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2012350393New York Enfield : Skira Rizzoli ; Publishers Group UK distributor 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near fine very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper now mylar-sleeved. In an equally fine slip-case and publisher's protective cardboard casing. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight bright clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 1 v. : col. ill. ; 33 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; A biograhical sketch of an American icon / Roberta J.M. Olson -- Audubon's innovations and the traditions of ornithological illustration : some things old some things borrowed but most things new / Roberta J.M. Olson -- Drawing birds : Audubon's artistic practices / Marjorie Shelley -- Highlights from the watercolors for The birds of America / Roberta J.M. Olson -- The rest of the flock -- Listing of Audubon's bird watercolors in the New-York Historical Society / compiled by Alexandra Mazzitelli. Subjects; Audubon John James 1785-1851. Birds of America ; Exhibitions. New-York Historical Society ; Exhibitions. Historical Society New York. Birds in art ; Exhibitions. Birds North America ; Pictorial works. Birds North America ; Pictorial works ; Exhibitions. Ornithological illustration ; Exhibitions. Watercolor painting American ; Exhibitions. Ornithologists United States ; Biography. Wildlife artists United States ; Biography. Artists United States. Zoological illustration United States. Aves Illustrations United States. Audubon John James 1785-1851. Genre; Illustrated. New York Enfield : Skira Rizzoli ; Publishers Group UK [distributor] hardcover
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20122136489Published by Skira Rizzoli Publications Inc. The New-York Historical Society 2012. 1st thus edition. Hardback. Fine/Nearly Fine. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper. Large format. Blue cloth with white black and yellow title. This is the Deluxe edition and includes a hand-produced facsimile of an Audubon watercolour The Tufted Titmouse. Stunning colour illustrations throughout! In colour pictorial slip case. Features the one-and-only set of watercolours that Audubon created as a prototype for the large engraved edition of 'The Birds of America'. All 474 watercolours of the New-York Historical Society are reproduced. Wrapper has some very light edge-creasing. Facsimile reproduction painting is contained in an envelope to front endpaper which has come unstuck from endpaper. Still excellent. This copy would make a wonderful gift. Slip case is in fine condition. Also contained in original colour cardboard box which has a couple of dents and some wear. Published by Skira Rizzoli Publications, Inc., The New-York Historical Society hardcover
20122-0847834832Skira 2012. Hardcover. New. 8/19/12 edition. 448 pages. 13.25x11.00x1.75 inches. Skira hardcover
20121194443Berlin : Insel-Verl., 2012. 495 S. : Ill. ; 21 cm Pp.
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2012Q-0373754256Harlequin American Romance 2012-10-09. Mass Market Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Harlequin American Romance paperback
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2012x-0786461675McFarland Publishing 2012. Paperback. New. 320 pages. 10.25x7.50x0.75 inches. McFarland Publishing paperback
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607360on First-Day Cover for the 15 cent American Owls stamp Scott # 1760 1761 1762 1763 with pictorial cachet by Art Craft postmarked Fairbanks AK August 26 1978. Boldly signed by Shelley Berman. 6 1/2" x 3 3/4". Very good. Signed by Authors. No Binding. Very Good. unknown books
606292on First-Day Cover for the 13 cent Talking Picture stamp Scott # 1727 with pictorial cachet by Glen Cachet postmarked Hollywood CA October 6 1977. Boldly signed by Shelley Winters. 6 1/2" x 3 3/4". Very good. TOGETHER WITH: SHELLEY WINTERS. Photograph Signed "Shelley Winters" boldly penned in ink on 1/2 length portrat of Winters wearing a low cut black dress with a single strand of pearsl. Photograph is on heavy weight stock; 3 1/2" x 5 1/2"; very good edge wear; small crease right center. Signed by Authors. No Binding. Very Good. unknown books
182042<p><strong>SHELLEY PERCY BYSSHE</strong></p><p>Autograph letter signed with his initials <em>P. B. S.</em> three pages 4to Pisa 20th July 1820 to his cousin Thomas Medwin <em>´My dear Medwin´</em>.</p><p>Shelley writes an interesting letter including references to two of his masterpieces stating that he has received Medwin´s letter from the mountains and remarking <em>´How much I envy you or rather how much I sympathise in the delights of your wandering. I have a passion for such expeditions although partly the capriciousness of my health & partly the want of the incitement of a companion keep me at home. I see the mountains the sky & the trees from my windows & recollect as an old man does the mistresses of his youth the raptures of a more familiar intercourse; but without his regrets for their forms are yet living in my mind´</em> adding that he hopes his cousin will not pass by Tuscany without paying a visit <em>´Mrs. Shelley unites with me in assuring.that whatever else may be found deficient a sincere welcome is at least in waiting for you´</em>.</p><p>Shelley proceeds to write at length regarding two of his verse dramas <em>´I am delighted with your approbation of my 'Cenci' & am encouraged to wish to present you with my 'Prometheus Unbound' a drama also but a composition of a totally different character. I do not know if it be wise to affect variety in compositions or whether the attempt to excel in many ways does not deter from excellence in one particular kind. 