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184556973Baltimore: published by F. Lucas Jr. 170 Market Street 1845. 8vo pp. x 2 xi-xii 2 11-334 2; frontispiece and 4 chromolithograph plates of signal flags; contemporary full sheep neatly rebacked new black morocco label on spine; the plates lightly spotted but on the whole very good and sound. This copy with a presentation on the front pastedown: "To the Association of New York Pilots with the compliments of Messrs. Rogers and Black per Colt & Robinson proprietors of the New York & Offing Electro-Magnetic Telegraph." Dedicated to Samuel F. B. Morse "inventor of the American Electro-Magnetic Telegraph." Rogers a trained engineer from New York City worked as Morse's assistant in constructing the first telegraph line from Washington to Baltimore. He was himself an inventor and pioneered the use of insulated cables for use underground and underwater. During the Civil War he helped develop the military telegraph system. American Imprints 5604; see Sabin 72626 for a later edition. published by F. Lucas, Jr., 170 Market Street unknown
1951041324Glencoe: Free Press 1951. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. X 525 Pp. Green Cloth Gilt. First Collected Edition And First Printing Of The Long Essay On "Democratic Character". Inscribed By The Author "For Leo- Pioneer In Policy. Harold ".Very Near Fine Clean Unfaded Gilt Brilliant No Marks. Dust Jacket With Slight Wear And Bumping At Corners Price Clipped Slight Foxing To Spine Panel; Also With The Publisher's Original Clear Glassine Outer Dust Jacket. Per Wikipedia Harold Dwight Lasswell 1902 - 1978 Studied At The University Of Chicago In The 1920S And Was Highly Influenced By The Pragmatism Taught There. Freudian Philosophy Which Informed Much Of His Analysis Of Propaganda And Communication In General. He Later Taught Political Science At The University Of Chicago 1922-38 Then Served At The Washington School Of Psychiatry 1938-39 And During World War Ii Lasswell Held The Position Of Chief Of The Experimental Division For The Study Of War Time Communications At The Library Of Congress. He Analyzed Nazi Propaganda Films To Identify Mechanisms Of Persuasion Used To Secure The Acquiescence And Support Of The German Populace. At Yale University He Became Professor Of Law Professor Of Political Science And Ford Foundation Professor Of Law And Social Sciences Also A Professor Of Law At John Jay College Of The City University Of New York And At Temple University Also A Visiting Lecturer At Campuses Throughout The World And Was A Consultant To Numerous U.S. Government Agencies. President Of The American Political Science Association Of The American Society Of International Law And Of The World Academy Of Art And Science. He Authored More Than 30 Books And 250 Scholarly Articles On Diverse Subjects Including International Relations Psychoanalysis And Legal Education. It Was Later Said "Few Would Question That He Was The Most Original And Productive Political Scientist Of His Time" A "One-Man University"." Lasswell's Work Was Important In The Post-World War Ii Development Of Behavioralism. His Studies On Propaganda Broadened Current Views On The Means And Stated Objectives That Could Be Achieved Through Propaganda To Include Not Only The Change Of Opinions But Also Change In Actions. His Five-Questions Model Of Communication Led To The Emphasis In Communication Study On Determining Effects. He Pioneered In Content Analysis Methods Of Propaganda Messages And Newspaper Editorials For Example. His Study Of Political And Wartime Propaganda Represented An Important Early Type Of Communication Study. Lasswell Integrated Freudian Theory With Political Analysis As In His Psychoanalytic Study Of Political Leaders And Utilized Intra-Individual Freudian Theory At The Societal Level. He Helped Create The Policy Sciences An Interdisciplinary Movement To Integrate Social Science Knowledge With Public Action. <br/> <br/> Free Press hardcover
19982092902144200342Rinsen Bookstore 1998. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Rinsen Bookstore paperback
2110502150903377Not Available N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 2 Not Available paperback
20042092902141400200Yoshikawakobunkan 2004. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 54 Yoshikawakobunkan paperback
18782111902160201404Hori Seitaro 1878. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 3 Hori Seitaro paperback
