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Narkiss, Bezalel, & Cecil Roth. Illuminated Hebrew manuscripts. New York & London: Alpine Fine Arts Collection, Ltd., 1983. Folio. 175, [1] pp.
• Publisher's tan cloth and blue d/j printed in white and “gold” with illustration. Corners bumped. (22344)
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CYRANO
— 1924National Theatre playbill.
Cyrano de Bergerac. Presenting a new English version by Brian Hooker. New
York: New York Theatre Program Corporation, [1924].16mo. 32 pp. 
• Original printed paper wrappers, in beautiful clean condition. (5910)
“Would
Baby like a Stick of Dynamite & a Hammer?” Newkirk, Clyde C. The stork book. Boston: H. M. Caldwell, 1907. 16mo. 123 pp.; illus.
• Original wrappers, covers detached and slightly chipped; most of spine chipped away. Pages clean and free of chips or tears. Not teethed on. (13111)
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Theatrical! Divorce Case
in a Couple of Senses New York. Superior Court. Forrest Divorce Case. Report of the Forrest divorce case: containing the full and unabridged testimony of all the witnesses, the affidavits and depositions, together with the Consuelo and Forney letters. New York: De Witt and Davenport, 1852. 8vo. 180 pp.; illus. (lacks t.-p. & pp. 181–87).
Edwin Forrest in the New York Superior Court, lasting from 16 December 1851 to 26 January 1852, received considerable public attention. Mrs. Forrest brought her suit for divorce, which was counter-sued by her husband, a famous
Philadelphia actor. The case was argued by the able attorneys Charles O'Conor, counsel for the defendant, and John van Buren. It was finally decided in favor of Mrs. Forrest who was awarded an annual alimony payment of $3,000 by the jury. Illustrated with engraved portraits of the couple on pages 96 and 97.
Provenance: Bookplate of Dr. J. Chalmers DaCosta (1833–1963) on front pastedown. In 1885, he graduated from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia and became a surgeon. He wrote the standard textbook on surgery, which passed through ten editions. From 1907 to 1933, he headed Jefferson's department of surgery, following in the footsteps of such eminent surgeons as William W. Keen, Samuel Dr. Gross, and Thomas Dent Mutter.
• Sabin 25110. Rebound in full black cloth, gilt-stamped title on spine. Pages waterstained, some browning, spots of foxing, and a bit of bug-spotting. Lacks
title-page, and pp. 181–87; lots, lots, LOTS! of scandal (and real pain and sadness) yet left. (7337)
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18 Specimens of
Hand-Marbled Paper Nicholson, James Bartram. A manual of the art of bookbinding. Sussex, N. J.: I. Nevins, ©1986. Small 8vo. [4], 318 pp.; 12 plts. & 9 ff. of plts. (mounted).
Click the interior image for an enlargement. This edition includes new illustrations by Iris
Nevins, who created the 18 specimens of hand-marbled paper mounted on nine leaves. Nevins has signed the book and marked it as copy no. 20.
• Publisher's green cloth, with hand-marbled paper inlay. A fine copy. (23460)
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AdsNietzsche, Friedrich. Thus spake Zarathustra. New York: Printed at the Thistle Press for the members of The Limited Editions Club, 1964. Folio (28.5 cm, 11.5"). [4], v–xvi, [6], 3–316, [2] pp. 
This edition is unillustrated, but typographically pleasing. Calligrapher Arnold Bank drew a large numeral or a monogram (approximately 6.5 inches high) for the title-page and each of the fine division pages; these are imposed in white and gold on leaves of deep blue Fabriano paper, by the silk-screen process. The designer of the edition, which is limited to 1500 copies, was Adrian Wilson, who chose monotype Aldus and Michelangelo fonts embellished with a considerable number of 7-line blue and white initial letters also by Banks.
The binding is quarter white vellum stamped in gold, with deep blue Fabriano paper sides; emblazoned across the front cover is a bold monogram, stamped in gold leaf, combining the letters “N” and “Z.”
• Limited Editions Club, Bibliography of the Fine Books Published by The Limited Editions Club, 1929–1985, 363. Original slipcase, lightly spotted and rubbed. Very faint discoloration at top of spine; a fine copy.
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A Moribund Copy but, in its way!a Page-Turner of a Book Norfolk, Horatio Edward. Gleanings in graveyards. A collection of curious epitaphs. London: John Russell Smith, 1861. 12mo. vi, [2], 171, [1] pp.
Click the images for enlargements. • Disbound and between detached covers that do not match, battered, stained, and pressure-stamped by a now-defunct institution. Title-page (detached) and several others stamped; some pencilled marks of emphasis. One leaf with small hole where a few questionable words (“harlot” and “virginity”) have been torn away, but later supplied in pencil; one leaf with a two-line epithet excised entirely, with loss of some words on the other side. Pages embrittled, with occasional short edge tears not touching text. (15069)
Our State in the '20s
Nutting, Wallace. Pennsylvania beautiful (Eastern). New York: Bonanza Books, 1988. 8vo. 302 pp.; illus.
• Publisher's cloth. Near fine copy, with a near fine dust jacket.
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