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Illustrated scroll on paper, entitled on manuscript label on outside of beginning of scroll “Kamo Aoi no matsuri” [“Aoi Matsuri Festival in Kamo Shrines”]

Illustrated scroll on paper, entitled on manuscript label on outside of beginning of scroll “Kamo Aoi no matsuri” [“Aoi Matsuri Festival in Kamo Shrines”] by KYOTO KAMO AOI MATSURI NO EMAKI

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Title
Illustrated scroll on paper, entitled on manuscript label on outside of beginning of scroll “Kamo Aoi no matsuri” [“Aoi Matsuri Festival in Kamo Shrines”]
Author
KYOTO KAMO AOI MATSURI NO EMAKI
Seller
Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description
Scroll on paper (340 x 15,130 mm.), silk brocade outer endpaper at beginning, wooden core roller. [Kyoto]: late Edo copy. The Aoi Matsuri is one of the three most famous annual festivals in Kyoto; it now takes place on 15 of May each year and is held by the important Kamo shrines, the Kamigamo Shrine and Shimogamo Shrine. The festival’s origins can be traced to rites performed in the sixth century to appease the gods and to pray for bountiful harvests. It became a more formal annual ritual in the eighth century (Heian era), when Kyoto became the capital and Emperor Kanmu (735-806) recognized the importance of the Kamo shrines to the city’s prosperity. The procession starts at the southern gate of the Imperial Palace and makes it way towards the Shimogamo Shrine and finally arrives at the Kamigano Shrine, about eight kilometers away, where shrine rites are performed. The procession participants include the Saiodai (a young woman of the imperial house who has undergone several purification ceremonies), the Imperial Messenger, who leads the procession, Buddhist priests and nuns, dancers, musicians carrying ceremonial instruments, young girls, royal guards in red uniforms carrying bows and arrows, government and civic officials (oftentimes on horseback), and military retainers. The illustrations are large and panoramic, depicting carriages drawn by oxen, attendants of many ranks and professions, each wearing different attire and carrying swords, bows and arrows, musical instruments, etc. There are several breeds of oxen and different types of carriages. One of the carriages is labeled “ingokogi” [“carriage for the retired emperor”]. Street scenes show bystanders, structures decorated with hollyhock vines, and processioners carrying hollyhock sprigs. One highly decorated carriage, with wisteria vines draped from its top, transports an assortment of musical instruments. A musician follows, carrying a koto (vertical harp). A group of dancers, all on horseback, are part of the procession. There is also a scene of three high-ranking court members, all seated, whose first names are Hisayori, Yorizumi, and Hisaaki. The coloring of this scroll appears to be a preliminary version; while it is for the most part well colored, there are neat notes by the artist for the application of further colors. The text, in three sections, provides a history of the festival from earliest times and descriptions of the illustrations that follow in the scroll. Many figures are labeled with their tasks or roles in the procession. At the end of the scroll, we find a note stating that the text and illustrations were copied in “mid-June 1330” by “jushii Takakane Tamenobu kyo” (illustrator) and “Nyudo [several characters indecipherable] Suekuni,” who was responsible for the text. Our scroll is a late Edo copy. In excellent and fresh condition, preserved in a handsome lacquer box with a metal handle.
Yu zuan Chun qiu zhi jie 御纂春秋直解 [Direct Explanations to the “Spring and Autumn Annals,” Compiled by the Emperor]

Yu zuan Chun qiu zhi jie 御纂春秋直解 [Direct Explanations to the “Spring and Autumn Annals,” Compiled by the Emperor] by QIANLONG, Emperor, nominal author

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Yu zuan Chun qiu zhi jie 御纂春秋直解 [Direct Explanations to the “Spring and Autumn Annals,” Compiled by the Emperor]
Author
QIANLONG, Emperor, nominal author
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Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description
Eight vols. 8vo, later wrappers, orig. block-printed title labels on upper covers, new stitching, heads & tails of spines covered in blue silk (a few worn). [China]: Preface dated 1758. A commentary, nominally by the Qianlong emperor (1711-99, reigned 1735-96), of the Spring and Autumn Annals, one of the Confucian classics. The commentary rejects a previously current interpretation of the Annals in favor of a reading favorable to the Manchu monarchy. The Spring and Autumn Annals is a very terse and apparently entirely documentary account of events involving the state of Lu in Chinese antiquity. It covers the period 722-481 BCE. The importance of the text in the Chinese intellectual tradition stems from its association with Confucius, who was from Lu (in present-day Shandong) and was said to have written the chronicle. Several commentaries were written to the chronicle or associated with it, and later scholars produced their own editions that used these commentaries selectively. One such version was authored by Hu Anguo (1074-1138 CE). Written in the Song period, when China was in a losing conflict with Inner Asian states on its northern border, Hu’s commentary stressed the irreconcilability between Chinese civilization and the “barbarians” surrounding it. The two had been kept separate in the period covered by the Annals, according to Hu, but they had since “mingled to the detriment of both” (Elman, Classicism, Politics, and Kinship, 153). The Song empire eventually lost its northern half to the Jurchen, one of the neighboring non-Chinese peoples. The remaining southern rump-state fell to the Mongols in 1279. The Qing empire of the Qianlong emperor was ruled by Manchus. They were descendants of the Jurchen, and their empire relied to a large extent on collaboration with the Mongols. Yet the Qing empire also presented itself as a Confucian polity. As one of the Confucian classics, the Annals remained a highly charged text, as was Hu Anguo's commentary to it. The mid-Qing emperors sought to strengthen the court’s prerogative to interpret the classics, and by the 1770s, 19 imperial editions of the various classics had been produced at court (Huang, “Shilun Siku tiao dui Qing qianqi guanfang jingxue de jiedu yu pipan,” 1). The discourse surrounding China and its neighbors was sensitive in the period, and it evolved over time, as the Qing state sought supremacy in Inner Asia. That goal appeared close to being attained toward the end of the 1750s, when the Direct Explanations to the “Spring and Autumn Annals,” Compiled by the Emperor, was published. In the book, the Qianlong emperor — ostensibly to get closer to the original text by removing later, erroneous layers of commentary — departed from Hu Anguo’s interpretation to introduce his own, or one produced in collaboration with his officials. Not only did Qianlong reject Hu Anguo’s xenophobic discourse, he also replaced Hu’s Neo-Confucian identification of “Heaven” (tian), as a universal “principle” (li) underlying all things, with a reading in which “Heaven” was coterminous, rather, with the “king” (wang) (Qin “Qianlong shiqi kekao feichu Hu Anguo Chunqiu zhuan yuanyin zaixi,” 300). A reflection of the confidence of the Qing empire at the height of its power, this reading elevated the monarchy and made its actions more difficult to criticize. The imperial preface is printed in the calligraphy of Yu Minzhong 于敏中 (1714-79), a highly placed Chinese civil official. Several pages carry a seal on which the first three characters are Longmen xian 龍門縣, the name of a county in the metropolitan district that surrounded Beijing in the Qing period (we have been unable to read the remaining characters). A reader has added punctuation in black ink. A fine set, preserved in a hantao. A few natural paper flaws to the text. References Elman, Benjamin A. Classicism, Politics, and Kinship: The Ch'ang-chou School of New Text Confucianism in Late Imperial China. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990. Huang Aiping 黃愛平. “Shilun Siku tiao dui Qing qianqi guanfang jingxue de jiedu yu pipan” 試論四庫提要對清前期官方經學的解讀與評判. Lishi wenxian yanjiu 2017, no. 2. Qin Xingguo 秦行國. “Qianlong shiqi kekao feichu Hu Anguo Chunqiu zhuan yuanyin zaixi” 乾隆時期科考廢除胡安國《春秋傳》原因再析. Yuandao 2021, no. 2.
“Di Giulio Cesare e Luco Spinoli 1619.”

