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AARDVARK BOOKS/EZRA THE BOOKFINDER
- E-List #23. Put N' Take: A Collection of Gambling Sheet Music Scores, 1889-1987 *New*
- E-list #22: Konstantin Tsiolkovsky: Astronautics as Esoteric Utopian Philosophy *New*
Featured item:
Put N' Take: A Collection of Gambling Sheet Music Scores, 1889-1987
This collection comprises 103 sheet music scores relating to gambling published from 1889 to 1987. The subjects covered represent some of the many ways gambling has affected human culture, society and history in the last 132 years. Among the themes are gambling as a metaphor for love and loss, gambling in the African-American and Asian-American communities, warnings about the perils of gambling, the fraternal nature of gaming, the gambler as either a hero or a cautionary tale, the occult and songs based around a variety of games.
The majority of these scores were published in the USA, the outliers being 2 from Canada, 2 from Argentina and 4 from England. Some of the scores are not about gambling, per se, but use gambling themes in their illustrations and titles to underscore the song’s message. There are some uncommon imprints included. A few of these scores have condition issues, but the majority are in very good condition. All are housed in plastic sleeves. A full bibliographic catalog of the scores is available upon request. Following is a brief outline of the subjects included in the collection with a photograph for each subject which captures the general feel of that subject as well as the often attractive illustrations which were used to sell these scores.
Offered by Anderson Butler Rare Books.
ANTIPODEAN BOOKS, MAPS, PRINTS
- E-list #44 ~ W.W.I., Americana, Australia, Photographs, Maps, Ephemera
- E-list #43 ~ Antipodean Books at the Brooklyn Virtual Book Fair
- Electronic List 132: 19th Century French Illustration and Caricature
- Electronic List 131: ABAA Virtual Book Fair, 2020
- Wendell Berry (Newsletter)
- Cather & Chips (Newsletter)
- E-List 8: California and the West *New*
- E-list 7: African-American Artists: Music, Performance, Photography, Graphic Arts *New*
Featured item:
Eula, Joe; The Supremes. The Supremes at Lincoln Center Philharmonic Hall. Friday, October 15, 1965.
New York?, 1965. Lithograph poster in colors. Signed in the plate, l.l. Sheet: 38” x 24 ⅞. Creases to lower right quadrant, wear to top and bottom margins, pinholes to corners, very good condition overall. The Supremes were at the height of their popularity when they performed at Lincoln Center’s Philharmonic Hall in 1965. Offered here is the iconic poster from the concert, designed by the graphic designer Joe Eula.
Offered by Auger Down Books and found in "E-list 7."
- 19th Century Decorated Paper Bindings, Decorated Cloth Bindings and Historic Works New York Book & Ephemera Fair Catalog
- Occasional E-list (November 2020)
- June 30, E-list
- The History of Colonialism and Imperialism Across the Globe
- Colorado River and Other Western Rivers (October 6, 2020)
W. C. BAKER RARE BOOKS & EPHEMERA
- Celebrating African-American Authors
- Required Reading (January 2021)
- Books by, for, and About, Women 1649-1877
- English Libertine Literature 1652-1843 -- Catalog available by request stuart@sbrarebooks.com
- Caricature, Satire, Comics *New*
- Special Collections (February 2021)
- E-catalog 88: Business Books *New*
- E-catalog 87: Miscellaneous *New*
- Archives & Manuscripts Catalog 25 *New*
- E-catalog 86: Nature *New*
Featured item:
Carroll, Jim
New York: Penguin Books, 1987. First Edition Thus.
Small Octavo (7 3/4 x 5 inches; 196 x 128 mm), 210 pages, in stiff pictorial wrappers.
SIGNED by Jim Carroll on the title page. Carroll's classic account of growing up in New York in the early 1960s, full of drugs, sex, and crime. Tombouctou Books published The Basketball Diaries in 1978; this is a reissue by Penguin Books. Uncommon signed.
CONDITION: Small sticker to rear wrapper, some slight edge wear. Interior clean, page edges lightly toned. A Very Good copy.
Offered by Le Bookiniste and found in "Greenwich Village Antiquarian Book Fair."
