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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Zinewiki = AMRA was a Science Fiction and Fantasy fanzine devoted to the Swords and Sorcery genre published by George H. Scithers [The term "Swords and Sorcery" first appeared in the pages of the zine, leading to the name for the genre exemplified by writers such as Robert E. Howard]; Amra won the Hugo Award for Best Fanzine in the years 1964 and 1968. >> CONTENTS of This Issue Includes; ARTISTS = Dr. O. Raymond Sowers (cover); Ray Garcia-Capella; Dan Adkins;Roy Krenkel; Jim Cawthorn; Roy Krenkel; Robert E. Gilbert AUTHORS = Sighvat Thordharson; Poul Anderson (translator) "Conan & Pizarro by L. Sprague de Camp; Grace Adams Warren; "Letters: REH" by Robert Ervin Howard; Howard Waldrop, Dick Eney; Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall TRUE FIRST Edition MAGAZINE Format Thus. Dr. O. Raymond Sowers (cover); Ray Garcia-Capella; Dan Adkins;Roy Krenkel; Jim Cawthorn; Roy Krenkel; Robert E. Gilbert (illustrator). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. Autograph; Quarto; xvi, 237 pages; Inscribed and signed by the author on half-title "To Bibi / A dear and true friend / whom I admire and / appreciate so much. / Warren / 1982" Bilingual text throughout. Translated into French by Richard Walters. 347 illustrations. Very near fine copy in near fine dust jacket. A fabulous catalogue with artful photographs of the many African sculptures and other items in Robbins collection. Warren Murray Robbins (1923 â" 2008) was an American art collector whose collection of African art led to the formation of the National Museum of African Art at the Smithsonian Institution. It was the late 1950s when Robbins, then a cultural attachà for the State Department, bought his first piece of African artâ"a carved wooden figure of a Yoruba man and woman of Nigeriaâ"in an antiques shop in Hamburg, Germany. The next year, he bought 32 other figures, masks and textiles, also in Hamburg, and by 1964, he was displaying his collection in a Capitol Hill townhouse. Frederick Douglass once owned the house. And as his collection grew, his museum became a complex of 9 townhouses, 16 garages and 2 carriage houses. In 1987, having surpassed 5,000 pieces, Robbinsâ collection moved to its Mall location, becoming the National Museum of African Art.; Signed by Author.…

A delightful 'ex dono authoris' presentation copy of this rare collection of ancient Greek philosophy in English translation by Robert Warren (1680-1740), a student of Christ's College, Cambridge. Comprising (1): the Pinax, or Tablet of Cebes, a dialogue historically attributed to the Ancient Greek philosopher and disciple of Socrates Cebes of Thebes (c.430-350 BC); (2) A treatise concerning the tranquility of mind or peace of conscience 'Written by Hipparchus, a Pythagorean Philosopher'; and (3) a commentary on the paintings of Appelles his table being a picture of humane life. With provenance for 'Jo: Jackson Ex Dono Authoris', possibly the low-church clergyman John Jackson (1686-1763), who matriculated at Jesus College, Cambridge in 1702 and studied Hebrew under Simon Ockley before graduating BA in 1707. Warren himself proceeded Doctor of Divinity, and was Rector of Charlton in Kent by 1709, and later St. Mary Straford Bow until his death in c.1740. He remained a prolific writer, although turning his attention to sermon cycles and Christian works. The book was later acquired by J.T. Lester Esq., 'bought of P.J. & A.E. Dobell' on 9th August 1927 for the price of one pound and five shillings. Scarce. ESTC records only 10 copies in institutional collections worldwide, 6 in the British Isles (BL, Cambridge University Library, St. John's College, Cambridge, Mitchell Library, Glasgow, St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, and Ushaw College, Durham) and 4 in North America (Huntington Library, UCLA, Houghton Library, and the University of Michigan). First edition; 12mo (13.5 x 8 cm); woodcut headpieces, divisional titles, presentation inscription in pen to front free endpaper recto, old bookseller's invoice loosely inserted, small closed tear to lower margin of C9; contemporary gilt-tooled mottled calf, covers panelled in gilt within double-filet borders, gilt spine in 4 compartments incorporating acorn and thistle motif, sprinkled edges, corners slightly rubbed with minor loss, very good; [16], 124pp. Provenance: 'Jo: Jackson Ex Dono Authoris'; J.T. Lester Esq. (invoice). ESTC R35480; Wing C1653A.…