“Di Giulio Cesare e Luco Spinoli 1619.” by [WALLET BINDING / BUSINESS / SPINOLA FAMILY]

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“Di Giulio Cesare e Luco Spinoli 1619.”
Author
[WALLET BINDING / BUSINESS / SPINOLA FAMILY]
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Martayan Lan, Inc. (United States)
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Early 17th-century account ledger of Giulio Cesare and Luco Spinola, two brothers of the Genoese patrician family, recording deb
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n.p., 1619. Early 17th-century account ledger of Giulio Cesare and Luco Spinola, two brothers of the Genoese patrician family, recording debts and credits over a period beginning in 1619 and ending in 1631. Information about individual debts is registered at the top of each page, with ample blank space underneath for successive transactions relating to the debt. Other pages are filled with tables recording transactions in a given period of time pertaining to different debtors and creditors. Although the book was evidently begun in 1619, some of the entries record transactions dating back to 1599. The entries are written in a single neat hand which only occasionally turns into a hasty scrawl. Six loose leaves inserted into the pages contain records of transactions from 1599 to 1630. The brothers were evidently responsible for the finances of their mother, Lamilla, whose name appears frequently, as well as their sisters. One of them, Luiggia, born Livia, was in a convent, while the other, Benedetta, had her dowry managed by her brother until her marriage to her cousin, Paris Salvago. Reflecting the Spinola family’s twin spheres of influence in Genoa and Naples, both places appear in the transactions, with somewhat more mentions of Naples—probably an indication of the focus of Giulio Cesare and Luco’s business interests, and a plausible explanation for why their accounting ledger should be bound in such a splendid Spanish-Neapolitan binding.. Folio manuscript, [25 x 35 cm], consisting of 119 numbered leaves and (70) blank leaves; (6) loose folded leaves. Contemporary black morocco wallet binding, most likely Neapolitan (or Spanish), elaborately and densely tooled, with original morocco reinforcements with decorative red stitching on lower edge (i.e., spine); some minor worming and abrasion. Vellum title shows minor soiling, and so do extremities of scattered leaves, but generally in an excellent state of preservation.
Researches into the History of Playing Cards: with Illustrations on the Origin of Printing and Engraving on Wood

Researches into the History of Playing Cards: with Illustrations on the Origin of Printing and Engraving on Wood by Singer, Samuel Weller

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Researches into the History of Playing Cards: with Illustrations on the Origin of Printing and Engraving on Wood
Author
Singer, Samuel Weller
Seller
Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Description
London: Printed by T. Bensley & Son for Robert Triphook, 1816. First edition. Limited edition, one of 250 copies for subscribers. Full red crushed morocco with gilt to spine and boards. Five raised bands. Dentelles gilt. Top edge brightly gilt. Marbled endpapers. Bookplate of Robert Hoe III (1839-1909) to front pastedown with armorial bookplate of Mary Macmillin Norton below. Collating complete including subscribers' list, eleven engraved and eight colored woodcuts and two additional colored plates: xvi, [2], 373, [3]. A beautiful copy with just a hint of rubbing to the corners. Occasional faint offsetting, but in all internally fresh and bright. With provenance from the library of American businessman and printing press equipment producer Robert Hoe III, whose library was a unique and valuable resource in the history of printing and typography. His collection went to auction in 1912, likely where it was acquired by Ms. Norton. Samuel Weller Singer was a noted scholar of Elizabethan literature and history, but he is best remembered for this pioneering treatise on card games. Researches into the History of Playing Cards is an investigation not only of the history of playing cards but a sourcebook of sumptuous illustrations detailing the evolution of playing cards as works of art. Singer's erudition is on display in the book's footnotes where he traces the etymological and historical nuances of cards and card games in other languages in the book's first section. The second section offers a history of printing, as Singer shrewdly considers the rise of printed and engraved playing cards as part and parcel with developments in printing and printmaking. The final section is an instruction manual on card games. Sumptuously illustrated with engravings and woodcuts, Researches into the History of Playing Cards is a celebration of the history of cards and print making.
Outgoing President Benjamin Harrison Discusses Diplomatic Appointments in a Letter to Noted New York Politician Cornelius Bliss

Outgoing President Benjamin Harrison Discusses Diplomatic Appointments in a Letter to Noted New York Politician Cornelius Bliss by Benjamin Harrison

