Armstrong, Margaret

FANNY KEMBLE. A Passionate Victorian

New York: MacMillan, 1938. BCE, with promo slip laid-in. Hardback. Dust jacket. 387 pp (including Index). Frontis. 8vo. VG/Abt VG (edgewear & chipping).

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Armstrong, Margaret

TRELAWNY

New York: MacMillan, 1940. Ltr prtg. 379 pp (including index). Frontis. 8vo. VG+/VG (sp sunned/some edgewear).

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Book number: 9173

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[Arnall, William. 1699 or 1700 - 1736] - Attributed to.  Budgell, Eustace [1686 - 1737].  Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford [1676 - 1745]. 

A LETTER To EUSTACE BUDGELL Esq; Occasioned by his late Complaint to the King Against the Right Honourable Sir Robert Walpole.; With Proper Remarks on his Speech at Court, his Letter to the Craftsman, his Poem to the King, and other extraordinary Proceedings

London: Printed for J. Peele, at Locke's Head in Pater-Noster-Row, 1730. 1st printing. Disbound, with binding remnants along spine. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. 35, [1 (blank)] pp. Signed at end: "R. M." Headpiece & decorative initial capital letter, p. 3. Headpiece, p. 34. 8vo, signed in 4s. 7-1/2" x 4-3/4". Age-toning, a VG+ copy.

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Arnold, John P. & H. C. H. Kernkamp

ONE HUNDRED YEARS Of PROGRESS. The History of Veterinary Medicine in Minnesota. Edited by Thomas H. Boyd

St. Paul: WP Graphics, 1994. 1st edition (presumed). Brown simulated leather binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine and cover. 260, [6 (blank)] pp. Many intratextual illustrations. 11-1/4" x 8-3/4". Extremely light wear. Bright gilt. A clean & tight Near Fine copy.

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Arnothy, Christine

I AM FIFTEEN & I DO NOT WANT To DIE

London: St. Jame's Place, 1956. Blue cloth binding in dust jacket. 128 pp. 8vo. VG (edges rubbed)/Gd + (small tears on front panel/soiled & faded).

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Book number: 18455

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Aronson, Arnold. Ostergard, Derek E. Smith, Matthew Wilson - Contributors

ARCHITECT OF DREAMS. The Theatrical Vision of Joseph Urban.; With Essays by Derek E. Ostergard and Matthew Wilson Smith

New York: Columbia University, 2000. 1st Edition. Dark blue paper wrapper with silver title stamped to front wrapper and spine. x, 78, [4] pp. Profusely illustrated with b/w and color photographic images. Oblong format: 8" x 10-3/4". A Fine Copy.

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Book number: 33835

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Arrian [also Arrianus, Lucius Flavius. ca 86 - 160]. Perrot d'Ablancourt, Nicolas [1606 - 1664] - Translator. [Alexander III of Macedon. 356 - 323 BC]

Des GUERRES D'ALEXANDRE

Paris: Chez Lovis De Villac, 1652. 2nd edition thus. Period full vellum binding with title hand-inked to spine crown. [32], 1 - 128, 131 - 162, 161 - 496, 495 - 500, [22] [= 556] pp. P. 125 misnumbered 127, 443 as 143. Engraved title leaf [dated 1651], by M Lasne. T.p. printer's device. Head- tailpieces. Decorative initial capital letters. 8vo: a^8 e^8 A - 2I^8 2K^6. 7-1/4" x 4-1/2". Vellum soiled, with a smudge partially obscuring title lettering on spine. Very minor worming to prelims, not affecting text. A VG copy. "Arrian a historian, public servant, military commander and philosopher from the 2nd-Century Roman period.. His most important work is Anabasis of Alexander, generally .. regarded as the widest read, and arguably the most complete, account of the Macedonian conqueror, for Arrian was able to use sources which are now mostly lost, such as the contemporary works by Callisthenes (the nephew of Alexander's tutor Aristotle), Onesicritus, Nearchus and Aristobulus." [Wiki]. This mid-17th C. French edition of Arrian appears to be quite uncommon, with OCLC recording one copy in Germany, and KVK finding one copy in the Bibliothèque Nationale.

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Book number: 34562

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[California / Art]

EXHIBITION Of PAINTING And SCULPTURE By The SAN FRANCISCO CHAPTER Of The SOCIETY For SANITY In ART, INC. California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, November 1st to December 31st 1943

[San Francisco]: [San Francisco Branch Society for Sanity in Art, Inc.], 1943. Stapled cream self-wrappers printed in dark brown. In original postmarked envelope. 12 unnumbered pages. No illustrations, text only. 9-1/2" x 6". Small stain to front wrapper from slightly oxidized envelope clasp; staples of binding rusted, not affecting pages. Internally clean and crisp. Light general wear to envelope. VG+. Catalogue from an exhibition by the Society for Sanity in Art, an organization dedicated to the rejection of modernism in art, in the original postmarked envelope addressed to one of the exhibiting artists, Alexander N. Balakhnin. The Society was founded in Chicago in 1936 by Josephine Hancock Logan, and soon spread nationwide; San Francisco became one of its major branches. The exhibition featured oil paintings, water colors, pastels, miniatures, sculpture, jewelry, and etchings, prints and drawings. Artists include Alexander N. Balakhnin, John A. Cusanovich, William F. Dabelstein, Louis Heinzman, Babette Fickert, George Dement Otis, Charles F. Holden, Percy Gray, Adele stover, Alice Grand-Gostony, and more. Scarce. We find no copies of this year's exhibition on OCLC or in the trade.