ST12083eItaly ca. 1150. 406 x 273 mm. 16 x 10 3/4". Double column 42 lines in a fine rounded early proto-gothic hand. <br/> Recto with a pleasing three-line red initial. ◆Formerly used in a binding and consequently a bit soiled and trimmed at the head with loss of the first line perhaps 100 or so small wormholes in the margin only a few causing trivial harm to the text a faint grayish stain affecting a couple of words in the top 20 lines of one column on each side but the entirety of the text completely clear and the stately leaf quite fresh and unusually well-preserved in general for a recovered specimen.<br/> <br/> This leaf comes from a very large copy of one of the major texts by one of the great popes of the early Middle Ages. Dealing in part with the central occurrence in the salvation of humanity the text here treats of John 20:19-31 which tells of the risen Christ's appearance to the Apostles. Doubting Thomas insists on touching the Lord's wounds before he will be convinced of the Resurrection. Gregory tells his audience that Thomas was healed of unbelief and so must they be although they cannot see Jesus in the flesh as did Thomas. Written ca. 593 Pope Gregory's 40 homilies on the Gospels enjoyed enduring popularity throughout Medieval times as they offered ordinary Christians practical guidance on applying the lessons of the Gospels to their own lives. Elected pope in 590 Gregory ca. 540-604 was one of the most influential pontiffs in the history of the Church. In addition to revising liturgical worship he wrote extensively on theology offering homespun wisdom rather than esoteric debates. He was declared a saint immediately upon his death. The script here is regular rounded and very pleasing--almost soothing--to the eye. Moreover the letters are so large and there is so little significant damage to the leaf that the text can be easily read from a considerable distance. unknown
1470ST17245-09Northern France probably Rouen ca. 1470. 180 x 117 mm. 7 x 4 5/8". Single column 18 lines text in a bâtarde hand. <br/> Text in red blue and gold two-line "KL" in shell gold on blue and red ground both sides with panel border composed of flowers and ink dots WITH TWO SMALL MINIATURES each centered in the middle of the panel borders featuring the labor of the month Threshing and the zodiac sign a young woman for Virgo. Vellum a bit soiled and slight wrinkling in margins small area of rubbing at bottom of the Virgo miniature but in excellent condition overall the fine details in the miniatures well preserved.<br/> <br/> Situated among the flowers of the panel borders here are two small but charming miniatures depicting the labor of the month "Threshing" and the zodiac sign for August. According to Roger Wieck far fewer than half the Books of Hours of the period contain illustrated calendars "even in manuscripts with otherwise lavish cycles of miniatures"; when they do appear they are invariably charming as is the case here. In the threshing scene a young layman brings down his grain flail two hinged pieces of wood the longer one called a helve and the other a beater joined by a thong in an effort to separate the grain while neatly gathered bushels of straw appear just behind him. On the verso we see a representation of Virgo as a young woman holding appropriately two long stalks of grain in her hands. The rich palette used in these miniatures allows the delicate gold highlighting on the harvested crop and garments to shine through adding a fine sense of detail to each image. unknown
191360003Istanbul Nietzsche Hayatý ve Felsefesi 1329 1913. 8vo. In later embossed full cloth binding with gilt lettering to spine. Last 10 leaves with a brown spot. Frontiespiece repaired with tape otherwise a fine and clean copy. 127 1 pp. portrait of Darwin. <br/><br/><em>Rare first edition of the first book on Darwinism printed in Istanbul. The work in Ottoman language is a translation of "Wahrheit und Irrthum im Darwinismus" The Truths and Mistakes of Darwinism by Eduard von Hartmann 1842 - 1906 first published in 1875. The translator Memduh Süleyman who also commented the book considered the natural evolution the biggest mistake of the Darwinism. Memduh Süleyman 1889-1920 was an important author and translator of the last years of the Ottoman Empire. His most famous work is a book on Nietzsche "Nietzsche Hayat ve Felsefesi" from 1912 which he co-wrote in together with Ahmet Nebil-Baha Tevfik-Memduh.The book was published amidst the Ottoman debate on the Darwinism. The first mentioning of the term was made in 1863 in a magazine Mecmua-i Fünun by Münif Pasha who was at the time serving as a minister of education and did not believe that the development of science would or should affect the religion. In the time of the publication of the present work Darwin's works were not yet translated into Ottoman. The first translation of On the Origin of Species in the Muslim world was only issued in Arabic in 1918 in Cairo. Translated were only the first six chapters. For more chapters were subsequently added in 1928.OCLC list three institutional examples Leiden University Library Library of Congress Huntington Library Art Museum & Botanical Gardens. </em> hardcover
