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1979040050New York: Random House 1979. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 293 Pp. Hardcover. First Edition Stated First Printing. Near Fine Book In Near Fine Dust Jacket. Inscribed By Jule Styne. <br/> <br/> Random House hardcover
1957030480Englewood Cloffs: Prentice-Hall Inc 1957. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good DJ. Xvii 198 Pp. First Printing. Yellow Boards. Book Very Near Fine Just Shallow Bumping At Ends Of Spine. Dj Not Price-Clipped $2.95 Would Be Near Fine But Has 1/8" To 5/8" Chip Across Bottom Of Spine. Clean And Bright. <br/> <br/> Prentice-Hall Inc hardcover
1998002415N Y: Westview Pr. SIGNED First edition. Trade soft cover. Published NY: Westview Pr. 1998. 8vo. x258 pages. Warmly incribed by the author on half title. Minor foxing along top edge otherwise a near fine copy. Laid in is a 4 page program of a memorial service for the author Sunday September 9 2001. St. Paul's Chapel Columbia University. . Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st. 1998. Westview Pr paperback
1976004421Devin-Adair 1976. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Signed by Authors. 1st Printing SIGNED on front end paper "Best Regards" Gary Allen. First Printing stated. Has private library envelope on front end paper No other marks or writings pages bright and clean binding sound. Dust jacket unclipped light wear to spine ends and corners light shelf wear. Has slip enclosed around book "This book Personally Autographed by the Author. American Opinion Bookstores." Devin-Adair hardcover
1946009119Paris: Bordas. Signed first edition - signed by author and artist. Limited to 300 numbered copies on publisher watermarked Rives B.F.K. pure rag vellum. Number 187. Published Paris: Bordas 1946 first printing. 4to. wrappers with folded card covers 8" x 11" 70pp. partially uncut. Illustrated with one signed original lithograph and 6 full page drawings by Masson. Title page cover and text printed in black and red. Text in French. Light rub / small sun darkening at spine ends gentle rub to one tip else fine well preserved example pages and covers clean and bright. . Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st. 1946. Bordas paperback
190972926AB1909. Deuxième Edition. Paris Masson et Cie Editeurs 1909. 15 cm x 21.5 cm. 265 Pages. Couverture originale souple avec protection en Mylar. Bon état avec seulement des signes mineurs d'usure externe. Inscription et signature de l'auteur en première page. Signed / Inscribed by Paul Dubois ! - Very Rare Includes for example the following essays: La Conquête du Bonheur / La Pensée / L'Acte / La Conscience / L'Education / Clairvoyance Morale / Egoïsme et Altruisme / Pensée Méditative / Tolérance / Indulgence / Humilité / etc. Paul Charles Dubois 28 November 1848 4 November 1918 was a Swiss neuropathologist who was a native of La Chaux-de-Fonds. He studied medicine at the University of Bern and in 1876 was a general practitioner of medicine in Bern. He was interested in psychosomatic medicine eventually gaining a reputation as a highly regarded psychotherapist. In 1902 he became a professor of neuropathology at Bern. Dubois was influenced by the writings of German psychiatrist Johann Christian August Heinroth 17731843. Dubois is known for the introduction of "persuasion therapy" a process that employed a rational approach for treatment of neurotic disorders. Within this discipline he developed a psychotherapeutic methodology that was a form of Socratic dialogue using the doctor-patient relationship as a means to persuade the patient to change his/her behavior. He believed it was necessary to appeal to a patient's intellect and reason in order to eliminate negative and self-destructive habits. He also maintained it was necessary for the physician to convince the patient of the irrationality of his/her neurotic feelings and thought processes. Dubois was disdainful of hypnotic therapy. Dubois has been described as "the first significant modern proponent" of a rational therapy or cognitive therapy and for some time in the early 20th century it had competed in popularity with Freudian psychoanalysis especially in the USA but is little known today. His best known written work was the 1904 Les psychonévroses et leur traitement moral being later translated into English as "Psychic Treatment of Nervous Disorders The Psychoneuroses and Their Moral Treatment". The preface of this book was written by his friend neurologist Joseph Jules Dejerine 18491917. Another influential publication by Dubois was a "mind over matter" treatise titled De l'influence de l'esprit sur le corps. Dubois was also an editor of Constantin von Monakow's Schweizer Archiv für Neurologie und Psychiatrie Swiss Archive for Neurology and Psychiatry. Wikipedia unknown
