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AS WE all careen into June, a persistent question has been what it means to be alone and what it means to be together, as COVID19 has upended our living and work circumstances, and as protests against police brutality and systemic racism have either torn us apart or unified us (right now, it’s hard to say which). And it has made us here at Common Crow hyper-aware of binary themes of isolation and togetherness in the material we’ve been cataloging. Regardless of whether you’re isolated or with people, we wish you all the best in this time of upheaval. — Emily & the Crow Crew
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1. Bumgardner, Eugenia S. Undaunted Exiles
$175
Staunton, VA: The McClure Company, 1925. First
ediCon. Inscribed by Bumgardner! 8vo, gilt stamped
red cloth boards, octavo, 230pp., illustrated in b&w.
Book VG+ with mild shelfwear to spine ends and
corners, hint of rubbing, binding Cght, text clean and
unmarked with mild toning and foxing throughout.
The story of the Russian exiles, both peasants and
nobles, gathered in ConstanCnople in 1920-1921.
Item #B30908
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2. Guise, Henry II de Lorraine, Duc de. Les Memoires de Feu, Monsieur Le
Duc De Guise, Two Volumes In One $150
Cologne: Pierre de la Place, 1668. First ediCon. Two volumes bound as one.
1668. 12mo. in contemporary calf with recent morocco spine, gilt Ctle, and
marbled endpapers. 458, 253pp. Good plus. Heavy rubbing and some loss to
boards, bo[om right corner of rear board cracked. BlunCng to corners and
wear to spine ends. Save for light foxing to endpapers, contents are very
clean and unmarked. The personal recollecCons of Henry II Duke of Guise on
his relaCvely turbulent life. At a young age he deposed Cardinal Richelieu
and went into exile. When pardoned by the king he proceeded to join the
rebellion for the independence of Naples, to which his family had a royal
claim. A_er that fell through he served as grand chamberlain to Louis XIV
and maintained a debauched and exciCng lifestyle that put him deeply into
debt. He may or may not have had several wives. Item #z08528
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3. François Joseph Lagrange-Chancel; M. de la Grange (1677-1758);
Robert Hoe. Oeuvres Meslées de Mr. De La Grange $450
The Hague / A La Haye: Chez Chrles Le Vier, 1724. First prinCng. Hardcover.
First prinCng, 1724. 8vo, bound in full later 18th century maroon morocco
gilt, with leather bookplate of well known American book collector Robert
Hoe, whose collecCon was sold at aucCon in 1912, pp. (8) 157 (3), a number
of small vigne[e copperplates. Very good clean copy. Lagrange-Chancel was
heralded as a dramaCst who would be a worthy successor to Racinet, unCl
he published a series of odes called the Philippiques in 1720, accusing Philip
the Duke of Orleans of terrible crimes, including incest with his own
daughter. Consequently he was thrown into jail, and it was while he was
incarcerated that the current volume was wri[en and published. He
escaped, spending Cme in Spain, Sardinia and Italy, only returning to France
upon the death of the duke. His literary career never recovered. The
catalogue of Robert Hoe's library features a number of books by LaGrange-
Chancel but notably not this Ctle. Very Good. Item #C000030958
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4. Das Reich der Blumenkönigin, Sinnige Unterhaltung / L'Empire de la
Reine des Fleurs / The Realm of the Queen of Flowers, RaRonal
entertainment $350
(Neuhaus): Ca. 1870s. Hardcover. VI.
EdiCon. Quarto (13 inches tall, 33.5 cm)
quarter cloth and paper boards chemise
with Ces, color lithograph onlay to front
board, housing 4 lithograph card stock
plates, 6 pp. descripCve text with each
lithographed piece idenCfied as to what
kind of flower, 50 flower die-cuts to be inserted into the slots on each of the
plates in order to create bouquets, pots of flowers, etc. All 50 pieces present
and in very good condiCon. Light wear and soil to chemise, minor occasional
soil to the 4 plates. Rarely found with the text pamphlet. A stunning and
rare moveable. Very Good. Item #H11167
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5. Lear, Edward. Journal of a Landscape Painter in Corsica $200
London: Robert John Bush, 1870. First prinCng. Hardcover. Small quarto,
original russet cloth gilt, very good light wear and soil to binding, the original
owner for whatever reason has neatly and lightly gilded the fore-edge and
bo[om edge of the text block, not intrusively so. Light foxing, especially to
preliminary and terminal leaves. 272 pp, handsomely illustrated. Very Good.
