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70 101 Stationery and vintage art supplies Sottsass E and King P 
70 101 Stationery and vintage art supplies Sottsass E and King P 
70 101 Stationery and vintage art supplies Sottsass E and King P 
= The famous Pop-art influenced typewriter, also known as "The Portable Red", was as Sottsass said "invented for use in any place except in an office, so as not to remind anyone of monotonous working hours, but rather to keep amateur poets company on quiet Sundays in the country or to provide a highly coloured object on a table in a studio apartment." One of the most famous owners of an Olivetti Valentine was David Bowie. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE I.
70/102 Stationery and vintage art supplies Waterman Le Mans 100 fountain pen 
- Sm. inkstains near tip; 'W' disk on top cap sl. flaked.
= Issued in the first year of production, commemorating 100 years of the Le Mans race.
70/103 Stationery and vintage art supplies Writing case 
- A few sm. scratches on upper lid.
= I.a. Parker Duofold Centennial (goldplated, 18K nib, fine but lacks cap), Parker "21" (2x), Wearever (lever fill), Waterman's Fountain Pen Safety Type (±1920, complete w. original box and instructions), Waterman Xpen, Pelikan, Swan, Union Fairline Airless and Lamy.
70 105 Stenography Bertin T P 
70 105 Stenography Bertin T P 
- Ad 1: title-p. foxed. Binding rubbed.
Conen de Prépéan, (L.M.F.). Sténographie exacte, ou l'art d'écrire aussi vite que l'on parle; Nouvelle Méthode (...). Paris, the author/ Brunot-Labre, 1815, 2nd ed., XXVIII,171p., 12 fold. engr./ letterpress plates, contemp. gilt hcalf w. mor. letterpiece..
- Trifle foxed; some plates trifle frayed; bookplate on upper pastedown. Binding rubbed; worn along extremities.
70 106 Stenography Conen de Prépéan L M F 
- Sm. tear in one extra plate. Binding (sl.) rubbed; one corner sl. dam.
= The three extra plates are bound before the title-p., are "gravé pour le Compte de M. Charon" (the other plates are engr. by "Dien") and show an "alphabet taxygraphique", "paradigme" table and an example.
70 107 Stenography Danzer I C 
70 107 Stenography Danzer I C 
- Trifle/ sl. foxed; a few lvs./ plates w. sm. marginal repairs; engr. title w. stamp on recto and verso. = Rare.
AND 3 others: K. ALBRECHT, Lehrbuch Der Gabelsbergschen Stenografie (Hamburg, 1877, plates, ills., contemp. (worn) hcalf); F. RAUCH, Stenographie-System Merkes. Praktische Leitfaden beim Schulunterricht in den Stenographie oder Schuellschrift (n.pl., 1884, entirely lithographed, contemp. giltlettered dec. cl., sm. 8vo) and P.R. GOUDSCHAAL and E.W. BUSSMANN, Nieuw Kortschrift/ Kortschrift (...) Schrijf- en Leesoefeningen/ Snelschrift. Vervolg op Nieuw Kortschrift (Leeuw., 1896/ 1888/ 1887, 2nd ed. (part 1), 3 parts in 1 vol., (lithogr.) plates and ills., contemp. clothbacked boards).
70 108 Stenography Gould M T C 
- Plates trifle/ sl. foxed; textlvs. (sl.) browned/ foxed. Spine pasted over w. sl. later cloth; covers rubbed/ stained.
Idem. The Art of Short-Hand Writing (...). With sundry improvements, adapted to the present state of Literature in the United States. Philadelphia, U. Hunt & Son, 1845, rev. enl. ed., 60p., engr. title and 17 plates (incl. frontisp.), contemp. hcalf, sm. 8vo.
- Waterstained and (sl.) foxed; tear in frontisp. Binding worn/ dam.
AND 6 others, all publ. in the USA, i.a. T. TOWNDROW, A Complete Guide to Stenography, or an Entire New System of Writing Short Hand. For the use of schools and private tuition (New Haven/ New York, 1832, 2nd ed., engr. plates, contemp. hcl. w. letterpress title-piece, sm. 8vo); E. WEBSTER, The Young Reporter. Or, How to Write Short-Hand. A Complete Phonographic Teacher being an Inductive Exposition of Phonography, intended as a School-Book (...). Rev. ed. A.J. Graham (New York, (1855), plates, ills., orig. dec. hcl., sm. 8vo) and works by E, HARMON, B. PITMAN, D.P. LINDSLEY and F.G. FOWLER.
70 109 Stenography Macaulay A 
70 109 Stenography Macaulay A 
- Frontisp. and title sl. browned, otherwise trifle spotted/ soiled and w. a few scattered old owner's stamps.
