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The Philosophie, Commonlie Called, the Morals

The Philosophie, Commonlie Called, the Morals by Plutarch [Translated by Philemon Holland]

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Title
The Philosophie, Commonlie Called, the Morals
Author
Plutarch [Translated by Philemon Holland]
Seller
Biblioctopus (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
London: Printed by Arnold Hatfield, 1603. First Edition. Very good. First complete edition in English, containing everything you’d ever want to know of what Romans thought about private (daily) life. An essential, balancing compendium for all the Roman history books (the historiographer’s question is always, what else was going on?). It’s a spectacular read, but you better wipe off your magnifying glasses because this book is 1,400 pages of well-spaced, but small type. Full mottled calf by Riviere & Son (signed on the verso of the front free endpaper), morocco labels, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, woodcut initials and headpieces, rebacked, a few faint scratches, tiny chip (paper flaw?) from the title page’s edge, but fine, and complete with the errata. The condition is exceptional for this book. Ugly copies abound but no copy like ours has sold at auction or in the trade since this one sold at Sotheby’s, in 1989, for $4,675 (expensive then and expensive now, but the finest of copies usually are). Ex–James Hale Bates (1845–1901) the American travel writer, with his armorial bookplate upside down on the rear endpaper. Ex–The Garden Limited (see below), their bookplate also upside down next to Bates’ (the error in placement certainly made by Bates, The Garden owners intentionally followed suit). 4 p.l., 1363, [1] pp., [32] leaves. Ref: STC 20063. ESTC S115981. Harris, p. 116. Lowndes III, 1891. The exalted Elizabethan translator Philemon Holland (1552–1637) was a physician and Latinist whose love of the classics prompted his devotion to rendering ancient authors into the language of Shakespeare, and his output was prodigious. His first project was a translation of the Roman historian Livy, published in 1600. The next year, Holland tackled Pliny’s massive Natural History (he also translated significant historical works of Suetonius (1606) and Ammianus Marcellinus (1609). The contents of the Morals are amazing. They confront a wild range of topics, embracing fortune, exile, animal intelligence, health, advice for newlyweds, the education of children, benefitting from one’s enemies, the value of having few or many friends, how to recognize a flatterer, and 10 times as many more. And though Catullus’ neoteric poems, and some documents survive, the primary (only?) other source of the private details of Roman daily life beyond this book, is just graffiti on the walls of Roman ruins, like at Pompeii. Individual Plutarch treatises had been previously translated into English, some more liberally than others, but this is the first translation of the entire sequence of essays that make up the “Moralia.” Further, the value of the collection is enhanced because Plutarch borrows from lost Greek works, some of which would otherwise be unknown to us. The modern provenance here is at the zenith. It’s no hyperbole to say that the collection of The Garden Ltd. was the most outstanding American library of notable books put together in the second half of the 20th century. It was comprised of high spots from all periods, breathtaking in their impeccable condition. It included the last 1st edition seen of Cervantes’ 1605 Don Quixote, and a set of Shakespeare’s 4 folios (bought by Dick Manney, and then bought by us from Sotheby’s by private treaty in 1991). Does this collection have a backstory? It does. Haven O’More, was a genial narcissist with an autobiography fattened on bombastic exaggeration. His oft asked question was, “Do you know who I am?” It should have been, “Do you know who I think I am?” He found a rich investor, Michael Davis, and with Davis’ loot he built a staggering library, in awe-inspiring condition, that he planned to place at the center of his zanily conceived, “new sacred city.” But O’More was holding aces and eights, and after a public confrontation at Christies over a Gutenberg Bible, Davis got bored with O’More’s antics and forced a 1989 sale at Sotheby’s, titled The Garden Ltd.
The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne

The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne by [Fine Binding - Kelliegram] White, Gilbert

