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17372A substantial nearly-complete collection comprising a total of 93 issues from the 107 that were published. - 8 out of 15 are OPEN CITY PRESS appeared in San Francisco - 85 out of 92 are OPEN CITY appeared in Los Angeles. The set includes 78 issues with Bukowski contributions 72 of which are his column "Notes of a Dirty Old Man". San Francisco and Los Angeles 1961-1968. Printed on newsprint. All issues folded at least once as issued in generally good condition normal endemic browning a few issues with ragged edges light damage or light dampstaining. Sizes: at first tabloid printed in b/w with only occasionally colour added after issue 52May 1968 the size doubles to 57x44 cm. and most front and last pages are in colour. Underground weekly noted for its coverage of radical politics rock music psychedelic culture and the "Notes of a Dirty Old Man" column by Charles Bukowski first published here. Editor and founder: John Bryan whose signature is on 17 copies with art director Joan Barr and contributing editors Alex Apostolides Bob Garcia Robert Igriega Bill Margolis John Wilcock etc. Member of the Underground Press Syndicate. Many issues have spectacular lay-out artwork and photocompositions. "John Charles Bryan November 12 1934 - February 1 2007 was a journalist who quit the San Francisco Chronicle in 1964 to found the brief-lived San Francisco bohemian tabloid weekly Open City Press publishing 15 issues from Nov. 18 1964 to March 17-23 1965. Open City Press was a local forerunner of the Berkeley Barb providing coverage of the Free Speech Movement. It was a one-man operation. In the beginning Bryan bought a case of metal monotype and hand-set his own copy pulling proofs to paste up for cheap offset reproduction." cf: Wikipedia. Bukowski's contributions started in Vol. 1 no 6 with the story "If I could only be asleep". After closure of Open City Press Bryan relocated to Southern California. After a stint working for Art Kunkin as managing editor of the Los Angeles Free Press he launched Open City in Los Angeles starting the volume numbering with vol. 2 no. 1 May 5-11 1967. In March 1968 he was prosecuted on an obscenity charge for printing an image of a nude woman in a record company advertisement for Leon Russell. Six months later in September 1968 there was a second obscenity bust over the short story "Skinny Dynamite" by Jack Micheline about the sexual antics of an underage girl in a literary supplement to Open City edited by Charles Bukowski. The cost of Bryan's legal defense and a $1000 fine on the first charge eventually put the shoestring operation out of business. Issues present in this collection are: "Open City Press." San Francisco 1964-1965 numbered as Volume 1 : The announcement for issue 1 and Vol. 1 issues 3-7 10 and 11published from November 1964-Feb.23.1965 out of the total number of 15 issues published. Then continued as "Open City". Los Angeles 1967 - 1968: Volume 2 : Issues 1-4 6-20 23-25 27 28 30-33 35-43 45 47 49-50 52-83 87-91 66 is mis-numbered 65 on cover; 90 is mis-numbered 89. All except no. 18 have Bukowski contributions. Number 20 First National Edition. The Pot Scene. Number 52 May 1968 is the "First Anniversary Issue" with Renaissance first issueincluded this copy signed by John Bryan with contributions by Allen Ginsberg William Burroughs Charles Bukowski Lenore Kandel Anais Nin Carol Berge Anselm Hollow Bob Kaufman a.o. Other contributors were a.o.: Simon Vinkenoog on Provo Phil Proctor Liza Williams Derek Taylor R. Crumb Robert Barrows The Beard. Bill Spater James Howell etc. unknown
17686Nos. 1-8 all published. December 9 1960 - June 14 1962. Unbound as issued; endemic browning but altogether in good condition. No. 1 is 4 pp. on off-white paper 35.5 x 28.1 cm; nos. 2-8 are 8 pp. each on pale gray paper with page size 30.5 x 22.9 cmfolded in quarters from sheets about 61 x 46 cm. In each issue a few illustrations. Added is a printed brown paper mailing envelope for the whole set that could well be the only one still extant. The envelope lacks its flap and was opened roughly on one side with consequent tears and creases repaired with tape. Edited by Anita Ventura critic and painter designer of posters for Leo Castelli Gallery and Sidney Geist sculptor. also as: the New York Sunday supplement subtitle varies; Organ of Abstract Expressionism 4pp each cheapest of the cheap newspaper stock a few b&w illus in each number Issue 1 & 4 with some age tanning & 1 with a few slight chips but intact a number of individual issues also available s11/5/1 . Featuring and illustrating work of Brancusi Matsumi Kamemitsu Resnik Reinhardt Mark Rothko Cajori Tom Doyle Yves Klein Milton Resnick Arshile Gorky Franz Kline etc. No. 2 has excerpts from a WBAI interview with the editors "Scrap's First Tape" a pun on Samuel Beckett's great monologue "Krapp's Last Tape". In no. 3 Paul Brach writes on Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns reviews the printed version of Duchamp's The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors Even. No. 4 contains Sidney Geist A Critique of Criticism "moodily dare": IFP and the essay written at the occasion of the Rothko Exhibition curated by Peter Selz Museum of Modern Art.No. 7 includes a supplement on pink paper 'Pandemonium'. No. 8 features two reviews of Harold Rosenberg's Arshile Gorky: the Man the Time the Idea. unknown
