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1866814P18London: Thomas Hailes Lacy 1866. Paperback. Good Only. 7.5" by 5". None. A very scarce autobiography by the entertainer and showman David Prince Miller an interesting work on the life of a theatre manager in Victorian Britain. The second edition of this vanishingly scarce work.Only seen once at auction in the last forty years. In 2006. The autobiography of David Prince Miller recounting his various struggles throughout his career.Miller was a showman and magician known for founding several Adelphi Theatres across Britain. He created the idea of reduced Shakespeare plays following the plots of Shakespeare's works but reducing them to 20 minute plays.In this work Miller looks back at his life and the managerial struggles he faced alongside an array of entertaining anecdotes on some of the leading actors and actresses of his day. Miller also exposes some of the secrets of conjuring and fortune telling a popular phenomenon of Victorian Britain.Bookplate of Ron Edwards member of the Magic Circle to the reverse of the front wrap.Collated lacking page 191/192 and the rear wrap. In the original publisher's paper wraps lacking the rear wrap. Externally front wrap is lifting a little to the head and tail. A small amount of loss to the head of the front wrap and a little loss to the backstrip. Paper to the backstrip is a little creased. Front wrap is discoloured with a few light marks. Label to the reverse of the front wrap. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very lightly age-toned and clean with a few light spots. Lacking page 191/192. Faded inscription to the head of the title page. Final leaf is torn to the head. Good Only Thomas Hailes Lacy paperback
18041100731804. First Edition. CHINA MASON Major George Henry MILLER William publisher. The Punishments of China Illustrated by Twenty-two Engravings. London: William Miller 1804 i.e. circa 1819. Folio 10-1/2 by 14-1/2 inches contemporary full straight-grain burgundy morocco elaborately gilt-decorated spine all edges gilt. $3200.Later edition of this survey of the punishments of China illustrated with 22 folio engravings each finely hand-colored. A handsome copy in contemporary morocco-gilt.This collection depicts a variety of Chinese punishments for assorted crimes as well as appearing before a magistrate being conveyed to prison and being conducted to trial. This volume originally formed part of publisher William Miller's six-volume series on costume each volume separately issued: The Punishments of China 1801 The Costume of Turkey 1802 The Costume of Russia 1803 The Costume of China 1804 The Costume of Austria 1804 and The Costume of Great Britain 1804. This is a later reprint as is shown by the watermarks text leaves watermarked 1818; plates 1819 of the 1804 edition text printed by Wilson rather than Bulmer. ""The first edition was apparently in 1801"" Abbeyhe had this circa-1819 reprint in his collection. Another edition appeared in 1808. Text in English and French. Abbey Travel 532. Colas 2010-12. Prideaux 317. Lipperheide 1522 1808 edition. Plates clean and fine hand-coloring vivid. Attractive contemporary morocco-gilt binding with expert repairs to joints and corners. An excellent copy. Scarce. unknown
19492305116Viking Press 1949. first. hardcover. fine/very good. SIGNED first edition Published by the Viking Press Inc. in March 1949 stated on copyright page. Signed by author on tipped-in page. Book fine very faint tanning to cover edges and to spine. Dust jacket very good some rubbing and wear. some foxing to inside of dj to spine and hinges. Viking Press unknown
021346Manuscript. Small paperclip rust stain at top of first page of each manuscript. About Fine. A 6-page 8-1/2" x 11" manuscript COMPLETELY IN MILLER'S HAND and SIGNED by him at the conclusion with a Typed Manuscript of the same in 5 pages with minor ink corrections and Miller's chop at the end. Eventually printed in Miller's MOTHER CHINA AND THE WORLD BEYOND 1976 by the Capra Press. With a SIGNED copy #161 of 250 of the book included. Miller records his impressions of a China about which he had only heard and read. "Even as a boy the name China evoked strange sensations in me. It spelled everything that was vast marvelous magical and incomprehensible. To say China was to stand things upside down." <br/><br/> unknown
