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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
1937122606Atlanta 1937. unbound. 1 page 11 x 7.25 inches Atlanta June 29 1937. Rare letter signed "Margaret Mitchell Marsh" declining an invitation to a party because it conflicts with her wedding anniversary in full: "Dear Miss Hall: Sue Myrick forwarded to me your invitation and John and I appreciate it so very much. I know the party will be lots of fun and I only wish we could come but Sunday is our wedding anniversary and we have already made plans to spend it with friends. I admit that the temptation to break this engagement is strong because I liked Milledgeville so much when I was there at the Press meeting. And also I would love to attend your party as Prissy. That is the only role my size would warrant. The costume would be cheap too --just a croker sack and ten cents' worth of shoe polish. We do appreciate your invitation so much and I shall look forward to Sue's description of the party." Two horizontal folds and slight foxing; very good condition.<br/><br/> unknown books
1888253042Farmington Ct. 1888. 3pp. Folded 4to sheet. Old fold lines. Near fine. 3pp. Folded 4to sheet. Letter written by Sarah Porter founder of Miss Porter's School for Girls to a friend and possibly former student regretfully declining an invitation to her wedding. Miss Porter studied privately with Yale Professors. and her brother Noah later became President of Yale. She was an opponent of women's suffrage. <br/>She notes in this letter that affairs at the school will keep her far too busy to make the journey. Sarah Porter 1813-1900 founded her school in Farmington in 1843 setting it up as an institution at which girls could receive a well-rounded academic education. She writes in part:<br/> <br/>"My dear Mary I thank you heartily that you have desired me as one of your wedding guests and I should be very happy in being with you at this so happy moment of your life. I could not easily under any circumstances easily leave school for so long a time as a journey to Newton would require - but now Mr. Brandt's wretched health renders him unable to teach and his classes fall daily into my care so that my place is daily here. Your own and your brother's wedding at once will not only doubly crown the day but give promise to multiplied successive anniversaries. 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
300751New York: Charles Magnus 61 Bowery. Most bifoliums. 4to Largest 21" x 9-1/2" unfolded. Mostly fine. Provenance: Estate of James and Katherine Abbe Long Island New York. Most bifoliums. 4to Largest 21" x 9-1/2" unfolded. A lovely group of lettersheets by Charles Magnus entirely typical of his output. Lettersheets were a convenient and thrifty form of stationery in an era which postage was calculated on the number of sheets used. Folded in half these four pages were charged as a single page.<br/><br/>Charles Magnus emigrated to New York with his family in the late 1840s. His older brother published the weekly German language newspaper Deutsche Schnellpost and it was there that Charles learned the trade eventually going out on his own. In the guises of a publisher map dealer bookseller and stationer he issued more than a thousand pieces of illustrated stationery - lettersheets envelopes song sheets as well as prints - usually copying the work from other sources without attribution sometimes altering the images slightly. He continued to use lithography and hand-coloring long after other publishers turned to photomechanical reproduction processes. Charles Magnus, 61 Bowery unknown books
186762744New York NY: Charles Magnus 12 Frankfort St 1867. A collection of 360 images including several numbered sets. The majority approx. 280 are printed in bronze or sepia ink plus approx. 