WITCHCRAFT: CATALOGUE OF THE WITCHCRAFT COLLECTION IN THE CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY. Edited by Martha J. Crowe; Introduction by Rossell Hope Robbins; Index by Janes Marsh Dieckmann.

Published by Kto Press / Kraus-Thomas, Millwood, New York, 1977. First edition.

Hardcovers, red cloth covered boards, gilt spine titles, 9.5x12 inches, xxcviii, 644, [8]. A comprehensive catalogue of the 3,000+ titles in the collection, no illustrations.

GOOD condition: The covers are lightly soiled; internally, "MASTER SET - Do Not Remove From Shelf" is stamped near the top of the front free endpaper, overstamped with "WITHDRAWN", otherwise the pages are tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked.

An important bibliographical reference for that Witch in your life or soul.

From the Cornell University Library website:

******Part of Cornell University Library's Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell's Witchcraft Collection contains over 3,000 titles documenting the history of the Inquisition and the persecution of witchcraft, primarily in Europe.

The majority of the Witchcraft Collection was acquired in the 1880s through the collaborative efforts of Andrew Dickson White, Cornell's first President, and his first librarian, George Lincoln Burr. The collection documents the earliest and the latest manifestations of the belief in witchcraft as well as its geographical boundaries, and elaborates this history with works on canon law, the Inquisition, torture, demonology, trial testimony, and narratives. The collection focuses on witchcraft not as folklore or anthropology, but as theology and as religious heresy.

It features many early texts from the period when the theory of the heresy of witchcraft was being formulated, including fourteen Latin editions of the Malleus maleficarum, which codified church dogma on heresy. Four of these Latin editions were printed in the fifteenth-century, most notably the scarce first edition printed before April 14, 1487. The collection also contains other defining texts of the doctrinal discussion of demonology, such as Jean Bodin's De la Demonmanie des sorciers (1580), Nicolas Remi's Daemonlatreiae (1595), Henri Boguet's Discours des sorciers(1602) and Pierre de Lancre's Tableau de I'inconstance des mauvais anges (1612).

Significant in the collection are a small and extremely rare number of works by theologians who opposed the Inquisition, such as those of Cornelius Loos, the first theologian in Germany to write against the witch hunts. The most important materials in the Witchcraft collection, however, are the court records of the trials of witches, including original manuscript depositions taken from the victims. These documents, in both original manuscript and in print, reveal the harsh outcome of the more remote doctrinal disputes. Perhaps the most significant of all manuscripts in the Witchcraft collection is the minutes of the witchcraft trial of Dietrich Flade, a sixteenth century city judge and rector who spoke out against the cruelty and injustice of the persecutions in the 1580s. These and other trial documents are listed in the collection's finding aid.

In the 21st century, curators began building on AD White's witchcraft collection by acquiring modern materials such as posters and publicity for films featuring witches or sorcery, and newsletters on the activities of contemporary Wiccan and Pagan communities.******

TWO SIDES TO A PICTURE - A REVELATION BETWEEN TWO PLANES. By Mrs. C. M. [Celinda Malvina] Broughton [aka BROGHTON - Broughton on the title page, Broghton on the copyright page and spine]. Self published, Denver, 1903. First edition.

The book presents Broghton's spiritualist, psychic, and occult beliefs, in the form of a novel.

From the Dedication page: "This work is dedicated to suffering humanity to relieve its mental depression and physical pain. It is sent out as a messenger between this world and the one that controls the results of its production, while time, the all healing element, will bring together a knowledge that can and will liberate each one from present sorrows."

From the Preface: "Dealing with the circumstances that belong to the continuation of this life, requires a knowledge of the manner in which the experience of this life is linked to the continuation of results on a higher plane and then back to earth, and earth's producing causes.

In this life the external of all things is recognized. Here the body material is formed that identifies the casket through which life and intelligence manifest. Here the germ of all the millions is held and recognized to become the external realization of all the human race.

The higher plane to which this life is connected, is where the people of this life are attracted when they pass out through the change known to us as death. A plane where higher intelligence liberates the people from the contracting influence of past results and present misunderstanding, and opens to them the realms of natural investigation, placing within their reach the knowledge that nature holds. The following pages represent a connection with the highest or the twelfth division of this plane...

Mrs. C. M. Broghton, Boulder, Colo."

Hardcover Book, cloth covered boards, gilt titles and designs to the front cover and spine, 5.5x7.5 inches, 141 pages. ILLUSTRATED with a frontispiece portrait of the author, and 6 illustrated plates.

GOOD condition, there is a bit of wear to the cover's corner tips and spine ends, the front inner hinge is cracked but holding well, there is a small previous owner's label on the front paste down, otherwise tight, bright, clean and unmarked. A solid, presentable copy.

SCARCE. The true first edition of this book is almost impossible to find. Beware the recent print-on-demand copies of this book (e.g. Kessinger Publishing, Forgotten Books, et al) sometimes being mistakenly represented as original editions.

