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23822Full-length portrait in formal attire. Ray Lee Jackson NBC Studio. Ca. 254 x 205 mm. Handstamps with photographer's name and job and negative numbers to verso.<br/><br/>Creased and bumped at corners; minor soiling and wear; pencil annotation to verso. Jessica Dragonette was a popular American singer and radio personality. During her 22-year radio career "The Princess of Song" as the media nicknamed her helped popularize operetta and semi-classical music. She is especially remembered as the star of the Cities Service Concerts program which she joined in 1930 and her many charitable performances for the U.S. armed forces during World War II. unknown books
195031758Budapest: Magyar-Szovjet Társaság 1950. Small quarto. Stapled. Original publisher's wrappers with illustration in color by Bánó. 55 1 blank pp. Text in Hungarian.<br/><br/>Wrappers slightly worn and chipped with minor loss. Somewhat worn and browned; small stain to upper inner corner. First Hungarian edition.<br/><br/>Russian composer Isaak Dunayevsky's operetta Vol'nïy veter Free Wind premiered in Moscow on August 22 1947. The Hungarian translation by György Hámos Szabad szél was performed at the Budapest Operetta Theater in 1950. <br/><br/>Dunayevsky achieved numerous successes in the Soviet Union with his musical comedies and popular songs. Vol'nïy veter won the Stalin Prize and was the first Soviet work to be performed at the Hungarian theater. It is set in a fictional country easily identified as Yugoslavia and the comic scenarios and folk songs are entwined with less-than-subtle political statements against western imperialism. Magyar-Szovjet Társaság unknown books
1948M14003New York:: W. W. Norton 1948. 1948. First edition. 8vo. 212 pp. Index; occasional ink underlining by Abramson. Beige cloth black spine lettering. Bookplate of Ruth & Milton Abramson. Good due to underlining. First edition of the author's first book. / Jan Ehrenwald was a Czech-American psychiatrist and psychotherapist most known for his work in the field of parapsychology. His work largely focused on extrasensory perception and its supposed implications for psychoanalysis. Ehrenwald's belief that telepathy had been successfully demonstrated was not accepted by the scientific community. Critics state that Ehrenwald's statements were based on conjecture not solid facts. Wikip. PROVENANCE: Ruth & Milton Abramson M.D. Clinical Instructor in Obstetrics and Gynecology University of Minnesota Minneapolis. Milton Abramson with Dr. William T. Heron Professor of Psychology U. Minn. developed theories involving "morning sickness. They were joint authors in a paper entitled "An objective evaluation of hypnosis in obstetrics. Also written is a paper "Response to or perception of auditory stimuli under deep surgical anesthesia written by Milton Abramson M.D. Ph.D. Irving Greenfield M.D. and William T. Heron Ph.D. American J. of Ob. & Gyn. volume 96 issue 4 p.584-585 October 15 1966. W. W. Norton, 1948. hardcover books
31117Ca. 8" x 6" 202 x 151 mm. With Mishkin New York copyright in the plate. <br/><br/>Left edge trimmed slightly unevenly; remnants of adhesive to verso. "After an operatic training Ellis appeared in New York at the Metropolitan Opera House during the last days of World War I where she created the role of the Novice in Suor Angelica and later also sang Lauretta Gianni Schicchi during the first run of performances of Il trittico. She sang Giannetta to Caruso's Nemorino and Fyodor to Chaliapin's Boris before turning to lighter music in 1924 when she created the title role in Hammerstein and Friml's Rose Marie and then began acting in plays and films. Admired by Ivor Novello she came to London to take the leading female role that of opera singer Militza Hajos in the first of his Drury Lane musicals Glamorous Night 1935 whose success was partly due to Ellis's varied talents." Paul Webb in Grove Music Online <br/><br/>Herman Mishkin 1870-1948 served as the Metropolitan Opera's official portraitist from 1908-1932 producing an important body of work documenting "The Golden Age of Opera. unknown books
1947S7486No place:: Journal of Bacteriology 1947. 1947. 8vo. 195-207 pp. Figs. Self-wraps. Ownership signature of Norman Horowitz. Fine. FIRST EDITION. Emerson was the son of R. A. Emerson the pioneer of corn genetics and after studying plant cytology worked with O. Winge on yeast genetics. He went on to study with Thomas Hunt Morgan at Caltech and then with G. W. Beadle on Neurospora Crassa. He worked for some time at the Kerckhoff Laboratories of the Biological Sciences California Institute of Technology. WITH: EMERSON. "A Physiological Basis for Some Supressor Mutations and Possibly for One Gene Heterosis." Offprint from: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences vol. 34 no. 2 1948. 