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015681Kalamazoo Michigan: Rarach Press 1989. Hardcover. Fine. No. 30 of 38 copies signed by the artist/publisher Ladislav Hanka. In a multi-textured binding by Jan Sobota stamp-signed on rear doublure covers of sueded calfskin printed with original etchings flat spine of brown catfish leather turn-ins and headbands covered in eel skin beige pigskin doublures covered with original etchings leather hinges. In an encapsulated pigskin slipcase covered with etchings beige linen pull-off spine with brown morocco label. With 16 etchings of flora and fauna by Ladislav Hanka. 333 x 248 mm. 13 1/8 x 9 3/4''. A fine copy. This is a handsomely-produced book arts collaboration celebrating the natural beauty of Kalamazoo County Michigan featuring a memorable binding by Czech master binder Jan Sobota. After studying with Karel Silinger in Pilsen and at the School for Applied Arts in Prague and then working in Switzerland Sobota came to the United States where hespend 15 years mostly working at Southern Methodist University. He returned to Loket Czech Republic in 1997 where he founded the Sobota family bookbinding studio and helped to organize the Society of Czech Bookbinders becoming its first president. He has won numerous awareds for his innovative and often whimsical work which has been exhibited worldwide. The present volume is equal parts inventiveness and elegance. Book artist and publisher Ladislav Hanka b. 1952 earned degrees in biology and zoology before receiving his MFA in printmaking and his background in the natural sciences obviously infuses his art which focuses on the flora and fauna of forest and lakes. This volume's collection of prose and poetry inspired by the natural landscape is enhanced by Hanka's dramatic etchings of twisted bare-limbed trees fossils and insects. The letterpress work was done by Amy Bollinger on heavy handmade paper. Rarach Press hardcover
19492060Atlanta Georgia: Margaret Mitchell in reaction to The Reader's Digest & The Atlanta Journal 1949. Original 3 pieces. Envelope. Very Good/Envelope Good. Autograph Letter Penned & Signed characteristically "M.M.M." Margaret Mitchell Marsh by the famed American Author on a Small Folio 8.5" x 14" page copied from "The Atlanta Journal" June 19 1949; with a marginal ink note in the left margin of "The Atlanta Journal" from the recipient Dr. Mayo docketed "July 5 - 1949"; accompanied by the original envelope addressed by Mitchell to "Dr. C.E. Mayos / 612 West 13 St. / Davenport / Iowa." stamp and partial postmark cut away leaving only "5 ATLA. Jul /10.19./ G; with Mitchell's return address on the envelope flap preprinted as: "1268 Piedmont Avenue N. E. / Apartment 3 / Atlanta 5 Georgia." Dr. Mayos has written on the envelope: "Letters from / Margaret Mitchell slight paper loss / Please save." plus a copy of the July1949 edition of "The Reader's Digest" containing a short entry under "Facts to the Contrary"page 18 in which contributor Clemmie R. Galloway pointed out a "discrepancy in time between the death of Melanie's husband in the Battle of Gettysburg July 1 1863 and the birth of her son during the siege of Atlanta September 3 1864." We offer Margaret Mitchell's irritated reaction to a late-blooming literary SCANDAL over whether RHETT Butler had been the REAL FATHER of Melanie's child Because of Mitchell's supposedly faulty internal chronology in Gone With The Wind some readers thought that Melanie's husband Ashley had died at Gettysburg during early July of 1863--more than a year before Melanie had borne a son during the siege of Atlanta on September 3rd 1864. As a consequence of this supposed mistake enthusiasts of the novel and its larger-than-life characters eagerly speculated that dashing Rhett had had a compromising affair with saintly Melanie during her husband's absence! In the July 1949 edition of "The Reader's Digest" contributor Clemmie R. Galloway published a small entry under "Facts to the Contrary" in which he accused Mitchell of a "discrepancy in time between the death of Melanie's husband in the Battle of Gettysburg July 1 1863 and the birth of her son during the siege of Atlanta September 3 1864." The entry was read by many! Galloway went on to say that "When the publisher called Margaret Mitchell's attention to the timing the author was silent for a moment; then she said 'Well I know the Yankees will never change the date of the Battle of Gettysburg and I'm certainly not going to change the date of the Battle of Atlanta.' The publisher moved uncomfortably in his chair 'But--how will