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192040004Pasadena: Upton Sinclair 1920. First Edition. Octavo 18.75cm; maroon cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; ii9911pp. With a full-page contemporary inscription from Le Prade to U.S. Attorney General A. Michell Palmer on the front endpaper: "To A. Mitchell Palmer - The poets of the world appeal to you for the liberation of Eugene V. Debs. - Sincerely / Ruth Le Prade / Editor of "Debs and the Poets" / "Glad witness to your zeal for God and love of man I bear." - Whittier / December 25 1920." Gentle sunning to spine hint of dustiness to upper edge of textblock else Near Fine and clean throughout. Poems honoring socialist leader Eugene Debs by a variety of radical 20th century poets including Witter Bynner Max Eastman Charlotte Perkins Gilman Carl Sandburg Siegfried Sassoon Horace Traubel and Israel Zangwill many others. Sinclair contributed the foreword along with letters from H.G. Wells and George Bernard Shaw who states: "Clearly the White House is the only safe place for an honest man like Debs". A key association copy inscribed to Palmer who served as Attorney General under Woodrow Wilson from 1919-1921. As a reaction to domestic unrest Palmer created the General Intelligence Unit in 1919 recruiting J. Edgar Hoover to lead the new organization. During the First Red Scare 1919-1920 the "Palmer Raids" were launched which resulted in numerous suspected radicals to be rounded up and deported. During the final weeks of Wilson's time in office Palmer requested a Presidential pardon for an aging Debs whose health was deteriorating in prison; Wilson's response was "Never! Upton Sinclair unknown books
1933274691London: Victor Gollancz 1933. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Quite an attractive copy of the first impression of the Brittain's moving and angry memoir of loss; one of the great books to come out of the horrible experience of the first World War. The front and rear panels of the dustjacket are laid in; they are badly chipped and the spine has perished. A clean and tight copy with no marks of any kind and just a trace of shelfwear. Very Good binding. Victor Gollancz unknown books
180349599London: Printed for Tegg & Castleman at the Eccentric Book Warehouse 122 St. John-Street Smithfield; . Hartnell Printer 3 New-Street Borough 1803. 1st Edition. Period full brown tree calf binding with later respining to style. Later eps. Binding - modest wear VG. Text-block - age-toning the occasional smudge old paper repair to frontis. Overall Very Good. iv 28 pp. Folding copperplate frontispiece. Tailpiece. 12mo. 6-7/8" x 4-1/8" <br/><br/>Scarce publication OCLC records only 5 holding institutions world-wide with just 2 of those in the U.S. <br /> <br />This title is one of 3 titles bound together into one volume: volume also includes Tavistocks Books inventory IDs 49598 & 49600. The price is for the one volume containing the 3 titles. Printed for Tegg & Castleman, at the Eccentric Book Warehouse, 122, St. John-Street, Smithfield; ... Hartnell, Printer, 3, New- unknown books
180349598London: Printed for Tegg & Castleman at the Eccentric Book Warehouse 122 St. John-Street West-Smithfield; . Hartnell Printer 3 New-Street Borough 1803. 1st Edition. Period full brown tree calf binding with later respining to style. Later eps. Binding - modest wear VG. Text-block - age-toning the occasional smudge short tear to end of frontispiece fold. Overall Very Good. 36 pp. Folding copperplate frontispiece partially hand-colored dated 1803 of Jones shooting Lt Grub "for attempting to strike the Colours in an Engagement." 12mo. 6-7/8" x 4-1/8" <br/><br/>This title is one of 3 titles bound together into one volume: volume also includes Tavistocks Books inventory IDs 49599 & 49600. The price is for the one volume containing the 3 titles. Printed for Tegg & Castleman, at the Eccentric Book Warehouse, 122, St. John-Street, West-Smithfield; ... Hartnell, Printer, 3, unknown books
