Day, Angelique and Patrick McWilliams

Ordnance Survey Memoirs of Ireland. Volume Seventeen, Parishes of County Down IV 1833-7, East Down and Lecale

Belfast, Ireland / Dublin, Ireland, The Institute of Irish Studies, in association with the Royal Irish Academy, 1992. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. An indispensable aid for students and historians of Irish history and culture, demography, funerary practices, genealogy, morbidity and mortality, graveyards, churches, parishes, county histories and the Catholic Church. The series provides, as the publisher puts it, "a uniquely detailed source for the history of the northern half of Ireland immediately before the Great Famine." Perfect-bound in high-gloss paper, clean and replete with black-and-white photographs, mild wear to wraps. Illustrations and maps. Glossy pictorial wraps in black-and-white. Beginning Introduction to the Irish Ordnance Survey and Memoirs, with glossary and definitions. Special focus on a Memoir of County Down, and on parishes including Ardglass, Ballee, Ballyculter, Ballykinler, Bright, Down, Dunsfort, Inch, Kilchlief, Killyleagh, Kilmore, Loughinisland, Magheradrool, Rathmullan, Saul, and with a list of maps and drawings regarding County Down, and of maps of Ardglass, Ballynahinch, Crossgar, Downpatrick, Killough, Killyleagh and Strangford. xi + 134 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine

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Book number: 350243

Catalogue: Ireland

Keywords: Ireland|Irish history|George Rutherford|Irish culture|gravestones|death records|gravestone inscription|Ballymartin|Ballyrobert|Ballywalter|Carnmoney|Mallusk

Ozanne, Marie-Angelique and Frederique De Jode

Theo: The Other Van Gogh

New York, Magowan / Vendome Press, 2004. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Stated First U.S. Edition, with English translation copyright from the true First Edition, published in 1999, and augmented with new material from the Van Gogh Museum. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bound in bright red cloth, with gilt-stamped title to cover and spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. [6], 7-240 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New/Fine,

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Book number: 347849

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Vincent Van Gogh|Theo Van Gogh|Marie-Angelique Ozanne|Frederique de Jode|art history

Tartuferi, Angelo and Mario Scalini

L'Arte a Firenze Nell'Eta Di Dante (1250-1300)

Firenze, Giunti , . . Softcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the glossy pictorial wraps, in gate-fold. Italian language throughout. A fine exhibition catalogue devoted to the life and works of the 13th century artist and writer, and with contributions by the editors, Angelo Tartuferi and Mario Scalini, and by Antonio Paolucci, Ente Cassa di Risparmio, Franca Falletti, Franco Cardini, Riccardo Francovich and Emiliano Scampoli and many others. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. 216 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine

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Book number: 357593

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Italian art history Italian artists Angelo Tartuferi Mario Scalini Dante Alleghieri

Durrell, Ann and Marilyn Sachs, eds.

Big Book for Peace

New York, Dutton Children's Books, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Stated First Edition, with "1" in number line present. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Contributions in the form of short stories and poems, with Jean Fritz, Milton Meltzer, Nancy Willard, Natalie Babbitt, John Bierhorst, Jean Fritz, Jean Craighead George, Thacher Hurd, Steven Kellogg, Myra Cohn Livingston, Lois Lowry, Milton Meltzer, Katherine Paterson, Marilyn Sachs, Yoshiko Uchida, Mildred Pitts Walter and Charlotte Zolotow. Previous owner's Sharpied name inscription crossed out.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine

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Book number: 351133

Catalogue: Children

Keywords: Lloyd

McAdams, Dona Ann and C. Carr

Caught in the Act: A Look at Contemporary Multimedia Performance

New York, Aperture Foundation, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. An exhilarating look at performance art of the 1990s up-close-and-personal, from a front-row photographer and the art critic for the Village Voice since 1984, C. Carr. Bound in bright-red cloth, blind-stamped title to cover and to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, not price-clipped. Unpaginated, but roughly 80 pp. of high-gloss photography, paying due homage to the performance art of Ron Brown, Francis Becker, Meredith Monk, Mimi Goese and many others. From the publisher's blurb, "An exhilarating look at multimedia performance with front-row-center photographs . . . Covering performance art since its nascence at the East Village's Pyramid Club, the WOW Cafe, 8BC, and other clubs in the early eighties McAdams became the in-house photo archivist at the infamous performance space, P.S. 122. . . . [This book] celebrates the spirit that links all these artists across their different disciplines and aesthetics.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New/Fine,

