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1905B001G67960Used; Good. 5-C-26 George Bell and Sons 1905 Hardcover. Please note this is the 1905 and not the 1892 edition. Text is clean and unmarked. Covers have light wear for age with a little bumping at spine. Book Condition; Good . 1905. HARDCOVER. hardcover
1348114037.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
19278282London: Robert Holden & Co. Ltd. 1927. FIRST EDITION NEIL GUNN’S COPY 8vo pp. 192. Original quarter blue cloth patterned orange and grey paper boards paper label printed in blue to spine. A touch of spotting to edges. Binding a little rubbed. Ink ownership inscription of ‘N.M. Gunn’ to front flyleaf with later corroborating note and ownership inscription of Colin MacDonald to front pastedown. The scarce sole edition of this radio play by writer and Liberal politician Reginald Berkeley 1890-1935 which was originally commissioned by the BBC for public broadcast but never saw production. Berkeley wrote for the stage and began writing ‘for the microphone’ with <em>The Dweller in the Darkness</em> first broadcast by the BBC in April 1925. Berkeley decided to publish <em>Machines</em> when he received a letter from the BBC rejecting the script as ‘far too controversial for purposes of broadcasting’ and he includes his entire correspondence with two representatives of the BBC. Here Berkeley argues that his play is deemed controversial for the fact that ‘it does not happen to glorify Conservatives at the expense of working people’. This copy belonged to Scottish novelist Neil M. Gunn 1891-1973 with his ownership inscription on the front flyleaf and a later ownership inscription confirming ‘from Gunn’s library’ dated 12/1/83. Robert Holden & Co., Ltd. hardcover
180025312Philadelphia: Way & Groff 1800. First edition. 34pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Disbound and resewn. Apart from some staining a very good copy. First edition. 34pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The author argues that the class of medicines commonly known as 'sedatives' are actually stimulants.<br /> He considers the likes of digitalis opium nitre and saccharum.<br /> <br /> Scarce: OCLC locates 5 copies. Evans 36942 Way & Groff unknown
18998239San Francisco: The Trustees of the Phoebe A. Hearst Architectural Plan 1899. Very Good. 1899. First Edition. Softcover. Oblong 4to. 10 x 14 inches. 152pp.; original printed wrappers stabbed & tied at inner margin. Profusely illustrated with photographic plates drawings and plans including a portrait of Mrs. Hearst portraits of the six members of the jury 3 shots of the jury deliberating on the site. Laid in is a folded 23" x 10" 1933 map of the campus and a 19" x 13.5" folded section from California Architect and Building News illustrating the General Elevation and Plan 4th Prize Design - Howard and Cauldwell Architects. Covers soiled. A record of the Hearst competition for the Berkeley campus reproducing 110 drawings and giving an historical account of the competition the final programme the report of the jury the secretarys report etc. Reproduces a series of drawings by the winner Benard; also second prize by Howells Stokes and Hornbostel third prize by Despradelle and Codman fourth prize by Howard and Cauldwell fifth prize by Lord Hewitt and Hull and a series of other deigns by Whitney Warren Herr Rudolph Dick J. H. Freedlander and others. . The Trustees of the Phoebe A. Hearst Architectural Plan (1899) paperback
18998240San Francisco: The Trustees of the Phoebe A. Hearst Architectural Plan. Good. 1899. Softcover. Oblong 4to. 10 x 14 inches. 152pp.; original printed wrappers stabbed & tied at inner margin. Profusely illustrated with photographic plates drawings and plans including a portrait of Mrs. Hearst portraits of the six members of the jury 3 shots of the jury deliberating on the site. Covers soiled; corners chipped with closed tear to cover foot of spine and a triangular 1" piece out bottom edge. A record of the Hearst competition for the Berkeley campus reproducing 110 drawings and giving an historical account of the competition the final programme the report of the jury the secretarys report etc. Reproduces a series of drawings by the winner Benard; also second prize by Howells Stokes and Hornbostel third prize by Despradelle and Codman fourth prize by Howard and Cauldwell fifth prize by Lord Hewitt and Hull and a series of other deigns by Whitney Warren Herr Rudolph Dick J. H. Freedlander and others. The Memoral Stadium Promotional booklet is unpaginated 12 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches decorative wrappers stabbed & tied at spine; includes architectural renderings of the stadium letters from Stadium Committee members The Architectural Plan Financial Plan photo illustrations of athletes from California. . The Trustees of the Phoebe A. Hearst Architectural Plan paperback