197716186JNew York: Sotheby Parke Bernet 1977. First Editions. Three volumes. THE VERY RARE DELUXE HARDBOUND EDITION LIMITED TO ONLY 35 COPIES SPECIALLY PRINTED ON SWARTHMORE MIST & CORTLEA FRENCH PAPER. Issued to the public paperbound on different paper only a handful of very special people were presented with the attractively bound edition in full maroon cloth with labels. The catalogues of the massive auction sale of 20th Century modern first editions of what was the greatest sale of such material ever held there is not another auction even close. The depth and quality of the books many in remarkable presentation copies with terrific associations letters and manuscripts assembled by Jonathan Goodwin was an amazing achievement. The Ernest Hemingway collection alone contained manuscripts literally hundreds of Hemingway letters salesman’s dummies photographs Hemingway’s first two books presented to Sylvia Beach plus others with amazing presentation inscriptions. No collector of Ernest Hemingway can have a real view of Hemingway collecting without these sale catalogues. The collections included are a virtual who’s who of important 20th Century writers represented with historic and highly desirable material including F. Scott Fitzgerald William Faulkner John Steinbeck James Joyce Ezra Pound Gertrude Stein Sinclair Lewis Robert Frost Allen Ginsberg Jack Kerouac etc. 256 pages paperbound. These catalogues are profusely illustrated reproducing letters and inscriptions and rare dust jackets. Near fine set with the prices-realized sheets laid in listing the price for which every item sold. Sotheby Parke Bernet hardcover books
193839048New York: Doubleday Doran & Co 1938. Reprint. Octavo 20.5cm.; publisher's red cloth decorative spine stamped in black and gilt red topstain; 6365pp. Cloth rather discolored from damp and soil most heavily so to rear cover spine cocked brief and shallow loss of cloth and board at top edge of rear cover. Good to Very Good only. Inscribed and signed by the author on front free endpaper along with the ownership pressure stamp of the United Cannery Agricultural Packing and Allied Workers of America CIO. From the manuscript note on front free endpaper verso: "This book was won at a Party given by Dave Thompson and Barney Dreyfus at 311 1/2 Filbert St. San Francisco California on March 11 1939. Won by John Coon expelled S.U.P. member who fought for Democracy in Spain. Guests attending. followed by sixty-two signatures covering the remaining leaf and the half title page recto and verso." Included among the signatures are H.F. Dean member of the aforementioned Socialist Union Party a shortlived De Leonist organization founded by Abraham Ziegler after his own expulsion from the Socialist Labor Party; Thomas Norton another Abraham Lincoln Brigade veteran; the Australian-born American union leader Harry Bridges co-founder of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union; and the hosts Thompson and Dreyfus. Doubleday, Doran & Co unknown books
192838527London: Alfred A. Knopf 1928. First U.K. Edition. Octavo 19.5cm; purple cloth with titling and decorative elements stamed in pale metallic green on spine and front cover; 248pp. Forward lean small stain to lower left corner of front board with a hint of sunning to spine; clean throughout; Very Good or better. Dustjacket is price-clipped lightly edgeworn and a bit spine-sunned with some rubbing to joints and a few small nicks and short tears; Very Good. "Despite its cheery-sounding title Circus Parade is light years away from Toby Tylerland presenting a dark violent and thoroughly unromanticized portrait of life on the road with a traveling show -- described by Tully as "generally a canvas nest of petty thieves and criminals among the lower gentry." The book's depictions of casual brutality -- including a shocking account of the troupe's exploitation of a young black girl's sexual favors -- got it banned in Boston and caused an uproar with circus fans and unsurprisingly circus owners which helped to put the kibosh on a proposed film adaptation by James Cruze" PROUTY 4. Uncommon particularly in dustjacket - among the titles by American author's published during Knopf's short-lived London years. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