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Outgoing President Benjamin Harrison Discusses Diplomatic Appointments in a Letter to Noted New York Politician Cornelius Bliss
Author
Benjamin Harrison
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The Raab Collection (United States)
Description
19/11/1892. Letter signed, on black bordered Executive Mansion stationery as his first wife, Caroline Scott Harrison, had died less than a month before, three pages, November 19, 1892, to Cornelius Bliss concerning the appointment of a friend of Bliss as Ambassador to Portugal. Bliss was a seasoned politico who would be Theodore Roosevelt’s campaign manager in 1904.“I have your letter of the 16th and notice what you say about Mr. Einstein. I knew of course he took the race for Mayor only to help the general ticket and without thought of success himself. I fear that, as to the Portuguese Mission, some arrangements have been made with the Secretary of State, with my concurrence, that will make that impossible to give that to Mr. Einstein and I do not know what else there may be. You know I have only broken bits of meat and very little even of that. “Mr. Lispenard Stewart, General Butterfield, Mr. Webb and two or three other prominent people in your state have been urged by friends for foreign appointments since the election. I have only Switzerland that is not either disposed of or so complicated as not to be free. The best thing I think is to say nothing to Mr. Einstein about it and let me see what I can do. I know that you will appreciate my good disposition and also the limitations that are upon me.” Like many outgoing presidents Harrison wanted to reward friends with last minute appointments when possible. He was to leave office less than four months later.Cornelius Bliss was, in addition to TR’s campaign manager, the Chairman of the New York State Republican committee who was instrumental in Harrison’s carrying that state in 1888. He was later Secretary of the Interior under McKinley. Edwin Einstein was a Representative in the 46th U.S. Congress and did indeed run unsuccessfully for Mayor of New York in 1892.
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Traité de la médecine légale des aliénés by MOREL, Bénédict Augustin

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Traité de la médecine légale des aliénés
Author
MOREL, Bénédict Augustin
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Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description
Paris: Victor Masson and Son, 1866. FIRST EDITION. Original wrappers bound in morocco-backed boards. Some very light dampstaining and foxing. First edition of the first history of medical jurisprudence of insanity. The author begins his study with the ancient Romans and biblical figures, asserting that they often conflated mental illness with supernaturalism and divine power and thus, the mentally ill were not often prosecuted. He goes on to describe the medieval and early modern era, when mentally ill people were accused of witchcraft and sorcery and frequently tortured and executed. The medico-legal state at the time of his writing, Morel claims, is sympathetic with the advancement of psychiatry and medical understanding of mental illness, with particular attention paid to cases in the United States. Finally, he lays out his recommendations for establishing innocence and culpability of those legally considered insane. This volume is stated as the first fascicle of a 6-part forthcoming series, with instructions to subscribe for the next part. However, no further volumes were ever published. OCLC locates 4 copies in the U.S. (Penn, UCLA, Harvard, NLM). Semelaigne, Les Pionniers de la psychiatrie française I : 351 ; Wharton, Mental Unsoundness 469.
A Barrel-Full of Money Making Ideas for Printers. Full Size Plans for Die Cut Booklets - Folders- Novelties Etc. Accurate Steel Rule Die Manufacturers [together with] mailing envelope to prospective customer, along with typed letter to prospect

A Barrel-Full of Money Making Ideas for Printers. Full Size Plans for Die Cut Booklets - Folders- Novelties Etc. Accurate Steel Rule Die Manufacturers [together with] mailing envelope to prospective customer, along with typed letter to prospect

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A Barrel-Full of Money Making Ideas for Printers. Full Size Plans for Die Cut Booklets - Folders- Novelties Etc. Accurate Steel Rule Die Manufacturers [together with] mailing envelope to prospective customer, along with typed letter to prospect
Seller
White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
New York: Accurate Steel Rule Die Manufacturers, 1949. First Edition. Wraps. Stapled. Envelope. Fine. A most unusual shaped-book, die cut trade promotion, most appropriate in this instance as the company is promoting its own business of making die cuts for the printing trade. In other words, the company was the maker of die cuts to be used by other printers, as opposed to being a printer using die cuts. Of further interest is that the promotion is a pattern book and primer on the die cut process, clearly intended to fuel enthusiasm for using die cuts for all kinds of business advertising and promotion, and critically, to get printers to expose their customers to its possibilities. The shape is a barrel, which plays nicely on the title, "A Barrel Full", the title itself quite possibly chosen because the printer wanted to use the image of a barrel, which is large-ish and its size too setting this apart from more ordinary promotions. The size is, using the maximum length and width, 38.5 by 29.5 cm. 24 pp., including front and rear of wraps. The booklet abounds with small black and white vignettes of a wide range of consumer products, as well as other objects, animals and people that might be used in advertising, perhaps because of a company's name, or alternatively, some association in the promotion with a characteristic of say, the animal. (Think elephant when the word "jumbo" is part of the promotion, as just one example.) Most of the space on a page, though, is given to outlines to be used in constructing a die cut. These include geometric shapes that have nothing to do with a particular subject but might be a desired shape for a background board, to give just one of many possibilities. And things such as display boxes are among the patterns, and these patterns aren't the least bit decorative in and of themselves. The company, Accurate Steel Rule Die Manufacturers, was in business from about 1930 or '31, based on its representation of having been in business 18 years in this brochure, and remained in business at least until the 1980s. It issued catalogues later than this one, but none of the others of which we are aware were themselves die cut, nor were they the folio size of this one. Scarce, with a single copy recorded on OCLC First Search, located at Harvard, and no indication this copy comes with mailing envelope and letter. Printed onto the mailing envelope, in large lettering, is the question, "How to Become The Most Successful Printer in Your Community (Sent at Your Request). This informs us that among Accurate Steel Rule's client base were other printers. In a sense it had a wholesale business, that being the case. The parenthetical is suggestive, too, that this brochure was perceived as something more than merely a company's promotional puffery. The cover letter is housed in a pocket, which is itself an envelope mounted onto the lower long edge of the shipping envelope. It is undated and signed by a company officer whose title is not given. The envelope has light soiling, much of which could be erased if one wished to make the effort. Otherwise, an outstandingly well-preserved piece of unusual printing ephemera.
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[Faux Book] Matchbox Shaped like a Miniature Book, with Full Morocco Binding

