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NY: Viking Press (1983). 1st edition. A non-fiction social history of the capital city of New York state. VG/VG in rubbed and slightly chipped dust jacket. Now protected by a clear archival cover.
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O Albany!: Improbable City of Political Wizards, Fearless Ethnics, Spectacular Aristocrats, Splendid Nobodies, and Underrated Scoundrels
by Kennedy, William
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Oeuvres de Molière, avec des Notes de Divers Commenteurs by Moliére
by Moliere [Jean Baptiste Poquelin, 1622-1673]
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Paris: Chez Lefèvre, 1835. A one-volume edition of work by French actor and comic playwright Moliere [stage name of Jean Baptiste Poquelin, 1622-1673.] Includes all of his best-known plays, including Le Misanthrope, L'École des Femmes, Tartuffe, Le Malade Imaginaire, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, and Le Sicilien. With notes by various commentators and biographical material on Molière's life. All text is in the original French. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Molière with tissue guard. Dated 1833 in the plate. xxxi, 701 pages. Text printed in double columns. Quarto hardcover. 10 by 6.5 inches. Later binding (probably 20th century) of full olive green cloth with gilt-lettered leather spine label. VG condition. Some foxing to the frontis and title page. Intermittent foxing and browning throughout. Binding is sound and tight. A sturdy, attractive volume.
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Oeuvres de Alfred de Musset
by Musset, Alfred de (1810-1857)
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Paris: Charpentier, 1879. A large, heavy volume in a fine binding. The works of Musset, French dramatist, poet and novelist. Frontispiece portrait and engraved plates throughout. 735 pp., + 55 pp., of posthumous works and letters. Text is in French and printed in double columns. Quarto, 11.5 by 8.25 inches. Morocco leather (spine and corners) and decorative marbled boards. Gilt lettering and spine decoration. Gilt page edges. Silk moire endpapers. About VG with moderate external wear and rubbing. Sound joints and inner hinges. Moderate foxing of the text pages. Provenance: 1929 ownership signature on the half-title of author and educator Leon Verriest (1886-1953.) He was born in Belgium, held as a prisoner in Germany during World War I, and later taught French literature at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire.
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Off the Sidelines: Raise Your Voice, Change the World (SIGNED)
by Gillibrand, Kirsten; Weil, Elizabeth
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NY: Ballantine Books, (2014.) 1st edition. Signed by Gillibrand on a preliminary blank page. A personal and political memoir by the US Senator from New York. Foreword by Hillary Clinton, who held the same Senate seat before Gillibrand. 194 pp., + 16 pp., of b&w and color photos. Hardcover in dust jacket with "Signed Copy" sticker. Some edge wear, but VG+ overall.
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Ogawa Gesshu -- Original Photograph, Woman in Kimono
by Ogawa Gesshu (1891-1967)
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Original studio portrait by the noted Japanese art and commercial photographer, an important figure in the transition from pictorialism to modern photography in Japan. Full-length B&W portrait of a young woman in kimono with obi. Subject and date unknown, but evidently from the post-war era (circa 1940s to 1960s.) In the original folder from Ogawa Gesshu's studio. His name is stamped in silver lettering on the front cover and embossed on the inner mount. Lower left margin of photo with embossed stamp: G. Ogawa / Osaka. Folder measures 9 by 11 inches. Stiff tan covers with protective inner tissue guard. Photograph is 6 by 8.5 inches, including white borders. (Image size: 5 by 7 inches.) Upper edge of photo tipped to the mount. Minor wear to the folder and slight creasing of the tissue guard. Photo is Fine. A scarce example of a portrait from Ogawa Gesshu's studio.
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Oh Womb of Two Mothers Past
by Segriff, J.M. [Joseph Michael]
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[Buffalo, NY]: Backstairs Aegis. 1st edition. A brief poetry collection. Signed by the author on a preliminary page: "J.M. Segriff / ... A Backstairs / Poet." 20 pp. 8vo staple-bound paper wraps. Fine.
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The Old Life
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Boston: Houghton, Mifflin Co., 1996. 1st edition. Signed and inscribed by Donald Hall "for new life." Autobiographical poetry by Hall (1928-2018), acclaimed former Poet Laureate of the United States. 134 pp. 8vo hardcover in dust jacket. Small marks to bottom page edge, light spotting to top edge, but VG/VG otherwise. Some rubbing to the unclipped DJ but no tears or other flaws.
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[Old Testament Criticism and Exegesis] Tentamen de variis codicum Hebraicorum Vet. Test. mss. generibus : a Judaeis et non-Judaeis descriptis: eorum in classes certas distributione et antiqitatis et bonitatis characteribus
by Tychsen, M. Olavi Gerhard [Oluf Gerhard Tychsen 1734-1815]
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Rostochii: Impensis Io. Christ. Koppii, 1772. 1st edition. Old Testament criticism and analysis by the German Orientalist, scholar of Hebrew, and biblical controversialist. Text in Latin, Hebrew, and Greek. 372 pp. Woodcut head- and tailpieces. Bound in modern paper boards. Paper spine label, new endpapers. 18 x 11 cm. VG overall. Binding clean and unworn. Old ink stamp (illegible) and embossed stamp on the title of the Rochester [NY] Theological Seminary. Lacking the fold-out plate but supplied in facsimile on 19th century paper. (See image.) A couple of old marginal glosses, but text otherwise complete and unmarked. A sound copy of a scarce work.
