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19329076New York City London 1932. Green paper wrapss with color illustration pasted to front cover string bound bifolium printed in black and red ink on Vidalon paper signed by Rackham on the first page very good. <p><br /> John Barry Ryan Jr. was the grandson and heir of prominent financier Thomas Fortune Ryan. In 1928 he married Margaret Nin Kahn daughter of Otto Kahn whose wealth and mustache were the inspiration for "Mr. Monopoly" and was sometimes known as "the King of New York."<br /> <br /> The Ryans were both collectors and patrons of the arts. A limited number of Rackham's The Night Before Christmas were printed with an extra leaf tipped in to the the front of the book that reads "A Merry Christmas from Mr. and Mrs. John Barry Ryan Christmas 1931" and supposedly distributed to friends and family. <br /> <br /> This is their Christmas greeting from 1932. Printed inside is Church's "Yes Virginia There is a Santa Claus." It seems to be a sort of prenatal gift as their daughter Virginia was born on February 9 1933. Virginia Ogilvy Countess of Airlie was the first American to be a lady-in-waiting serving Elizabeth II until her death in 2022 and was a Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order.<br /> <br /> The Santa Claus illustration on the cover seems to be specially commissioned by Ryan for the occasion as "Copyright 1932 by John Barry Ryan" is printed right beneath it. This image was not included in Rackham's illustrations for The Night Before Christmas and is stylistically different enough that it isn't believed to be an abandoned plate for that project. Arthur Rackham signed this copy on the bottom of the first page.<br /> <br /> Scarce with one holding in OCLC and no previous sales records.</p> . unknown
198251679Penguin Books. As New. 1982. Paperback. 0140063137 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Text pristine clean & unmarked - 210 pages. -- with a bonus offer-- . Penguin Books paperback
1924878F18London: Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford 1924 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 11.5" by 8.5". Not Stated. The two volume first edition of this beautifully and richly illustrated study of the history of tennis. The two volume first edition of this work. While eight-hundred copies of this work were produced it is thought that between three and four hundred copies were destroyed and only around four hundred sets put in general circulation.Illustrated with one-hundred and sixty illustrations across two volumes over one hundred and twenty-six plates. Including a colour frontispiece to volume I. Collated complete.Volume I examines the history of tennis from 1800 onwards alongside tennis in Australia and America and the history of amateur and professional champions while volume II contains sections on the laws and literature of tennis alongside discussion of the construction of courts and handicaps. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Bumping to back strip head and tail with fading to spines. Minor light rubbing to boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Very Good Indeed Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford hardcover
1924316809Oxford: Oxford University Press 1924. First edition one of 800 copies. Profusely illustrated after photographs old engravings etc. 106 plates on 80 leaves in volume I and 54 plates on 47 leaves in Volume II. xv 281; viii 282-580 pp. 2 vols. 4to. Publisher's blue buckram. With front pictorial dust wrapper for each volume laid in. First edition one of 800 copies. Profusely illustrated after photographs old engravings etc. 106 plates on 80 leaves in volume I and 54 plates on 47 leaves in Volume II. xv 281; viii 282-580 pp. 2 vols. 4to. The standard work on the history of court tennis. The archive of the Oxford University Press reveals that in 1932 some 380 sets of the edition were pulped. The true limitation is therefore nearer to 420. Whitman p. 28; Henderson p. 208 Oxford University Press unknown
198120690ROGNER & BERNHARD 1981. 1. softcover. Per Anhalter durch die Galaxis ROGNER & BERNHARD paperback
1944189627London: William Heinemann Ltd 1944. The author's copy First edition the author's copy with his elegant art deco bookplate and his signature on the title page. The bookplate was designed by Gladys Calthrop 1894-1980 who worked as a set and costume designer on many of the original productions of Coward's plays including Private Lives 1931 Design for Living 1933 and Present Laughter 1943. This copy later passed into the collection of Geoffrey A. Johnson Coward's close friend and US representative and has his ownership stamps. The two met in 1961 when Johnson worked as the stage manager for the Broadway production of Coward's Sail Away. The two went on to work together until Coward's death in 1973. Johnson acted as a trustee of the Noël Coward Foundation and was the Life President of the Noël Coward Archive Trust. Coward's Middle East Diary relates part of his world entertainment and propaganda tour during which he reported to William Stephenson of the British Security Co-ordination part of MI6. Octavo. Original blue cloth spine lettered in gilt brown endpapers. With dust jacket. Corners bumped front inner hinge cracked but stable; jacket unclipped spine toned a little nicked and foxed: a very good copy in like jacket. hardcover
