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19311464baY3New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation 1931. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. 589 pages of text. Black hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear; top edge gilt. Number 153 of 245 copies signed by the author on the limitation page. Original slipcase is separated at seams with a piece missing. Tall octavo measuring 24.5cm. First edition. Liveright Publishing Corporation Hardcover books
1984WRCLIT74263Zurich: The Artist 1984. ca. 150 leaves in ink on rectos only. Bound notebook 165 x 105 mm. Cloth and boards. Text stock pale yellow ruled in blue and red. Fine. An original artist's book by Hartmann signed titled and dated by him on the rear pastedown. Each leaf bears an arrangement sometimes occupying most of the page sometimes a portion of it of Hartmann's characteristic symbols including recurrent stylized fish. A number of the individual leaves are dated in September demonstrating that Hartmann's work on this undertaking spanned a number of weeks. Laid in is a photo postcard of the artist. For a useful account of Hartmann's life and work see: www.werner- hartmann.ch. The Artist hardcover books
13472Used; Like New/Used; Like New. A lovely AMQS from the important opera composer of Cavalleria Rusticana precisely penned on a postcard of the Barcelona Cathedral and dated January 20 1907. Mascagni has written a two-measure extract from the baritone-soprano duet in his opera Amica in bass clef with the text "Più presso al sol!" Addressed on the verso to the collector Ramona Imaz Otaño. In very fine condition. 3.5 x 5.5 inches 8.8 x 13.8 cm. unknown books
190844888.1London New York: William Heinemann Doubleday Page & Co 1908. First Trade Edition. Original tan cloth with gilt-pictorial and lettering to upper board gilt lettering to backstrip. Spine a bit sun-tanned. Slight bow to boards. Prior owner signature to preliminary blank. Foxing primarily to end sheets. Very Good. i-vi 1-134 pp. 40 color plates mounted on tan paper with captioned tissue-guards and numerous drawings in b/w. 4to. 10" x 7-1/2" <br/><br/>One of the finest of Rackham's illustrated books heightening Shakespeare's dreamy comedy with otherworldly imagination both delicate and grotesque. William Heinemann, Doubleday, Page & Co hardcover books
1922S13215London:: Edward Arnold 1922. 1922. 8vo. viii 152 pp. 4 plates 21 figs. or tables index. Original navy blue blind- and gilt-stamped cloth. Very good. Printing and the Mind of Man 412. First edition. "Aston's invention of the mass spectrograph an instrument giving a concentrated and extremely detailed breakdown of the constituents of analyzed material enabled him to discover that elements are composed of atoms of varying mass and that the atomic weight of an element is an average of the atoms comprising it. Aston used the word "isotopes" to describe atoms of differing weights within the same element a term first coined by Frederick Soddy to describe separate elements that are nevertheless homogeneous in chemical behavior." :: Norman. Aston won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1922. NOBEL-PRIZE: "At the end of 1909 he accepted the invitation of Sir J.J. Thomson to work as his assistant at the Cavendish Laboratory Cambridge on studies of positive rays. It was during this period that he obtained definite evidence for the existence of two isotopes of the inert gas neon." "This research was interrupted by the War of 1914-1918 during which time Aston worked at the Royal Aircraft Establishment Farnborough where he studied the effect of atmospheric conditions on aeroplane fabrics and dopes i.e. synthetic coatings." "Returning to the Cavendish Laboratory in 1919 he again attacked the problem of the separation of the isotopes of neon. He quickly achieved success in this by his invention of the mass spectrograph an apparatus in which the ingenious use of electromagnetic focusing enabled him to utilize the very slight differences in mass of the two isotopes to effect their separation. Extending this principle to other chemical elements he discovered in a series of measurements no less than 212 of the naturally occurring isotopes. From the results of this work he was able to formulate the so-called Whole Number Rule which states that the mass of the oxygen isotope being defined all the other isotopes have masses that are very nearly whole numbers." "Aston continued to make measurements using an improved instrument with ever-increasing refinement and precision. He observed and was able to measure those deviations from the Whole Number Rule which were to become so important in the field of atomic energy." "The results of his work were published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society and in the Philosophical Magazine. He was also the author of the books Isotopes 1922; revised edition 1941 and of Structural Units of the Material Universe 1923." :: NobelPrize. DSB I pp. 320-22; Haskell Norman 77; Printing and the Mind of Man 412. Edward Arnold, 1922. hardcover books
