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1967M13750Stuttgart:: Kosmos 1967. 1967. Small 8vo. 96 pp. Figs. Color printed wrappers. Ownership signature of Ulrich Hacker. Very good. Schipperges was a German university teacher of medical history and medical theory. He was a prolific writer. Kosmos, 1967. unknown books
1959S13353Urbana IL:: Reports on Progress in Physics 1959. 1959. 6 offprints. Original wrappers. From the collection of Abraham Pais. Very good. INVENTORY: 1. PRIMAKOFF Henry; Rosen S. P. Double Beta Decay. Offprint from: Reports on Progress in Physics vol. XXII p. 121-166 1959. Grey printed wrappers. 2. PRIMAKOFF Henry; Fuji A. Muon Capture in Certain Light Nuclei. Il Nuovo Cimento Serie X vol. 12 pp. 327-355 Maggio 1959. 3. PRIMAKOFF Henry 1914-1983. Principle Contributions to Science by Henry Primakoff. Unknown ca.1962. 4 pp. Printed self-wraps. This paper shows his accomplishments and publications through 1962 thus printed shortly after that point in his life. Primakoff theoretical physicist was born in Odessa Russia came to the US in 1930 studied at Columbia University and took his PhD in physics at New York University in 1938 He held several teaching positions before he joined the University of Pennsylvania as the first Donner Professor of Science in 1960. Primakoff won recognition for his research in elementary particle physics becoming famous for his discovery of the Primakoff effect. He was also an expert in nuclear physics and was considered one of the nation's leading physicists. He contributed to the understanding of weak interactions double beta decay spin waves in ferromagnetism and the interaction between neutrinos and the atomic nucleus. He also developed the Holstein-Primakoff transformation which is designed to treat spin waves as bosonic excitations. See: Amado Ralph D.; Mann Alfred K. "Henry Primakoff" Physics Today: 72–73. December 1983. 4. PRIMAKOFF Henry. Theory of Muon Capture. Offprint from: Reviews of Modern Physics vol. 31 no. 3 pp. 802-822 July 1959. 5. PRIMAKOFF Henry; Blin-Stoyle R. J.; Gupta V. Mesonic "Exchange" Effects in Beta-Decay. Offprint from: Nuclear Physics 11 1959 pp. 444-453; North-Holland Publishing Co.; Amsterdam. 6. PRIMAKOFF Henry; Dennery P. On a Method of Mass Determination for the Muon-Neutrino. Offprint from: Physics Letters vol. 6 no. 1 pp. 67-69 August 15 1963. Orange printed wrappers. / Primakoff was a Russian-born theoretical physicist remembered for discovering the Primakoff effect. He taught at the University of Pennsylvania of most of his career. "Primakoff is a versatile theorist who has made many valuable contributions to nuclear and solid state physics." :: See Principle Contributions. . . Reports on Progress in Physics, 1959. paperback books
198523751New York: Holiday House 1985. 1st edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. F/VG. 47 pp. Illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman. 8vo. <br/><br/> Holiday House hardcover books
200849317New York: Grolier Club 2008. 1st Printing. Color printed paper wrappers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. A Fine copy. 20 pp. Intratextual color illustrations. 7-1/8" x 4-1/2" <br/><br/>A printed version of a talk delivered by Ms Allen as the 2007 J. Ben Lieberman Memorial Lecture of the American Printing History Association at the Grolier Club in New York City on April 17 2008. Grolier Club unknown books
191148269Elgin Illinois: The David C. Cook Publishing Co 1911. 1st Edition Smith W-74. Half bound with green fine weave cloth over marbled paper boards. Title gilt stamped to front board. General wear & soiling; binding slightly shaken. Bit of splay to boards. An About VG copy. 96 pp. Text double column. Illustrated. 8vo. 8-1/4" x 6-5/8" <br/><br/> The David C. Cook Publishing Co hardcover books
192043437San Francisco: The Book Club of California 1920. Limited Edition of 400 copies printed by John Henry Nash of which this is No. 391. Marbled paper-cover boards backed in green cloth tan paper label printed in black to spine. Sunning to spine and board edges; hint of splay to boards; gentle crack to gutter at beginning of third story. Else fine clean and crisp binding still sound. Leaves unopened. VG. 8 53 11 pp. B/w decorations by Ray F. Coyle. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 6-1/8" <br/><br/> The Book Club of California hardcover books
189989562New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1899. Hardcover. Good. frontis photos index xiv 365p. Original green cloth. 22cm. Ex lib. Mercantile Library NY bookplate and library stamp. Spine slightly sloped. Extremities rubbed some loss of cloth. Moderate cover soil. All plates and maps present. <br/><br/> G.P. Putnam's Sons 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
197641632New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. Inc 1976. 1st edition. INSCRIBED by author to ffep. Quarter-bound brown cloth spine over beige paper-covered boards. Dark brown lettering to spine color illustrated DJ. Light wear to DJ. A VG/VG example. 306 6 blank pp. 9-1/2" x6-3/4" <br/><br/>Inscribed to poet and pacifist William Stafford on the flyleaf: "For Bill Stafford - A small return for many fine poems. Andrew Jolly 2/23/76." An address is written in ink in a different hand presumably Stafford's below Jolly's name in the inscription. E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc hardcover books
