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CITING BENJAMIN FRANKLIN’S EXPERIMENTS WITH ELECTRICITY:UNIQUE COPY OF A CONTEMPORARY STUDENT’S PHYSICS NOTES,BEAUTIFULLY TRANSCRIBED AND ILLUSTRATED ENTIRELY BY HAND

(FRANKLIN, Benjamin) PRETRE, Professeur Magnin. Lecons de Phisique Experimentale Dictees… Valence, France, 1785. Splendid manuscript copy of an 18th-century French university student’s physics lecture notes, carefully transcribed in an elegant hand and presented as a textbook, with 46 finely detailed pen-and-ink illustrations of scientific experiments also rendered completely by hand. With five pages devoted to the “Systême de Franklin” of electricity (pp. 302-06). $5500.

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BRONTË’S WUTHERING HEIGHTS, ILLUSTRATED WITH 15 FOLIO LITHOGRAPHS AND SIGNED BY BALTHUS

(BALTHUS) BRONTË, Emily. Wuthering Heights. New York, 1993.

Stunning illustrated edition of Emily Brontë's classic Gothic romance, number 185 of 300 copies signed by Balthus on the colophon, with 15 lithographic plates after Balthus' famous series of drawings. $4500.

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FIRST EDITION OF VAN DER ELSKEN’S BAGARA, 1958

VAN DER ELSKEN, Ed. Bagara. Amsterdam, 1958.

First edition of this incisive photo-essay on Equatorial Africa, illustrated with 138 rich photogravures (most double-page, eight in color). $300.

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FRANCIS FRITH PHOTOGRAPH OF THE STRAND, CIRCA 1870

FRITH, Francis. Photographic Print—The Strand. London, 1870.

Nineteenth-century photographic albumen print by Francis Frith, depicting the Strand in London. $200.

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ONLY 500 POSTERS SIGNED BY MAURICE SENDAK

SENDAK, Maurice. Poster signed. ["Growing Up with Mickey: Mickey and Me"]. Probably Philadelphia, circa 1981.

Signed limited edition of this poster by Maurice Sendak depicting him waving through a mirror at Mickey Mouse, number 314 of only 500 posters signed by Maurice Sendak. $2200.

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CHRISTMAS PRINT INSCRIBED BY MAURICE SENDAK TO A CLOSE FRIEND, FEATURING TWO WILD THINGS

SENDAK, Maurice. Print inscribed. No place, 1981.

Color print with a Christmas theme with two Wild Things prominently featured, inscribed, "For Elizabeth—For Christmas!—Maurice Jan '82." $3500.

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WINSOR’S LANDMARK HISTORY OF AMERICA

WINSOR, Justin, editor. The Narrative and Critical History of America. Boston and New York, 1889. Eight volumes bound in 16. Early edition of this monumental illustrated historical survey of the American continents, 16 large volumes in handsome publisher’s morocco. $3800.

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SIGNED FIRST EDITION OF MICHALS’ CHANGEMENTS

MICHALS, Duane. Changements. Paris, 1981.

First edition of this photo-essay on the sequence of aging, with 48 full-page halftones, signed on the half title, “duane michals, 11.17.93, Yes!,” with gallery invitation laid in. $350.

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“ANY GIRL CAN BE A GOLFER”

COLLETT, Glenna. Ladies in the Rough. New York, 1928.

First edition, of this illustrated memoir and instructional manual, by a Hall of Fame female golfer. $550.

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“ABOUT CONTROL, ABOUT TRUST, ABOUT INDEPENDENCE”: VERY RARE ASSOCIATION COPY OF THE BOUND ACTS OF THE SECOND SESSION OF THE FIRST CONGRESS

(UNITED STATES CONGRESS). Acts Passed at the Second Session of the Congress. New York, [1790].

First edition of the first collected Acts of the Second Session of the First Congress, one of the most contentious on record where “every major decision set a precedent,” a rare association copy from the library of Reuben Attwater, Secretary and Acting Governor of the Michigan Territory in the early 1800s. One of only 600 copies printed, with legislation on the census and treaties with Britain and Indian tribes, and featuring two seminal acts whose fiercely contested debate threatened the new nation with imminent collapse: the Residency Act, establishing a permanent capital along the Potomac, and the Assumption Act, Hamilton’s proposal for federal assumption of state debts. $3750.

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GODWIN’S COMMONWEALTH OF ENGLAND, FULL FIRST EDITION SET IN THE ORIGINAL BOARDS

GODWIN, William. History of the Commonwealth of England. London, 1824-128. Four volumes.

First editions of all four volumes, quite scarce and desirable in the original boards. $1200.

