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188227033Babylon N.Y.: "The Budget" Print 1882. 103 pages; useful index to subjects at back. "Compliments of John Wood Supervisor" sticker on front cover. Contents with all the business and proceedings of the Suffolk County L.I. government of the time: bills audited elections various communications from the state the assessors the asylum; official directory of the county; meetings indebtedness of towns; petitions educational concerns town clerk reports; superintendents of the poor & alms house and dozens of resolutions on diverse topics from the Co. Treasurer to publish for Tax Sales to gratings in the jail windows printing closing the road at Yaphank and other concerns. Previous owner name on cover of Smith & Gillette. Approx. 6" x 9"size; original printed paper covers. A little edge tips wear & color darkening to the binding; couple of short closed edge-tears within; in very good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. "The Budget" Print paperback books
191426218Suffolk County Long Island New York: The Board of Supervisors 1914. 762 pages; useful alphabetically-organized index at back. Recording the day-by-day process of Suffolk County NY governance by the Board of Supervisors including financial and budgeting items publishing of election notices various committees road bridge-building efforts audited bills town reports various communications county jail court officers schools taxation the appointment of Miss Isabel Miller as telephone operator; outdoor relief for the poor various construction projects cemeteries fire apparatus for county buildings Apple Day the county farm and many other aspects of unified county business. Previous ownership name of Edward H.L. Smith embossed on the front cover; Smith was on the Board as the Supervisor of the Town of Smithtown at the time; this is his copy of the Proceedings. Approx. 6 1/4" x 9" size; flexible black faux-leather binding; gilt spine and cover lettering. Some edge tips wear rubbing to the binding; contents clean and in very good condition; an interesting Long Island genealogy development political & community studies record. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. The Board of Supervisors books
197724690Cuba: Union de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba UNEAC 1977. Poster in colors text in Spanish; Approx. 20" x 29" size horizontal format; some edge-crinkling; in very good condition. Poster. Not Bound. Very Good. Union de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba UNEAC Paperback books
194025470New Haven Connecticut: William Edwin Rudge Publisher Inc. 1940. The first volume of this graphic arts quarterly issues 1-4 published June 1940 - March 1941. With artistic contributions by John Taylor Arms Georgia O'Keefe Margaret Sommerfeld Edward A. Wilson Boris Artzybasheff Ludwig Bemelmans Warren Chappell Mary Falconer Eric Gill Leslie Gill Paul Landacre Raymond Lufkin Valenti Angelo Fritz Kredel E. McKnight Kauffer Rudolph Ruzicka William Addison Dwiggins and many others. Articles on printmaking wallpaper illustrated books calligraphy the rare book market book reviews reproductions and the collotype process illustrators printing education woodcuts and wood engravings propaganda and the graphic arts: influencing public opinion for national unity and more. The issues approx. 7 1/4" x 10" size; illustrated softcovers; the index a folded sheet. Slight wear; in very good condition; the slipcase and box with wear and chipping rubbed; has protected the issues very well. A very good set of this graphic arts compendium from mid-20th century. . First Edition. Softcovers in Box. Very Good. William Edwin Rudge, Publisher, Inc. hardcover books
194825475Woodstock Vermont: William Edwin Rudge Publisher Inc. 1948. 25475 Art - Design - Typography - 20th Century - Graphic Arts - Print Quarterly. Print Quarterly Journal of the Graphic Arts Volume VI Number 1 1948. Woodstock Vermont: William Edwin Rudge Publisher Inc. 1948. 79 pages 24 pages of advertisements at back. Cover design by Thoreau MacDonald; the issue is illustrated in black and white and occasionally in colors tipped-on plates. Contributions from Imre Reiner George Salter on Book Jacket Designs The Society of Typographic Arts; P.K. Thomajan Karl Kup Ruthven Todd on William Blake's Illuminated Printing Jean-Francois Millet John Taylor Arms Walter Lewis Ray Nash with book reviews graphic arts topics production notes. Laid-in is a Christmas gift suggestion form and the useful Index to Print Volume V 1947-1948 Numbers 1-4. Old rubber stamp of Contempo Advertising Artists Inc. on a few leaves at lower margin. Approx. 7 1/4" x 10" size; brick-orange paper softcovers; Covers with a few tiny chips at corners few small dog-ears at first leaves; contents clean and very good condition. A very good graphic arts compendium from mid-20th century. . First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. William Edwin Rudge, Publisher, Inc. paperback books
