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1984WRCLIT72866New Haven: Yale University Press 1984. Large thick quarto. Cloth. 52 color plates over 800 black and white illustrations. Lower edges a bit shelf-rubbed but a very good copy in modestly shelfworn dust jacket with internally mended short tear at crown of spine. First edition. Founded in 1920 the Société Anonyme was responsible for introducing contemporary European art to the American public. Donated by Dreier and Marcel Duchamp to Yale in 1941 the collection was augmented by Dreier during the last years of her life and by works from her estate upon her death in 1952. This catalogue records the history of the Société Anonyme and reproduces the entire collection and associated works from the Dreier estate a total of 1020 items including works by 180 artists. Capsule biographies of and bibliographical references for the artists are included. Yale University Press hardcover books
187248359Boston: James Osgood 1872. 8vo pp. 122 plus 44 pp. of advertisements. Copiously illustrated with wood engravings of Boston scenes and buildings. Includes a map. Paper wraps. Cover worn and mended at spine o/w VG. A guidebook to Boston and environs. James Osgood unknown books
1854002549S. l. New York: S. n. 1854. First Edition. Very good. Manuscript n. d. ca 1854; 12 x 8; single sheet folded pp. 4; text to first two pages only; brown ink on pale-blue stock; old crease lines; paper separating along fold not affecting text; very good condition. The New York House of Refuge was the first juvenile reformatory and detention center in the US established in 1824 on the Bowery in Manhattan under the auspices of the Society for the Prevention of Pauperism in an attempt to segregate young petty offenders from adult inmates in the prison system. A committee of wealthy philanthropists was appointed including John Griscom James W. Gerard and Hiram Ketchum which privately raised the funds to form the institution. Outgrowing its accomodations it was relocated twice first in 1839 and then in 1854 to Randall's Island where it could house 1200 poor and destitute children and petty juvenile criminals. They were rehabilitated and "trained in habits of industry" ie. shoemaking and chair caning for the boys and cooking and sewing for the girls. The current report most probably written immediately after the 1854 move gave an account of and described in detail how and where the raised funds were used including grading and building a sea wall reclaiming land from the river the East River erecting various buildings installing heating water and sewer pipes using the Croton Aqueduct system and so on. S. n. unknown books
004862London: John Murray 1817. First Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Second state with three advertisements at rear of book. April 12 1817 issued 18 days prior to the apparent second state which was issued on April 30 1817. "Louis Fr. Baum" in ink on front papers title page. Purportedly written by Napoleon but wrongfully attributed to Constant or Mme. de Stael. The actual author was Jacob-Frederic Lullin de Chateauvieux. Librairie Bellanger has the original manuscript from which this was drawn. 109 pp. Bound in recent marble boards backed in brown leather red morocco label. A handsome copy of a scarce item. London: John Murray, 1817 unknown books
1797184023Paris.: Perronneau. 1797. 1st edition. Contemporary quarter cloth over marbled boards gilt spine title. . Good plus moderate shelfwear corners bumped minor dampstaining along foredge. . 8vo. 21x12 cm. . French text. Early biography of Marie Antoinette by the royalist Montjoye. Portrait frontis plus 2 additional plates. Perronneau. hardcover books
1885181141Paris. : Rothschild. No date circa 1885. 2nd Edition. Blue cloth over beveled boards elaborate gilt pictorial decoration on front cover red edges. . Very good spine head chipped gilt decorations bright and sharp. 16.5x12.5 cm. . French text. weight: 1.0 lb. 126 B&W illustrations. Rothschild. hardcover books
1893S13228Paris: 1893. 1893. Spine title: Arts & Metiers :: Mecanique I. Three books in one possible 2nd volume not known but implied by the spine title. 4to. 208; 324; 542 pp. Numerous mathematical diagrams. Facsimile of original handwritten manuscript. Early quarter maroon calf backed red & black marbled boards; extremities rubbed. Occasional minor tears some repaired foxing. Ownership signature of Garde. Very good. THE ENTIRE TEXT IS PRINTED IN MANUSCRIPT FACSIMILE. No person or organization shows their name as being responsible for this deeply scholarly and detailed work on all facets of analytical mechanics. Some possible clues for its origin might possibly be a part of the history of the Ecole Nationale de Cluny Descartes's system of mechanical force or possibly the work of Alfred Flamant engineer & professor at l'Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees & l'Ecole Centrale who wrote a treatise Mecanique Generale 1888. I could not find a match for the text to identify this item but it is for someone else to discover. See possibly: H. Carteron "L'idee de la force mecanique dans le systeme de Descartes." Revue Philosophique de la France et de l'Etranger T. 94 JUILLET A DECEMBRE 1922 pp. 483-511. 1893[?]. hardcover books