1941GG217-032San Francisco:: The Grabhorn Press 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New/Like New. LIMITED EDITION of 250 copies privately printed by the Grabhorn Press for Samuel I. Wormser printed in handset Goudy Modern on mold made paper. 4to. 11 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches. viii 14 pp. Frontispiece portrait of Bender is a reproduction of an etching by Max Pollak title page and decorations printed in blue and black ink 2 black-and-white photographic portraits of Bender tipped in colored cartoon of Albert Bender by Dan Sweeny laid-in inside the rear cover; text clean unmarked. Quarter beige linen decorations in blue from foot to head of cloth where the cloth meets the blue paper covers blue paper over boards illustration on front cover printed paper spine label original plain paper dust-jacket; binding square and tight some very light fading to the dust-jacket and to the end-papers. Presentation slip of Samuel I. Wormser laid in. Also laid-in is a form letter from the Library of Congress acknowledging receipt of this book into the Library's collections with the printed signature of Archibald MacLeish Librarian of Congress. Fine. The text of this volume explores the life and accomplishments of Albert Maurice Bender 1866-1941 by a friend of long-standing. While Lewis remarks that "Not one of the facts here assembled is of the slightest importance to anyone" they do reveal a striking word image of Bender the man and reveal a very different time from that of the twenty-first century. The frontispiece is a reproduction of an etching of Bender by Max Pollak 1886-1970 a Czech-born American painter and printmaker one of whose specialties was portraiture; Pollak lived in San Francisco beginning in 1938. Also included is a humorous portrait of "Albert Bender and other benders" signed in the plate by Dan Sweeney 1888-1958 California book and hotel label illustrator that includes African-American train porters and attendants which also conveys an era that no longer exists. Do not expect to find a copy of this title in better condition. REFERENCE: Magee and Magee Bibliography of the Grabhorn Press 1940-1956 No. 349. The Grabhorn Press, hardcover books
1941GG217-033San Francisco CA:: The Grabhorn Press 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New/Like New. LIMITED EDITION of 250 copies privately printed by the Grabhorn Press for Samuel I. Wormser printed in handset Goudy Modern on mold made paper. 4to. 11 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches. viii 14 pp. Frontispiece portrait of Bender is a reproduction of an etching by Max Pollak title page and decorations printed in blue and black ink 2 black-and-white photographic portraits of Bender tipped in colored cartoon of Albert Bender by Dan Sweeny laid-in inside the rear cover; text clean unmarked. Quarter beige linen decorations in blue from foot to head of cloth where the cloth meets the blue paper covers blue paper over boards illustration on front cover printed paper spine label original plain paper dust-jacket; binding square and tight some very light fading to the dust-jacket and to the end-papers. Laid-in are an extra copy of "Albert Bender and other benders" by Dan Sweeny 2 autographed notes SIGNED from S. I. Wormser to Mark Altman dated 1942 on Wormser's letterheads the calling cards of Mr. William James Dawson and Mark Altman and a 4-page GPO publication about the establishment of the Library of Congress Trust Fund. Fine. The text of this volume explores the life and accomplishments of Albert Maurice Bender 1866-1941 by a friend of long-standing. While Lewis remarks that "Not one of the facts here assembled is of the slightest importance to anyone" they do reveal a striking word image of Bender the man and reveal a very different time from that of the twenty-first century. The frontispiece is a reproduction of an etching of Bender by Max Pollak 1886-1970 a Czech-born American painter and printmaker one of whose specialties was portraiture; Pollack lived in San Francisco beginning in 1938. Also included is a humorous portrait of "Albert Bender and other benders" signed in the plate by Dan Sweeney 1888-1958 California book and hotel label illustrator that includes African-American train porters and attendants which also conveys an era that no longer exists. This copy in outstanding condition. REFERENCE: Magee and Magee Bibliography of the Grabhorn Press 1940-1956 No. 349. The Grabhorn Press, hardcover books
1981403347Palaemon Press Limited 1981. Fine. 8vo. 16 pages. Original marbled wrappers printed paper label on cover. FIRST EDITION number ix of 50 Roman-numbered copies for distribution from an edition of 175. <br/><br/> Palaemon Press Limited unknown books
