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5031Thirteen folding engraved plates & four finely engraved large headpieces. xv 1 324 pp. one leaf of instructions to the binder. Large 4to cont. speckled calf spine nicely gilt. Leyden: J. & H. Verbeek 1744. First edition and a fine copy of this handsomely illustrated book. "Trembley discovered the hydra and was the first to observe in its asexual reproduction regeneration and photosensitivity in an animal without eyes. His experiments were of great importance in the study of regeneration of lost parts. He was the first to make permanent grafts and to witness cell-division."-Garrison-Morton 307. Trembley performed much of his research for the present book his most important while living as tutor in the household of William Bentinck in the mansion of Sorgvliet near The Hague. The four fine headpieces by Jan van der Schley after C. Pronk represent the fish ponds and the laboratory showing Trembley and his two students. Handsome copy. Old library stamp at foot of title with release stamp. ❧ D.S.B. XIII pp. 457-58. unknown books
199450443New York: Simon & Schuster 1994. Hardcover. 347p. personal inscription signed by Verghese very good first edition first printing stated in quarter-cloth boards and unclipped dj. On the doctor's experiences caring for AIDS patients in Johnson City TN and the disease's impact on the social fabric of the community. Verghese was an Indian living and educated in Ethiopia who immigrated to the US as a doctor at about the same time that AIDS arrived. Simon & Schuster hardcover books
1696211447Leyden and Utrecht: Pieter Vander Aa 1696. unbound. very good. Botanical. Copper plate engraving with hand coloring. Image measures 12.5" x 8.25".<br/><br/> Abraham Munting 1626-1683 taught medicine and botany at the Academy of Groningem in the Netherlands. He had a particular interest in the uses of plants especially medicinally. This engraving is from "Naauwkeurige Beschryving Der Aardgewassen". Aging around edges and minor foxing. Adhesive residue verso slightly visible to left side. Please visit our gallery for more Munting prints.<br/><br/> Pieter Vander Aa unknown books
1865WRCAM42946New York 1865. Card measuring 5 x 3 1/2 inches. Small closed tear at top edge. Minor wear to front of card; heavier wear to back of card where it has been removed from a later mount. Good. In a blue half morocco and cloth folder spine gilt. A mourning memento card commemorating the life of Abraham Lincoln. The card features a white embossed headstone on a black background and reads: "In memory of Abraham Lincoln President of the United States of America. Born Feb. 12 1809. Died April 15 1865. 'With malice toward none with charity for all.' - Second inaugural address. Requiescat in pace!" Printed on the verso is "Lincoln Tablet Cards. .50 per 100" and the name of the company partially perished. An interesting and macabre souvenir. hardcover books
1913129551913. With Twenty-Four Photographic Illustrations and a Map. London: Methuen & Co. 1913. 32 pp ads Dated July 1912. Original blue-green cloth. First Edition of this early account of traveling through the Lake District by way of that new-fangled contraption the motorcar. Fourteen sightseeing routes are described in detail -- including the gradient of the steeper climbs since not all motorcars could handle them. Except for some fading of the spine this is a fine copy. <br/><br/> hardcover books
19761334666New York: Harper & Row 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition; Signed and inscribed by author; Octavo; VG-/VG-; Hardcover w/ DJ and mylar cover; White spine with black and red text; DJ has shelfwear; Boards are sunned and have foxing to edges; Textblock has slight staining on page edges; Author signature and inscription on front free endpaper; Text is clean; pp 453.<br /> <br /> <p>NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office in bookcase next to Ephemera section. 1334666. FP New Rockville Stock. Harper & Row hardcover books
1986UMALMOR00LWWestminster Press 1986. Fine. Malherbe Abraham J. Moral Exhortation A Greco-Roman Sourcebook. Meeks editor Wayne A. Philadelphia: Westminster Press 1986. 1st edition. 178pp. Indexed. Bibliography. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Westminster Press hardcover books
198640116Philadelphia: Westminster Press 1986. Hardcover. Very good. 164pp indices. Very good hardback in a very good dustjacket. <br/><br/> Westminster Press hardcover books