- Summer Miscellany
- Spring Sale -- 30 first and limited editions
- James Gillray
- Thomas Rowlandson (Newsletter)
- Brattlecast #90: Go West (Podcast)
- Brattlecast #89: Virtual Book Fairs (Podcast)
- Happy Birthday, Edward Gorey *New*
- Firsts Canada *New*
- Ernest Hemingway: A Selection of 16 Books
- Bibliography Week Showcase Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3, Vol. 4, Vol. 5
Featured item:
Lewis, Lange [pseudonym of Jane Lewis Brandt]
New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1943. First edition. Bound in publisher's red cloth with titles stamped in gilt. Near Fine with light offsetting to endsheets and a very vibrant topstain. In a stunning, unclipped dust jacket, Near Fine, with light edge wear, light foxing, a vertical crease to the rear flap and a faint graphite check mark to the spine. A fantastic copy. Jane Lewis Brandt's third book, about the murder of a vegetarian, written under pseudonym.
Offered by Burnside Rare Books.
ANDREW CAHAN, BOOKSELLER, LTD.
- List 273: Books about Books * Misc * New Legacy Press *New*
- List 271: Books About Books & Miscellaneous
- New catalog available — Contact clarebooks@roadrunner.com/(716) 688-8723 to request…
- THE LUNAR VOYAGE FROM THE 17th CENTURY TO THE PRESENT -- In conjunction with the RBMS and the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing -- Offered jointly with John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller
- Popular Fiction 1814-1939: Selections from the Anthony Tino Collection -- Offered jointly with John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller
DE SIMONE COMPANY, BOOKSELLERS
- New Arrivals (March 16, 2021) *New*
- Catalog #88, Medical Books from the Fifteenth to the Twentieth Centuries -- This catalog is print-only. To request a copy, contact MedBks@aol.com...
Featured item:
The collection spanning half a century presents a sampling of over 50 paper fabric labels or "tickets" used to differentiate and promote various type of fabric. From the early days forward they include:| embossed die-cut silvered 3 ¼” x 4" labels with elaborate border decoration and mostly animals or women as the central image. No indication of product or manufacturer. |Solid coated stock with embossed decorative borders surrounding a central image. Some include areas to write numbers and quantities. Usually rectangle, but some die-cut shapes with elaborate design |Polished stock with border decoration and product name at center. Still relatively small format. Vivid color. |Black and white engraving with relevant product imagery and name. Often imagery of exterior of mills. |Large format with elaborate border decoration, large central image of interest often unrelated to the product and product name. |Artistic printing employing numerous type faces and design elements, product name and unrelated appealing imagery.|Simple border with very large central image often drawn from popular culture, history or patriotism amidst relative items relative to the central image, but unrelated to the named product. 8" x 9 ½” or larger. This category includes an even larger label that includes a map of the United States and a backdrop of flags.
Offered by Eclectibles and found in "E-list 80."
- Comic collection of William "Gatz" Hjortsberg -- Details available upon request from info@elkriverbooks.com...
- Highlights from the ABAA Virtual Book Fair
Featured item:
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1966. First edition. 8vo. [10], 4-238, [8] pp. Blue paper covered boards quarter-bound in maroon cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $3.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. A Near Fine book in a Very Good+ dust jacket with a few traces of edge wear. Bruccoli A 20.1.a. A nice copy of the thirteenth Lew Archer mystery.
Offered by Evening Star Books and found in "February New Arrivals."
RODGER FRIEDMAN RARE BOOK STUDIO
Featured item:
Personal Recollections of the Plot to Kill HItler
Scholtz, Dr. Gerhard (1899–1958).
A4 sized original densely typed pages with hundreds of newspaper clippings in six black binders of the time. 1) May 3, 1945-December 31, 1945: [156] pp. includes [7] pp. from August 31, 1939 predicting Ger - many’s loss in World War II; also includes a summary of 1932-1946; 2) 1949: [104] pp. (three-hole punched); 3) 1950: [167] pp.; 4) 1951: [209] pp.; 5) 1952: [120] pp.; 6) 1953: [141] pp. In German. Very good. The diaries are depicted on the cover of this List.
Dr. Scholtz was a military historian and biographer of German mil - itary figures such as Carl von Clausewitz (1780-1831, author of On War), Friedrich Carl (1828-1885, Prussian military commander), and Hermann von Boyen (1771-1848, inventor of the military draft). Dr. Scholtz was also a co-conspirator in the July 20, 1944 plot to kill Hitler. These are his diaries from August 1939, 1945, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, and 1953 – a total of 897 pages. On July 20, 1944, Claus von Stauffenberg, Ludwig Beck, and other conspirators attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler with a bomb. The aim of the assassination attempt was to take control of Germany and make peace with the Allies. Ludwig Beck was one of the main conspirators and after Hitler’s assassination was to become interim President of Germany. The plot narrowly failed, and Hitler survived with minor injuries. In response, the Gestapo promptly arrested more than 7,000 people, of which they executed a staggering 4,980 people.
