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404251Two pages 4to. On Dreiser's letterhead. Small stain on verso otherwise in fine condition. Dreiser writes in to Geoffrey Parsons the editor of the New York Herald Tribune from 1924-1952 describing a writing submission that he has attached with the letter: "Your general and varied courtesies to me but more particularly the general fairness with which you have regarded my views. make me mindful of things which may be entertaining to your readers. The enclosed letter and . which . well be entitled Fifty Million Frenchmen . in my estimation one such bit. If you agree you are welcome to it for your Sunday paper. All I ask is that you hold it for three weeks by which time L'Ordre will have had time to publish or discard it if they see fit. I am -- Yours truly Theodore Dreiser" In 1931 Dreiser became actively involved in the American Writers' League as well as the National Committee for the Defense of Political Prisoners. During this year he also published Dawn: An Autobiography of Early Youth and Tragic America. Dreiser described having a complex relationship with news publications during the 1930s. He stated in 1936 that "many newspapers" had "glossed over" his political views. Nonetheless Dreiser did contribute several interviews as well as poems and book reviews to the New York Herald Tribune during Geoffrey Parsons' term as editor. In an interview given to the Tribune the month before this letter Dreiser discussed dissatisfaction with the Hollywood film adaptation of Tragic America retitled An American Tragedy Frederic E. Rusch and Donald Pizer eds. Theodore Dreiser: Interviews pp. 329 2004. Dreiser's use of the title "Fifty Million Frenchmen" is likely a reference to the 1929 Broadway musical of the same name with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. The piece referred to here as "Fifty Million Frenchmen" was not published as such in either the New York Herald Tribune or in any other newspaper. He published another letter to the editor in the Tribune in February of 1932 replying to a review of Tragic America. Theodore Dreiser Collection Schoenberg Center for Electronic Text and Image. <br/><br/> unknown books
235242 pp. Quarto. Dated Rome October 8 1908. On stationery with "Corso Vitt. Eman. 154. Telefono Interprov. 458. Per telegrammi: Mascagni Roma" printed in red at upper left. In Italian with translation. <br/><br/>Mascagni responds to a proposal to write a "true and authentic" operetta. He likes the idea but would encounter difficulties "of the moral-artistic order" and especially with his publishers Choudens and Sonzogno. As indicated by his use of "tu" Mascagni and his correspondent were on familiar terms.<br/><br/>"But there is still a material difficulty represented in my contracts with the publishers Sonzogno in Milan and Choudens in Paris who will not want to adjust their contracts if they knew I worked for an impresario from Vienna before having delivered as per contract the operas that I must write for them . As you've seen I haven't spoken of monetary interests . but profits have never been a difficulty for the closing of my business deals."<br/><br/>Slightly worn; creased at folds. <br/><br/>Together with: <br/>A postcard photograph of five gentlemen on a street corner dated Paris 1911 on mount: Mascagni the music publisher Edoardo Sonzogno the writer Gabriele d'Annunzio and two unidentified others. Mascagni distinguished as both a composer and conductor is perhaps best-known for his opera Cavalleria rusticana which "was enormously successful from its first performance at the Costanzi in Rome in 1890. From then on Mascagni spent the rest of his long career treating a wide variety of subjects. His next opera L'amico Fritz 1891 consolidated his success with Roman audiences and revealed his lyrical vein. This fluent rustic comedy was successful particularly because melodic vitality - the outstanding merit of Cavalleria - was combined with a more elegant harmonic idiom." By the time this letter was written Mascagni had also garnered considerable acclaim in Vienna Paris and London. Michele Girardi in Grove Music Online. unknown books