1944143406London: William Heinemann Ltd 1944. Inscribed to his friend First edition presentation copy inscribed by the author to Coward's friend the actress Joyce Carey on the title page: "For Joyce from !!!". Coward's Middle East Diary relates his late 1943 tour across North Africa the Levant and Iraq visiting wounded soldiers in hospitals and performing a series of morale boosting concerts. Joyce Carey OBE 1898-1993 is best known for her long professional and personal relationship with Noel Coward. In the midst of her stage career which lasted 1916 to 1987 she rejoined Coward in 1942 to tour in his three newest plays This Happy Breed as Sylvia Blithe Spirit as Ruth and Present Laughter as Liz a character based partly on Carey herself. She later played all three roles in London. After the war she played in Coward's new plays Quadrille and Nude with Violin alongside Gielgud in London and Coward himself in New York. Her New York Times obituary noted that she "excelled in Coward plays" and that "her constructive comments helped shape" them. Octavo. Original blue cloth titles to spine gilt. With dust jacket. A fine copy in near-fine jacket spine panel a little sunned. hardcover
1944150261London: William Heinemann Ltd 1944. First edition presentation copy inscribed by the author "To Guy as usual Noel". It is possible the recipient was Guy Burgess who were both involved in intelligence work during the Second World War. Coward's Middle East Diary relating part of his world entertainment and propaganda tour during which he reported to William Stephenson of the British Security Co-ordination part of MI6. Octavo. Original blue cloth titles to spine gilt. With dust jacket. A fine fresh copy. hardcover
1930184460Shanghai: Kelly and Walsh Limited 1930. The Hunt started off from Misery Flats; / Some rode in toppers some billycock hats First edition of this celebration of the Shanghai paper hunt the expatriate community's answer to fox hunting. The text is supported by detailed maps of Shanghai's rural environs and photographs from the private collections of members as well as drawings provided by the Shanghai-based artist Edmund Toeg and the cartoonist H. W. G. Hayter. Equestrian pursuits were extremely popular in Republican China's international settlements. Businessmen diplomats military officers and the well-to-do used them to affirm their status and build connections and Shanghai was perpetually gripped by a "mania" Weirather p. 59 for racing. Founded in 1863 the Paper Hunt Club was one of the oldest expatriate groups in the city and by 1930 it included members from 19 different nationalities. This history anthologizes a large amount of information from the club's archives. A special section pays tribute to Ah Pau the head boy responsible for laying the paper trail for riders to follow. Ah Pau was invaluable when dealing with locals who objected to riders careering across their land: "In his dealings with his fellow countrymen he is usually the embodiment of imperturbability and good humour but when their rapacity and obstructiveness pass all reasonable bounds he lashes them with stinging invective and withers them with biting scorn" p. 29. Quarto 280 x 222 mm. Large half-tone frontispiece after photograph of Christmas 1929 hunt by Ah Fong Photography Studio; 51 plates 2 colour 1 folding many after drawings by Edmund Toeg and 2 after caricatures by Henry William Goodenough Hayter; 6 folding maps of riding country in and around Shanghai; pen and ink illustrations by Toeg in text; red embossed vignette of horse and rider on title page. Original pink cloth spine lettered in gilt gilt vignette of horse and rider on front board green pictorial endpapers fore and bottom edges untrimmed. A little worming and marking to cloth spine and head of boards sunned black ink spots on fore edge frontispiece and one map creased where incorrectly refolded: a very good copy. Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting: An Annotated Bibliography p. 105; not in Mellon. Larry Weirather Fred Barton and the Warlords' Horses of China 2015. hardcover
1948140946411London: Grey Walls 1948. First British edition. First British edition first printing. Signed by Charles G. Finney on the half title inscribed to "Lester Koening - with the regards of the author Charles G. Finney / Tucson May 18 1949." Koening the inscribee was an American screenwriter film producer and founder of the jazz record label Contemporary Records. In the 1950s he was blacklisted by HUAC. 151 pp. Bound in publisher's yellow cloth with green pictorial stamping spine lettered in gilt green top stain. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket spine panel a little toned and edge worn. Quite uncommon signed by the author. <p>A deeply weird yet enoyable circus-themed novel that defies easy categorization or description. It has been called "dark fantasy" and humor. There are also elements of metafiction to it like the footnotes at the end dubbed "The Catalogue." This UK edition follows the American original by 13 years and has decidedly darker style of illustrations by G.N. Fish rather than Boris Artzybasheff. Inspired the 1964 film 7 Faces of Dr. Lao. Grey Walls unknown
