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195960036New York: Harper & Brothers. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1959. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. A well conserved first edition/first printing in Good condition with lightly soiled edges minor edgeware and bumped corners and bumped head and tail of spine with Good condition pictoral dust jacket showing significant chipping and creasing along upper and lower edges; In the early twentieth century two hundred translators risked their lives by translating the Bible into dozens of languages. Two Thousand Tongues to Go tells their story in a unique and captivating way.; B & W Illustrations and Photographs; 8vo ; 308 pages . Harper & Brothers hardcover
19285763669The Religious Tract Society 1928. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Damage to exterior. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item750grams ISBN: The Religious Tract Society hardcover
19795778653David & Charles 1979. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item550grams ISBN:071537723X David & Charles hardcover
18640085London: William Mackenzie. VG : in very good condition without dust jackets. Slight foxing. 1864. Reprint. Brown hardback cloth cover with gilt and black decoration. 280mm x 190mm 11" x 7". 3600pp. Numerous b/w engravings; approx 100 steel engraved portraits. An early example of a biographical dictionary with a slight emphasis on British subjects. The mid 19th century was a time of great achievement in science the arts and politics. While inevitably some of the subjects have slipped into obscurity it is interesting to have contemporary views on the great people of that time. Contributors include Christina and William Rossetti. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . William Mackenzie hardcover
18640085aLondon: William Mackenzie. G : in Good condition. Minor rubbing to all volumes and light wear to spine ends. Spine top of volume III chipped and 2 inches missing along joint with front cover. Spine ends of volume V chipped with damage to base and lower edge. Signature of previous owner on fep. Overall contents VG. 1864. Reprint. Brown hardback cloth cover with gilt and black decoration. 280mm x 190mm 11" x 7". 3600pp. Numerous b/w engravings; approx 100 steel engraved portraits. An early example of a biographical dictionary with a slight emphasis on British subjects. The mid 19th century was a time of great achievement in science the arts and politics. While inevitably some of the subjects have slipped into obscurity it is interesting to have contemporary views on the great people of that time. Contributors include Christina and William Rossetti. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . William Mackenzie hardcover
196433491New York: Macmillan 1964. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Fair dust jacket. Several chips and tears.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Macmillan hardcover
200553673New York: Hyperion. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2005. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1401300294 . A Fine first printing of the first edition housed in an alike dust-jacket; In this book Wallace and Gates tell the story of their personal friendship and the secrets they've shared over the years. They discuss everything from childhood memories to their current lives and careers. The book is full of funny and poignant moments and it is an intimate look at two men who have been through a lot together.; 8vo; 292 pages . Hyperion hardcover
188839588Philadelphia: Hubbard Brothers 1888. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Grey cloth with gilt lettering and elaborate black decorative stamping. Ca. 200pp. Frontispiece illustrations decorative endpapers. Good plus. Rather edgeworn corner bumped and lightly soiled with bit of fraying at head and tail of spine -- but tight nonetheless. Salesman's subscription copy of this campaign biography with brief samples from quite a few chapters included. Front pastedown bears sample book spines showing the full calf and the moroccan bindings each pristine and well giltstamped. At the close are 16 pages vertically lined blank pages for purchasers to leave "Name" "Residence" and "Binding" -- one page is full with nine purchasers another shows four and a third shows three. Interestingly the frontispiece steel-engraved portrait depicts not Harrison or Morton but preacher Henry Ward Beecher with a statemment printed in red at top acknowledging this and noting that this is "being used simply as SAMPLE." A printed slip tipped in among the front flyleaves notes that "The first eighteen pages only of the Life of General Harrison contained in this Prospectus are from the pen of the author of 'Ben Hur.' The remainder have been prepared merely for the use of Agents in order to show the size of page style of type and general appearance of the forthcoming volume." Despite worn binding a tight and quite presentable copy of this scarce edition. Hubbard Brothers hardcover
