Nesbitt, Alexander (editor)MareMagnum
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A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Edge wear and a bit of curl to cover. Peeling laminate on cover. 8 3/8"w x 11 1/4"h. 222 pages.
Colour Lucky Strike advertisement upon back cover features large picture of June Collyer. Inside of back cover features full-page advertisement from the National Publishers Association which quotes John H. Patterson, Andrew Carnegie and Thomas Fortune Ryan's words from past depressions and concludes "American has beaten 19 Major Depressions - she will beat this one... as the most nearly self-contained nation, we have within our own boundaries the elemental factors for recovery." Features: Mrs. Sinclair's "Mental Radio" - a record of amazing experiments in mental telepathy made by the wife of a well-known author; Editorials - Rear Admiral Winslow - Out of Adversity - Interstate truck regulation - the country's health; George Washington, Inventor - the versatility of our first President included invention and scientific farming; A miniature solar system and its problems - Jupiter's four major satellites and other small ones make up a system that baffles the astrophysicist; Gem-stone cutting for the amateur - a fascinating hobby with a mechanical and an esthetic appeal; To salvage a sunken liner's treasure - new methods used in recovering the gold from the Egypt; A New Turbine rocket plane for the upper atmosphere - combination drive for a proposed stratosphere plane; Why power companies plant trees - public utility companies now reforesting their water power watersheds; a Horizontal well supplies fresh water to Bermuda - a modern system supplants old rainwater from roofs system; George Washington, the father of the American Navy; From Angora Goat to Mohair Fabric; The telephone spans the Pacific - the first commercial service from California to Hawaii is inaugurated; From the Archeologist's Note book - Sumerian Diorite Head - stand from grave Athenian jug - Persian strong-box; Preservation of Leather Book Bindings - treatment and formulas to protect old or rare library volumes. Average wear. Small openings at top and bottom of spine. Unmarked. Book
pp. ix, 384 +Plus 6 plates of illustrations. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's green cloth binding lettered and decorated in gilt with a black and white illustration of a ship on a coast. Spine Lettered in gilt. Cover gilt is bright and illustration is slightly soiled. Spine faded. Corners sharp. Contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. Charles Clark Munn (1848-1917) wrote various popular stories of rural and wilderness life, while engaged as a commercial taveler. NW59 / NW62
pp. 40. 8vo. 170mm. Printed on the rectos only. Nice original crimson cloth binding, decorated with a black, white, and red 'Bull's Eye.' Contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. An Entertaining home 'game' of divination and personality analysis involving a numbered Bull's Eye. Scarce. NW61
pp. 244 +Plus 6 illustrations including frontis. 12mo. 200mm. Publisher's full cloth binding in blue lettered in cream. Spine lettered in cream. Corners are slightly bumped and spine slightly faded. Slight chip on front edge. Binding tight and contents clean. Dust Jacket present but tattered. Hardbound. Very Good. NW70
pp. 420 +colored titled page. Frontis portrait lacking. 12mo. 190mm. Original publisher's full violet cloth binding decorated in blind. Spine decorated and lettered in gilt. All edges gilt. Boards rubbed and slightly faded around edges. Spine gilt is rubbed. Spine worn with black marker pen near head of spine. Some wear to head and base. Corners frayed. Contents clean. This copy is lacking the frontis portrait. Hardbound. Good. Book plate of Edwin T. Moul and gift inscription in flyleaf 'From George O. Lieberthorp to Edwin T. Moul, October 2, 1918.' Bookplate depicts a gay looking young man sitting and reading among flowers. Presumably this was Edwin T. Moul of the York PA. Liquor dynasty. Thomas Moore (1779-1852) was an Irish poet, singer, songwriter, and entertainer, now best remembered for the lyrics of 'The Minstrel Boy' and 'The Last Rose of Summer'. He was responsible, with John Murray, for burning Lord Byron's memoirs after his death. In his lifetime he was often referred to as Anacreon Moore. NW51
pp. 192 +Plus 38 leaves of plates. 8vo. 200mm. Original publisher's full dark green pictorial cloth binding lettered and decorated in silver gilt. Spine decorated and lettered similarly. Gilt bright on cover and slightly rubbed on spine. Boards and spine clean with slight abrasions. Head and base of spine worn. Patterned end papers. Ownership stamp of 'Barralow Bros, Railroad News Agents, Portland, OGN.' Revised edition, Edited by Rev. J.B. McClure. Manuscript ownership on title page. Contents clean. Hardbound. Very good. Dwight Lyman Moody (1837-1899), also known as D. L. Moody, was an American evangelist and publisher connected with the Holiness Movement. He founded the Moody Church, Northfield School, Mount Hermon School, Moody Bible Institute, and Moody Publishers. NW61
pp. ix, 256. +Plus Frontis and numerous illustrations throughout the text. 12mo. 190mm. Publisher's padded binding in coarse silk. Binding airbrushed with hazy leaf decoration and stamped with gilt lettering. Spine also lettered in gilt. Edges gilt. Light fading to the front cover and spine and bottom edge of boards moderately soiled. Binding tight and contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. NW70
pp. 120 +Plus 4 plates of color illustrations and marginal illustrations in blue-green. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's full yellow cloth binding with black lettering and green, white, and gilt candle decoration. Spine lettered in black. Cover color is good. Gilt is bright. Spine mildly faded. Corners slightly bumped. Manuscript ownership on inside flyleaf of 'Alexander Hamilton'(?) Contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. Silas Weir Mitchell (1829-1914) was an American physician and author who excelled in novels of psychology and historical romance. NW60
