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TWENTY for TUESDAY (II)
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London Street Vendors — “Live” & in COLOR!
(“A” is for “ALL STRIKING”).
[Busby, Thomas Lord]. Costume of the lower orders of the metropolis. [London: Samuel Leigh, ca. 1820]. 24mo (14.6 cm, 5.75"). Engr. t.-p., 23 col. plts.
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23 hand-colored plates: vibrant, expressive representations of characters including the ballad singer, the watchman, the chimney sweep, and the scissors grinder, along with sellers of matches, watercress, milk, mackerel — not to mention the raree showman, plus the (metaphorical?) horn-blower of the engraved title-page. Many sources attribute these plates to Thomas Busby, and the title-page is signed “T.L.B. ”; the images here are not identical to those in Busby's Costume of the Lower Orders of London, and Lipperheide hints that they might have been done by another hand inspired by Busby's work, with 13 of them differing in subject matter entirely. (In the same vein, these are not the images of Rowlandson's Characteristic Sketches of the Lower Orders, although the Lilly Library notes similarities between some of the designs here with those in Beall E40).
Provenance: Back pastedown with ticket of New York bookseller William Salloch; most recently in the children's book collection of Albert A. Howard, small booklabel (“AHA”) at rear.
• Lipperheide 1026. Not in Abbey, Life in England in Aquatint and Lithography; Beall, Cries and Itinerant Trades, E43. Bound as above; front board reattached, volume showing minimal wear otherwise. Some light offsetting to guard leaves; a few plates with small spots of minor foxing, plates otherwise pleasingly clean. 
Uncommon, with images both visually striking and sociologically intriguing. (39553)
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Murder by PoisonUnidentifiedAngus, Charles (defendant). The trial of Charles Angus, Esq. on an indictment for the wilful murder of Margaret Burns, at the Assizes held at Lancaster, on Friday, 2d Sept. 1808, before the Hon. Sir Alan Chambre. Liverpool: Printed by William Jones, [1808]. 8vo (21 cm, 8.25"). [2] ff., 288 pp.
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important material relating to medical jurisprudence and forensic medicine.
Binding: Circa-1865 half-black calf with green marbled paper sides, spine with gilt-stamped red leather label, gilt rules to form compartments, and blind-stamped center device in five compartments.
Provenance: Contemporary signature on title-page of James Kendrick; embossed ownership stamp of J.H. Williams, rector of Llangadwaladr; bookseller's label of Wildy & Sons, London; late 19th- or early 20th-century armorial leather bookplate of Alexander MacGregor; most recently in the collection of Robert Sadoff, M.D.
• Binding as above, edges rubbed, small scuffs. The endpapers, curiously, appear to have been marbled over typeprint. 
Very good. (39633)
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A Really Scarce Book & an 
Author Who is an EnigmaCorke, Miss. 'What shall we do with them?' A history of the London and Brighton convalescent home. London: J. Nisbet & Co., 1882. 12mo (18.5 cm, 7.25"). Frontis., vii, [1 blank], 157, [1] pp.
Click the images for enlargements.Miss Corke's identity remains a mystery despite two of her other publications being noted on the title-page; searches for those titles found no copies listed in WorldCat or COPAC.
The present work is also not listed in WorldCat, and via COPAC we find only one copy — at the Bodleian.
Provenance: From the residue of the stock of the F. Thomas Heller bookselling firm (est. ca. 1928).
• NSTC 0946400. Publisher's dark green cloth stamped on front cover with ferns in black and author and title in gilt; binding darkened and rubbed, slightly cocked. Occasional light foxing; oil-like stain in lower area of the final 20 leaves. An interesting late-Victorian women's social and medical work. (39657)
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PORTABLE STOICISMEpictetus, & Jean-Baptiste Lefebvre de Villebrune, ed. [two lines in Greek, transliterated as] Epicteti Enchiridion [then] curante J.B. Lefebvre de Villebrune. Parisiis: Typis Philippi-Dionysii Pierres, Regis Typographi Ordinarii, 1782. Sq. 12mo (11.6 cm, 4.6"). [6], 8, 46 pp.