18992832081899. unbound. very good. Excellent content A.L.S. 8vo. 1 page Pall Mall 1899. Forwarding research papers from his days as a serious scholar of Anthropology in full: "I send you a copy of the reprint of the paper on "The Secret Tribal Societies of West Africa" that I read on May 5th before Lodge Quantico Committee - at an unscheduled meeting. I have obliterated certain passages bearing on rather Masonic matters." Marriott a 32nd Degree Mason made his presentation before a Masonic Lodge as opposed to the Royal Society for the sole purpose of securing grant money for his further research studies. Boldly signed and in very good condition.<br/><br/> British anthropologist and early science fiction writer who created The Iron Detective a comedy of the near future 1908 describing the invention of a robot detective capable of telepathy.<br/><br/> unknown books
1970S13840Cambridge:: Harvard University Press 1970. 1970. Series: Harvard monographs in the history of science. 8vo. xxiii 3 326 pp. Figs. index. Cloth dust-jacket; jacket rubbed. MICHAEL CROWE'S copy with his extensive penciled notes throughout. Very good. ISBN 10: 0674052579 "This is a fascinating book! It is written gracefully and elegantly and is a jewel in the Harvard Monographs in the History of Science edited by a committee chaired by I. Bernard Cohen. It traces the development of chemistry from Newton to the radical break with Newtonian chemistry …" Leo Schubert book review J. Chem. Educ. vol. 48 no. 9 Sept. 1 1971. / Thackray was associate professor of history and chairman of the Graduate Group in History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Pennsylvania. Harvard University Press, 1970. hardcover books
1916M12827Stuttgart:: Ferdinand Enke 1916-1918. 1916. Two volumes in three. 316 x 228 mm. 4to. 589 pp. 511 figs. 77 color plates indexes. Printed wrappers. Ownership rubber stamps of Dr. K. Wessely on top covers. Bookplates including that of A. Franceschetti with Franceschetti's rubber stamps. Fine. RARE. COMPLETE SET IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS. An outstanding atlas of treatments for eye injuries arising from World War I. In 1927 von Szily became professor of ophthalmology at the University of Munster where he established the most modern eye clinic in Germany where he remained until 1934 the year he was forced to resign under the Nazi regime. Gorin History of ophthalmology p. 399. Ferdinand Enke, 1916-1918. unknown books
100176Watercolor and ink on illustration board signed lower right "A. Rackham" within rectanglein script verso "Board of Education S.K./Exhitn. Of Illustr/Illustr. To Grimm. Freemouth.". 9-3/8 x 7-9/16 inches. Matted and framed. Fine. Watercolor and ink on illustration board signed lower right "A. Rackham" within rectanglein script verso "Board of Education S.K./Exhitn. Of Illustr/Illustr. To Grimm. Freemouth.". 9-3/8 x 7-9/16 inches. Exhibition label verso "Exhibition of Works by Arthur Rackham/Held at the Leicester Galleries/Leicester Square London/Dec 1909/No. 33./Purchaser Z. Merton Esq." "Rec. July 16 3 col.not exceed 7 x 5" unknown books
193981221939. Softcover. VG. Wraps. 235 pp. 200 bw plates. This catalogue is divided into four parts: paintings and pastels; water colors and drawings; engravings; and illustrated books. The works were drawn from New England collections and include works by Cassatt Copley Homer Sargent Gilbert Stuart Vedder and Whistler. Drawings by Hassam Homer and Whistler. Prints by Cassatt Hassam and Whistler. The majority of the works are European in origin. However many of the owners of these very expensive works are named making this a valuable tool for the researcher. unknown books
