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[INCUNABULA REFERENCE]. The Permanence of Johann Gutenberg

by Goff, Frederick R.

Austin, TX: [Harry Ransom] Humanities Research Center, 1974. First Edition, Second Impression, limited to 250 copies. Near Fine. 8vo. 29 pp. Title-page printed in black and orange. Original burnt-orange colored boards, original clear protective wrapper. NOT ex-library! A very useful and very readable account of the evidence -- and lack thereof -- supporting the argument that Johann Gutenberg was effectively the first "modern" printer in the West. Goff writes with authority, having been compiler of the indispensable "Third... Read More

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[LAW, COMPARATIVE LEGISLATION, 1593]. Syntagmatis iuris [juris] universi atque legum pene omnium gentium, et rerum publicarum praecipuarum, triplici volumine comprehensarum

by Gregoire, Pierre (a.k.a. Petrus Gregorius)

Venice: Damian Zenari, 1593. Hardcover. Very good. Large, thick folio. 3 volumes in one. COLLATION: Book I: a6 A-K8 L4. [12], 168 pp. Book II: Aa-Ss8 Tt6 (includes final blank). 294 pp. Book III: +10 Aaa-Ffff8 Gggg10. 851 pp. (page 497 misnumbered "597"; sig. Iii3 mis-signed "Kkk3" and Bbbb4 mis-signed "Aaaa4"). Index: a-k8. [160] pp. COMPLETE. Bound in 17th-century (?) stiff vellum expertly rebacked with modern cream-colored calf, title-lettered direct on spine; title-page of Book I somewhat soiled... Read More

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[EARLY AMERICAN BOOKPLATE]. A Discourse concerning the Nature and Design of the Lord's Supper

by Grove, Henry

Boston: Joshua Cushing, 1808. Very good. 12mo. 196 pp. Contemporary American tree-calf, smooth spine with gilt horizontal fillets, red lettering piece ("Grove"), two original binder's blanks at front and back, sprinkled edges (text FOXED as is true with all copies, for which see images; short marginal tear on pp. 5/6; lower fore-corner of upper cover scuffed and bumped, headcap chipped). Overall an attractive copy with an intriguing provenance. AN UNUSUALLY STERN EARLY AMERICAN BOOKPLATE: "JOSHUA GREEN'S PROPERTY ☛... Read More

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[FOSSIL FUELS]. On Gas Monopoly. A Letter addressed to the Commissioners of Sewers for the City of London and Liberties Thereof, shewing the Evils for many years experienced by the citizens, from the exclusive Monopoly of the Chartered Gas Company, and the Dorset-Street Gas Company

by Gude, Richard

London: W. Houstoun, 1834. 8vo. (230 x 120). 8 pp., original self wrappers, unbound. Chipped and very fragile on account of the paper quality. No surviving copy of this remarkable pamphlet is recorded in OCLC or COPAC, not surprising given that the Gude's "Letter" was printed on what seems to be the thinnest possible English paper. The text in the present pamphlet appears to have been completely overlooked by historians of the economics of petroleum distribution and consumption... Read More

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[ANTIQUARIAN BIBLIOGRAPHY / ORNAMENT]. Les maitres ornemanistes. Dessinateurs, peintres, architectes, sculpteurs et graveurs. Ecoles Francaise, - Italienne, - Allemande et des Pays-Bas (Flamande & Hollandaise)

by Guilmard, Desire

Paris: E. Plon, 1881. FIRST EDITION. Very good. Two vols. in one. Large thick quarto: xvi, 560 pp.; [vi],180 plates. Bound in very sturdy and handsome contemporary red half morocco over red cloth boards, rebacked with original spine laid down, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. ¶ First edition of the indispensable bibliography of ornament from the 16th to the 18th century, featuring artists from France, Italy, Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands. There are two volumes in one; in... Read More

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[ABOLITIONIST MEDAL 1834]. "I Advocate this Bill as a Measure of Humanity" / "Slavery Abolished by Great Britain 1834

by Halliday, Thomas

London, 1834. Very good. Commemorative medal, silvered white metal (41 mm diameter). Not formally "graded" but in very good condition and NOT a reproduction! SERVITUS NUMISMATICA! A VERY LITTLE KNOWN ABOLITIONIST COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL, CELEBRATING THE EXTRAORDINARY MOMENT IN WHICH COLONIAL SLAVERY WAS ABOLISHED BY THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT AND ROYAL ASCENT IN 1833, AND SUBSEQUENTLY BECOMING LAW IN 1834. Commemorative medals such as ours would have been distributed at Abolitionist meetings, or sold with the proceeds going to... Read More

