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On a peculiar defect in the eye... With: On the figure of the earth. 2 offprints, both by Airy

On a peculiar defect in the eye... With: On the figure of the earth. 2 offprints, both by Airy by Airy, George Biddell

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On a peculiar defect in the eye... With: On the figure of the earth. 2 offprints, both by Airy
Author
Airy, George Biddell
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Jeremy Norman & Co., Inc. (United States)
Description
London: Nichol, 1826. Airy, George Biddell (1801-92). On a peculiar defect in the eye, and a mode of correcting it. Offprint from Trans. Cambridge Phil. Soc. [2], 5, [1]pp. London: J. Smith, 1825. Bound with: On the figure of the earth. Offprint from Philosophical Transactions [2], 31, [1]pp. London: W. Nicol, 1826. Together 2 items, 4to. Modern gray boards. Faint scattered foxing, otherwise fine. Bookplate of Jerry Donin. Extremely rare First Separate Editions of both papers. Airy, Britain's Astronomer Royal from 1835 to 1881, was the first to devise a sphereocylindrical lens for correcting astigmatism, a condition from which he himself suffered in his left eye. Airy's method is still used today. "Astigmatism was not known until [Thomas] Young discovered it in his own eyes in 1801 and correction for it was not available until 1827 [sic] when Airy designed the first lens for correction of astigmatism" (Gorin, History of Ophthalmology, p. 41). Garrison-Morton.com 5847. Hirschberg 11-1a, pp. 198-201. .
Arkitip Issue No. 0013

Arkitip Issue No. 0013 by GONZALES, Mark

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Arkitip Issue No. 0013
Author
GONZALES, Mark
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Harper's Books (United States)
Condition
Fine in illustrated wrappers; all contents housed in the original plastic bag.
Description
Hollywood: Arkitip, 2002. Fine in illustrated wrappers; all contents housed in the original plastic bag.. Limited Edition. Quarto. Copy 282 of 1000, hand-numbered to front cover in black marker. Features black-and-white reproductions of Mark Gonzales' drawings, photographs, and poems, with further contributions from the likes of Shepard Fairey, KAWS, and Space Invader. Includes sealed Mark Gonzales Mobile multiple.
Peachy: Poetry That Will Make You Sweat (Signed)

Peachy: Poetry That Will Make You Sweat (Signed) by GONZALES, Mark

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Peachy: Poetry That Will Make You Sweat (Signed)
Author
GONZALES, Mark
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Harper's Books (United States)
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A fine copy. Uncommon, with no OCLC records located.
Description
Bolt Publishing, 2018. A fine copy. Uncommon, with no OCLC records located.. Limited Edition. Octavo. SIGNED and hand-numbered to first page, as number 92 of 100 copies. A "Mark Gonzales Poetry Zine," assembling dozens of his idiosyncratic texts, drawings, and collage works. Contents: side-stapled self-wrappers, [72] pages, printed on yellow paper stock.
The Collected Poems

The Collected Poems by Brooke, Rupert

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The Collected Poems
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Brooke, Rupert
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Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
London: Philip Lee Warner, Publisher to the Medici Society, 1919. First thus. Near Fine. One of 1,000 copies printed by C.T Jacobi at the Chiswick Press and published for the Medici Society by Philip Lee Warner. Contemporary half red calf over marbled boards ruled in gilt. Quarto. x, 156, [1, colophon] pp. With a woodcut title-page and frontisportrait of Brooke by G. Raverat. Gilt-titled spine in six compartments. Some wear to edges of boards. Top edge gilt. Mid-twentieth century bookplate to upper pastedown. Slight toning to edges of endpapers. Otherwise fine and fresh throughout. An attractive, Near Fine copy. Rupert Brooke (1887 - 1915) is best remembered for his wartime sonnets that celebrated the mythic image of the heroic soldier. Brooke's "elegy to England," his 1914 poem "The Soldier," "was probably the best-known sonnet published in English in the twentieth century" (ODNB). Brooke died at sea en route to Gallipoli just a few months after enlisting, and most of his poetry was published posthumously in two editions: 1914 and other Poems (1915) and his Collected Poems (1918). The present edition finely reprints the 1918 collection. Near Fine.
Sonata II. [Keyboard sonatas]. [Copyist manuscript]