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Title
The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne
Author
[Fine Binding - Kelliegram] White, Gilbert
Seller
Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
London: Chiswick Press, 1837. New edition. Fine. A Fine copy. Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches; 216 x 134 mm.). xxiv, 640 pp. Forty-five engraved vignette illustrations, with numerous engravings of flora, fauna, and landscapes in the text. Verso of front free endpaper with rectangular bookplate of Thos. D. Murphy. Bound ca. 1910 in a stunning Art Nouveau binding of dark green crushed morocco, handsomely gilt and inlaid, by Kelliegram (stamp-signed in gilt on rear watered silk endleaf) Covers with fanciful Art Nouveau-style frame formed by inlaid flowers of red and blue and leaves in two shades of green, these inlays connected by gilt dots, and the spaces between them featuring swooping gilt birds and sprinklings of gilt dots; raised bands, spine compartments tooled in gilt with similar inlaid leaves and flowers, turn-ins with gilt tendrils and continuing the bird, flower, and leaf motifs, the turn-ins enclosing pictorial morocco doublures, the front doublure depicting Gilbert White's vine-covered house in Selborne, the rear a slate-roofed country church and cemetery, moss green watered silk endleaves, all edges gilt. Original cloth spine bound in at rear. This New Edition, with notes by Edward Turner Bennett and others, is a lovely copy of White's beloved account of the wonders of nature, offered in a very pleasing pictorial binding from the firm that is best known for that kind of work. First published in 1789, White attempts to inspire readers to observe in their own backyards, "is open to everyone, for everyone has observed much of what it describes. Writer and reader each share the inheritance of the natural world, and delight in what is given, so that Selbourne becomes an expression of universal thanksgiving, treasured by all." (DNB) This cover design is animated and unusual, the gilt birds in flight adding a charming note of whimsy to the graceful Art Nouveau design. As with many Kelliegram bindings, pictorial inlays are prominently featured - though here they are atypically large and found inside, rather than on, the covers. The doublures represent two things dear to White's heart: his Selbourne home, "The Wakes," and a small country church like the one where he served as a perpetual curate, forsaking a more brilliant career in the church or at Oxford in order to remain in the place that he loved. The doublure scenes employ at least ten different consonant colors of morocco and much incising to give a fine level of detail. This copy makes for a prime example of a Kelliegram binding. The London-based firm Kelly and Sons was one of the longest running in the trade. Started in 1770 by John Kellie, various family members continued the business into the early twentieth century. Fine.
Journal of the Voyages and Travels of a Corps of Discovery Under the Command of Capt.Lewis and Capt. Clarke of the army of the United States

Journal of the Voyages and Travels of a Corps of Discovery Under the Command of Capt.Lewis and Capt. Clarke of the army of the United States by Gass, Patrick

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Journal of the Voyages and Travels of a Corps of Discovery Under the Command of Capt.Lewis and Capt. Clarke of the army of the United States
Author
Gass, Patrick
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Thorn Books (United States)
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Good
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Philadelphia: Matthew Carey, 1812. Hardcover. Good. The Fourth Edition, with six engravings. Contemporary full sheep, black leather lettering label, gilt. The binding is rubbed, scratched and stained, an d the gilt on the spine has largely perished form age. The textblock, including the plates, is generally yellowed with age, stained, and lightly foxed. Only a good copy. Without the map which was added to this edition. With a hand-written note on the front free endpaper: "Blanford Second Liby. Considered an essential title for any Americana collection, the first edition in 1807 was the earliest full first-hand narrative of the Lewis and Clarke Expedition, preceding the official account by seven years. In a cloth-covered clamshell case. Howes G-77. Wagner-Camp 6. .
Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare, Wiliam

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Romeo and Juliet
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Shakespeare, Wiliam
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Thorn Books (United States)
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Near fine
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New-York: Duprat & Co, 1892. Limited edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 4to. xii, 170, (4)pp. Half black morocco; spine in six compartments, gilt, with red leather lettering pieces, gilt. Marbled paper sides, Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Ribbon marker. Light rubbing else a near fine copy. One of 350 numbered copies; this is number 203. With an introduction by Richard Henry Stoddard. Illustrated with engravings by Jacques Wagrez and Louis Titz. Printed by D. Jouaust, Paris, 1892. .
Personal Reminiscences of Early Days in California with Other Sketches

Personal Reminiscences of Early Days in California with Other Sketches by Field, Stephen J.