194925476Woodstock Vermont: William Edwin Rudge Publisher Inc. 1949. 68 pages 8 pages of advertisements at back. Cover design by Frank Lieberman; the issue is illustrated in black and white. Contributions from Mary Kingsbury writing on Emily Connor and the Marchbanks Press; Dorothy Miner on Illuminated Books of the Middle Ages & Renaissance; John Taylor Arms Ray Nash with book reviews graphic arts topics production notes. Old rubber stamp of Contempo Advertising Artists Inc. on a few leaves at lower margin. Approx. 7 1/4" x 10" size; illustrated paper softcovers. Binding with a few tiny chips at bottom edge top corner; contents clean and very good condition. A very good graphic arts compendium from mid-20th century. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. William Edwin Rudge, Publisher, Inc. paperback books
194225472New Haven Connecticut: William Edwin Rudge Publisher Inc. 1942. 87 pages; color cover design by Jean Carlu; woodcut frontispiece by J.J. Lankes; the issue is illustrated in black and white including tipped-in plates. Contributions from Henry Watson Kent Amos Stote Cedric Larson Bartram D. Lewis Lawrence C. Wroth Clarence E. Sherman John Taylor Arms Ray Nash Zoltan Haraszti; book reviews graphic arts topics calendar of events. Approx. 7 1/4" x 10" size; typographically illustrated softcovers. Slight wear; in very good condition; excellent graphic arts compendium from mid-20th century. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. William Edwin Rudge, Publisher, Inc. paperback books
194625474Woodstock Vermont: William Edwin Rudge Publisher Inc. 1946. 103 pages; cover design label by William G. Meek; the issue is illustrated in black and white and occasionally in colors. With a tipped-in booklet showing many examples from the AIGA show. Contributions from Carl P. Rollins Edward Colin Dawson William K. Zinsser L.G.A. Schlichting Helmut Lehmann-Haupt John Taylor Arms Karl Kup Ray Nash; with reviews graphic arts topics production notes. Stamp on last leaf of Contempo Advertising Artists Inc. Approx. 7 1/4" x 10" size; black construction-paper softcovers with tipped-on label. Covers chipped contents clean and very good condition. Good graphic arts compendium from mid-20th century. First Edition. Softcover. Good. William Edwin Rudge, Publisher, Inc. paperback books
198024687Cuba: Union de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba UNEAC 1980. Poster in colors text in Spanish. Approx. 20" x 30" size; crease in lower left corner; little edge-crinkling; in very good condition. Poster. Not Bound. Very Good. Union de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba UNEAC Paperback books
1957TB26878Norman: University of Okalhoma 1957. First Edition. Fine in tan cloth covered boards with green outlined text and decorations on the spine. An octavo measuring 9" by 6" with minor foxing to the end sheets. In a very good price clipped dust jacket with light wear and rubbing to the ends of the spine area and to the corners of the front panel at the fold to the front flap. The twenty-third volume in the American Exploration & Travel Series. Edited by Kate L. Gregg and John Francis McDermott. 239 pages including a list of the other volumes in the series an index appendix and text. Illustrated with reproductions of early works of art. University of Okalhoma hardcover books
183827126London England: John Churchill 1838. xlvii 154 pages; title page printed in red & black. Including the Expositions: Medical Topography of London; On Scrofula; On the Preservation of the Health of Children; On the Disorders of Old Age; and On the Efficacy of Cathartic Medicines. The various lectures on these subjects given by Sir Anthony Carlisle 1768 - 1840 British surgeon and anatomist whose ".most famous scientific contribution had been communicated to the Royal Society in 1800. Drawing on Volta's recent discovery of a chemical means of generating electricity Carlisle and William Nicholson electrolyzed water into its constituent gases." W. F. Bynum in the ODNB Title page with the previous owner name of Ticknor; endpaper with the name of George R. Brush; M.D. in the U.S. Navy; a surgeon & medical inspector from 1861-1894. Final endpaper with a pasted-in newspaper article on the character and habits of Whitebait fish. Volume approx. 6" x 9 1/4" size; bound in the original light teal-blue decoratively blind-stamped cloth gilt spine titles. Some soiling edge tips & spine ends fraying & wear to the covers spine cloth dulled sunned some; in very good condition. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. John Churchill hardcover books
