HELVETIUSLivre Rare Book
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réf. 29152 tomes en deux volumes cartonnés papier bleu reliure d’attente avec étiquette de titre manuscrite.Tome 1er faux-titre,titre,préface XII,431 pages,tranches rouges.Tome 2ème faux-titre,titre,428 pages,tranches rouges.A Amsterdam & à Leipsick chez Arkstée et Merkus 1776.coins très légèrement émoussés
réf. 4099Londres, J. M. Dent & Sons LTD, 1978, in 8°, rel edit. pleine toile bleu ciel, titre argent
réf. 4745Paris, Firmin Didot frères, 1854, in 8 : 676 pp, 1/2 rel. basane violette
réf. 4746Paris, Firmin Didot frères, 1846, grand in 8° : 676 pp, 1/2 rel. chagrin noir
réf. 5041Delagrave, Paris, 1942 – in-8, 222 pp – broché
réf. 5052Amsterdam, chez Neaulme, 1744 – in-12, t.4: 418 pp, t.5: 352 pp, t.6: 382 pp, t.7: 346 pp – rel. basane raciné, tr. colorées
réf. 441In 12broché,couvrture grise d’attente avec vignette de titre imprimée faux-titre-titre XX-477p.traduit de l’anglois par M.Coste.sur l’édition angloise publiée après la mort de l’auteur,qui l’avoit revue corrigée & augm. de plus d’un tiers.A Amsterdam chez la veuve Merkus 1776.
1995réf. 216273Canton MA: Harlequinade Press 1995. First edition. Softcover. 76 pages. A collection of poems. A near fine copy in wrappers. Includes laid in signed note from Locke presenting this book to Frank Bidart. A nice copy with an interesting provenance. Harlequinade Press unknown books
1833réf. 863271833. Locke Charles H. Trial of Moore & Sevey for a Libel of Samuel D. Greene: In the Municipal Court Boston July term 1833. Boston: Published by Moore & Sevey 1833. First Edition. Octavo 21 cm. 78 2 pp. Includes the final unnumbered leaf containing publisher advertisements and errata. Original stitched pamphlet in self-wrappers worn and soiled; moderate toning to leaves throughout. Contemporary penciled annotations on the front leaf otherwise text is clean and unmarked. A good sound copy of a fragile and scarce survival. $450. This pamphlet documents the contentious criminal libel trial of prominent Freemasons Charles W. Moore and Edwin Sevey who were accused of libeling outspoken and ardent Anti-Masonic activist Samuel D. Greene. The trial took place at the apex of the Anti-Masonic movement-America's first major third-party political movement-sparked by the mysterious 1826 disappearance of William Morgan. Greene was a highly vocal radical anti-Masonic publisher in Boston. By putting Moore and Sevey editors of the Masonic Mirror on trial for libel this case publicly showcased the bitter systemic legal and political warfare fought between secret societies and the early American establishment. A vital primary document for research into early American political conspiracy partisan journalism and the evolution of American libel law. Sabin 41724; Cohen 12382; American Imprints 19830. unknown books
1833réf. 864341833. Boston: Moore & Sevey 1833. Boston: Moore & Sevey 1833. A Vital Source for Research into Early American Political Conspiracy Partisan Journalism and Libel Law Locke Charles H. Trial of Moore & Sevey for a Libel of Samuel D. Greene: In the Municipal Court Boston July Term 1833. Boston: Published by Moore & Sevey 1833. 78 2 pp. Includes the final unnumbered leaf containing publisher advertisements and errata. Octavo 9" x 5-1/2"; 22.8 x 13.9 cm. Stab-stitched pamphlet in self-wrappers untrimmed edges. Moderate toning foxing moderate soiling to exterior faint dampspotting to a few leaves. A good sound copy of a fragile and scarce survival. $250. First edition. This pamphlet documents the contentious criminal libel trial of prominent Freemasons Charles W. Moore and Edwin Sevey who were accused of libeling outspoken and ardent Anti-Masonic activist Samuel D. Greene. The trial took place at the apex of the Anti-Masonic movement-America's first major third-party political movement-sparked by the mysterious 1826 disappearance of William Morgan. Greene was a highly vocal radical anti-Masonic publisher in Boston. By putting Moore and Sevey editors of the Masonic Mirror on trial for libel this case publicly showcased the bitter systemic legal and political warfare fought between secret societies and the early American establishment. A vital primary document for research into early American political conspiracy partisan journalism and the evolution of American libel law. Sabin A Dictionary of Books Relating to America 41724. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 12382. unknown books
1925réf. 1419214New York: Albert and Charles Boni 1925. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo xviii 446 pages. In Good plus condition. Quater-bound in publisher's tan cloth and navy blue paper boards with blue lettering to spine. General shelf wear scratching and scuffing to boards. Light suntoning to top edges of front and back boards. Light staining near top edge of back board. Slight straying to front and rear hinges of spine. Bumping to head and tail of spine and corners of boards. Chipping and edge wear to edges of boards. Lightly cocked spine with discoloration. Sunken textblock. Age toning to all textblock edges. Mild staining and age toning throughout. Shelved in Case 3. "The New Negro: An Interpretation" is an anthology of fiction poetry and essays on African-American and African art and literature. The title lent itself to The New Negro Movement a contemporary name for what is now commonly known as the Harlem Renaissance. Editor Alain LeRoy Locke was a leading figure in the Harlem Renaissance and a professor at HBCU Howard University in Washington DC. Robert and Ann Doyle met Langston Hughes when Robert was at the Chicago Tribune's radio station WGN and he hosted Hughes for a broadcast hour. Robert Doyle served as the Time Shanghai bureau chief in 1948. One of the last evacuees from Nanking he then established a bureau office in Hong Kong. He was killed in Java in April of 1950 and Hughes' was the first cable to arrive in Hong Kong for Ann. "Two Americans Are Found Slain On Jeep Journey in Central Java; One Victim Is R.J. Doyle of Time Magazine The Other Is Believed to Be Professor Raymond Kennedy of Yale" THE NEW YORK TIMES April 29 1950 Page 3. 