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2017166210New York: Acquavella 2017. Softcover. VG. Illustrated softcover with gray and black lettering. 100 pp. Illustrations. Catalogue of an exhibition held at Acquavella Galleries New York New York October 2-November 17 2017. Acquavella unknown books
201226408N.p.: Zine of the Month 2012. Fine in illustrated wrapppers. First Edition. Octavo. Limited edition of 250 copies. Collaborative zine drawn by Barry McGee under his moniker Lydia Fong and a number of others. Printed on paper in various colors with photocopied pages bound in; covers screenprinted in 2 colors on yellow. Zine of the Month bookmark and Philadelphia nightclub flyer laid in. N.p.: Zine of the Month unknown books
200243391N.p. 2002. Edition limited to 150 copies of which this is no. 127 folio bifolium plate laid in. Slightly warped from handling else near fine. Signed and inscribed by the editor . Not in OCLC as of September 2013. <br/><br/> unknown books
2004Embry 158625Cornell U. Press 2004. First edition first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. Cornell U. Press, 2004. First edition, first printing. unknown books
201421988Brooklyn: Long Island University 2014. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Thick paperbound quarto. The Spring 2014 issue of this poetry journal edited by Jessica Hagedorn. 130 pp. Very good clean copy in bound hand illustrated wrappers. <br/><br/> Long Island University paperback books
20026190Portland ME: Ascensius Press/Ornaflat Publishing 2002. Limited Edition Fascimile Reproduction. Stiff Wraps. Fine in Fine DJ. Tight bright and unmarrd. DJ bright and clean. White cardstock stiff wraps. 12mo. 38pp plus np plates. Illus. b/w plates. Numbered limited edition. <br/><br/>Explores a curious lawsuit regarding the buried treasure of renowned Pirate Captain Kidd and a cast of characters from Cotton Mather Fredrick Law Olmsted Lady Dunmore John Jacob Astor. Photographic illustrations reproduce several paintings frontispiece shows John Jacob Astor dressed in the regalia of a Fur Trapper of 1813 and there is also a reproduction of a letter from F.L. Olmsted. A new issue of the minor classic story by Franklin H. Head founder of the Chicago Liars Club telling the tale of Frederick Law Olmsted"s $5000000 lawsuit against John Jacob Astor in 1898 for his theft of the Pirate Captain Kidd's treasure. A hoax that has at various times been taken as true. The colophon is inaccurate: the 400 "trade edition" copies were never printed and only 50 of the 100 listed hand-bound copies on hand-made paper were printed. Ascensius Press/Ornaflat Publishing paperback books
2005413612005. ISBN-13: 9781584775539; ISBN-10: 158477553X. Holyoake George Jacob. The History of the Last Trial by Jury for Atheism in England: A Fragment of Autobiography Submitted for the Perusal of Her Majesty's Attorney-General and the British Clergy. Originally published: London: James Watson 1851. vi 100 pp. Reprinted 2005 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584775539; ISBN-10: 158477553X. Hardcover. New. $24.95 Holyoake 1817-1906 a notable free-thinking socialist lecturer and self-described "agitator" was the last person in England indicted for blasphemy based on remarks during a debate after one of his speaking engagements. Though convicted he emerged the moral victor. As his account of the trial indicates he defended his position eloquently. And his stirring critique of the blasphemy laws did much to undermine their validity in the popular mind. unknown books
200158510NY:: Pocket Books. Near Fine. 2001. Hardcover. 0743426827 . Color photographs throughout. First printing. About fine in glossy pictorial boards. No dust jacket. . Pocket Books, hardcover books
2002226847Garland TX: Tangelwuld Press 2002. Paperback. xvi 370p. preface appendixes index footnotes illustrated throughout with political cartoons very good first edition trade paperback in red wraps. Tangelwuld Press paperback books
2006Embry 182548Compass Group 2006. First edition first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. B&W and color illustrations. Compass Group, 2006. First edition, first printing. unknown books
