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1934239269New York: New Masses Inc 1934. 30p. paper browned wraps worn and foxed else good condition. Contributers include Paul Novick and William F. Dunne. New Masses, Inc unknown books
185425890Boston / Cleveland: John P. Jewett / Jewett Proctor and Worthington 1854. Paper wrappers. A clean copy without the blue wrappers. 42 pp. Pamphlet. Attributed to Samuel R. Phillips by Halkett & Laing. Attributed to George W. Bungay in Brown University Dict. Cat. of the Harris Coll. Vol. 2. LCP Afro-Americana 1795. Halkett & Laing v. 9 p. 221. John P. Jewett / Jewett, Proctor, and Worthington unknown books
6010Decorative woodcut initials tables in the text & one large engraved folding table heightened in gold & watercolor. 3 p.l. 139 1 pp. Small 8vo cont. red vellum over boards spine faded to white sides richly decorated in gilt a.e.g. fore-edges painted & gauffered. Amsterdam: "Aux depens de la Compagnie" n.d. 1759. First edition in a most attractive decorated binding of this pioneering survey of the Prussian army. Seyfart 1727-86 a military administrator was the first to systematically compose biographies of units and generals in the Prussian army. The present work provides detailed histories of units in the order of their creation. It describes infantry cavalry dragoon hussar garrison skirmisher and grenadier units. The finely engraved and large table approximately 520 mm long notes the name of every regiment in the Prussian army at the beginning of 1759 as well as the rank of each unit's ranking officer the colors of the unit uniform many heightened in gold and the number of men and horses. At the bottom of the table Seyfart determines that the Prussian army consists of 204546 men and 38562 horses in 121 regiments. Fine copy. 18th-century engraved bookplate of Max Emanuel of Toerring-Jettenbach 1715-73 Bavarian nobleman and president of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. hardcover books
1972WRCLIT21626New York: Random House 1972. Printed wrappers. Uncorrected page proofs of the first edition. Label shadow at lower edge else a very nice copy. Random House unknown books
191222953New York: Dreamers Press 1912. First edition. Light blue paper wrappers decorated in brown. Wrappers split at spine chipped at the corners small tear to front edge faint crease to wrapper end paper and title page leaves clean crisp and unmarked. A good or better copy of this scarce item. 2 28 2 p. 8 p. of plates. Illus. with b/w plates. Sm. 8vo. "The Memorie was written at Paris France in the author's twenty-third year; while studying Art at Julians." A long memoir in verse by Louis Michel Eilshemius or Elshemus 1864-1941 a unique American artist rediscovered by Marcel Duchamp in 1917 only a few years before Eilshemius gave up painting. RLIN and OCLC list only five locations for this title. Dreamers Press unknown books
1986139735Santa Monica: Home Box Office HBO 1986. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1986 television movie. <br/><br/>This television movie follows the infamous newsman Edward R. Murrow whose frank condemnation of McCarthy helped put an end to the senator's "witch-hunts." <br/><br/>Shot on location in New York and London. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with a red holograph notation to the recto and to the verso. Home Box Office [HBO] unknown books
19362221679<p>First edition. Octavo. 25 b/w halftone photographs. Dust jacket unclipped; small circular paper label on spine. Very good. 241 pages.</p><p>Signed and inscribed by author on front free endpaper to: "Mr. Dexter California State Superintendent of Schools Sacramento California July 31st 1940 Compliments of Herbert Carolan."</p><p>Also includes trips to Arizona New Mexico Las Vegas Washington Colorado.</p> G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
1911004030Washington DC: The Gridiron Press December 9 1911. First edition. Wraps. Very Good. Inscribed by C.K. Berryman the cartoonist to H.W. Berryman. The inscription states "This book is inscribed by the illustrator C.K. Berryman". 8vo. 20 by 16.5 cm. 74 1 pp. Cartoons are of the political luminaries of the day including many names still recognizable such as Elihu Root William Borah Taft TR Robert LaFolette Gifford Pinchot Henry Stimson Woodrow Wilson and on and on. Clever rhymes for the ABC and then clever variants of well-known nursery rhymes. The drawings capture the persons depicted with great fidelity yet impressive economy. Berryman began his career as an artist for the patent office before joining the staff of "The Washington Post" in 1891 as an understudy for its chief cartoonist then becoming its official cartoonist in 1896. In 1907 he left the Post for "The Washington Star" where he drew cartoons until his death. He is probably best known for inspiring the Teddy Bear. The Gridiron Club was founded in 1885 and remains one of the most prestigious press clubs in the nation. The Gridiron Dinner is an annual rite in Washington often attended by the sitting President. This book is uncommon in the original printing. <br/><br/> The Gridiron Press paperback books