421 p. + 10 full page plates, including the frontis. 8vo. 190 mm. Clean and tight original publisher's full yellow pictorial cloth binding. Title in blue ink on spine with color illustration on cover. Manuscript ownership of 'Edith Walton Cooper Jan. 1909' on first flyleaf. Small printed booksellers label for Charles Ream, YMCA building, Lancaster. Minor Staining of foredge Spine. Binding slightly darkened. Hardbound. Very good. NW66
pp. 229. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's full green cloth boards decorated in black and gilt. Cover depicts a ominous tree design and creepy font. Spine lettered in gilt and decorated in black as well. Colors and gilt are bright and sharp on cover. Spine faded and gilt rubbed. Corners sharp and covers clean. Bookplate on inside paste-down belonging to 'Howard Shreve Fisher'. Contents clean. Front hinge cracking. Hardbound. Very Good. NW58
pp. ix, 90 +Plus 11 pages of full color prints. Tall 4to. 290mm. Publisher's unusual iridescent silver-blue cloth boards covered in almost half cloth illustrated paper. Cover decorated with lovely full color image of a melancholy woman wearing a hat. Cover lettered in gilt. Spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Cover illustration is crisp and boards clean with slight wear to paper. Spine clean and crisp. Original slip case and glassine dust jacket. Illustrated slip case torn without loss along edge and peeling slightly along the bottom edge. DJ near perfect. Hardbound. Very Good. Weymer Jay Mills was born in 1880 in Jersey City, NJ. He was the son of Mortimer Mills and Lillie Wilcox Mills, the brother of Hazel Abercrombie Mills, and a descendant of Revolutionary War era poet Philip Freneau. He lived in Jersey City and New York City. He wrote a number of magazine articles and books, including Historical Houses of New Jersey, Through the Gates of Old Romance, and Caroline of Courtlandt Street. He edited the 1903 publication, Glimpses of Colonial Society and the Life at Princeton College. He wrote the introduction to Some Account of the Capture of the Ship Aurora by Philip Freneau, which was published in 1889. For a brief time, he was also an antique dealer in London, England, who specialized in miniatures. He died in Merano, Italy in 1938. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! NW59
pp. 32. 8vo. 180mm. Original publisher's white textured vellum covered boards lettered in gilt and decorated with a blue fleur de lis pattern. Spine blank. Cover soiled around the edges. Corners bumped. Binding fragile. Contents clean. Hardbound. good. NW61
pp. 448 +4 leaves of B/W plates. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's full orange cloth binding decorated with pasted down color illustration. Decoration depicts a large man in a red robe clutching a woman in his arms. Spine lettered in brown. Cover color rubbed. Spine faded. Corners sharp. Moderate tears of the fore edge of a few leaves. Contents clean. Hardbound. Good. Elizabeth Jane Miller Hack (1878-1961) wrote under the simpler name Elizabeth Miller. She was known for her two historical romance novels, The Yoke: A Romance of the Days When the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt and The City of Delight: A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem. Frank Xavier Leyendecker (1876-1924) was an American illustrator. He worked with his brother Joseph Christian Leyendecker, in their studio, first in Chicago,then later in New York City and New Rochelle, New York. He studied for a time at the Academie Julian in France. He was known for his stained glass work as well as his illustrations for posters, magazines and advertisements. Leyendecker served as the judge in the first Strathmore Water Color Contest, sponsored by the Mittineague Paper Company of Massachusetts. His work was described as an 'important feature' of the second exhibition of the Society of Illustrators at the International gallery in New York. Manuscript ownership of 'C.J. Phillips' on inside flyleaf. NW62
Hardcover with dusjacket, 220 pages, Size:175 x 260 mm, Illustrations:94 b/w, 62 col. fine!. ISBN 9780905203805. The central theme of Rubens?s paintings is the human figure, often represented nude or partially clothed and involved in dramatic action. As a history painter, Rubens?s acclaimed skill in rendering the human body whether male or female, lean or fleshy, mature in years or young, animated or lifeless, vigorous or diseased, heroic or cowering, sensuous or decrepit, idealised or blemished and imperfect enabled him to vie with the greatest artists ever known, while creating increasing demand for his work among Europe?s intellectual, cultural, religious and political lite. His mastery in depicting human figures and their dynamic movements suggests that he followed the example of Leonardo da Vinci (1452?1519), Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475?1564) and other Italian artists he admired, who made extensive studies of human anatomy. As pointed out by two recent perceptive scholars, however, the robust, muscular male nudes in action who appear in so many of Rubens?s narrative paintings are often anatomically inaccurate. Moreover, and as will become clear in this volume, Rubens?s approach to anatomical study was not closely similar to that of any of his forbears. In many respects his ways of working are comparable to those of Michelangelo, who used the knowledge he acquired through dissection not to pursue verisimilitude but to invent the anatomy of his figures according to his own idea of physical beauty, strength and expression. Yet unlike Italian Renaissance artists such as Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Alessandro Allori (1535?1607), Rubens did not perform or witness dissections and seems to have rarely studied from the live nude model. What, then, was the nature and extent of Rubens?s study of human anatomy? The present volume will offer an answer to that question, while also establishing when and where most of his anatomical works were made and reassessing the issue of their intended purpose.
