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Margaret Queen of Navarre.
THE HEPTAMERON OF THE TALES OF MARGARET QUEEN OF NAVARRE. NEWLY TRANSLATED FROM THE AUTHENTIC TEXT, WITH AN ESSAY UPON THE HEPTAMERON BY GEORGE SAINTSBURY, M.A. TWO VOLUMES.
Two Volumes. Illustrated with full page engravings on Japan vellum with text tissue guards. Title pages printed in red and black on Japan vellum. Uncut. Top edges gold. Large 8vo. Original full green buckram bindings. Original paper spine labels. Bindings very slightly worn at edges. Hardbound. Limited Edition. Number 221 of only 1250 copies. Edition de Luxe. Very nice set. SET/W47
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Thompson, Francis.
THE WORKS OF FRANCIS THOMPSON. THREE VOLUMES.
Three Volumes. Portrait frontis. Foxed. Uncut. Top edges gold. 8vo. Original full cloth bindings, lettered and decorated in gold. Hardbound. Worn set. Francis Thompson (1859-1907) was an English poet and ascetic. After attending college, he moved to London to become a writer, became addicted to opium, and was a street vagrant for years. A married couple read his poetry and rescued him, publishing his first book Poems in 1893. Thompson lived as an unbalanced invalid in Wales and at Storrington, but wrote three books of poetry, with other works and essays, before dying of tuberculosis in 1907. SET/W50
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Martin, Ralph G.
JENNIE. THE LIFE OF LADY RANDOLPH CHURCHILL. IN TWO VOLUMES. THE ROMANTIC YEARS, 1854-1895; THE DRAMATIC YEARS, 1895-1921.
Two volumes. Numerous photo illustrations. Large 8vo. Original full cloth bindings. Original dust jackets, slightly chipped. Volume one published 1972, Eleventh printing; Volume two published 1971, Third printing. Hardbound. Nice set. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SET/W54
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Walpole, Horace.
THE LETTERS OF HORACE WALPOLE EARL OF ORFORD. EDITED BY PETER CUNNINGHAM. NOW FIRST CHRONOLOGICALLY ARRANGED. IN NINE VOLUMES.
Nine Volumes. Engraved illustrations. Partially unopened. Paper beginning to brown, but not brittle. XLib. 8vo. Original full brown cloth bindings, gold lettered spines. Spines chipped and torn at head. Hardbound. Horace (Horatio) Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (1717-1797) was an English art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and Whig politician. He is now largely remembered for Strawberry Hill, the home he built in Twickenham, south-west London where he revived the Gothic style some decades before his Victorian successors. Famed too for his Gothic novel, 'The Castle of Otranto'. His ' Letters' are of significant social and political interest. SET/W57
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Lapp, R. E.
MUST WE HIDE?
pp. x, 182. Illustrated with photographs. 8vo. Original full gray cloth binding. Original dust jacket with price, very slightly worn and torn at edges. Hardbound. First printing. Nice copy. SPACE/6 + SPACE/3 dj worn
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Smyth, Henry DeWolf.
ATOMIC ENERGY FOR MILITARY PURPOSES. The Official Report on the Development of the Atomic Bomb under the Auspices of the United States Government, 1940-1945. Written at the request of Maj. Gen. L. R. Groves, U.S.A.
pp. vii, 308 + Photographs. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket with price. Hardbound. Very nice copy. Fifth printing. New and enlarged edition, including statements by the British and Canadian governments. Familiarily known as the "Smyth Report" the first published account of the development of the atom bomb was issued, in mimeographed form for press use, on August 12, 1945, just six days after the first atomic bomb was exploded over Hiroshima. A GPO and a trade edition quickly followed. Smyth, chairman of the Department of Physics at Princeton, gives a remarkably full and candid account of the development of the work carried out by the Manhattan District Project which culminated in the production of the first Atomic Bomb. Printing and the Mind of Man 422e. SPACE/6
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Horne, Charles F.; Hess, Selmar.
GREAT MEN AND FAMOUS WOMEN. A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of More than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History. Soldiers and Sailors, Statesmen and Sages, Workmen and Heroes, Artists and Authors. ORIGINAL PARTS ISSUE.