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"THOSE WHO ROLL UP THEIR SLEEVES AND REALLY TACKLE THE JOB OF SELLING, BEAT THE BUSHES FOR BUSINESS AND WORK UP AN HONEST SWEAT IN THE PROCESS, WILL CARRY OFF THE HONORS AND THE AWARDS"

STEVENS-DAVIS COMPANY. Men Who Sell. Chicago, Illinois, 1949-50.

Original mid-century sales program detailing the best ways to present, overcome, and close, comprising 12 issues of Men Who Sell, a comprehensive course on sales, and an additional 12 issues of Sales Clinic, focusing on specific sales problems. $550.

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"OFFERED TO BOOKSELLERS AND SUBSCRIBERS WITH THE ADVICE OF THE PUBLISHERS THAT THEY MAINTAIN AN ATTITUDE OF CIRCUMSPECTION REGARDING THE SALE AND POSSESSION OF THIS WORK"

(EROTICA) MATHERS, E. Powys (translator). Eastern Love. New York, 1930. Three volumes.

Limited edition, number 1050 of 1500 copies, of this collection of Asian erotic literature, with 16 color plates by Franz Felix. $950.

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"FLORIDA IS THE PLACE FOR YOUR REAL HOME"

(FLORIDA). Florida. A Land of Homes. Tallahassee, Florida, circa 1924.

First edition of this luxurious album of photographs depicting the most beautiful houses and mansions in Florida, with over 100 green-tinted photographic images and an additional four in full color, published by the Florida Department of Agriculture to encourage wealthy visitors to relocate to Florida, in handsome embossed publisher's binding. $850.

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BOLDLY INSCRIBED BY AVEDON

AVEDON, Richard. Portraits. New York, 1976.

First edition of Avedon’s famed work that reinvented photographic portraiture, signed by him and dated “79,” with over 60 finely screened black-and-white photogravure plates (four folding), in scarce dust jacket. $950.

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SIGNED BY OSAMU WATAYA

WATAYA, Osamu. Yokohama 2003. (Tokyo: 2004).

Signed limited first edition, one of 700 copies, signed in pencil by Wataya, famed editor and art director of Hysteric Glamour’s definitive photobook series, this volume with 44 black-and-white photogravure plates of Yokohama’s Kotobuki-cho area. $300.

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ONE OF ONLY 30 COPIES SIGNED BY
AUTHOR LORAND GASPAR AND PHOTOGRAPHER KOÏCHIRO KURITO, WITH AN ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH INSCRIBED BY KURITO

KURITA, Koichiro. Mouvement du Monde. Paris, 2001.

Signed limited first edition, number XXV of only 30 copies signed in pencil by the photographer, Koïchiro Kurito and the author of the poetic text, Lorand Gaspar. With an original photographic print inscribed in pencil on the verso: “Le Mouvement du Monde. ‘Outer Bank’ N.C. USA Jan. ’01. XXV/XXX K. Kurita.” $1800.

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"ALMOST WITHOUT PARALLEL IN THE HISTORY OF DEFAMATORY LITERATURE"

JUDAH, Samuel B.H. Gotham and the Gothamites. New York, 1823.

First edition of this gossipy satire discussing some of New York's most famous 19th-century personalities, the publication of which sparked a libel suit that landed the author in jail, in original boards. $3200.

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"DROLLERY, KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORLD, VARIOUS SATIRE, GENERAL UTILITY, UNITED WITH GREAT VIVACITY OF COMPOSITION"

HAMILTON, Anthony, Count. Memoirs of Count Grammont. London, 1903. Two volumes.

Limited edition of this satirical inside look at the court of King Charles II of England, number 58 of only 265 copies on hand-made paper, with 21 photogravures of the principals. $600.

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EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED COPY OF THE FRENCH ANAS, 1805

GARNIER, Charles Georges Thomas and BEAUCOUSIN, Christophe Jean Françoise. French Anas. London, 1805. Three volumes.

Second English language edition of this compilation of observations, criticisms and witticisms of eminent 16th- and 17th-century European thinkers, with engraved title pages and extra-illustrated with 36 portraits of the principals, handsomely bound in the style of 18th-century master Roger Payne. $900.