Item #H11157
The whimsical creator of nonsense rhymes also loved to travel alone to sparsely populated and rugged
lands: “…the excessively rich foliage which is the characteris=c clothing of all the hills. This ‘maquis’ or
robe of green covering every part of the landscape except the farthest snowy heights, is beyond
descrip=on lovely, composed as it is of myrtle, heath, arbutus, broom, len=sk and other shrubs, while,
wherever there is any open space, innumerable crimson cyclamen flowers dot the ground and the
picturesque but less beau=ful hellebore flourished abundantly. There groups of ilex or chestnut rise above
the folds of exquisite verdure…”
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6. Li[auer & Boysen. 1890s large die-cut body parts and upper busts of
two women, sRll a]ached $200
Loosely mounted with tabs (they can be removed) to a 14 x 8 inch backing
sheet, covered with old acetate. Great condiCon. We guess the lower torsos
were sold separately, or perhaps there were dresses that could be put over
the bodices? Item #H11230
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7. Cleveland, Grover. The Government in the
Chicago Strike of 1894 $150
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1913. First
prinCng. Hardcover. Blue cloth gilt, in dust jacket,
book near fine sharp copy, jacket far with wear and
loss especially along spine (some spliqng of the
jacket along front joint, neatly held in place with
jacket protector, shallow loss to top of jacket. Rare
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in any sort of jacket. 49 pp, giving the government's perspecCve on the
Pullman Strike. Cleveland especially relished the arrest of Eugene Debs, then
head of the Railway Union. Near Fine / fair. Item #H11201
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8. Wharton, Edith. The Hermit and the Wild
Woman and other stories $95
New York: Scribners, 1908. First
prinCng. Hardcover. 8vo, red cloth gilt, near fine
fresh copy. Includes "The Last Asset," "In Trust,"
"The Pretext, "The Verdict," "The Pot-Boiler," and
"The Best Man." In the Ctle story, "The Hermit and
the Wild Woman," the reader learns that the
"hermit," as a young boy, witnessed the killing of
his parents and sister during an a[ack on his
town. As a result of his trauma, he has retreated
into isolaCon--unCl he meets a "wild woman" who
comes to live nearby. Near Fine. Item #H10809
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9. (Ohio - Psychology - Medicine). Bound volume of 1st - 11th Annual
Report of the Directors of the Ohio LunaRc Asylum 1839-1849, plus two
other supplementary reports $250
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Columbus, OH: Samuel Medary / Chas. Sco[ / L. L. Rice, et al. 1839-1849.
Hardcover. Bound in half leather, containing the first through eleventh
annual reports presented to the Ohio State Assembly, 1839-1849, gradually
increasing in paginaCon to an average of 60-75 pp. per report, original cover
wraps not bound in, evidence that they've been trimmed, in that ownership
signatures are someCmes cut off, generally good condiCon, moderate to
heavy foxing and light wear, stamp on Ctle page of each of the Cleveland
Medical Library AssociaCon, with bookplate on pastedown -- no discard
stamp, sorry, but we are confident that this was deaccessioned. Binding in
worn condiCon with original leather spine quite deteriorated. Also includes
'Report No. 10, Report of the Trustees appointed to collect informaCon
relaCve to the educaCon of the blind' ca. 1840s (26 pp.) by Hoge, Swayne
and Awl, and 'Report of the Benevolent InsCtuCons of Great Britain and Paris
including the schools and asylums for the Blind, Deaf, Dumb, and the
Insane...being supplementary to the Ninth Annual Report of the Ohio
InsCtuCon for the EducaCon of the Blind' by William Chapin, Columbus, 1846
(61) pp. Title page of the first annual report stained by a newspaper clipping
of a woodcut from an insane asylum, pasted on its verso. Item #H4847
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10. FantasRc group of 1200 snapshots of 1945-1946 Occupied Berlin by
US army-man, plus Austrian Alps, Muggelsee, Wannsee, Olympic stadium,
ruins, parades and marches, etc. $500
Approximately 1200 snapshots: 1000 3.5 x 2.5 inch photos, 100 3.5 x 3.5
photos and 100 2.5 x 2 photos. Overall very good condiCon: most of the
photos have some bowing and curving. Taken by a US serviceman, probably
a[ached to an engineering platoon. Most of the photos are of Berlin: the
Olympic stadium and swimming pool and surrounding grounds, Brandenburg
Gate, and other architectural high spots, as well as many many photos of the
damaged buildings and homes, many neighborhoods sCll in ruins from the
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bombings. Other photos document life in the Amerikanische Zone, drinking
and playing poker with fellow soldiers, horsing around, etc. SCll others are of
a crowded beach and a good sized body of water: these could be of
Muggelsee or Wannsee (Berlin metro area) or somewhere else in Europe.
