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295743 ff. two quarto and one folio on page blank. Folio and quarto. With 19-line typed addendum stapled to page 1 acknowledging Luening's membership in the American Composers Alliance and regarding performing rights payments etc. 88 x 216 mm.<br/><br/>Slightly worn; creased at folds; two file holes to upper margin. Best known as a pioneer of electronic music Otto Luening was an American composer conductor flutist and teacher as well as an ardent supporter of contemporary music. During his lengthy and prolific career Luening produced more than 350 compositions in a variety of styles mostly chamber music. Yet his experimental and electronic arrangements - comprising only a small fraction of his life's work - marked him as an innovator in the field. Although he never attained the fame of such composers as Aaron Copland George Antheil or Henry Cowell music historians acknowledge Luening's substantial contribution to an American style of music unbound by European traditions. With the Russian-born composer Vladimir Ussachevsky Luening presented the first American electronics concert at the Museum of Modern Art in New York on October 28 1952. Also with Ussachevsky Luening established the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center - the first workshop of its kind in the United States - in Manhattan in 1960." Pytheas Center for Contemporary Music<br/><br/>The present work scored for soprano chorus and piano or organ was composed in "about 1933" according to a manuscript note made by Luening on the contract although the Pytheas Center dates it at 1931. unknown books
194847717.1Pawlet Vermont: The Banyan Press 1948. 1st Edition. cf. Edelstein A13. Limited to 500 copies. Variant olive green semi-stiff wove paper wrappers without the watermark as noted in Edelstein A13. Printed in brown lettering sewn with brown thread. Text printed in black lettering on Etruria paper. Leaves untrimmed. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. A VG copy. Some light age toning to back strip and top-edge. Internally clean and bright. Unpaginated though 16 pages. Two full page illustrations by Kurt Seligmann printed on Zebu paper. 10-2/8" x 7" <br/><br/>This pamphlet was printed with either Orange Bright Green or Olive Green wrappers - "though no priority in the use of these colors" cf. Edelstein A13. We believe this to be Olive Green. The Banyan Press unknown books
189728897Praze Prague: Fr. A. Urbáneck PN U.998. 1897. Small folio. Black-cloth backed black textured paper boards. 1f. recto fine decorative polychrome lithographic title verso blank 3 cast list 4-179 pp.<br/><br/>Binding quite worn; tears to spine. Lower outer corners soiled; signatures split; previous owner's signature to upper outer margin of title. First Edition. <br/><br/>"After Smetana and Dvořák Fibich was the most prominent Czech composer of the second half of the 19th century notably of operas and orchestral and piano music. His concert and stage melodramas were some of the most ambitious and effective ever written and prompted other Czech composers to write in the same genre thus creating a sizable and unique repertory for Czech music." John Tyrrell and Judith A. Mabary in Grove Music Online. Fr. A. Urbáneck [PN U.998.] unknown books
19502169571950. unbound. 10 x 8.25 inches no place no date circa 1950 -- a vintage shoulder-up photograph depicting Baccaloni in the role of Don Pasquale. Inscribed: "To Arthur St. Brackbill Sincerely Salvatore Baccaloni." Near fine condition.<br/><br/> Italian bass opera star often regarded as the greatest buffo artist of the 20th century. Baccaloni was encouraged by Arturo Toscanini to pursue comic roles such as Rigoletto and Leporello in Don Giavanni a move which culminated into his being in demand at every major opera house in the world.<br/><br/> unknown books
198262871Salisbury CT 1982. 8vo and 4to. Six pages for the Borland letters approximately 2500 words in part: "specially glad you agree with me that Ruark's best book was 'The Old Man and the Boy.' Most of the other things were tripe 1965 . that review of yours of 'Hill Country Harvest' made me feel like a million bucks and very proud to have written that book 1967 . our river right in the dooryard is too polluted to swim in almost too polluted for fish to endure 1967." Five of the letters are accompanied by their mailing envelopes. Very good lot in all respects. 9745. <br/><br/> unknown books