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Personal Reminiscences of Early Days in California with Other Sketches
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Field, Stephen J.
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Thorn Books (United States)
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Very good
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Not Published, 1880. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Original cloth, gilt title. Cloth sunned to tan on spine, slight fading at top of front cover; waterspot. Born in Connecticut, Stephen Johnson Field was practicing law in New York when word of the Gold Rush arrived. He sailed to California in 1849, crossing Panama at Chagres. He soon became a leader of the California bar, going on to sit on both the State Supreme Court and the United States Supreme Court. His book focuses on his first years in California, centering on his experience as practicing attorney and the first alcalde for the mining town of Marysville, 1850-57. In the second section, he relates anecdotes of his later career as justice, first of the California Supreme Court, then of the U.S. Supreme Court. Very scarce first edition, in original binding (later reissued with additional material). A very good copy. Cowan, p. 208; Howes F-117.
HOMMAGE AUX MUSES

HOMMAGE AUX MUSES by (BINDINGS - PUBLISHER'S). (ALMANAC - 1825)

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HOMMAGE AUX MUSES
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(BINDINGS - PUBLISHER'S). (ALMANAC - 1825)
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Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
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Paris: Chez Marcilly fils aîné, [1824]. 105 x 63 mm. (4 1/8 x 2 1/2"). 6 p.l., 48 pp., [12] leaves. Publisher's green paper boards with Neoclassical engraved decorations, gilt edges, IN THE VERY FRAGILE ORIGINAL MATCHING PULL-OFF CASE. Housed in a fine modern linen custom clamshell box, green morocco label on spine. Engraved title page with vignette, six engraved plates with original tissue guards, engraved cover and 12 engraved vignette headpieces for the ladies' appointment calendar at rear. From the Ellen K. Morris and Edward S. Levin Collection of Publishers' Bookbindings. A hint of soiling and chafing to boards and slipcase, isolated faint foxing to contents, but A VERY FINE SPECIMEN, WITH ALMOST NO SIGNS OF USE. This charming little almanac contains romantic poems and engravings of young lovers in addition to a calendar with saints' days and phases of the moon, as well as a section (unused) for making notes and jotting down appointments. Our copy is remarkably well preserved, down to the delicate paper pull-off case. It comes from the splendid collection of publisher's bindings assembled over three decades by Ellen K. Morris and Edward S. Levin, and exhibited at the Grolier Club in 2000. In a review of the sumptuous catalogue for the exhibition, written for the Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, Andrea Krupp praises the "pristine condition" of this "glittering and opulent collection." ..
Agnès Varda (director) LES CRÉATURES [1968] French photo archive

Agnès Varda (director) LES CRÉATURES [1968] French photo archive by Parc Film

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Agnès Varda (director) LES CRÉATURES [1968] French photo archive
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Parc Film
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Walterfilm, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Fine
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Parc Film. No binding. Fine. Paris: Parc Film, [1968]. Set of 16 vintage original borderless black-and-white French photos, of which fourteen are 5 x 7" (13 x 18 cm) and two are 7 x 9 1/2" (18 x 24 cm). All have production company stamps on verso. Overall fine. Agnès Varda directed Catherine Deneuve and Michel Piccoli in this film which attempts to portray on screen the nature of artistic inspiration.
PINK NARCISSUS (1971, 1989) Photo archive

PINK NARCISSUS (1971, 1989) Photo archive by Sherpix; SF International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival

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PINK NARCISSUS (1971, 1989) Photo archive
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Sherpix; SF International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
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Walterfilm, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Fine
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Sherpix; SF International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival. No binding. Fine. [New York; San Francisco]: Sherpix, 1971; SF International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, 1989. Set of 4 vintage original black-and-white photos: two 8 x 10" (20 x 25 cm) and two 5 x 7" (13 x 18 cm) from a screening at the 1989 San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival. All fine. Classic and very early gay underground movie. "Between visits from his keeper (or John) a handsome male prostitute (Bobby Kendall), alone in his apartment, lounges, fantasizing about worlds where he is the central character. For example, he pictures himself as a matador, a Roman slave boy and the emperor who condemns him, and the keeper of a male harem for whom another male performs a belly dance. "The film is mostly shot on 8 mm film with bright, otherworldly lighting and intense colors. Aside from its last, climactic scene (which was shot in a downtown Manhattan loft), it was produced in its entirety (including outdoor scenes) in director James Bidgood's small New York City apartment over a seven-year period (1963-70). It was ultimately released without the consent of the director, who therefore had himself credited as Anonymous. He stated in an interview, "See, why I took my name off of it was that I was protesting, which I'd heard at the time that's what you did..." "Because the name of the filmmaker was not widely known, there were rumors that Andy Warhol was behind it. In the mid-1990s, writer Bruce Benderson began a search for its maker based on several leads and finally verified that it was James Bidgood, who was still living in Manhattan and was working on a film script. In 1999, a book researched and written by Benderson was published by Taschen about Bidgood's body of photographic and filmic work. "Bidgood's unmistakably kitschy style was later imitated and refined by artists such as Pierre et Gilles." (Wikipedia) The tiny cast included the legendary Charles Ludlam. This film barely received a theatrical release, and so any original American paper from it is really rare.
Joan Almond: The Past in the Present (Signed Limited Edition)