SCll others document climbing some Alpine peaks, possibly the Austrian
Alps. There are also many photos of US military parades and marches that
look to be on an airfield. Others are of Berlin life and women in Berlin (not
sure if they are German or some other naConality). Both personal and
anonymous, these photos capture life in a just-defeated city from the point
of view of the occupying force. Item #H11209
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11. McCann, James (1837-1893). Extraordinary archive of 150 le]ers
between the founder of the Western Pennsylvania Medical School
(University of Pi]sburgh) and his wife, plus le]ers from Thomas Spencer
Wells, William Stewart Halsted, John Milton Duff, James B. Murdoch and
others $3000
The le[ers date from 1886-1893, and are divided fairly evenly between
le[ers from James McCann to his wife Martha and her le[ers to him. Most
le[ers are 4 or more pages, one is upwards of 15pp. Most have their
envelopes. In addiCon, there is one le[er each from Thomas Spencer Wells,
William Stewart Halsted, John Milton Duff, James B. Murdoch, and a number
of le[ers from McCann's daughter Alice to her mother, plus some old family
photos and other related correspondence. James McCann (1837-1893) was
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19th Century Pi[sburgh's most important medical figure. A naConally
respected surgeon, he was the chief founder of the Western Pennsylvania
Medical College in 1886, which became the University of Pi[sburgh Medical
School, and was Chair of Principles and PracCces of Surgery unCl his death in
1893. He had nine children with his first wife, Sarah, who died in 1883, and
one child with his second wife, Martha, whom he married in 1888. This
archive begins in 1886 with a flirtaCous reply to a note from Martha, and
ends in 1893 with a long and hearuelt le[er from his best friend and fellow
surgeon, J. B. Murdoch. His 1893 death at the age of 56 was due to a sepCc
infecCon he contracted years before while performing surgery, and
throughout these le[ers his health is a constant theme, even appearing in
his first le[er to Martha. Another theme is the balancing of his life as a
surgeon and the poliCcs of the first years of the medical school, with his
personal life. In the first years of courCng Martha (1886 to early 1888), he
o_en wrote apologeCcally that he had to cancel a date because of a medical
emergency he had to take care of. There are 20 le[ers from this period. In
1889-1890, there are only a few le[ers, as they se[led into married life;
their only Cme apart was when he went with friends and children from his
previous marriage to a hunCng and fishing lodge near Romney, West
Virginia. In 1891, he and his fellow surgeon James B. Murdoch took a long
trip to Europe, from April to July, ostensibly to restore his health but also to
meet with some of the great European surgeons and learn from their
techniques. There are 51 le[ers between Martha and James from this 4
month period. MaCann and Murdoch began their European tour in Glasgow,
in late April through May, 1891 -- Glasgow was Murdoch's hometown -- and
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they toured medical faciliCes, dined with friends, etc. Then they spent some
Cme in London, where Sir Thomas Spencer Wells, doctor to Queen Victoria,
invited Murdoch and McCann to a[end his surgeries. From there, they went
to Belgium, Amsterdam, journeyed down the Rhein to Wiesbaden, made
their way to Luzerne, circled back around to Paris and then came back to the
UK, thence to America. While he was gone, Martha reported on office
poliCcs at the Medical School, then in its infancy, that seemed to imply a
coup against McCann in his absence. Martha's involvement in James's
professional life reveals her to be a canny and observant persona, who acted
in her husband's interests while he was away. McCann's le[ers back to her
while he was in Europe also reveal a man of considerable percepCveness
when it came both to the character of the people he observed as well as of
the countries, their landscapes and architecture, etc., and also a man who
sincerely cared for and loved his wife and children, which was returned in
full. His son Thomas, also a doctor, had taken over the private medical
pracCce at 928 Penn Ave. in his father's absence, and there is a bit of
correspondence between the two of them. There only a few le[ers from
1892, from McCann's annual summer trip to Romney, WV (in one, dated July
11, Martha gives news on the Homestead Strike, the presence of 8,000
miliCa in the town, and the number of Pinkerton men wounded who were
treated at West Pennsylvania hospital, where McCann pracCced surgery). In
February to April 1893, McCann spent Cme in Florida in another a[empt to
improve his failing health: there are 49 le[ers between him and Martha
from this period, also a mixture of reportage on his medical condiCon,
Martha's life in Pi[sburgh with their young daughter Alice, and reports on
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Florida life and life in the therapeuCc facility. He returned to Pi[sburgh
someCme in April and by June 13, 1893 was dead of a cerebral absess. On
reading these le[ers, we felt as McCann's dear friend J. B. Murdoch did,
when he penned these farwell lines to McCann: "I hope you will believe me
