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Leger CIRQUE 1950. Manuscript with 63 lithographs by Leger.

Leger CIRQUE 1950. Manuscript with 63 lithographs by Leger.

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Leger CIRQUE 1950. Manuscript with 63 lithographs by Leger.
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Marninart, Inc (ABAA-ILAB) (United States)
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Teriade, Paris 1950. Fernand Leger. Portfolio with 63 lithographs in color and black and 22 manuscripted lithographic text with decorations. This portfolio is entirely conceived and realized by Leger in collaboration with the editor Teriade and his associate Marguerite Lange. It comprises 34 lithographs in color and 29 in black, the manuscripted text with 22 decorations are also lithographs, Limited in 300 copies, signed on justification page by Leger. Loose as issued, printed in Arches paper, in the original wrappers with two lithographs in front and back, guarded in hard chemise and slipcase. Complete and in very good conditions, but with off printing due to the rich color of the lithographs, hard chemise with spine tanned. Disclose: Some of the lithographs bear a signature by leger, we do not guarantee the authenticity of these signatures Ref: Saphire n 44-106
The Braque catalogue raisonne Five volumes from 1924 to 1957

The Braque catalogue raisonne Five volumes from 1924 to 1957

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The Braque catalogue raisonne Five volumes from 1924 to 1957
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Marninart, Inc (ABAA-ILAB) (United States)
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Paris: Maeght, 1959–1962. Catalogue de l'Œuvre de Georges Braque, Vol. 1 (1924–1927); Vol. 2 (1928–1935); Vol. 3 (1936–1941); Vol. 4 (1942–1947); Vol. 5 (1948–1957).A set of five volumes from the complete series of seven, quarto format. Each volume features a photographic frontispiece of Braque and is richly illustrated with numerous black-and-white and color plates throughout.Bound in the original decorated buckram ring binders.
LES EDIFICES ANTIQUES DE ROME

LES EDIFICES ANTIQUES DE ROME by (ARCHITECTURE - ANCIENT ROMAN WORLD). DESGODETS, ANTOINE

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LES EDIFICES ANTIQUES DE ROME
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(ARCHITECTURE - ANCIENT ROMAN WORLD). DESGODETS, ANTOINE
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Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
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Paris: Jean Baptiste Coignard, 1682. FIRST EDITION. 443 x 290 mm. (17 3/8 x 11 1/2"). 6 p.l., 323, [1] pp. Attractive modern calf-backed marbled boards with single decorative blind rule, raised bands, one compartment with red morocco label lettered in gilt, others with a diamond-shaped foliate tool in gilt. With engraved title, headpieces and initials for dedication and text, and 137 ARCHITECTURAL PLATES (included in pagination) after drawings by Desgodets. A Large Paper Copy. Engraved title with ink stamp of G. Wills Esqr; two leaves with marginal notes in a contemporary hand. Fowler 102; Millard, French 62; Brunet II, 625. See also: W. Hermann, "Antoine Desgodets and the Académie Royale d'Architecture" in "The Art Bulletin" Vol. 40, No. 1 (Mar., 1958), pp. 23-53. Just a hint of browning right at top edge of leaves, final four leaves (including plates) with a half dozen small rust-colored droplets (from wax?), but easily A FINE COPY, the binding unworn, text and plates with only the most trivial imperfections, and the margins very, very wide. With meticulously executed plates by some of the most talented engravers of the day, this groundbreaking work stirred controversy by advocating the importance of scientific accuracy and direct observation in the study of architecture and by pointing out inconsistencies in the writings of some of the most distinguished ancient and modern architectural authorities. The work was the result of great physical determination, an unprecedented example of insistence on accuracy, and a notable case of architectural iconoclasm. Antoine Babuty Desgodets (or Desgodetz, 1653–1728), was just 20 years old when he was sent to Rome with the task of measuring and sketching out ancient buildings on behalf of the Académie Royale d'Architecture. He stayed in Rome for 16 months, and as Hermann relates, "It is almost inconceivable that within this comparatively short time one man was able to survey thoroughly the great variety of monuments, the more astonishing if one learns that he selected for publication drawings of only about half the number of buildings he had actually measured. . . . He measured the buildings just as they stood without any attempt at restoration, incorporating as many details as possible, the whole undertaking being carried out with a degree of thoroughness and accuracy never before known." Desgodets returned to Paris in 1677 and published the present work with the assistance of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, founder of the Académie Royale d'Architecture, who, as Millard tells us, "had Desgodets' drawings engraved by the king's engravers at His Majesty's expense." Our author ruffled many feathers: he had the temerity to note "discrepancies in Vitruvius' text and listed errors made by modern authorities (such as Serlio, Palladio, Antonio Lobacco, and Fréart de Chambray) in establishing measurements for the same buildings he described. Desgodets then allowed the evidence of the ancient monuments, observed with scientific accuracy and recorded to the fraction of an inch, to take priority over the written architectural documents on which the Academy had based its principles." The 137 plates detail 25 antique buildings in and around Rome, and are breathtaking for both their devotion to accuracy and the skill of the engravers. In Fowler's words, "The plates, many of them masterpieces of architectural drawing and engraving, were engraved from the drawings of Desgodets by De Chastillon, S. Le Clerc, J. and P. Le Pautre, N. Guerard and others. This work gives the first really accurate representation of ancient Roman architecture and is the beginning of that long series of measured drawings which are one of the great traditions of French architecture. It is remarkable that the drawings for this work were made when the author was about twenty-two and the book was published before he was thirty." Because of its importance, the book appears at auction with some frequency, but copies in agreeable condition are hard to come by..
President Franklin D. Roosevelt Defends His New Office of Price Administration, Set Up to Control Rents and the Availability and Price of Commodities on the Verge of World War II