1846NNJT77/81France. Very Good. 1846. Manuscript. On offer is an outstanding archive of forty-seven 47 letters from the personal files of famed Admiral of the French Navy and Great Astronomer Amédée Ernest Barthélemy Mouchez. The archive dates 1846 through 1891 and is made up of a few letters from his sister a letter to his mother and then the balance from colleagues notables and friends; a number are on stationery of the Republic of France; Sociedad Cientifica "Antonio Alzate" Mexico; Ecole Normale Superieure Laboratoire de Chime; Senat and some French Ministerial Office letterheads. This fascinating archive touches upon many of Mouchez' career highlights as the letters deal with a number of different areas - Mouchez' work in China matters of the Observatory Mexico personal communications of friends and colleagues etc. Mouchez had a spectacular career embarking on a career in the French Navy as an ensign in 1843. This was a period of relative international maritime peace and much of the navy's activities were dedicated to exploration and discovery. Mouchez was initially occupied with hydrographic studies along the coasts of Korea China and South America penetrating 320 km up the Paraguay River and exploring the Abrolhos Islands. He improved the practice of surveying at sea adapting terrestrial instruments for naval use and was especially concerned with the problems of determining longitude. He developed the use of the theodolite and meridian telescope to improve the error in establishing longitude. Attaining the rank of Captain in 1868 he embarked on a series of expeditions to chart the coast of Algeria. At the conclusion of his project in 1873 he was elected to the Bureau des Longitudes and in the following year was sponsored by the Académie des Sciences to observe the transit of Venus from St. Paul Island in the Indian Ocean. On December 9 he made a sequence of superb photographic plates of the event. In 1875 the Académie elected him a member of the astronomy section and in 1878 he was promoted to rear admiral and awarded the role of director of the Paris Observatory. The observatory had fallen into disrepair and disrepute since the chaos of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 and the Paris Commune of 1871. Mouchez set about a programme of reconstruction but failed to persuade the government to fund a new observatory outside the centre of Paris. In 1887 he collaborated with Sir David Gill to host an international astronomical conference in Paris. The principal outcome of the conference was a multi-national project to compile and index a photographic atlas of the heavens the Carte du Ciel. The project consumed massive effort over several decades before it was rendered obsolete by modern astronomical methods. He is also credited with founding Mountsouris Observatory and he is the author of six books on astronomy navigation nautical instruction etc. A grand boulevard in Le Havre and a village in Algeria are named for Mouchez. This is a great archive of intersecting and diverse worlds being astronomy France and her Navy Algeria militaria geography cartography and South America. VG.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; CLIMATE CLIMATOLOGY METEOROLOGICAL WEATHER ASTRONOMY ASTRONOMER NAVY NAVAL MARITIME MONTSOURIS HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL PERSONAL HISTORY MEMOIR MEMORIAL OBSERVATORY ORRERIES SCIENCE NAUTICAL NAVIGATION MAPS CARTOGRAPHY ALGERIA AFRICA 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; Signed by Autograph . unknown
143011N.p.: N.p. 2014. Photograph of the Velvet Underground and Nico shot by Billy Name circa 1967 and struck by him in 2014. SIGNED by Billy Name in silver ink on the recto and with his stamp on the verso. <br /> <br /> Name who had gotten his start in theatre met Andy Warhol in the early 1960s and appeared in Warhol's 1963 films "Haircut No. 1-3." Name was also responsible for covering the Factory in silver foil and began living there documenting the day to day and artistic lives of Warhol his collaborators and superstars. <br /> <br /> "The Silver Age" an exhibition of Name's Factory photographs was held at the Milk Gallery in New York from November 12 to December 7 2014 and at Serena Morton II in London from September 30 to October 23 2015. A book was published by Reel Art Press in conjunction with the exhibition in 2014. The photograph on offer here appears in the book but is not among the prints currently on offer by either gallery with prints from the exhibitions being issued in editions of various sizes between 1 and 80. <br /> <br /> 15 x 15 inches printed on card stock. Tiny diagonal crease to the upper left corner else Fine. In a custom museum-quality frame archivally mounted with UV glass. N.p. unknown