41193Slip of lined paper 1 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches on which the general has written "At your request I subjoin my autograph / Respectfully / S.B. Buckner." Vertical crease not touching text very good. <br/><br/> unknown books
188261972Cleveland Ohio 1882. Four pages approximately 350 words in part: "Advance sheets of Mr. Blaine's address reached her yesterday morning. Thronging emotions and memories made my heart stand still. It was the anniversary of the last day the Gen'l passed in our Mentor Ohio home . hopes ambitions aspirations pure & high and almost assured all swept away -- nothing left but tears." Garfield took office in March 1881 was shot in July and died a lingering death in September. Mrs. Garfield thanks Mr. Blaine for his wonderful words and his tribute to her husband's life and character. A beautiful poignant letter. Still very good. Folded for mailing some browning at folds. 9782. <br/><br/> unknown books
189029191Chicago 1890. Oblong folio. 10 3/4 x 13 inches. 152 albumen photographs most 7 x 9 inches mounted recto and verso of each leaf within the album. Images captioned in manuscript on the mount below the image many signed in white ink or in the negative by Taylor. Expertly bound to style in half dark purple morocco over period cloth covered boards spine lettered in gilt marbled endpapers<br/> <br/>A remarkable album of early Chicago photography by John W. Taylor: a significant photographic record of Chicago in the late 19th century.<br/> <br/>A major photographic record of the city of Chicago and its architecture in the late 19th century almost entirely the work of the significant photographer John W. Taylor with his imprint in the negative. Taylor was a bookseller and stationer before advertising himself as a commercial photographer in the late 1880s. He concentrated his work on Chicago-area architecture and city infrastructure. Today he is recognized as a pioneering photographer of architecture working in Chicago at the very beginning of the skyscraper era. This superb photograph album presents a fairly comprehensive view of Chicago's architecture and life during one of the city's most interesting and vibrant periods from the highest of the skyscrapers to the interiors of pig pens in the stockyards with numerous residences parks lush interiors the 1893 World's Fair and more in-between. Taylor's importance as one of the earliest significant architectural photographers is addressed in Peter Bacon Hales' Silver Cities: Photographing American Urbanization 1839-1939: "Photographers of the older generation managed to retain their identities even as they adjusted to their more prosaic role as visual adjuncts to the architects who designed the buildings they photographed. J.W. Taylor of Chicago for example made an extensive survey of the "modern" buildings of Chicago and its environs many of which traveled throughout the globe as architects and engineers converged on the city in the later 1800s and beyond to see the miracle of the Chicago style of building. Taylor's pictures went as far as Melbourne Australia in the collection of Australian architect E.G. Kilburn who made his pilgrimage to the architects' mecca in 1889. Kilburn stared sketched and took notes; then he brought back photographs by Taylor of everything from the Pullman company town to the Palmer House." Chicago has been an especially important architectural center since the period represented in this collection. After the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 destroyed most of the buildings in the downtown area a special class of architects and engineers flocked to the city resulting in an architectural boom unequaled in the history of 19th century urban development. Hallowed names such as Louis Sullivan Dankmar Adler John M. Van Osdel Daniel Burnham William W. Boyington William LeBaron Jenney John Wellborn Root William Holabird Martin Roche Edward Baumann Harris W. Huel Solon Spencer Beman and Clinton J. Warren stamped their unique architectural character on the Chicago landscape. Each of these architects is amply represented in the photographs contained herein. There is even one photograph of the magnificent lobby of the Rookery Building considered the grandest lobby in Chicago at the time. This view is especially interesting to architectural historians because this interior was remodeled a short time later in 1905 by Adler & Sullivan's former head draftsman Frank Lloyd Wright. The late 19th century was also a transitional time in building construction when architects were beginning to leave behind cast iron frames and experiment with steel-frame construction and large areas of plate glass especially in the "Commercial Style" made famous by Sullivan and others in the Chicago School. As a result some of the earliest modern skyscrapers are found in Chicago. A general summary of the photographs in the album is as follows: forty-two buildings including the Masonic Temple the tallest skyscraper in the world at the time the Woman's Temple the Rookery Building the Chamber of Commerce the Monadnock Building the Northern Hotel the Home Insurance Building the Tacoma Building the Caxton Building the Pullman Building