8vo. 72-74 pp. Fig. Self-wraps; extremities a bit rubbed. Ownership rubber stamp of Norman Horowitz California Institute of Technology. Very good. WITH: EMERSON. "Genetics as a Tool for Studying Gene Structure." Offprint from: Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden vol. 32 1945. 8vo. 243-249 pp. Figs. Self-wraps. Ownership signature of Norman Horowitz. Fine. WITH: EMERSON. Conversion Numerology. 4to. 10 pp. typed sheets mimeograph copy. Tables. Self-wraps. Fine. WITH: EMERSON. "Competetive Reactions and Antagonisms in the Biosynthesis of Amino Acids by Neurospora." Offprint from: Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology vol. XIV 1950. 4to. 40-48 pp. 1 plate. Self-wraps. Ownership rubber stamp of Norman Horowitz California Institute of Technology. Fine. Journal of Bacteriology, 1947. 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
190053064Paris: Publisher not identified 1900. First edition. 4to. 28 cm. x 19 cm 102 pp. portrait frontispiece with tissue guard illustrations in text 10 plates with tissue guards 1 of these in color. Original printed wrappers. Neat ownership signature of a member of the jury of classe 5 on the blank reverse of the half-title page. Fine as new. A history of photography and processes which includes two chapters by Léon Vidal - one is a history of photogravure and the other on color photography. Details several other photomechanical processes and their inventors. Illustrations include those by Robert Demachy and by Puyo. <br/><br/>There are several issues of this report three of which vary only in size; a fourth a later issue has a slightly different wording to the title and is dated 1903. Étienne-Jules Marey was the president of the committee.<br/><br/>Roosens and Salu No. 3704. <br/><br/> Publisher not identified unknown 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
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
190023220Paris & Pise: Antonin L. Neurdein and Étienne Neurdein 1900. A good large-sized image of some of the buildings of this expo along the river with tour boats in the foreground and crowds of visitors along the opposite avenue; albumen process photograph mounted on pale ivory gilt-edged cardstock; with the studio stamp of N.D. Phot. at lower right margin Antonin L. Neurdein and Étienne Neurdein; photo is approx. 10 1/2" x 17" size the mount makes it 12 1/2" x 18 3/4" overall; light edge tips wear to the cardstock one corners' surface scraped away; image a bit faded still good; an interesting original Paris Exposition and photographic history photograph. Photograph. Not Bound. Very Good. Antonin L. Neurdein and Étienne Neurdein Paperback books
1859C0297144 pages with diagrams. Duodecimo 6 1/4" x 4" issued in original publisher's decorative blind stamped boards with gilt-decorated and lettered spine. Hagedorn: 51 First edition.<br /><br />The second part of this book contains many clever problems selected from those which competed in a tournament arranged by Frere the chess editor of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. The first part was published without the sanction or approval of Morphy and comprises games with notes copied form the Chess Monthly The Era and other sources without any special acknowledgment. The collection was evidently hurriedly and incompetently made to take advantage of the demand created by Morphy's success in Europe. Hadgedorn.<br /><br />Born on 8th December 1820 in Brooklyn of a French Creole father and a mother of Irish descent Thomas Frere's interest in chess is sparked in 1827 on seeing "the Turk" Maelzel's automaton chess player at Tammany Hall. The story leaps forward to 1854 with Frere a married man with three children working for the Home Life Insurance Company in Wall Street whilst also operating a printing engraving and publishing business. He witnesses the start of public chess in New York when the owner of Limberger's saloon at the corner of Fulton and Nassau Streets decides to replace the decrepit chess equipment used by two patrons with several new sets and boards. Within three years in excess of fifty players are frequenting the establishment. Moving from Limberger's saloon to Brooklyn in 1856 Frere starts the Brooklyn Chess Club. Frere becomes involved with organizing and running the First American Chess Congress held in New York. Morphy takes first prize in the Grand Tournament ahead of Louis Paulson in second. Paulsen causes a sensation with his feats of blindfold chess. In 1859 Frere publishes the first book about the new American chess sensation Morphy's Games of Chess and Frere's Problem Tournament. During 1858 through 1859 he becomes embroiled in a feud with Daniel W. Fiske Editor of Chess Monthly and lead organizer of the First American Chess Congress regarding Staunton's refusal to contest a match with Morphy.<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />Spine head lightly chipped corners rubbed else a very good copy of an early American chess title. T W Strong hardcover books