20568THIS WAY BROUWN 1964 With introduction by Harry Ruhé documentation This Way Brouwn photography by Igno Cuypers published by Galerie A August 2020 in 10 numbered & signed copies. Amsterdam Harry Ruhé 2020. Dark blue archival box with mounted ring binder 35 x 30 x 4.5 cm. Contains 39 transparent sleeves: 12 sleeves with facsimile documents about This Way Brouwn a preface by Harry Ruhé one colophon sheet and 25 sleeves containing 25 original b/w photographs of stanley brouwn's famous performance in 1964 each signed by the photographer Igno Cuypers on the back. The photos are mostly 21 x 15 cm. The set is published in an edition of 10 copies numbered and signed by the photographer Igno Cuypers on the colophon sheet. This copy is numbered 9/10. In perfect condition. stanley brouwn's iconic series This Way Brouwn is made up of doodles drawn by passers-by whom brouwn asked for directions in Amsterdam's city centre. The artist then appropriated the itineraries by stamping them with the title of the series. The photos taken by Igno Cuypers during the performance in 1964 are rare documents. In the preface Harry Ruhé states that brouwn asked the photographer to shoot several street performances 'sometime in 1964' taking 2 or 3 days. One of the pictures was used for the invitation for brouwn's exhibition at Galerie Orez in The Hague in 1965. unknown
21152Numbers 1-6 out of 8 published. London Sandy Robertson Feb. 1977- XMas'77. Original wrappers. Corner stapled at upper left. 298x21 cn. Printed on rectos only. Illustrated b&w. L ight corner creases over the staples to all issuesl ight wrinkles to back page of issue 1 Otherwise all in fine/ near fine condition. Each issue had a different subtitle and printed on different colour stock: Issue 1: A Rock N Roll Magazine for the Modern World light blue; Issue 2: A Rock N Roll Magazine for Teen Aeshetes pink; Issue 3: A Rock N Roll Magazine for Young Existentialists light green; Issue 4: A Rock N Roll Magazine for the New Romanticism darks yellow; Issue 5: A Rock N Roll Magazine for international heroes yellow stock. Issue 6- XMas'77. Cover picture:Susan Carson/Dreva Archives. 12 pages stapled in left upper corner. P. 3/6: The return of the RockRoll Heroes. A Study of heroism by Glenn Marks; 7 Patti art given by tony d 8/9 henry miller by frank letchford; 10 Patti photo by alex fergusson; 11:Patti hotel billgiven by aris; 12 art by pattigiven by skid kid. Edited by Sandy Robertson. A PATTI SMITH fanzine the name being derived from lyrics to Smith's song 'Ain't It Strange.' Sandy Robertson was a Scottish writer.Patti Smith was the main focus others were also featured Sex Pistols Lou Reed Harry Crosby Kim Fowley Artaud Wilhelm Reich Todd Rundgren. Robertson states in issue 1: "I'm starting this magazine because I believe that I have interesting ideas and yet I can't get them published by the 'big' music papers. Mark P. of Sniffin' Glue apparently said that everyone shoud start their own paper and I fully agree." And later: "I called it 'White Stuff' because I like Patti's line from the song Ain't It Strange and also there are lots of black music papers but few in this country exclusively devoted to the music of urban white kids." No.1: Vive L'Anarchie; Patti Smith Lou Reed; Sex Pistols and more No.2:Contents feature articles on Smith and The Runaways reviews of Smith's singles Snatch and The Clash as well as numerous photos of Smith and surrealist poetry by Hans Arp and Antonin Artaud. No.3: Featuering the Patti Todd rundgren connections;Patti in 1973;You can't say "Fuck"in Radio Free Amwerica No. 4: Contents feature an article comparing Smith and Wilhelm Reich as well as five pages of verse by Smith each coupled with a different photograph. Issues of 'White Stuff' - particularly the early ones - are scarce in commerce; OCLC locates incomplete holdings at 3 US institutions with 2 more in the UK. Winchester VA No.5: Article by Frank W. Letchford on the art of Austin Osman Spare 'Notes on Holiday Inn' by Smith and a fans' notes on Smith The Rolling Stones and Rimbaud. Issues of 'White Stuff' - are scarce; OCLC locates incomplete holdings at 3 US institutions with 2 more in the UK. unknown
14366Affiche originale 800 x 605 mm, impression lithographique, entoilée, sous encadrement moderne, baguette verte de même ton que limpression. Petite trace dune déchirure au niveau des mots « moderne » et « recueil », très proprement recollée lors de lentoilage, parfait état par ailleurs.
183644541Paris, Librairie de Moutardier, 1836. In-8 de XXX-(1))-424 pp.BLAZE (Elzéar). Le Chasseur au chien courant, contenant les habitudes, les ruses des bêtes, l'art de les guetter, les juger, et de les détourner, de les attaquer, de les tirer ou de les prendre à force, l'éducation du limier, du chien courant, leurs maladies etc. ; formant avec le chasseur au chien d'arrêt, un cour complet de chasse à tir et à cour. Paris, l'auteur éditeur, rue du faubourg S.-Martin et Barba, libraire, Palais-Royal. 1838. 2 vol. In-8 de (4)-440 pp. et (4)-448 pp.BLAZE (Elzéar). Le Chasseur aux filets ou la chasse des dames, contenant les ruses des petits oiseaux, leurs noms vulgaires et scientifiques, l'art de les prendre, de les nourrir et de les faire chanter en toute saison, la manière de les engraisser, de les tuer et de les manger. Paris, Elzéar Blaze, faubourg Saint-Martin, et Barba, libraire, Palais-Royal. 1839. In-8 de (4)-XVI-444 pp.BLAZE (Elzéar). Le Chasseur conteur ou les chroniques de la chasse, contenant des histoires, des contes, des anecdotes, et par-ci, par-là, quelques hâbleries sur la chasse, depuis Charlemagne jusqu'à nos jours. Paris, Tresse, libraire, successeur de Barba, 1840. In-8 de (4)-443-(1) pp.Ensemble 5 vol. in-8, demi-veau noir glacé, dos orné à nerfs (reliure de l'époque signée Bibolet).