1950215431950. African American sailors aboard the USS Leyte CV-32 photo album compiled circa 1950-1951 documents daily life labor and camaraderie among Black enlisted men serving during the opening phase of the Korean War and in the early implementation of military desegregation under Harry S. Truman's Executive Order 9981. Created while the carrier was deployed in Atlantic and Caribbean waters and later in support of Korean War operations the album offers sustained visual evidence of African American naval presence during a transitional period when the U.S. Navy was moving unevenly from segregation toward formal integration. Of particular historical significance is the inclusion of the 15 December 1950 Christmas edition of 32's News containing an obituary and photograph of Ensign Jesse L. Brown who was killed in action on 4 December 1950 near the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea when his F4U-4 Corsair was struck by enemy fire making the album an immediate shipboard witness to the death of the Navy's first Black aviator. The archive supports research in African American military history Korean War studies naval integration and the social worlds of Black servicemen abroad.<br /> <br /> Photo Album with approximately 100 black-and-white silver gelatin photographs ranging from 2.75 x 1.75 inches to 10 x 8 inches most mounted recto and verso on 22 black paper album leaves with several images unmounted accompanied by loose and mounted ephemeral materials including mimeographed wartime reports clippings and shipboard newspapers. Notable among these are the 14 October 1950 issue of Daily Press News and the 15 December 1950 issue of 32's News Vol. 1 No. 5. Identified sailors include Harvey Thomas James Kincaid Leo Bowser "Lippy Connor" "Stockson" "Boby Mitchell" and James G. Watson the latter represented by photographs captioned "Watson" and accompanied by 1949-1951 W-2 forms documenting his service at Naval Air Station Quonset Point and aboard USS Leyte. A large-format photograph captioned "The GTMO Four" depicts four African American sailors in dress whites at Guantánamo Bay while other images captioned "Mindoro" situate the crew in the Philippines during operational deployment.<br /> <br /> The album interweaves formal portraits group military images and informal scenes of athletic recreation swimming nightlife and cross-cultural encounters with Filipino civilians as well as studio portraits labeled "School Days" and images of family members and sweethearts grounding naval service within networks of kinship and memory. Interior views of barracks communal meals and experimental aircraft armament work-contextualized by a mimeographed article describing the so-called "mercy bomb" perfected aboard Leyte-further illuminate the technical and social dimensions of shipboard life. Produced at a moment when Black servicemen were asserting dignity and professional competence within historically exclusionary institutions the archive offers unusually cohesive visual testimony to African American presence in a modernizing desegregating Navy at the outset of a global Cold War conflict. Photographs exhibit minor fading light corner wear and typical album mounting abrasions; mimeographed documents show toning creasing and several edge tears. Overall very good condition. A substantial and visually integrated record of African American naval service during the Korean War's opening year anchored by contemporaneous memorialization of Jesse L. Brown and richly documenting everyday Black military life at sea and abroad. unknown
194195094New York: Reynal Hitchcock Inc 1941. First limited edition of French adventurer Gontran de Poncins' classic account of his solo unsupported journey in the Canadian Arctic. Octavo bound in three quarters morocco over cloth covered boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine. One on only 550 copies this is number 81. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper "Before I disappear for good!.I remain your friend 'Eskimo Miki' de Poncins." With the original Publisher's Note laid in which explains "The Vicomte Gontran de Poncins author of KABLOONA called out of the Arctic to join the colors of his country disappeared in the debacle of the French Republic following the fall of Paris. It has therefore been impossible to obtain his signature for this limited edition." Poncins did in fact survive and this is one of the scarce copies that he signed. Written in collaboration with Lewis Galantiere Gontran de Poncins' Kabloona recounts the French aristocrat's solo unsupported journey in the Canadian Arctic where he lived with the Inuit for nearly 15 months between 1938 and 1939. Bored with the business world curiosity drew de Poncins to exotic areas throughout the world; his unique technique in relaying his observations of the cultures he discovered was not scientific but provided stylized personal points of view and descriptions. Initially describing the Inuit way of life as primitive and inferior de Poncins soon experienced a deep spiritual awakening after undergoing weeks of hardship in the Arctic and became so well-adapted to the lifestyle he was essentially adopted by the Inuit. Reynal, Hitchcock, Inc hardcover
