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193826095Wien: Franz Salmhofer 1938. Folio. Publisher's original light green printed wrappers. 1f. title i facsimile autograph dedication to the composer's wife i cast list and copyright notice 213 i blank pp.<br/><br/>Boldly inscribed to the distinguished Moravian soprano Maria Jeritza 1887-1982: "Der unübertroffenen großen einzigartigen Künsterlin: Maria Jeritza für ihre großen Verdienste um die Wiener Staatsoper. Franz Salmhofer Zum 29 Mai 1950" at lower portion of title.<br/><br/>Wrappers slightly worn faded and soiled. Occasional light wear to outer corners and blank margins not affecting music. A clean very attractive copy overall. First Edition. Scarce. OCLC no. 27239830 2 copies only in the U.S. at Harvard and the Free Library of Philadelphia.<br/><br/>Iwan Tarassenko to Salmhofer's own libretto was first performed in Vienna at the Staatsoper on March 9 1938.<br/><br/>"A pupil of Franz Schreker and Franz Schmidt Salmhofer was musical director and composer at Vienna's Burgtheater for many years and subsequently director of the Staatsoper and the Volksoper 1945-63. With a conception of music that took Romanticism as its starting point he was regarded by many at the end of the 1920s as progressive but not to an extent that would have endangered performances of his works in the 1930s and 40s or that would have forced him to emigrate. Among the most widely performed of contemporary composers he became known primarily through his operas; Iwan Tarassenko 1938 demonstrates the humanistic ideals of the 'good man' and both the ballet Österreichische Bauernhochzeit 1933 and the opera Das Werbekleid 1943 feature folk elements. His honours include the Austrian State Prize 1937 and the prize of the City of Vienna 1960." Sigrid Wiesmann in Grove Music Online. [Franz Salmhofer] unknown books
192547472Paris: Mercvre de France 1925. 35th Edition. Half purple calf purple cloth boards stamped in gilt to back strip marbled end papers. A VG copy. Spine sunned edges are corners are bit rubbed some light pencil markings some foxing to leave. age toning to edges of leaves otherwise clean and bright. 236 pp. 7-1/4" x 4-1/2" <br/><br/> Mercvre de France hardcover books
19691328551New York: Kraus Reprint Co 1969. Third edition. Hardcover. Octavo; Reprint of third edition London 1901; G; Hardcover; Spine brown with gold print; Boards in brown cloth slight wear to corners and spine caps slight shelfwear; Text block has light tanning to endpapers slight smudge to title page else clean and tight but for slight marginal pencil notation in final chapter; xxiv 592 pages. 1328551. FP New Rockville Stock. Kraus Reprint Co hardcover books
1880M11514New York:: William Wood & Co. 1880. 1880. Reprint: American Journal of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children Vol. XIII No 11. 8vo. 8pp. 1 lithographed plate. Original printed pale blue wrappers. Fine. The first description of "Skene's glands" or "ducts". Cordasco 80-5776; Garrison & Morton 1225. William Wood & Co., 1880. unknown 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
19451335917Kenosha: John Martin's House 1945. Hardcover. Octavo; Fair/G-; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine green and yellow without print; DJ in mylar tears at spine ends and flap corners wear to spine and edges shelfwear; Boards in illustrated paper small portion of bottom spine corner torn away tears to hinges wear to corners and edges light soiling; Text block has cracked hinges front and rear age-toned paper; 31 pages illustrated color.<br /> <br /> <p>NOTE: Shelved in 15's ephemera box 10 in Netdesk office. 1335917. FP New Rockville Stock. John Martin's House hardcover books
185847829New York: Stanford and Delisser 1858. 1st Edition Sabin 86564. Original publisher's decorated ribbed morocco red cloth binding; covers have ornamental pattern stamped in blind; front cover has title central vignette of a disembodied hand finishing a portrait and author in gilt; yellow endpapers. Slight cock. Some wear & soiling to binding. Usual foxing & staining. An About VG copy. 5 6 - 95 1 blank pp. Text block trimmed. 6 inserted lithographic plates. Woodcut concludes text. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 4-5/8" <br/><br/>"A satire of courtship among the fashionable upper classes conducted at summer watering places as told in verse. The volume is divided into three sections with separate half-title pages: La Journée Saratoga La Mascarade Newport and Les Confidences Sharon and is composed of three poems." Stanford and Delisser hardcover books