176915744Paris, Herissant, 1769. 2 parties en 1 vol. in-4 de XII-98 pp. (4)-110 pp. chiffrées 99 à 208 (1) f. d'approbation, 39 planches numérotées, basane marbrée, dos orné à nerfs, pièce de titre en maroquin rouge, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque).
2024__138204397XOxford University Press 2024. Paperback. New. Oxford University Press paperback
140947129San Francisco: Various. Near Fine/Very Good. 1990s to mid-2000s. An archive of roughly 643 San Francisco and Bay Area gay dance party and queer-adjacent rave hardcore health/HIV and non-profit/arts/theater music flyers handbills and event postcards plus some business cards/membership cards for bathhouse/queer spas or queer-related businesses and services with the possibility of a small number being duplicates. Approximately 60 of the cards are non-SF/Bay Area-related with many of those being approx. 30 postcards issued by German French and Dutch AIDS awareness organizations and non-profits. A handful of cards are related to Southern California New York and a few other cities. <p>Though items date from 1977 to 2018 the bulk of the collection appears to be 1990s to mid-2000s. From full-color glossy die-cut cards to handmade photocopied handouts the collection represents a wide range of queer culture and community in the Bay Area during the 1980s-2000s. Most range from Near Fine to Very Good with occasional folding or creasing edgewear bumps or small tears. A fantastic snapshot of queer culture during a transformative time. [Various] unknown
CAT0169Various Places. Most 1940s-1950s various formats. Very Good. A wide-ranging collection of Toscanini material found amongst his scores in the estate of his grandson Walfredo. The highlight is a late draft of his speech "To The People of America" an important document in Italian-American history that was printed in Life Magazine during the Second World War. <br /> <br /> Full descriptions as follows:<br /> <br /> Typed Draft of Arturo Toscanini's "To The People of America" with Corrections in Toscanini's Hand.<br /> New York September 3 1943. <br /> A late typed draft of Arturo Toscanini's "To The People of America" which appeared ten days later in Life Magazine. Corrections in the hands of Walfredo and Arturo Toscanini. From the Toscanini estate. "On 13 September 1943 the editorial page of Life Magazine was occupied by an article entitled 'To the People of America' and signed by Arturo Toscanini; It was the only extensive declaration he ever wrote - and it was about politics not music. The article had originally been intended as a letter to President Roosevelt and the first drafts had been prepared for Arturo Toscanini by the Italian historians in exile Gaetano Salvemini and Giorgio La Plana who were both teaching at Harvard University at the time. They knew that their beliefs and Arturo Toscanini's coincided perfectly and they wanted the letter to appear over his signature because his fame was much greater than theirs. In their letter to President Roosevelt the exiles stated their hopes and fears for Italy's immediate future and they tried - as the text illustrates - to influence allied policy toward their native country." Harvey Sachs The Letters of Arturo Toscanini page 389. Sachs wrote in his 1978 biography of Toscanini that Toscanini wrote the article on his own but then found evidence to the contrary. Regardless of its hidden origins this letter was a defining moment in Toscanini's career in the United States. This copy from September 3 would have been one of the final drafts. The text is nearly identical to the published version with a few small changes - "defying everything" is added in the fourth paragraph of the published version the "." marks are replaced by simple periods in a few instances and "just" has been replaced by "righteous" in the published version. Strangely the one error in AT's hand - moving the word "either" in the sixth paragraph - did not make it into the printed version. A remarkable piece of Toscanini ephemera. Four pages carbon paper with text on rectos only. Excellent condition overall with some normal tanning. A few stray corrections in pencil which an accompanying folder from the estate states are in Walfredo's hand. <br /> <br /> A Collection of Nine Letters to Arturo Toscanini from his Colleagues.<br /> <br /> These letters were found inside various scores and sheet music in the Toscanini estate. A wonderful collection quite effusive in nature most containing high praise for the maestro discussing the works of various composers and lamenting the passage of time. Contains the following items: 1 Typed Letter Signed from Harold Byrns to Arturo Toscanini. New York 1942. 2 Typed Letter from Associated Music Publishers to Arturo Toscanini. New York 1949. 3 Manuscript Letter from Max Reiter to Arturo Toscanini. San Antonio 1948. 4 Typed Letter from Domenico Savino to Arturo Toscanini. New York 1945. In Italian. 5 Manuscript Letter from Adolf Busch to Arturo Toscanini. S.p. s.d. 6 Manuscript Letter from Carlton Cooley to Arturo Toscanini. Stockton New Jersey 1956. 7 Autograph Letter from Robert Casadesus to Arturo Toscani. Princeton 1940. 8 Autograph Letter Signed from Pina Carmirelli to Arturo Toscanini. Rome 1951. In Italian. 9 Typed Letter from Foetisch Freres to Arturo Toscanini. Lausanne 1948. scanini. Lausanne 1948. <br /> <br /> Four Original Photographs of Arturo Toscanini in Rehearsal March 1954 with Negatives.