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1967207805Montgomery 1967. unbound. 2 pages front and back on an "Executive Mansion" card measuring 7.75 x 5.25 inches Montgomery Alabama August 8 1967. In this letter Wallace thanks Dr. T. Strand Jackson for a gift of 13 dozen roses. Accompanied by hand-addressed envelope as well as a typed letter signed from George C. Wallace as a presidential candidate signed "George C." to Dr. Jackson 1 page 10.5 x 7.25 inches October 3 1968. Also included is a scarce "Wallace To Washington '72" bumper sticker. All these items are in very good condition.<br/><br/> George Wallace Governor of Alabama was forbidden by Alabama's constitution from succeeding himself in office. He had his wife Lurleen run for Governor in 1966. She was elected by a landslide only to die in office 18 months later.<br/><br/> unknown books
1929S5563Berlin:: Akademie der Wissenschaften in Kommission bei Walter de Gruyter 1929. 1929. 257 x 185 mm. 8vo. 10 pp. 6 figs. 2 tables. Original tan wrappers. Fine. FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. On radiochemistry. Hahn was interested in chemical applications of radioisotopes including crystal formation and tracers of chemical reactions. Akademie der Wissenschaften, in Kommission bei Walter de Gruyter, 1929. unknown books
284575unbound. very good. Fine ball point pen signature on a 5" x 3" card "Jess Willard" c. 1967.<br/><br/> American boxer best remembered for defeating Jack Johnson on April 5 1915 becoming Heavyweight Champion of the World. He would retain his belt until 1919 the year he was defeated by Jack Dempsey.<br/><br/> unknown books
191332207Chicago 1913. 1st appearance. Original printed drab-grey wrappers yapp edges. Front wrapper printed in red & blank. Light wear only. Nr Fine. Pp. 4 blank 137 - 172 8. Adverts last 8 pages. 7-1/2" x 5-1/8" <br/><br/>The scarce 5th issue of this ground breaking little magazine by Monroe with 7 early poetical efforts by Bynner as well as 7 by Ficke together both of whom later perpetrated the somewhat infamous "Spectrist Theory" literary hoax of 1916. unknown books
19672874451967. unbound. very good. Partly-printed correspondence reply postcard 6" x 4" in German translated Absender: Prof. Otto Hahn to fellow physicist and researcher E. v. a. C. Andrade March 29th 1967 with printed message: "Your kind shipment of your print "Rujato-Carola". I have received it and express my most sincere thanks for it." In a holograph postscript Hahn further replies: "Your report about Heidelberg has interested me very much. I am happy to have it. With my best regards your old colleague and friend - Otto Hahn". Written one year before his death at age 89. Written in blue fountain pen with a couple of minor blots otherwise in fine condition.<br/><br/> German chemist and Nobel Prize recipient who was a pioneer in the field of radioactivity.<br/><br/> unknown books
1968a3694baNew York NY: Not published 1968. Book. Very good condition. Unbound. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. Two page telegram on grey carbon-type paper. Invites football star Deacon Jones to attend the June 8 1968 Requiem Mass in Memory of Robert Francis Kennedy at St. Patrick's Cathedral. The telegram admitted only the person or persons to whom it was addressed and was required to be retained and presented immediately upon request for identification. Includes the printed program from the memorial ceremony with minor creasing and soiling. Attorney General. Brother of JFK. Assasinated. An unusual offering of Kennedy memorabilia. Not published Paperback books
1937515601937. Very Good. The photograph is approx. 17.5 x 23cm. mounted on a larger card mount. Waist length shot of the Congressman wearing a three-piece suit. Signed on photo "Arthur W. Mitchell M.C. May 26 1936". Some marring in background where photo is spotted or gouged but Mitchell's image is clear and unmarked. Also included 1 A Bill to Assure to Persons within the Jurisdiction of Every State the Equal Protection of the Laws and to Punish the Crime of Lynching. Washington: 1937. 4p. pamphlet. Later folds. 75th Congress. 1st Session. H.R. 2251. and 2 The Democratic Party and the Negro: Speech of Hon. Arthur W. Mitchell of Illinois in the House of Representatives April 22 1936. Washington: n.d. 3p. Later folds. Reprinted from the Congressional Record. and 3 Lynching the Blackest Crime in America Today: Speech of Hon. Arthur W. Mitchell of Illinois in the House of Representatives Tuesday May 19 1936. Washington: n.d. 3p. Later folds. Reprinted from the Congressional Record. Mitchell was born near Lafayette Alabama on December 22 1883. He attended Tuskegee Institute and also studied at Columbia and Harvard. He founded the Armstrong Agricultural School in West Butler Alabama. Mitchell turned his attention to the law and after admission to the bar eventually moved to Chicago Illinois. He was the first African American to be elected to the U.S. Congress as a Democrat. He served four terms as an Illinois Congressman 1935-1943. He then returned to the practice of law and other endeavors. He died in 1968 and was interred on his farm near Petersburg Virginia. <br/><br/> unknown books
