ATLAS AND CYCLOPEDIA OF IRELAND, by P. W. Joyce; and THE GENERAL HISTORY [of Ireland], by A. M. Sullivan and P. D. Nunan. Two Parts bound in One Volume.

Part I: A Comprehensive Delineation of the Thirty-Two Counties with a Beautifully Colored Map of Each, Arranged Alphabetically...

Part II: THE GENERAL HISTORY As Told by A. M. Sullivan, and Continued by P. D. Nunan...

NEW YORK: Murphy & McCarthy, 1900. First edition with the date 1900 and "Copyright 1900" both on the title page.

Hardcover book in two parts, faux leather and cloth covered boards, gilt engraved illustration on the front cover, marbled paper edges, engraved color title page preceding the full title page, b&w frontispiece photo of a Celtic Cross, 9.5x12 inches. Illustrated throughout with color maps, b&w photographs, and drawn portraits. Pagination: Part I has approximately 300 unnumbered pages, including 32 plates of color maps and numerous b&w photographic plates; Part II has 281 numbered pages and b&w portraiture plates.

GOOD condition: wear to the spine ends, corner tips, and some places along the edges; the boards have 100+ black & white illustrated plates, some shelf rubs, the spine gilt lettering has mostly faded away, the gilt illustration on the front cover has faded a bit but still attractive; internally nice, the pages are tight, bright, clean and unmarked. All maps and plates are present. The maps are great.

A solid, presentable copy for that lover of Ireland in your life or soul.

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REPLY of the HELLENIC DELEGATION to the STATEMENTS SUBMITTED TO THE PEACE CONFERENCE by the BULGARIAN DELEGATION WITH REGARD to the POLICY OF BULGARIA and ITS CLAIMS TO THRACE. [Paris Peace Conference 1919-1920]

"Translated from the French by Carroll N. Brown; with an Introduction by Theodore P. Ion; and with an Appendix of Seventeen Maps."

NEW YORK: Published for the American Hellenic Society by Oxford University Press, American Branch, first edition, 1920

Softcovers, 6.75x9.75 inches (17x25 cm), xvi, 51, plus 17 maps at the rear.

GOOD condition: the wrappers are peeling for 1 inch at the spine ends, have some corner creases, and the folds are tender but holding; internally, the pages have lightly creased corners, otherwise tight, bright, clean and unmarked. The 17 b&w maps at the rear have some light creases to the edges, but are all present and in solid, bright condition.

About the Post WWI Border Dispute between Bulgaria and Greece at the Paris Peace Conference (from Wikipedia and other Internet sources):

******"The Reply of the Hellenic Delegation to the Statements Submitted to the Peace Conference by the Bulgarian Delegation" refers to documents from the Paris Peace Conference of 1919-1920, whfdere Greece countered Bulgaria's territorial claims, particularly regarding Thrace, emphasizing Bulgaria's German alliance, wartime actions, and its role as an aggressor in Greece. Greece sought post-war territorial adjustments and security, while Bulgaria argued for fair treatment despite its pro-German alignment. Debates between the Hellenic and Bulgarian Delegations focused on border rectifications and Bulgaria's war responsibility.******

I TABACCHI GREGGI ITALIANI [Italian Raw Tobacco], by Umberto Rossi.

MILANO [Milan, Italy]: Istituto Grafico Vanzetti e Vanoletti, 1937 - XV [15th Year of the Fascist Era].

Softcovers, French folds, 4to 9x11.5 inches (22.5x29.5cm), 132 pages + 44 color plates of Italian Tobacco Plants and their Dried Leaves, plus a map of Italy showing the tobacco growing regions. The plates are protected with tissue guards. Who knew that Italy grew so many varieties of tobacco during the Mussolini fascist years?

GOOD MINUS condition, the covers are worn, especially around the bottom of the spine, lesser so at the edges and top of the spine; the rear inner hinge is cracked and worn but holding; there is a crease to the upper corner of the text block that creases the upper corner of all pages; the tissue guards are toned and have foxing as is normal, one is torn; there are some previous owner's relevant pencil notes here and there; otherwise tight, bright and clean.

