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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
19502607621950. unbound. 7 x 5-inch black-and-white close-up photo of the American actor looking to the side -- no place no date circa 1950. Signed in the lower right corner: "Sincerely Spencer Tracy." Float-mounted matted in off-white and set in a black and gold frame measuring 12.75 x 11 inches. Near fine condition.<br/><br/> unknown books
17521This highly-regarded versatile and prolific leading man -- considered by many one of the greatest actors ever -- won an Oscar for "Captains Courageous" 1937 and "Boy's Town" 1938. IPS 8" X 10" n.p. n.d. Very good. Slightest of edgewear with faint tape stain at each corner. Handsome studio portrait taken for "The Mountain" costarring Robert Wagner and Claire Trevor showing a benevolent older Tracy in sportscoat and ascot boldly inscribed in black ballpoint in a light portion at the upper left "To Donald / best wishes / Spencer Tracy / 7/14/61." A lovely example. unknown books
340871 page. Octavo. Dated November 27 1980. On personal letterhead with "Aaron Copland 1538 L. Washington Street Peekskill N.Y. 10566" embossed in red capitals at head. <br/><br/>Copland thanks Hinrichsen for his letter in which his correspondent apparently intended to enclose a copy of an edited version of Copland's article entitled "A Modernist Defends Modern Music" but did not. Copland will be leaving for Europe the next day and will not be back until late December. "I trust this will not cause any inconvenience for you. I am returning a slightly edited version of the biographical note you mailed me." <br/><br/>Together with:<br/>A photocopy of the 9-page edited article. <br/><br/>Slightly browned; upper left corner of letter slightly creased and with small staple holes not affecting text. Copland is regarded as a quintessentially American composer particularly noted for his compositions for ballet Appalachian Spring Billy the Kid and Rodeo and his Fanfare for the Common Man evocative of the vastness of the American landscape and pioneer spirit of the country. His prolific textual writings include include works of musical criticism observations on trends in modern music commentary on his own works and a 2-volume autobiography in collaboration with Vivian Perlis. unknown books
D17552Autograph diary written in pencil signed by Miss Elizabeth Woods of Bowling Green Kentucky. 135 pp. Well educated wealthy American woman's account of seeing Europe; mostly Paris France. Her Southern sensibilities were shocked at seeing a white woman at the same table with a black man. Turns out he was a minister from Haiti and the lady was his wife. Miss Woods saw the Paris Exposition several times; saw Sarah Bernhardt perform; saw President Kruger of South Africa; saw a street where Jews were not allowed to come out after 6pm; describes fancy balls and dinners; shopping for clothes.much of interest. Worn oil cloth binding. Numerous accounts of "charming" or "lovely" people. <br/><br/> hardcover books
WRCLIT70195Washington DC War Production Board / GPO. 1942. Folio color photolithographic broadside 40 x 28" 102 x 72 cm. Folded as issued. Faint tanning to folds on blank verso otherwise a lovely fresh unused copy. A striking contribution to the war production effort by the San Francisco artist and illustrator produced during his brief tenure on the east coast 1939-1945. The image is printed in black and shades of blue and gray and depicts a helmeted soldier manning an anti-aircraft gun focusing on the sky. Three planes recede into the upper background below the blue letterpress. Washington, DC unknown books
189442936Habana Havana: Imprenta y Papeleria "La Universal" de Ruiz y Hermano 1894. 1st Edition. Period quarter bound red sheep spine over red marbled paper boards. Blue marbled paper eps. Binding worn & rubbed with joints starting. Paper yellowed & quite fragile. A Good copy. 6 9 - 377 7 pp. 3 page "Indice" at rear. RNBC "Autorización de Exportación" slip laid-in at rear. 8vo. 7-1/2" x 5-1/8" <br/><br/> Imprenta y Papeleria "La Universal" de Ruiz y Hermano hardcover books
19772835771977. unbound. very good. 10" X 8" black & white image of the composer with baton in hand most likely conducting a studio orchestra. Boldly signed "Cordially Aaron Copland 1977" along the top white border margin. A lovely photograph with exceptional contrast. Very good .<br/><br/> Important American composer whose works include Appalachian Song Billy the Kid and Rodeo.<br/><br/> unknown books