President Franklin D. Roosevelt Defends His New Office of Price Administration, Set Up to Control Rents and the Availability and Price of Commodities on the Verge of World War II by Franklin D. Roosevelt

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President Franklin D. Roosevelt Defends His New Office of Price Administration, Set Up to Control Rents and the Availability and Price of Commodities on the Verge of World War II
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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The Raab Collection (United States)
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30/08/1941. “My administration has sought from the outset to restore agricultural prices to levels which would enable our farm people to share equally with urban people the goods and services of their joint effort…But neither…can we ask our consumers to bear inordinate increases in living costs. Moreover, unless we act promptly to check the inflationary tendencies in evidence all about us, agriculture itself will be burdened with rising debts and higher costs, as it was following the last war.”In the spring of 1941, the world war was raging and getting ever closer to American shores. President Roosevelt felt the need to protect rents from inflation, and control the availability and price of commodities that were or were likely to become scarce. For example, Japanese occupations in the Far East had made it impossible to get rubber from plantations in the Dutch East Indies, and what little rubber was available in the United States needed to go straight to airplane and munitions factories. So in April 1941, FDR established the Office of Price Administration to “stabilize prices and rents and prevent unwarranted increases in them; to prevent profiteering, hoarding and speculation; to assure that defense appropriations were not dissipated by excessive prices; to protect those with fixed incomes from undue impairment of their living standards; to assist in securing adequate production; and to prevent a post-emergency collapse of values.”Just weeks after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and dragged America into the war, the Office of Price Administration initiated its first rationing program in support of the American war effort. It mandated that from that day on, no driver will be permitted to own more than five automobile tires. Tires went right into war manufacturing.Some were concerned about the impact of these controls. A. Leonard Allen, a member of Congress from Louisiana who represented his district from 1937-1953, was among those who were concerned about what harm the limitations might bring to farmers. He wrote the President, who responded at length about his policy and intentions, insisting that he favored strong prices for farm goods but wanted to protect consumers against inordinate increases in living costs.Typed letter signed, on White House letterhead, Washington, August 30, 1941, to A. Leonard Allen. ""I have your recent telegram regarding the activities of the Office of Price Administration and Civilian Supply.""May I assure you that I am not insensible to the need for fair and equitable treatment for agriculture in any kind of price control to be undertaken in this emergency. My administration has sought from the outset to restore agricultural prices to levels which would enable our farm people to share equally with urban people the goods and services of their joint effort, and we do not propose to deviate from that objective. But neither, on the other hand, can we ask our consumers to bear inordinate increases in living costs. Moreover, unless we act promptly to check the inflationary tendencies in evidence all about us, agriculture itself will be burdened with rising debts and higher costs, as it was following the last war.""As you undoubtedly know, farm prices are approaching parity levels and for some commodities have gone beyond parity. Congress has passed, and I have approved, recent legislation authorizing loans on cotton to 85 per cent of parity.""""Pending the passage of price control legislation, the Office of Price Administration and Civilian Supply is operating under Executive Order. In every case where it has acted, the purpose has been to check unwarranted, speculative price increases which profit the few and work hardship for many. I can assure you personally that its action has been based on as thorough a study and consideration for all interests as its facilities would permit. If mistakes have been made and inequities perpetrated, I want them called to Mr. Henderson's attention. I'm sure he would welcome whatever counsel or criticism the members of Congress wish to convey regarding the activities of his Office.""This is as good a letter on Roosevelt’s policy goals as you are likely to find. It comes from Allen’s scrapbook and has never before been offered for sale.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Copy of Robert Louis Stevenson's “Father Damien: An Open Letter to the Rev. Dr. Hyde of Honolulu”