0483215287.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1951050132Mexico: Libra 1951. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 184 4 pages. Softcover in blue wrappers. Binding is rubbed has toning at edges of covers as well as scuffs. Spine is toned has some damp spots. Prior owner's bookplate inside front cover. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED by the author on the front flyleaf as well as on a small card laid in loosely the card was paper-clipped to the page and the paperclip as been removed. Text is generally clean. Pages are still unopened joined together at the top edges. Scarce copy. Text is in Spanish. <br/> <br/> Libra paperback
19465136F7Paris: Bernard Grasset. Fair. 1946. First Edition. Softcover. B000IWJOIO . 1946 signed 1st. Fragile wraps illus by Christian Berard with 2 additional color plates by Berard. presentation copy signed by Suzanne Jean Giradoux in 1949 5 years after the author's death First several leaves shaken all present. Heavy tanning throughout except for the illustrations which are VG.; 7 1/4" tall; 185 pages . Bernard Grasset paperback
1951006892Paris: Aux Editions Eliane Norberg. First edition thus. Signed De Luxe limited edition. Sumptuous full leather Artesian binding by Jacques Blanchet. From an edition of 202 number 72 of 180 printed on Velin d' Arches. Published Paris: Editions Eliane Norberg 1951. Folio 10 1/2" x 13 1/4" x 2 7/8" thick 302pp. illustrated with full page engraved plates and fine textual engravings from copper - all with tissue guards and two leather engravings cover and verso in 6 colors by Robert Fonta. Full dark blue satin morocco over 1/4" thick boards with chamfered corners and leather inner hinges attached to thick duplex flyleaves and gray leather pastedowns. Gilt block paneled titles on spine top edges tinted blue with gilt embossed edge design stamped into the page block. Front cover and verso decorated with unique six-color leather inset engravings by Fonta Signed on the half title by the Bazin: "Hommage amical / de l'auteur / Herve Bazin." Presentation copy to his publisher with a four paragraph typewritten A.L.S. by his wife Jacqueline mounted on free endpaper in which she writes about the color leather engravings and their signification to the situation of Arthur the unstable protagonist of the novel."Cuir chagrin noir dont la couleur evoque le triste bilan d'une vie de desequilibre." A novel of youth rebellion and a man's fractured life caught up in the penal system. The novel is semi-autobiographical based on the author's own experience in mental hospitals from 1937-1940 and was made into the film "Head Against the Wall" in 1959. Binding signed in the leather in gilt by Jacques Blanchet. Encased in a custom matching leather and felted slipcase that echoes the curve of the book. A beautiful exquisite production. Minor rub to a few areas of the spine else fine - binding tight text and plates clean and bright in a very good slipcase with some wear at the corners and edges. . Fine. Full-Leather. 1st. 1951. Aux Editions Eliane Norberg hardcover
1927018151New York : Boni & Liveright Inc. 1927. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Green Cloth. Very Good/Near Fine Dustjacket. 8 3/8 " High. Three Different Editions: A Fine Copy Of The Signed Limited First Edition Of The Book Signed By O'neill In A Near Fine Original Slipcase. Also Included Is The First Trade Edition Near Fine In A Near Fine Unfaded Dust Jacket Not Price-Clipped. Also Included Is A Unique Copy Of The Third Printing February 1928 The Printing Just Before The First Production Of The Play At The Pasadena Playhouse. Prepared By Or For Claude D. Seaman Of The Standard Lighting Company Los Angeles With His Name On Front Endpaper Carefully Blocked In Ink. Printed Heading By Hand On First Blank "World Premiere/ Of O'neill's/ "Lazarus Laughed"/ Pasadena Community Playhouse/ April 9 - 1928"; Repeated On Verso; Half Title With Line For Author's Signature But He Was Not Present And This Line Is Thus Blank; Verso With "World Premiere." Text Repeated With Lines For Director Musical Director Director Of Movement Art Director Production Manager Business Manager And The Chairman Of The Production Committee Each Line Signed By The Person Holding That Position; Title Page; Verso Is Copyright Page; Synopsis Page; Verso Are Lines Drawn And Extended To Each Of The "Characters" Listed On The Following Page Each Line Signed By The Person Who Played That Part Maurice Wells Thus Signing Twice 14 Signatures In All; "World Premiere" Text Repeated At Foot Of Characters Page And Again