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192412317London: n.p. 1924. Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Irving Thalberg's personal copy of this splendid Limited production Grigoriev's artwork beautifully presented in the form of 30 color and black and white plates tipped to embossed mat pages separated by vellum leaves. The title page is inscribed and signed by the publisher "To Irving Thalberg with kindest regards and best wishes Morris Gest". Original half vellum over paper-covered boards the upper side illustrated and titled in gilt spine lettered in gilt. With minor soiling and handling to cover light toning on backing paper pages else fine condition. From the estate of Norma Shearer whom Thalberg married in 1927. 100 pp. 11 x 14 .5 in. <br><br><br />A remarkable association copy inscribed to the legendary Hollywood production executive Irving Thalberg who took hold of Universal City at age 20 and supervised such films as Ben Hur and Mutiny on the Bounty among many others. He died of pneumonia at age 37.<br><br><br />Morris Gest born 1881 in Vilna Lithuania as Moses Gershonovitch died May 16 1942 at the age of 61. He produced "The Miracle" in 1924 and "Lady Precious Stream" in 1936 introduced an original Russian ballet to America Baliev's 'Chauve-Souris' and brought Stanislavski's Moscow Art Theatre in repertory to America in 1923. n.p. hardcover books
1975813211975. Very Good. A five inch stack of files containing about 110 letters from Guy to Jeffrey dated between 1965 and 1989 as well as photocopies of many of Jeffrey's letters to Guy over the same period. Also in the files are a few drafts of articles and other items. Condition of the letters and other material varies - some have a bit of staining or other wear. Some run on to several pages; a few are brief; several are cramped onto the space provided by the old single sheet folded aerogrammes. The archive also includes a file containing 55 WWII letters from Jeffrey Butler to his family back in South Africa. Almost all of the WWII letters are on aerogrammes stamped "Passed by Censor." The file also includes a typed transcription of Jeffrey's WWII letters. Guy Butler was an important English-speaking South African poet and writer as well as a professor at Rhodes University in Grahamstown South Africa. His brother Jeffrey eventually emigrated to the United States and spent the majority of his working life as a professor at Wesleyan University in Middletown Connecticut but remained very much interested in South Africa and the town Cradock in which he grew up. Despite their Quaker background both served with South African forces in World War II during which Jeffrey was severely wounded in Italy in 1944 and lost an arm. We don't think Jeffrey ever published an account of his WWII service. Guy described his service and his reaction to Jeff's injury in "Bursting World" the second of his three autobiographical works. Quite a bit of the correspondence collected here is dated in the mid-1970's when the brothers contemplated writing a joint memoir tentatively titled "Two Brothers." After sputtering along for some time the project is rather firmly put to rest by Guy in a 1978 letter. An earlier cluster occurs in 1965 when their father dies and the estate has to be dealt with by Guy. The letters are generally chatty quite friendly and sometimes lengthy. Guy shares news of his various writings and honors and often seeks his brother's opinion and suggestions on various matters. <br/><br/> unknown books
19501005Thebom Blanche 1918- 2010. Original silver print photograph by Angus McBean. 1950. Extremely large 20 x 15 3/4" image; 23 11/16 x 17 5/16" mat. Signed by McBean on mat. Image in perfect condition mat with several small closed tears to margin lower right corner chipped. Reference: Wilson Frederic Woodbridge The Theatrical World of Angus McBean 2008.<br /><br />Thebom was the first American female opera singer to perform in Russia. With a beautiful mezzo soprano voice and equally beautiful hair that extended six feet in length she had a long and successful career as a soloist that began when Giuseppe Boghetti Marian Anderson's teacher discovered her singing aboard a cruise ship with her parents in 1938. Thebom performed at the Metropolitan Opera House in over 350 performances. <br /><br />Photograph by Angus McBean 1950. Pictured in the new biography of McBean p.103: "After a series of conventional poses the singer suggested that McBean might photograph her with her own hair which reached the floor when let down. McBean contrived this pose which required that the singer lie down on a bed of sand. He tore a sheet of wrapping paper to fit the contours of her hair in order to protect it from the grit." books
1911CA0100a3 volumes. Volume 1. vi314 with frontispiece and plates; volume 2. 372 pages with frontispiece and plates. volume 3. 518 pages with frontispiece and one plate. Royal octavo 9 1/4" x6 1/4" Bound in quarter leather with gilt lettering to spine and raised spine bands; marbled boards. Preface par M. le Cte de MoüyFirst edition.<br /><br />Mémoires: L'Intervention Française au Mexique by Charles Blanchot. This very rare memoir by Charles Blanchot was aide-de-camp to General Bazaine Supreme Commander of French Forces in Mexico during Mexico's Second Empire. There is so much in here that has never seen light in either Spanish or English for instance: the powerful if behind-the-scenes role of Doña Juliana de Gómez Pedraza widow of Manuel Gómez Pedraza and the vicious if as Blanchot suggests unfounded rumors circulating in Mexico City about Bazaine in 1866-7. Blanchot who married an American of French origin in Mexico City also offers a detailed and lively portrait of Mexico City society at the time.<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />First signature of volume one detached with some edge wear along the fore-edges title to volume two detached binding edges and hinges rubbed spines darkened. A good copy of a very rare and scarce work. Librairie Emile Nourry hardcover books
