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1994mon0000001655Leisure Books 1994-07-01. Paperback. Good. in x in x in. Ex library book usual markings. Hardback with dust cover. Clean copy. Leisure Books paperback
1964302G3189USA: United Newspapers Magazine Corporation / The Boston Herald 1964. Magazine. Illus. by Redl Harry; Shirvanian; Miller Marilyn; Litwin Wallace. Good. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 16 pages. Features: Gorgeous cover photo of Dalia Lavi; Japan Goes Yankee - article with wonderful photos of American culture being adopted by the Japanese; Thailand Adventure - American Jacqueline Ayer went to Bangkok as a housewife became a fashion designer and today she's bringing Eastern flavor to U.S. women; Daddy's Eight Daughters - Charlie Rose writes of the beautiful family of General Chien Tai former chief representative of China to the United Nations - includes magnificent family photo of Mi-mi Do-do Octavia Re-re General Chien Tai Satellite Madame Tai Uranium La-la Si-si Fa-fa and So-so; A Girl's Life in Red China - Sansan a pretty teen-ager has a message for Americans her own age she escaped to Hong Kong in 1962 and here describes the plight of living in Red China; Hong Kong Tea Party - Cooking Far Eastern Style in Kitty Wing Min's Home. Color ads include; Miss Clairol and Hush Puppies back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy of this most wonderful issue. United Newspapers Magazine Corporation / The Boston Herald Paperback
190676852Tonopah: N.p. 1906-06. Two legal Agreements and other ephemera detailing the proposed sale of the Keane Wonder Mine in Death Valley owned by John Keane and Domingo Etcherran to E. H. Wedekind for $150000 in 1905. The 1905 Agreement is 6 pp. printed on rectoss only and details a payment plan fofr Wedekind It is signed by John Keane and Domingo Etcherran and their attorney Thomas Keane attorney signed for all parties as it is likely that John Keane and Domingo Etcherann were Illiterate. The seond official Agreement is only two pages long and it is attorney-signed for the J. Keaned and D. Etcheran and this one was signed by E. H. Wedekind. It just seems to add a proviso that the two men couldd continue theri mining until January 20th of 1906. The original Agreement was never signed by Wedekind and obviously fell through. Homer Wilson and John Campbell were the final purchasers again in 1906 of the twenty claims that comprised theKeane Wonder Mine. Keane Wonder Mine. Agreement 1905. E. H. Wedekind to purchase the Keane Wonder Mine from John Keane and Domingo Etcherran for $150000 with $10000 down. The 1905 contract was drawn up in Tonopah NV and it is not signed by by E. H. Wedekin Five yellow legal pages unsigned with pencil notes concerning deferred payments stock payments payment timing an option memo to John Keane and bond information. Similar terms had been offered to Captain J. R. Delamar in 1904; he was given one year to pay but failed to do so whereupon the mine reverted to Keane and Etcharran and Wedekind was sought as a new purchaser. Wedekind was a prominent California mining engineer incorporator of the Falls City Belt Line Railroad fiscal agent for the Elgin Quicksilver Mines until finally striking it rich in Ryholite. The yellow legal pages bear a “Sunset†watermark listed in the 1910 directory as belonging to H. S. Crocker of San Francisco. 2011-114 N.p. unknown
19733830FREIBEUTER 1973. 1. softcover. Maloftege! FREIBEUTER paperback
192220498AB1922. Regensburg Habbel 1922. 32 : 25 cm. 2 leaves with coloured original woodcut 16 plates with 16 b/w original woodcuts by Alfred Zacharias. Originla half cloth portfolio title on front cover. One of 100 numbered copies of the deluxe edition numbered and signed by the artist on the title-page. - Alfred Zacharias 25. März 1901 in Regensburg; 3. November 1998 in Gauting was a German teacher graphic artist and poet. He worked mainly in woodcut and his first works were published in the journal 'Die Sichel' hardcover
192320150AB1923. Paris Mornay 1923. 21 : 16 cm. 3 loeaves 444 pages 3 leaves with many original woodcuts by S. Sauvage. Half calf binding with red and gold ornamental lines gilt title on spine top edge gilt decorated end-papers. signed Marot Roode. The famous novel by D'Annunmzio illustrated with sensitive woodcuts by Sylvian Sauvage 1888-1948. - In a signed art deco-binding by Marot-Roode. - The story is set in the Abruzzo region the birthplace of the author. The noble aesthete Giorgio Aurispa besotted with his unhappily-married lover Ippolita leaves Rome after witnessing a suicide. After a brief interlude with Ippolita in Albano Giorgio receives a telegram from his mother who lives in the small mountain village of Guardiagrele. Giorgio arrives in the beautiful city of stone and is fascinated by the sculptures; however he is equally haunted by popular superstitions and the memories of the suicide of his uncle Demetrio whom he had loved as a father. Worse Giorgio discovers that his actual father has squandered the family fortune forcing his mother and siblings to live in poverty while he carries on with a prostitute. Giorgio curses his father abandoning his family and runs to the sea buying a house on a hill in San Vito Chietino. Ippolita joins him and the two pursue a summer of decadent languor marred only by Giorgio's developing paranoia towards her. Giorgio is additionally obsessed with death and matters only become worse after the pair undertake a pilgrimage to the shrine of Casalbordino where the multitude of desperate supplicants begging cures of the statue of the Madonna drives them away in horror. While Giorgio becomes more and more unmoored and desperate to leave both Abruzzo and what he perceives as Ippolita's unwholesome influence she remains amused and fascinated by their surroundings. Finally Giorgio decides that his only recourse is to carry her over a seaside cliff killing the both of them. unknown