1927P47181927. Prague: Spolek Typografia v Praze; Orbis 1927. Octavo 25 à 17 cm. Original printed card folder with thirty-four bookplates mounted on black card stock and loosely inserted; string-bound text part 14 pp. laid in. Signed and inscribed by the editor Rudolf Hála. Folder lightly worn; largely lacking green tie strings; else very good with contents in fine condition. A complete portfolio containing thirty-four bookplates printed for a competition held by the Typographia Society in Prague in order to encourage the development of bookplate arts incorporating type-setting rather than only using drawing etchings or other forms of graphic arts. The portfolio reproduces thirty-four of sixty-nine entries submitted in order of the jury's selection which are mounted on black card stock with the designer's name and the award printed below. While some are purely based on set type and printed ornaments others incorporate drawn elements or even include iconographic elements such as a typesetter's cabinet or punches. Among the designers and illustrators are J. Vichnar J. Dyntar Ed. Svoboda V. Ambrosi Ant. MaÅ¡ek Ant. Åehák O. PoskoÄil and others. With an introduction by the editor and publisher Rudolf Hála which reflects on the significane of the typographic ex libris and its future development. Signed and inscribed by Hála. One of 150 copies printed. KVK and OCLC show the copies at the Czech National Library Yale and the New York Public Library. unknown books
19512550631951. unbound. 7.5 x 9.75-inch photo of St. Denis dancing outdoors in a large flowing costume -- no place no date but signed with the number "151" perhaps indicating it is from 1951. Faint creasing at the edges of the photo but still in very good condition. Matted in white and set in a black wooden frame measuring 13 x 15.25 inches.<br/><br/> Modern dance pioneer and teacher who co-founded the American Denishawn School of Dance.<br/><br/> unknown books
1963253457New York 1963. unbound. All three of these one-page letters were written in New York City in 1963 to Italian-born left-wing political activist and publisher Carl Aldo Marzani concerning a prospective book Marzani was attempting to finalize. The first letter measures 11 x 8.5 inches and is dated January 7 1963 in small part: "I write with regret to say that all my friends agree that I better not write an introduction for your book. I am sorry that I have to consider the question whether my contributing would do more to hurt my general usefulness in this field. Roger Baldwin who was one of those with whom I discussed the matter made an interesting suggestion; namely that you try to get some person so far outside the general radical area that he would not have to consider the problem as I have to consider it.I hope you won't mind my saying in conclusion that there is a real trouble in the fact that communism in power goes so far beyond what is done here in the denial of freedom. Incidentally communism not in power has tried hard to keep me from speaking on various occasions." The second letter measures 8.5 x 5.5 inches and is dated January 8 1963 in part: ".Yes I am perfectly willing to be quoted as saying your book is 'original entertaining and effective' on the flap of the jacket.I hope you and Deutscher's opinion are right about what Russia will become. I am right in holding that we who hold civil liberties cannot have a double standard on judgment." The third letter measures 11 x 8.5 inches and is dated February 11 1963 in part: ".I am glad you are making progress with your book. Objectively I expect that there will be among the 'emerging' nations.a great deal of the sort of thing exemplified by Nkrumah but I would be entirely untrue to my deepest sense of values if I didn't protest it and I do not believe evolution out of this autocratic dictatorship will be fast except as it is protested.I by no means put what Nkrumah does in Africa on all fours with what Stalin did in Russia in the name of socialism." The recipient of these letters Carl Aldo Marzani 1912 - 1994 was a Communist Party organizer volunteer soldier in the Lincoln Brigade a member of the OSS and an employee of the U.S. Department of State. He is credited with picking the targets for the Doolittle raid on Tokyo as well as serving three years in Federal prison for having concealed his Communist Party USA CPUSA membership while in the OSS. Several staple holes in the upper left corners of each letter; light staining on the letter dated January 7 1963. Overall very good- condition.