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[HAMILTON VASES]. Two bold terracotta prints from the "Peintures des vases antiques de la Collection de son Excellence M. le Chevalier Hamilton" [in Italian: Pitture de vasi antichi etc.]

by Hamilton, William (collector)

Florence: Société Calcographique, 1803. Very good. Two prints, matted and framed (frame sizes approx. 460 x 360 mm, visible portions: approx. 293 x 207). One print with dampstaining along left side (SEE IMAGE). These are original prints, NOT reproductions! TWO OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL TERRACOTTA PRINTS OF ETRUSCAN VASES FROM WILLIAM HAMILTON'S SECOND COLLECTION. Hamilton actually formed two collections of Greek vases; the first he sold to the British Museum. The present prints depict vases from his second... Read More

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[AUCTIONEER / CONFIDENCE MAN / MURDERER]. A Thrilling Story of James Hanahan alias James D. Burton, Auctioneer. Fifty Years a Fugitive. Price 25 cts

by Hanahan (i.e. Hanehan), James (alias James D. Burton)

N.p. [St. Louis?]: [Mrs. J.D. Burton], 1912. First Edition. Very good. 16mo. 2 blank ff., 32 pp., 2 blank ff. With reproductions of 5 photographs in the text. Original red printed wrappers bearing title, stapled as issued. Minor wear along spine fold, at one time folded vertically in half. In excellent state. FASCINATING ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF AN AUCTIONEER, CONFIDENCE MAN, GRAFTER, AND MURDER, active in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. The narrative gives the... Read More

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[VETERINARY - PIGS]. Yoton Setsuryaku

by Harris, Joseph

Tokyo: Yamatoya Kihee, 1872. Very good. 2 vols. 8vo. Original wrappers, stitched as issued in the Japanese style (a little stained; early ownership stamps on first pages; light stains to upper margins and colophons). Complete copy in good condition. A remarkable Japanese abridged edition of Joseph Harris's "Harris on the Pig: Breeding, Rearing, Management, and Improvement" (New York, 1870), with a preface by Genkan Sumida. There are six charming illustrations of pigs and wild boar on five leaves,... Read More

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Deutsche Literatur der Barockzeit. Ein Katalog zum Gedenken Christian Weises, der in diesem Jahr 350. Geburtstag feiert. Katalog 3

by [Hatry, Thomas]. Weises, Christian

Heidelberg: Antiquariat E. Hatry, 1992. First Edition. Softcover. Good in Wraps. Quarto, in original wrappers., [316] pp. Illustrated in black and white. ¶ A catalogue to commemorate Christian Weise upon his 350th birthday. With particular emphasis on the development of the novel, from Joh. Fischart "Geschichtklitterung" up to Christian Gellert's "Schwedischer Grafin.

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Deutsche Literature Barockzeit: Klassik und Romantik

by Hauswedell, Ernst

Hamburg: Dr. Ernst Hauswedell, 1967. Softcover. Good. Octavo, 79 pages, some markings on cover. Illustrated in black and white. ¶ Auction of classic and romantic German baroque literature. 600 lots described and illustrated.

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[ENGLISH CALLIGRAPHY & ENGRAVING 1570-1800]. The English Writing-Masters and Their Copy-Books, 1570-1800. A Biographical Dictionary & A Bibliography. With an introduction to the development of handwriting by Stanley Morison

by Heal, Ambrose

Cambridge: University Press, 1931. First Edition. Very good. Large 4to. Engraved frontispiece ("La belle ecriture demande un esprit gai"), xl, 226 pp. 81 plates. Original light-brown quarter cloth over decorated ("marbled") cloth boards (very small abrasion at tail of spine). Top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Dust-wrapper soiled and defective, inside lined with brown paper. Text, plates, and binding are in splendid state; a lovely copy. First edition, limited to 300 copies signed by the author, of the essential... Read More

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[VETERINARY BROADSIDE WARNING OF CATTLE PLAGUE]. Il Magistrato de' Conservatori Generali di Sanità. Sul primo aviso da Noi ultimamente avuto, che il morbo Epidemico denominato infiammazione di Polmone

by Italy. Magistrate of the Conservatory General of Health

Turin, Italy: Stamperia Reale, 1744. Very good. Huge letterpress broadside (1070 x 360 mm), printed on 2 1/2 folio sheets, edges untrimmed. A few sections underlined and annotated in a contemporary hand in the left blank margin (worn; paper extensions mainly in the right margin; prominent horizontal central fold, other folds reinforced on verso with occasional lost of one or two letters). A remarkable survival, preserved in mylar L-sleeve backed with lig-free board. GIGANTIC, APPARENTLY UNRECORDED BROADSIDE ISSUED... Read More