192059571920. unbound. 7.5 x 5.5 inches with a 1.25-inch white border no place no date circa 1920. This photo depicts a goateed Grey in full Western garb right arm draped around his horse's saddle while holding onto his hat. Strong signature in blue ink on bottom right portion of photo. Fine.<br/><br/> Author whose novels presented an idealized version of the Old West.<br/><br/> unknown books
19292304521929. unbound. 10 x 8 inches no place December 6 1929. This black-and-white portrait photo shows Halliburton dressed in a suit facing the camera and gazing off to the side. Inscribed: "Especially and gratefully for Veronica Hutchinson Dick Halliburton Dec 6 1929." Small chip and tear in left margin; good condition.<br/><br/> American traveler adventurer and author who died at age 39 in an attempt to sail a Chinese junk the Sea Dragon across the Pacific ocean from Hong Kong to the Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco a feat that made him legendary. More recent revelations have shown that Halliburton though infatuated with the image of heroic masculinity was an early proponent of Gay Rights. He was romantically linked to film star Ramon Navarro and philanthropist Noel Sullivan. His most enduring relationship was with freelance journalist Paul Mooney with whom he shared living quarters and perished on March 24 1939.<br/><br/> unknown books
1930256247Warm Springs GA 1930. unbound. 1 page 6.25 x 7.75 inches Warm Springs Georgia May 25 1930. Sent to Al Smith the former governor of New York requesting his professional help after a colleague's death in full: "The Nine commissioners of Palisades Interstate Park New Jersey and New York Commissions unanimously request you be appointed to fill New York vacancy caused by the death of Dr. Partridge. I hope much you will accept this and have wired Herbert Lehman to call you up Monday morning. If you will say yes I understand New Jersey Senate will confirm your appointment Tuesday night when they meet for two day session. Franklin D. Roosevelt." Pinholes in the top margin and uniform browning; very good condition. Matted in gray beside a photo of Roosevelt and set in a silver frame measuring 11 x 17.5 inches.<br/><br/> unknown books
1938274277Paris 1938. unbound. 2 pages front and back 7 x 4.25 inches Paris November 26 1938 untranslated on the stationery of Academie Francaise telling the recipient that he has seen an extract from a speech made at the Sorbonne by the President of the French Republic Monsieur Lebrun whereby the President quotes some of his words. He further conveys that he would like to read the whole text of the President's speech and to acquire a copy if possible. "I would be very grateful to know how to procure the text if it will be published." One horizontal fold but still in fine condition.<br/><br/> French poet essayist and philosopher who suffered greatly towards the end of his life for his refusal to support the Vichy French Government.<br/><br/> unknown books
1939440921939. Photographs with some minor curling at corners. Each with stamp to verso: "Mar 9 1939 / E.H.F.". 14 b/w images 7-7/8" x 9-7/8". Possibly unpublished; while it's entirely reasonable to expect these images may have been published in a small forum such as in a government journal or report initial research is unable to confirm such. <br/><br/>Initially appointed by President Taft in 1911 no doubt as a outgrouth of the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 Christoffers served with the Bureau of Fisheries till the 1930s rising to the position of Chief Warden. From mss notes on the back of each image we see Christoffers is credited for photographing these 14 scenes and presumably is also the author of the seal activity observations often quite detailed regarding each image also recorded on the photograph verso. The images show divers aspects of the herd with the 'Bull' often featured e.g. "The Harem Master. His favorite resting place a large rock from where he can commanad attention of his silver haired beauties and keep an eye open for interlopers." unknown books