1960189044Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company 1960. Are we doomed to it Lord chained to the pendulum of our own mad clockwork helpless to halt its swing First edition of Miller's post-apocalyptic novel set in a distant future after nuclear war where a monastic order preserves fragments of lost scientific knowledge. The story was originally published in three parts in the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction 1955-1957 which later became the opening section of the book. The work reflects Miller's wartime experience and his later conversion to Catholicism and it received the 1961 Hugo Award for Best Novel. Octavo. Original black quarter cloth spine lettered in pink pink sides illustration of monastery on front cover in black. With dust jacket. Spine bumped minor wear to edges; jacket unclipped a little creased and soiled hint of toning to spine small chips to edges splash mark on verso: a very good copy in like jacket. hardcover
1884ST20760-05Paris: Ed. Rouveyre et G. Bond 1884. No. 18 OF 50 COPIES ON JAPON from a total edition of 100. 222 x 140 mm. 8 3/4 x 5 1/2". 58 2 pp. <br/> VERY PRETTY CRIMSON MOROCCO GILT BY CHARLES MEUNIER stamp-signed on front turn-in covers with border of gilt and decorative rules and frame of branches entwined with a leafy vine raised bands spine compartments with floral bouquet at center enclosed by leafy branches and dotted rules gilt lettering turn-ins with gilt floral roll marbled endpapers top edge gilt other edges untrimmed. Original pictorial wrappers bound in. Illustrated with aquarelles by Grivaz engraved by Arent on every page. This copy with AN ADDITIONAL SUITE ON JAPON printed in bistre. With an ALS from the author tipped in at front. For the artist see: Benezit VI p. 703. Spine a little darkened faint browning at edges of leaves as no doubt in all copies because of paper stock chosen but A FINE COPY--clean and fresh internally in a lustrous binding with few signs of wear.<br/> <br/> Beautifully bound and with delicate vignettes that mingle with the text this "histoirette bourgeoise" is the story of an adulterous love affair told in verse. When Denise's husband scorns his wife for another woman she follows suit and takes up a romance of her own. Told from the point of view of Denise's lover the poem relates how his initial feelings of admiration and desire turn into passion obsession and ultimately disappointment when Denise decides to return to her husband. Her final message to the narrator hints at the possibility of an "enfant de l'adultaire" saying that if she goes back to her spouse any child produced by their illicit union would at least have a proper place in a respected household. The etchings appearing here in two states are based on watercolors by Swiss artist Eugene Grivaz 1852-1915 whose light airy style adds a fine sense of romanticism to this work. Legendary among French binders of the late 19th and early 20th centuries for his energy and imagination Charles Meunier 1865-1940 was apprenticed to Gustave Bénard at the age of 11 worked for a time in the atelier of Marius Michel and then set up his own studio when he was 20. According to Duncan & De Bartha he drew "on both traditional and modern techniques and forms of decoration mixing classical punches . . . with newly fashionable incised and modelled leather panels." This eclectic approach did not lead to the kind of popularity enjoyed by some of our binder's most distinguished competitors and partly as a protest in recognition of this "Meunier declined to participate in the 1900 Exposition as he felt that the Grand Prix would automatically be awarded to Marius Michel which it was. He staged his own show at his studio on the Boulevard Malesherbes and received as much magazine coverage as the participants at the Exposition." Our author Aurelien Scholl 1833-1902 was a journalist and writer who never backed down from a duel. The New York Times called him "a typical French militant journalist. His love of dignity and scrupulosity regarding the most insignificant points of honor caused him to reach a point where he could wield the sword or pen with equal facility." Scholl was particularly well known for the combative articles he contributed to such papers as Le Figaro and L'Éclair but as a novelist poet and dramatist he preferred to focus on Parisian bourgeois life love and scandals. The present copy contains an undated ALS from Scholl to an unknown gentleman noting that copies of his "Denise" are completely sold out. Ed. Rouveyre et G. Bond unknown
