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19681505401968. Original album of this iconic work boldly signed by legendary musician Pete Townshend on the front panel. In very good condition. Record is included. Magic Bus: The Who on Tour is a 1968 compilation album by the British rock band The Who released exclusively in the United States by Decca Records. Despite the title’s implication of a live performance the album does not feature concert recordings; rather it assembles previously released studio tracks from earlier albums and singles such as “Run Run Run†“Doctor Doctor†and the hit single “Magic Bus.†Issued to capitalize on the commercial momentum generated by the success of that single the compilation served as a marketing strategy to sustain The Who’s growing popularity in the American market. While not considered part of the band’s core discography by the members themselves Magic Bus: The Who on Tour remains an interesting artifact of late-1960s rock culture and the record industry’s efforts to package and promote British Invasion artists to a transatlantic audience. unknown
1708K9SEABNZ7Y5VParis 1708. 12mo. widow of François Muguet Contemporary mottled calf richly gold-tooled spine with red title-label marbled endpapers red edges. 24 485 4 3 blank pp. First edition of the second French translation of a history of the conquest of Spain by the Moors detailing events from 712 to 761 CE a description of Spain during the same period and a biography of Almanzor ca. 938-1002 the Islamic ruler of the Iberian Peninsula at that time. "This was a false chronicle halfway between a history and a novel of chivalry supposedly translated from an Arabic manuscript by a fictitious historian called Tarif Abentarique that Luna had found in El Escorial" García-Arenal & Mediano. In the account first published in 1592 the Iberian Peninsula is saved by the Arab newcomers from a state of evil and corruption under the Visigoth rulers. Luna's account is a defence of Arab culture in Spain independently of the religion of Islam and particularly defending the Arabic language. "His writings attempt to reimagine the origins and history of Christianity in the Peninsula such that its inhabitants of Arab origin may be seen as "natural" or "native" .; therefore they cannot be expelled as alien invaders . but rather and above all may aspire to honors and privileges" García-Arenal & Mediano.Miguel de Luna ca. 1550-1615 was a Spanish physician of Arabic descent who also published a treatise on bathing. Known for his knowledge of Arabic he worked as a translator for King Philip II of Spain and the Spanish Inquisition.With owner's inscriptions on the back of the first fly-leaf and the title-page. Binding lightly worn at the extremities; with a few spots; a good copy.l Brunet I cols. 16-17; García-Arenal & Mediano The orient in Spain pp. 155-164; not in Blackmer. unknown
55675Brighton: The Moon Society after 1920 before 1953. Oblong folio 28.5 × 34.5 cm. Contemporary half-cloth over marbled boards; 57 leaves of embossed text in Moon type. In lieu of a title page a leaf with transcribed raised alphabet is included: "A Simplified System of Embossed Reading for the Use of the Blind Invented by William Moon L.L.D &c.". Dedication sticker to inside front board: "Embossed by the Moon Society for the British and Foreign Bible Society". Boards lightly scuffed and soiled; corners bumped; some fraying to lower hinges; toned throughout due to stock; still about very good. Volume one of two of the Gospel According to St. John embossed in Moon type a form of raised type for the visually impaired based on the Latin alphabet developed in 1843-1845 by Dr. William Moon 1818-1894. The only non-Braille system that survives to this day Moon type is most popular among the elderly and readers who went blind later in life as was the case with Moon himself. Born in Kent Moon learned to read by sight first before losing his vision completely by the age of 21. With the loss of vision he also gave up his plans to join the clergy becoming instead a teacher for the blind and a philanthropist. As a teacher Moon focused on the development of the new raised type based on the simplified Latin characters which were easier to remember for those who knew letters by sight but were less spatially economical than the Braille system. The first Moon type book appeared in 1847. To promote the new system Moon founded and funded the Moon Society in Brighton Sussex publishing primarily devotional books during his lifetime. His ambitious project to release the entirety of the Bible in monthly instalments was completed in 1858 printed in 60 volumes. The present volume of the the Gospel According to St. John appears to be a later edition of the original instalment. "When