Sonata II. [Keyboard sonatas]. [Copyist manuscript] by ALBERTI, Domenico ca. 1710-1746

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Sonata II. [Keyboard sonatas]. [Copyist manuscript]
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ALBERTI, Domenico ca. 1710-1746
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J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
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England, 1775. Oblong folio (231 x 287 mm). Disbound. 5 pp. Notated in black ink on 10-stave rastrum-ruled paper. In F-major, comprising two movements, allegro moderato (C time) and allegro assai (3/8). With minor differences from the published score of Alberti's Op. 1 keyboard sonatas: in the second movement some ornaments (grace notes and trills) are placed on different notes and, to avoid entering the space of the higher stave with the left hand part, the scribe employs an alto clef (the printed version remains in bass clef). Slightly browned, a bit heavier to first and final pages; mild soiling; binder's holes to blank inner margins; first leaf detached. Alberti was an Italian composer, harpsichordist, and singer. "[His] claim to historical recognition rests traditionally on his harpsichord sonatas, in which the arpeggiated bass that lent his name a posthumous notoriety is a prominent feature. ... In his lifetime, however, Alberti was equally famous as a singer and as a performer (sometimes as self-accompanist) on the harpsichord. ... Of his non-musical career little is recorded except that he served the Venetian ambassador, Pietro Andrea Cappello, as a page on a visit to Spain about 1736, provoking Farinelli's admiration of his singing, and subsequently joined the household of Marquis Giovanni Carlo Molinari in Rome. His harpsichord sonatas are generally believed to date from these last years. ... Alberti's sonatas survive in manuscripts as complete works and isolated movements and it is not yet possible to state accurately how many survive, although the number probably exceeds 40. Eight sonatas, constituting the so-called op. 1, were published by Walsh in 1748 in response to an act of flagrant plagiarism by Alberti's former pupil, the castrato Giuseppe Jozzi (c1710-c1770), which became a cause célèbre. ... All Alberti's sonatas follow the two-movement scheme popular with contemporary Italian keyboard composers. The two movements are contrasted in character rather than tempo; although both are cast in binary form, that of the first often prefigures sonata form, whereas the second retains the modest proportions and uncomplicated design of a dance movement." Michael Talbot in Grove Music Online While Alberti did not invent the arpeggiated bass figure to which he lends his name today, he does use it quite frequently in his sonatas. It may have been one of his preferred rhythmic devices when accompanying himself at the harpsichord. Whether the music is slow or brisk, the figuration is most often used to complement cantabile (i.e. singing-like) passages. It serves to guide the ear as the narrative of a piece unfolds. Sonata II, for instance (p. 4) begins with a forthright theme, constructed over a romanesca bass (a common baroque and classical harmonic gambit, similar to the Pachelbel canon). Soon after the statement of the theme (over a walking eighth-note bass), the familiar four-note arpeggios commence. Alberti then develops it by repeating fragments of its melody, and reshaping its contours over new harmonies. His style of repetition when developing material is unpredictable, a welcome contrast to the familiar quality of his musical vocabulary. As Sonata II wears on, Alberti introduces more and more distant harmonies: A flat and D flat major chords, in the key of F major. Keyboard players and listeners today may find that elements of Alberti's style are reminiscent of later musical styles. The Alberti bass brings to mind the classical sonata of the 1770s-1790s. Alberti's harmonic explorations are bold, unexpected, and even Romantic-sounding, at times, like the exotic turns of phrase that adorn Robert Schumann's 1838 piano piece "Von fremden Ländern und Menschen.
La Galleria Pallavicini

La Galleria Pallavicini by ZERI, Federico

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La Galleria Pallavicini
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ZERI, Federico
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Argosy Book Store (United States)
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very good(+)
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Florence: Sansoni, 1959. hardcover. very good(+)/very good. Illustrated in black and white. 372 pages with text in Italian. Thick 4to, green cloth, d.w. (worn and torn, sunned). Florence: Sansoni, (1959). Bumped and worn on foot of spine. A very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper.
MEXICO AND HER PEOPLE TO-DAY

MEXICO AND HER PEOPLE TO-DAY by WINTER, Nevin O.