we explain it to the public Miss Mitchell' Miss Mitchell shrugged 'Let's hope they will be so interested in the story they will overlook the discrepancy of time if not' she added 'we'll just say that southern women do things more leisurely.'" Penned shortly before her untimely death a few weeks later on August 16th Mitchell penned a quick note in the lower right of this broadside reprinting the June 19 1949 scandalous edition of "The Atlanta Journal" which was headlined "Row Over Melanie's Baby / Peggy Mitchell Hits / Magazine 'Falsity.'" Addressed to "Dr. M" Dr. Mayos a psychiatrist with whom she had corresponded since the mid-1930's Mitchell expressed her disbelief and ire regarding Galloway's slanderous write-up. In full: "Dear Dr. M -- This is one of the reasons why I haven't answered your nice letter. This stupid false hood is causing us a lot of trouble. May be you can figure why they'd print such an error but I can't! Don't forget to let us know before you come through Atlanta next time. We'd love to meet you. M.M.M. meaning: Margaret Mitchell Marsh a characteristic initialled signature used by the author." On the envelope is a penned ink note from Dr. Mayo: "Letter from / Margaret Mitchell / Please save." "The Atlanta Journal "article includes Margaret Mitchell's rebuttal in which she notes that Ashley DID NOT DIE at Gettysburg on July 3-4-5 1863 but "As a matter of fact Ashley never did die in the book." Indeed he was interned as a POW in notorious Rock Island Prison Illinois after which he was released and returned home. As noted we offer three companion pieces: 1 an Autograph Letter Signed by Margaret Mitchell November 8 1900 -- August 16 1949 on a personally embarrassing and aggravating copy of "The Atlanta Journal" headline article from "The Atlanta Journal" sheet with the ink date "july 5 - / 1949" in its left margin. r June 19 1949; & 2 her personal envelope of transmission addressed by the renowned author to a longtime friend psychiatrist Dr. C.E. Mayos of 612 West 13 St Davenport Iowa; annotated by him "Letter from Margaret Mitchell"; plus 3 a copy of "The Reader's Digest" for July 1949 containing the brief entry under "Facts to the Contrary" p.18 about the chronological error supposedly made by Mitchell in Gone With The Wind that had unexpected embarrassing ripple-effects. Condition: Margaret Mitchell's letter is in very good condition with three horizontal mailing folds on "The Atlanta Journal" small folio sheet on which her letter has been penned. The folds have been professionally strengthened verso. Some light soiling and age-toning; faint rust mark from a paperclip upper left corner. Her envelope of transmission has some tears with slight wear and soil. The July 1949 copy of "The Reader's Digest" is surprisingly bright clean and tight. We shall provide a Certificate of Authenticity and another from the party from whom we obtained this very special piece. Margaret Mitchell (in reaction to The Reader's Digest & The Atlanta Journal) unknown books
199187232The Limited Editions Club. New. 1991. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY BRAND NEW PRISTINE NEVER OPENED -- - Corresponds to ASIN: B0006DEPYI. 249 pages; illustrated with reproductions of 5 Berenice Abbott photographs. -- with a bonus offer-- . The Limited Editions Club hardcover
185516332Philadelphia: Cowperthwait Desilver & Butler 1855. First Edition Early Issue. Quarter Leather. Very good. The 1855 Mitchell's Universal Atlas published by Cowperthwait Desilver & Butler in Philadelphia. Folio 74 plates. Three-quarter polished red morocco marbled boards title in gilt on label affixed to front panel. Measures 17" x 14". Front hinge reinforced donation bookplate on front endpaper. Faint damp stain to front and rear endpaper no impact to maps. Occasional toning to plates faint spotting to a few plates a bright example. This work is complete with 71 hand colored lithographed maps with three double page maps for a total of 74 plates. Includes a city plan of Washington D.C. Frontispiece map of the "Lengths of the Principal Rivers in the World." This work is an early issue of the 1855 Mitchell's Atlas with Pierce County Minnesota Plate 35 before it was divided into Pierce Davis and Renville Counties. Includes the Arkansas population map not the table of steamboat routes. Lacking the "New Map of Nebraska Kansas New Mexico and Indian Territories" which follows Plate 37 in the first issue. Philips Atlases 6118. Cowperthwait, Desilver & Butler unknown