73 hand or stencil colored and 7 in green ink. All are printed on individual envelope-sized sheets most 3 x 5 1/2 in. but none are full envelopes. The majority are blank on verso and show no signs of mounting some few are backed with blue yellow or pink paper sheets trimmed to fit. All but a dozen or so bear the imprint of "Chas. Magnus 12 Frankfort St. NY." At least one has a Sachse imprint the other handful without imprint are all in the style of Magnus. All are in very good condition. <br/>The several sets include: 1 36 images in bronze ink not consecutively numbered of military hospitals encampments and batteries; 2 12 numbered images in bronze ink of various Civil War battles; 3 12 numbered images in bronze ink of the "Movement of the Army from Washington to Richmond" caption title; 4 11 of 12 numbered images in bronze ink lacking #9 of the "Battle of Gettysburg Pa. July 3 1863" caption title; 5 3 numbered images in bronze ink "Long Bridge Washington By Moonlight" caption title plus copies of two hand or stencil colored; 6 5 numbered images in bronze ink of the "Battle of Winchester under Gen. Shields" cation title; 7 12 numbered images in bronze ink "Siege and Capture of Fort Donelson" caption title plus copies of 8 of the 12 hand or stencil colored; 8 12 numbered images in bronze ink "Camp Scene from Photograph" caption title plus copies of 7 of the 12 hand or stencil colored; 9 12 unnumbered images of Maj. Gen. McClellan and his Generals in bronze ink; 10 two unnumbered sets of 12 each in bronze ink of various Generals portraits over a banner "The Union Must and Shall be Preserved" and accompanied by a full battle map of the U.S.; 11 10 unnumbered images in bronze ink of various Generals portraits each inset on a battle map plus copies of all 10 hand or stencil colored; 12 4 numbered images in bronze ink "Battle of New Bern NC" caption title.<br/>Additional images depict various Union Generals singly or in groups; the Battle of Bull Run; McClellan's Advance on Richmond; the Engagement between the Monitor and the Merrimac; etc. many with caption titles. Charles Magnus a German immigrant was a prolific publisher of lithographed material in New York City including maps and city views and during the Civil War pro- Union patriotic covers stationery and songsheets. He experimented with various colors of ink including the bronze and sepia colors represented in this group and was known for the quality of his printing techniques. <br/><br/> Charles Magnus, 12 Frankfort St unknown books
003518West Germany. NA. Very Good. N.d. late 1940s to early 1950s. The largest block measures 22 cm or 8.5 inches square and the smallest 6 cm or 2.5 inches with each successive block about 1.5 cm or .5 inches larger than the preceding one. The illustrations applied to a particular block tend to have some element in common -- fruits on one or farm animals teddy bears or some other cohesive element with the largest and most prominent block being the one that is always exposed showing scenes from fairy tales. Ilse Lungershausen was a prolific illustrator of children's books and toys. The fairy tale scenes in particular will bring to mind Disney style and some of the other illustrations have a kinship to other mid-20th century juvenile illustration such as the Sally Dick and Jane primers used in the English-speaking world. The Snow White litho on the largest block has loss on the bottom running between one and two inches tall and representing perhaps 15 percent of the image and the wood behind this paper loss is also a little chewed up. Otherwise some wear along the edges both of the paper and the wood but all the other images barring a few trivial losses are virtually entirely intact. <br/><br/> unknown books
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
194534085New York: Composer's Facsimile Edition 1945. Folio. Gray cardstock wrappers with titling in manuscript to uppers and typeset titling on tape to spines. 1f. title 34 pp. 4 parts: Violin 1: 11 pp.; Violin 2: 10 pp.; Viola: 9 pp.; Cello: 11 pp. <br/>Reproduction of composer's manuscript.<br/><br/>Very lightly browned; minor creases to some corners. Overall good condition. First Edition. Rare 4 copies only located in OCLC.<br/><br/>Composed 1928; premiered in Saratoga Springs NY at the Yaddo Festival in 1935 by Walden String Quartet.<br/><br/>"Although he is probably best known for his tape and electronic music much of Otto Luening's output consists of solo and chamber music for traditional instrumental combinations. There are more than 40 orchestral works 50 songs the opera Evangeline the oratorio No Jerusalem But This and music for plays. The threads that run through the almost mind-boggling diversity of Luening's work are the solidity of his knowledge and technique his use of a harmonic practice derived from the overtones of the harmonic series and above all the strength of his wit. A dry and sophisticated humor is an important part of Luening's personality and a strong component of his teaching technique; it is also a major and often overlooked quality of his music. <br/><br/>"The string quartet no. 3 was composed in 1928 and is dedicated to the arts administrator Oliver Daniel who with Luening and Douglas Moore co-founded CRI in 1954. It is a more original and exuberant work with strong tonal elements and a clear elegant form. There are three movements: a "sonata" with themes and development that is followed without pause by a charming and surprising pastorale in F and a finale which is typically for a composer who can never sit still made up of 21 suave and witty variations on a twelve-tone theme." Liner notes: "Otto Luening: Chamber Works"; CR716. Composer's Facsimile Edition unknown 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