1965190321Veracruz: Universidad Veracruzana 1965. Leather_bound. pp. 689-745 introduction playscript footnotes glossary index text in Spanish personal inscription signed by Acuña very good offprint bound in leather and gilt. Separate offprint of the script and introduction which was published in La Palabra y el Hombre octubre-diciembre 1965 no. 36. A verse play about the indigenous people of Guatemala and Christian missionaries. Universidad Veracruzana unknown books
1900001640Coney Island NY: Feltman's 1900. Softcover. First edition n. d. ca 1900; 5 plain brown stiff card stock pieces original pictorial envelope. Puzzle pieces with various length and shape from approx. 1" to 2" in fine condition. Envelope a bit brittle with a horizontal cut running to upper margin flap still holding; instructions printed in the lower half; good to very good condition. An unusual promotional piece for what was once an iconic Coney Island restaurant. In 1867 Charles Feltman owned a pie-wagon and delivered freshly baked pies to the various saloons and eateries along the beach on Coney Island. Seeing that his customers also wanted savory sandwiches in addition to the sweet desserts he asked the wheelwright who had built his wagon to outfit it with a tin-lined chest to keep bread rolls fresh and a small charcoal stove to boil sausages. The hot dog was born. Feltman's invention did not go unchallenged but despite rumors that he used dogs' and dead horses' meat for his sausages his hot dogs became so popular by 1874 he had his own restaurant. Feltman's greeted almost a million customers in the first decade of the 20th century and its all time record was serving 100 000 people and 40 000 hot dogs in a single day. The Great Depression put the breaks on the success of the restaurant not because of the food but because people could not afford the subway ride let alone the price of a meal at Feltman's. Charles' sons sold the restaurant in 1946. The puzzle an entertaining advertisement piece when completed presumably made the letters F and T and an upward arrow. Coney Island, NY: Feltman's paperback books
1880001864S. l. Paris : s. n. 1880. Softcover. First edition presumed n. d. ca 1880 ; single card stock sheet folded pp. 4; one large and 4 smaller swatches of silk affixed to paper; a table with sizes and prices to back wrap; a few small spots not affecting fabric; very good condition. A sample booklet of beautiful Chinese silk for scarves imported by an unidentified company from Asia. After an epidemic of silkworm diseases hit the European silk industry in 1845 the price of cocoons increased. That paired with the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 and the shortage of silk in France reduced the price of importing Asian silk and prompted companies to offer Chinese and Japanese fabrics to the fashion-conscious European ladies and gentlemen. S. l. (Paris [?]): s. n. paperback books
1900001866Richmond VA: The Albemarle Paper Mfg. Co. 1900. Softcover. Very good. First edition n. d. ca 1900; 6 x 3 1/2; chromolithographed wraps; 18 sheets of thick blotting paper bound with a brass rivet in lower left corner; small circular indentation to lower margin; a few minor spots of foxing to front wrap only; very good condition. The Albemarle Paper Manufacturing Company was founded in 1887 in Richmond Virginia by a group of local businessmen who had been convinced that the paper industry would be the most innovative and successful one for the second half of the 19th century. Situated by the James River the factory manufactured both craft and blotting paper. In 1918 one Floyd Gottwald joined the company as an employee and by the late 1940s he was its president. In 1962 he and the Albemarle Co. would become famous for the largest buyout in history when he purchased the Ethyl Gasoline Corporation for $190 million and began manufacturing polyethylene bags anti-knock compounds for fuel etc. The current sample book a throwback to the company's early days offered beautiful blotting paper in brilliant colors and various weights. The Albemarle Paper Mfg. Co. paperback books
184546729Boston: Gleason's Publishing Hall 1845. First American Edition. Octavo 21cm.; removed; 66pp.; illus. Extremities a bit chipped and toned apparently lacking half title light foxing else Very Good and sound. "Translated from the French for the Publisher" - title page. Swashbuckling romance of young Adolphe the son of a Marquis and his wife the beautiful slave Blanche with whom he has a son only to be told that their marriage is void due to the lack of parental consent of the union. Gleason's Publishing Hall unknown books
