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19922649<p><strong>Essentials of Programming Languages First Edition Association Copy</strong></p><p><strong>Daniel P. Friedman; Mitchell Wand; Christopher T. Haynes</strong> Cambridge MA: MIT Press 1992 ISBN: 0262061457 / 9780262061452 Hardcover</p><p><strong>Description</strong></p><p>The first edition of <em>Essentials of Programming Languages</em> EOPL is one of the most influential textbooks in the formal study of programming languages. Written by Daniel P. Friedman Mitchell Wand and Christopher T. Haynes the book provides a rigorous introduction to:</p><ul><li><p><strong>operational semantics</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>continuations and control structures</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>interpreters and abstract machines</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>type systems and program analysis</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>functional and logic programming foundations</strong></p></li></ul><p>The 1992 MIT Press hardcover is the true first printing preceding later revised editions that reshaped the text. Early printings in strong condition are increasingly scarce.</p><p><strong>Association Copy Significance</strong></p><p>Your copy contains a <strong>signed dated inscription from Daniel P. Friedman to Hassan Aït‑Kaci</strong> making it a <strong>primary‑source artifact</strong> linking two major contributors to programming language theory and computational logic.</p><p>This matters because:</p><ul><li><p>Friedman is a foundational figure in <strong>Scheme</strong> <strong>continuations</strong> and <strong>semantics</strong>.</p></li><li><p>Aït‑Kaci is a foundational figure in <strong>logic programming</strong> <strong>type systems</strong> and <strong>computational semantics</strong>.</p></li><li><p>Association copies between major researchers in the same field are <strong>highly prized by archives and institutional buyers</strong>.</p></li><li><p>The inscription documents a <strong>direct intellectual relationship</strong> between the authors and Aït‑Kaci.</p></li><li><p>This elevates the book from a standard collectible to a <strong>research‑grade provenance item</strong>.</p></li></ul><p>In institutional terms this is the kind of copy that becomes the <strong>centerpiece</strong> of a programming‑languages archive.</p> Cambridge, MA: MIT Press hardcover
184660347Philadelphia: Evans printer Fourth below Chestnut 1846. Folio broadside approx. 17½" x 13¾" printed in red and blue with wood and metal type and within an ornate typographic border printed in blue. Left-hand margin slightly ragged but not touching the border; the whole slightly toned but on the whole very good. Purchased as a broadside in fact this is likely the upper wrapper of Mitchell's Maps of New Jersey Pennsylvania Maryland & Delaware Philadelphia City and Washington City five color maps issued together in 1846. Whether this colorful setting of type was used as a commercial advertisement beyond the obvious display on the wrapper is uncertain. Phillips List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress 3692. Evans, printer, Fourth below Chestnut unknown
1935355490720525London: Grayson 1935. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. London: Grayson & Grayson 1935. First UK Edition. Publisher's black boards with gilt spine lettering. Red top edge. The book is in very good condition. 287 pages. Contents are complete clean and tight. Attractive bookplate M W F Cottrill to the front paste-down. Text block edges are a little dusty. No other marks or inscriptions. Black boards are exceptionally clean and bright. In a supplied D/W that has benefited from some skilful restoration to a piece missing from the base of the spine including reinstatement of the publisher's logo and now shows as a VG D/W. Superb front cover illustration. An exceedingly rare book. A nice copy. Photographs/scans available upon request. Grayson hardcover
1936335 - 307 - 471<p><em>First printing bound by Asprey of London in full crimson morocco</em></p><p><strong>Publisher and Year</strong>: New York: The Macmillan Company 1936</p><p><strong>Edition</strong>: First edition first printing "Published May 1936" with no other dates. Finely rebound in the traditional English style.</p><p><strong>Condition and Description</strong>: Octavo bound in full crimson morocco leather elaborately stamped in gilt with dentelles to the turn-ins and silk moiré endleaves. "Asprey" stamped in gilt to the lower front pastedown. The front board features a gilt recreation of the iconic plantation vignette used on the design of the first edition dust jacket. The gilt remains gleaming the leather supple and the binding tight. Trace wear and handling marks to the boards and to the edges of the text block. A striking copy of Mitchell's classic.</p><p><em>"Perhaps - I want the old days back again and they'll never come back and I am haunted by the memory of them and of the world falling about my ears."</em></p><p>Inventory ID: 335 - 307 - 471</p> The Macmillan Company hardcover
