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Abraham Swan; Arthur Stratton Ed
Interior Decoration of the Eighteenth Century Woodwork Wall-Treatments Staircases Chimneypieces and other details
London: John Tiranti & Co 1928. Revised edition. Hardcover. Good only ex-library with expected marks. additionally all plates are marked with a library ink stamp. wear and soiling to cloth including fraying at corners and spine ends. feps slightly chipped at edges. slight dampstain to very outer edge of pages. hinges loosening . Grey cloth. Foreword and table of contents followed by 64 bw plates. Oversize. Selection of reprint plates drawing from Swan's works 1 The British Architect of the Builders Treasury of Staircases 2 A Collection of Designs in Architecture 3 Designs in Carpentry or the Carpenters Complete Instructor and 4 Designs for Chimnies. John Tiranti & Co hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 134096
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Hammacher Abraham Marie
Marino Marini: Sculpture Paintings and Drawings
New York: Harry N. Abrams Inc 1970. Hardcover. VG- Pages have aged but consistently; plates are still vivid; front cover is slightly bowed; dj is near perfect. Crimson cloth boards with white stamped lettering maroon DJ with color illus. 328 pp. 315 illustrations 63 tipped-in in full color. In English. From the DJ: The more than 300 superb reproductions demonstrate Marini's mastery in bronze wood plaster stone cement and terra cotta as well as in oil tempera watercolor gouache ink and pastel. The illustrations also include some important documentary photographs of the artist at work and with family friends and colleagues. Harry N. Abrams, Inc hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 128965 ISBN : 0810902745 9780810902749
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Wallenstein Abraham
Jews and Germanism
New York: George H. Doran Company 1917. Softcover. VG clean and tight. Ivory stapled wraps with black lettering and 14 pp. Wallenstein ponders the plight of the Jews newly under German rule particularly those in Poland the Ukraine and the Baltic States formerly part of the Russian Empire. George H. Doran Company paperback books
Bookseller reference : 121427
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Hughes Donald Anselm and Gerald Abraham eds.
Ars Nova and the Renaissance 1300-1540
London: Oxford University Press 1977. Hardbound. Good with a few ex-lib. marks and fading to cover edges but otherwise text is very clean and tight. Blue cloth with gold lettering; 565 pp. with 7 bw plates and 207 musical figures. Volume 2 in The New Oxford History of Music series; a completely in-depth study of the Ars Nova Contintental music English polyphony and instrumental music. Oxford University Press hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 112010 ISBN : 0193163039 9780193163034
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Abraham Gerald ed.
The Age of Humanism 1540-1630
London: Oxford University Press 1979. Hardbound. Good with a few ex-lib. marks and fading to cover edges but otherwise text is very clean and tight. Blue cloth with gold lettering; 978 pp. with 9 bw plates and 402 musical figures. Volume 4 in The New Oxford History of Music series; a completely in-depth study of the French Chanson 16th-century madrigals German secular song solo song and cantata continental Latin church music Protestant music instrumental music music and drama and early Italian opera. Oxford University Press hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 112004 ISBN : 0193163047 9780193163041
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Remshard Abraham
Schraubthaler Depicting the Expulsion of the Entire Protestant Community from Salzburg in 1731
Amsterdam 1732 or 1733. The panorama or concertina was made we believe in 1732 or 1733 or close to that date. The silver "shraubthaler" or outer casing we assume was made separately at a later date but not long afterward. <br /><br /> books
Bookseller reference : 004823
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BOSSE Abraham
Die Kunst in Kupfer zu stechen sowohl vermittelst des Aetzwassers als mit dem Grabstichel: ingleichen die sogenannte schwarze Kunst und wie die Kupferdrucker-Presse nach ietziger Art zu bauen und die Kupfer abzudrucken sind ehemals durch Abraham Bosse gewesenen königl. Kupferstecher in Paris etwas davon heraus gegeben; jetzo aber aufs neue durchgesehen verbessert und um die Hälfte vermehret auch mit neunzehn Kupfertafeln versehen; aus dem Französischen ins Deutsche übersetzt.
