Item 147Bound volume of seven eighteenth-century Dublin printings of tragedies, 1769-1794

Collection of seven plays published in late 18th-century Dublin, many reprinting and in some cases adapting earlier plays.

Dublin: 1769-1794. Bound volume comprises: Dorothea Celisia. Almida, A Tragedy. As it is Performed at The Theatre Royal, in Drury-Lane. By a Lady. Dublin: Printed for W. Wilson, J. Exshaw, H. Saunders, H. Bradley, W. Sleater, D. Chamberlaine, J. Potts, J. Williams, W. Colles, R. Moncriefe, and T. Walker, 1771. 58, [2] pp. Adapted and translated from Voltaire's 'Tancrède'. ESTC T153160. Thomas Otway. Venice Preserved; Or, A Plot Discovered. A Tragedy. Dublin: Printed by P. Wogan, No. 23, Old Bridge.....

Item 234A Report of the Committee of the Lower House of Convocation, Appointed to Draw Up a Representation to Be Laid Before the Arch-Bishop and Bishops of the Province of Canterbury, Concerning Several Dangerous Positions and Doctrines Contained in the Bishop of Bangor's Preservative, and His Sermon Preach'd March 31, 1717

[Benjamin Hoadly]; [Church of England. Province of Canterbury. Convocation. Lower House]

Important document of the Bangorian Controversy, instigated by Benjamin Hoadly (then Bishop of Bangor and chaplain to the King), which revolved around the issue of whether the Church had jurisdiction over temporal matters. The dual theological-political threat that Hoadly's sermon and his work "Preservative against the Principles and Practices of Non-Jurors" posed was, essentially,  going too far in opposition to the non-juror issue at hand by arguing that the church should not exercise temporal authority, including by excommunication from the sacraments. Somewhat ironically because of this, Hoadly found himself in the favor of George I, who found himself aligning aligning with.....

Item 44The Art of the Fillmore: The Poster Series 1966-1971

(Bill Graham Presents); Gayle Lemke

Signed by Stanley Mouse, Alton Kelly, Country Joe, Randy Tuken, Herb Greene, Lee Conklin, and Mari Tepper on the translucent leaf inserted prior to the title page.

Petaluma, California: Acid Test Productions, 1997. Art Research Editior: Jacaeber Kastor. 240 pp. Copy 68 of 475 copies, with limitation plate mounted opposite signature page. Limited edition, no. 68 of 475. Purple cloth, dust jacket, purple cloth slipcase with blindstamped cover title. Art Research Editior: Jacaeber Kastor. 240 pp. Copy 68 of 475 copies, with limitation plate mounted opposite signature page.

Item 268Mapping of the Great Lakes in the Seventeenth Century: Twenty-two Maps from the George S. & Nancy B. Parker Collection

(Cartography)

Presentation of high-quality folio reproductions of maps of the Great Lakes region from the 17th century with detailed scholarly commentary.

Providence: John Carter Brown Library, 1989. Introduction and commentary by Kevin Kaufman. xxii, 85 pp. volume + 22 reproductions of maps on 28 loose-leaf sheets. Cloth case with printed paper label, housing loose-leaf sheets and a softcover bound volume. Introduction and commentary by Kevin Kaufman. xxii, 85 pp. volume + 22 reproductions of maps on 28 loose-leaf sheets.

Item 217Winston Churchill and Harrow: Memories of the Prime Minister's Schooldays 1888-1892

Chaplin, E.D.W. (editor)

Inscribed to Winston S. Churchill by Lt. Adrian L. Silas, RNVR on the front free endpaper. Adrian L. Silas was a Lieutenant in the British Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.

Published by the Harrow School Book Shop in Aid of the Hospital on the Hill, [1941]. Publisher's blue boards lettered in gilt.

Item 232The Overturned Lake

Charles Henri Ford

Uncommon poetry publication by Charles Henri Ford.

Cincinnati: The Little Man Press, 1941. One of 400 copies. Title Page drawing by Matta, typography by Robert Lowery First Edition. Publisher's cloth, spine lettered in red. One of 400 copies.

Item 249Élémens de physiologie végétale et de botanique

Charles-François Brisseau de Mirbel

Paris: Magimel, 1815. 2 volumes (of 3; LACKS octavo atlas volume). First Edition. (Likely original publisher's) wrappers with printed spine labels; leaves neatly opened but edges untrimmed; recent clear mylar jackets. 2 volumes (of 3; LACKS octavo atlas volume).

Item 218Diderot Encyclopedia: The Complete Illustrations, 1762-1777

[Diderot]

Collection of the illustrations found in Diderot's Encyclopedia, in an attractive approximately duodecimo sized collector's set. **EXTRA SHIPPING CHARGES MAY BE REQUIRED**

New York: Harry N. Abrams, [1978]. 5 volumes (4 contents; 1 index). Publisher's quarter leatherette and buckram boards, spines lettered in gilt, matching buckram slipcase. 5 volumes (4 contents; 1 index).

Item 4Eisele und Beisele auf dem Leipziger Turnfeste. Humoristische Fahrten und Abenteuer

(Eisele und Beisele)

Humorous account of Dr. Eisele and Baron Beisele's attendance at the Leipzig Gymnastics Festival, as well as their antics around the town. Imitating the popular genre of travel literature, the fictional pair was sent on travels around Europe after gaining notoriety in the Munich Fliegende Blätter, a comic newspaper. Eisele and Beisele's fame spread and the two were celebrated with their likenesses reproduced and events put on in their honor. Strauss even wrote a short piece celebrating the fictional pair: Eisele- und Beisele Sprünge-Polka, Op. 202. ~ Lustige Bericht über Dr. Eisele und Baron Beisele auf dem Leipziger Turnfeste und ihre.....

Item 119Death in the Afternoon

Ernest Hemingway

First Edition, first issue, with the Scribner's seal & 'A' on the copyright page.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932. Illustrated with a color frontispiece "The Bullfighters" by Juan Gris. Additional black & white illustrations from photographs. Lacks the dust jacket. First Edition. Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt. Illustrated with a color frontispiece "The Bullfighters" by Juan Gris. Additional black & white illustrations from photographs. Lacks the dust jacket.

Item 212La Habra: The Pass Through the Hills

Esther R. Cramer

Local history of the Southern California community. Trade copy: other records seem to indicate there was a limited edition run of 250; this copy has no limitation statement.

Fullerton: Sultana Press, 1969. Orange cloth, spine lettered in gilt, printed tan dust jacket.

Item 131The Iceman Cometh

Eugene O'Neill

First Edition published of this play.

New York: Random House, [1946]. First Edition. Publisher's blue cloth, dust jacket.

Item 24Modern Architecture: Being the Kahn Lectures for 1930

Frank Lloyd Wright

First Edition of the Kahn Lectures, which lay out Wright's building philosophy in the period just prior to constructing many of the buildings which would cement his legacy.

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1931. Illustrated with portrait frontispiece from photograph and 6 plates. [xii], 115 pp. [724.9 W93m]. First Edition. Publisher's color illustrated boards. Illustrated with portrait frontispiece from photograph and 6 plates. [xii], 115 pp. [724.9 W93m].