1897L0084a203 pages. Small octavo 7 1/2" x 5 1/4" bound in original publisher's tan buckram with red and black lettering to spine and cover with red ornaments to both. Stallman: 13 First edition.<br /><br />Stephen Crane was an American author. Prolific throughout his short life he wrote notable works in the Realist tradition as well as early examples of American Naturalism and Impressionism. He is recognized by modern critics as one of the most innovative writers of his generation. At the time of his death Crane was considered an important figure in American literature. After he was nearly forgotten for two decades critics revived interest in his life and work. Crane's writing is characterized by vivid intensity distinctive dialects and irony. Common themes involve fear spiritual crises and social isolation. Although recognized primarily for <i>The Red Badge of Courage</i> which has become an American classic Crane is also known for his poetry journalism and short stories such as "The Open Boat" "The Blue Hotel" "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky" and <i>The Monster</i>. His writing made a deep impression on 20th-century writers most prominent among them Ernest Hemingway and is thought to have inspired the Modernists and the Imagists.<br /><br /><b>Condition:</b><br /><br />Corners gently bumped lightly soiled spine age toned else a very good copy.<br /> D Appleton and Company hardcover books
12742Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Boldly signed portrait postcard of the English comedian writer composer actor and singer and creator of nine of the G&S roles including Sir Joseph Porter in H.M.S. Pinafore. Â The actor is shown with his characteristic pince-nez and with his hands on his hips. Â He has signed "Yours faithfully Geo. Grossmith." Â Some scratches and wear to the image and signature creases; mounting remnants on the verso; otherwise in good condition. Â 8.8 x 13.6 cm. unknown books
12819Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Two signed postcards from the English singer actor comedian and Edwardian musical comedy star best remembered for originating the lyric baritone roles in the Gilbert and Sullivan operas from 1877 to 1896.  The first postcard shows him in Japanese dress in his famous role as Pooh Bah in The Mikado and is postmarked April 30 1904.  On the second postcard he appears in a formal portrait in everyday dress.  Both are signed elegantly "With pleasure Rutland Barrington."  Slight wear to the corners and mounting remnants; else in very fine condition.  Each 8.8 x 13.7 cm. unknown books
1936MMRM1518Baltimore:: Williams & Wilkins 1936. 1936. Reprint 1936. 8vo. xii 396 pp. Indices. Blue gilt-stamped cloth. Very good . "The book contains an enormous amount of information much of which is based upon Dr. Harrison's own observations. The style is clear and the presentation log ideal. The monograph is heartily recommended to all who are interested in the study of the circulation. It can be read with profit and it is fair to add with pleasure both by investigator and practitioner." – Robert L. Levy American Heart Journal 1940 Vol. 19 Issue 1 review of the second edition. As for the author "Tinsley 1900–1978 would graduate from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1922 — where he was a classmate roommate and tennis doubles partner of Johns Hopkins' future surgeon-in-chief Alfred Blalock — and ultimately become "one of the most important and pivotal medical doctors in U.S. history" according to his biographer and protege James Pittman Jr. 1927–2014. Harrison is best remembered for Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine published in 1950 reprinted 16 times translated into 14 languages and perhaps the world's most-used and best-selling internal medical text. He was the first chair of medicine and dean of the Medical College of Alabama now part of the University of Alabama at Birmingham" – Neil A. Grauer Johns Hopkins Medicine. Williams & Wilkins, 1936. hardcover books
1928290143New York 1928. unbound. very good. A.L.S. 8vo. 3 pages New York City September 20th 1928 planning a dinner outing with a friend in part: ".I promised to tell you when I was well again and when Tom was through traveling . But though Tom finished his travels. I didn't finish my illness reasonably at all but had stupid recurrences of it up to and including vacation at Big Moose Lake. But now all that is over --- and by this time it's our turn to have you. So won't you consult with Jerry and then tell me when you could come down and have some dinner and good talk" This letter is accompanied by its original holograph mailing envelope postmarked September 20th 1928.<br/><br/> American writer best remembered for her novels 'Gentleman's Agreement' and 'Consenting Adults'.<br/><br/> unknown books
1909135275Paris: Heugel 1909. Hardbound. VG exlibrary with minimal to moderate markings. Wholly usable. Red library buckram. 355 pp. Reprinted chiefly from the plates of G. Hartmann 1881. Text in English and French. Heugel hardcover books
5937410 July 1970 from his estate in Hampshire to Craig Schermer in Cleveland Ohio. Romsey Hampshire 1970. 8vo. Two pages approximately 125 words in part: "To our surprise and disappointment the only letter we can trace from the Empress Alexandra to my mother is one written in 1884 as a schoolgirl and one or two written to me when I was a young child. These contain nothing of any interest . Some of our papers are still in the Hessian Grand Ducal Archives"; accompanied by the original envelope stamp scavenged. Mountbatten served as the Supreme Allied Commander in Southeast Asia during the last years of World War II and oversaw the independence and partitioning of India and Pakistan. Very good. Folded. #6400. <br/><br/> unknown books