1993230786Nevada City CA: Heidelberg Editions International 1993. Hardcover. l i.e. fifty in Roman numerals 643p. true first edition the "deluxe" hardbound in 11x8.5 inch textured purple cloth boards 2 1/2 inches thick profuse b&w scrapbooking of publicity stills snapshots posters exhibit and journalistic photography. Faux finepress or merely klunky: the fonts are jarring the marbling is real but looks phoney but-- hey a fine clean unmolested copy one of 125 total the copy in hand features a seriograph entitled "Waiting II" signed inconspicuously in pencil. Take it away! Heidelberg Editions International hardcover books
18542657London: Saunders and Otley 1854. First edition. First edition. Octavo. Original blue embossed cloth with gilt design on cover. A very scarce book cited in Quarterly Review: "The book called 'Morbiida'- and which needs no second title- is the production of one who has evidently received his inspiration at second hand. Unable to elaborate it for himself he freely dilutes some of the finest of English poetry." And then in the Eclectic Review "It is sickly and feeble. The author has evidently mistaken his vocation. He might make as times go a creditable man in various professions but Nature in endowing him with a polished mediocrity evidently intended him for anything rather than a poet.". 168 pages. <br/><br/> Saunders and Otley hardcover books
166023678London: Printed by John Redmayne for Philip Chetwin 1660. 1st edition Abbott W. Bib. of O. Cromwell #1060; Halkett and Lang IV 107 attributing the work's publication to Fiennes; Wing W-1988. Period full calf. A Gd copy minor worming to spine/A2 partially detached lower portion/lower corner lacking from leaf E3 does not affect text. Occasional period marginal annotation. 6 112 pp 8vo: A4 -A1 presumed a blank B - 4U4 4X - 4Z2. <br/><br/>Whitelocke's account of the Committee deliberations in which Cromwell ultimately declined to assume the mantle of 'king'. Printed by John Redmayne for Philip Chetwin unknown books
1920002014Paris: H. Floury 1920. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Hansi and Victor Huen. Oblong measuring 32 by 24 cm 12.5 by 9.5 inches. Nostalgic look at Alsatian village of yore and as much of Hansi's writings about the French-ness of the village and demonizing the German occupiers who were only recently driven out at the time this copy was issued. The illustrations exude the naive charm of Hansi's best work whose legacy was to create an enduring visual image of Alsatian life. The decorated cloth boards have soiling and the fabric is worn by the corners and the spine extremities. Inside the pages have age toning but otherwise are clean. <br /><br /> H. Floury hardcover books
189872382London: Luzac & Co 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. The first edition in English. Unlike its predecessors which were based on archaic Persian spoken in India Rosen's Grammar drew on the colloquial language of what was then modern Persia. 400 p. with the publisher's 1893 ads at the rear. Octavo. Original brown cloth binding with black stamping. Though the hinges are cracked the binding is still quite sound. The top edge is dust stained. Some general shelfwear to the boards which are darkened along the spine. Luzac & Co hardcover books
1974RW1085New York:: John Wiley 1974. 1974. Printed in Israel. 8vo. xxvii 1 458 pp. Frontis. portrait figs. index. Black gilt-stamped cloth. Very good. ISBN: 0706513363 Arranged in six parts: I: Largest to medium-scale irreversibilities: the new astrophysical school of unified thermodynamics; II: Smallest-scale irreversibility: T-violations and microscopic irreversibility in elementary particles; III: Continuum and conanical thermodynamics; IV: Classical and relativistic Thermodynamics; V: Micro-instability and statistical mechanics; VI: Philosophical problems in thermodynamics and the theory of time. John Wiley, 1974. hardcover books
197530322San Francisco: The Figures 1975. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Wide stapled wrappers. An slender unpaginated volume of poems by Gold and Young with illustrations by Schiller. A very good example. This is one of 150 copies in hand-made covers. The Figures paperback books
