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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
028026London: Gilbert and Rivington. Octavo and Folio. Volume I 373 pages; Volume II 478 pages index no dateca.1900 Volume III folio oversize was prepared by West Point's Department of Military Art and Engineering in 1942 by Colonel T.D. Stamps. with 125 full page maps each measuring approximately 13" x 8" or 13" x 16" for the larger maps. David Chandler considered this one of his major sources in his study of the Napoleonic Wars. The maps have been used by military history experts as well as those devoted to war games since they were issued forty years after the original volumes by Wartenburg. Bound in full modern leather trimmed in gilt and blind spine lettered and rule in gilt top edges gilt endpapers renewed. Gilbert and Rivington unknown books
188524423New York 1885. Octavo. Original publisher's wrappers illustrated by C. de Grimoy. 24 pp. <br/><br/>Slightly worn browned and stained; minor paper loss to upper outer corners. Heinrich Conried became general manager of the New York Metropolitan Opera in 1903 and remained until Gatti-Casazza took over in 1908. He is particularly distinguished as having been responsible for bringing Enrico Caruso to the Met in 1903 and later Fremstad and Farrar. The American premieres of both Parsifal and Salome were both presented under his stewardship. unknown 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
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
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
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
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
19488007baJNew York NY: Harper & Brothers 1948. Book. Very good condition. Paperback. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. American drama; 183 pages; 22.3cm; black hardcover cloth very good; frontis. photo portrait of author; #338 of 500; 12 page facsimile holograph letter specially bound in; Dustjacket price clipped spine darkened; slip-case very rubbed broken; script. Harper & Brothers Paperback books
1985001960Baton Rouge LA: Louisiana State University Press 1985. Book. Near fine condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. 147 pages of text. Hardcover cloth binding. Unclipped dustjacket shows moderate shelfwear minimal sunning to spine and a wrinkle to the rear panel; protected in archival mylar. Louisiana State University Press Hardcover books
1896L0074vi15812 ad pages. Small octavo 7 1/2" x 5 1/4" bound in original publisher's cloth with black lettering to spine red decorative florets to cover and Maggie in gilt with black back ground deckle edges. Housed in red slipcase. BAL 4075 Two states noted 1 Title page printed in upper and lower case letters and 2 Title page printed in capital letters only. First edition first printing under Crane's name.<br /><br /><i>Maggie: A Girl of the Streets</i> is an 1893 novella by American author Stephen Crane 1871-1900. The story centers on Maggie a young girl from the Bowery who is driven to unfortunate circumstances by poverty and solitude. The work was considered risque by publishers because of its literary realism and strong themes. Crane who was 22 years old at the time financed the book's publication himself although the original 1893 edition was printed under the pseudonym Johnston Smith. After the success of 1895's <i>The Red Badge of Courage</i> <i>Maggie</i> was reissued in 1896 with considerable changes and re-writing. The story is followed by George's Mother.<br /><br /><b>Condition:</b><br /><br />Publisher's printed cloth binding heavily soiled else a very good copy in a very good slipcase. D Appleton and Company hardcover books
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
1962179909New York: Harcourt Brace & World 1962. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. G dj shows wear and fading inside clean and tight. mylar covered illustrated dj; green cloth covers gold lettering in spine; 116 pages : illustrations. A great city's past and present in text and photographs. Harcourt, Brace & World hardcover books
189447327London: Privately Printed 1894. 1st Edition NCBEL III 1354; Pariser 156; Todd 213d. "The impression of this book is limited to a few copies for private circulation only."-- Page v; according to Pariser & Todd this 33 cc on Whatmann paper. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine. Bevelled boards. Minor wear. Bookseller ticket to front paste-down. A VG - Nr Fine copy. xiii 1 Errata 57 3 pp including Index. Facsimile letter as frontispiece. 8vo. <br/><br/>"Ernest Chesneau was the author of La Peintre Anglaise which was published in England in 1885 as The English School of Painting with a preface by John Ruskin. Ruskin’s twenty letters to Chesneau were written between 1867 and 1883 and contain many interesting passages devoted to Ruskin’s philosophy of art and his opinions of various painters." as quoted on RBH. Privately Printed hardcover books
185429047Paris: Alex. Grus ainé PN A.G. 1548 1854. Large octavo. Disbound. 1f. recto title within double-ruled border verso blank i named cast list and contents 2-136 pp. Engraved. <br/><br/>Named cast includes Bussine Ste. Foy Pallanti Melles. Boulart and Lemercier.<br/><br/>Minor soiling to title with small publisher's oval handstamps to lower margin. First Edition. <br/><br/>Boulanger father of French composer and pedagogue Nadia Boulanger 1887-1979 was a singing treacher at the Conservatoire. Best known for his comic operas he won the Prix de Rome in 1836. First performed at the Opéra-Comique in 1854 Les Sabots was his most popular work. Alex. Grus ainé [PN A.G. 1548] 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
185444142New York: John Wiley 1854. 1st US Edition NCBEL III 1344. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamping. Pale yellow eps. Slight lean. Spine sunned. Bookseller ticket Whipple & Son Salem & presentation bookplate to California School for the Deaf to front paste-down. Period prior owner signature to ffep. Withal a VG copy. vi 7 - 189 3 blanks pp. Tipped-in advert leaf before frontispiece. Illustrated with 15 lithographed plates "Sarony & Co. Lith N. Y.". 12mo. <br/><br/> John Wiley hardcover books
19771331995Firenze: Presso l'Accademia della Crusca 1977. Hardcover. Octavo; G; Ex-library; Hardcover; Spine brown with gold print; Boards in brown cloth mild bump to spine head light shelfwear; Text block has name in ink on front flyleaf library stamp on title page verso and on rear flyleaf else clean and tight light age-toning to paper; Text in Italian; 163 pages. 1331995. FP New Rockville Stock. Presso l'Accademia della Crusca hardcover 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
