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195721643ENew York: Signet Books 1957. First Edition - Paperback Original. Signed and inscribed by the author Jerry Weil to his publisher: “Best wishes to Kurt Enoch Jerry Weil March 1 1958 Marbella Spainâ€. Paperbound. Very good lightly handled copy with some edge wear. A Beat novel with this from the publisher on the front cover: “American Veterans in Paris.Wine Women and Song on the G.I. Bill.†From the library of Dr. Kurt Enoch 1895-1982 who was a noted German publisher forced to flee the Nazis landing in New York in 1940. In 1948 Dr. Enoch co-founded and became President of New American Library - Signet Books which became one of the successful and acclaimed post-war publishing houses. Enoch went on to become one of the most highly regarded figures in American book publishing. Signet #1449 Signet Books paperback books
1923WRCLIT31209San Francisco: Book Club of California 1923. Quarto. Cloth-backed boards paper labels. Corners chipped and worn spine label faded otherwise a good or better copy internally quite nice. As usual the photograph has oxidized somewhat. First edition. One of four hundred copies printed at the Grabhorn Press. With an original silverprint photographic frontis by Dorothea Lange. Book Club of California hardcover books
19607822Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1960. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. The 1960 1st edition wonderfully illustrated thruout in rich color by the author herself. Clean and VG in a bright price-clipped VG dustjacket with light chipping at the spine crown and upper front flap fold. Quarto 47 pgs. <br/><br/> Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
200036075New York: Kelly Winterton Press 2000. 12mo 19.1 cm; 7.5". 5 ff. <br><br>This short poem remembering the smokejumpers who died in 1949 during the Mann Gulch fire was printed by the Kelly Winterton Press an American press founded in 1978. => The edition was limited to 50 copies only.<br>Â Â Â Â The colophon notes that this text was printed from Bembo Cleland Initial and Sistina types on Niddegen paper. Rose wrappers with black lettering on front; spine gently faded. Light pencilling on front endpaper. A simple yet elegant production. Kelly Winterton Press unknown books
192835358München: Taeuber & Weil 1928. First edition. Cloth. Hinges started else a very good copy chipped at head of spine leaves and illustrations fine. 156 pp. Illus. with b/w plates some folding. 8vo. 255 items. 30 incunabula. Indices. Contains the often missing large 16x22 inch plate of item 245. Taeuber & Weil hardcover books
19959013157Storrs Connecticut: Martino 1995. Hardcover. Fine Condition. Original thirty three catalogues bound in two volumes. Facsimile edition. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth with the spines stamped in gilt. <br/><br/> Martino hardcover books
1948DL6919Buenos Aires: Editorial Cosmopolita 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Original grey cloth lettering stamped in black on upper board and spine; 8vo 5.5 x 8 inches; pp. 244 with maps. This copy uniquely and lengthily inscribed and signed by the author on the recto and verso of the FFEP. Boards lightly rubbed; tiny chips in the cloth at bottom corners and spine tips. <br/><br/> Editorial Cosmopolita hardcover books
19238289San Francisco: The Book Club of California 1923 One of 400 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. A Memoir of the author by Flora J. Arnstein Albert I. Elkus and Stewart W. Young. Words spoken at the funeral of the author by Stewart W. Young. Quarto. 11½x7¾ inches. 18 3-119 7 pp. Photographic frontis portrait within gold rules by Dorothea Lange from a painting by Olga M. Ackerman. Title design by H. von Schmidt. Black cloth-backed brown cloth gilt-lettered red paper labels on cover and spine. Spine label faded photographic portrait with heavy silvering as usual else a fine copy. Oscar Weil 1839-1921 was a well-known musicologist who spent much of his life in San Francisco. Includes his contributions to "The Argonaut" commentaries for programs at the Greek Theater of the University of California plus a bibliography of his compositions. One of the Fifty Books of the Year. We have seen any number of copies of this title; the frontis photo is always "silvered". The Book Club of California hardcover books
1923044863San Francisco: Book Club of California 1923. xvii 119 7p. with tipped-in front. photograph of Oscar Weil by Dorothea Lange. Printed in red and black t.e.g. deckle edges half black cloth with stiff boards paper label on the front cover and on the spine. "Four hundred copies.printed by the Grabhorn Press San Francisco California in December 1923. Title page design by H. Von Schmidt. Photograph by Dorothea Lange from a painting of Oscar Weil by Olga M. Ackerman. Copy No. 350 Book Club of California unknown books