President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Copy of Robert Louis Stevenson's “Father Damien: An Open Letter to the Rev. Dr. Hyde of Honolulu” by Franklin D. Roosevelt|Eleanor Roosevelt

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President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Copy of Robert Louis Stevenson's “Father Damien: An Open Letter to the Rev. Dr. Hyde of Honolulu”
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Franklin D. Roosevelt|Eleanor Roosevelt
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The Raab Collection (United States)
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1/1/30. FDR had a great interest in Father Damien, who devoted his life to helping lepers, and got the U.S. Navy to transport Damien’s casket to Belgium for reburial.Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer, and a leading representative of English literature. He is best known for works such as Treasure Island, Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Kidnapped.Stevenson is also remembered because of his famous reply, in the form of a published letter, to the Rev. Doctor Hyde of Honolulu about the Catholic martyr Father Damien, undertaken because of Hyde’s attack on Damien, who he called, to Stevenson’s displeasure, “a coarse, dirty man, headstrong and bigoted…He had no hand in the reforms and improvements inaugurated, which were the work of our Board of Health, as occasion required and means were provided. He was not a pure man in his relations with women, and the leprosy of which he died should be attributed to his vices and carelessness.”Stevenson’s response has attained the stature of a small classic. Damien’s extraordinary devotion to the lepers of Molokai moved Stevenson to compose a response to the offensive charges hurled against Damien. The letter holds the reader with the incisive beauty of its diction, with its irony, its mockery, and its sarcasm. Measured in words, it is brief; but gauged in terms of the scene it evokes, the truths it states, the man it portrays, it is long.Robert Louis Stevenson wrote it with the same clear and accurate insight into human motives and the same depth of sympathy found in all of his great novels and essays. Many books and pamphlets have been written about Father Damien, but this letter is surely the most profoundly moving work about his courageous, dedicated, inspiring life.Originally written in 1890, in 1930 “Father Damien: An Open Letter to the Rev. Dr. Hyde of Honolulu“ was published privately for William Andrews Clark, Jr., and John Henry Nash. In the mid-1910s, Clark, a noted philanthropist, began collecting antiquarian and fine press books as a serious hobby. In 1919, he hired bibliographer Robert E. Cowan to consult on book-buying purchases and to help with the compilation of a printed library catalog. The first volume of this was printed in 1920 by San Francisco printer John Henry Nash, who did other books for Clark as well, including the Open Letter.This is Franklin D. Roosevelt’s copy of “Father Damien: An Open Letter to the Rev. Dr. Hyde of Honolulu.” Eleanor Roosevelt has written an ownership signature in her husband’s name, and she has added “his book.” Below that she has written own her initials.On his death in 1889 Damien was laid to rest by and among his leper friends on Molokai. 46 years later his remains were transferred to his native Belgium. President Franklin D. Roosevelt provided a United States Navy ship to transport the casket, which was welcomed at Antwerp by the Cardinal Archbishop, King Leopold III and more than 100,000 people.
Monogram Album with Monograms Incorporated into 38 Watercolors and Ink Drawings