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Book number: 345843

Catalogue: Photography and Photographers

Keywords: Performance art|performance artists|C. Carr |photography|Dona Ann McAdams

Stratemeyer, Edward; James D. Keeline, annotated and introduced

Holiday Story for Boys

Los Angeles, California, 24 Palmer Street Press, 2012. Special Limited Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Exceedingly scarce in the trade. This LETTERED Limited Edition exemplar (O of 15 copies thus) was produced in honor of the joint meeting of the Zamorano Club of Los Angeles and the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco, 2012. James A. Keeline provides an Introduction and annotations galore, and he SIGNS this copy at title page. Another fine contribution to the Story Serial Series. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket, protected. Laid in also is a nice note written by Keeline to the previous owner, Robert A. Allen, thanking him for his participation in the endeavour. 263 pp. and then follows more than two dozen pages of publisher and book club ads.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . Signed by Author. . As New/As New,

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Book number: 355882

Catalogue: Children

Keywords: James D. Keeline signed Edward Stratemeyer children's books

Stratemeyer, Edward; James D. Keeline, annotated and introduced

Victor Horton's Idea

San Diego, California, 24 Palmer Street Press, 2012. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. This SIGNED and LETTERED Limited Edition exemplar was produced in honor of the joint meeting of the Zamorano Club of Los Angeles and the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco, 2012, SIGNED by James A. Keeline, who provides an Introduction and annotations galore, and who LETTERED (T) this one of 28 copies. Another fine contribution to the Story Serial Series. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket, protected. 119 pp. and then follows more than two dozen pages of publisher and book club ads.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . Signed by Author. . As New/Fine,

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Book number: 355880

Catalogue: Children's

Keywords: signed James D. Keeline Edward Stratemeyer children's books

Stratemeyer, Edward; James D. Keeline, annotated and introduced

Victor Horton's Idea

Los Angeles, California, 24 Palmer Street Press, 2012. . . Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. This LETTERED Limited Edition exemplar was produced in honor of the joint meeting of the Zamorano Club of Los Angeles and the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco, 2012. James A. Keeline provides an Introduction and annotations galore, and he NUMBERED (83 of 150 copies thus) at title page. Another fine contribution to the Story Serial Series. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket, protected. 119 pp. and then follows more than two dozen pages of publisher and book club ads.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

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Book number: 355881

Catalogue: Children

Keywords: James D. Keeline Edward Stratemeyer children's books

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L'Imitation de Notre-Seigneur Jesus-Christ, Traduction de Lamennais Ornee de Quarante-Quatre Gouaches de Jean Hugo

Paris, Aux Editions Arts et Metiers Graphiques, 1955. . Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, minor wear of covers, less to text-block, and with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. Brodart sleeve over the printed tan wraps, slight sunning thereto, and a blind-stamped illustration to front cover of most of a Christian cross, quite nice. Illustrated with 44 lovely full-color illustrations in gouache. Many unopened top edges. [5], 6-233 [1] pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 346958

Catalogue: Religion::General Christian

Keywords: Jean Hugo|Jesus Christ|French language|Jesus-Christ

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Journal Des Jeunes Personnes Tome VIII, 1840

Paris, France, Au Bureau de Journal rue Cassette, 1840. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Uber-scarce in the trade, there being currently only one additional copy available on-line. Volume VIII / Tome VIII of the Journal Des Jeunes Personnes, which ran in France from 1832-1868. Octavo in format in original wraps, now protected by Mylar coat, some foxing to and soiling to text-block, but not much, and with hand-tinted illustrations. Hand-tinted frontis, dated Janvier, 1840, showing two women in Robe de Mousseline Laine Garnie d'un Volant Festonne - Mantille et gants de fillet - Robe de tulle avec applications de velour garni de biasis - coiffure en fleurs de velours. Another hand colored plate dated Mai 1840 showing two young women in Robe en taffetas. Tablier de taffetas ecossais borde de velours - Robe de popeloner de cachemire, Capotte en peu de soie. Music notation. Eight folding plates on yellow paper showing embroidery patterns in black-and-white. Four black-and-white plates. As of this writing, only a handful of libraries worldwide have this title, and none have this Tome VIII, 1840. Black label to spine, with still sharp and distinct gilt lettering. 384 pp., with a full Table des Matiers.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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Book number: 345240

Catalogue: Foreign Languages::French

Keywords: French language |Journal Des Jeunes Personnes|youth

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Salles de Garde: Chants Traditionnels Du Quartier Latin Et de L'Internat.