866Imprinted at London: By Robert Barker printer to the Kings most excellent Maiestie 1606. Hardcover. Good. Quarto. Unpaginated. 164pp. A8-K8 L2. Contemporary blindstamped calf hinges weak. Spine partially missing. All bosses intact. ESTC S102034; STC 2nd. Ed 13230. Bound with: The Bible. Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke and conferred with the best translations in diuers languages. With most profitable annotations vpon all the hard places and other things of great importance as may appeare in the epistle to the reader. And also a most profitable concordance for the readie finding out of any thing in the same conteined. Imprinted at London: By Robert Barker printer to the Queenes most excellent Maiestie 1606. Quarto. 2 435 i.e. 434 4 441-554ff. Geneva version. ESTC S102033; STC 2nd ed. 2197. <br/> <br/> Imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, printer to the Kings most excellent Maiestie, 1606. hardcover
024129Swett's Zincography printer. No Binding. Near Fine. Conant mapmaker. Lithograph on four sheets joined 38 3/8" x 30 1/2" plus margins outline and wash color. Backed with modern replacement linen. Professionally recolored and in About Fine condition A Lovely and Distinctive New Hampshire regional map. Ask for photos if interested. <br/> <br/> Swett's Zincography (printer), unknown
1672907London: Thomas Collins 1672. First Edition in English First Issue. Near fine. Small 8vo; 6 1/2 x 4 1/8 inches 165 x 104 mm; 40 237 1 pp. with the errata at the beginning of the table of contents table misbound after dedication C1 with tear to lower margin not affecting text some light marginal browning. Etched garland and cornucopia arms of Lord Arlington on both title and dedicatory page. Later brown calf binding decorative blind stamp on covers title in gilt on spine; trimmed marbled edges. Internally clean and bright with consistent toning on the edges; spine a little faded and light rubbing to spine ends and corners; firmly bound.<br /> Provenance: Herbert Maynard Smith 1869-1949 and J. Outram Smith 1871-1954 with their library stamp to the front free endpaper. The Smiths both Anglican clergymen amassed a substantial collection of theology history philosophy and literature. Also a previous owner's ink inscription dated 1770 is at head of dedication page: Tho. Boston Alnwick 1770.<br /> <br /> Keynes 181; ESTC 006089128. John Evelyn the Younger's first book RARE FIRST ISSUE with title date 1672. We can trace no example of this issue for sale and only 6 copies listed on ESTC. Keynes states seeing the TABLE with errata relating to page numbering in only the ULC copy. Keynes Geoffrey. John Evelyn: a study in bibliophily with a bibliography of his writings. Oxford; London: Clarendon Press 1968<br /> <br /> René Rapin 1621 - 1687 was an erudite French Jesuit who taught rhetoric and was knows as the "Second Theocritus". He wrote extensively on the classical Greek and Latin authors as well as on theological issues linked to Jansenism a controversial movement within Catholicism primarily active in France. <br /> John Evelyn the Younger 1655 - 1699 was the third son of John Evelyn the famed writer diarist bibliophile and horticulturalist. Through his father's influence he moved in the influential court circles of the Restoration period and held some posts at the treasury. He was also a poet and a translator from both Latin and French. Thomas Collins unknown
C93631Luca Verlag. As New. N.D. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- No date Circa 2010 Text in German. Among the artists represented in this volume: Alsloot van Avont van Balen de Clerck Francken Procaccini Rottenhammer Rubens van Steenwijck Verhaecht and Vrancx. Includes German translations of some of Brueghel's letters and other documentation. Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Leben Werk Kritischem Oeuvrekatalog Gemälde Gemaelde -- 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 . Luca Verlag hardcover
C93630Luca Verlag. As New. N.D. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- No date Circa 2009 Text in German. Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Leben Werk Kritischem Oeuvrekatalog Gemälde Gemaelde -- 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 . Luca Verlag hardcover