when I say that as I grew to know you be[er, and more inCmately, I also
grew to respect and love you." Item #H11173
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12. Sarton, May. I Knew a Phoenix: Sketches for an Autobiography -- with
TLS from Sarton $160
New York: Rinehart and Co., 1959. First ediCon. Very Good+ in a Very Good
dust jacket, price-clipped. Includes lengthy TLS from the author on her
staConery with holograph correcCons and addiCons. The le[er is from 1973,
wri[en by Sarton weeks before she departed her longCme home in Nelson
Village, New Hampshire. She references 2 books, 'Journal of Solitude' and 'A
Durable Fire,’ of which a copy in wraps is also included with this lot. A fiery
le[er, with references to her paranoid psychiatrist, resounding with images
of blood and fate. “Fi_een years of extreme loneliness is enough.” Item
#0081216
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13. Lawrence, Jerome and Robert E. Lee. The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail
(first ediRon, inscribed by both authors to well known drama criRc) $225
New York: Hill and Wang, 1970. First prinCng. Hardcover. First ediCon, 1970,
number line to 1. Cloth backed boards in dust jacket, book near fine, jacket
VG with light wear, inscribed to Saturday Review chief theatre criCc Henry
Hewes, 'For Henry -- the most creaCve criCc we know. With friendship and
admiraCon. Jerome Lawrence, Robert E. Lee, Malibu 1971' Excellent
associaCon copy, and rare signed -- this was at some point the most widely
produced play, and it would certainly strike a chord today. Near Fine / very
good. Item #H4176
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14. King, MarCn Luther. Le]er from Birmingham City Jail $150
Philadelphia: American Friends Service Commi[ee, 1963. 2nd prinCng, 5-63.
Stapled wraps, fine copy. 15 pp. Fine. Item #H11030
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15. Isabel de Sforcia (Isabella Sforza), a.k.a. Isabella of Aragon, translated
by Capitan Juan Diaz de Cardenas. La Verdadera Quietud y Tranquilidad del
Alma, Obra URlisima compuesta por La M. Il_tre Dona Isabel de Sforcia,
Traducidda de Lengua Toscana en Castellana por el Capitan Juan Diaz de
Cardenas, estando cauRvo en Argol ano de mil quinientos y sesenta $300
Valencia: Oficina de Salvador Fauli, 1792. Appears to be the first reprinCng of
this translaCon a_er its original appearance in 1568. Small 8vo, vellum, xxviii,
131 pp, a parCcularly choice copy with just a Cny nick to top edge of front
cover, owner's name on flyleaf. No copies in OCLC of this ediCon, and only a
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few of the original 1568 ediCon. Isabella of Aragon (1470-1524) born in
Naples, became the Duchess of Milan through marriage to Sforza, and also
was awarded the Duchy of Bari. She was a celebrated beauty, extolled by the
poets, and for a while was thought to be the inspiraCon of Da Vinci's Mona
Lisa. Never popular among the Milanese, isolated because of her unhappy
marriage, and longing for Naples, she was eventually awarded the Duchy of
Bari, where she concentrated on raising her daughter, the future Queen of
Poland, and for whom she wrote this book celebraCng the advantages of
solitude and quiet. Near Fine. Item #H3036
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16. Feuerbach, Anselm von. Caspar Hauser: An Account of an Individual
Kept in a Dungeon, Separated from All CommunicaRon with the World,
from Early Childhood to About the Age of Seventeen, Drawn Up from Legal
Documents $125
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Boston: Allen and Ticknor, 1833. Second
ediCon. Cloth hardcover with paper spine-
label, 168 pp., portrait fronCspiece, clean
unmarked text, VG copy, age-toning and
discoloraCon to the pages and page-edges,
soiling and discoloraCon to the covers,
rubbing and some wear to the covers
including some fraying or loss. Item
#s00022211
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17. NBC; John J. Graham. ApplicaRons and Recommended Use of the NBC
Corporate Trademark, housed in case with over 60 sheets of various NBC
logo formats (1959) $250
New York: NBC, (1959). 10 x 10” Case with folding lid, containing black
wraparound paper folder with NBC logo embossed on it, housing 9 x 9 spiral-
bound book of "applicaCons and recommended use of the NBC corporate
trademark" ca. 30 pp. of various uses -- on vans, on cameras, in TV
adverCsing and affiliate staCon adverCsing, etc. plus 60 loose sheets, mainly
on glossy paper, producing the new NBC logo in various sizes and formats,
including window decals, embossed sheets for impressions, large graph
paper sheet, etc. Box slightly worn, and with some restoraCon to corners,
light warping to lid, slight musCness inside box and to the folder of papers
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and book. This is the so-called NBC "Snake Logo" that first debuted in 1959,
designed by John J. Graham (1923-1994), a formidable in-house graphic
designer for NBC who also designed the NBC Peacock (1956). No copies of
this in any insCtuCons, according to OCLC. Very Good. Item #H11179
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18. Catalogue of the New York Etching Club ExhibiRon, 1883: original
etchings by W. M. Chase, F. S. Church, R. Swain Gifford, Thomas Moran, J.