Joan Almond: The Past in the Present (Signed Limited Edition) by ALMOND, Joan and Roberto Tejada

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Joan Almond: The Past in the Present (Signed Limited Edition)
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ALMOND, Joan and Roberto Tejada
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Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780967174495
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West Hollywood, CA: St. Ann's Press, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Number 31 from a deluxe edition of only 65 copies. Features an introduction by Karen Sinsheimer along with an essay by Roberto Tejada. Includes 59 plates. A fine copy in special binding with the limitation stamped into the rear panel in a fine cloth slipcase and with a fine separate folio holding the two loose platinum photographs. Each photograph is signed and numbered by Almond and are in fine condition. The prints are of "Casbah Street" and "Granddaughter with Tobacco Leaves." A beautiful production.
Blind Spot 48 Forty Eight

Blind Spot 48 Forty Eight by AITKEN, Doug (editor) Stephen Shore, Jack Pierson, et al.

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Blind Spot 48 Forty Eight
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AITKEN, Doug (editor) Stephen Shore, Jack Pierson, et al.
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Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
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New York: Blind Spot, 2014. First edition. Softcover. Guest edited by Doug Aitken and with some images by him as well as conversations between him and Stephen Shore, Scott Dadich, and Jack Pierson. Includes images by a wide range of photographers. A fine copy in wrappers.
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Le Mystere de la Redemption du corps by COROZE, Paul

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Le Mystere de la Redemption du corps
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COROZE, Paul
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Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description
Paris: La Science Spirituelle, 1948. FIRST EDITION. Original printed wrappers (faded). An excellent copy. First edition of this strange attempt to reconcile anthroposophy with Christian esoterism. Followers of anthroposophy believe in a comprehensive spiritual realm that can be accessed by humankind through non-sensory independent thought. Here Coroze asserts that the same kind of mental exercise can be applied to Christian teachings. The text argues that the mainstream human experience is not intellectually complex enough to fathom the full Biblical paradigm, and thus it can only be understood through esoteric spiritual encounters. Coroze goes on to align the Biblical narrative of resurrection of souls with the theosophical theories of the spirit realm. This volume is the Spring 1948 publication in the series Les Documents Anthroposophiques, which promoted the theosophical work of Rudolf Steiner. OCLC records one copy in the U.S. (NY Public).
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ISLAND OF CAPTAIN SPARROW by WRIGHT, S. Fowler

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ISLAND OF CAPTAIN SPARROW
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WRIGHT, S. Fowler
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Houle Rare Books & Autographs (United States)
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NY, COSMOPOL, 1928. FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD-FINE. F.
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SIGNATURE & 5 DOODLES by AMES, LEON

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SIGNATURE & 5 DOODLES
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AMES, LEON
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Houle Rare Books & Autographs (United States)
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See Description. Signed-Autograph Very Good AMES, Leon. Signature and 5 doodles in pencil on lined sheet. 6" x 4".. Signed by Author(s).
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The Cat and the Curmudgeon by AMORY, Cleveland

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The Cat and the Curmudgeon
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AMORY, Cleveland
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Houle Rare Books & Autographs (United States)
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Boston, Little, Brown and Company [1990]., 1990. First edition (so stated). 8vo. Illustrations by Lisa Adams. Dust jacket designed by Michael Leary (unclipped). Fine. 296 pages. Inscription on the front free endpaper (not author's).. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.
Chinnery and China Coast Paintings.