'Prometheus Unbound' is in the merest spirit of ideal poetry & not as the name would indicate a mere imitation of the Greek drama or indeed if I have been successful is it an imitation of anything. But you will judge - I hear it is just printed & I probably shall receive copies from England before I see you. Your objection to the 'Cenci' as to the introduction of the name of God is good in as much as the play is addressed to a Protestant people; but we Catholics speak eternally & familiarly of the 1st person of the Trinity; and amongst us religion is more interwoven with and is less extraneous to the system of ordinary life. As to Cenci´s curse I know not whether I can defend it or no. I wish I may be able since as it often happens respecting the worst point of an author´s work it is a particular favourite with me. I prided myself as since your approbation I hope that I had just cause to do upon the two concluding lines of the play. I confess I cannot approve of the squeamishness which excludes the exhibition of such subjects from the scene´ </em>at this point of the letter two-and-a-half lines of text have been struck through seemingly by Shelley himself.</p><p>The poet asks <em>´What think you of my boldness´ </em>and reflects on a future project a drama which would remain unfinished at his death <em>´I mean to write a play in the spirit of human nature without prejudice or passion entitled 'Charles the 1st'. So vanity intoxicates people; but let those few who praise my verses & in whose approbation I take so much delight answer for this sin´</em> further making reference to contemporary events involving the British monarchy <em>´</em><em>I </em><em>wonder what in the world the Queen has done. I should not wonder after the whispers I have heard to find that the Green Bag contained evidence that she had imitated Pasiphae & that the Committee should recommend to Parliament a bill to exclude all minotaurs from the succession. What silly stuff is this to employ a great nation about. I wish the King & the Queen like Punch & his wife would fight out their disputes in person´</em> before closing his letter with the lines <em>´This warm weather agrees excellently with me; I only wish it would last all the year. many things both to say & to hear be referred until we meet´</em>. With integral address panel in Shelley´s hand a couple of thin neat strips of the remains of the guard to the edges and centre. Autograph letters of Shelley are extremely rare as a result of his tragic death at the young age of 29 and the present example is particularly rich in its literary content. Some very light extremely minor age wear VG</p><p>Thomas Medwin 1788-1869 English writer poet and translator remembered for his biography of Shelley and for published recollections of his friend Lord Byron.</p><p>The Cenci. A Tragedy in Five Acts 1820 was written by Shelley in the summer of 1819 and inspired by the House of Cenci a real Roman family. The play was not considered stageable in its day owing to the themes of incest and parricide as well as the negative depiction of the Roman Catholic Church all subjects Shelley reflects on in the present letter and was not performed in public in England until over a century later in 1922.</p><p><em>Prometheus Unbound</em> 1820 is a four-act lyrical drama which is concerned with the torments of the Greek mythological figure Prometheus who defies the gods and gives fire to humanity for which he is subjected to eternal punishment and suffering at the hands of Zeus. The play is a closet drama not intended for stage production. In the tradition of Romantic poetry Shelley wrote for the imagination intending his play's stage to reside in the imaginations of his readers. Filled with suspense mystery and other dramatic effects W. B. Yeats famously described the work as being ´among the sacred books of the world´.</p><p>The deleted passage of the present letter according to the published version in Volume IV of The Prose Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley originally read ´a squeamishness the produce as I firmly believe of a lower tone of the public mind and foreign to the majestic and confident wisdom of the golden age of our country´.</p><p>One of the final parts of Shelley´s letter makes reference to the events of 1820 whereby King George IV who had recently succeeded to the throne attempted to divorce his long-estranged wife. Caroline of Brunswick. In order to secure his divorce the King had a special bill moved in the House of Lords and the evidence of the Queen´s adultery was presented to parliament in two green bags. Ultimately the measure was withdrawn by the government and Caroline remained married to the King until her death a year later.</p>