1936548823New York: Macmillan 1936. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition first issue in first issue dust jacket. Very good or better with a hint of toning at the rear pastedown and foxing to the edges of the boards particularly the topedge in about very good price-clipped dust jacket with some rubbing and moderage edgewear including small tears nicks and creases at the extremities. A presentable copy of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that helped both to cement the legend of the "Old South" and subtly subvert it at the same time. One of the most famous and popular American novels of the 20th Century and basis for the Oscar-winning 1939 film adaptation. Macmillan hardcover
193636661New York: Macmillan Company 1936. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition First State with "published May 1936" on the copyright page. A lovely copy of this classic work in the original dust jacket. "The stirring drama of the Civil War and Reconstruction is brought vividly to life in this really magnificent novel" jacket. Bound in grey cloth boards with dark blue title to spine and front board. Gentle bumping and light rubbing to corners. A few short closed tears to the book cloth along the spine ends. Offsetting to endpapers and light even browning to interior. Small spot of soiling to top margin of first few pages and occasional finger smudges to margins else clean and bright. In illustrated first edition first issue dust jacket with dark brown title to spine and front panels. The price of $3.00 is printed on the bottom corner of the front flap and the rear panel of Macmillan Spring Novels features "Gone with the Wind" in the second column in the second position underneath "South Riding." There are a few chips to the edges of the jacket creases wear and several long closed tears along the edges of both panels and across the spine. The jacket is protected from further damage with a removable mylar cover but has not been taped or repaired in any way. 1037 pages. LIT/071223. Macmillan Company hardcover
18707830Poughkeepsie NY & Petersburg VA 1870. Near Fine. This exceptional correspondence documents the esteemed astronomer Maria Mitchell 1818 - 1889 supporting the career of Troy Female Seminary science educator Mary Anne Hastings 1822 - 1906. Two ALS and an envelope: Maria Mitchell's letter dated December 6 1869 2 pp. on one sheet measuring 116 x 181 mm folded and her envelope measuring 132 x 73 mm addressed to Hastings and postmarked Poughkeepsie NY; and Mary A. Hastings' letter dated January 10 1870 1 p. measuring 133 x 205 mm. In Near Fine condition. Both letters with old folds and Mitchell's with a patch of toning but clean overall. Mitchell's letters are scarce in commerce and letters with significant content are rare: this correspondence is definitely significant evidencing Mitchell's connections with other women in the sciences and how those connections were essential for women's success in the strictly male-controlled scientific field of the nineteenth century.<br /> <br /> In 1869 Maria Mitchell was in the fifth year of her appointment as Professor of Astronomy and Directory of the Observatory at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie New York. She had already been an influential astronomer for over two decades: she discovered the comet C/1847 T1 "Miss Mitchell's Comet" in 1847; was "the only American woman to gain self-supporting scientific employment and international recognition" throughout the 1850s ANB; and had recently been elected to the American Philosophical Society only the third woman and the first American woman to gain membership. <br /> <br /> These two letters between Mitchell and Mary A. Hastings capture an instance of Mitchell advocating professionally for another prominent science educator. The letters refer to a meeting at Vassar between the two educators in which they discussed Hastings' potential employment at Swarthmore College: Hastings writes "Thank you very heartily for the interest you have taken in my going to Swarthmore" and "I am glad I met you for those pleasant hours in Vassar - I dare hardly tell you how precious they were to me." In her own letter Mitchell notes that she discussed Hastings in correspondence with Swarthmore President Edward Parrish 1822 - 1872: Mitchell forwards Parrish's response "Thy mention of Miss H. is noted. We still keep her in view" and explains "So it is as I supposed. They will call no other person but are not ready for you." Mitchell concludes her letter with well wishes for Hastings and a mention of her colleague Ann Eliza Morse "I saw Miss Morse this morning. She is well" the longtime assistant to Vassar's Lady Principal Hannah W. Lyman. <br /> <br /> Throughout her career Mitchell was dedicated to cultivating solidarity between professional women; an incident during her tenure at Vassar demonstrates how crucial that solidarity could be. Though Mitchell had already well earned her esteem as an astronomer and educator by the time she began working at the college she and her fellow educator Dr. Alida Avery realized that they were both being paid less than half the salary of their male counterparts Mitchell herself was being paid less than a third. Beginning in 1870 Mitchell and Dr. Avery became embroiled in a years-long battle with the administration eventually being granted a significant salary increase that still capped their pay