193735118Washington: United States Government Printing Office 1937. Green paper wrappers with black title lettering printed to front wrapper and spine. Lean sunning to extremities ex-library markings with previous inventory number written to title page bookplate to inner front wrapper and card pocket to rear fore-edge of rear wrapper is yapped. Withal a VG copy. xii 506 pp including index. Untrimmed. Profusley illustrated with b/w photographic images and a few maps. Frontis is a color illustration. 9-1/2" x 6" <br/><br/> United States Government Printing Office unknown books
1987180948Paris: Galerie 1900-2000 1987. Softcover. VG. Green illustrated wraps. 48 pages : illustrations some color portraits. Text in French. Vernissage: 16 décembre 1987 : exposition du 16-12-87 au 13-1-88. Catalogue of 47 works exhibited. Retrospective of works from 1929 to 1950 with introduction "chemins du surréalisme" by the artist; statements byJean Bouret 1946 André Breton 1948 Arpad Mezei 1959 Jean Arp 1969 Charles Duit 1973 Jacques Prévert 1980 and Herbert Molderings 1983; exhibitions 1946-1986. Galerie 1900-2000 unknown books
1990182424Paris: Galerie 1900-2000 1990. Softcover. VG. Illustrated glossy card wrap. 13 pages : illustrations some color portraits. Text in French. Exposition du 10 au 27 juillet 1990. Galerie 1900-2000 unknown books
187933095New York: A. S. Seer Printer 1879. Early US printing. Printed blue paper wrappers. Wrappers chipped. PO signature 1879 to top margin of front wrapper & ink annotations to rear wrapper. A Good copy. 28 pp. Libretto only no musical scores. 7-5/8" x 4-5/8" <br/><br/> A. S. Seer, Printer unknown 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
188413856.2New York: John B. Alden Publisher 1884. 1st US edition thus i.e. by this publisher. Original publisher's terra cotta cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering/cover device. Square & tight with bright gilt to front cover. Spine ever so slightly darkened. Institutional bookplate on front paste-down & prior owner signature to ffep. Withal a pleasing VG copy. 215 1 blank pp. Frontis. 12mo. 7-1/4" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/>"Major General Charles George Gordon CB 28 January 1833 – 26 January 1885 also known as Chinese Gordon Gordon Pasha and Gordon of Khartoum was a British Army officer and administrator. He saw action in the Crimean War as an officer in the British Army. But he made his military reputation in China where he was placed in command of the "Ever Victorious Army" a force of Chinese soldiers led by European officers. In the early 1860s Gordon and his men were instrumental in putting down the Taiping Rebellion regularly defeating much larger forces. For these accomplishments he was given the nickname "Chinese Gordon" and honours from both the Emperor of China and the British." Wiki. John B. Alden, Publisher hardcover books
1956M6935New Haven:: Yale University Press; London: Geoffrey Cumberlege Oxford University Press 1956. 1956. Series: Yale University Mrs. Hepsa Ely Silliman Memorial Lectures. Second printing. 240 x 164 mm. 8vo. xi 369 pp. 145 figs. bibliog. index. Blue cloth gilt spine dust-jacket; jacket spine faded else very good. SCARCE IN JACKET. Ragnar Granit's researches have done much to elucidate the mechanism of visual processes. In 1967 he shared the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with Haldon Keffer Hartline 1903-1983 and George Wald b. 1906 "for their discoveries concerning the primary physiological and chemical visual processes in the eye." Wasson Nobel Prize winners p. 396. See: Garrison and Morton 1534. Yale University Press; London: Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, (1956). hardcover books
33524London: Novello. Thick octavo. Original publisher's full dark brown cloth with titling gilt to spine. 407 i blank pp. Binding slightly worn; front hinge cracked. Browned. Novello unknown books
190333523's-Gravenhage: G.H. van Eck 1903. Octavo. Original publisher's full dark brown cloth with titling gilt to upper and spine. 404 pp. With musical examples. Binding slightly worn. Uniformly browned. G.H. van Eck unknown 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
1973M6530Springfield IL:: Charles C. Thomas 1973. 1973. 235 x 158 mm. 8vo. vii 139 pp. 56 figs. 4 tables bibliog. index. Brown cloth gilt spine dust-jacket. Ownership signature of Edwin M. Todd. Fine. Charles C. Thomas, (1973). hardcover books
1961265633New York 1961. unbound. 1 page 8.5 x 5.5 inches Columbia University New York Department of Greek and Latin September 30 1961. Written to Professor Aaron Noland The City College New York possibly planning a curriculum in large part: "In regard to topics for future meetings my personal preference would be No. 10 - Humanism. I have no comments on other matters." Horizontal folds; near fine condition.<br/><br/> American educator and classical scholar best known for his long-time affiliation with Columbia University.<br/><br/> unknown books