189173666Cambridge: Riverside Press 1891. First edition of Updike's first book. Tall octavo. 154 1 colophon 1 pp. Complete with both fold-out charts. Publisher's half black morocco over marbled boards expertly rebacked to style gilt spine lettering marbled endpapers. Minor foxing to first three and last three leaves mainly blanks. Armorial bookplate. An untrimmed and very handsome copy of this scarce title. According the RBH the last copy to appear at auction was in 1940.The first book designed by Mr. Updike printed under his supervision at the Riverside Press. “Before he began work on his own account Updike had made one book and only one in which he had had entirely his own way. It is a simple volume with little that is distinctive or decorative about it except that there is nothing wrong; the proportions of page and margins title size of types and composition tone of paper and quality of press work offer nothing for obvious criticism. The book is ‘An Inquiry into the Naming of Churches in the United States’ compiled by two laymen of the Diocese of Rhode Island that is Mr. Updike and his closest friend Harold Brown of Newport. . . .â€---G. P. Winship The Merrymount Press of Boston. Riverside Press hardcover
197587447Berkeley CA: Berkeley High School 1975. Hardcover. Near fine with scant number 4-5 of inscriptions. Binding tight boards just a very wee bit edge-rubbed. Large quarto in color photo illus back and front cloth-backed boards; 302p; chiefly b& w some color photos. This is the original not a reprint. Great photos of a mostly bygone era. Includes a 5" x 7" b&w class photo of the 1972 City of Berkeley Cazadero Music Camp laid in. Berkeley High School hardcover
1791015762London: Printed for John Stockdale Piccadilly. 1791. Hardcover. Very Good. Volume I only. Full leather with gilt title on spine; gilt ruled borders; dentelle. Spine scuffed; corners lightly worn. Starting crack to inner front hinge. Marbled endpapers. Armorial bookplate on front pastedown. Interior is clean with some occasional light foxing. pp. 2 3-271. A volume of letters by Anne Berkeley c. 1707-1786 wife of philosopher Bishop Berkeley George Berkeley addressed to Adam Gordon c. 1745-1817. The matter includes her arguments against the free-thinkers who here husband also attacked and references Shaftesbury Hume Voltaire Bolingbroke and Rousseau. In addition to addressing various theological and philosophical matters Anne largely waxes upon the importance of Christian education and morality. According to the Berkeley scholar Stefan Gordon Storrie Anne's correspondence here started around 1764 when Anne was approaching her sixties and Adam Gorden was still a young man. Volume I is divided into two parts: a the Preface by the editor Rev. Adam Gordon Rector of Hinxworth which is dated December 18 1790; and b 31 of the 41 letters by Anne Berkeley. For reference Volume II which is not offered included a the final ten letters by Anne b the ''Anniversary Addresses from a father to his son on his birthday'' by Adam Gordon and c ''Six letters to a Lady of Quality'' by the historian and Christian mystic Nathaniel Hooke. Printed for John Stockdale, Piccadilly. hardcover
63-4962Berkeley CA: Arthur Eugene Hutson 1980. Typed Signed Letter. 8.5" x 5.5" Single Page on UC Berkeley English Department letterhead Good with marginal tears.Provenance: Peter Howard Serendipity Books Berkeley. Berkeley, CA: [Arthur Eugene Hutson], 1980. unknown
197055912Berkeley: Berkeley Political Poster Workshop 1970. Original illustrated poster silkscreened in camo green on repurposed computer listing paper with perforated tractor strips measuring 38cm x 56cm 15" x 22". Some splitting along the center fold discreetly and archivally reinforced on verso; Very Good. <br /> <br /> An arresting image portraying the gears of the war machine with silhouettes of human beings inside each one and a conscience-provoking slogan. One of some 600 designs created by Berkeley student members of the Political Poster Workshop in 1970; on average fewer than 100 copies of each design were printed for distribution on and around campus. See WILLIAMS 32-33. 55912. Berkeley Political Poster Workshop unknown
