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Bibliotheca Heberiana

Bibliotheca Heberiana by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: HEBER, Richard)

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Title
Bibliotheca Heberiana
Author
(AUCTION CATALOGUE: HEBER, Richard)
Seller
Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description
16 vols. bound in 6. 8vo, cont. patterned cloth (Vols. 1-13), modern cloth (Vols. 14-15), & orig. wrappers (Ghent sale). London: Sotheby, Evans, or Wheatley (Vols. 1-13), Paris: Silvestre (Vols. 14 & 15), & Ghent: Ch. Citerne, 1834-37. The auction catalogues of the library of Richard Heber are very rare; this set is complete and includes the very rare Ghent catalogue of 26 Oct. 1835. “The Dibdinian age may be aptly said to terminate with the dispersal of the gigantic library accumulated by Richard Heber (1773-1833), a bibliomaniac if ever there was one…From 1800 to 1830, he purchased at every London sale, either in his own name or through agents like Triphook and Thorpe. He thought of nothing of securing whole libraries at a time. When he died, his books filled two houses in London, one at Hodnet, one at Oxford, one at Ghent and one at Paris, not to speak of smaller stores at Brussels, Antwerp and other Continental cities. The total number of volumes in his library must have been between two and three hundred thousand, and it is doubtful whether any private individual has ever owned so large a library… “The dispersal of the Heber library took no less than sixteen sales, thirteen in London by Evans, Sotheby and Wheatley, two in Paris and one in Ghent…The Heber catalogues, although badly compiled and arranged in the most inconvenient manner, are daily consulted by every bibliographer… “Heber’s library, although it contained books of every description and in every language, was especially strong in literature and in history. His series of Continental books, early Italian and Spanish works, later Latin poetry, humanistic treatises of the Renaissance, were unrivalled. He owned a very large number of early French books… “The real strength of Heber’s library was, however, in the field of early English literature, especially poetry and the drama. For thirty years he collected systematically and purchased nearly every item which came on the market.”–De Ricci, pp. 102-04. Fine set from the library of E.P. Goldschmidt. ❧ Gustave Brunet, Dictionnaire de Bibliologie Catholique, cols. 469-70 & 566-68.
An early and monumental wooden double-sided kanban (shop signboard) of the “Odagiri” pharmaceutical company, advertising its throat medicine “Kaden Kintokutan” (“Family Recipe passed down Golden Virtue Pills”)

An early and monumental wooden double-sided kanban (shop signboard) of the “Odagiri” pharmaceutical company, advertising its throat medicine “Kaden Kintokutan” (“Family Recipe passed down Golden Virtue Pills”) by KANBAN: PHARMACEUTICAL STORE SIGNBOARD