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[Faux Book] Matchbox Shaped like a Miniature Book, with Full Morocco Binding
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White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (United States)
Condition
Very Good Minus
Description
Full Morocco. Very Good Minus. N.d., circa 1900. Elaborate gilt detailing on spine and boards of full morocco binding for this lovely matchbox measuring 6 by 4 cm. Rubbing along edges and spine. Worn but attractive.
Autograph letter signed to Latimer Clark

Autograph letter signed to Latimer Clark by Rowland, Owen

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Autograph letter signed to Latimer Clark
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Rowland, Owen
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Jeremy Norman & Co., Inc. (United States)
Description
Kentish New Town, 1861. Rowland, Owen. Autograph letter signed to Latimer Clark (1822-98). Kentish New Town, 5 August 1861. 4pp. 179 x 113 mm. Traces of former mounting, 2 holes punched in upper margin (not affecting text), but very good. To telegraph engineer Latimer Clark, involved in the development and construction of submarine cables, including the Atlantic Cable. Rowland worked with Clark on developing insulation materials for submarine cables. In this letter Rowland discusses an antimony alloy he had created for coating iron and steel plates for ships, with a possible hint of its application to telegraphy: "Captn. Galton is very much pleased with the appearance of the metallic alloy and thinks that it will prove to be a very valuable process . . . I really believe that if a patent were taken out for coating iron or steel plates for ships it would stand good . . . I should vary the proportions of metal for such purposes but not for coating wires. Upon wires it must be pliable . . . Copper takes a beautiful coating. Would it affect India Rubber? I believe not." .
The Court Of The Gentiles: Or A Discourse touching the Original of Human Literature, Both Philologie and Philosophie, From the Scriptures & Jewish Church... Part II. Of Philosophie

The Court Of The Gentiles: Or A Discourse touching the Original of Human Literature, Both Philologie and Philosophie, From the Scriptures & Jewish Church... Part II. Of Philosophie by Gale Thomas

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The Court Of The Gentiles: Or A Discourse touching the Original of Human Literature, Both Philologie and Philosophie, From the Scriptures & Jewish Church... Part II. Of Philosophie
Author
Gale Thomas
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Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Condition
Fair
Description
Printed by Will. Hall, for Tho. Gilbert, 1671. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Original or early calf, raised bands, front cover detached, 448p.
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The Art of Home Candy Making with Illustrations by Home Makers of Candy

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The Art of Home Candy Making with Illustrations
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Home Makers of Candy
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Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Canton OH: The Home Candy Makers, 1913. 3rd Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Third edition revised, blue cloth wrappers (with no cardboard underneath as issued), stamped in gilt, measures approx 6" x 9", 110 pages + 2 page advertisements, Illustrated with photos and diagrams. Errata strip tipped-over one line on page 13 to correct for the temperature for small or light crack hand test from 244 degrees to 254 degrees; temperature is everything. Uncommonly well preserved. Cloth covers curl-in from corners - no backing.
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PRIMO TIME by Sher, Antony. (Levi, Primo)

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PRIMO TIME
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Sher, Antony. (Levi, Primo)
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Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (United States)
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Near Fine
Description
London: Nick Hern Books, 2005. First Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Actor / author Sher's account of bringing Primo Levi's life and work to the stage in the course of adapting Levi's If This Is A Man for The National Theatre in London. SIGNED by Sher on the title page.
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Keyes, E. L. by THE TONIC TREATMENT OF SYPHILIS

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Keyes, E. L.
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THE TONIC TREATMENT OF SYPHILIS
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Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (United States)
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Very Good
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NY: Appleton, 1877. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Pub green cloth, gilt titles. 83pp + 32pp adverts. Minor wear to corners. Very good all around. Errata sheet bound in before title.
A PLAN OF THE CITY OF HARTFORD. PRELIMINARY REPORT

A PLAN OF THE CITY OF HARTFORD. PRELIMINARY REPORT by Carrere & Hastings, Advisory Architects

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A PLAN OF THE CITY OF HARTFORD. PRELIMINARY REPORT
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Carrere & Hastings, Advisory Architects
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Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (United States)
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Very Good
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Hartford: Hartford Press, 1912. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Near fine copy, except it's missing its front cover, stapled spine, 117p , illustrated w/ b&w photos, 5 foldout maps all in original folds. An early 20thC effort to apply urban planning (although the term wasn't used then to one of the oldest American cities: "the rectification of the present plan. on comprehensive lines of order and harmony." URBAN PLANNING CITIES.
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The Elegies of a Glass Adonis by Trypanis, C. A.; Carter, Will (typographical Note by)

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The Elegies of a Glass Adonis
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Trypanis, C. A.; Carter, Will (typographical Note by)
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Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (United States)
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Near Fine
Description
New York: Chilmark Press, 1967. Second Clover Hill Edition. Paper-backed Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. Number 159 of 450. Bookplate at front pastedown. Edges and corners sharp, spine ends very slightly rubbed. Text clean. Plain brown paper dj present, rough-cut edges. Tight copy.
The Far Side of the World
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The Far Side of the World by Patrick O'Brian

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The Far Side of the World
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Patrick O'Brian
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Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA (United States)
ISBN
9780002227117
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Near Fine
Description
First UK Edition (True First)/First Printing with no mention of subsequent printings; A Near Fine book in a Fine dust jacket with moderate foxing to the text block, and a clipped lower front flap with a publishers price sticker affixed (probably a price change before publication), else a crisp, fresh copy. An exceptionally bright copy of this 10th novel in the Aubrey/Maturin series and basis for the outstanding movie; uncommon in this condition. Not remaindered, not price-clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar cover and will ship securely wrapped in a sturdy box.
Getting Mother's Body: a Novel

Getting Mother's Body: a Novel by Suzan-Lori Parks

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Getting Mother's Body: a Novel
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Suzan-Lori Parks
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Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA (United States)
ISBN
9781400060221
Condition
Fine
Description
First Edition/First Printing (number line ending in a 2, first printing for Random House at the time); A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket with only a light crimp to the spine foot, else as new and unread. SIGNED by the author with a heart doodle to the title page. A lovely copy of this debut novel from the Pulitzer Prize winner. Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar sleeve and will ship carefully wrapped in a sturdy box.
Mrs. Fitzherbert and George IV. With Illustrations

Mrs. Fitzherbert and George IV. With Illustrations by Wilkins, W. H.

