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2009019515Carmel CA: Photography West Graphics 2009. First Edition Limited. Square Quarto. Edited and designed by Carol Williams. There were two editions of this work one limited to 375 copies and one of 1200 copies. The present copy is bound in beige cloth lettered in gilt in cloth slipcase. The other copy is bound in a basket-weave leather/suede. Neither copy is numbered. Neither copy includes an original photograph. They were purchased from the original owner "unopened" still in publisher's shrink wrap most likely an out-of-series copy. A fine as new copy. Photography West Graphics unknown books
194032595Boston: Houghton Mifflin N.d. ca 1940s. Reprint. Octavo red cloth; 517pp. Very Good. An undistinguished reprint except that this copy bears a taped-in accession slip from the Danbury CT Federal Correctional Institution: "This item has been approved for quarters for the following inmate only completed in type: Name: Marzani. No. 7333-Ct. Date: January 15 1950." Signed in ink by William Berg Supervisor of Education. Carl Marzani 1912-1994 a CPUSA organizer and veteran of the Spanish Civil War became the central figure in a noted 1947 espionage trial when it was discovered that he had concealed his Communist Party membership during a three-year period of employment with the OSS precursor to the modern CIA during the Second World War. Marzani was convicted under the Espionage Act and served nearly three years in Danbury Prison. His radical activities did not diminish while he was behind bars; in fact in 1950 he was sentenced to seven months in solitary confinement after being caught attempting to smuggle out the manuscript for his critique of America's anti-Soviet posture during the Cold War later published as We Can Be Friends. After his release Marzani went on to become a leading radical publisher co-founding the radical publishing house Cameron Associates later Marzani & Munsell as well as The Liberty Book Club. A remarkable Cold-War survival the only example of its kind we have encountered. Houghton Mifflin unknown books
191638743Chicago: Charles H. Kerr 1916. First Edition. First printing. Green textured cloth boards stamped in white on spine and front cover; 538pp. Straight well-preserved copy lightly rubbed at board extremities and mildly dusted at text block edges; Very Good to Near Fine and unusual thus. Uncommon New Thought novel set in Utah with a strong anti-Mormon subplot. A contemporary review in The Overland Monthly stated that ".the author believes he has a sacred message for the human race; it is clothed in this book for the purpose of reaching many readers." We doubt he succeeded in that purpose; this is one of the more obscure publications from the Chicago socialist publisher Charles H. Kerr never before seen by us and represented only by some scattered 20 institutional holdings in OCLC one of which - British Library - incorrectly provides a 1914 publication date. SMITH S-799. FLAKE 8357. Missed by Hannah despite clear social content; and by Bleiler despite clear fantasy content; and by Sargent despite probable utopian content. Charles H. Kerr unknown books
198328458New York: Farrar Straus 1983. First edition. Cloth fine in dust jacket. Inscribed and signed by Vishniac. <br/><br/> Farrar, Straus hardcover books
194751674NY: Schocken Books 1947. First edition. Hardcover. Vishniac Roman. 4to. 18 pp. plus 31 full-page b&w photos. A very good copy in the photo-illustrated dust jacket that is rubbed at the hinges has a few short closed tears and is lacking two one inch chips along the spine. With the assault on the Jews of Eastern Europe already starting Visniak traveled from the Baltic Sea to the Carpathian Mountains photographing the Jewish communities in 1938 barely a year before the catastrophic onslaught of the Nazi reign of terror and annihilation. <br/><br/> Schocken Books hardcover books
1974163712New York: Grossman Publishers 1974. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. Part of the ICP Library of Photographer series. A retrospective collection of images from the photographer best known for his book "A Vanished World." A clean very near fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket that has some very slight edge wear. Signed and very warmly inscribed on the half-title: "To my best friends David and Sara Jane Roman Vishniac." Uncommon signed. Grossman Publishers unknown books
16884787Barcelona: Rafael Figueroa 1688. 4to. 12 pp. <br><br>Purporting to be the Emperor's reply issued at Vienna 18 October 1688. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Palau 262674. Wrappers. Rafael Figueroa unknown books