19059447Bullfrog Nye County Nevada 1905. Two broadsheet menus 26 x 13.5 cm. 1 page each. Illustrated. Two holiday menus for Thanksgiving and Christmas of 1905 from the height of the Nevada Gold Rush. The Christmas menu assembled by Robert Brogelman Chef included Blue Point Oysters Mock Turtle Soup Lobster Mayonaise Oyster Fritters English Plum Pudding Malaga Grapes Hennesy 3 Star Brandy and Josyni Key West Cigars. The Thanksgiving menu included Roast Young Turkey a la Malcolm MacDonald Pumpkin Pie and a Manhattan Cocktail. The Montgomery-Shoshone Mine was a Death Valley gold and silver site discovered in 1904 and in operation by 1905 the year of these Thanksgiving and Christmas celebrations. In April of the same year the Salt Lake Mining Review declared "the story of . the Mine's company's property at Bullfrog Nevada is so incredible that the bare facts seem clear out of the range of possibilities" page 8. In June of the same year the LA Times reported there were 1300 head of horses and mules on the Bullfrog-Las Vegas hauling freight. These holiday dinners were offered by the founder of the mine the already ridiculously wealthy Mr. E.A. Montgomery and his major partner Malcolm L. MacDonald. A year later the mine was sold to Charles Schwab the steel magnate not the financier Bullfrog was the definition of a boom town. Within a year of the original discovery 10000 people sought gold and pleasure there. "The town citizens had an active social life including baseball games dances basket socials whist parties tennis a symphony Sunday school picnics basketball games Saturday night variety shows at the opera house and pool tournaments. In 1906 Countess Morajeski opened the Alaska Glacier Ice Cream Parlor to the delight of the local citizenry. That same year an enterprising miner Tom T. Kelly built a Bottle House out of 50000 beer and liquor bottles" nps.gov "Rhyolite Ghost Town". By 1908 mine productivity was dwindling and by March 1911 the mine was shut. The Thanksgiving menu has some small grease stains and tape repairs to the verso at two folds. The Christmas menu has one short tape repair to the edge. Still near very good and a rare survival from the apex moment of a town that lasted little more than six years. unknown
191428380<p>George H. Doran New York 1914. HARDBACK NODUSTJACKET VG/VG- NOJACKET 1914 on copyright pg First Printing First Edition without "Printed in" on copyright page. First state with copyright date and publishers name only on copyright page. in brown paper boards and with blank leaves Before Title pg BROWN CLOTH LITE Wear WITH LABEL ON FRONT CVR & SPINE & Embossed Design on front CVR Medium brown paper covered boards with title and author paper labels on front board and spine. Gold Gilt rubbed of at top Outer pgs FOX to Labels & lite chips to spiner Cvr Ends Slim 8vo 75 pgs JOYCE KILMER' HE WAS THE LEADING AMERICAN POET OF HIS GENERATION AND PAST AWAY TO EARLY IN LIFE First state with copyright date and publishers name only on copyright page. death of joyce kilmer in France Aug. 1918 age 31 graduate Columbia University Kilmer was killed in action during World War I and was posthumously awarded the Croix de Guerre. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.</p> George H. Doran, New York, hardcover
193532682New York: Dell Publishing Co. Inc. 1935. Mild tanning to text paper covers appear trimmed clear tape at lower left corner tear to lower right front corner repaired with clear tape crease to lower right corner a very good to nearly fine copy. 32682. Octavo single issue cover by Rudolph Zirm pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Series character first appeared in All-Detective Magazine. "The Shriveling Murders" by Harold Ward writing as "Zorro." The final issue. Reference: Tymn and Ashley eds Science Fiction Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines pp. 186-87. Dell Publishing Co., Inc. unknown
