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190280771London: C. Arthur Pearson 1902. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. frontis portrait illustrations photos 2 folding maps 1 color index x 1 447p. Cloth. 22cm. Extremities frayed. Backstrip torn and worn at bottom. Prize label from Birkenhead Institute on endpaper. No Jacket. An account of the author's investigations into and speculations about the ancient history of gold-mining in Southern Africa with special focus on areas in Mozambique and Zimbabwe. <br/><br/> C. Arthur Pearson hardcover books
1911M2147New York and London:: D. Appleton 1911. 1911. Three volumes. Tall 8vo. About 750 illus. a few in color index. Cloth. Fine. D. Appleton, 1911. hardcover books
187028371Paris: E. Heu PN E.H. 1845 1870. Large octavo. Quarter dark brown calf with patterned maroon paper boards. 1f. recto title illustrated by A. Jannin and printed in brown verso blank 1f. recto notes on first performance named cast list and contents verso blank 99 i blank pp.<br/><br/>Named cast includes Dupuis Kopp Léonce Aimée and Lucy-Abel.<br/><br/>Boards slightly worn rubbed and bumped; publisher's advertisement laid down to front endpapers with rectangular handstamp to front free endpaper and first two leaves. Occasional minor foxing; facsimile signature handstamp to cast leaf and two additional leaves. First Edition. <br/><br/>Le beau Dunois to a libretto by Chivot and Duru was first performed in Paris at the Variétés on April 13 1870.<br/><br/>"Much of Lecocq's music is characterized by a light touch but he could also adopt a more lyrical and elevated style than Offenbach and termed several of his operettas opéras comiques. His greatest popular triumph La fille de Madame Angot has remained a classic among operettas and demonstrates Lecocq's abundant flow of pleasing melodies his deft exploitation of rhythm for a lively theatrical effect impressive building up of extended numbers and typically French shaping of phrases." Andrew Lamb in Grove Music Online. E. Heu [PN E.H. 1845] unknown books
19622662011962. unbound. Unaccredited matte-finish black-and-white 10 x 8-inch half-length image of Bailey no place no date circa 1962. Inscribed: "To Helen My Very Best Love Pearl." Tiny creases on the lower corners but still in very good condition.<br/><br/> American singer and actress who appeared on the stage screen and television.<br/><br/> unknown books
1965IY915-266aLos Angeles:: Bela Blau 1965. Hardcover. Like New. Miniature Book. 1 x 3/4 inches. 27 pp. Portrait of Moses depictions of stone tablets with Hebrew text the Ten Commandments in English; text clean unmarked. Gilt-stamped full red leather marbled end-papers; binding square and tight. IY915-266a. Fine. Handset printed and bound by Bela Blau. Blau published several miniature book editions of the Ten Commandments. This was his first with the variant binding in red leather and elaborate gilt decorations on the front cover. REFERENCE: Bradbury 20th-Century U.S. Miniature Books No. 408. Bela Blau, hardcover books
72722A holographic letter on the Scottish novelist's Penicuik letterhead dated September 18 1901. Crockett writes "You seem a nice girl and live in a respectable neighbourhood. Ah if only you did not collect autographs how useful and happy your young life might be! Repent while yet there is time. Give all you have to the next bazaar. Then undermine the building after the manner of the late Mr. Faux Guy of that name - and - you will have done some good to the world."<br/> <br/>After graduating Edinburgh University in 1879 and studying for the ministry at New Colly in 1886 he became minister of Penicuik Midlothian. With the success of the novels The Stickit Minister 1893 and The Lilac Sunbonnet 1894 he abandoned the ministry for writing following the vogue for novels in Scots dialect set by James M. Barrie. Crockett published more than 40 books mainly novels and was a leader of the Kailyard kitchen garden school of writers who depicted Scottish rural life in a sentimental fashion.<br/> <br/>Single sheet 4" x 6 ¼" with previous folds for mailing. Light toning to the extremities; otherwise very good. unknown books