1974MMRM1337New York:: Charles Scribner's Sons 1974. 1974. 8vo. 258 pp. 36 illustrations glossary. Dark-gray pink-stamped cloth dust-jacket. Very good. ISBN: 0684140357 Chapters: Noah an albino / Arnold Sorsby -- Job's illness pellagra / Charles J. Brim --The medical problems of Henry VIII / Ove Brinch --Shakespeare's skull and brain / Sir Arthur Keith --The evidence of disease in Shakespeare's handwriting / R. W. Leftwich --Milton's blindness / Arnold Sorsby --Swift's deafness and his last illness / T. G. Wilson --Samuel Johnson's medical experiences / Sir Humphry Rolleston --The 'insanity' of King George III : a classic case of porphyria / Ida Macalpine ; Richard Hunter --Historical implications of porphyria / John Brooke --Jane Austen's last illness / Sir Zachary Cope --Beethoven's deafness / Maurice Sorsby --The illness and death of Napoleon / Arnold Chaplin --Darwin's health in relation to his voyage to South America / A. W. Woodruff --Abraham Lincoln's Marfan syndrome / Harold Schwartz. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1974. hardcover books
1884BL4254Paris:: Alcan 1884. 1884. Series: Bibliotheque Scientifique Internationale XLVIII. 8vo. XVI 243 ads. 32 pp. Cloth; heavily waterstained throughout. Working copy. First edition in French after the first German of 1882. Alcan, 1884. hardcover 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
1891C0149New York: Sixth American Chess Congress 1891 xxxviii490 pages with table and diagrams. Royal octavo 9 3/4" x 7" bound in original red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and black chess pictorial to both covers. Limited to 500 copies. This is copy 88 issued to F M Teed of Brooklyn New York. Betts: 25-26. 1st edition. Contains the report of the Congress Committee and all 432 games with notes by Steinitz. This was a 20-man Double Round Robin Tournament. One of the longest tournaments in history. In the first half of the tournament draws were counted as a half point. In the second half they were replayed once. Between the 38 regular rounds 8 replay rounds and 4 game playoff for first at the end there were 50 rounds all told !. Like the 4th Congress this tournament consisted largely of foreign masters. The retirement of Captain Mackenzie seems to date from this time though some sources credit him as US Champion until his death in 1891 giving the top American finisher some claim on being de facto US Champion. The top American finisher was Solomon Lipschutz who finished in 6th Place with a score of 22-9=7 Condition: Corners bumped soiled spine ends and corneres rubbed exterior hinge cracked 1" at back head spine Teed's gift inscription on title and individual who received the book name errased some occasional internal soiling spine sunned esle a good copy of a scarce item. First Edition. Original Cloth. Good. Royal octavo. Sixth American Chess Congress hardcover books
1891C0039New York: Sixth American Chess Congress 1891 xxxviii490 pages with table and diagrams. Royal octavo 9 3/4" x 7" bound in full leather with gilt lettering to spine. Limited to 500 copies. This is copy 111 issued to R W Ferguson of Flushing New York. Betts: 25-26 .1st edition. Contains the report of the Congress Committee and all 432 games with notes by Steinitz. This was a 20-man Double Round Robin Tournament. One of the longest tournaments in history. In the first half of the tournament draws were counted as a half point. In the second half they were replayed once. Between the 38 regular rounds 8 replay rounds and 4 game playoff for first at the end there were 50 rounds all told !. Like the 4th Congress this tournament consisted largely of foreign masters. The retirement of Captain Mackenzie seems to date from this time though some sources credit him as US Champion until his death in 1891 giving the top American finisher some claim on being de facto US Champion. The top American finisher was Solomon Lipschutz who finished in 6th Place with a score of 22-9=7 Condition: Some internal pencil markings and notations. Attractively rebund in full leather with gilt lettering to spine. A very good copy of a very scarce chess item. . First Edition. Sixth American Chess Congress hardcover books