<br /> New York 1954. <br /> <br /> A collection of four 9 x 7 photographs of the great Toscanini in rehearsal with their original negatives. From the estate of Arturo Toscanini. The images show Toscanini casually dressed in a white short-sleeved shirt conducting his orchestra. All photos are stamped "File Copy / Do Not Remove" and have holes in upper left corners from thumbtacks and have inventory numbers written in ink. The inventory numbers - which all contain the prefix "33107" suggest that they could be for the rehearsals from his final performance on April 4. <br /> <br /> Typed Letter from Arturo Toscanini to his Orchestra 1940.<br /> N.p. July 22 1940. Typed letter text on recto only.<br /> Arturo Toscanini wrote this letter to his orchestra upon the completion of a successful South American tour in 1940. He writes: "My dear friends sic Tomorrow our trip will be over. To-morrow we will be separated after two months we lived day by day the same life. It is very sad indeed but that is life. We have never been so linked all as one as in these 16 concerts. We must be proud of what we have done. God bless you all." The full text of the letter appears on page 374 of Harvey Sach's The Letters of Arturo Toscanini. Some indecipherable notes on margins in an unknown hand a few small various stains good condition overall. <br /> <br /> Christmas Card to Arturo Toscanini from the Embassy of the USSR 1943.<br /> Washington 1943. Card with stamped envelope 6 x 5 inches. <br /> A Christmas card to Arturo Toscanini from Fedor Orekhov First Secretary and Press Representative of the USSR Embassy in Washington. Addressed to Toscanini at his Sycamore Street residence in Riverdale New York.<br /> An interesting group all quite well preserved in excellent condition. unknown books
189144934Great Britain: Illustrated Newspapers Limited. Fair. 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. Oversized bound copies of The Graphic Illustrated Newspaper a weekly from July 11 1891 to December 19 1891. The graphics and ads are wonderful but most notable is the actual first edition a serialized and bowderlized version of Thomas Hardy's Tess of d'Urbervilles EXCEPT for the final December 26 1891 installment. The half leather marbled paper covers and many pages are rough but it is an exceptionally rare collection as is. Photos will be sent upon request. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall . Illustrated Newspapers Limited hardcover
185000182872057593498894297: Various 1850. Softcover. Seven pamphlets published between 1842 and 1872 related to artist co-developer of the Morse Code and co-inventor of the single-wire telegraph system Samuel Morse 1791 - 1872 and the telegraph. - Morse Samuel; et al Electro-magnetic Telegraphs. Report No. 17 To Accompany Bill H. R. No. 641. December 30 1842. S. l. Washington DC: s. n. 1842. First edition; 9 1/2 x 6 1/2; pp. 13 unopened; light age-toning; two punctures for filing to left margin; a small nick to head of spine; small contemporary manuscript note to first page; illustrated with a wood-engraved diagram of "the alphabet for Morse's electro-magnetic telegraph;" very good condition.Printed for the 3rd Session of the 27th Congress of the House of Representatives the pamphlet contains a letter to Samuel Morse complimenting him on his invention by scientist first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and inventor of electromagnets Joseph Henry 1797 - 1878 a letter by Morse describing the history of his electro-magnetic telegraph two reports from the Committee on Commerce and the Committee of Arts and Sciences of the American Institute etc. - United States Department of Treasury Electro-magnetic telegraph. Communication from the Secretary of the Treasury Transmitting the Report of Professor Morse Announcing the Completion of the Electro-magnetic Telegraph between the Cities of Washington and Baltimore. Doc. No. 270 June 6 1844. S. l. Washington DC: Blair & Rives Printers 1844. First edition; 9 x 6; pp. 3; deckled fore-edge; age-toning to margins; a few spots of foxing; very good- condition.Published for the 1st Session of the 28th Congress of the House of Representatives Treasury Department the pamphlet presents a report by Samuel Morse on the experiment and successful completion of establishing a "system of electro-magnetic telegraphs between Washington and Baltimore. Also included is an estimation of the cost for his American telegraph compared to the cost of the English one. - United States Department of Treasury Magnetic Telegraph. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury Transmitting a Letter from Professor Morse Relative to the Magnetic Telegraph. Doc. No. 24 December 23 1844. Read and Laid Upon the Table. S. l. Washington DC: Blair & Rives Printers 1844. First edition; 9 x 6; pp. 18 partially opened; spots of foxing mostly to margins; a few nicks and wrinkles to edges; two punctures for filing to left margin; illustrated with an wood-engraved diagram and tables; very good- condition.The pamphlet contains a letter by Morse to Chairman of Committee on Commerce Isaac Holmes describing new developments surrounding his electro-magnetic telegraph as well as various experiments conducted. - Vail Alfred Description of the American Electro Magnetic Telegraph: Now in Operation between the Cities of Washington and Baltimore. Washington DC: Printed by J. & G. S. Gideon 1845. First edition; 9 x 5 3/4; pp. 24 lacking back wrap else complete; front beige wrap with an elaborate engraved border; small loss of paper to lower corner and a penciled-in note to front wrap; illustrated with 14 large wood engravings; two punctures for filing to left margin; good to very good condition.Alfred Vail 1807 - 1859 was the co-inventor together with Samuel Morse of the