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196252817Boston: Little Brown and Company. Very Good. 1962. Hardcover. Boston and Toronto: Little Brown and Company 1962. First American Edition. Slight bumping to cover edges else Near Fine no DJ. . Little, Brown and Company hardcover books
1842617581842. Lear's 25pp. speech approx. 4000 words selfwraps with ms. title page bound at left margin with a thin ribbon. Lear's prose celebrates the 40th anniversary of the founding of the United States its Constitution and first President but also speaks of the more recent events of the War of 1812. Lear's summation of the country's virtues include "extensive territory a salubrious climate a fertile soil & a people hardy enterprising brave & virtuous" and a Constitution which has proved its excellence and efficacy in both peace and war: "These are some of the blessings which distinguish us from every other state which has ever been prophesied in history. These attract to our shores the virtuous & the persecuted and will soon raise us to a proud preeminence among the nations." The speech was apparently published in the July 9 1816 edition of the "Daily National Intelligencer" in Washington DC. An autographed note signed by Mayor James H. Blake 1p. approx. 26 words is included here congratulating Lear and requesting a copy for publication though we have found no record of a separate printing. Blake was mayor during the siege and burning of the city by the British in 1814.<br/>This group of material also includes two ms. letters from Benjamin Lear in Washington to his stepmother Fanny Dandridge Henley Lear one from May 7 1815 2 1/4 pp. approx. 400 words and one from May 21 1815 3pp. approx. 625 words. Fanny was away from home visiting relatives in Surry Co. Virginia and Benjamin was reporting on his stewardship of the household his attempts to sell a calf and his settling into the house enough to invite people to dinner. He tell her his business in the city has increased greatly and "my dear father Tobias Lear advises me to go to Philadelphia in the course of the summer to purchase a library- oh! I shall yet be a great man. I trust and it is the height of my ambition to be the greatest lawyer in this country." He also says his father has been suffering with a rheumatic headache. Lear mentions that friends from Gibraltar and Tripoli have recently arrived in the city including Mr. Morgan who "never heard from any of their friends in Cadiz the slightest hint of the malicious report which we had here" regarding Richard S. Hackley Consul to Cadiz.<br/>The remaining three ms. letters in this collection are joint letters from Benjamin Lear's young daughter Louisa nicknamed 'Loulean' and his widow Louisa Sophia Bomford Lear who had married Richard Derby following Benjamin's death to her former mother-in-law Fanny Lear. Though none of the three have year dates Loulean's activities indicate she was under 10 years old at the time. The first letter dated Dec. 30 no year is 3 1/2 pp. approx. 700 words. The first two pages are written in a child's careful hand complete with smudges reporting on practicing her Catechism dancing the "Cachucha" and performing in plays. Her mother's note follows explaining why she has not heard from them sooner saying it took Loulean about three weeks to write what she did. The next two letters from July are equally charming and full of the little girl's activities. Benjamin Lincoln Lear was the only child of Tobias Lear most well known as George Washington's personal secretary and tutor to his step grandchildren. Benjamin was born at the President's house in Philadelphia in 1792 and Washington was named his godparent. His mother Mary "Polly" Long died when he was two and Tobias married second Frances Bassett Washington widow of President Washington's nephew George Augustine Washington and third Frances Dandridge Henley Martha Washington's niece. Benjamin spent his youth at boarding schools or with his grandmother in New Hampshire. In these letters Benjamin addresses Fanny Dandridge Lear 1779-1856 as "dear mother."<br/>Benjamin Lincoln Lear had a successful career as a lawyer in Washington DC until cholera claimed his life in 1832 just shortly before the birth of his only child Louisa. <br/><br/> paperback books
1926321937Philadelphia & London: Lippincott 1926. First edition. Illustrated with photographs. 8vo. Publisher's green gilt stamped cloth in original pictorial clipped dust jacket. First edition. Illustrated with photographs. 8vo. Adam's Rampaging Herd 1304 Lippincott unknown books
19439008391New York: Museum of Modern Art 1943. 1st. Paperback. Fine Condition. Black and white photographs with biographies of artists and bibliography. Slight wear along edges of spine. Printed in an edition of 7000 With frontispiece color plate printed by William E. Rudge's Sons. <br/><br/> Museum of Modern Art paperback books