Dr. Moon died in 1894 over 500 titles were printed in his type in over 419 languages and dialects" See: Gabriel Farell The Story of Blindness p. 103. Notably the geographic breadth of the use of the Moon type followed British colonial interests in India and China. <br /> <br /> In the United States the Moon system competed with and superseded the initially more popular embossed Boston Line Type. Developed in the 1830s and used extensively at the Perkins School for the Blind in Massachusetts Boston Line Type was similarly based on the Latin alphabet. Moon first promoted his system with a traveling tour he undertook in the US with his daughter Adelaide Moon in 1880s. His son the ophthalmologist Robert Moon emigrated to Philadelphia in the same period and continued to promote his father's system by publishing the Moon magazine starting in 1905 and helping to manage the Moon Society until his death 1914. The present volume was apparently published in Brighton at the Queens's Road address where the Moon Society was based 1915-1960 and where Moon lived with his family prior to his death with this volume most likely published in the 1920s based on the binding and paper.<br /> <br /> As of May 2026 KVK OCLC show one copy of St. John's Gospel published in Moon type at Cambridge University with no holdings in North America. unknown
17682111902160200226Kikuya 1768. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Kikuya paperback
<p>2 volumi, 17 cm, rilegatura dell'epoca in cartone ricoperto con carta marmorizzata, tagli spruzzati. p. 246, 1 cb; 280, 1 cb. Doppio rontespizio calcografico all'inizio dei volumi, con vignetta (uomo che con una lente scruta il mappamondo); Rara prima edizione italiana curata dall'autore (prima edizione: Amsterdam 1761). Romanzo utopico che racconta del viaggio fantastico di un uomo partito dalle cascate del Niagara su una strana nave volante diretta a Selenopoli, città ideale sulla luna. Fresco esemplare, mimimo lavoro di tarlo alle copertine che si ferma alle risguardie.</p>
178411727Madrid: Antonio de Sancha 1784. Madrid Antonio de Sancha 1784-1783. En 4º. 3 obras en un volumen. -I: xl-481 pp. -II: xvi-xxxii-112 pp. -III: 4 68 pp. Encuadernación de la época en pasta española lomera con doble hilo dorado en las calles y dos tejuelos en marroquén verde y rojo con letreria dorada. Segunda edición de la famosa crónica de D. Alvaro de Luna la primera impresa en Milán en 1546 aparece aquà publicada por Antonio de Sancha sobre buen papel y linda tipografÃa con un estudio y varios apéndices. Acompañan a esta crónica otras dos obras: el Seguro de Tordesillas escrito por Pedro Fernández de Velasco y el Libro del Passo Honroso defendido por Suero de Quiñones compilado de un libro antiguo por Juan de Pineda. Si bien en ocasiones aparecen sueltas estas obras suelen reunirse en un volúmen como el que aquà presentamos formando parte de la colección de crónicas inpresas por Antonio de Sancha. Muy buen ejemplar vestido con su encuadernación original de fuerte papel y amplios márgenes generalmente limpio salvo alguna pequeña mancha ocasional. Antonio de Sancha hardcover
1885003201Léon Vanier, 1885
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H6404Hardcover. Very Good. All housed in handsome folding blue cloth box. From the estate of Irwin's two first cousins Olive Irwin and Edith Irwin Baum both long-term employees at Gulf Oil. Irwin served as the Lunar Module pilot for Apollo 15 1971 4th manned moon landing and was the eighth person to ever walk on the moon -- and the only one from Pittsburgh. After a controversy regarding the sale of First Day Covers hand-canceled during the flight he and two other crew members resigned from NASA after being officially reprimanded. He then became ordained as a Baptist minister and established a faith-based organization called the High Flight Foundation with headquarters in Colorado Springs. Later in life he became convinced that with aerial surveillance he could locate the remains of Noah's Ark on Mt. Ararat and made several trips to Turkey to continue his search. Both Olive and Edith went to Cape Canaveral to witness the July 1971 Apollo 15 takeoff and retained lots of publications and ephemera from their time there. 1 AUTOGRAPHED MATERIAL: Letter to Edith from Irwin dated April 11 1979 on local topics and support for his Uplift program signed "Love from Beyond the Earth Jim." Program from the irish Genealogical Association 1983 hosting of Irwin's talk "Footprints on the Moon" inscribed to Olive. And a typed 1 page Christmas letter from 1978 from Jim Irwin's mother Elsie to Edith and her husband. 