below that of male professors. Mitchell later went on to help organize the Association for the Advancement of Women a precursor to the General Federation of Women's Clubs and was an ardent advocate for the acceptance of women in the sciences in particular; her "advocacy and influence" can be partially credited with bringing many women into the field as astronomical computers in the late nineteenth century ANB. <br /> <br /> By the time Hastings and Mitchell had their meeting at Vassar Hastings had been an educator for over twenty years primarily in mathematics and the sciences. The same year that Mitchell observed her comet Hastings had gained a teaching appointment at the Troy Female Seminary her alma mater where she "became one of the first women in America to offer laboratory lectures with experiments" University of Michigan. She later served as principal of the Female Seminary in Hamilton New York and held a teaching position at Ripley Female College in Vermont. At the time she wrote this letter she had left New England for Virginia then in the midst of Reconstruction; she observes in a nod to Mitchell's own abolitionist convictions: "I am learning how the world looks to educated people who have no belief in human rights or faith in human progress and every day I think God for New England." Though Hastings seemingly never found employment at Swarthmore she did return to New England to teach mathematics to the inaugural class of fifteen students at Smith College in 1875. <br /> <br /> Full transcripts of the letters are available upon request.<br /> <br /> "Maria Mitchell Determined Stargazer." American Philosophical Society September 13 2018. University of Michigan. "Finding Aid: Ruth Hastings papers 1852-1853."<br /> General Catalogue of the Officers and Graduates of Vassar College 1881. Vassar Encyclopedia "Maria Mitchell Salary Dispute." Near Fine. unknown
19367776New York: The Macmillan Company 1936. First edition. Fine. First printing with "May 1936" as the only date on the copyright page. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in full blue crushed morocco all edges gilt deep burgundy endpapers. Internal contents are fresh and clean. <br /> <br /> Set in Georgia during the Civil War and Reconstruction the novel follows the fall of the South and its gentility as experienced by Scarlett O'Hara one of literature's most ruthlessly optimistic characters. More than a war story Gone With the Wind is a reflection on humanity and an unmatched portrayal of old Southern aristocracy. "Mitchell carefully analyzes the nature of human resilience and hold up hopefulness as the critical tool for getting through the worst of times" The Guardian. Popular from its release and an almost-immediate best-seller Gone With the Wind won the Pulitzer Prize the following year and would be transformed into one of the most iconic Hollywood golden-era films starring Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable. "This is beyond a doubt one of the most remarkable first novels produced by an American writer. It is also one of the best" contemporary New York Times review. Fine. The Macmillan Company unknown
18454885Philadelphia: S. Augustus Mitchell 1845. Copper-engraved wall map with full original colour expertly repaired backed with modern linen trimmed in green cloth on contemporary rollers with bright colour overall in very good condition. An impressive wall map of the United States from a crucial year in American history.<br/> <br/> In 1834 Mitchell republished his A New Map of the United States under the title of Reference and Distance Map. New updated editions appeared almost yearly. When compared to the 1833 edition of the former this 1845 edition of the Reference and Distance Map shows many new developments in the upper Midwest. The outline of Lake Michigan has undergone extensive corrections. An oversized Wisconsin Territory 1836 now appears. Two of the small insets of American towns have been removed from the upper left-hand corner so that the new oversized Territory of Iowa 1838 could be added. The large inset General Map of the United States now shows Texas in its last year as an independent Republic. An important American map showing the country on the eve of its second great national expansion.<br/> <br/> Rumsey 4223; Phillips Maps p. 898. S. Augustus Mitchell unknown
1936355490725460London: Michael Joseph 1936. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition in dustwrapper . Publisher's rust-brown boards with silver spine lettering. Boards exceptionally bright and clean. No inscriptions. Pale yellow patterned end-papers that show the shields of the dancers and the jingle to accompany their dance. Very light foxing to the fore-edge hardly worth mentioning otherwise a near fine copy in a complete dustwrapper that is in VG condition and priced 7/6 net to the inside flap as called for. There are several minor closed tears which have historically been neatly repaired on the verso with archival tape. The spine of the dustwrapper is faded from red to orange with creasing to the spine tips and several white marks thereto likely caused by rubbing. This is a nice example of an exceedingly uncommon book. The first of Gladys Mitchell's books to be published by Michael Joseph. Gladys Mitchell is one of the 'Big Three' female crime fiction writers from the Golden Age alongside Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers. Further photographs available upon request. Michael Joseph hardcover