Engraved frontis.; eight engraved vignettes and head- & tailpieces 19 finely engraved plates most folding & some engravings in the text. 18 p.l. 254 36 pp. of index & errata. Thick 8vo 160 x 105 mm. late 18th-cent. marbled boards extremities a little rubbed & worn. Dresden: C. G. Nitzsche 1765. An important German edition of Bosse's Traité des manières de graver en Taille douce 1st ed. in French: 1645 considerably augmented for the German audience. This work was translated and published by Carl Gottlieb Nitzsche from the 1745 Cochin edition. The Cochin edition was the first to promote etching with hard etching-ground vernis dur instead of the soft etching-ground vernis mol to imitate line engraving. It also featured long sections on Le Blon's color printing and the refining of mezzotint illustration. In the present book we find four illustrations of the rolling press which Cochin had updated to account for several design upgrades. There are also several diagrams and cross-sections of printing presses. This book is richly illustrated with plates and vignettes executed by Carl Gottfried Nestler 1730-80 that depict various techniques equipment and the interiors of print shops. Nestler reworked the engraved title-page from the 1645 first edition for this book's frontispiece. A very good copy internally fresh. Unidentified engraved bookplates with the initials "G. F." on front and rear paste-downs. ❧ Benezit Dictionary of Artists Vol. 10 p. 258 Nestler. hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 6726
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Cowley A. Abraham
ODE UPON THE BLESSED RESTORATION AND RETURNE OF HIS SACRED MAJESTIE CHARLS CHARLES THE SECOND
London: Printed for Henry Herringman 1660. Hardcover. Very good/No dust jacket. London: Printed for Henry Herringman 1660. title page 19 pp. Hardcover. 4to. Bound in red cloth covered boards. "Ode Cowley" stamped in gilt on the front board. All edges dyed red. Signatures: A-B4 C-C3 A A3 A4 B2 B4 C3 unsigned. Light wear to boards with small patch of rubbing on spine. Corners slightly bumped. Pages have been trimmed leading to loss of text on title page top half of "Ode" page 9 most of the final line of text and the second set of page numbers near the top margin of each page. A small section at the lower margin of the final three leaves has chipped away not affecting text. Previous owner and bookseller notations on added ffep. Inked note on title page. With faults as noted quite good. Very good/No dust jacket. Cowley 1618-1667 a poet and sometime diplomat/secretary to Queen Henrietta Maria wife of Charles I may have worked as a spy for the royalists during the late Cromwell era. His collections "The Mistress" 1647 and "Poems" 1656 were immensely popular during the poet's lifetime. MacLean writes of this piece "Cowley's Ode is highly figurative blending biblical and classical allusions with motifs from astrology and medicine. Highly dynastic in argument the poem is structured as a royal entry in which the king other members of the royal family Monk and members of the two houses of parliament mingle with allegorical personifications of Liberty Plenty Riches Honour and Safety. Along the way Cowley notices the slightly embarrassing absence of Henrietta Maria who had stayed behind in France having become estranged from Charles as a result of her Catholicism." Samuel Johnson who made Cowley his first subject in "The Lives of the Poets" wrote that he had been "at one time too much praised and too much neglected at another." A lovely example of Restoration-era political verse. ESTCR202041; Wing 1994 C6677; Pforzheimer 229. Insurance required to ship this item. Printed for Henry Herringman hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 35775
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KANDEL Abraham editor.
Fuzzy Expert Systems.
Boca Raton:: CRC Press. Very Good. 1992. Hardcover. 084934297X . First printing. Boards are slightly splayed else very good in glossy illustrated boards. No dust jacket as issued. . CRC Press, hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 89363 ISBN : 084934297X 9780849342974
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LINCOLN Abraham
Autograph Endoresment Signed "A. Lincoln"
in black ink as President Washington D.C. December 23 1863. Six lines plus signature and date on verso of the integral blank of an Autograph Letter Signed from General John M. Schofield Washington D.C. December 23 1863. Octavo. 2 pages. Fine fresh example dark and clean. In his letter Schofield addresses his commander in chief deferentially: "Mr. President I desire simply to ask you if I may be absent from Washington a few days pending the settlement of my affairs I wish to spend Christmas day with my relatives at West Point. If there is any reason for my remaining here of course I do not wish to go." On verso Lincoln writes: "Not the slightest objection to Gen. Schofield's visiting West Point so that he be in call by Telegraph." This letter serves as an interesting footnote to the long-simmering problem in Missouri where Schofield had been in command. A slave state Missouri had seethed with pro and anti-slavery conflicts and was terrorized by armed bands of southern sympathizers. Schofield and the provisional governor had engaged in bitter jurisdictional quarrels until all factions finally united to criticize Schofield for his "high-handed" administration and demand his removal. In early December 1863 a congressman who had visited Missouri told Lincoln first hand of Schofield's increasing difficulties prompting the President on December 11 to telegraph a simple order to Schofield: "Please come see me at once." After his White House interview Lincoln recommended that Schofield be promoted to major general transferred and Rosecrans appointed to take his place. Lincoln's recommendation was quickly approved by the Senate. Schofield 1831-1906 Graduated West Point 1853. In Missouri at the outbreak of the Civil War he became chief of staff to Gen. Nathaniel Lyon and served until Lyon’s death at the battle of Wilson's Creek August 1861. Promoted brigadier-general of volunteers in November he was engaged in field operations in Missouri and later commanded the Department of the Missouri as major-general. Assuming command of XXIII Corps in February 1864 he took part in Sherman's Atlanta campaign as one of the three army commanders and badly shattered Hool's confederate force at the fierce battle of Franlklin Tenn. Moving the XXIII Corps to the mouth of the Cape Fear river He occupied Wilmington N.C. and effected a junction with Sherman at Goldsboro March 23 1865 for the final moves against Gen. J.E. Johnston. In the spring of 1868 served briefly as U.S. secretary of war. Promoted major-general regular army 1869 he commanded several departments successively and made the recommendations that led to the acquisition of Pearl Harbor Hawaii as a naval base. Superintendent at West Point 1876-81. Lincoln 1809-65 16th President of the United States 1861-65 and one of the most important figures in American history. Signed by Authors. F. Soft cover. unknown books
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De Lemos Abraham et al.