A used but complete copy with all its plates depicting the amazing variety of tobacco produced in Italy under Mussolini.

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.******

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).

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.******

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).

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.

ENGLISH CONVENTS IN EXILE 1600-1800. Five (of Six) Volumes (V.1 - V.5) of this important work on Edited by Caroline Bowden, et al.

LONDON: Pickering & Chatto, 2012-2013. First Edition.

Five (of Six) Hardcover Books, matching set, 6x9 inches. Each volume focuses on a different part of the life, culture, and works (written and otherwise) that took place in the English Convents, and the life of the Nuns that lived in them and ran them in exile. Each volume stands on its own.

The five books are:

PART 1: Volume 1 - History Writing / edited by Caroline Bowden, 322 pages; Volume 2 - Spirituality / edited by Laurence Lux-Sterritt, 532 pages; Volume 3 - Life Writing I / edited by Nicky Hallett, 411 pages.

PART 2: volume 4 - Life Writing II / edited by Katrien Daemen-de-Gelder, 338 pages; Volume 5 - Convent Management / edited by James E. Kelly, contributing editors Caroline Bowden, Richard G. Williams, 477 pages. (LACKING Volume 6 - The Convents and the Outside World / edited by Carmen M. Mangion.)

NEAR FINE condition: there is a light corner tip bump to the covers of two of the books (hardly noticeable), otherwise all is pristine, tight, bright, clean and unmarked. A lovely, very presentable set of these important works on English Convents (i.e. English Religious Women) in Exile.

From the Publisher:

******In 1598, the first English convent was established in Brussels and was to be followed by a further 21 enclosed convents across Flanders and France with more than 4,000 women entering them over a 200 year period. In theory they were cut off from the outside world; however, in practice the nuns were not isolated and their contacts and networks spread widely, and their communal culture was sophisticated. Not only were the nuns influenced by continental intellectual culture but they in turn contributed to a developing English Catholic identity moulded by their experience in exile. During this time, these nuns and the Mary Ward sisters found outlets for female expression often unavailable to their secular counterparts, until the French Revolution and its associated violence forced the convents back to England. This interdisciplinary collection demonstrates the cultural importance of the English convents in exile from 1600 to 1800 and is the first collection to focus solely on the English convents.******

The 2012 Hardcover First Editions of this work are hard-to-find. When they can be found the books are often offered individually at quite high prices.

HUNDREDS (550+) of HANDWRITTEN FORMULAS for CREATING PRODUCTS for TREATING WOMEN'S BEAUTY "DEFECTS" and for INCREASING A WOMAN'S BEAUTY. Handwritten by an unnamed Chemist or Pharmacist likely as a Book of Formulas Reference Guide.

Undated, however it is likely the formulas were written circa 1890. There are several note sheets "Hazard, Hazard & Co." letterheads laid-in at the front (Hazard, Hazard & Co. was active in the mid to late 1800s); the title page of the Burr's Medical Index in which the formulas are written is dated "Hartford, 1881"; the bookseller's label on the front pastedown states "Agent for The Henry Bill Publishing Company's Physicians' Account Books" - Henry Bill Publishing was founded in 1847 and dissolved in 1896.

Are you a woman with Freckles, Moles, Dark Spots, Warts, Bad Breath, Wrinkles, Dandruff, too much Hair, too little Hair, etc.? Do you need help making your breasts bigger, smaller, or firmer? Is your nose red and oily? Want darker eyebrows, want prettier eyebrows, want prettier eyes? Want to smell prettier, better, or just not stink? Want your face to be lighter, brighter, shinier, and your lips redder, fuller, and more delicious looking? This book has detailed formulas that can be prepared for you, products that will take care of all those, and hundreds of other beauty defects!!!

The detailed formulas are handwritten in a BURR'S MEDICAL INDEX, published by the J. B. Burr Publishing Co., Hartford, Connecticut, 1881. Likely by a chemist or pharmacist who would prepare a cream, lotion, spray, etc., based on the detailed formulas in this book.

