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1885255552Mobile AL 1885. unbound. 1 page 9.5 x 6 inches Mobile Alabama April 12 1885. Signed "Richard H. Wilmer" in his difficult-to-read handwriting responding to an inquiry concerning church policy in part: ".I report that it is out of my power to join the information sought in your letter of the 6th instant. Right Reverend Dr. Perry Bishop is his holiness of the American Church." Natural folds; near fine condition.<br/><br/> The second bishop of Alabama in the Episcopal Church. He was the only bishop to be consecrated by the Episcopal Church in the Confederate States of America which was done on March 6 1862 in Richmond Virginia. As a staunch secessionist and slaveholder he was a favorite among the hierarchy of the CSA including the General staff.<br/><br/> unknown 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
19882492661988. unbound. 1 page 4.25 x 6 inches July 4 1988. Signed "Frere Venzo" by the Jesuit painter on verso of a postcard of his painting "Giugno cui colli Berichi." In part: ".Je vous envoie avec mes exuses pour le retour la foto e la cart que vous m'avez." Includes a copied photo of Venzo and a fragment of the original airmail envelope in which it was sent. Very good condition.<br/><br/> 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
1872248184Hyde Park 1872. unbound. Father of FDR. 4 pages front and back each two-page spread measuring 8.25 x 10.5 inches Hyde Park New York February 10 1872. Written in mock indignation to a friend acting as a broker in a small business arrangement in part: ".I am sorry to say I didn't think too much of your business capacity as I did before I received your note of yesterday.I cannot make erasures in my check book and you must either consent to accept the check or I shall spend it for you and perhaps get something that you would not like at all." Slight tears along the natural folds; chip in the right margin of the third page. Very good- condition.<br/><br/> unknown books
27034Ca. 29 x 76 mm.<br/><br/>Laid down to paper mount.<br/><br/>Slightly worn and soiled. "Reeves was particularly admired in Handel oratorios and for his performance of the Evangelist in Bach's St Matthew Passion which he sang under Sterndale Bennett in 1862. In the late 1860s he pressed for the adoption of a lower musical pitch in England." Harold Rosenthal and George Biddlecombe in Grove Music Online. unknown books
203636 measures from the "Sonatas de El Escorial" for piano. 189 x 213 mm. On partial letterhead of the Junta de Cultura Española. <br/><br/>Creased at folds; minor paper loss to foot; two file holes to left margin. "Notable amongst his early works are the modernist Naturaleza muerta Dos sonatas de El Escorial inspired by Soler and Marinero en tierra settings of poems by Alberti which contain some of his most accessible music. Halffter's music follows in the tradition of Falla: the basis is tonal sometimes enriched with bold and witty polytonal inflections; the rhythm is asymmetrical and varied; the style is above all clear and spare. In 1953 in the Tres hojas de album for piano he began to use 12-note serialism the first Mexican composer to do so. This however did not alter the essentially melodic nature of his work." Antonio Iglesias and Juan Orrego-Salas in Grove Music Online. <br/><br/>An attractive example from one of this Mexican composer's most notable works. 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
1928290143New York 1928. unbound. very good. A.L.S. 8vo. 3 pages New York City September 20th 1928 planning a dinner outing with a friend in part: ".I promised to tell you when I was well again and when Tom was through traveling . But though Tom finished his travels. I didn't finish my illness reasonably at all but had stupid recurrences of it up to and including vacation at Big Moose Lake. But now all that is over --- and by this time it's our turn to have you. So won't you consult with Jerry and then tell me when you could come down and have some dinner and good talk" This letter is accompanied by its original holograph mailing envelope postmarked September 20th 1928.<br/><br/> American writer best remembered for her novels 'Gentleman's Agreement' and 'Consenting Adults'.<br/><br/> unknown 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