1975187831975. Mixed media on paper. Signed dated and numbered "#02" Alexander Sarantos Tremulis 1914-1991 was the designer of the production version of the 1948 Tucker Torpedo and was America's most original design theorist of the post-war era. He was born in Chicago and without any training in drawing or engineering joined the design team of Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg in 1933. He was chief stylist when the company failed in 1937. He worked for GM Chrysler and Custom Motors in Beverly Hills which designed unique cars for movie stars. During World War II he worked for the Air Force designing aircraft and in the process drew what may have been the first visualizations of extra-terrestrial transport: flying saucers. After the war Tremulis worked with Preston Tucker and later for Ford. He formed his own consulting firm in the 1960's. This quite beautiful design and other similar ones were made for the ill-fated Bricklin car company which existed from 1974 to 1976 and whose demise had nothing to do with Tremulis's designs. He was inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in 1982. unknown books
1947S13280Washington DC:: The American Mathematical Monthly 1947. 1947. 27 offprints. Original printed or self-printed wrappers. From the collection of Abraham Pais. Very good. INVENTORY: 1. KAC Mark; Hurwitz H. Statistical Analysis of Certain Types of Random Functions. Offprint from: The Annals of Mathematical Statistics Vol. XV No. 2 pp. 173-181 June 1944. Signed by Pais. 2. KAC Mark. On the Notion of Recurrence in Discrete Stochastic Processes. Offprint from: The Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society Vol. 53 No. 10 pp. 1002-1010 October 1947. Signed by Pais. 3. KAC Mark; Erdos P. On the Number of Positive Sums of Independent Random Variables. Offprint from: Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society Vol. 53 No. 10 pp. 1011-1020 October 1947. Original grey printed wrappers. Signed by Pais. 4. KAC Mark; Siegert J. F. An Explicit Representation of a Stationary Gaussian Process. Offprint from: The Annals of Mathematical Statistics Vol. XVIII No. 3 pp. 439-442 September 1947. Signed by Pais. 5. KAC Mark. Random Walk and the Theory of Brownian Motion. Errata sheet laid in. Offprint from: The American Mathematical Monthly Vol. LIV No. 7 August-September 1947. Original light blue printed wrappers. Signed by Pais. 6. KAC Mark; Siegert J. F. On the Theory of Noise in Radio Recievers with Square Law Detectors. Offprint from: Journal of Applied Physics Vol. 18 No. 4 pp. 383-397 April 1947. Signed by Pais. 7. KAC Mark. On the Characteristic Functions of the Distributions of Estimates of Various Deviations in Samples from a Normal Population. Offprint from: The Annals of Mathematical Statistics Vol. XIX No. 2 pp. 257-261 June 1948. Signed by Pais. 8. KAC Mark. Probability Methods in some Problems of Analysis and Number Theory. Offprint from: Bulletin of The American Mathematical Society Vol. 55 No. 7 pp. 641-665 July 1949. 9. KAC Mark. On the Distributions of Certain Wiener Functionals. Offprint from: Transactions of The American Mathematical Society Vol. 65 No. 1 pp. 1-13 January 1949. Original light blue printed wrappers. 10. KAC Mark. The Monte Carlo Method and its Applications. Offprint from: Proceedings Computation Seminar pp. 74-81 December 1949. Original grey printed wrappers. Signed by Pais. 11. KAC Mark; Donsker M. D. A Sampling Method for Determining the Lowest Eigenvalue and the Principal Eigenfunction of Schrodinger's Equation. Offprint from: the Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards; U.S. Department of Commerce National Bureau of Standards. Research Paper RP2102 Volume 44 pp. 551-557 May 1950. 12. KAC Mark; Berlin T. H. The Spherical Model of a Ferromagnet. Offprint from: The Physical Review Vol. 86 No. 6 pp. 821-835 June 15 1952. 13. KAC Mark; Murdock W. L.; Szego G. On the Eigen-valves of Certain Hermitian Forms. Offprint from: Journal of Rational Mechanics and Analysis Vol. 2 No. 4 pp.767-800 October 1953. 14. KAC Mark. Signal and Noise Problems. Offprint from: The American Mathematical Monthly Vol. LXI No. 7 August-September 1954. Original light blue printed wrappers. 15. KAC Mark. Foundations of Kinetic Theory. Offprint from: Proceedings of the Third Berkley Symposium on Mathematical Statistics and Probability pp. 171-197 December 1954 and June and July 1955. Grey printed wrappers. 16. KAC Mark. Distribution of Eigenvalues of Certain Integral Operators. From: The Michigan Mathematical Journal Vol. 3 pp. 141-148 1955-56. Original printed wrappers. 17. KAC Mark; Darling D. A.; On Occupation Times for Markoff Processes. Offprint from: Transactions of the American Mathematical Society Vol. 84 No. 2 pp. 444-458 March 1957. Original light blue printed wrappers. 18. KAC Mark. A Class of Limit Theorems. Offprint from: Transactions of the American Mathematical Society Vol. 84 No. 2 pp. 459-471 March 1957. Original light blue printed wrappers. 19. KAC Mark; Kesten Harry. On Rapidly Mixing Transformations and an Application to Continued Fractions. Offprint from: Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society Vol. 64 No. 5 pp. 283-287 September 1958. Original green printed wrappers. 20. KAC Mark. On the Partition Function of a One-Dimensional Gas. Offprint from: The Physics of Fluids Volume 2 Number 1 pp. 8-12 January-February 1959. 21. KAC Mark. Mathematics Its Trends and Its Tensions. Occasional Papers of The Rockefeller Institute. New York: Rockefeller Institute 1961. 8 pp. Signed by Pais. 22. KAC Mark. Probability; The real world confronts the mathematician with events that are not strictly predictable. The methods he has developed to deal with such events have opened new domains of pure mathematics. From: Scientific America. September 1964 Vol. 211 No. 3 pp. 91-106. Original printed wrappers. 23. KAC Mark. The Work of T. H. Berlin in Statistical Mechanics—A Personal Reminiscence. Offprint from: Physics Today pp. 39-42 October 1964. 