There is not a lot to be found about this interesting Woman Spiritualist, Natural Healer, and Psychic from Boulder, Colorado. She was certainly an interesting turn of the last century Western woman who deserves more research.

About CELINDA M. BROGHTON / CELINDA M. BROUGHTON (excerpts from the Boulder Public Library / Carnegie Library for Local History website):

******BROUGHTON, Celinda M. Almeda Beach, b. 23 Apr 1839, d. 17 Sep 1925, buried in Plot: B19S at Columbia Cemetery, Boulder, Colorado.

The Boulder Public Library holds a copy of Mrs. Broghton's 1903 book, "Two Sides To A Picture: A Revelation Between Two Planes" (143 p.) along with a letter inquiring about this natural healer. The Library also has Broghton's manuscript notes and philosophical writings including, "The Equilibrium Change of Nature's Revealing Power". There is an accompanying write-up by Victoria Woodard which includes the following: "the transcriptions of Mrs. Broughton's prophecies are filled with symbolic discussions of magnets (perhaps signifying balance), life forces, light, and grades of degenerates." The write-up also addresses general proceedings at Mrs. Broughton's séances.

[The Library also holds] Five issues of "The Advent of Philosophy", a 1902 publication which delves into the teachings of Celinda Broughton, a philosopher and psychic.******

THE MASERATI 300S, by Waleter Baumer.

Published by Dalton Watson, Deerfield Illinois, 2008. First Edition.

Large format Hardcover Book in Dustjacket and Slipcase, 12x12 inches, 360 pages. Richly illustrated throughout with color and b&w photographs.

This gorgeous sportscar book focuses entirely on the MASERATI 300S. Comprehensive, contains details of all the 300S models.

Condition: VERY GOOD book, lightly used, tight, bright, clean and unmarked; in a VERY GOOD dustjacket. The book is housed in a GOOD slipcase that has some line indents and some wear to the edges, but is overall bright and doing its job well. A solid, attractive, presentable copy.

An important resource for that Maserati 300S enthusiast in your life or soul.

Acquired from the estate of MARK KETCHAM, a well-known rare sports car collector, vintage racing car broker (Ketcham Imports), and winery owner (Ketcham Estate, Healdsburg, California).

ZAGATO - Magnificent Italian Sports Cars - Illustrated History - Two Volumes in Slipcase - Text in ITALIAN and ENGLISH -

(1) ZAGATO SEVENTY YEARS IN THE FAST LANE, by Michele Marchiano. Illustrates ZAGATO sports car production and racing events from 1919-1989. First published in 1989, the book was reprinted to accompany the second volume in this two volume set.

(2) ZAGATO 1990-2000, by Joanne Marshall. Shows Zagato sports car, and some fast trains, designed from 1990-2000.

Published by Georgio Nada Editore, Milan, Italy, 2000.

Hardcover Books in Dustjackets, 10x11 inches, 182 and 112 pages respectively. Both volumes illustrated throughout, V1 in b&w, V2 in color. Both volumes together in a slipcase.

Condition: Both books are in FINE condition, sharp cornered, tight, bright, clean and unmarked; both in NEAR FINE dustjackets, lightly signed at the spine, a touch of handling. Together in a solid and bright slipcase. Overall a beautiful set.

Acquired from the estate of MARK KETCHAM, a well-known rare sports car collector, vintage racing car broker (Ketcham Imports), and winery owner (Ketcham Estate, Healdsburg, California).

OSCA - LA RIVINCITA DEI MASERATI, by Luigi Orsini and Franco Zagari.

MILAN (ITALY): Georgio Nada Editore, 1989. TEXT IN ITALIAN.

Hardcover Book in Dustjacket, 10x11 inches, 350 pages.

Richly ILLUSTRATED throughout with b&w and some color photographs. Hundreds of great images of Maserati sports cars through the years.

Condition: NEAR FINE book, tight, bright, clean and unmarked; in a VERY GOOD dustjacket that has shelf rubs, a couple small indents, and some wear to the top of the spine, but is overall bright and doing its job well. A solid, very presentable copy.

A rare and important resource for that Maserati motorsports enthusiast in your life or soul. Ladies and Gentlemen, start your engines.

Acquired from the estate of MARK KETCHAM, a well-known rare sports car collector, vintage racing car broker (Ketcham Imports), and winery owner (Ketcham Estate, Healdsburg, California).

VENUS McFARLAND by ADAH CAMILLA DODD-POINCE.

Self-Published, [Dayton, Ohio], 1900.

Hardcovers, cloth covered boards, 4.5x6.5 inches, 150 pages. Includes a frontispiece of the author, below which is her printed signature. The text is illustrated with a couple plates. VERY GOOD condition, the covers are lightly soiled, internally the pages are tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked.

An amazing West Virginia and Ohio woman's first and only book.