9717Used; Like New/Used; Like New. An ebullient 8 x 10 inch photograph of the flamenco dancer and choreographer in a mid-air flamenco pose together with Nila Amparo. Both have signed in blue ink a couple shades on the light side but fully visible and otherwise in In very fine condition. unknown books
19052797031905. unbound. very good. 2.75 x 3.5 inches no place no date circa 1905 signed "George B. Davie -- Lieut. Col. Dep. Judge Ad. Ser. -- U.S. Army." Boldly signed and in very good condition.<br/><br/> A veteran of the 5th Cavalry during the Indian Campaigns in Wyoming and Arizona he rose through the service to eventually achieve the ranks of Major General and Judge Advocate General.<br/><br/> unknown books
1891S6288Uppsala:: Edv. Berling 1891. 1891. 4to. ii 78 pp. Tables 1 lithographic plate. Original printed wrappers removed from a larger collection of papers roughing the spine. PRESENTATION COPY: "A l'Academie des Sciences de Philadelphia; hommage de l'observatoire d'Upsala." Ex library rubber stamp. Very good. FIRST EDITION. Nils Duner became professor of astronomy at Uppsala University and director of the observatory in 1888. His measurements of solar rotation obtained evidence for the decrease in the velocity of rotation from the equator to the latitudes ±75 degrees. DSB IV pp. 250-251. Edv. Berling, 1891. unknown books
291454unbound. very good. Uncommon full signature: "Charles E. Hooker - Mississippi" most likely executed while serving as a member of the United States House of Representatives on a 5.5" x 2" pages. Fine condition.<br/><br/> American secessionist who was dispatched by the state of Mississippi to South Carolina as a secession commissioner and destribed as a "fire-eater" of the most ultra disunion stripe. He later entered the Confederate States Army rising in rank to Captain in the First Regiment of Mississippi Light Artillery and later Colonel of the Cavalry.<br/><br/> unknown books
195942311Sacramento: Sacramento Book Collectors Club 1959. 1st Edition Rocq 6771. Limited to 310 cc. Burlap cloth spine over red patterned cloth boards. Printed paper title label to spine. Plain brown paper dust wrapper. A Fine copy in a VG wrapper. xiii 1 77 3 pp including Index. Printed by the Grabhorn Press. Color frontispiece. 9-1/2" x 6-1/8" <br/><br/>Includes Prospectus. Sacramento Book Collectors Club hardcover books
1888LLV2495London:: Richard Bentley and Son 1888. 1888. 8vo. xv 261 pp. Table p. 238; stained and a bit wrinkled along margins marginal ink notes on pp. 14 28 endpapers foxed. Original half blind-ruled brown calf and teal cloth five raised bands and gilt-stamped black spine label; extremities rubbed hinges reinforced with brown leatherette. Ownership ink signature of William Macgillivray. Very good. FIRST EDITION. Written in letter form by an Englishman about explorations and hunting in the Adirondacks and British Columbia Canada. In the introduction the author states his wife came along and some of her letters to her friends are incorporated into the work in order to appeal to both sexes. See ABC BookWorld for further biographical data. Richard Bentley and Son, 1888. hardcover books
291459Monticello AR. unbound. very good. Exceptional signature: "W.F. Slemons - Monticello - Ark" executed on a 5.5" x 2.25" slip of paper most likely written during his tenure as a member of the United States House of Representatives. Fine condition.<br/><br/> American politician and secessionist who served as a member of the Arkansas State Convention in 1861. He entered the Confederate States Army in late 1861 and served as a Colonel of the 2nd Arkansas Cavalry under Major General Sterling Price. In the fall of 1864 while fighting in Kansas Slemons had his horse shot from under him and he and a large regiment were captured. For the remainder of the war he was held captive in several Union prisons.<br/><br/> unknown books
13851Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Striking signed portrait photograph from the American soprano a popular star at the Metropolitan who also sang the world premiere in 1948 of Samuel Barber's Knoxville Summer of 1915 a work which she commissioned. She is shown in costume as the Countess in The Marriage of Figaro posing in a garden. Photographed for the William Morris Agency and boldly signed and inscribed across the image. In fine condition. 8 x 10 inches 20.6 x 25.5 cm. unknown books