2 PHOTOS: Eight original snapshots of the takeoff with the negatives and the original envelope; two small b&w studio shots of Jim Irwin; three original color photos -- Jim with Edith and Olive Jim with his wife; and Jim with his mother Edith and Olive. There is also a photo of Jim Irwin and his family and two 8x10 color photos from NASA of the crew of Apollo 15. 3 PUBLICATIONS: Menu from Stouffer's Restaurant from July 11 1969 detailing what the crew of Apollo 11 would be eating while in 21-day quarantine to insure they didn't bring back any harmful organisms from the moon!; The Gulf Oilmanac 10/71 with cover story on the adventures of Edith and Olive in Florida; Apollo 15 -- 6 pp. NASA brochure giving specifics about the flight printed in browntone 2 copies; Florida's Space Coast July 1971 Guide 32 pp. illustrated guide to hotels restaurants etc.; International Moonwalk Festival '71 50 pp. guide of things to do in Florida during the ten days of flight with added bonus of a Moonwalk Festival bumper sticker; Apollo 15 the Celestial Endeavor 15 pp many of the pages fold out published by McDonnell Douglas giving even more specifics and statistics on the flight. With Edith's address sticker on first page; Guideposts March 1972 with cover story by Irwin "Mission to the Heart of Creation." 4 HIGH FLIGHT FOUNDATION: copies of "Apogee" A Program of God Everywhere for Everyone from April 1977 to September 1981 -- just a handful of issues by no means a run -- and newsletters from the foundation from mid-1983 to 1990 that do seem fairly complete. 5 NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS. More than two dozen clippings from various papers 1972 to 1991 his obituary. 6 MISCELLANEOUS other publications related to Irwin's activities ephemera and brochures. PLEASE NOTE THESE CAME FROM THE HOME OF A SMOKER AND AND HAVE A DEEP RESIDUAL ODOR. hardcover
229666Los Angeles: Bright Dot Publications 1980. First edition. Photographs in color by Susie Tracy daughter of SPENCER TRACY. 1 vols. 8 X 8 inches. Printed pictorial wrappers with color reproduction of Pritt on upper cover. First edition. Photographs in color by Susie Tracy daughter of SPENCER TRACY. 1 vols. 8 X 8 inches. A touching copy rich with Tracy-Hepburn associations featuring the photographs of Spencer Tracy's daughter Susie b. 1934 to illustrate the life of a favorite deaf cat. This copy is inscribed by Hepburn to her agent Freya Manston: <br /> "For Freya & her Cats<br /> "with affection<br /> "Kate"<br /> <br /> Spencer Tracy's first-born son John was born deaf; Tracy's wife Louise with Spencer's support and encouragement founded the famous John Tracy Clinic in honor of their son. It opened in 1942 the same year that Hepburn and Tracy began their legendary association. Bright Dot Publications unknown
1980229666Los Angeles: Bright Dot Publications 1980. First edition. Photographs in color by Susie Tracy daughter of SPENCER TRACY. 1 vols. 8 X 8 inches. Printed pictorial wrappers with color reproduction of Pritt on upper cover. First edition. Photographs in color by Susie Tracy daughter of SPENCER TRACY. 1 vols. 8 X 8 inches. From Hepburn to her Agent: Tracy's Daughter's Cat Photos. A touching copy rich with Tracy-Hepburn associations featuring the photographs of Spencer Tracy's daughter Susie b. 1934 to illustrate the life of a favorite deaf cat. This copy is inscribed by Hepburn to her agent Freya Manston: <br/>"For Freya & her Cats<br/> "with affection<br/> "Kate"<br/><br/>Spencer Tracy's first-born son John was born deaf; Tracy's wife Louise with Spencer's support and encouragement founded the famous John Tracy Clinic in honor of their son. It opened in 1942 the same year that Hepburn and Tracy began their legendary association. Bright Dot Publications unknown books
192964057Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill 1929. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Slight crease on the spine else fine in a nice very good plus spine-faded dust jacket with some rubbing at the extremities. The author's first book basis for the George Hill film Min and Bill with a screenplay by Frances Marion and Marion Jackson and featuring Marie Dressler and Wallace Beery in their first foray as an unlikely romantic duo. Dressler won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as Min over fellow nominees Irene Dunne Marlene Dietrich Norma Shearer and Ann Harding. The Dressler-Beery partnership proved so appealing that they were reunited three years later in both Tugboat Annie and Dinner at Eight. Lorna Moon bore a son out of wedlock to director William DeMille with the child being raised by Cecil B. DeMille. After the child was born Moon was in dire straits and her close friends Frances Marion and Mary Pickford helped to get the book published and successfully pushed to have the film made although Moon died soon afterward. Extremely uncommon. Bobbs-Merrill hardcover