Monogram Album with Monograms Incorporated into 38 Watercolors and Ink Drawings

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Monogram Album with Monograms Incorporated into 38 Watercolors and Ink Drawings
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White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (United States)
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Full Morocco. Very Good Plus. A marvelous monogram album in which the monograms are creatively incorporated into charming watercolor and ink illustrations, with a few highly imaginative examples. 4to. 29 by 25 cm. 38 leaves. The most special of the plates include a painting of two women in eighteenth century gowns fanning themselves in a drawing room; a portrait of one of those two women; a seated elderly woman by a table of fruits, the woman and her pose bearing a resemblance to Whistler's Mother; a Punch and Judy show with a little boy as specatator and a man playing a drum in front of the puppet theatre; a clock decorated with painted seraphs; a china plate with a Chinoiserie painting in its center; and a pretty young woman's portrait in profile. Perhaps less unusual to the genre but extremely well done are paintings of a slipper; of a screen; of a fan; of a cart; of criss-crossed badminton racquettes; of a cannon; of a pail; of a brush; etc. A few of the paintings are slightly unfinished -- we see pencil lines and perhaps some color had as yet not been brushed on. A decorative full morocco binding by W & A Webster of Piccadilly. The binding has gilt and blindstamped fleur-de-lys and star decoration covering the boards and the spine. Condition: a slight cock to the binding, with the rear board jutting out a touch further than the front board.
[Movie Press Book] The Norman Studios Present the Super Feature Photoplay The Flying Ace. Sensation of the Year. "The Greatest Airplane Mystery Thriller Ever Produced Co-Starring Kathryn Boyd and Lawrence Criner. . . . All Colored Cast . .

[Movie Press Book] The Norman Studios Present the Super Feature Photoplay The Flying Ace. Sensation of the Year. "The Greatest Airplane Mystery Thriller Ever Produced Co-Starring Kathryn Boyd and Lawrence Criner. . . . All Colored Cast . .

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[Movie Press Book] The Norman Studios Present the Super Feature Photoplay The Flying Ace. Sensation of the Year. "The Greatest Airplane Mystery Thriller Ever Produced Co-Starring Kathryn Boyd and Lawrence Criner. . . . All Colored Cast . .
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White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (United States)
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Arlington, Florida: The Norman Manufacturing Company, 1926. First Edition. Very Good Plus. The press book for a "Race" movie produced by white-owned Norman Film, which specialized in Race movies in the last decade of the Silent Era. This is the only one of eight full-length films made by the Jacksonville Florida studio that has been fully restored by the Library of Congress. It was also the second to last of of eight full-length Race films produced by Norman Film. Making the film required considerable ingenuity, as the budget studio used a single plane to shoot its dogfight scenes. The film also did not have a basis in history, as the U.S. Army did not allow African Americans to fly planes during the First World War. The publication, meant to excite exhibitors about the movie and to guide them then in promoting the film, is essentially a large folded sheet of newsprint paper, and thus four pages each 56 by 36 cm, is illustrated with photographs of clips, promotional posters, lobby cards and the like. This press book, though, relies more on fewer, but larger, photos than its prior press books. The window card on the front cover is shown again almost as large on the third page. The excitement of aviation may have been a reason -- a few dramatic shots more than equal a plethora of smaller images of many scenes. Also the large lobby card had multiple images with insets and a collage arrangement. This particular press book has less advice on promotional gambits exhibitors could do, less in the way of sober-toned promotional plans, and is almost entirely about hyping the movie's daring, and also the Norman Film brand. The publication also sought to generate interest in its small inventory of its earlier movies. We will observe that while Norman Film proudly promoted its movies as having "All Colored Casts", and did indeed seek to present positive role models of blacks in its films, the female star, Stella Mayo, was a very fair black woman who could easily at the time "passed", and this was the pattern at Norman Film and other companies making Race movies into the 1950s. This press book is held by Yale and Virginia according to OCLC First Search. And four institutions hold a publication that may be a smaller format version of this, with essentially the same content -- Temple, Texas A & M, U. of Florida and Florida State Library. Still uncommon, and arguably scarce, especially in as nice condition as our copy. As to Norman Film Mfg. Co., it stopped making movies with the advent of sound and switched over to distribution, since it was not in a position to invest in the new technology needed for sound. Condition: The front page has a few short closed tears and a small chip. The tears, while small, require one to handle the page with care, especially when trying to open the publication, lest one accidentally expands the tears.
Illustrated Autograph Letter Signed with Exceptional Content