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An early and monumental wooden double-sided kanban (shop signboard) of the “Odagiri” pharmaceutical company, advertising its throat medicine “Kaden Kintokutan” (“Family Recipe passed down Golden Virtue Pills”)
Author
KANBAN: PHARMACEUTICAL STORE SIGNBOARD
Seller
Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description
Wooden board with thick frame (1360 x 650 x 70 mm.), orig. metalwork pieces on sides & corners, with orig. metal fittings on top to facilitate hanging perpendicularly outside the shop. Both sides carved with characters of the same text, one side artfully carved in sosho tai (a calligraphic cursive script), the other side finely carved in gyosho tai (a semi-cursive script), with furigana reading marks. Characters painted with black pigment & highlighted in gold lacquer. [Japan]: date of manufacture of the board is engraved on one of the cornerpieces (in trans.): “February 1804” by “kazarishi Kinjiro Kamiya” (“ornamental metalwork artisan Kinjiro Kamiya”) at the request of “Magobei Tsuneyuki Odagiri.” “Kanban, a distinctive fusion of art and commerce, refers to the traditional signs Japanese merchants and craftsmen displayed street-side to advertise their presence, denote the products or services found inside, and give individual identity and expression to the shop itself. Created from wood, bamboo, iron, paper, fabric, lacquer, or even stone, kanban form a rich visual vocabulary of traditional advertising… “The Japanese seem to have excelled at this early take on Madison Avenue, creating a multi-faceted inventory of symbol and meaning designed to engage the viewer and entice the customer. From a hand-carved sign made by the shopkeeper himself, hanging over the doorway to his modest shop in the smallest of back-country hamlets, to a sumptuous and professionally rendered virtuoso of a sign mounted atop a tall post in the booming capital city of Edo, kanban were an integral part of Japanese trade culture… “Kanban were also, in many instances, collaborative efforts between merchants and the craftsmen employed to create the signs…[The merchant] would have had to call on the services of a kanban-shi (kanban carver) or a kanban-gaki or mono-gaki, specialists in calligraphy for kanban. Or perhaps he would have engaged an on-gaku who specialized in carving frames and name signs. Together they would have arrived at the most effective way to communicate the desired message. The type of kanban and the degree of ornamentation would have depended on both the technical skills of the kanban-shi and the depth of the pockets of the merchant employing him.”–Alan Scott Pate, Kanban. Traditional Shop Signs of Japan (Mingei Museum & Princeton University Press: 2017), pp. 13 & 19-20. This is an unusually early, large, and monumental kanban, secured by a large and thick wooden frame and, unusually, decorated with metalwork around and on the frame. Much thought has gone into the design. On one side, the characters are carved in sosho tai (a calligraphic cursive script), which not all of the general public could read. Therefore, the other side of the board is carved in gyosho tai (a semi-cursive script), with furigana reading marks, to facilitate reading by all potential customers. The central text on both sides, in largest characters, visually screams “Tan no myoyaku” (“Miracle Medicine for Mucus Relief ”) as an attention-getter. In smaller characters, in the bottom left, we have “Chogosho Odagiri” (“Odagiri Pharmaceutical Company”), with what we believe is the trade name seal of Odagiri. In the upper right, again in smaller characters, we have “Kaden Kintokutan” (“Family Recipe passed down Golden Virtue Pills”). The medicine produced by the Odagiri Pharmaceutical Company, in pill form, was to reduce sputum in the throat and ease swallowing. Most kanban were made by anonymous artisans, and it is very unusual to have the metalwork signed, and dated as we have with this kanban. In fine condition.
A Defence of the Constitutions

A Defence of the Constitutions by Adams, John

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Title
A Defence of the Constitutions
Author
Adams, John
Seller
Bookbid Rare Books (United States)
Condition
Very good in fine new leather binding.
Description
London: Dilly, 1788. First edition. hardcover. Very good in fine new leather binding.. The true first edition, two volumes, published in London while Adams was American ambassador to the UK. Rebound in recent leather. Housed in a custom-made collector's clamshell case with leather spine lettered in gold.
Land Titles in San Francisco, and the Laws Affecting the Same, With a Synopsis of All Grants and Sale of Land Within the Limits Claimed by the City.

Land Titles in San Francisco, and the Laws Affecting the Same, With a Synopsis of All Grants and Sale of Land Within the Limits Claimed by the City. by WHEELER, Alfred.

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Land Titles in San Francisco, and the Laws Affecting the Same, With a Synopsis of All Grants and Sale of Land Within the Limits Claimed by the City.
Author
WHEELER, Alfred.
Seller
Argonaut Book Shop (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
"One of the Foundation Books on California Land Titles" With the excessively scarce correct map of San Francisco. Small quarto.10½ x 7¼ inches. 127, [2]pp. Lithograph folding map on thin tissue. Original tan calf, marbled boards, paper label (green) on front cover. Covers a bit worn. Foxing throughout. Early ownership name and date on title. Bookplate. First signature detached. First edition. Scarce early San Francisco imprint, with the excessively scarce correct map of San Francisco entitled "Map of San Francisco, Compiled from latest Surveys & containing all late extensions & Division of Wards, published by Josiah J. Le Count, for Wheeler's Report on Land-Titles in San Francisco Cal." Cowan notes "The correct map was specially engraved for this work". Early San Francisco imprint which "includes all the grants made during the administration of the Mexican government in California to July 9, 1846. Also, all the grants by Alcaldes or those by official sales" (Greenwood 369). Also includes important Mexican and American Documents, relevant portions of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hildago, the Act for the admission of California as a state. With typed catalogue entry from John Howell-Books laid in. Cowan I: p.246, Cowan II: p.677, Greenwood: 369, Howes: W315, Norris: 4174, Rocq: 12799, Peters, California on Stone: p.103, Sabin: 103174, Streeter Sale: 2728. With the bookplate and signature of Alfred Sutro on the inside front cover. Alfred Sutro (1865-1945) was a San Francisco lawyer and book collector, highly involved with the Book Club of California.
(Archive): Canadian North Pacific Railway Documents including Blueprints, Manuals, and Photographs