On July 28, 1944, Dr. Scholtz was together with Wilhelm Beck (1881– 1963; only living brother of Ludwig Beck), and an unknown individual identified as “Wetzell”, when all three were arrested by the Gestapo. What followed, Dr. Scholtz describes as the most terrifying experience of his life. He was one of the lucky ones, released on October 2, 1944 after 67 days of interrogation.
Offered by Mark Funke, Bookseller and found in "Catalogue C: Fascism."
- OCCASIONAL LIST 22: A Miscellany: Original Art Work; Small Archive of Major English Watercolourist; Interesting Theatrical Pieces; Manuscript Material, Etc., Etc. -- available on request from fgrare@fgrarebooks.com...
- Has the following lists available: California, Texas, Kansas, Missouri, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Oregon, Louisiana, Colorado, Ohio and New York. Will email to interested parties. Contact info@ginsbook.com to request...
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Before 1700: Rare Books and a few Prints, many on spectacle *New*
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New Acquisitions (February 2021) *New*
THOMAS A. GOLDWASSER RARE BOOKS
- 9 Octavos Printed in England from the Years 1578-1658 *New*
- Four Incunabula with Contemporary bindings, Rubricated, Interesting provenance & maybe most importantly interesting. And not by any means least QUITE rare *New*
DAVID A. HAMILTON AMERICANA BOOKS
JONATHAN A. HILL, BOOKSELLER, INC.
Featured item:
GLUCK, Louise. The First Four Books of Poems (Signed First Edition)
Hopewell, NJ: Ecco Press, 1995. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Anthology of poems from the winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature. Includes poems from "Firstborn," "The House on Marshland," "Descending Figure," and "The Triumph of Achilles." A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Gluck on the title page. A fresh copy.
Offered by Jeff Hirsch Books and found in "E-list 173: 50 New Arrivals."
- Manuscripts, Letters & Art (New York Book Fair)
JOHN W. KNOTT, JR., BOOKSELLER
- THE LUNAR VOYAGE FROM THE 17th CENTURY TO THE PRESENT -- In conjunction with the RBMS and the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing -- Offered jointly with L.W. Currey, Inc.
- Popular Fiction 1814-1939: Selections from the Anthony Tino Collection -- Offered jointly with L.W. Currey, Inc.
- Catalog #74: 100 Rare Books -- with an emphasis on history and military affairs. Please request from mail@kubikbooks.com...
- New Arrivals (August 2020)
- New Arrivals (January 2020)
MICHAEL LAIRD RARE BOOK & MANUSCRIPTS
- Ephemera (March 2, 2021) *New*
- Manuscripts (February 23, 2021) *New*
- Recent Acquisitions: Canon, Civil, Common & Roman Law-30 Items (February 16, 2021) *New*
- Roman Law: 30 Items (February 9, 2021) *New*
DAVID M. LESSER, FINE ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS
Featured item:
Callahan, Chas. E.: THE COMEDY DRAMA - THE NEW FOGG'S FERRY ... "ONE TOO MANY"
Cincinnati: The Enquirer Job Printing Co. [1893?]. Multi-colored theatrical poster, broadside. 21" x 28." Very Good. Numerous posters of this popular melodrama were displayed at the turn of the last century. The Theater Poster Collection at the Library of Congress contains a number of them. Callahan, a Cincinnati journalist, had great success with this play.
Offered by David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books and found in "Catalog 180."
LIBER ANTIQUUS, EARLY PRINTED BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS
- On Our Shelves No. 27 – Beast and Man in India (Video)
- Rare Book Moment 26: Look for relationships in your collection (Video)
- E-cat featuring Anti-fascism, racial stereotypes, mid-century folk and propaganda and more
- Around the World in Ephemera
- Books You Didn't Know You Were Looking For: Unusual Titles from Boni & Liveright *New*
- The Black Arts Movement: Selections
J. & J. LUBRANO MUSIC ANTIQUARIANS
STUART LUTZ HISTORIC DOCUMENTS
- List of 77 Mark Twain First Editions and Ephemera available by request from info@macdonnellrarebooks.com (specify elist or paper copy).