Illustrated Autograph Letter Signed with Exceptional Content by HOMER, WINSLOW

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Illustrated Autograph Letter Signed with Exceptional Content
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HOMER, WINSLOW
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Schulson Autographs (United States)
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Homer instructs a gallery owner how to hang one of his paintings that he particularly loves. Autograph Letter Signed, Illustrated, 4 8vo pages on 2 separate sheets, Scarboro, Maine, Jan. 22, 1907, Illustration on page 3. Homer writes to art gallery owner William Clausen, asking Clausen to bill him for the "frame 24 x 28...." then explains how to frame the painting. "I shall send the picture for it soon...As I am in love with it and have been for thirty years, I put a price on it so that it will not be sold at present. I know all the faults in it, but they are useful to the whole thing...hang it up high to keep people...at their proper distance. Three times its width. I should say that would be a good hint to them...[drawing at bottom of page 3]...This must net me $2400 as now I can afford to have it hanging in my own house...The years of money are all right but pictures are scarce...." Homer's drawing shows the gallery wall with railings in front demonstrating how his painting should be hung. The description that came with the letter explains that the painting was likely "Shall I Tell Your Fortune," painted in 1876 and depicting a pretty fortune teller sitting on the ground holding cards. Signed in full, "WInslow Homer." Fine in art related content. Condition: Light staining at left margins of pages 1 and 3 and transferring to pages 2 and 4 lightly affecting the words at the margins which remain clearly readable; chip to upper left corner of third page and paper clip stain on upper left margin of first page showing on the three subsequent sheets, uneven fading to various areas of text on each page.
Catlett Signed Photograph with Original Art

Catlett Signed Photograph with Original Art by CATLETT, WALTER

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Catlett Signed Photograph with Original Art
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CATLETT, WALTER
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Schulson Autographs (United States)
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The comic actor much loved in his time has signed and illustrated this sepia toned bust length photograph showing his characteristic expression. Catlett has drawn a black cat with a large red bow below his full signature, "Walter Catlett, Hollywood Oct. 30, 1937." The sketch is a play on his name. Catlett was a comedic actor appearing in many movies as a flustered scatterbrain but best known for his roles in "Yankee Doodle Dandy" and "Bringing Up Baby." His face is more recognizable than his name. Catlett was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. Our photograph measures 7 1/4 x 7 1/2. Condition: tape stains on verso with minor docketting; in overall very good condition.
THE MISCELLANEOUS POEMS OF WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

THE MISCELLANEOUS POEMS OF WILLIAM WORDSWORTH by WORDSWORTH, William

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THE MISCELLANEOUS POEMS OF WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
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WORDSWORTH, William
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Charles Agvent, ABAA (United States)
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Splitting to one or two joints, a few hinges fragile, but all covers secure; text quite clean. Very Good or better
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London: Longman, Hurst et. al, 1820. First Edition. Hardcover. Splitting to one or two joints, a few hinges fragile, but all covers secure; text quite clean. Very Good or better. Four volumes bound in contemporary half black morocco leather with matching corners and marbled boards. Complete with an engraved frontispiece in each volume and half-title pages in the second and third volumes. Includes some revised poems as well as a selection of new sonnets.
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An Answer to the Latter Part of Lord Bolingbroke's Letters on the Study of History. By the late Lord Walpole of Woolterton. In a Series of Letters to a Noble Lord. by Walpole, [Baron Horatio]

