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1942211311942. Softcover. VG- cover lightly soiled round stamp inside front & back covers. Grey wraps. Appx. 100 pp. Numerous bw plates. In examining women's adornment and headress the catalogue divides the presentation into the following categories: Paintings Drawings and Prints; Sculpture; Decorative Arts Jewelry Toilet Articles Chinese Mirrors Greek Vases Textiles Coins and Medals. Almost 300 items are included in the exhibition. paperback books
1914286851Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States 1914. Stapled Pamphlet. Good binding. Maxwell van Zandt Woodhull's War Paper: A Glimpse of Sherman Fifty Years Ago read before the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Faint dampstain to the bottom edge of the text and center dampstain to the front cover affecting the initial leaves. Sunning to the spine. Red paper wrappers printed in black. Stapled pamphlet. Good. Good binding. Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States unknown books
18985545Portland ME: Lefavor-Tower Co. 1898-1915. First Editions. Hardcover. Near Fine to Very Good Textblocks Fine. No DJ. Light shelf/edge wear tips of Vol. 3 gently bumped spine of Vol. 3 shows light toning Vol. 3 shows lightening at front lower corner Vol. 4 shows lightening spot near tail presentation inscription at fep of Vol. 4 bookplate lifted from Vol. 4 else tight bright and unmarred. Navy boards gilt lettering and decorative elements teg. 352pp plus errata; 349pp; 357pp; and 344pp. Illus. b/w plates. Index. <br/><br/>Arguably the more important collection of Maine related Civil War papers. Includes several essays from Joshua Chamberlain the capture of Mobile AL and Richmond VA an essay on "Colored Troops" the "Attitude of Women" about the war etc. Uncommon to find as a complete set and this one was clearly "built". Volume Four bears a presentation inscription to the Paris Hill Library N.B. there are no library markings from Henry W. Lyon "The first paper Hamlin Centennial Celabration will interest all citizens of Paris Hill." Overall a handsome set. Lefavor-Tower Co. hardcover books
19444829bdNew York: The Viking Press 1944. Octavo blue cloth hardcover gilt letters gilt illustration to upper cover xiv vi 175 pp. Very Good with sunning to edges and former-owner bookplate; in a Good dust jacket with edgewear with includes light chipping. From dust jacket: The great story of aviation and the direction in which it is going is the story of our future -- a future which will be written in terms of either winged peace or winged death. It’s a story which few men could tell with the authority and conviction of ‘Billy’ Bishop. Bishop learned aviation the hard way. In the cockpit of a World War I flying crate he became the greatest Allied ace by destroying 72 German aircraft. In the years between the wars he remained actively interested in aviation -- both military and commercial -- and kept a wary eye on the growing air might of Germany which he was sure we would have to fight again. When World War II broke Canada became the heart of Britain’s air-training and air-transport system and ‘Billy’ Bishop has played a vital role in this great program. Now at the climax of his career he has undertaken a new job and rendered what may well be his greatest service to aviation. He has poured into an utterly fascinating book the past the present and -- most of all -- the future of flight. He has told the story of aviation from Kitty Hawk to the B-29 Superfortresses much of it in terms of his personal experiences. He shows us how our world has already been changed geographically socially economically politically; how these changes will be either for great good or for desperate evil. He makes us aware of the new world map with its limitless directions and its textbook-shattering implications. He shows us the new routes over which we will either trade or fight find peace or destruction. Through all of Bishop’s stirring account written with burning urgency runs a zeal to make us understand the realities of world aviation today. The proved possibilities of stratospheric flight rocket and jet-propulsion have already rendered every plane now in the air obsolete. New York to London in three hours is assured. Tomorrow’s air age is here! The Viking Press, 1944. hardcover books
200226939London: Thames and Hudson 2002. Softcover. VG- light general wear to wraps. Grey-green ill. wraps. 238 pp. 130 bw and color plates. Issued in conjunction with 2002-2003 exhibitions with a singular focus on Winslow Homer's scenes of trout ponds trophy fish and views of rivers and nature. With essays by Sarah Burns Patricia Junker Paul Schullery Theodore Stebbins David Tatham and William Gerdts. Published to accompany and exhibition held in Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco San Francisco California Palace of the Legion of Honor December 7 2002 - February 9 2003 and also in Fort Worth Texas at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art. Thames and Hudson unknown books