Report of the Board of Directors of the New York and Suburban Co-Operative Building and Loan Association
New York: New York and Suburban Co-Operative Building and Loan Association 1915. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. A fine copy. Unpaged 16 pp. 16mo. New York and Suburban Co-Operative Building and Loan Association unknown books
Bookseller reference : 30877
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Booth Abraham
The Death of Legal Hope the Life of Evangelical Obedience. An Essay on Galatians II 19. Shewing that while a sinner is alive to the law as a covenant he cannot live to God in the performance of duty: and that the moral law is immutable in its nature and of perpetual use as the rule of a believer's conduct
London: Sold by E. and C. Dilly; W. Harris; J. Gurney J. Robinson; and B. Tomkins 1770. First edition. Quarterbound morocco over marbled paper-covered boards. Lacking the half-title in some copies spine and boards worn with some loss at the extremities initials to free endpaper light foxing on the title page some offsetting throughout; overall a good to very good copy. vi 1 123 1 pp. 12mo. Abraham Booth 1734-1806 published the Death of Legal Hope as a supplement to his earlier Reigh of Grace which was directed against the extremes of Arminianism and antinominism. RLIN and OCLC show only 7 copies with an additional 6 listed in the ESTC. ESTCT88205. Starr B4038. Sold by E. and C. Dilly; W. Harris; J. Gurney, J. Robinson; and B. Tomkins hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 27221
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Lincoln Abraham Richardson Lucas
Portrait of LINCOLN'S HEAD in Charcoal
N.P.: by the artist 2015. Original. Framed and matted. Fine. Lucas Richardson. Framed in black wood and matted in charcoal gray: overall size 18 1/2" x 15 1/2" / image displayed: 7 7/8" x 4 7/8". Lucas Richardson graduated valedictorian from DuCret School of Art in 2002. He has a double major in graphic design and fine art illustration. He continued to study with Peter Caras who had been instructed by Frank Reilley James Bama and Norman Rockwell. As a portrait artist Richardson has undertaken commissions in oil & charcoal mediums. He is also actively engaged in digital design. A STRIKING Portrait! by the artist unknown books
Bookseller reference : 274
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Abraham Pierre
LE PHYSIQUE AU THÉATRE
Paris: Éditions Coutan-Lambert 1933. Octavo. Gilt flexible black cloth. Portraits and illustrations. First edition ordinary issue. Issued in the series MASQUES CAHIERS D'ART DRAMATIQUE edited by Gaston Baty. A very good bright copy. Éditions Coutan-Lambert hardcover books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT61772
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Polonsky Abraham screenwriter
MONSIGNOR" SCREENPLAY BY.
Np: Twentieth Century-Fox 1981. 1132 leaves. Quarto. Mechanically reproduced typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in printed studio wrappers. Slight sunning to wrappers title lettered on spine but very good or better. An unspecified draft of Abraham Polonsky's adaptation to the screen of Jack-Alain Léger's novel. However a number of drafts preceded and many subsequent revised drafts followed and the script for the 1982 film release directed by Frank Perry was credited on screen to Wendell Mayes who wrote at least one early draft in February 1979. In spite of that drafts as late as October 1981 bore only Polonsky's name. This was the last film with which Polonsky was associated as screenwriter though to what degree it was a collaborative effort is unclear. As screenwriter for BODY AND SOUL 1947 and writer/director of FORCE OF EVIL 1948 Polonsky was well on his way toward a distinguished career in film when he was blacklisted and fired by Fox for refusing to cooperate with HUAC. He continued to work during the Blacklist either uncredited or pseudonymously and in 1996 the Writers Guild restored his real name and credits. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT60361
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Polonsky Abraham screenwriter
MONSIGNOR" SCREENPLAY BY.
Np: Twentieth Century-Fox 1980. 1142 leaves. Quarto. Photomechanically reproduced typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in printed studio wrappers. Two neatly written ink queries re: plotting in upper margin of front wrapper a couple corner creases title lettered on spine else very good or better. An unspecified draft of Abraham Polonsky's adaptation to the screen of Jack-Alain Léger's novel. However a number of drafts preceded and many subsequent revised drafts followed and the script for the 1982 film release directed by Frank Perry was credited on screen to Wendell Mayes who wrote at least one early draft in February 1979. In spite of that drafts as late as October 1981 bore only Polonsky's name. This was the last film with which Polonsky was associated as screenwriter though to what degree it was a collaborative effort is unclear. As screenwriter for BODY AND SOUL 1947 and writer/director of FORCE OF EVIL 1948 Polonsky was well on his way toward a distinguished career in film when he was blacklisted and fired by Fox for refusing to cooperate with HUAC. He continued to work during the Blacklist either uncredited or pseudonymously and in 1996 the Writers Guild restored his real name and credits. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
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Polonsky Abraham: Mayes Wendell screenwriter
MONSIGNOR" SCREENPLAY BY . BASED ON THE NOVEL BY JACK-ALAIN LEGER
Los Angeles: Frank Yablans Presentations in Association with Twentieth Century-Fox 1979. 1156 leaves. Quarto. Mechanically reproduced typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in printed production company/studio wrappers. Near fine. A quite early "third" draft of Mayes's adaptation to the screen of Jack-Alain Léger's novel. The script for the 1982 film release directed by Frank Perry was credited on screen to Mayes. In spite of that many many subsequent drafts bear Abraham Polonsky's name exclusively. This draft differs markedly from the several Polonsky drafts that we have examined the earliest dating from October of 1979. This was the last film with which Polonsky was associated as screenwriter though to what degree it was a collaborative effort is unclear. As screenwriter for BODY AND SOUL 1947 and writer/director of FORCE OF EVIL 1948 Polonsky was well on his way toward a distinguished career in film when he was blacklisted and fired by Fox for refusing to cooperate with HUAC. He continued to work during the Blacklist either uncredited or pseudonymously and in 1996 the Writers Guild restored his real name and credits. Frank Yablans Presentations in Association with Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
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Polonsky Abraham screenwriter
MONSIGNOR" SCREENPLAY BY.