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[UNKNOWN WISCONSIN AUTHOR, 1861]. De Matrimonio Tractatus Quinque, Usui Venerabilis Cleri Americani accommodati appendice adjecta duplici

by Heiss, Michael

Munich: E. Stahl, 1861. First Edition. Very good. 8vo. xiv, 424 pp. Original quarter sheep (leather suffed but the binding is perfectly sound; extremities worn). Contemporary inscription on title-page: "H.D. Tuncker, Ep. Altonensis" (i.e. Altona, outside Hamburg). NOT ex-library! SCARCE TREATISE ON MARRIAGE, "ADAPTED FOR THE USE OF AMERICAN CLERGYMEN," WRITTEN BY AN EARLY GERMAN EMIGRANT TO WISCONSIN. ONE COPY IN AMERICA LOCATED. From the Preface, we learn that the work "is intended primarily for missionary priests... Read More

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[WOMEN IN THE WEST]. Covered Wagon Women. COMPLETE SET of 11 volumes bound in original publisher's cloth

by Holmes, Kenneth L. (editor)

Very good. COMPLETE SET of 11 vols., illustrated throughout. Includes the folding map in vol. 11. Original publisher's cloth (vol. 6 with light scratch on front cover and discoloration on front hinge; vol. 7 with blemishes on front pastedown and endpaper opposite). NOT ex-library! TREASURED DOCUMENTS, AT TIMES ALMOST UNBEARABLY POIGNANT, BEING HITHERTO UNPUBLISHED DIARIES AND LETTERS WRITTEN BY PIONEER WOMEN AND GIRLS, PRINTED VERBATIM, WITH NO CHANGES IN SPELLING OR PUNCTUATION. The justly famous 11-volume... Read More

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[WOMEN IN THE WEST]. Covered Wagon Women. COMPLETE SET of 11 vols., DELUXE ISSUE (vols. 1-9 and 11) limited to 33 copies in gold-tooled leather, and trade edition (vol. 10) in cloth

by Holmes, Kenneth L. (editor)

COMPLETE SET of 11 vols. Large 8vo., vols. 1-9 and 11 bound in leather, vol. 10 in cloth. Very light blemishing to pastedowns, endpapers, edges of textblock, and in some instances on the covers of the Keepsakes. Binding on vol. 4 very slightly bowed. The leather binding on Vol. 11 (which is unnumbered) is more red than the others in this set. As commonly, this set lacks the rare, almost unfindable keepsake for vol. III entitled "To Remember The... Read More

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[FINE BINDINGS. France, 18th-Century]. Quinti Horatii Flacci Opera

by Horace

London: Gul. Sandby, 1749. 2 vols., 8vo. Title-pages in red and black (both with large engraved portrait of the Horace), [x], 166; [2], 167-353 pp. With engraved dedication to George, Prince of Wales (later George III), and 35 full-page engraved plates (including frontispiece). Contemporary French red morocco, triple gilt rule around sides, small flower ornament at the corners, smooth spine gilt with seven compartments, olive morocco lettering pieces, comb-marbled endpapers, all edges gilt (corners a bit bumped and with... Read More

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[CALIFORNIA AND TEXAS]. [A COLLECTION OF SIX HAND-COLORED ENGRAVINGS FROM "THE GREAT WEST"]

by Howe, Henry

New York: George F. Tuttle, 1858. First Edition. Fair. A quantity of six hand-colored engravings extracted from a bound volume of Howe's "The Great West," versos blank, evidence of offsetting from printed pages opposite, inner margins ragged where removed, somewhat browned. These are original engravings, NOT reproductions! A quantity of six original hand-colored engravings from Howe's "The Great West" (1858), suitable for framing. The full title of the book is instructive: "The Great West; Containing Narratives of the... Read More

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[BLIND MASSEUR, ACCUPUNCTURIST, HIGHWAY ROBBER - ORIGINAL JAPANESE WOODBLOCK 1867]. Azuma no hana ukiyo kodan. Ichiryusai Bunsha. Yabuhara Kengyo (from the Tales of the Floating World on Eastern Brocade)

by Ikkaisai Yoshitoshi, i.e. TSUKIOKA, Yoshitoshi (1839-1892). Kanagaki Robun (1829-1894), author