Hardcovers, leather spine and corners with green cloth covered boards, 8.5x11 inches, filled with approximately 400 pages, indexed with alphabetical tabs. There are approximately 575 formulas for preparing beautification remedies for women, handwritten on 122 of the pages and arranged alphabetically for easy access by the chemist / pharmacist. The rest of the pages are blank.

Laid-in here and there are various slips of paper with handwritten ingredients and a couple relevant newspaper articles ("WILL POWER GROWS HAIR"; "Removal of Tattoo Marks"). The slips of paper and news articles have browned the pages they were inserted between, but the handwritten text remains bright and clear.

Laid-in at the front are three note sheets with the letterhead "Hazard, Hazard & Co., New York". The note sheets have lists of items, perhaps lotions being prepared by Hazard, Hazard & Co.

The formulas are handwritten in ink and arranged alphabetically within the tabs: e.g. within the "A" tab on page "AM" is a long formula for creating "Amandine Skin Cosmetic to Whiten and Soften the Skin"; on page "AP" are formulas for "Aphrodisiac Pastiles"; within the "B" tab on pages "BA" are lots of formulas for various "Bath Aromatics"; on page "BR" are formulas for increasing or decreasing the size of breasts, and lots of formulas for bad breath; within the "C" tab on pages "CO" are various formulas for "Complexion"; within the "F" tab on pages "FA" are formulas for various Face Creams and Face Beautifiers, on page FE are formulas for "FEET OFFENSIVE" and "FETID FEET", on pages "FR" are many formulas dealing with Freckles; etc. etc.

Handwritten on the backside of the front free endpaper is what seems to be the ""Raison d'Etre" for the formulas in this book:

******To be beautiful is the unwritten law of woman.. it is womans right and privilege to do all in her power to add to the bounteous gifts with which nature has endowed her..."

GOOD CONDITION: The covers have wear, some water staining, and have been professionally rebacked with portions of the original spine covering laid on; internally nice, some pages with browning from laid-in relevant paper items, otherwise tight, bright, clean and clear.

A wonderful, c.1890 manuscript "Book of Formulas" aimed at women who, according to this book, need help to fix and beautify every single part of their body.

BEATITUDE #8 Bob Kaufman Jail Poems, + Ginsberg, Meltzer, Weiss, Ferlinghetti, et al BREAD & WINE MISSION S.F. 1959

BEATITUDE #8. Published by the BREAD & WINE MISSION, San Francisco, 1959. Includes Jail Poems by Bob Kaufman and poetry by many others.

Twenty four (24) mimeographed leaves printed on one side only, including the cover sheet which is blue, 8.5x11 inches, side stapled.

Beatitude was printed at the Bread & Wine Mission in San Francisco, a hub of counterculture and beat poetry. Printed on simple mimeograph machines by the poets themselves, few copies of the early issues remain.

GOOD condition: The front cover printed face and stars of this copy have been shaded in with pencil - perhaps before being distributed (this was printed by the crazy Beats, after all), perhaps by the owner - giving the printed face the nice look of a person of color. There is an R written at the top left corner of the front cover. The pages have some toning, there is a variation in the intensity of the mimeo printing, and the mimeo process has left some smudges; one poem has a couple margin marks noting a passage and "Plato's allegory?" written in the margin beside the passage; overall a complete, solid, nice copy.

SCARCE BEATITUDE printed in 1959 at the BREAD & WINE MISSION in San Francisco.

From the first page:

******In the snakepit of our city jail, with a man next to him dying unattended and himself sick from having been stamped upon by a public SERVANT, Kaufman writes his poems of suffering and compassionate identification. Their immediacy characterizes much of the poetry here printed. Margolis adds his poem of protest. The two poems are "confiscated" from the window of the bagel shop by officer 67. Ed Freeman, descending on the beach [North Beach, San Francisco] for a week. makes some great scenes performing his poems and adds his sympathy to both the black and the blue. Ginsberg sends a telegram but his poem on sakyamuni counsels more. Beatitude changes offices, we run through three bad mimeo machines, finally get a good one. At last, with many poems we find beautiful to print and a good percentage of the poets out of jail, we resume our publication at the bread and wine mission, corner greenwich and grant or at various outlets on the beach.******