<br/><br/> Presbyterian Minister who achieved fame as a socialist pacifist and six-time presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America.<br/><br/> unknown books
1918S3710In:: Physikalische Zeitschrift Vol. XIX No. 10 1918. 1918. 272 x 197 mm. 4to. 208-218; 218-220 pp. Entire issue: ii 201-224 iii-iv pp. 6 figs. 1 table. Printed wrappers. Fine. FIRST EDITION. This paper reports Hahn and Meitner's discovery of protactinium the main representative of the actinium series. "During World War I Hahn served in the gas-warfare corps under the scientific leadership of Fritz Haber. He was involved in research development testing manufacturing and using the new weapons. . . Hahn and Meitner in 1917 discovered the most stable isotope of the element 91 which they named protactinium. . . This parent of actinium helped resolve the uncertain sequence in the actinium series although recognition that it was entirely independent of the uranium series . . . did not come until the discovery of actinouranium." DSB VI p. 16. DSB IX p. 260. Physikalische Zeitschrift, Vol. XIX, No. 10, 1918. unknown books
192834279New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1928. 1st edition. PRESENTATION copy INSCRIBED from Fannie to "Beautiful Hilda" Doolittle aka 'H.D.'. Orange patterned-paper wrappers with black paper title onlay to front wrapper. Custom orange cloth clamshell case. Some modest edgewear. Pamphlet re-sewn. A VG copy in a Nr Fine case. 6 41 1 pp. Photographic frontis of Fannie Hurst by Elzin of N.Y. 4 inserted photographic images of Fannie in text. 8vo. 7-5/8" x 5-1/4" <br/><br/>A 'puff' booklet for Ms Hurst's works which were quite popular in her day. why herein Broun states LUMMOX more thrilling than Cather's A LOST LADY and Nathan's PUPPET MASTER. Not having read any of the three I can't comment on his assessment but can say the inscription to H.D. comes as no surprise. both authors viewed in their day as progressive in terms of feminist & gay rights. "Two peas of the same pod" so to speak. Harper & Brothers Publishers hardcover books
196840516Paris: np 1968. 55 x 43cm. Image of a silhouetted grinning male figure with an enlarged nose reading "Pom Pom La Chielit" which loosely translates to "Pom Pom the Shitty Mess". The nickname "Pom Pom" refers to Georges Pompidou the then Prime Minister and top aid to President Charles de Gaulle. The term "chienlit" was brought to notoriety by de Gaulle in an angry speech during the student protests when he used the vernacular term as a scatological pun "La reforme oui la che-en-lit non" meaning "Reform yes but chaos no." Subsequently the students reused the expression on leaflets and posters where silhouettes of political leaders were accompanied by confrontational slogans. <br/><br/> np unknown books
1949291488Cincinnati 1949. unbound. very good. Very scarce T.L.S. 4to. 1 page King Records Cincinnati Ohio to Sid Prosen songwriter and record label owner best remembered for discovering Hank Williams and later Tom & Jerry better known as Simon and Garfunkel in full: "Received your letter of the 12th and as requested have had 75 of Hawkshaw Hawkins record #793 sent to your brother in Silver Springs Maryland. Hope he can do some good in that territory with it." Hawkshaw Hawkins stayed with Syd Nathan from 1947 until his death in a plane crash March 5th 1963 with fellow label mate Cowboy Copas and Patsy Cline. Boldly signed using his rather rare full signature "Sydney Nathan". Fine condition.<br/><br/> Iconic American music executive who founded the legendary King Records a leading independent record label in 1943. He was a major contributor to the development of country and western music rhythm and blues and rock and roll and is credited with discovering many prominent artists most notably James Brown. Nathan was elected to the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame in 1997.<br/><br/> unknown books