1863026070Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott 1863. xvi 13-604 pages. While known as the first American physician to devote himself entirely to neurology and the author of the first treatise on the subject it was his role in the Civil War and this major work for which he is best remembered. When Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton fired Clement Finley the Surgeon General Abraham Lincoln against Stanton's advice named the 34-year-old Hammond to succeed him with the rank of brigadier general. On April 1962 he became Surgeon General of the Army. He launched many reforms ranging from qualifications of medical personnel importance of ventilation record-keeping and the creation of the Satterlee Hospital. He promoted Jonathan Letterman which brought an efficient ambulance system to the service. He banned mercury from army supplies. Since hygienic standards were still very poor in the United States Army and soldiers often died because of inadequate medical care poor sanitary conditions and lack of attention to proper shelter and nutrition since there was no up-to-date work on the subject he wrote this book to be distributed to all officers and medical personnel. A thorough and detailed book it contains many of the ideas and principles that Hammond instituted in his reform of the army medical service. In writing on morbid habits he warns of the mischief caused by masturbation which causes he notes that "the masturbator shuns society.and evinces an apathy for all kinds of amusements." He discusses all aspects of diet providing charts and comparisons of the requirements in the British and Russian armies. How to keep the alimentary canal in good order is a major concern for the soldier. Bound in publisher's brown embossed cloth wear to spine ends light chipping to head with a bit of wear to upper joint near head not cracked and some cloth missing from footabout 2" x 1" x 1.5" dark brown coated endpapers inner hinges fine early owner's names one in brown ink one in pencil to upper right corner of title page internally free from foxing. A very good copy of this scarce work. J.B. Lippincott unknown books
19637388Paris: Boubée & Cie 1963. Octavo 19 x 14.5 cm. 326 pages. Illustrated with forty-three figures and three maps designed by Michelle Bory. Includes bibliographical references pages 293-296. Errata slip laid-in. FIRST EDITION. One of the final published works of Roger Heim noted mycologist and head of the Museum National d'Historie Naturalle. Heim is recognized for his descriptive and taxonomic studies of fungi and documentation of psycho-physiological effects of psilocybin and other hallucinogens including Psilocybe Wassonii Heim which was named for both him and for Gordon Wasson. Near fine in publisher's tan cloth titled on the front panel and spine. In publisher's dust jacket with some soiling to edges otherwise very good. Scarce in the marketplace and surprisingly not present in the collection or bibliography of Christian Volbracht. Interesting ownership inscription to free front endpaper "H.F. Cheran bought in Saigon by Dominique". Not in Volbracht MykoLibri vs. 1 or 2; Dailey Phantastica 94 2nd edition only "an important treatise"; Wasson & Pau 3. Boubée & Cie hardcover books
210475One of 250 copies. 7 x 11-3/4 inches image size. Matted framed and glazed. Signed in the plate and signed in pencil by the artist on the mount. Fine. Bears label of Associated American Artists NY. One of 250 copies. 7 x 11-3/4 inches image size. Luigi Lucioni created some of the most appealing images of Vermont in his oils and watercolors and was named "painter lauriate" of Vermont by Life magazine. His etched images are sophisticated and complex executions consisting of multiple acid baths and micro tonal layering of textures and images. In 1932 Lucioni became the youngest person to have a painting purchased by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. unknown books