What makes this book important is its author, Adah Camilla Dodd-Poince. She was an important, yet mostly overlooked, West Virginia and Ohio suffragette, political activist, supporter of "Negro" rights, educator, speaker, lecturer, and world traveller. She greatly deserves to be rediscovered. Also, this true 1900 first edition of her book is nearly impossible to find.

The novel takes place mostly in West Virginia. It is about a strong young woman named Venus McFarland who defied the urgings of her friends to stay put in the rural West Virginia county where she was born, and instead followed her dream of studying at a University and becoming a renowned speaker, lecturer, and proponent of education and women's rights. In the novel, Venus was becoming a popular lecturer when she married a man whom she loved but who demanded she give up her speaking engagements. Venus refused, separated from her husband, and went her own way for many years, lecturing throughout the world. Venus never backed down, and never bowed down to a man. The novel's three page ending is sappy, the man realizes what an oaf he was, begs for forgiveness, promises to be supportive, and, as a result, Venus and her ex get back together. Though a novel, the book seems to reflect much of the life and mind of its author, Adah Camilla Dodd-Poince.

This is one of my favorite passages: "Were she a man I would wager her voice would some day be heard in the halls of Congress; being a girl I don't know how it will end, but one thing is sure, I'll stand by the little witch to the end."

Though this was Adah Dodd-Poince's only novel, over her lifetime she wrote many articles, editorials, reports, reviews, etc. for magazines and newspapers in both West Virginia and Ohio, and a 10 page drama in 1949 about a Church in Dayton, Ohio.

About ADAH CAMILLA DODD-POINCE, b.1867 d.1955, (extracted from History of Berkeley County, West Virginia, 1928):

******Adah Camilla Dodd-Poince, daughter of David Dodd and daughter of Berkeley County, West Virginia. For many years she taught in the rural schools of Berkeley County. In 1922, she married John William Poince of Ohio and began her married life in Dayton, Ohio. She attended Emerson College of Oratory in Boston, Massachusetts, whose president was RALPH WALDO EMERSON. She made his lofty ideals her own and strived to advance education for women, bring honesty and humanity into politics, and establish higher standards of living for the poor.

To accomplish these goals she lectured in 11 states of the Union, toured Europe five times (visiting every country), traveled to Canada and Mexico, and saw much of Africa and the Near East. She stumped for Woman's Suffrage and "Negro" rights, was a campaign speaker in every state and national election from 1918-1928, and lectured in schools, colleges, churches, and before both men and womens' clubs.

During her life Mrs. Dodd-Poince contributed many articles to Ohio and West Virginia magazines and her editorials appeared in many newspapers. Her countless lectures and travelogues included: "To Him Who Hath"; "The Under Dog in the Fight"; "Vision, Voice and Victory"; "From the City of Commerce to the City of Silence"; "From the Eternal City to the Moslem Center"; and "Alaska, the Land of the Weird".******

PLEASE NOTE: I HAVE INCLUDED IMAGES OF A THREE PAGE LETTER WRITTEN BY ADAH DODD-POINCE TO W.E.B. DU BOIS, AND A ONE PAGE LETTER DU BOIS WROTE IN RESPONSE. THEY ARE THE LAST 4 IMAGES. THESE IMAGES WERE PULLED FROM THE WEBSITE OF THE

1707 DUTCH PRINTING of the SEVENTH VOYAGE to the EAST-INDIES by the ENGLISH EAST INDIA COMPANY in 1611, COMMANDED by CAPTAIN ANTHONY HIPPON. With two engraved plates.

TEXT in DUTCH.

Title: SEVENDE REYS NA OOST-INDIEN...Door KAPITEYN ANTONY HIPPON...Dag-Register van Pieter Williamson Floris na PATANE en SIAM...gedaan in het JAAR 1611.

[SEVENTH VOYAGE TO THE EAST INDIES...By CAPTAIN ANTONY HIPPON...Journal of Pieter Williamson Floris to PATANI and SIAM...undertaken in the YEAR 1611]

Full Title: Sevende Reys na Oost-Indien, op kosten van de Engelse Maatschappy; door Kapiteyn Antony Hippon, waar in naauw-keurig worden aangeweesen de hoogtens van de son en sterren, gelegenheyd der dieptens, en sorgel?ke ondieptens, van verscheyde zee-havenen in Indiën, op wat w?se de klippen, stranden, banken en andere gevaarl?kheeden, omtrent dese kusten, z?n te m?den, en de baayen en ree's, veylig konnen werden aangedaan. :, En om dat bysondere voorvallen aan land in de voorsz. reys z?n overgeslagen, so is hier bygevoegt het Dag-register van Pieter Williamson Floris, na Patane en Siam; die voor koopman op dit selfde schip gevaren, en dit alles met een bysondere naarstigheyd heeft opgeteekend; ook een kort verhaal van de op- en onder-gang van Siam, en een voorval des schr?vers met den gouverneur van Masulipatan : gedaan in het jaar 1611 en vevolgens, nu aldereerst uyt het Engels vertaald. Met noodig register en konst-printen verr?kt. Dag-Register van Pieter Williamson Floris na Patane en Siam, met noodig register.