1924333621924. Small folio. Full dark brown cloth titling gilt to spine. <br/><br/>All published Wien by Universal Edition unless otherwise specified.<br/><br/>Contents:<br/>- Op. 12. Vier Lieder für Gesang und Klavier. PN U.E. 8257 1925. 1 title 2-9 1 blank pp. Moldenhauer 212 217 213 216 the first song published previously in Musikblätter des Anbruch May 1922. <br/><br/>-Op. 14. Sechs Lieder nach Gedichten von Georg Trakl für eine Singstimme Klarinette Bass-Klarinette Geige und Violoncelle. Score. PN U.E. 7578 1924. 1 title 2-16 pp. Modenhauer 251 240 237 222 239. 238.<br/><br/>- Op. 15. Fünf geistliche Lieder für Fesang Flöte Klarinette auch Bass-Klarinette Trompete Harfe und Geige auch Viola. Score. PN U.E. 7629 1924. 1f. title 3-14 pp. Moldenhauer 252 256 253 257 224.<br/><br/>- Op. 18. Drei Lieder für Gesang Es-Klarinette und Gitarre. Score. PN U.E. 8684 1927. 1 title 2-7 1 blank pp. Moldenhauer 281 282 283.<br/><br/>- Op. 23. Drei Gesänge . aus Viae Inviae von Hildegard Jone. PN U.E. 10255 1936. 1 title 2-12 pp. Moldenhauer 314 313 312.<br/><br/>-Op. 17 no. 2. Geistlicher Volkstext Liebste Jungfrau. San Francisco: New Music Edition 1930. 1f. title 3-7 1 blank pp. Moldenhauer 275.<br/><br/>Binding slightly rubbed. Small handstamps to some titles; several pencilled markings to violin part of last work. Lacking wrappers to individual works. First Editions. <br/><br/>Op. 17 no. 2 published separately before the complete Op. 17 issued by Universal in 1955. unknown books
1976403899New York: MIT Press for the Museum of Modern Art 1976. 4to. 110 pp. 48 color photographs and one black-and-white portrait of Eggleston. Original black bonded leather with gilt-stamped spine and cover onlay. A fine copy. FIRST EDITION no date on the title-page; copyright page dated only 1976. Issued as the companion to Eggleston's seminal 1976 exhibition at MoMA a landmark in the history of photography. "I once heard William Eggleston say that the nominal subjects of his pictures were no more than a pretext for the making of color photographs-the Degas position. I did not believe him although I can believe that it might be an advantage to think so or to pretend to think so. To me it seems that the pictures reproduced here are about the photographer's home about his place in both important meanings of that word. One might say about his identity" John Szarkowski pp. 5-6. "As pictures . these seem to me perfect: irreducible surrogates for the experience they pretend to record visual analogues for the quality of one life collectively a paradigm of a private view a view one would have thought ineffable described here with clarity fulness and elegance" ibid. p. 14. Auer 598; Open Book 308-309; Parr and Badger I:265; Roth 238-239. . <br/><br/> MIT Press for the Museum of Modern Art hardcover books
19801337995Boston: G.K. Hall & Co 1980. Hardcover. Quarto; 6 volumes; G; Ex-library; Hardcover; Spine blue with gold print; Boards in blue cloth with gold print light shelfwear else clean and strong; Text blocks for vols. 2-5 have library stamps on edges endpapers half-title and title pages vols. 1 & 6 have bookplate on front pastedown else clean and tight; CONTENTS: Vol. 1. A-C lxxiii 1096 pages - Vol. 2. D-F lxxiii 916 pages - Vol. 3. G-L lxxiii 847 pages - Vol. 4. M-P lxxiii 1130 pages - Vol. 5. Q-S lxxiii 850 pages - Vol. 6. T-Z lxxiii 673 pages. <br /> <br /> <p> Oversized order. Additional shipping and handling may be necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy international shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. Contact seller if you have any questions.<br /> <br /> <p> This book is part of the overstocked 15's kept in Room X on top of one of the bookcases. 1337995. FP New Rockville Stock. G.K. Hall & Co hardcover books
1948181672not identified: Berlin Commandement en chef francais en Allemagne 1948. Hardcover. VG- soiling to covers pages are age toned and brittle but otherwise very clean and clear. Off-white cloth boards with blue lettering on front cover xviii 491 pp unpaginated bw illustrations throughout text pages. "The work is published in French since its principal object is to assist the French experts with their work of investigation. But the headlines of chapters and their subdivisions as well as the list of abbreviations have been translated in Russian English and German for the purpose of enabling the experts of the Allied Nations to make practicable use of this inventory"--Introduction. Volume 2: Tableaux tapisseries et sculptures Pictures tapestries and sculptures. Berlin Commandement en chef francais en Allemagne hardcover books