Chinnery and China Coast Paintings. by Berry-Hill, Henry & Sydney.

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Chinnery and China Coast Paintings.
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Berry-Hill, Henry & Sydney.
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Ten Pound Island Book Co. (United States)
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Leigh-On-Sea, UK, F. Lewis. (1970).
Anthropologist Paul Du Chaillu Discusses Books And Travel With A Friend

Anthropologist Paul Du Chaillu Discusses Books And Travel With A Friend by PAUL DU CHAILLU

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Anthropologist Paul Du Chaillu Discusses Books And Travel With A Friend
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PAUL DU CHAILLU
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Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc. (United States)
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PAUL DU CHAILLU (183?-1903). Zoologist and anthropologist of French origin.ALS. 2pgs. 4 x 7. February 27, 1893. New York, NY. An autograph letter signed Paul Du Chaillu. In the letter, Du Chaillu thanks the recipient, Mrs. Dixon, for sending him a book of previously unpublished drawings by sixteenth-century French artist Jean Cousin the Younger. He also discusses his latest writing and some upcoming travel: My dear Mrs. Dixon, I have returned from the north a few days ago and I have just finished reading your charming little volume A Book of Fortune which you so kindly sent me. I must thank you ever so much for the pleasure its perusal has given me. I admire so much the sketches. They are lovely and so artistic. The book is a gem and I value the gift very much on account of the donor for whom I have the greatest regard and administration. I have been very busy all the winter and I am happy to say that Ivar the Viking is entirely out of my hands I think that Scribner intend to publish it in the autumn. When are you coming to New York? Will you be here on a visit in the Spring I am going to the Hot Springs Arkansas in two or three days and will not be back in New York before April. I am not how to thank you enough for your book. With kind regards to you and Mr. Dixon Believe me always Yours sincerely Paul Du Chaillu. Chaillus book Ivar the Viking: a romantic history based upon authentic facts of the third and fourth centuries was a fictional story based on Chaillus anthropological study of the Vikings and incorporating numerous historically-accurate details of Viking life in the third and fourth centuries. It was indeed published by Scribner in 1893. The letter is in fine condition
Biography of Revolutionary Heroes; Containing the Life of Brigadier Gen. William Barton and also, of Captain Stephen Olney

Biography of Revolutionary Heroes; Containing the Life of Brigadier Gen. William Barton and also, of Captain Stephen Olney by Mrs. Williams

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Biography of Revolutionary Heroes; Containing the Life of Brigadier Gen. William Barton and also, of Captain Stephen Olney
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Mrs. Williams
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Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Good
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Providence: Published by the Author, 1839. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Good. Brown boards, pushed at the corners, some loss at the head and foot of the spine, embossed with flower designs, a black paste-down on the spine. Square, bound with some reading wear but the hinges remain uncracked, frontispiece "Captain of Prescott," clean internally. A relatively scarace American Revolution biography.
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A Catalogue of Horace Walpole's Library. by [ Walpole, Horace ]. Hazen, Allen T

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A Catalogue of Horace Walpole's Library.
Author
[ Walpole, Horace ]. Hazen, Allen T
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Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1969 First edition. Cloth. Three volumes, large octavo. Fine in price-clipped, very good dust jackets.
THE FEEL OF ROCK. POEMS OF THREE DECADES

THE FEEL OF ROCK. POEMS OF THREE DECADES by WHITTEMORE, Reed

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THE FEEL OF ROCK. POEMS OF THREE DECADES
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WHITTEMORE, Reed
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Charles Agvent, ABAA (United States)
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Some fading of cloth. Very Good, likely issued without a dustwrapper
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Washington DC & San Francisco: Dryad Press, (1982). First Edition. Hardcover. Some fading of cloth. Very Good, likely issued without a dustwrapper. Cloth. Of a total of 1500 copies, this is one of only 300 hardbound and in addition is one of the first 50 copies SIGNED by the poet on the colophon page. It is also INSCRIBED and SIGNED at length by the author on the half-title page to the poet William Meredith: "for William--what to say,but let me say it before the/16 poets begin. We've been in/this a long time, you and I--/and 16 is too many!--but/we're both pretty good, aren't/we? All best, Bill/Reed/5-9-84." Laid in is a program for a May 9th evening in honor of Whittemore at which 16 poets, including Senator Eugene McCarthy, gave testimonials.
[GENEALOGY] THE SWISHER FAMILY OF HARRISON AND LEWIS COUNTIES, WEST VIRGINIA