1938319579New York 1938. 87 silver print photographs each captioned in the negative. Each measuring approx. 7 3/4 x 9 5/8 inches. Mounted on linen at a period date with two-ring punched linen guards at the left margin. Many stamped on verso "Official Photograph / President Borough of Queens. Fine. 87 silver print photographs each captioned in the negative. Each measuring approx. 7 3/4 x 9 5/8 inches. Mounted on linen at a period date with two-ring punched linen guards at the left margin. Many stamped on verso "Official Photograph / President Borough of Queens" This photographic archive documents the construction of a massive double-barrel sewer line running from the World's Fair grounds largely in the vicinity of Grand Central Parkway and Roosevelt Avenue. Many of the images are dated in the negative depicting the surveying of the region in June 1937 to ground breaking in July through completion of the lower barrel in September and the work on the upper barrel through November of that year. Additional photographs depict a second sewer project on the grounds through March 1938 including images of the completed tunnel with a group of well-dressed gentleman standing inside.<br/><br/>"The magnitude of the work may be appreciated when it is realized that on a site previously considered useless except as a rubbish dump a city has been constructed to supply a million people all the business and living facilities except shelter. Its construction therefore involved all braches of municipal enginineering architectural construction terminals for rapid transit and bus transportation internal travel bridge construction landscape engineering utility construction and management for light power and water supply and general sanitation" -- Henry Welles Durham "Construction of the New York World's Fair" in The Military Engineer Vol. XXXI Sept.-Oct. 1939. <br/><br/>Construction and development of the site was undertaken by the Fair Corporation's own engineers and workers but also by outside contractors the latter which was evidently the case here as many of the images are identified by contract and project numbers. Chief Engineer and Director of Construction John P. Hogan likened the work on the site to "an expeditionary force of an army in the field." In the end the World's Fair grounds included some 50 miles of water and sewage lines and would be the second most expensive fair of all time. 1 unknown books
193941578San Francisco Shanghai / Macao / Hong Kong: The Trans-Pacific Chinese Junk Expedition Inc 1939. Letters are dated: Nov 20 1938; Jan 18th 1939; Jan 27th 1939; and Feb 16th 1939. Though typewritten and mimeographed all four are personally signed by Halliburton. Letters typewritten to buff paper envelopes with blue seal of the "Sea Dragon" with illustration printed to front. Modest wear to paper some light age-toning and rubbing to papers. Envelopes rubbed and worn. Withal a VG lot. Pages within the letters: 5 3 4 3 Total of 16 typewritten pages. Two black and white Kodak photographs are included printed in 1957 presumably from a negative of Robert Pullen's famous shots of the "Sea Dragon" taken just before its doomed maiden voyage. Letters: 14" x 8-1/2". Photographs:. <br/><br/>Who took the first aerial picture of Mount Everest after receiving express permission by stunning the Majarajah of Nepal with bi-plane aerobatics Richard Halliburton was a legendary American travel writer and adventurer. Reading stories of his feats and antics seem surreal - after all who flies an airplane upside down over the Taj Mahal Halliburton was born in January of 1900 in Brownsville Tennessee. Deciding at an early age not to settle down and grow old with a wife and family as the rest of his family and friends seemed to be doing. After graduating from Princeton Halliburton traveled on as many adventures as possible and published his first novel The Royal Road to Romance in 1925 at the tender age of 25. His first novel became a bestseller and was followed by more published adventures in 1927 and 1929. He enjoyed fame and adventures for a little over a decade before deciding in 1938 that his next grand feat would be to cross the Pacific ocean from Hong Kong to the San Francisco International Exposition in a Chinese Junk ship made expressly for his purposes. It is on this voyage that Halliburton and the entire crew of the Junk the "Sea Dragon" were lost at sea having gotten caught in a typhoon. In 1945 a 150-foot ship outline with Chinese lettering washed ashore in California this thought to possibly be some of the wreckage of the "Sea Dragon." Letter I: Halliburton describes the arrival in China and purpose of the expedition as well as his interest in junks stemming from a 1 ft. scale model he sailed as a child. He explains that he chose to use a junk for his