185728207Sydney: James W. Waugh 1857 1857. First edition. Some stains and foxing; binding worn at the corners and boards faded; a good copy. 12mo contemporary dark green quarter calf marbled paper boards red leather spine label gilt rules and lettering. Half-title present. An uncommon work of over 40 poems and sonnets by Sir Henry Parkes 1815-1896 an Englishman who migrated to Australia in 1839 and eventually became one of its most prominent political leaders. See Wikipedia. Interesting contemporary annotations in ink on the title-page one which reads "Not published / Aug 15 1857." <br/><br/> Sydney: James W. Waugh, 1857 hardcover books
1888LIST117New York: E. & H.T. Anthony Company 1888. First Edition. Large 8vo wraps 115 pp. 7 x 10 ½ inches. Good. Edward Anthony and his brother Henry operated the largest photographic supply company in the United States in the late nineteenth century. Edward operated a small photography practice before converting his business to a supply house. Henry came on board in 1852. The brothers operated successful business for the decades following until Edward's death in 1888. This trade catalog published the same year as Edward's death provides an overview of the photographic technologies of the day with all aspects of the process represented including photographer's props. The Anthony firm published a series of instructional books on photography and acted as distributors for British periodicals. <br /> <br /> A scarce catalog with eight copies held the varying cover title and title listed on the title page have led to multiple entries. Good condition overall with some chipping to wraps and excellent contents. <br /> <br /> Cover Title:<br /> Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Materials. Including Dallmeyer's Celebrated Lenses Novel Success and Climax Cameras Fairy and Bicycle Cameras Detective Cameras Apparatus Amateur Outfits Chemicals Stanley Dry Plates Etc. Etc. E. & H.T. Anthony Company unknown books
19852566461985. unbound. 9 x 6.5-inch black-and-white photo of Polanski standing casually and facing the camera with an apple in his right hand -- no place no date circa 1985. Signed across his shirt with excellent contrast. Quadruple-matted in white gray and black and set in a black frame measuring 16 x 13 inches. Fine condition.<br/><br/> French-born film director producer writer and actor.<br/><br/> unknown books
1753687021753. Vienna: 2 June 1753. 17" x 22-1/2" broadside. Vienna: 2 June 1753. 17" x 22-1/2" broadside. Maria Theresa Limits Money Lending Among Officers and Soldiers in Her Army Broadside. Maria Theresa 1717-1780 Holy Roman Empress. Decree Regulating Money Lending in the Army. Vienna: 2 June 1753. 17" x 22-1/2" broadside untrimmed edges. Light toning two vertical and one horizontal fold lines all lightly browned tiny stain to bottom edge. $350. This broadside regulates the conduct of army officers who lend and borrow money too freely. The decree forbids senior officers from lending more than 100 florins; junior officers and all lower ranks are not allowed to lend or borrow any amount. unknown books
1914575Porterville: Chamber of Commerce 1914. Near fine. 32pp. Original printed pictorial wrappers stapled. Minor wear and soiling. Promotional booklet for the small town of Porterville California located about halfway between Fresno and Bakersfield. Published by the city Chamber of Commerce this work touts the amenities and prosperities of Porterville including its agriculture citrus olives alfalfa livestock and fine climate. "That Porterville is a town of prosperity is indicated by the bank deposits among the largest per capita on the Pacific Coast. A very large percentage of the people of this city own their own residences. It is a city of homes since there are no saloons no restricted district no slums no Japanese or other Orientals no foreign population -- in a word a little city of 5000 wholesome people whom you will be pleased to know and who will extend you a welcome." OCLC locates three institutional copies at Yale UC Davis and UC Berkeley. Chamber of Commerce unknown books
1907223971Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1907. Number 753 of 1000 sets. Numerous plates and illustrations after George Cruikshank Hans Tegner F. H. Townsend Velazquez John La Farge Howard Pyle Gustave Doré Winslow Homer F. T. Merrill John Leech Randolph Caldecott F. O. C. Darley et al. Each volume includes a photogravure frontispiece including one by Chile Hassam. A facsimile of the original manuscript of "The Children's Hour" by Longfellow. 10 vols. 8vo. Brown buckram brown morocco spine labels. Very good. 10. Number 753 of 1000 sets. Numerous plates and illustrations after George Cruikshank Hans Tegner F. H. Townsend Velazquez John La Farge Howard Pyle Gustave Doré Winslow Homer F. T. Merrill John Leech Randolph Caldecott F. O. C. Darley et al. Each volume includes a photogravure frontispiece including one by Chile Hassam. A facsimile of the original manuscript of "The Children's Hour" by Longfellow. 