[GENEALOGY] THE SWISHER FAMILY OF HARRISON AND LEWIS COUNTIES, WEST VIRGINIA by Robert Edward Swisher

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[GENEALOGY] THE SWISHER FAMILY OF HARRISON AND LEWIS COUNTIES, WEST VIRGINIA
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Robert Edward Swisher
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Black Swan Books, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Near Fine binding
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Richmond, Virginia: Whittet & Shepperson, 1974. First Edition. Near Fine binding. 8vo.; in the publisher’s red cloth binding, with titling in gold; 146 pages with illustrations and genealogical tables; map endpapers.~~. Near Fine binding.
The Continental Prophecies: America: a Prophecy, Europe: a Prophecy, The Song of Los (The Illuminated Books of William Blake, Volume 4)

The Continental Prophecies: America: a Prophecy, Europe: a Prophecy, The Song of Los (The Illuminated Books of William Blake, Volume 4) by Blake, William; Dorrbecker, D. W. (Intro., Ed.)

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The Continental Prophecies: America: a Prophecy, Europe: a Prophecy, The Song of Los (The Illuminated Books of William Blake, Volume 4)
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Blake, William; Dorrbecker, D. W. (Intro., Ed.)
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Underground Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780691036748
Condition
Very good
Description
Princeton: The William Blake Trust/Princeton University Press, 1995. Hardcover. Very good/very good +. Hardcover. 12" X 8 1/2". 367pp. Presents nicely in protective archival sleeved dust jacket. Gentle shelfwear to dust jacket, with some bumping to head and tail of spine. Bound in full dark brown cloth, with spine lettered in gilt. A hint of shelfwear to binding, else fine. Binding is firm, tight, and sound. Pages are clean, bright, and unmarked. A very presentable hardcover in dust jacket of this fourth volume of The William Blake Trust and Princeton University Press' Illuminated Books of William Blake. ABOUT THIS BOOK: The last volumes in the series of William Blake's Illuminated Books reveal the writer and artist as a prophet driven by a sense of apocalyptic urgency. Blake conceived and executed The Continental Prophecies and The Urizen Books in the early 1790s, capturing the intellectual and spiritual turmoil of the American and French revolutions. Here, for the first time, the general reader will encounter Blake's most intense vision in reproductions that do justice to the originals, accompanied by texts, comprehensive notes and commentaries, and detailed interpretations of the designs. The Continental Prophecies, which comprises "America," "Europe," and "The Song of Los," presents Blake's critical reckoning with the history of his own times. Marked by a particularly close integration of word and image, the books form a mythical plot from historical events and criticize the intricate structure of social oppression that the author attributes to organized state religion. Each of the three books attempts to point a way toward the process of millennial liberation. These volumes complete the six-part series of William Blake's Illuminated Books, including Jerusalem, Songs of Innocence and of Experience (now available in paperback), The Early Illuminated Books, and Milton, A Poem, all published by Princeton University Press. (Publisher).
Strictly Private

Strictly Private by Benson, Therese

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Strictly Private
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Benson, Therese
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ReadInk (United States)
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Very Good in Very Good dj
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New York/Chicago: A.L. Burt Company. Very Good in Very Good dj. (c.1931). 3rd printing (stated). Hardcover. [lightly shelfworn, slight deterioration to binding at spine ends, front endpaper rather carelessly razored out; the jacket is edgeworn, with minor paper loss at the spine ends]. "This delightfully clever tale recounts the sudden disappearances of Miss Muffet, a golden-haired child whom everybody wants; some because they love her, some because they hate her, and some because they don't want others to have her. Altogether, Miss Muffet becomes a bone of bitter contention and proceeds to get kidnapped every time a would-be guardian is out of sight." A would-be "madcap" novel that's seriously compromised by the author's clunky prose style, a bevy of uninteresting characters with murky motivations, and a central figure (the aforementioned Miss Muffet) whose sole distinguishing characteristic is a vocabulary of baby-talk that might want to make you claw your eyes out. ("I want to tiss oo 'tause oo're so dood to me.") The dust jacket copy references the author's "growing reputation for charming, lively and amusing stories," and she did indeed crank about half a dozen novels between 1929 and 1935, after which she appears to have retired from the literary scene. Anyway, the usual disclaimer: your mileage may differ (mine certainly did). (Nice jacket, though, by the great Arthur Hawkins Jr.) .
Retreat: A Novel of 1918

Retreat: A Novel of 1918 by Benstead, C.R.