19006181NY: American Art Galleries 1900. deluxe. Softcover. VG. Stiff wraps. 36 two tone plates. Catalogue lists 165 works. Limited to 300 copies. Artist index at front includes names like Allori Bronzino Bassano Both Brozik Copley R. Cosway F. Cotes 6 Couture 4 Cuyp both G. Dupont Elias Etty Fyt Gainsborough 5 Gordon Greuze Hanneman 3 Hals Hogarth Hone Honthorst 2 Isabey 2 Jettel 2 Koninck 2 Sir T. Lawrence 2 Sir Peter Lley 6 Mierevelt 4 Morland Opie 2 Sir Henry Raeburn 3 Raestein 5 Rubens 2 Ruisdael Steen Stry Tintoretto 2 Van Dyck 4 Vos 2 many others. These pictures came from the collections of Eugene Fischof of Paris and T.J. Blakeslee of New York. A lovely copy of an auction catalogue containing many noteworthy pictures. All are described in detail. American Art Galleries paperback books
13035Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Interesting press photograph of the marathon pianist Heinz Arntz being shaved by a barber while attempting to set a world record by playing for 43 days straight. Â Arntz set previous records in 1931 and 1950. Original press captions on the verso in French and English dated October 20 1965. Wide white margin at foot; otherwise in fine condition. 15.2 x 20 cm. unknown books
194847717Pawlet Vermont: The Banyan Press 1948. 1st Edition. cf. Edelstein A13. Limited to 500 copies. Olive green semi-stiff wove paper wrappers printed in brown lettering sewn with brown thread. Printed in black lettering on Etruria paper. Leaves untrimmed. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. A VG copy. Some light age toning to edges of wrappers. Some very soiling to wrappers. Internally clean and bright. Unpaginated though 16 pages. Two full page illustrations by Kurt Seligmann printed on Zebu paper. 10-2/8" x 7" <br/><br/>This pamphlet was printed with either Orange Bright Green or Olive Green wrappers - "though no priority in the use of these colors" cf. Edelstein A13. We believe this to be Olive Green. The Banyan Press unknown books
19488007baJNew York NY: Harper & Brothers 1948. Book. Very good condition. Paperback. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. American drama; 183 pages; 22.3cm; black hardcover cloth very good; frontis. photo portrait of author; #338 of 500; 12 page facsimile holograph letter specially bound in; Dustjacket price clipped spine darkened; slip-case very rubbed broken; script. Harper & Brothers Paperback books
1932S6207Berlin:: Julius Springer 1932. 1932. 8vo. Pages 348-365. Entire volume: vii 846 pp. 17 figs. Navy cloth gilt spine. Blind-stamp of the Carnegie Institution of Washington Mount Wilson Observatory. Fine. FIRST EDITION. "The period 1923-1933 marks the peak of Stern's contributions to physics. Shortly after assuming his post at Hamburg on 1 January 1923 he set out to organize a laboratory specially equipped for molecular-beam research and to devise a program for conducting this research which was executed to a large degree with remarkable success. . . . The program was concerned with demonstrating the wave nature of particles - a revolutionary assumption introduced in 1924 by Louis de Broglie that became the foundation of modern quantum mechanics. . . . The significance of the work on the wave nature of particles is similar to that of the Stern-Gerlach experiment: each provided unambiguous direct and thoroughly convincing proof of revolutionary concepts introduced into the foundations of physics. These experiments were essential for the acceptance of new ideas that had previously been regarded with considerable skepticism." DSB. DSB XIII pp. 40-43. Julius Springer, 1932. hardcover books
189528895Praha: Fr. A. Urbánek PN U.874 1895. Small folio. Half dark blue leather with textured paper boards. 1f. recto title verso blank 3 cast list. 4-217 pp. Text in Czech and German. <br/><br/>Binding slightly worn and rubbed; labels to front pastedown. Minor thumbing to lower right corners of first approximately 30 pp.; some markings to title in black and purple ink; minor repair to final leaf; small oval ownership stamp of V. Plzni to a number of pages including title. First Edition. <br/><br/>"After Smetana and Dvořák Fibich was the most prominent Czech composer of the second half of the 19th century notably of operas and orchestral and piano music. His concert and stage melodramas were some of the most ambitious and effective ever written and prompted other Czech composers to write in the same genre thus creating a sizable and unique repertory for Czech music." John Tyrrell and Judith A. Mabary in Grove Music Online. Fr. A. Urbánek [PN U.874] unknown books