24. KAC Mark. Can One Hear the Shape of a Drum Offprint from: American Mathematical Monthly Vol. 73 No. 4 Part II pp. 1-23 April 1966. Original light blue printed wrappers. "His main interest was probability theory. His question "Can one hear the shape of a drum" set off research into spectral theory with the idea of understanding the extent to which the spectrum allows one to read back the geometry. In the end the answer was "no" in general For the 1966 paper that made the question famous Kac was given the Lester R. Ford Award in 1967 and the Chauvenet Prize in 1968."- Wikip. 25. KAC M.; Luttinger J. M. A Formula for the Pressure in Statistical Mechanics. Offprint from: J. Math. Phys. Vol. 14 No. 5 pp. 583-85 1973. 26. KAC Mark. Marginalia. Dehydrated elephants revisited. Offprint from: American Scientist pp. 633-634 November-December 1982. Original black pictorial wrappers. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR "To Bram pour s'amuse" :: to Abraham Pais. 27. KAC Mark. A Note on Eigenvalues and Eigenfunctions of the Laplace Operator. From: Department of Mathematics Cornell University and the National Bureau of Standards. 6 pp. The Preparation of this paper was sponsored in part by the Office of Naval Research. Occasional handwritten corrections. / Kac completed his Ph.D. in mathematics at the University of Lwów Poland in 1937 under the direction of Hugo Steinhaus. In the year 1951–1952 at Cornell University Kac was on sabbatical at the Institute for Advanced Study. In 1952 Kac with Theodore H. Berlin introduced the spherical model of a ferromagnet a variant of the Ising model and with J. C. Ward found an exact solution of the Ising model using a combinatorial method. The American Mathematical Monthly, 1947. unknown books
1941C1316xiv573 pages with diagrams. Small Octavo. bound in original publisher's brown cloth with gilt lettering and stamping to spine and cover issued without jacket. Signed and limited to 500 copies of which this is number 26. Limited edition not in Betts First edition.<br /><br />Fine had an exceptionally brief but fruitful international career before changing from grandmaster to psychiatrist. Within three years 1935-8 he developed from an unknown American master into co-winner of AVRO 1938 one of the highest-rated events ever held. Yet when chess revived after the second World War Fine was too busy with his studies to accept an invitation to the World Championship tournament of 1948. After AVRO 1938. Fine concentrated on writing chess books. Altogether he wrote more than a dozen works. Golombek: 116p<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />Previous owner's name in pencil limitation page else a very good to fine copy. David McKay Co hardcover books
1951S8653Offprint from: Cold Spring Harbor Symposia vol. XVI. Cold Spring Harbor:: Cold Spring Harbor Symposia 1951. 1951. 4to. 159-174 pp. Photos figs. Self-wraps. Ownership rubber stamp of Norman Horowitz. FINE. Lewis received his PhD from Caltech where he studied under Alfred Sturtevant. He founded the field of developmental genetics with his pioneering work with Drosophila for which he was awarded the 1995 Nobel Prize in Medicine. It was also Lewis who developed the complementation test and he made important contributions to the study of cancer radiation and genetics. In addition to the papers featured is a book review written by James F. Crow of: "Eugenics: Must it be a Dirty Word" by Daniel J. Kevles and INSCRIBED BY LEWIS to Norman Horowitz. All of the papers bear the rubber stamp or signature of pioneer Caltech geneticist Norman Horowitz. WITH: LEWIS. "The Pseudoallelism of White and Apricot in Drosophila Melanogaster." Offprint from: Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. vol. 38 no. 11 1952. 8vo. 953-961 pp. Self-wraps. Full list available on request. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia, 1951. paperback books
192425776Milano: G. Ricordi & C. PN 119599 1924. Large folio. Full original publisher's stiff vellum boards illustrated in black highlighted in red and gold illustrated endpapers. 1f. blank i half-title i copyright notice 1f. limitation statement 1f. title 1f. table of contents 1f. cast list 1f. part-title within illustrated border by Gisari 1f. scene description 1f. second part-title with illustration of scenery for the first act 415 i blank pp. 1f. decorative device by Gisari. Uncut. <br/><br/>Publisher's blindstamp to lower margin of each leaf. Each act preceded by an unpaginated blank leaf scene description and two part-titles the second with a detailed illustration of the scenery. The second part "Lo spoliarum" is preceded by an unpaginated blank leaf and scene description.<br/><br/>Binding slightly worn soiled and warped. Some leaves slightly browned or soiled. Deluxe Limited Edition this number 19 of 120 copies with "XIX" in careful manuscript to lower margin of limitation statement. On fine Pietro Miliani di Fabriano paper. Illuminated and illustrated by Giulio Cisari after sketches by Lodovico Pogliachi.<br/><br/>Begun in 1877 Nerone an opera in four acts to Boito's own libretto remained incomplete when Boito died in 1924. After its completion by Arturo Toscanini Vincenzo Tommasini and Antonio Smareglia it was posthumously premiered at the Teatro alla Scala on May 24 1924 with Toscanini conducting. Although its premiere was very well received it was not performed in the U.S. until April 12 1982.<br/><br/>An attractive copy. G. Ricordi & C. [PN 119599] unknown books
1968260603London 1968. unbound. 1 page 8 x 6.25 inches London December 3 1968. In this friendly letter the British actor mentions the theater and discusses his plans for the new year in full: "Dear Grant How very pleasant to hear from you. Thank you for your letter -- though I was sorry to read that you have not been busy in the theatre. I was thinking of you a week ago when I was browsing in the splendid Robert Frost you gave me. The Cocktail Party seems to be a fair success and I imagine I shall be hard at it until the early spring. After that I don't know what I shall do. Before too long I want to return to the crisp air of New York. All good wishes for Christmas. Yours sincerely Alec G." One horizontal fold but still in near fine condition. Float mounted in gray beside a 5.25 x 4-inch photo of Guinness gazing off to the side. Set in a decorative black frame with burgundy trim measuring 13.25 x 16.25 inches. Accompanied by the original handwritten envelope housed in a plastic sleeve neatly mounted to the back of the frame.<br/><br/> unknown books