Published by PIETER VANDER Aa, Boekverkoper (Bookseller), LEYDEN [LEIDEN, THE NETHERLANDS], [1707].

Hardcovers, 4to., 9x13.75 inches (23x34.5cm), 24 numbered double columns (12 pages A1-B2) + title page, and 2 page "Register" at the rear. Professionally and beautifully bound in modern marbled paper covered boards with a printed title label on front cover. ILLUSTRATED with two engravings.

VERY GOOD condition: There are two scrapes to the rear panel of the marbled paper covered boards, otherwise the covers are solid and bright; the bound in pages printed in 1707 are in great shape, tight, bright, clean and unmarked. A very presentable, attractively bound copy.

About THE SEVENTH VOYAGE OF THE EAST INDIA CO. TO THE EAST INDIES: (from the Internet):

******The English East India Company's Seventh Voyage in 1611, led by Captain Anthony Hippon aboard the ship Globe, was significant as it was the first English venture into the Bay of Bengal and Gulf of Siam, and established trade in Masulipatam and Patani. Though the voyage incurred many difficulties and a high death rate, it ultimately formed the foundation for later East India Company activities in the region.******

JUAN ROBERTO DIAGO. Contemporary AFRO-CUBAN ARTIST. Artist's Book / Exhibition Catalog.

COMIENDO CUCHILLO - Exposición de JUAN ROBERTO DIAGO. Catalog for the exhibition that took place at the Museo Nacional De Bellas Artes, [Buenos Aires, Argentina], in 2002. First edition, limited to 1000 copies signed by the artist.

Boldly SIGNED by DIAGO and hand numbered 233 on the inside front cover.

GOOD condition, there are relevant margin marks and notes, in Spanish, on the four introductory pages of text, otherwise tight, bright and clean.

An unusual and wonderful CONTEMPORARY CUBAN ARTIST'S BOOK, consisting of a fabric collage / construction overlay by the ARTIST, wrapping around the softcover catalog, turning this book into a work of Art.

About JUAN ROBERTO DIAGO (from several Internet sources):

******Juan Roberto Diago was born on February 23, 1971, in Havana, Cuba. Diago studied art at San Alejandro Academy. He is a recipient of various awards including: Juan Francisco Elso Third Exhibition of Contemporary Art at the National Museum in Havana, Cuba (1995), the Raúl Martínez National Award (1999), and the Amédée Maratier Award in Paris, France, given for the first time to a Latin American artist by the Kikoine French Foundation (1999). The artist resides in Arroyo Arenas, Havana, Cuba.

A leading member of the new Afro-Cuban cultural movement, visual artist Juan Roberto Diago (b. 1971) has produced a body of work that offers a revisionist history of the Cuban nation. His "history," a term that he frequently inserts in his works using the visual language of graffiti, is not the official narrative of a racially harmonious nation... but a nation built on pain, rape, greed, and the enslavement of millions of displaced Africans, a nation still grappling with the long-term effects of slavery and colonialism. To him, slavery is not the past, but a daily experience of racism and discrimination.

The moving and spiritual work of Roberto Diago draws on elements of his Afro-Cuban religion in treating race, religion and slavery. Blending the old and the new, the rustic and the refined, the primitive and the urbane, Diago reminds of both his roots and his reality.******

TRANSLATIONS by JESS. Introduction by ROBERT DUNCAN. Catalog for the exhibition that took place at the Odyssia Gallery, New York, in 1971.

NEW YORK: Odyssia Gallery, 1971. Printed by Black Sparrow Press in an edition of 1000 softcover and 200 hardcover copies.

Softcovers, 8x10 inches, xiii, 26, [6] pages. Illustrated in b&w. Laid-in is a fold-open invitation to the opening of the exhibition.

Though uncalled for in the softcover edition, THIS copy is warmly SIGNED, INSCRIBED and DATED by JESS to his friend, the noted Marin County bookseller MICHAEL GOOD: "For Mike Good / In hopes he'll like our picture-book / affectionately, JESS ".

NEAR FINE condition, tight, bright, clean and unmarked.

Copies of this catalog are rarely found INSCRIBED by the artist. A nice bibliophilic association copy.

About JESS (from Wikipedia):

******Jess Collins, b.1923 d.2004, known today simply as Jess, was an American visual artist.

He met Robert Duncan in 1950 and began a relationship with the poet that lasted for 37 years until Duncan's death in 1988. The two men lived and worked for decades from their historic Victorian home in the Mission District, "a wonderland of an old house, filled to the roof with art".

Jess's art received international attention with solo exhibitions at the The Museum of Modern Art in New York (1974), the Galleria Odyssia in Rome (1975), the Wadsworth Atheneum[11] (1975), the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts (1977), the Berkeley Art Museum (1980), and The Arts Club of Chicago (1981).

In 2019, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art mounted the show "Mythos, Psyche, Eros: Jess and California", which paired paintings and collages: "that privileged the mystical, whimsical, and absurd" by "one of San Francisco's most enigmatic figures..."