2008C86895Luca Verlag. As New. 2008. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- Text in German. 413 pages; many illustrations including color plates. Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Leben Werk Kritischem Oeuvrekatalog Gemälde Gemaelde -- 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 . Luca Verlag hardcover
2003mon0000217034The Happy Dragons Press 2003-01-01. Paperback. Like New. in rare book section; mint copy The Happy Dragons Press paperback
1548227758Venice: Alessandro Brucioli & i Frategli 1548. First Antonio Brucioli translation. Full vellum skiver leather title and date spine labels. Deaccession library stamps title page; marginalia p. 544; .5" chip lower corner p. 768 no loss; period ink mark affecting text p.980; pps. 950-1068 faint water stain lower corners & corners curled chipped frayed with some loss to margins and one part of marginal annotation. Octavo. xvi; 24; 1-1068 numbered in roman numerals. Gathering "O" misbound out of order but complete pp. 490-490 mispaginated as 494-495. The succession of translations of Pliny's Historia Naturale from the earliest printed incunables to Cinquecento Italian editions is a complex study of the collaborative process among humanist intellectual peers. Renaissance translators of early Greek thought worked with previously published translations offering emendations and alterations to improve or correct an earlier text. Antonio Brucioli edited Cristoforo Landino's well-received translation in 1543 which he then sought to improve upon with his own edition in 1548 making corrections to the table of contents offering an extended preface and including a “Life of Pliny.†Ultimately Landino's translation was the preferred text supplanting this Brucioli edition making it the only edition of this version of Pliny's Historia Naturale. Alessandro Brucioli & i Frategli unknown
190942930New York: Ferlag "Kibets 1909. 1st Edition. Original publisher’s binding Folio newspaper. Complete first volume Starting with Vol I Nr 1 of “Der Kibitser†Dec. 15 1908 renamed and renumbered first as Vol I Nr 1 Jan 22 1909 of “Der Groyser Kibetser The big kibetzer†with the following issue of Feb 5 numbered as "3" to correctly follow from the first issue and then with Vol I Nr 6 March 19 1909 onward as “Der Groyser Kundes The Big Stick†or “The Big Prankster.†Incidentally the other set of this volume we examined also did not have a Nr 2 so we are confident this is complete as issued. <br> One centerfold cartoon by Zuni Maud see image features "Der Kaptialistisher Tayfel"--the Capitalist Devil–holding back a "mother" by the hair to stop her from interfering as "baby's milk-bottle" is drained off by the "milk-trust" cat. <br> The caption reads "The Capitalist Devil: - to the mother: Never mind madam all in English in Hebrew letters you go to the factory the milk-trust will take good care of your baby."<br> This cartoon-laden periodical was a New York City Yiddish language satirical bi- weekly which ran from 1908 until 1927.<br> The humor paper was issued biweekly this volume for its first 20 months and then weekly after that. OCLC also references another Vol I Nr 1 from April 15 1908 a special S´imhes` Toyreh Simchas Torah issue but this may have been a one-off. <br> Founded by the humorist Yosef Tunkel or Der Tunkeler his pen name meaning 'The Dark One' the paper was taken on by Jacob Marinoff when Tunkel left to work for an established paper in Warsaw. The paper consciously set itself up in opposition to the serious Yiddish-language press of the time such as the socialist Forverts.Naturally more traditional religious Judaism did not escape its satire: The later 1915 "Christmas" edition included a parodic conversation between Jesus and the prophet Elijah. <br> Despite its irreverent attitude to everything it also published poetry by Di Yunge "The Young Ones" poets such as Moyshe-Leyb Halpern and Zuni Maud. At its height it had a circulation of 35000 but folded in 1927 due to flagging sales. Der Groyer Kunds is highlighted in this recent talk by Yiddish comics scholar Eddie Portnoy on the reactions in the Yiddish press to restrictions on Jewish immigration to the US: https://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/collections/archival-recordings/recorded- programs/ybcr-nybc-ybcr-1048/door-slams-shut-reactions-yiddish-press-immigr ation .<br> SUBJECTS: Yiddish wit and humor -- Periodicals. OCLC: 28297536. Most holdings appear to be fragmentary and do not include these issues. Issue 18 with torn cover. In final issue the bottom margin suffers some loss to the final leaves none to the dramatic front cover though. Damaged boards are loose and most issues are coming loose though the quality paper used has remaind strong and bright much better than standard newsprint would have. Important graphic Yiddish humor from the great migration period. Dramatic and displayable! BK5 YID-43-9A-LEX. [New York]: Ferlag "Kibets unknown