1981WRCLIT60361Np: Twentieth Century-Fox 1981. 1132 leaves. Quarto. Mechanically reproduced typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in printed studio wrappers. Slight sunning to wrappers title lettered on spine but very good or better. An unspecified draft of Abraham Polonsky's adaptation to the screen of Jack-Alain Léger's novel. However a number of drafts preceded and many subsequent revised drafts followed and the script for the 1982 film release directed by Frank Perry was credited on screen to Wendell Mayes who wrote at least one early draft in February 1979. In spite of that drafts as late as October 1981 bore only Polonsky's name. This was the last film with which Polonsky was associated as screenwriter though to what degree it was a collaborative effort is unclear. As screenwriter for BODY AND SOUL 1947 and writer/director of FORCE OF EVIL 1948 Polonsky was well on his way toward a distinguished career in film when he was blacklisted and fired by Fox for refusing to cooperate with HUAC. He continued to work during the Blacklist either uncredited or pseudonymously and in 1996 the Writers Guild restored his real name and credits. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1980WRCLIT60360Np: Twentieth Century-Fox 1980. 1142 leaves. Quarto. Photomechanically reproduced typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in printed studio wrappers. Two neatly written ink queries re: plotting in upper margin of front wrapper a couple corner creases title lettered on spine else very good or better. An unspecified draft of Abraham Polonsky's adaptation to the screen of Jack-Alain Léger's novel. However a number of drafts preceded and many subsequent revised drafts followed and the script for the 1982 film release directed by Frank Perry was credited on screen to Wendell Mayes who wrote at least one early draft in February 1979. In spite of that drafts as late as October 1981 bore only Polonsky's name. This was the last film with which Polonsky was associated as screenwriter though to what degree it was a collaborative effort is unclear. As screenwriter for BODY AND SOUL 1947 and writer/director of FORCE OF EVIL 1948 Polonsky was well on his way toward a distinguished career in film when he was blacklisted and fired by Fox for refusing to cooperate with HUAC. He continued to work during the Blacklist either uncredited or pseudonymously and in 1996 the Writers Guild restored his real name and credits. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1981WRCLIT60363Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1981. 2138 leaves. Quarto. Mechanically reproduced typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in printed studio wrappers. Small ink stroke on upper wrapper but very good or better. A "revised" draft of Abraham Polonsky's adaptation to the screen of Jack-Alain Léger's novel. A number of drafts preceded and the script for the 1982 film release directed by Frank Perry was credited on screen to Wendell Mayes who wrote at least one early draft in February 1979. In spite of that many interim drafts preceding this one bear only Polonsky's name. A prefatory leaf notes "This script not to be interchanged with Italian Script." This was the last film with which Polonsky was associated as screenwriter though to what degree it was a collaborative effort is unclear. As screenwriter for BODY AND SOUL 1947 and writer/director of FORCE OF EVIL 1948 Polonsky was well on his way toward a distinguished career in film when he was blacklisted and fired by Fox for refusing to cooperate with HUAC. He continued to work during the Blacklist either uncredited or pseudonymously and in 1996 the Writers Guild restored his real name and credits. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1979WRCLIT54944Np 1979. 1124 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only. Boltbound into plain stiff wrappers. Scattered and occasionally detailed revisions deletions comments and annotations in an unknown hand in pencil and ink otherwise very good or better. Denoted a "Final Draft" of Abraham Polonsky's adaptation to the screen of Jack-Alain Léger's novel. However many subsequent revised drafts followed and the script for the 1982 film release directed by Frank Perry was credited on screen to Wendell Mayes who wrote at least one early draft in February 1979. In spite of that drafts as late as October 1981 bore only Polonsky's name. This was the last film with which Polonsky was associated as screenwriter though to what degree it was a collaborative effort is unclear. As screenwriter for BODY AND SOUL 1947 and writer/director of FORCE OF EVIL 1948 Polonsky was well on his way toward a distinguished career in film when he was blacklisted and fired by Fox for refusing to cooperate with HUAC. He continued to work during the Blacklist either uncredited or pseudonymously and in 1996 the Writers Guild restored his real name and credits. While the authors of the annotations may not be identifiable at this point the notes/revisions were surely made by someone intimately involved in the process. unknown books
