(Jellicoe, Charles; Brown, Samuel; Hodge, William Barwick; Younger, Samuel; Sprague, T.B.; et al)

The Assurance Magazine and Journal of the Institute of Actuaries. Vol. VII. Part I. April, 1857 - Vol. VII. Part 4. January, 1858 and Vol. VII. Part 6. July, 1858. (Nos. XXVII-XXX and No. XXXII) (5 Issues)

London: Charles and Edwin Layton, 1857-1858. 1857-1858. London: Charles and Edwin Layton, 1857-1858. 1857-1858. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed tan wraps. The wraps are lightly soiled & foxed with the issue numbers handwritten in the top left corners of the front wraps. The spines are darkened & chipped with small pieces out. The Part 6 spine is torn & the lower third of each wrap is detached. Title, [1] leaf & pages [1]-60 plus index & ads; title, [1] leaf & pages [61]-120 plus ads; title, [ii] & pages [121]-180 plus ads; title, [ii] & pages [181]-240 plus ads; and title, [ii] & pages [301]-360 plus ads. Partially unopened. Illustrated with tables & with a folding diagram in Part I. There is some light foxing & the page edges are slightly darkened. Good.

The Institute of Actuaries was founded in 1848 and contributed to the study of the theory of life contingencies, enabling an exchange of ideas between its members and bringing about a greater consistency in their methods. Its aims were advanced by the publication of its Journal, originally called The Assurance Magazine, which first appeared in September 1850. The magazine was founded by two well-known actuaries, Charles Jellicoe and Samuel Brown, and was adopted as the organ of the Institute of Actuaries in 1852. Jellicoe continued as its editor until 1867 when he was succeeded by T. B. Sprague. Good .

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Book number: 13208

Catalogue: Economics

Keywords: ECONOMICS; INSURANCE; PERIODICAL; THE ASSURANCE MAGAZINE; JOURNAL OF THE INSTITUTE OF ACTUARIES; CHARLES JELLICOE; SAMUEL BROWN; T. B. SPRAGUE; SAMUEL YOUNGER; WILLIAM BARWICK HODGE; THEORY OF LIFE CONTINGENCIES; TABLES; ACTUARIAL TABLES; NINETEENTH CENTU

(Brawer, A. J.; Speiser, E. A.; Wilson, J. A.; et al)

At the Dawn of Civilization. E.A. Speiser, Editor. Volume I of the World History of the Jewish People. First Series: Ancient Times

(New Brunswick, NJ) : Rutgers University Press, (1970). (1970). (New Brunswick, NJ) : Rutgers University Press, (1970). (1970). Fine. - Large octavo, blue cloth titled in gilt on the spine, in a price-clipped dust wrapper. The dust jacket is rubbed. xv & 388 pages. Color endpaper maps & black-and-white illustrations. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper.

Third printing.

"The World History of the Jewish People" was conceived as an ambitious and comprehensive 21-volume project, embracing the history of the Jewish people from prehistoric times to the present. It was compiled in Israel by Jewish History Publications (Israel - 1961) Ltd. and each volume was published by Rutgers as it was completed.

This volume describes the ancient Near East as a background for Biblical history. Fine .

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Book number: 5100

Catalogue: Judaica & Hebraica

Keywords: HISTORY; JUDAICA; JEWISH HISTORY; JEWS; WORLD HISTORY OF THE JEWS; NEAR EAST; ANCIENT NEAR EAST; A. J. BRAWER; E. A. SPEISER; J. A. WILSON; ILLUSTRATIONS.

(Neuer, Roni; and Libertson, Herbert)

Autumn of Ukiyo-E: Masters of the Early 20th Century

New York: Ronin Gallery, circa [1983]. [1983]. New York: Ronin Gallery, circa [1983]. [1983]. Fine. - Quarto [approximately 11 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide], softcover bound in black-and-white pictorial wrappers. The wraps are very lightly bumped & the rear wrap is slightly darkened around the edges. 40 pages. 4 pages of color illustrations & profuse illustrations in black & white. Near fine. Fine .

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Book number: 22628

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; JAPANESE ART; AUTUMN OF UKIYO-E: MASTERS OF THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY; CATALOG; EXHIBITION; RONIN GALLERY, NEW YORK; RONI NEUER; HERBERT LIBERTSON.

