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187720238London: MacMillan & Co 1877. 1st edition. Handsome modern period-style brown half-calf with marbled boards & maroon spine label with gilt ruling. Binding - Fine. Text block - Overall VG some browning & staining to paper especially 2L1 right margin/tide-water mark on lower text-block corner/H5 with ragged fore-edge; H8 with old paper repair to margin; Z1 with small semi-circular pc msg from upper margin affects the running title; pc laid-in gutter. Ex-lib with some stamps in text margins none on the 2 title pages. xxiii 1 513 pp. A3 is a second title leaf entitled "AERIAL NAVIGATION. The Problem with Hints for Its Solution. By Ithi Kefalende. 1851". Appendix A pp 493 - 496 is a list of aeronautic books used by the author in preparation of the text. Illustrated with 160 =159 as there is no Figure 50 intratextual figures diagrams & schematics. 8vo: A8 -A1 = 2L1 a4 -a4 a4 B - 2K8 2L1. 7-5/8" x 5" <br/><br/>Mansfield was known primarily for his work as the chemist who developed a process for extracting benzol from coal-tar thereby laying the foundation for the aniline industry as well as for his publication 'Theory of Salts' which is viewed as his most important contribution to theoretical chemistry. Mansfield's scientific orientation is notable in the perspective & approach displayed in this work where he devotes much thought & consideration to motive & powered aerial navigation as then current LTA efforts were subject to the whims of nature as they had been for the most part ever since Montgolfier. This publication along with all of his other works though written in the early 1850s was issued posthumously Mansfield having died prematurely at the young age of 36 from burns suffered during a laboratory accident. The DNB describes this title as "one of the most striking and suggestive works on its subject." MacMillan & Co hardcover books
1955137035Los Angeles: Joseph Cossman 1955. Original merchandising poster for a non-existent film circa 1955 created by entrepreneur Joseph Cossman for no other purpose than to sell the poster via mail order to individuals who wished to live in a world where they co-starred with Jayne Mansfield as their romantic female lead. In this case the lucky man was Ernie Cisney. <br/><br/>The poster was printed first as a four-color poster lacking the name of the co-star below Jayne Mansfield's and when the orders came rolling in the purchasing party's name would be added. Apart from the names of Cossman apparently the inventor of "Cosmo-Color" and Mansfield-along with a wild appropriation of the Fawcett Gold Medal logo at the top right corner-none of the names on the poster represent real persons in the film industry. <br/><br/>Cossman was a mail-order magnate responsible for the invention and marketing of such memorable 1950s products as the Spud Gun and the Ant Farm marketed entirely through comic books newspapers and magazines. The poster here represents an attempt on Cossman's part to sell posters as inventions rather than an advertisement of an actual film. Though it no doubt never crossed Crossman's mind a fascinating early example of meta-advertising. <br/><br/>Research has produced two other examples of the poster images only with the same design but different fictional names this being the only actual example of the poster we have handled or seen. <br/><br/>17.5 x 28 inches. Folded with a few pinholes at the corners a couple of short separations at the folds and a tiny chip at one corner. Very Good overall. Joseph Cossman unknown books
1996287824Chico.: Heidelberg Graphics. 1996. . Reprint. Hardcover gray cloth gilt spine titles. Very good plus in a tape-repaired slipcase. . 4to. Heavy book - requires extra postage. Heidelberg Graphics. hardcover books
19301086718vo. London: Constable & Co. Ltd. 1930. 8vo. viii 162 pp. printed in red and black. Original brown buckram lettered in gilt top-edge gilt other edges uncut deckled and original brown paper dust jacket. Jacket has some minor chipping otherwise a near fine copy. Publisher’s postcard inserted at front. § First edition one of 750 copies. A novella by Katherine Mansfield the longer version of the short story “Prelude†edited and published posthumously by husband John Middleton Murry whom Virginia Woolf criticized for publishing so much of Mansfield’s “inferior†work. Constable & Co. Ltd hardcover books