Click the images for enlargements.miniscule yet lovely Greek (with a preface in Latin); the half-title gives “Epicteti Enchiridion, sive totius philosophiae moralis epitome castigatissima.” Brunet notes that there were two issues, one with final notes and one without, this example being of the latter. The work is not widely held in either state, with WorldCat locatingonly two U.S. institutional holdings.
• Brunet, II, 1013; Schweiger, I, 107; Wolf & Hayes, Library of Benjamin Franklin, 1000. 18th-century dark hunter green morocco framed in gilt triple fillets, board edges and turn-ins with gilt rolls, spine with gilt-stamped title, gilt rules, and gilt compartment decorations; moderately worn overall, joints and extremities refurbished, spine rubbed and slightly browned. Red endpapers. All edges gilt. Pages gently age-toned, otherwise clean. What's technically known as “a sweetheart.” (38265)
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An Early Victory for
Equal Protection & Civil Rights: Rejecting Anti-Chinese Legislation Field, Stephen J. The invalidity of the “Queue Ordinance” of the city and county of San Francisco. Opinion of the Circuit Court of the United States, for the district of California, in Ho Ah Kow vs. Matthew Nunan, delivered July 7th, 1879. San Francisco: J.L. Rice & Co., 1879. 8vo (23.3 cm, 9.2"). 43, [1] pp.
Click the images for enlargements. unconstitutional.
Following the opinion is an appendix providing “history of the legislation of the Supervisors of the city and county of San Francisco against the Chinese . . . compiled by one of the counsel in the above case [i.e., B.S. Brooks] from the records of the Supervisors and the newspapers of the city.” The text was printed from a revised copy, according to the title-page.
• Publisher's printed paper wrappers; corners and edges chipped, paper partially lost over spine, front wrapper with short tear from outer edge (not touching text), back wrapper with outer edge shortened. The whole now housed in a quarter navy morocco clamshell case with deep blue cloth–covered sides, spine with gilt-stamped title, gilt-ruled raised bands, and gilt-stamped compartment decorations. Pages slightly age-toned. 
A landmark document of American Constitutional law. (34196)
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“Whatever You Do, Junior, Don't Blow Up the House”Grotz, Christopher. The art of making fireworks, detonating balls, &c. New York: Printed & published by S[olomon] King, 386 Broadway, 1822. 12mo (18 cm, 7"). 26 pp.
Click the images for enlargements.The first American appearance in 1821 came from the same publisher as this second American edition, but was printed by W. Grattan. That printing had a colored frontispiece not found here and not called for by Shoemaker, nor by the cataloguing for the copy recorded in NUC Pre-1956.
This edition is not listed in WorldCat and the copy noted in Shoemaker & NUC (at Harvard) is not found via its OPAC. Of the 1821 edition we locate only five copies (Yale, Free Library of Philadelphia, U.S. Patent Office, Essex Institute, and the American Antiquarian Society).
Provenance: From the children's book collection of Albert A. Howard, small booklabel (“AHA”) at rear.
• Shoemaker 8903; Rink, Technical Americana, 3185 (erroneously calling for a plate and erroneously locating a copy at the Free Library of Philadelphia). Late 20th-century quarter red morocco with green stone-pattern paper sides. Small area of lower outside corner of title-leaf torn away and nicely repaired. Pages gently age-toned, with spots of mild to moderate soil, staining, and foxing. (38527)
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“Know Thyself” — And FEAR Thy Sex LifeHayes, Albert H. The science of life; or, self-preservation. A medical treatise on nervous and physical debility, spermatorrhoea, impotence, and sterility, with practical observations on the treatment of diseases of the generative organs. Boston: Peabody Medical Institute, © 1881. 12mo (16.8 cm, 6.6"). xviii, 286 pp.; 4 plts. (1 fold.).