1979WRCLIT60364Los Angeles: Frank Yablans Presentations in Association with Twentieth Century-Fox 1979. 1156 leaves. Quarto. Mechanically reproduced typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in printed production company/studio wrappers. Near fine. A quite early "third" draft of Mayes's adaptation to the screen of Jack-Alain Léger's novel. The script for the 1982 film release directed by Frank Perry was credited on screen to Mayes. In spite of that many many subsequent drafts bear Abraham Polonsky's name exclusively. This draft differs markedly from the several Polonsky drafts that we have examined the earliest dating from October of 1979. This was the last film with which Polonsky was associated as screenwriter though to what degree it was a collaborative effort is unclear. As screenwriter for BODY AND SOUL 1947 and writer/director of FORCE OF EVIL 1948 Polonsky was well on his way toward a distinguished career in film when he was blacklisted and fired by Fox for refusing to cooperate with HUAC. He continued to work during the Blacklist either uncredited or pseudonymously and in 1996 the Writers Guild restored his real name and credits. Frank Yablans Presentations in Association with Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
2014020710Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. White boards are in very good condition. Title in green on spine. Bottom edge of front board has a ¼ closed tear minor soiling on edges. Mylar wrapped dust jacket is in very good condition. "This thoughtful study is the first book to explore the lake's environmental and cultural history." ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 168 pp . University of New Mexico Press hardcover books
1952142845Springfield MA: George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum 1952. Softcover. Fine interior; covers solid and clean but with sunning and foxing. Cream stapled wraps with bw illustration and black lettering. 8 pp. with no illus. Catalogue from the exhibition of October 5-29 1952. Introductory text about modern German art the Blue Rider group etc. by the collection's owner Abraham Kamberg and comments by M. Louise Lochridge the museum's director. A catalogue of more than 100 prints by 52 artists listed in alphabetical order. George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum paperback books
1954142846Worcester MA: Worcester Art Museum 1954. Softcover. Fine interior; covers solid and clean but with sunning and foxing. Cream stapled wraps with bw illustration and black lettering. 8 pp. with no illus. Catalogue from the exhibition of May 16 - October 13 1954. Introductory text about modern German art the Blue Rider group etc. by the collection's owner Abraham Kamberg and comments by George L. Stout the museum's director. A catalogue of more than 100 prints by 59 artists listed in alphabetical order. Worcester Art Museum paperback books
19761312380New York: Schenkman Publishing Company John Wiley & Sons 1976. Hardcover. Octavo; VG/VG-Hardcover; Black spine with white text; Heavy shelf wear and age to dust jacket white spotting age spots rubbing fading and fraying along sides and edges 3 inch tear at spine head age tone spotting along jacket flaps; Light shelf wear to boards which are strong and clean binding slightly cocked age toning spots to free end pages; Minor spots along text block exterior text block clean; 222 pp. 1312380. FP New Rockville Stock. Schenkman Publishing Company, John Wiley & Sons hardcover books
1710precDisbound quarto; 15 x 23 cm; xii 56 pages; worn and soiled; blindstamp of Chicago Theological Seminary on title page.<br /><i>Seder Mitzvot Nashim</i> The Order of Women's Precepts by Benjamin Aaron ben Abraham Slonik of Grodno c. 1550–c. 1619 translated into Italian by Jacob ben Elhanan Heilbronn in 1614; this copy printed in Venice 1710. <br /><br />A practical and fairly sympathetic guide to women's ritual obligation first published in Yiddish in Cracow 1577 in Italian in Padua 1616. This was probably the most popular of the rabbinical guides to a woman's three ritual obligations: 1 the taking of a piece of dough before baking bread 2 the lighting of lights on the eve of the Sabbath and festivals and 3 observing the various rules of ritual purity during and after menstruation. It went through numerous editions in Yiddish and Italian through 1750. OCLC locates ten copies of this edition.<br /> Gioanni de'Paoli. Nella Stamparia Bragadina books