1957133258Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1957. Original black-and-white pressbook from the 1957 US film adapted by David Goodis from his own 1953 novel. <br/><br/>Duryea and his gang including Mansfield rob an emerald necklace from a wealthy widow. The group falls to bickering over what to do with the loot unaware that they are being pursued by a corrupt cop and his femme fatale partner. Remade in 1971 by Henri Verneuil as "The Burglars" starring Jean-Paul Belmondo Omar Sharif and Dyan Cannon. <br/><br/>A story set and shot on location in Philadelphia PA and Atlantic City NJ. <br/><br/>8 pages saddle-stapled 12 x 16 inches. A horizontal fold to the middle else Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
193819959London 1938. First English edition printed from the author's original manuscript one of 100 numbered copies 8vo pp. 7; original green printed wrappers minor fading at wrapper edges; near fine. "Mansfield apparently wrote this poem while she was living in Bavaria recovering from an illness and working on the stories which were later collected under the title of "in a German Pension' although the lines suggest that the poem was conceived during her residence in New Zealand--probably at the time of Wyspianski's death in 1907." Wyspianski was a dramatic poet and has been described as the greatest literary genius produced by modern Poland. <br/><br/> unknown books
1923216802London: Constable & Company Limited 1923. First edition second issue with "First published June 1923" on the copyright page and lacking letter "t" line 8 page 64. xxiii 197 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue ruled buckram. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket faintly toned with a small chip at head of spine panel. First edition second issue with "First published June 1923" on the copyright page and lacking letter "t" line 8 page 64. xxiii 197 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Kirkpatrick A6a Constable & Company Limited unknown books
192419956London: Constable & Co 1924. First edition second issue with 1924 on verso of the title 8vo pp. ix 1 258 1; original green cloth endpapers a bit darkened gift inscription dated Christmas 1924 on front free endpaper else fine in a near fine clipped dust jacket with light wear and one short tear at edge. A book of stories the earliest written in 1908 when Mansfield was nineteen years old. <br/><br/> Constable & Co hardcover books
1924147541924. London: Constable & Co. 1924. Original grey cloth stamped in violet with dust jacket.<br/><br/> First Edition second and usual issue a very few copies once pegged at 34 in number were first issued without the "First Published 1924" on the title page verso. Knopf's American edition published the same year was titled THE LITTLE GIRL. This posthumous collection of 25 stories includes writings from as early as 1908 when the New Zealand native was only 19. The title story actually "Something Childish but very Natural" is a tale of young love beginning with a chance encounter of two teenagers on a commuter train replete with the proper awkwardness and ultimately the intrusion of fate. She wrote it in 1914 when she and John Middleton Murry were living penniless in France; after she died in 1923 at age 34 it was he who had his wife's book published in his Introductory Note he says "I have no doubt that Katherine Mansfield were she still alive would not have suffered some of these stories to appear". This is a fine copy in a just-about-fine dust jacket a hint of wear at a couple of corners. Kirkpatrick A8a. unknown books
185554449Cincinnati: Published by Applegate & Co 1855. First edition. Frontispiece portrait. x 11-408 pp; 12 pp. ads. 1 vols. 8vo. Original brown cloth. Some foxing some minor wear at head and tale of spine. First edition. Frontispiece portrait. x 11-408 pp; 12 pp. ads. 1 vols. 8vo. Howes M264. Coleman 1564 Published by Applegate & Co unknown books
237801 vols. 10 "x 8. Some wear at corners but inscription bold and bright. 1 vols. 10 "x 8 unknown books
19229027630London: Constable 1922. 1st . Hardcover. Near fine. Second state binding preceded by aout 25 trial bindings. <br/><br/> Constable hardcover books
1923WRCLIT19992London: Constable 1923. Cloth. First edition. Endsheets slightly tanned otherwise a fine copy; the dust jacket is crisp and complete but is quite discolored on the spine panel. KIRKPATRICK A6a. Constable hardcover books
191519633London 1915. First Edition. Softcover. Very good. 28 pp. Original stapled wrappers show some wear and creasing to wraps and there is a small indentation at the fore edge. Text clean. The second of only three issues published. Includes the second installment of "The Crown" by Lawrence "The Little Governess" by Berry Mansfield and "There Was a Little Man" by Murray. paperback books