184810244London: John Murray 1848<br>. First edition. Frontispiece 10 tinted lithographs & 7 maps 4 folding. Pp. xiv 438 2pp publisher’s advertisements. 8vo. original red cloth blindstamped border gilt vignette to spine. Joints a little worn some rubbing and soiling to cloth.Booksellers label from Melbourne. <br>With a presentation inscription from Mitchell’s sister: ‘From the Author’s sister to Miss Hall with warmest wishes for her welfare’.<br>Between 1831 and 1848 Mitchell made four major expeditions into the Australian interior. Mitchell's final year long expedition sought to solve once and for all the question of the drainage of North-Eastern Australia. He set out in December 1845 with Edmund Kennedy as second in command and proceeded north into tropical Queensland. He had hoped the Barcoo River what he called the Victoria would lead all the way to the Gulf of Carpentaria and thereby provide an overland route between Sydney and Port Essington on the Gulf of Carpentaria. A very good copy with a lovely association.Ferguson 4828 Association copy belonging to the author’s sister and inscribed by her John Murray hardcover
18485001112London: Longman Brown Green and Longmans 1848. Octavo frontispiece 11 lithograph plates and seven maps four folding a very good copy complete with 24 pp. publisher's advertisements neatly recased in the original red cloth spine gilt the cloth in bright condition. <p><p>First edition of Mitchell's account of his last expedition. In late 1845 with Edmund Kennedy as his second-in-command Mitchell set out from Sydney in search of an overland route to the Port Essington settlement. Although he did not find the hoped-for route over the next year he explored a vast area of unknown country in tropical Queensland returning to Sydney in December 1846. As with his earlier expeditions Mitchell showed contempt for official orders preferring instead to follow his instincts. In this instance he seemed more interested in discovering the fabled Kindur River one of his more enduring but erroneous beliefs. To justify his decision he here represented his discovery of the Victoria River which was in fact the Barcoo as the legendary great north-flowing source. Although Mitchell did not succeed in finding a northward route and - if anything - further confused the riddle of the inland rivers upon his return the expedition charted a vast area of previously unknown country without significant mishap or the loss of a single man.</p> <p>The fine tinted lithograph views in the books are all after Mitchell's own drawings. His work as a topographical artist has gained increasing respect in recent years and can be appreciated in the plates prepared for this book. It is characterised by a fine attention to detail and an accomplished use of tone and shading.</p> <p>An attractive copy in its original cloth binding.</p> </p> . Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans unknown
1767799501767. Mitchell John. The Present State of Great Britain and North America with Regard to Agriculture Population Trade and Manufactures Impartially Considered. London. 1767. xvi363pp. plus errata. Half title. Contemporary calf gilt ruled edges sprinkled red rebacked to style. Original boards bumped and somewhat scuffed. Light foxing to outer leaves light tanning throughout. Very good in a half morocco box. The first and only edition. The first part is a consideration of the agriculture of Great Britain the insufficient supply of food and goods in England and the decrease in population there and in Scotland and Ireland. The second part treats the agriculture and population of the North American colonies specifically examining Canada Nova Scotia Georgia East and West Florida and the Ohio and Mississippi territories. The third part concerns the relations between the colonies and Britain the tax situation etc. An important and informative pre-Revolutionary work. HOWES M679 "aa." SABIN 49696. KRESS 6478. unknown
1936188364New York: Macmillan Company 1936. Well my dear take heart. Some day I will kiss you and you will like it First edition in the first issue dust jacket. Mitchell's sole published novel met with immediate acclaim and record-breaking sales winning her the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. The film adaptation starring Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable followed in 1939. Due to their enduring but not uncontroversial popularity both the novel and the film have become touchstones for subsequent representations and discussions of the Reconstruction era in American popular culture. The first printing is dated May rather than June on the copyright page. Dust jackets in the first issue advertise this title on the rear panel in the second row of the second column. Octavo. Original grey cloth spine and front cover lettered and decorated with wind devices in dark blue top edge pale brown fore edge untrimmed. With dust jacket. Housed in custom brown folding box. Small bump to spine and one corner a couple of nicks to contents; jacket unclipped a little rubbed closed tears to toned spine a few paper reinforcements to extremities: a near-fine copy in good jacket. hardcover