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1981. 2138 leaves. Quarto. Mechanically reproduced typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in printed studio wrappers. Small ink stroke on upper wrapper but very good or better. A "revised" draft of Abraham Polonsky's adaptation to the screen of Jack-Alain Léger's novel. A number of drafts preceded and the script for the 1982 film release directed by Frank Perry was credited on screen to Wendell Mayes who wrote at least one early draft in February 1979. In spite of that many interim drafts preceding this one bear only Polonsky's name. A prefatory leaf notes "This script not to be interchanged with Italian Script." This was the last film with which Polonsky was associated as screenwriter though to what degree it was a collaborative effort is unclear. As screenwriter for BODY AND SOUL 1947 and writer/director of FORCE OF EVIL 1948 Polonsky was well on his way toward a distinguished career in film when he was blacklisted and fired by Fox for refusing to cooperate with HUAC. He continued to work during the Blacklist either uncredited or pseudonymously and in 1996 the Writers Guild restored his real name and credits. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
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Polonsky Abraham screenwriter
MONSIGNOR" SCREENPLAY BY.
Np 1979. 1124 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only. Boltbound into plain stiff wrappers. Scattered and occasionally detailed revisions deletions comments and annotations in an unknown hand in pencil and ink otherwise very good or better. Denoted a "Final Draft" of Abraham Polonsky's adaptation to the screen of Jack-Alain Léger's novel. However many subsequent revised drafts followed and the script for the 1982 film release directed by Frank Perry was credited on screen to Wendell Mayes who wrote at least one early draft in February 1979. In spite of that drafts as late as October 1981 bore only Polonsky's name. This was the last film with which Polonsky was associated as screenwriter though to what degree it was a collaborative effort is unclear. As screenwriter for BODY AND SOUL 1947 and writer/director of FORCE OF EVIL 1948 Polonsky was well on his way toward a distinguished career in film when he was blacklisted and fired by Fox for refusing to cooperate with HUAC. He continued to work during the Blacklist either uncredited or pseudonymously and in 1996 the Writers Guild restored his real name and credits. While the authors of the annotations may not be identifiable at this point the notes/revisions were surely made by someone intimately involved in the process. unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT54944
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Fuller Abraham and T. Holms
A COMPENDIOUS VIEW OF THE EXTRAORDINARY SUFFERINGS OF THE PEOPLE CALLED QUAKERS BOTH IN PERSON AND SUBSTANCE IN THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND FROM THE YEAR 1655 TO THE END OF THE REIGN OF KING GEORGE THE FIRST. IN THREE PARTS .
Dublin: Printed by and For Samuel Fuller 1731. 1351pp. Octavo. Extracted from bound pamphlet volume. faint old stamps of a defunct mercantile library title neatly detached at gutter with old paper mends at lower blank tips and some early ink spots early ink ownership inscription on verso of title and in blank portion of A2; somewhat tanned with occasional corner creases and small marginal chips; a fair but complete copy quite amenable to conservation and binding. First edition. Not in Bradshaw. ESTC T103086. POLLARD pp. 230-1. Printed by and For Samuel Fuller unknown books
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Valdelomar Abraham
OUR CHILDREN OF THE SUN LOS HIJOS DEL SOL A SUITE OF INCA LEGENDS FROM PERU
Carbondale IL: SIU Press 1968. Gilt cloth. First US edition. Foreword by J. Cary Davis authorized translation and introduction by Merritt Moore Thompson. Fine in very good dust jacket with some nicks and rubs. SIU Press hardcover books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT73151
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Merritt Abraham and Hannes Bok
THE BLACK WHEEL
New York: New Collectors' Group 1947. Quarto. Black cloth lettered in gilt with title in three lines.Plates. Text in double columns. Foretips slightly bumped otherwise a very good or better copy without the unprinted dust jacket. First edition first state of the binding. One of 1000 numbered copies in addition to an unknown number of out of series copies. This copy has the cancel copyright notice affixed to the verso of the title. In addition to contributing the illustrations Bok completed the work writing chapters 8-27. CURREY p.364. BLEILER p.138. New Collectors' Group hardcover books
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Tucker Abraham: Search Edward pseud
FREEWILL FOREKNOWLEDGE AND FATE. A FRAGMENT
London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley 1763. xxxi1 errata268pp. Octavo. Modern half calf and marbled boards raised bands gilt label. Old divinity school stamp on title minor foxing but a very good copy very neatly bound. First edition. The pseudonymously published prelude to Tucker's magnum opus THE LIGHT OF NATURE PURSUED. This "1763 fragment was strongly criticized in the MONTHLY REVIEW to which Tucker provided a humorous reply MAN IN QUEST OF HIMSELF under the new pseudonym Cuthbert Comment. In 1768 again using the pseudonym Edward Search he published the first four volumes of his book; the last three volumes were posthumously published under the editorship of his daughter Judith in 1778 . Although an occasionally eccentric and digressive text THE LIGHT OF NATURE PURSUED enjoyed a high reputation from its first appearance. In the introduction to his MORAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY 1785 William Paley emphasized his deep indebtedness to Tucker in expounding his ethical theory. Paley considered Tucker to be a very original thinker. His work was also highly praised by Sir James MacIntosh who had used his ideas in his lectures on ethics ." - DNB. Tucker's writings were also read and admired by among others Coleridge Godwin and Hazlett and the latter undertook an abridgement of the full work published in 1807. ESTC locates ten copies in North America and OCLC adds a few more but this work is uncommon in the trade. ESTC T117455. NCBEL II: 1893. Printed for R. and J. Dodsley hardcover books
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Abraham Pierre
UNE FIGURE DEUX VISAGES
Paris: NRF 1934. Large octavo. Printed wrappers. Photographs. Wrappers tanned and a bit dust darkened several leaves carelessly opened at extreme fore-margin; just a good sound copy. First edition. Copy #37 of an unspecified number of copies. Inscribed and signed by the author. A very curious exploration of physical symmetry and asymmetry in the human visage. NRF unknown books
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Walkowitz Abraham
ART FROM LIFE TO LIFE
Girard KS.: Haldeman-Julius 1951. Quarto. Pictorial wrappers. Wrappers faintly darkened but a very good or better copy. First edition signed by the artist on the front wrapper. Includes introductory comments by Carl Van Vechten Katherine Dreier David Ignatoff et al. Walkowitz is now remembered chiefly for his association with CAMERA WORK and Isadora Duncan. Haldeman-Julius unknown books
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Merritt Abraham
THRU THE DRAGON GLASS
Jamaica NY.: The ARRA Printers 1932. Small octavo. Oversized stapled printed wrappers. First separate printing of this story reprinted from its 1917 periodical appearance. Wraps a bit soiled at edges shallow spot on top edge toward end a couple small chips to overlap lower edge but a near very good copy of a cheaply produced pamphlet. CURREY p.366. BLEILER p.138. The ARRA Printers paperback books
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Coles Abraham
THE MICROCOSM. A POEM READ BEFORE THE MEDICAL SOCIETY OF NEW JERSEY.