1930127461930. Edited by J. Middleton Murry. London: Constable & Co. 1930. Original grey cloth with dust jacket. First Edition. These are the book reviews Katherine Mansfield wrote for "The Athenaeum" during the years 1919-1920 published here seven years after her death by her widower. This is a fine copy in a price-clipped but otherwise just about fine jacket. NCBEL IV 654. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1924129London: Constable 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. fine/near fine. 1st edition with the copyright there were 34 advance copies without copyright for review another over hyped J. M. Murry artificial scarcity but this is the 1st published edition. Fine in near fine dustjacket. Constable hardcover books
1923D4861London / Bombay / Sydney: Constable and Company Limited 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Original grey cloth stamped in blue. Spine tips and corners bumped; previous owner's discreet notation on FFEP dated July 1923 interesting -- so close to the June publication otherwise unmarked. First edition the published issue with date on the verso the title-page. There was also an advance issue of 25 copies undated used as traveler's samples. A handsome copy. <br/><br/> Constable and Company Limited hardcover books
1923216803London: Constable & Company Limited 1923. First edition second issue with "First published June 1923" on the copyright page and lacking letter "t" line 8 page 64. xxiii 197 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue ruled buckram. Near Fine in complete dust jacket split along lower joint and extremities reinforced with tape. Bookplate of Joan Whitney. First edition second issue with "First published June 1923" on the copyright page and lacking letter "t" line 8 page 64. xxiii 197 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Kirkpatrick A6a Constable & Company Limited unknown books
1939255695London: Constable 1939. First. hardcover. fine/fine. Edited by J.M.M. J. Middleton Murray. 8vo cloth d.w. London: Constable 1939. First edition. Fine.<br/><br/> Superlative copy in a flawless dust wrapper & the Book Society wrap-around band. unobtrusive ownership signature 1939.<br/><br/> Constable unknown books
192346674London: Constable & Company Limited 1923. 1st trade Edition Kirtpatrick A6 reputedly preceded by "twenty-five copies sent out as travellers' samples". Gray/blue cloth binding blue lettering to top board and back strip. Dust jacket. VG/VG spine panel sun-tanned with a bit of chipping at ends. xxiii 1 blank 196 4 pp. Crown 8vo. 7-5/8" x 5" <br/><br/> Constable & Company Limited hardcover books
185473629New York: D. Appleton 1854. 1st Amer. ed. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 vols. frontises illustrations 350 355p. plus 10p. publisher's advertisements at end of Vol. I and 4p. publisher's advertisements at end of Vol. II. Original dark green cloth. 21cm. Covers sound and clean with some moderate chipping at ends of backstrips. Foxing mostly on frontises and title-pages. <br/><br/> D. Appleton hardcover books
1930010398Constable 1930. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Fine copy in a Fine Price Clipped Jacket. First Edition.Comes with an Insert About the Author's Books.Beautiful Unfaded Copy. Constable Hardcover books
184810541New York A.S. Barnes/Cincinnati H.W. Derby 1848. 1848. First edition. 8vo. Frontispiece 15 maps and engravings. 323 pages 12 pages of publisher's advertisements. Original gilt stamped brown cloth with gilt stamped canon design on spine rubbed occasional foxing. Good-very good. Contemporary ink signature of Thaddeus E. Sanger. Sabin 44370. F. Hardcover. New York, A.S. Barnes/Cincinnati, H.W. Derby, 1848. hardcover books
18906036751890. not signed on a 3/4 length pose of Richard Mansfield wearing a dark suit silk tie and high collar white shirt. Note his eye glasses. Photograph is on the original stiff photographer's mount with Sarony 87 Union Sqr. N.Y. on the lower mount. 4 1/4" x 6 5/8"; very good a little toning to background of image; traces of mounting on the back; circa 1890. No Binding. Very Good. unknown books
1800WRCAM25107Cambridge: Printed by William Hilliard 1800. 15pp. Small quarto. Stitched. Edges rather chipped. Final leaf detached and with three-inch tear. Bit tanned. Overall good. Mansfield is described on the titlepage as a Junior Sophister. EVANS 37884. WEGELIN 1058. Printed by William Hilliard unknown books