Omiya Kyusuke, 1867. Very good. Broadsheet (354 x 235 mm) with contemporary hand-coloring (several wormholes in the face of the robber and one above his head; portion of the paper on upper right defective, just touching text), affixed at upper corners to a sheet of modern paper. DRAMATIC ILLUSTRATION OF THE STRANGE TALE OF YABUHARA KENGYO, a villainous blind masseur / accupuncturist who was the subject of many Japanese folktales of the 19th-20th century. It is thought that... Read More

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[VISUALLY IMPAIRED WOMEN]. [PAINTED JAPANESE SCROLL]. Goze nobori ("Ascent of the Goze")

by Jippensha Ikku

Japan, 1830. One large hanging scroll, signed and sealed "Jippensha Ikku" (unfurled: 1620 x 330 mm; 63" x 13"). Original thin Japanese paper backed and mounted on thicker paper in the maru-hyoso style. Browning and darkening, creases (one is significant, for which SEE IMAGES), light stains, original paper with losses, mostly in the blank margins (SEE IMAGES), some repairs. Housed in a plain wooden box tied with red ribbon (415 x 65 x 60 mm; 16.25" x 2.5" x... Read More

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[HAVANA]. [ORDER OF THE KNIGHTS OF CALATRAVA, CASTILLE]. [Handwritten copy of a letter from Isabel II, Queen of Spain, concerning the admission of Don Pedro Regalado Pedroso y Pedroso into the Order]

by [Isabel II, Queen of Spain]. [Don Pedro Regalado Pedroso y Pedroso]

Madrid, 1846. Good. Single leaf. Small tears along edges, small stains from ink bleeding through both sides, bookseller subject inscription "America" noted at top left corner of recto, slight water damage along right edge, vertical fold in middle of leaf, clearly town torn out of a larger gathering. THE ORDER OF CALATRAVA IS A MILITARY AND CISTERCIAN RELIGIOUS ORDER, ESTABLISHED IN THE 12TH CENTURY IN THE KINGDOM OF CASTILLE. Its primary purpose was to protect the town of... Read More

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[TOBACCO PROHIBITION, ITALY 1734-1764]. Small collection of Proclamations, together 6 items (1 broadside + 5 bandi)

by [TOBACCO PROHIBITION IN ITALY]

Sicily, Naples and Turin, 1764. Very good. Together 6 items: 1 broadside (46 x 34.5 cm) + 5 bandi (folio sheets, each folded once, various sizes, various wear, some signatures clipped, others supplied in manuscript, assorted manuscript annotations, extracted from bindings). Small but very interesting collection of Bandi on the prohibition of tobacco, all scarce (none are found in OCLC / FirstSearch). As there was no centralized government in Italy, the restrictions on Tobacco was a quagmire of... Read More

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[GLORIOUS REVOLUTION / ABDICATION OF JAMES II]. The debate at large, between the House of Lords and House of Commons [...] anno 1688

by [James II, King of England. Parliament]

London: Printed for J. Wickins; and to be sold by the Booksellers of London and Westminster, 1695. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo. COLLATION: A-B4 C-F8 G-Q4, COMPLETE. [2], 19-176 pp. Attractive half calf antique, marbled boards, red morocco label gilt, compartments gilt with small tools. ¶ FIRST EDITION of this important collection of Parliamentary debates, providing original and valuable documentation of the constitutional crisis that ensued during the Glorious Revolution of 1688. James II of England (a.k.a.... Read More

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Worldly Goods: A New History of the Renaissance

by Jardine, Lisa

New York: Doubleday, 1996. Hardcover. Very Good/Very good. Octavo, 470 pages, original cloth with dustjacket. Illustrated throughout in black and white and color. ¶ The flowering of civilization, the rebirth of classical scholarship, and the emergence of some of the greatest artists and thinkers the world has known: this is the traditional view of the Renaissance. In this lively, provocative, and wholly absorbing new book, Lisa Jardine offers a radical new interpretation, arguing that the creation of culture... Read More

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[PRESENTATION COPY]. My Winter in Cuba

by Jay, W.M.L. (pseud. of Julia Louisa Matilda Woodruff)

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1871. First Edition. Very good. 8vo. 296 pp. + 4 pp. ads at end ("New Books to be Published in the Fall of 1871" which also includes the present title). Original publisher's green cloth, blocked and gilt, abrasions on front fore-corner and upper joint, affecting cloth, other binding extremities worn, spine slightly leaning. Internally very good. PRESENTATION COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION, inscribed in the year of publication: "To Mrs. Ruggles, with regards of... Read More

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