1908S2306New York:: John Wiley & Sons; London: Chapman & Hall 1908-1909. 1908. Two volumes. 253 x 156 mm. 8vo. xi 469; x 654 19 ads pp. Vol. I: color double-page frontis. 17 tables 14 figs. index; 96 figs. tables index. Blind-stamped brown cloth gilt spine. Ex library blind stamp of the Carnegie Institution Solar Observatory small ms. spine label. Fine. MIXED SET: Vol. I: Second English from the Fourth German edition; Vol. II: First edition corrected fifth thousand. Frederick Treadwell was a Swiss professor of chemistry who taught at the Zurich Polytechnic. One of his pupils was Alfred Werner who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1913. See: Partington History of chemistry IV p. 918. Zeitlinger I 4926 an earlier edition. John Wiley & Sons; London: Chapman & Hall, 1908-1909. hardcover books
19852565631985. unbound. 8 x 10-inch black-and-white photo of Vander Meer being mobbed after pitching his second consecutive no-hitter -- a feat never accomplished by any other player in the history of Major League Baseball. No place signed at a much later date circa 1985. Handsomely mounted to a sturdy 12 x 15-inch plaque captioned below the photo with the dates of his historic performances -- 6/11/38 and 6/15/38. Fine condition.<br/><br/> Professional baseball player who spent most of his 13-year career with the Cincinnati Reds.<br/><br/> unknown books
1881RW1271Braunschweig:: Friedrich Vieweg 1881-87. 1881. 2 volumes. 8vo. xviii 490; xii 528 pp. 215 figs. index. Original half mauve gilt-stamped cloth marbled boards; spine heads neatly repaired with kozo. Bookplate. Very good. First German edition of this classic work on the wave theory of light. Verdet was a French physicist best known for his work in magnetism and optics. The Verdet constant is named for him. Exner was an Austrian mathematician and physicist. Poggendorff III 1387; Roller/Goodman II 536 for the French edition. Friedrich Vieweg, 1881-87. hardcover books
190533659Paris: A. Durand & Fils PN D. & F. 6441 1905. Small folio. Original publisher's light gray laid-paper printed wrappers with titling in olive green and black. Unbound as issued. 1f. recto title printed in olive green and black verso "Pour remercier de mois de Juin 1904 A.l.p.M." 15 i publisher's advertisement pp. With "Imp. Chaimbaud et Cie. Paris" and prices for separate numbers 1.75 f. at foot of title. Publisher's small monogrammatic handstamp to lower outer corner of verso of final blank leaf.<br/><br/>Contains:<br/>I. Les Ingénus<br/>II. Le Faune<br/>III. Colloque sentimental<br/><br/>Wrappers very slightly worn creased and chipped; partially split at spine. First Edition first issue. Lesure 104.<br/><br/>Fêtes Galantes premiered by Mme. Eugénie Colonne at a private salon in Paris on 23 June 1904.<br/><br/>"One of the most important musicians of his time Debussy's harmonic innovations had a profound influence on generations of composers. He made a decisive move away from Wagnerism in his only complete opera Pelléas et Mélisande and in his works for piano and for orchestra he created new genres and revealed a range of timbre and colour which indicated a highly original musical aesthetic." François Lesure and Roy Howat in Grove Music Online. A. Durand & Fils [PN D. & F. 6441] unknown books
194928760Paris: Durand & Cie PN D. & F. 7576 1949. Tall folio. Dark ivory publisher's wrappers printed in red and black. 1f. recto title verso publisher's "General Conditions of Sale and Hire of Orchestral Material" and list of instruments 110 pp. <br/><br/>Wrappers worn; torn at spine. Slightly worn and browned; signatures partially detached; publisher's handstamp to first page of music. A re-issue from plates of the first edition. Lesure p. 127. Durand & Cie [PN D. & F. 7576] unknown books