190138770Winnipeg 1901. 4to. 10pp. and 43pp. respectively plus 31pp. of additional tables of customs schedules and weight of merchandise through Vladivostock. Early grey cloth upper cover lettered in gilt.<br/> <br/>An interesting contemporary account of the Trans-Siberian Railroad by an important Canadian railroad executive.<br/> <br/>"After a short career with a Scottish railway William Whyte emigrated to the Canadas in 1863 and accepted a job as a brakeman on the Grand Trunk Railway. Rising through the ranks he served as freight and station agent at various locations culminating his career with the company as the assistant superintendent of its central division. In October 1883 he moved to the Ontario and Quebec Railway as its general superintendent and a year later when this company was leased in perpetuity to the Canadian Pacific Railway he became the superintendent of the Ontario division. In 1886 he was transferred to Winnipeg as the superintendent of the CPR's western division . In 1901 Shaughnessy who had succeeded Sir William Cornelius Van Horne as president of the CPR in 1899 appointed Whyte his assistant to advise him on 'all matters connected with colonization proposed extensions of the Companys railway system the development of industries along the Companys lines the establishment of new business connections and the administration of the Companys lands town-sites and other properties of that description.' In 1903 Whyte was elected second vice-president in charge of the western lines. He was promoted vice-president in 1910. Whyte's most pressing problem from 1901 was to solve the recurrent blockages hampering the export of grain from the prairies. Under his direction the company constructed nearly 4000 miles of branch lines within a decade multiplied its rolling stock and experimented with ever-larger locomotives" Dictionary of Canadian Biography. The primary reason for this trip would appear to be to ascertain whether the Trans-Siberian railway would make Siberia a significant competitor to Canada's grain exports. Focusing on Siberia Whyte's epistolary reports goes into great detail on the route from Cheliabinsk to Vladivostock the agricultural prospects and natural resources along the way with a particular emphasis on Irkutsk and the articles imported. Much of his information came from first-hand examination as well as conversations with government officials and local merchants. He also comments on the construction of the railroad itself. unknown books
191769840Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company 1917. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Large Paper Edition this is number 129 of 550 copies. This copy comes from the library of Lucretia Thatcher Perry Osborn 1858-1930 with her bookplate to the front pastedown and a holographic note in her hand on the front flyleaf "This narrative is one of John Muir's earliest chiefly written from his diary of the North". Lucretia and her husband American paleontologist Henry Fairfield Osborn 1857-1935 were close friends and benefactors of John Muir. Henry accompanied Muir on his fifth trip to Alaska 1896 and later Muir spent time at the couple's summer house in Garrison New York working on the final proofs of The Yosemite 1912. A fantastic association. In addition to its regular arctic duties as a United States Revenue Service Cutter the Corwin steamed out of San Francisco Bay on May 4 1881 with orders to search for the American polar exploration vessel Jeanette which had not been heard from since 1879. Muir shipped onboard as a naturalist and correspondent for the San Francisco Daily Bulletin and this work consists of the 21 letters that he wrote to the Bulletin during the more than five-month voyage supplemented with notes from his daily diary and the two scientific reports on botany and glaciation that he wrote for the government. Muir was a gifted journalist with a reporter's instinct for the dramatic. Filled with colorful details of the arctic natives and their customs the stark landscape and frequently perilous adventures in an inhospitable and hazardous environment his despatches were eagerly read by a large audience. Edited by William Frederic Bade 1871-1936. Hand-colored photogravure frontispiece with 26 plates consisting of one map eleven halftone reliefs from photographs eight halftone reliefs from sketches by Muir and six line blocks from drawings by Muir. Octavo. Original green laid paper covered boards with a green cloth spine and a brown leather spine label stamped in gold. Partially unopened. An especially crisp and bright example. Later bookplate to a prefatory blank leaf. The spine is lightly faded along the spine with a tiny bit of wear to the spine heel and some very mild rubbing to the rear board. Kimes 347. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover books
1932239365Concord N.H.: 10 Ferry Street 1932. Illustrated. 16 vols. 4to. Green cloth with original pictorial wrappers bound in by Eggeling Bindery 55 East 11 Street New York. Fine. Illustrated. 16 vols. 4to. Asia was edited by "Izzy" Straight but he died after only one year after the start of publication from influenza and 5 years of marriage to William C. Whitney's daughter Dorothy Payne Whiney . Asia later became "Asia and the Americas. 10 Ferry Street unknown books