193941578San Francisco Shanghai / Macao / Hong Kong: The Trans-Pacific Chinese Junk Expedition Inc 1939. Letters are dated: Nov 20 1938; Jan 18th 1939; Jan 27th 1939; and Feb 16th 1939. Though typewritten and mimeographed all four are personally signed by Halliburton. Letters typewritten to buff paper envelopes with blue seal of the "Sea Dragon" with illustration printed to front. Modest wear to paper some light age-toning and rubbing to papers. Envelopes rubbed and worn. Withal a VG lot. Pages within the letters: 5 3 4 3 Total of 16 typewritten pages. Two black and white Kodak photographs are included printed in 1957 presumably from a negative of Robert Pullen's famous shots of the "Sea Dragon" taken just before its doomed maiden voyage. Letters: 14" x 8-1/2". Photographs:. <br/><br/>Who took the first aerial picture of Mount Everest after receiving express permission by stunning the Majarajah of Nepal with bi-plane aerobatics Richard Halliburton was a legendary American travel writer and adventurer. Reading stories of his feats and antics seem surreal - after all who flies an airplane upside down over the Taj Mahal Halliburton was born in January of 1900 in Brownsville Tennessee. Deciding at an early age not to settle down and grow old with a wife and family as the rest of his family and friends seemed to be doing. After graduating from Princeton Halliburton traveled on as many adventures as possible and published his first novel The Royal Road to Romance in 1925 at the tender age of 25. His first novel became a bestseller and was followed by more published adventures in 1927 and 1929. He enjoyed fame and adventures for a little over a decade before deciding in 1938 that his next grand feat would be to cross the Pacific ocean from Hong Kong to the San Francisco International Exposition in a Chinese Junk ship made expressly for his purposes. It is on this voyage that Halliburton and the entire crew of the Junk the "Sea Dragon" were lost at sea having gotten caught in a typhoon. In 1945 a 150-foot ship outline with Chinese lettering washed ashore in California this thought to possibly be some of the wreckage of the "Sea Dragon." Letter I: Halliburton describes the arrival in China and purpose of the expedition as well as his interest in junks stemming from a 1 ft. scale model he sailed as a child. He explains that he chose to use a junk for his journey because of their stability and notes that it is possible it will not be the smoothest ride. He quips: "If the junk should be small the storms violent and the voyage long - all the better. For if there is no hazard no battle where is the sport" He introduces the "friends" of the expedition to his crew of Captain John Welch Henry von Fehren "Bru" Potter among others. Halliburton also spends a significant amount of time discussing the war with China and Japan and the Japanese belief systems. Letter 2: The second letter discusses the search for an appropriate junk and the ultimate decision to build their own that could be modified for the journey. Working with the man said to be the best ship-builder in Hong Kong Mr. Fat Kau and the appropriation of a few more crew members a chef and a radio operator. Letter 3: The third letter posted from Canton desribes their taking the Sea Dragon out for a "shake down" cruise with Mr. Fat Kau as his guest who though a builder of ships had never sailed on one and with high seas nearly everyone aboard became seasick. Halliburton notes the dry deck despite the high waves and believes he was right about the Sea Dragon's sea-worthiness. Much of the rest of the letter is spent discussing Canton the disputes between the Chinese and Japanese the destruction the looters and other conditions in the city. Letter 4: After setting out on their voyage the Sea Dragon needed to return after only 2 days due to sickness on the boat. Though Halliburton seems only a trifle annoyed at the delay of their voyage he is excited enough to try again and leaves his readers with this: "In about another week we plan to leave again to slip away as quietly as possible and head east once more around the southern tip of Formosa - and straight on to Midway. If all goes well the next letter the fifth will carry an American stamp for Midway Island is American. When this the fourth letter reaches you we'll be a thousand miles along the way - I hope. Many thanks again for your interest and good will. Faithfully Richard Halliburton" The Trans-Pacific Chinese Junk Expedition, Inc unknown 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
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
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
186432230Pesten: Rózsavölgyi és Társá PN N.G. 917 1864. Folio. Disbound. 1f. recto decorative title by Wilhelm Tatzelt of a romantic scene with a man in a boat serenading a woman in a castle tower 3-5 1 blank pp. Engraved. For voice and piano.<br/><br/>Slightly soiled. First Edition. Mona 1800. Scarce no copies located in the US or UK.<br/><br/>Karl Doppler was the brother of Franz with whom he made several concert tours before settling in Pest. While he composed a number of works including the famous "Honfi dal" 1857 Karl was better known as a conductor first at the National Theatre and then in Stuttgart. Rózsavölgyi és Társá [PN N.G. 917] 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