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
29544Folio. Quarter black morocco with maroon pebbled cloth boards titling and composer's name gilt to upper. 1f. recto title verso blank 1f. recto cast list verso blank 312 i blank pp. including occasional blank leaves. With "Rhodope" at head of cast list and prelude.<br/><br/>The work consists of a prelude; Act 1 in 10 scenes; Act II in 8 scenes; a ballet; and Act III in 9 scenes.<br/><br/>Characters in the opera include Amasis King of Egypt Béréel his servant Hemblond a steward at the palace Ali guardian of the Temple of Venus Rhodope a courtesan Nofré her servant the Pharoah and various additional servants courtesans etc.<br/><br/>Characters in the ballet include Reine Beauté Le Prince charmant Le Reine des Joies La Reine des Douleurs Les Caprices Les Illusions Les Rêves les Joies Les Désenchantements and Les Wresses. <br/><br/>The action takes place in Memphis Egypt ancient capital of Aneb-Hetch the original name of Lower Egypt in 500 B.C.<br/><br/>With notation in black; part identifications performance notes and occasional notation in red; and text in green ink. With descriptions of each act and the ballet preceding music.<br/><br/>Binding worn rubbed and bumped; cloth to lower stained and abraided at upper portion. Some leaves very slightly trimmed at upper and outer edges often affecting pagination but just occasionally very slightly touching text; name preceding Durey's name on title erased. An unpublished and unrecorded opera.<br/><br/>Lovreglio was a composer conductor and musicologist. Born in Naples grandson of the flautist and composer Donato Lovreglio 1841-1907 he died in Nice. Lovreglio played the violin at La Scala under Toscanini from 1917-1919 at which time he emigrated to France teaching at the Collège Parc Impérial in Nice from 1940-1945; among his students was the Armenian composer Levon Arami Astvatsatrian born 1922. He wrote two operas three ballets stage music two masses and symphonic and chamber music. <br/><br/>The present work is not included in Lovreglio's works list in Wikipedia. <br/><br/>There is a center named for him in Celano the Centro Europeo di Studi Musicali "Eleuterio Lovreglio. unknown books
187337402Providence: Printed for the Author 1873. 1st edition Cowan I p. 139; Cowan II p. 389; Currey & Kruska 236; Farquhar 13; Norris 2054. Printed pale grey paper wrappers. Some abrasion to spine paper with a bit of loss at each end. Some foxing to front wrapper. PO name stamp to front wrapper verso. A VG copy. 40 pp. Unopened. 8vo. 10" x 6-1/8" <br/><br/>Lester a prominent Providence attorney had visited Yosemite Valley the summer of 1872 during which time he met Galen Clark James Lamon James Hutchings & John Muir this latter with whom he discussed one evening geological theory. This work a publication of a subsequent talk on Yosemite read before the Rhode Island Historical Society 17 December 1872. Farquhar terms this publication "noteworthy for its appreciation of John Muir ." Per Cowan "Being privately issued the work is but little known." Printed for the Author unknown books
19682474011968. unbound. 1 page 10.25 x 7.25 inches no place May 8 1968. Signed "Mervyn" on personal stationery to "Daily News" writer Wanda Hale in part: ".The story was great -- don't know how you remembered all of it!.you are a fine newspaper woman and always have been." Accompanied by a 7 x 5-inch black-and-white photo of LeRoy in his photo-filled office. Strikingly framed in white red and black inside a black wood frame. Outer dimensions measure 19 x 21.5 inches. Near fine.<br/><br/> 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