2004374512004. ISBN-13: 9781584773764; ISBN-10: 1584773766. Jacob Giles. A New Law-Dictionary: Containing The Interpretation and Definition of Words and Terms used in the Law; and Also the Whole Law and the Practice Thereof Under All the Heads and Titles of the Same. Together With Such Informations Relating Thereto as Explain the History and Antiquity of the Law and Our Manners Customs and Original Government. Collected and Abstracted From All Dictionaries Abridgments Institutes Reports Year-Books Charters Registers Chronicles and Histories Published to This Time. And Fitted for the Use of Barristers Students and Practicioners of the Law Members of Parliament and Other Gentlemen Justices of Peace Clergymen &c. The Fifth Edition with Great Additions and Improvements and the Law-Proceedings Done Into English. To Which is Annexed a Table of References to All the Arguments and Resolutions of the Lord Chief Justice Holt; in the Several Volumes of the Reports. London: Printed by Henry Lintot 1744. Unpaginated 828 pp. Printed in double columns. Folio 9" x 12". Reprinted 2004 2019 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584773764. ISBN-10: 1584773766. Hardcover. New. $195. Reprint of the fifth edition which was the last published during the author's lifetime. As Cowley pointed out the New Law-Dictionary first edition 1729 was both Jacob's masterpiece and "an entirely new departure in legal literature" that provided a model for several subsequent efforts. In contrast to earlier works each entry summarizes all of the laws relating to the subject and offers extensive interpretive commentary. Jacob 1686-1744 was also careful to omit obsolete terms. It was recognized almost immediately that Jacob had created a highly useful legal encyclopedia that was both more detailed and concise than any other abridgment of the period. An extremely popular work that went through twelve editions by 1800 it offers unparalleled insights into Anglo-American law during the eighteenth century. Cowley A Bibliography of Abridgements Digests Dictionaries and Indexes to the Year 1800 xc-xci 244. unknown books
2017237632017. ISBN-13: 9781886363687; ISBN-10: 1886363684. Jacob Giles. Tomlins Thomas Edlyne Editor. The Law-Dictionary: Explaining the Rise Progress and Present State of the English Law; Defining and Interpreting the Terms or Words of Art; and Comprising Copious Information on the Subjects of Law Trade and Government. Corrected and Greatly Enlarged by Thomas Edlyne Tomlins. Originally published: New York: Printed for and Published by I. Riley 1811. Six volumes. viii 531; 2 543; 2 618; 2 472; 2 553; 2 472 pp. Reprinted 2000 2017 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781886363687. ISBN-10: 1886363684. Hardcover. New. $295. Reprint of the first American edition from the second Tomlins edition 1809. The New Law-Dictionary was first published in 1729 and is "Jacob's masterpiece and constituted an entirely new departure in legal literature the dictionary which is also an abridgment." Cowley p. xci. In contrast to earlier works each entry summarizes all of the laws relating to the subject and offers extensive interpretive commentary. Jacob 1686-1744 was also careful to omit obsolete terms. It was recognized almost immediately that Jacob had created a highly useful legal encyclopedia that was both more detailed and concise than any other abridgment of the period. An extremely popular work that went through twelve editions by 1800 it offers unparalleled insights into Anglo-American law during the eighteenth century. T.E. Tomlin's 1762-1841 edition first published in 1797 is in effect an enlargement and improvement of Jacob's dictionary. Tomlins who in 1797 "remodeled the work and published several more editions in his own name. In this form Jacob's dictionary reached America.": Cowley A Bibliography of Abridgements Digests Dictionaries and Indexes of English Law to the Year 1800 xci. unknown books
2007520282007. ISBN-13: 9781584778516; ISBN-10: 1584778512. Principles that Moved the Leaders of the American Revolution Jacob Giles. The Laws of Liberty and Property. Or A Concise Treatise of All the Laws Statutes and Ordinances Made for the Benefit and Protection of the Subjects of England: And the Preservation of their Lives Estates Lands and Tenements Goods Chattels Rights Privileges &c. The Second Edition. Originally published: London: John Cooper 1734. xii 118 pp. Reprinted 2007 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584778516; ISBN-10: 1584778512. Hardcover. New. $75. Second edition first published in 1724 this work outlines the laws "made and enacted for the Preservation of liberty" from Magna Carta onward. It is an excellent statement of the Whig principles that motivated the leaders of the American Revolution. Topics include "crimes against the King and the Subject" "Civil Rights and Liberties" Forfeitures" "Pardons" and "Laws Infringing Upon Public Liberty." Jacob includes the Habeas Corpus Act and adds a related final chapter describing six acts "infringing upon Liberty. unknown books