192926212New York NY: Raymond-Whitcomb Co. 1929. Giving cruise destinations rates accommodations all keyed by colors to various rail car layouts; with details of amenities on offer - dining observation cars; washrooms berthing arrangements lounge area including library and more. A very large folding poster approx. 32" x 42 1/2" size with further information on the reverse regarding 14 of the available 'land cruises' including for Alaska National Parks Pacific Northwest and one tour which extended the 'cruise' portion to Hawaii. Small Brooklyn Daily Eagle Information Bureau stamp & date on cover panel. Old fold lines slight wear; couple short splits at folds; very clean and in very good condition. First Edition. Not Bound. Very Good. Raymond-Whitcomb Co. paperback books
1983313841983. Image size 556 x 352 mm overall size 630 x 430 mm. On glossy dark red stock. <br/><br/>From the collection of the distinguished American mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne b. 1934.<br/><br/>Edges slightly worn; verso of mount foxed. "Horne had a voice of extraordinary range rich and tangy in timbre with a stentorian chest register and an exciting top. In concert she once achieved the feat of singing in a single programme Rossini arias and Brünnhilde's Immolation Scene proof of her exceptional versatility. Throughout her lengthy career she was an admired recitalist singing lieder mélodies Spanish and American songs with equal aplomb." Alan Blyth in Grove Music Online. unknown books
191312721913. Cards. Color illustrated postcard. Very good. 14 x 9 cm. Festive color illustrated and embossed vintage postcard. Pilgrim couple with pie turkey and gun. Postmarked Auburn ME Nov. 26 1913 one cent stamp "With love From A-" to Corinna Maine. <br/><br/> unknown books
19102046Germany c. 1910. Cards. Color illustrated postcard. Very good. 14 x 9 cm. Festive color illustrated and embossed vintage postcard. Family greeting a young boy holding an ax and a turkey. Signed From Elizabeth To Grandma not postmarked. <br/><br/> unknown books
19101273c. 1910. Cards. Color illustrated postcard. Very good. 13.5 x 9 cm. Festive color illustrated and embossed vintage postcard Harvest theme with grapes and wheat. Postmarked Boston MA date obscured one cent stamp. Ink Stamp: "A Remembrance Sincerely yours Harold D. Perry 299 Washington St. Boston Mass." <br/><br/> unknown books
1876690691876. 39-1/2" x 31-1/4. 39-1/2" x 31-1/4" A Notable Nineteenth-Century Philadelphia Lawyer and Democratic Politician American School 19th Century. Hirst William L. 1804-1876. Portrait of William L. Hirst. 31-1/4" x 39-1/2" image size. Oil on canvas in ornate nineteenth-century gilded wood frame. Some minor nicks and chips to frame gilding slightly dulled otherwise fine. $3750. Hirst had a thriving private law practice and was active in Democratic politics. In 1853 Hirst was elected President of the Democratic State Convention. He was an early proponent of the City of Philadelphia consolidation. This portrait belonged to the Philadelphia Bar Association. Founded in 1802 it is the oldest association of lawyers in the United States. Its library where this portrait was last displayed was renamed the Theodore F. Jenkins Memorial Law Library in 1967. unknown books
1870690701870. 30" x 24. 30" x 24" A Philadelphia Lawyer Who Served as Pennsylvania's Deputy Attorney General American School 19th Century. Smith Lewis Waln 1846-1881. Portrait of Lewis Waln Smith. Philadelphia c.1870. 24" x 30" image size. Oil on canvas in ornate nineteenth-century gilded wood frame. Some minor nicks and chips to frame gilding slightly dulled otherwise fine. $1800. Lewis Waln Smith was a lawyer who served as Deputy Attorney General for the State of Pennsylvania. This portrait belonged to the Philadelphia Bar Association. Founded in 1802 it is the oldest association of lawyers in the United States. Its library where this portrait was last displayed was renamed the Theodore F. Jenkins Memorial Law Library in 1967. unknown books
1815690611815. 25 inches x 20 inches. 25 inches x 20 inches. A Great Nineteenth-Century Pennsylvania Jurist American School 19th Century. Read John Meredith 1797-1874. Portrait of John Meredith Read. Philadelphia c.1815. 25" x 20" image size. Oil on canvas in ornate nineteenth-century gilded wood frame. Some minor nicks and chips to frame gilding slightly dulled otherwise fine. $3000. Read was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1822 and 1823 and served as City Solicitor of Philadelphia from 1830 to 1833. He was appointed District Attorney of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 1837 and held the office until 1845. Read became Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in 1858 and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in 1872. Read gained an international reputation for the depth of his knowledge eloquence and masterly arguments in the courtroom. Active in politics Read was an early supporter and organizer of the Republican Party. This portrait belonged to the Philadelphia Bar Association. Founded in 1802 it is the oldest association of lawyers in the United States. Its library where this portrait was last displayed was renamed the Theodore F. Jenkins Memorial Law Library in 1967. unknown books
