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1332741Cambridge UK: Heffer & Sons Ltd. Mixed Editions. Hardcover. Octavo; G-; brown spines with gilt text; 2 volumes missing supplement volume 4; vol. 1 Prehistoric China pp 250 1959; vol. 2 Shang China pp 368 1960; no jackets; cloths show modest wear to exteriors; some stains to exteriors; sunned spines; slightly splayed boards; text blocks have slight foxing to exterior edges; previous owner's name to ffeps; light foxing to endpapers; interiors clean; illustrated; additional shipping may be necessary due to size/weight restrictions for international/expedited orders. 1332741. FP New Rockville Stock. Heffer & Sons Ltd hardcover books
606W. Heffer & Sons Cambridge. Hardcover. 1st editions of the first 3 vols. in the landmark series Archaeology in China. All 3 vols. are Near Fine copies in bright VG price-intact dustjackets.Vol 1: Prehistoric China Vol 2: Shang China and Vol 3: Chou China. Each volume uniformly bound as tall thick quartos. 1048 pgs. all told. There was a vol. 4 issued as well years later. <br/><br/> W. Heffer & Sons, Cambridge hardcover books
1960Embry 196857U. of Toronto Press 1960. First edition first printing. Fine in very good lightly rubbed dust jacket with light wear to spine tips. U. of Toronto Press, 1960. First edition, first printing. unknown books
195933521Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons 1959. First edition. Cloth. A very good copy foot of spine sunned owner's name on free front endpaper marginal pencil lines; in a very good rubbed dust jacket. xix 250 pp. Illus. with 44 b/w plates. Sm. 4to. W. Heffer & Sons hardcover books
19631331653Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons 1963. Hardcover. Octavo; G/Poor; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine blue with brown pint; DJ has edgewear stain at bottom of spine shelfwear portion of rear sliced out; Boards in brown cloth mild wear to corners and spine caps stain at bottom of spine fading to portion of rear where DJ was sliced away; Text block has name in ink on front flyleaf light spotting to endpapers else clean and tight; xxxii 430 pages illustrated b&w plates folded maps. 1331653. FP New Rockville Stock. W. Heffer & Sons hardcover books
19699006295Cambridge: Heffer and the University of Toronto Press 1969. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine DJ. 33 pp.Illustrated with photographs in black & white. Includes bibliography list of Chinese characters in the text and index. <br/><br/> Heffer and the University of Toronto Press hardcover books
1987229840Southampton: The Parrish Art Museum 1987. paperback. very good. B/w illustrated auction catalogue. 63pp. Very slim 8vo pictorial wrappers. Southampton: The Parrish Art Museum 1987. Foxing on wrappers but internally fine. A very good copy.<br/><br/> The Parrish Art Museum unknown books
1641401738Augsburg: Johann Schultes and Mathias Rembold 1641. From the Collection of Arthur & Charlotte Vershbow. Folio 300 x 203 mm. Letterpress title printed in red and black torn and repaired 15 double-page or folding engraved plates or plans by Matthäus Rembold 1629-1657 on guards. Contemporary vellum. Some plates trimmed closely. Provenance: purchased from Ars Libri 1990. FIRST EDITION of this work on civil architecture by the eminent Ulm architect Joseph Furttenbach the Elder. The Architectura privata describes his own dwelling-house and grounds and the fine copperplates show the basics and elevations of the house windows portals grotto and gardens among other things. With its small grotto richly decorated with rare flowers arranged in compartments Furttenbach's garden courtyard epitomizes the intimate "secret garden" owned by the wealthy bourgeoisie in early seventeenth-century Germany and the Netherlands. The grotto in his garden is described as being filled with artifice and exotica including shell-encrusted sculptures and waterworks painted cosmological imagery and mirrors. The flowers depicted are identifiable as the most sought after and costly bulbs of the period the narcissus tulip fritillary and crown imperial demonstrating Furttenbach's knowledge of current botanical research. Following his studies in architecture and engineering in Italy Furttenbach returned to Ulm where he designed buildings and gardens and published a number of treatises on architecture and fortification. His construction of the Ulm city fortifications were among the strongest of their time remaining impregnable during the Thirty Years' War. Berlin Kat. 1958. <br/><br/> Johann Schultes and Mathias Rembold hardcover books
