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1642044449Amsterdam: Prostant apud Neminem; sed tamen Ubique 1642. First Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Good Condition. Contemporary vellum worn and discolored loss to bottom right fore edge front endpaper loose front inner joint cracked; sound overall. First edition of this much reprinted collection of bawdy verse - bound as issued with Crepundia Poetica Somniata and Pugna Porcorum per P. Porcium. The latter a famous and wholly remarkable 253 line macaronic poem which originally appeared around 1530 where each word begins with the letter P - it was reprinted well into the 18th century often alone. These latter two works pages have been intermingled but both are complete. 4 336 44 48pp. Size: duodecimo 12mo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Inventory No: 044449. <br/><br/> Prostant apud Neminem; sed tamen Ubique hardcover books
19079072New York: Ullman Manufacturing Company 1907. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. Full color off-set printed multi-flap post card mailer with die-cut holes for puzzle and tab for closing. 3.5x5.5"; bright and unmarred with fully intact flaps. <br/><br/>An example of early 20th century Black Americana ephemera or as some refer to as 'Negrobilia' referring to a wide array of materials including mass advertisements postcards tourist souvenirs etc. with the image of an African American universally portrayed in a derogatory and racist manner. These items were produced and manufactured by and for white audiences that enhanced the perception of white racial superiority and class status. These type of items are particularly challenging to many communities however many scholars and private collectors alike agree these materials are historical records and reminders of the racist history of the United States and should not be invisible. The puzzle postcard is an example of mass produced racial stereotyping manufactured for an actual mailing enclosure. The instructions on the outside of the mailer state: "Arrange the flaps by placing one over another in such a manner as to show ONLY the eleven pickaninnies." <br /> <br />Reference: Goings Kenneth. "Mammy and Uncle Mose: Black Collectibles and American Stereotyping." Bloomington Indiana University Press 1994. Ullman Manufacturing Company paperback books
41130seattle 2019. 12mo. 6 pp. <br /><br />Bennett was publisher of the New York Tribune and an ardent yachtsman. He gave both cups to the New York Yacht Club. Brenton's Reef was off Newport RI. Ephemeral and rare. No holdings in Worldcat. Bound in original printed wrappers. books
42129Edinburgh: Morrison & Gibb Printed for Private Circulation. Hersdilia was a 454 ton steam yacht 171 loa manned by a crew of 19 and built in 1895 in Leith. In July and August 1896 she took a cruise to Norway and the Orkney Islands with a party of about a dozen the entire adventure being recorded here in the sort of hi-falootin' language reserved for the Upper Classes in the late Victorian era. The characters are given names such as "Lord High Admiral" "Cerberus" and "Dr. Angelicus" and the prose is riddled with weary tropes such as "in the after deckhouse incense is burned to 'My Lady Nicotine.'" The account records sea-going events and activities big waves! of course but also gives a readable narrative of their adventures ashore. This is followed by about 20 pages of mostly unreadable poetry penned by members of the expedition. Aside from a pleasing book design and a real sense of how better folks took their recreation back then the redeeming virtue of this work is its scarcity. Not in Toy. Worldcat shows only 5 libraries holding copies. Good condition in original binding showing light soiling and wear. Morrison & Gibb Printed for Private Circulation books
18111793London: John Murray 1811. Second Edition. Hardcover. Brown leather Very good. 440 pages. 16.5 x 10 cm. A comprehensive household manual filled with what seems to be very helpful receipts and some of a dubious nature. Chapters filled with constructive advise on rearing livestock making butter brewing and the management of malt liquors the management of plants seeds and the greenhouse while other advice such as using a bush held by a rope to clean a chimney as opposed to employing a child children will damage the interior bricks seem a bit outdated. Accredited to Mrs. Rundell of New Systems of Domestic Cookery fame but there are many who think this is a false theory due to her well published falling out with the John Murray. All edges gilt dentelle edging and blindstamped Missing 1 cm. of leather at the head of spine. Interior crisp and clean. Owners signature present on front boards 1819. <br/><br/> John Murray hardcover books