New York: D. Appleton 1866. 91pp. Full blue polished calf gilt a.e.g. a presentation binding. Inscribed on the front binder's blank in pencil by the author to his sister. Light rubbing else fine with a decent familial association. D. Appleton unknown books
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Goldberg Isaac and Abraham Myerson
THE GERMAN JEW HIS SHARE IN MODERN CULTURE
New York: Knopf 1933. Canary yellow cloth. First edition. Cloth faded at edges and spine but a very good copy in faintly worn jacket with tanning at edges of upper panel. Knopf hardcover books
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AUCTION CATALOGUE: ANQUETIL DUPERRON Abraham Hyacinthe
Catalogue des Livres de M. A.H. Anquetil-Duperron; Voyageur aux Grandes Indes Interprète de France pour les Langues Orientales.dont la vente se fera.le mardi 2 vendémiaire an 14 24 septembre 1805 et jours suivans
2 p.l. viii 236 pp. 8vo attractive antique calf double gilt fillet round sides flat spine gilt uncut. Paris: veuve Tilliard et Fils 1805. The rare sale catalogue of the library rich in oriental books and manuscripts of Anquetil-Duperron 1731-1805 French orientalist and brother of the historian Pierre Anquetil. Abraham Hyacinthe had a fascinating early life: while unsuccessfully studying for the priesthood in Paris and Utrecht he developed a passion for Hebrew Arabic Persian and other languages of the East. He travelled to India as a private soldier in 1754 in order to search for the works of Zoroaster. Granted free passage he learned modern Persian in Pondicherry and Sanskrit at Chandernagore. When war broke out between France and England Anquetil-Duperron travelled widely throughout India on foot learning further languages and studying the antiquities and sacred laws of the Hindus. He returned to Europe in an English vessel ultimately arriving in Paris in 1762 with 180 oriental manuscripts. He devoted many of the following years to scholarship editing and publishing many important oriental texts. The French Revolution seems to have greatly affected him: during that period he abandoned society and lived in voluntary poverty on a few pence a day. A fine copy. 1600 lots and priced throughout in a contemporary hand. From the library of Jean Viardot. ❧ Gustave Brunet Dictionnaire de Bibliologie Catholique col. 408-"Ce catalogue est curieux surtout pour les livres en langues étrangeres." Grolier Club Printed Catalogues of French Books Auctions.1643-1830 458. Peignot p. 77. unknown books
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Lincoln's 1861 State of the Union Message
<p><b>ABRAHAM LINCOLN.</b>Book. <i>Message of the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress. Volume 1</i> Washington: Government Printing Office 1861. 839 pp. 5¾ x 8¾ in. </p><b>Excerpt</b><p><i>"A disloyal portion of the American people have during the whole year been engaged in an attempt to divide and destroy the Union. A nation which endures factious domestic division is exposed to disrespect abroad and one party if not both is sure sooner or later to invoke foreign intervention. </i></p><p><i> Nations thus tempted to interfere are not always able to resist the counsels of seeming expediency and ungenerous ambition although measures adopted under such influences seldom fail to be unfortunate and injurious to those adopting them. </i></p><p><i> The disloyal citizens of the United States who have offered the ruin of our country in return for the aid and comfort which they have invoked abroad have received less patronage and encouragement than they probably expected.</i></p><p><i> It continues to develop that the insurrection is largely if not exclusively a war upon the first principle of popular government--the rights of the people. Conclusive evidence of this is found in the most grave and maturely considered public documents as well as in the general tone of the insurgents. In those documents we find the abridgment of the existing right of suffrage and the denial to the people of all right to participate in the selection of public officers except the legislative boldly advocated with labored arguments to prove that large control of the people in government is the source of all political evil. Monarchy itself is sometimes hinted at as a possible refuge from the power of the people. </i></p><p><i> In my present position I could scarcely be justified were I to omit raising a warning voice against this approach of returning despotism."</i></p><p><b>Historical Background</b></p><p>President Lincoln's first message to Congress in 1861 immediately follows the title page. In the first year of both his presidency and the Civil War Lincoln criticizes disloyal citizens who are trying to ruin the country. He acknowledges that the Confederates firing on Fort Sumter ended hope of a peaceful solution and expresses his confidence in General McClellan. Lincoln also expounds on the foreign affairs the relationship of labor to capital and reports on domestic commerce and other affairs. The remainder of the book is over 400 pages of papers relating to foreign affairs and correspondence with other nations and diplomats. The second half of the book is made up of the Reports of the Secretaries of the Interior War Navy and Postmaster General.</p><p><b>Condition </b></p><p>Good. Original cloth boards with U.S. seal and titled spine some slight chipping and wear to boards and spine binding a little loose and front endpaper almost detached hinges a bit weak but still firm some aging but generally clean internally.</p> hardcover books