19834106071983. Unbound. Fine. Index cards. Each measuring 5†x 3â€. Overall fine with occasional pencil or ink notes on the rear identifying the artist: one card with tack holes and another with a tape repaired tear. A group of 39 index cards featuring sketches by various comic strip and humor cartoonists of the late 1970s and early-1980s. Most well-known of the group are Chester Gould Dick Tracey Mort Walker Beetle Baily Cathy Guisewite Cathy Bill Keane Family Circus Russell Myers Broom-Hilda and Don Trachte Henry. The collection appears to have been assembled by three individuals collecting autographs of cartoonist they liked. Most of the artists responded with a basic pen and ink sketch though some are more elaborate than others. Other notables includes five cards by New Yorker cartoonists Arnold Roth Jerry Marcus Howie Schneider and Garrett Price a frequent cover artist for the magazine during the ’40s and ’50s; and syndicated political cartoonist Bill Schorr. A lovely collection of original comic strip and cartoonist art. A complete list is available upon request. unknown
19751268345New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1975. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. 4to. 224pp.; VG/VG; spine tan with teal and black lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; minor bumping and shelfwear; price-clipped; the front pastedown both sides of the ffep and the half-title pages have inscriptions and drawings/doodles by the following cartoonists: Mort Gerberg Sam Gross Marvin Tannenberg Dana Fradon Bill Woodman Jack Ziegler Gahan Wilson George Booth; shelved in Case 11. 1268345. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
19512110502150413576Bunkyo shuppan 1951. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Bunkyo shuppan paperback
1905053713Romania - : Carol I ALS / ADS. Dated 4th of July 1905 1905. No Binding. Very Good. Original manuscript and partly printed autograph document signed by The King of Romania Carol I a medal reward certificate given to Mustafa Hasim Pasha 1852-1920 with co-signatures by Ministrul Afacerilor Straine Cancelar al Ordinelor General de divizie Iacob N. Lahovary 1846-1907 and Sheful Serviciului A. M. Mitibieu . 34x22 cm. In Romanian. Bifolium. 1 p. Blind-stamped by Romanian royalty sign. "Carol I pringratia lui Dumnedeu si vointa nationala Rege al Romaniei. La toti de fata si viitori Sanatate. Dorind a da un semn de a Nostra buna vointa 'Excelentei Sale Hachim Pasa Ministrude Instructure publica al Turcici. Noi ii conferim gradul de Mare Cruce al Ordinului Steula Romaniei Spre credinta ii dam acest brevet semnat de Noi si investit cu sigiliul Ordinului Dat in Castelul Pelesh la 4 Julie 1905". i.e. Carol I the grace of God and the national will King of Romania. To all present and future Health. Wishing to give a sign of Our Goodwill to His Excellency Hachim Pasa Minister of Public Instruction of Turkey. We confer on him the rank of Grand Cross of the Order of the Steula of Romania. A good paper one page on bifolium. Carol I born Prince Karl of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen was the first monarch of Romania from 1866 to his death in 1914 ruling as Prince Domnitor from 1866 to 1881 and as King from 1881 to 1914. He was elected Prince of the Romanian United Principalities on 20 April 1866 after the overthrow of Alexandru Ioan Cuza by a palace coup d'etat. In May 1877 he proclaimed Romania an independent and sovereign nation. The defeat of the Ottoman Empire 1878 in the Russo-Turkish War secured Romanian independence and he was proclaimed King on 26 March O.S. 14 March 1881. He was the first ruler of the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen dynasty which ruled the country until the proclamation of a socialist republic in 1947. During his reign Carol I personally led Romanian troops during the Russo-Turkish War and assumed command of the Russo/Romanian army during the siege of Plevna. The country achieved internationally recognized independence via the Treaty of Berlin 1878 and acquired Southern Dobruja from Bulgaria in 1913. Domestic political life was organized around the rival Liberal and Conservative parties. During Carol's reign Romania's industry and infrastructure were much improved but the country still had an agrarian-focused economy and the situation of the peasantry failed to improve leading to a major revolt bloodily suppressed by the authorities. He married Princess Elisabeth of Wied in Neuwied on 15 November 1869. They only had one daughter Maria who died at the age of three. Carol never produced a male heir leaving his elder brother Leopold next in line to the throne. In October 1880 Leopold renounced his right of succession in favour of his son William who in turn surrendered his claim six years later in favour of his younger brother the future king Ferdinand. Wikipedia. Mustafa Hasim Pasha 1852-1920 was one of the Ottoman grand viziers of Georgian origin. He was son of Sheik Al-Islam Ahmed Muhtar 1807-1882. He served as the President of the Court of Justice and the Undersecretariat of the Ministry of Justice. Iacob N. Lahovary was a member of the Romanian aristocracy a general politician and diplomat who served as the Minister of War and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Romania. <br/> <br/> Carol I ALS / ADS., Dated 4th of July, 1905 unknown
199285632Gramercy Books. New. 1992. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- Corresponds to ASIN: B002ADLNEC. 192 pages many illustrations; 10 maps. -- with a bonus offer-- . Gramercy Books hardcover
200070834Rutledge Hill Press. New. 2000. Hardcover. 1558538178 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 196 pp. one foldout with 112 col. Ills. And 88 col. Reference ills. 31 x 24 cm. -- with a bonus offer-- . Rutledge Hill Press hardcover