178311679Madrid: Antonio de Sancha 1783. First Edition - Primera edición. Hardcover - Tapa dura. 260x190mm. 10¼x7½". Madrid Antonio de Sancha 1783-1784. 3 obras en un volumen. En folio menor 260 x 190mm. -I: xl-481 pp. -II: xvi-xxxii-112 pp. -III: vi pp. 1 h. 68 pp. Encuadernación del siglo diecinueve en holandesa piel lomera con rica decoración romántica en dorado. Segunda edición de la famosa crónica de D. Alvaro de Luna la primera impresa en Milán en 1546 aparece aquí publicada por Antonio de Sancha sobre buen papel y linda tipografía con un estudio y varios apéndices. Acompañan a esta crónica otras dos obras: el Seguro de Tordesillas escrito por Pedro Fernández de Velasco y el Libro del Passo Honroso defendido por Suero de Quiñones compilado de un libro antiguo por Juan de Pineda. Si bien en ocasiones aparecen sueltas estas obras suelen reunirse en un volúmen como el que aquí presentamos formando parte de la colección de crónicas inpresas por Antonio de Sancha. Referencias: Palau 64901 y 56377; Salvá 2890 y 2900 Antonio de Sancha hardcover
1976mon0000946592T.F.H. 1/1/1976 12:00:00 AM. paperback. Good. in x in x in. T.F.H. paperback
192961586The Bobbs-Merrill Co 1929-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Very Good- in Good dust jacket; Contents are tight; inscription with hand written poem on ffep; some soiling to lower corner; dust jacket shows some chipping/tears to ends of spine; PICTURE UPON REQUEST!; Hard Cover; Bobbs-Merrill Company Inc.; 1929; 0 The Bobbs-Merrill Co hardcover
1989CBS-9780824779931Taylor & Francis 1989. New. Taylor & Francis unknown
1989CBS-9780824779931Taylor & Francis 1989. New. Taylor & Francis unknown
1929337167Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill 1929. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Corners rubbed else a very good or better copy lacking the dust jacket. Copy number 11 of 100 numbered copies Signed by the author as well as additionally Signed on the limitation page by actress Mary Pickford and by the book's dedicatee Frances Marion. Author's first book basis for the George Hill film Min and Bill with a screenplay by Frances Marion and Marion Jackson and featuring Marie Dressler and Wallace Beery in their first foray as an unlikely romantic duo. Dressler won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as Min over fellow nominees Irene Dunne Marlene Dietrich Norma Shearer and Ann Harding. The Dressler-Beery partnership proved so appealing that they were reunited three years later in both Tugboat Annie and Dinner at Eight. Lorna Moon bore a son out of wedlock to director William DeMille with the child being raised by Cecil B. DeMille. After the child was born Moon was in dire straits and her close friends Marion and Pickford helped to get the book published and successfully pushed to have the film made although Moon died soon afterward. Bobbs-Merrill hardcover
19060137971906. Print. Sepia-toned silver gelatin print of a Karl Moon photograph on canvas board signed and dated by Moon. Item is in very good condition but has not been examined out of shrink wrap. Print has light wear to all edges and the top right corner is missing a small piece of the board behind the canvas. Print measures 14" by 17 1/2" and depicts a rider on horseback in a desert landscape. Karl Moon has signed the print in the lower left corner in black ink. Karl Moon was a painter photographer and illustrator who operated a photo studio in Albuquerque New Mexico until 1907 and made pictorial studies of Native Americans in the region. Image is slightly cropped with some glare more photos upon request. ; Signed by Photographer . unknown books
1938BB083<p>MOON William 1818–1894:</p><p><i>Moon Christmas Annual</i>. 1938. </p><p>London: Moon Society 1938. Printed in embossed Moon type for the blind a simplified system of embossed reading for the Use of the Blind.Oblong Folio printed throughout with "Moon type" title; 1 85 ff.; publisher's brown cartridge stiff wrappers lettered spine label.The present Christmas Annual for 1938 printed as a gift by the Moon Society includes holiday themed poetry and stories. A most unusual Christmas gift annual.</p><p><b>William Moon</b> contracted smallpox as a young child and by age 22 had lost his sight completely. Frustrated by the quality of embossed reading systems he had tried he developed his own system based on roman lettering with portions of the letters omitted in order to make the characters more discernible to the touch. Moon's system was easy to master particularly for those who had learned to read before losing their sight and it became very successful. However nowadays examples are rarely encountered.</p> Moon Society paperback books
In -4°, pp. (4), 74, b. A fine original document about the calendar reform.