196721449Lake Forest: Prairie School Press 1967. Reprint. Stiff Wraps. Orig. printed stiff wrappers. Very good. Wright Frank Lloyd. 20 pages. 35 x 27 cm. Illustrated with drawings plans and photographs. Reprints of articles by the above named authors. Front cover slightly toned at head and margins. Prairie School Press unknown books
19811309524University Gallery Univesity of Delaware 1981. Softcover. Quarto: VG-/no-DJ paperback: Thin gray spine with white text: Covers have general shelfwear. some creasing to hinges some rubbing binding solid: Textblock is clean:60 pp. 1309524. FP New Rockville Stock. University Gallery Univesity of Delaware unknown books
1970143281Chicago: Alligator Records 1970. Archive of seven vintage promotional photographs for Alligator Records recording artists circa 1970s. <br/><br/>Founded in 1970 independent blues label Alligator Records continues to release music to this day. Included are images of Ed Williams Lonnie Brooks Maurice John <br/>Vaughn and Lil Ed and the Blues Imperials. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Fine. Alligator Records unknown books
194044229Manila 1940. Letters housed in a file folder attached at top with two prong paper fastener. Age-toning & staining. Fastener rusted. Folder front cover chipped & detached. A VG cache. 52 leaves most with typescript to recto only. ~ 10-1/2" x 8-1/8" <br/><br/>A cache of 40 typed letters and TLs exchanged between the Office of the President of the Philippines and various officers of the U.S. High Commissioner of the Philippines many on official letterhead and some marked "confidential." The letters ordered chronologically chart the negotiations defense concerns and sometimes uneasy power sharing between the two administrations in regards to the rules and regulations governing aerial photography of the islands. Issues discussed include the advisability of allowing aerial photography by outside entities the feasiblity of specifying no-fly zones for aerial photography without interferring with commercial flights enforcement efforts and the powers afforded the two administrations. The majority of the letters expressing the Commonwealth's position are from and signed by Jorge B. Vargas then serving as Executive Secretary to President Manuel Quezon. Later Vargas administered Manila as an open city during the Japanese occupation in 1942 and served in the puppet government of the Second Philippine Republic; following the war he chaired the National Planning Committee served on the board of regents of the University of the Philippines and became the first Filipino on the International Olympic Committee. In 1960 he was awarded the Legion of Honor by the Republic of the Philippines. Signed letters from the U.S. High Commission include several from Major General R. L. Holbrook as well as Colonel/Acting Chief of Staff E. H. DeArmond. From the first letter dated May 25 1937: "under the present prohibitive measures regarding aerial photography embodied in Proclamation No. 485 of the Governor-General dated August 12 1932 and in the Bureau of Aeronautics rules and regulations it is believed that the granting of permission to aviation companies particularly to an aerial photographic company to take pictures will be exceedingly difficult and complicated. This office is studying the advisability of altering the present rules and regulations." Jorge B. Vargas Secretary to the President. From November 12 1938: "So long as the Philippine Islands remain United States territory the United States is responsible for their defense and that responsibility at least so far as land operations are concerned devolves upon the Commanding General . . . . To say that the Department Commander is supreme in time of war or grave emergency but that in time of peace his responsibilities are limited to administrative control over United States military personnel and United States military reservations and that in peace time he should not interest himself in control or prevention of activities which may have the gravest consequences in time of war or public emergency is manifestly contradictory." Edward H. DeArmond Colonel FS G.S.C. Acting Chief of Staff. From October 26 1939: "I have the honor to inform you that in an investigation conducted by proper authorities of this Government Mr. B. A. Glover airplane pilot in the emply of Elizalde & Co. was found guilty of violation of the provisions of Proclamation No. 364 of the President of the Philippines in view of which he was suspended as transport pilot for a period of one month from October 18 to November 17 1939 inclusive and warned that repetition of a similar offense in the future will be subject of a more drastic action." Jorge B. Vargas Secretary to the President. An interesting cache of material documenting activities of the transitional government of the Philippines just prior to the outbreak of WWII. unknown books