Issued (by subscription) in sixty-eight (68) original parts. Large 4to. 240 x 310 mm. Paper wraps, somewhat worn with soiling and loss to a few parts. Each part contains 3 full-page engravings (one which is photogravure by Messrs. Goupil & Co. of Paris or other eminent makers) plus 24 pages of biography, illustrated with monochrome sketches. The contributors were also famous persons, and include: Theodore Roosevelt; H. Rider Haggard; Henry George; Margaret Sangster; Harriet Prescott Spofford; Albion Tourgee; Ella Wheeler Wilcox; Edward Everett Hale; Hans Christian Andersen; Thomas Carlyle; Will Carleton; Edward Everett Hale; William Lloyd Garrison; and many others. Books in parts are works which were published piecemeal (mainly in the 19th century) over a period of months or years. Each unit usually having a separate magazine-like cover. This method of publishing benefited the publisher as it was thought that the price of a weekly or monthly part at one shilling or a quarter was affordable to a wider readership than the price of pound sterling or $ 5.00 for a bound volume. They also qualified for mailing at a cheaper rate. Since they were meant to be bound by the purchaser, very few have survived into our present era. This edition apparently not in Arents (1957). Complete sets in this form are RARE. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PARTS 1
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Shea, John Gilmary.
A CHILD'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. From the Earliest Records to the Present Time. Including the Late Civil War with its Battles and Battle-Fields. ORIGINAL PARTS ISSUE.
Issued (by subscription) in forty-six eighty (46) original parts, bound in 28 magazine-format issues. 4to. 200 x 285 mm. Numerous engravings, portraits, maps and plates. Though the spines on many of the paper wraps are gone, this set is generally in wonderful condition. Books in parts are works which were published piecemeal (mainly in the 19th century) over a period of months or years. Each unit usually having a separate magazine-like cover. This method of publishing benefited the publisher as it was thought that the price of a weekly or monthly part at one shilling or a quarter was affordable to a wider readership than the price of pound sterling or $ 5.00 for a bound volume. They also qualified for mailing at a cheaper rate. Since they were meant to be bound by the purchaser, very few have survived into our present era. This set is extremely scarce in parts format. This edition apparently not in Arents (1957). **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PARTS 3
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Deandrea, William L.
ENCYCLOPEDIA MYSTERIOSA. A Comprehensive Guide to the Art of Detection in Print, Film, Radio, and Television
pp. x, 405. 4to. 7.5 x 9.5"; Original cloth backed boards binding. A useful and entertaining reference work. FIRST EDITION. REF20
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House, Homer D.; Clarke, John M.
WILD FLOWERS OF NEW YORK. In Two Parts. Memoir 15. The University of the State of New York. State Museum. Second Printing.
Two Parts: pp. 185; 187-362. Profusely illustrated with lovely full page color photographs. Two Hundred and Sixty-Four plates. Folio. Original full cloth bindings, gold lettered spine. Hardbound. Excellent set. PLANTS. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W129
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Women of General Foods Kitchens.
THE GENERAL FOODS KITCHENS COOKBOOK. By the Women of General Foods Kitchens
436p. Illustrated with color photographs by George Lazarnick and drawings by Mary Ronin. Color pictorial end papers. Square large 8vo. Original color pictorial binding. Original dust jacket, slightly torn and soiled. Hardbound. First Printing. Nice copy.
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Geddes, Donald Porter (Editor).
FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT. A Memorial.
249p. Illustrated. Paperback, worn and soiled. First Pocket Books printing. AMER PRESIDENTS BOX 2
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Zeitlin, Jake (Jacob Israel).
FOR WHISPERS & CHANTS.
20p. + Color frontis drawing by Valentine Angelo. Wide margins. XLib. Tall thin 8vo. Original full paper binding. Soiled with XLib label on front cover. Hardbound. Limited Edition of only 500 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press. This copy is number 478. The first book by the great bookseller Jake Zeitlin. PRESS/W32
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Benson, Stella.
THE AWAKENING. A Fantasy.
16p. Large red initials throughout. Full page illustration. Wide margins. Uncut. XLib. 8vo. Original cloth backed paper binding, very faded and worn. Hardbound. Limited Edition printed by Edwin and Robert Grabhorn for the Lantern Press. Number 112 of only 500 copies. PRESS/W32
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Farnham, Frank R.
BALD HEADED AFT. AN ETCHING BY LEVON WEST.
6p. + original frontis etching of a fishing schooner with tissue guard. Presentation copy from Levon West to Mr. Otto M. Torrington, May 1st, 1928. Old charcoal penciled scribbling on first few signatures. Tall thin 8vo. Original vellum style spine over paper boards. Spine darkened and extremities worn. Hardbound. Printed in a small edition by Rudge. PRESS/W32
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Milton, John; Lawes, Henry.