10 vols. 8vo. There is a wide variety of stories ranging from traditional favorites like Puss in Boots and Little Red Riding Hood Grimm's tales; modern stories by John Ruskin Kate Wiggin Charles Dickens Washington Irving Bret Harte Rudyard Kipling Sir Walter Scott Edgar Allan Poe Edward Everett Hale and Louisa May Alcott; poetical works by Robert Louis Stevenson Henry Longfellow Charles Kingsley Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning Alfred Tennyson and Samuel Taylor Coleridge; and many others. A fascinating set of children's literature very nicely compiled. Houghton Mifflin unknown books
1965127342Paris: Claude Schwartz 1965. Vintage silver gelatin photograph of Roman Polanski Jean-Luc Godard and actress Catherine Deneuve at Cannes in May 1965 taken by French press and still photographer Claude Schwartz. With Schwartz's French press stamp appearing 5 times on the verso. Arguably the tall man in the background is Barbet Schroeder. <br/><br/>Polanski's 1965 film "Repulsion" a film that had much to do with Ms. Deneuve's impending fame made its world premiere at this festival. <br/><br/>In 1964 Ms. Deneuve appeared in "Les plus belles escroqueries du monde" "The Beautiful Swindlers" an omnibus of grifting stories shot on location in Tokyo Paris Italy and Amsterdam by Polanski Godard Claude Chabrol Ugo Gregoretti and Hiromichi Horikawa. Deneuve starred as a lovely swindler in Chabrol's segment "L'Homme qui vendit la Tour Eiffel." <br/><br/>9.5 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. Claude Schwartz unknown books
1824014652Glasgow: Printed for Chalmers & Collins 1824. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. 224 pages of text followed by iv pages of publisher's advertisement. Original maroon three quarter leather binding with marbled paper-covered boards and bright green spine label; moderately rubbed and slightly darkened. Illustrated by a frontis of Richard Gordon drawn by A. Henderson and engraved on steel by J. Swan. Original Wm. Collins bookseller ticket on the inside front cover. Lacks the front endpaper. The first 24 pages are very slightly foxed and this quire is slightly loosened. An attractive little volume with no copies in worldwide library holdings as shown on WorldCat. First edition. Printed for Chalmers & Collins Hardcover books
1985S9162Dordrecht Boston & Lancaster:: D. Reidel 1985. 1985. Series C: Mathematical and Physical Sciences Vol. 156. 8vo. xviii 954 pp. Figs. refs. index. Color-printed boards. Rare. Fine. ISBN: 9027720622 D. Reidel, (1985). hardcover books
1952273975London: John Lehman Ltd 1952. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. The First UK Edition in a dustjacket which is bright with just a trace of fade to the spine. There is minor shelfwear to the top of the spine. The dustjacket has not been price-clipped. There is a neatly penned previous owner name to the top of the endpaper. Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket. John Lehman Ltd unknown books
0000406Guadalajara Jalisco Mexico:: No publisher. Number 21 lacking supplement if issued age tanned lightly soiled & foxed soft vertical crease occasional edge wear including small losses text unaffected Very Good. 12 issues: second series numbers 3 4 & 6 September October & December 1951; numbers 7 8 9 10 11 & 12 & January through July 1952; & third series numbers 21 22 & 23 January/ February March/ April & May/ June 1953. Oblong 8vo 8 or 12 pp. each illustrated with supplements for each issue but one. Publisher's printed wraps partially unopened. <br /><br />Ariel an obscure Mexican journal of fine arts & literature was published erratically in a total of just 26 issues between January 1949 & October 1953. Each issue features poetry criticism reviews & more from contributors including Concha Monica Agustin Basave Gloria Riestra Carlos Valdes & others.Editor Carballo author journalist & one of the most recognized literary critics of Mexico co-founded with Carlos Fuentes the Mexican Magazine of Literature. Good friends with Gabriel Garcia Marquez he none-the-less was scathing in his critique of One Hundred Years of Solitude describing Garcia Marquez as having "left humility behind" & going "through the twisted ways of pride self-complacency." Perhaps his own greatest critic Carballo described himself & critics in general as "an annoying but necessary figure … the critic is the spoiler the movie villain of the West the resentful the bitter the ogre and the witch of children's tales … he demands that others take risks while he looks at the bulls from the barrier." Quite uncommon OCLC finds incomplete holdings at the University of Texas & the University of Colorado. No publisher paperback books