1843146431October 1843. Unpublished autograph letter: "Gentlemen. You would greatly oblige me." An unpublished autograph letter from Mary Shelley to the publishers Longman Brown Green & Longmans. Dated October 1843 White Cottage Putney where she had moved the previous month she requests some specific volumes from Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopædia a project to which she had contributed a few years prior. This letter was recently extracted from a volume and so was not known to the editors of her correspondence. Dionysius Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopaedia was a mammoth 133-volume publication published between 1829 and 1846 to which many eminent figures of the day including Sir Walter Scott and Thomas Moore contributed. The Cyclopaedia was organized into nine "cabinets" or areas rather than the alphabetic organization of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Bound in cloth and priced at six shillings each the volumes were an affordable authoritative reference work. Shelley who contributed to Italian Lives 1835; Spanish and Portuguese Lives 1837; and French Lives 1839 was the only woman among the 38 acknowledged contributors. In this letter she writes: "Gentlemen you were good enough to let me have when writing for the Cyclopedia several of its historical series but they were not then complete. I have seven volumes of the Hist. of England by Sir James Mackintosh - and 2 of Moore's Hist of Ireland. You would greatly oblige me if you would complete them for me." Thomas Moore contributed four volumes on the History of Ireland and Mackintosh ten on the History of England. Single sheet 179 x 114 mm written on one side and mounted 274 x 202 mm. In excellent condition. hardcover
1843020641Rome 6 April 1843. Letter. Mild crease from mailing. Near Fine. A three-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED "Mary Shelley" written in Italian on one sheet of an 8" x 5" piece of paper folded to 4" x 5" dated 6 April 1843. A rough translation: <br />"Esteemed Sir. Thank you so much for your card -- and your kindness. I feel ashamed thinking about all the inconvenience that you are experiencing due to that annoying matter strikethrough of Tozzetti but I am pleased that he is not obtaining all he was looking for. He deserved nothing. Thank you for the letter -- maybe others will come for us either sent to your address or simply to Florence. Would you graciously send someone to the post office to ask for our letters and send them here. My debt I would come and pay. I hope it is not too big to be a burden on my conscience and I will find a way to repay it. strikethrough I hope that the weather has improved and that Nerina feels better. I would really love to see you and Nerina again. And who knows if I won't see both in England but first it is easy that we will meet in Florence. Goodbye dear sir. Please consider me your servant and friend. M Shelley." <br />The recipient Tuscan nobleman Bartolomeo Cini was married to Nerina King daughter of Irish writer Margaret King who was a favored pupil of Mary's mother Mary Wollstonecraft. Mary Shelley was in correspondence with him in regard to getting his assistance to retrieve letters by her husband Percy that were sent to King. Shelley's 1840s travels through Europe with her son Percy and his friends formed the basis of her travelogue RAMBLES IN GERMANY AND ITALY IN 1840 1842 AND 1843. <br/><br/> unknown
182912061033 Somerset Street London: 23 December 1829. A very scarce signed letter of one page from Mary Shelley to John George Cochrane the Scottish editor and publisher of the Foreign Quarterly Review describing "M. Beyles' book" Stendhal's Promenades dans Rome as "so trite so unentertaining - so very commonplace that I have found it quite impossible to do anything with it". This letter was likely written in reply to an invitation to review the book and provides a scarce nugget of literary criticism. This letter is one of 21 autograph letters acquired from the Mary Shelley specialist Professor Jean de Palacio of the University of Lille - this small clutch aside autograph letters from Mary Shelley very seldom come to market. Single leaf 182 x 111 mm. Remains of wax seal generally faded and spotted small patch of tape repair to verso fair condition. unknown
1982566641982. Winters responds to a writer who requests permission to send Winters his movie script "with you in mind for one of the leading roles" to her for consider. Winter responds in hard-written script: "5/2/82. Dear Mr. Mitchell: Thank you for the letter but I am commited sic to a film writing a 2nd book & will be producing my own film this year." With closing & signature Shelley Winters 1920-2006 received Academy Award nominations for Best Actress for A Place in the Sun 1951 and for Best Supporting Actress for A Patch of Blue 1965 and The Poseidon Adventure 1972. She won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for The Diary of Anne Frank 1959. Winters' other memorable films include Lolita 1962 Alfie 1966 and Next Stop Greenwich Village 1976. On a single 8.5- by 11-inch white sheet of paper. Very Good condition. unknown
1982566641982. Winters responds to a writer who requests permission to send Winters his movie script "with you in mind for one of the leading roles" to her for consider. Winter responds in hard-written script: "5/2/82. Dear Mr. Mitchell: Thank you for the letter but I am commited sic to a film writing a 2nd book & will be producing my own film this year." With closing & signature Shelley Winters 1920-2006 received Academy Award nominations for Best Actress for A Place in the Sun 1951 and for Best Supporting Actress for A Patch of Blue 1965 and The Poseidon Adventure 1972. She won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for The Diary of Anne Frank 1959. Winters' other memorable films include Lolita 1962 Alfie 1966 and Next Stop Greenwich Village 1976. On a single 8.5- by 11-inch white sheet of paper. Very Good condition. <br/><br/> unknown books
1996Q-091255925xCreativity Unltd 1996-01-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Creativity Unltd paperback
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2010Q-0061852376HarperOne 2010-08-03. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! HarperOne paperback