THE MASK OF COMUS. THE POEM, Originally called `A Mask Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634, &' edited by E. H. Visiak. THE AIRS of the five Songs reprinted from the Composer's autograph manuscript edited by Hubert J. Foss. With a Foreword by The Earl Of Elle
pp. xviii, 44 + color frontis and full page color plates printed from the artist's, M. R. H. Farrar, linoleum-cuts at the Curwen Press. Printed on Pannekoek mould-made paper. Text and music printed by John Johnson at the University Press, Oxford. Color drawing on title page. Uncut.Autograph ownership (1931) of Waynesboro, PA financier, industrialist, and press book collector, Jefford F. Oller (1896-1974). . Insert of Nonesuch News, Number One, September 1938. Folio. Original full vellum like paper binding, embossed and decorated in blind. Yapp edges. Gilt lettered spine. Binding by the Leighton-Straker Bookbinding Company. Original slip case, worn and broken. Hardbound. Limited Edition. Number 416 of only 950 copies. Very handsome copy. PRESS/W38
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Conrad, Joseph; Rogers, Bruce.
THE TREMOLINO.
60 p. Wood engraved color illustrations in text by Edward A. Wilson. Offsetting at the half-title from an old newspaper clipping about the book. 12mo. Top edge gold gilt. Blue vellum binding, lettered in gold on spine. Slipcase shows some wear. Designed by Bruce Rogers. Limited to 1000 copies, SIGNED by the illustrator - Edward A. Wilson (1886-1970). "Joseph Conrad considered (this) his best story .the book is designed with that ultimate refinement and good taste that distinguishes Rogers' work. Its charm is increased by delightful wood-engravings in color done by Edward A. Wilson, the one of the lateenlike rigged vessel on the title page being after a drawing by the incomparable B.R. himself" - From the inserted clipping. BR, Works #409 JUN3 SE1/2
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Ahearn, Allen and Ahearn, Patricia.
BOOK COLLECTING.
636p. 8vo. Original cloth backed paper boards. Original dust jacket. Essential reference priced guide to collected books, especially modern first editions. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF2
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Wilford, John Noble.
MAPMAKERS.
414p. Numerous illustrations. 8vo. Original printed wraps. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF4
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Willett, Ralph Esq.
A MEMOIR ON THE ORIGIN OF PRINTING. In a Letter Addressed to John Topham, Esq. F.R. & A.SS.
pp. iv, 72. 8vo. Original red cloth binding. Reprint of the Newcastle edition of 1820. Battery Park Bibliographical Reprint Series. Reprint limited to 600 copies. **PRICE JUST REDUCED REF7
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Beale, G. A.
A SURVEY OF HAND-MADE AND FINE MOULD-MADE PAPERS.
pp. xxii, 30. Nicely printed on hand made paper - deckle edged and uncut. Small 8vo. Original quarter leather and marbled paper boards binding. Lettered in gold. A lovely copy. "An endeavour is made in this list to catalogue all available fine papers, with an accent on those suitable for text printing of books." LIMITED EDITION. One of only 230 copies printed. REF 20
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Brandt, Harry A.
CHRISTOPHER SOWER AND SON. The Story of Two Pioneers in American Printing Who Lived Up to Their Motto: "To The Honor Of God And My Neighbor's Good".
135 p. Mildly XLib. Sm. 8vo. Original full cloth binding lettered in gold. Original published in the Series Publication of Our Young People, January 1 to March 19, 1938. Very good. PA SHELF 07A
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Earnest, Russell; Earnest, Corinne.
FLYING LEAVES AND ONE-SHEETS. Pennsylvania German Broadsides, Fraktur and Their Printers. With Edward L. Rosenberry.
pp. xiv, 337. Profusely illustrated with full page plates, many in color. Large 4to. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. First Edition. Fine Copy. "This work is a well-illustrated history of the Pennsylvania German printing traditions as represented by over 130 of their broadsides and fraktur specimens. Printing in both German fraktur (black letter) and English, these intrepid early printers produced thousands of flyers, posters, and instructional pieces in varieties so extensive as to defy categorization. Their legal documents, such as marriage, baptism, and birth certificates, with their colorfully primitive motifs and borders, are highly collected today. However, their other works are also explored and explained in this ground-breaking work. More than 130 color and black-and-white works are illustrated in detail with dates, printers and purpose. Edward Rosenberry said in a review that "The first step in the recovery and understanding of a cultural heritage is to collect surviving evidence and arrange it in a systematic way for interpretation. Flying Leaves and One-Sheets starts that process. Readers of this book will gain insight into the folk-ways of the Pennsylvania German ethnic group and the impact it exercised upon American culture before 1876. This work introduces Pennsylvania German broadsides to the American public. It is a scholar's treat and a pleasure for all who look within." - From the Publisher's promotion - Oak Knoll. PA SHELF 04A
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Strassburger, Ralph Beaver.
PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN PIONEERS. A Publication of the Original Lists of Arrivals In the Port of Philadelphia From 1727 to 1808. Edited by William John Hinke. Second Printing In Two Volumes.
Two Volumes. Edges slightly foxed. Sm. 4to. Original full cloth bindings lettered in gold. As issued, without the images of the autographs of the immigrants that appeared in the 1934 edition. Very good set. PA SHELF 04B
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DeMattos, Jack.
THE EARP DECISION.
205 p. Illustrated. Tall 8vo. 235 mm. Original full red cloth binding. Original dust jacket, very slightly soiled. First Edition. First Printing. Limited to 1500 copies. Hardbound. Near fine. An interesting study of the December 1896 World Heavyweight Boxing Championship Fight between Robert Fitzsimmons and Tom Sharkey, with Wyatt Earp as the Referee. His controversial decision, and the ensuing machinations are intriguing. as is the cast of characters, including: "Lucky" Baldwin; Wyatt and his wife Josephine Earp; the cowboy actor, William S. Hart; Bat Masterson; "Danny" Lynch; Colonel Henry Kowalsky; "Mysterious Dave" Mather; Judge Sanderson; John L. Sullivan; "Gentleman Jim" Corbett; etc. W3
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Catullus. Tibullus. Propertius.
CATULLI. TIBULLI. PROPERTII. OPERA.
pp. (2), 352. Cancellans at A2 & H3. 4to. [295 x 230 mm.] Printed on Baskerville's fine, smooth Writing Royal paper. Worn full contemporary mottled calf. All edges decorated red. Caius Valerius Catullus (Ca. 84-54 B.C.), Roman poet, born in Verona, of a well-to-do family. He went to Rome (62 B.C.) where he fell deeply in love, probably with Clodia, sister of Cicero's opponent Publ us Clodius. She was suspected of murdering her husband. Catullus wrote to his beloved, addressed as Lesbia (to recall Sappho of Lesbos), a series of superb little poems that run from early passion and tenderness to the hatred and disillusionment that overwhelmed him after his mistress was faithless. His works include, besides the Lesbia poems, poems to his young friend Juventius; epigrams, ranging from the genial to the obscenely derisive; elegies; a few long poems, notably "Attis" and a nuptial poem honoring Thetis and Peleus; and various short pieces. His satire is vigorous and flexible, his light poems joyful and full-bodied. He was influenced by the Alexandrians and drew much on the Greeks for form and meter, but his genius outran all models. Catullus is one of the greatest lyric poet s of all time. John Baskerville (1706-1775) was the greatest printer of his era. Born in Wolverley, Hereford - Worcester, England, he became a writing master in Birmingham. He also carried on a successful japanning (varnishing) business there. In about 1750 he began to make experiments in letter founding, and produced the wonderful series of types now named after him. His first book, the Virgil of 1757, was also the first to be printed upon wove paper (manufactured by a process that he invented). In 1758 he be came printer to Cambridge University. All of his books bear show fine craftsmanship and a refined sense of design. In the last few years before his death, Baskerville published a few Latin classics in quarto and duodecimo. "All these bear the marks of unabated genius even in his declining days: and suffice, had he printed nothing else, to distinguish him as the first typographer of his time" - T. B. Reed, in 'Old English Letter Foundries'. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! Gaskell 44. W113
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Pye, Henry James.
ALFRED; An Epic Poem in Six Books.
pp. (vi), 243. Large 4to. Worn early full leather binding. Signs of prtevious ownerships removed. Very clean and wide margined text. Printed by one of the great firms to work in England in the wake of Baskerville. FIRST EDITION. Henry James Pye (1745-1813), poetaster and poet laureate. He was educated at home until 1762, when he entered Magdalen College, Oxford, as a gentleman-commoner. From an early age Pye cultivated literary tastes, and his main object in life was to obtain recognition as a poet. In 1790 Pye was appointed poet laureate, in succession to Thomas Warton, and he held the office for twenty-three years. He doubtless owed his good fortune to the support he had given the prime minister, Pitt, while he sat in the House of Commons. Pye was the intimate friend of Governor John Penn (1729-1795). This work has been described as his magnum opus, and was dedicated to Addington. W139 ON HOLD
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Henry, O. (William Sydney Porter)[1862-1910].
THE GIFT OF THE MAGI.
21p. Decorated title page. Inked ownership. 12mo. Original full decorated paper binding. Spine slightly faded. Nice copy. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W70
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Henry, O. (William Sydney Porter)[1862-1910].