1777244063Paris: Desaint 1777. hardcover. very good. 437pp 12mo contemporary mottled calf rubricated edges. Paris: La Veuve Desaint 1777. Very good.<br/><br/> Desaint unknown books
2003220455Paris: Galleries Nationales du Grand Palais 2003. First. paperback. fine. 194 color illustrations. Exhibition catalogue 7 October 2002 - 13 Janvier 2003. 4to stiff pictorial wrappers. Paris: Galleries Nationales du Grand Palais 2003. First Edition. Fine.<br/><br/> Galleries Nationales du Grand Palais unknown books
217489Lugano: L'Art Ancien. hardcover. very good. Frontispiece. 722 pages printed on brittle browning paper tall 8vo red cloth top of spine repaired. Lugano: L'Art Ancien ca 1930. Very Good.<br/><br/> L'Art Ancien unknown books
1963002581S. l. Washington DC : s. n. 1963. First Edition. Very good. Pressed cardboard 1/4" and paint in the shape of a wedge-top escutcheon; the Emblem of the Italian Republic to recto although also called Coat of Arms of the Italian Republic it is indeed an emblem because it is not designed to conform to the official heraldic rules; manuscript notes in pen and marker to verso; two miniscule punctures through the middle for hanging; a bit of wear to corners; scattered spots of foxing; in about very good condition. Designed by an anonymous enthusiast and subtitled on verso: "Dinner black tie for His Excellency Amitore Fanfani Prime Minister of the Italian Republic January 18 1963" the sign commemorated his official visit to the US Washington DC and Chicago beetween January 15th and 18th of 1963. Amintore Fanfani 1908 - 1999 was one of Italy's best-known post-WWII politicians Prime Minister of the country for five separate terms representative of the left-wing section of the Christian Democracy Party and co-founder of the Italian Centre-left. s. n. unknown books
002789Unbound. Very Good. Winsome collection of manuscript color illustrations and light text for part of a children's story. N.d. circa 1920s. The first card or what is presumed to be so bears the legend "To My Valentine" with the name of "Ann Warren Stewart" written on a mailbox. Since Ann is a character in these drawings we can assume she was not the author or illustrator but rather perhaps a recipient or dedicatee. The artwork is in the style loosely of Mabel Lucie Attwell or the Sally Dick and Jane readers. While it is simple and perhaps even a touch naive it is also very polished and almost certainly was executed by an adult. And so we see a small child fetching a giant heart-shaped valentine from a mailbox a toddler stumbling off a chair an older child trying to interest a baby in toys and an older toddler climbing up and down a high chair. Each of these cards is fit for framing and hanging on a wall. Now disbound there are three margin holes that once kept them in a binder. Light scattered soiling does not mar the preciousness and charm of the illustrations each 11 by 9 inches 29 by 22 cm each on heavy card stock. <br/><br/> unknown books
1976143126Boston: Gregg Press 1976. Octavo cloth. First hardcover edition first printing. Reset from the rare paperbound 1887 G. W. Dillingham edition. 257 copies printed. New introduction by Lyman Tower Sargent. This utopian novel predicting an interplanetary war and the formation of a universal government based on the principles of Henry George is an important work of early science fiction for its early use of the interplanetary war motif and its fascinating exploration of information control as a mechanism for social change. "The earliest example of conflict between different planets -- i.e. the space opera -- so far located." - Locke Voyages in Space 16. Bleiler Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1434. Sargent British and American Utopian Literature 1516-1985 p. 77. Bleiler 1978 p. 6. Reginald 09616. Reprint of Wright III 3594. A fine copy without dust jacket as issued. An uncommon Gregg Press title. #143126 Gregg Press unknown books
197697199Boston: Gregg Press 1976. Octavo cloth. First hardcover edition first printing. Reset from the rare paperbound 1887 G. W. Dillingham edition. 257 copies printed. New introduction by Lyman Tower Sargent. This utopian novel predicting an interplanetary war and the formation of a universal government based on the principles of Henry George is an important work of early science fiction for its early use of the interplanetary war motif and its fascinating exploration of information control as a mechanism for social change. "The earliest example of conflict between different planets -- i.e. the space opera -- so far located." - Locke Voyages in Space 16. Bleiler Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1434. Sargent British and American Utopian Literature 1516-1985 p. 77. Bleiler 1978 p. 6. Reginald 09616. Reprint of Wright III 3594. Rear cover just a bit warped a near fine copy. An uncommon Gregg Press title. #97199 Gregg Press unknown books