190318045Philadelphia: David McKay 1903. Later printing. Linen cloth pictorial binding Mattson variant #5. Color pictorial dust jacket signed "Wm Francis Taylor". VG top edge soiled/Abt VG some edgewear & soiling/pc msg from head of spine panel affecting title lettering. 384 2 pp. Last 2 pp publisher adverts. 12mo. 5 1/4" x 7 1/2" <br/><br/>Book accompanied by a 11/24/1929 TLs w/ additional 6 -line holograph note at bottom & inscribed 'snapshot' photograph both from Patten to a Mr Seymour Halpern. David McKay hardcover books
191929377n.p. 1919. 1 vols. 11 x 8-1/2 inches. Mended marginal tear without loss on final page else fine. 1 vols. 11 x 8-1/2 inches. Typescript of an Arthur Train Detective Story. Clipped to the front is a small typewritten anonymous reader's report summarizing the plot and concluding "The plot is rather scattered and no really good suspense to it. The accused the hero isn't a very interesting character.". unknown books
185743372London: For Private Circulation Only Printed Robson Levey and Franklyn 1857. 1st Edition. INSCRIBED COPY from Col J. B. Sterling related Coldstream Guards to A. E. Codrington dated 1889. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. Pale yellow eps. Gilt bright. Square & tight. Pencil marginalia commenting on the text. A VG copy. xlvii 1 496 pp. Corrigenda leaf tipped-in prior to p. v. Illustrated with 18 inserted plans & diagrams 14 double-page. Crown 8vo. <br/><br/>Codrington notes at front on the half-title page that "The marginal notes in pencil were made by General George Willis G CB who served the regiment the war in the Crimea." Alfred Edward Codrington the son of General Sir William John Codrington 1804 - 1884 who served in the Crimea and herein has pinned-in to the Corrigenda leaf a note listing "Pages in Letters from the Crimea affecting W. J. C." For Private Circulation Only [Printed Robson, Levey and Franklyn] hardcover books
198142764Riverside International Raceway 1981. Housed in a generic commercial dual screw-post vinyl album tan with triple gold perimeter rule to covers. Minor wear & soiling to album. "81" inked to front paste-down. VG. Photos sharp with little wear or fading - Nr Fine. 14 leaves of clear plastic mounting leaves 12 images per leaf. 164 color 3-1/2" x 4-7/8" snapshots of the race drivers maintenance pit shops etc. Album: 11-7/8" x 12-1/2" <br/><br/>Riverside International Raceway sometimes known as RIV RIR or Riverside Raceway was a race track or road course in Riverside California. The track was in operation from September 22 1957 to July 2 1989. This album mostly documents the CAN-AM race held on April 10th 1981 which was won by Al Holbert in car #14 pictured 15 times. Also pictured is the actor sometimes racecar driver Paul Newman 4x 2 in an interview who had two cars #5 6 in the race driven by Bobby Rahal & Teo Fabi both DNF. The last 32 images are apparently of another CAN-AM event albeit unidentified. A nice visual documentation of this Southern California CAN-AM event. unknown books
1909236640London: J. M. Dent and New York: E.P. Dutton 1909. Profusely illustrated throughout with chromolithographic plates some with hand-colouring photographic plates and text illustrations. xvi 179 1; 164; 157 1 pp. 3 vols. 8vo. Bound in three quarter red polished calf and marbled boards a.e.g. Label and library marking. Very good some rubbing. Profusely illustrated throughout with chromolithographic plates some with hand-colouring photographic plates and text illustrations. xvi 179 1; 164; 157 1 pp. 3 vols. 8vo. J. M. Dent and New York: E.P. Dutton unknown books
1911001126Edinburgh and London 1911. Fothergill George. TWENTY SPORTING DESIGNS with Selections From The Poets One of Ten Special "PRESS" Copies. Edinburgh: Printed by Neill & Company for the Author 1911. Private Subscription Edition de Luxe limited to 300 copies plus twenty for presentation and a further ten "press" copies. A GOOD to VERY GOOD copy in the original grey decorated boards with green cloth spine gilt. in very acceptable condition given the large size of the book and the fragile illustrated boards general wear-and-tear especially to the fore-edges some scrapes to the boards corners bumped tiny stain to lower cover but the all important contents are fine. Previous owner's docket number in ink on