198017160New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1980. 337 pages index; illustrated in color black and white mostly portraiture of Misia executed by various artists and photographers; inscribed & signed by the authors "To Glorious Gloria une femme extraordinaire comme missia with love from Bobby and Arthur" with a small drawn heart & arrow added; Gloria wife of James Jones author of From Here to Eternity was a friend of the dual pianist/author couple; from the dustjacket information: ".one of the most visibly free-spirited of women-her three marriages fascinated and scandalized her world; her taste and influence in art music dance and literature helped set the taste of Paris and therefore the modern world in the period before and after World War I."; some light edge tips wear to the dustjacket; volume in very good condition. . Signed by Author. Third Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Alfred A. Knopf Hardcover books
3396Large engraved vignette on title. Title in red & black. 8 p.l. 626 69 pp. Folio cont. blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards arms on covers effaced. Lyon: J. & P. Prost 1636. First edition Schuh's issue B no stated priority with the dedication to Charles de Neufville. "Very scarce. Compendium of all the author ever discovered or read about the subject of mineralogy. It was published posthumously from notes he left by his Order at Lyon six years after his death. Printed in a double column format in a relatively small type-size the work is a vast storehouse of all things mineralogical including new ideas restatements of earlier authors observations and superstitious belief. The uncritical selection of material led Webster in his Metallographia London 1671 p. 29 to criticize the author as too digressive and as mixing tares with the wheat. Partington thinks the use of the term 'Mineralogia' in the title is the first modern usage of the word. "The work opens by listing the evils and benefits of mineralogy. Mining is considered dangerous because of the lurking underground spirits.the author notes that the study of mineralogy helps one to understand the bible. It provides medicines and money ornaments for religious purposes tools used in agriculture industry painting music and alchemy. Cesi then answers the question he posed earlier and declares mineralogy to be a true philosophy worthy of careful study. "The numerous citations to earlier authors provide evidence of Cesi's wide reading. Commonly many authors are referenced on single points. For example in describing the generation of minerals he closely follows Aristotle but also cites Theophrastus Avicenna Albertus Magnus Agricola Gregorius Reisch Pliny Boodt Francis Rueus Marbode the Bible and numerous church fathers. The author is uncritical of the views he presents and accepts the authority of the ancient and medieval authors as his own. He believes that the Sun Moon and stars influence the subterranean world of minerals and metals and that gems have miraculous curative powers. He includes a chapter on the magnet. "Cesi divides his work into five sections: the first treats mineralogy proper the second the economic and commercial aspects for example colors and pigments the third lapidifying juices of the earth that congeal into minerals the fourth gems and the fifth metals. At the conclusion is a long and thankfully comprehensive index. Much insight about ancient philosophy and its affect in the 17th century can be gained from studying Cesi's Mineralogia."-Schuh Mineralogy & Crystallography: A Biobibliography 1469 to 1920 pp. 358-59. Cesi 1581-1630 was a Jesuit professor at Modena and Parma. A nice copy of a book which is now scarce on the market. ❧ Hoover 214. Partington II p. 94. Schuh 1113. Sinkankas 1221-who inaccurately calls this issue a reprint. Sinkankas knew mineralogy very well but nothing about bibliography. Thorndike VII pp. 254-57. hardcover books
196332759New York: Pocket Books Inc 1963. 1st edition thus. Paperback. Brown edgestain. VG. x 2 242 pp. Advertisements to ffep and rfeps. 6-1/2" x 4-1/4" <br/><br/> Pocket Books Inc paperback books
1972856New York: International Publishers 1972. Hardcover. 322p. first edition very good condition in a slightly shelf worn dj. International Publishers hardcover books
197268978New York: International Publishers 1972. Hardcover. 322p. first edition very good condition. Lacks jacket. International Publishers hardcover books