On Verso; "Act One" Title Page; Verso Repeats Then "World Premiere.' Text Followed By Lijnes For Each Of The Producing Staff / Setting Including The Designer James Hyde And 11 Others. With Laid In Loosely The Los Angeles Newspaper Review By The Spectator Of The Production Which Shortly Moved To The Hollywood Music Box Theatre With A Clipped Newspaper Ad For The Production Citing A Cast Of 250 And A Production Cost Of $100000. The Play Has Since Been Produced Only Four Times Due In Part To The Expense And Difficulty But Also To Its Philosophical Didactic Yet Confrontational Tone Which Has Not Set Well With General Audiences Since The Original Use Of This Dramatic Form Several Thousand Years Past. Irving Pichel 1891-1954 Played The Title Role. He Also Played The Servant Sandor In Dracula's Daughter Fagin In The 1933 Film Oliver Twist And About 57 Other Films 1930-1939 With Minor Roles In Films He Later Directed. He Directed Films 1932-1954 Including The Most Dangerous Game She Earthbound Hudson's Bay The Moon Is Down They Won't Believe Me The Miracle Of The Bells Destination Moon And Santa Fe. In 1947 Hje Was One Of The Hollywood 19 Subpoened By The House Un-America Activities Committee; He Was Not Called To Testify But Was Blacklisted Requiring Him To Work Outside The Us. Victor Jory 1902-1982 Was Canadian Attended School In Pasadena Appeared In Theatre All Over The Us And Made His Motion Picture Debut In 1930 Later Appearing In Over 150 Pictures And Dozens Of Tv Episodes. Note That This Book Is Not Signed By O'neill. Gilmor Brown Producer Of The Play Was Director Of Public Speaking And Dramatics At Caltech Later Director Of The Pasadena Playhouse And Responsible For Making It Into One Of The Premier Small Theatres In The U.S. From The 1920'S Into The 1950'S Routinely Featuring Prominent Starring Actoirs And Furnishing An Entree For Many Actors Who Later Became Successful In Motion Pictures And Tv. <br/> <br/> Boni & Liveright, Inc. hardcover
17700005130No place: Le chev de Berny 1770. Hardcover. Near Fine. 12mo 49pp. 3pp. of Table 3pp. with mss. borders inkspot and inked names on flyleaf flyleaf and title leaves nicked at top edge parchment-backed sprinkled boards <br/><br/>This is a UNIQUE MSS. executed by Chevalier de Berny who after a military career became the master of a writing academy in Brussels. Rather few of his works have survived. These love poems are addressed to Louise Madame Messiery M. Le Baron de H . It incoporates French masonic ideas including p. 3 "L'Amour recu Franc macon" and p. 48 in "Reflexion sur L'Amour". Le chev de Berny hardcover
0243065183.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1334642311.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1936017124New York: Frederick A. Stokes 1936. First Edition . Cloth. Good/No Dust Jacket. Color Frontispiece And B/W Illustrations. 88 Pp. Hardcover. First Printing With 1936 Date On Title Page. A Bright Clean Copy. With A Note Discussing The Book And Apparently Forwarding It To The Recipient; With The Mailing Envelope With 1938 Postmark. Previous Owner's Signature On Front Endpaper. <br/> <br/> Frederick A. Stokes hardcover
26952Known as "Lord Beresford" this British admiral is remembered for his part in the bombardment of Alexandria in the Egyptain War of 1882 and the Nile expedition 1884-85. LS 1p 5" X 8" Chicago IL 1899 February 19. Addressed to Miss F. Maryanna Neumann. Very good. Moderately age toned with mounting traces at corners. "I have much pleasure in sending you my autograph" he notes signing large and bold. A nice example. unknown
40610Grover Cleveland's private secretary while governor of New York continued in this capacity when Cleveland was elected U.S. president in 1885 then was named his Secretary of War during his second term 1893-97. LS 2pp lettersheet 5" X 8" Washington DC 1888 May 28. Addressed to Charles D. Palmer. Very good. Faint original folds. On blue-imprinted "Executive Mansion" letterhead Lamont does something he no doubt did on countless occasions on the president's behalf: Decline an invitation this time from the persistent mayor of Lowell Massachusetts. In part: "The President directs me to. thank you for the courtesy of the invitation conveyed therein to go to Lowell on June 6th upon the occasion of the visit there of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts. He has however been obliged to decline the latter's invitation to attend the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the organization on June 4th.:" Boldly signed at the conclusion. If at first you don't succeed invite invite again! unknown