C. Nicoll, Joseph Pennell, C. A. Pla], Walter Shirlaw, T. W. Wood $450
New York: NaConal Academy of Design, 1883. Quarto, wraps, good to very
good with some soil and spoqness to wraps, and the last etching, by Wood,
with quite a bit of foxing; the other plates are clean. The etchings are lovely,
and the catalogue must have been printed in small numbers. Rare in
commerce and in insCtuCons. Very Good. Item #H11211
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19. Catalogue of the New York Etching Club exhibiRon 1882, illustrated
with etchings by F.S. Church, Frederick Dielman, J.M. Falconer, Henry
Farrer, M. Nimmo Moran, Peter Moran, Stephen Parrish, Kruseman van
Elten $350
New York: NaConal Academy of Design, 1882. Paperback. Quarto, wraps,
good to very good, some soil and wear to wraps, all eight etchings present,
all have mild foxing to the margins but not to the images themselves, the
first one has the most foxing. Rare in commerce and in insCtuCons. Very
Good. Item #H11212
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20. Morris, Henry (Bird and Bull Press). 4 handwri]en le]ers to Ceil
Thayer Smith (1900-1988, a NYC graphic designer) & 3 pieces of printed
Bird & Bull press ephemera $300
2 le[ers from 1961 and 2 from 1975, plus 3 pieces of printed ephemera: a
simple half sheet adverCsement for the press on watermarked paper, a
broadside announcement for Franz Weisse's The Art of Marbling with
mounted marbled paper Ctle, and broadside publicaCon announcement for
Wolfe and McKenna's book on Louis Herman Kinder and fine bookbinding in
America. The first le[er from October 23, 1961, is the most interesCng in
content and is transcribed here in full, the others being newsy or personal,
or less substanCve. "10/23/1961. Dear Miss Thayer: Seeing as you are a
[watermark] collector, here is a new mark for you (at the bo[om -- I'll write
around it). You may recognize the sheet -- I made it for the cover of
'Papyrus.' I started out to get a tan color, but (and this happens every Cme I
try to make a color) it didn't suit me - so I kept running out to the drug store
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to get more Tintex, finally realized it was bigger than me, and quite with this
color. I think it was about 6 1/2 lbs of pulp and 1 lb of assorted dye colors.
Many thanks for HE arCcle, very interesCng -- looks like he made his own
[unreadable] also. His looks be[er than mine. Wonder what became of his
moulds & equipment. I'd be interested if any of this is available for sale. Our
kids are 6 1/2 and 8 1/2 and enjoy travelling, so we just might take you up on
your invitaCon, maybe next summer -- thanks very much. My wife is not
much for hobbies, she's very acCve, but is an outdoor girl type -- if she
stayed in the cellar as long as I do it would kill her. She's a good cook, and
likes to bake. She's interested in the papermaking & prinCng more for all the
interesCng people we've met, but she never (hardly ever) objects to all the
Cme I spend in my subterranean domain. And I do spend a lot of Cme down
there. She's OK -- a very fine & understanding girl. We met Dard Hunter Jr. 2
months ago when he was here on a visit -- am going to see him this summer
in Chillicothe -- he is going to help me get started on 'hand made' type
founding. This is a 3 or 4 year project, but I hope someday to accomplish it.