115600Berkeley CA University of California at Berkeley c. 1950. . 14 mimeographed typescript lectures on 144 leaves rectos only; diagrams throughout the text some pencilled notes contents a little toned; brown pressboard binder housed in a custom brown cloth folding case later manuscript title to upper cover some sticker residue edges a little rubbed corners bumped very good condition.<br /> A rare set of mimeographed lecture notes from an experimental physics course connected with Berkeley's Radiation Laboratory with chapters by three Nobel Prize winners. Mimeographed lecture notes of this kind were made by students for themselves and their colleagues and exist in very small numbers. We have located only two auction records for this set the present one sold in 2018 and a copy at Christie's in 2002. <br /><br />Berkeley's '290' physics courses are 'graduate level courses that feature a weekly seminar on physics topics' 'many of which are open to the public' generally meaning the research community Berkeley website. The present lectures are all labelled '290f' what was then a course in experimental physics connected with the Berkeley Radiation Laboratory. Now known as the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory this research centre was established in 1931 by Ernest Lawrence and centred around his development of the cyclotron a new and more powerful type of particle accelerator for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize. The laboratory has remained a leader in physics research up to the present day and was responsible for numerous twentieth century breakthroughs including electronic enrichment of uranium for the Manhattan Project the discovery of the transuranic elements and the anti-proton and measurement of the cosmic microwave background radiation.<br /><br />Taking place around 1950 none of the reference sources listed in the text have publication dates past 1949 the present course begins with relatively basic concepts in electrical engineering necessary for anyone doing hands-on experimental work at the Radiation Laboratory and proceeds to linear accelerators the cyclotron and beta ray spectrographs. Of the fourteen lectures three were presented by Nobel Prize winners:<br /><br />Chapter 7 Ionization: Emilio Segré 1905-1989 discovered the antiproton and the elements technetium and astatine. An Italian Jew he was made stateless by the Mussolini government in 1938 while on a visit to Berkeley and was offered a position at the Radiation Laboratory. Between 1943 and 1946 he worked at Los Alamos after which he returned to Berkeley until his retirement in 1972.<br /><br />Chapter 10 General Accelerator Considerations: Edwin McMillan 1907-1991 was with Glenn Seaborg the first to produce a transuranic element neptunium. He joined the Radiation Laboratory in 1933 and during the Second World War worked on microwave radar and the Manhattan Project. When hostilities ended he returned to Berkeley co-developed the synchrotron and became director of the laboratory after Lawrence's death in 1958.<br /><br />Chapter 12 Linear Accelerators: Louis Alvarez 1911-1988 was a pioneer who made fundamental discoveries in physics through his development of the hydrogen bubble chamber. He joined the laboratory in 1936 and worked with the experimental team headed by Robert Oppenheimer. During the war he contributed significantly to radar research joined the Manhattan Project and then returned to Berkeley.<br /><br />The full contents are as follows: 1. Electrical Measurements no author listed; 2. Vacuum Tubes and Amplifiers by A. Bratenahl; 3. Pulse Circuits by R. Mozely; 4. Oscillators by D. Gow; 5. Rectifiers and Power Supplies by D. Gow; 6. General Considerations of Particle Counters by B.J. Moyer; 7. Ionization Chambers by Emilio Segré; 8. Geiger Counters by R. Chasson; 9. Proportional Counters by H.F. York; 10. General Accelerator Considerations by E. McMillan; 11. Van de Graaf Electrostatic Accelerators by A.J. Hudgins; 12. Linear Accelerators by Louis Alvarez; 13. The Cyclotron by R.L. Thornton; 14. Beta Ray Spectrographs by A.C. Helmholz.<br /> Berkeley, CA, University of California at Berkeley, c. 1950. hardcover
197035425Berkeley: Berkeley Political Poster Workshop 1970. Original illustrated poster silkscreened in black on white repurposed computer listing paper with perforated tractor strips measuring ca.38cm x 56cm 15" x 22". A Fine copy / A. <br /> <br /> A simple powerful anti-war image by an uncredited Berkeley student. The image is reproduced from a 1968 AP photograph of the bodies of US Marines on Hill 689 in Khe Sanh South Vietnam. The poster "is an indirect invocation of the political order in the United States and for those who remember a reminder that both Lyndon Johnson in 1964 and Richard Nixon in 1968 won the presidency with promises of peace - which were then contradicted by their actions." Benson Thomas W. Posters for Peace: Visual Rhetoric and Civic Action. One of some 600 designs created by Berkeley student members of the Political Poster Workshop in 1970; on average fewer than 100 copies of each design were printed for distribution on and around campus. Not individually listed in OCLC though we note copies held at Yale and Penn State. WILLIAMS 28. Berkeley Political Poster Workshop unknown