18411359886Edinburgh; London; Glasgow; Dublin: Various 1861; 1862; 1849; 1841; 1844; 1854; 1853; 1849; 1832; 1834; 1826; 1845; 1840; 1832; 1839; 1846; 1850; 1838; 1852; 1827. Hardcover. Octavo 4 5-28 4 3-34 8 incl plate 5-29 4 5-16 2 3-7 4 25 2 3-66 6 V-XIV 15-86 4 3-12 4 handwritten note 4 5-56 folding plate 2 3-12 2 3-16 3 532-544 633-640 665-670 697-702 729-734 794-798 845-846 torn and cut away 6 VI 7-118 2 3-11 2 torn 3-28 2 3-16 2 plate 2 3-7 2 11-28 19 followed by two plates and hand-written notes bound-in with pressed plants 2 3-12 2 3-12 2 12 4 63 14 catalog 4 3-17 2 3-17 4 3-10 2 3-23 4 6-32 2 3-16 2 3-24 2 31 2 26 2 3-35 377-400 handwritten note bound-in 401-424 513-544. Good-; bound in contemporary green cloth rebacked in blue cloth with gilt titling and decorations to spine some fading and discoloration to covers with extensive wear to corners and front edges; first several pamphlets loosened binding else tight; text block uneven but clean; contents handwritten in ink on ffep see Note; MF consignment. Contents numbered in ink and listed on ffep:<br> <br /> 1. Lecture on the History of Medicine Begbie<br> <br /> 2. The Study of Medicine Struthers<br> <br /> 3. The Medical Officers of the Roman Army Simpson<br> <br /> 4. Address to Medico-Chirurgical Society Miller<br> <br /> Case of Fracture of the Pelvis Taylor<br> <br /> 5. Principles of Theory in Practice of Medicine Seller<br> <br /> 6. Pathology Practical Medicine & Therapeutics<br> <br /> 7. Lecture on Respiration Hopley<br> <br /> 8. Adolphus on Indian Bael in Dysentery<br> <br /> 9. Asiatic Cholera Pairman<br> <br /> 10. Malignant Cholera. Abercrombie<br> <br /> 11. Edinbro. Board of Health<br> <br /> 12. Magendie on Thoracic and Cardiac Sounds<br> <br /> 13. Nature of Fever BlackSIGNED<br> <br /> 14. Pulmonary Consumption Bennett<br> <br /> 15. Williamson on Perforations of the StomachSIGNED<br> <br /> 16. Case of Intestinal Concretions Turner<br> <br /> Intestinal Concretions MacLagan<br> <br /> 17. Blood Vessels of the Mother & Foetus Reid<br> <br /> 18. Disinfecting Powers Henry<br> <br /> 19. Pelvic Articulations Duncan<br> <br /> 20. Duration of Pregnancy Duncan<br> <br /> 21. Sickness & Mortality in W. Indies<br> <br /> 22. Address - School of Medicine Edin.<br> <br /> 23. Case of Catalepsy Coldstream<br> <br /> 24. On the immediate cause of sleep CappieSIGNED<br> <br /> 25. Nature of Inflammation CappieSIGNED<br> <br /> 26. Tuburcles of the Brain AdamsSIGNED<br> <br /> 27. Cholera in Glasgow AdamsSIGNED<br> <br /> 28. Fever in Glasgow AdamsSIGNED<br> <br /> 29. Cases of Poisoning MacLagan<br> <br /> 30. Adulteration of Drugs<br> <br /> 31. Acute Pleurisy Beilby<br> <br /> 32. Life of Dr. Jenner<br> <br /> 33. Bell on the Natural System of the Nerves<br> <br /> 34. Lecture on Surgery Carmichael<br> <br /> 35. Collection of Medical Facts &c &c<br> <br /> <br> <br /> <br> <br /> Handwritten letter bound in between pamphlets 8 and 9 on letterhead from "Dispensing Establishment 198 Oxford Street" and dated "Feb'y 20th 1851." The letter pertains to the recipient's request for Bael and possibly instructions for taking it and the expected result.<br> <br /> <br> <br /> Handwritten letter bound within pamphlet 32 dated 2 May 50 in which the writer Dr. Ahern describes examining the recipient's patient and his impressions thereof. The recipient's name and much of the letter are illegible. 1359886. Special Collections. Various hardcover
192330757New York: The New York Public Library 1923. Hardcover. First Edition First Printing. 7 x 10in. x. 643pp. Profusely illustrated. Publisher's full leather binding with gilt titling. Typically found in full cloth presumably this binding was made specially for illustrious affiliates of the New York Public Library; this being the former copy of John D. Rockefeller Jr. with his bookplate at the paste-down. Signed and inscribed by the author the lauded librarian book conservationist and director of the NYPL to John D. Rockefeller on the first blank endpaper: "For Mr. John D. Rockefeller Jr. with the compliments of H.M. Lydenberg." VERY GOOD. Shows the extremities somewhat shelf rubbed front hinge with slight surface loss from opening otherwise the binding is strong and tight the text is clean and exceptionally unmarked and the boards remain distinct. As pictured. The New York Public Library hardcover
134<p>VERY RARE! SIGNED 1st edition/1st printing hardcover edition of The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller. Mylar-protected dust jacket. Some bumping to spine as shown in picture. May have other very minor imperfections/shelf wear. Please carefully review pictures before purchasing and feel free to ask for additional pictures if needed. Very clean copy overall. Ships only within US.</p> hardcover
194912255JNew York: Viking Press 1949. First Edition. Fine in a very good plus bright dust jacket. The Pulitzer Prize winning classic of the American Theater. Viking Press unknown books
1949107533New York: The Viking Press 1949. First edition of the first play to win all three major drama awards upon its opening in 1949: the New York Drama Critics Circle Award the Tony Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Octavo original orange cloth pictorial endpapers. Boldly signed by Arthur Miller in a contemporary hand on the second free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine first issue dust jacket. Jacket drawing by Joseph Hirsch. When Death Of A Salesman premiered in 1949 it was an instant success and secured Arthur Miller's place as one of the great American playwrights of the 20th century. It was the recipient of the 1949 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Play. The play premiered on Broadway in February 1949 running for 742 performances and has been revived on Broadway four times winning three Tony Awards for Best Revival. The Viking Press hardcover books