19471323780Garden City: Doubleday & Co 1947. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo; First edition; G/G-; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine grey with black and red print; DJ in mylar portion at top of spine torn away tears to bottom of spine and along top and bottom edges creasing slight stains and toning to spine slight smudging to rear; Boards in blue cloth with copper and black print light wear to spine caps slight amount of spotting; Text block has blue-tinted top edge small stain to fore edge else clean and tight; xxiii 483 pages. 1323780. FP New Rockville Stock. Doubleday & Co hardcover books
1945273977Washington D.C. 1945. unbound. 1 page Washington D.C. July 3 1945 to powerful New York attorney Frederic R. Coudert who had previously sent a congratulatory letter on his appointment as Ambassador to the United Nations in full: "The sentiments expressed in your letter of June 27 mean more to me than you know and I appreciate with all my heart your having taken the trouble to write me." Two horizontal folds; near fine condition.<br/><br/> United States Secretary of State under Presidents Roosevelt and Truman; later served as the first United States Ambassador to the United Nations.<br/><br/> 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
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
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
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
198028073New York: Edwin F. Kalmus 1980. Large octavo. Original publisher's green printed wrappers. 1f. recto title verso blank 1f. recto cast list verso synopsis 1f. recto musical numbers verso blank 1f. recto secondary title verso blank 167 i blank pp.<br/><br/>Wrappers slightly worn and creased; small price label to lower. Edwin F. Kalmus unknown books
190528069London: Metzler & Co. PN 5057 1905. Quarto. Full red cloth with titling gilt to upper and spine. i title i named cast list i contents v 4-105 ii publisher's advertisements pp.<br/><br/>Boards somewhat worn rubbed and slightly discoloured; endpapers dampstained. Metzler & Co. [PN 5057] unknown books
191127913London: Chappell PN 19348 1911. Quarto. Original publisher's printed wrappers. i title ii copyright statement iii characters iv contents 169 4 additional pages between pp. 52-53 iii publisher's advertisements pp.<br/><br/>Wrappers slightly worn. Chappell [PN 19348] unknown books
188328031London: Chappell & Co. PN 17614 1883. Quarto. Original publisher's wrappers. 1f. title 1f. recto cast list verso contents 176 iv publisher's advertisements pp.<br/><br/>Composer's facsimile signature handstamp to title; occasional annotations in pencil.<br/><br/>Wrappers worn; upper detached and taped; signatures in ink; small address label; prices excised; spine defective. First Edition later issue. Chappell & Co. [PN 17614] 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
188127924London: Chappell 1881. Quarto. Plain light tan wrappers. 1f. recto title verso cast list and contents 3-117 iii publisher's advertisements pp.<br/><br/>Small composer's facsimile signature handstamp to title.<br/><br/>Wrappers slightly worn; partially disbound. Title somewhat worn and with former owner's name in pencil; occasional minor tears to edges not affecting music. Chappell unknown books
190027949London: Published by Arrangement with Chappell & Co. by The Alston Rivers Company PN 18311 1900. Quarto. Original publisher's red cloth with titling gilt to upper and spine. 1f. recto title verso copyright 1f. recto cast list verso contents v-xii overture 3-129 v publisher's advertisements pp.<br/><br/>Binding somewhat worn rubbed bumped soiled and shaken; hinges splitting. Published by Arrangement with Chappell & Co... by The Alston Rivers Company [PN 18311] unknown books