journey because of their stability and notes that it is possible it will not be the smoothest ride. He quips: "If the junk should be small the storms violent and the voyage long - all the better. For if there is no hazard no battle where is the sport" He introduces the "friends" of the expedition to his crew of Captain John Welch Henry von Fehren "Bru" Potter among others. Halliburton also spends a significant amount of time discussing the war with China and Japan and the Japanese belief systems. Letter 2: The second letter discusses the search for an appropriate junk and the ultimate decision to build their own that could be modified for the journey. Working with the man said to be the best ship-builder in Hong Kong Mr. Fat Kau and the appropriation of a few more crew members a chef and a radio operator. Letter 3: The third letter posted from Canton desribes their taking the Sea Dragon out for a "shake down" cruise with Mr. Fat Kau as his guest who though a builder of ships had never sailed on one and with high seas nearly everyone aboard became seasick. Halliburton notes the dry deck despite the high waves and believes he was right about the Sea Dragon's sea-worthiness. Much of the rest of the letter is spent discussing Canton the disputes between the Chinese and Japanese the destruction the looters and other conditions in the city. Letter 4: After setting out on their voyage the Sea Dragon needed to return after only 2 days due to sickness on the boat. Though Halliburton seems only a trifle annoyed at the delay of their voyage he is excited enough to try again and leaves his readers with this: "In about another week we plan to leave again to slip away as quietly as possible and head east once more around the southern tip of Formosa - and straight on to Midway. If all goes well the next letter the fifth will carry an American stamp for Midway Island is American. When this the fourth letter reaches you we'll be a thousand miles along the way - I hope. Many thanks again for your interest and good will. Faithfully Richard Halliburton" The Trans-Pacific Chinese Junk Expedition, Inc unknown books
0362<br/><br/>Harrison Martin. Appearances: Fashion Photography Since 1945. New York: Rizzoli 1991. 312pp. Folio.<br/><br/>The definitive study of fashion photography since 1945 including the works of Avedon Penn Newton Horst Scavullo Parkinson Bourdin Weber and more. Harrison recounts stories of the great art directors of Vogue and Harper's Bazaar and delves into the commercial forces and artistic motivations behind fashion photography. unknown books
1981MMRM1550Leipzig:: Philip Reclam jun. 1981. 1981. Small 8vo. 213 3 pp. Index. Printed wrappers; small tear top spine pages 192-213 top corner with creases not affecting text. AUTHOR'S INSCRIPTION: "with best greetings Jutta". Very good. Paperback version of a seminal study of ancient Greek and Roman medicine. Philip Reclam, jun., 1981. paperback 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
19102660811910. Original watercolour and ink on illustration board. 10 x 13 inches 25.4 x 33 cm. In gilt silver frame. Inscribed verso "Mr. Strawbridge. Original watercolour and ink on illustration board. 10 x 13 inches 25.4 x 33 cm. A comical scene of five fishermen on the bank with their poles in hand looking miserable. unknown books
198034681Budapest: Editio Musica 1980. Hardcover. Fine. Small oblong octavo. Original publisher's full light red cloth with titling gilt to upper. 1f. title 6ff. facsimile of the composer's autograph musical manuscript of the Andante for Violin and Piano 3ff. commentary by László Somfai in Hungarian German and English. Editio Musica hardcover books
1845BL4669Providence R.I.:: B.F. Moore printer 1845. 1845. Small 4to. 53 1; 13 pp. Original printed wrappers; lacks back cover stitched some edge wear. Very good. Rare. B.F. Moore, printer, 1845. unknown books
190727081New York & London: Harper & Brothers 1907. 1st edition Smith D-289. Decorative pale green cloth binding stamped in pink dark green & gilt. TEG. Pictorial eps. Printed glassine dust jacket. Publisher's box with paper title onlay to lid. Book - Nr Fine. DJ - VG light edgewear. Box - VG age toning/repaired corner to lid. 79 pp. Frontis 2 inserted plates by Alice Barber Stephens. 8vo. <br/><br/>Stamped faintly to front panel of wrapper is a request for the reviewer to note "the book is for a sale by Stationery Richmond VA". Uncommon in dj & box. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