1959A42079New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. 1959. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; Includes a Postcard Signed by the Author - The book itself is not signed. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. This copy includes a postcard signed and with an inscription by the author Irving Wallace. The dust jacket is in mostly clean bright condition but does have some light edge wear rubbing and a couple of small edge nicks and tears along with some light toning mostly to the spine and edges of the book covers. "Wallace began selling stories to magazines when he was a teenager. In the Second World War Wallace served in the Frank Capra unit in Fort Fox along with Theodor Seuss Geisel better known as Dr. Seuss and continued to write for magazines. He also served in the First Motion Picture Unit of the Army Air Force. Soon however Wallace turned to a more lucrative job as a Hollywood screenwriter. He collaborated on such films as The West Point Story 1950 Split Second 1953 Meet Me at the Fair 1953 and The Big Circus 1959. He also contributed three scripts to the western television program Have Gun Will Travel. " from Wikipedia; Signed by Author . Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
1996465H1802Canada: Happy Landings. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. 0969732236 . 234 pages. Black and white reproductions of photos. "The tale of how this farm boy ferry pilot has battled bad weather mechanical failures red tape and exhaustion to survive where others have failed. Fly with Charlie as he delivers a Cessna Skyymaster to Botswana a Twin Otter across the Pacific and a Hawker Siddeley 748 through Russia. If you love adventure you won't be disappointed." - from dust jacket. Clean bright and unmarked with very light wear. Price-clipped dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. An excellent copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Don't Call Me a Legend: The Extraordinary Story of International Pilot Charlie Vaughn Air Pilots Canada Biography Airplanes Ferrying Cessna Skyymaster to Botswana a Twin Otter across the Pacific and a Hawker Siddeley 748 through Russia . Happy Landings hardcover
189243037Edgewood Publishing Co. Fair with no dust jacket. 1892. Cloth. Brown boards with gold lettering is scuffed with corners worn text is acid toned; A biographical sketch co-authored with Hon. Murat Halstead; 8vo; 530 pages . Edgewood Publishing Co. hardcover
19120009020OMAHA NEBRASKA NE SANTA MONICA CALIFORNIA CA. Good. 1912. On offer is an incredible exhaustive and deeply detailed scrapbook and diary entitled The history of my career as a musician by pianist Wallace Wheeler. Beginning with his joining of the Omaha Musicians Association in October 1912 Wheeler traces his career as a classical piano player from his burgeoning days of professional engagements through his growing recognition and skill in the Omaha Symphony Orchestra and his election as president of the Midwest Conference of Musicians. His career is traced is written in exhaustive detail for almost twenty years from 1912 - 1929 The book is made up seemingly equally of written pages describing his professional engagements and newspaper cutouts concert programs photographs of himself and his band's letters and postcards received and various other ephemera directly relating to his musical career. The book is numbered up to page 80 and then there are roughly 40 pages or so of just ephemera newspaper clippings concert programs with his Wheelers name letters and such. The first engagement I ever played as a professional musician was on October 5 1912 at Treynor Iowa. On the engagement were - Frank Kiger - Violin; Jack Treen - Cornet; W.P. Jackson - Drums; Wheeler - Piano. I played with tes three men almost altogether until Jan. 26 1913 when Louis Mareus opened up the Majestic Theater in Council Bluffs after having it completely remodeled and redecorated. We played here until July 2 1913. Though the writing is fairly matter-of-fact on his career when and where Wheeler played who he played with what type of music was played there are also parts where adds additional comments to his professional life: The five months we played there the policy of the house was for the greater part of the time pictures and vaudeville. About six weeks of tabloid musical shows was the only interruption. ; That season 1913-1914 was a good one for me I made a good living in proportion to the times and look back on those days with much pleasure.; In December 1915 I was elected secretary of the Omaha Musicians Assn and took office the first Tuesday in January 1916. I served that one year and bowed out not being a candidate for reelection.The season of 1915-1916 at the Nicholas Theatre was not a very profitable one so we played there off and on more off than on filling in with other work. For the most part in the early years of his career Wheeler takes on semi-steady jobs working theatres often playing for silent movies hotels and odd jobs to make a living. In each new engagement he always writes who he played with. In June 1917 Wheeler enlists as a 3rd Class Musician the band of the 6th Nebraska U.S. Band He writes the names of the entire band all 30 or so men on cornets clarinets drums basses and saxes. He serves with this outfit until early 1918 when he transfers to another band the 135th U.S. Band. He writes The names of all the members of this band I will attempt to list if my memory serves me correctly. Amazingly or perhaps by copying from a diary or something he is able to write the names of over 50 men in the band. Ernest Meyers is the band leader. With this outfit he visits France where the band is broken up. After the break up he attends the Ecole de Musique du Regiment in Chaumont Haute-Marne France. Here he studied bassoon with Antoine Mathieu 1st bassoon of the Paris. Opera Orchestra and conducting under