telegraph. He was in fact the recipient of the first message transmitted in Morse Code - "What hath God wrought" - sent by Samuel himself. He would be responsible for several innovations and improvements to the system expanding Morse's numeric code to include letters and special characters. The booklet described in detail the components of the telegraph its principle "specimen of the telegraphic language" what would become the standard version of the code etc. - Houston John House of Representatives. Legislative Telegraph May 18 1848. Laid upon the Table. Report No. 642. S. l. Washington DC: s. n. 1848. First edition; 8 3/4 x 5 1/4; loose sheets pp. 8; uniform age-toning with a few spots of foxing; discolored spot to upper half of sheets; some nicks and cuts to edges; good or better condition.The report discusses the inventions by Francis H. Smith Stephen Bowerman and R. E. Monaghan and possible applications of a machine for accelerating the taking of Yeas Nays and other votes in the House of Representatives. - Kendall Amos Morse's Patent. Full Exposure of Dr. Chas. T. Jackson's Pretensions to the invention of the American Electro-magnetic Telegraph. Washington: Printed by Jno. T. Towers 1852. First edition; 8 3/4 x 5 3/4; pp. 64; uniform age-toning to wraps; a small discoloration to upper corner; a few spots of foxing; very good condition.Amos Kendall 1789 - 1869 was a lawyer journalist politician and business manager of Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail. His current rebuttal was prompted by Dr. Charles T. Jackson's 1805 - 1880 claim that he had discovered the telegraph before Morse and Vail. Jackson was a physician and scientist notorious for his continuous claims of prior discoveries of major scientific inventions. Apart from the telegraph Jackson had also started controversies over William Beaumont's digestive action of the stomach William T. G. Morton's anesthetic effects of Ether and others. - Smith Francis O. J. History Getting Right on the Invention of the American Electro-Magnetic Telegraph. S. l.: s. n. n. d. 1872. First edition; 8 1/2 x 5 1/2; pp. 21; scattered small spots; a manuscript note to title page; thin strip of paper loss to last leaf not affecting text; very good condition.Concerning more drama surrounding Morse's invention of the telegraph the pamphlet was written on the occasion of the erection of the Morse Monument in Washington and contained articles and letters claiming that scientist Joseph Henry rather than Morse had invented the system. The author Francis Ormand Jonathan Smith 1806 - 1876 had been Morse's publicity agent counsel and quarter-interest partner but eventually had had a falling out. Various paperback
185000182872057593498894297: Various 1850. Softcover. Seven pamphlets published between 1842 and 1872 related to artist co-developer of the Morse Code and co-inventor of the single-wire telegraph system Samuel Morse 1791 - 1872 and the telegraph. - Morse Samuel; et al Electro-magnetic Telegraphs. Report No. 17 To Accompany Bill H. R. No. 641. December 30 1842. S. l. Washington DC: s. n. 1842. First edition; 9 1/2 x 6 1/2; pp. 13 unopened; light age-toning; two punctures for filing to left margin; a small nick to head of spine; small contemporary manuscript note to first page; illustrated with a wood-engraved diagram of "the alphabet for Morse's electro-magnetic telegraph;" very good condition.Printed for the 3rd Session of the 27th Congress of the House of Representatives the pamphlet contains a letter to Samuel Morse complimenting him on his invention by scientist first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and inventor of electromagnets Joseph Henry 1797 - 1878 a letter by Morse describing the history of his electro-magnetic telegraph two reports from the Committee on Commerce and the Committee of Arts and Sciences of the American Institute etc.- United States Department of Treasury Electro-magnetic telegraph. Communication from the Secretary of the Treasury Transmitting the Report of Professor Morse Announcing the Completion of the Electro-magnetic Telegraph between the Cities of Washington and Baltimore. Doc. No. 270 June 6 1844. S. l. Washington DC: Blair & Rives Printers 1844. First edition; 9 x 6; pp. 3; deckled fore-edge; age-toning to margins; a few spots of foxing; very good- condition.Published for the 1st Session of the 28th Congress of the House of Representatives Treasury Department the pamphlet presents a report by Samuel Morse on the experiment and successful completion of establishing a "system of electro-magnetic telegraphs between Washington and Baltimore. Also included is an estimation of the cost for his American telegraph compared to the cost of the English one.- United States Department of Treasury Magnetic Telegraph. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury Transmitting a Letter from Professor Morse Relative to the Magnetic Telegraph. Doc. No. 24 December 23 1844. Read and Laid Upon the Table. S. l. Washington DC: Blair & Rives Printers 1844. First edition; 9 x 6; pp. 18 partially opened; spots of foxing mostly to margins; a few nicks and wrinkles to edges; two punctures for filing to left margin; illustrated with an wood-engraved diagram and tables; very good- condition.The pamphlet contains a letter by Morse to Chairman of Committee on Commerce Isaac Holmes describing new developments surrounding his electro-magnetic telegraph as well as various experiments conducted.