About the BREAD & WINE MISSION (From a 2021 Issue of Outside Lands - Journal of San Francisco History):

******Despite the place's obscurity today, the Bread and Wine Mission played a substantial role in the Beat scene by providing a space where poets, artists and intellectuals could commune and make their ideas manifest. [The article includes a photo with the caption: William Margolis, Eileen Kaufman, and Bob Kaufman printing Beatitude at the Bread and Wine Mission, April 1959.]******

THE MODERN WOMAN Magazine

A scarce woman's magazine for Russian women in Shanghai, China published in Shanghai from 1937 to 1941. Its publication started just months before the Battle of Shanghai, the military operation that began Asia's involvement in World War II. As the Second Sino Japanese War raged between the Empire of Japan and the Republic of China, Shanghai endured a siege that lasted from August 1937, to November 1937, which resulted in the Japanese capture of the city and heavy destruction.

During 1937, despite the ongoing war, The Modern Woman published a smaller combined September/October 1937 issue, halted the publication of its November 1937 issue, and resumed publication for its December 1937 issue. This is the entire published run for the year 1937. Published by United Magazines, Shanghai, China. Victor A. Vasiliev, Editor in Chief, Tatiana A. Barsukova, Editor. In Russian, some Chinese. NINE ISSUES: #1 February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September-October, and December 1937. Hardcover, original Publisher's textured beige cloth with black printing on the front cover and spine, 10.5" x 8", the entire nine issue run of 1937 are bound in preserving all illustrated wrappers, one original subscription insert still attached. Each issue is between 35 and 45 pages. Filled with all the reporting, stories, current events and in-text b&w photographs the au courant Russian emigre woman could want including the latest out of Hollywood, What To Wear in 1937, make-up techniques, hairstyles, events in Shanghai, world events, the latest short stories and poetry from Russian writers, crosswords, recipes, and loads of advertisements for household products, aspirin, cosmetics, soaps, perfume, fashions and local businesses. VERY GOOD CONDITION: Front blank free endpaper roughly torn out, otherwise complete. Covers are lightly worn, have some ink staining and light soil. Internally, the pages are age toned and a touch brittle, there are small edge tears, the crosswords have been penciled in, some small clear tape repairs, and light signs of use and age, overall a solid, bright and clean collection of magazines. SCARCE, especially so being the complete run of issues from its first year of publication in 1937. The OCLC has only a few random copies printed between 1937 and 1941 in 4 collections worldwide.

From the editors: "The Sino-Japanese events, which disrupted normal living conditions for both individual residents of Shanghai and entire enterprises and organizations, also had a heavy impact on the life of the magazine. The release of this issue, albeit in a reduced size, only proves the viability of the magazine and the energy with which the publisher works to, despite all the obstacles, present the magazine to readers even in these difficult times . The hostile actions that took place in China had a strong impact on the publishing of the magazine, and the editors considered it untimely to publish the magazine when thousands of our compatriots, residents of the areas that were subjected to shelling, were forced to flee from their homes, when many of them were left homeless and without means of subsistence, when it was more necessary to donate money to help refugees than to spend it on buying a magazine. However, hundreds of phone calls and masses of letters to the editor expressing the desire to see the magazine led to the fact that we are publishing this issue, overcoming all obstacles, and we expect to publish the next issue by November 30."

1864 YALE CLASS BOOK with 107 original photographs of members of the Class of '64. Not the entire class, payment was likely required to be included (pay up Dad!). Most did.

Each photo is 4.75x 6 inches and is mounted on a 10x13 inch heavy card mounting board. Each photo is signed by the pictured grad below his photograph.

Bound in beautiful leather covers with blind embossed designs, gilt title "YALE" on the front cover, gilt Yale emblem on the rear cover, and gilt title on spine; five raised spine bands; gilt page edges. Copy of "Carlos P. Merwin", with his name stamped in gilt at the bottom of the spine.

VERY GOOD condition: The covers have some scrapes and rubs, mostly at the corners and spine folds; some of the mounting boards have additional birth or death information handwritten below signatures; there is a bit of light finger soiling here and there. Overall a solid, lovely copy.