(Archive): Canadian North Pacific Railway Documents including Blueprints, Manuals, and Photographs

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(Archive): Canadian North Pacific Railway Documents including Blueprints, Manuals, and Photographs
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Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
Alberta and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 1904. Unbound. Near Fine. An archive consisting of blueprints, instruction manuals, photographs, other ephemera from the organization and construction of the Canadian North Pacific railway in 1904. This album takes place in Prince Rupert, British Columbia. Contains 33 black and white or sepia toned photographs measuring between 5.5" x 4" and 8" x 6". All manuals and paper items has some edgewear and creasing else near fine with fine photographs. An archive of blueprints, documents, instruction manuals, and photographs of the construction of the Canadian North Pacific railway from 1904. The building process began in 1910 and was completed in 1915. It is a historic Canadian railway with a main line running between the Alberta-British Columbia border and Vancouver, British Columbia. All the documents are from 1904 when construction was in the preliminary phase. These documents go over the plans and preparations needed to complete the railway. The archive consists of the blueprints for the railway as well as some construction photographs. The photographs begin later after construction started and feature shots of the railway set up along several rounds and mountainous areas sometimes with track boxes set up. There are some pictures of dams being built, one of which shows the dam leaking and the railway being halted. Another set of photos show the ice being blow up with explosives to lay the tracks on the ground. The manuals are for the survey of hydrographic information for the water power branches in the area. There are some water meter prototypes included with the blue prints. In some photographs men can be seen standing out in the snow, stopping at Nabob Coffee and other Vancouver stores. Nabob started in Vancouver in 1896 and still runs today. There are also some pictures of the native Canadians living in Vancouver and other parts of Canada while the railway was being planned. An interesting collection of ephemera and photographs relating to the construction of the Canadian North Pacific railway.
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Birds and Their Nests

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Title
Birds and Their Nests
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Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
OH: Saalfield, 1943. Softcover. Good. Good in wrappers. Paperback, oversized, cover soiled, pages lightly browned, rubbed at spine ends and corners.
Diane Arbus: An Aperture Monograph

Diane Arbus: An Aperture Monograph by Arbus, Diane; Doon Arbus

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Title
Diane Arbus: An Aperture Monograph
Author
Arbus, Diane; Doon Arbus
Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
Condition
vg
Description
Millerton, New York: NP, 1972. True First Edition. Hardcover. vg. Quarto. 15pp., 160 plates. Photo-illustrated paper-covered boards with black lettering on spine in photographic dust jacket. Diane Arbus (1923-1971) was noted for her portraits of people on the fringes of society such as prostitutes, transvestites, dwarfs, giants, as well as ordinary working class citizens in unconventional poses and settings. This work was published in conjunction with the 1972 retrospective staged by MoMA curator John Szarkowski which attracted more than 7 million viewers. Arbus also became the first American photographer to be exhibited at the Venice Biennale. Her 1967 photograph Identical Twins which illustrates the front cover as well as the dj of this work, is tenth on the list of most expensive photographs. "For me the subject of the picture is always more important than the picture. And more complicated. I do have a feeling for the print but I don't have a holy feeling for it. I really think what it is, is what it's about. I mean it has to be of something. And what it's of is always more remarkable than what it is." (Diane Arbus). Illustrated with 80 annotated full-page b/w reproductions of photographs by Arbus, as well as one photo of herself. This copy is the first printing with the plate titled "Two Girls in Identical Raincoats, Central Park, N.Y.C, 1969" which was supressed in subsequent printings. Edited and designed by Arbus' daughter, Doon Arbus and Marvin Israel. 15 pages of text, edited from tape recordings of a series of classes Arbus gave in 1971 as well as from some interviews and some of her writings. Head and tail of spine and parts of edges slightly bumped. One-inch bump on top edge of back board. Some creasing and scuffing on dj, few tiny closed tears on dj edge. Minor age yellowing to outer edges of pages not affecting images. Tight copy in overall very good condition.
Metamorphosis Through Light - Verwandlungen Durch Licht