191233655Paris: A. Durand & Fils PN D. & F. 8443 1912. Folio. Original publisher's light gray printed wrappers. 1f. blank 1f. recto title printed in red and black verso "Personnages" "Note concernant l'exécution" etc. 32 pp. With "Imp. Mounot Nicolas Paris" printed at foot of title and "Ch. Douin gr ." and "Paris Imp. Chaimbaud & Cie." printed at foot of final page of music.<br/><br/>Upper wrapper detached; lower partially detached; bookseller's handstamps to upper and title "Occasion Neuf Livres & Musique" etc. Slightly browned; occasional light foxing. First edition. Lesure 125.<br/><br/>Premiered in Paris on 22 May 1911 at the Théâtre du Châtelet.<br/><br/>"Debussy was rather reserved in his attitude to the aesthetic of the Ballets Russes and seems to have preferred the idea of rejuvenating the old form of opera-ballet Fêtes galantes after Verlaine renamed Crimen amoris. He wrote the scenario - but not the music - of Masques et bergamasques but he detested the choreography which Diaghilev commissioned from Nijinsky for Jeux a work which finally found a new life for itself in the concert hall. He fell out with Maud Allan who commissioned the ballet Khamma; the score which has its Stravinskian moments was not played in his lifetime." François Lesure and Roy Howat in Grove Music Online. A. Durand & Fils [PN D. & F. 8443] unknown books
1898253689Indianapolis 1898. unbound. 1 page 10.5 x 8 inches Indianapolis November 5 1898. Written while campaigning for the Vice Presidency in part: ".I have just returned from a campaigning tour of the State and find myself submerged with a vast quantity of correspondence awaiting answer. I expect to return to Washington possibly Tuesday night." Natural folds with tape reinforcements on the back. Very good- condition.<br/><br/> American politician and Vice President under Theodore Roosevelt.<br/><br/> unknown books
18992847111899. unbound. very good. Excellent war-date signed card signed on the day he organized the 29th Inf. Regiment 3.5" x 2" "Fort McPherson Georgia - July 20th 1899 - Yours Truly - E.E. Hardin - Colonel 29th Regiment - U.S.V." Evenly toned and in very good condition.<br/><br/> American army officer who distinguished himself during the Indian Wars - engaged against Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce at the Battle of Big Hole Montana August 9th 1877. During the Spanish-American War he personally organized the 29th Infantry Regiment at Fort McPherson and on July 20 1899 led them throughout the Philippine Insurrection including the Battles of Manila Masbate Boac Palanes etc.<br/><br/> unknown books
190243064Chicago: Unity Publishing Company 1902. 1st Edition. Brown quarter cloth with grey-brown boards tan title block to front board gilt lettering to spine. Ex university library with only a small one-line name stamp; no other library markings. Mild shelfwear short closed tear and minor soil to pg vi. Interior otherwise clean binding tight. VG. viii 127 7 blank pp plus 2 pp list of publications. Several unopened leaves throughout. 8" x 5-5/8" <br/><br/>Jenkin Lloyd Jones was a Unitarian minister and the founder of All Souls Church in Chicago; he also founded the Abraham Lincoln Centre the church's community outreach program and to which this book is dedicated and became a prominent pacifist during WWI. Weston has compiled these selections of Jones writings under various themes -- Home Individual Church Love etc -- and notes that they "are taken chiefly from the two books in the Bits of Wayside Gospel series entitled 'Jess' and 'A Search for an Infidel.'" Unity Publishing Company hardcover books
196615116.1New York: Farrar Straus Giroux 1966. 1st edition. Linen cloth binding. Pale orange topstain. White dust jacket. A VG copy in a similar dust jacket. 10 335 5 blank pp. 8vo. <br/><br/>This work on anti-semitism in Tsarist Russia won both the 1967 National Book Award & Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Farrar Straus Giroux hardcover books
19002847081900. unbound. very good. Extremely scarce signed card with rank 3.5" x 2.25" "Headquarters Dep. Texas - April 5 1900 - Chambers P. McKibben - Col. 12th Inf. - Commanding Dept." Evenly toned and in very good condition. This card was sent through the mail and was folded in transit. However the crease is virtually invisible on the autographed side.<br/><br/> American army officer who fought during the Civil War Indian Campaigns and throughout the Spanish-American War being appointed Brigadier General of Vols/Col. 12th Infrantry. He had an active role in the Santiago Campaign and became Military Governor upon the Spanish surrender.<br/><br/> unknown books
