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16766Women's Education Art History Original handwritten essay on "Art North of the Alps" and biographic entries for 50 of the most important European artists from a woman Professor at a girl's academy in 1889. Notebook of a female art lecturer in 1889 at Mt. Auburn Institute for girls with essay on northern European art and short biographies of 50 of the important artists from this region. Handwritten label on front cover: "Jean Sprunger Lea. Art Lecturer. Mt. Auburn Institute '89. Cin Ohio". 8 x 6.5 in. Original paper boards. 66 pages last 20 are blank. Written on first page: "Senior Art Lecturer from January to June '89. Cincinnati Ohio". Comes with two typed mimeographed copies of essay Art North of the Alps from a former owner. Includes biographies of Van Eyck Albrecht Durer Hans Holbein Rubens Van Dyck and Velasquez among others. Mt. Auburn Institute was established in 1856 as a Family School for Young Ladies. The school took pride in their History and Literature departments and offered special courses in art music and culture at a time when higher education for girls was considered novel and unnecessary. <br/><br/>"Art North of Alps. Teutonic German Dutch Flemish Spanish French and English art. In the beginning of the 18th century art underwent a revolution. the Gothic style was introduced with it's airy lightness boldness and grace. Some of the best specimens of the Gothic art are the nave o the Cathedral of Frieburg a heavy structure the minister of Strasburg completed 1275 finest example of Gothic fretted work and the choir o the cathedral of Chartres finished 1264. On their choir brought fourth the history of the Redemption." Biographies of some of the most important figures in European art history. "Albrecht Durer 1471-1528 was born in Nuremburg. His father was a goldshith and brough up his son in the same trade. Young Durer when he reached the age of twenty-one travelled as far as Venice and saw many of the Italian masterpieces.He has left many writings as well as paintings - Among these are scientific works on Geometry and Astronomy--Venice offered him a salary if he would come there-Antwerp did the same but he couldn't leave his beloved Nuremburg." Some additions or corrections made in pencil by original owner. Inscription from later owner on first page. Rust mark from paperclip on inside front cover and p. 1. Very good condition. unknown books
232948New Jersey: Abner Schram. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Previous owner's bookplate attached to ffep. No pencil or ink markings in text. Beige cloth binding. Dustjacket sound. Off-white cardboard slipcase. Closed tears at front top and bottom of slipcase; Slipcase -- Very Good. Near Fine binding / Near Fine dust jacket. Abner Schram unknown books
1893008389New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1893. Two volumes in signed G.P. Putnam's Sons fine binding of half crushed blue morocco over floral patterned paper covered boards matching floral end papers backs tooled in gilt tops gilt. Very Good front decorative end page Vol. I detached and with bottom corner creased and starting to tear front joint Vol. II starting to open small rubs at corners and edges. Interiors clean and fresh. A lovely contemporary binding priced for restoration. . Later Edition. Half Morocco. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. G. P. Putnam's Sons Hardcover books
1824008182London: Printed for Sherwood Jones and Co. 1824. Title vignette coat of arms. xv 590 pages 1 leaf frontispiece portrait illustrations. Biography of Thomas Wolsey born c. 1475 made cardinal 1515 Henry VIII's lord chancellor and from 1515-1529 Wolsey's rule in foreign affairs was near-complete. Unable to arrange an annulment for Henry's marriage to Catherine of Aragon and unpopular with those around Anne Boleyn Henry's proposed new bride Wolsey was arrested near York in November 1530 and accused of treason. He died on 29 November of the same year as he was traveling to face trial. Very Good plus in unsigned contemporary fine binding of black morocco the back with five raised bands and gilt rules and lettering and blind tooling the covers with gilt chain decoration bordering intricately blind tooled decorations the page block edges stained brown edges of covers gilt. The armorial bookplate of the private library of Thornham Hall front paste down. Very Good Plus light rubbing to morocco toning at edges of paste downs internally quite clean and bright. Uncommon in lovely tooled binding of the time. . First Edition. Morocco. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Printed for Sherwood, Jones, and Co. Hardcover books
1916892London: Duckworth & Co 1916. Hardcover. Very good. Second impression. xvi 240 pp illustrations 16 publisher's catalogue. Some light general wear to boards short gift inscription Christmas 1919 on front free endpaper; else clean and sound. No dust jacket. Compiled from letters written by the author from France Greece Serbia and England. Duckworth & Co hardcover books
19202770London: Cassell and Company Ltd 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. xii 278 pp illustrations from photographs frontis portrait of the author index. Library stamp on top edge no other library markings; text clean binding sound. No dust jacket. Signature of historical novelist Alfred Duggan on front endpaper. From the Foreword: "Originally written for the private use of my sons in case I did not return this narrative of events connected with the expedition to Siberia must of necessity lack many of the necessary elements which go to make a history. I wrote of things as they occurred and recorded the reasons and motives which prompted the participants." Cassell and Company, Ltd hardcover books