184343311Philadelphia: Mitchell Publishing Company 1843 1843. First edition. 11 x 18.2 cm original roan folder with titles and decorations stamped in gold gilt on the front and rear covers. Contains a beautifully colored 61.8 x 85.7 cm of this brightly colored map and a 64 x 88 cm Sheet of Views with 32 regional inset maps. An exceptional example of this brightly colored map of what is today the Eastern portion of the United States. There is also a listing of states and population by classes white men white women male and female colored and the number that are slaves. A fine copy and a splendid production. Mitchell Publishing Company, 1843 unknown
40163Bolton: Printed at the Old Post Office Bradshawgate by John Booth 1868. First edition large folio 486 x 375 mm 2 leaves of letterpress followed 12 albumen prints mounted on individual stiff card tinted mounts images 195 x 285 mm each accompanied by a descriptive leaf of letterpress and tissue guards some occasions spotting but images and text generally very clean original publishers half morocco gilt rebacked some light water-staining to both boards protruding to silk moire endpapers 'Photographic Views' stamped in gilt on upper cover. Mitchell 1810-1895 was a partner for many years in the firm of Jackson & Mitchell of the Albion Foundry Bolton. The images depict grand houses churches and a grammar school in the Bolton area. List of photographs: Smithhills Hall; Turton Tower; Viiew in the Jumbles; Hall I'-Th'-Wood; Old Parish Church; Porch of Old Parish Church; Free Grammar School; Worsley Old Hall; Peel Old Hall; Deane Church; Worsley Hall; Monument To The Late Countess Of Ellesmere. Not in Gernsheim or Grolier Club The Truthful Lens. JISC locating the the British Library and Manchester Metropolitan University copies only OCLC adds a single copy at the University of Arizona. Bolton: Printed at the Old Post Office, Bradshawgate, by John Booth, 1868 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; <br/> <br/> with a marginal ink note in the left margin of "The Atlanta Journal" from the recipient Dr. Mayo docketed "July 5 - 1949"; <br/> <br/> 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." <br/> <br/> 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 <br/> <br/> 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. <br/> <br/> 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! <br/> <br/> 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! <br/> <br/> 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.'"<br/> <br/> 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.'"<br/> <br/> 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. <br/> <br/> 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! <br/> 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." <br/> <br/> On the envelope is a penned ink note from Dr. Mayo: "Letter from / Margaret Mitchell / Please save." <br/> <br/> "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. <br/> <br/> As noted we offer three companion pieces: <br/> <br/> 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; <br/> <br/> & 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"; <br/> <br/> 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. <br/> <br/> 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.<br/> <br/> Her envelope of transmission has some tears with slight wear and soil.<br/> <br/> The July 1949 copy of "The Reader's Digest" is surprisingly bright clean and tight. <br/> <br/> 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
5600ARTHUR W. MITCHELL 1883-1968. Mitchell was the first Black Democrat elected to Congress. He served Illinois from 1935 to 1943 and he was the only Black member during that time. Born in Alabama he attended the Tuskegee Institute Columbia University and Harvard University. Although Mitchell was a Republican early in life he switched parties in 1932 with the election of Franklin Roosevelt. In 1934 he defeated the Black Congressman Oscar De Priest. Much of his time in Congress was spent introducing anti-lynching and anti-discrimination bills.Scrapbook. Approximately 50 pages. Circa mid 1930s. A scrapbook covering the early political career of Congressman Arthur W. Mitchell; it was kept by Harriet Mitchell in Birmingham Alabama this is likely his sister as Congressman Mitchell was from Alabama. The scrapbook mostly consists of press clippings many with original halftone images of Mitchell. The origin of the clippings is clearly marked and many of them are from prominent Black newspapers such as The Washington Tribune The Afro American with stories like No Rear Door For Mitchell at Abes Tomb and To Attend White House Reception The Pittsburgh Courier Congressman Mitchell Fights Discrimination In The Civil Service The Second Ward Square Dealer of Chicago Millions Laud Congressman Mitchell For Great Act and The St. Louis Argus. There are also pasted-in articles from more mainstream newspapers such as The Birmingham News Chicago World The Birmingham Weekly Review Congressman Mitchell Defies Foes Defends His Pet Bill Time