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LINCOLN Abraham
EMANCIPATIONS PROKLAMATION
1865. BROADSIDE - Lithograph LINCOLN Abraham. EMANCIPATIONS PROKLAMATION. Davenport Iowa: W.H. Pratt 1865. August Hageboeck lithographer. This is the second German-language version of the Emancipation Proclamation. It is printed in cursive within an oval border. The weight of the individual letters is varied so that when viewed from a distance a portrait of Lincoln emerges from the text. Originally printed on a rectangular sheet but here trimmed to an oval that surrounds the image the sheet is 37 x 29.5 cm. The image is 32 x 23 cm. The paper is browned and dampstained at the bottom center at the copyright information. It is matted and housed in a custom archival portfolio. A rare print. unknown books
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LINCOLN Abraham
ABRAHAM LINCOLN THE STORY OF HIS LIFE
1909. LINCOLN Abraham ABRAHAM LINCOLN THE STORY OF HIS LIFE. Boston MA: The Boston Sunday Globe 1909. "Published for the Children of New England and their Parents 100 years after his birth." 23 pp. 8vo. stapled printed paper wrappers same paper as text. Covers chipped at edges not affecting text or images; few spots of light dampstaining to front and rear covers not affecting interior. Black and white illustrations on covers and in the text. The booklet appears to have been cut out from the newspaper and stapled together by the reader. Edges of some pages have closed tears with no loss. A rare Lincoln piece for children. unknown books
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ROSENBACH Abraham
ROSENBACH
1960. ROSENBACH Abraham. ROSENBACH: A Biography. By Edwin Wolf 2nd and JohnF. Fleming. Cleveland: The World Publishing Company 1960. Second printing. 8vo red cloth. Ink ownership. Touch of foxing at endpapers. Fine in lightly paint-speckled slightly nicked dust jacket. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 40770
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COWLEY Abraham
PROSE WORKS OF ABRAHAM COWLEY ESQ
1826. COWLEY Abraham. PROSE WORKS OF ABRAHAM COWLEY ESQ. Including his essays in prose and verse. London: William Pickering 1826. Octavo large paper copy; 4xliii238 pp. Quarter bound in blue leather with blue cloth sides maroon lettering-piece and gilt-stamped fleurons and decorative rules at spine marbled endpapers t.e.g. Printed on quality paper but with intermittent light foxing. Light rubbing at perimeters and to lower board but still a handsome copy. Very good plus. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 70541
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NISSIM Joseph Abraham
Intravenous Administration of Iron
1947. NISSIM Joseph Abraham. Intravenous Administration of Iron. Lancet 1947 Vol. 2 p.49-51. Garrison and Morton 3153. Library binding. unknown books
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LINCOLN Abraham
UNCOMMON CARTE-DE-VISITE PHOTOGRAPH OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN CA. 1865
1865. PHOTOGRAPHY 19TH CENTURY - LINCOLN Abraham. UNCOMMON CARTE-DE-VISITE PHOTOGRAPH OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN CA. 1865. Providence RI: Salisbury Bro. & Co. n.d. ca. 1865 "Manufacturers of Gold and Plated Jewelry Also Carte de Visites of all Noted Persons." Pale embossed paper mount is 4 x 2 1/2 inches with 1 3/8 x 1 1/8 inch oval photograph a bust of a bearded Lincoln. Very good light soil to the mount with the photo contour partially cut through from being pressed into the paper mount. The embossed design features an eagle laurel leaves flags shield and cannons. The photo is in excellent condition the President's gaze clear and sharp. Free of the toning often seen on this cdv. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 85130
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JACKSON Abraham Valentine Williams
AVESTA READER FIRST SERIES EASIER TEXTS NOTES AND VOCABULARY
1893. JACKSON Abraham Valentine Williams. AVESTA READER FIRST SERIES EASIER TEXTS NOTES AND VOCABULARY. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer 1893. 112 pp. 2 pp. publisher's advertisements. 8vo. brown cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Marbled edges. Boards lightly rubbed moderate shelfwear. Endpapers and text age toned. Front flyleaf detached laid in. Indo-Iranian texts followed by line-by-line annotated translation. Considered the seminal work on the subject. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 83104
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LINCOLN Abraham
ORDER OF SERVICES FOR THE MEETING OF THE PEOPLE OF CONCORD AT THE
1865. LINCOLN Abraham. ORDER OF SERVICES FOR THE MEETING OF THE PEOPLE OF CONCORD AT THE HOUR OF THE FUNERAL OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN APRIL 19 1865. n.p. n.p. ca. 1865. 8 3/8 x 10 3/4 inches pale paper printed in black folded to make a four panel program of services. Annotated in pencil with a quote by Judge Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar and some other notes. The program of services: I. Voluntary on the Organ. II. Chant. III. Prayer by the Rev. G. Reynolds. IV. Selections from Scriptures. V. Hymn. VI. Addresses by R. W. Emerson and others. VII. Concluding Prayer by Rev. Thomas Rattray. VIII. Hymn. IX. Benediction. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 85131
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LINCOLN Abraham.