This very special issue contains two items of major significance. Jack London's prize-winning "What Communities Lose by the Competitive System" appears here for the first time on pages 58-64. This is immediately followed by Part I of "The First Men in the Moon" by H.G. Wells on pages 65-80. pp. [16] ads, 104, [8] plates, [36] ads, [6] cartoons, [10] ads. The dozens and dozens of illustrated ads, some of which are in color, are nothing short of spectacular, our favorite being the four-page two-color glossy illustrated ad for The "Mobile" Company of America, an early and short-lived automaker located on Kingsland Point at Tarrytown-On-The-Hudson, New York. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A well-preserved copy of this spectacular issue. Woodbridge, London & Tweney [Enlarged Edition] #909. Book
188 pages. Cover illustration by Lawrence Smith Beall of outdoor ballet at the St. Louis Municipal Opera Theatre. Features: Nice colour Lincoln ad inside front cover features a cream-colored two-door with black roof and red interior; Many pages of gorgeous fashion ads with color and black and white photos; The Story of St. Louis - article with photo of the Joseph Pulitzer IV family, Mrs. Warren Shapleigh and daughters, guests at the home of Joseph L. Werner, and more; Years of the Prophet (The Veiled Prophet Ball) - article with photos of Susie Slayback, Mrs. Oscar H. Vieths, Alice Busch, Mary Virginia Collins, Rosalie McRee and Mary Kennard Wallace; Fair Saint Louisans - fashion photos of Mrs. Henry Rand, Mrs. H. Hanford Smith, Jr., Carol Moon GardnerMrs. Rumsey Ewing, Mr. and Mrs. John Peil, Mrs. Eugene F. Williams, Jr.(the former Evelyn Niedringhaus), Jane Genry Shelton, Sally Shepley, Mrs. J.H. Howe III, Marty Marion of the St. Louis Browns with Mrs. Edward Bakewell Jr., Mrs. Theodore P. Desloge, Mrs. Thomas Pettus with sons Peter and Teddy, Mrs. Russell Lortz, Mrs. John Brodhead, Jr., Mrs. David Calhoun, Mrs. James Hudson Jones (formerly Mary Elizabeth Robertson), Mrs. Jackson Johnson III, and Mrs. Elzey M. Roberts, Jr.; Music in the Missouri Air; Citadel of Art; 23 Westmoreland Place - photos of the residence of Mr. and Mrs. H.B. Mathews, Jr., built by architect G.E. Henderson; Selma Hall (photos); Age of Fable; Fashion photos of the Baronessa De Reutern Aloisi and Contessa Simonetta Visconti, Principessa Lola Giovannelli, and Comtesse Nicolas Cziraky; Paris fashion photos; Photos from the third annual Belmont Ball and a party for Richard Rodgers; St. Louis Fare; September fashion photos; Photos of the Cleveland ball for Beth Wagley, daughter of Mrs. John S. Lucas; several pages of high-end real estate listings, and more. Page 57 nearly loose, otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this stunning snapshot of high society in 1952 St. Louis. Book
1858170653Landport: Annett and Robinson 1858. First edition of Moon's account of the shipwreck and aftermath of the Osprey as a steward on the ship. This work is institutionally rare outside Australasia appearing in five libraries only. The Osprey was a part of the 1844 experimental squadron to test new technology on ships and was equipped with 12 guns instead of the usual 10. She was sent to New Zealand to assist the British in the Flagstaff War but arrived after the conflict had ended and was redirected north. The ship was wrecked on 11 March 1846 after mistaking the Herekino Heads for the entrance to the Hokianga River due to poor weather conditions. "The vessel stands upright on her keel in the sand and is but slightly injured the heel of the keel only being knocked away. The stores are being landed and the crew are assisted by 150 natives who are well disposed and behave very friendly and peaceably" The Times. The crew's lieutenant Octavius Benthall alongside four men attempted to sail in a pinnace to reach Hokianga. Unfortunately they never made it and their boat was discovered nine miles from their destination. The remaining crew lived in tents on the beach for about seven weeks helped by local Mori people. "A second smaller ship the Aurora was dispatched to provide assistance and succour to the crew of the Osprey though incredibly she met the same fate as the Osprey being driven ashore by mad winds after her anchor chain snapped. The Aurora came to rest alongside the wreck of the very ship she was meant to assist. Adding insult to injury and compounding the black humour of the situation there was nobody around when the Aurora made land as the Osprey crew had already left embarking on a gruelling sodden tramp over rugged country south to the Hokianga and then on to the Bay of Islands" New Zealand Herald. WorldCat locates copies outside of Australasia at the University of Oxford the University of California Los Angeles the University of Hawaii Butler University and Dartmouth College. Small octavo. With information slip on the author tipped in before title page. Original purple cloth. Cloth soiled and stained spine cocked and sunned extremities bumped shadow of former title label on front cover endpapers cockled. A very good copy. "Wreck of Her Majesty's Brig Osprey" The Times Sept. 1846. Bill Edwards "Another dimension to Blacksmiths Bay" New Zealand Herald June 2016. hardcover