19751822College Station TX: Texas A&M University Press 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. xxix 202 pp with illustrations index. Light damage to front free endpaper name written on front pastedown lightly bumped bottom corners; else clean and sound. Dust jacket shows very light shelf wear with a few spots of nibbling at the folds. An eyewitness account of the Texas Revolution written by an intelligent and perceptive officer on Santa Anna's staff. Texas A&M University Press hardcover books
190243922London and New York: John Lane The Bodley Head 1902. 1st Edition. Red cloth with decorative pattern of gilt bees stamped to front board gilt decoration and lettering to spine t.e.g. Mild extremity wear; spine lightly sunned; faint spotting to rear board; small San Francisco bookseller label to rear pastedown. Very occasional minor soil to margins. Else clean binding sound. VG. vi 2 257 1 6 ads pp. B/w frontispiece of John Stokoe plus four facsimiles of letters. 7-3/4" x 5" <br/><br/> John Lane, The Bodley Head hardcover books
199421242NY: HarperCollins Pandora. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1994. Hardcover. 006250049X . Book club edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . HarperCollins (Pandora) hardcover books
1881240561NY: Wurtele and Co 1881. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 26 issues of this weekly in original black cloth. Rebacked with original spine laid on. Endpapers have pencilled arithmetic exercises from a previous owner. Very Good binding. Wurtele and Co unknown books
1991TB10530Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1991. First Edition. First printing Fine in 1/4 cloth and paper covered boards. In a near fine dust jacket with faint creasing at the upper edge of the front panel. A description of life and nature in a remote valley in Montana as experienced by the author. Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
1986006437Portsmouth New Hampshire: Peter E. Randall Publisher 1986. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front end page. "The story of the life and times of the inventor of our game of tennis.". SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Peter E. Randall, Publisher Hardcover books
19252454Paris 1925. Wraps. Mauve faux suede marled wraps. Very good. 83 pages. 20 x 14.5 cm. Second book in a series published by the great wine house of Nicolas. This edition explores the Bordeaux region - illustrated in color throughout by Pierre Lissac. Color illustrated fold-out map of region and a large folding chart of quantities produced in this areas dating 1876 through 1923. Text in French. Light foxing to interior. <br/><br/> paperback books
1925535681925. WINCHESTER History of. WINCHESTER'S WAR RECORDS. Civil - Spanish-American - World. Winchester Massachusetts: Andover Press 1925. 8vo. blue cloth stamped in blind and gilt. Slight wear to spine and corners with light foxing to text edges. A very good copy. unknown books
005620Seattle WA: Don Mills Includes "Win With Willkie" bumper sticker 3 1/2" x 5" no backing paper "We Want Willkie" campaign button set of 8 Wendell Willkie portrait stamps each 1 1/2" x 2" and a pack of 100 "Win With Willkie -Vote Republican !" postage-size stamps. No Date 1940. Wendell Willkie did not run in the 1940 presidential primaries but positioned himself as an acceptable choice for a deadlocked convention. He sought backing from uncommitted delegates while his supporters many youthful enthusiastically promoted his candidacy. He was nominated on the sixth ballot over Ohio Senator Robert A. Taft. . First Edition. Near Fine. Don Mills unknown books
19692221968<p>Enlarged edition. 4to. 50 b/w illustrations 41 figures. Dust jacket clipped designed by Miriam. Very good. 312 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p><p>Includes three additional articles.</p> Da Capo Press hardcover books
19182256New York: The Truthseeker Co 1918. Softcover. Good. Revised and enlarged edition. 32 pp in original stapled wrappers. Dampstaining and chipping to wrappers text clean. Gauvin 1881-1978 was a notable author and speaker in the Freethought movement. Here he details the many perfidies of Germany and her allies and asserts that "we must do all in our power to preserve our liberties by keeping a conquering military despotism away from our shores. And the things which we cherish for ourselves we must help France and England to uphold that all of us may do our duty to humanity as guardians of civilization." The Truthseeker Co paperback books
1975004191Nashville Tennessee: Broadman Press 1975. SIGNED BY AUTHOR and former President Jimmy Carter on the title page "Jimmy Carter" and SCARCE THUS. His 1st book. Near Fine top edge faint soiling in a Near Fine dustjacket small chips at head of spine and flap folds Christian Board of Publication price sticker rear panel. This is not one of the Limited Editions with a facsimile signature but rather a regular trade edition copy that he has signed "Jimmy Carter" not the more commonly seen "J. Carter". . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Broadman Press Hardcover books
1940007448New York: Wilfred Funk Inc. 1940. First Edition First Printing of John F. Kennedy's first book. Near Fine slight browning to end pages topstain a bit lightened at spine end in a Very Good dust jacket front flap bottom corner clipped yet still showing Price $ with part of the 2 present see scan light edgewear rear wrappers soiled. Uncommon in the first edition first printing. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Wilfred Funk, Inc. Hardcover books
001823Chicago: Anti-defamation League of B'nai B'rith No Date circa 1938. "Religious Workshop" stamp top edge front wrapper. Near Fine page 9 has light soiling at spine margin. Rebuttal of Nazi propaganda by this Jewish scholar in the runup to WW II. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Anti-defamation League of B'nai B'rith Paperback books
