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The Long Ash - Summer 1948 -
1948 - General Cigar Co., New York - Only Issue
A fine and rare example of this small and fascinating promotional sales book for General Cigar Company, masters of American advertising and promotion and the most successful and largest cigar company in the world, which, by 1960, was selling about US$30 million worth of cigars a year.
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1948 - General Cigar Co., New York - Only Issue
A fine and rare example of this small and fascinating promotional sales book for General Cigar Company, masters of American advertising and promotion and the most successful and largest cigar company in the world, which, by 1960, was selling about US$30 million worth of cigars a year.
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237 vintage Cigar Bands in a Contemporary Album -
Small album of 210 vintage cigar bands laid in over thirty matt Havana brown art-card pages, together with a further seventeen loose bands to the rear.
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The Book of Common Prayer together with the Psalter or Psalms of David - bound with - The New Testament - and - The Whole Book of Psalms -
1754 - Thomas Baskett, Oxford
Three works of devotion bound into one elegant contemporary eighteenth century binding. The majority printed in double column.
Full titles:
I. The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church of England: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be Sung or Said in Churches.
II. The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, Newly Translated out of the Original Greek: And with the former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised, By his Majesty’s Special Command. Appointed to be Read in Churches.
III. The Whole Book of Psalms; Collected into English Metre, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others. Conferred with the Hebrew. Set forth and Allowed to be Sung in all Churches, of all the People together, before and after Morning and Evening Prayer, and also before and after Sermons; and moreover in private Houses for their godly Solace and Comfort, laying apart all ungodly Songs and Ballads, which tend only to the nourishing of Vice, and corrupting of Youth.
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1754 - Thomas Baskett, Oxford
Three works of devotion bound into one elegant contemporary eighteenth century binding. The majority printed in double column.Full titles:
I. The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church of England: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be Sung or Said in Churches.
II. The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, Newly Translated out of the Original Greek: And with the former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised, By his Majesty’s Special Command. Appointed to be Read in Churches.
III. The Whole Book of Psalms; Collected into English Metre, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others. Conferred with the Hebrew. Set forth and Allowed to be Sung in all Churches, of all the People together, before and after Morning and Evening Prayer, and also before and after Sermons; and moreover in private Houses for their godly Solace and Comfort, laying apart all ungodly Songs and Ballads, which tend only to the nourishing of Vice, and corrupting of Youth.
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Abbey's Road - Inscribed -
Edward Abbey, Jean Pruchnik (illustrator)
1979 - E. P. Dutton, New York - First Edition
A fine first edition, illustrated by Jean Pruchnik, signed and inscribed ‘all the best! Edward Abbey Santa Fe 11/56/88’
‘In the spirit of Desert Solitaire and The Journey Home, Abbey's Road is a personal odyssey. Edward Abbey's explorations include the familiar territory of the Rio Grande in Texas and Canyonlands National Park and Lake Powell in Utah. He also takes us to such varied places as Scotland, the interior of Australia, and the Sierra Madre and Isla de la Sombra in Mexico.’
‘I've been along a few of Mr. Abbey's roads. He sees much more than I did. Indeed, reading him is often better than being there was.’ – John Leonard.
‘Abbey's the original fly in the ointment. Give him money and prizes. Don't let anything happen to him.’ – Thomas McGuane.
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1979 - E. P. Dutton, New York - First Edition
A fine first edition, illustrated by Jean Pruchnik, signed and inscribed ‘all the best! Edward Abbey Santa Fe 11/56/88’‘In the spirit of Desert Solitaire and The Journey Home, Abbey's Road is a personal odyssey. Edward Abbey's explorations include the familiar territory of the Rio Grande in Texas and Canyonlands National Park and Lake Powell in Utah. He also takes us to such varied places as Scotland, the interior of Australia, and the Sierra Madre and Isla de la Sombra in Mexico.’
‘I've been along a few of Mr. Abbey's roads. He sees much more than I did. Indeed, reading him is often better than being there was.’ – John Leonard.
‘Abbey's the original fly in the ointment. Give him money and prizes. Don't let anything happen to him.’ – Thomas McGuane.
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About the Murder of the Circus Queen -
Anthony Abbot (psued. Charles Fulton Oursler)
1932 - Covici-Friede, New York - First Edition
A rare and superb example of the fourth Thatcher Colt mystery in the dust jacket designed by Arthur Hawkins.
As the circus prepares to play in Madison Garden, Colt and his trusted sidekick (and story narrator) Tony Abbott enquire about a series of accidents that have occurred amongst the troupe, including one death, letters are being received by the main stars warning them against performing on the Friday 13th opening night.