1822002763Baldwin ME: By the author 1822. Very good. Manuscript; 7 1/2 x 6; laid paper folded and sewn with a string to form a notebook; pp. 8; text and tables to pp. 1-4 in brown ink; fore-edge unevenly trimmed; light spotting mostly to margins; in very good condition. An early 19th century document it addressed Joel Libby one of the surveyors of highways in the town of Baldwin for the year 1822 and presented him with a list of assessments of estates in the form of large detailed tables of the people in the town and their respective proportions of seventy two dollars and twenty seven cents "to be expended in labor and materials upon the highways" within their limits. It listed allotments of ten cents per hour for men's labor and ox labor and ten cents per hour for a good plough and six cents per hour for a good cart. The manuscript also stated that any deficiencies from people not paying would be put in the next assessment for a town tax. The town of Baldwin now part of the Portland-Biddeford metropolitan area was originally known as Flinstown and was founded by a grant to the survivors of the Company of Captain Flint of Concord Mass in 1774. It was incorporated in 1802 and named after one of its earliest settlers Loammi Baldwin. At the time the town was said to be "destitute of a meeting house and minister" and that the first roads constructed through it were in a "dangerous condition for teams carriages and horses." Apparently in the following years efforts had been made to improve the condition of the roadways. By the author unknown books
1988001703Moskva Moscow: Plakat 1988. Softcover. First edition; 26 1/2 x 18 1/2; offset print; a few faint creases from being rolled; small bump to lower right corner and a very minor nick to top edge; very good or better condition. Published at the very end of Communism the poster shows a boy and a girl standing next to each other with the girl's kerchief made of the Soviet Flag and the boy's hat made of the American Flag. It hints at Gorbachevâs starting to lose control over regions of the Soviet Union the democratization of the country and Russia's imminent opening to Western Europe and the United States. Moskva (Moscow): Plakat paperback books
1878165908N.p.: Published by the Author 1878. Octavo pp. 1-3 4-170 original pictorial wrappers. Fist edition. Sentimental melodrama; not a kid's book. The book is copyright by 1878 by the Procter Brothers and the front cover has imprint: "Gloucester Mass.: / Published by Procter Brothers. / Cape Ann Advertiser Office." Covers 2 and 3 have advertisements for spiritualist publications. Covers chipped spine crudely mended with paper tape margins of first and last two leaves chipped a good copy. It is doubtful many copies of this book have survived. OCLC reports 6 copies. Not in AAS. #165908 Published by the Author unknown books
1835002766Salem: Salem Gazette Office 1835. Good. Broadside; 12 x 9 3/4; off-white stock printed in black ruled with an elaborate geometric border; edges trimmed unevenly; old crease lines; a few small incospicious pieces of tape to verso; a bit of age-toning and a few tiny punctures to lower half; minor foxing to margins; in good or better condition. The Essex Agricultural Society was officially granted a charter in 1818 and its first president was the Honorable Timothy Pickering 1745 - 1829 - Revolutionary War hero Postmaster General Senator Secretary of War and Secretary of State under Presidents George Washington and John Adams. The initial goal of the society was to "promote and improve the agricultural interests of farmers and others in Essex County" by gathering and providing information from more progressive farming communities to every farmer in Essex County. The broadside listed the exercises to be held in order including "Thanksgiving Hymn" an "Address by Daniel P. King Esq." 1801 - 1850 - a lawyer Congressman and at one time President of the Massachusetts State Senate who was never actually a praciticing attorney but was heavily engaged in agricultural pursuits "The Farmer's Song Written for the Occasion" etc. Salem Gazette Office unknown books
1841216419London: Taylor 1841. hardcover. very good. Drawn Up by a Committee of the British Association for the Advancement of Science Appointed in 1839. 14 pages scattered foxing bound in 1/4 tan calf green spine label marbled boards. London: Richard and John Taylor 1841. Scarce. Very Good .<br/><br/> Taylor unknown books
S4305LVZurich:: J. E. Wolfensberger n.d. 318 x 247 mm. 4to. 85 pp. Numerous illustrations 14 plates 12 color. Gilt-stamped red cloth dust-jacket; jacket lightly worn at extremities. Slip cover. Fine. RARE. J. E. Wolfensberger), n.d. hardcover books