107 Original Photos ALL SIGNED of the YALE CLASS OF '64

INTERNATIONAL BUYERS PLEASE NOTE: This book is heavy and will require substantial additional shipping charges. After placing your order you will be notified of the additional charges and be able to accept or reject them before your payment is processed. Or you can contact us ahead of time to find out the shipping charge to your country. Thanks.

POPERY UNMASK'D. THE SUBSTANCE OF DR. MIDDLETON'S LETTER FROM ROME, With an Abstract of the Doctor's Reply... by [Conyers Middleton]. LONDON: Printed for G. Keith, at the Bible and Crown, in Grace-church-street. M.DCC.LIX [1759].

Hardcovers, leather covered boards, small format, 4x6 inches (9.5x15 cm),

GOOD condition: Professionally rebacked and the hinges strengthened, making this a lovely, solid copy. The pages are lightly toned as normal, there is some edge wear and a closed edge tear here and there, overall a solid, presentable copy.

SIGNATURE of WELCOME ARNOLD, b.1745 d.1798, is on the front free endpaper. Rare old iron ink signature

BOOKPLATE of WELCOME ARNOLD is on the front pastedown.

SIGNATURE of ARNOLD GREEN (aka GREENE), b.1838 d.1903, is on the top of the Welcome Arnold bookplate.

BOOKPLATE of THEODORE FRANCIS GREEN, b.1867 d.1966, son of Arnold Green, U.S. Senator for Rhode Island, is on the front pastedown.

Three CHECKS SIGNED BY THEODORE F. GREEN as TRUSTEE for the ESTATE OF ARNOLD GREEN are Laid-In.

About the ARNOLD AND GREEN / GREENE FAMILIES of RHODE ISLAND (extracts from various Internet sources):

The Arnold and Greene families are two prominent families deeply intertwined with the history of Rhode Island. The Arnold family, particularly the lineage of William Arnold and his son Governor Benedict Arnold, were early settlers and influential figures in the colony's development. The Greene family, also among the earliest settlers, played a significant role in shaping Rhode Island's political and social landscape. Their histories are closely connected through intermarriages and shared influence in the colony and state.

The Arnold and Greene families were among the earliest settlers in Rhode Island, contributing significantly to the colony's establishment and development.

Intermarriage between the two families, like the marriage of Patience Greene and Welcome Arnold, further solidified their connections and influence.

Both families produced prominent figures who served in various capacities, including governors, senators, and military leaders, shaping the state's history.

The Arnold and Greene families are remembered for their immense contributions to Rhode Island's political, social, and economic landscape.

About WELCOME ARNOLD (from Wikipedia):

******Welcome Arnold, b.1745 d.1798, was a Colonial American politician and merchant. He was a descendant of William Arnold, one of the founding settlers of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Arnold, a member of the Sons of Liberty, was involved in the planning of the 1772 burning of the HMS Gaspee in Narragansett Bay, which later became known as the Gaspee affair. Occurring three years before the Boston Tea Party, it is considered the first act of civil disobedience against the Crown. A prominent merchant in the New England-Caribbean trade, Arnold was also a leader in the fight to end Rhode Island's involvement in the African slave trade. He served as a trustee of Brown University.

Welcome Arnold was one of twelve children born to Jonathan Arnold and Abigail (née Smith) Arnold. His sister, Elizabeth Arnold, married Samuel Arnold (son of Joseph Arnold), and another sister, Abigail Arnold, married Nathaniel Greene (son of Caleb Greene). In 1773 Arnold married Patience Greene, 1754-1809, a daughter of Patience (née Cooke) Greene and Samuel Greene (grandson of John Greene Jr.). The marriage was said to have consolidated landed and mercantile power in colonial Rhode Island. Together, they had fourteen children, only four of whom lived to maturity.******

About THEODORE FRANCIS GREEN (from Wikipedia):

******Theodore Francis Green, b.1867 d.1966, was an American politician from Rhode Island. A Democrat, Green served as the 57th Governor of Rhode Island, 1933-1937, and in the United States Senate, 1937-1961. He served as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 1957 to 1959.******