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19203291London: The Field Press 1920. Large quarto original pale Japon vellum with gilt lettering and crest to the front board; top-edge gilt and others uncut. The unpaginated preliminary leaves comprise a colour ornamental title-page a photogravure portrait of C. Alma Baker and a further decorated leaf followed by single leaf listing contents and plates; then 148 continuously paginated letterpress leaves with 52 photogravure plates throughout. Boards moderately thumbed and rubbed with a few scattered spots but overall a most attractive example internally fresh and excellent with tissue guards extant. One of the most lavish and desirable books on the history of Australia and First World War aviation. This copy is an example of the superior Japon vellum binding and was also offered in more modest demure blue cloth. The Japon vellum copies were presented to the wealthy benefactors of the war-planes scheme as a gesture of gratitude for the very considerable sums advanced towards the war effort. </p> <p>In the introduction plantation owner and agriculturalist Alma Baker writes: 'during my visit to Australia in the early part of 1916 I came to the conclusion that there were many people living in the Commonwealth who unable to go the front themselves would be glad to subscribe towards battleplanes to represent them in the firing-line if an individual appeal be made.'</p> <p>And so began the bold plan of gifting aeroplanes from Australia and Malaya for use in the European war. This book is a lavishly printed souvenir for presentation to donors and dignitaries. It lists the aeroplanes typically costing some £2700 apiece along with their donors including great Australians such as graziers Sidney Kidman and Henry White of Belltrees who both respectively paid for two aeroplanes. Some were funded collectively for example the citizens of both the Northern Territory and Far North Queensland separately raised the funds for aeroplanes. Each of the Australian gifts is illustrated in 21 fine photogravure plates.</p> <p>A more detailed account of the practical and strategic use of the Australian and Malayan gifted aeroplanes is provided in a chapter of some 30 pages by Lieutenant-Colonel Boyd Cable of the Royal Air Force. This is followed by description and illustration of the Malayan effort. Noffsinger 66 revised edition 115; not listed in Myron Smith. The Field Press unknown
1969140942893New York: Bleecker Street Press 1969. First Edition. Good. First edition. Signed on the title page by author using her real name and inscribed to a former owner. Bound in publisher's original yellow wraps printed in brown. Good. Soiled and worn with heavy wear to joints and outer paper layer of spine mostly perished removing spine titles. Lean to binding. Pages sporadically soiled rusted paperclip impression to preliminary matter and former owner name to title page.<br /> <br /> <p>This historical novel based on the lives of 19th century American folk artist Mary Ann Willson and her lover Miss Brundidge became an iconic lesbian book of the 1970s when McGraw-Hill republished it as Patience and Sarah. It won the first Stonewall Book Award in 1971. Bleecker Street Press unknown
1932140942296New York: Delphic Studios 1932. First Edition. Fine/Near Fine. First edition first printing. Signed by Jose Clemente Orozco on the first blank sheet. Bound in publisher's original black cloth with paper title label to upper board. In original glassine wrapper which is toned crease and has a short meandering split at one spine fold housed in publisher's original box which is toned. Rear pastedown is stamped number 278 box is inked with matching number. A fantastic copy of a book not normally seen in such nice condition and uncommon with box and glassine. Delphic Studios unknown
200020661Philadelphia PA U.S.A.: Institute of Physics Publishing. As New. 2000. Paperback. 075030636X . 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 - -- 482 pages-- Interior text is clean tight and unmarked. Pages are intact and tight to the spine. From the description on the back cover: " 'Scientifically Speaking' is the largest compilation of published Science quotations available. It is designed to be entertaining and informative. The purpose of the book is to present quotations so that the reader can get a feel for the depth and breadth of Science and the visions and styles of scientists past and present. In these days of ever-increasing specialization it is important to gain a broad appreciation of Science. With this in mind 'Scientifically Speaking' contains the words and wisdom of several hundred scientists writers philosophers poets and academicians. The bibliography is useful for readers who want to search for more details about the quotations listed. The extensive author and subject indexes provide the perfect tool for locating quotations for practical use or pleasure." -- with a bonus offer--; . Institute of Physics Publishing paperback