Andre Caplet conductor of opera at the Grand Opera in Paris. He then joins the band of the 306th Field Artillery 77th Division with whom he returns to the U.S. in April 1919. Back in Omaha he takes work at the Boyd Theatre mentioning that it's opening night September 28 1919 is the night of the famous riot when a mob nearly destroyed the courthouse. This is the Omaha Race Riot he is referring to when thousands of whites attempted to hang the Mayor of Omaha and then set fire to the Douglas County Courthouse in downtown Omaha. The next few years are filled with a similar pattern. Wheeler finds a job for a couple months with a theater or hotel then that closes he does a bit of jobbing then finds another engagement for a few months. In 1925 he spends much of the year working with five elementary school orchestras. He writes I find this work with the youngsters very interesting and I take a great deal of pleasure in it. It is inspiring what one can do with six seventh and eighth graders. I did some of this work last year and find the idea spreading and interesting increasing from year to year.The main object of this work is to give the children some idea of ensemble playing before they reach high-school age. Their reaction to our efforts is proof indeed of the importance and desirability of this sort of work. During this time he is also composing his own original music. Around page 45 there are a dozen or so pages of newspaper clippings and the occasional description by Wheeler. This clippings deal mostly with his Summer 1926 engagement of music at Peony Park an amusement park and concert venue in Omaha. Wallace Wheeler and His Band play from May until the end of October. The next few years follow the same as before. Wheeler goes from engagement to engagement usually staying for a season or two and then moving on. He usually leaves pleasantly but he does say of one engagement: Well! I closed at the Riviera on Thursday August 30 1918 and felt very much like a prisoner doing about ten years and is suddenly released. After more pages of programs and newspaper clippings a long entry begins Santa Monica Cal. July 26 1929. Here we are again little book and much water has flowed beneath the bridge since the program was pasted on the preceding page. First of all - when the aforementioned program was under rehearsal I had a personal squabble with Herr Harmati. It was a very regrettable incident and I am sorry that I lost my temper - not without provocation in my own opinion - but none the less a very unfortunate happening. I bear the Signor no ill-will and still consider him a fine musician however widely our ideas diverge on the manner of handling an orchestra. So much for that! Wheeler sells his house and possessions and moves to California. On the trip he is accompanied by his wife and Ben Nye who was a renowned American makeup artist for the Hollywood film industry from the 1930s to the early 1980s. They find an apartment in Whittier California in Los Angeles County. All we ask is a chance to earn a decent living and achieving that we will give thanks to the Great Presence on high and after all these annoying vicissitudes shall dedicate ourselves to the building of a new life beneath the ever smiling sky of Southern California. He finishes: Here shall we pause little book. Santa Monica Cal. Fri. July 26 1929. However there is another entry in which Wheeler updates the book written on November 21 1929 a month after the beginning of the Great Depression. He states that he finds a job in the arranging department of the Fox Film Corp. at the Fox Hill studios in Los Angeles.This so far is a very good position well paid and more desirable than the theatre game on account of having evenings and Sundays off. The Great Depression seems to not be making an immediate effect on him but whether or not his livelihood at the Fox Film Corp. lasts is unknown. Fox Film Corp. would eventually become the company 20th Century Fox which still exists today. After this final entry the scrapbook has roughly 60 pages devoted entirely to programs newspaper clippings and photographs all concerning Wallace Wheeler and his life. In its entirety the scrapbook is over 220 pages in length in a 3-ring binder format with a blank board cover. A number of pages are detached especially near the beginning. Many pages are slightly worn with age but still easily readable and Wheelers handwriting is neat and legible throughout.; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF WALLACE WHEELER AND HIS BAND ERNEST MEYERS ANTOINE MATHIEU PARIS OPERA ORCHESTRA ANDRE CAPLET JAZZ AGE MUSICIAN MUSIC IN THE ROARING 20s PEONY PARK MUSICIANS IN NEBRASKA OMAHA MUSIC SCENE OMAHA MUSICIANS ASSOCIATION MIDWEST CONFERENCE OF MUSICIANS OMAHA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA COUNCIL BLUFFS LIFE OF A PIANIST GIGGING FOR A LIVING U.S. ARMY BANDS MUSICIANS IN WORLD WAR 1 EARLY 20TH CENTURY MUSICIANS 6TH NEBRASKA BAND 135TH U.S. BAND 306TH FIELD ARTILLERY 77TH DIVISION WITNESS TO THE OMAHA RACE RIOT FOX FILM CORP LIFE OF A BAND LEADER BEN NYE MUSIC BEFORE THE GREAT DEPRESSION WHITE MEN IN EARLY JAZZ AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO DANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown
1982098180Holland Patent NY: Steffen Publishing Co. 1982 Book. Very Good . Hardcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. SIGNED by the AUTHOR on the flyleaf. 292 page illustrated somewhat autobiographical stories of the author's experiences with education through his life - "to tell things just as they happened". . Steffen Publishing Co. hardcover