165535016Heidelbergae: Johannis Ammonii Bibliopolae 1655. 2nd edition. Sammelband volume in period full vellum with title hand-inked to spine. Faint red edgestain. General wear & soiling to binding. 2 bookplates to front eps. A VG copy. 24 441 3 pp. Engraved t.p. which reads: "Bonus Princeps cum Illustribus Praetensionibus et Semestralibus Palatinis." Head- tailpieces. Decorative initial captial letters. 12mo: a12 A - S12 T6. 5-3/8" x 3" <br/><br/>Volume contains 4 of Sprenger's works including TavBooks ID Nos 34017 - 35019. Price is the entire volume of 4 works. Johannis Ammonii, Bibliopolae hardcover books
1620257033Lutetiae Parisiorum i.e. Paris: E Typographia Renati Giffart 1620. Title-page printed in red and black with large engraved vignette by Jaspar issac. Printed in red and black throughout illustrated with full-page engravings engraved borders woodcut initial capitals in red and printed music. 1 vols. Folio. Early calf nineteenth century marbled endpapers. Covers much worn joints cracked spine perished. Defective copy lacking numerous leaves but with 17 iinserted leave printed on velllum including the entire "Canon Missae" 8 leaves. Title-page printed in red and black with large engraved vignette by Jaspar issac. Printed in red and black throughout illustrated with full-page engravings engraved borders woodcut initial capitals in red and printed music. 1 vols. Folio. Bbl-7CcDD7-EE6 &HH7-II2 are printed on parchment. OCLC: 633338957 1 copy E Typographia Renati Giffart unknown books
1664D14599Amsterdam: Johannes Blaeu Louis and Daniel Elzevier 1664. Hardcover. Near Fine. Two volumes in one. 24 1037 3; 2 820 2 pp. 8vo. 195 x 116 mm bound in contemporary German pigskin remains of two ties at fore-edge edges stained red. Amsterdam: Johannes Blaeu Louis and Daniel Elzevier 1664. Editio Nova Prioribus Correctior. A fine edition of the most comprehensive digest of Roman legislation the basis for all modern civil law. The work was first compiled by order of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I and the first three parts The Institutes Pandects and Codex appeared between 529 and 535. A fourth part the Novellae was added subsequently containing a collection of Imperial legislation up to the year 565. After a four century lull in classical scholarship the eleventh century witnessed a revival of interest in Roman law in western Europe. Copies of the Corpus again began to be copied in great abundance as they had been when the work was first compiled in the sixth century and the work certainly acted as a guide to the foundation of modern national legal systems throughout Europe. The title itself "Corpus Juris Civilis" was a sixteenth century application. The full page engraved title page in contemporary hand-colouring shows a portrait of Justinian surrounded by allegorical figures with Justice at the top. The present copy also contains copious manuscript notes in a contemporary hand. <br/><br/> Johannes Blaeu, Louis and Daniel Elzevier hardcover books
45198100 - 300 CE. <p>Roman Surgical Instruments. Collection of 5 bronze Roman medical / surgical instruments mounted and framed. Ca. 2nd - 4th century A.D. Frame measures 346 x 307 mm. Fine. </p> <p> This attractively displayed collection contains a scoop a scalpel a spatula and two probes manufactured for the use of Roman physicians or surgeons between the second and fourth centuries A.D. The instruments are made of bronze and have survived the centuries with relatively little damage. The Romans also made surgical instruments out of steel but these rarely survive due to the metal's susceptibility to rust. See Kirkup Evolution of Surgical Instruments fig. 168.</p> . unknown books
45197100 - 300 CE. <p>Roman Surgical Instruments. Collection of 5 bronze Roman medical / surgical instruments mounted and framed. Ca. 2nd - 4th century A.D. Frame measures 318 x 282 mm. Fine. </p> <p> This attractively displayed collection contains a spoon a long scoop a spatula and two probes manufactured for the use of Roman physicians or surgeons between the second and fourth centuries A.D. The instruments are made of bronze and have survived the centuries with relatively little damage. The Romans also made surgical instruments out of steel but these rarely survive due to the metal's susceptibility to rust. See Kirkup Evolution of Surgical Instruments fig. 168.</p> . unknown books
