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192136432Madison WI: May 18 1921. 1921. Good. - Single-spaced typed letter filling the rectos of two 11 inch high by 8-1/2 wide sheets of cream-colored note paper. Signed "Joseph Jastrow". The edges of the first sheet are a bit darkened & its top edge is lightly chipped. There is a chip out of the top right corner of each sheet with a small piece out where the recipient's reply had been detached. Together with a carbon copy of the reply. Good. <p>Jastrow writes at length to James B. Pond of the Pond Lecture Bureau in New York City explaining that his post at the University of Wisconsin Madison limits the number of lectures he can give and asking if a limited lecture schedule would earn him enough to make the time and travel worth his while. "During the time that there was such a strong interest in questions of spirit belief I was receiving from seventy five to one hundred dollars for these special lectures. I find that in most cases the fees have been about fifty or sixty dollars and as I have already indicated for some of the briefer talks somewhat less."<p>Joseph Jastrow 1863-1944 was a Polish-born American psychologist noted for inventions in experimental psychology design of experiments and psychophysics. He also worked on the phenomena of optical illusions and discovered or popularized a number of well-known illusions. He was a founding member of the American Society for Psychical Research for study of the "mesmeric psychical and spiritual". By 1890 he had resigned from the society and became an outspoken critic of parapsychology. His book "Fact and Fable in Psychology' 1900 debunked claims of occultism including Spiritualism Theosophy and Christian Science. One of his goals was to use the the scientific method to separate truth from error and to educate the layperson which he did through speaking tours popular print media and radio. Madison, WI: May 18, 1921. unknown
1932100251<p>Chicago December 16 1932. 1932. Very good. - Over 70 words typed on 10-7/8 inches high by 8-3/8 inches wide "The Lakeside Press : R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company" stationery. William Kittredge replies to E.H. Hugo's inquiry as to having Chinese typographic characters set in China "I would suggest that if you get in touch the Yamanaka Company . that they would probably tell you how you could have Chinese characters set in China and imported to this country or imported from over there.'" Signed "Wm. A. Kittredge". The top left corner is creased and the letter is folded for mailing with a couple of letters in Kittredge's signature slightly smudged. E.H. Hugo has used the verso as the carbon copy for his reply dated December 19th. Very good.</p><p>The Chicago designer and author of works on design William A. Kittredge 1891-1945 was the son of the printer Albion Kittredge. He apprenticed to Thomas Parkhurst and went on to work at the Riverside Press in Cambridge and subsequently as art director to various printing houses. He was Director of Design and Typography for The Lakeside Press producing works for the Caxton Club and The Limited Editions Club.</p> Chicago, December 16, 1932.
358154The Holloway Press 2011. 53/90 NUMBERED & SIGNED BY ALL CONCERNED WITH ADDITIONAL INSCRIPTION & SIGNATURE OF PHOTOGRAPHER TO TITLE PAGE imperial octavo light card wrappers with french flaps red & black lettering to wrapper lovely binding & design deckled edges unpaginated illus VG v slight soiling to wrapper slight creasing to spine The Holloway Press 2011 unknown
19772090202118101741Star Ring Association Shinjuku District Tokyo 1977. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Star Ring Association (Shinjuku District, Tokyo) paperback
1958155556Vienna: Verein für Soziale Wohnkultur 1958. Two vintage furniture and home decor booklets produced by Austrian furniture maker Soziale Wohnkultur for subsidized housing in Vienna circa 1958. One booklet illustrated throughout with black-and-white and color photographs the other illustrated with black-and-white photographs only. Text in German. <br /> <br /> In 1952 in the midst of rebuilding the city after WWII the government of Vienna formed a furniture initiative called Soziale Wohnkultur or "Social Living Culture" a project spearheaded by architect Franz Schuster. The project introduced a line of furniture for low-income municipal housing residents that was designed to be attractive and high quality but also inexpensive and practical for small apartments. A number of prominent Austrian designers were commissioned to work on the project and the resulting designs ranged from kitchen bedroom and living furniture to wall shelving and lamps all emblazoned with the "SW" logo. The furniture and fittings produced by the SW are considered to have had a significant influence on mid-century Austrian design and extant furniture from the period is still highly in demand today. <br /> <br /> Booklets 5.75 x 7 inches. One booklet with perfect binding the other saddle stapled. Both booklets with brief curling else about Near Fine. Verein für Soziale Wohnkultur unknown
19783115264Los Angeles: Gemini G. E. L. Fine with no dust jacket. 1978. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. First edition. Fine in white printed wrappers. un-paginated 7 1/4" X 7 1/4' Prospectus for a limited edition of lithographs created by the artist at publisher's workshop. Uncommon ephemeral item. ; 7 1/4" x 7 1/4" . Gemini G. E. L. paperback