1930R5109Moscow and Leningrad: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel'stvo 1930. Limited Edition of 3000 copies. Hardcover. Very Good. Original paper covered boards with typographic design printed in red and black; attached glassine dust jacket; pp. 160. A bit rubbed; vendor stamp on front board. <br/><br/> Gosudarstvennoe izdatel'stvo hardcover books
192032189San Francisco: Printed for John Howell by John Henry Nash 1920. Folio. 2 volumes. Original publisher's olive green linen-backed marbled boards with printed title label to spines. <br/><br/>Signed by both Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn below limitation statement of each volume.<br/><br/>Volume I: 1f. recto signed limitation statement verso blank 1f. recto blank verso tipped-in reproduction colour portrait of St. Denis by Max Wieczorek within decorative border 1f. recto title in red and black within decorative border verso copyright 1f. recto contents verso blank v-vii "Some Reasons for the Making of this Book" i blank 1 half-title 2 blank 3-107 i blank. With fine decorative headpieces to head of each chapter by W.F. Rauschnabel. <br/><br/>Volume II: 1f. recto signed limitation statement verso blank 1f. recto blank verso tipped-in reproduction colour portrait of St. Denis in The Peacock Dance from a painting by Robert Henri 1f. recto title in red and black within decorative border verso copyright i-v "A Complete List of Plates with Notes" i blank i half-title followed by 64 black-and-white illustrative plates tipped-in to rectos with identification to facing page.<br/><br/>Outer and lower edges untrimmed.<br/><br/>From the library of noted dance collector Leslie Getz 1945-2019 wife of important dance critic Don McDonagh 1932-2019.<br/><br/>Bindings very slightly worn and soiled; spine bumped at head. Very occasional minor signs of wear; annotations in pencil to pastedown of Volume I. A very nice copy overall. First Edition. Limited to 350 copies on handmade Italian Etruruia paper this copy unnumbered. Derra de Moroda 2321. Magriel p. 37. Not in Niles & Leslie.<br/><br/>St. Denis a pioneer of modern dance in America was along with Isadora Duncan one of the most important figures in early 20th century American dance. <br/><br/>"In 1915 St Denis and her dance partner Ted Shawn 1891-1972 - a successful propagandist against the misconception that dancing was an effeminate career for men - formed a school known from 1917 as Denishawn which produced most of the next generation of American modern dancers. Prominent among them were Doris Humphrey who devised means of teaching the art of choreography Charles Weidman who pioneered specifically American themes and Martha Graham 1894-1991." Rebecca Harris-Warrick Noël Goodwin and John Percival in Ballet in Grove Music Online.<br/><br/>A handsome example of early 20th century American book design. Printed for John Howell by John Henry Nash unknown books
192984Berlin. Neurer Deutscher Verlag. 1929. Germany Germany above all a picture book by Kurt Tucholsky and many photographs assembled by John Heartfield. 236 pp. 4to. With 194 photographic illustrations of which many are photomontages with a photomontage on the covers. There may have been an edition of 20000 or more but few remain. The Nazi's destroyed as many as they could. Printer: Pass & Garleb A.-G. Berlin. Considered one of the greatest illustrated books of the 20th century despite the fact that it was not issued as a limited edition. From Manet to Hockney 83. When Who Typography Cologne: Konemann 1998 p.274. Rebound in paper boards but is exactly like the hard cover edition in content and with the cover. This copy in good condition with some restored damage to the soft covers. Neurer Deutscher Verlag books
1960287429Stockholm 1960. unbound. very good. T.L.S. 4to. 1 page personal letterhead Stockholm June 2nd 1960 in German translated to Italian-American physicist Emilio Segre who had recently been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in full: "Many thanks for the pretty photo of our encounter at the Spanish exhibit in Stockholm. It will be a treasured remembrance for me especially since I will be moving for good to Cambridge in England in the course of the coming weeks i.e. for the rest of my life. It is regrettable that your wife and you are not part of the photograph. But perhaps we will meet again in England. With warmest regards." Signed in full and in fine condition.<br/><br/> Austrian-Swedish physicist who worked with Otto Hahn and Otto Robert Frisch in discovering that nuclear fission of uranium took place when it absorbed an extra neutron. Surprisingly only Hahn was awarded the Nobel Prize for their discovery.<br/><br/> unknown books
