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[Norman Kane]

GROLIER CLUB.
DANIEL BERKELEY UPDIKE AND THE MERRYMOUNT PRESS.
N. Y., 1940.     
1 of 150 copies.  Signed by Updike.  Cloth-backed boards, 8 x 5 1/2 inches.  An excellent copy.  Together with "The Work of the Merrymount Press and its Founder Daniel Berkeley Updike (1860 - 1941)," an exhibition catalogue from the Huntington Library in 1942 in printed burnt siena wrappers.  The two for:  ($90)  $40

ELLINGER, Esther Parker.
THE SOUTHERN WAR POETRY OF THE CIVIL WAR.
Phila., 1918.  Original cloth,  stain on rear cover,some marginalia corrections to text, else very good.  ($50) $20

JUDD, Bernice, and BELL, Janet E., and MURDOCH, Clare G. [compilers].
HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE IMPRINTS, 1822 - 1899, A BIBLIOGRAPHY
Honolulu, 1978.  First edition.  Green cloth stamped in gold, 8 1/2 x 6 inches.  An excellent copy.  Together with an auction catalogue from 1918 of an auction of "Books and Pamphlets Relating to Hawaii and the South Sea Islands" hosted by C.F. Libbie & Co., in Boston, Mass.  The two for:  ($55)  $25

DUVEEN, Denis I. and KLICKSTEIN, Herbert S.
A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WORKS OF ANTOINE LAURENT LAVOISIER 1743 - 1794, WITH A PREFACE BY JOHN F. FULTON.
London, 1954.  Blue cloth in dust wrapper, 10 1/2 x 7 inches.  Fine/near fine.  Dust wrapper with just some light age-toning and minimal wear, now protected in a mylar sleeve.  Illustrated with facsimiles.  A supplement was published later.  An excellent reference work.  (I knew Klickstein: he was devoted to medical history and was an all-around good fellow - NK).  ($150)  $75

McMURTRIE, Douglas C.
[TWO TITLES] THE BEGINNINGS OF PRINTING IN FLORIDA and A PRELIMINARY SHORT-TITLE CHECK LIST OF BOOKS, PAMPHLETS AND BROADSIDES PRINTED IN FLORIDA 1784 – 1860. 
The first title, "The Beginnings of Printing in Florida" was published by The Book Farm in Hattiesburg, Miss., 1944.  It measures 9 x 6 inches in printed blue wrappers with some light age-toning.  36 pages, illustrated with facsimiles.  Front lower corner creased, overall a very good copy.  The second title, "A Preliminary Short-Title Check List. . ." was a WPA publication from Jacksonville, Florida in 1937.  It measures 11 x 8 1/2 inches in printed blue wrappers with some light sun-fading and markings to cover.  15 pages.  Overall, a very good copy.  The two for:  ($45)  $20

GORVINE, Albert.
THE GOVERNOR AND ADMINISTRATION, STATE OF NEVADA.  AN ABSTRACT OF A DISSERTATION PRESENTED TO THE FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCE, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY.
Printed wrappers, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches.  50 pages.  Dissertation abstract from March, 1950.  ($40)  $15

MOLIN, Jean-Baptiste and AUSSEDAT-MINVIELLE, Annik.
REPERTOIRE DES RITUELS ET PROCESSIONNAUX IMPRIMES CONSERVES EN FRANCE.
Paris, 1984.  4to, original pictorial linen, 716 (1) pages.  A nice copy with review slip and errata laid-in.
($100)  $50

BIRD, D. T. (compiler).
A CATALOGUE OF SIXTEENTH-CENTURY MEDICAL BOOKS IN EDINBURGH LIBRARIES.
Edinburgh, 1892. Blue cloth with dust wrapper, 11 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches.  Near fine/very good.  Review slip laid-in.  Illustrated throughout with engravings, etc., from the books in the catalogue.  A very nice copy.  ($50)  $20

SEGY, Ladislas.
AFRICAN SCULPTURE SPEAKS.
N. Y., 1952. First edition.  A signed, presentation copy from the author to Mr. and Mrs. Webster Plass who are prominently mentioned in the Acknowledgements.  Beneath Segy's inscription to the Plass family is an inscription from Mrs. Platt detailing her own rather amusing view on the book and its author.  Brown cloth stamped in black and gold, 11 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches.  Light rubbing to bottom of front cover.   Map end-papers depicting Africa.  A very nice copy, made the more so by the inscriptions. ($55)  $20

AYER, Mary Farwell.
CHECK-LIST OF BOSTON NEWSPAPERS 1704 - 1780 WITH BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES BY ALBERT MATTHEWS.
Boston, 1907.  Volume IX, "Collections" in the series "Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts."  Blue cloth stamped in gold, 9 3/4 x 7 inches.  Some light wear to top and bottom edges of spine.  Light, very occasional spotting to front covers.  Top edge gilt.  Edges uncut.  Hinges strengthened.  A very good copy. ($50)  $15

GOLDBERG, S. L.
THE CLASSICAL TEMPER, A STUDY OF JAMES JOYCE'S ULYSSES.
London, 1961.  First edition.  Red cloth in blue dust wrapper, 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches.  Near fine/near fine.  Corners lightly bumped.  Small tear to dust wrapper front upper corner.  Else a very nice copy.  ($40)  $15

THE TURNER'S COMPANION: CONTAINING INSTRUCTIONS IN CONCENTRIC, ELLIPTIC, AND ECCENTRIC TURNING; ALSO VARIOUS PLATES OF CHUCKS, TOOLS, AND INSTRUMENTS. . .
Phila., 1851.  First U.S. edition.  Brown cloth stamped in blind and gold, 7 x 4 1/2 inches.  Some foxing.  Neatly rebacked in matching cloth.  On fancy work with a lathe. This first edition of an oft-reprinted work is rather scarce.
($290)  $150

HAFNER, Arthur, et. al. [eds].
GUIDE TO THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION HISTORICAL HEALTH FRAUD AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 
COLLECTION.
Chicago, 1992.  4to, original pictorial cloth; bright.  958 items individually described, and numerous lists and indices.  Many illustrations throughout.  ($50)  $20

OGILVIE, William Edward.
PIONEER AGRICULTURAL JOURNALISTS, BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF SOME OF THE EARLY EDITORS IN THE FIELD OF AGRICULTURAL JOURNALISM.
Chicago, 1927.  First edition.  "Privately Printed."  Blue cloth stamped decoratively in gold, 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches.  Illustrated by facsimiles throughout.  ($50)  $20

DUARTE, F. J.
BIBLIOGRAFIA EUCLIDES ARQUIMEDES NEWTON.
Caracas, 1967.  Volume II in the "Biblioteca de la Academia de Ciencias Fisicas, Matematicas y Naturales" series.  Original decorated wraps (parchment-like heavy paper).  An excellent copy; illustrated throughout. ($60)  $20

ARNIM, Max.
INTERNATIONALE PERSONALBIBLIOGRAPHIE 1800-1943.
Stuttgart, 1952.  2 volumes, quartos, approx. 11 X 8 inches, original quarter leather, a little worn, library numbers on spines, bookplates, "reference" stamped on end papers, bottom edges stamped.   A biographical omnium gatherum of xiv, [2].706 and [4], 834 pages; from Aa to Zyro.  Best edition of this basic component of the work to which volumes were added later covering the post-1943 period.  A monumental compilation, arranged alphabetically and with sources noted.  SCARCE.  ($190)  $75

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