1924SBS220-001San Francisco CA: The Book Club of California 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Series: Book Club of California Publication No. 22. 4to. 12 x 8 1/4 inches. Unpaginated. 32 plus the original leaf bound in between pages 6 and 7 pp. Title page printed within an elaborate architectural border 2 headpieces decorative initial and 2 illustrations reproduced without redrawing from originals in the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili printer's device on the colophon; text clean unmarked. Black cloth spine titled in gilt brown paper over boards illustrated paper label on front cover; binding square and tight rubbed with some insect freckling to cloth spine. SBS220-001. Very Good. LIMITED EDITION of 250 copies this is number 154 printed at the Grabhorn Press in handset Poliphilus types on handmade Kelmscott watermarked paper. Only 192 copies with original leaves were distributed in 1924. This is the second use of Poliphilus type a Monotype Studio design by the Grabhorns who were the first in the United States to use it in another book they published earlier in 1924. The first leaf book produced by the Book Club of California. Theodore Low De Vinne was an American printer and author on typography whose scholarship did much to improve the art of printing in the United States. Perhaps the text here is an excerpt from his volume Notable Printers of Italy during the Fifteenth Century 1910. See: Wikipedia. This book was originally issued at 3 or more price points depending on whether the original leaf had ornamentation or woodcuts; this copy contains a leaf with only type foliated 92 in pencil on the upper right corner. One of the Fifty Books of the Year. REFERENCES: De Hamel and Silver Disbound and Dispersed No. 8 checklist No. 22; Heller and Magee Bibliography of the Grabhorn Press 1915-1940 No. 67; Mcgee The Hundredth Book No. 22. The Book Club of California hardcover books
193640149n. p.: A. G. Spalding & Bros 1936. Original publisher's pebbled blue cloth binding with gilt title stamping to front board. Gilt lettering a bit dull. Age-toning to paper. Overall a VG or better item. Unpaginated though 48 pp. "How to Score a Base Ball Game" p. 48. Paste-downs Spalding adverts. Oblong format: 5-1/2" x 7-3/8" <br/><br/>This scorebook from the mid-30s and was used to record primarily games from the Pacific Coast League. the first scores a game between Sacramento & Hollywood played in Los Angeles July 8 1934. Next comes Sacramento vs Oakland played in Oakland July 15 1934. A total of 23 games are scored including the October 3rd & 4th 1936 World Series games between the New York Giants and the New York Yankees. Gerhig hit a home run in each of these two games and such is herein recorded. Further this the first World Series played by the young phenom Joe DiMaggio. All-in-all a desirable piece of baseball history. A. G. Spalding & Bros hardcover books
1946102874New York 1946. unbound. 4 pages front and back 11 x 8.5 inches New York September 25 1946. Contract with George Simon Inc. for the song "I Heard Some Good Talk About You" signed by Hawkins and his collaborator Sid Prosen. Natural folds; near fine condition.<br/><br/> unknown books
1948S10249Lancaster:: American Physical Society 1948. 1948. Large 8vo. 266 x 205 mm. iv 728 pp. Frontis. port. of Robert Andrews Millikan photos figs. tables. Later orange cloth gilt-stamped spine title; spine faded. Very good. TWO PAPERS FROM THE TWO GIANTS OF 20TH CENTURY PHYSICS AS THEY WERE ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN ONE COLLECTED VOLUME. Einstein's "Generalized Theory of Gravitation" is considered the last principal work issued by the 20th Century's premiere scientist. Schilpp-Shields. <br /><br /> Einstein: "A new presentation. . . which constitutes a certain progress in clarity as compared with previous presentations." from the Introduction. Feynman: "At first Feynman's fundamental article RMP 1948 did not arouse much interest among theoretical physicists who were not familiar with Feynman's new approach to doing quantum mechanics. As Feynman recalled: 'At the Shelter Island Conference. . . they asked me if I would explain my path-integral method for doing quantum mechanics so I did. I must have been preparing the manuscript for my paper RMP 1948 so that everything was organized and I explained it. It's hard to pay attention to some new idea and they didn't pay much attention to it.' However nowadays Feynman's RMP 1948 paper is one of the most well-known and widely cited papers; it is one of the cornerstones of modern theoretical physics." Mehra. <br /><br /> "It is a curious historical fact that modern quantum mechanics began with two quite different mathematical formulations: the differential equation of Schroedinger and the matrix algebra of Heisenberg. . . This paper will describe what is essentially a third formulation of non-relativistic quantum theory. This formulation was suggested by some of Paul Dirac's remarks concerning the relation of classical action to quantum mechanics. A probability amplitude is associated with an entire motion of a particle as a function of time rather than simply with a position of the particle at a particular time." from the Introduction. Provenance: David Middleton b. 1920 noted pioneer in the field of statistical communication theory last name gilt-stamped on spine. Einstein: Boni-Russ-Laurence 258; Schilpp-Shields 308 also see p. 758; Wasson Nobel Prize Winners p. 289-294; Weil 222 marked with asterisk by Weil. Feynman: Gleick Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman p. 249; Mehra The Beat of a Different Drum: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman p. 200; Wasson Nobel Prize Winners p. 316-319. American Physical Society, 1948. hardcover books
1952YF1016-003New York:: Museum Books Inc. 1952. Hardcover. Like New. LIMITED EDITION of 2000 copies. Oblong 4to. 9 x 12 inches. iv pp. 25 ff. 10 pp. Printed in brick-red and black inks throughout; text clean unmarked. Vellum spine blind-stamped brown paper over boards added clear mylar jacket; binding square and tight slight bumps to corners else Fine. This is the first English-Language Edition of Feder und Stichel printed on Italian Fabriano paper in the private printing office of D. Stempel AG type foundry Frankfurt am Main. The calligraphic pages were designed by Hermann Zapf between 1939 and 1941. The Historical Appendix in this volume was also contributed by Hermann Zapf and translated by Paul Standard who contributed the Preface to this volume All the metal plates were cut by hand by August Rosenberger punch-cutter to D. Stempel AG. Text set in Palatino. Museum Books Inc., hardcover books
