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Ex-library book with usual (but minimal) marks and stamps. A clean tight copy with unmarked boards and slight rubbing to spine ends. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn with very light rubbing to edges and fading to spine and immediate margins of both covers. 96pp. An examination of the story of newspapers, radio and television in the North West of England.
590 p. + Portrait plates + Added chromolithographed title page. Thick 8vo. 22 cm. Original deeply embossed cloth binding, somewhat worn at extremities. Some foxing and age stain. Private library labels. Olive Logan was the daughter of a famous actor, dramatist, and theater manager who was most active in Ohio and the mid-West. She was a child actress who went on to a long stage career. She suppleme nted her income by working as a journalist, and later as a lecturer. Some of her accounts of the stage were sensational. As she unfolds her memoirs she gives a great many little details about the art of stage craft and the state of the American theater in the latter half of the 19th century. Much of this is accomplished by her portrayals of the great stage personalities of the age. She also tries to redeem the actors' profession from the still wide-held belief that it was immoral and dishonorable. "If (my work) strips off some of the 'gauze and vanity' from the 'show world' I hope it a l so e xhibits that world in a fairer and juster light to many who have hitherto looked on it with ungenerous and unenlightened eyes" -- From the Preface. LOC :W140-148
176 p. + Frontis and Full page color plates. Original cloth binding. Original priced dust jacket slightly rubbed at edges. First Edition. As New. John Durang stands out in early American theater and dance. Born in York, PA, in 1768, he was, "charming, practical" and "extremely versatile" (acting, as well as dancing hornpipes, harlequins, rough versions of classical ballets, and even circus clowning). He also had lots of children who lived "the theater life" just like their dad, establishing a long line of Durang performing artists - including the contemporary playwright Christopher Durang, who lives in Bucks County. Durang was "the first native-born American to win widespread recognition as a dancer." PA 17
141p. Frontis. Illustrations by Nelson Hahne. 8vo. Original slightly stained full grey cloth binding. Paper label. Chanin's Studio Magic label. A collection of miscelaneous Magic tricks, sleight of hand, with cards, coins, cigarettes, etc. Illustrated with the superb illustrations by Nelson Hahne. From the working magic library of Bill Lieberman (Master of Magic) MAG 3
pp. 239 +Plus Frontispiece and 7 plates of wood engravings. 16mo. 220mm. Original publisher's full red cloth binding decorated in gilt. Spine decorated and lettered in gilt. Rear board in gilt also. All edges gilt. Boards damp stained and worn around the edges. Spine heavily rubbed and gilt faded. Wear at head and base of spine. Corners bumped. Contents lightly foxed. Some of the super visible at the hub of the spine. Hardbound. Very Good with all plates. Horatio Hastings Weld (1811-1888) was an American author, newspaper editor and minister.[1] In 1845 he became an Episcopal minister. Weld was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1811. In 1845, Weld was ordained a minister in the Episcopal Church. He would serve as rector of St. James Episcopal Church of Downingtown, Pennsylvania, Trinity Church of Moorestown, New Jersey and Christ Church of Riverton, New Jersey. Weld's books include The Women of the Scriptures (1848); Life of Christ (1850); and Sacred and Poetical Quotations (1851). Weld worked with several publications, include the Brother Jonathan and the short-lived Evening Tattler in New York City. Weld died in Riverton in 1888. NW51
pp. vi, 234 (4)["Books just Published by J. Newbery. and W. Frederick, Bath"] + Engraved frontis portrait of Nash by Anthony Walker after William Hoare. 8vo. Age stained. Contemporary full leather binding, boards detached. Mildly XLib. NOTE: With two autograph ownerships of: Joseph Bloomfield (1753-1823), New Jersey lawyer, Revolutionary War soldier, judge, and political leader. He and his wife supported a variety of social causes, with Joseph serving as president of the first Society for the Abolition of Slavery, organized in Burlington, NJ in 1783. In 1789, he donated a small plot of land to house the Library Company of Burlington. Bloomfield served as Mayor of Burlington from 1795 to 1800, and he went on to serve as Governor of New Jersey from 1801 to 1802 and 1803 to 1812, then returned to military service as a Brigadier General in the War of 1812. After the war, he finished his political career as a U.S. Congressional Representative from 1817 to 1821. Biography of the undisputed King of Bath, which Newbery commissioned to one of his favorite writers, Oliver Goldsmith (though he goes unmentioned in this first edition). Richard Nash (1674-1762), English dandy, better known as "Beau Nash," was born at Swansea. He was descended from an old family of good position, but his father from straitened means had become partner in a glass business. Young Nash was educated at Carmarthen Grammar school and at Jesus College, Oxford. He obtained a commission in the army, which, however, he soon exchanged for the study of law at the Temple. Here among "wits and men of pleasure" he came to be accepted as an authority in regard to dress, manners and style. When the members of the Inns of Court entertained William III after his accession, Nash was chosen to conduct the pageant at the Middle Temple. This duty he performed so much to the satisfaction of the king that he was offered knighthood, but he declined the honor, unless accompanied by a pension. As the king did not take the hint, Nash found it necessary to turn gamester. The pursuit of his