19669377Westerham: Limited Editions Club 1966. Hardcover. Fine. Translation and introduction by Geza Verms. Illustrated by Shraga Weil. Designed by Henri Friedlander and printed at the Westerham Press. One of 1500 numbered copies signed by Weil. Bound in quarter tangerine leather with natural linen over boards in a matching tangerine paper slipcase fine condition. <br/><br/> Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1995130330New York NY: Kelly-Winterton Press 1995. stiff paper wrappers top edge cut other edges uncut. Kelly-Winterton Press. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers top edge cut other edges uncut. 12 pages. Limited to 66 copies. Presentation by the author on colophon. A collection of poetry. Kelly-Winterton Press unknown books
196962910New Rochelle: Elizabeth Press 1969 - 1977. First editions. Seven 4 x 3 inch chapbooks by Weil each fine in wrappers and integral dust jackets some with pasted on cover labels. Printed in editions ranging from 100 to 500 copies printed either at Stamperia Valdonega in Verona or Genichido in Kyoto. For the collection: New Rochelle: Elizabeth Press unknown books
1923039331San Francisco: Book Club of California 1923. xv 119 7p. tipped-in Dorothea Lange front. photo half-cloth with original brown paper boards paper label on the spine and front cover deckle edges quarto format. Printed in red and black with some blue decorative initials. "Four hundred copies of "OscarWeil: Letters and Papers" printed by the Grabhorn Press San Francisco California in December 1923. Title page design by H. Von Schmidt. Photography by Dorothea Lange from a painting of Oscar Weil by Olga M. Ackerman. Cope No. 350. Book Club of California unknown books
1973131930Iowa City IA: Stone Wall Press The 1973. cloth paper spine label top edge cut other edges uncut. Stone Wall Press. 8vo. cloth paper spine label top edge cut other edges uncut. viii 41 5 pages. Limited to 150 copies. Translated from the French by Mary McCarthy. Preface by George P. Elliott. Biographical sketch of the author follows text. Stone Wall Press, The unknown books
195273681New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. First American Edition translated from the French by Arthur Wills. Weil 1909-43 was a French mystic social philosopher and activist in the French Resistance during World War II whose posthumously published works had particular influence on French and English thought. This the author's major work reflects her consciousness of the lordship of Christ asserting that everything in the world is brought down as if by gravity and raised only by grace. Octavo. Original black cloth binding with gray titles. The dust jacket is a bit edgeworn with some unobtrusive tape reinforcement; otherwise very good. G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
19141820Various places in Germany mostly Darmstadt as well as England Holland the Atlantic Ocean New York and Allentown 1914. Good plus. 144pp. with ten original photographs and printed document mounted at rear. Quarto commercial journal. Black cloth boards edges dyed red. Spine perished boards attached with amateur tape repairs. Text block solid. Minor offsetting from photographs; a bit of soiling to first leaf; light even tanning. Accomplished for the most part in highly legible hand; approximately 17500 words in total. A remarkable manuscript travel journal that documents the European trip of a 22-year-old Pennsylvania woman its interruption by the outbreak of World War I her subsequent stranding in Germany and her trials in securing passage back to the United States. Anna F. Weil b. about 1892 the daughter of an Allentown grocer John Weil departed New York on June 29 1914 aboard the S.S. Rotterdam a 3400 passenger luxury cruise liner operated by the Holland America Line. She arrived in Rotterdam Germany on July 9th and proceeded to connect with family and sightsee in Germany and the Netherlands with plans to proceed to Switzerland and Germany which were cut short by the declaration of war between Germany and England:<br/><br/>"Wed. July 29. To-day war was declared I have many postal cards written to send to American but was told not to send them as they would not reach their destination so all communication with outside countries is cut off. The harbor is closed and no ships can leave or enter German ports. The English cut the German cable a few days ago before war was declared so now we can't even send a telegram from Germany." p.68<br/><br/>At first the war is present in daily life but still seems some distance from it:<br/><br/>"On Sunday Aug. 23. I saw the first wounded French soldiers saw a wagon full but there were well treated by the Germans and the people expressed pity for them as they were a sad looking party. We were at Frankenstein's Castle a ruin on the mountain which can be seen way in the distance from Darmstadt. It was a very nice ramble through the woods and part of the castle is used as a restaurant where we had some thing to eat and drink before resuming our ramble in and about the castle. When at the top of the town it was nice to look over the tops of the trees over the fields and see the villages and the city away off in the distance." <br/><br/>The reality of the situation however quickly becomes more evident and more pressing:<br/><br/>"Aug. 28. Friday. Received a letter from Angeline dated July the 23d. also one from Frank dated August the 4th. Saw hundreds and hundreds of horses which are taken and sent to battle with the men. Saw many companies leaving it was a beautiful sight to see them march as one man. As they passed through the streets the women came and greeted them and gave them flowers. Horses wagons men every thing was covered with the acorn leaves the German emblem of victory and as the women gave the flowers they were placed among the acorn leaves and so they left their homes families and country with flowers and song and their flags waving high above them. It was a beautiful and inspiring sight to see them go but to think of their return made one's heart grow sad. One company that I saw Company 115 had but 30 men left after the battle the rest were dead or wounded."