Metamorphosis Through Light - Verwandlungen Durch Licht by LERSKI, Helmar

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Title
Metamorphosis Through Light - Verwandlungen Durch Licht
Author
LERSKI, Helmar
Seller
Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9783923641000
Description
Germany: Luca Verlag, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. Text in English and German. Edited by Ute Eskildsen and with a preface by Andor Kraszna-Krausz. A haunting collection of extreme close ups of faces. A fine and tight copy in a fine dust jacket. Rather uncommon.
Deux

Deux by Ferlinghetti, Lawrence

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Deux
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Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
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Tschanz Rare Books (United States)
Description
Charleston, WV: The University of Charleston, Parchment Gallery Graphics. 1/200. Silkscreen [28 cm x 25 cm] Printed in black ink. Near fine. In printer's envelope with leaf of explanatory text. Signed and numbered by Ferlinghetti. Printed in an edition of 50 copies. A silkscreen reproduction of Ferlinghetti's first painting (oil on canvas, 1950) that was completed while a student at the Sorbonne. Rare. Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919-1921) was a poet, painter, book designer, publisher, bookseller, and graphic artist, who was an important leader in the American poetry revival in San Francisco in the 1950s.
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1934 HARVARD CLASS ALBUM (VOLUME XLV) by 1934 Senior Album Committee, David Weld,. Chairman et al (editors)

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Title
1934 HARVARD CLASS ALBUM (VOLUME XLV)
Author
1934 Senior Album Committee, David Weld,. Chairman et al (editors)
Seller
Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Condition
As New
Description
Cambridge MA: Harvard University (printed by The Andover Press), 1934. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New. All men, all white, to a person. As new copy still in a tattered brown paper dustwrapper issued by The Andover Press, the printer, with a statement about the yearbook's private nature, its limited printing and its proper care and use of.
Connecticut Resident Jonathan Deming Writes Letter About The Suspicious Activities Of Fellow Resident: My Coming Into The House They Both Rose Sudenly [Sic] & Went Out & Spoke Together And Then Mounted Their Horses & Rode Of

Connecticut Resident Jonathan Deming Writes Letter About The Suspicious Activities Of Fellow Resident: My Coming Into The House They Both Rose Sudenly [Sic] & Went Out & Spoke Together And Then Mounted Their Horses & Rode Of by JONATHAN DEMING

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Title
Connecticut Resident Jonathan Deming Writes Letter About The Suspicious Activities Of Fellow Resident: My Coming Into The House They Both Rose Sudenly [Sic] & Went Out & Spoke Together And Then Mounted Their Horses & Rode Of
Author
JONATHAN DEMING
Seller
Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc. (United States)
Description
JONATHAN DEMING (1749-1839). Jon Deming was born to Ebenezer Deming and Amy Bunce in Wethersfield, Connecticut. In 1777, he married Elizabeth Wells, and they went on to be the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. Later, he registered for the military in 1831. ALS. 1pg. October 8, 1777. Colchester, Connecticut. An autograph letter signed Jon. Deming writing about John Barneys suspicious conduct: I was at EastHaddam about Five or Six weeks where I saw John Barney Jur of Norwick & A man with him who was a stranger to me with their Horses loaded with Cloth: Baiting their Horses at A tavern on My coming into the House they Both Rose Sudenly & went out & spoke together and then Mounted their Horses & Rode of on full speed - turning their Heads and Looking Back till they were out of sight which Conduct gave me Reason to Suspect they were on no Good Design Mr. Barneys Past Conduct in this town & Elsewhere as Mentiond in the foregoing letters all agree that his trade is not Generous nor Friendly -am &c Jon. Deming. John Barney was a Connecticut Colony native, being born in Norwich and getting married in Colchester. According to Deming, Barney has a bad reputation and is known for conducting unsavory business, the likes of which he witnessed in his letter. This conclusion is a result of their immediate exit when Deming walks in and their speedy getaway. This letter is in very good condition.
The Chinese Children Next Door