029991Large manuscript archive consisting of: -571 letters 1074 pages dated 1820s-1940s the bulk from 1898-1900. -5 Diaries 540 pp. of Thomas R. Hall of Buckhannon West Virginia dated 1937-1949 with gaps. -7 Memorandum and Account Books possibly of John P. Barger of Petersburg West Virginia 1883-1884. -572 pieces approximately of ephemera including contracts deeds agreements postcards invitations circulars receipts printed and manuscript materials such as accounts and financial statements etc. plus several photographs the ephemera dates from 1820s-1950s.<br /><br /><p><b>Archive Description:</b></p><p><b>Correspondence</b></p><p> 571 letters 1074 pp. dated between 1820s-1940s with the bulk of the letters 391 of 571 being dated from 1898 to 1900. A further breakdown of the correspondence in this collection is as follows:</p><p>1820s-1880s. 48 letters 101 pp.</p><p> 1890-1897. 34 letters 127 pp.</p><p> 1898. 110 letters 176 pp.</p><p>1899. 281 letters 387 pp.</p><p>1900s. 30 Letters 91 pp.</p><p>1910s. 28 Letters 114 pp.</p><p>1920s-1940s. 5 Letters 16 pp.</p><p>Undated letters 22 letters 42 pp.</p><p>Undated and Incomplete letters 13 letters 20 pp.</p><p> Much of the correspondence centers around John W. Gilkeson. Including 33 letters 41 pp. dated 1898-1900 on the letterhead of the West Virginia Penitentiary of which Mr. Gilkeson served on the board of directors. Other incoming letters to Gilkeson also concern the penitentiary. These letters tend to be written by other members of the board of directors and are written on that members own company letterhead but they discuss the business of the prison.</p><p><b>Diaries of Thomas R. Hall of Buckhannon Upshur County WV 1937-1949</b></p><p> 5 volumes 540 pp comprising 262 pp. of diaries plus 278 pp. of memorandum notes cash accounts and address books. Diaries measure 2 ½" x 5 ¾" bound in limp red leather format is 5 to 7 diary entry days per page mostly written in ink but with some pencil. Diary volumes dated for years 1937 1939 1945 1947 and 1949. Diary entries detail the day to day activities of Mr. Hall a father husband and insurance salesman. The memorandum notes cash accounts etc. at the rear of the diaries appear to deal with his work as an insurance salesman for Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company. He keeps track of personal production income automobile repairs oil gas bus train mail other expenses etc. Individual diaries pages are as follows:</p><p>1937 - 53 pp diary 50 pp. memorandum cash accounts address book.</p><p> 1939 - 53 pp diary 60 pp. memorandum cash accounts address book.</p><p> 1945 - 50 pp diary 55 pp. memorandum cash accounts address book.</p><p> 1947 - 53 pp diary 51 pp. memorandum cash accounts address book.</p><p> 1949 - 53 pp diary 62 pp. memorandum cash accounts address book.</p><p> <b>Memorandum and Account Books</b></p><p> 7 Memorandum & Account Books possibly of John P. Barger of Petersburg Virginia 1883-1884 comprising 128 pages in total each volume measures approximately 3 ½" x 5 ¾" and is bound in paper wrappers and dated from 1883 to 1885.Two of the volumes lack wrappers. The volumes are worn mostly written in pencil but in a legible hand. The names of John P. Barger and George Harman are mentioned in most volumes.</p><p> <b>Ephemera</b></p><p>185 approximately pieces of manuscript ephemera for the Barger Gilkeson and Van Meter families includes bills receipts contracts deeds agreements memorandum notes promissory notes etc. dated c1820s-1940s mostly from the late 1880s-1890s.</p><p>200 approximately pieces of printed and manuscript ephemera for the Barger Gilkeson and Van Meter families includes letterhead receipts for various goods transport receipts hay scale receipts tax bills a couple of telegrams car registration used checks a checkbook membership cards insurance policies etc. dated 1847-1950</p><p>62 used postcards 1877-1924 mostly 1880s-1890s many to John P. Barger from his bank showing a deposit was received others between members of the Gilkeson family and their associates. Post cards addressed to Mrs. Alice Barger Petersburg WV; John P. Barger Esq. Petersburg WV; Mr. Max Barger Petersburg WV; E. M. Gilkeson Moorefield WV; Hon. John Wm. Gilkeson Moorefield WV also seen as "cashier"; Ms Martha V. Gilkeson Moorefield WV; George Harman Esq. Petersburg WV; Ms. Clarice Shobe Petersburg WV; Jos. Vanmeter Moorefield WV; Wm. C. Vanmeter Old Fields WV; J. C. Wilkins Franklin WV</p><p>75 used envelopes 1889-1936 mostly 1910s addressed to various members of the Barger Gilkeson Harman Van Meter and Whitesel families of Moorefield Old Fields and Petersburg WV.</p><p>39 pieces of printed ephemera including 9 invitations 8 greeting cards printed unfilled forms newspaper clippings circulars etc.