1419214. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Albert and Charles Boni hardcover books
1860réf. 377692New York: Horace Greeley & Co 1860. 32pp. 8vo. Disbound. 32pp. 8vo. An early campaign biography of future president Abraham Lincoln written by John Locke Scripps of the New York Tribune. Scripps reports on the life of Abraham Lincoln in eight chapters touching on the major events of his life and career beginning with his early life and his move to Illinois through his transition from merchant to lawyer and legislator and covering his time in Congress with accounts of Lincoln's opposition to the Mexican-American War his support of the Wilmot Proviso and his involvement with the organization of the Republican Party. Wessen states that this edition was printed by Horace Greeley "from plates cast from the same type forms" as the 1860 Chicago edition which is considered the first published biography of Lincoln. An advertisement for the Tribune and the Tribune Almanac fills the bottom two thirds of the last page. "Most authentic of Lincoln campaign biographies" - Howes. Howes S247a "aa"; Managhan 79 note; Wessen Campaign Lifes of Abraham Lincoln 12 ref; Miles 418a; Abraham Lincoln: His Life in Print p. 85 Horace Greeley & Co unknown books
1925réf. 140947630New York: Albert and Charles Boni 1925. First Edition. Good. First edition first printing. xviii 446 pp. Bound in publisher's blue paper-covered boards over buckram spine cloth lettered in blue. Good with moderate rubbing and toning to covers mottling to front cover boards exposed at edges. Dust-soiling and light staining to upper edge of textblock dampstaining to endpapers pencil inscriptions to front endpapers and half-title. First two leaves clipped at the lower corner contents toned with occasional foxing binding exposed at multiple places. Lacking jacket. A serviceable copy. A landmark African American anthology featuring stories essays and poetry by the leaders of the Harlem Renaissance movement: Langston Hughes Zora Neale Hurston James Weldon Johnson Countee Cullen Claude McKay Jean Toomer and more. Albert and Charles Boni unknown books
1931réf. 205937New York: Harmon Foundation Incorporated 1931. First edition. Softcover. 47 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran February 16 - 28 1931. Features text contributions by AA. Schomburg Alain Locke Ernestine Rose James V. Herring and Alon Bement. Includes a checklist brief biographies and illustrations of works by: James Lesene Wells Lillian A. Dorsey Sargent Claude Johnson Albert Alexander Smith Archibald John Motley Jr. James Latimer Allen Malvin Gray Johnson William Arthur Cooper Richmond Barthe and numerous others. A near fine copy in stapled wrappers. A very nice copy of an early catalog on the work of African American artists. Uncommon. Harmon Foundation Incorporated unknown books
1981réf. 52065n.p.: n.p. 1981. Near fine. Scarce exhibition catalogue from the themed exhibit at University of Houston's Lawndale annex - from the collection of noted photographer William Christenberry who is featured within. With a page on each featured artist including short bio an image of their contribution to the exhibit and additional information such as previous exhibits and/or bibliography. 11'' x 7''. Original comb-bound white wrappers. Illustrated throughout in black and white. Unpaginated. Though no provenance markings from the collection of William Christenberry. Some toning light edgewear. n.p. unknown books
1987réf. 45498New York: n.p. 1987. Very good. Original book sculpture created from the pedagogical reader TOWARD LIBERAL EDUCATION by Louis Glenn Locke featuring a vignette of a male and female figure dancing - or engaged in a more sexual activity. Bruno Pasquier-Desvignes defies classification. THE NEW YORK TIMES calls him "part tinkerer and part storyteller a cross between Alexander Calder and Jean Tinguely;" filmmaker James Ivory compares him to Picasso noting his ability to "pick up any old thing lying around see its possibilities for transformation and then turn it into a new and enchanting thing" RURAL INTELLIGENCE. Pasquier-Desvignes's book sculptures highlight his ingenuity creativity and humor as he toys with the idea of a codex as a container - in this case the instinctual side of human nature in contrast to LIBERAL EDUCATION's goals of civility. 9'' x 6''. Original blue cloth binding. Bookblock fused with glue with rectangular recess cut into center. Two figures made of toothpicks cork and noodles mounted to recess mirror mounted behind. Binding with some edgewear scuffing to boards. A couple tiny spots of foxing to paper surrounding recess. Shows nicely. n.p. unknown books