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Retreat: A Novel of 1918
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Benstead, C.R.
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Very Good+ in Good dj
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New York/London: The Century Co.. Very Good+ in Good dj. (c.1930). 2nd printing. Hardcover. [solid copy with minor wear to the extremities, light dust-soiling to top edge of text block; the jacket has a shallow triangular chip at the bottom of the front panel, a half-dollar-size chunk torn away from the base of the spine, and a couple of tiny chips along the top edge]. "The story of an English priest who goes to war in 1918 buoyed up by reilgious idealism and imbued with the desire of carry the word of God to the soldiers at the front. But Chaplain Warne, caught in the final desperate German offensive of the war and flung back in the great British retreat that follows, painfully discovers the fact of his own utter uselessness and the futility of the divine mission he had imagined for himself. With terrible restraint we are shown the gradual collapse of this earnest, eager, over-sensitive priest, sinking from fear and depression, down through every degree of morbid self-torture, to madness and death." Great War narratives were all the vogue in the late 1920s -- both the play "Journey's End" and the novel "All Quiet on the Western Front" are evoked (twice!) in the jacket -- .
The Complete Robot

The Complete Robot by Asimov, Isaac

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The Complete Robot
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Asimov, Isaac
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ISBN
9780385177245
Condition
Very Good
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Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1982. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x6x1. Book club edition, gutter code M51. Minor wear to corners, otherwise an excellent copy. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 1982 Hard Cover. xiv, 557 pp. Includes 31 stories. "The Complete Robot is the definitive anthology of Asimov's stunning visions of a robotic future... In these stories, Isaac Asimov creates the Three Laws of Robotics and ushers in the Robot Age: when Earth is ruled by master-machines and when robots are more human than mankind. As well as TN-3 (Tony), AL-76 and other robots, the stories feature the staff of U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Inc., and in particular the chief robot-psychologist, the steely Dr Susan Calvin who is in many ways more robot-like than her subjects. The Complete Robot is the ultimate collection of timeless, amazing and amusing robot stories from the greatest science fiction writer of all time, offering golden insights into robot thought processes. Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics were programmed into real computers thirty years ago at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology - with surprising results. Readers of today still have many surprises in store... The Three Laws of Robotics: 1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm; 2. A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law; 3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law." CONTENTS: A Boy's Best Friend; Sally; Someday; Point of View; Think; True Love; Robot AL-76 Goes Astray; Victory Unintentional; Stranger in Paradise; Light Verse; Segregationist; Robbie; Let's Get Together; Mirror Image; The Tercentenary Incident; First Law; Runaround; Reason; Catch that Rabbit; That Thou Art Mindful of Him; The Bicentennial Man; The Susan Calvin Stories: Liar; Satisfaction Guaranteed; Lenny; Galley Slave; Little Lost Robot; Risk; Escape; Evidence; The Evitable Conflict; Feminine Intuition; A Last Word.
The Fourth Consort: A Novel