1955041168New York: The Museum Of Modern Art 1955. First Edition Thus 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Slipcase. Red Cloth Gilt Over Decorative Paper Covered Boards. #528 Of 975 Numbered Copies And 25 Lettered Copies All Signed By Frasconi Westcott And Blumenthal. Near Fine Slight Fading To Spine Cloth Gilt Still Brilliant; Pencil Ownership Signature Of Paco Lagerstrom Dated March 1955 And Small Ownership Label Of Anton Roshko. In The Original Black Slipcase With Cover Label Printed In Red And Black; Slipcase With Rubbing All Along Right Top And Bottom Open Edges 1/4" Splits Along Two Bottom Open Corners And Tiny Frays At Corners Of The Closed End. Paco Axel Lagerstrom 1914 - 1989 Was An Applied Mathematician And Aeronautical Engineer. He Was Trained Formally In Mathematics But Worked For Much Of His Career In Aeronautical Applications. He Was Known For Work In Applying The Method Of Asymptotic Expansion To Fluid Mechanics Problems.3 Several Of His Works Have Become Classics Including "Matched Asymptotic Expansions: Ideas And Techniques". In 1946 Lagerstrom Was Recruited By Hans Liepmann To The Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory At Caltech.5 He Was Later Promoted To Professor Of Aeronautics In 1952 And Professor Of Applied Mathematics In 1967 Having Departed Only Briefly To The University Of Paris In 1960-1961 As Visiting Professor On A Guggenheim Fellowship. His Book "Laminar Flow Theory" Initially Published In 1964 In The Theory Of Laminar Flows Edited By F.K.Moore Is Still Considered As The Standard Textbook For Fluid Mechanics. Anatol Roshko 1923-2017 Was The Theodore Von Kármán Professor Of Aeronautics Emeritus At The California Institute Of Technology Pasadena Ca. Roshko Is Known For His Contributions To Gas Dynamics. He Along With H. W. Liepmann Is The Co-Author Of The Widely Used Textbook "Elements Of Gasdynamics". He Has Made Research Contributions To Problems Of Separated Flow; Bluff-Body Aerodynamics; Structure Of Turbulent Shear Flow. He Completed His Undergraduate Education At The University Of Alberta With A B.Sc. Degree In Engineering Physics In 1945 Received The M.Sc. Degree From Caltech In 1947 And The Ph.D. In 1952. Most Of His Academic Career Has Been At Caltech Where He Was The Theodore Von Karman Professor Of Aeronautics Emeritus At The Time Of His Death. He Was Also A Member Of The National Academy Of Engineering; A Fellow Of The American Institute Of Aeronautics And Astronautics The American Physical Society The American Academy Of Arts And Sciences And An Honorary Fellow Of The Indian Academy Of Sciences. Roshko Received Fluid Dynamics Prize By The American Physical Society Aps In 1987. He Was Also Awarded The Timoshenko Medal In 1999. In Fluid Mechanics The Roshko Number Ro Is A Dimensionless Number Describing Oscillating Flow Mechanisms. <br/> <br/> The Museum Of Modern Art hardcover
200826609Bendon Publishing INTL. Made in China Warner Bros. Entertainment 2008 HBDJ 2008 1st Edition FINE-/FINE AS-IS Purple illustrated Boards Hardcover Match DJ Illustration. Book Condition: New. large children's hardcover with great dustjacket and fold-out poster. 8 X 10 1/s in. Light rub wear UNPAGINATED DJ Protected by clear Mylar Cvr An Encounter with a falling Star changes Tweetys world forever when a wish he Makes Transforms his Cage into Dazzling Rocket. In search of Little Dipper he goes on outer Space Adventure. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fine. Bendon Publishing INTL.. Made in China, Warner Bros. Entertainment hardcover
20042090202118109109Kadokawa Shoten Kadokawa Bunko 2004. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Kadokawa Shoten Kadokawa Bunko paperback
1968318331San Francisco 1968. Handbill. 4.5x7 inch postcard handbill backside toned light bump to bottom left hand corner otherwise very good condition. Signed by the artist Stanley Mouse. AOR-2.170. unknown
1991AILchWEI68Weil Am Rhein: 1991. 1991. 4to. pp. 339 4. numerous illus. many colour. biblio. index. wrs. Exhibition Catalogue. [Weil Am Rhein: 1991]. unknown
19431004435Copenhagen: Fischers Forlag 1943. First edition of this guide to printmaking for children by Danish designer Axel Salto 1889-1961 best known for his pioneering work in ceramics. Salto shows how ink stamps can be combined to create dynamic compositions: a trick rider and his horse doing stunts a ceramics display crashing to the floor a leopard pursuing a flock of deer circus performers before a crowd. Printed on recycled wartime paper Tryk Selv Dine Billeder emphasizes the value of simple materials and creative play. Text in Danish. A near-fine copy of a stunning book. Folio measuring 14 x 11 inches: 20. Original buff pictorial boards lithographed in orange and black pictorial endpapers. Text and illustrations lithographed on buff and green paper. Lightest shelfwear sunning to edges of green pages. Fischers Forlag unknown
196183849New York: Random House 1961. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 21.5cm; black cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in gilt and purple on spine; yellow topstain; dustjacket; 273pp. Light wear else a Near Fine copy. Dustwrapper designed by Ellen Raskin unclipped priced $3.95 with ring stain to front panel light rubbing to extremities and faint tanning and creases to flaps; Very Good.<br /> <br /> This novel focuses on an unlikely cross-country traveling duo as a man flees an unhappy marriage and a grieving high-school boy leaves home. Thomas Savage and his wife Elizabeth Savage published many novels with his later publications having queer elements. 83849. Random House unknown