</p><p>1 hand drawn land survey by surveyor M. D. Neville for 3 lots total of 364 acres "east of the Elk Gorden Road."</p><p> 5 manuscript pages of financial statements and comparative statements of the "Old" and "New Administrations" of the "West Virginia Penitentiary" including 2 pages of notes for a board of directors meeting 1896-1899.</p><p>2 manuscript pages on the genealogy of William Thompson Van Meter family.</p><p> 3 photographs black & white two are cdv's of women not dated nor identified the other a very small photo of two women identified as "Miss Simville & myself."</p> <b>John W. Gilkeson 1861-1917 of Moorefield WV and Van Meter family of Old Fields WV</b><p> John William Gilkeson was a prominent and prosperous citizen of Moorefield West Virginia. He had a beautiful farm and home near town and was a banker businessman a man of the highest standing and character an elder in the Presbyterian Church and had the confidence and respect of his community.</p><p> His father John Bell Gilkeson 1818-1891 was born at Romney Hampshire County Virginia later WV. He was married in 1857 to Nancy Jane Kuykendall Wilson the daughter of Nathaniel Kuykendall. John Bell was the son of James David Gilkeson 1793-1872 and Sarah Dixon Bell 1797-1850.</p><p> James and Sarah had several children Besides John; one of them was Robert B. Gilkeson 1821-1891 the father of Edwin Myers Gilkeson 1854-1946 and Henry Bell Gilkenson 1851-1921. Edward and Henry are among the correspondents of John William Gilkeson. There are at least 32 letters which the two brothers wrote to their cousin John William Gilkeson.</p><p> Edwin Myers Gilkeson 1854-1946 had his own mercantile establishment at Romney WV. He became the President of the bank at Parkersburg WV after having been the Cashier. He was at one time 1921 the treasurer of the Democratic County Executive Committee and the 1st ward leader at Parkersburg WV. He married Cora Williams Finley and had several children one of whom was Emily Gilkeson who attended along with her cousin Henry's daughter Laura the Mary Baldwin Seminary.</p><p> Henry Bell Gilkeson 1851-1921 was a lawyer politician school administrator and banker in the state of West Virginia. He was born in Moorefield in 1850 the eldest child of dry goods merchant Robert B. Gilkeson and his wife Sarah E. and was raised in Romney. He graduated from Hampden-Sydney College and became a school teacher and served as superintendent of the Hampshire County Schools from 1877-1879. He then began to study law and became a successful attorney at Romney. His popularity in education circles and legal circles propelled him to the next phase of his career that in politics. He was elected to the West Virginia Legislature as a state senator for the years 1890-1893 and as a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates for 1883-85 and 1909-11. He also served as mayor of Romney West Virginia and as the first president of the Bank of Romney 1888-1913. Henry married a woman by the name of Mary Katherine Paxton 1853-1910 and had a son Henry B. Gilkeson Jr. 1890-1901. Another son Robert William Gilkeson 1887-1918 died while serving with the 316th Engineers in WWI in France. Henry Bell Gilkeson died on 29 September 1921 and was interred with his wife and son Henry Jr. at Indian Mound Cemetery in Romney. The Gilkesons had one other child a daughter Laura Paxton Gilkeson 1885-1973 who married Romney lawyer George Sloan Arnold 1885-1986.</p><p> John William was also one of the directors of the West Virginia Penitentiary at Moorefield at least for the years 1898-1904. He was also the Cashier at the South Branch Valley National bank in Moorefield and acted as a delegate to the American Bankers Association in 1901. With a man by the name of Williams he was part owner of "Williams & Gilkeson" a company that was a member in the American Short Herd Breeder's Association.</p><p> John William Gilkeson married Janie White 1861-1935. They had at least three children. John died the 5 July 1917 his wife on 14 December 1935. They were both buried at Olivet Cemetery at Moorefield. John William Gilkeson John T. Van Meter and several others founded the Olivet Cemetery at Moorefield about the year 1887.</p><p> James William Gilkeson c1847-1920 married Sallie C. Van Meter c1851-1930. Sallie was the daughter of William Cunningham Van Meter. The marriage of James and Sallie connects the Gilkesons to the Barger Harman Van Meter and Whitesel families mentioned below. James William and Sallie had at least two daughters Damaris and Martha Mattie who are mentioned in this archive.