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Aquatint Copperplate process by which the plate is “bitten” by exposure to acid. By changing the areas of the plate that are exposed and the length of time the plate is submerged in the acid bath, the engraver can obtain fine and varying shades of gray that closely resemble watercolor washes. Although the name contains the word “tint”, this is a black-and-white printing process; aquatint plates can often be hand colored, however.
Armorial Used to describe a binding bearing the coat of arms of the original owner, or with bookplates incorporating the owner’s arms.
Association Copy copy that belonged to someone connected with the author or the contents of a book.
Boards Hard front and rear covers of a bound book which are covered in cloth, leather or paper. “Original boards” refers to cardboard-like front and back boards, from about 1700 to 1840, used as temporary protection for books before their purchasers would have them bound. Of particular value to collectors as evidence of a very early form of the book.
Book-Plate Label, generally affixed to the front pastedown, identifying a book’s owner.
Broadside Sheet printed on one side, typically for public display, usually larger than folio size (a folio being a broadside-size sheet printed on both sides and folded once, to make four pages).
Calf Binding material made from cowhide—versatile, durable, usually tan or brown in color, of smooth texture with no or little apparent grain. Readily marbled (“tree calf”), mottled, diced, colored, polished, tooled in gilt or blind, even scented (known as “russia”). Reverse calf, with a distinctive suede-like texture, is occasionally used.
Chromolithograph Lithograph printed in colors, typically three or more.
Collation Process by which the contents of a book are inspected for completeness, checking against internal evidence, the table of contents and/or plate list, and reference works. Also a shorthand bibliographical description of a book’s composition by its leaves and signatures, rather than its pages. A-C, for example, would indicate a quarto volume composed of three signatures or gatherings of eight pages each for a total of 24 pages.
Colophon Printed note at the end of a text containing information about the printing of the book.
Doublure Pastedowns made not of paper but of leather, for decorative purposes.
Duodecimo (12MO) Smaller than an octavo, typically less than six inches tall; smaller formats, such as 24mo and 32mo, are uncommon.
Edition Print-run from a single setting of type without substantial change. Depending on demand, any number of printings can be made from a setting of type For example, a first printing might consist of 1000 copies, followed by a second printing of 2500 copies; in which case the book would have a first edition, first printing of 1000 copies, and a first edition, second printing of 2500 copies.
Endpapers Extra leaves—plain, colored or decorated—with which a bookbinder covers the insides of the book’s boards, therefore not part of the actual text block. The part of the leaf pasted to the inside of the front board is the front “pastedown,” while the other part of the leaf that forms the first page of the book is the “front free endpaper”; the same applies to the rear pastedown and rear free endpaper.
Engraving Illustration produced by carving lines into a metal plate. This is an intaglio process, in which ink is poured over the plate, then wiped from the surface, leaving ink only in the recesses made by the engraver’s tools. The image is then transferred by pressing thick dampened paper against the metal plate with great force—requiring engravings to be printed on a separate stock and separate press from any text.
Errata List of mistakes and corrections noted after printing, often compiled on a separate sheet or slip and inserted into the text block.
Flyleaves Additional blank leaves following or preceding the endpapers.
Folio Book composed of sheets that are folded once and printed on both sides, making two leaves and four pages. Typically above 14 inches tall. Oblong folios are produced the same way but bound at the short edge, producing a book typically more than 14 inches deep.
Fore-Edge Edge of the book furthest from the spine. Occasionally the text of a book will be put into a specialized book press and painted, often with a scene from the book or a landscape, so that the painting is invisible when the book is closed but visible when somebody bends the text and fans the pages—known as a fore-edge painting.
Foxing Light brown spots that naturally appear on some papers due to oxidation as they age.
Frontispiece An illustration facing the title page of a book.
Gathering Single sheet of paper that has been printed and folded to form the pages required by the book’s format. A single gathering of a quarto book, then, would be a sheet folded twice, containing four leaves, eight pages of text.. Gatherings are identified by a letter, symbol or number in the lower margin of the first page (the “signature”) to make it easy for the printer to stack them in proper order for sewing.
Gilt Edges The three exposed edges of a book have been smoothed and gilded.
Half Title Leaf preceding the title page that bears the book’s title, originally used to identify the unbound text block. The book’s binder would often remove and discard the half title at the time of binding. Remaining half-titles are therefore of interest to collectors.
Illuminated Decorated by hand. Typically early printed books and especially manuscripts.
Imprint Satement of place, publisher and date of publication on a book’s title page.
Incunable From the cradle of printing, i.e., any book printed before 1501.
Issue A group of books issued by the publisher as a discrete unit. At times, issue refers to timing, such as the “first issue” being offered to the public at an earlier date than the “second issue.” At other times, it refers to specially planned different batches, such as the “trade issue” (widely available) in opposition to a “signed limited issue” (limited to a small amount of copies differing somehow from the trade issue and not widely available).