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Book number: 43326

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Griswold, H. Jack; Misenheimer, Mike; Powers, Art and Tromanhauser, Ed

An EYE For An EYE: Four Inmates on the Crime of American Prisons Today

NY: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1970. 1st edition. Gray cloth binding. Gray printed dust jacket. xii, 288 pp. 8vo. 21.5cm x 14.5cm. VG+ (sunning to top & bottom edge)/VG+.

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Book number: 21114

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[19th C. Californiana / Los Angeles Artifact]

LOS ANGELES CAL. Nov. 21, 1899. [Souvenir Cameo Shell]

[Los Angeles]: , 1899. ~ 1-1/2" x 3" x 1-1/4". Tiny nick to one edge; label bearing date worn down to the residue, though text is legible overall (the "N" of "Nov" lacking but easily inferred). Near Fine. A turn-of-the-century polished souvenir shell cut in the shape of a napkin holder, with an ornately-lettered "Los Angeles Cal" carved in relief to top and a small dated label to interior. We speculate that the shell was purchased from one of the city's curio dealers, such as the popular Winkler's Curios, a seemingly short-lived shop located at 346 S. Broadway. We find a November 26, 1899 advertisement in The Los Angeles Times for Winkler's "Holiday Goods | In California woods and shell novelties . Abalone shell jewelry, spoons, card receivers, shells and curios of all kinds." Several similar ads for "California Souvenirs in Shells, Shell and Wood Novelties" offered by Winkler's appear in the paper between 1899 - 1900.

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Book number: 44078

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"Kort" - Artist

ARCHIVE Of 30 RISQUE LITHOGRAPHED SKETCHES Of "DITZY D'ELITE, STARLET"

(n. p.): , 1990. SIGNED, in the plate, by the artist. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. 30 sheets of white paper, images to recto only. 9-1/8" x 6". A hint of age-toning to extremities, otherwise all in Very Good Plus - Nr Fine condition. A collection of 30 color lithographed sketches of "Ditzy D'Elite", a "Marilyn Monroe" type woman, all in Vargas-like pin-up poses, each captioned with a pithy saying, such as "I think the first guy that said he felt 'in the pink' must've been at the beach." or "But Debbie, Honey, "I would have told you the 'Men's Warehouse' wasn't one of those escort places.".

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[WWII Poster]. Mendoza - Artist

'WARE HITLER'S GREATEST ALLY. Herr Septicaemia (Alias Bloodpoisoning). Uses Blitz Methods ... Don't Help Hitler!; Issued by the Ministry of Labour and National Service and Produced by the Industrial Accident Prevention Department of the N.S.F.A., 52, Grosvenor Gardens, London, S.W.1

London: Printed by Loxley Bros. Ltd, (n. d.). Broadside, printed in red & black. Poster shows stylized vermin, with Nazi hat & swastika medallion holding a can of poison. 30" x 19-7/8". Age-toning. Faint vertical & horizontal fold-lines. VG+ Rare WWII poster. No copies on OCLC, and we find no prior market records, as recorded by Worthpoint.

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Book number: 43880

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[Domestic Arts]

HOME NEEDLEWORK MAGAZINE. July 1900. Vol. II. No. 3

Florence: The Florance Publishing Company, 1900. 1st printing. White paper wrappers with green title lettering and design printed to front wrapper. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. 171 - 260, [4] pp. Profusely illustrated in b/w and a few in color on inserted plates. 8" x 5-1/2'. Foxing and soiling to front wrapper, wear to extremities, 2" closed tear along spine, gutter spilting to front wrapper. Withal an About VG copy.

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Book number: 35494

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Ash, Timothy Garton

In EUROPE'S NAME. Germany and the Divided Continent

New York: Random House, 1993. 1st US. Black cloth spine with maroon boards. Dust jacket. 680 pp. (including index). 8vo. F/NF (small soil spot on front. creased along bottom edge).

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Book number: 16801

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Ashton, John

The DAWN Of The XIXth CENTURY In ENGLAND. A Social Sketch of the Times

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906. 5th edition. Red cloth binding stamped in black, with gilt spine lettering. xx, 476 pp [including Index]. 114 illustrations. 8vo. Overall VG (slt lean/spine cloth dull/front hinge starting).

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Book number: 27497

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