1991JC8177New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Cloth-backed paper over boards; illustrated dust jacket; 8vo; pp. xxi 1 423. Inscribed by the author on the FFEP: "For Mrs. Murray with the best wishes of Lincoln Kirstein October 1992." Spine tips very gently rubbed; notations in pencil on verso of rear free-endpaper. Dust jacket a bit sunned along spine; come light rubbing along the edges and on rear panel; price-clipped. <br/><br/> Farrar, Straus & Giroux hardcover books
19641993New York: Gallery of Modern Art 1964. Softcover. VG- May contain ex-library stamps or foxing tears chips or wrinkling to tissue cover. Wraps. 69 pp. 40 bw repros. Catalogue lists 332 works. Detailed chronology lengthy essay by Lincoln Kirstein introduction by Carl J. Weinhardt Jr. Selected bibliography. Exhibition held Mar. 20 to Apr. 19 1964. Gallery of Modern Art unknown books
1992192826Pomegranate 1992-03-01. Paperback. Very Good. Clean has a good binding no marks or notations. Corners are lightly bent. TP HS Pomegranate paperback books
1933WRCLIT74713New York 1933. VI:4. Decorated wrapper. Plates. Wrapper a bit dust soiled but a very good copy. Contributors to this number include Davidson Wheelwright Charlot Tate Winters Stanford Ben Shahn et al. unknown books
1978WRCLIT64298New Haven: Yale Univ. Library 1978. Gilt cloth. Frontis and photographs. First edition. An essential record by genre of the book and periodical publications to date accompanied by selections from the works. Top edge dusty bookplate else about fine without printed dust jacket as issued. Yale Univ. Library hardcover books
199119970NY: Farrar Straus and Giroux 1991. First edition. xxi 423 pp w/index. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux unknown books
199419969NY: Farrar Straus & Giroux 1994. First edition. xii 269 pp w/index. Fine in fine dust jacket. NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux unknown books
1994Embry 96855Twelvetrees Press 1994. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. Full page sepia reproductions. Twelvetrees Press, 1994. First edition. unknown books
1960149685New York: Program Publishing Company 1960. Softcover. VG- Clean and tight but with light general shelf wear to covers. Brown/black/green stapled wraps with white image of a Kabuki character and white lettering. Unpaginated with 28 pp. 15 bw illustrations 2 color illustrations and 6 bw photographs. Text in English. Foreword by Lincoln Kirstein noted writer and cultural figure in New York known best as co-founder of the New York City Ballet. With an essay Kabuki as an Actor's Theatre by Yukio Mishima Japanese author and playright; an essay Kabuki and its Traditions by Donald Keene Japanese scholar and writer; and Grand Kabuki since the War by Faubion Bowers scholar and writer on Japanese theatre. The three main types of Japanese theatre each were a specific genre: Noh lyric drama; Bunraku doll pays; and Kabuki recreating feudal loyalties and social conflict. Illustrated with archival prints and photos of historic Kabuki players in costumed productions two masks and a program from a production. A small but very informative catalogue. Program Publishing Company paperback books
1966159234New York: Kraus Reprint Corporation 1966. Hardcover. VG- Ex-art library with i.d. marks on book block edges some slight foxing on top edge of book blocks; otherwise crisp and clean. 4 vols. Burgundy cloth blue title block on spine with gilt letters and outlines various paginations BW illus. The first four volumes of the seven-volume reprint set of all issues of this American literary periodical which originally ran from 1927-1934. These four volumes cover Vol. I no. 1 September 1927 to Vol. IV no. 4 July-September 1931. Each issue is chock full of poetry prose artwork book reviews and more from a variety of contributors. Many carry names that are recognizable to us today. Kraus Reprint Corporation hardcover books