1945246647Colorado Spring Colorado 1945. Number 15 of an edition of 250 copies executed in the Summer and Autumn of 1945 and printed on handmade paper by Lawrence Barrett each Lithograph has been numbered and signed by the artist. 20 Lithograghs each signed titled and numbered by Dehn. Folio 550 x 440 mm. Laid into a black and green cloth portfolio. Dehn Adolf. Number 15 of an edition of 250 copies executed in the Summer and Autumn of 1945 and printed on handmade paper by Lawrence Barrett each Lithograph has been numbered and signed by the artist. 20 Lithograghs each signed titled and numbered by Dehn. Folio 550 x 440 mm. unknown books
1917287428Berlin 1917. unbound. very good. Exceedingly rare Feldpost card "Lise Meitner" 3.5" x 5" Berlin Lichterfelde Ziethen Str. 15 May 23rd 1917 in German translated to Lieutenant Otto Hahn Inspectorate of Gas Regiments Great Headquarters German Feldpost #344 in full: "Thank you very much for your letter which I plan to answer more detail in the coming days. Of course it would be even better if you could come personally. So far the results are not so clear that they can be easily discussed in writing. The lye residue arrived yesterday. After lengthy deliberation regarding Privy Councilor Pl. I have gained conviction that if you were to write a few cordial non-official lines they would find the same reception. Since Pl. himself didn't send out notices I believe an official letter of condolence would not be in order. This is my opinion the decision lies with you." In very good condition.<br/><br/> Austrian-Swedish physicist who worked with Otto Hahn and Otto Robert Frisch in discovering that nuclear fission of uranium took place when it absorbed an extra neutron. Surprisingly only Hahn was awarded the Nobel Prize for their discovery.<br/><br/> unknown books
193370581New York 1933. Very good. A single page manuscript letter on Hotel Algonquin stationary dated September 30 1933. There is a little toning and wear and a staple has been removed from above the printed header otherwise in very good condition. In the letter addressed to "My dear President Roosevelt" Sinclair declares his plan to "contest at the primaries the Democratic nomination for Governor upon a program to 'end poverty in California'" and asks whether he and his wife could meet with the Roosevelts to discuss the matter further. It was written only a few weeks after Sinclair visited Roosevelt at Hyde Park where an economic summit was held over the Labor Day weekend. Upton Sinclair's 1934 California gubernatorial campaign is regarded as a watershed moment in American politics. Following two previous unsuccessful attempts at running for the governorship of California as a member of the Socialist Party the muckraking author of The Jungle 1906 had been encouraged by the election of Roosevelt in 1932 to change his affiliation to the Democrats in September 1933. In his book "The Campaign of the Century: Upton Sinclair's Race for Governor of California and the Birth of Media Politics" 1992 Greg Mitchell writes "Sinclair's candidacy challenged perplexed and ultimately embarrassed Franklin Roosevelt. The muckraker emerged as a political messiah at a tender hour for the White House. After an auspicious start the New Deal was foundering. Progressives implored FDR to move to the left businessmen and bankers exerted pressure on the right. Sinclair put the profoundly ambivalent President on the spot: if he endorsed his party's candidate in California FDR's critics would accuse him of supporting socialism; if he didn't some of his friends might call him a coward." In the context of the Great Depression the "End Poverty in California" movement formed the basis of Sinclair's campaign calling for a large-scale public works program and reforms to taxes and pensions - a vision he laid out in "I Governor of California and How I Ended Poverty: A True Story of the Future" 1933. Theodore Dreiser called it "the most impressive political phenomenon that America yet produced" while the New York Times described it as "the first serious movement against the profit system in the United States." Sinclair's campaign gained widespread support and formed his most successful attempt at elected office gaining nearly 38% of the vote. Vociferously opposed by Hollywood