- Vail Alfred Description of the American Electro Magnetic Telegraph: Now in Operation between the Cities of Washington and Baltimore. Washington DC: Printed by J. & G. S. Gideon 1845. First edition; 9 x 5 3/4; pp. 24 lacking back wrap else complete; front beige wrap with an elaborate engraved border; small loss of paper to lower corner and a penciled-in note to front wrap; illustrated with 14 large wood engravings; two punctures for filing to left margin; good to very good condition.Alfred Vail 1807 - 1859 was the co-inventor together with Samuel Morse of the telegraph. He was in fact the recipient of the first message transmitted in Morse Code - "What hath God wrought" - sent by Samuel himself. He would be responsible for several innovations and improvements to the system expanding Morse's numeric code to include letters and special characters. The booklet described in detail the components of the telegraph its principle "specimen of the telegraphic language" what would become the standard version of the code etc.- Houston John House of Representatives. Legislative Telegraph May 18 1848. Laid upon the Table. Report No. 642. S. l. Washington DC: s. n. 1848. First edition; 8 3/4 x 5 1/4; loose sheets pp. 8; uniform age-toning with a few spots of foxing; discolored spot to upper half of sheets; some nicks and cuts to edges; good or better condition.The report discusses the inventions by Francis H. Smith Stephen Bowerman and R. E. Monaghan and possible applications of a machine for accelerating the taking of Yeas Nays and other votes in the House of Representatives.- Kendall Amos Morse's Patent. Full Exposure of Dr. Chas. T. Jackson's Pretensions to the invention of the American Electro-magnetic Telegraph. Washington: Printed by Jno. T. Towers 1852. First edition; 8 3/4 x 5 3/4; pp. 64; uniform age-toning to wraps; a small discoloration to upper corner; a few spots of foxing; very good condition.Amos Kendall 1789 - 1869 was a lawyer journalist politician and business manager of Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail. His current rebuttal was prompted by Dr. Charles T. Jackson's 1805 - 1880 claim that he had discovered the telegraph before Morse and Vail. Jackson was a physician and scientist notorious for his continuous claims of prior discoveries of major scientific inventions. Apart from the telegraph Jackson had also started controversies over William Beaumont's digestive action of the stomach William T. G. Morton's anesthetic effects of Ether and others.- Smith Francis O. J. History Getting Right on the Invention of the American Electro-Magnetic Telegraph. S. l.: s. n. n. d. 1872. First edition; 8 1/2 x 5 1/2; pp. 21; scattered small spots; a manuscript note to title page; thin strip of paper loss to last leaf not affecting text; very good condition.Concerning more drama surrounding Morse's invention of the telegraph the pamphlet was written on the occasion of the erection of the Morse Monument in Washington and contained articles and letters claiming that scientist Joseph Henry rather than Morse had invented the system. The author Francis Ormand Jonathan Smith 1806 - 1876 had been Morse's publicity agent counsel and quarter-interest partner but eventually had had a falling out. Various paperback books
1970002618Various: Various 1970. First Edition. Very good. Eight posters ca 1970 - 1974; various sizes approx. 38 x 26 and 19 x 27; all in protective laminated sleeves; condition varies from good with nicks to edges creases and closed cuts to margins to very good or better with minor wrinkles and wear. A significant archive of posters they were published at the height of the Cold War and showcased the Bulgarian performing-arts scene under the guardianship of Liudmila Zhivkova 1942 - 1981 - a senior member of the Communist Party and daughter of Bulgaria's Communist Leader Todor Zhivkov. Remembered for her goal to promote the country's culture and arts on the international stage as well as to bring foreign culture to Bulgaria Liudmila was a controversial figure viewed by some as a forerunner of alternative ideas and freedom in the friggidly-unwielding totalitarian bloc and considered a spoiled "Red Bourgeoisie" child by others. At least one of the posters a double-sided one promoting the screening of Mikhai Semesh's Hungarian movie "The Magic Fur Coat" was created by renowned graphic designers Anton Mechkuev 1920 - 2011 and Grigor Angelov 1941 - . Another one for the premiere of the Bulgarian drama "The Best Person I Know" featured beloved Bulgarian actress Nevena Kokanova 1938 - 2000 known as the "first lady of Bulgarian cinema." Several of the posters listed opera and jazz performances a Greek play and puppet shows at several major theaters. One was a propaganda for the "Bulgarian Musical Youth" Movement for all young people who were Komsomol members. Various unknown
1970002618Various: Various 1970. First Edition. Very good. Eight posters ca 1970 - 1974; various sizes approx. 38 x 26 and 19 x 27; all in protective laminated sleeves; condition varies from good with nicks to edges creases and closed cuts to margins to very good or better with minor wrinkles and wear. A significant archive of posters they were published at the height of the Cold War and showcased the Bulgarian performing-arts scene under the guardianship of Liudmila Zhivkova 1942 - 1981 - a senior member of the Communist Party and daughter of Bulgaria's Communist Leader Todor Zhivkov. Remembered for her goal to promote the country's culture and arts on the international stage as well as to bring foreign culture to Bulgaria Liudmila was a controversial figure viewed by some as a forerunner of alternative ideas and freedom in the friggidly-unwielding totalitarian bloc and considered a spoiled "Red Bourgeoisie" child by others. At least one of the posters a double-sided one promoting the screening of Mikhai Semesh's Hungarian movie "The Magic Fur Coat" was created by renowned graphic designers Anton Mechkuev 1920 - 2011 and Grigor Angelov 1941 - . Another one for the premiere of the Bulgarian drama "The Best Person I Know" featured beloved Bulgarian actress Nevena Kokanova 1938 - 2000 known as the "first lady of Bulgarian cinema." Several of the posters listed opera and jazz performances a Greek play and puppet shows at several major theaters. One was a propaganda for the "Bulgarian Musical Youth" Movement for all young people who were Komsomol members. Various unknown books