1805250665Wien 1805. 3 ff. 1 vols. 4to. Removed. paper excision in gutter margin leaves slightly toned. Very good. 3 ff. 1 vols. 4to. Napoleon Made Me Do It. The emperor of France forced me to go to war! <br/>Imperial Call-Up to "fight for Europe's freedom the security of thrones and of peoples".<br/><br/>In response to the breach of treaty military provocations and invasion of Germany by Napoleon Franz II Holy Roman emperor and hereditary emperor of Austria calls for inner strength unity and decisive action to save the throne independence national honor and national happiness. Franz II and the members of his coalition the emperor of Russia and others took up the "fight for Europe's freedom the security of thrones and of peoples". Dated 28 October 1805 in the name of the Emperor by Franz Graf von Sauran Landesfürstlicher Hof-Commissar.<br/><br/>With a Nachricht of the same date instructing youths of noble and bourgeois birth to present themselves for military service; and ordering foreigners Fremden in non-essential professions positions or industries to leave Vienna within six days and from all of lower Austria within ten days. All horses and freight wagons are subject to guidelines for use on official or public business<br/><br/>The joint efforts of the coalition were in vain and after their defeat by Napoleon at Austerlitz in August 1806 the Holy Roman Empire was dissolved. OCLC 249470850 and 254364523 each imprint held in Staatsbibliothek Berlin only unknown books
1833WRCAM55040Various places and publishers see below 1833. Broken run of twelve volumes described below. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards spines ruled in gilt gilt leather labels. Front board of volume XII detached bindings of most volumes rubbed and with wear to spine ends. Minimal foxing generally more prevalent in the final volume. About very good. A run of twelve volumes of a leading American periodical. THE MUSEUM OF FOREIGN LITERATURE AND SCIENCE grew out of a weekly newspaper founded in 1818 by Eliakim Littell and R. Norris Henry called the PHILADELPHIA REGISTER. In 1822 it became a monthly under the present name and "for twenty years it was the leading American eclectic" Mott. Like many such periodicals it gained most of its news and information from British magazines. The majority of its contents were reviews poetry literary and scientific news biographical sketches of authors lists of new publications and articles on literature almost exclusively British. "The plates which came to be a prized feature of the magazine began in 1827 but were not published regularly until 1830; they added much to the attractiveness of the periodical" - Mott. In 1833 the name was changed yet again to THE MUSEUM OF FOREIGN LITERATURE SCIENCE AND ART see Vol. XXII below. <br> <br> The volumes included in this grouping are: <br> <br> 1 Vol. X. January to June 1827. Philadelphia & New York: E. Littell; G. & C. Carvill 1827. 572pp. with engraved portraits and illustrations. Front board nearly detached. <br> <br> 2 Vol. XII. January to April 1828. Philadelphia & New York: E. Littell; G. & C. Carvill 1828. 706pp. with engraved portraits and illustrations. Front board detached rear hinge loosening. <br> <br> 3 Vol. XIII. July to December 1828. Philadelphia & New York: E. Littell & Brother; G. & C. Carvill 1828. 766pp. with engraved portraits and illustrations. Front board nearly detached. <br> <br> 4 Vol. XIV. January to June 1829. Philadelphia & New York: E. Littell; G. & C. & H. Carvill 1829. 574pp. with engraved illustrations and portraits. Front board loosening. <br> <br> 5 Vol. XV. July to December 1829. Philadelphia & New York: E. Littell & Brother; G. &. C. & H. Carvill 1829. 574pp. with engraved illustrations and portraits. <br> <br> 6 Vol. XVI. January to June 1830. Philadelphia & New York: E. Littell & Brother; G. & C. & H. Carvill 1830. 574pp. with engraved illustrations and portraits. Front board nearly detached. <br> <br> 7 Vol. XVII. July to December 1830. Philadelphia & New York: E. Littell; G. & C. & H. Carvill 1830. 