195725261Boulder Colorado 1957. Small folio 236 x 332 mm. One leaf. Notated in pencil on both sides of a leaf of pre-printed 12-stave "Facsimile score paper" issued by Music Print Corporation Denver. <br/><br/>Most probably associated with p. 76 of the printed piano-vocal score of the work. Three staves per system Wesley's vocal part notated in G clef with text underlay; piano accompaniment. Cue in blue pencil "Wesley: O that in me the sacred fire" and reference "P. 76" to head of recto. Music ends after 25 measures on lower half of verso followed by "etc." and reference "p. 76." Date to foot of recto. <br/><br/>With:<br/>Fragment of libretto of The Invisible Fire. Three typed leaves stapled with text to rectos only. Fragment beginning with Part II of the oratorio and ending in the middle of Part V; text of Part I and from the middle of Part V lacking. Autograph note in red pencil to upper left corner of first page: "Send to Cassilly." With numerous autograph annotations in blue pencil indicating division in parts performing forces tempi etc.; the section rendered in the present musical sketch is marked as "enclosed" indicating that the musical sketch and the libretto fragment have been together from the beginning. A piano-vocal score of The Invisible Fire was published by H.W. Gray in New York in 1957. In 1960 the Methodist Publishing House issued a volume containing the libretto texts about the work and numerous related color photographs. The text of the oratorio is by Tom F. Driver born 1925 with parts adapted from Charles Wesley John Wesley and William Cowper. <br/><br/>"The oratorio was commissioned by the National Methodist Student Movement and the Department of Worship and the Arts of the National Council of Churches. It was first performed at the National Methodist Student Conference on December 31 1957 with the Kansas City Philharmonic and 200 voice conference choir Thor Johnson conducting." From the program of a performance of The Invisible Fire in Bethlehem Pennsylvania on April 9 2011.<br/><br/>"Born in Colorado Springs Effinger studied mathematics at Colorado College BA 1935 harmony and counterpoint with Frederick Boothroyd Colorado Springs 1934-6 and composition with Boulanger in Paris 1939. He played first oboe in the Colorado Springs SO 1934-41 and Denver SO 1937-41. He taught at the Colorado College 1936-41 1946-8 served as conductor of the 506th US Army Band 1941-5 and taught at the University of Colorado in Boulder 1948-81 composer-in-residence 1981-4 where he became the head of the composition department. He formed a lifelong friendship with Roy Harris beginning in 1941. In 1954 Effinger patented the 'Musicwriter' typewriter which he manufactured and sold worldwide for 35 years. He also invented the 'Tempowatch' the only device that can accurately determine the tempo of music as it is being performed.<br/><br/>"As a composer he was prolific;. among his most popular compositions are his choral works several of which are large scale and based on sacred subjects including. The Invisible Fire 1957. Although he used dissonance he never abandoned consonant harmonies referring to his idiom as 'atonal tonality'. His instrumental works contain lyrical string melodies lilting woodwind figurations and traditional developmental forms. Many of his works reflect his native Rocky Mountain region in their choice of text programmatic titles and pastoral style that he associated with western themes." Lawrence Worster in Grove Music Online.<br/><br/>"Cassilly" may well refer to American tenor Richard Cassilly 1927-1998 whose career had taken off in the mid-1950s. In that case the present sketch might be a replacement requested by the singer of the original version as notated on page 76 of the piano-vocal score to which it refers. unknown books
195913028Oslo: H. Ashehoug 1959. Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Norwegian edition of Lerner's classic play adapted from George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion signed by the legendary American chef author and television personality. Text in Norwegian and with photos of cast members from a Norwegian production of the play. Signed by Julia Child on the front cover and further signed "P. And J. Child Oslo 19 Jan 60" on front free endpaper. This date corresponds with the time that the Childs lived in Oslo during Paul's waning years as an American diplomat. Amusingly the dialogue entries for Henry Higgins and Eliza pp. 49 - 58 have been "X"-marked in the margins beginning with the line "En perfekt siggarett gir sollid appetit" which corresponds to and here replaces the famous line in which Eliza mispronounces her vowels leading then to the celebrated song "Just you wait Henry Higgins." It is charming to imagine the Childs together hamming it up in this scene perhaps entertaining friends in their Norwegian home. <br>124 pp. Softcover with French flaps; covers lightly worn; overall in very good condition.<br><br>A fabulous item from the famous American cook author spy and television personality who introduced French cuisine and cooking techniques to the American mainstream through her many cookbooks and television programs including the series The French Chef which premiered in 1963.<br> H. Ashehoug paperback books