194912255JNew York: Viking Press 1949. First Edition. Fine in a very good plus bright dust jacket. The Pulitzer Prize winning classic of the American Theater. Viking Press unknown
340170Unbound. Near Fine. Signed portrait Photograph in tuxedo with trombone. Image matted to 7" x 8.5" in a frame measuring 11.75" x 13.75". Unexamined out of the frame. Photo has a couple of smudges on the right side not affecting the image and is slightly oxidized. Chip on the frame. Undated but probably circa 1938-9. Signed: "Sincerely Glenn Miller." Miller was lost over the English Channel at age 40 while on tour to entertain the troops during the War. Signed photographs are uncommon. unknown
196025425Philadelphia & New York: J. B. Lippincott Company 1960. First edition. Blue pencil mark to front paste down and upper front free end paper small ink strike and lower front free end paper a fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with mild wear to the edges slight tanning to the spine panel and a bit of mild dust soiling to white dust jacket. An above average copy. 25425. Octavo cloth-backed boards. 1961 Hugo award winner. "600 years after an atomic deluge the Age of Simplification reigns supreme but a development to new civilization follows." - Gerber Utopian Fantasy 1973 p. 160. "Named by many as best SF novel of the modern period." - Anatomy of Wonder 1987 3-287. Reference: Anatomy of Wonder 1995 3-125 and 2004 II-766. Pringle Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 30. Survey of Science Fiction Literature I pp. 288-93. J. B. Lippincott Company unknown
18001359539New-York: Collins & Co.; T. & J. Swords; John Forbes; 1800; 1802; 1803; 1806; 1808; 1809; 1811; 1812. Mixed Editions. Hardcover. Octavos 10 volumes 1800-1812 non-inclusive some with plates. Good- to Good; all but one volume fully bound in contemporary leather Vol V 1802 bound in marbled paper with leather to spine all have spine labels with gilt titling but of varying styles; all have tears and surface marks to covers most front hinges somewhat compromised but bindings all else tight; text blocks show age toning and several have liquid damage that extends to pages; foxing and age toning to pages throughout; plates present and intact though some with deep age toning and foxing; title page and first several pages of Second Hexade Vol. VI show insect damage; previous owner bookplate to front pastedown of Vol. V 1802 "Ex Libris Henry Barton Jacobs;" previous owner name stamped on title pages of several volumes "Isaiah Matlack;" MF consignment. Volume III 1800<br> <br /> Volume V 1802<br> <br /> Volume VI 1803<br> <br /> Second Hexade Volume III 1806<br> <br /> Second Hexade Volume V 1808<br> <br /> Volume IV 1809 Second Hexade Volume VI<br> <br /> Volume 2 1811 Third Hexade Volume II<br> <br /> Volume 3 1811 May June July<br> <br /> No. 1 Volume I 1812<br> <br /> Third Hexade Volume III 1812<br> <br /> <br /> The Second Hexade Volume III 1806 contains one of the earliest printed accounts of the Lewis and Clark expeditions in particular making reference to a manuscript copy of "A Map of those parts of North-America situated between the 35th and 51st degrees of latitude and the 89th and 124th degrees of longitude" that was been sent to the Secretary at War with other copies made under the direction of Gen. Dearborn for the inspection of Congress. 1359539. Special Collections. Collins & Co.; T. & J. Swords; John Forbes; hardcover
1984HVD-52377-OS-0Madison GA: Seai Technical Pubns. Good. 1984. No Edition Stated. Paperback. 194 pages; B&W photographs. Few minor foxing smudges to the top exterior edge of textblock. Light rubbing and smudges to the covers. Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings. ; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully cushioned in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence. . Seai Technical Pubns paperback
2001C86990Richter Verlag. As New. 2001. Hardcover. 393380731X . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 384 pages; 338 illustrations including 100 in color. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works Leben Und Werk Oeuvre-Katalog Kritischem Oeuvrekatalog Raisonnee -- with a bonus offer-- - May be EITHER: out of print OOP and extremely rare in this pristine condition; signed by author or contributor; or a first or special edition; inquire for details . Richter Verlag hardcover