573pp. with engraved plates and illustrations. <br> <br> 8Vol. XVIII. January to June 1831. Philadelphia & New York: E. Littell; G. & C. & H. Carvill 1831. 576pp. with engraved plates and illustrations. <br> <br> 9 Vol. XIX. July to December 1831. Philadelphia & New York: E. Littell; G. & C. & H. Carvill 1831. 718pp. including engraved plates and portraits. <br> <br> 10 Vol. XX. January to June 1832. Philadelphia & New York: E. Little; G. & C. & H. Carvill 1832. 669pp. including several engraved portraits and plates. <br> <br> 10 Vol. XXI. July to December 1832. Philadelphia Baltimore & New York: E. Littell; E. J. Coale; and G. & C. & H. Carvill 1832. 584pp. with portraits and sketches. <br> <br> 12 THE MUSEUM OF FOREIGN LITERATURE SCIENCE AND ART. Vol. XXII. January to June 1833. Philadelphia Boston & New York: E. Little and T. Holden; Kane & Co.; G. & C. & H. Carvill 1833. 837pp. including several engraved portraits and plates. Prevalent foxing else fine. MOTT AMERICAN MAGAZINES I pp.130 and 306-09. hardcover books
47865San Francisco: Lith H. S. Crocker Co n. d. 1st printing presumed ca mid-to-late 1880s. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. General wear & soiling. Pin-hole in lower left margin. Withal Very Good. Broadside printed in full color. 57 cut-out images many featuring Sperry Flour including adults & children 20 cats 2 bakery goods 9 a stove a table etc. etc. 11-3/4" x 19-1/8" <br/><br/>Sperry Flour Co. founded in mid-1850s became the second largest flour milling company in California. We find no record of any institutional holdings of this item so here offered an extremely rare promotional piece published by this prominent California firm. Lith H. S. Crocker Co unknown books
198418794ENew York: Morrow 1984. First Edition. Signed presentation copy from Roman Polanski inscribed by the author: “To Tom Just a few biographical notes in case you need them.Love Roman ‘Pirates’ - 85.†Laid in is a circular travel sticker from the Djerba / Menzel Hotel in Tunisia where Polanski’s picture ‘Pirates’ was being filmed. Illustrated. Fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with some minor signs of use. The autobiography of the acclaimed film director of Rosemary’s Baby Chinatown Tess etc. ‘Pirates’ in the inscription is a reference to his film starring Walter Matthau Cris Campion Damien Thomas Olu Jacobs Ferdy Mayne and David Kelly. Morrow unknown books
194232920New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1942. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 20.75cm; beige buckram with printed title label applied to spine; reddish-brown topstain; dustjacket; 10210pp. Hint of sunning to spine else Fine and clean throughout. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $2.50 with light wear to extremities some faint creasing along front panel edges and a sharp vertical fold slightly left of the front joint; still an attractive Near Fine example. Attractive copy of the National Book Award-winning author's first book a novel based on a roadtrip Morris took with his father from the midwest to the west coast. Harcourt, Brace and Company unknown books
200616088JNorthridge: Lord John Press 2006. First Edition First Printing. Signed by 25 figures in film including Billy Wilder Roman Polanski John Frankenheimer Fred Zinnemann Jeanne Moreau Norman Jewison Richard Rush Delbert Mann Horton Foote Ronald Neame Charles Champlin Ray Bradbury Robert Bloch Jean Simmons Eva Marie Saint Karl Malden Rod Steiger Karl Malden Gena Rowlands Richard Crenna Janet Leigh Ramsay Campbell Norman Corwin Dennis Etchison. A remarkable collage of original essays published here for the first time and terrific illustrations in color and black & white of classic movie posters and stills. In John Updike’s essay he confesses to a lifelong interest in animation and cartoon films Ray Bradbury reflects on how his life has been tied up with Hollywood. Robert Bloch writes about 100 memorable films from the 1920s and 1930s etc. Additional contributors are President Gerald R. Ford on actor James Stewart Norman Corwin Delbert Mann Kenneth Turan Harry Crews Charles Champlin Steve Rasnic Tem Richard C. Matheson Bertrand Tavernier Robert B. Parker. 225 pages. Large format 9 inches wide by 11 1/2 inches tall. Hardbound in full gilt-stamped black cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Lord John Press hardcover books