1913SKU1179293Franziskaner Missionsvereins 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Saint Michael's 1913 through 1921; annual reports 1 through 9 of the 10 published bound in black cloth covered boards with leather spine; mild edge and corner wear with heavier wear at back strip; back strip scuffed at raised bands; 4to9 3/4" to 12" tall; Ex-college library with typical stamps and markings no pocket; ALL ISSUES COMPLETE WITH ORIGINAL PAPER COVERS AND ADVERTISEMENTS; ORIGINAL GERMAN TEXT; Previous owner's name on front covers of original paper covers; interior is clean and unmarked; individually paginated Franziskaner Missionsvereins hardcover
1737983793Ballets in Paris from 1737 to 1755 <br /><br /><b>Recueil of 13 ballets performed at L'Academie Royale de Musique </b>Published by Ballard . Bound in one volume quarto contemporary calf. With printed and corrected index tipped in to front pastedown<br /><br /><br /><i>This is an important period for the development of ballet in France with the maturity of Jean-Phillipe Rameau's music; the debate over French versus Italian musical forms; and the introduction of the "Danse d'Action" precursor to Noverre's reforms in movement; all of which are reflected in these ballet texts </i><br /><br />1. Les Amours du printemps. 1739 2. Les Fêtes d'Hébé. 1739. e.o. 3. Zaide reine de Grenade. 1739 4. Dardanus . 1739 5. Nitetis. 1741. e.o. 6. Ballets comiques: Don Quichote chez la Duchess Les Amours de Ragonde. 1743. e.o. 7. Isbé 1742. e.o. 8. Le Pouvoir de l'amour. 1743. e.09. Les Caractères de la folie. 1743. e.o.10. L'École des amans. 1745. 11. Zélindor Roi des Silphes. 1745. e.o. 12. Les Augustales. 1744. e.o.13. Les Festes de Polimnie. 1745. e.o.<br /><br />Link to full description. Cut and paste the link below:<br /><br /><b>www.goldenlegend.com/pdfs/ballard2.pdf</b><br /> Ballard, etc books
186989<p>77 import files 1869 to 1888 for goods entering the Port of Philadelphia: original invoice with all goods sizes colors etc. listed customs declaration and seal docketing sheet and sometimes ship manifest. The majority of the goods originated in England Ireland or Scotland but Belgium lace is represented as is French silk gloves from Prague bulbs from Ghent. Scientific instruments come from Switzerland. A granite tomb and a marble tomb base imported from Aberdeen are each accompanied by a draftsman's sketch. Goods are as humble as mill waste or as elite as Majolica pottery. A Philadelphia firm William A. Drown imported umbrella ribs from one firm in Hanover umbrella fittings from one in Sheffield and silk for the umbrellas from London. Stetson hats bought rabbit fur from Leeds; the dating outlier Armstrong Cork bought linoleum burlap from two places in Scotland. Full listing available with date origin manufacturer purchaser goods. Each file in an acid free acetate L-velope. </p>
Ausnehmend selten gehandelte erste deutsche und erweiterte Ausgabe des ironischen Lobgedichts »La Nobilta dell'Asino. Di Atabalippa dal Perù Prouinicia del Mondo nuovo« (zuerst 1590) aus der Feder des Bologneser Olivetanermönchs Dichters, bedeutenden Organisten und Komponisten Adriano Banchieri (Pseud. Camillo Scaligero della Fratta). Darin wird angelehnt an die Tierfabel eine Hierarchie jener Tiere geschildert, die dem Menschen ähneln und vom Nutzen sind: ausgehend vom Hund, über Löwe, Pferd, Affe und Elefant sieht der Autor das edelste Tier im Esel. Die vorliegende deutsche Fassung erfuhr durch den Übersetzer, den Straßburger Humoristiker G. F. Messerschmid, eine kompilatorische Erweiterung um den „Triumph der Sau“, die hier auf Kosten der rhetorischen Verve in der Vorlage und zugunsten einer Zuspitzung des ironischen Moments noch über den Esel gestellt wird. Als Vorlage dazu diente Messerschmid das 1613 erschienene Enkomion »Eccelenza e trionfo del porco, discorso piacevole diviso in cinque capi« von Giulio Cesare Croce. Alle Tiere sind mit halbseitigen Holzschnitten abgebildet, Esel und Schwein zwei Mal. - Exemplar aus der Bibliothek von Anton Graf von Pergen (1799-1860), mit dessen illustriertem Ex Libris unter Verwendung des Pergen'schen Wappens als Stahlstich und dem Etikett der „Gräflich v. Pergen'schen Bibliothek“ auf dem vorderen Innenspiegel. - Einbanddecken stellenweise fleckig, Buchblock für die Bindung ohne Textverlust gering beschnitten und an wenigen Stellen gelöst, insgesamt solides Exemplar dieses selten auftauchenden Titels, hier mit bemerkenswerter Provenienz. Gemäß JBP (1906-38), JAP (1950ff.) und APO (1998ff.) kamen bis dato erst 6 Exemplare zur Auktion (2010, 1995, 1981, 1956, 1930). - VD17 3:314782Q; Eitner I (1900) zit. ABI/WBIS (Banchieri) und Oscar Mischiati: Adriano Banchieri (1568-1634). Profilo biografico e bibliografia delle opere. Bologna: 1971, S 137; ADB XXX, 499 (Messerschmidt); Guillaume van Gemert: Georg Friedrich Messerschmid als Übersetzer. In: Daphnis 20 (1991), Ss. 265-310, hier: Ss. 280-88; ÖBL 7 (1978), S. 417 (Pergen).