O. HENRY'S "A RULER OF MEN" Republished for the delectation of his friends by George A. Zabriskie.
40 p. + Frontis and text illustrations. 12mo. Original full cloth binding, stamped in gold. Original dust jacket. One of 750 copies privately printed by George Grady Press, New York for George Zabriskie as a Christmas greeting. Presented to Mr. & Mrs. (Walter) Klinefelter [the bibliographer and scholar from Red Lion, PA]. This story "was taken from Everybody's Magazine of August 1906 as republished without illustrations in Rolling Stones in 1912." George Albert Zabriskie (1860-1954) was President of the New York Historical Society from 1939-1947, and Honorary President from 1948 until his death in 1954. He was a great enthusiast of fine books and book binding, and an expert amateur hand-tooler and finisher of books. Though he lived in New York City, he "wintered" in Florida, and issued these charming Christmas keepsakes from his home: "The Doldrums" a Mission-Spanish Revival residence designed by Albert Pierce. A bright copy of a nice little keepsake. W69
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Hay, John.
IN PRAISE OF OMAR. AN ADDRESS.
n.p. Portrait frontis of Edward Fitzgerald. Printed on the recto throughout. Title page ruled in black and decorated in red. Inked ownership of J. F. Oller, 1924. Printed on Kisogawa hand-made paper. 24mo. Original stiff printed wraps, lacks spine. Limited to only 950 copies. Bishop 172. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PRESS/W39
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Artman, William & Hall, Lansing V.
BEAUTIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE BLIND.
387 p. + Frontis, ** Plus a tipped-in extract from Isaiah produced in raised letters for the blind by N.B. Kneass Jr., Printer, Philadelphia. Nice original full blue cloth binding, lettered in gilt. Hardbound. Very good+. Memoirs and works of eminent blind authors, including: Homer, Blacklock, Holman, Wilson, Huber, Miss Alice Holmes, Miss Frances Jane Crosby, Miss Cynthia Bullock and others; as well as a collection of poems by blind authors including: L. V. Hall, Frances Brown, Margaret Belches, Michael M'Guire and others. ** The little broadside in raised printing employs the Philadelphia line fonts inspired by Julius Friedlander and adopted in 1837 for use by his Philadelphia school, now the Overbrook School for the Blind. Though helpful for years in educating the blind, many sightless persons found the Roman letters difficult to use, and all such systems were eventually superseded by Braille. This true First Edition is scarce, especially in decent condition. PA29 Far Rt
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Russell, Sharman Apt.
KILL THE COWBOY. A Battle of Mythology in the New West.
pp. xiii, 217. 8vo. Original cloth spine over paper covered boards. Original priced dust jacket. First printing. Hardbound. Fine. W5
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Dobell, Byron (Editor).
CREATIVE PICTURES.
128 p. Profusely illustrated with photographs. Photograph endpapers. Small 4to. 240 mm. Original half cloth and paper binding, slightly worn. First Printing. Very good. Modern digital photographers could benefit by reading various older books on photographic composition, technique, etc. W102RtStack
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Hamilton, Charles F.
PHOTOGRAPHING NUDES.
184 p. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. Small 4to. Original full black cloth binding. Original dust jacket, extremities rubbed and chipped. Hardbound. Very good. Modern digital photographers could benefit by reading various older books on photographic composition, technique, etc. W100
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Mees, C.E. Kenneth.
PHOTOGRAPHY.
pp. xvi, 227 + 60 full page plates. Text drawings. Bookplate of John Henry Widmyer. First few signatures foxed. Top edge foxed. Printed on glossy paper. 8vo. 220 mm. Original full black cloth binding lettered in silver. Binding slightly worn and spotted. First Printing. Hardbound. Very good. W102 RtStack
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Rose, L. G.
THE COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHER.
pp. 145, (2) [Index], (12) [Photograph advertisements]. Numerous illustrations of commercial photography. Small 4to. Original full cloth binding, slightly worn. Third edition. Very good. This original version has grown to be scarce. W102
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Desilver, Robert.
DESILVER'S PHILADELPHIA DIRECTORY AND STRANGER'S GUIDE, FOR 1835 & 36.