197284461Museum; Institute. As New. 1972. Loose Leaf. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - - Corresponds to ASIN: B000PCMA60. 28 pages; many illustrations; folio. -- with a bonus offer-- . Museum; Institute unknown
197284462Museum; Institute. As New. 1972. Loose Leaf. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - - Corresponds to ASIN: B0013BICB4. 28 pages; many illustrations; folio. -- with a bonus offer-- . Museum; Institute unknown
1917369976Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co 1917. Hardcover. Near Fine. Octavo. Quarter cloth and illustrated papercovered boards. Ownership signature of Elizabeth Flodnig corners a bit worn and some soiling on the boards a tight very good or better copy. A blank book with sections for autographs. Contains many inscriptions to Flodnig in 1917 among them a four-line inscription by Margaret Mitchell author of Gone With the Wind on page 44 appropriating Gellett Burgess's famous poem: “I never saw a purple cow I never hope to see one I’ll tell you one thing anyhow I’d rather see than be one! No nominations Ha! Ha! Margaret Mitchell.†In 1918 Mitchell graduated from Washington Seminary in Atlanta and presumably Flodnig was a classmate. Laid in is additional ephemera from the recipient's continuing education in Atlanta. Housed in a custom cloth chemise and gray morocco slipcase. The Reilly & Britton Co hardcover
1951568634Boston: Little Brown & Co 1951. Softcover. Near Fine. Gelatin silver photograph. Measuring 8" x 10". A photograph of a sketch of J.D. Salinger by artist E. Michael Mitchell who provided the iconic cover illustration that appeared on the first edition of The Catcher in the Rye. The illustration shows Salinger from behind a partial profile of the exceptionally reclusive author. Near fine with very light creasing at the tips of all but one corner and light toning or offsetting to a portion of the back of the photo.<br /> <br /> We could find no other examples or references to this image of Salinger being used to promote his writing but note that the original drawing appeared in an exhibition of his manuscripts and personal items at the New York Public Library in 2019 in celebration of his 100th birthday. Salinger famously demanded that - despite Catcher being his first book - the publisher not send review copies to critics he not do press interviews even after becoming a Book-of-the-Month Club selection and his author photo be removed from the dust jacket. The incredulousness of his requests prompted the Little Brown Vice President D. Angus Cameron to intervene asking the first-time author: "Do you want this book published or just printed" Sensing the precariousness of the situation Salinger fell in line for the last time.<br /> <br /> We speculate that this drawing by Mitchell was created in the hope that it could be used by Little Brown in place of an author photo whether for Catcher or one of his next few books. Regardless a compelling and rare image of Salinger created by his longtime friend and clearly indicating his need for privacy. Little, Brown & Co unknown
1943279509New York: Duell Sloan Pearce 1943. First. hardcover. fine/good. 8vo red cloth d.w. New York: Duell Sloan & Pearce 1943. First Edition.<br/><br/> Inscribed for Edith Oliver the drama critic of the New Yorker "with love Joe Mitchell July 29 1943". The dust wrapper has a fine front cover but is missing half the spine. The front flap is detached but price intact. A scarce title to find inscribed.<br/><br/> Duell Sloan Pearce unknown books
194322187New York: Duell Sloan & Pearce 1943. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. First edition of this iconic book on New York's oldest and most famous saloon. A superb near fine example in a bright very good price intact dustwrapper. Nicely INSCRIBED by Mitchell to artist and New Yorker magazine illustrator Richard Merkin. Easily the author's scarcest title and rarely found signed or inscribed. <br/><br/> Duell, Sloan, & Pearce hardcover books