2002mon0000024157Heinle division of Thomson Lear 2002-08-07. Paperback. Good. in x in x in. Heinle, division of Thomson Lear paperback
19492305117Viking Press 1949. first. hardcover. near fine/very good. SIGNED first edition Published by the Viking Press Inc. in March 1949 stated on copyright page. Signed by author on tipped-in page. Book near fine slight tanning to spine faint water stain to rear cover. Dust jacket very good some rubbing some wear tape attached to top inside of rear panel over small tear price-clipped. Viking Press unknown
2020x-3319745573Springer 2020. Hardcover. New. 2nd edition. 3145 pages. 10.00x7.00x5.12 inches. Springer hardcover
2016x-3662473976Springer 2016. Hardcover. New. 2nd ed. 2017 edition. 2222 pages. 10.31x7.24x4.25 inches. Springer hardcover
19620001917FIRE ISLAND NEW YORK FLATBUSH BROOKLYN NYC. Good. 1962. On offer is a fascinating and sometimes very sad peek into the mind and soul of a 1960s Hippie Era woman who details her dreams her therapy sessions and her deepest darkest and most personal revealing thoughts on her psycho sexual problems within this original handwritten and typed manuscript archive. A rather beautiful woman included are approximately 12 photos of her and her cat Nina as she refers to herself married name is likely Miller as her husband is Chuck Miller is very much the beatnik bohemian and hippie who reveals and extraordinarily intimate personal history following almost a clichéd life: writing originally we believe from either Flatbush or Brooklyn New York she settled in Fire Island in the 1950s and remained through most of the 1960s. She seems to be of a European background likely French mentioning many friends in England and France her husband is a writer addicted to pornography. In her notes she mentions it was her ability and love of talking 'sexy-dirty' that netted him back when they first met but the origin of her problems begin with childhood and abandonment issues. As per her therapist she records many of her dreams experiments with marijuana as part of her treatment and within the pages of the archive we read of her desires and intimacies with her therapist though we are unsure how much of it was real or imagined. While some of the reading is entertaining funny and insightful more often it is manic often very racy and straight talking but also tinged with sadness melancholy a lack of fulfillment and emotionally disturbing. She has some very major issues as to why she seems to desire 'negro' men her inability to have sex with Jewish men her father was Jewish and her parents who went from 'torturing' her by kissing each other in front of her yet them denying her any affection - her father would tell he she was his 3rd cousin and to stop calling him Daddy. At one point she writes that she watched a little girl sit on her own father's lap and being affectionate which causes Nina to begin a crying jag. Researchers and historians of psychosexual problems would be hard pressed to find a more intimate and revealing personal account. There are approximately 135 all told many pages being written or typed on both sides some age toning and or yellowing etc. and overall the archive is G.; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF GENDER STUDIES WOMEN'S STUDIES SOCIAL HISTORY SOCIAL STUDIES NYMPHO NINA MILLER CHUCK MILLER PSYCHOTHERAPY DREAM DIARY DREAM THERAPY THERAPISTS FIRE ISLAND PSYCHO SEXUALITY NYMPHOMANIA PSYCHIATRISTS SLEEPING WITH PATIENTS NYMPHOMANIAC SEXUAL REVOLUTION SEXUAL ADDICTION SEX ADDICTS MANIA SEX MANIAC CHILDHOOD AND ABANDONMENT ISSUES MENTAL ILLNESS DRUGS EXPERIMENT WITH MARIJUANA PORN PORNOGRAPHY HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel . unknown
193778848Paris: The Obelisk Press 1937. First Edition. First Edition. Author's non-numbered presentation copy boldly inscribed by Henry Miller to William Saroyan in the year of publication: "To / Bill Saroyan / the everlasting Armenian with the pneumatique gift! / Always yours / Henry Miller / Paris / 8/12/37."<br /> <br /> A wonderful association between two literary giants of the twentieth century and signed in the place and time that is most associated with the years of their best work. <br /> <br /> Near Fine with loose signatures and card wrapper as issued. . The Obelisk Press unknown
200287164Hudson Hills Press LLC. Fine. 2002. Hardcover. 1555952178 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - -- Text in English. 120 pages; 80 illustrations. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works Life and Work Raisonnee Hudson Hills Press LLC hardcover
1966mon0000108922A.H. Ross Library 1966-01-01. Unknown Binding. Good. in x in x in. Mild general wear. Sun damage to cover. Pages clean. Binding sound. A.H. Ross Library unknown