pp. [16](Advertisements), 199, [13] (Important governmental, financial, and insurance institutions); ix, 36 (Will of Stephen Girard), [4] (Testimonial letters for Swaim's Panacea, a patent medicine). The first group of advertisements are printed in blue ink, in a large variety of decorative display type, accompanied with a few interesting woodcut illustrations. 8vo. 225 mm. Juniata Library bookplate (withdrawn). Original printed boards binding, with an advertisement for Desilver on the rear board. Leather spine deteriorated; front board almost detached. Age stain to text. Printed on the front cover: 'Note to Borrowers. In consequence of the numerous applications at the store of the publisher to borrow the directory, and as he has been at great expense and trouble to compile it for the accommodation of the public, he has come to the determination of CHARGING SIX CENTS for every search. Purchasers are earnestly requested not to loan their books.' On the title page is the autograph ownership of: 'Francis Shoemaker, 51 S. Wharves.' He was a merchant with an extensive trade in Cuba, and the Caribbean, and is listed in the Directory. Text printed in two columns. It includes: the names of the citizens alphabetically arranged, with their occupations and places of abode; a list of the streets, alleys, lanes, courts, roads and wharves, banks, insurance companies; national and their societies, literary, scientific and charitable institutions; Custom House Department, Post Office, churches with their pastors and sextons, foreign, consular and other agents, resident abroad and in the United States, &c. There is also a chart of Regulations (for the ringing) of the State House Bell in Case of Fire. Many examples of this directory includes an Almanac, but here that is replaced by: The Will of the Late Stephen Girard, Esq Procured from the Office for the Probate of Wills, with a Short Biography of his Life. Philadelphia: Published by Thomas and Robert Desilver 1832. The controversy over the Will of Stephen Girard (1750-1831) was of great interest in this era. His large estate was divided - with $140,000 given to relatives and charities; $300,000 to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania "for internal improvement by canal navigation"; his real estate in Louisiana (208,000 acres) he left to New Orleans; $500,000 he left to Philadelphia to create Delaware Avenue, clean up the waterfront, pave, remove all wooden buildings and other projects to improve the city. The bulk of his estate was left to create what became Girard College, to educate the poor white orphan boys with a trade. His will gives instructions about the College, both physical and administrative. Some of Girard's heirs contested the will in what became a "classic in American legal history, contributing not a little to the clarification of the law of charities" (DAB). Robert Desilver was an entrepreneurial Philadelphia publisher who became famous for his maps, directories, and almanacs. S&S/AI 33704 & S&S/AI 12613; Spear. p. 282. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! JUN5 Box 5
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Tuberinus, Johannes (Johannes Beuschel).
AD GEORGIUM INCLYTUM SAXONIAE DUCEM. JOANNIS TUBERINI. MUSITHIAS DE CAELITIBUS & sacris Historiis in Musas novem digesta: adiecto Argumentorum appendice in aliquot Christi oracula, et Evangelia quae sacris aedibus tempestate diversa lectitantur.
ff. 360 (of 361) leaves. Lacks folio Fii (but with xerox facsimiles inserted). First signature detached, and somewhat browned. The title is printed in red and black, and has a central woodcut depicting Mount Parnassus, with the Muses, Bacchus and the temples of Delphi and Apollo. On the verso of the title page are the large woodcut arms of George, Duke of Saxony, showing a powerful knight in frontal view. This woodcut is dated 1514 in the banderole at the knight's head. The blank bottom 2.5" of the title have an old repair. Printed with wide margins in the text, and throughout there are marginal and interlinear Latin notes and comments in black ink by at least two sixteenth-century hands. (The manuscript notes here might reward better scholars than we are with interesting revelations). Folio. 330 mm. Highly decorated and tooled half alum tawed vellumized pig skin over oak boards binding. The spine covering is gone, revealing four double cord raised bands, and remains of an early manuscript used as binder's super. Clasps perished but the brass receivers on the front board are present. Johannes Beuschel was a German neo-latin poet and teacher at the Leipzig university. Probably born at Rothenburg ob der Tauber in the 1470's. From 1504 (and many years thereafter) he was a reader/professor of neo-Latin poetry. He probably died in Leipzig in 1522. Other names associated with him are: Erythropolitanus - Rotenburgensis; Johannes Tuberinus; Johannes Beusselius; Johannes Peussel or Pewschel; etc. He should not be confused with the anti-Jewish writer Johannes Matthias Tiberinus [ca. 1420-1500]. This is apparently an issue of one of the so-called lecture printings (Vortrag-Drucke). Used especially in Leipzig and Erfurt, they were issued in very small quantities for use in the university. Their wide margins were provided for just the sort of annotation seen in this example. They were apparently meant mainly for local sale. As a genre they are rather rare. Of this work we can locate no examples in the U.S. and only a few in Europe. Dedicated to George (the Bearded), Duke of Saxony (1471-1539), who became Duke of Saxony in 1500. He developed decided ability as a ruler. Among other actions, he took measures to suppress the robber-knights, and regulated the judicial system by defining and adjusting the jurisdiction of the various law courts. His court was better regulated than that of any other German prince, and he bestowed a paternal care on the University of Leipzig, where a number of reforms were introduced, and Humanism, as opposed to Scholasticism, was encouraged. The most significant era of his life unfolded after the time of this book, during Luther's Reformation. Most of his political measures, stood the test of experience, but in ecclesiastico-political matters he witnessed with sorrow the gradual decline of Catholicism and the spread of Lutheranism within his dominions, in spite of his earnest efforts and forcible prohibition of the new Protestant doctrine. Hardcover. Very Good. RARE. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! Safe ADD1
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Europa Publications.