MEMOIRS OF HIMSELF. By ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON. "Printed from the Original Manuscript in the Possession of Harry Elkins Widener."

PHILADELPHIA: [Harry Elkins Widener], "For Private Distribution Only", 1912. First and Only Edition, one of only 45 printed copies. From the limitation page: "FORTY-FIVE COPIES OF THIS BOOK HAVE BEEN PRINTED ON WHATMAN'S HAND-MADE PAPER FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION ONLY". This copy is unnumbered, perhaps meaning it was printed as a presentation copy, or that it was one of the 45 printed copies that was not numbered.

HARRY ELKINS WIDENER, who self published this book in 1912, DIED ON THE TITANIC IN 1912, shortly after he published this book.

FINE PRINTING, cloth covered boards, title label on front cover, 4to. 9x11 inches, 27pp.

VERY GOOD condition, a fingertip size bump to the edge of the rear cover, a bb-size stain near the bottom of the rear cover, and small streak stain to the title label; internally fine, tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked.

RARE. Though the stated printing is 45 copies, it is assumed that some copies went down with Widener and his family on the Titanic. The true number of extant copies is unknown.

Does the TITANIC ASSOCIATION mean this book is cursed? No guarantees on that account!

From the Internet:

******"Memoirs of Himself by Robert Louis Stevenson, privately printed in 1912 from his manuscript, is a rare work notable for its connection to Harry Elkins Widener, a wealthy book collector who tragically perished on the Titanic and whose collection (now at Harvard) holds this significant literary artifact. The 1912 limited edition is a key item for RLS enthusiasts and bibliophiles.******.

About HARRY ELKINS WIDENER (from Wikipedia):

******Harry Elkins Widener (January 3, 1885 - April 15, 1912) was an American businessman and bibliophile, and a member of the Widener family. His mother built Harvard University's Widener Memorial Library in his memory, after his death on the RMS Titanic.

Widener was a member of the Grolier Club. Book collector and dealer George Sidney Hellman, following Widener's death, said: "The excellence of his technical knowl­edge, his enthusiasm as a collector, and his winning person­ali­ty afforded many opportunities of obtaining treasures whose acquisition cannot be explained alone on the basis of the wealth which he commanded. Had he not perished in the Titanic catastrophe, beyond question his library would surely have eventually become one of the greatest collec­tions of books in modern times.

Along with his parents, in April 1912 Widener boarded the Titanic at Cherbourg, France bound for New York City. As the ship sank Widener's mother and her maid were rescued, but Widener, his father, and his father's valet perished. In 1915, Widener's mother donated the Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library to Harvard in his memory. Two buildings at the Hill School are also dedicated to Widener, and stained glass windows at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, are dedicated to Widener and his father.******

Report on the Congress of American Women : prepared and released by the Committee on Un-American Activities, U.S. House of Representatives..

WASHINGTON DC: United States Congress United States Congress Committee on Un-American Activities, [Government Printing Office], October 23, 1949. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING.

Paper covers, side stapled, 6x9 inches, [ii], 114 pages, plus printed front cover and blank rear cover.

GOOD condition, the pages are lightly toned, the bottom front corner has a light crease, the blank rear cover has a piece torn from its bottom corner, the staples are rusted but holding well. Overall a complete, solid, bright copy.

This original, 1949, primary source, first edition, is scarce. (Beware the common computer generated editions, (e.g. Alpha Editions, Hutson Street Press, Palala Press), sometimes being mistakenly presented as 1949 printings.)

AUTOMOBILES VOISIN / AVIONS VOISIN, by Pascal Courteault. A comprehensive illustrated history of the VOISIN automobile.

LONDON: White Mouse Editions (coedited in France by E.P.A.), 1991. SPECIAL, LIMITED, FIRST EDITION, this being copy 922 of only 3500, only 2000 of which had the accompanying English translation.

A lavishly produced hardcover book with an amazing embossed metal plate on the front cover, 311 pages, text in French; accompanied by an English Translation volume, softcovers, 63 pages. Both the deluxe book and the accompanying translation are housed in a printed slipcase.

Condition: The Special Limited First Edition book is in FINE condition, sharp cornered, tight, bright, clean clear and unmarked. Beautiful. The accompanying softcover English translation volume is also in FINE condition. The slipcase is in NEAR FINE condition, just a bit of edge rubbing. This set has been well cared for.

Don't let anyone else drive off with this one!

About AVIONS VOISIN / Voisin Luxury Automobiles (from Wikipedia):

******Avions Voisin was a French luxury automobile brand established by Gabriel Voisin in 1919 which produced cars until 1939. Its founder, Gabriel B. Voisin, was an aviation pioneer and manufacturer who in 1919 started producing cars using Knight-type sleeve valve engines at Issy-les-Moulineaux, an industrial suburb to the southwest of Paris.