calling led him in 1705 to Bath, where he had the good fortune almost immediately to succeed Captain Webster as master of the ceremonies. His qualifications for such a position were unique, and under his authority reforms were introduced which rapidly secured to Bath a leading position as a fashionable watering-place. He drew up a new code of rules for the regulation of balls and assemblies, abolished the habit of wearing swords in places of public amusement and brought duelling into disrepute, induced gentlemen to adopt shoes and stockings in parades and assemblies instead of boots, reduced refractory chairmen to submission and civility, and introduced a tariff for lodgings. Through his exertions a handsome assembly-room was also erected, and the streets and public buildings were greatly improved. Nash adopted an outward state corresponding to his nominal dignity. He wore an immense white hat as a sign of office, and a dress adorned with rich embroidery, and drove in a chariot with six greys, laced lackeys and French horns. When the act of parliament against gambling was passed in 1745, he was deprived of an easy though uncertain means of subsistence, but the corporation afterwards granted him a pension of six score guineas a year, which, with the sale of his snuff-boxes and other trinkets, enabled him to support a certain faded splendour till his death. He was honored with a public funeral at the expense of the town. Notwithstanding his vanity and impertinence, the tact, energy and superficial cleverness of Nash won him the patronage and notice of the great. He was a man of strong personality, and considerably more able than Beau Brummell, whose prototype he was. First edition with all of the correct points. Rothschild 1022; Tinker 1093. The early American ownership adds substantial interest to this curious book. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W144
524 p. + Portrait Frontis + 4 p. Publisher's advertisements. Damp stained. 8vo. Original gold decorated publisher's cloth binding, worn. Corners worn with loss. Spine worn with loss at head and tail. A contemporary account of the great actor's life and thoughts. Sadly, this is a reading copy only. PA 9
in inglese tela edit. con sovrac. ill., timbro di appartenenza
322 pages. "Sure to create many new players with a real understanding of what bridge is all about." - Alan Truscott, Bridge Editor, New York Times. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this popular work. Book
324p. Text illustrations by Al Kilgore. Tall 8vo. Original printed wraps. Text ruled with magic marker. From the working magic library of Bill Lieberman (Master of Magic) MAG 2
Minor shelfwear. Light foxing. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). DJ has edgewear and a few small tears ; Looks at the history of the dance of the chorus rather than its words, in so far as we can apprehend it from the metre, which controlled the feet of the dancers as well as organizing the words of the song, and in so far as we can see it on Greek vases and reliefs. ; 240 pages
bross. edit. ill., allegati CD «Pordenone for holidays» e brochure pieghevole «Guida ufficiale dello Stato di Naon» EditNaon 1ma edizione - prima edizione - illustrazioni in b.n. fuori testo
in inglese in 4°, bross. edit. ill., tracce d'uso in cop., minime rotture al dorso, firma di appartenenza
Very dusty with stain around spine foot. 188pp. Entertaining Companion for Town and Country and The Boys and Girls Treasury.
pp. 218 +Frontispiece, vignette title page and 6 plates of engravings, 6 pages of lithographs, and 2 sheets of music. 16mo. 250mm. Original publisher's full brown textured cloth binding decorated in blind and gilt. Spine decorated and lettered in gilt. Rear board in blind. All edges gilt. Boards chipped and wear around the edges. Spine heavily rubbed and gilt faded. Wear at head and base of spine. Corners fraying. Contents lightly foxed. Binding coming loose. Spine looks repaired with glue or finish. Hardbound. Good. NW51
Four Volumes. Individual pagination for each character studied. Numerous full page illustrations. Text foxed. Printed booklabel of J. Wheeler on all front paste downs. 175mm. Original full leather bindings, very worn with some boards detached. First edition. A great resource for tales of remarkable individuals, including: dwarves; misers; transvestites; con-artists; circus curiosities; actors; &c. VERIA BX 2
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with slight creasing to upper edge. 128pp. An illustrated in-depth biography of the Corrs who created a vibrant face of Irish music with traditional reels and rigs and contemporary pop.
309p. Hardcover Very good condition good
96 pages, illustrated. eng
n. 81 in 16°, bross. edit. ill., lievi pieghe in cop.
pp. 399 + Illustrations. Color printed title page. 4to. Original cloth binding. Faded. Includes articles on: Lindbergh; Isadora Duncan; Russia; Hoover; Robert E. Lee; World War One; Hoboes; Finances; Suffrage; Mexico; Science Weather; Etc. & etc. The format is based on Hubbard's 'Scrap Book' but the content is entirely different and unique. Quite interesting. .
pp. 127 +frontis portrait and 8 portraits of various noble women (This copy lacking 4 of 8 plates). 16mo. 250mm. Original publisher's full light blue cloth binding decorated in gilt. Spine similarly lettered in gilt. Rear board resembles front. All edges gilt. Boards mildly damp stained and soiled around the edges. Spine browned, rubbed and worn at head and base. Corners bumped. Contents heavily stained and lightly foxed in places. Hardbound. Good. NW51
80p. Highly illustrated. 8vo. Original printed wraps, slightly soiled. Very scarce. From the working magic library of Bill Lieberman (Master of Magic) **PRICE JUST REDUCED! MAG 2
trad. di Emilio Castellani bross. edit. ill. con bandelle
trad. di Paola Eletta Leoni e Giovanni Riva bross. edit. ill.