28691This innovative Chicago publisher 1876-88 came up with the idea of using young boys to hawk his "Chicago Daily News"; he also served as president of Associated Press 1894-1900 and was a powerful leader for civic reform. LS 1p 4 3/4" X 6¼" Green Lake WI 1914 October 13. Addressed to Seymour Eaton 1859-1916 Canadian-born literary and marketing genius best known for the Teddy-G and Teddy-B illustrated series he created. Near fine. On pale green letterhead Lawson sends "Thanks for sympathy in the great bereavement that has come to me." Lawson wife of 34 years Jessie Bradley daughter of a prominent Chicago family had died shortly before. unknown
20101Secretary of the Navy under Grant; Massachusetts governor. LS 2pp 7 3/4" X 9 3/4" Washington DC 1877 February 3. Addressed to Commissioner of Pensions J.A. Bentley. Very good. Regards a pension sought by "John Heath alias Thomas Steward" for service aboard the U.S.S. Nipsic. unknown
41873This pioneering New York physician joined Bellevue Hospital in 1847 and worked his way up to chief surgeon along the way helping to found Bellevue Medical College in 1861 and creating the first ambulance service and the first training school for nurses; he championed the "Dissecting Bill" a statute that helped provide cadavers for medical dissection and research for medical students thus eliminating the practice of body snatching and paving the way for instruction using actual bodies as well as textbooks. LS 1p lettersheet 5" X 8" New York NY 1862 April 20. Addressed to Thomas C. Acton 1823-98 New York City police commissioner politician reformer. Very good. Bit of sporadic age toning; original folds none weakened. Wood tells the new appointed 1860 police commissioner that "The bearer Thomas Flynn is anxious of procuring some employment -- I have known him along while and believe him to be an honest worthy and industrious young man -- If you can aid him in any way I shall feel much obliged." Boldly signed in thick brown ink. Wood's plea may just have worked for only a few years later one Thomas Flynn appears in reports issued by the city comptroller's office. An interesting and early piece from the year after the Medical College's founding. unknown
184187125s. l. 1841. Fine. s. l. août 1841 13.40 x 20.50 cm une page sur un feuillet Autograph letter signed by Alexandre Dumas to the private secretary of the Royal Princess. A page written in black ink autograph address written on verso postal stamps dated 30 August 1841. ""Dearest Enclosed under your care are two letters: one which I beg you to send to Colonel Brahant by Joseph asking him to wait for the reply. The other is for M. Pascal whom you will be good enough to send to your home and who will also give you the answer as soon as possible. These two replies dearest you will send to me. Yours sincerely Dumas I had prepared my work for the 2nd and 17th so that Mr. Pascal would have them both in October. Send me the proofs if you have them printed before I get to Paris. Aesthetically written later dating from Dumas' exile in Florence. unknown
1880634971880. Fine. s. d. circa 1880 - une feuille Letter written in ink on Vergé paper without date or address. An old handwriting indicates the letter was addressed to Zola information that can not be verified. Daudet relates the impression that the publisher Georges Charpentier left him during a dinner. The importance of the friendly group formed by the writers of the time is here particularly pregnant: "" I want to write him a word to propose to come with us five "". Presumably written after the death of Jules Goncourt probably in the 1880s as suggested by the use of the only surname Goncourt the letter evokes a cold between Goncourt and Charpentier: "" Goncourt may not be delighted; but he is too well brought up to let him see . "" unknown
1840734331840. Fine. s. d. circa 1840 9.80 x 13.80 cm une page sur un feuillet Autograph letter signed by Amable Tastu addressed to her mother-in-law Élise Voïart and written in black ink. A small tear in left margin not touching text. unknown
193376130s. l. 1933. Fine. s. l. 1933 10.40 x 16.20 cm 2 pages sur un double feuillet Autograph letter signed by Edmond Aman-Jean; two pages written in black ink on a double sheet with the painter's monogram. Fold inherent to mailing. ""No longer having the apartment below my studio I am not quite sure that my telephone is working properly. One can always call me through the concierge. I have the desire to see the canvas you mention to me."" unknown
1961627341961. Fine. 23 juin 1961 13.50 x 21 cm 1 page sur une feuille Signed autograph letter of André Billy written in green ink. Date at the top of the letter and signature at the bottom of the letter. Folding caused by mailing. André Billy writes in this letter that ""Franco-Maurras friendship"" is not new. unknown