187945074New York: The World 1879. First Edition. Octavo 18.25cm; red cloth with titling and decorations stamped in black and gilt on spine and front cover; vi8626pp ads. Faint crease to front endpaper mild dustiness to cloth else Near Fine. History of the Seventh New York Regiment's involvement during the Great Railroad Strike of 1877 a conflict lasting 45 days before being put down by local and state militias. The World unknown books
200322984Philadelphia: Running Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2003. Hardcover. 0762414669 . Second printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Running Press hardcover books
19343New York: Damon & Peets. Waino and Plutano also called Plutanor were a pair of exceptionally strong dwarf brothers from Ohio named Hiram and Barney born c. 1825 and 1827. They were each 40 inches tall and weighed about 45 pounds yet they could perform feats of great strength such as lifting heavy weights and wrestling with audience members on stage. Discovered and subsequently promoted by a traveling showman in 1852 the brothers were renamed and given a sensational backstory in which they were wild savages captured in Borneo after a great struggle with armed sailors. They were exhibited at state fairs across the United States in the 1860s and they later toured with William C. Coup's circus. They joined P.T. Barnum's traveling exhibitions around 1880 and went on to earn more than $200000 over the next two decades. This scarce pitch book describes the isolated "negritos" of Borneo "yellowish in color and undersized" the wild "monkey antics" of the brothers when they first reached America their amazing strength and their travels and gradual domestication. Undated sideshow pitch book c. 1880. 3 x 4.5 inches 16 pp in original illustrated wrappers. One full-page illustration and 2 within the text. A few small chips/short tears; very good. Waino and Plutano also called Plutanor were a pair of exceptionally strong dwarf brothers from Ohio named Hiram and Barney born c. 1825 and 1827. They were each 40 inches tall and weighed about 45 pounds yet they could perform feats of great strength such as lifting heavy weights and wrestling with audience members on stage. Discovered and subsequently promoted by a traveling showman in 1852 the brothers were renamed and given a sensational backstory in which they were wild savages captured in Borneo after a great struggle with armed sailors. They were exhibited at state fairs across the United States in the 1860s and they later toured with William C. Coup's circus. They joined P.T. Barnum's traveling exhibitions around 1880 and went on to earn more than $200000 over the next two decades. This scarce pitch book describes the isolated "negritos" of Borneo "yellowish in color and undersized" the wild "monkey antics" of the brothers when they first reached America their amazing strength and their travels and gradual domestication. Damon & Peets unknown books
1904206381904. 31 pp with illustrations from photographs in original wrappers. Spine covered with archival tape line in ink on the margin of one page otherwise clean and sound. In 1898 the Salvation Army undertook a project intended to relocate urban working poor people to rural areas and enable them to become productive farmers. The idea for the project came from Salvation Army founder William Booth who described the concept in his book In Darkest England and the Way Out 1890. General Booth's daughter Emma and son-in-law Fredrick St. George de Lautour Booth-Tucker took charge of the Salvation Army in the United States in 1896 and they took it upon themselves to put General Booth's plan into action. The plan was characterized by Frederick Booth-Tucker as an experiment in "domiculture" or the cultivation of families on family farms. The Booth-Tuckers appointed Col. Thomas Holland as the National Colonization Secretary and together they chose sites in California Colorado and Ohio for the colonies. Source: Schemp Fort Amity An Experiment in Domiculture 2011. The Amity colony was settled by thirty families from Chicago and Iowa each of whom received ten acres of land livestock and tools. By 1903 the colony had 450 residents. In 1904 when this collection of testimonials was produced--presumably as both a fundraising tool and a response to naysayers--the project still seemed like it might succeed. That it did not closing in 1909 was apparently not due to any failure in selecting worthy colonists but because the Salvation Army officials had purchased land that was so alkaline that sustainable farming was impossible. Three copies located in OCLC. unknown books
1935004606New York: The Macmillan Company 1935. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front endpage -"To Will Hays from his friend Ogden L. Mills". Ogden Mills served as United States Secretary of the Treasury in President Herbert Hoover's cabinet. After leaving the Treasury Department Mills was highly critical of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal policies. Will Hays managed Warren G. Hardings successful campaign for the Presidency of the U.S. and was subsequently appointed Postmaster General. After a year in that position he resigned to become most famously known as the first President of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America MPPDA which under his guidance published a blacklist of actors and workers studios should not hire inserted moral clauses into actors' contracts and published an informal list of suggested guidelines for film producers. When the Catholic Church formed its Legion of Decency and threatened nationwide boycotts of movies Hays installed a more formal production code called the Hays Code later simply "The Code" which became the virtual law of Hollywood until the 1960s. A quite interesting Association Copy ! Book is Near Fine spine lettering a bit dulled in a Very Good dustjacket and SCARCE THUS a bit rubbed along the fore edge of the front panel and with 1/4" paper loss at head of spine. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. Association Copy. The Macmillan Company Hardcover books