<br/><br/>Throughout the account her German heritage shapes a favorable view of the Germans in the war:<br/><br/>"In Belgium the Germans were very much ill treated they had to flee the country in 1 hours notice and leave every thing back Elizabeth Buehler and her brother as well as other Germans who were living in Belgium in the city of Antwerp had to flee for their lives and all their belongings were taken from them they arrived in Darmstadt with nothing but what they had on their bodies. When the war first broke out the Russians who were in Germany threw bombs and tried various ways of doing mischief. So all were given a chance to leave and got to their own country. Those who refused and did any mischief were taken into custody and placed under guard until the war is over. Those who did any wrong were sentenced to death were shot. This was at least more human that the way some of the Belgians and Russians treated and mutilated the Germans when they had done no wrong and deserved no punishment. War is war and there are rules which we cannot change and are considered honest in warfare but I don't think it right to torture or mutilate a wounded soldier whether friend or foe."<br/><br/>She remained with family at an estate on Dieburger Strasse in Darmstadt Germany until she was able to secure an emergency passport from the American Consul in Frankfurt on September 15th. The return passage was fraught as Holland America misplaced her reservation the ship was delayed and she was forced to find temporary lodgings in Rotterdam when she arrived on October 1st:<br/><br/>"When we got there the proprietor said all was taken this made the porter cross and he said he would find some kind of place for us but we were not going to take any kind of a make shift so we turned and hurried back to the station the porter took hold of my arm and tried to detain us but I broke loose and Mrs. Kramer and I ran as fast as could when we reached the station we were just in time to catch the other four who were driving away in carriages. The eldest one saw us running and stopped the team and waited for us. We got in and such a time till we found lodgings. Every thing was taken which was due to so many Americans and fleeing Belgians. We succeeded in finding a place at 2.30 am where all six of us stayed. Then there was trouble with the driver and one of the Americans went out and called a police-man and settled the trouble and we retired at 3am."<br/><br/>She eventually landed back in The States after a return trip that saw rough seas and an intense scrutiny of passengers upon landing in New York:<br/><br/>"At Staten Island the doctor came to our ship with a yacht flying the yellow flag. Here we stopped for some time the mail ship came and all mail bags were given over to this ship. Then another yacht crowded with American custom officers arrived on the scene and boarded our ship. Then we all had a hurried lunch as there was no time for supper. All had to go on deck until the dining room was in readiness for the officers. It was dark by this time and the ship under way again. When all was ready we had to stand in line with our yellow tickets. Only a few at a time were allowed to enter the dining-room. When once inside we had to look about for the table bearing the number of our ticket. Here we were interviewed by the officer at that table. Some people had a great deal of trouble and were sent from one table to another. Others were refused admission into the United Sates and some had to go to Ellis Island."<br/><br/>The rear pages of the journal are illustrated by 10 mounted original photographs of her initial journey family some sightseeing and her return passage; also tipped in are her emergency passport and a typed letter from the American consul. Overall the journal is a detailed and eventful original woman's travel manuscript as well as a rich primary record of an American civilian caught in Europe during the outbreak of the Great War. A partial transcription with additional excerpts is available upon request. unknown books