187634292London: Sampson Low Marston Low and Searle 1876. First Edition in English Beautifully illustrated by Gustave Doré throughout with a total of 236 illustrations 112 being full page and 124 throughout the text. Large Folio beautifully bound in the publisher’s original red cloth the upper cover lettered and decorated in an all-over design featuring Arabesque architectural elements trees and birds and a garden fountain magnificently rendered in gilt and black the spine lettered and decorated in an all-over design of similar motif in gilt and black all edges gilt. xiii 512 pp. A beautifully preserved copy of this majestic book bright and clean the cloth preserved unusually well without rubbing or evidence of abuse the text-block and illustrations clean and crisp throughout the hinges strong and unbroken a very pleasing copy in the beautiful red cloth. FIRST EDITION OF ONE OF THE SCARCEST OF GUSTAVE DORÉ’S MAGNIFICENT ILLUSTRATED BOOKS. It is vastly decorated with over 230 of his impressive engravings. While many such books of the period would have been content with only providing views of landscapes scenery and landmarks Doré also provides us with vivid glimpses into the life work and recreation of the people. Of special note are views of the Alhambra flamingo hunting bull fighting musicians dancers and beggars. Serving as a perfect complement to the illustrations is the text by Baron D’Avillier. Doré and D’Avillier toured Spain extensively together for the express purpose of producing this book. It was a long tour and making good use of their time the two gentlemen seem to have seen and then reproduced here in words and pictures nearly everything worth seeing. Sampson Low, Marston, Low and Searle hardcover
19696180<p><strong>The only lifetime publication of J.R.R. Tolkien in Russian. </strong></p><p><em>'Anglia' a </em>quarterly Russian language magazine was prepared by the British propaganda agency Information Research Department for distribution in the Soviet Union from 1962 to 1992. This issue includes an excerpt from Chapter 7 of '<em>The Hobbit'</em> p. 30-40.It was published without the name of the translator. Most likely this translation was prepared by Maiia Koreneva 1936-2016 an American literature researcher translator and literary critic who worked at the Gorky Institute of World Literature. The first full Russian translation of 'T<em>he Hobbit'</em> appeared in 1976 only.</p><p>OCLC locates the complete set of this magazine only in the Trinity College Library in Dublin.</p> The Foreign Office paperback
194929129Cambridge Massachusetts: Harvard University Press 1949. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Fair. First Edition. xvi 2 336 pages. 4to 10 3/4 x 8 3/8 inches. Publisher's blue cloth. The rare dust jacket is present albeit chipped stained and worn especially at foredges. Bright and clean internally. Cloth. "The electromechanical Harvard Mark I was the first programmable calculating machine to actually produce mathematical tables fulfilling the dream of Charles Babbage originally set out in print in 1822." OOC #411<br /> <br /> "The manual for the Harvard Mark II a relay-based calculator built for the navy during the last year of World War II. It was installed at the Naval Proving Ground in Dahlgren Virginia in 1948 where it was used mainly for the development of ballistics tables. The Mark II's design did not depart radically from that of its predecessor in that it employed electromechanical equipment and was programmed via paper tapes 'but otherwise it was very different. Where the Mark I used rotary mechanical systems with magnetic clutches for storing numbers the Mark II used relays. The way of programming it was very different i.e. the instruction set was different. The fact that it was essentially two machines which could be combined for large jobs or have each half running independent jobs was quite different.' MRW Other innovations included a floating decimal point and a new type of relay. It was considerably faster than the Mark I . The Manual for the Harvard Mark II calculator was written primarily by Grace Hopper assisted by Constance K. Rawson Peter O. Cioffi and Richard D. Woltman. It was completed by Charles H. Richards and K. B. Mitchell" OOC<br /> <br /> Volume XXIV of the Annals of the Computation Laboratory of Harvard University. All volumes in the series were heavily used and finding copies in dust jacket is getting difficult.<br /> <br /> Literature:<br /> Hook and Norman Origins of Cyberspace #416 411 referring to Mark I. Harvard University Press unknown
