furniture Drawings & Interior Designs by Billcliffe, Roger

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Title: Charles Rennie Mackintosh: The Complete Furniture, Furniture Drawings & Interior Designs
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Condition: Fine in Near Fine dj
Description: London: John Murray. Fine in Near Fine dj. 1986. Third Edition. Hardcover. [a lovely copy, no discernible wear to book; the jacket shows only light handling wear, minor dog-earing at spine ends]. (B&W and color photographs & facsimiles) "Illustrated with almost 800 photographs, 20 in colour," this is "the definitive work on a designer of world renown." Originally published in 1979, this later edition "illustrates, in particular, a number of major pieces listed in the first edition but which could not then be located." "An impressive and stimulating work of scholarship, this book will be essential reading for anyone with an interest in modern design, whether in historical, aesthetic or purely practical terms." ****NOTE that additional postage charges will be assessed for international shipping of this large and heavy book; if this concerns you, please contact us for a shipping quote before placing your order. As always at ReadInk, domestic Media Mail shipping is free.**** .

Erskine H. Childers; President of Ireland by YOUNG, John N.; Jack Lynch (foreword)

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Title: Erskine H. Childers; President of Ireland
Author: YOUNG, John N.; Jack Lynch (foreword)
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description: Gerrards Cross, Bucks, UK: Colin Smythe, 1985. First Edition. Octavo (22cm); blue cloth, stamped in gilt, in white pictorial dustwrapper; xiii, 224pp, 9 plates. Dustwrapper slightly toned, with minor soiling and bumps; additional creasing along joints. Interiors clean, unmarked. Very Good+. A biography of Erskine Hamilton Childers, the fourth president of Ireland. He was, of course, the son of Erskine Childers, the author and yachtsman who was controversially executed in 1922 for his role in the Irish Civil War. 51 years later, the younger Childers was elected president under a banner of peace; unfortunately, he passed away in 1974 after only 18 months in office. With 9 photo-illustrated plates and a foreword by former Irish premier (1966-73, 1977-79) Jack Lynch.

The New Soviet Fiction: Sixteen Short Stories [Review Copy] by ZALYGIN, Sergei, ed

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Title: The New Soviet Fiction: Sixteen Short Stories [Review Copy]
Author: ZALYGIN, Sergei, ed
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description: New York: Abbeville Press Publishers, [1989]. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm.); publisher's cloth-backed boards in pictorial dust jacket; 396pp. Jacket spine a bit toned with small chip at foot, else Very Good to Near Fine. Review copy with promotional packet laid in.

Black Blues and Shiny Songs: Poems by YOUNG, Tommy Scott

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Title: Black Blues and Shiny Songs: Poems
Author: YOUNG, Tommy Scott
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description: Charlotte, NC: Red Clay Books, 1977. First Edition. Octavo (22.5cm); photo-illustrated wrappers; 72pp. A Fine, unread copy. The Blair, SC native's first book, a collection of poems paying homage to the rich oral tradition of African-American storytelling. Young, a poet, playwright, educator, and sculptor, was founder and director of the Kitani Foundation, which from 1977-1983 was responsible for enabling school children in South Carolina to experience nationally acclaimed performing artists.

Dom Henrique o infante. Memoria historica. Primeiro premio de concurso No. 5.0 [Quinto] centenario by Alves, Alfredo

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Title: Dom Henrique o infante. Memoria historica. Primeiro premio de concurso No. 5.0 [Quinto] centenario
Author: Alves, Alfredo
Seller: Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition: A very good copy, spine ends and extremities worn, bookplate and shadow of previous one on front pastedown, leaves browning.
Description: Porto: Typographia do "Commercio do Porto", 1894. First edition. Marble paper covered boards, original wrappers bound in. A very good copy, spine ends and extremities worn, bookplate and shadow of previous one on front pastedown, leaves browning.. 125 pp. 4to. (28 x 22 cm.). Provenance: Bookplate of Henry Vignaud (scholar, book collector, historian of Columbus, and secretary of the American legation in Paris).

THE POEMS OF WILLIAM WORDSWORTH by WORDSWORTH, William

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Title: THE POEMS OF WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
Author: WORDSWORTH, William
Seller: Charles Agvent, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Spine evenly sunned. Near Fine in a Fine slipcase
Description: Cambridge: Limited Editions Club, 1973. Hardcover. Spine evenly sunned. Near Fine in a Fine slipcase. John O'Connor. Quarto (6-1/2" x 10-3/4") bound in quarter tan morocco leather and ochre-dyed linen boards with the front board embossed with a portrait medallion of Wordsworth; 300 pages. Selected and introduced by Jonathan Wordsworth; designed by John Dreyfus. Illustrated with 10 full-page line drawings, with tints added by watercolor, and a score of black-and-white drawings by John O'Connor. Copy #877 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page.

TWENTY-TWO UNPUBLISHED LETTERS OF ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING AND ROBERT BROWNING ADDRESSED TO HENRIETTA AND ARABELLA MOULTON-BARRETT

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Title: TWENTY-TWO UNPUBLISHED LETTERS OF ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING AND ROBERT BROWNING ADDRESSED TO HENRIETTA AND ARABELLA MOULTON-BARRETT
Seller: Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press (United States)
Description: New York: The United Feature Sydicate, 1935. quarter leather, paper-covered boards, slipcase. Browning, Elizabeth Barrett and Robert. 8vo. quarter leather, paper-covered boards, slipcase. xii, 89, (3) pages. Limited to an edition of 1188. Spine lightly faded. Rubbing to spine ends, else a near fine copy. Printed at Crosby Gaige's Watch Hill Press.

ANNUAIRE CONNAISSANCE DES ARTS 1968 DES VENTES PUBLIQUES EN FRANCE

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Title: ANNUAIRE CONNAISSANCE DES ARTS 1968 DES VENTES PUBLIQUES EN FRANCE
Seller: Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press (United States)
Description: N.P.: Hachette, 1968. cloth, paper cover label. 4to. cloth, paper cover label. 212 pages. Text in French. A volume in Hachette's Collection Connaissance des Arts series. An overview of public art sales and auctions in France during 1968. Index. Listing of public sales and auctions in France during the 1967-8 season.

Coleccion Antonio Santamarina

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Seller: Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB

Title: Coleccion Antonio Santamarina
Seller: Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
Condition: Good (Scuffing to covers)
Description: Buenos Aires: Adolfo Bullrich, 1955. Softcover. Good (Scuffing to covers). Off-white wraps; 62 pp.; Numerous bw plates. Text in Spanish; From the auction held 25, 26, and 27 October, 1955; Includes works by Boudin, Corbet, Toulouse-Lautrec, Rodin, Utrillo, and many others; 211 items listed.

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