1984006710Nottingham Court Press 1984. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. As New condition. No inscription. "Peron was successively a theological student soldier scientist author and eventually a celebrity consulted by Napoleon and appointed 'Reader' to Empress Josephine. Nottingham Court Press Hardcover
1989A19880aD Wall 1989 1989. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The Book Is In Very Good Condition. In A Very Good Dust Jacket This Book Is Not Signed. 193 Pages With An Index First Edition 1988.- Specializing in academic collectible and historically significant providing the utmost quality and customer service satisfaction. For any questions feel free to email us. D Wall, 1989 hardcover
1906302G3023USA: The Granite Monthly Company 1906. Magazine. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Pages 227-255. Features: Gen. Stephen H. Gale - article with full-page photo portrait and illustration of the Gale Bros. Inc. shoe factory at Exeter; A Meritorious Institution - The New Hampshire Orphans' Home - article with nice photos; New Hampshire Night at thte Exile Club; Vice-President George M. Dallas; A Natural Barometer; Obituaries for Prof. Christopher C. Langdell; Barron Shirley Hon. Charles J. Smith; Eugene F. McQuesten Dr. Sophronia Fletcher Dr. Julia Wallace Russell David M. Thompson; Poems; Nicely illustrated ad for Prescott pianos on back cover; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A quality copy of this vintage issue. The Granite Monthly Company Paperback
19123963001Cambridge University Press 1912. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1800grams ISBN: Cambridge University Press hardcover
2662967London Edinburgh: Marshall Bros. VERY GOOD. Ex-college library with the usual treatments. 1918. Original binding. Green cloth hardcover. No Dust jacket. Portrait frontispiece. 162pp. London, Edinburgh: Marshall Bros. hardcover
1991049364Canada: Island Blue Book Printing 1991. Book. Good. Paperback. Light wear signed by the author. Island Blue Book Printing Paperback
038658U.S.A: Transport Source Books Ltd. Soft cover. Good. 8x5x0. Inside The Text Is Clean With No Remarks Or Highlights. Paperback. Creased Covers. 103 Pages No Index.- Specializing in academic collectible and historically significant providing the utmost quality and customer service satisfaction. For any questions feel free to email us. Transport Source Books Ltd paperback
1971055519Melbourne: Melbourne University Press 1971. xi 348pp index references appendices bw ills maps. Red cloth in jacket. Jacket price clipped with darkened spine 1 short tear to top front light toning to page edges. Alfred Howitt visited Victoria with his father during the gold rushes and stayed to become one of the most vigorous and interesting Australians of his time. He was the bushman who found the disastrous Burke and Wills expedition and rescued its sole survivor. As explorer and geologist he mapped north Gippsland. Also an anthropologist naturalist farmer and police magistrate he was honored by Cambridge for his scientific accomplishments and rewarded with high administrative posts in government for his practical capabilites. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Melbourne University Press Hardcover
198170191London: The University of North Carolina Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. c1981. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0807814415 . First edition/first printing in Near Fine condition with rubbing to the corners and spine in a Near Fine dustjacket with some mild wear; enzieJohann Jakob Moser was a Swiss artist and architect who played a significant role in the development of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation. Walker provides a thorough account of Moser's life and work tracing his influence on the architecture and art of the period.; B & W Illustrations; 8vo; 364 pages . The University of North Carolina Press hardcover
20047797Santa Rosa CA: Golden Door Press. 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 9.2 X 6.5 X 1.5 inches; 460 pages; Signed BY AUTHOR Mylar Cover on dust jacket Dust Jacket shows little wear of usage Book Tight Text is clean no markings seen. Black & White Photographs. . 1885793049 . Golden Door Press hardcover
200636003Ashgate Pub Co 2006-12-18. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed. Copy is inscribed to a named person by the author on the first page in black ink with a message of 5 lines and signed by her first name only Gina and dated by her 12/16/06 there is another date written next to it in another hand; Near Fine condition tight clean unmarked boards clean and undamaged with a tiny amount of wear at tips absolutely NO age toning. Ashgate Pub Co hardcover
1952006630New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1952. 8vo size blue clothbound hardcover with gilt title and decorations on spine 502 pages including two indices. Black and white frontispiece on glossy stock and seven additional full page illustrations. There are also some small snippets of sheet music within the text. Hugo Wolf 1860 - 1903 was a composer known for Lieder music. He also composed operas choral music and instrumentals. Edgewear worn bottom corners and bottom of spine bumped head and heel of spine. Tanned pages. . Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Alfred A. Knopf Hardcover