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Mrs. Fitzherbert and George IV. With Illustrations
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Wilkins, W. H.
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Dale Steffey Books, ABAA (United States)
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Very Good
Description
New York: Longmans, Green & Co., 1905. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xx, 476 pp including 4 Appendices and Index. With over 50 illustrations One volume bound in signed Brentanos contemporary half pebbled morocco over marbled boards, the back with five raised bands with gilt lettering and decorations, top edge gilt, marbled end papers, the small leather bookplate of C.A. and V. Baldwin front paste down. Very Good, light rubbing at joints and corners, spotting at frontispiece tissue guard..
The High Alps of New Zealand: A Trip to the Glaciers of the Antipodes with an Ascent of Mount Cook

The High Alps of New Zealand: A Trip to the Glaciers of the Antipodes with an Ascent of Mount Cook by Green, William Spotswood; [Lowe, George]

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Title
The High Alps of New Zealand: A Trip to the Glaciers of the Antipodes with an Ascent of Mount Cook
Author
Green, William Spotswood; [Lowe, George]
Seller
B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
London: Macmillan & Co., 1883 First edition, first printing. Personal copy of mountaineer George Lowe, with his bookplate adhered to the front verso of the front free endpaper. Inscribed by Lowe on the half-title: "W.G. Lowe / 1950." Publisher's red cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, ruled in black, black coated endpapers. Good ex-library (NZ) copy, with a large library label to the front board, remnants of a former owner's plate over the library plate to the front board, light wear to the extremities, some toning to the spine, a hint of soiling to the boards, spine cracked and holding inside the covers, otherwise sturdy spine, former owner's inscriptions to the half-title, title page, and page ix, otherwise bright and clean pages. Overall, a presentable copy, signed by Lowe prior to the infamous 1953 Mount Everest Expedition. The High Alps of New Zealand is Irish mountaineer William Spotswood Green's account of his climbing expedition in the Southern Alps and, specifically, his attempt to climb Mount Cook, the highest peak in New Zealand. Although he was ultimately unsuccessful, Green came within sixty meters of the summit and remained the highest point achieved on Mt. Cook until its first ascension in 1894. In addition to his account of the Southern Alps, Green touches on his Australian climbs, and provides appendices for both novice and experienced climbers.. Signed. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Good.
MISS BEECHER'S DOMESTIC RECEIPT BOOK: DESIGNED AS A SUPPLEMENT TO HER

MISS BEECHER'S DOMESTIC RECEIPT BOOK: DESIGNED AS A SUPPLEMENT TO HER by BEECHER, Catharine

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MISS BEECHER'S DOMESTIC RECEIPT BOOK: DESIGNED AS A SUPPLEMENT TO HER
Author
BEECHER, Catharine
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Boston Book Company (United States)
Description
1849. BEECHER, [Catharine]. MISS BEECHER'S DOMESTIC RECEIPT BOOK: DESIGNED AS A SUPPLEMENT TO HER TREATISE ON DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Third edition. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1849. Early printing of the third edition. Wood-engraved text illustrations. [2],xiii,306,[2],24 pp., + 8 pp. ads. 12mo., publisher's brown cloth, gilt-stamped title at spine, sides blocked in blind. Ink ownership ffep. Binding is generally worn and skewed, being edgeworn and rubbed all over, and chipped at crown. The cloth along the top joint is worn though most of the length; also, the spine has a horizontal closed-tear. Occasional light foxing within, mostly to end leaves, but clean overall. A good reading copy of a scarce title.
Empty Plastic Echoes Reverberating Through Time

Empty Plastic Echoes Reverberating Through Time by TEMPLETON, Ed

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Empty Plastic Echoes Reverberating Through Time
Author
TEMPLETON, Ed
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Harper's Books (United States)
Condition
Minor rubbing to photo-illustrated wrappers; near fine.
Description
Antwerp: Tim Van Laere Gallery, 2006. Minor rubbing to photo-illustrated wrappers; near fine.. First Edition. Octavo. Artist's catalogue published to coincide with Ed Templeton's exhibition at Tim Van Laere Gallery in Antwerp (Dec. 7, 2006 - Jan. 2, 2007); a compendium of Templeton's drawings, paintings, and captioned photographs. Accompanied by a short text from Stijn Huijts ("Templeton's Time Machine"), printed in both Dutch and English, reflecting on Templeton's "cloud images" and his affinities with 15th century painters like Memling and Bosch.
Red White Blue

Red White Blue by ROWAN, John

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Red White Blue
Author
ROWAN, John
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Harper's Books (United States)
Condition
Creases to the bottom edges of several pages, various small stains; a very good copy in stapled illustrated wrappers.
Description
London: Writers Forum Quarto No. 8, 1970. Creases to the bottom edges of several pages, various small stains; a very good copy in stapled illustrated wrappers.. First Edition. Stapled quarto. Striking word art and concrete poetry printed in black, white and blue ink on parchment paper. Humorous, often surreal word illustrations with text often at contradiction to the image. Unusual and appealing artist book by the transpersonal psychologist and mystic.
Farewell Speech of King Edward the Eighth Broadcast from Windsor Castle the Tenth Day of December, MCMXXXVI, with the Instrument of Abdication & A Note by William Saroyan

Farewell Speech of King Edward the Eighth Broadcast from Windsor Castle the Tenth Day of December, MCMXXXVI, with the Instrument of Abdication & A Note by William Saroyan by KING EDWARD VIII and William SAROYAN