‘Thatcher Colt, Commissioner of Police for New York City, a dashing figure, handsome, wealthy, cultured and well connected. The Colt books are characteristic Golden Age products, complex and clever, designed to deceive and, in doing so, to satisfy.’ – Cooper & Pike.
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1932 - Covici-Friede, New York - First Edition
A rare and superb example of the fourth Thatcher Colt mystery in the dust jacket designed by Arthur Hawkins.As the circus prepares to play in Madison Garden, Colt and his trusted sidekick (and story narrator) Tony Abbott enquire about a series of accidents that have occurred amongst the troupe, including one death, letters are being received by the main stars warning them against performing on the Friday 13th opening night.
‘Thatcher Colt, Commissioner of Police for New York City, a dashing figure, handsome, wealthy, cultured and well connected. The Colt books are characteristic Golden Age products, complex and clever, designed to deceive and, in doing so, to satisfy.’ – Cooper & Pike.
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The Man Who Turned Into a Stick. Three Related Plays - Inscribed -
Kōbō Abe
1975 - University of Tokyo Press, Tokyo - First Edition in English
Inscribed by Kōbō Abe in Japanese and signed in English. Translated by Donald Keene.
This work contains three plays written between 1957 and 1969, usually presented together and symbolising the different stages of life. The first, representing birth, is The Suitcase. The second, The Cliff of Time, represents life itself, or The Process and the third, The Man who Turned into a Stick, is death.
The Man Who Turned Into A Stick (棒になった男 – Bō ni natta otoko), is considered a primary example of magic realism in Japanese literature.
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1975 - University of Tokyo Press, Tokyo - First Edition in English
Inscribed by Kōbō Abe in Japanese and signed in English. Translated by Donald Keene.This work contains three plays written between 1957 and 1969, usually presented together and symbolising the different stages of life. The first, representing birth, is The Suitcase. The second, The Cliff of Time, represents life itself, or The Process and the third, The Man who Turned into a Stick, is death.
The Man Who Turned Into A Stick (棒になった男 – Bō ni natta otoko), is considered a primary example of magic realism in Japanese literature.
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A History of the University of Oxford, Its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings -
R. Ackermann
1814 - R. Ackermann, London - First Edition
An excellent set of this monumental work, profusely illustrated throughout and presented in two large and majestically bound quarto volumes by Sangorski & Suctliffe of London. Includes the thirty three plates of the college founders that are often omitted
Containing the list of subscribers, engraved portrait of Lord Grenville, sixty-four hand-coloured aquatint plates after Pugin, Mackenzie, Westall, Nash, and others, seventeen stipple-engraved costume plates, and thirty-three hand-coloured founders plates.
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1814 - R. Ackermann, London - First Edition
An excellent set of this monumental work, profusely illustrated throughout and presented in two large and majestically bound quarto volumes by Sangorski & Suctliffe of London. Includes the thirty three plates of the college founders that are often omittedContaining the list of subscribers, engraved portrait of Lord Grenville, sixty-four hand-coloured aquatint plates after Pugin, Mackenzie, Westall, Nash, and others, seventeen stipple-engraved costume plates, and thirty-three hand-coloured founders plates.
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New Topographics - Signed -
Robert Adams, Lewis Baltz, Bernd and Hilla Becher, et al.
2009 - Steidl, Göttingen - First Edition
A fine first edition of this’ manifesto for a new vision of landscape photography’. [Blind Magazine, The 50 Most Influential Photobooks of All Time]
Illustrated from photographs by Robert Adams, Lewis Baltz, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Joe Deal, Frank Gohlke, Nicholas Nixon, John Schott, Stephen Shore, and Henry Wessel, Jr.
Signed by Frank Gohlke, William Jenkins, and Britt Salvesen.
William Jenkins was the original curator and the man who named the exhibition—and identified what would become the ‘New Topographics’ movement. Britt Salvesen was the Director and Chief Curator at the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson when the ‘New Topographics’ show was revisited.
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2009 - Steidl, Göttingen - First Edition
A fine first edition of this’ manifesto for a new vision of landscape photography’. [Blind Magazine, The 50 Most Influential Photobooks of All Time]Illustrated from photographs by Robert Adams, Lewis Baltz, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Joe Deal, Frank Gohlke, Nicholas Nixon, John Schott, Stephen Shore, and Henry Wessel, Jr.
Signed by Frank Gohlke, William Jenkins, and Britt Salvesen.
William Jenkins was the original curator and the man who named the exhibition—and identified what would become the ‘New Topographics’ movement. Britt Salvesen was the Director and Chief Curator at the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson when the ‘New Topographics’ show was revisited.
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Price HK$ 6,000