The Chinese Children Next Door by BUCK, Pearl

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Title
The Chinese Children Next Door
Author
BUCK, Pearl
Seller
Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
Condition
Near fine
Description
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 36 Essex Street, STrand W.C. 2, 1943. Cloth. Near fine/very good. Katharine TOZER. [WOMAN AUTHOR] [WOMAN ILLUSTRATOR]. Katharine TOZER, illustrator. Jas. Truscott & Son, Ltd., Printers, London E.C.3. First British edition. 8vo; 54pp; blue cloth over board, portrait of a Chinese girl dancing on front stamped in red and black, black lettering on front and spine; color pictorial endpapers; fp; 14full-page color illustrations; sunning of board bottom edges; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket, chipping at head and tail of spine, scattered foxing; near fine in very good dj. Pearl Buck (1892-1973) was an American writer and novelist. As the daughter of missionaries, she spent much of her life before 1934 in China with her parents and then her first husband. This is a story of some of her girlhood playmates in China. In later life, she became a strong proponent of women's rights and racial equality.
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Tuscan Villas by ACTON, Harold

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Title
Tuscan Villas
Author
ACTON, Harold
Seller
Argosy Book Store (United States)
Condition
fine
Description
London: Thames and Hudsin, 1973. hardcover. fine/near fine. Illustrated with 126 amazing b/w photogravure plates, plus 19 in-text figures and 34 in color, all by Alexander Zielcke. 288 pages. Thick 4to, terra cotta cloth, d.w. Thames and Hudson, (1973). First Edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper.
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GIMSON AND THE BARNSLEYS "WONDERFUL FURNITURE OF A COMMONPLACE KIND by Comino, Mary

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GIMSON AND THE BARNSLEYS "WONDERFUL FURNITURE OF A COMMONPLACE KIND
Author
Comino, Mary
Seller
Green Gate Farm Antiquarian Books (United States)
Description
London: Evans Brothers Limited, (1980). First edition Octavo. This is a fine copy in dust wrapper, bound in saddle-tan paper over boards. A fascinating account of three artistically brilliant and unfailingly honest contributors to the British Arts and Crafts movement. These architects and artists were profoundly influenced by the work and philosophies of William Morris and were nurtured by the contemporary atmosphere of the Cotswolds. An inspiring and significant contribution to the study of the Movement.
Deutsche Sprachgeschichte; Grundlagen, Methoden, Perspektiven. Festschrift Für Johannes Erben Zum 65. Geburtstag
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Deutsche Sprachgeschichte; Grundlagen, Methoden, Perspektiven. Festschrift Für Johannes Erben Zum 65. Geburtstag

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Deutsche Sprachgeschichte; Grundlagen, Methoden, Perspektiven. Festschrift Für Johannes Erben Zum 65. Geburtstag
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Hackenberg Booksellers ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9783631431825
Description
Frankfurt am Main, Etc.: Peter Lang, 1990. Herausgegeben von Werner Besch. 485p., front. port., original blue cloth. Contains essays by 43 scholars.
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Girls at War and Other Stories. by ACHEBE, Chinua.