MAIN STREET FINE BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS
- Illustrated Catalog on Carlos Merida (1891–1984) -- Mexican painter, sculptor, writer and graphic designer -- available by request from mmbooks@comcast.net
- Latin America
MARTAYAN LAN RARE BOOKS & MAPS
- California Virtual Book Fair *New*
- List #25: Cuba *New*
Featured item:
Menendez, Anthony E. Guide to Havana and Vicinity.
Havana: Book Store Obispo, 1899. 96pp., plus two folding maps and fourteen leaves of advertisements. Oblong 12mo. Original cloth wrappers, gilt lettered. Wraps fading at edges, with some light wear; spine ends chipped. Text block and maps detached. Some separations along map folds, with several verso tape repairs. Light tanning. Good.
A fascinating and extremely rare bilingual guide to Havana. The book was produced by a Havana book shop after the conclusion of the Spanish-American War, likely in an attempt to take advantage of an increase in Anglophone tourism with the United States having taken possession of Cuba for a brief period. The author, clearly not a practiced speaker of English, does his level best to translate his Spanish text, but often succumbs to awkward phrasings and improper usage; it is nevertheless an entirely readable effort.
The first section focuses on travel to and within Cuba, and is quite thorough, particularly in its discussion of rail service and omnibus routes. A second shorter section lays out options for hotel and dining arrangements. The final part comprises a narrative description of the sights in Havana and nearby areas. After a second title-page, the sections repeat in Spanish, with a short appendix at the rear in English that discusses road routes from Havana to other parts of Cuba. Also included are numerous illustrated advertisements for hotels, products, and services, and two attractive folding maps, partially printed in color, one of Havana and one of the entire island. Quite rare, we locate only two copies, at the Library of Congress and the National Library of Cuba.
A very interesting, locally produced guide for Havana and Cuba at the end of the 19th century, just after the Spanish-American War.
Offered by McBride Rare Books and found in "List 25: Cuba."
BRUCE MCKITTRICK RARE BOOKS, INC.
- Leaps & Bounds: New Acquisitions After May 2020
- New Acquisitions to the Bishop Collection of Thomas Bird Mosher and the Mosher Press (May 2020)
Featured item:
HORAE B.M.V., use of Rome. Hore christifere virginis marie.
Paris: Simon Vostre. A FINE, LARGE, RED-RULED COPY of the most lavishly illustrated of Simon Vostre’s quarto editions, called the “grandes heures” as much for the richness of their illustrative material as for their format. Vostre’s complete new series of fourteen very large full-page metalcuts, attributed to the workshop of Jean Pichore, first appeared in this edition; only three had appeared previously. This copy is bound with six pages of contemporary manuscript prayers and devout meditations by a woman, preserved by the binder Capé when the copy was luxuriously rebound in the 19th century in a retrospective style. 4to. 14 full-page and many smaller metalcuts, including page borders assembled from individual cuts. 19th -century red goatskin with a strapwork décor, by Capé. The Robert Hoe - Cortland Bishop - Mary S. Collins copy.
Offered by Musinsky Rare Books and found in "Sixteenth-Century Illustration Catalog."
- Father's Day Gift Offerings
- E-list: Stocking Stuffers (Newsletter)
- Catalog 54, April 2021 *New* -- by subscription only. Contact oldwestbooks@earthlink.net for details about obtaining a copy.
R & A PETRILLA, ANTIQUARIAN BOOKSELLERS
PHILADELPHIA RARE BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS
- Facsimiles *New*
- All-Engraved Books *New*
Featured item:
Hand-Colored Grammar (Juvenile Grammar). The paths of learning strewed with flowers. Or, English grammar illustrated. London: Pr. for J. Harris & Son, 1820. 16mo (17.7 cm, 6.96"). 16, [1 (adv.)] ff.; illus.
A COMPLETELY ENGRAVED, illustrated English grammar. Printed on one side of a leaf only, and each printed page with engraved text and a hand-colored wood engraving, this early printing comes from Harris's “Cabinet of Amusement and Instruction,” with the publisher's advertisement (at end) listing 53 other titles from the series.
The hand-coloring here is of high quality: The placement of it within the engraver's outlines is precise, with all hues being thoughtfully chosen and laid on in pleasing combinations.
Provenance: Front wrapper with early inked inscription reading “For Miss Pratt”; inside front wrapper with similar reading “Maria Pratt given by Lady Medows.” Most recently in the children's library of American collector Albert A. Howard, small booklabel (“AHA”) at rear.
Offered by Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts and found in "All-Engraved Books."