1780SAV109Paris: Imprimerie de Didot l'aîné collection d'auteurs français pour Monseigneur le Comte d'Artois 1780. Hardcover. Good. 1780-1781. Sixteen volumes pocket 18mo 133 x 74mm. Printed on fine laid paper. Uniformly bound in contemporary mottled French calf ruled in gilt with olive morocco lettering labels marbled endpapers gilt edges. This beautiful miniature set was executed at the solitary expense of the Count d'Artois 1757-1830 later Charles X of France and numbered in full 64 volumes; the aim of which collected various sets of French works in verse and prose. Influential Enlightenment writers were thus compiled here many of them French female authors and limited to an overall printing of 100 copies by the famed printer Didot of Paris. Consisting: 1 DE LA FAYETTE Madame 1634-1693. "Zayde." 1780. 3 vols. 156 135 and 166pp. A classic novel with stories on the political social and cultural communities of early modern Spain. 2 DAUCORT Claude Godard d'Aucour 1768-1826. "Le Berceau de la France." 1780. 2 vols. 175 and 152pp. Rare first published in 1744 as a history of French civilization. 3 RICCOBONI Marie-Jeanne 1714-1792. "l'Histoire d'Aloïse de Livarot." 1780. 77pp. 4RICCOBONI Marie-Jeanne 1714-1792. "Les Amours de Roger et de Gertrude." 1780. 79pp. 5 DUCLOS Charles Pinot 1704-1772. “Ismene and Ismenias. Roman Grec." 1780. 115pp. 6 TRESSAN Comte de 1705-1783. "Le Prince Gerard Comte de Nevers et la Belle Euriant sa mie." 1780. 171pp. 7 TRESSAN Comte de 1705-1783. "Histoire du petit Jehan de Saint." 1780. 182pp. 8TRESSAN Comte de 1705-1783. "Histoire de Tristan de Léonois." 1781. 212pp.9 DUCLOS Charles Pinot 1704-1772. "Confessions du comte de ." 1781. 2 vols. 129 and 128pp. First published in 1742 a popular "portrait gallery" of the illustrious French. 10 TENCIN Claudine Guérin de 1682-1749. "Le Siege de Calais.” 1781. 2 vols. 122 and 126pp. First published anonymously in 1739. 11ARNAUD François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d' 1718-1805. “Sargines.” 1781. 130pp. Good. Only light edgewear and some bumped corners slightest spots otherwise crisp and clean interior. The Count d'Artois friend to Marie Antoinette and lover of the arts sought to stimulate a renewal in fiction with the printing of this collection of novels in 35 titles. The overall collection of 64 volumes was printed from 1781 to 1784 and edited by the order of Louis XVI. Just two years later the French monarchy would be in crisis; bankrupt and facing various political upheavals in the years leading up to the Revolution. This surviving set dates from the time of relative peace before upheaval and before the Count later reigned as Charles X in the post-Revolution era in 1824. These survive as early relics of the French monarch's cultural interests and endeavors. François-Ambroise Didot printed no more than 100 copies as a whole impression; 60 with the arms of the prince and at least 40 were on common paper without the Count’s heraldry as in these while others were produced on vellum See Ebert 4938. These works are extremely neatly printed on laid paper and stand as a precursor to Didot’s prolific typographic and printing career. Complete copies of the Count d’Artois’s collection are of utmost rarity; these portative sixteen make up an excellent union. Brunet 19413. <br/><br/>The Count d'Artois friend to Marie Antoinette and lover of the arts sought to stimulate a renewal in fiction with the printing of this collection of novels in 35 titles. The overall collection of 64 volumes was printed from 1781 to 1784 and edited by the order of Louis XVI. Just two years later the French monarchy would be in crisis; bankrupt and facing various political upheavals in the years leading up to the Revolution. This surviving set dates from the time of relative peace before upheaval and before the Count later