= Aulay Macaulay (died 1788) was an 18th-century English tea-dealer. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE II.
70 110 Stenography Taylor S 
- Sl. foxed.
= First published in 1786 and the the first English shorthand system to be used all over the English-speaking world.
Gurney, T. and J. Brachygraphy: or an easy and Compendious System of Short-Hand, Adapted to the Various Arts, Sciences and Professions: Improved after more than Forty Years Practice & Experience by Thomas Gurney: And brought still nearer to Perfection upon the present Method by Joseph Gurney. Ibid., for W.B. Gurney, 1817, 14th ed., 76p. engr. title, frontisp. portrait (of Th. Gurney) and 12 plates (printed on recto and verso of 6 lvs.), modern giltlettered mor., sm. 8vo.
- (Sl.) yellowed.
Pitman, I. Phonography, or Writing by Sound; being a natural method of writing, applicable to all languages, and a complete system of Short Hand. Ibid., S. Bagster & sons, 1840, 38,(1)p., num. full-p. tables, orig. gilt cl.
- Contents loosening and trifle/ sl. foxed/ soiled. Spine sl. dam. = Early edition.
Mavor, W. Universal Stenography, or A Practical System of Short Hand. Ibid., Longman etc., (1807), (2),I-IV,6-55p., engr. title and 9 plates (1x fold.), contemp. boards.
- Trifle foxed. Boards worn along extremities.
AND 8 others, i.a. T. MOLINEUX, Introduction to Byrom's Universal English Short-Hand (London, 1813, 4th ed., engr. plates, contemp. hmor.); T. MOAT, The Short-Hand Standard attempted by an analysis of the Circle as an introductory foundation of a New System of Stenography (...) (ibid., 1833, engr. title and plates, contemp. cl.); W. HARDING, Taylor Improved. Universal Stenography, or a New and Practical System of Short Hand Writing (...) (ibid., (1830), engr. title, frontisp. and plates, contemp. green calf, sm. 8vo) and works by i.a. J.H. COOKE, A.H. THOMPSON, T. TOWNDROW and "An Eminent Professor".
70 111 Stenography Weston J 
70 111 Stenography Weston J 
70 111 Stenography Weston J 
- Waterstained in lower inner corner throughout; frontisp. portrait w. sm. tear in corner closed w. scotch tape.
= The first edition. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE II.
- First cloth portfolio sl. waterstained on backcover (not affecting contents). Otherwise very fine.
= Rare complete run.
= Rare.
Faber, E. and Wurm, C. (ed.). Bühne auf! Die Erstlingswerke deutscher Autoren des 20. Jahrhunderts. Ein bebildertes Lexikon. Leipsic, Faber & Faber, 2012, 526p., col. ills., orig. boards w. dustwr. - AND 16 others, i.a. R. WITTMANN, Hundert Jahre Buchkultur in München (Munich, 1993, ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr.); J. LENTES, Kiesstrasse Zwanzig Uhr. Huss'sche Universitätsbuchhandlung 1983-1993 (Frankf., 1993, ills., orig. boards); W.D. VON LUCIUS, Bücherlust. Vom Sammeln (Cologne, 2000, col. plates, ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr.); S. UNSELD, Der Autor und sein Verleger (Frankf., 1978, orig. cl. w. dustwr.) and B. BALTSCHEV, Hölle und Paradies. Amsterdam, Querido und die deutsche Exilliteratur (Berlin, 2016, ills., orig. hcl.).
= Fine copy of the original thesis, with loosely inserted (sl. foxed) "Stellingen" leaf.
AND 5 others in 6 vols., i.a. V. LOOSJES, Gedenkschriften wegens het vierde eeuwgetijde van de uitvinding der boekdrukkunst (Haarlem, 1824, engr. title, portr., fold. handcol. floorplan, 2 plates, contemp. giltlettered clothbacks boards. Partly dampstained (affecting the plates)) and O. MÜHLBRECHT, Die Bücherliebhaberei in ihrer Entwicklung bis zum Ende des XIX. Jahrhunderts (Bielefeld/ Leipsic, 1898, 2nd enl. ed., num. (fold./ tipped-in) (col.) plates, ills., orig. gilt hcalf. Top of spine dam.; corners sl. worn).
- Slipcase sl. soiled.
AND 6 others, all fine, i.a. DIE WELT DER KARTEN: Historische und moderne Kartografie im Dialog (Munich, 2008, col. ills., maps, orig. boards w. dustwr. in slipcase, folio); J. GOSS, Blaeu's the Grand Atlas of the 17th Century World (New York, 1990, col. ills., maps, orig. cl. w. dustwr., folio) and A. ORTELIUS, Theatrum orbis terrarum (Antw., 1970, ills., maps, folio).