1944152502New York: School of American Ballet Inc 1944. Softcover. VG Clean bright tight contents but with light soiling to back cover and general cover shelf wear. Textured cream wraps with salmon lettering and matching line on stapled spine. 51 pp. with bw photographs throughout. The catalogue for the school founded in 1933 by Lincoln Kirstein and George Balanchine along with Edward M.M. Warburg and Vladimir Dimitriew. The first classes began January 1934. Listed are its accomplishments for the period of 1934-1944 the administration etc.: Lincoln Kirstein President/Director George Balanchine Chairman of Faculty Eugenie Ouroussow Exec. Secretary and Natalie Molostwoff Secretary. Kirstein offers the introductory essay writing from Fort Belvoir Virginia in his position as an Engineer with the armed forces. Lists policies and the program followed by a chronological list of productions for the 10-year period which originated at the school. Includes head shots of the administration and faculty with brief bios; artistic photos of principal dancers with signed inscriptions not original and two pages of photos of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Some of the dancers included are Martha Graham Tamara Toumanova Gisella Caccialanza Paul Draper Alexandra Danilova Andre Eglevsky and Vera Zorina with others. Photos of conductors Leopold Stokowski and Igor Stravinsky also appear. A wonderful bit of American ballet history/memorabilia. School of American Ballet, Inc paperback books
19476733NY: H. Bittner 1947. Hardcover. G/G- dj has multiple tears fading but intact. Pages clean and intact. Grey cloth. 28 plates pp. 48 bw plates. Includes 10 pages of essay followed by Biographical notes. These are followed by descriptions and annotations for each of the 48 numbered illustrations. Inscription by owner - Tom Lacy. H. Bittner hardcover books
1962171425New York: The Museum of Modern Art 1962. Hardcover. VG-/G foxing to text blocks light to moderate wear and scuffing/soiling to dust jacket small tear at top front of dj. Black boards with gilt spine lettering. White dust jacket with BW photograph and black lettering. 195 pp. BW. Reprint of the original 1938 editon. "Walker Evans' pictorial record of America in the thirties was first published in 1938 and revealed a new master of the camera who expressed the tragic sense and troubled conscience of those years. Reissued in response to many requests it seems even more important now when period out of which it arose can be see in historical perspective." -Jacket. The Museum of Modern Art hardcover books
1989112053New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1989. Hardbound. VG/VG. Navy blue cloth with gold lettering; grey dj with color illustration and black lettering; 91 pp. with several bw and color illustrations. With photographs by Jerry L. Thompson and an extensive essay about the hooded bronze figure by Saint-Gaudens that commorates the memory of "Clover" Adams who died by her own hand after which her husband fled to Japan whose holy places influenced the concept of the memorial masterpiece. The Metropolitan Museum of Art unknown books
1947180969New York New York: The Museum of Modern Art 1947. Softcover. VG. light scuffs & marks to covers. hand-written title spine. tanning to endpaper edges. pg 15 spot of soling to edge otherwise pgs clean & bright w/ instances of ink ghosting from opposing plates/illustrations. Tan wraps w/ red printing. 56 pp.; 39 bw plates. protective plastic cover. Includes two essays "Henri Cartier-Bresson: Documentary Humanist" and "Cartier-Bresson's Photographic Technique. The Museum of Modern Art unknown books
1947123080New York New York: The Museum of Modern Art 1947. Softcover. VG- Some wear to spine including a tear near the bottom; Some foxing to first and last few pages. Tan wraps; 56 pp.; 39 bw plates. Includes two essays "Henri Cartier-Bresson: Documentary Humanist" and "Cartier-Bresson's Photographic Technique The Museum of Modern Art unknown books
1973015749NY: Knopf. 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to Fine in lightly used dust jacket with a few short tears. . Knopf hardcover books
19899009016New York: Metropolitan Museum Of Art 1989. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth with the spine stamped in gilt. <br/><br/> Metropolitan Museum Of Art hardcover books
193358212Camden NJ: Hound & Horn 1933. Periodical. 8vo pp. 205-376 Paper wraps. Cover soiled partially detached from signatures; edges of leaves somewhat soiled and dog-eared or bumped at corners o/w good. Incudes work by Hart Crane Marianne Moore on Emily Dickinson Ezra Pound Elizabeth Madoc Roberts Allen Tate Hound & Horn unknown books
193358213Camden NJ: Hound & Horn 1933. Periodical. 8vo pp. 377-556. Paper wraps. Cover soiled partially detached from signatures; edges of leaves somewhat soiled and dog-eared or bumped at corners o/w good. Incudes work by Allen Tate Yvor Winters and others. Hound & Horn unknown books
193458062Camden NJ: Hound & Horn 1934. Periodical. 8vo pp. 565-746. Paper wraps. Cover soiled taped at spine partially detached from signatures; edges of leaves somewhat soiled and dog-eared or bumped at corners o/w good. Poems by E.E. Cummings Stephen Spender Eric Schroeder; short article with photos of the United States Hotel at Saratog; essay on Marxism by H. B. Parkes etc. Hound & Horn unknown books