423Poster. Paris J.E. Goosens. Photo-offset in colors. Ad for the German apertif. 31 5/8 x 23 3/4. 3 Silhouettes with black red yellow each enjoying a different kind of beer. J.E. Goosens books
1863026070Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott 1863. xvi 13-604 pages. While known as the first American physician to devote himself entirely to neurology and the author of the first treatise on the subject it was his role in the Civil War and this major work for which he is best remembered. When Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton fired Clement Finley the Surgeon General Abraham Lincoln against Stanton's advice named the 34-year-old Hammond to succeed him with the rank of brigadier general. On April 1962 he became Surgeon General of the Army. He launched many reforms ranging from qualifications of medical personnel importance of ventilation record-keeping and the creation of the Satterlee Hospital. He promoted Jonathan Letterman which brought an efficient ambulance system to the service. He banned mercury from army supplies. Since hygienic standards were still very poor in the United States Army and soldiers often died because of inadequate medical care poor sanitary conditions and lack of attention to proper shelter and nutrition since there was no up-to-date work on the subject he wrote this book to be distributed to all officers and medical personnel. A thorough and detailed book it contains many of the ideas and principles that Hammond instituted in his reform of the army medical service. In writing on morbid habits he warns of the mischief caused by masturbation which causes he notes that "the masturbator shuns society.and evinces an apathy for all kinds of amusements." He discusses all aspects of diet providing charts and comparisons of the requirements in the British and Russian armies. How to keep the alimentary canal in good order is a major concern for the soldier. Bound in publisher's brown embossed cloth wear to spine ends light chipping to head with a bit of wear to upper joint near head not cracked and some cloth missing from footabout 2" x 1" x 1.5" dark brown coated endpapers inner hinges fine early owner's names one in brown ink one in pencil to upper right corner of title page internally free from foxing. A very good copy of this scarce work. J.B. Lippincott unknown books
189634516.1East Aurora N. Y.: The Roycroft Printing Shop 1896. 1st edition BAL 4074; cf. McKenna p. 57 for a history of this early Roycroft publication which ceased after only 3 issues. Printed brown paper wrappers yapp edges. Housed in a custom maroon quarter morocco clamshell case with gilt stamped title lettering to front cover. Some chipping to the yapp edges. Very faint prior owner marginalia & commentary erased pencil. A VG or slightly better copy in a VG case. 48 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/>Contains 8 poems by Crane of which "Fast rode the Knight" makes its first appearance. The prose sketch "A Prologue" also here first published. The Roycroft Printing Shop unknown 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
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
340871 page. Octavo. Dated November 27 1980. On personal letterhead with "Aaron Copland 1538 L. Washington Street Peekskill N.Y. 10566" embossed in red capitals at head. <br/><br/>Copland thanks Hinrichsen for his letter in which his correspondent apparently intended to enclose a copy of an edited version of Copland's article entitled "A Modernist Defends Modern Music" but did not. Copland will be leaving for Europe the next day and will not be back until late December. "I trust this will not cause any inconvenience for you. I am returning a slightly edited version of the biographical note you mailed me." <br/><br/>Together with:<br/>A photocopy of the 9-page edited article. <br/><br/>Slightly browned; upper left corner of letter slightly creased and with small staple holes not affecting text. Copland is regarded as a quintessentially American composer particularly noted for his compositions for ballet Appalachian Spring Billy the Kid and Rodeo and his Fanfare for the Common Man evocative of the vastness of the American landscape and pioneer spirit of the country. His prolific textual writings include include works of musical criticism observations on trends in modern music commentary on his own works and a 2-volume autobiography in collaboration with Vivian Perlis. unknown 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
190018151900. Softbound. VG. Wraps. 90 plates pp. 24 bw plates. Catalogue lists works in sections of Oil Watercolors and Others and Sculpture. Numbering is not consecutive. Small tape on spine. paperback books