Voisin's designs made extensive use of light alloys, especially aluminum. One early design was the Voisin Laboratoire Grand Prix car of 1923; one of the first cars ever to use monocoque chassis construction and a small radiator mounted propeller to drive the cooling pump. Voixin cars prioritized lightness, central weight distribution, capacious luggage boxes and distinctively angular lines. The 1930s models with underslung chassis were strikingly low.

Voisin automobiles used sleeve valve (Knight) engines until some later models switched to Graham 3.5 litre engines. The Knight engines included: inline four; inline six; inline twelve and a seven-cylinder radial.

A 1931 Voisin C20 Mylord Demi-Berline won Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance Best of Show for 2009 and subsequently sold in 2010 Amelia Island sale for $2,750,000. A 1935 Avions Voisin C25 Aérodyne was sold at auction in Pebble Beach, California in 2013 for $1,925,000.

In the 2005 movie Sahara, the car stolen from the dictator is a 1936 Avions Voisin C-28. Matthew McConaughey as Dirk Pitt recognizes the car and says "It's a 1936 Avions Voisin. Six-cylinder sleeve valve engine, you know there were only six of these ever made."******

Acquired from the estate of MARK KETCHAM, a well-known rare sports car collector, vintage racing car broker (Ketcham Imports), and winery owner (Ketcham Estate, Healdsburg, California).

THE JAGUAR XK IN AUSTRALIA, by John Elmgreen and Terry McGrath.

SYDNEY, Australia: JTZ Publications, 1985. ISBN: 0959107002. FIRST and LIMITED EDITION, this is #413 of only 1000 copies.

Hardcover Book in Dustjacket, Jaguar-Green cloth covered boards stamped in gilt on the front cover and spine, large format, 10x13.5 inches (25x29cm), 373 pages, in a paper dustjacket. ILLUSTRATED throughout with b&w photographs.

Condition: FINE book, sharp cornered, tight, bright, clean and unmarked; in a GOOD delicate paper dustjacket that has a 1 inch chip at the top of the spine, some corner and edge tears, and some light soiling. A BEAUTIFUL BOOK in a presentable dustjacket.

From the Publisher:

******THE JAGUAR XK IN AUSTRALIA was written by John Elmgreen and Terry McGrath, two luminaries of the Australian Jaguar scene. The book is a result of their 14 years of research. It contains production statistics, exhaustive histories of individual cars, details of the XK (including C Types and D Types) in competition, and a wealth of other information. The book is illustrated with scores of b&w photographs, most seldom seen outside Australia and the Antipodes.******

TIME AND TWO SEATS - FIVE DECADES OF LONG DISTANCE RACING; VOLUMES I & II. Subtitled: The World Sports Car, Grand Touring, and Manufacturers Championships. By Janos L Wimpffen.

DELUXE EDITION, LEATHER BOUND, SIGNED and INSCRIBED, LIMITED EDITION.

LIMITED EDITION of only 250 copies, this being copy #8, as stated on the half-title page. Early numbered copies of limited editions are often reserved for presentation by the author, and the inscription indicates this is one of those.

SIGNED and INSCRIBED on the half-title page by the AUTHOR, JANOS WIMPFFEN, to MARK KETCHAM, a well-known rare sports car collector and broker (Ketcham Imports), and winery owner (Ketcham Estate): "To the Ever Noble Mark Ketcham / From Too Many Names / Janos L. Wimpffen". You can read about Mark Ketcham and his rare sports car collection (he loved Ferraris) on many places on the Internet.

Also SIGNED by THREE RACE CAR DRIVERS, PHIL HILL, BRIAN REDMAN, and DEREK BELL. Each driver signed his name below his full page photograph in the Foreword section of the book.

TWO VOLUMES, bound in LEATHER with SILVER TITLES, 9x12 inches (23x30.5 cm), illustrated throughout with photographs, race course line maps, and detailed drawings. Together the two volumes contain a total of 2255 pages. The two volumes are housed in a leather covered slipcase.

Published by Motorsport Research Group, Redmond, Washington, 1999.

A comprehensive, award-winning, two volume history of five decades of long distance racing, covering the World Sportscar, Grand Touring, and Manufacturers Championships events from 1953 through 1999. Every event, every entrant, complete and accurate results. Includes driver listings and profiles, course maps, photos, chassis numbers and much, much more.

FINE condition, tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked. Lovely.

An important resource for that motorsports enthusiast in your life or soul

The DELUXE EDITION, LIMITED TO ONLY 250 COPIES is RARE; inscribed by the author to the racing car enthusiast, collector, and broker Mark Ketcham makes it especially so.

FROM THE ESTATE OF MARK KETCHAM.