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Title
Farewell Speech of King Edward the Eighth Broadcast from Windsor Castle the Tenth Day of December, MCMXXXVI, with the Instrument of Abdication & A Note by William Saroyan
Author
KING EDWARD VIII and William SAROYAN
Seller
Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
Condition
Near fine
Description
San Francisco: Ransohaffs, 1938. Quarter-bound leather. Near fine. [NON-FICTION] [BRITISH MONARCHY]. One of 200 copies, unnumbered. Folio (13 ½" x 9 ¾"); [28]pp; quarter bound in white goat and natural linen, 4 color wood-engraved printing stamped on the front linen board and again on the page following the title; gilt stamped lettering on spine; cream-colored mould-made paper, deckle edges; age-toning of goat leather on boards, lightly age-toned paper edges, scattered foxing; very good plus. One of two hundred copies of this American printing of the speech of King Edward VIII of England abdicating the throne, this one embellished by the wood-engraved art of Mallette Dean (1907-1975) for the Grabhorn Press of San Francisco. King Edward left the throne of England to marry the American divorcee, Wallis Simpson. Along with the King's speech is the sympathetic sentiments of the writer, William Saroyan (1908-1981). The lovely color wood-engraving of the Coat of Arms of the Duke of Windsor, the title the former King received after his abdication, appears on the front board and again on the first page following the title page.
Salads, Sandwiches and Chafing Dish Dainties, with Thirty-two Illustrations of Original Dishes

Salads, Sandwiches and Chafing Dish Dainties, with Thirty-two Illustrations of Original Dishes by HILL, Janet McKenzie

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Title
Salads, Sandwiches and Chafing Dish Dainties, with Thirty-two Illustrations of Original Dishes
Author
HILL, Janet McKenzie
Seller
Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1899. First Edition. Stiff boards. Good. First edition. 12mo; vii, 250pp + [9pp] advertisements; dark green buckram, gold-stamped vignette of a chafing dish to front; light green patterned endpapers; 18 inserted b&w photographic illustrations; illustrated ads at rear; scuffing of boards and bumping of corners, ffep detached and inserted, age-toning of paper, a few creases to pages; good.
ISRAEL

ISRAEL by Zangwill, Israel

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Title
ISRAEL
Author
Zangwill, Israel
Seller
Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
Berkeley Heights: The Oriole Press, 1961. First edition, limited to 125 unnumbereded copies, all meant for private distribution. Handset in Bodoni Book with Erasmus and Eve for title. Printed on Strathmore Pastelle and Warren Olde Style papers. Sewn stiff wraps with printed dustwrapper. Beginning extremity toning on the dustwrapper. Fine condition in a Near Fine dustwrapper.. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Limited Edition. The image is of the book described and not a stock photo.
PANAMA

PANAMA by Zency, Eric

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Title
PANAMA
Author
Zency, Eric
Seller
Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA (United States)
ISBN
9780374229436
Condition
Fine
Description
NY: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1995. Uncorrected proof for the first edition. Pictoral wraps. Unread copy with tiny spot of foreedge; otherwise, in Fine condition. Zency's first book, a novel. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Galley/Proof. The image is of the book described and not a stock photo.
THE LOST GRIZZLIES

THE LOST GRIZZLIES by Bass, Rick

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Title
THE LOST GRIZZLIES
Author
Bass, Rick
Seller
Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA (United States)
ISBN
9780395717592
Condition
Near Fine
Description
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. First edition, first prnt. Quarter cloth and paper-covered boards. Drawings by Russell Chatham. Few small stains on front board; dustjacket with slight shelfwear at corers. Bright copy in Near Fine condition in a Near Fine dustjacket with an atchival cover. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bass's sixth non-fiction book. The images are of the book described and not stock photos.
THE ROMANCE OF TRISTAN AND ISEULT

THE ROMANCE OF TRISTAN AND ISEULT by BEDIER, Joseph

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Title
THE ROMANCE OF TRISTAN AND ISEULT
Author
BEDIER, Joseph
Seller
Charles Agvent, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Close to Fine in glassine and a close to Fine slipcase
Description
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1960. Hardcover. Close to Fine in glassine and a close to Fine slipcase. Serge Ivanoff. Octavo (7-5/8" x 10") bound in quarter red morocco leather, gold-stamped, with mould-made Italian paper sides printed in gold with a design by Adrian Wilson. This great medieval love story is translated by Hilaire Belloc and Paul Rosenfeld with an introduction by Padraic Colum. Copy #887 of 1500 illustrated with color plates by Serge Ivanoff and SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in.
Address To The Community On The Necessity Of Legalizing The Study Of Anatomy

Address To The Community On The Necessity Of Legalizing The Study Of Anatomy by Pierson, A. L. (and others)

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Address To The Community On The Necessity Of Legalizing The Study Of Anatomy
Author
Pierson, A. L. (and others)
Seller
De Wolfe and Wood (United States)
Description
Boston: Perkins & Marvin, 1829. Paper wraps. 27 pp. Chewed on some pages on the bottom with no text loss. Presented by Pierson to William Gibbs of Salem. In an era of grave robbing the report argues for the use of unclaimed bodies.
The Possum That Didn't

The Possum That Didn't by Frank Tashlin

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Title
The Possum That Didn't
Author
Frank Tashlin
Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
New York: Farrar, Straus and Company, 1950. Pictorial boards. Near Fine/Very Good. Frank Tashin. The 1950 1st edition, in its matching pictorial dustjacket. Solid and VG+ to Near Fine (a touch of light offsetting at the endsheets) in a bright, price-clipped, VG dustjacket, with light chipping --and several tiny closed tears-- along the top-edges. Thin quarto, wonderful black-and-white illustrations by the author himself.
All The Best
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All The Best by George Bush

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Title
All The Best
Author
George Bush
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Jeff Bergman Books ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN
9780684839585
Condition
Fine
Description
Scribner, 1999. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine Copy In Like Jacket 9Without Wear) Second Printing. Signed by Bush on TheTitle-Page. Ownership Inscription..
The Squeal Man: The True Story of Matt Bonora, Suburban Homicide Detective (First Edition Review Copy)

The Squeal Man: The True Story of Matt Bonora, Suburban Homicide Detective (First Edition Review Copy) by Flusser, Martin