Also am acquainted with the younger (Remy') Green of J. Barcham Green,
Maidstone. As a ma[er of fact we are expecCng him here around the end of
November for a visit. His father is now too old to make the trip, but I've
corresponded with him for some Cme and he's a great old boy. Sincerely,
Henry." Item #H11191
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20. Salaville, J.-B. (Jean-BapCste). L'homme et la société, ou Nouvelle
théorie de la nature humaine et de l'état social $125
Paris: Carteret, 1799. First prinCng. Hardcover. First ediCon, An VII (1799).
8vo, original leather boards, newer spine of sympatheCc calf, red spine label,
420 pp, good plus copy, some rubbing to boards, minor library marks
(bookplate, blindstamp to Ctle page), light abrasions to endpapers. Salaville
was known as a poliCcal journalist, and was employed by Mirabeau as a
speech writer. Good. Item #H311
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21. Fraser, W. A.; Heming, Arthur (illus.). The Outcasts
$80
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1901. First
ediCon. Very good in good dust jacket. The half-huskie,
half-wolf, recognized by neither group, became an
outcast on the plains of Indian Territory. Item #0058558
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22. Cuming, F. (Fortescue). Sketches of A Tour to the Western Country,
Through the States of Ohio and Kentucky: A Voyage Down the Ohio and
Mississippi Rivers and a Trip Through the Mississippi Territory, and Part of
Western Florida, Commenced at Philadelphia in the Winter of 1807, and
Concluded in 1809. With Notes and an Appendix, Containing Some
InteresRng Facts, together With a NoRce of an ExpediRon through
Louisiana. $1000
Pi[sburgh: Cramer, Spear and Eichbaum, 1810. First prinCng. 8vo,
contemporary dark brown calf, 504 pp, engraved plate of Schuykill
Permanent Bridge bound in facing first page of text. About very good, some
rubbing and darkening to leather, solidly bound, text with tanning, foxing,
minor occasional damp stains. Ownership signature of John Su[on and his
notaCons about where he bought it in Washington County in 1811. Hows
C947. One of the great books to come out of Pi[sburgh on the Ohio Valley
area and beyond. Item #H357
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23. Jonathan Jolly. The Care-Killer; or, A happy knack of spending an
evening without company; being a valuable collecRon of pleasing tales,
whimsical anecdotes, original wiocisms, brilliant flashes, and good things
$50
London: Printed and Sold by J. Herbert et al. (1809). Stated Second EdiCon.
12mo, disbound, fronCspiece, 54 pp. Fair copy with library blindstamp on
Ctle page and p. 36. Cited in OCLC but no copies listed. Complete in 54 pp.
Other copies on OCLC have different publishers. Good. Item #H407
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24. Shakespeare, William / W. Boyton Kirk / Kerr, Binns & Co. / Royal
Porcelain Works, Worcester. Shakspere's Midsummer Night's Dream. With
IllustraRons as designed and modelled by W. Boyton Kirk...for a Dessert
Service manufactured by Messrs. Kerr, Binns, and Company (Late
Chamberlain & Co.) Royal Porcelain Works, Worcester, Dublin, Philadelphia
and New York, for the Dublin Great ExhibiRon of 1853, Lithographed by
Day & Son, Lithographers to the Queen [arer photographs by Mr. Horne]
$450
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Dublin: Printed at the University Press, James McGlashan, 1853. First
prinCng. Hardcover. First ediCon, 1853. Small quarto, gilt decorated green
cloth, unpaginated but ca. 50 pp, with Cnted lithograph fronCspiece and 13
lithographed plates, text of the play. Very good, with noCce from Kerr & Co.
Cpped to front endpaper about the quality of their producCons on exhibit at
the Great Industrial ExhibiCon of Ireland. EssenCally a trade catalogue of the
material offered by the Royal Porcelain Works, Worcester, Kerr & Co., etc.
The Great Industrial ExhibiCon was Ireland's answer to the Crystal Palace
1851 ExhibiCon in which many Irish firms were ostracized. A very good copy
with light stains to binding, occasional faint evidence of damp stains to
margins to contents, but truly handsome and rare book. Very Good. Item
#ML897
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25. Very, Lydia L. Red Riding Hood (Shape Book) $225
Boston: L. Prang, c. 1863. Paperback. C. 1863, shape book measuring 7 x 2.5
inches, 16 pp, color pictures, good to very good with short repaired tear to
front cover, hardly visible. The things that can happen when you’re alone in
the woods! Very Good. Item #H1125
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