</p><p> William Cunningham Van Meter 1811-1889 the father of Sallie C. Van Meter mentioned above was the son of David Van Meter 1784-1871 and Hannah Cunningham 1793-1878. He married Martha Ann Peerce 1820-1895 and together they had at least eight children: David Peerce b. 1844; Milton Point b. 1846; Damaris Ellen b. 1848; Sallie C. b. 1851; Annie E. b. 1853 who married Edward Williams; Martha Cornelia b. 1854; Fannie O. b. 1857; and William Thompson Van Meter.</p><p><b>Barger Harman and Whitesel Families of Petersburg West Virginia</b></p><p> Alice A. Harman 1854-1942 was the wife of farmer John P. Barger 1861-1901 the daughter of George Eston Harman 1828-1899 and Mary Jane Smith 1832-1858. Alice's father was a member of the West Virginia Legislature and ran for U.S. Congress in 1890 aligning himself with the Prohibition Party.</p><p> John P. Barger died at Petersburg WV at the age of 40. He was the son of Michael Barger. Gracie Whitesel 1878- was the step-daughter of John P. Barger and the daughter of Alice who was previously married before her marriage to Barger to the Rev. James Edward Whitesel 1851-1878. Alice married Whitesel in 1875. Whitesel was the son of Simon and Catharine Whitesel. Alice and Whitesel had three children: George Harman Emmett Wycliffe and Grace mentioned above. With Barger she had one child Max. Max carried on the family farm along with his mother Alice after the death of his father Alice's second husband in 1901.</p><p> Grace Catharine Whitesel is the daughter of James Edward Whitesel and Alice Harman Barger. Grace married Wm. Thompson Van Meter at Petersburg WV on 16 December 1903. William was the son of William Cunningham Van Meter and Martha Ann Peirce mentioned above in the Gilkeson and Van Meter biography. William was born at Old Fields Hardy County WV. His ancestors were among the first to settle on the south branch of the Potomac River. At the time of William T. Van Meter's death he and his wife made their home at Mrs. Van Meter's brother Mr. Harmon Whitesel at Petersburg WV. Van Meter spent the greater part of his life in Hardy County. He was buried at Olivet Cemetery at Moorefield WV. He was a member of Moorefield Presbyterian Church.</p><p> <b>Thomas R. Hall 1878-1963 of Buckhannon Upshur County WV</b></p><p> Thomas Roberts Hall our diarist was the son of Strother I. Hall 1835-1905 a farmer of Grays Flat Virginia and his wife Mary Ann Wells 1835-1909 of Basnettsville Virginia. Thomas was the youngest of the couple's eight children. He was born in 1878 at Grays Flat. The family then moved to Marion West Virginia. Thomas later attended West Virginia Wesleyan College where he studied business.</p><p> Hall married Rosa Maude Vincent b. 4 Sept. 1881 of Upshar Co. WV. In the 1940 Census he his wife Maude V. son Frank V. b. abt. 1910 and step-mother Virginia S. Vincent b. abt. 1858 are found enumerated at Buckhannon Upshur County WV. Thomas is listed working as a general insurance salesman. The family owned their home. When he filled out his WWII draft registration card he stated he worked for the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company.</p><p> Thomas R. Hall died on 16 July 1963 at Buckhannon WV at the age of 83.</p><b>Further Description of Correspondence:</b><p> 1820s-1880s Correspondence</p><p> The earliest correspondence first 10 letters dated 1824-1839 is written to David Van Meter of Moorefield Hardy County Virginia listed on letters as "near Moorefield" this is an area that would later become West Virginia. Of these 10 letters 6 are written by his children the others from associates. After these letters to David Van Meter there are 4 letters written by members of the Ogilvie family 1850-1857. They appear to be written to John or David Ogilvie of Moorefield VA from family members in Virginia and at Warsaw Ohio John Ogilvie/Oglesbee. Then there is a letter 1857 written to W. C. Van Meter who appears to be the son of the above David Van Meter. Following this there are an additional 3 letters written apparently to John Ogilvie in 1858 two of them are from family. A letter after this 1866 is from James Ogilvie to Wm. C. Van Meter. The bulk of the remaining letters in this section are incoming letters to Wm. C. Van Meter.</p><b>1890-1897 Correspondence</b><p> The 1890s correspondence begins 11 letters written to Gracie Whitesel 6 from family and to John P. Barger 5 from business associates. In 1892 a business letter is written to J. Wm. Gilkeson. Then there are 3 further letters to Gracie Whitesel. These letters are followed by letters written between the various female members of these families in particular several letters are written to and from Mattie V. Gilkeson in 1895-1896 who was attending the Augusta Female Seminary in Stanton Virginia. She writes letters to her mother Mrs. J. Wm. Gilkeson of Moorefield WV. Letters are also written to Damie Gilkeson of Moorefield Mattie's sister. There are also a couple of business letters to John P. Barger.