magazine The Chicago Daily Times and others. Also tipped in are ten separates from The Congressional Record Not Printed At Government Expense so the Congressman paid for these. They record Mitchell speeches mostly about lynch mobs but one on Booker T. Washington and another on The Negro and the Democratic Party. There is a photograph of a Franklin D. Roosevelt signed letter to Mitchell. There is also an illustrated political campaign broadside of Mitchells dating from mid 1930s against his opponent DePriest in which he denigrates DePriest for allowing black Gold Star Mothers to be sent overseas via a cattle boat to visit their sons graves. As the scrapbook was ephemeral the pages are brittle and loose from the original binding although no pages are seemingly missing. Some pages have various degrees of soiling. One page uses two rusted paper clips. Despite the condition issues this scrapbook is historic; Mitchells election heralded the future many Blacks found in the Democratic Party leaving behind the party of Lincoln. It is also a family memento indicating the pride that his sister felt for her accomplished brother. unknown
1936376734New York: Macmillan 1936. First Edition First Printing published May 1936 with no other dates. 8vo. Dark Grey full crushed levant with gilt borders raised bands aeg by the Chelsea Bindery. First Edition First Printing published May 1936 with no other dates. 8vo. Macmillan unknown
1845416409Philadelphia: S. Augustus Mitchell 1845. Hardcover. Near Fine. Canvas-backed folding engraved colored map in publisher's red morocco gilt and marbled paper over boards folding chemise and red morocco slipcase with "Empire State" rules and elaborate border decorations stamped in gilt. The map measures approximately 50.75" x 41" and has four engraved illustrations from New York history. Map has some very light overall foxing else fine. Chemise and slipcase have some modest rubbing one joint of the chemise with a crack but sound the slipcase has two horizontal scuffs or stains but both are very good or better. The publisher's chemise and slipcase are rare survivors. S. Augustus Mitchell hardcover
1937374822Atlanta 1937. Two pages on her personal stationery 64 lines approx. 375 words. 1 vols. 4to. Fine. With mailing envelope and a carbon copy of Mitchell's letter of same date to publisher Hasselbalch. Two pages on her personal stationery 64 lines approx. 375 words. 1 vols. 4to. Margaret Mitchell's novel Gone with the Wind was the colossal best seller of the twentieth century selling more than a million copies within months of its appearance in 1936. David O. Selznick bought the film rights soon after publication but the film version was not released until December 1939. The Nordic lands were among the first to secure translation rights and a Danish edition Borte med Blæsten illustrated by Axel Mathiesen was published in the autumn of 1937. It was a publishing sensation in Denmark population under one million at the time: the first printing of 10000 copies sold out almost immediately and went back to press. <br /> A cordial and informative letter of appreciation reading in part:<br /> <br /> "My dear Mr. Mathiesen:<br /> "Your original illustrations arrived on Christmas Eve and they gave more pleasure than I can express to you on paper. How very kind you were to send them! I was happy enough to have copies and I am overwhelmed at having the originals. I shall frame them with great care and hang them on the wall of my living room above the divan where all my visitors can see and admire them. You were very generous to part with them. I am sure if I had been the artist I could never have been as generous. . "Gone With the Wind" is still enjoying a remarkable sale at the original price and naturally my publishers The Macmillan Company see no reason why a cheap edition should be published. I told Mr. Hasselbalch that my American publishers had seen the Danish edition with your illustrations for I had presented copies to Mr. George P. Brett Junior the president and Mr. Harold Latham the vice president. They were both charmed with your pictures. Furthermore I told Mr. Hasselbalch that I thought it would be well for him as my Danish publisher to communicate directly with Mr. Brett my American publisher about the matter of using your illustrations in some future edition.<br /> ". I learn with some interest that the film of "Gone With the Wind" which has been delayed for a year now will probably be begun on February 1st. I have no connection with the picture and am not responsible for anything in it but of course I am interested. As yet the moving picture producers have not announced what actors and actresses will play Rhett and Scarlett. The public however believes that Clark Gable will be cast as Rhett."<br /> <br /> Mitchell sent Mathiesen a carbon of her detailed letter to Danish publisher Steen Hasselbalch expressing appreciation for the drawings describing her belated Christmas gift old Confederate currency with the poem "Lines on the Back of a Confederate Note" and suggesting that the publisher might wish to take out American copyright on Mathiesen's drawings to prevent piracy. unknown
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
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