Long Remembered: Facsimiles of the Five Versions of The Gettysburg Address in the Handwriting of Abraham Lincoln.
Washington:: Library of Congress. Near Fine. 1963. Paperback. B000P1K2CA . First edition paperback. Laid in is another facsimile reproduced on antiquated parchment 1977 - folded and in original envelope. Near fine in oversize illustrated stapled wraps. . Library of Congress, paperback books
Bookseller reference : 86775
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN
The 1858 Debates that Propelled Lincoln to National Attention
Columbus OH 1860. Hardcover. Fine. Book. Political Debates Between Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen A. Douglas in the Celebrated Campaign of 1858 in Illinois. Columbus Ohio: Follett Foster and Co. 1860. 3rd edition with publisher's advertisements bound in. 268 pp. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. Historical BackgroundLincoln's debates with incumbent Illinois Senator Stephen Douglas earned him national prominence. Slavery was the pressing national issue especially regarding its expansion into the western territories. Douglas authored the Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854 which effectively repealed the free-slave dividing line set by the Missouri Compromise 1820 at 36° 30' north latitude. Instead of banning slavery north of the line and banning south of it new states would instead decide on slavery's status within their borders by ""popular sovereignty."" On its surface Douglas's bill appeared to offer the nation a middle path on the contentious issue of slavery. Instead it would only muddy the waters on slavery.The Kansas-Nebraska Act was only one of a long list of compromises in the middle decades of the nineteenth century. Despite these attempts the slavery debate only became more heated throughout the 1850s. Northerners seeing the hypocrisy of ""states rights"" advocates chafed when a new Fugitive Slave Act 1850 required the use of federal marshals to return escaped slaves. An unintended consequence of Douglas's bill resulted in fraudulent elections and violence in Kansas in 1855 and 1856. South Carolina Representative Preston Brooks bludgeoned Massachusetts anti-slavery Senator Charles Sumner on the Senate floor after an 1856 speech. In 1857 the Supreme Court handed down the Dred Scott decision which decreed that African Americans could not be citizens and based on one's right to bring property across state lines effectively erased the division between free and slave states. Slavery unspoken but protected in the Constitution and mitigated by antebellum compromisers was a tinderbox about to roar to fire.Lincoln recognized the problems slavery presented for the nation and in his debates with Douglas focused his attention on the nationalization of slavery both West and North. After he was nominated as the Republican candidate for the Senate he spoke to the convention famously asserting that ""a house divided against itself cannot stand."" The House Divided speech delivered at Springfield Illinois on June 17 1858 is the opening piece of this book. Though he would lose the Senate race the rest of the book details Lincoln's intellectual combat with Douglas over slavery. This book is a third edition identified by the line over publisher's imprint on the back of the title page the numeral ""2"" at bottom of page 13 and publisher's advertisements bound in at head.Harrison Yerkes 1841-1899 enlisted as soon as the Civil War erupted but since he was under 21 years of age in 1861 his father removed him from service. As soon as he reached the age of majority he enlisted in the 31st Michigan Infantry Company and remained in the Army for the remained of the war. He returned to Michigan purchased two tracts of land which he farmed until retiring in 1891. He was a lifelong Republican though never held office.ConditionLight green boards faded blind stamped gilt lettering on spine ""Harrison Yerkes Northville Mich 1860"" erased from free front endpaper same present minus date on verso of ffep bep and back paste down. Very minor scattered foxing. Publishers advertisements bound into headmatter Minor shelf wear. Tight.SourcesPaul Leake History of Detroit Volume II Chicago: Lewis 1912 pp. 765.http://books.google.com/booksid=ZkUOAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA765&lpg=PA765&dq=harrisonyerkes&source=bl&ots=B-C-cmyauC&sig=gYKZ0sLD9AIMK2XCYuUZOEFn6eA&hl=en&ei=Wq7oTpO-CsLx0gHdisX-Bg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&sqi=2&ved=0CEwQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=harrison%20yerkes&f=false hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 22476
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Abraham Lincoln Mourning Stereoview
Boston MA 1865. No binding. Fine. Photograph. Lincoln funerary stereoview. c. April 1865 E.F. Smith photographer Boston Mass. This double card from a stereopticon shows a large room with tables a globe and two men sitting. Mourning bunting reads ""A Nation Mourns Him Who Has Honored It."" unknown books
Bookseller reference : 22051
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Lincoln Mourning Broadside
1865. No binding. Fine. Broadside. The Nation's Loss. A Poem on the Life and Death of the Hon. Abraham Lincoln. 1865. 1 p. 9 3/4 x 15 1/4 in. 1/2 inch loss at top not affecting text. Headed by an engraving of Lincoln Reverend Peter W. Brister's mourning poem occupies the first two columns and Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation is printed in full in the third column. Brister's poem addressed what Lincoln meant to the nation during the Civil War how he saved the Union and freed the slaves. Below the image of Lincoln it reads ""Late President of the United States Who departed this life in Washington D.C. April 15 1865."" unknown books
Bookseller reference : 22850
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LINCOLN Abraham.
Gettysburg Address.