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On Lies, Secrets, and Silence: Selected Prose 1966–1978
by Rich, Adrienne (1929-2012)
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NY: W.W. Norton, (1979.) 1st edition. Essays by the influential American poet on subjects that include racism, history, literature, language, and lesbian feminism. 310 pp. 8vo hardcover. Near Fine in dust jacket with clear archival cover. Jacket priced at $13.95, but lower flap clipped by the publisher. (Norton had a practice of printing more than one price when the retail price was still undetermined.) Sound, tight binding. Clean internally. A nice copy overall, as shown.
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On a Line from Valery (Broadside Poem)
by Kizer, Caroline
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Single-sheet broadside poem in Fine condition. Published by the American Academy of Poets in 1996 in an edition of 500 copies. Designed and printed by Dean Bornstein at The Perpetua Press. Inspired by the first Persian Gulf War and a line from La Fileuse (The Spinner) by Paul Valery. Written in the form of a traditional French villanelle and offering an apocalyptic vision of a grim future wrought by war. A compelling work by Kizer (1925-2014), winner of a Pulitzer Prize in 1985. 12 by 9 inches. Thick, textured cream paper with tree design embossed into the background. Blank verso.
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On the Heritage of William Morris: Some Considerations Typographic & Otherwise
by Dunlap, Joseph R.
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NY: The Typophiles, 1976. 1st edition. Limited to 850 copies. A monograph containing the text of a lecture delivered at the Typophiles annual Christmas luncheon in 1974. 26 pp. + colophon.12mo. Fine in cream paper wraps with brick red jacket titled "W.M."
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One Mountain Thousand Summits: The Untold Story of Tragedy and True Heroism on K2 [SIGNED]
by Wilkinson, Freddie
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NY: New American Library, (2010.) 1st edition. Signed and inscribed by the author, a veteran alpine climber and guide. A well-researched account of one of the deadliest events in Himalayan mountaineering, the deaths of 11 people on K2 in 2008. Based on in-depth interviews with survivors, most notably the Sherpa guides. Inscribed "To Jonah! All the Best." 342 pp., b&w photos. VG in VG dust jacket. Some darkening and faint spotting to the top edge of the text block. Sound, tight binding. Jacket is unclipped ($24.95) and protected by a clear archival cover.
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The Oregon Trail
by Parkman, Francis
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NY: Grosset & Dunlap, (c. 1927.) Circa 1932 reprint with a laid-in gift card from that year. A narrative of travels and adventures in the American West. Based on the author's experiences in the summer of 1846 in Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, and Kansas. Includes an account of weeks spent buffalo hunting with a band of Oglala Sioux. v, 328 pp. 8vo clothbound hardcover in dust jacket with artwork by Nathan Machtey. Illustrated endpapers by Paul Spencer Johst. Frontispiece illustration of a buffalo hunt. VG/VG with moderate wear and signs of age. Sound binding. Jacket is price-clipped and protected by a clear archival cover. Ink signature of the original owner and laid-in 1932 birthday card from a friend.
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Origenes y Formacion de Nuevo Leon, segun dos Cronicas del Siglo XVII
by Mendirichaga, Rodrigo
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Monterrey: Ediciones Pauraque, 1954. 1st edition. A scarce historical study of the state of Nuevo Leon in northeastern Mexico. 95 pages + brief bibliography and index. Paperbound 8vo. VG with minor creasing and signs of age. Sound and securely bound. Text clean and unmarked.
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Other Autumns
by Segriff, Joseph Michael
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Self-published in 1989. Place not stated. 1st edition. A brief poetry collection. Signed by the author on a preliminary page: "J.M. Segriff / ... A Backstairs / Poet." 24pp. Staple-bound paper wraps. A Fine copy. Clean and unworn.
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Outside the Garden: Poems and Paintings
by Lamb, Jasmine; Lamb, Rosy
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Self-published in 2008. Printed in Lewiston, Maine. 1st edition of [1,500 copies.] A collaboration by two sisters. Poems by Jasmine Lamb and several paintings in color by Rosy Lamb, an expatriate artist who lives and works in Paris. Signed and inscribed by Jasmine Lamb in 2013. Unpaginated. (40 pp.) Paperbound with stiff glossy covers. 8.25 x 8.25 inches. Near Fine condition. Clean and unmarked.
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The Oxford Shakespeare / Henry V
by Taylor, Gary
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Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982. A "radical rethinking of the First Folio text, drawing to an unprecedented degree on the so-called 'bad' quarto of 1600." With analysis of the play's historical and literary sources, conflicting critical opinions, shifting theatrical fortunes, etc. 330 pp., with appendices and index. Includes the full text of the play, with scholarly annotations. 8vo clothbound hardcover in dust jacket. Some age-toning of the pages, but Near Fine overall.
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