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The Squeal Man: The True Story of Matt Bonora, Suburban Homicide Detective (First Edition Review Copy)
Author
Flusser, Martin
Seller
Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
ISBN
9780688031930
Condition
Fine
Description
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1977. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo., 251pp. Beautiful Unread First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($8.95), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, toning or tears. Publisher's review slip and marketing flyer laid in. A gorgeous collectable copy of a surprisingly uncommon title.
Captiva (Signed First Edition)

Captiva (Signed First Edition) by WHITE, Randy Wayne

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Captiva (Signed First Edition)
Author
WHITE, Randy Wayne
Seller
Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780399141409
Description
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1996. First edition. A Doc Ford novel. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by White on the half-title page.
Night Train (Signed First Edition)

Night Train (Signed First Edition) by AMIS, Martin

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Night Train (Signed First Edition)
Author
AMIS, Martin
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Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780609601280
Description
New York: Harmony Books, 1997. First U.S. edition and first printing. Hardcover. 175 pages. A slim novel from the author of "London Fields." A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Amis on the half title page. A very fresh copy.
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Jonathan Dickinson’s Journal, Or God’s Protecting Providence. Being the Narrative of a Journey from Port Royal in Jamaica to Philadelphia between August 23, 1696 and April 1, 1697. Edited by Evangeline Walker Andrews and Charles McLean Andrews, Farnam Professor of American by Dickinson, Jonathan. Edited by Evangeline Walker Andrews and Charles McLean Andrews, Farnam Professor of American History in Yale University, Emertius.

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Jonathan Dickinson’s Journal, Or God’s Protecting Providence. Being the Narrative of a Journey from Port Royal in Jamaica to Philadelphia between August 23, 1696 and April 1, 1697. Edited by Evangeline Walker Andrews and Charles McLean Andrews, Farnam Professor of American
Author
Dickinson, Jonathan. Edited by Evangeline Walker Andrews and Charles McLean Andrews, Farnam Professor of American History in Yale University, Emertius.
Seller
Lighthouse Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
Yale Historical Publications, Manuscripts and Edited Texts XIX, Published under the direction of the Department of History, 1945. Containing a bookplate for Ethel Cutler Freeman, Anthropologist and the first female trustee of the American Institute of Anthropology, who worked with the Seminoles. Octavo, brown cloth (hardcover), gilt lettering, 252 pp. Near Fine, with a badly torn dust jacket laid-in at rear.
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Brave Against The Enemy; T'oka Wan Itkok'ip Ohitike Kin He by Ann Clark, Helen Post, Emil Afraid of Hawk, Edward A. Kennard, Willard W. Beatty

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Title
Brave Against The Enemy; T'oka Wan Itkok'ip Ohitike Kin He
Author
Ann Clark, Helen Post, Emil Afraid of Hawk, Edward A. Kennard, Willard W. Beatty
Seller
James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.) (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Washington, D. C.: Dept. of the Interior/Education Division of the U.S. Indian Service, 1944. 1st. Softcover. Very Good. Dual mirrored text in English and Sioux. Edited by Beatty. English text by Clark, photographs by Post, Sioux by Emil Afraid of Hawk edited by Kennard. Bound in publisher's original illustrated wrappers. Beautiful and striking photographic cover in color with orange text. Illustrated throughout with striking black and white photographs. Sharp edges and corners, bright text block. Fine except for very mild wear to extremities. 7 x 10 inches. 215 pages.
Objects for Preparing Food

Objects for Preparing Food by [Kitchen equipment; Smithsonian Institution & Renwick Gallery; Sandra Zimmerman (curator); Mimi Sheraton (introduction)]

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Title
Objects for Preparing Food
Author
[Kitchen equipment; Smithsonian Institution & Renwick Gallery; Sandra Zimmerman (curator); Mimi Sheraton (introduction)]
Seller
Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink (United States)
Description
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Insitution & Renwick Gallery, 1972. Large square booklet, stapled in wrappers (30.5 x 30.5 cm.), 52 pages. Illustrated throughout from photographs. FIRST EDITION. Catalogue of kitchen tools and furniture shown at an exhibit at the Renwick Gallery and The Museum of Contemporary Crafts. Introduction and notes by Mimi Sheraton. This exhibition ran from Sept. 1972 to April 1973, and displayed common and unusual kitchen gadgets from the pre-history to the present time. Very light rubbing to printed cardstock wrappers, otherwise fine.
Galileo and the 'Invention' of Opera
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Galileo and the 'Invention' of Opera by Kersten, Fred

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Galileo and the 'Invention' of Opera
Author
Kersten, Fred
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Brattle Book Shop (United States)
ISBN
9780792345367
Condition
LikeNew
Description
Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1997. Hardcover. 9.5" x 6". xvii, [1], 280, [2] pp. Blue publisher's boards. Minor scuffing to boards. Near Fine. ISBN 0792345363 . LikeNew. Hardcover .
Above the Clouds and Old New York. A Historical Sketch of the Site and a Description of the Many Wonders of the Woolworth Building

Above the Clouds and Old New York. A Historical Sketch of the Site and a Description of the Many Wonders of the Woolworth Building by Bruce, H, Addington; Irving Underhill, photographer

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Above the Clouds and Old New York. A Historical Sketch of the Site and a Description of the Many Wonders of the Woolworth Building
Author
Bruce, H, Addington; Irving Underhill, photographer
Seller
James Arsenault & Company (United States)
Description
New York: Published for distribution among the visitors to the Woodworth Tower; Baltimore-New York, Munder-Thomsen Press, 1913. Copyright by Hugh McAtamney. 8vo (10.25" x 6.125"), embossed gilt and green on light brown wrappers. Black silhouette affixed to blank 1st p., early inscription., 32 pp., numerous b&w and color illus. A souvenir guide celebrating the completion of the Woolworth Building in N.Y.C. The author traces the history of the Woolworth building location, including Henry Hudson's discovery, Company Farm, Trinity Church, Vandenberg Inn, City Hall and Park, Knickerbocker Group and the Philip Hone Club. The guide describes attributes of the building, such as the 17,000 bricks and 7,500 tons of terra cotta for the external architectural details. Early inscription on the first blank page reads "E. E. W. 1915", two adjacent blue pencil flourishes. CONDITION: Good +, wrappers lightly toned, light soiling on back wrapper, worn at extremities, first page with foxing.
Soviet Democracy