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An Answer to the Latter Part of Lord Bolingbroke's Letters on the Study of History. By the late Lord Walpole of Woolterton. In a Series of Letters to a Noble Lord.
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Walpole, [Baron Horatio]
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London: Printed by W. Richardson and S. Clark… 1763 First octavo edition, following a quarto edition the previous year. . Contemporary marbled boards with newer calf backstrip. Gilt-ruled spine with gilt red morocco label. Octavo. A little light dampstaining at bottom margin, a little light foxing. A very good, uncut copy. Armorial bookplate of George Cavendish, old ink signature ("Marcus Gage") on title-page, old ink notations on front endpapers. In this posthumous work Lord Walpole (1678-1757), the brother of Sir Robert and uncle of Horace, attacks Bolingbroke's account of the last four years of the Queen, years when Bolingbroke was a leading figure in the Tory administration and Walpole a young Member of Parliament in opposition. Bolingbroke's Study of History was also posthumous, written in the 1730s but for political reasons was left unpublished until 1752.
Sequential Analysis

Sequential Analysis by Wald, Abraham

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Sequential Analysis
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Wald, Abraham
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New York: Wiley & Sons, 1947 First edition. Original navy cloth. Octavo. Sixteen figures, seven tables. A very good copy. Abraham Wald pioneered the science of decision analysis and, in particular, that of sequential decision making. Before Wald, the traditional style of statistical decision was to posit a hypothesis, make a predetermined number of measurements, then make a decision whether to accept or reject the hypothesis. Wald realized that this procedure is quite wasteful, and that many measurements could be saved if given the option to decide at every step whether to continue or stop the measurement process. This idea revolutionized the art of statistical testing and was later developed in the hands of computer scientists into a field known as on-line algorithms. "Most, although not all, of [Wald's] results were summed up in Sequential Analysis (1974). With minor exceptions, the entire contents of this book were obtained by him. Such a phenomenon is rare in mathematical books and indicates the extent to which he founded and dominated the field of sequential analysis" (DSB).
Chapbook. ["The Blackbird Whistling (Or Just After)."]

Chapbook. ["The Blackbird Whistling (Or Just After)."] by [ Archetype Press.] Ronk, Martha

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Chapbook. ["The Blackbird Whistling (Or Just After)."]
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[ Archetype Press.] Ronk, Martha
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Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
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[ Pasadena:] Archetype Press, [ArtCenter College of Design,] 2017 One of fifty copies. Designed printed and bound by the students in the "Text, Image, and the Written Word" course at the ArtCenter College of Design in Fall 2017: Devin Lee, Juan Pesquera, Hyek Im, Melanie Yu, Hera Cho, Lars Gresslien Fiva, Matthew Goldstein, Rebecca Kim, Hilda Rios, Simon Baek, and Lovisa Boucher. The class was taught by Gloria Kondrup, Dennis Phillips, and Steve Turk.. Black, white, and gray paper wrappers sewn at spine. . 7 booklets (4 x 7 ") and title sheet (4 x 7 "). . Printed in black and color with various image making techniques including linocut, creative typography, pressure prints, and pop-up leaves. Letterpress printed with handset type. A fine copy. In this creative chapbook, the poem "The Blackbird Whistling (Or Just After)" by Martha Ronk (inspired by "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird" by Wallace Stevens) was broken up into its six stanzas. Pairs of ArtCenter students were tasked with designing, printing, and binding each stanza in its own booklet.
Galerie Francaise, ou Collection de Portraits des Hommes et des Femmes qui ont Illustre la France, Dans les XVIe, XVIIe et XVIIIe Siecles. Avec des Notices et des Facsimile. Precedee D'une Introduction qui Comprendra les Principaux Evenemens qui se Sont Passes Depuis Merovoe Jusqu'a Louis XII. Par une Societe D'Hommes de Lettres et D'Artistes. Tome 1, 2 & 3

Galerie Francaise, ou Collection de Portraits des Hommes et des Femmes qui ont Illustre la France, Dans les XVIe, XVIIe et XVIIIe Siecles. Avec des Notices et des Facsimile. Precedee D'une Introduction qui Comprendra les Principaux Evenemens qui se Sont Passes Depuis Merovoe Jusqu'a Louis XII. Par une Societe D'Hommes de Lettres et D'Artistes. Tome 1, 2 & 3