3499Several woodcut diagrams in the text. 6 p.l. 250 pp. one leaf of errata. Large 4to cont. calf two corners a bit worn double gilt fillet round sides spine gilt morocco lettering piece on spine. London: J. Tonson & J. Watts 1730. bound with: -. Drop-title: Miscellaneis Analyticis Supplementum. 22 pp. one leaf of errata. N.p.: n.d. First edition of the de Moivre's "most important book" D.N.B. here bound with the rare Supplementum which is very often missing. The Miscellanea Analytica is the successor to The Doctrine of Chances and contains the first formulation of "De Moivre's Theorem" the formula for determining a normal approximation to a binomial distribution. This became "the most fruitful single instrument of discovery used in probability theory and statistics for the next two centuries."-D.S.B. IX pp. 452-53. The Supplementum was published by de Moivre to answer criticisms made by James Stirling after the appearance of the Miscellanea. A very nice copy from the library of Haskell F. Norman with his bookplate. ❧ Stigler The History of Statistics pp. 70-77. unknown books
186425614<p>The second in a series of four racist political cartoons published in 1864 by Bromley & Company which was closely affiliated with the Copperhead New York <i>World</i> newspaper. These prints sought to undermine Abraham Lincoln's chances for reelection by branding him as a "miscegenationist" and playing on white fears of "race-mixing." The cartoon scene pictures several interracial couples enjoying a day at the park eating ice cream discussing wedding plans and a woman's upcoming lecture. Two African American families have white employees a carriage driver and footmen and a babysitter.</p><p>The only other example traced at auction brought $7800 in 2010.</p> <b>ABRAHAM LINCOLN. RACISM.</b>Print. "Miscegenation or the Millennium of Abolitionism." Political Cartoon. New York: Bromley & Co. 1864. 1 p. 20¾ x 13â… in.<p><br /></p><p>American politics had long played on fears of sexual relationships between races. A powerful new word for "race-mixing" was coined in an anonymous December 1863 pamphlet entitled <i>Miscegenation: The Theory of the Blending of the Races Applied to the American White Man and Negro</i> published in New York. Purporting to advocate the virtues of the "blending of the white and black races on this continent" it was a literary forgery prepared by <i>The World</i> managing editor David Goodman Croly and reporter George Wakeman. The authors were unsuccessful in their attempt to trick President Lincoln into endorsing the work.</p><p>At the far left of the image Abraham Lincoln declares "<i>I shall be proud to number among my intimate friends any member of the Squash family especially the little Squashes.</i>" The African American woman to whom he is speaking replies "<i>I'se 'quainted wid Missus Linkum I is washed far her 'fore de hebenly Miscegenation times was cum. Dont do nuffin now but gallevant 'round wid de white gem'men! he-ah! he-ah! he-ah!</i>"</p><p>Senator Charles Sumner says "<i>Mr. President! Allow me the honor of introducing my very dear friend Miss Dinah Arabella Aramintha Squash.</i>" A white carriage driver complains in the background "<i>Gla-a-ang there 240t! White driver white footmen niggers inside my heys! I wanted a situation when I took this one</i>" while a black man in the carriage tells his companion "<i>Phillis de_ah dars Sumner. We must not cut him if he is walking.</i>" A black woman at a table tells a white man with her "<i>Ah! Horace its-its-its-bully 'specially de cream</i>" and he replies "<i>Ah! my dear Miss Snowball we have at last reached our political and social Paradise. Isn't it extatic</i>"</p><p>To the right are two couples embracing each a white woman and an African American man. The first white women tells her partner "<i>Oh! You dear creature. I am so agitated! Go and ask Pa</i>" to which he replies "<i>Lubly Julia Anna name de day when Brodder Beecher shall make us one!</i>" The second white woman says "<i>Adolphus now you'll be sure to come to my lecture to morrow night won't you</i>" to which he answers "<i>I'll be there Honey on de front seat sure!