1917136302Chicago: The Reilly and Britton Co 1917. First Edition. First Edition. Blank book-style yearbook largely still blank belonging to Elizabeth Floding with numerous inscriptions and well wishes from various students and faculty including a four-line Gellett Burgess poem written to Floding by Margaret Mitchell: "I never saw a purple cow I never hope to see one I'll tell you one thing anyhow I'd rather see than be one! Ha! Ha! Margaret Mitchell." Additional ephemera also laid in including a piano recital program and various small photographs. <br/><br/>"Gone With the Wind" writer Mitchell attended private girls' school Washington Seminary in Atlanta Georgia where presumably Floding was a classmate. The book also contains an inscription to Floding from English teacher Eva Paisley whom Mitchell would credit as the first to recognize her writing talent. Floding would go on to attend Emory University. <br/><br/>Very Good plus housed in a custom gray cloth chemise and gray leather slipcase decorated with gilt titles and decorative gilt roses. The Reilly and Britton Co unknown books
18377717Philadelphia 1837. No Binding. Near Fine. 7 x 20 ½ inches. Lithograph with original wash color; fold reinforcements else excellent. Rare separately issued folding map showing Missouri as a state Arkansas as a territory and the area of present-day Oklahoma as "Indian Territory Attached to Arkansas." This is a significantly updated edition of the map "has many changes topographically and new borders.There are many new counties in Missouri and Arkansas and a table of Steam Boat Routes appears in the lower right corner of the map. The detail in the surrounding states is now filled in" Rumsey. Rumsey 4102 1836 edition; cf. Ristow W. American Maps & Mapmakers pp. 303-304 unknown books
1936352214New York: Macmillan 1936. First Edition with "Published May 1936" on the copyright page second issue jacket with Gone With The Wind on the top left. 1037 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's grey cloth with blue stamping a bump to top corner otherwise near fine unclipped second issue dust jacket with a couple of small chips around corners a few short closed tears otherwise very clean and nice. First Edition with "Published May 1936" on the copyright page second issue jacket with Gone With The Wind on the top left. 1037 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. A choice copy of this epic historical novel of the South during the Civil War. Willingham & Harwell 120; Harwell In Tall Cotton 125 Macmillan unknown
18377717Philadelphia 1837. No Binding. Near Fine. 7 x 20 ½ inches. Lithograph with original wash color; fold reinforcements else excellent. Rare separately issued folding map showing Missouri as a state Arkansas as a territory and the area of present-day Oklahoma as "Indian Territory Attached to Arkansas." This is a significantly updated edition of the map "has many changes topographically and new borders.There are many new counties in Missouri and Arkansas and a table of Steam Boat Routes appears in the lower right corner of the map. The detail in the surrounding states is now filled in" Rumsey. Rumsey 4102 1836 edition; cf. Ristow W. American Maps & Mapmakers pp. 303-304 unknown
1943140949015New York: Duell Sloan and Pearce 1943. First edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition first printing. A splendid association copy between two noteworthy contributors to The New Yorker; significant as the stories that make up this book famously made their debut in that magazine. Signed by Joseph Mitchell and inscribed in a shaky hand just seven weeks before he would pass away to artist Richard Merkin "For my colleague Richard Merkin whose work I greatly admire signed Joseph Mitchell New York City April 7 1996." <p>xiii 253 pp. Bound in publisher's red cloth with spine lettered in black. Fine in a Very Good unclipped dust jacket variant photo at rear panel shows Mitchell without a hat or typewriter as it's a little unflattering and less on-brand it seems more likely to predate the other variant slightly chipped tear to rear joint with associated creasing. <p>The author's best known work a collection of keenly-observed essays about New York's oldest Irish pub McSorley's Saloon and its unusual patrons inscribed to fellow New Yorker contributor Richard Merkin. Considered one of Gotham's most outrageous men-about-town Merkin was a lauded Cubist painter and illustrator a tenured RISD professor and enjoyed a lengthy career in the New York scene with regular contributions to Vanity Fair Harper's Magazine and a solo column "Merkin on Style" in GQ. A friend of artist Peter Blake he landed a cutout portrait on The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper album cover. Mitchell infamous for his decades-long writer's block likely admired and was perhaps inspired by Merkin's fashionable presence and contagious joie de vivre. Duell, Sloan and Pearce unknown