19913125New York London Toronto Sydeny Tokyo Singapore : Simon & Schuster 1991. 1991. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Red and black cloth with gold lettering in color illustrated dustjacket ; ISBN: 067173735X ; LCCN: 91-9987 ; 1st edition 1st printing ; 348 pp. ; illustrated ; remains of store price on back else FINE/FINE <br/> <br/> New York, London, Toronto, Sydeny, Tokyo, Singapore : Simon & Schuster, 1991. hardcover
19802090202118108821Hanashinotokushu 1980. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Hanashinotokushu paperback
73546E-315. Hardcover. 8vo. The John C. Winston Company Philadelphia PA. 1954. 204 pgs. Decorated endpapers. First Edition/First Printing. Alex Schomburg designed DJ has shelf-wear present DJ is lightly shelfworn to the extremities. Bound in red cloth boards with black titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The tenacious Colonel Benedict and his son Tuck are sent to Titan Saturns fifth moon to investigate reports of smuggling. Soon they discover that the less-than-friendly colony is hiding much more than just a smuggler. Together they dig up a scandalous case of interstellar sabotage and what the colonists reverently refer to as THE BIG SECRET which could destroy Earths power supply - forever. Can the Colonel and Tuck resolve an age-old dispute between the Titan colonists and Earthly authorities before the clock runs out Mankinds fate depends on it . . . ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . hardcover
196421670London: John Calder Publ 1964. HBDJ Stated 1st UK Edition February 1964. Fabulous Red white & Black decorated DJ has small Chips rub wear Mainly Extremities Small stain back & tear edge DJ 8vo - over 5 1/2" - 8 14" tall. with 316 pg. Red Cloth lettered Gold Gilt spine F-/ VG Cover tiny Crease Spine . First Edition. Hard Cover. London: John Calder, Publ hardcover
63-5941Orlando FL: Tropic Art Design 2002. Stapled Letter-sized Pages 4 pp. Color Plates Good with tiny marginal tears edge wear. Orlando, FL: Tropic Art Design, 2002. unknown
20052090202118105697Hon'no ki 2005. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Hon'no ki paperback
2008Q-0979160308Cultivator Press 2008-06-10. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Cultivator Press paperback
198521443Hertfordshire: Omega Books 1985. cloth hardcover in dust jacket. minute bit of wear to top edge front panel of dj. no other flaws a very beautiful copy clean unmarked strong binding.; 236pp. illustrated throughout.; famed german/swiss typographer jan tschichold on the type faces and alphabets he finds most interesting important. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Near Fine Plus/Near Fine Plus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Omega Books Hardcover
1981006060London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson ; Printed in Italy by LEGO Vicenza 1981 1981. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 208 p. : ill. some col. map ports. some col. ; 29 cm. ; ISBN: 0297778986; 9780297778981 ; LC: NA7745; Dewey: 941.1 ; OCLC: 8090021 ; grey cloth in color photographic dustjacket price-clipped ; Contents: Brodick Castle Strathclyde -- Brodie Castle Grampian -- Castle Fraser Grampian -- 7 Carlotte Square Edinburgh -- Graigievar Castle Grampian -- Crathes Castle Grampian -- Culzean Castle Strathclyde -- Drum Castle Grampian -- Falkland Palace Fife -- Haddo House Grampian -- Hill of Tarvit Fife -- House of the Binns Lothian -- Kellie Castle Fife -- Leith Hall Grampian ; Magnus Magnusson was a Lord Rector of Edinburgh University and Chairman of the Stewards of the York Archaeological Trust and the Scottish Churches Architectural Heritage Trust. Although an Icelander who lived most of his life in Scotland he was known as a BBC announcer and presenter of archaeological programmes ; "In personal and highly entertaining style Magnus Magnusson explores the past and present splendours of fourteen of the National Trust for Scotland's most spectacular possessions: castles and great houses spanning over six centuries of architectural artistic and social change and recalling many of the most celebrated names in Scottish history" ; FINE/FINE <br/> <br/> London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson ; [Printed in Italy by LEGO, Vicenza],, 1981 hardcover
0601901st Edition . Hardcover. Fine. Color Illustrations Throughout. Blue Cloth Gilt. Unpaginated. 10 1/2" X 7 3/4" X 5/8". Apparently First And Only Printing Early 2020'S. Fine No Marks. <br/> <br/> hardcover
1985034429Harrap 1985. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 1st printing in this edition illustrated by Ralph Steadman 1985. Firmly bound and very carefully read. Both book & unclipped jacket are in excellent clean condition. There is a short gift inscription on the first blank page. No tears or loss. Illustrated in colour & b/w. A heavy book. Harrap Hardcover
20042090202118107722Shinchosha Shincho Bunko 2004. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Shinchosha Shincho Bunko paperback