the Oakland Hotel the Grand Pacific Hotel Palmer House the Auditorium Building Marshall Field's the Lester Building the Hotel Metropole Libby Prison the New Regiment Armory depots and churches; seven downtown street scenes; seventeen residential streets including Lake Shore Dr. and Michigan Ave. and residences of prominent citizens including Potter Palmer and Lambert Tree; twenty parks pavilions and recreation scenes; three of Grant Monument and its unveiling; ten Lincoln Park scenes some with animals; three of Garfield Park; ten featuring World's Fair building construction; nine views of the October 1892 World's Fair dedication showing ceremonies and a large parade; two scenes of boating; twelve views of stockyards and meat processing six exterior and interior views of an auditorium; eight interiors including Palmer House and a bank; and three scenes of horse racing at Washington Park. Taylor's photographs reside in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago fifty-six images and the Chicago History Museum 150 images. The subject matter of those collections and the present work overlap significantly testament to the prodigious nature of Taylor's output. For example this collection has a significant number of images related to the World's Columbian Exposition a.k.a. the Chicago World's Fair of 1893; the Chicago History Museum collection contains no images from this monumental event in Chicago's history. A truly remarkable record of Chicago architecture by a significant photographer. 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
19771341753Annapolis: Naval Institute Press 1977. Hardcover. Octavo; VG-/G; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine black with white print; DJ has edgewear with small tears mild shelfwear; Boards in tan cloth with gold print on black banner slight wear to spine tail else clean and strong; Text block has blue tinted top edge clean and tight; xvii 713 pages illustrated b&w. 1341753. FP New Rockville Stock. Naval Institute Press hardcover books
189028400Paris: Choudens Père & Fils PN A.C. 7764 1890. Large octavo. Plain blue wrappers with manuscript titling in blue ink to upper and spine. 1f. recto title within architectural border verso notes 1f. recto notes on first performance named cast list and contents verso blank 307 i blank pp. Many leaves unopened.<br/><br/>Named cast includes Simon-Girard Duparc Cannès Maria Thom Hurbain Dechesne Simon-Max Mesmacker Larbaudière and Chalmin.<br/><br/>Quite browned throughout scattered foxing; edges worn with occasional small chips and tears; small oval handstamp to lower margin of title. A re-issue of the first edition. <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. Choudens Père & Fils [PN A.C. 7764] unknown books
19461326936Cleveland: The World Publishing Company 1946. Hardcover. Octavo; G/no DJ; Hardcover w/out DJ; Spine black with gold print; Boards quarter bound with black cloth to spine and illustrated cloth to boards mild wear to corners and spine caps rubbing and shelfwear; Text block has blue-tinted top edge slight peripheral tanning to endpapers clean text; Tenniel's illustrations augmented with yellow coloring; 313 pages illustrated. 1326936. FP New Rockville Stock. The World Publishing Company hardcover books
190126956New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1901. 1st thus Smith 94 variant w/o 'D. B. Updike' slug on last page of text; cf. BAL 14038; Wright III 3768 for the 1st edition of 1895. Elaborate gilt on brown cloth design by Amy Richards signed. TEG. Gilt bright slight lean- otherwise VG. 4 251 1 pp. Color t.p. with vignette & 6 of 7 inserted color plates by A. J. Keller. Crown 8vo. <br/><br/> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1898M7680Philadelphia etc.:: F. A. Davis 1898. 1898. 243 x 165 mm. 8vo. xiv 348 ads 4 pp. 56 figs. index. Blind- and gilt-stamped dark green cloth; rubbed covers water-stained rear inner hinge cracked as usual. Ownership signatures of G. L. Hutchinson on title and John T. Crissey on front free end-paper. AS IS. F. A. Davis, 1898. hardcover 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
189525537Chicago: Donohue Henneberry & Co 1895. Early US edition. Light blue wrappers lettered in dark blue. VG spine slightly sunned/paper beginning to yellow as expected. 255 1 pp. Advert last page. 12mo. 7-3/16" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/> Donohue Henneberry & Co unknown 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
18831332965Joliet: Albert O. Marshall 1883. Hardcover. Octavo; Poor; Hardcover; Spine brown with gold print; Boards in brown cloth with gold print spine caps torn away tattered corners and edges tear at top of front hinge significant shelfwear with fading rubbing stray pencil marks on front soiling; Text block has names in ink on front endpapers front flyleaf creased and chipping and separated from binding cracked hinges front and rear spine breaks throughout shaken/loose binding moisture stain to top edge of initial pages intermittent foxing throughout; 410 pages. 1332965. FP New Rockville Stock. Albert O. Marshall hardcover books