Japanese Vellum Expensive handmade paper often used in deluxe editions.
Lithograph Illustration produced by transferring an image drawn on a carefully prepared stone to paper. The process allowed illustrations to more closely resemble the original drawings, paintings or sketches, as it gave the lithographer a freedom of line impossible to achieve in earlier intaglio and relief processes. It does not require the same sort of pressure as an engraving to transfer the image, but still has to be printed on separate stock from the text
Marginalia Handwritten notes made in the margins by a previous owner.
Mispaginated Printer’s error in pagination, typically skipping, transposing or repeating page numbers. Not uncommon in older, larger books, it is not considered a defect, so long as all integral leaves are present.
Modern Recently accomplished, when used to describe a book’s binding that is not the original casing. Some books bound recently are bound using techniques, tools and styles of the period of the book’s original issue; when done well this is called a period-style binding, a term that implies “modern” as well.
Morocco Binding material made from goatskin—versatile, durable, with a distinctive pebbled texture and visible grain. Readily stretched (“straight-grain”), crushed (flattened smooth), tooled in gilt or blind, inlaid with leathers of different colors. So-called because much of the raw material originally came from the tanneries of North Africa (other types of goatskin bindings denoting regions of origin include levant, turkey, niger).
Offset The unintended transfer of ink from one printed page to an adjacent page.
Period-Style binding executed with materials, tools and techniques to approximate the look of a contemporary binding from the period of the book’s publication. The term implies that the binding is modern, or recent, unless otherwise specified.
Plate Full-page illustration printed separately from but bound with the text.
Point Variation in text, illustration, design or format that allows a bibliographer to distinguish between different editions and different printings of the same edition, or between different states or issues of the same printing.
Presentation Copy Book given as a gift by its author, illustrator or publisher. Sometimes refers to a volume given by a notable donor.
Provenance History of a particular copy of a book.
Raised Bands Horizontal protruding strips found on the spine of a book.
Reback To supply a worn binding with a new spine, usually made of the same material as the rest of the binding and decorated to match. When feasible the binder may preserve the original spine and affix it to the new material, described as “rebacked with the original spine laid down.”
Recase To reattach a text block to its binding when it has become loose from its covers.
Recto The front side of a leaf. The back side is known as the “verso.”
Trade Edition Printing or printings of a book made available for purchase by the general public on publication day (as opposed to a limited edition, often available only by subscription).
Uncut When the edges of the text block (most apparent at the fore and lower edges) have not been trimmed to a uniform size, and are therefore characterized by a ragged or deckle edge. A book may be uncut but opened—i.e., with a paper-knife—but all unopened books (see below) are by nature uncut as well.
Unopened When the folds of the sheets of paper making up the text block have not been trimmed away or opened with a paper-knife. While this makes it impossible to read all of the pages, it also indicates a probability that the text block has not been altered since leaving the printer.
Vellum Binding material made from specially treated calfskin—durable, with a distinctive ivory color and smooth appearance. Can be tooled in gilt or blind. So-called Japan vellum (or Japon) is a type of thick paper that has been polished smooth and given a glossy finish to resemble vellum.
Verso The back or reverse side of a leaf or page. (See “recto.”)
Woodcut Illustration or textual decoration made by cutting away from the surface of a block of wood until the reverse of the image is left in relief; this is then inked and pressed to the paper to leave the image. The woodblock, or multiple blocks, can be fit into the page along with the type, allowing text and illustrations to be printed in the same print run and share the same page (not possible with engravings, which require thicker, damp paper and much more force; nor with lithographs, which require a different printing process altogether). Woodcuts preceded moveable type and are the earliest known printing technology.
Wood-Engraving Engraving made with the graver or burin on the cross-section of a piece of boxwood; the harder wood and finer tools allow for more delicate, finely detailed images, while the block can still be set in the page alongside text and printed on the same stock as the text. While much older, wood engravings enjoyed an important renaissance in the late eighteenth century through Thomas Bewick and continued in popularity thorugh the nineteenth century.
Wormhole Tiny pinhole-sized trails left by bookworms as they eat through a text block. Much more common in older books printed on handmade papers with a high rag content than in books printed on manufactured papers made from wood pulp with a higher acidic content.
Wrappers Paper coverings—plain, marbled or printed—attached by stitches, staples or glue to a text block to identify it and afford it some protection (though much more fragile than a binding in plain, cloth or leather-covered boards). More typical of slim and/or inexpensive volumes such as pamphlets. “Self wrappers” are leaves, blank or printed, that are integral to the text block, conjugate with other leaves and from the same stock. “Original wrappers,” those attached at the time of issue, are scarce and extremely desirable to most collectors.