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INSCRIBED BY INFLUENTIAL ECONOMIST JOHN MAURICE CLARK TO HIS FRIENDS, WELL-KNOWN SCIENTISTS CARYL AND EDNA HASKINS

CLARK, John Maurice. Competition As A Dynamic Process. Washington, 1961.

First edition of this influential economics work framing labor as an overhead cost, inscribed to his friends, prominent scientists Caryl and Edna Haskins: “To Caryl and Edna Haskins with best wishes: J.M. Clark.” $850.

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“URGENT… PRESIDENT KENNEDY HAS BEEN SHOT”:HISTORIC BREAKING NEWS OF THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION ON ORIGINAL UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL TELETYPE ROLL (27 FEET, 4 INCHES), 11/22/63

(KENNEDY ASSASSINATION). Original United Press International teletype roll—President Kennedy. Dallas, November 22, 1963. Original and continuous United Press International teletype roll reporting the breaking news of the Kennedy assassination, beginning only minutes after the shootings of the President and Governor Connally, noting witness reports of three shots, Mrs. Kennedy’s reaction, Secret Service and police response, pandemonium within Parkland Hospital where the President was ultimately declared dead, and ending with a draft of the President’s obituary. Extremely rare teletype roll of uninterrupted bulletins—UPR 74 to 115—marked 11/22. $15,000.

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“A MASTER OF THE DYNAMIC CLOSE-UP”

RENGER-PATZSCH, Albert. Eisen und Stahl. Berlin, 1931.

First edition of Renger-Patzsch’s influential masterpiece, with 97 black-and-white photogravures that helped ignite “one of Germany’s most pervasive modernist movements” (Roth). $850.

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CHARMING EDITION OF THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, ILLUSTRATED BY GEORGE TRIMMER

[MOORE, Clement C.] TRIMMER, George, illustrator. Night Before Christmas. Chicago, 1958. Colorful 1958 edition, illustrated by popular linen graphic artist George Trimmer, a lovely copy. $275.

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INSCRIBED BY STEPHEN KING

KING, Stephen. Danse Macabre. New York, 1981.

True first edition, preceding the limited edition, of "perhaps the best personal account yet written of the broad appeal of the horror genre," inscribed by Stephen King to author, educator and political scientist Arnold Rogow: "For Arnold Rogow—Best, Stephen King 1/15/82." $3200.

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SIGNED BY CAROLYN SEE

SEE, Carolyn. Making History. Boston, 1991. First edition of See’s “deeply affecting parable” of the American dream in southern California at the turn of the millennium, signed by the author (“Carolyn See!”). $125.

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“IN THE PRIMITIVE AGES OF THE WORLD… THERE WAS NOT EVEN SO MUCH AS BARTER”

(ANDERSON, Adam). Historical and Chronological Deduction of the Origin of Commerce. Dublin, 1790. Six volumes.

Third edition of this important authoritative history of commerce, with a global authority that includes a focus on Britain’s acquisition of “new American markets,” as well as the greater consequences of “the very extraordinary actions of the year 1720” when the South Sea Bubble burst (Sabin), with two large folding maps. $1750.

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SIGNED BY HIRSCHFELD AND 34 STARS OF BROADWAY

HIRSCHFELD, Al. Hirschfeld: Art and Recollections from Eight Decades. New York, 1991.

First edition, signed and dated on the title page by Hirschfeld "3/24/92," and additionally signed by 34 stars of stage and screen next to their caricatures, among them Frank Langella, Eric Bogosian, Kevin Kline, Jonathan Pryce, F. Murray Abraham, Stockard Channing, Bernadette Peters, Uta Hagen, Eli Wallach, B.D. Wong and Jack Klugman. $5500.

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THE POETICAL WORKS OF CHURCHILL, SOUTHEY, AND THOMSON, HANDSOMELY BOUND

CHURCHILL, Charles, SOUTHEY, Robert, and THOMSON, James. The Poetical Works. Boston, 1854-60. Fifteen volumes. 19th-century editions of the collected works of three well-known British poets, handsomely bound in contemporary calf-gilt. $650.

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"I WAS PLAYING GREAT… BUT THERE WAS NO PEACE, NO JOY, JUST EMPTINESS INSIDE"

SANDERS, Deion. Power, Money, & Sex. Nashville, (1998).

First edition, with errata slip, boldly signed on the title page by football and baseball star Deion Sanders. $500.