</p><p><b>1898-1900 Correspondence</b></p><p> Of the 571 letters in this collection 391 of the letters are dated from 1898 to 1900. These 391 letters are for the most part either written to John W. Gilkeson or written by him. For the most part these are retained copies on tissue paper but several are on the letterhead of the South Branch Valley National Bank where John Gilkeson was Cashier. A couple of the letters are written to U.S. Congressman Alston G. Dayton and A. C. Scherr among others.</p><p> Gilkeson has many correspondents two of the main writers being his relations Edward Gilkeson 17 letters and Edward's brother Henry Gilkeson 16 letters. Edward Gilkeson's letters are written on the letterhead of the Second National Bank of Parkersburg WV where Edward was Cashier. The letters discuss financial matters investments family and local news. Henry Gilkeson's letters are written on the letterhead of "H.B. Gilkeson" his law practice in Romney WV.</p><p> Other correspondents are A. C. Scherr and Alston G. Dayton. A. C. Scherr a woolen manufacturer writes 31 letters to Gilkeson many on the letterhead of Keyser Woolen Mills a business he owned at Keyser WV. Scherr served on the board of directors along with Gilkeson of the West Virginia Penitentiary. Some of these letters are personal they appear to have been friends some are business oriented Scherr appears to be in financial troubles and others speak to their activities on the prison board such as the hiring of convict labor.</p><p> U. S. Congressman Alston G. Dayton 1857-1920 writes to Gilkeson on four occasions three of which are on the letterhead of the U.S. House of Representatives' Committee on Naval Affairs of which Dayton was a member. Dayton was elected a U.S. Congressman from West Virginia for the years 1895 to 1905. The letters concern politics and campaigns. There is also 1 letter from Governor George W. Atkinson who was West Virginia's Governor from 1897-1901. Gov. Atkinson writes to Gilkeson about an upcoming "Congress of the National Prison Association of the United States."</p><p> The archive includes 33 letters written on the letterhead of the West Virginia Penitentiary. They are written to Gilkeson because he served on the board of directors of the prison. Some of the letter writers are S. A. Hawk the warden of the prison who writes 7 letters; A. C. Scherr a fellow board member who writes 1 letter. Gilkeson himself writes 1 letter retained copy to John A. Bloyd a fellow board member and also treasurer of the prison. Bloyd writes 5 letters to Gilkeson. The rest of the letters 19 were written by John L. Laughlin listed as the clerk and secretary of the board of directors of the prison. These 33 letters combined with the other letters of A. C. Scherr written to Gilkeson on his personal letterhead as well as several manuscript pages of accounts for the prison in the ephemera section of this archive give great insight into the financial status and the mechanics running and financing the prison from the board of directors' perspective.</p><p><b>1900s-1940s Letters</b></p><p> In this section of the archive there are 12 letters of Pvt. Bernard M. Taylor dated 1918-1919 while he was serving during World War One. Pvt. Taylor was serving in France with Co. B of the 505th Engineer Battalion. The letters are written to Damie E. Gilkeson with a couple to Mattie Gilkeson Damie's sister</p><p>Other letters in this section of the archive appear to be written to John P. Barger or other Van Meter family members and some to the Gilkeson family.</p> books
1949313357Gainesville Fla 1949. Aprox 77 pen and ink drawings with the newspaper cliping done generally for Wednesdays and Sundays. 8vo & 4to. In spiral rink notebook. Aprox 77 pen and ink drawings with the newspaper cliping done generally for Wednesdays and Sundays. 8vo & 4to. unknown books
19671458751967. Archive of eight vintage borderless photographs three typescript essays and a carbon typescript of the first essay and first page of the second by photographer Jerry Bauer circa 1967 with the photographs corresponding to the topics of the essays. <br/><br/>Bauer was an American photographer best known for his photographic portraits of writers with his portraits of Samuel Beckett being held in particularly high regard. Much of his work resides in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery in London.