Click the images for enlargements. Binding: Publisher's very bright blue cloth, front cover with overall oak-and-acorn and geometric pattern stamped in gilt and black, with decorative title and sun vignette, spine similar. All edges gilt.
• Binding as above, slightly cocked, extremities lightly rubbed; sewing of first signature loosening. Four leaves with short tear in upper margin, not touching text; several more creased across one corner; one page with light smudges, pages otherwise clean. A simultaneously disturbing and amusing look at quack medicine of the 19th century. (35120)
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Holbein’s Dance of Death — HIS ALPHABET with “New” BordersHolbein, Hans. L'alphabet de la mort de Hans Holbein entouré de bordures du XVIe siècle et suivi d'anciens poëmes français sur le sujet de trois mors et des trois vis publiés d'après les manuscrits par Anatole de Montaiglon. Paris: Edwin Tross, 1856. 8vo (21.8 cm, 8.625"). [96] pp.; illus.
Click the images for enlargements.exquisite death-themed, wood-engraved border by Léon le Maire after designs from a Book of Hours printed by Simon Vostre. The alphabet is represented (excluding J and U) by magnificent engraved historiated letters, five of which are repeated.
Signed by binder L. Claessens with tiny stamp in roll on lower front turn-in.
• Bound as above and in lovely condition; extremely minor spots of rubbing and scraping to boards, one raised band with a short cut(?) and a sliver of leather lost. An overall wonderful copy of this beautiful reprint. (37923)
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Janus Press Edition — Signed by Poet & PhotographerKinnell, Galway. The Seekonk woods. Concord, NH: Pr. at the Janus Press for William B. Ewert, 1985. 8vo (26.7 cm, 10.5"). [12] pp.; 3 plts.
Click the images for enlargements. The text was designed by Claire Van Vliet, set by hand in Trump Mediaeval, and printed by Van Vliet and Christy Bertelson on Barcham Green Tovil paper at the Janus Press in West Burke, VT.
This is
numbered copy 102 of a total of 170 printed, signed at the colophon by both Kinnell and Jacobi.
• Fine, The Janus Press 1981–1990, 40/41. Publisher's natural buckram, spine with printed paper label. A crisp, clean copy. (35933)
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“The Conveyancers Light” — Pleasing Property Law Provenance(Legal “Presidents”). H., J. The compleat clark, and scriveners guide. Containing exact draughts and presidents of all manner of assurances and instruments now in use. London: Pr. by T.R. for H. Twyford, N. Brookes, J. Place, & R. Wingate, 1655. 4to (22.5 cm, 8.9"). Add. engr. t.-p., [8], 664, [16 (index)] pp.
Click the images for enlargements. Evidence of Readership: An early hand has crossed out the “and Scriveners” line on the title-page and added “conveyancers,” similarly altering the title at the head of the first chapter. Two instances of early inked annotations in outer margins and one additional text supplied in an early hand at the bottom of the last text page; one phrase lined through and a few underlined.
Provenance: Front pastedown with bookplate of Eric Poole, almost certainly the law professor who published English Property Law.
• ESTC R205341; Wing (rev. ed.) C5633; Sweet & Maxwell 480. 19th-century half vellum and marbled paper–covered sides, spine with gilt-stamped red leather title-label and gilt-ruled raised bands; paper slightly faded and rubbed, back cover with paper repaired along spine and marbling pattern painted ( with impressive care) onto repair. Pages age-toned, with portions notably darkened and spotted; first and last sections with edges tattered, pinhole wormwork or slim tracking in lower margin of most leaves, and one leaf with short tear from upper margin touching header. Front pastedown with bookplate as above. (34732)
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The Baron withHand-Colored Plates[Raspe, Rudolf Erich]; Alfred Crowquill [pseud. of Alfred Henry Forrester], illus. The travels and surprising adventures of Baron Munchausen. New York: James Miller, 1864. 12mo (17.7 cm, 7"). Col. frontis., col. t.-p., 251, [1] pp.; 8 col. plts., illus.
