Coming Thursday - Brooklyn Virtual Antiquarian Book Fair ​

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Coming Thursday! Hundreds of rare books, photographs, prints, ephemera, and autographs.   Here are a few late items just posted for this week's fair   Virtual Brooklyn Antiquarian Book Fair September 26-28 Opens Thu. Sept. 26 noon ET through Sat. Sept. 28 at 7:00pm   Attend from your PC or cellphone Nineteen Eighty-Four George Orwell ONLY 1 London: Secker & Warburg, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine 8vo. Pp. 312. First Edition. Special commissioned binding by Winnipeg book collector and Tattoo artist Aarom von Hemmersbach. The calf is English natural and the design and tattoo work is by Aarom. Bound by Keith Felton of Felton Bookbindind Ltd., Georgetown, Ontario. Horseman, Pass By McMurtry, Larry M. Original yellow cloth spine First edition, first printing This book was source material for the movie Hud, starring Paul Newman, which won several Academy Awards. ARCHIVE 1915 Photo Images Printed in 1970s From Original Negatives – Lower Manhattan, Court St., Fulton St. Lot includes sixty-two (62) 8" x 10" black & white glossy silver prints. All in very good condition. Kiowa Chief Manyi-Ten (Woman's Heart) Wearing Peace Medal 1870s Cabinet Card Photo Although no photographer backmark, this image was taken by William S. Soule, the post photographer at Fort Sill, Indian Territory (Oklahoma). The X Ray or Photography of the Invisible and its Value in Surgery Morton, William L. with Edwin J. Hammer New York, American Technical Book Co., 1896, Hardbound First Edition This is the rare first edition of the first book on radiography to appear in the United States, months after Roentgen's announcement of his discovery. As such, it is a very important book in the bibliography of that subject. El Moderno Promoteo. FRANKENSTEIN Mary Shelley Spanish Language Edition Tattoo Binding Buenos Aires, Argentina: Biblioteca From the series Biblioteca de la Nacion, with the cloth front cover bound in at the back, with the typo Mr. Shelley on the front cover. Special commissioned binding by Winnipeg book collector and Tattoo artist Aarom von Hemmersbach.  Mahatma Gandhi - Offset Lithographic Poster printed in India Kanpur, India, Shyan Sunderlal Agarwal Chock, 1950's Rare Mahatma Gandhi Vintage Offset Lithographic Poster Atwood Regional-Political Series [seven pull-down map quarter-sawn oak wall case Asia including U.S.S.R. in Europe; South America; Europe; United States; Africa; Australia and the Far East Seven large linen-backed colour lithograph maps, sized from 43.5 x 72 in. to 51.5 x 60 in., all mounted on their original spring-loaded rollers, wooden pull dowel & metal ring pull. Manzanita Ruler, 12 different woods from Yosemite Julius Starke 12" x 1 3/4". 1890-1902. Box and original tissue present. Intricately inlaid with 12 woods found in Yosemite National Park A Cook's Tour. In Search of a Perfect Meal Anthony Bourdain New York, Bloomsbury, 2001, Hardcover First Edition, Fine condition Bourdain crisscrosses the world sampling sampling local delicacies from the sublime to the bizarre. Commonwealth of Massachusetts By His Excellency James Bowdoin, Esq. Governour of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. A Proclamation. Boston, Adams & Nourse, 1787, Broadside Only Edition Promising pardon and indemnification to all offenders who complied with the terms and conditions of the act " on or before the twenty-first day of March." CHANGES Vol. 1 Number 1. July 1963 LaMonte Young, Jerome Rothenberg, et al NY, Change Publications, 1963, booklet first, unused CHANGES, about which little information is available aside from its contributors, was apparently a short-lived literary journal of the avant-garde printed in the lower East Side community in the early 1960s, which featured the early work of poets, philosophers and composers some of whom went on to have long and influential careers. Charles Prince of Wales, &c. Regent of Scotland, England, France and Ireland, and the dominions thereunto belonging. Charles