1943279509New York: Duell Sloan Pearce 1943. First. hardcover. fine/good. 8vo red cloth d.w. New York: Duell Sloan & Pearce 1943. First Edition.<br/> <br/> Inscribed for Edith Oliver the drama critic of the New Yorker "with love Joe Mitchell July 29 1943". The dust wrapper has a fine front cover but is missing half the spine. The front flap is detached but price intact. A scarce title to find inscribed.<br/> <br/> Duell Sloan Pearce unknown
193863830New York: Sheridan House 1938. First edition. Fine in a very good or better example of the exceptionally uncommon dust jacket that is a little shorter than the book with a chip at the foot and small chips at the crown. The author's exceptionally rare first book a collection of short pieces from his days as a reporter for the New York World-Telegram the New York Herald Tribune and The New Yorker. Anecdotally we're told that Mitchell would not allow this book to be reprinted in his lifetime because of some racial characterizations considered inappropriate in the book. Sheridan House unknown
184326898Philadelphia: August Mitchell 1843. First edition. A rare wall map published by Mitchell with only one copy cited at the Clements Library OCLC: 9123797110. The map was published in 1843 in a different folded format with three sheets and bound in a gilt leather folder. In this presentation the large scale map of the eastern United States is surrounded with insets of major harbors and towns. The large Iowa Territory and Minnesota are not yet named. The map shows the country west to the Indian Territory west of Missouri including the eastern part of Texas north including most of Maine with a touch of Canada and south through most of Florida. In the lower right are tables "Population of Each County & c. in the Different States and Territories of the United States in 1840". The whole is bordered with an elaborate design. The inset of Maine is captioned "Map of the North-eastern Boundary of the United States according to the Treaty of 1842." From the "National Map Series that Mitchell produced by subscription over many years. <br /> <br /> Drawn by James H. Young and engraved by J. H. Brightly published by S. Augustus Mitchell Philadelphia 8 1/2 South - 1843 - 7th St. <br /> <br /> With the original rollers. Original color but varnished as usual. Archivally repaired backed on linen supporting many cracks with no loss. Printed area 45 x 39" 114 x 96.5 cm on paper 48 x 40" 122 x 101 cm.<br /> <br /> Map of the southern part of Florida; Inset title:; Map of the north-eastern boundary of the United States according to the treaty of 1842; Inset title:; Vicinity of Burlington Vermont; Inset title:; Vicinity of Portland Maine; Inset title:; Vicinity of Portsmouth New Hampshire; Inset title:; Vicinity of Boston Massachusetts; Inset title:; Vicinity of Lowell Massachusetts; Inset title:; Vicinity of Providence Rhode Island; Inset title:; Vicinity of Hartford Connecticut; Inset title:; Vicinity of New Haven Connecticut; Inset title:; Vicinity of Albany New York; Inset title:; Vicinity of Savannah Georgia; Inset title:; Vicinity of Natchez Mississippi; Inset title:; Vicinity of New York New York; Inset title:; Vicinity of Pittsburg Pennsylvania; Inset title:; Vicinity of Nashville Tennessee; Inset title:; Vicinity of Mobile Alabama; Inset title:; Vicinity of Trenton New Jersey; Inset title:; Vicinity of Rochester New York; Inset title:; Vicinity of Raleigh North Carolina; Inset title:; Vicinity of New Orleans Louisiana; Inset title:; Vicinity of Philadelphia Pennsylvania; Inset title:; Vicinity of Buffalo New York; Inset title:; Vicinity of Charleston South Carolina; Inset title:; Vicinity of Richmond Virginia; Inset title:; Vicinity of Baltimore Maryland; Inset title:; Vicinity of Detroit Michigan; Inset title:; Vicinity of Cincinnati Ohio; Inset title:; Vicinity of Indianapolis Indiana; Inset title:; Vicinity of Springfield Illinois; Inset title:; Vicinity of St. Louis Missouri; Inset title:; Vicinity of Frankfort Kentucky; Inset title:; Vicinity of Louisville Kentucky; Inset title:; Vicinity of Washington District of Columbia. August Mitchell hardcover