194316547London 1943. <p>Weil Ernst 1891-1965. Complete set nos. 1-33 of Weil's rare book catalogues. Approx. 1320pp. total. Plates. London: E. Weil 1943-1965. 218 x 138 mm. Bound in 3 volumes recent cloth red leather spine labels; original printed wrappers present. Fine. Herbert M. Evans' Copies with his purchase notes on the front wrappers of several catalogues and his signature or initials on one or two front wrappers. Typed letter signed from Weil to Evans dated 19 May 1953 bound into Catalogue 20.</p> <p> First Editions of these important catalogues issued by one of the foremost 20th-century dealers of rare books in medicine and science. These copies are from the library of Herbert M. Evans 1882-1971 co-discoverer of Vitamin E and one of the pioneering collectors of rare medical and scientific books. Many of the catalogues in this set bear Evans's pencil or ink notes on their front covers and Catalogue 20 1953 has a typed letter signed from Weil to Evans bound in discussing a possible purchase of four items.</p> <p> Ernst Weil a native of Germany was influenced by his cousin the bookseller Heinrich Eisemann to collect and eventually to sell early printed books. In 1924 he founded with Hans Taeuber the firm of Taeuber & Weil in Munich; in 1933 he moved his family to London where he entered into partnership with E. P. Goldschmidt. In 1943 he began selling books under his own name issuing 33 catalogues before his death in 1965. Although modestly produced his catalogues contain much research and original observation particularly on hitherto ignored medical and scientific books. See E. Weil "A doctor and his books: Harvey Cushing and his library. The formation of the Harvey Cushing Collection" Journal of the History of Medicine 1 1946: 234-246. </p> . unknown books
19979654New York: Vincent FitzGerald & Co 1997. One of 50 copies all on Fabriano Artistico paper each signed by the artist on the colophon. Page size: 4-7/8 inches x 4-7/8 inches; 31 individual leaves cards including "Joker" and 2 "Wild Cards" titlepage and colophon. Bound: housed in red cloth clamshell box by BookLab with title printed in silver gilt on front cover new. The calligraphy is by Jerry Kelly who has printed it letterpress at Kelly / Winterton Press. There are 59 etchings of body parts - some hand watercolored - by Susan Weil from her drawings that were blind-drawn on copper a technique that Weil has used for more than 50 years. The double-sided cards can be shuffled and dealt in any pattern which contributes to the humorous possibilities in the title pun. Further the cards can be re-arranged by simply turning them over creating a new figure. The simple line etchings become incredibly complicated upon closer inspection. Playful and sly touching and always imaginative Ms. Weil gives us her unique view of the human condition touching on varieties of emotions and stages of life with an artist's eye. Vincent FitzGerald & Co unknown books
19979655New York: Vincent FitzGerald & Co 1997. One of 20 copies all on Antique JB Green and Japanese Gampi paper signed and numbered by the artist in pencil on each of the 5 etchings. The names of the subject of each portrait is etched in the plate itself. The authors are: Gertrude Stein James Joyce Franz Kafka and Virginia Woolf. The artist is of course Matisse. Each etching measures 12-1/4 inches x 17 inches fine. The etchings were printed by Lothar Osterburg and Vincent FitzGerald. Susan Weil's aesthetic predecessors are portrayed in these blind-drawn etchings created around the same time as BLIND MAN'S BLUFF. She has captured the key element in the features of each. Vincent FitzGerald & Co unknown books
1966129889N.P.: n.p. 1966. Limited Editions Club. framed painting 34 by 28 inches. A framed painting depicting a guard at the fortress and monastic community at Qumran. Shraga Weil 1918-2009 was an Israeli artist. Born in Prague in 1918 he studied at the National School of Arts there. He served in the Hungarian resistance to the Nazis during World War II. After the war he joined the exodus to Israel. He received training in monumental and graphic techniques at the Academy of Arts in Paris in 1953. He worked as a designer and illustrator of books during the 1950s during which time he was illustrator of The Dead Sea Scrolls New York: Limited Editions Club 1966. This work was included as an illustration in that book. In the 1960s and 1970s he created several architectural designs including the copper doors for the main entrance of the Knesset building and the residence of the President of Israel in Jerusalem. source: Knesset website and Shraga Weil website. Qumran was the location of an ancient Jewish fortress and Essene monastic community where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found beginning in 1947. n.p. unknown books
1966129888N.P.: n.p. 1966. Limited Editions Club. framed painting 34 by 28 inches. A framed watercolor depicting a guard at the fortress and monastic community at Qumran. Shraga Weil 1918-2009 was an Israeli artist. Born in Prague in 1918 he studied at the National School of Arts there. He served in the Hungarian resistance to the Nazis during World War II. After the war he joined the exodus to Israel. He received training in monumental and graphic techniques at the Academy of Arts in Paris in 1953. He worked as a designer and illustrator of books during the 1950s during which time he was illustrator of The Dead Sea Scrolls New York: Limited Editions Club 1966. This work was offered but not used as an illustration for that book. In the 1960s and 1970s he created several architectural designs including the copper doors for the main entrance of the Knesset building and the residence of the President of Israel in Jerusalem. source: Knesset website and Shraga Weil website. Qumran was the location of an ancient Jewish fortress and Essene monastic community where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found beginning in 1947. n.p. unknown books