Click the images for enlargements.ten vibrant, hand-colored plates by English artist Alfred Henry Forrester (1804–72), credited under his pseudonym, “Alfred Crowquill.” The plates, which include a frontispiece and title-page, bring to life some of the Baron's most well-known adventures, such as confronting lions, falling from the moon, and riding a half-horse. The text is also embellished with in-text illustrations and decorative initials.
Binding: Textured blue cloth, front board with corner maple leaves in blind and elaborate gilt center medallion with lettering. On the spine, the Baron appears to be cutting the rope he's hanging onto that dangles from the Moon, with a lion and alligator waiting underneath him. Undoubtedly he'll come out alive!
• Bound as above; mild rubbing to extremities and rear board, spine cocked very slightly. Some occasional light foxing and general age-toning to interior. Fantastic fun for lovers of adventure and art. (39527)
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LEC: 50 Rilke PoemsRilke, Rainer Maria. Selected poems of Rainer Maria Rilke. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1981. 8vo (24.2 cm, 9.5"). xxxiii, [1], 129, [3] pp.; illus.
Click the images for enlargement.printed in English and German on facing pages, with mutedly melancholy, gray-toned, stippled full-page and in-text illustrations (four of the former, six of the latter) done by Robert Kipniss and lithographed by George C. Miller & Son. Katy Homans designed the volume; the text was printed in Dante type (both roman and italic) on Mohawk eggshell wove paper, and the binding was done by A. Horowitz & Son.
• Bibliography of the Fine Books Published by the Limited Editions Club, 518. Publisher's quarter navy buckram and light blue paper–covered boards, spine with author stamped in silver, in original matching slipcase; slipcase showing minor shelfwear with spine and edges gently sunned, volume spine likewise gently sunned, otherwise crisp and solid. (37247)
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Makes the Weak Strong — Peculiar to Itself (Sarsaparilla)! C.I. Hood & Co. Hood's pansy. Lowell, MA: C.I. Hood & Co., [ca. 1890]. 16mo (10.5 cm, 4.2"). [16] pp.; illus.
Click the images for enlargements. steel-engraved views and vignettes printed in dark blue and dark green. A tipped-in slip advertises B.F. Taylor's general merchandise store in Wheelock, VT.
• Publisher's half-tone color-printed paper wrappers as above, with a river scene glowing in the “eye” of one of the pansies; spine rubbed, one tiny spot of staining or fading near front upper edge. Pages gently age-toned. A patent medicine give-away not, originally, meant to be much less ephemeral than the little flower it celebrates. (36568)
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An Arte of Substantial Value — An Amazing Acrostic — A Woman PrinterTapia Zenteno, Carlos de. Arte novissima de lengua Mexicana. Mexico: por la Viuda de D. Joseph Bernardo de Hogal, 1753. Small 4to (20.5 cm, 8.125"). [10] ff., 58 pp., plus acrostic leaf.
Click the images for enlargements.Inquisition.
Hogal press, this volume was produced under the supervision ofJosé Bernardo's widow, Rosa Teresa de Poveda, one of the famous “widow printers” of colonial Mexico. The acrostic leaf is a marvelous display of innovative use of the compositor's case to stand in for the engraver's burin! But the preliminaries do sport a fine engraving, as well; this is of the coat of arms of Manuel Rubio Salinas, the archbishop of Mexico, and the work of Antonio Moreno.
Provenance: Contemporary signature of José Mata on title-page; 19th- or early 20th-century stamp of the Redemptorist house in Cuernava: “Domus Cuernavacensis, C.SS.R. ”
• Medina, Mexico, 142; H. de Leon Portilla, Tepuztlahcuilolli, 2693; Palau 327485; Sabin 94353; Garcia Icazbalceta, Lenguas, 74; Vinaza 334; Pilling, Proof-sheets, 3600. Not in Ugarte, Obras escritas en lenguas indigenas de Mexico. Bound as above with edges and joints rubbed, sides lightly scuffed, spine with label chipped and extremities pulled; text block skewed in binding. Modern paper at end to pad the binding where a second text was removed; new rear endpapers. Some captions and catchwords (more of the former) affected but never taken by the binder's knife, with some sidenotes touched also; acrostic leaf closely cropped at bottom, costing a small arc of the circle but nothing else. Foxing and staining, never severe but noteworthy in margins of four early leaves; light soiling. An early hand has inked indexing indicia in the margins of three pages, to aid in finding passages of interest. Very good. (39574)
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“The Bat . . . Is a Murderous Plaything”“Thine, Bawlingly.” Something for the admirers of base ball. New York: Glenn Horowitz, 1990. 16mo (21.5 cm, 8.5"). 12, [4] pp.; illus.