(Homs, Roman Pinya; Moll, Aina; Alenyar, Miguel; et al)

Balearic Byways: Cultural Confluences in the Mediterranean. Embassy of Spain / Conselleria de Cultura, Educacio I Esports, Govern Balear. International Monetary Fund Visitors' Center, Washington D.C. , May 6th - June 26th 1992

(Inca, Mallorca: Ingrama (Graficas Garcia), 1992). 1992). (Inca, Mallorca: Ingrama (Graficas Garcia), 1992). 1992). Very good. - Quarto, soft cover bound in printed black wraps with color images of the islands on the front wrap. The wraps are rubbed with the bottom corners lightly creased. 287 pages. Profusely illustrated in color. Very good.

Published in conjunction with an exhibition of contemporary paintings from the Balearic Islands. The text includes essays on history, language and culture of the islands. Very good .

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Book number: 5191

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; CULTURE; HISTORY; LANGUAGE; ART GALLERIES; ART MARKET; PAINTING; SPAIN; BALEARIC ISLANDS; EXHIBITION; CATALOG; ROMAN PINYA HOMS; AINA MOLL; MIGUEL ALENYAR.

(Biasi, Guiseppe; 1885-1945). (Frongia, Maria Luisa; et al)

Biasi Nella Collezione Regionale

(Nuoro, Italy): Istituto Superiore Regionale Etnografico, (1984). (1984). (Nuoro, Italy): Istituto Superiore Regionale Etnografico, (1984). (1984). Fine. - Small quarto [8-5/8 inches square], cream cloth, in a dust wrapper. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed & soiled with the top edge lightly creased. 173 & [1] pages plus colophon. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper.

The book was published to accompany an exhibition and includes a catalog listing and reproduction of each of the items. The text is in Italian. Fine .

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Book number: 10007

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; ITALIAN; PAINTER; GUISEPPE BIASI; EXHIBITION; CATALOG; BIASI NELLA COLLEZIONE REGIONALE; ILLUSTRATIONS.

(Feiffer, Jules; Fischetti, John; Levine, David; et al). (Coffey, Marilyn).

Black Salt: April 14-May 5, 1978, Pratt Institute Gallery, Brooklyn, N.Y. May 25-June 14, 1978, Pratt Manhattan Center Gallery, New York, N.Y. (Exhibition).

New York: Pratt Institute Gallery/Pratt Manhattan Center Gallery, 1978. 1978. INCLUDES AN ASTONISHINGLY RELEVANT CARTOON BY JULES FEIFFER ABOUT THE POLITICS OF ABORTION & POOR WOMEN - Oblong quarto [14 inches high by 14-1/4 inches wide]. Softcovers, the contents are laid into a black stiff paper folding chemise with a typed label on the front panel. The chemise is chipped & partially faded with a short tear. 4 pages of preliminaries plus 9 plates, each with an attached descriptive leaf. There is some minor creasing to the corners & edges of some pages. Very good. RARE. With an astonishing cartoon by Jules Feiffer concerning poor women and abortion. The portfolio consists of cartoons as well as an individual statement about their work by each of the nine artists: Lee Lorenz, J. C. Suares, Gene Basset, Thomas Flannery, Jules Feiffer, Edward Koren, John Fischetti, David Levine and Robert Weber. In her introduction, Marilyn Coffey explains that the Roman satirist Horace used the term "black salt" to characterize the kind of pungent satirical humor shown in these cartoons. Good .

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Book number: 26733

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; CARTOONS; CARTOONISTS; ABORTION; BLACK SALT; EXHIBITION; PORTFOLIO. PRATT INSTITUTE GALLERY; PRATT MANHATTAN CENTER; LEE LORENZ; J. C. SUARES; GENE BASSET; THOMAS FLANNERY; JULES FEIFFER; EDWARD KOREN; JOHN FISCHETTI; DAVID LEVINE; ROBERT WEBER.

(Chwast, Seymour; McMullan, Jim; Holland, Brad; Booth, George; et al)

The Business of Humor. Dimensions '86

(San Francisco, CA: Simpson Paper Company), (1986). (1986). (San Francisco, CA: Simpson Paper Company), (1986). (1986). Very good. - Quarto [11 inches high by 9 inches wide], softcover bound in black wrappers with a pictorial label on the front cover and a pictorial label & a printed label on the rear cover. [52] pages. Full-page & textual illustrations in color. Near fine.

A publication put out by Simpson Paper Company to demonstrate the qualities of their papers. A list of the papers used is in the rear. The theme of the book is humor as a means of communication, specifically in the world of business. The text includes an unattributed introduction and a brief statement by each artist. Very good .