123115London Macmillan and Co. Ltd. 1936. . First U.K. edition; 8vo 215 x 160 mm; very small closed tear to edge of half-title occasional spot or mark throughout mostly to margins but more evident to p.733 and p.779 marginal stain to p.65 p.370 and p.797 marginal thumb-soiling to p.125 and p.972 small mark to p.876 otherwise very good internal condition; modern full red morocco with gilt-panelled back by Asprey & Co. spine in 6 compartments with gilt lettering and decoration all edges gilt marbled endpapers very light wear to extremities minor fading to spine otherwise a handsome fine-binding; vi 1037pp 3pp.<br /> Margaret Mitchell was born in Atlanta Georgia in November 1900. After a broken ankle immobilised her in 1926 Mitchell started writing a novel that would become Gone With the Wind. Published in 1936 it made Mitchell an instant celebrity and earned her the Pulitzer Prize. The film version also lauded far and wide came out just three years later. More than 30 million copies of Mitchell's Civil War masterpiece have been sold worldwide and it has been translated into 27 languages. Mitchell was struck by a car and died in 1949 leaving behind Gone With the Wind as her only novel.<br /> London, Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1936. unknown
184387356Philadelphia PA: Samuel Augustus Mitchell 1843. First Edition. Leather-bound. Near Fine boards / Very Good Plus maps. 12mo. 7 1/4 in. x 4 1/2 in. Rich dark-brown leather double ruled in blind brightly lettered and ornamented in gilt. Rays of the sun in an arch above the lettering to front board; this repeated to rear board with the addition of an eagle with wings outspread holding an American shield in its beak grasping an olive branch with his right talon and a brace of arrows in its left. All this above a cloud-construct with a large banner "E. Pluribus Unum" above and "United States" below. Latch closure. Recent conservator's touch-up to previously lightly rubbed extremities.<br /> <br /> The leather boards encase two mounted colored folding MAPS in clean bright condition.<br /> <br /> The first map 34 1/2 in. x 25 1/2 in bordered in rose and yellow is entitled: "A CONCISE VIEW OF THE NUMBER RESOURCES AND INDUSTRY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN THE YEAR 1840: Comprising the Different Classes of the Inhabitants Population of the Principal Cities and Towns THE CHIEF AGRICULTURAL MINERAL AND MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF EACH SEPARATE STATE; The most important Canals and Rail-Roads the Lengths of the Principal Rivers and the Heights of the Principal Mountains in the United States". The format is a large central chart of statistics surrounded by 32 separate 3 1/2 in. x 3 in. mini-maps in yellow green rose and black depicting Vicinities of various U.S. cities or states. The larger central chart 16 1/2 in. x 16 in. includes statistics on Aggregate of the Different Classes Men Women White Colored Number of Slaves. Several very short tears along folds.<br /> <br /> The second fold-out map is a bright multicolored map of the then entire United States the title of which is: "Mitchell's National Map of the American Republic Or United States of North America Together with Maps of The Vicinities of Thirty-Two of the Principal Cities and Towns in The Nation Clearly intended as the overall title to the entire two-map leather-housed brass-clasped endeavor including the first map described above. A clean copy of this beautiful cartographic endeavor drawn by H. Young and engraved by J.H. Brightly. Several inches of short closed tears along folds. Tape applied along one seam on map's verso. Samuel Augustus Mitchell unknown
19691488971969. Rare color satin-finish photograph of the Apollo spacecraft over the lunar surface. Boldly signed around the Apollo spacecraft in black felt tip by seven moonwalkers: Buzz Aldrin Charlie Duke Gene Cernan Charles Conrad Alan Bean Edgar Mitchell and Dave Scott. In fine condition. The piece measures 10 inches by 8 inches. On July 20th 1969 American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle on the lunar surface. Six hours after landing Neil Armstrong became the first person to step onto the lunar surface; Aldrin joined him 19 minutes later and the two spent over two hours collecting lunar materials. Armstrong's first step onto the lunar surface was broadcast on live TV to a worldwide audience during which he uttered the historic phrase "That's one small step for man one giant leap for mankind." Apollo 11 effectively ended the Space Race and fulfilled a national goal proposed in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy: "before this decade is out of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth." unknown