WORLD OF LEARNING 1978-79.
Two volumes. Small 4to. Original red cloth binding. 29th ed. XLib. **PRICE JUST REDUCED REF8
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Scott, Geoffrey.
A BOX OF PAINTS. With Drawings by Albert Rutherston.
36p. Full page and text pochoir color drawings by Albert Rutherston. Damp stained. Tall thin 8vo. Original cloth backed paper binding. Dampstained. Hardbound. PRESS/W32
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Moore, Clement Clarke.
THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS. Woodcuts by Ilse Bischoff.
np. Color woodcuts by Ilse Bischoff. Color decorated title page. Large print. Design by Helen Gentry. Printing by William E. Rudge's Sons for Holiday House. Inner hinge cracked. 12mo. Unusual split hinge binding, without spine label. Original thick paper boards. Paper boards decorated in color with Christmas stockings. Very nice little copy. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W69
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Grahame, Kenneth; Parrish, Maxfield.
THE GOLDEN AGE.
pp. 252,(2)[Publisher's Advertisements] + Eighteen (18) monochrome illustrations by Maxfield Parrish. Partially unopened. Top edge gilt. Square 8vo. 200mm. Original full cloth binding, brilliantly decorated in gold gilt with many XXs. and stylized bees & fleur de lis. 1899 Date on copyright page; 1900 date on title page. A near fine example of this classic tale of childhood, featuring illustrations by Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966), a Philadelphia born painter and illustrator, He is best known for his saturated hues and idealized neo-classical imagery. but these monochrome plates are also especially distinctive. ** SPECIAL PRICE. BINDINGS W58
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Grahame, Kenneth; Parrish, Maxfield.
THE GOLDEN AGE.
pp. 252,(2)[Publisher's Advertisements] + Frontis, Title Page, marginal decorations, and Eighteen (18) monochrome illustrated plates by Maxfield Parrish. Partially unopened. Top edge gilt. Square 8vo. Original full cloth binding brilliantly decorated in gold gilt with many XXs, and stylized bees & fleur de lis. 1899 date on copyright page, 1900 date on title plate. A near fine example of this classic tale of childhood, featuring wonderful illustrations by Maxfield Parrish. Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966) was a Philadelphia born painter and illustrator. He is best known for his saturated hues and idealized neo-classical imagery. These monochrome plates are especially disctinctive. DC16 / YORK
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Simon, William (1844-1916).
MANUAL OF CHEMISTRY. A GUIDE TO AND LABORATORY WORK FOR BEGINNERS IN CHEMISTRY. A TEXT-BOOK SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR STUDENTS OF MEDICINE, PHARMACY, AND DENTISTRY. 7TH Edition, Thoroughly Revised.
pp. xvii, 17-613; + 16 p. (Catalogue of Books Published by Lea Brothers & Co.). With sixty-six illustrations and nine colored plates (one a colored spectra plate). 8vo. 240 mm. Original full cloth binding. Autograph ownership of Dr. Francis A. Hoodner, Univ. of MD Dental Dept. Balt. MD. Hardbound. Very Good. Scarce. YORK /DENTISTRY 1
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Cabell, James Branch.
THE MUSIC FROM BEHIND THE MOON. An Epitome. With Eight Wood Engravings by Leon Underwood.
54p. + Frontis. Full page handsome wood engravings by Leon Underwood. Printed by William Edwin Rudge on Vidalon Velin Paper. Typography by Byron J. Musser. Wide margins. 4to. Original full black paper binding. Original spine paper label, slightly browned. Original slip case, worn, with slight loss at head. Hardbound. Limited to only 3000 copies. This is the first book published by The John Day Company. Very good copy. PRESS /W34
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Justinus, Marcus Junianus; Trogus, Pompeius; Florus, Lucius Annaeus; Rufus, Sextus.
JUSTINI HISTORIA EX TROGO POMPEIO quattuor & trigi[n]ta epithomatis collecta. Lucii Flori Epithomata quattuor q[uae]cultissima in decem Titi Liuii decadas; Sexti Ruffi co[n]sularis viri ad Valentianu[m] Augustum de Historia Romana opus dignissimum. [Historiae Philippicae].