Paris, Aux Trois Ecus, 1946. First Edition. Softcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. One of a Limited Edition of 867 copies, this being numbered 381, one of 251-875 examples done that feature heliogravures. Soft cover, being stiff wraps in gate-fold, being very lightly soiled, but protected in publisher's original glassine wraps. Unpaginated, but in sheets, moderate wear of and light soiling to illustrated, folded covers. Comprised of 20 songs with free illustration in color, in animation, many being bawdy of nature, and each named, e.g., Les Trois Orfevres, De Profundis Morpionibus, La Digue du Cul, Les Filles de Camaret, and so on. Quite scarce in the trade, and complete with music, amorous nuns, policemen et le mousquetaire.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 347061

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Latin Quarter|songs|chants|erotic music|erotica|Salles de Garde

Anonymous

The Boy of Spirit: A Story for the Young

Boston, Wm. Crosby and H.P. Nichols, 1849. Seventh Edition. Hardcover. Size: 24mo 5" - 6" tall. A cute little tome for the young'uns, a stated Seventh Edition, home-spun wisdom and gentle messages. Blind-stamped light blue cloth covers, scuffed and worn on the spine, scuffed at spine head and foot, sunned to brown spine, else still tightly bound, clean and unmarked but for fetching gift inscription at first free endpaper. Lightly foxed and toned interior, fine black-and-white engraving at frontis. 117 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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Book number: 356688

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Keywords: The Boy of Spirit

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Don't Touch It

New York, William Wood, . . Hardcover. Size: 64mo 3" - 4. A sweet little miniature book for children, emphasis on the miniature. 64 pp. including black-and-white engraved frontis. Uncommon in the trade, not found in Children's Books, Rare Book Division, Library of Congress. Bound in faded, a bit splotchy, stamped purple cloth, sunned at spine to brown. Front inner hinge stretched after frontispiece. Toned endpapers, split rear endpaper. Previous owner's typed and ink-stamped inscription plus 19th century book-ticket. No date of publication, but perhaps prior to 1885. "When Kate changed the water for her bird, she was careful to place a piece of wood before he hold till she had put back the bottle; but George was too young to think of such a precaution." When he touched the cage to change the bird's water . . . but . . . after other false starts . . . George later earned sufficient trust to care for a squirrel of his own.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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Book number: 356685

Catalogue: Children's

Keywords: Don't Touch It

Anonymous

Ecce Homo

Boston, Roberts Brothers, 1867. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Bound in a burgundy-colored cloth, blind-stamped publisher's logo to front cover, blind-stamped ruling both front and rear. Still distinct gilt lettering to spine. Light fraying to spine ends, moderate soiling and edgewear, slight forward cock to spine. Published by the Roberts Brothers as part of their "No Name," Anonymous authors series. Former store sticker on front endpaper. Rear endpaper has small crease and normal toning to pages and page ends. Light cracking to paste-down. 355 + xlv pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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Book number: 349745

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Roberts Brothers|Jesus Christ

Anonymous

Ecce Orienti or Rites and Ceremonies of the Essenes National Series

New York, Redding & Co., 1872. Eighth Edition. Softcover. Size: 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Stated Eighth Edition but published in the same original year of publication (1872). The (anonymous) author says in the Preface that "the ritual adopted by the Modern Order of Essenes is so long that it can only be learned and retained by constant attendance at the meetings, and as many are so situated that they cannot attend regularly, they soon forget much that they have learned . . . " Bound in limp leather with a folding clasp, heavily rubbed, but structurally sound, all edges gilt. Cracking to front paste-down else clean and unmarked of interior. Preface by the author then an introduction to both ancient Essenes (a branch of Judaism) and to modern-day Essenes, an exceedingly devout, fundamentalist cult. The remainder is a lengthy series of rituals, prescriptions and proscriptions. iv [5], 6-203 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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Book number: 356690

Catalogue: Religion::Judaism

Keywords: Ecce Orienti The Essenes rituals Christianity