193532681New York: Dell Publishing Co. Inc. 1935. Mild tanning to text paper covers appear trimmed clear tape at upper and lower corners a bright nearly fine copy. 32681. Octavo single issue cover by Rudolph Zirm pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Series character first appeared in All-Detective Magazine. "The Gray Creatures" by Harold Ward writing as "Zorro." Reference: Tymn and Ashley eds Science Fiction Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines pp. 186-87. Dell Publishing Co., Inc. unknown
193532680New York: Dell Publishing Co. Inc. 1935. Mild tanning to text paper several tiny edge tears to front cover clear tape to upper right front corner/spine right edge likely trimmed a bright nearly fine copy. 32680. Octavo single issue cover by Rudolph Zirm pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Series character first appeared in All-Detective Magazine. "12 Must Die" by Harold Ward writing as "Zorro." Reference: Tymn and Ashley eds Science Fiction Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines pp. 186-87. Dell Publishing Co., Inc. unknown
190976832Death Valley: N.p. 1909. Twenty-seven noncommercial stereoviews 7 x 3 1/2 inches. The photographs are very sharp and mounted onto plain gray mounts. Overall excellent condition.We can find no other history of a stereoscopic documentation of a gold prospecting expedition in Death Valley nor anywhere else in California for that matter. Almost all of the cards are dated and they bear the same date of January 1909 which leads one to think that they packed it up after a month. The ostensible first view is the exception; it is dated Dec. 1908 and shows a couple of the party standing next to two of Smith's huge borax wagons in Ludlow California. Ludlow was the southern railhead for the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad operated by the Pacific Coast Borax Company and bringing borax and other mining products from Death Valley and Beatty Nevada to long distance Santa Fe Railway lines. The mere fact that one of the exploring party carried a stereoscopic camera is in itself remarkable as a decent such camera is 1909 cost between $50 and $75 dollars or between $2000 and $2500 in today's dollars. Death Valley prospector's were not known for their wealth and a burro was their usual big ticket item.The majority of the cards have annotations on the verso. From those we learn some of the party's names "Emmit" "Dickie"etc. but no last names and the names of the places in the Valley where they prospected. Their main site seems to have been Gold Basin in the Funeral Mountains of the eastern part of Death Valley. There is no record of a Gold Basin in the literature of Death Valley. Place names in Death Valley were still fluid at this point and the name was likely made up at the time. Probably it become what is now called Golden Canyon. We do know that they were solely active in the Funeral Mountains and this was likely due to the fact that the most successful strikes in Death Valley were also in the Funeral Mountains. The famous Keane Wonder Mine was still very active in January of 1909 and some $600000 in gold and silver were mined before it began to fizzle in 1911. Some of the other places named and shown in the stereos are South Mountain. Gold Mountain Rhode's Wash Scott's Canyon and Scott's Cave Death Valley Narrows Saddle Horseshoe Ridge and others. Again none of the names given by this party survived. Member's of the prospecting party are shown in 16 of the views and it seems to have consisted of six members. One interesting view is captioned "Prospector's Camp and Forge Bill Keys of Death Valley." At age 15 Keys left home to work as a ranch hand smelter worker and miner honing skills that would define his later years. His early adventures took him to Arizona where he served as a deputy sheriff in Mohave County and to Death Valley where he befriended the colorful prospector Walter “Death Valley Scotty†Scott. The year after this photo was taken Keys took a job as custodian and assayer at the Desert Queen Mine in what is now Joshua Tree National Park. He soon took ownership of the land and it became the famous Desert Queen Ranch.Why these views were taken remains something of a mystery. It is more than likely especially when keeping in mind the outrageous cost of a stereoscopic camera in 1909 they they were to be used as an advertising ploy to lure investors into investing in mining Death Valley. The two most famous and best producing gold mines in the history of Death Valley Skidoo and the Keane Wonder Mine were both at their height in 1909 and western Nevada with its mining booms in places like Goldfield Tonopah Rhyolite Bullfrog etc. was also in full-swing. We can be thankful that the anonymous photographer was very skilled; the images are very sharp and he often conveyed the desolation and grandeur in a way not seen before. In recent times taking a trip to Death Valley is considered just another fun road trip but in 1909 is was a perilous endeavor not to be undertaken lightly. N.p. unknown