Click the images for enlargements. • Publisher's paper wrappers. A fresh, clean copy. (37134)
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Reading Up onPrinting-Related Patents United States Patent Office. [binding title] “Patents on copper printing rolls.” [Washington]: 1876–1904. 8vo (28.8 cm, 11.35"). [68] pp.; 36 plts.
Click the images for enlargements. The patent record copies are accompanied by36 plates illustrating the various devices. Atyped index is stitched in at the front; the title given above comes from this volume's spine label.
A full list of contents is available upon enquiry.
Provenance: Front and back pastedown each with rubber-stamp of A. Bell Malcolmson, attorney and counsellor at law; final page with pencilled annotation: “Bind for Mr. Malcolmson.” Malcolmson is recorded as having been involved, in 1908, with a case regarding patent infringement of a method for duplicating typewritten work.
• Contemporary tan cloth, spine with gilt-stamped red leather title-label; cloth spotted and moderately discolored, extremities and spine label lightly rubbed. Preliminary index pages, of onion skin, each with short tear from outer margin; one text leaf with small chip to upper margin; some leaves creased; occasional pencilled annotations and marks of emphasis. (30399)
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Life WentSeriously Wrong beginning in Her Mid-TeensWatkins, Lucy. Helen Beresford, or the child of misfortune. London: Printed & sold by Dean & Munday, [1811–37?]. 12mo (18 cm, 7"). Frontis., engr. title-leaf, pp. [7]–54.
Click the images for enlargements.Thehand-colored engraved frontispiece shows Helen stabbing a man in a street and the hand-colored title-page vignette depicts her in a mean alleyway begging heaven for food.
Provenance: From the collection of Albert A. Howard, small booklabel (“AHA”) at rear.
NUC and WorldCat locate only four U.S. libraries reporting ownership (IEN, NhD, NjP, CtY).
• 20th-century quarter red morocco with marbled paper sides; spine and joints lightly rubbed. Front free endpaper with faded merchant's rubber-stamp in upper outer corner. Last lines on pp. 21, 25, and 26 closely cropped with loss of parts of some letters and of a few words; priced accordingly. A nice survivor, and a rather fun ~ if still sad and occasionally quite shocking ~ read. (39821)
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Sensational “News” Reports — Shocking “Plots” Fortunately “Discovered”!(Worcester, Edward Somerset, Marquis of). The earl of Glamorgans negotiations and colourable commitment in Ireland demonstrated; Or, the Irish plot for bringing ten thousand men and arms into England, whereof three hundred to be for Prince Charls's Lifegard. Discovered in several letters taken in a packet-boat by Sir Tho: Fairfax forces at Padstow in Cornwal; which letters were cast into the sea, and by the sea coming in, afterwards regained; and were read in the Honorable House of Commons, and ordered to be printed. London: Edward Husband, 1645. 4to (19 cm, 7.5"). 35, [1] pp.
Click the images for enlargements.• ESTC R200673; Wing (rev. ed.) W3533. Quarter red morocco with French-swirl marbled paper sides and gilt spine lettering; binding signed (with small rubber-stamp on verso of front free endpaper) by the Macdonald Company of New York. Leather of joints lightly rubbed in places. Text soiled/stained throughout; fore- and top margins of all leaves with repairs to areas of lost paper, not affecting sidenotes; in all, Good. (37988)
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