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19471342300New York: The Vanguard Press 1947. Hardcover. Octavo; G; Hardcover; Spine blue with silver print; Boards in blue cloth with silver print mild wear to spine caps and corners crease to spine else clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; 424 pages frontispiece illustrated maps b&w plates. 1342300. FP New Rockville Stock. The Vanguard Press hardcover books
1974S13142Berkeley:: University of California Press 1974. 1974. Third printing. 8vo. xix 390 pp. Index. Blue cloth dust-jacket; jacket edge torn. Embossed stamp on ffep. Very good. ISBN: 0520026497 University of California Press, 1974. hardcover 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
198215823São Paulo: Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand 1982. 131p. plus viii pp. b/w plates wrps. Pietro Maria Bardi born in Italy moved to Brazil in 1947 from the invitation of Assis Chateaubriand to direct the museum idealized by the entrepreneur MASP. This book expresses the relationship of Bardi and Chateaubriand Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand unknown books
196129160London: Boosey & Hawkes PN B. & H. 18838 1961. Quarto. Original publisher's illustrated wrappers. 1f. recto title verso copyright statement 1f. recto orchestration verso blank 1f. recto cast list verso blank 233 i blank pp.<br/><br/>Wrappers slightly worn; stamped "Complimentary Copy" at upper margin of upper; spine slightly creased and with small label to foot. Boosey & Hawkes [PN B. & H. 18838] unknown books
1979GG01428Toronto:: The Pendomer Press 1979. 1979. 4to. 200 pp. Numerous illus. 11 in color. Cloth dust-jacket. Near fine. Printed by The Scolar Press Ilkley. "While at the RCA Bliss became a close friend of Edward Bawden and Eric Ravilious. Encouraged and inspired by Paul Nash who was then teaching design at the Royal College of Art he and Ravilious taught themselves wood engraving. Bliss was well known as a wood engraver and as a historian of wood engraving although he was also known as a painter of watercolour landscapes. He selected and engraved Border Ballads for Oxford University Press in 1925 and wrote his History of Wood Engraving in 1928. He also illustrated many books throughout his lifetime before returning to painting watercolours in the 1980s. He was elected a member of the SWE 1934 and RBA 1939. He retired to Windley Cottage near Derby and was soon invited to become a Governor of the local art college Derby School of Art. Bliss died on 11 March 1984". Locations: National Library of Australia UCD UCLA UCR UCSB The Pendomer Press, [1979]. hardcover books
1969SFK519-1056New York NY: The Typophiles 1969. Paperback. Very Good. Series: Typophiles Monograph No. 93. NO LIMITATION STATED designed by Janet Anderson at the Composing Room Inc. composed in Monotype Bembo. Pamphlet. 7 1/4 x 4 1/2 inches. x 23 3 pp. Half-title typographic ornaments throughout Foreword by Charles Antin printer's device on colophon; text clean unmarked. Orange embossed wrappers of Fabriano cover stock printed with "BW" on front cover stapled binding square and tight light shelf wear. Muir Dawson's copy without distinguishing marks. SFK519-1056. Very Good. This volume contains the text of an address by Beatrice Warde to the Society of Designer-Craftsmen May 12 1969 one of her last writings. She states: "As for the word craft well in our new cybernetic age you people will be towering up as you exemplify the meaning of that word in a world that has begun to see the electronic devices taking over the controlling responsibilities of the mechanical craftsmen the proud card holders in the craft unions. In our disintegrating civilization you stand out by the integration of your will and your skill. You stand among us as homo faber homo artifex. The Typophiles paperback books
1970MMRM1407Cambridge:: Harvard University Press 1970. 1970. First edition. 8vo. xiv 2 271 1 pp. 12 tables index. Orange black-stamped cloth dust-jacket. Near fine. ISBN: 674401700 "Concerns modernization and development of scientific health services in Kenya Uganda and Tanganyika now Tanzania during the first half of the twentieth century." – Garrison and Morton 8496. Harvard University Press, 1970. 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
1982S13170Washington DC:: Smithsonian Institution Libraries and the National Science Foundation by Amerind 1982. 1982. See: Problema nasledovaniya priobremennykh priznakov. Moscow: Nauka 1971 8vo. xvi 267 pp. Numerous portrait illus. index. Gray cloth dust-jacket. Fine. TT 81-52038 Smithsonian Institution Libraries and the National Science Foundation by Amerind, 1982. hardcover books
1975M13718Koln-Mulheim:: Tropon-Werken 1975. 1975. 8vo. Series: Medizin von heute 21. 100 pp. 94 illustrations some color. Orange & white printed wrappers. Ownership signature of Ulrich Hacker. Fine. Atlas of photographs showing dermatological manifestations. Tropon-Werken, 1975. unknown books