189622490Chicago: Rand McNally & Co 1896. 1st edition Wright III 4458. Green cloth binding. Red black and gilt decorations on spine and upper panel. TEG. VG moderate soiling to boards/pos in pencil at ffep. 315 pp. Cover & illustrations by W.W. Denslow and Ike Morgan. 12mo. 20cm x 13.5cm. <br/><br/> Rand, McNally & Co hardcover books
19871327560Boston: Published in association with the Brandywine River Museum a New York Graphic Society Book Little Brown and Company 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo oblong; First edition; VG/VG-; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine white with black print; DJ has slight edgewear small blemish on front else clean and bright; Boards in brown cloth with gold print clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; "Published in connection with the exhibition organized by the Brandywine River Museum"; xii 209 pages frontispiece illustrated color. Shelf: American Art. 1327560. FP New Rockville Stock. Published in association with the Brandywine River Museum, a New York Graphic Society Book, Little, Brown and Company hardcover books
190525676Paris: Choudens PN A.C. 13315 1905. Folio. Half textured maroon cloth with textured maroon cloth boards titling gilt to spine with original publisher's upper wrapper with an illustration after an etching by R. Aguet printed by Ch. Wittmann Paris bound in. 1f. recto title verso blank 1f. recto cast list and table of contents verso blank 183 i blank pp. Music engraved by Baudon and printed in Paris by E. Dupré.<br/><br/>With the composer's autograph inscription signed in black ink to baritone Riccardo Stracciari who performed the part of Rinaldo in the Italian production of the work to upper portion of title: "All' indimenticabile 'Rinaldo' al Carissimo Amico Riccardo Stracciari con affetto e con ammirazione P Mascagni" and dated Rome May 1905.<br/><br/>Price of "15 f. Net" printed to upper wrapper. <br/><br/>Binding slightly worn rubbed and bumped. Upper wrapper slightly worn stained and soiled; occasional light soiling to margins; several leaves partially detached at lower inner margins; pp. 135-136 torn at lower corner slightly affecting notation.<br/><br/>Together with:<br/>An original role portrait photograph of Stracciari and Biancapelli as Rinaldo and Amica ca. 203 x 158 mm. Slightly worn; two minor annotations in blue ink and remnants of former mount to verso. Probable First Edition of the first Italian version. <br/><br/>Amica to a libretto by French publisher Paul de Choudens Bérel was a pseudonym was first performed in Monte Carlo at the Théâtre du Casino on March 16 1905 and was an immediate success. The Italian premiere with an Italian libretto by Mascagni's close collaborator Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti took place on May 13 1905 with Riccardo Stracciari 1875-1955 as Rinaldo. Mascagni conducted both performances. It was the composer's only opera with a French libretto.<br/><br/>"Stracciari's mellow velvety voice coloured and resonant over its whole range with an extended and penetrating upper register made him between 1905 and 1915 the rival of Titta Ruffo and Pasquale Amato. His repertory included all the great baritone roles and among the dramatic parts he preferred those in Il trovatore Rigoletto and Aida. But thanks to a technique characteristic of the best traditions of the 19th century he excelled in works which allowed him to display his courtly enunciation smooth singing elegant phrasing and musical delicacy." Rodolfo Celletti in Grove Music Online.<br/><br/>A notable association copy. Choudens [PN A.C. 13,315] unknown books
19451031591945. Softbound. VG perforation stamp. Folded sheet with illustrated cover. 4 pp. Catalogue listing of 32 works by artists such as Audubon William Beard Bierstadt H.B. Brown James Cameron Emil Carlsen William Merritt Chase Cornelia Cobb Arthur B. Davies John Henry Dolph R. Labarre Goodwin James M. Hart Childe Hassam Winslow Homer William Morris Hunt Henry Inman George Inness David Johnson Eastman Johnson John Kensett John La Farge George Lambdin James Peale William Louis Sontag J. Alden Weir and Alexander Wyant. unknown books