1948S11413Various locations: various publishers: 1948-59. 1948. Rare. Ownership inked signature and/or rubber stamps of renowned geneticist Norman Harold Horowitz. Very good. 31 separate and rare offprints from noted geneticist Robert P. Wagner of the University of Texas at Austin. Wagner was brought into Texas' renowned center for genetics by J.T. Patterson who served as his mentor. The majority of the papers concern his important research and experimentation with Neurospora crassa a model organism in biochemical genetics. Wagner is the co-author of four books the first of which Genetics and Metabolism 1955 was the "first major synthesis and summary of the emerging field of biochemical genetics and was an important influence worldwide being translated into several languages and used extensively as a textbook" "In memoriam Robert Wagner" available at the UT Austin web-page. WAGNER cont. The papers included in this collection are: 1 WAGNER & Beverly M. GUIRARD. "A Gene-Controlled Reaction in Neurospora Involving the Synthesis on Pantothenic Acid." Offprint from: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Vol. 34 No. 8 pp. 398-402 August 1948. 8vo. 255 x 173 mm. 5 pp. Tables. Printed wrappers; small stain on front cover. 2 WAGNER. "The In Vitro Synthesis of Pantothenic Acid by Pantothenicless and Wild Type Neurospora." Offprint from: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Vol. 35 No. 4 pp. 185-189 April 1949. 8vo. 255 x 175 mm. 5 pp. Figs. tables. Self-wraps; top edge a little frayed. 3 WAGNER. "The Effect of Irradiated Medium Cyanide and Peroxide on the Mutation Rate in Neurospora." Offprint from: Genetics Vol. 35 pp. 237-248 March 1950. 8vo. 242 x 170 mm. 12 pp. Figs. tables. Self-wraps. 4 WAGNER & C.H. HADDOX. "A Further Analysis of the Pantothenicless Mutants of Neurospora." Offprint from: The American Naturalist Vol. LXXXV No. 824 September-October 1951 pp. 319-330. 8vo. 247 x 175 mm. 22 pp. Figs. tables. Self-wraps. 5 WAGNER & Arloa BERGQUIST. "The Accumulation of Keto Acids and Acetaldehyde by a Strain of Neurospora Inhibited by Threonine." Offprint from: The Journal of Biological Chemistry Vol. 216 No. 1 September 1955 pp. 251-262. 8vo. 230 x 150 mm. 12 pp. Fig. tables. Self-wraps. 6 WAGNER & Paul W. IFLAND. "Biochemical and Physiological Studies on a Strain of Neurospora Crassa Inhibited by Threonine." Offprint from: Comptes Rendus Des Travaux Du Laboratoire Carlsberg Ser. Physiol. Vol. 26 No. 23 pp. 381-406 1957. 8vo. 230 x 144 mm. 26 pp. Figs. tables. Self-wraps. 7 WAGNER Arloa BERGQUIST & G.W. KARP. "Some Factors Influencing Valine and Isoleucine Transaminase Activity in Neurospora crassa." Offprint from: Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics Vol. 74 No. 1 March 1958 pp. 182-197. 8vo. 227 x 150 mm. 16 pp. Printed wrappers. 8 WAGNER Arloa BERGQUIST & H.S. FORREST. "The Accumulation of Acetylmethylcarbinol and Acetylethylcarbinol by a Mutant of Neurospora crassa and Its Significance in the Biosynthesis of Isoleucine and Valine." Offprint from: Journal of Biological Chemistry Vol. 234 No. 1 January 1959 pp. 99-104. Tall 8vo. 280 x 215 mm. 6 pp. Figs. tables. Self-wraps. 9 SEECOF R.L. & WAGNER. "Transaminase Activity in Neurospora crassa. I. Purification and Substrate Specificity of a Phenylpyruvate Transaminase." with: "Transaminase Activity in Neurospora crassa. II. Kinetic Behavior of a Phenylpyruvate Transaminase." Offprints from: Journal of Biological Chemistry Vol. 234 No. 10 October 1959 pp. 2689-2697. Tall 8vo. 280 x 215 mm. 9 pp. Figs. tables. Self-wraps. 10 WAGNER Carolyn E. SOMERS & Arloa BERGQUIST. "Gene Structure and Function in Neurospora." Offprint from: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Vol. 46 No. 5 pp. 708-717 May 1960. 8vo. 255 x 173 mm. 10 pp. Figs. tables. Self-wraps. WAGNER cont. 11 SOMERS Carolyn E. & T.C. HSU. "Mitosis in Vegetative Nuclei of Neurospora Crassa." Offprint from: Genetics Vol. 45 No. 6 June 1960 pp. 801-810. 8vo. 247 x 173 mm. 10 pp. Photos figs. Self-wraps. 12 ARMSTRONG F.B. & WAGNER. "Repression of the Valine-Isoleucine Pathway in Salmonella." Offprint from: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Vol. 49 No. 5 pp. 628-633 May 1963. 8vo. 255 x 175 mm. 6 pp. Figs. table. Self-wraps. 13 WAGNER & Arloa BERGQUIST. "Synthesis of Valine and Isoleucine in the Presence of a Particulate Cell Fraction of Neurospora." Offprint from: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Vol. 49 No.6 pp. 892-897 June 1963. 8vo. 250 x 170 mm. 6 pp. Figs. table. Self-wraps. 14 WAGNER et al. "Genetic Blocks in the Isoleucine-Valine Pathway of Neurospora Crassa." Offprint from: Genetics Vol. 49 No. 5 May 1964 pp. 865-882. 8vo. 245 x 175 mm. 18 pp. Figs. tables. Self-wraps. 15 BAUSUM H.T. & WAGNER. "'Selfing' and Other Forms of Aberrant Recombination in Isoleucine-Valine Mutants of Neurospora." Offprint from: Genetics Vol. 51 No. 5 May 1965 pp. 815-830. 8vo. 245 x 175 mm. 16 pp. Figs. tables. Self-wraps. 16 KIRITANI Kazuyoshi Sumiko NARISE Arloa BERGQUIST & WAGNER. "The Overall In Vitro Synthesis of Valine from Pyruvate by Neurospora Homogenates." Offprint from: Biochimica et Biophysica Acta Vol. 100 1965 pp. 432-443. 8vo. 240 x 155 mm. 12 pp. Figs. tables. Self-wraps. 17 WAGNER A. BERGQUIST & T. BARBEE. "The Synthesis In Vitro of Valine and Isoleucine from Pyruvate and alpha-Ketobutyrate in Neurospora." Offprint from: Biochimica et Biophysica Acta Vol. 100 1965 pp. 444-450. 8vo. 240 x 155 mm. 7 pp. Figs. table. Self-wraps. Small inked notation on front cover. 18 CRONENWETT Carolyn S. & WAGNER. "Over-All Synthesis of Isoleucine by Membrane Fractions of Salmonella Typhimurium." Offprint from: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Vol. 54 No. 6 pp. 1643-1650 December 1965. 8vo. 256 x 176 mm. 8 pp. Figs. tables. Self-wraps. 19 KINSEY J.A. & WAGNER. "Amino Acid Production by a Mitochondrial Fraction of Neurospora Crassa." Offprint from: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Vol. 55 No. 2 pp. 404-410 February 1966. 8vo. 256 x 176 mm. 7 pp. Figs. tables. Self-wraps. 20 WAGNER et al. "The Synthesis of Amino Acids by Organized Enzyme Systems." Offprint from: Organizational Biosysnthesis New York: Academic Press 1967 pp. 267-293. 8vo. 230 x 150 mm. 27 pp. Figs. tables. Stapled pages. 21 KUWANA Homare. . . WAGNER. "An Acetohydroxy Acid Synthetase from Neurospora crassa." Offprint from: Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics Vol. 128 pp. 184-193 1968. 8vo. 250 x 175 mm. 10 pp. Stapled wrapper. 22 BERGQUIST Arola. . . WAGNER. "A Membranelike Fraction from Neurospora Crassa. I. Structure of "Membranes" and Release of Free Amino Acids." Offprint from: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Vol. 59 No. 4 pp. 1136-1143 April 1968. 