1953284434Chicago 1953. First. unbound. very good. Outstanding T.L.S. 4to. 1 page personal stationary Chicago August 31 1953 to political adviser and Pulitzer Prize recipient Leland Stowe in part: ".I am baffled by the sudden change of attitude about McCarthy by many people I have talked to but perhaps "baffled" is not the word exactly. At any rate there seems to be a feeling he is slipping fast since his attack on the clergy and for me to proceed too aggressively would be to reinvigorate him because of the Protestant political implications." Stevenson's dilemma: McCarthy a staunch Catholic aligned himself with Joseph P. Kennedy a powerful Democrat and another rabid anti-Communist. The relationship was so strong that McCarthy even dated Kennedy daughters Patricia and Eunice. In addition to this Senator John F. Kennedy who served with McCarthy did not support Kennedy's Republican opponent Henry Cabot Lodge. As all this was happening McCarthy became godfather to Robert F. Kennedy's first child Kathleen and would later select Robert as a Council serving on this committee. After all Joseph Kennedy had an agenda: he would support McCarthy as a national Catholic politician who in return might help pave the way for a younger Kennedy's Presidential candidacy. Fine condition.<br/><br/> American politician and diplomat who served as Governor of Illinois from 1949-1953. In 1952 and 1956 he was selected as the Democratic Party's candidate for President.<br/><br/> unknown books
19632742741963. unbound. 2 pages front and back 11.25 x 7 inches November 24 1963 concurring that a promotion was justified. Also signed by Alexei A. Epishev Chief of the Main Political Directorate who had previously taken into consideration one year earlier that the perspective candidate be considered for promotion. Very good condition.<br/><br/> Commander in Chief of the Soviet Air Forces and founder of the Cosmonaut Space Program. As a close friend of Yuri Gagarin he contributed extensively to the training program which culminated in the first successful walk in space.<br/><br/> unknown books
33493London: G.H. Davidson. Full-length standing right hand on piano with facsimile signature at lower outer corner. 298 x 197 mm.<br/><br/>Slightly worn soiled and creased; margins very slightly frayed with some small tears; narrow fold to left margin. Russell was an English composer pianist and singer. <br/><br/>"He claimed to have written the music for over 800 songs. A more realistic figure is perhaps 300 including 80 or so written in the United States many of his melodies being reissued with new lyrics and titles . Among the most popular were the sentimental "The Old Arm Chair" and the melodramatic "Woodman! Spare That Tree!" He also composed rousing songs about traveling on land or sea and several descriptive multi-sectional pieces similar in style and emotional content to Italian operatic scenes. Some of Russell's songs were written as statements for social reform; these include "The Maniac" concerning the "barbarous" conditions of private mental institutions "The Gambler's Wife" on the plight of a deserted mother and child and "The Indian Hunter" on racial intolerance." John A. Stephens William McClellan and Andrew Lamb in Grove Music Online. G.H. Davidson unknown books
189126099London: Chappell & Co. PN 19001 1891. Quarto. Original decorative wrappers with title label to spine. In custom-made black cloth box. 1f. title i printed dedication to Queen Victoria i contents 261 iii publisher's catalogue and advertisements pp. Typeset. Additional advertisements to verso of upper wrapper and both sides of lower. Some leaves in act 3 unopened. <br/><br/>Early owner's signature "Spencer W. Brien 1891" in black ink to head of title.<br/><br/>Wrappers worn and soiled. Occasional foxing especially to title; several leaves creased at upper outer corner. First Edition. Sullivan and Flower p. 280. WorldCat OCLC 4794897. The present copy lacks the composer's handstamped facsimile autograph to title found in some other copies of this edition.<br/><br/>"On 31 January 1891 Sullivan's sole 'grand opera' Ivanhoe with a libretto by Julian Sturgis after Sir Walter Scott's novel was launched by Richard D'Oyly Carte on the extraordinary principle of a continuous nightly run as for operetta with constantly changing casts. Its total of 160 performances though remarkable enough was insufficient to cover Carte's costs and he had to sell the theatre." Arthur Jacobs in Grove Music Online. Chappell & Co. [PN 19,001] unknown books