197824803USA: Graphic Arts International Union 1978. Black and white portrait signed in the plate by the artist. At bottom left is printed "Compliments of the Graphic Arts International Union Copyright 1978 W.A.S." A side-portrait of the cigar-smoking George Meany 1894 - 1980 American labor leader ".Many thought he had long outlasted his time but no national voice for labor's cause replaced Meany's in the increasingly hard times the union movement experienced following his death." David Brody in the ANB. Approx. 11" x 14" size a little edge-wrinkling; in very good condition. . Art. Not Bound. Very Good. Graphic Arts International Union Paperback books
1837690621837. 29 inches x 24 1/4 inches. 29 inches x 24 1/4 inches. An Important Nineteenth-Century Pennsylvania Jurist American School 19th Century. Troubat Francis Joseph 1802-1868. Portrait of Francis Joseph Troubat. Philadelphia c.1837. 29" x 24-1/4" image size. Oil on canvas in ornate nineteenth-century gilded wood frame small plaque reading "Francis J. Troubat/ Born 1802-Died 1868" to head of frame. Some minor nicks and chips to frame gilding slightly dulled otherwise fine. $5000. A prolific writer of legal texts Troubat is best known as the co-author with William W. Haly of The Practice in Civil Actions and Proceedings in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in the District Court and Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of Philadelphia and in the Courts of the United States 1837. This portrait belonged to the Philadelphia Bar Association. Founded in 1802 it is the oldest association of lawyers in the United States. Its library where this portrait was last displayed was renamed the Theodore F. Jenkins Memorial Law Library in 1967. unknown books
194325434New York NY: William Howard Taft High School 1943. 80 pages; with black and white illustrated student art and poetic prose contributions throughout all with author accreditation and with staff names. Printed at the Comet Press Brooklyn. Approx. 5 1/4" x 7 1/2" size; illustrated stapled softcover; some edge tips wear to the binding spine paper splitting; couple of stray pencil marks; contents in good condition. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. William Howard Taft High School paperback books
197724689Cuba: Union de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba UNEAC 1977. Poster in colors text in Spanish. Also printed at bottom edge: C.P. "Evelio Rodriguez Curbelo"/Taller experimental. Approx. 20" x 30" size; in very good condition. Poster. Not Bound. Very Good. Union de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba UNEAC Paperback books
18022433S W Fores 1802. Loose_leaf. Hand colored etching. Very good. Williams Charles. A waggish sense of humor is presented here in this etching. A massive butcher presides in front of his stall pointing out the benefits of a gargantuan joint of beef. His clientele dressed in ostentatious costume look on as he points of the merits of his wares: "There is not such dignified Beef in the Market - believe me Right Honorable every Inch of it; Coronets marked in the fat and Genealogy in the lean - had it pon Honor - from my Lord cram Bullock - delicious! - you may smell the Oil Cake a mile - no vulgar ingredients - only half a Crown per pound - a mere trifle - I have indeed some low bred beef at Sixpence but I am sue Sir it would not suit your refined Taste." The gentleman answers: "Why look ye - Master Suet as I am not over ambitious if you please - I'll have a slice of the Citizen." His wife adds: "Husband dont be so Wulgar I say send home a Sir Loin of true Nobility." Light foxing small close tear to top edge. Past crease marks visible. <br /> <br /> <br/><br/> S W Fores unknown books
14823785Venice:: Erhard Ratdolt 14 October 1482. FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION of Hyginus' "Poeticon Astronomicon". Quarto:. 19 x 14 cm. Collation: a-f8 g10 a1 blank a2r dedication to M. Fabius Quintilianus a3r text g9r commendatory poem by Jacobus Sentinus g10r poem and verse colophon by Johannes Santritter g10v blank. 58 leaves. 31 lines. Types 3:91G text 7:92G heading on a2r 91 Gk a few words. Title on a2r printed in red 11- 7- 5- and 3-line white-on-black woodcut initials. 