PHILLIP J. PIRAGES FINE BOOKS & MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPTS
- The Bunker Hill Archive (Newsletter)
- New Historical Documents (Newsletter)
RABELAIS BOOKS ON FOOD & DRINK
RICHARD C. RAMER, OLD & RARE BOOKS
- Americana E-list - Accomplished in Manuscript *New*
- California Virtual Book Fair *New*
- Catalog 374: Science & Technology *New*
- New Acquisitions in Americana: February 2021 *New*
- Americana E-list: In the Courtroom *New*
- Winter Letters *New*
Featured item:
Barba, Alvaro Alonso: GRÜNDLICHER UNTERRICHT VON DEN METALLEN....
Ephrata: J. Georg Zeisiger, 1763. 198,[4],14pp., including a second titlepage within the pagination and a full-page plate on p.187. Contemporary ruled calf, raised bands. Boards rubbed and edgeworn, chipped at spine ends, small chip in front board. Lightly tanned and foxed. Overall, very good, in original condition. In a half morocco and cloth folding case, spine gilt.
The first book on mining and geology published in North America. Barba’s work was originally published in Madrid in 1640 as Arte de los Metales. Barba was a priest who was at Potosí, Peru when its silver mining industry was at its height. The book, the earliest on American mining, ores, and minerals, gives a description of the revolutionary practices being implemented in the mines. Barba describes the generation of metals, methods of extracting silver by mercury, the process discovered in 1607 for extracting gold, silver, and copper by boiling with a salt solution and mercury in a copper vessel, and the refining and separation of these metals. There is also a chapter on petroleum products in Peru and elsewhere. The plate shows mining tools and a brick oven.
This Pennsylvania printing of Barba’s work makes it the first book printed in the British colonies on mining and mineralogy, and therefore a landmark publication. Why it was printed by the Ephrata Cloister, which operated the second German language press in the colonies, is a mysterious and interesting question. Copper mines had been discovered in neighboring New Jersey in the early 18th century, but coal was not mined in Pennsylvania until the 1770s, and the Appalachian gold deposits were not discovered until after the founding of the United States. “Very rare imprint” – Sabin, who notes that a copy had been recently (i.e. 1886) priced in a dealer catalogue for $90. A rare work, and an Americana landmark. Rink locates seven copies.
Offered by William Reese Company and found in "Catalog 374 Science & Technology."
- LIST 327: LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB -- 136 titles
- LIST 326: SPRING MISCELLANY: Books, Pamphlets, Manuscripts, Photographs, and Ephemera
- Fine Literature -- a joint catalog with James Cummins Bookseller
- New York NY
B&L ROOTENBERG RARE BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS
BARRY LAWRENCE RUDERMAN ANTIQUE MAPS, INC.
- California Virtual Book Fair *New*
- Recent Acquisitions (March 2, 2021) *New*
- Island Hopping *New*
- Japan *New*
- Africa *New*
Featured item:
AwokiI, T, & J. Susuka. Illustrated guide book for travellers round the world. [Title also in Japanese:] Sekai ryoko bankoku meisho zue.... Osaka: Awoki Szandow, [1885-86].
One of a series of 7 volumes published by Szandow (Suzando), this one covering the Middle East and India; 16mo, pp. [182], [2]; double leaves; illustrated throughout with 138 wood-engraved illustrations with English captions, title page printed in olive and black; original black cloth-backed pictorial boards, paper spine label, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers; lower cover quite rubbed with substantial loss of printer's mark; general shelf wear, else a very good, sound copy.
Offered by Rulon-Miller Books and found in "Japan."
- Spring 2021 *New*
- List of 16th-17th-Century Continental Books (Spring 2021) *New*
- List: 150th Anniversary of Mendeleev's Periodic System
- California Book Fair 2019: 130 Items on Science and Medicine is now available on request from scientiabk@gmail.com...
- Catalog #239: From the Library of Pulitzer-Prize Winner Tad Mosel
- Catalog #238: From the Library of a NY Luddite: American Literature
- Presidents and Leaders: Portraits and Documents Auction 2021
- The Bill Taub NASA Photo and Memorabilia Collection
MARC SELVAGGIO, BOOKS & EPHEMERA
- Maritime List 297 *New*
- Yachts and Yachting -- Joint catalog with Rulon-Miller Books.
Featured item:
Epinal Pellerin, ( n.d. (1875)), n.p. Square 8vo, 20 cm. Unpaginated. (16) pp. Color plates.