1975réf. 41492New York: Broude Brothers Limited 1975. Small oblong folio. Full ivory linen with black title label gilt to spine dark red endpapers. 1f. recto series t"itle verso blank 1f. recto printed title verso blank 1f. recto facsimile of original title verso blank 3-9 dedication Advertisements to the Reader" ii "The Examples of Precepts in the Rules for Playing on a Continued Basse" i Advertisement 84 pp. Monuments of Music and Music Literature in Facsimile. Second Series - Music Literature XXX. Title of original edition: Melothesia: Or Certain General Rules for Playing upon a Continued-Bass. With A choice Collection of Lessons for the Harpsicord and Organ of all sorts: Never before Published. All carefully reviewed by M. Locke Composer in Ordinary to His Majesty and organist of Her Majesties Chappel. The First Part. London: Printed for J. Carr and are to be Sold at his Shop in the Middle Temple Gate 1673. An English composer and organist Locke "was the most important influential and prolific English composer of his generation contributing to most genres of the time." Peter Holman in Grove Music Online. Broude Brothers Limited unknown books
1984réf. 173338Fullerton CA: California State University 1984. Vintage catalog for an exhibition held at the Main Art Gallery at California State University Fullerton from April 7 through May 9 1984. Very Good plus in saddle-stapled wrappers. California State University unknown books
1950réf. 173062London: Cassell 1950. First UK Edition. Jacket art by Reginald Heade. Slight lean sticker shadow to the front pastedown page edges foxed overall Very Good in a Good dust jacket with moderate rubbing to the extremities and some dampstaining and scattered foxing to the spine panel and verso. Cassell unknown books
1978réf. 169541N.p.: N.p. 1978. Vintage color reference photograph from the 1978 film showing Clint and his crew and by that we do not mean the film crew. Provenance label and annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. A trucker turned prizefighter cruises through the west with his pet orangutan and manager-brother searching for his lost love an aspiring country music singer. Set and shot on location in New Mexico California Colorado and Wyoming. 10 x 8 inches. Lightly faded generally Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1968réf. 170440N.p.: The Landau Company 1968. Collection of 25 vintage photographs from the 1968 film including nine studio still photographs and 16 reference photographs. Three with mimeo snipes on the versos and the balance with provenance stamps and labels to same. One of the great film adaptations of any American novel starring Sondra Locke in her screen debut opposite Alan Arkin. Although much of the political aspect of McCullers' novel was removed from the film the themes present in the author's work are readily apparent: race loneliness impoverishment and anger. Arkin and Locke were nominated for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress Oscars. Shot on location in Selma Alabama. Photographs range in size from 8 x 9.25 inches to 10 x 8 inches. Generally Near Fine. The Landau Company unknown books
1968réf. 170442N.p.: The Landau Company 1968. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1968 film showing Alan Arkin Sondra Locke and an unidentified man at the film's premiere. Metropolitan Photo Service stamp on the verso. One of the great film adaptations of any American novel starring Locke in her screen debut opposite Arkin. Although much of the political aspect of McCullers' novel was removed from the film the themes present in the author's work are readily apparent: race loneliness impoverishment and anger. Arkin and Locke were nominated for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress Oscars. Shot on location in Selma Alabama. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. The Landau Company unknown books
1970réf. 167998Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1970. Vintage reference photograph from the 1970 film showing actors Robert Forster and Sondra Locke. A drama about a young avant-garde filmmaker whose perfectionist qualities prevent him from succeeding in his career. Soundtrack by Bread. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1977réf. 126113Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1977. Vintage one sheet poster illustrated by Frank Frazetta for the 1977 film. Clint Eastwood stars as an aging alcoholic cop given the task of escorting Sandra Locke a prostitute scheduled to testify against a mob moss from Las Vegas to Phoenix and begins to fall in love with her as they find themselves under attack from the mob and the police. One of Clint Eastwood's earlier directorial efforts made on the heels of "The Outlaw Josey Wales." Shot on location in Arizona and Nevada. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Near Fine. Grant US. Spicer US. Warner Brothers unknown books
1969réf. 12921New York: Harper and Row Publishers 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket unclipped $5.95 lightly toned bumped at the corners Doubleday price sticker on the back panel. Brown cloth with black ink lettering and designs on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound with an orange top stain clean internally. Adapted into the Australian television mini-series of the same title. Harper and Row, Publishers hardcover books