<br/><br/>The first essay "The American Underground: Mind Expansion A Messiah 'Love'" is an examination of Timothy Leary and the "League for Spiritual Discovery" LSD a communal organization carrying out studies in the religious use of psychedelic drugs as well as the effects of LSD. Two photographs are of the New York Millbrook estate mentioned in the essay one of the centers for the group one photograph of the estate itself and the other of two participants on the porch. Another photograph shows three young people lounging on a bed a young man with beads in his hand matching the description in the essay of a subject's focus on "a set of beads" and a description of the living quarters being ". . . simple: mattresses on the floor." <br/><br/>The second essay "American Underground : Mind Expansion The Poets 'Love' 2" is broken into three sections. The first is about the musical group The Fugs who Bauer describes as "the Beatles of the American underground." Two of the photographs in and around Washington Square Park feature members of The Fugs one of a gleaming Ed Sanders and Geoff Outlaw with two unidentified young women. In a second photograph the same group is on the grass along with Ken Weaver and a third unidentified young woman.<br/><br/>The second section of the essay is about "the two stars" of the underground film movement Andy Warhol stars Baby Jane Holzer and Edie Sedgewick with a corresponding photograph taken in Warhol's Factory showing Ingrid Superstar sitting on a mattress Baby Jane Holzer on the floor with her back to the camera along with several unidentified subjects. Holzer is identified from a published photograph by Bauer titled "Baby Jane Holzer" taken at the same time as the one in the archive.<br/><br/>The final section of the essay is a about American youth and drug culture in Greenwich Village as well as the neighborhood itself. Here the related photographs are of several young people seated on the grass one playing the guitar in Washington Square Park and one of several people standing around a Greenwich Village intersection.<br/><br/>The third essay "Andy Warhol: Film Director of America's Underground" is a study of Warhol's early experimental films. Beginning with a brief summation of Warhol's early career Bauer goes on to postulate about Warhol's films discussing the director's various regulars including Elekro Baby Jane Holzer Sally Kirkland Nico here spelled "Nicot" and others.<br/><br/>Photographs: Six photographs 10.75 x 8.25 inches two photographs 10.75 x 8 inches. Near Fine overall.<br/><br/>Ribbon typescript essays: 8.25 x 10.75 inches. Typescript on onionskin stock six leaves bound with a silver corner clip. Near Fine.<br/><br/>Carbon typescript essays: 8.25 x 10.75 inches. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock three leaves bound with a silver corner clip. Near Fine. unknown books
1986WRCLIT74517Bruxelles: Bibliotheca Wittockiana 1986. 24pp. Quarto 30 x 21 cm. Illustrations and photographs. White portions of wrappers faintly dusty otherwise very good or better. First edition ordinary issue. One of 600 copies of 610. In the latter work Denmark presents Borges in a fictional dramatic dialogue with "Le Scribe" and "Le Théoricien" in homage to Borges's story. Bibliotheca Wittockiana unknown books
199810130Belarusian Institute of Arts and Sciences/Belarusian Literary Association Council of Ministers of the Belarusian Democratic Republic 1998. Hardcover. Very Good. Exceptional two volume hardcover set in taupe/gilt boards cream/gilt dustjacket. Pages numbering 1721 consecutively from Vol. 1 to 2. Indexed extensively for ease of reference. Text predominately in Belarusian with limited French and other languages. Arriving BOXED. Belarusian Institute of Arts and Sciences/Belarusian Literary Association (Council of Ministers of the Belarusian Democratic Rep hardcover books
1989WRCLIT74269Ghent: Imschoot uitgevers 1989. 111pp. Large octavo. Cloth and boards. Plates and photographs many in color. About fine. First edition of this expansive exhibition catalogue attending this installation hosted by the Centre d'Art Nicolas de Staël at Braine-l'Alleud. Introduction by Marcel Daloze printed in English at the conclusion of the text. Much of the work is related to books archives data paper etc and Ray Bradbury is a frequent touchstone. There were fifty copies signed by the artist -- the position of what may or may not be Denmark's original signature in this copy is clouded by its visual context. Imschoot, uitgevers hardcover books
194074392Glasgow: The Strickland Press 1940. 20p. rose-coloured self-wraps illustrated with author's portrait; first separate publication staplebound wraps a bit sunned with a sticker shadow not 'scar' general faint dimness & edgewear staples getting ready to rust no offsetting yet rather odd Scottish production qualities stiffish and potentially fragile but a quite acceptable copy. Bedford's late-50s autobiography "A silver-plated spoon" I remember as being enormously charming. The Strickland Press unknown books