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Book number: 31642

Catalogue: Illustrated

Keywords: ILLUSTRATED; HUMOR; SIMPSON PAPER COMPANY; PROMOTIONAL PUBLICATION; THE BUSINESS OF HUMOR; COMMUNICATION; ILLUSTRATORS; GEORGE BOOTH; JIM MCMULLEN; SEYMOUR CHWAST; BRAD HOLLAND.

(Grundberg, Andy; et al)

Camera Obscura School of Art. (Prospectus)

Tel-Aviv/Haifa: Camera Obscura School of Art, [circa 1988]. [circa 1988]. Tel-Aviv/Haifa: Camera Obscura School of Art, [circa 1988]. [circa 1988]. Fine. - Small quarto [approximately 11-1/2 inches high by 8-3/4 inches wide] softcover bound in pictorial red wraps. The wraps are very lightly rubbed & bumped. 48 pages plus ads. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white. Near fine.

Camera Obscura School of Art, established in 1978, and at the time of this publication, on its tenth anniversary, was the largest educational institution in Israel for the study of photography, video and cinema. The text is printed in Hebrew and English. Fine .

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Book number: 12379

Catalogue: Photography

Keywords: PHOTOGRAPHY; VIDEO; FILM; SCHOOL; CAMERA OBSCURA SCHOOL OF ART; PROSPECTUS; TENTH ANNIVERSARY; ISRAELI; ILLUSTRATIONS; ANDY GRUNDBERG.

(McNamee, John; Taylor, Peter G.; et al; Special Committee of Arrangements)

Celebration of the Introduction of the Nassau Water, City of Brooklyn, April 27, 1859. (Program)

[Brooklyn, NY: 1859]. 1859]. [Brooklyn, NY: 1859]. 1859]. Fair. - sc Small quarto [approximately 11-3/4 inches high by 9-1/4 inches wide]. A sheet of cream stock, 11-3/4 inches high by 18-1/2 inches wide, has been folded to form 4 sides, the 4th side being blank. The pages are somewhat darkened & lightly soiled with some staining & light foxing & the 2 leaves are detached. The program has been folded horizontally 3 times & is extremely fragile with tears to the margins at the folds. Fair.

Most of the program is devoted to listing the various city, village and county officers, police, fire companies and military personnel who are to take part in a procession led by the Grand Marshal H. B. Duryea. This is to be followed in the evening by a fireworks display and the illumination of city buildings with various delegations reporting to City Hall and the County Court Rooms.

Rare. Fair .

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Book number: 27734

Catalogue: New York State

Keywords: NEW YORK STATE; NEW YORK CITY; CITY OF BROOKLYN, NY; CELEBRATION OF THE INTRODUCTION OF THE NASSAU WATER; KINGS COUNTY; WATERWORKS; FIRE DEPARTMENT; PROGRAM; ORDER OF ARRANGEMENTS; PROCESSION; GRAND MARSHAL; H. B. DURYEA; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY.

(Iiams, Thomas M; University Librarian; et al)

Ceremonies in Connection with the Dedication of the Colgate University Library. Monday, April Thirteenth, MCMLIX

(Colgate University, 1959). 1959). (Colgate University, 1959). 1959). Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in maroon wraps printed in gilt with a gilt tasseled cord. The wraps are lightly rubbed & bumped & slightly faded along the spine The top edge of the rear wrap is lightly chipped. [20] pages. 1 full-page & 2 textual illustrations in black & white. There are a few pencil markings & notations in the catalog section of the text. Very good.

Included is a catalog of 30 items from the university's collection of rare books, manuscripts and fine bindings, which were on display. Very good .

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Book number: 16822

Catalogue: Books-on-Books

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; LIBRARIES; COLGATE UNIVERSITY; CEREMONIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEDICATION OF THE COLGATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY; THOMAS M. IIAMS; CATALOG; EXHIBITION.

(Close, Chuck). (Poetter, Jochen; and Friedel, Helmut)

Chuck Close

Ostifildern, Germany: Cantz / New York: D.A.P. (1994). (1994). Ostifildern, Germany: Cantz / New York: D.A.P. (1994). (1994). Very good. - Quarto, 12-3/4 inches high by 10-1/8 inches wide. White boards titled in blue on the front cover and the spine, in a decorative pictorial dust wrapper. The top corners of the covers are lightly bumped. 200 pages, with text in English and German, profusely illustrated throughout in color and black & white. Near fine.

"Herausgegeben von / Edited by: Jochen Poetter [and] Helmut Friedel."

