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OCTOBER 2015 CATALOG Yesterday’S Muse Books, ABAA 32 W Main St Webster NY 14580 585-265-9295 Yesterdays.Muse@Gmail.Com Yesterday’s Muse Books OCTOBER 2015 CATALOG Yesterday’s Muse Books, ABAA 32 W Main St Webster NY 14580 585-265-9295 www.yesterdaysmuse.com [email protected] Terms of Sale: All items subject to prior sale. Orders can be placed by phone or e-mail, or directly through our website. Payment is expected at the time of your order and may be made by check, credit card, or PayPal direct transfer. Institutions, fellow booksellers, and repeat customers may request to pay on invoice, with payment due upon receipt unless other arrangements have been made prior to purchase. All items are guaranteed to be as described with respect to edition, condition, and authenticity. Returns will be accepted for any reason, though we ask that you provide notice within a reasonable timeframe. Our usual trade courtesies extended (please inquire). Shipping: All prices include free shipment with tracking by USPS Media Mail. Upgrades to USPS Priority Mail, FedEx Ground, etc., as well as international shipping, are available, and will be charged at cost (please inquire for quote). All orders are carefully wrapped and packaged in sturdy shipping boxes. Catalogs: To receive future catalogs by e-mail, please contact us to be added to our mailing list, or join directly on our website. Printed versions of all our catalogs are also available upon request. Previous catalogs are archived on our website. 3 1. [Adventure] Chambliss, J.E. The Lives and Travels of Livingstone and Stanley, Covering Their Entire Career in Southern and Central Africa. Boston: De Wolfe, Fiske & Company, 1881. 761 pp. 8vo. A biographical account of the careers of two famous explorers of the African continent, gleaned from their memoirs and contemporary sources. Illustrated with engravings throughout. Very good. Boards a bit rubbed, pencil name & date on front endpaper. $35 2. [Adventure] Shackleton, Ernest South: The Story of Shackleton’s Last Expedition, 1914-1917 $75 Macmillan, 1920. New and Cheaper Edition. A history of his failed attempt to lead a sea-to-sea expedition across Antarctica. Includes black & white photographs. Very good. Lacks jacket. Library mark to lower spine. 3. [Americana] Hunt, David Curtis Reports from the New World American Scene, 1966. A collection of early writings from the European explorers of North America. Includes reproductions of early maps and illustrations. Very good. Tiny dog-ear to upper right corner. 4. [Americana] Lenski, Lois $15 Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison J.B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, 1940. 1941 10th $25 printing. xviii, 269, [1] pp. 8vo. Original beige cloth, red & green titles, illustrated endpapers, illustrations by Lois Lenski throughout. Good. Lacks jacket. Rear hinge repaired, boards lightly soiled. 5. [Americana] Roebling, Johann August; Underwood, Edward; Schuyler, Hamilton Diary of My Journey from Muehlhausen in Thuringia via Bremen to the United States of North America in the Year 1831 The Roebling Press, Trenton, 1931. 124 pp. 8vo. 1931 privately printed edition, from the 1832 original printed in the Roebling Printing-House, Eschwege. This edition translated, with occasional notes, by Edward Underwood, with a foreword by Hamilton Schuyler. Roebling was a civil engineer who gained fame as the designer of the Brooklyn Bridge. He and his brother, on land they $125 purchased after emigrating from Prussia, established the town of Saxonburg as a community for German settlers. This book is his diary during that voyage, which includes very specific and detailed information about the American political and social situation, Roebling’s plans upon arriving in the United States, conditions on the ship and of its passengers, and the voyage itself. Near fine. 6. [Americana] Sloane, Eric Eric Sloane’s Americana: Three Volume Set (American Barns and Covered Bridges; Our Vanishing Landscape; American Yesterday) Wilfred Funk, 1955. Eric Sloane had an appreciation and understanding that America’s landscape was changing rapidly, and $30 preserved that wonderful history through his illustrations and wonderful writings. Very good. Jacket corners a bit rubbed. 4 7. [Americana] Sutherland, Margaret Bradt Narrative Poem: The Life of Mary Jemison [Indian Captive] Castile Historical Society / The Castilian Press, 1955. 35 pp. Stapled binding. From the explanatory text following the poem: ‘The narrative poem of The Life of Mary Jemison had its inception with and was first presented in pageantry in 1953 by members of the Castile Historical Society at a meeting of the Federated Historical Societies of Western New York at Warsaw, N.Y.’ Very good. Wrappers toned. $40 8. [Ancient Egypt] O’Connor, David Abydos: Egypt’s First Pharaohs and the Cult of Osiris Thames & Hudson, 2009. First edition. The ancient site of Abydos lies between the towering cliffs of the Egyptian high desert and the lush green floodplain of the Nile. As both the burial place of the first kings of Egypt and a cult center for Osiris, god of the dead, this sacred area has long tantalized archaeologists with incredible finds. Fine. 9. [Ancient Egypt] Wilkinson, Toby The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt $22 Random House, 2011. First edition. One of the world’s most renowned Egyptologists tells the epic story of this great civilization, from its birth as the first nation-state to its final absorption into the Roman Empire - three thousand years of wild drama, bold spectacle, and unforgettable characters. Near fine. Jacket edges lightly rubbed. 10. [Books on Books] Basbanes, Nicholas A. $15 A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1995. First edition. xvi, 638 pp. 8vo. The quintessential ‘book on books’. Basbanes recounts his personal experiences as a bibliophile, and explores the history of mankind’s addiction to the printed word. Includes two sections of black & white photographs, extensive notes, bibliography, and index. Near fine. Jacket corners lightly rubbed. $30 11. [Business] The Seth Seiders Constructive Talks to Pivot Men Seth Seiders Incorporated, 1927. Two post-bound hardcover volumes from Seth Seiders’ series of business courses. Each includes numerous short lectures on various topics aimed at executives, produced by several companies purchased by Seiders during the 1920s. Seiders was a somewhat shady character with $125 ties to Al Capone and a history of tax evasion. (University of Chicago Library). Near fine. Numerous business cards from several companies, all bearing the name Geroge S. Dutcher, laid in. 12. [Cartoons] Arno, Peter Man in the Shower Simon and Schuster, New York, 1944. 2nd printing. Unpaginated. A collection of 112 cartoons from the artist who worked for The New Yorker, printed here for the first time. Near fine in very good jacket. Ink gift note (without attribution) on front endpaper, handwritten note laid in, 1 inch tear to front jacket edge, minor loss front jacket spine base. $25 5 13. [Cartoons] Steadman, Ralph Sigmund Freud Paddington Press Ltd, 1979. First edition. 117 pp. A satirical look at the psychologist Sigmund Freud, by the well-known cartoonist and journalist who contributed illustrations to the works of Hunter S. Thompson. Very good in good jacket. 1 inch tear on front jacket edge, top edge of jacket verso foxed. 14. [Collectibles] Sotheby’s The Estate of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, April 23- $40 26, 1996 $40 Sotheby’s, New York, 1996. 584 pp. Wrappers. A catalogue of Sotheby’s auction of the estate of first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, featuring numerous examples of furniture, artwork, fine china, jewelry, and other collectibles. Near fine. 15. [Collectibles] Sotheby’s Jewelry from the Estate of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, April 24 and 25, 1996 Sotheby’s, New York, 1996. Cloth boards. A catalog of Sotheby’s auction of the estate of first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, featuring 559 pieces of $150 jewelry from her personal collection. Color photographs throughout. Each item is listed with descriptions, dimensions (where applicable), and auction price estimates. Near fine. 16. [Early Imprints; Religion] Adams, Hannah A View of Religions in Two Parts, Part I. Containing an Alphabetical Compendium of the Various Religious Denominations, Which Have Appeared in the World; Part II. Containing a Brief Account of the Different Schemes of Religion Printed for John West, 1791. Second edition. 410, [17] pp. 8vo. An alphabetical catalog of religious denominations describing their origins and the salient points of their belief systems. Includes sections on notable $125 denominations such as Quakers, Shakers, Baptists, and Dunkers, as well as more obscure ones such as Apollinarians and Schewenkfeldians. Following this is an account of religious groups specific to various nations, and by state within the United States. This is the second edition, published seven years after the 1784 original, and including among its subscribers Vice President John Adams, Massachusetts Governor Samuel Adams, attorney John Q. [Quincy] Adams, Rev. Jeremiah Belknap, John Hancock, etc., etc. The author, Hannah Adams, was a distant relative of the political family, and according to the Dictionary of American Biography most likely also the first woman in America to earn a living as a writer. This work was undertaken primarily to alleviate her financial situation at the time, and this second edition marks the beginning of her success in the profession. Fair. Binder’s copy. Boards rubbed, leather drying, spine label absent, 1 inch chip from spine head, prelims missing, portion of advertisement page preceding text and errata page following text lost, ink name on first text page, fore edge stained (affects mostly front & end matter). 17. [Graphic Novels] Moore, Alan Watchmen [Absolute Edition] DC Comics, 2005. 4th printing. Inspiration for the 2009 film directed by Zack Snyder. Hugo Award-winning graphic novel which chronicles the fall from grace of a group of super-heroes. Inspiration for film of the same name. Features a ‘Minutes’ section following the original text, which includes story-board sketches and scripts, and commentary by $75 Moore.
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