About the Author, János L. Wimpffen (from Wikipedia):

******János L. Wimpffen (born 1950s, Graz, Austria) is an American motorsport historian and writer of Austro-Hungarian origin who specialises in sportscar racing; he is best known for his 1999 debut book Time and Two Seats, which won multiple awards.******

About MARK KETCHAM, to whom the book is inscribed (from his Obituary in the Healdsburg Times):

******Mark Ketcham, b.1955 d.2020. Classic sports cars, family, good food and great wine. In no particular order, these were the things that made Mark Ketcham happy. Over the course of 20 years as a resident of northern Sonoma County, Ketcham founded Ketcham Estate Winery and established himself as a fixture in the local philanthropy scene.

Ketcham began his career in hi-tech, but cashed out of high-tech and turned his passion for collecting vintage Ferraris and other rare sports cars into a business for buying, racing and brokering collector cars. The business, Ketcham Imports, still exists, though Ketcham sold his beloved blue 1972 Lancia Stratos a few years ago.

Ted Johnson, owner of Milestone Motor Cars in Boynton Beach, Florida, who worked with Ketcham on dozens of car deals over the years, said Ketcham was a "true connoisseur," and was known around the world for his attention to detail with record-keeping. "He was a race car historian," Johnson said of his late friend. "He owned (Ferraris). He played with them. He loved them."******

TIME AND TWO SEATS - FIVE DECADES OF LONG DISTANCE RACING; VOLUMES I & II. Subtitled: The World Sports Car, Grand Touring, and Manufacturers Championships. By Janos L Wimpffen.

Published by Motorsport Research Group, Redmond, Washington, 1999. ISBN: 0967225205. First edition.

A comprehensive, award winning, two volume history of five decades of long distance racing, covering the World Sportscar, Grand Touring, and Manufacturers Championships events from 1953 through 1999. Every event, every entrant, complete and accurate results. Includes driver listings and profiles, course maps, photos, chassis numbers and much, much more.

Each volume bound in black cloth covered boards with silver titles, 9x12 inches (23x30.5 cm), illustrated throughout with photographs, race course line maps, and detailed drawings. Together the two volumes contain a total of 2255 pages. Both volumes are contained in a burgundy cloth covered slipcase.

VERY GOOD condition: The covers of the two volumes show light signs of handling and wear, else tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked; the slipcase has a spattering of tiny star-like silver dots and a few rubs to the upper area of its front panel, otherwise solid and nice, with bright silver titling. An attractive, very presentable set.

A rare and important resource for that motorsports enthusiast in your life or soul. Ladies and Gentlemen, start your engines.

About the Author, János L. Wimpffen (from Wikipedia):

******János L. Wimpffen (born 1950s, Graz, Austria) is an American motorsport historian and writer of Austro-Hungarian origin who specialises in sportscar racing; he is best known for his 1999 debut book Time and Two Seats, which won multiple awards.******

Acquired from the estate of MARK KETCHAM, a well-known rare sports car collector, vintage racing car broker (Ketcham Imports), and winery owner (Ketcham Estate, Healdsburg, California).

THE NATURAL RESOURCES OF BODEGA HARBOR. Prepared by Jon Standing, Bodega Marine Laboratory, et al.

Published by the State of California Department of Fish and Game as Coastal Wetlands Series #1, May 1975.

Softcovers, plastic spiral bound, 8.5x11 inches, 183 pages plus 40 pages of Appendices at the rear. Illustrated with some b&w printed photographs and line maps.

VERY GOOD condition, the covers have some light toning and a corner crease, otherwise tight, bright and clean. The front cover has the name "Parmeter" written at the top. The Parmeter family had (and still has) strong ties to Bodega Bay.

The Natural Resources of Bodega Harbor is a 1975 report by the California Dept. of Fish & Game (Standing, Browning, Speth) detailing the Bay's unique habitats and rich, biodiverse ecology. It is a foundational study crucial for the management and ongoing scientific research of the Bay. - UC Davis.

SOIL SURVEY OF THE NAPA AREA, CALIFORNIA,s bly E. J. Carpenter and Stanley W. Cosby.

Published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, in cooperation with the University of California Agricultural Experiment Stations. The booklet and enclosed folded map state "Series 1933, No. 13" and "Issued January 1938"; HOWEVER, the look and feel of this booklet and the glossy folding map, and the excellent condition they are in, indicate they are more recent REPRINTS, perhaps reprinted in the 1960s. Though I could find no later dates or reference to additional publishers in the booklet or on the map, the paper and the lovely glossy map in no way have the feel of an original 1930s publication from the USDA. NONETHELESS, this reprint (by whomever) matches page for page with digitized copies of the original online, and the fold-open map is great.

Booklet: paper covers, side stapled, 6x9 inches, 76 pages. Map: 32 x 38.5 inches.

Condition: The booklet is in NEAR FINE condition, a bit of toning to the cover margins, else tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked. The folding map is also in NEAR FINE condition, feels like it has only been opened once or twice.

This large folding map shows the famous Napa Valley in remarkable detail on a scale of one inch per mile. The map extends from Calistoga south to Napa, and was originally produced as the Prohibition era ended and Napa's wine industry began its recovery. Printed on glossy paper in full color, the map locates all towns, villages, roads, railroads, and even individual buildings. It locates Stags Leap Manor, Zinfandel, Oak Knoll, Rutherford, Myrtledale Hot Springs, the Pacific Union College and much more. An impressive 64 geological types are identified with different colors and patterns.