192936346Wien-Leipzig: Universal Edition A.G. PN U.E. 8851 1929. Quarto. Full dark blue cloth with titling gilt to spine original publisher's decorative upper wrapper printed in black white and red bound in. 1f. recto title verso copyright 1f. recto cast list verso contents 5-73 i blank pp. Text in German.<br/><br/>With handstamp of "Carl Kulm Musikalien Wien ." and "Musik Antiquariat Doblinger Wien" to lower portion of title and later signature of Frans Lasson to upper inner corner of free front endpaper. First Edition later issue including numbers 11a and 19a and with the Zuhälterballade Macheath Jenny printed as number 12 with two verses the first issue did not include the Ballade von der sexuellen Hörigkeit. Fuld pp. 343-344. KWE I/5 pp. 53-54. Drew p. 197. <br/><br/>The most successful of Weill's collaborations with playwright Bertolt Brecht Die Dreigroschenoper adapted from Peter Gay's The Beggar's Opera London 1728 was first performed in Berlin on August 31 1928. It was quite successful on Broadway in the 1950s its signature tune being the immensely popular Mack the Knife. Universal Edition A.G. [PN U.E. 8851] unknown books
193026824Wien: Universal-Edition A.G. PN U.E. 8206 1930. Folio. Original publisher's wrappers with a catalog of Weill's works to lower. i title i cast list instrumentation and copyright notice 3-51 i blank pp. Facsimile of copyist's manuscript.<br/><br/>Lower wrapper with printed note to foot: "No. 131/XII 1930."<br/><br/>Wrappers somewhat soiled; spine slightly frayed. Somewhat browned. First Edition. OCLC no. 165418677.<br/><br/>"Weill was one of the outstanding composers in the generation that came to maturity after World War I and a key figure in the development of modern forms of musical theatre. His successful and innovatory work for Broadway during the 1940s was a development in more popular terms of the exploratory stage works that had made him the foremost avant-garde theatre composer of the Weimar Republic." David Drew and J. Bradford Robinson in Grove Music Online.<br/><br/>Der Jasager to a libretto by Bertolt Brecht after the Japanese noh play Taniko was first performed at the Zentralinstitut für Erziehung und Unterricht in Berlin on June 23 1930. "In its original form Der Jasager was one of Weill's most successful compositions in Germany receiving more than 300 performances before 1933." Stephen Hinton in Grove Music Online. Universal-Edition A.G. [PN U.E. 8206] unknown books
1927S0464In:: Zeitschrift fur physik 41 1927. 1927. pp. 81-103. 8vo. Navy cloth gilt stamped spine. Ex library Carnegie Institution of Washington Mount Wilson Observatory with call number gilt stamped on spine and library blind-stamp on front free end paper. Clean copy handsomely bound; covers lightly freckled else fine. RARE. FIRST EDITION. PROBABILITY OF A MANY-PARTICLE SYSTEM INTRODUCED. This paper deals with gas degeneracy and paramagnetism. In a footnote note 1 p. 83 Pauli introduced for the first time the probability for a many-particle system with coordinates q1. . .qf: "q1. . .qf .dq1. . .dqf is the probability that in the relevant quantum state of the system the coordinates simultaneously lie in the relevant volume element of configuration space." Thus Pauli's paper is a contribution to the ongoing problem of the appropriate application of Bose-Einstein statistics or Fermi-Dirac statistics. In this paper Pauli wrote "We shall take the point of view also advocated by Dirac that the Fermi and not the Einstein-Bose statistics applies to the material gas" thus clearing up the matter. See Pais Inward bound p. 258; Pais Subtle is the Lord p. 432 and 285. The following articles by important contributors are included in volume 41: with: LAUE Max von 1879-1960 & Lise MEITNER 1878-1968. "Die berechnung der reichweitestreuung aus Wilson-Aufnahmen." In: Zeitschrift fur physik 41 1927 pp. 397-406. In this paper Meitner and von Laue report their inconclusive efforts to test a theoretical formula of Bohr's that related statistical variations in range to the mechanism by which alpha particles lost energy to the atoms they encountered. Sime Meitner p. 113-114. Zeitschrift fur physik, 41 (1927). hardcover books