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1789 FIRST EDITION OF PORTLOCK'S ILLUSTRATED VOYAGE, WITH LARGE FOLDING MAP OF "NORTH WEST AMERICA

PORTLOCK, Nathaniel. A Voyage Round the World. London, 1789.

First edition of Portlock's account of his voyage to explore and survey America's northwest coast (including British Columbia, Alaska, Vancouver and Queen Charlotte's Island), featuring large folding map (20 by 36 inches) of America's northwest coast, five additional folding maps, and 14 copper-engraved plates, including frontispiece portrait of Portlock. An attractively bound copy. $11,000.

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"THE TERROR THEY WERE IN FROM THE CRUELTY OF THE REBELS, AND THE LITTLE PROSPECT THEY HAD OF MAKING AN EFFECTUAL DEFENSE… PREVAILED OVER HIS EXPOSTULATIONS"

(LAW—TRIALS) (STEWART, Archibald). The Trial of Archibald Stewart. Edinburgh, 1747.

First edition of the account of the two 1747 trials of Archibald Stewart, Provost of Edinburgh at the time of the Jacobite rebellion in 1745, for "Neglect of duty, and misbehavior in the execution of his office… at the time the rebels got possession of that city in the month of September 1745." From the library of 19th-century Scottish legal writer and historian James David Marwick, with his bookplate. $750.

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“HE SPEAKS FOR THE INARTICULATE, FOR THE HUMBLE AND THE COMMON”

WHITTIER, John Greenleaf. Works. Boston and New York, 1892. Together, nine volumes. Artists’ Edition, number 580 of only 750 copies. $1250.

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"THE DIGNITY OF TOIL—THAT WAS WHAT YOU FELT ABOUT HANNAH, THAT WAS WHY YOU LOOKED AT HER TWICE"

HALL, Radclyffe. Sixth Beatitude. London, 1936.

Signed limited first edition of Radclyffe Hall;s final novel, number 10 of only 125 copies signed by her on the limitation page. $450.

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SALESMAN'S SAMPLE CATALOGUE OF MEN'S SUITING FASHIONS IN 1900, FEATURING NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS AND 16 TEXTILE SAMPLES

BALTIMORE BARGAIN HOUSE. Fall and Winter 1900 [Men's Suits]. Baltimore, Maryland, 1900.

First edition of this salesman's sample catalogue of men's suiting fashions from Baltimore in 1900, with numerous in-text illustrations as well as 16 tipped-in textile samples. $750.

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SCARCE AMERICAN COMMITTEE ON AFRICA HANDBILL CONDEMNING RIGHT-WING PRO-KATANGA GROUPS OVER THEIR ATTEMPTS TO INTERFERE WITH U.S./U.N. POLICY IN THE CONGO

GONZE, Collin, editor. Handbill ["Statement on the U.S., the U.N., and the Congo"]. New York, circa 1962.

First edition of this scarce handbill sharing the American Committee on Africa's viewpoints on the Katanga/Congo conflict. $175.

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“CONSECRATING PORTUGUESE TRIUMPHS”

MARTINEZ DE LA PUENTE, Jose. Compendio de las Historias de los Descubrimientos. Madrid, 1681.

First edition of Martinez de la Puente’s history of the Portuguese empire in the East Indies to the year 1600, including a chapter on Brazil, an account of the discovery of the Moluccas, as well as descriptions of the Philippines and New Guinea. $3800.

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WITH TEN POCHOIR ILLUSTRATIONS BY GEORGES LEPAPE

PETRONIUS ARBITER, Titus. Satiricon. Paris, 1941.

French private press limited edition of Petronius’ Satyricon, number 2805 of 3225 copies, illustrated with ten erotic pochoir plates by Georges Lepape. $500.

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BEN SHAHN’S SIGNED LIMITED FOLIO HAGGADAH, WITH ORIGINAL COLOR LITHOGRAPH ALSO SIGNED BY HIM

SHAHN, Ben. Haggadah for Passover. Paris, 1966.

Beautiful large limited folio Passover Haggadah, number 175 of only 228 copies (out of a total edition of 292) on Arches Vergé paper, illustrated by Ben Shahn with 21 color pictorial borders and line drawings and an additional beautiful double-page color lithograph also signed by him. $6500.

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“A MILESTONE IN SENDAK’S CAREER”

SENDAK, Maurice. GRIMM, Wilhelm. Dear Mili. New York, 1988.

First edition of this Grimm fairy tale adaptation, signed on the half title by Maurice Sendak. $1200.

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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.