reigned as Charles X in the post-Revolution era in 1824. These survive as early relics of the French monarch's cultural interests and endeavors. François-Ambroise Didot printed no more than 100 copies as a whole impression; 60 with the arms of the prince and at least 40 were on common paper without the Count’s heraldry as in these while others were produced on vellum See Ebert 4938. These works are extremely neatly printed on laid paper and stand as a precursor to Didot’s prolific typographic and printing career. Complete copies of the Count d’Artois’s collection are of utmost rarity; these portative sixteen make up an excellent union. Brunet 19413. Imprimerie de Didot l'aîné (collection d'auteurs français pour Monseigneur le Comte d'Artois) hardcover books
1983WRCLIT57638Barcelona: Albert Ferrer 1983. 191pp. Folio 45 x 33.5 cm. Folded and gathered bifolia laid into cloth-backed printed board folder with ribbon tie. About fine. First edition. Illustrated with five original full-page aquatints by Garzon Florez and a quarter panel woodcut in sepia by him on the upper board of the folder. The title-leaf has two additional decorative figures stamped in blind. One of forty-five numbered copies of fifty with the aquatints and the colophon numbered and signed by the artist who has also signed the upper board of the folder. Ferrer's work as a fine printer was singled out for mention in the March 1984 issue of CONNOISSEUR and in the May/June issue of AMERICAN BOOK COLLECTOR. Apart from his lavish 1987 limited edition of the Barcelona Columbus letter of 1493 with additional material featuring lithographs and etchings by Juan Antonio Roda and co-published with the New York Public Library Ferrer's work is poorly represented in American institutional collections. Albert Ferrer hardcover books
16368Freedomways. New York: Freedomways Associates Inc. 1964-1969. Important journal for African-American politics and culture. Summer 1964 Vol. 4 No. 3 Winter 1968 Vol. 8 No. 1 Summer 1969 Vol. 9 No. 3. Octavo. Original color wrappers with photo-illustrations. The magazine was founded in 1961 by W.E.B. DuBois and attracted prominent figures such as Alice Walker James Baldwin and Charles White as contributors. In print for almost 20 years this magazine was especially notable for not only covering a wide range of progressive issues centered around the civil rights struggle in the United States but also covering issues affecting Black people all over the world. <br/><br/>One notable trait of this magazine was the coverage of international issues in addition to movements in the US. The Summer 1964 issue focuses on "The People of the Caribbean Area" with 19 essays on Afro-Caribbean identity and the lingering effects of colonialism and slavery in the islands as well as entries from Caribbean poets Ernest Carr George W. Lamming and Derek Walcott. This issue is not unique though as other issues also deal with issues happening in Nigeria and a contribution from the publication's founded W.E.B. DuBois on "The African Roots of War."<br/><br/>The magazines also featured and promoted contemporary African-American art and literature giving an important platform for academics and intellectuals to critically engage with this creative output. The Summer 1969 issue features an oft-cited article one of the co-founders of the Black Arts Movement Amiri Baraka a.k.a. LeRoi Jones "LeRoi Jones and the New Black Writers of the Sixties"; this article analyses the shift in tone and theme for the writer over the course of the decade as his own political identity radicalized as he became involved with the Nation of Islam. This level of analysis and engagement set Freedomways apart from other publications at the time as a place to celebrate and critique black culture and history. Very good condition. Tight binding. Crisp pages. unknown books