1882S3816London:: Kegan Paul Trench 1882. 1882. The International Scientific Series Vol. XLII. 193 x 135 mm. 8vo. 313 ads 4 pp. Index. Black- and gilt-stamped red cloth; lightly rubbed. Bookplate of Robert Washington Oates. Very good. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION first edition New York 1881. This work was translated into French German Spanish Italian and Russian. It was primarily an epistemological criticism of the corpuscular-kinetic theory of nature. In this work Stallo attempted to define the contemporary position of science and as a result foreshadowed the contributions of Einstein and the new physics of the early twentieth century. Stallo's The concepts and theories of modern physics the importance of which is explained in four columns in the DSB was reprinted in 1960. Johann Bernhard Stallo was born in Sierhausen Oldenburg Germany. After an early education in Germany he emigrated to the United States in 1839. He pursued a varied career in teaching and the law in the United States in Cincinnati and New York City. From 1884 to 1889 he was American ambassador in Florence where he remained until his death even after his official period of service had ended. DAB XVII pp. 496-497; DSB XII pp. 606-610. Kegan Paul, Trench, 1882. hardcover books
190136336Boston Mass: Privately Printed by the Stanhope Press 1901. 1st printing. Original green cloth binding with elaborate gilt stamping to front board. TEG. Original onionskin wrapper. Original white box. An As New copy in a Very Good box and uncommon thus. xii 2 blank 131 3 blank pp. Unopened. Illustrated with special drawings on inserted plates by William F. Kingman and Sears Gallager 1865 - 1955. 8vo. <br/><br/> Privately Printed [by the Stanhope Press] hardcover books
1880S6387In: Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Vol. X 1878-1880. Edinburgh:: Neill 1880. 1880. 8vo. Pages 274-275; 554; 710; 711-712. Entire volume: ix 1 blank 781 1 blank pp. Full brown cloth gilt spine. Very good. FIRST EDITION. Charles Piazzi Smyth charted the spectra of the sun and various luminous gases. Smyth was Regius Professor of Practical Astronomy in the University of Edinburgh and Astronomer-Royal for Scotland. DSB XII pp. 498-499. Item 1: Houzeau & Lancaster II col. 1061. Neill, 1880. hardcover books
1956283317Chicago 1956. unbound. very good. T.L.S. 4to. 1 page personal letterhead Chicago June 29 1956 to Presidential delegate Bernard Nadel reminding him of the important role he will play in selecting a candidate who will represent the Democratic Party at the up-coming convention. In small part: "Now that the Presidential Primaries are over I want to write to you in your capacity as a delegate to our Party's National Convention. The role you'll play in shaping our Party's course in this fateful year is most important. We must have a Democrat in the White House because the times are too perilous and the stakes too high for the country to run the danger of further Republican part-time management by people who do not represent all of us." Also included: a second T.L.S. 8vo. 1 page personal letterhead Chicago August 10 1956 to Bernard Nadel on the eve of the Democratic National Convention. In part: "Welcome to Chicago! - I am sure you and I as Democrats are resolved that our Party shall display once again to the watching world that united and pioneering concern for human needs which has been our special mission and strength. The decisions we reach the moral leadership we provide America may in sober fact determine the future of humanity" Both items are boldly signed and are in very good condition. Fine content.<br/><br/> American politician and diplomat who received the Democratic Party%u2019s nomination for President in 1952 and 1956.<br/><br/> unknown books
189091474London: Kegan Paul Trench Trubner & Co 1890. Hardcover. Good. folding map index xiii 503p. Original red cloth. 21cm. Backstrip faded. Ends of backstrip and corners rubbed. Front endpaper split along hinge. Some foxing on endpapers. Contents sound. Tiny "Times Book Club" sticker at base of rear pastedown. <br/><br/> Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, & Co hardcover books
1900318306London: Macmillan 1900. Seciond edition revised. xx 541pp. 8vo. Bound in full polished blue Prize binding. Seciond edition revised. xx 541pp. 8vo. Robinson Wayward Women page 138 Macmillan unknown books
1936266694New York 1936. unbound. 1 page 10.5 x 7.25 inches Park Avenue New York City March 16 1936. Written to Nelson Bell entertainment editor at the Washington Post in full: "Here is the photograph I promised you of Frank and me enclosed. It is not nearly nice enough for you but it is the only one I have at the moment." Accompanied by an outstanding heavy-stock 10 x 8-inch original silver gelatin photograph by George Hurrell 1904 - 1992 with his stamp on the bacl in which he used his trademark "soft lighting affect" achieving extraordinary results. Both items have a paperclip impression near the upper left corner; otherwise very good condition.<br/><br/> English actress of the stage and cinema who often worked with her husband-actor Frank Lawton.<br/><br/> unknown books