197055917Berkeley: Berkeley Political Poster Workshop 1970. Original illustrated poster silkscreened in black and burnt orange on repurposed computer listing paper with perforated tractor strips measuring 38cm x 56cm 15" x 22". Thin strip of toning a few tiny splits; Near Fine. <br /> <br /> Among the most striking designs created by Berkeley student members of the Political Poster Workshop in 1970 depicting a young Vietnamese boy carrying his baby brother on his back. On average fewer than 100 copies of each design were printed for distribution on and around campus. This variant not in WILLIAMS 4973: Berkeley Protest Posters 1970 - see p.118. Berkeley Political Poster Workshop unknown
83078Berkeley: Political Poster Workshop 1970. Original silkscreen in red printed on white poster paper measuring 77.74cm x 58.5cm 29" x 23". Short repaired tear in left margin; hand-inked date 7/2/70 at upper right else Near Fine. Unlike the majority of BPPW posters this one is not printed on repurposed computer paper but rather on higher-quality poster paper in a larger than usual format. <br /> <br /> One of some 600 designs created by Berkeley student members of the Political Poster Workshop a student anti-war graphics collective over the course of the 1970 academic year; on average fewer than a few hundred copies of each design were printed for distribution on and around campus. Not in Williams. unknown
1725371588London: H. Woodfall 1725. 24pp. 8vo. Nineteenth century half red morocco and marbled boards minor wear. Numerical stamp on verso of title bookplate. 24pp. 8vo. Proposes the creation of a college in Bermuda for training young American Indians to serve as missionaries throughout the British colonies. First published the year prior. Scarce. ESTC T14337; Sabin 4878 H. Woodfall unknown
17322329641London: Printed for J. Tonson in the Strand 1732. Second Edition. Full-Leather. Good/No Jacket. Second edition. Neatly rebacked with new gilt titles original boards and endsheets retained. Discolored 2 inch declivity on front board boards rubbed with corners exposed first volume lacks leaf A4 ink owner stamps on front endpapers William Harris Mar 1944 light stain to marginal edges of first gathering in volume two front and end matter lightly foxed rear free endpaper of first volume loosening. 1732 Full-Leather. 356; 351 pp. Alciphron is a Christian apologetic in answer to the 'minute philosophers' of Berkeley's day who sought to minimize the the dignity of man. Berkeley is known as an advocate of subjective idealism which he called immaterialism which states that objects do not exist unless they are perceived. "A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge 1710 is the classic exposition of his philosophy of immaterialism as an antidote to infidelity prefaced with an influential essay in the philosophy of language; part two was later lost in manuscript with other papers in Italy." - Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Perhaps his most well-known work is Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous in which two characters representing himself and John Locke discuss various philosophical questions. Berkeley was a fellow at Trinity College and in the 1720s turned his attention to the project of opening St. Paul's College in Bermuda though skepticism about the chances of success in this endeavor caused the funding to come into question. "To prevent a threatening decline in private support Berkeley sailed for Newport Rhode Island with a small advance party on 6 September 1728; this included Smibert who painted several well-known portraits of Berkeley and of his party before settling for life in Boston. The journey was hazardous and protracted. They made an unscheduled landfall on the Virginia coast about the turn of the year and were officially received at Williamsburg before reaching Rhode Island on 23 January 1729. By the spring Berkeley had bought a farm of 96 acres at Middletown 'with two fine groves and winding rivulet upon it' Works 8.194 whose produce would support the college. He employed slaves and was apparently indifferent to the institution of slavery provided that it was humane seeing the moral need rather as one of conversion