47 half-page woodcuts probably designed by Johannes Santritter of the constellation and planet figures. Illustrated with 47 half-page woodcuts of the constellations and the planets personified. The text of Hyginus was first published in an unillustrated edition in Ferrara in 1475. A very good copy in 18th c. stiff vellum. The initial blank is soiled and stained. Light stains to top of second leaf and leaves d1-2. Soiling to f1 and blank verso of final leaf with faded inscription. The "Poeticon Astronomicon" more correctly the "Astronomica" is an ancient Roman work on the constellations chiefly based on the work of the Greek scientist Eratosthenes 3rd c. B.C. The work was traditionally attributed to the first century writer C. Julius Hyginus the Director of the Palatine Library under the Emperor Augustus but the extant text is now believed based on stylistic analysis to be an abridgement of Hyginus' work made in the late second century. The fact that the order of the constellations in the poem follows precisely that of Ptolemy's "Almagest" further strengthens the case for a second century date. A remarkable aspect of Hyginus' text is his insistence on the use of astronomical models in particular a celestial globe as an aid to teaching or explaining astronomical principles and phenomena particularly for "discussions on the inter-relationships between the constellations and especially between the constellations and the celestial circles."Lippincott p.4Like Manilius' "Astronomicon" and Proclus' "Sphaera" a text that Hyginus sought to improve upon the "Poeticon Astronomicon" was of special interest to Renaissance astronomers who desired accurate editions of ancient texts from which they might derive a clear understanding of the astronomical knowledge of the Romans and Greeks thereby establishing a firm foundation upon which to undertake astronomy's "renewal".Hyginus' text which gives detailed accounts of the myths associated with each of the constellations served as source material for artists in the Middle Ages and Renaissance one of the most famous examples of the text's influence being the splendid ceiling painted around 1511 by Peruzzi for Agostino Chigi in the Sala di Galatea of the Villa Farnesina See Förster Farnesina-Studien 1880 p. 40.One of the chief interests in Ratdolt's editions of Hyginus 1482 and 1485 lies in the illustrations of the constellations the first such illustrations to appear in a printed book. These images derive from medieval manuscript and other artistic sources –though a specific source has not been identified. The figures appear in medieval European costume and in the words of Redgrave "There is a vigour and quaintness about these woodcuts which merit recognition." These images proved enormously influential serving as models for the representation of the constellations in stellar atlases and celestial maps for centuries to come."In many instances these medieval European often mythological constellation figures differed notably from those used by Ptolemy and his Islamic successors . Several stylistic conventions first published in Ratdolt's woodcuts endured for several centuries both in the numerous editions of Hyginus and in the various maps derived therefrom . Ratdolt's figures led directly to those of Jacob de Gheyn 1600 and through him to those of Johannes Bayer 1603." Warner The Sky ExploredThe Contents of Hyginus' "Poeticon Astronomicon"Hyginus tells us that he intends to give a better description of the celestial sphere than Aratus had done in his "De Sphaera". Book I gives a brief overview of the cosmography of the universe the celestial sphere the Earth and its zones and the Zodiac. Book II is a compendium of myths related to the constellations the five planets Mercury Venus Mars Saturn and Jupiter as well as the Sun Moon and Milky Way.Book III is Hyginus' star catalogue. It is in this book that Ratdolt's woodcuts appear. "Each constellation is described in the same order as in Book II in terms of its location relative to the surrounding constellations and the celestial circles with some indications being given as to the overall shape and disposition of the figure. In addition Hyginus provides a list of the positions of the stars relative to the figure itself describing the placements in terms of 'left' and 'right' and 'above' and 'below' in line with the tradition of descriptive star catalogues. Moreover he tends to list the stars from the top of a figure downwards or from the head to the feet regardless of the orientation of the figure within the sky. This is very different from the way the more mathematically-oriented astronomers such as Hipparchus or Ptolemy describe the constellations."Book IV returns to the subject of cosmology and to astronomical topics such as the position of the constellations on each celestial circle the unequal division of the night and day and the risings and settings of the constellations relative to the signs of the zodiac. He discusses the movements of the Sun and the Moon and the five planets and touches upon Pythagorian notions of the harmony of the spheres." Lippincott Kristen "The textual tradition of the De Astronomia of Hyginus" pp. 10-11 BMC V 286; BSB-Ink H-459; CIBN H-334; Essling 285; Goff H-560; HC 9062; Hind II p. 462; IGI 4959; Klebs 527.2; Pollard/Perrins 31; Redgrave 30; Sander 3472 Erhard Ratdolt, 14 October, books