2003100463Charleston SC: Arcadia Publishing 2003. stiff paper wrappers. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 128 pages. B3-2002-2005. First edition. Part of Arcadia's Postcard History Series. Describes Lewes Georgetown and Laurel. Reproduces postcards. Arcadia Publishing unknown books
2016405158New York: Abrams 2016. Fine. Folio. 288 pages. Black-and-white and color photographs. Pictorial boards; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. "Witty playful and effortlessly chic Inge Morath: On Style reveals the vital forms of fashion and self-expression that blossomed into existence in England France and the United States in the postwar decades. The book follows the photojournalist Inge Morath 1923-2002 through intimate sessions with Ingrid Bergman and Audrey Hepburn; scenes of window-shopping on Fifth Avenue; American girls discovering Paris; the frenetic splendor of society balls; and working women--from actresses to seamstresses to writers--everywhere taking their place in the world. The photographs in On Style focus on an extraordinary period of Morath's creativity from the early 1950s to mid- 1960s with a coda of work from later years. Here are the fundamental humanism joy and unerring eye for life's brilliant theatricality that characterized her work and made her one of the most celebrated photographers of her time" The Publisher. <br/><br/> Abrams hardcover books
2007170594Madrid: La Fabrica 2007. Hardcover. New. Tan cloth boards with black and white lettering and stamped illustration. White and BW-photographic dust jacket. Catalog of the exhibition held at Museo Colecciones ICO Madrid May 30-Aug. 26 2007; and at 4 other venues in Europe through 2009. La Fabrica hardcover books
200431985Oak Park: D'Cypher Press 2004. First edition. 120 pp. Fine in full cloth with gilt-stamping to spine. One of a small number of hardcover copies SIGNED by Jacob. Oak Park: D'Cypher Press, hardcover books
200431701Oak Park: D'cypher Press 2004. First trade edition. 120 pp. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Poems by this Chicago poet and former editor of Mojo Navigator. Oak Park: D'cypher Press, unknown books
200950201Oak Park: Black Cat Bone Press 2009. First edition. 18 pp. Fine in printed wrappers. Poems. One of 75 copies printed letterpress and handbound at the Adastra Press. Oak Park: Black Cat Bone Press unknown books
201150654np: Black Cat Bone Press 2011. First edition. 14 pp. Fine in sewn wrappers and very near fine dust jacket with bumpe corners. One of 53 copies printed at the Adastra Press. A short prose work by the poet. (np): Black Cat Bone Press unknown books
200336991Oak Park: Gotta Serve Somebody Press 2003. First edition. 15 pp. Fine in stapled wrappers. Five poems. Oak Park: Gotta Serve Somebody Press unknown books
2005139567Oakville Ontario: Oakville Galleries 2005. Hardcover. VG but for gallery library sticker on lower front cover. Spiral-bound plain cardboard with maroon and orange lettering; 11" x 4"; 44 pp. with color images on 11 pages. With a foreword and prologue and artist's acknowledgements. Essays include Disordered Painging: Impure Abstraction and Blank Expression in the Work of Eric Glavin and Eric Glavin: The Comforts of Geometry. Each work described. Catalogue from the exhibition held Jan. 15 - Mar. 13 2005. Oakville Galleries hardcover books
2013159961New York: Marlborough Gallery 2013. First edition. Softcover. 40 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran March 28 through April 17 2013. Essay by Mary Jane Jacob that includes quotes form Abakanowicz. Includes numerous color illustrations. A near fine copy in wrappers with some very minor wear. Marlborough Gallery unknown books
2005147807Milano Milan Italy: Charta 2005. Softcover. VG. Black & color wraps French flaps 152 pp. 321 color illus. Considers the life and work of Chilean-born artist and architect Alfredo Jaar b. 1956. "An architect interested in ephemeral structures a photographer who has grown increasingly suspicious of pictures Alfredo Jaar's most telling gesture is to relinquish the camera by placing it figuratively and sometimes literally in the public's hands. In other words Jaar is a master of indirection. And no wonder. His work was shaped at the outset by the need to speak clearly and forcefully against murderous injustice using language of the most lucid obliquity. Jaar's work declares that daring to connect and participate is our last best hope." back cover. Charta paperback books
2010404778New York: Rubin Museum of Art 2010. A near-fine copy unmarked and with some modest handling wear to jacket. 4to. 135 pages. Cloth; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Rubin Museum of Art 5 November 2010 to 11 April 2011. <br/><br/> Rubin Museum of Art hardcover books