studio bosses the coalition of forces against Sinclair was one of the first to employ modern methods of political campaigning typified by the use of external media and publicity consultants. Ultimately abandoned by Roosevelt and defeated by Frank Merriam his Republican rival he recorded his experiences in "I Candidate for Governor: And How I Got Licked" 1935. Despite his defeat Sinclair recorded twice as many votes as any previous Democratic candidate for governor in California. As Mitchell notes "Roosevelt may have revived the Democratic party in the state in 1932 but it was EPIC that established it as a progressive force." It also exerted profound influence on Roosevelt who drew on EPIC's income and corporate tax structures to support his New Deal programs. Even Merriam as governor took some of Sinclair's tax and pension ideas confirming the liberal-leftist ideology as a significant force in California politics. unknown books
1941403859New York: The Viking Press 1941. 8vo. 185 pp. 60 black-and-white photographs by John Swope. Original decorated cloth. A very good copy without the jacket. FIRST EDITION. A wonderful association copy warmly inscribed by 8 of the 10 members of the first crew of the B-24 Liberator Bomber "Billie B" to the woman for whom the plane was named by its first pilot 1st Lt. Joseph Robins Littlepage. Nearly full-page inscriptions by the pilot navigator and co-pilot in blue ink on the front pastedown and the front free endpaper as well as by the crew engineer assistant crew engineer radioman assistant radioman and one of the gunners in blue ink on the rear free endpapers. The pilot's inscription reads "To Billie - / From the skipper to her namesake. There isn't much I could tell you other than we are just another combat crew tryin to bring our standards up to the finest ship ever built 42-40076 the Billie "B" / JR Littlepage / First Pilot" The navigator's inscription reads "May 16 1943 / Hi Billie - / Tho I haven't had the pleasure of meeting you I feel that I already know you. However I still have hopes of meeting you in the near future. In the meantime I'll keep doing my darndest to navigate your name sake safely to her targets and back again. / Best wishes from the navigator / James H. Scholl / Gonzales Texas" The co-pilot's inscription reads "Hello Billie - / We are all waiting for the day that we can introduce you to the "Billie B." However from the way Joe talks it won't be a fair comparison. We will all be seeing you. / Until then - George L. Goddard / co-pilot". The inscription by S/Sgt. Harold A. Denison Asst Crew Engineer is a charming 4-line attempt at poetry. The other inscriptions are by S/Sgt. Thomas R. Brady Jr. Gunner T/Sgt. Cyril B. Cluff Jr. Radioman/Gunner and S/Sgt. Clifford H. Muhlhausen Asst. Radioman. Below that of S/Sgt. Harold Hutton Justus Crew Engineer is this moving addition by the pilot "Note - / I'd rather fly without one of the engines than leave him on the ground loyal to the crew faithful at his work and loves the ship as I do -- the Air Corps has none as good - the country none better - / J.R.L." In addition the pilot has annotated 49 of the 60 B&W photos the accompany Steinbeck's journalistic account of the training of a typical flight crew. The notes are often amusing: the captions of pictures of a B-17 and a B-24 on facing pages were modified to read "Boeing B-17E commonly known as the Flying Fortress Junk Heaps" and "Consolidated B-24 commonly known as the Liberator Billie 'B'"; in many cases they are merely informative aimed at telling her name sake about crew activities and features of the plane; and sometimes touching beneath the chapter opening photograph of a pilot 1st Lt. Littlepage has added "And don't think he's not scared". The only members not represented are 1st Lt. Leonard Barton Conway Bombadier and S/Sgt. William Posledni Gunner. The newly commissioned B-24 Liberator Bomber "Billie B" 42-40076 was assigned to the 13th Air Force 307th Bombardment Group "The Long Rangers" 370th Bomber Squadron and was first stationed at Carney Field Guadalcanal on May 29 1943 with this crew flying missions until July 3 when the plane was grounded for repairs. On July 6 the 10-man crew was assigned to another plane for a bombing mission to Bougainville Island and the plane and crew was lost at sea on its way back from the Philippines. The "Billie B" was assigned to a replacement crew and went on to serve valiantly in the South Pacific until the end of August 1944. . <br/><br/> The Viking Press hardcover books