1939240561939. Softcover. VG- cover soiled. Cream wraps. 36 pp. Numerous bw plates. Lists 112 works and includes prices realized for all of them. American artists include Inness Wiggins Norton Crane Remington Reid Gifford Miller Post Eakins among others. paperback books
7470nd. A letter of kind words sent with a book to a friend recovering from an illness. unknown books
1999MMRM1361New York:: Oxford University Press 1999. 1999. 8vo. xiii 1 312 pp. Index. Charcoal teal-stamped cloth dust-jacket. Very good. ISBN: 0195128214 Oxford University Press, 1999. hardcover books
1916FF2441London:: Constable & Company Ltd. 1916. 1916. Series: Makers of the nineteenth century edited by Basil Williams. Crown 8vo. viii 479 1 pp. Frontispiece portrait of Abraham Lincoln at Springfield index large folding map. Specially bound for Sotheran by Riviere & Son in full black gilt-stamped morocco all edges gilt; neatly rebacked preserving the original spine. Preserved with the original chemise and cloth slipcase with gilt-stamped calf spine label: "ABRAHAM LINCOLN - LORD CHARNWOOD - 1916 - FORE-EDGE PAINTING". This is also a very rare specimen with the original chemise and box extant. Provenance: ownership names of R. Joseph Rich Margaret Rich Carr; Joseph Sampsell Carr. Fine. WITH A FORE-EDGE PAINTING BY MS. C. B. CURRIE showing "a view of Harper's Ferry W. Virginia." "This is No. 145 of the Books with Fore-edge Paintings by Miss Currie. . . " Painted ca. 1928/9. See: Weber p. 341 #145 was previously unknown. Currie painted a scene of Harper's Ferry on the Life of John Brown See Weber A8 p. 348. SIGNED IN INK AT FOOT OF LIMITATION PAGE BY C. B. CURRIE. / In all about 172 Currie fore-edge painting were painted. Each is numbered in consecutive order with her known active period of painting fore-edges from c.1909/10-1929/33. All Currie fore-edge paintings are rare. / Miss Caroline Billin Curry aka "Miss. C.B. Currie" 1849-1940 was famous for painting both ivory miniatures and on fore-edge paintings exclusively for Sotheran's and strictly on Riviere bindings. Currie is important as being the only known artist to have signed all her work and numbered the pieces. She was highly touted in her lifetime as an artist who was singled-out for her skill and exquisite artistry that she thereby became the first artist so-named by Sotheran prominently in their catalogue series. Indeed she was a close associate and friend of the shop manager Mr. John Harrison Stonehouse and his wife Currie was named in their will. Even despite her prominence Currie's correct full name was a mystery until very recently. See Weber. This particular specimen was 1 previously unknown to myself 2 preserved the most-frequently missing chemise and 3 a clear provenance to this copy is noted the only one so located by myself. / PROVENANCE: Oddly this is the first known Currie fore-edge painting with provenance that is understood to be after the painting of the Harper's Ferry scene. The importance of that is the relationship of the ownership of a book to the date of the painting or otherwise owning a book before a fore-edge painting is applied to the book. In this case the ownership is surely after the work of Currie. Three persons' names are found in the volume: Joseph Sampsell Carr may have lived in Chicago Illinois. Margaret Rich Carr may have been Margaret Lee Smith Rich Carr 1917-1981 buried in Lubbock Lubbock County Texas. R. Joseph Rich may have been associated with Jefferson Medical College Hospital Philadelphia. REFERENCE: Jeff Weber Annotated Dictionary of Fore-edge Painting & Binders 2010. JWRB Constable & Company, Ltd., 1916. hardcover books
1922M6724New York:: Macmillan 1922. 1922. 223 x 147 mm. 8vo. xvii 240 pp. 79 figs. 1 folding table index. Blind-stamped red cloth gilt spine lightly rubbed rear cover soiled. Very good. FIRST EDITION. "The first authoritative book in the field." Ring. Quoted in: Garrison and Morton. Garrison and Morton 3690.1; Weinberger Dental bibliography p. 130. Macmillan, 1922. hardcover books