18300046431830. Full Straight-Grained Morocco. Very Good. An exquisite manuscript copy of plates from the 1644 work by Wencelaus Hollar. While a copy the pen-and-ink work here is absolutely exceptional requiring a loupe or magnifying glass to fully appreciate the niceties of detailing achieved by the artist copier. It is also clear that this copier did not merely trace the original work. Heightening the pen-and-ink work are touches of watercolor. 8vo. 173 by 117 mm. Unpaginated half-title page with a handwritten copy of the verse from "The Merchant of Venice entitled "The Folly of Fashion the Deceit of Ornament or Appearance" second title copied from the 1644 work followed by 36 mounted pen and ink copies of fashion etchings from the 1644 work and a final page with a drawing of a trophy and two musings written out. The drawings besides being meticulous with near-microscopic detail are austere with the pen and ink work heightened with only touches of flesh color for the women's faces and tiny dabs of gold for jewelry buttons and the like. The austerity we would stress is befitting the fashions represented as the early and mid-17th century was a time that garments tended to be more monochromatic and sober meant to suggest piety as any student of portraits from this era coincident with the Puritan Revolution and religious wars on the continent would have absorbed. And we would add the austerity is not just of the dress but also the expression on the women depicted here. The flesh color applied to the faces and also hands is just as nuanced as everything else about these portraits. There is a gradient of coloration capturing very realistically the actual pigment of human flesh. The one exception to the limited color usage is a depiction of a woman from Virginia a Native American whose bare garment is painted red and who is wearing jewelry that is captured with bolder applications of gold. This exotic specimen also shows a woman with a tattoo on her arms something that was completely alien from European cultures at the time. The Virginian is not the only non-European depicted however as there is a woman from Algiers a Moresco woman an Argentinian. Also shown is a Turkish woman and the dress shown is from different strata of the societies represented. Short cursive handwritten captions identify for us where the model is from. All the handwriting including on the title the poem etc. is rendered in a tight minute script. Unfortunately there is no indication who the artist copyist was other than the initials PC by several of the drawings. In the front there is an ownership inscription of an Elizabeth Cobbett. There is a watercolored bookplate with the Hillman family crest. <br/><br/> unknown books
417334to. vii 339 pp. b/w plates and ills. Color map. <br /><br />"Its plants animals and natural phenomena. With a historical sketch of Arctic discovery down to the British Polar Expedition 1875-76." A popular history heavily illustrated drawing on contemporary accounts. Very good condition in green cloth with elaborate gild decoration. hardcover books
187739388Stockholm 1877. Tvær-folio. Samt. halvlæderbind med forgyldt tekst på permer. Med 55 plancher, de fleste vandskjoldede. Folio oblong. Contemporary half calf bindig with gilt lettering to boards. With 55 plates depicting the World exhibition of 1876. Most plates with dampstaining.
184727602Leipzig, W. Engelmann, 1847-49. Later hcalf. Back somewhat rubbed. Bound uncut. 174,197 pp. Somewhat brownspotted. (3+8 tracts).
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197124251S. e. En feuilles Paris 1971
176519363Samt. hldrbd. med rygforgyldning. 319 pp.
1943TB31652Hartford: Colt's Patent Fire Arms Mfg. Company 1943. A portfolio of six black and white prints of Colt revolvers contained within a printed heavy paper covering. Each print measures 11 by 14 inches edge to edge and the images measure 7 by 10 3/4 inches. This portfolio is still contained within the manufacturer's original mailing envelope with a postage stamp dated May 3 1943. Colt's Patent Fire Arms Mfg. Company unknown books
183317173Small 8vo. Cont. hcalf. Richly gilt back. Slightly rubbed. XVI,516 pp. and more than 300 wood-cuts in the text. Upper margin throughout with a brownspot.
18609102London: James Ridgway 1860. 8vo. 56 pp. <br><br>On Turkey and problems in the Balkans. WorldCat locates only one copy in the U.S. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â NSTC 2E1105. Removed from a nonce volume with stitching holes. Creased lengthwise from folding. Library rubber-stamp on title-page. Very mild soiling on front and back pages and in a couple of page corners. Two page corners folded. Signatures loose. James Ridgway unknown books
42009Fall River: J.H. Franklin. Very good condition in original cloth binding. Scarce! J.H. Franklin hardcover books
198642053New Bedford: Spinner Publications 1986. Vintage photos with captions and occasional essays. Very good condition in dust jacket. 4to. 228 pp. b/w plates (Spinner Publications) books
1955M0921Vienna:: Springer 1955. 1955. 8vo. vi 374 pp. Illus. Original printed wrappers. Uncut. Very good. Springer, 1955. unknown books
42110N.d. Stapled olive wrappers with black lettering and illustration. Wrappers lightly creased and edgeworn mild age-toning to leaves. Else clean and unmarked. VG. 32 pp. 6-5/8" x 3-7/8" <br/><br/> unknown books