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Galerie Francaise, ou Collection de Portraits des Hommes et des Femmes qui ont Illustre la France, Dans les XVIe, XVIIe et XVIIIe Siecles. Avec des Notices et des Facsimile. Precedee D'une Introduction qui Comprendra les Principaux Evenemens qui se Sont Passes Depuis Merovoe Jusqu'a Louis XII. Par une Societe D'Hommes de Lettres et D'Artistes. Tome 1, 2 & 3
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Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
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VG (corners and edges dinged and bumped, light shelfwear to boards, pages have light age toning and some foxing spots as expecte
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Paris: Imprimerie de Firmin Didot, Imprimeur du Roi, 1823. Hardcover. VG (corners and edges dinged and bumped, light shelfwear to boards, pages have light age toning and some foxing spots as expected with age but text and plates are otherwise clear with tight binding.). Three volume set bound in half blue leather and green and black marble boards, four raised bands on spines, gilt lettering and tooling on spines; decorative end papers. Volume 1 has a bw frontispiece with descriptive letterpress leaflet, viii, 288 pp, illustrated throughout in 30 facsimiles and 62 bw plates with protective tissue guards. Volume 2: bw frontispiece with protective tissue guard; 598 pp with 43 facsimiles and 55 bw plates with protective tissue guards. Volume 3: bw frontispiece with protective tissue guard; 622 pp, bw facsimiles and plates throughout. A three volume set with text in French. A 4th volume was published several years later. A collection of portraits of men and women in France in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. Preceded by an "introduction that will include the main events that happened from Mèrovóe to Louis XII. By a society of men of letters and artists." Original rare edition of this set.
STAR OF THE UNBORN

STAR OF THE UNBORN by Werfel, Franz

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STAR OF THE UNBORN
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Werfel, Franz
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Type Punch Matrix (United States)
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Very good plus in good plus jacket.
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New York: The Viking Press, 1946. First printing. Very good plus in good plus jacket.. Scarce first US edition of Werfel's work of H.G. Wellsian science fiction updated by "Einstein and Catholicism" (Kahn) - in the rare dust jacket. Werfel's narrator first dies, then makes haste to California-Lemuria some hundred thousand years later. Inventive and unpredictable, concerned with time and timelessness, etiquette and mysticism, astral flight and angelology, committee meetings of talking dogs and the mass exodus of domestic cats from the hearths of humanity to somewhere out of the world. Werfel's ambitious and lengthy last work, it was written in German during his last years in California, then first published (posthumously) in Sweden as STERN DER UNGEBORENEN in 1946. 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original grey-blue cloth stamped in red and gilt. Red topstain. In original unclipped ($3.00) blue printed dust jacket designed by Robert Hallock. 645, [1] pages. Previous owner's name in pen to front free endpaper. Minor bumping to boards, very faint spotting to top edge of text block. Some chipping to jacket edges with additional closed tears to spine ends, small tape repair to jacket verso.
WHATLEY'S QUEST : An Alphabet Adventure

WHATLEY'S QUEST : An Alphabet Adventure by Whatley, Bruce; Smith, Rosie

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WHATLEY'S QUEST : An Alphabet Adventure
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Whatley, Bruce; Smith, Rosie
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Type Punch Matrix (United States)
ISBN
9780060262914
Condition
Fine.
Description
(USA): HarperCollins, 1994. Fine.. Inscribed first US edition of this Australian alphabet puzzle book with lush, expressive '90s illustrations. 12'' x 9.25''. Original color pictorial boards. In original unclipped ($14.95) color pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated in color by Whatley throughout. [48] pages. Inscribed by Whatley on copyright page in blue ink: "Best wishes / Bruce Whatley.
Going Texan: The Days of The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo (Signed First Edition)

Going Texan: The Days of The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo (Signed First Edition) by WINNINGHAM, Geoff & William C. Martin

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Going Texan: The Days of The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo (Signed First Edition)
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WINNINGHAM, Geoff & William C. Martin
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Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
(Houston, TX): Mavis P. Kelsey Jr., 1972. First edition and first printing. Oblong hardcover. 168 pages. Features text by William C. Martin. A striking collection of black and white photographs taken by Winningham at the Livestock show. A tight near fine copy in cloth boards in a near fine photographically illustrated dust jacket with some toning and minor wear. Signed by Winningham. A very nice copy of this underappreciated book from Winningham who is best known for his terrific book "Friday Night in the Coliseum.
Francis Picabia: Accommodations of Desire, Transparences 1924-1932