The Fourth Consort: A Novel by Ashton, Edward

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The Fourth Consort: A Novel
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Ashton, Edward
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Yesterday's Muse Books (United States)
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9781250286338
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Near Fine
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New York: St. Martin's Press, 2025. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. 6x0x9. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author on half-title page without inscription. Brand new from publisher. An exceptional copy. 2025 Hard Cover. 276 pp. A new standalone sci-fi novel from Edward Ashton, author of Mickey7 (the inspiration for the major motion picture Mickey 17). Dalton Greaves is a hero. He's one of humankind's first representatives to Unity, a pan-species confederation working to bring all sentient life into a single benevolent brotherhood. That's what they told him, anyway. The only actual members of Unity that he's ever met are Boreau, a giant snail who seems more interested in plunder than spreading love and harmony, and Boreau's human sidekick, Neera, who Dalton strongly suspects roped him into this gig so that she wouldn't become the next one of Boreau's crew to get eaten by locals while prospecting. Funny thing, though―turns out there actually is a benevolent confederation out there, working for the good of all life. They call themselves the Assembly, and they really don't like Unity. More to the point, they really, really don't like Unity's new human minions. When an encounter between Boreau's scout ship and an Assembly cruiser over a newly discovered world ends badly for both parties, Dalton finds himself marooned, caught between a stickman, one of the Assembly's nightmarish shock troops, the planet's natives, who aren't winning any congeniality prizes themselves, and Neera, who might actually be the most dangerous of the three. To survive, he'll need to navigate palace intrigue, alien morality, and a proposal that he literally cannot refuse, all while making sure Neera doesn't come to the conclusion that he's worth more to her dead than alive. Part first contact story, part dark comedy, and part bizarre love triangle, The Fourth Consort asks an important question: how far would you go to survive? And more importantly, how many drinks would you need to go there?
Vladimir Akimov on the Dilemmas of Russian Marxism, 1895-1903.
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Vladimir Akimov on the Dilemmas of Russian Marxism, 1895-1903. by AKIMOV, Vladimir.

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Vladimir Akimov on the Dilemmas of Russian Marxism, 1895-1903.
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AKIMOV, Vladimir.
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Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN
9780521050296
Condition
Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
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London:: Cambridge University Press,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1969. Hardcover. 0521050294 . Translated from the Russian. Edited and introduced by Jonathan Frankel. First edition thus. Very good in a very good (lower corner of front flap is clipped) dust jacket. .
Whose Boy is He

Whose Boy is He by White, A.H.

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Whose Boy is He
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White, A.H.
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Ashtabula, OH: The Standard Publishing Co, 1908. 21pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Tan printed wrappers. Very good. Rare printing of White's discourse on setting young men on a course towards God and good citizenship. We locate no copies in OCLC or in any reference known to us. "Mr. White is qualified by his own early experiences, to have perpetual interest in boys, especially those likely to fall under adverse influences. His constant observations give an increasing number of personal incidents, continued thought deepens his conviction that there is need of a general awakening of interest in boys, in the enforcement of laws against those who would lead them into dissipation, provide for more loving attention in the house, and more adequate training for citizenship." - from the Introduction by Lyman R. Mears.
Medicus Bellunensis. Engraved Portrait

Medicus Bellunensis. Engraved Portrait by Bronzeri, Johan Hieronymous

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Medicus Bellunensis. Engraved Portrait
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Bronzeri, Johan Hieronymous
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Jeremy Norman & Co., Inc. (United States)
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Print: 77x45 mm. Mount: 93x62 mm. Mounted on paper. Very faint soiling.
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GUIDES PRATIQUES CONTY / LE DAUPHINE Grande=Chartreuse -Oisans -Brianonnais -Vercors -Gapenais -Maurienne. by Anonymous

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GUIDES PRATIQUES CONTY / LE DAUPHINE Grande=Chartreuse -Oisans -Brianonnais -Vercors -Gapenais -Maurienne.
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Anonymous
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LE DAUPHINE, Grande=Chartreuse -Oisans -Brianonnais -Vercors -Gapenais -Maurienne, Administration Des Guides Conty, 1911 edition, some soiling to the original blue cloth covers, else a near vg copy with all maps and pullouts present and in nice condition.
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WEBSTER ON PROTECTION; Embracing numerous extracts from his speeches by WOOD, Will C., ed

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WEBSTER ON PROTECTION; Embracing numerous extracts from his speeches
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WOOD, Will C., ed
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Second Life Books Inc (United States)
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Boston: Home Market Club, 1894. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 48. Tan paper wraps, with a portrait of Webster on front.Cover slightly worn at corners and spine, o/w VG.
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Natural-Light Photography. (Basic Photo. 4.) by ADAMS, ANSEL.

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Natural-Light Photography. (Basic Photo. 4.)
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ADAMS, ANSEL.
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Hastings-on-Hudson/London (Morgan & Morgan/ The Fountain Press), 1959.. x pp., 118pp. 47 illus. Sm. 4to. Boards. D.j. Third printing.

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