5444Added engraved title & 40 engraved plates three are folding. 1 p.l. 106 pp. one blank leaf. Small 4to cont. English panelled calf corners renewed rebacked some dampstaining in gutter at foot to first ten leaves. Rome: A. de Rubeis 1703. First separate edition originally published as the second part of the author's Observationes circa viventia 1691. Our edition - which is actually the original printing of the second part with a new title-page - is very rare with only one copy located by WorldCat. Buonanni 1738-1725 one of the most learned Jesuits of his time was a pupil of Athanasius Kircher and succeeded his master as teacher of mathematics at the Collegium Romanum. This work is one of the earliest Italian treatises on microscopy. It contains interesting observations on early microscopes and a precise description of Buonanni's own compound microscopes which are illustrated on two plates. The rest of the plates show objects seen through the microscope including a number of illustrations of insects. "The quality of his illustrations of various insects was excellent - particularly those of the fly louse mite flea and mosquito. Indeed his drawings of the Culex pipiens common house mosquito are the best of the seventeenth century."-D.S.B. II p. 591. Very good copy. Duplicate from the British Museum with their duplicate stamp dated 1787. Armorial bookplate of Sir John Ingilby Bart. 1758-1815 M.P. and Fellow of the Royal Society. ❧ Clay & Court The History of the Microscope pp. 84-86. Garrison-Morton 264-1st ed. of 1691. unknown books
19041269Chicago: Rand McNally 1904. About very good. Folding map approximately 21 x 27.5 inches. Original wallet-style printed wrappers. Light wear to wraps; a few short separations along fold lines. Light tanning. Uncommon cartographic promotional for this early 20th-century mining company with operations near Cananea and Magdalena in the Northern Mexican state of Sonora. The Rand McNally map is overprinted in red to show the locations of Greene Consolidated Gold Company properties as well as major railroad lines across the country. A special inset titled "Topographical Map of the Eastern Portion of the State of Sonora Showing the Operating and Projected Railways with Relation to the Property of the Grene Consolidated Gold Co. and Other Important Mining Districts" provides a magnified view of the region where the company operated and also shows other significant commercial mining ventures in this part of Sonora as well as planned railroad construction in the area. A brief promotional text and additional information about the business are printed on the wrappers which also incorporate a tear-off order form for stock in the company. Rand McNally unknown books
1889JC4966Paris: Aux Depens de la Compagnie 1889. Hardcover. Near Fine. Gilt-ruled half red morocco and marbled paper gilt-stamped lettering and ornament on compartmented spine 5 raised bands top edge gilt. Near fine just a few tiny bumps or scuffs here and there along edges of boards. A pretty little volume of lesbian erotica. <br/><br/> Aux Depens de la Compagnie hardcover books
5035Woodcut printer's device on titles. 4 p.l. xxvii 1 368 pp.; 547 pp. Large 4to cont. Italian red morocco covers of Vol. II a little rubbed sides richly gilt with the arms of Pope Clement XIV in gilt in center of each cover spines richly gilt each tooled slightly differently a.e.g. Faenza: G.A. Archi 1769. First edition and a very handsome set with the arms of Pope Clement XIV on covers of the first bio-bibliographical guide to the writers of Ravenna; about 2500 works by more than 600 authors are included. Ginanni 1698-1774 the learned Italian bibliographer and historian was a professor in Florence and then in Ravenna where he developed a great knowledge of Italian history and writers. He formed an important collection of books and medals and was a member of many academic societies. Very fine set. Stamp on titles of the Biblioteca Piervissana on titles. From the library of A.R.A. Hobson with bookplate. ❧ Besterman 5346. N.B.G. Vol. 20 cols. 570-71. unknown books
17091897London: Printed for E. Sanger at the Post-House at the Middle Temple-Gate E. Curll at the Peacock without Temple-Bar and J. Pemberton at the Golden-Buck against St. Dunstan's-Church Fleet-Street 1709. 1st edition. Period full panelled calf binding. Red speckled edges. Wear to base of binding's boards. Joint leather starting. Bookplate to front paste-down and period inscription to ffep. Unobtrusive worming to gutter of last 8 gatherings. An About VG - VG copy. 6 vii 1 blank 101 101 - 112 112 105 - 162 161 - 164 167 - 212 213 - 226 213 - 310 32 pp. Initial imprimatur leaf. Text continuous despite paginatiron irregularities. 31 page Index at rear with Publisher advert last page. Head- tailpieces. Decorative initial captial letters. Folio. 13-3/4" x 8-3/8" <br/><br/> Printed for E. Sanger at the Post-House at the Middle Temple-Gate, E. Curll at the Peacock without Temple-Bar, and J. Pemberton hardcover books