and baptism. He built a new house Whitehall which is now maintained as a historic site although the adjoining farmland has given way to urban development. Berkeley often preached at Newport Rhode Island in the winter and in remoter outposts in the summer. The strongest and longest friendship he established among New England churchmen was with Samuel Johnson 1696 - 1772 of Stratford Connecticut a refugee from Calvinism who later became first president of King's College New York later Columbia University and lent support to Berkeley's philosophy through his Elementa philosophica 1752 and other writings. Throughout his career Berkeley had little time for dissenters although he abhorred the use of violence against them. The religious tolerance characteristic of Rhode Island induced a degree of ecumenicism in his social practice that was not always maintained in the pulpit. Reports of growing infidelity in English society to which he was always liable to give credence were fuelled by the continuing bad faith of the government in failing to lodge the funds he considered legally his. This was a factor in his writing Alciphron a set of dialogues located notionally in England but drawing much of the landscape description from Rhode Island which was to sell well and stimulate controversy after his return. In this theist and immaterialist combine their defences against a medley of intellectual trends derived primarily but not exclusively from Locke Bernard Mandeville and the third earl of Shaftesbury that Berkeley regarded as obstructive to religion. The work includes Berkeley's second foray into moral philosophy." - Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Printed for J. Tonson in the Strand hardcover
1732369350London: Printed for J. Tonson in the Strand 1732. Hardcover. Fair. Second edition. Two volumes. Octavos. Volume two includes: "An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision" with a separate title page. Illustrated with engraved title vignettes woodcut headpieces and tailpieces including one signed tailpiece in volume one. Contemporary calf over boards edges stained red. "G: Berkeley" written in ink on front free endpaper of Vol. 1. Ex-library with bookplates and paper shelf label on spines boards are worn and detached the lower right corner of the title page in Vol. 1 is torn away effecting the final two numerals of the letterpress date and the corner of the double-ruled letterpress border; small three-digit number stamp on the bottom margin of the first Contents page in each volume else a good only sound set with scattered foxing. Both text blocks are suitable for rebinding. A classic philosophical work written when Berkeley was resident in America. ESTC T86055. Printed for J. Tonson in the Strand hardcover
198932503AB1989. Two Volumes complete set. New York / London Garland Publishing Inc. 1989 Octavo. Volume I: XV 425 pages / IX 516 pages. Hardcover. Very good as new condition. Gift-inscription to endpaper. The material reprinted in this two-volume set first published in 1989 covers the first eighty-five years in responses to George Berkeleys writings. David Berman identifies several key waves of eighteenth-century criticism surrounding Berkeleys philosophies ranging from hostile and discounted to valued and defended. The first volume includes an account of the life of Berkeley by J. Murray and key responses from 1711 to 1748 whilst the second volume covers the years between 1745 and 1796. This fascinating reissue illustrates the breadth and diversity of the early reaction to Berkeleys philosophies and will help students and academics form a clear image of both Berkeleys work and his reputation through the eyes of his contemporaries. Publisher's Info hardcover
64411Ephemera. Very Good. Leaflet on an 8 1/2 x 11" sheet of paper. With 2 light fold lines vertical and horizontal through the center.<br /> <br /> The flyer states:<br /> <br /> "The Berkeley City Council just voted 5 to 3 to let people have Telegraph Avenue tomorrow from noon to 10 P.M.! Plans will be made at tonight's meeting for rallies bands etc. Grateful Dead Mother Earth Mad River The Phoenix have agreed.<br /> <br /> "This victory is an important step for all the people of Berkeley. But this is only a step. We must continue the fight for:<br /> <br /> - amnesty for weekend arrestees<br /> - permanent free speech and assembly<br /> - regular closing of Telegraph to cars<br /> - investigation of police brutality and a referendum for community control of police unknown