</i>" In the background are various immigrant minorities viewing the scene. One exclaims "<i>Most hextwadinary! Aw neva witnessed the like in all me life if I did dem me!</i>" and another adds "<i>Mine Got vat a guntry vat a beebles!</i>" An Irish girl complains "<i>And is it to drag nagur babies that I left old Ireland Bad luck to me.</i>"</p><p>Manton Marble the editor of <i>The World</i> collaborated with printmaker Bromley & Company to issue a series of four anti-Lincoln "Political Caricatures." The present example was the No. 2 in that series. No. 1 was "The Grave of the Union or Major Jack Downing's Dream"; No. 3 "The Abolition Catastrophe Or the November Smash-up"; and No. 4 "The Miscegenation Ball."</p><p>Republicans responded by trying to turn the "miscegenation" charge against the Democrats. A Republican print "The Political "Siamese" Twins: The Offspring of Chicago Miscegenation" pictures McClellan and Pendleton joined together despite their very different ideas on ending the war.</p><p>Although Abraham Lincoln won New York states' electoral votes in 1860 Stephen Douglas had carried New York City and its environs. Financial elites fearing that civil war would ruin business and recent immigrants fearing competition with free black labor supported Douglas. Lincoln's unpopularity in New York City during the Civil War was a factor in the deadly 1863 Draft Riots.</p><p>In 1864 Lincoln again won the states' electoral votes while New York City favored his Democratic opponent McClellan. In fact Lincoln's majority dropped from 50136 votes in 1860 to only 7373 votes in 1864 with approximately 50000 more total votes cast than in 1860.</p><p>Bromley and Company continued to sell the caricatures after the election as this January 1865 advertisement from an Ohio newspaper makes clear. Another advertisement assured purchasers that the set of four prints available for $1 were "sent on wooden rollers to insure safe carriage."</p><p><b><i>The World</i></b> 1860-1931 a daily independent newspaper was published in New York City. Alexander Cummings founded it as a religious Republican outlet in 1860. August Belmont and others purchased it in 1862 changing the editorial focus. With editor Manton Marble 1834-1917 <i>The World</i> soon became the country's leading Democratic newspaper. In 1864 Union authorities shut down <i>The World</i>and another paper for three days after they published forged documents purportedly written by Lincoln that were really part of a hoax to manipulate the price of gold. The paper actively supported George B. McClellan against Lincoln in 1864.</p><p><b>Condition</b></p><p>Fine for exhibit despite flaws. Cropped with loss of "Political Caricature No. 2" from top edge and part of printed pricing information from bottom edge publisher's name rubbed out from the copyright statement lacking ½" from lower left corners a few short tape repairs by the edges a 2" closed tear through the second dialogue bubble along the top edge and a 3" closed tear parallel to the right edge. Mount remnants on verso.</p> books
196680035Amsterdam The Netherlands: Erasmus Buchhandlung 1966. stiff paper wrappers cardboard slipcase. Miniature Books. miniature book 60 x 53 mm. stiff paper wrappers cardboard slipcase. 95 pages. Limited to 200 numbered copies of which this copy is in a lovely full leather and gilt binding with the original wrappers bound in. A charming little production with facsimles illustrations some color and 13 engraved exlibris of Gianni Mantero. Bookplate on front pastedown of the well-known miniature book collector Kalman Levitan. Front hinge showing moderate seperation. Gilt on spine faded else a bright unmarred copy. Erasmus Buchhandlung unknown books
198060059NY:: Sepher-Hermon Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1980. Hardcover. 0872030768 . Third corrected printing. Very good in a very good a bit faded along the spine price clipped dust jacket. . Sepher-Hermon Press, hardcover books
195215134New York: Dodd Mead 1952. 1st edition. Blue cloth binding. Dust jacket. VG/VG spine panel sunned/minor wear/old tape reinforcement on dj verso. 467 pp including index. Illustrated. 8vo. <br/><br/> Dodd Mead hardcover books
164886hardcover. 369pp. 12mo cloth; stain on back cover. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company 1963. Very good<br/><br/> unknown books
9971n.p.: Golden Eagle Press. Near Fine. Hardcover. Strictures by Samuel Johnson. With sketches by Kurt Roesch. No statement of printing. A bit age darkened along the spine else near fine in a very good minor edge wear and rubbing slipcase. . Golden Eagle Press hardcover books