19861764ULLSTEIN LEOPOLD 11/1986-11/88. softcover. Per Anhalter durch die Galaxis 31070311103113631172 SCIENCE FICTION ULLSTEIN, LEOPOLD paperback
199368252HNA Books. New. 1993. Hardcover. 0810936429 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- Text in English4. 64 pp. 12 foldout with 594 ills. 555 col. . 34 x 26 cm. Description: "Illuminating the previously obscure period of Amedeo Modigliani's career in Paris from 1906 to 1914 this catalogue features excellent reproductions of some 450 never-before published drawings from the collection of French physician Alexandre 1881-1968 a close friend and the principal patron of the renowned Italian painter and sculptor 1884-1920 prior to the outbreak of World War I. An extensive and well-illustrated account of Modigliani's early career based primarily on Alexandre's reminiscences and correspondence prefaces an eleven-part thematic presentation of the drawings which include portraits nudes studies for sculptural works and sketches of theater and circus performers." -- with a bonus offer--; 1.75 x 13.5 x 10.25 Inches . HNA Books hardcover
199611070Scranton Pennsylvania U.S.A.: W W Norton & Co Inc. New. 1996. Hardcover. 0393039889 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY AVOID WEEKS OF DELAY ELSEWHERE. -- clean and crisp tight and bright pages with no writing or markings to the text. -- with a bonus offer-- . W W Norton & Co Inc hardcover
198674193Museum. New. 1986. Paperback. 0823906621 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 36 pp. With 24 ills. 23 x 26 cm. -- with a bonus offer-- . Museum paperback
195513968Doubleday. As New. 1955. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - -- with a bonus offer-- . Doubleday hardcover
198786103Museum. New. 1987. Paperback. 0874270510 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- Corresponds to ISBN: 0874270510 and ASIN: B001U6VVV0. 143 pages; 145 illustrations. -- with a bonus offer-- . Museum paperback
198874342Harry N Abrams; Et Al. New. 1988. Hardcover. 0810914484 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 108 pp. With 90 col. Ills. 24 x 31 cm. -- with a bonus offer-- . Harry N Abrams; Et Al hardcover
199625384Chicago Illinois U.S.A.: Univ of Chicago Pr. New. 1996. Hardcover. 0226345459 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Fine -- with a bonus offer-- . Univ of Chicago Pr hardcover
197169499Henri Screpel / Barron's. Fine. 1971. Softcover Monograph. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - TEXT PRISTINE - Text in English. 89 page monograph with more than 45 beautiful illustrations most in black and white. -- with a bonus offer-- . Henri Screpel / Barron's paperback
197363252Kunsthalle. As New. 1973. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - Text in German. 103 pp. With 52 ills. 21 x 21 cm. -- with a bonus offer-- . Kunsthalle paperback
199432085Syracuse New York U.S.A.: Syracuse Univ Pr. New. 1994. Paperback. 0951782347 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY BRAND NEW PRISTINE NEVER OPENED -243 pages -- with a bonus offer-- . Syracuse Univ Pr paperback
198566391Fondation Nationale Des Arts Graphiques Et Plastiques. New. 1985. Paperback. 2868950019 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- Text in French. 112 pp. With 71 ills. 14 col. . 21 x 21 cm. -- with a bonus offer-- . Fondation Nationale Des Arts Graphiques Et Plastiques paperback
197512447Berrien Springs Michigan U.S.A.: Andrews Univ Pr. As New in As New dust jacket. 1975. Hardcover. 0846700719 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - -- with a bonus offer-- . Andrews Univ Pr hardcover
199330835Blue Ridge Summit Pennsylvania U.S.A.: Univ Pr of Amer. New. 1993. Paperback. 0819193313 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - BRAND NEW FLAWLESS COPY NEVER OPENED -- 424 pages. "In this book the author uses a selection of twenty-six of his papers in which he sets forth both interbehavioral psychology and Hellenic Greek psychology together with psychological concepts of hunter-gatherers Egyptians and Indo-Europeans. Contents: I. Introduction. II. Pre-Greek Greek and Indian Psychology. III. Interbehavioral Psychology: General Framework; Special Topics; Studies Concerning the Founder of Interbehavioral Psychology; Tribute; Selected Bibliography." -- with a bonus offer-- . Univ Pr of Amer paperback
199333703Blue Ridge Summit Pennsylvania U.S.A.: Univ Pr of Amer. New. 1993. Paperback. 0819193313 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY BRAND NEW NEVER OPENED -- 424pp -- DESCRIPTION: In this book the author uses a selection of twenty-six of his papers in which he sets forth both interbehavioral psychology and Hellenic Greek psychology together with psychological concepts of hunter-gatherers Egyptians and Indo-Europeans. -- CONTENTS: I. Introduction. II. Pre-Greek Greek and Indian Psychology. III. Interbehavioral Psychology: General Framework; Special Topics; Studies Concerning the Founder of Interbehavioral Psychology; Tribute; Selected Bibliography. -- AUTHOR: Noel W. Smith is Professor of Psychology at the State University of New York. -- with a bonus offer-- . Univ Pr of Amer paperback