Apparently lacks the general title page with Jean Petit's device, and probably the following 17 preliminary leaves. ff. CXL [i.e. 141] leaves. Woodcut initials. Some repeats in foliation. Small 4to. 190 mm. Latin text. Some old marginal dampstain. A few marginal manuscript notes. Attractive in a later full vellum binding. Armorial bookplate of Wm. G. Mack, LLB. A decent post-Incunabula edition of classic texts of Roman history. Edited by Marco Antonio Sabellico. SAFE ADD 1
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Terence; Commentary by A. Donatus, et al.
P. TERENTIA AFRI POET LEPIDISSIMI COMOEDIAE:
Full Title: P. TERENTIA AFRI POET LEPIDISSIMI COMOEDIAE: Andria, Eunuchus, Heavtontimorvmenos, Adelphi, Hecyra, Phormio, ex emendatissimis ac fide dignissimis codicibus summa diligentia castigat, metris in suum ordinem recte restitutis, ac uarijs lectionibus in margine appositis ex collatione prostremarum editionum Aldini & Gryphiani exemplaris. Elenchum interpretum, qui in had comoedias docte simul & erudite scripserunt, proxima subinde pagina demonstrabit. Eorum qu in his interpretum commentarijs annotata sunt, index amplissimus. pp. [22], 154 [i.e. 308], 117 [i.e. 234, [8]. Lacks two leaves of front matter (*2 & *3). Various errors in pagination as recorded in other examples. Folio. 320 mm. Old full vellum binding. Double and triple column Latin text in Italic and Roman. Great many bold woodcut illustrations of the scenes appear throughout the volume, and add to its charm. The various early paper 'repairs' to the title probably cover up old ownerships. Written some time after these repairs is an ink manuscript notation: Della Libreria de S(an) Vincenzo (in Tuscany). CEdit Iniquos - which seems to identify the text and/or editing as unjust, evil, and/or wicked. not too unusual for pagan works. On the front flyleaf is the 18th or 19th century autograph ownership of A. Wallis (unidentified). Publius Terentius Afer (195/185-159 BC), better known in English as Terence, was a playwright of the Roman Republic, of North African descent. His comedies were performed for the first time around 170-160 BC. Terentius Lucanus, a Roman senator, brought Terence to Rome as a slave, educated him and later on, impressed by his abilities, freed him. Terence apparently died young, probably in Greece or on his way back to Rome. He only wrote six plays. All survived, and are printed here. In this famous 1545 edition of Terence, Scoto, provided three summaries for the action of each scene by different humanist scholars of note. The innovation was immediately popular. The basic layout problem in the case of Terence was that the text consists of short scenes with much back-and-forth badinage while the apparatus was typically very lengthy. Early printers of these texts arranged the commentary for each scene all around the base text, creating a window or windows for the words of Terence. The resulting window-and-frame layouts are visually very lively, with each spread slightly different from the last, depending on the length of the commentary with respect to the text. As the sixteenth century progressed, however, it became more usual to employ a simple two-column format that placed the base text of each scene first and the commentary afterwards, alternating but running continuously from column to column. The four columns on a spread owned variety and visual interest because the text of Terence was set in larger type and more generously leaded than the commentary, but the result was rarely as handsome as the older layouts. This two-column format took over because it was much easier to set, correct, revise, and reprint than a window-and-frame. Similarly, fewer and fewer options were exercised in ornamenting and illustrating the folio text as the century wore on. Virtually the only ambitious editions from this point of view are this 1545 Scoto and the 1553 Cesano. These books preserve something of the grace of earlier folios, with scene-by-scene illustrations that characterized some folio editions in the fourteen nineties. Illustrations of individual scenes disappeared entirely after the 1555. The wonderful woodcuts are valued mainly for what they tell us of the Italian stage in the 15th and 16th century. BM STC Italian p. 664. ADD1 Safe
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Prosser, Eleanor.
SHAKESPEARE'S ANONYMOUS EDITORS. Scribe & Compositor in the Folio Text of 2 Henry IV.
pp. 219 p. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. DJ. Illus. The scribe and compositor in the print shop made changes - including addition and/or deletion of words and whole phrases to resolve problems of page make-up. An essential reference in Shakespeare scholarship. REF 8
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Hoade Eugenio
Piccola Guida Della Terra Santa
Mm 120x170 Brossura cucita di pp. 188, illustrazioni in bianco e nero e colore, fioriture sparse alla copertina. Opera in buone condizioni, senza indicazione della data.
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Liberati, Stefano
Bibliografia dell'incisione 1803-2003
Mm 140x220 Collana "L'Ordine dei Libri" - Volume in copertina rigida con sovraccoperta, 348 pagine con figure in nero e a colori nel testo . Condizione del libro: nuovo. Spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
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