1976MMRM1011Philadelphia:: W. B. Saunders 1976. 1976. 4to. xv 1 844 pp. Frontispiece 171 figures 6 tables index. Red gilt-stamped cloth. Ownership rubber-stamp of Russell C. Maulitz. Fine. ISBN: 0721618731 W. B. Saunders, 1976. hardcover 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
192227783New York: The Century Co 1922. 1st edition. Green decorative binding. VG spine dull. 10 459 pp including Index. Illustrated from photographs. Folding maps 3. 8vo. <br/><br/> The Century Co unknown 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
19901341462San Francisco: Chronicle Books 1990. Hardcover. Quarto; G/G; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine back with white print; DJ has mild edgewear small hole torn in rear small vendor label on rear else clean and bright; Boards in white cloth with silver print bumps to spine caps corners and bottom edge else clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; 128 pages frontispiece illustrated b&w plates. Shelf: Spanish & Latin American Art <br /> <br /> <br /> Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates. 1341462. FP New Rockville Stock. Chronicle Books hardcover books
19641340485Cheshire: Cherry Hill Books 1964. Limited edition. Hardcover. Octavo; First printing; Limited edition 1000 copies; VG-/G-; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine white with purple print; DJ has small tears at spine ends and flap corners edgewear stray ink mark on front light smudging; Boards in purple cloth with silver print slight wear to spine caps else clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; Signed in ink by both authors on title page; ix 111 pages illustrated b&w plates. 1340485. FP New Rockville Stock. Cherry Hill Books 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
1969265682Peekskill NY 1969. unbound. 1 page 8 x 6 inches Peekskill NY July 29 1969. In this letter Copland declines an offer to write an article and suggests someone else instead in full: "I have given the matter of an article on Takemitsu some thought and am sorry to say that I don't think I can undertake to do it. I thought you ought to know this without delay so that you can make other plans. Perhaps Mr. Yuji Takahashi the pianist with the Buffalo Creative Associates knows Takemitsu's work intimately enough and might possibly be willing to undertake the article." Pinholes in the upper left corner but still in very good condition. Set beside a 4.5 x 5.5-inch photo of Copland seated at a piano and marking some sheet music; triple-matted in gray red and beige and set in a black frame measuring 17 x 21.25 inches.<br/><br/> American composer conductor and writer.<br/><br/> unknown books
195535385New York: Boosey & Hawkes PN B. & H. 9054 1955. Paperback. Very Good. Large octavo. Wrappers. 2ff. title notes 82 pp. Hawkes Pocket Scores 82.<br/><br/>From the collection of noted musicologist Stanley Boorman with his signature to upper right corner.<br/><br/>Wrappers somewhat worn; lightly browned at edges. First Edition of the orchestral version later issue. Boosey & Hawkes [PN B. & H. 9054] paperback books
196132656London: Andre Deutsch 1961. Andre Deutsch unknown books
194134941New York: Whittlesey House 1941. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. Full white cloth. 305 pp. Manuscript annotations to front and rear free endpapers. Endpapers browned. Outer edges browned. In worn dustjacket. Whittlesey House hardcover books
195535384New York: Boosey & Hawkes PN B. & H. 15966 1955. Paperback. Very Good. Large octavo. Wrappers. 1f. title 155 pp. Hawkes Pocket Scores 629.<br/><br/>From the collection of noted musicologist Stanley Boorman with his signature to upper right corner.<br/><br/>Wrappers somewhat worn; lightly browned at edges. First Edition later issue. Boosey & Hawkes [PN B. & H. 15966] paperback books
19211324104New York: Boni and Liveright 1921. Hardcover. 16mo; G; Paperback; Spine brown with gold print; Cover is flexible leatherette light wear to corners and spine caps; Text block has brown-tinted top edge pastedowns separating from cover and with slight tears to top and fore edges else clean and tight; 245 pages.<br /> <br /> <p>NOTE: Shelved in 15's ephemera box 7 in Netdesk office. 1324104. FP New Rockville Stock. Boni and Liveright hardcover books
193141140New York: Random House Inc. printed at the Grabhorn Press San Francisco 1931. 1st edition thus. LIMITED to 980 copies of which this is copy #131. Quarter-bound navy cloth spine gilt stamped leather title label to spine over blue patterned paper boards. Significant wear to binding sunning to edges rubbing to corners and edges spine label worn. Paper age-toned. An about VG example. 142 2 pp. Illustrations by Valenti Angelo. Folio. 13-1/8" x 8-7/8" <br/><br/> Random House, Inc. [printed at the Grabhorn Press, San Francisco] hardcover books