P.R. Charles Edward, Prince, Grandson of James II, King of England 1720 - 1788 1st printing (ESTC T30512) A very rare survivor of this tumultous time of British history, at the time of cataloguing, this broadside is known in only 6 copies  Chromolithographic Print of Early Fine Book Binding Dr. Adolf Schmidt Excellent Folio-size Chromolithographic Print of Early Fine Book Binding (On Manuscript Dated 1356) Dracula's Guest Stoker, Bram Presented to the Audience of Prince of Wales' Theatre, London, by Harry L. Warburton on the occasion of the 250th London Performance of Dracula, Wednesday, the Fourteenth September, 1927.  The Domestic Encyclopedia; or, A Dictionary of Facts and Useful Knowledge Willich, A F M By James Mease. Phila: Birch and Small, 1804. Five volumes Philadelphia, Birch and Small, 1804, Full leather First American George Cruikshank's Fairy Library George Cruikshank London, Routledge, Warne, & Routledge, ca. 1864, Hardcover First edition, being a bind-up of four previously published fairy tales which were issued individually, each with its own green cardboard cover Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH Illustrated by Zena Bernstein Robert C. O'Brien New York, Atheneum, 1971, Hardcover First Edition 1840s Archive 90 Letters Deeds of Godwin Family of Northampton County Virginia  Archive of 90 invoices, deeds, and other documents from the Godwin family of Northampton County, Virginia from the 1840s to the 1870s.  The collection includes 6 slave documents including identified hiring of slaves The Torrents of Spring. A Romantic Novel in Honor of the Passing of a Great Race Ernest HEMINGWAY. 1926 First edition of Hemingway's first novel: a Sherwood Anderson send-up. An excellent starter copy, apparently only 1250 copies were printed Two Illustrated Letters Signed CHURCH, FREDERICK STUART (1842-1924)   American illustrator A prolific and popular illustrator, Church often included fanciful animal drawings in his letters. de magnete, magneticisque corporibus, et de mango magnete tellure; physiologia nova, plurimus & aegumentis, & experimentis demonstrata Gilbert, William First edition, Good Gilbert's (1544-1603) De Magnete is "a remarkable work in the history of scientific discovery. Handwritten corrections, thought to be in Gilbert's own hand. Five Sermons on Severeal Subjects INCREASE MATHER Boston, D. Henchman, 1719, Original Leather 1st edition Catalogue 25 of the Berggruen Collection, published on the occasion of the exhibition at Galerie Berggruen in Paris of Paul Eluard's poem "A Toute Epreuve" with wood engravings by Joan Miro Joan Miro. Bois graves pour un poeme de Paul Eluard Paul Eluard 1958 Rhode Island Stone Mason Journal Lists Work For Slave Owners, Revolutionary War Patriots, Planter Society Members Henry Eldredge Three Years In California J.D. Borthwick Edinburgh Prize binding, William Blackwood and Sons, 1857, Leather The Edinburgh Angus Club was formed in 1840 and instituted by royal warrant in 1841 Archive lot of 17 photographs depicting the process of making maple sugar. heavily annotated by author & photographer verne morton World's Fair, Chicago Souvenir Perfume Bottle - Hadji Ephraim Benguiat A rare keepsake from the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Handcrafted from painted glass, this bottle is an elongated square form. The XIT Ranch of Texas (with TLS from Haley) First Edition J. Evetts Haley Haley's first book, which established him as a premier interpreter of the western range cattle industry,here accompanied by his TLS  Formal Portrait Photograph, Inscribed by Groucho, Chico and Harpo Signed on the light areas, "Harpo," "From a flivver to a Chevrolet. Yours, Groucho," and "Some joke eh! [illegible short word] Chico." In excellent condition WEBSITE UPDATE YOUR PROFILE Forward this email to a friend   We send emails announcing these virtual shows. You may choose which show information you want to receive. Click the button above to choose which emails you want to receive:   Antiquarian Book Fairs Ephemera Fairs Photography Fairs Antiques Shows