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Title
Girls at War and Other Stories.
Author
ACHEBE, Chinua.
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Jeff Maser, Bookseller-ABAA (United States)
Description
Garden City: Doubleday,, 1973.. First US edition.. 129 pp. Foxing to page edges, else near fine in very good dust jacket with stains along spine and extrems of rear panel.
Ricordo di Milano. 32 vedute [cover title]

Ricordo di Milano. 32 vedute [cover title]

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Ricordo di Milano. 32 vedute [cover title]
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Rulon-Miller Books (United States)
Description
Milano: Frat. T. Scrocchi, n.d., 1930. Accordion-fold view book 6¾" x 4½" containing 29 photolithographic illustrations (3 double-page); map endpapers; captions on verso in English, Italian, German, and Spanish; original color pictorial boards; near fine. Published as no. 258 in the publisher's Riservata series.
Rood Screens
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Rood Screens by Hayman, Richard

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Title
Rood Screens
Author
Hayman, Richard
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Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
ISBN
9781784422943
Condition
VG.
Description
Oxford: Shire Publications / Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2018. Softcover. VG.. Octavo. Softcover. Illustrated wraps. 63 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm. The rood screen was the visual focus of the medieval parish church, dividing the nave from the chancel. Most were built of wood and were adorned with intricate carved decoration painted in bright colors, often with images of saints. Defaced and often dismantled during the Reformation in the mid-sixteenth century, most surviving screens have been restored to their former glory since the nineteenth century and are now among the most prized treasures of our parish churches. This fully illustrated book explains the symbolic and practical significance of rood screens and describes the ways in which they were constructed and decorated. There is also an extensive list of churches in England and Wales where screens can be found.
The Volcano Lover

The Volcano Lover by Susan Sontag

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The Volcano Lover
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Susan Sontag
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Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA (United States)
ISBN
9780374285166
Condition
Fine
Description
First Edition/Stated First Printing; A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket, with only light age-spotting to the exterior text block. SIGNED by the author to the front free paper with provenance for the signing laid in (bookmark from the Kroch's & Brentano's First Editions Circle). An outstanding copy of this title, from the prolific and acclaimed Susan Sontag. Not remaindered, not price-clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar cover and will ship securely wrapped in a sturdy box.
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The Improvisatore by Andersen, Hans Christian

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The Improvisatore
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Andersen, Hans Christian
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ZH BOOKS (United States)
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Very good
Description
New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1876. Very good. Author's edition; 7 3/4 x 5; pp. [7], vi-vii, [2], 2-341, [5]; marbled paper over boards and 3/4 polished calf; spine with two inlaid squares of red and black morocco with title in gilt, five raised bands, and gilt decorations; marbled page edges; small chip to head of spine and a few small rubbed spots to boards; previous owner's signature to first blank leaf; overall in very good condition. First published in 1835, Andersen's autobiographical novel was considered to be the author's breakthrough. It followed his travels in Italy through the book's main character Antonio.
A Christmas Memory

A Christmas Memory by Capote, Truman

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A Christmas Memory
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Capote, Truman
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Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
New York: Random House. Hardcover. Fine. Later Printing. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase, lightly rubbed. Quarter black cloth with beige paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Capote's classic autobiographical short story about his relationship with his cousin.
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Records of English Court Music. Volume IX (Index) by ASHBEE, Andrew

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Title
Records of English Court Music. Volume IX (Index)
Author
ASHBEE, Andrew
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J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
Aldershot: Scolar Press, 1996. Hardcover. Fine. Large octavo. Red boards. 238 pp.
POETRY - Vol. 89 No. 6 - March 1957

POETRY - Vol. 89 No. 6 - March 1957 by Edited - Rene Char, W.S. Merwin, John Ashbery (Contributors)

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Title
POETRY - Vol. 89 No. 6 - March 1957
Author
Edited - Rene Char, W.S. Merwin, John Ashbery (Contributors)
Seller
Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition
Very good.
Description
(Chicago): (Modern Poetry Association), 1957. First Edition. Very good.. Features work by V.R. . Lang, Vernon Watkins, Hayden Carruth, James Wright, and others. Wraps. 12mo. Perfect-bound wraps. Very good plus with light toning and soil to wraps. Clean throughout.

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