1882S4219Offprint from:: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Part IV 1882. 1882. 299 x 239 mm. 4to. ii 1181-1413 1 blank pp. Numerous tables including 3 folding. Original printed wrappers; top cover LACKING. Ex library rubber stamps. Very good. John Bennet Lawes and Joseph Henry Gilbert collaborated for more than fifty years as they built the Lawes's estate of Rothamsted into a world-famous institution of agricultural chemistry. In 1834 Lawes inherited the manor and estate of Rothamsted after studying at Eton and Oxford without taking a degree. Lawes used what he learned from agricultural experiments to produce "super-phosphate" and other products by which he became quite rich. In 1889 Lawes put Rothamsted under the control of the Lawes Agricultural Trust with an endowment of £100000 so that its work would not cease with his death. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Part IV, 1882. unknown books
193085931Boston: Little Brown 1930. 1st ed. Hardcover. Near Fine/Poor. frontis portrait photos maps 1 folding index xiv 370p. Original black cloth lettered in orange. dj 23 cm. The appealing jacket is rather heavily chipped and torn. An account of travel in Chinese Turkestan in 1927. <br/><br/> Little, Brown hardcover books
196035505Kassel: Bärenreiter 1960. Paperback. Very Good. Small octavo. Wrappers. 2ff. 83 pp.<br/><br/>Taschenpartituren 110.<br/><br/>Slight damage to lower from previous price sticker. Very slight browning to edges. Out of print. Now rental only. Bärenreiter paperback books
193235504Wien: Universal Edition U.E. 10.374 1932. Good. Octavo. Wrappers. 42 pp.<br/><br/>From the collection of noted musicologist Stanley Boorman with his signature to upper.<br/><br/>Lower wrapper lacking; upper soiled and nearly detached. Light soiling to corners and last page. First Edition likely later issue. Universal Edition [U.E. 10.374] unknown books
1964285139New York 1964. unbound. very good. A.L.S. 4to. 2 full pages personal letterhead New York City July 16 1964 sending the recipient Ex-Libris plate designs in part: ".Dr. Paul de Zarn was the physician to President Kennedy and is our doctor and is one of the best specialists for allergies. All I have at this point is this print made by hand on Chinese paper. I hope you do not mind. William G. Donovan was a General. He died a few years ago. The center of his design was supposed to be used without lettering. as a kind of Coat of Arms." Boldly signed and in very good condition.<br/><br/> German-born American artist and graphic designer who studied under Rudolph Kock. Donovan was the founder of the OSS- the precursor of the CIA.<br/><br/> unknown 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
19641341457Paris: Librairie Jules Tallandier 1964. Hardcover. Quarto oblong; G; Hardcover; Spine tan with gold print; Slipcase in blue cloth mostly faded to tan mild wear to corners blemishes to front and rear shelfwear; Boards in blue cloth with gold print toning to spine blemishes on spine else clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; Signed in ink by Gavin on the half-title page; Text in French; 34 pages unnumbered leaves of color plates with captions on facing pages. <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. 1341457. FP New Rockville Stock. Librairie Jules Tallandier hardcover books
19651328741New York: Augustus M. Kelley 1965. Hardcover. Octavo; Original edition 1937 Reprinted 1965; VG-/G; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine tanned print not readable; DJ has mild edgewear toning to spine peripheral tanning small hole on front; Boards in brown cloth with gold print on a green banner slight wear to spine caps else clean and strong; Text block has slight tanning to endpapers but is clean and tight; xii 426 pages. 1328741. FP New Rockville Stock. Augustus M. Kelley hardcover books
188683524London: Trubner 1886. 2nd ed. Hardcover. Good. folding map index xxix 747p. Original cloth. 22cm. Cover corners and ends of backstrip frayed and lightly chipped. Contents sound and clean. <br/><br/> Trubner hardcover books
19511326970Boston: An Atlantic Monthly Press Book Little Brown and Company 1951. Hardcover. Octavo; G/G; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine illustrated with white and yellow print; DJ in mylar edgewear small tear to top edge; Boards in grey cloth with red print light peripheral toning mild wear to spine caps else clean and strong; Text block has slight spotting to edges stain from tape on front endpapers else clean and tight; 156 pages. 1326970. FP New Rockville Stock. An Atlantic Monthly Press Book, Little Brown and Company hardcover books