front pastedown. Fothergill was quite the accomplished artist and here he provides five magnificent mounted plates one in color based on his paintings and more than two dozen brilliantly accomplished pen-and-ink drawings also based on his originals. Nicely decorated borders and headpieces throughout. Engravings and woodcuts including those in tricolor accomplished by Hislop and Day as well as David Robinson & Company both Edinburgh firms. TWENTY SPORTING DESIGNS was intended by the author to compare to the timeless style of William Morris' Kelmscott Press. The poetic excerpts which accompany the illustrations are by Shakespeare and nineteen other great poets and are "sporting" in theme. Fothergill was a fox-hunting enthusiast who lived in Midlothian and who spent years of his life on this labor of love which was entirely sold out to subscribers many to various masters-of-hounds around the British Isles as can be seen on the subscribers list at the back of the book . Fothergill has made a holograph addition/ inscription to the colophon which solves the mystery of the limitation. Three hundred copies plus ten extra hors de commerce plus a further ten "press" copies of which this is #5. . Signed by Author. Edition De Luxe. Good to Very Good. Illus. by George Fothergill. Privately Printed. hardcover books
1908248691Bologna Italy 1908. unbound. 6.5 x 4.5 inches on a beige album page Bologna Italy May 31 1908. This item features two bars of music from "Amica" with the addition of three words of lyrics. Signed and inscribed: "Bologne 31 V. 908 P. Mascagni." Mounting remnants on verso; otherwise near fine condition.<br/><br/> Italian composer best known for his 1890 masterpiece "Cavalleria Rusticana." He wrote Amica in 1905 and it premiered soon after in Monte Carlo.<br/><br/> unknown books
238975London: Rider 36 St. Martins Court. Number 33 of 175 copies initialed by D.J.R. 3 plates. Chesterton portrait is colored and tipped onto card each signed in pencil below. 1 vols. Large 4to. Wrappers split with loss. Plates fine. Number 33 of 175 copies initialed by D.J.R. 3 plates. Chesterton portrait is colored and tipped onto card each signed in pencil below. 1 vols. Large 4to. Rider 36 St. Martins Court unknown books
1908315541London Glasgow Bombay: Blackie & Sons 1908. First edition. Illustrated in colour on each page. 4to. Green clothspine over green paper boards with pictorial paper onlay on the upper cover. Very Good. First edition. Illustrated in colour on each page. 4to. Blackie & Sons unknown books
1883405494London: Longman Hurst Rees et al. 1883. Discreet library stamps on endpapers a fine copy. 8vo. Barlow's paper appears on page 159-219. Modern half leather. FIRST EDITION. "Classic description of infantile scurvy 'Barlow's disease' which includes the pathology of the condition" Garrison-Morton-Norman 3720. <br/><br/> Longman, Hurst, Rees, et al. hardcover books
1929C0083B252 pages with tables and diagrams with errata laidin. Royal octavo 9 1/4" x 6n 1/2" bound in original publiser's red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and cover. A C White's Christmas series with greetings tipped in and errata laid in. From the library of Edgar Holliday. Parallel German and English text. Betts: 31-15 First edition.<br />This work explains the antiform theory the transformation of chess themes their reversal in detail and gives 151 examples of antiform transformation problems grouped by themes as follows: Logical combinations and their antiforms. Indirect combinations in attack and their antiforms. Direct combinations in attack and their antiforms. Direct combinations in defense and their antiforms. Anti-interference themes. Indirect combinations in defense and their antiforms. The Roman theme and its antiform. Metaforms. Complete antiforms. <br /><br />Holladay was the first American to become a FIDE International Master for Chess Composition; FIDE International Judge for Chess Composition; and "After Alain White's death Edgar became the world's foremost expert on American chess problems." Moreover Holladay is the "second overall most important American to the world of chess composition . . . ." Alain White is the most important person ever in chess composition.<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />Recased with original spine laid on. Corners bumped spine gilt dulled. Edgard Holladay's signature on front paste down with some occasional notes by him else a very good copy of an association piece. Buchdruckerei Josef Berggrun hardcover books