Francis Picabia: Accommodations of Desire, Transparences 1924-1932 by WILSON, Sarah and Francis Picabia

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Francis Picabia: Accommodations of Desire, Transparences 1924-1932
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WILSON, Sarah and Francis Picabia
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Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
New York: Kent Fine Art Inc, 1989. First edition. Softcover. Essay by Sarah Wilson. Includes several black and white illustrations along with 18 color plates, list of public collections, and selected bibliography. An about very good copy in wrappers with some minor wear to the bottom of the spine and some foxing. Still, a solid copy.
I'll Tell You So (Signed First Edition)

I'll Tell You So (Signed First Edition) by WINKE, Jeffrey

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I'll Tell You So (Signed First Edition)
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WINKE, Jeffrey
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Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9781889460239
Description
Ellison Bay, WI: Cross Roads Press, 2010. First edition. Softcover. 102 pages. Paperback original collection of poems by Winke. A fine copy in wrappers. Signed by Winke on the title page and with a laid in postcard with a handwritten note by Winke to a fellow poet.
Crooked River Burning

Crooked River Burning by WINEGARDNER, Mark

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Crooked River Burning
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WINEGARDNER, Mark
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Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
New York: Harcourt, 2001. First edition. Softcover. 65 pages. Advance excerpt of Winegardner's second novel. A fine copy in stapled wrappers.
Little Annie Rooney Wishing Book

Little Annie Rooney Wishing Book by Brandon Walsh

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Little Annie Rooney Wishing Book
Author
Brandon Walsh
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Eclectibles (United States)
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Springfield, Mass: McLoughlin Bros, 1932. 16 unnumbered pp, illustrated card stock, no. 282. Forward by author. A book for boys and girls about wishes and imagination. Two-color drawings by Darrel McClure with rhyming text on blue pages, Measures 13" x 9 3/4" Light separation and edge tears cover.
Pookie believes in Santa Claus

Pookie believes in Santa Claus by Ivy L. Wallace

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Pookie believes in Santa Claus
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Ivy L. Wallace
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Eclectibles (United States)
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London: Wm. Collins Sons, 1954. 22 unnumbered pp. color illustrated hard cover. Beautiful detailed color and black and white illustrations by author. Pookie the rabbit with wings sees Santa Claus and his dilemma trying to convince his friends. Part of Pookie series, first printing 1953. Measures 8" x 10" light wear on cover edges, small amount of foxing beginning on some pages but intact pages with no tears.
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A Little Tin Drum Musik by ALLIKAS, Barry

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A Little Tin Drum Musik
Author
ALLIKAS, Barry
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Houle Rare Books & Autographs (United States)
Description
Montreal, Canada, The Author, 1985., 1985. First edition. 8vo. Illustrations by the author. 40 pages. Original stiff covers. Very good. No other signatures or bookplates. Signed and inscribed by Allikas in blue ink on the title page: "Thank-you, Peggy Christian, Barry/23-4=85." TOGETHER WITH: An Autograph Letter Signed ("Barry Allikas") in blue ink, April 23, 1985 and hand address envelope with metered stamp, postmarked, Montreal, Canada, 1985.. Signed by Author(s). F. Soft cover.
Handbook of differential Equations
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Handbook of differential Equations by Zwillinger, Daniel

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Handbook of differential Equations
Author
Zwillinger, Daniel
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Hackenberg Booksellers ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780127843902
Description
Boston, Etc.: Academic Press, 1989. xx, 673p., original purple cloth.
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Origins, Invention, Revision: Studying the History of Art and Architecture. by Ackerman, James S.

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Origins, Invention, Revision: Studying the History of Art and Architecture.
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Ackerman, James S.
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Ars Libri Ltd (United States)
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New Haven (Yale University Press), 2016.. xvii, (1), 177pp. 118 color illus. 4to. Cloth. D.j.
The Eighth Day

The Eighth Day by Wilder, Thornton

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The Eighth Day
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Wilder, Thornton
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Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
New York: Harper and Row, Publishers, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, clipped, rubbed and bumped at the edges, a few short closed tears. Quarter blue cloth with blue cloth on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally.

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