Published on the occasion of the "Chuck Close Retrospective" exhibition at the Kunsthalle Baden-Baden from April 4 to June 6, 1994, and Munich's Kunstbau Lenbachhaus from July 7 through September 11, 1994. Very good .

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Book number: 22520

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: PHOTOGRAPHY; EXHIBITION; CHUCK CLOSE; ART; PHOTOGRAPHER; ARTIST; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; CHUCK CLOSE RETROSPECTIVE; JOCHEN POETTER; HELMUT FRIEDEL; KUNSTHALLE BADEN-BADEN; MUNICH; KUNSTBAU LENBACHHAUS MUNCHEN; GERMAN; ENGLISH.

(Moody, Rick; Winterson, Jeanette; Bender, Aimee; Howard, Richard; Gaiman, Neil; et al)

Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art. (Issue 31. Winter 1999)

(New York: Columbia University School of the Arts, 1999). 1999). (New York: Columbia University School of the Arts, 1999). 1999). Fine. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. The rear wrap is lightly rubbed. 187 & [1] pages. Black-and-white illustrations. Near fine.

This issue contains a special section "Reinventions: A New Look at Fairy Tales, Legends, Parables & Fables", Among the contributions to this section are an interview with Rick Moody on "Hawthorne and the Black Veil', essays by Neil Gaiman and Richard Howard, fiction by Jeanette Winterson and artwork by Colin Hunt and Lisa Yuskavage. Fine .

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Book number: 20119

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; PERIODICAL; COLUMBIA: A JOURNAL OF LITERATURE AND THE ARTS; REINVENTIONS: A NEW LOOK AT FAIRY TALES, LEGENDS, PARABLES & FABLES; ESSAYS; RICHARD HOWARD; NEIL GAIMAN; ART; COLIN HUNT; LISA YUSKAVAGE; INTERVIEW; RICK MOODY; NATHANIEL HAWTHOR

(Duncan, Robert; Hawkes, John; Caponegro, Mary; Abish, Walter; Corman, Cid; White, Edmund; Tarn, Nathaniel; et al)

Conjunctions: 7. Bi-Annual Volumes of New Writing

(New York): David R. Godine, 1985). 1985). (New York): David R. Godine, 1985). 1985). Very good. - Octavo, cloth in a dust wrapper. The binding is very lightly bumped & the rear panel of the dust wrapper is slightly soiled. There is a short tear to the front flap of the dust jacket. 275 & [1] pages plus ads. Black- and-white illustrations. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper.

Edited by Bradford Morrow. Contributing Editors: Edouard Roditi (Paris); Walter Abish, Guy Davenport, Kenneth Irby, Ann Lauterbach, Nathaniel Tarn (USA).

Among the contents are conversations between Robert Duncan and Michael McClure and between Edmund White and Edouard Roditi, fiction by John Hawkes and Mary Caponegro, essays by Walter Abish and Cid Corman and poetry by Douglas Messerli, Nathaniel Tarn and others. Very good .

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Book number: 24008

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; PERIODICAL; BIANNUAL; CONJUNCTIONS; BRADFORD MORROW; EDOUARD RODITI; EDMUND WHITE; ROBERT DUNCAN; MICHAEL MCCLURE; JOHN HAWKES, MARY CAPONEGRO; WALTER ABISH; CID CORMAN; DOUGLAS MESSERLI; NATHANIEL TARN.

(Tarn, Nathaniel; Milosz, Czeslaw; Rexroth, Kenneth; Creeley, Robert; Abish, Walter; McClure, Michael; et al)

Conjunctions: Bi-Annual Volumes of New Writing. (No. 2 Spring Summer 82)

New York: Conjunctions, (1982). (1982). New York: Conjunctions, (1982). (1982). Fine. - Octavo, cloth, in a dust wrapper. 228 & [1] pages plus ads. 8 pages of black-and-white illustrations. Near fine.

Edited by Bradford Morrow. Co- founding Editor: Kenneth Rexroth. Contributing Editors: Edouard Roditi (Paris); Walter Abish, James Purdy, Guy Davenport, Claude Fredericks, Donald Hall, Nathaniel Tarn (USA). Fine .

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Book number: 24024

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; PERIODICAL; BIANNUAL; CONJUNCTIONS; BRADFORD MORROW; KENNETH REXROTH; EDOUARD RODITI; JAMES PURDY; NATHANIEL TARN; CZESLAW MILOSZ; ROBERT CREELEY; MICHAEL MCCLURE; WALTER ABISH.