This is a rare and charming alphabet book for children, using a nautical theme for the letters. I know you’re most curious, so I’ll get right to the point. Letters “X” and “Z” (always the shortest chapters in nautical dictionaries) are illustrated with a cat and a monkey. Worldcat shows only a library in Switzerland holding what may or may not be a hard copy of this book (the citation comes with the curious designation, “online resource.”) The Worldcat entry also supplies a date of 1875 for its publication. Light wear, in illustrated wrappers. Very good condition.
Offered by Ten Pound Island Book Company and found in "Maritime List 297."
MICHAEL R. THOMPSON RARE BOOKS
- E-list #35: Women's Rights, African Americana, Protest flyers...etc.
- E-list #27: Women's Rights, African -Americana, Gay Rights, Civil Rights...
- 10 Dictionaries for People who Love the Oddities of English
- 10 Books from Virginia Woolf and from her Hogarth Press
- List 17: American Real Estate and Promotional Literature
- List 16: Police & Community in the United States
- Catalog 255: THE GEORGE W. KAPLAN, MD UROLOGY & MEDICAL HISTORY LIBRARY
- Catalog 254: EROTIC FORE-EDGE PAINTINGS
- New Acquisitions (May 5, 2020)
- New York Addundum
- Worth a Thousand Words: A Selection of Illustrated Books & Manuscripts *New*
- E-list Propaganda, Persuasion & Prophecy *New*
- E-list Stories in the Margins: A List of Annotated Books *New*
Featured item:
Nostradamus, Michel. The True Prophecies or Prognostications of Michael Nostradamus, Physician … And one of the best Astronomers that ever were.
London: Thomas Ratcliffe and Nathaniel Thompson, 1672. First English language edition. Contemporary sprinkled calf with five raised bands and gilt to spine. Extremities of spine expertly restored and front joint strengthened. All edges sprinkled red. Early ownership signature of B. Talbot 1690 to front endpaper. Occasional early ink notations to margins and a few trivial spots to paper, else an exceptionally clean and pleasing copy. Folio measuring 190 x 295mm and collating [36], 522: complete, including frontis.
For years a wandering physician, Nostradamus spent his energy pursuing knowledge of the ancient Hebrew prophets, to whose religion his family had adhered until their conversion to Catholicism. In 1555, his prophecies first appeared in print and made him famous for his astrological forecasts -- predictions he claimed were divinely inspired. "Most of the predictions Nostradamus composed during his life dealt with disasters such as plagues, earthquakes, wars, floods, invasions, murders, droughts, and battles. Enthusiasts have credited him with predicting numerous events in world history including the French Revolution, the rises of Napoleon and Hitler, the development of the atomic bomb, and the September 11 World Trade Center attacks... Nostradamus' timeless predictions continue to make him popular to those seeking answers to life's more difficult questions" (Biography). Today, Nostradamus remains an infamous and controversial figure. Here, his predictions about the future of humanity and the world appear in English for the first time.
Offered by Whitmore Rare Books and found in "E-list: Propaganda, Persuasion, & Prophecy."
JOHN WINDLE ANTIQUARIAN BOOKSELLER
- California Virtual Book Fair *New*
- 18 Recent Acquisitions *New*
- 56 Works of Bibliography: Books, Manuscripts, and Ephemera *New*
Featured item:
(Villard et Weill) Le Toton Equilibriste
Paris: L. & A. Cresson Freres, n. d. (ca 1890). Dexterity game; square, card stock box with a chromolithographed lid, 6 ½” x 6 ½”; game board set in the box; a small wooden toton (spinning top); game instructions to lid verso; box with inconspicuous repairs to two of the edges and a bit of age-toning and dust-dulling to margins of board; lid with some loss of paper to aprons; in good or better condition.
The amusing and quite-challenging dexterity game was created by the Villard et Weill game manufacturers in the late 19th century. Established by brothers-inlaw Henri Villard and Jules Weill in 1834 in Strasbourg, the company was active for over 130 years, surviving and thriving, despite two major fires in 1904 and 1916 and all through the Second World War. It would ultimately close down in 1968.
The game itself consisted of 16 numbered squares and a rhombus in the middle (#17), separated by raised ridges, except for small gaps between neighboring spaces. According to the instructions, a player was required to hold the box in his/her left hand, place the toton in square 1 in the upper left corner with his/her right hand, spin it, and then guide the spinning top through the gaps, by tilting the box, to rhombus 17. The rules also stipulated that there were three possible victory outcomes - the winner could be the player to reach the highest number with a single spin, the player, who could accumulate the highest total from three spins, or the first player to reach the #17 space.
Offered by ZH Books and found in "Games & Gaming."
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