193134581New York: Harper & Brothers 1932 but 1931. First Edition. Octavo 19.25cm.; publisher's cloth in pictorial silver foil dust jacket printed in black; 6285pp. Some general shelf wear to jacket extremities a few tiny chips and closed tears some minor scratching to rear panel else Near Fine in a Very Good example of the uncommon dust jacket. Publication date on title page is 1932 though the letter code on copyright indicates this was printed in December 1931. Novel by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author describing the hours leading up to a man's execution and the prison warden and his wife's uncertainty of the man's guilt. Harper & Brothers unknown books
165849004Amstelodami: ex officina Elseviriana 1658. 12mo pp. 24 643 1; engraved title page printer's woodcut device on printed title several woodcut initials and ornaments; contemporary full calf gilt-decorated spine in 5 compartments gilt-lettered direct in 1; spine worn but generally good and sound. This is the third Elzevier edition. Copinger 2552; Willems 1231. <br/><br/> ex officina Elseviriana unknown books
1952661Speigner Al 1952. Very good. Volume 1 Number 6. 6821pp. Folio. Original pictorial wrappers linen spine. Light wear and soiling contemporary presentation inscription on front cover. Internally clean. Scarce prison periodical published at Draper Prison and representing "the entire inmate body of the Alabama penal system." The magazine began publication in September 1951 and was issued monthly. This issue includes a lengthy article on parole in Alabama and whether or not it has been successful detailing the history of the laws in question. It also has several cartoons drawn by prisoners a sports quiz an article on baseball season a brief biography of one of the prison staff members a library corner and more. The final leaf is a pin up of the month featuring Marilyn Monroe. Two serial records located in OCLC at the University of Alabama and at Samford University also in Alabama. unknown books
1808WRCAM43389Boston 1808. 20pp. Dbd. Contemporary ownership inscription on titlepage. Minor foxing and toning. Very good. A Federalist pamphlet prepared for the presidential election of 1808 in which the author recounts the grievances against the past eight years of government under the Jefferson administration. A typical New England view of Jefferson after the Embargo. In the end Jeffersonian candidate and current Vice President James Madison soundly defeated Federalist candidate Charles Cotesworth Pinckney. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 16057. unknown books
D1121Paris: L. Baschet. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Original wraps bound in gilt-ruled red morocco and marbled paper boards gilt-stamped lettering and ornament on spine 5 raised bands. N.d. but circa late-1800s. Number 4 from a limited edition of 50 copies on China paper with a suite of hors-texte illustrations. Corners bumped; a few tiny scuff marks at spine tips; some light foxing in margins not infringing upon text or illustrations. A tight pretty copy. <br/><br/> L. Baschet hardcover books
2009016367Carmel CA: Photography West Graphics 2009. First Edition. Fine/Fine. Square Quarto. unpaged 67 rich photographic plates of a large work issued in a small print run. Bound in a lovely soft suede like leather with a basket weave design with matching design on endpapers. OCLC shows copies at the Getty Metropolitan Museum of Art and Princeton. A pristine copy protected with dust jacket in mylar. Photography West Graphics unknown books
190037589Chicago: Rand - McNally & Co 1900. 1st printing thus presumed. Green paper wrappers printed in blue. Light toning and edge chipping to wrappers with ~ 2-1/2" x 1/2" at widest triangle of loss to lower corner of front wrapper; faint dampstain to foot of front wrapper and gutter foot throughout; small closed tear to fore-edge of rear wrapper and last few leaves. Pages otherwise clean and bright. About VG. 16 pp. 6 pages of text double-column. 6 full color maps 4 double-page. Text illustrated with 16 photographic images showing divers aspects of China & its people. Folio. 14-3/16" x 11-1/4" <br/><br/>Appears to be the same size text and illustrations as that of Rand-McNally's "Geographical Series" Vol. 19 No. 1 July 19 1900 albeit presented as a promotional item; F. A. Ferris & Co. advertisements are printed to the inside covers including a full-page cartoon of "The Western Ham-isphere". The entire first page of text is devoted to a brief history of China its religious culture monarchy and foreign trade culminating in an anti-Boxer analysis of the Boxer Rebellion. Institutionally scarce in any format with OCLC recording just one holding. Rand - McNally & Co unknown books