1572D4701Venice: F. Rampazeto 1572. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 175 x 120mm. 48 366pp. Signatures: a-f 8; A-YY 8; ZZ 8 -ZZ7-8 blank. Woodcut printers device on title of basilisk fighting a bird with motto Terrena coelestibus obsunt; in an architectural frame and woodcut historiated headpiece woodcut vignette beginning book of the Institutiones; on leaf 212r a full-page representation of the arbor civilis. Text is all-around gloss; printed in black and red. Dedicatory letter of H. Messaggius to Senator Federicus Baduarius prelim. leafs 2 is dated 1558. Period vellum three raised bands; leaves slightly offset slightly browned; hinge cracked at rear some quires loose rear pastedown glue-stained. The Corpus Iuris Civilis or the Justinian Code was the result of Emperor Justinians desire that existing Roman law be collected into a simple and clear system of laws or code. Tribonian a legal minister under Justinian lead a group of scholars in an effort to codify existing Roman law. The result was the first Justinian Code completed in 529. This code was later expanded to include Justinians own laws as well as two additional books on areas of the law. In 534 the Justinian Code made up of the Code the Digest and the Institutes was completed. Justinians collections were in ancient times always copied separately and afterwards they were printed in the same way. This part of the Institutiones falls under the whole Corpus Iuris Civilis is an early example before the unification under this heading. The present name of Justinians codification was only adopted in the 16th century when it was printed in 1583 by Dionysius Gothofredus. The legal thought behind the Corpus Juris Civilis served as the backbone of the single largest law reform of the modern age the Napoleonic Code which marked the abolition of feudalism. <br/><br/> [F. Rampazeto] hardcover books
194712923France: Edite Aux Depens De Quelques Bibliophiles 1947. First edition. Paperback. Good. Oversized 8vo. Little known and early work of drawings by Mitelberg a French political cartoonist. Text in French by Ferrary and Roman. This copy INSCRIBED by Mitelberg and dated in 1946. A fragile production. This copy in good condition overall with small chips and wear to covers. One of twelve hundred hand numbered copies. Despite the ample limitation we could find only two copies in world institutional holdings. <br/><br/> Edite Aux Depens De Quelques Bibliophiles paperback books
184143848Boston: E.P. Peabody 1841. First Edition. 16mo 13cm. Original publisher's brown ribbed cloth with printed paper label to front cover; 160pp. Binding uniformly faded with spot of staining to front cover below title; thin crack to cloth at upper 1/2" of front joint. Internally clean and tight with bookplates of both A. Edward Newton and Carroll A. Wilson. Earlier bookplate of J. Harson Purdy and partial remnant of a clipped auction listing adhered to front pastedown. Good or better. Distinguished copy with provenance of two important collectors of this scarce Hawthorne work - the second volume in his juvenile trilogy The Whole History of Grandfather's Chair later issued together in one volume 1851. Depending on authority this is either the second printing see BAL 7592b or second edition see Clark A8.2a. In the descriptive catalogue of his collection Wilson writes of this copy: "A. Edward Newton's copy of the second issue with his bookplate. It is the text of the first issue and not of the second which persists in later printings which made me doubful of the accepted priority and determined to have both" see Wilson Thirteen Author Collections 1950. E.P. Peabody unknown books
197528845New York: William Morrow 1975. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 8vo. 185 pp. First edition first printing of this now classic compendium of Puerto Rican poetry edited by Algarin and Pinero. Cloth spine over boards. This is the now very uncommon first hardbound edition in a handsome very good or better dustwrapper with original $6.95 price on the front flap. Contributors to this anthology included Jorge Lopez Pedro Pietri Luz Rodriguez Americo Casiano Pinero Algarin and much more. This copy has been INSCRIBED BY BOTH ALGARIN AND JOSE-ANGEL FIGUEROA one of the contributors to this anthology. Photographs provided by Gil Mendez. This book went a distance in forging recognition of a new langauge of poetry blending Spanish and American cultures. William Morrow hardcover books