Soviet Democracy by Ward, Harry F. [Frederick]; Lynd Ward (Illustrator)

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Title
Soviet Democracy
Author
Ward, Harry F. [Frederick]; Lynd Ward (Illustrator)
Seller
Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good +
Description
New York: Soviet Russia Today, 1947. Original 1947 printing. Pamphlet. Very Good +. 48pp. Duodecimo [18.5 cm] Tan saddle-stitched wraps, featuring cover art by the author's son, Lynd Ward, an artist known for his novels in pictures and his book illustrations. With small rust stains surrounding the staples of the binding. With reproduced black and white photos and with illustrations by Lynd Ward. Chicago-born illustrator, printer, and novelist Lynd Ward was known for his series of wordless novels illustrated with woodcuts and wood engravings, often referred to as a precursor to modern graphic novels. The author, Harry Frederick Ward (1873-1966), was a Methodist preacher and social activist. He founded the Methodist Federation of Social Services in 1907, and in 1933 he helped found New America, an organization devoted to economic reform and moving the country towards socialism. One of the more prominent organizations that Ward helped to co-found was the American Civil Liberties Union. Furthermore, in the 1930s Ward was also a leader in the American League against War and Fascism. Anti-war efforts would remain a passion of his throughout his life.
The Spenders: a Tale of the Third Generation

The Spenders: a Tale of the Third Generation by WILSON, Harry Leon; O'Neill Latham (illus)

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Title
The Spenders: a Tale of the Third Generation
Author
WILSON, Harry Leon; O'Neill Latham (illus)
Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
Boston: Lothrop Publishing Co, (1902). First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Publisher's binding of red cloth over boards, titled in gilt with pictorial device to front cover; top edge gilt; x,512pp; frontispiece and five unnumbered leaves of plates after original illustrations by O'Neill Latham. Mild bumps to board corners, but overall a bright, clean example, Near Fine in the attractive publisher's cloth. Early pencil ownership signature of an "H.S. McMillan" to front endpaper. Wilson's second published book, a portrait of the nouveau-riche in Gilded-Age Manhattan. It was the first of many commercial successes for Wilson, who would go on to write such best-sellers as Ruggles of Red Gap (1915) and Merton of the Movies (1922). The Spenders was adapted for the screen in 1921, a silent film directed by Jack Conway, starring Claire Adams and Robert McKim. Overlooked by Hanna. SMITH W-723.
When M.I.T. Was "Boston Tech" 1861-1916

When M.I.T. Was "Boston Tech" 1861-1916 by Prescott, Samuel C.

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Title
When M.I.T. Was "Boston Tech" 1861-1916
Author
Prescott, Samuel C.
Seller
Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
Cambridge: The Technology Press, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near Fine in an about Very Good jacket, unclipped ($6.00), generally toned and rubbed, a few small chips near the spine. Grey buckram with red ink lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Prescott's "personal report, an essay in interpretation and remembrance which is important both for what it tells about M.I.T.'s first half-century and for what it tells about what Dean Prescott finds important and interesting in that half-century.
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STEREO-VIEW CARD, by [LOS ANGELES]

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Title
STEREO-VIEW CARD,
Author
[LOS ANGELES]
Seller
Houle Rare Books & Autographs (United States)
Description
vintage color scene depicting oranges growing on a tree, interspersed with orange blossoms among the leaves, by Keystone View Company, Meadville, PA, and St. Louis, MO, 1897. Captioned" "Orange Blossoms and Fruit, Los Angeles, Cal., U.S.A." 7" x 3 1/2".. F. Soft cover.
Sweet, Sweet Memory

Sweet, Sweet Memory by Woodson, Jacqueline

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Title
Sweet, Sweet Memory
Author
Woodson, Jacqueline
Seller
Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780786802418
Condition
Very good
Description
New York: Hyperion Books for Children, 2000. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. First Edition. Unpaginated. Very good hardback in a very good dustjacket.
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Revolutionary Organisation

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Title
Revolutionary Organisation
Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
London: Solidarity, 1969. Softcover. Very Good. Very good in wrappers. Light rubbed along spine ends and corners. Edges slightly faded.
Hi Diddle Diddle (Original photograph from the 1943 film)

Hi Diddle Diddle (Original photograph from the 1943 film) by Adolphe Menjou, Martha Scott, Pola Negri (starring); Andrew L. Stone (director); Edmund L. Hartmann, Frederick J. Jackson (screenwriters)

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Title
Hi Diddle Diddle (Original photograph from the 1943 film)
Author
Adolphe Menjou, Martha Scott, Pola Negri (starring); Andrew L. Stone (director); Edmund L. Hartmann, Frederick J. Jackson (screenwriters)
Seller
Royal Books (United States)
Description
Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1943. Vintage studio still photograph, linen-backed, from the 1943 comedy film, showing actors Adolphe Menjou and Martha Scott. When the mother of a soon-to-be bride claims she has been swindled by one of her daughter's former suitors, the groom's father-a small-time con man-schemes to set the situation right. 10 x 8 inches (25 x 20cm). Very Good, with a small dampstain to the left edge and light, offset toning.
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The Teaching of Elisabeth Schumann by [SCHUMANN, Elisabeth]. Puritz, Elizabeth

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Title
The Teaching of Elisabeth Schumann
Author
[SCHUMANN, Elisabeth]. Puritz, Elizabeth
Seller
J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
London: Methuen, 1956. Hardcover. Very Good. Small octavo. Boards. 136 pp. With illustrations.
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Sunstone Magazine (Vol 16.8, Issue 94, February 1994)

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Title
Sunstone Magazine (Vol 16.8, Issue 94, February 1994)
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Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
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Very Good
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Sunstone Foundation, 1994. Very Good. Sunstone Magazine (Vol 16.8, Issue 94, February 1994). SLC: Sunstone Foundation, 1994. 88pp. Illustrated. 4to. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with rubbed and gently bumped edges. Former owner's name and address on rear panel.

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