Paperback Light to medium wear on cover of trade paperback. Ships directly from publishers. Soon to be release this fall. Pre - orders now tak en. Pls. allow 4 - 6 weeks of delivery and backorder possibilities.
pp. 256. 12mo. 190mm. Original publisher's green cloth binding decorated with dark green, red and color illustration. Illustration by T.E. Christy depicts two women looking serenely at a ring on one lady's finger. Cover colors are crisp. Spine lettered and decorated in dark green and red with rose design. Corners bumped. Paper browned and brittle. Gift inscription 'A Merry Christmas to Melvina from Lena Dec. 25, 1918' Contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. NW58
pp. 391 +Plus 1 illustrated plate (this copy lacks). 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's pictorial full green cloth binding lettered in light green and decorated with white, light green, and yellow. Cover depicts a sprawling estate with steps and plants framing the castle. Spine lettered in light green. Cover colors rubbed. Spine faded. Some wear to base and head of spine. Corners bumped. Lacks plate. George Barr McCutcheon (1866-1928) was an American popular novelist and playwright. His best known works include the series of novels set in Graustark, a fictional East European country, and the novel Brewster's Millions, which was adapted into a play and several films. Manuscript ownership of 'Maggie P. Snovel, 629 Moss St., Reading, Pa.' on inside flyleaf. Contents clean. Hardbound. Good. NW62
pp.(viii) 422 +Plus Frontispiece. 12mo. 200mm. Publisher's full cloth binding in red lettered in black. Spine lettered in black. Corners sharp. Slight chip on front edge. Manuscript ownership of 'Maggie P. Snovel, 629 Moss St. Reading PA' Binding tight and contents clean. Dust Jacket present but tattered. Hardbound. Very Good. NW70
pp. viii. 355 +Plus 4 illustrations including frontis. 12mo. 200mm. Publisher's full cloth binding in orange with illustration depicting a man in a hat. Lettered in white. Spine lettered in white. Spine color faded. Slight abrasions on cover illustration. Rear cover slightly soiled. Manuscript ownership label of 'M.T.S. From G.S.B. 1909' on inside paste down. Binding tight and contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. NW70
pp. vii, 286 +Plus Frontis. 24mo. 200mm. Original publisher's full brown cloth binding decorated in blind and gilt grapes. Spine ruled and decorated similarly. Boards rubbed and mildly damp stained with fading around the edges. Gilt is bright on boards and mildly faded on spine. Spine faded with slight wear to head and base. Corners bumped. Contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. 1st Edition, 4th Printing. Manuscript ownership of 'Mich Schall 1852.' Donald Grant Mitchell (1822-1908) was an American essayist and novelist who usually wrote under the pen name Ik Marvel. NW51
pp. iv, 379 +Plus 7 leaves of prints. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's pictorial full brown cloth binding decorated in gilt and blind. Decoration depicts windows with ivy growing around them designed by William James Jordan with his monogram. Spine lettered in gilt. Cover gilt bright. Spine slightly rubbed around the head and base. Corners bumped. Stated second impression. Hardbound. Very Good. George Madden Martin was the pen name of Mrs. Attwood R. Martin (1866-1946) who was an early 20th century American fiction writer. This example seems to only have the frontis print. Contents clean. NW62
Hardcover Light to medium wear on cover of trade paperback. Ships directly from publishers. Soon to be release this fall. Pre - orders now tak en. Pls. allow 4 - 6 weeks of delivery and backorder possibilities.
Leipzig, No Publisher, 1862. Quarter-leather, Square 8vo, xx, 107 leaves. 23 cm. In Hebrew. Includes nice frontis lithograph of Menasse. SUBJECT(S): Philosophy, Jewish. OCLC lists 2 copies worldwide (Harvard, Vanderbilt). Foxing throughout. Tiny bit of worming to gutter margin, wear to 19th century covers especially at corners, corners folded on last 30 leaves, not affecting text. Internal binding starting but intact. Otherwise Good Condition. Somewhat scarce edition. (k-sef-1-1)
pp. 371. 12mo. 200mm. Publisher's full cloth binding in green lettered in gilt and decorated in blind. Spine lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt. Corners are rubbed but sharp. Stain across fore-edge. Ownership label from Florence H. Bachman. Nov, 17-1919. Binding tight and contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. NW70