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MEXICO AND HER PEOPLE TO-DAY
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WINTER, Nevin O.
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Antic Hay Books (United States)
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L.C. Page & Company, 1908. WINTER, Nevin O. MEXICO AND HER PEOPLE OF TO-DAY. Illustrated From Original Photographs by the Author and C.R. Birt. Boston: L.C. Page & Company, [1908]. 8vo., beige cloth stamped in gilt, blue & maroon, top edge gilt, 404 pages. First Edition, second printing. An account of the customs, characteristics, amusements, history and advancement of the Mexicans and the development and resources of their country. Signed presentation from Nevins on the front endpaper, to the future mayor of Toledo, Ohio: "To Chas. M. Milroy, with the compliments of Nevin O. Winter. Toledo, Ohio. Feb. 11th, 1909." Milroy was a prominent lawyer in Toledo and a trustee of Toledo University. He was the city's mayor during 1916 and 1917. Milroy was the Presiding Judge of the Lucas County Common Pleas Court until his death in 1931. Very Good (covers bright but with bit of soil; contents clean & tight). $150.00.
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Map of Long Island, Showing Long Island Railroad

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Map of Long Island, Showing Long Island Railroad
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Sanctuary Books (United States)
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New York: Rand, McNally, & Co., 1929. Ephemera. Very Good. Cloth-backed folding map, b/w, 46x20 inches opened. Trimmed a bit close along the edges; cloth a little bit frayed here and there.
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FIFTY FIGURE & CHARACTER DANCES by Bell, E.T.

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FIFTY FIGURE & CHARACTER DANCES
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Bell, E.T.
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J.B. Muns, Fine Arts Books (United States)
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Very Good
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London: Waverley, 1921. Hardcover. Very Good. Illus. in photos & diagrams
THE STEEL FLEA. Translated from the Russian by Isabel F. Hapgood

THE STEEL FLEA. Translated from the Russian by Isabel F. Hapgood

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THE STEEL FLEA. Translated from the Russian by Isabel F. Hapgood
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Rulon-Miller Books (United States)
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Boston: privately printed for the Company of Gentlemen Adventurers at the Merrymount Press, 1916. Edition limited to 300 copies, 8vo, pp. vii-[viii], 94-[96]; ornamented title-page; orig. half black cloth, light wear to extremities, some browning to endpapers from acidic later chemise, else fine. Smith 439.
Connections: No. 2, Fall, 1973

Connections: No. 2, Fall, 1973 by ZIMMERMAN, Toni

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Connections: No. 2, Fall, 1973
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ZIMMERMAN, Toni
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Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
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Fine
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New York: Connections, 1973. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Orange and black wrappers, stapled. Fine.
New Worlds to Conquer

New Worlds to Conquer by Halliburton, Richard

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New Worlds to Conquer
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Halliburton, Richard
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Town's End Books (United States)
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Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, (1929). Early reprint. Very good+ in brown cloth covered boards with gilt text stamped on the spine and on the front board. A small quarto measuring 9 1/8 by 6 inches with map end sheets. The cloth at the very edges of the head and heel of the spine are very slightly rubbed and there is a prior owner's name stamped on the first free end page. Without its issued dust jacket. 368 pages of text illustrated with a photographic frontispiece of the author and with 68 black and white plates. Two chapters in this book are dedicated to the horrible conditions of prisoners on in the prisons of French Guiana and Devil's Island.
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Maritime History of Wethersfield, Vol. 1. by ADAMS, Sherman W.

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Maritime History of Wethersfield, Vol. 1.
Author
ADAMS, Sherman W.
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Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
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Very Good
Description
Wethersfield:: Wethersfield Historical Society,. Very Good. 1977. Paperback. Edited by Ronna L. Reynolds. Black and white photographs. First edition (paperback). Light soiling to rear cover, else very good in pictorial wraps. .

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