- de l'Imprimerie de Ph.-D. Pierres, Paris 1781, in-8 (10,5x17,5cm), (8) 108pp. et (4) 106pp., 2 volumes reliés. - The first edition, finely printed by Pierres. The work is illustrated with three portraits, including one of Raoul de Coucy, one hors-texte figure showing the town of Coucy-le-Château, and twelve pages of music engraved with the greatest care after manuscripts belonging to the king and the Marquis de Paulmy. Contemporary light brown calf, spine with compartments and gilt fleurons, red and green morocco title- and volume- labels. Triple gilt fillet frame to covers, gilt fillets to edges of covers, gilt roulette frame to pastedowns. All edges gilt. A very handsome, large paper, copy. [FRENCH VERSION FOLLOWS] Édition originale admirablement imprimée par Pierres. Elle est ornée de 3 portraits, dont celui de Raoul de Coucy, d'une figure hors-texte montrant la cité de Coucy-le-Château, et de 12 pages de musique, gravées avec le plus grand soin d'après les manuscrits du roi et du marquis de Paulmy. Reliures de l'époque en plein veau blond. Dos lisses ornés de caissons et fleurons dorés, ainsi que de pièces de titre et de tomaison de maroquin rouge et vert. Triple filet doré en encadrement des plats. Filet doré soulignant les coupes. Roulette dorée en encadrement des contreplats. Toutes tranches dorées. Très joli exemplaire en grand papier.
- De l'imprimerie royale, Paris 1768, in-12 (9,5x16,5cm), xiv ; 322 pp., relié. - Édition originale, bien complète de son grand tableau dépliant en fin de volume, recensant les différentes prises effectuées entre 1765 et 1767, les différents chasseurs ayant uvré dans ces mêmes années, ainsi que les formulaires légaux à fournir en cas de capture ou de mise à mort d'un loup. Reliure postérieure (Second Empire) en plein maroquin rouge, dos à cinq nerfs richement orné de filets, caissons et fleurons dorés, plats encadrés de triples filets dorés, filet doré sur les coupes, gardes et contreplats - encadrés d'une large dentelle dorée - de papier peigné, toutes tranches dorées, reliure signée L. Tripon. Deux étiquettes de bibliothèques encollées sur chaque contreplat. Exemplaire d'une importante provenance, il présente deux tampons sur la page de titre - «?Bibliothèque du Roi - Neuilly?» et «?Bibliothèque du Roi - Palais Royal?» - caractéristiques des ouvrages de la bibliothèque de Louis-Philippe Ier. Nous avons pu trouver deux autres ouvrages de sa bibliothèque reliés par Tripon?: Gaffet de la Briffardière, Nouveau traité de venerie (Vente de la bibliothèque cynégétique du Verne, 5 octobre 2016 chez Sotheby's) et Du Fouilloux, La Venerie (Vente Aguttes, 17 juin 2004). Nicolas de Lisle de Moncel, ancien capitaine de cavalerie et Chevalier de l'Ordre du Saint-Esprit, fut chargé des «?épreuves relatives à la destruction des Loups, sur la frontière des Trois-Évêchés?» (Metz, Toul et Verdun). Son ouvrage contient la description des races de limiers utiles à la chasse aux loups, un avis sur la rage, la manière d'apprendre aux domestiques et aux paysans à «?tirer au bois?», des instructions pour l'emploi de troupes militaires lors des chasses au loup en temps de paix, la manière de choisir la poudre à tirer, etc. à la fin de l'ouvrage se trouve le procès-verbal du 20 juin 1767, «?qui constate la destruction d'un loup d'une conformation extraordinaire ; tué sur les frontières d'Auvergne où il avoit causé de grands ravages?»?: il s'agit de la fameuse bête du Gévaudan. Superbe exemplaire, parfaitement établi et d'une précieuse provenance. [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION ON DEMAND]
158140653BBRom, in aedibus populi Romani, 1581 (im Druckevermerk 1582). Folio. 340 S., 12 n.n. Bl. Index. Mit einer Holzschnittdruckermarke auf dem letzten Blatt. Etwas späterer Pergamentband mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel.
158140653BBRom, in aedibus populi Romani, 1581 (im Druckevermerk 1582). Folio. 340 S., 12 n.n. Bl. Index. Mit einer Holzschnittdruckermarke auf dem letzten Blatt. Etwas späterer Pergamentband mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel.
199091568University of New Mexico Press. New. 1990. Paperback. 0944282083 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 284 pages; well-illustrated. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works Life and Work Raisonnee University of New Mexico Press paperback
20082-1905794223Opus Media Group Ltd 2008. Hardcover. New. 196 pages. 28.15x14.65x12.40 inches. Opus Media Group Ltd hardcover