1973100348AB1973. Greenwich Conn. New York Graphic Society 1973. Folio. 192 pages with numerous photographs. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Busby Berkeley born Berkeley William Enos; November 29 1895 March 14 1976 was an American film director and musical choreographer. Berkeley devised elaborate musical production numbers that often involved complex geometric patterns. Berkeley's works used large numbers of showgirls and props as fantasy elements in kaleidoscopic on-screen performances. Wikipedia hardcover
197312946JGreenwich: New York Graphic Society 1973. First Edition. This copy belonged to the “Busby Berkeley girl†actress Gwen Seager and has several inscriptions to her. The book is inscribed by the author Jim Terry: “To Gwen With love and appreciation Jim Terry Sept 14 1973 Ps. You’re still a ‘great looking broad.’†Also inscribed by one of Busby Berkeley’s male dancers actor James Baker: “To Gwen. One of Busby’s lovelies. Jimmie Baker.†Additionally the book is signed by actress Vicki Vinton another of Berkeley’s girls and she has signed it rather charmingly. The title page is a wonderful large two page photograph of Berkeley huddled with a bevy of beautiful women. Vicki Vinton is in the front foreground semi-reclining and Vinton has signed her name on one of her long lithe legs. The definitive coffee-table book on Berkeley written with his cooperation with spectacular illustrations of his film musicals. Contains a foreword by Ruby Keeler. Near fine copy with some slight spotting to the rear board in a very good dust jacket with some edge wear and rubbing at the folds. Difficult to find in this condition. New York Graphic Society unknown
191569916Berkeley: Students Co-operative Society 1915. First edition. Oblong quarto. One leaf of text followed by twenty-two mounted albertype images of the campus. Original brown wrappers with silk ties. Small tea along one tie hole but overall a very good copy.This collection consists of twenty-two albertype views of the campus and major buildings at the University of California at Berkeley taken by A.C. Pillsbury of San Francisco 1918. The photographs are loosely bound in a book with a seal of the Unversity of California on the front cover and a brief history of the University on the first page. It was published by the Students Cooperative Society in Berkeley California and produced by the Albertype Co. in Brooklyn NY. The book while untitled was most likely created to celebrate the 50 year anniversary of the University. The first page of the book has been signed by Deta Petersen and dated July 31 1918.; Organized numerical by photo number.; Biographical Note; Sather Gate.; General Campus View: California Hall Boalt Hall of Law.; Concrete Bridge Approach to Campus.; The University Library.; North Hall.; South Hall.; California Hall.; Old Library and East Hall.; Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Building.; Hearst Memorial Mining Building.; Chemistry Building.; Civil Engineering Building.; Hearst Hall.; Harmon Gymnasium.; Senior Hall.; The Conservatory.; Foot Ball Statue.; Le Conte Oak Lovers' Lane.; Rustic Bridge and Stone Steps.; Faculty Club.; The President's Mansion.; The Greek Theatre. Students Co-operative Society unknown
1750JC14358London: Printed for J. Whiston. R. Dodsley. and W. Russel. / W. Innys and C. Hitch. and C. Davis. / W. Innys C. Davis C. Hitch W. Bowyer. / M. Cooper 1750 et al see below. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Contemporary calf handsomely rebacked with gilt-stamped lettering in red leather spine label in second compartment 5 raised bands; four works bound together in one volume 8vo; TIME 1750 First Edition pp. xxvii 1 130 2 ads; SIRIS 1747 London reprint of the Dublin edition pp. 174 1 contents; QUERIST 1750 First Edition pp. 4 83 1; MORALS 1751 First Edition pp. 30. Boards scratched and scuffed. Contemporary handwritten notes on FFEP listing the volume's contents; contermporary ownership signature on title-page of TIME and QUERIST; contemporary marginalia in QUERIST. Otherwise an excellent clean copy nice and tight text block just a bit tanned and brittle along the edges more pronounced on first and last few leaves. <br/><br/> Printed for J. Whiston... R. Dodsley... and W. Russel... / W. Innys, and C. Hitch... and C. Davis... / W. Innys, C. Davis, C. Hi hardcover
67593London Dean's Rag Book Co. ca. 1903. . Textil-Bilderbuch Lumpenstoff auf dem Titel ein kleines Mädchen mit einer Kinder-Schubkarre voller Spielzeug innen farbige Abbildungen einfacher Gegenstände jeweils bezeichnet: ball apple cow fiork aber auch mallet racquet saupan und shuttlecock. - Stanley Berkeley 1855-1909 britischer Maler. - Ränder gering ausgefranst; gutes Exemplar London, Dean's Rag Book Co. [ca. 1903]. unknown