Boston:: Houghton Mifflin. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1995. Hardcover. 0395698243 . Fourth printing. SIGNED by the illustrator on the half-title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.; Signed by Illustrator . Houghton Mifflin, hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 86261 ISBN : 0395698243 9780395698242
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FLOUCAUD DE FOURCROY Abraham Leon
Manuscript entitled "Conférences sur le Cannonage faites à bord de l'Uranie" with numerous hand-drawn illustrations of cannons guns ammunition and instruments in the margins as well as many tables in the text
157 leaves of text paginated 1-124 & 129-317 nothing seems lacking. Large 4to 318 x 215 mm cont. sheep-backed black cloth extremities slightly worn title in gilt on spine. S.l.: c. 1852. A finely written and illustrated manuscript with highly technical observations on French naval artillery training and testing in the mid-19th century which are complemented by numerous hand-drawn marginal diagrams and many tables. The present manuscript was composed by Floucaud de Fourcroy 1831-1929 a descendant of the famous chemist Antoine de Fourcroy as a cadet aboard the Uranie a former frigate converted into a training ship in 1851. By the end of his career Floucaud de Fourcroy was a highly decorated admiral and commander in the Legion of Honor. The present manuscript recapitulates the curriculum of naval artillery in the middle of the 19th century. It begins with a survey of weapons classifications artillery rifles swords pikes axes etc. and the situations in which to use them different types of ammunition and their purposes and the history of their development. There are then lengthy explanations of each weapon's size range reloading time effectiveness etc. Each of these is presented with precise measurements and dimensions. The author recounts the multitude of exercises which a cadet had to undergo and master in order to progress as a naval officer pp. 265-90. There are also extensive notes on his lessons in ballistics often accompanied by intricate diagrams and mathematical formulas. Pages 295-96 feature a section entitled in trans.: "Notes on the Practical Instruction which a Sailor-Gunner must Receive." The drawings in the margins many very complex illustrate the composition of ships weapons ammunition and instruments the trajectory of cannons and firearms the construction of equipment the optimal angles of attack the adjustments necessary to maintain accuracy while the ship is in motion etc. etc. On page 317 Floucaud de Fourcroy has drawn detailed cross-sections of five types of cannons. The tables concern the range of various cannons their effectiveness at specific ranges in terms of speed and their penetration the supply needs of cannons the number of cannons that can fit on a ship etc. A most interesting manuscript in fine condition that captures the state of French naval training and warfare in the middle of the 19th century. Pages 227-28 258-64 and 315-16 are blank. hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 5980
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Abraham Mills
Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres
New York: Robinson and Franklin 1838. Full calf with gilt rules and lettering in red morocco label on spine. All edges sprinkled. Owner name in pencil on ffep. Text block is extensively foxed. Fascinating lectures on a range of subjects pertaining to rhetoric literature etc. Third Edition. Full Leather. Poor/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Learned. Robinson and Franklin Paperback books
Bookseller reference : WN61677X
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Lincoln Abraham
Emancipation Proclamation
No Place: The Easton Press No Date. Authorized facmimile of The Treasures of the Library of Congress. Two items each one in a folding silk case in an Easton leather hardboard clamshell box. Gilt spine titel and cover. One has two leaves 3 pages is The Preliminary Emancipation Sept 22 1862. The second one leaf 2 pages - The Final Proclamation Jan 1 1863. Previous owner's bookplates pasted down front of inside of box 3 1/2 x 5 inches ow both are As New copies. No markings no ISBN rather uncommon. Lacks promotional pamphlets. For the pair. The Easton Press hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 4844
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WHITE Abraham G.
Clinical Disturbances of Renal Function.
Philadelphia & London:: W.B. Saunders 1961. 1961. 8vo. x 468 pp. Illus. index. Gray blue-stamped cloth; edges foxed. Good. W.B. Saunders, 1961. hardcover books
Bookseller reference : RB1132
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EPSTEIN Abraham
THE CHALLENGE OF THE AGED
1928. EPSTEIN Abraham. THE CHALLENGE OF THE AGED. With an Introduction by Jane Addams. NY: Macy-Masius: The Vanguard Press 1928. 8vo. grey cloth stamped in gilt. First Edition. Signed presentation by Epstein on front endpaper to a well-known financier & banker: "To Frank A. Vanderlip with high esteem and warmest regards Abraham Epstein March 21 1929." Good. $125.00. <br/><br/> hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 48034
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ERLANGER Abraham
AN AMERICAN CONTRIBUTION
1926. ERLANGER Abraham. AN AMERICAN CONTRIBUTION: A RESUME OF THE NATIONAL FARM SCHOOL CONFERENCE. NY: The National Farm School 1926. Small 4to. brick-colored cloth stamped in gilt. First Edition. Signed presentation by Erlanger on front pastedown: "Dear Mr. Black! Your sympathy and help goes to illegible word where the purpose is to and illegible word to keep themselves practical philanthropy hence I take great pleasure in inscribing this book to you. Very Sincerely Abraham Erlanger. New York. March 22 1927." Near fine limitation bookplate on front pastedown. $50.00. <br/><br/> hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 49485
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FLEXNER Abraham
PUBLIC EDUCATION IN MARYLAND
1916. FLEXNER Abraham. With Frank P. Bachman. PUBLIC EDUCATION IN MARYLAND: A REPORT TO THE MARYLAND EDUCATIONAL SURVEY COMMISSION. NY: The General Education Board 1916. Small 8vo. cloth in dust jacket. Second Edition. Very Good; moderatre soil & top of front panel worn d/j. $25.00. <br/><br/> hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 44836
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