1933S6819In: Annalen der Physik 5th Series Vol. 18 1933. Leipzig:: Johann Ambrosius Barth 1933. 1933. 8vo. 305-336; 337-372 pp. Minor ink scribbling in margin at page 335. Quarter black cloth paste-paper over boards gilt spine. Blind-stamp of the Carnegie Institution of Washington Mount Wilson Observatory. Fine. FIRST EDITION. "In the first part of his paper Pauli gave a beautiful account of this projective geometry and its tensor analysis which were developed from first principles and he formulated the Einstein-Maxwell equations in projective coordinates. The second part dealt with the incorporation of spinors and of Dirac's equation into this geometrical structure. In my opinion this is by far the most satisfactory exposition of spinors in general relativity – quite independent of the problems of a unified field theory." Bargmann. Wolfgang Pauli's work on relativity which began with his article on the theory of relativity for the Encyklopadie der mathematischen Wissenschaften in 1921 ed. Felix Klein when Pauli was twenty years old established Pauli as a scientist of rare depth and of an unsurpassed power of both synthesis and critical analysis. Bargmann "Relativity" in Fierz & Weisskopf eds. Theoretical physics in the twentieth century pp. 196-197; DSB X pp. 422-425; Enz No time to be brief pp. 263-270; Pais The genius of science pp. 141-142. Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1933. hardcover books
1885255552Mobile AL 1885. unbound. 1 page 9.5 x 6 inches Mobile Alabama April 12 1885. Signed "Richard H. Wilmer" in his difficult-to-read handwriting responding to an inquiry concerning church policy in part: ".I report that it is out of my power to join the information sought in your letter of the 6th instant. Right Reverend Dr. Perry Bishop is his holiness of the American Church." Natural folds; near fine condition.<br/><br/> The second bishop of Alabama in the Episcopal Church. He was the only bishop to be consecrated by the Episcopal Church in the Confederate States of America which was done on March 6 1862 in Richmond Virginia. As a staunch secessionist and slaveholder he was a favorite among the hierarchy of the CSA including the General staff.<br/><br/> unknown books
187040809New York: Printed by Lange & Hillman Steam Book and Job Printers 1870. 1st edition Neviins I p. 91. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine & gilt stamped camp scene to front board. Bevelled board edges. Brown coated eps. Square & tight. Light shelfwear. Edge ding to 3 leaves pp. 49 - 54 no text affected. A VG copy. vii 3 9 - 274 2 blank pp. Frontispiece. Inserted plate p. 58. 12mo. 7-1/4" x 4-7/8" <br/><br/>Per Nevins "One of the better straightforward accounts of life in Federal hospitals; Miss Wheelock was stationed through the last three years of the war at Alexandria Va." Printed by Lange & Hillman, Steam Book and Job Printers hardcover books
193016377London: Chatto & Windus 1930. 1st edition. Association copy. Light brown cloth binding with printed paper spine label. Printed buff dust jacket. VG slt lean/VG some wear & soiling/spine panel a bit darkened. 96 pp. Sm 8vo. <br/><br/>Inscribed on the ffep by both Edna Best and Herbert Marshall the actress & actor and at some point also husband & wife who played Milne's characters Mary & Michael at the production's first London performance St. James Theatre 1 February 1930. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
195434809London: Macmillan 1954. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Full mid-blue cloth. In very good condition overall. The important fifth edition the last purely English edition of this monumental reference work first published in 1879. Macmillan hardcover books
197334357New York: St Martin's Press 1973. Octavo. Hardcover. Ex-library with original dustjackets and glassine wrappers. In very good condition overall. The important fifth edition the last purely English edition of this monumental reference work first published in 1879. St Martin's Press unknown books
203636 measures from the "Sonatas de El Escorial" for piano. 189 x 213 mm. On partial letterhead of the Junta de Cultura Española. <br/><br/>Creased at folds; minor paper loss to foot; two file holes to left margin. "Notable amongst his early works are the modernist Naturaleza muerta Dos sonatas de El Escorial inspired by Soler and Marinero en tierra settings of poems by Alberti which contain some of his most accessible music. Halffter's music follows in the tradition of Falla: the basis is tonal sometimes enriched with bold and witty polytonal inflections; the rhythm is asymmetrical and varied; the style is above all clear and spare. In 1953 in the Tres hojas de album for piano he began to use 12-note serialism the first Mexican composer to do so. This however did not alter the essentially melodic nature of his work." Antonio Iglesias and Juan Orrego-Salas in Grove Music Online. <br/><br/>An attractive example from one of this Mexican composer's most notable works. unknown books