191519357San Francisco: The Argentine Commission Of The Panama-Pacific-Exposition 1915. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. brown leather lettered in gilt. Near fine. 88 pages. 18.5 x 12.5 cm. "The Commission of the Argentine Republic takes pleasure in offering this volume descriptive of the growth and position of the Argentine Republic as a souvenir of the Panama-Pacific-exposition of 1915." Clean copy back cover damp stained. The Argentine Commission Of The Panama-Pacific-Exposition hardcover books
201120997ELos Angeles: Warner Bros 2011. First Edition. Small format paperbound 5 1/4†x 8 1/4†122 pages. This is first appearance in book form of this screenplay specially printed for distribution to members of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences in consideration for nomination of the Best Screenplay. Shooting script for the film Argo screenplay by Chris Terrio. Minor crease to the rear cover else fine in printed wrappers. The film was directed by and stars Ben Affleck with Bryan Cranston Alan Arkin John Goodman Victor Garber Tate Donovan and Kyle Chandler. The film is based on the 1979 hostage crisis of a group of American embassy staff members in Iran and the unconventional plan to liberate them. The film won three Oscars; Best Picture Best Writing - Adapted Screenplay and Best Achievement in Film Editing. It was also nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Arkin Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures - Original Score Best Achievement in Sound Mixing and Best Achievement in Sound Editing. The film won Golden Globes for Best Picture - Drama Best Director and was nominated for Best Supporting Actor Arkin Best Screenplay and Best Original Score. Warner Bros unknown books
201120411ELos Angeles: Warner Bros 2011. First Edition. Small format paperbound 5 1/4†x 8 1/4†122 pages. This is first appearance in book form of this screenplay specially printed for distribution to members of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences in consideration for nomination of the Best Screenplay. Shooting script for the film Argo screenplay by Chris Terrio. Fine in printed wrappers. The film was directed by and stars Ben Affleck with Bryan Cranston Alan Arkin John Goodman Victor Garber Tate Donovan and Kyle Chandler. The film is based on the 1979 hostage crisis of a group of American embassy staff members in Iran and the unconventional plan to liberate them. The film won three Oscars; Best Picture Best Writing - Adapted Screenplay and Best Achievement in Film Editing. It was also nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Arkin Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures - Original Score Best Achievement in Sound Mixing and Best Achievement in Sound Editing. The film won Golden Globes for Best Picture - Drama Best Director and was nominated for Best Supporting Actor Arkin Best Screenplay and Best Original Score. Warner Bros unknown books
198125274San Francisco CA: The Arion Press 1981. Andrew Hoyem's letter-announcement only for his new discount policy for the Arion Press. With detailed information on currently available and forthcoming projects for the press. Approx. 8 1/2" x 11" letter size printed one side only. Old fold lines; light shallow creasing at one top tip; clean and in very good condition. First Edition. Not Bound. Very Good. The Arion Press paperback books
1968RPATARI00DPEHumanities Press 1968. Fine. Patzig Gunther. Aristotle's Theory of the Syllogism : A Logico - Philological Study of Book A of the Prior Analytics. Translated from the German by Jonathan Barnes. New York: Humanities Press 1968. 1st edition. 215pp. Indexed. Bibliography. 8vo. Navy buckram with gilt lettering. Book condition: Near fine with gently rubbed corners; former owner's signature in ink on front free endsheet. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Corners slightly chipped. Two short closed tears in front panel's top edge. Spine and edges subtly darkened. Humanities Press hardcover books
184358469Tuscaloosa AL: Woodruff & Olcott 1843. First edition. 12mo. 245 pp. Publisher's ad leaf. The author published an earlier arithmetic textbook in Hartford Connecticut in 1830. American Imprints 43-406. Owen p. 811 without location. Ellison 471. OCLC locates four copies Mississippi lacking title page Alabama Yale American. Several leaves remargined no loss of text thoroughly foxed old accession numbers on two leaves a good copy of a rare Alabama schoolbook. Original calf boards rubbed rebacked with new leather spine label and gilt imprint at base new endpapers. #5677. <br/><br/> Woodruff & Olcott hardcover books