THE AUSTIN-MARIE COLLECTION AND COMPENDIUM. THE INCREDIBLE CLASSICAL GUITAR COLLECTION of JEFF WELLS.

These books illustrate and provide details on the classical guitar collection of Jeff Wells who built his collection with the intent that it show the history of classical guitars and the developments and techniques used by luthiers over the centuries. The dedication page highlights Jeff's son's middle name AUSTIN and his daughter's middle name MARIE, so one (me) might assume that is how this collection came by its name The Austin-Marie Collection.

Two Volume Set in Slipcase, illustrated hardcovers, each volume measures 11x14 inches, 132 and 24 pages respectively, pages printed on glossy paper.

Richly illustrated throughout with color photographs and detailed drawings.

Both volumes are in FINE, basically as new condition, tight, bright, clean and unmarked. The slipcase has some light edgewear and signs of handling, but is solid and attractive. A lovely, very presentable set.

Self Published, San Anselmo, California, 2022. First Edition, so stated in the copyright notice.

ABOUT THE BOOKS (from the Publisher):

******The Austin-Marie Collection book offers a unique journey through three centuries of guitar making from the dawn of the Baroque era in the early seventeenth century to the birth of the modern classical guitar in the latter part of the nineteenth century. With stunning photography by David Bishop...the collection book is a visual masterpiece. The accompanying luthier biographies provide an invaluable resource for the serious student and enthusiast alike.

The accompanying compendium book includes interviews with contemporary luthiers who performed restoration work on instruments in the collection. Dr. James Westbrook examines x-rays taken of selected guitars and explains the varied construction practices used by luthiers in the past. Included is an appendix that provides the dimensions and materials used for each guitar in the collection.

My understanding and appreciation of the guitar's rich history became a reality when...I acquired a Giovanni Battista Fabricatore from 1785, possibly the earliest extant six single-string guitar; or when I was offered the earliest known guitar by Louis Panormo, England's greatest guitar maker of the nineteenth century; or when I was able to find an 1834 C. F. Martin, one of a dozen or so extant instruments from Martin's first year of guitar making in America.

As my collection grew, I focused on quality examples and provenance, never venturing too far from the main path of guitar development. Harp guitars, guitars with double and triple-necks, experimental guitars with true-temperament fretboards, etc., have intentionally been left out of this collection.******

S.M.S. - SHIT MUST STOP Volumes #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6. The complete run of this influential, avant garde, boxed set of ORIGINAL ART MULTIPLES.

Published by THE LETTER EDGED IN BLACK PRESS, 1968. Limited edition of only 2000.

Six illustrated paper portfolios in their original cardboard mailing boxes. The mailing boxes holding the portfolios measure 14x7.5 inches (35.5x19 cm). Each folded portfolio (containing the artworks) measures 11x7 inches (28x18 cm). The artwork multiples are of various sizes.

The six volumes include 72 of the 73 called for art multiples, each unique to this publication - including the two cassette recordings by La Monte Young and Terry Riley that were made for SMS in 1968 but never included with them, as well as art, recordings, and printed poetry made exclusively for SMS by artists including Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray, Yoko Ono, Oppenheim, Bruce Naumaan, John Cage, Diane Wakoski, Claes Oldenberg, Christo, Hollis Frampton, Dick Higgins, Arman, Artschwager, and many others, (lacking only the Lichtenstein Folded Hat in S.M.S. #4).

All six of these boxed sets also include their original mailing boxes, a list of the Artists, and a "Sequence Sheet". Volume #6 also includes a "LAST ISSUE" announcement card.

Also included is a 1981 Reinhold-Brown Gallery / New Museum of Contemporary Art catalog that fully describes the items in each of the six original box sets.

CONDITION: The six boxed sets of art multiples are generally in GOOD to VERY GOOD condition. The NEON CONSTRUCTION item in SMS #6 is lacking a few of its metal rings and parts but is otherwise present and complete; the TORTURED TUBE assembly kit has all its parts including an original paint tube which has leaked in its plastic bag - however this is the case in every SMS #4 I have seen or have been able to reference. (If you are considering an SMS #4 that contains the TORTURED TUBE, please make certain the condition is described or check with the seller to get a description, it would be unusual if the tube has not leaked (after all it is a "tortured tube").

A nice, complete set (Volumes 1-6) of Shit Must Stop, lacking only 1 of the 73 items, but with the often missing Cassette Tapes by La Monte Young and Terry Riley, the Yoko Ono recording, the Artists Lists and Sequence Sheets, the mailing boxes, and the descriptive 1981 catalog.

You can read about SHIT MUST STOP on Wikipedia (search "S.M.S. Portfolios"), Brandeis (a nice, succinct writeup search "Brandeis Shit Must Stop"), and many other places on the Internet.