8vo. 255 x 175 mm. 8 pp. Photo figs. tables. Self-wraps. WAGNER cont. 23 WAGNER. "Genetics and Phenogenetics of Mitochondria." Offprint from: Science Vol. 163 pp. 1026-1031 March 7 1969. Tall 8vo. 275 x 215 mm. 6 pp. Self-wraps. 24 KUWANA Homare & WAGNER. "The iv-3 Mutants of Neurospora Crassa. I. Genetic and Biochemical Characteristics." Offprint from: Genetics Vol. 62 pp. 479-485 July 1969. 8vo. 247 x 175 mm. 7 pp. Figs. tables. Self-wraps. 25 CAROLINE Dina F. . . WAGNER. "The iv-3 Mutants of Neurospora Crassa. II. Activity of Acetohydroxy Acid Synthetase." Offprint from: Genetics Vol. 62 pp. 487-494 July 1969. 8vo. 247 x 175 mm. 8 pp. Figs. tables. Self-wraps. 26 ALTMILLER D.H. & WAGNER. "Deficiency of Dihydroxy Acid Dehydratase in the Mitochondria of the iv-1 Mutants of Neurospora Crassa." Offprint from: Biochemcial Genetics Vol. 4 pp. 243-251 1970. 8vo. 245 x 170 mm. 9 pp. Photo tables. Stapled pages. 27 ALTMILLER D.H. & WAGNER. "Purification and Properties of Dihydroxy Acid Dehydratase from Soluble and Mitochondrial Fractions of Neurospora crassa." Offprint from: Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics Vol. 138 pp. 160-170 1970. 8vo. 250 x 175 mm. 11 pp. Photos figs. tables. Stapled wrapper. 28 HARDING Roy W. Dina F. CAROLINE & WAGNER. "The Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex from the Mitochondrial Fraction of Neurospora crassa." Offprint from: Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics Vol. 138 pp. 653-661 1970. 8vo. 250 x 175 mm. 9 pp. Photos figs. tables. Stapled wrapper. 29 CASSADY William E. . . . WAGNER. "Separation of Mitochondrial Membranes of Neurospora Crassa. I. Localization of L-Kynurenine-3-Hydroxylase." with: "Separation of Mitochondrial Membranes of Neurospora Crassa. II. Submitochondrial Localization of the Isoleucine-Valine Biosynthetic Pathway." Offprint from: Journal of Cell Biology Vol. 49 and 53 1971 and 1972 pp. 536-541 and 66-72. 8vo. 252 x 175 mm. 6 pp. Photos figs. table. Stapled pages. 30 LEITER E.H. . . . WAGNER. "In Vitro Mitochondrial Complementation in Neurospora crassa." Offprint from: Biochemical Genetics Vol. 5 pp. 549-561 1971. 8vo. 280 x 215 mm. 13 pp. Figs. tables. Stapled pages. 31 WAGNER. "Evolution and Genetic Significance of Mitochondria." Offprint from: Stadler Symposia Vol. 4 1972 pp. 39-56. 8vo. 230 x 151 mm. 18 pp. Photos figs. table. Stapled pages. 1948-59. paperback books
196561111Dallas TX: Dallas Theater Center 1965. Ten color plates of costume designs each 11 x 8 1/2 in. plus a single cover sheet 2 pp. on glossy paper listing the plates and accompanied by a brief biography of the artist and history of the Dallas Theater Center. The group is housed in its original cardboard portfolio with a glossy illustrated paper label laid down. Some scattered foxing to the introductory page and soiling to the box but plates clean and bright. These set and costume designs for the Dallas Theater Center were the Danish artist and designer Wiinblad's first theatrical designs for an American theater. He notes "For me 'The Tempest' is a wonderful story a fairy tale. in my sets and costumes I am inspired equally by the play and by the stage and room where the performance has to take place. to transfer the audience into another world." Three listings found on OCLC: Arizona State Univ. of Florida Art Inst. of Chicago. <br/><br/> Dallas Theater Center?] unknown books
190930886San Francisco: A. M. Robertson 1909. 1st edition. Green buckram cloth binding stamped in black & gilt. Pale green dust jacket which replicates binding design. VG dj offset to eps/VG some modest sunning to spine panel & edges. xi 1 blank 249 1 blank pp. Partially unopened. 8vo. <br/><br/> A. M. Robertson hardcover books
1951S10244New York: & London:: John Wiley & Sons; Chapman & Hall 1951. 1951. 8vo. xiv 404 pp. Index. Original blue cloth printed dust-jacket. Near fine. RARE. The Father of Linear Programming and the Inventor of the "Simplex Method" "Dantzig's paper originally written in 1947 but not published until 1951 was a fundamental application of computers to problems of management and economics. Dantzig was one of three founders together with John von Neumann and Leonid Kantorovich of linear programming a mathematical method used for the optimum allocation of scarce resources among competing activities. In 1947 Dantzig discovered that many such allocation problems could be formulated as linear computer problems. He also devised an algorithm known as the simplex method which allowed these programs to be performed on a large scale and applied to real-world problems. An algorithm of tremendous power the simplex method remains a major part of most operations research applications." Hook Norman & Williams. <br /><br /> "In Washington . . . he became a mathematical advisor at the Defense Department charged with mechanizing the planning process. Based partly on his earlier work with aircraft supply flow he worked out the simplex algorithm." Washington Post. Holly Joe "Vanguard Mathematician George Dantzig Dies" Washington Post May 19 2005; Hook Norman & Williams Origins of Cyberspace 2002 p. 49. John Wiley & Sons; Chapman & Hall, 1951. hardcover books
1913283403Salt Lake City 1913. unbound. near fine. T.L.S. "Joseph F. Smith" 4to. 2 pages The Presidency Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints Salt Lake City Utah February 21 1913 to journalist Nicola Gigliotti. After writing an extensive article on the Mormon Church in part:.In view of your statements that some have averred that you are in the employ of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints we hereby declare that at no time have you been in such employ nor have you received any anytime directly or indirectly any pay from this Church" Additionally signed by: Charles W. Penrose 1838 - 1925 and Anthon H. Lund 1844 - 1921. Fine.<br/><br/> President of the Mormon Church 1901 - 1918. His administration is recognized for its gestures in improving relationships with non-Mormons.<br/><br/> unknown books