2000100093Ten Speed Press. New. 2000. Hardcover. 1580081290 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 136 pages. -- with a bonus offer-- . Ten Speed Press hardcover
199710569Berkeley California U.S.A.: Ten Speed Press. New. 1997. Paperback. 0898159369 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- with a bonus offer-- . Ten Speed Press paperback
199930165Edison New Jersey U.S.A.: Stewart Tabori & Chang. New. 1999. Hardcover. 1556708920 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY BRAND NEW PRISTINE NEVER OPENED -- 160pp. 10.51 x 9.5 x 1.01. -- with a bonus offer-- . Stewart Tabori & Chang hardcover
199167685Giunti. New. 1991. Paperback. 8809603788 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- Text in Italian and English. 158 pp. With 116 ills. 78 col. and 16-page insert in pocket with 7 ills. one foldout. 27 x 23 cm. -- with a bonus offer-- . Giunti paperback
199868780Pomegranate. New. 1998. Paperback. 0764906860 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened --144 pp. With 81 ills. 76 col. . 28 x 22 cm. -- with a bonus offer--; 0.5 x 10.9 x 8.4 Inches . Pomegranate paperback
191715567Zarephath NJ: The Pentecostal Union. As New. 1917. Hardcover. 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 - -- with a bonus offer-- . The Pentecostal Union hardcover
1968161194N.p.: N.p. 1968. Small archive of five vintage photographs belonging to noted avant-garde filmmaker and writer Kenneth Anger relating to his research into homosexuality drugs and murder for his notorious books "Hollywood Babylon" 1959 and "Hollywood Babylon II" 1984. Two photographs with Anger's ownership stamp and label on the verso four with press stamps on the verso and three with printed mimeo snipes affixed to the versos.<br /> <br /> "Hollywood Babylon" and its sequel detailed the various improprieties both real and imagined of the elite of Hollywood's Golden Age. <br /> <br /> Archive includes:<br /> <br /> A photograph of Irish American director and actor William Desmond Taylor released for newspaper usage after his murder on February 1 1922. <br /> <br /> A photograph of actress Virginia Rappe circa 1922 released for newspaper usage after her death at the height of the Fatty Arbuckle scandal. <br /> <br /> A photograph of actress Alma Rubens released for newspaper usage after she was arrested for narcotics possession in 1931. Rubens had been arrested on similar charges in 1929 and as noted on the snipe had "taken the narcotic cure" that year. Rubens would die weeks later from lethal pneumonia and bronchitis on January 21 1931 shortly after her release from jail.<br /> <br /> A Paramount studio photograph of actors Cary Grant and Randolph Scott at a swimming pool circa 1935. The two men lived together sporadically for twelve years throughout the 1930s and early 1940s and were suspected by both Anger and contemporary sources to have been lovers.<br /> <br /> A photograph of the body of Mexican American actor and closeted homosexual Ramón Novarro being removed from his house after its discovery in 1968. Novarro was tortured and murdered by two male escorts who falsely believed a large sum of money was hidden in the actor's house. <br /> <br /> Photographs range in size from 6 x 8 inches to 8 x 10 inches. Generally Very Good plus with moderate edgewear and age toning overall with photograph of Grant and Scott Good only with a bruise on the center top edge of the recto. N.p. unknown
1959420974Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1959. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with a little rubbing and very slight sunning on the spine. Author's second of two novels under her own name both about her seemingly happy post-war hetrosexual married life in the Fifties.<br /> <br /> Routsong the mother of four daughters eventually dispensed with her husband and writing under the pseudonym Isabel Miller produced the lesbian classic A Place for Us. The original edition was self-published in 1969 and sold by Routsong outside the meetings of the New York chapter of the Daughters of Bilitis. A later hardcover version was published by McGraw-Hill under the new title Patience and Sarah. Like her first novel A Gradual Joy this title is exceptionally uncommon which is unusual for a novel from a mainstream publisher. This is a very nice copy. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover
1912104582Toronto: Various Publishers 1912-1935. Rare collection of first editions pamphlets and sheet music related to the sinking of the RMS Titanic with a rare limited edition O.B.R. Kentucky Straight Bourbon 86-proof Whiskey 4/5 quart ceramic Titanic replica. The collections includes a first edition of E.J. Pratt's 'The Titanic' Toronto: The Macmillan Co. of Canada 1935 which is in near fine condition; a first edition of Mrs. Alma White's 'The Titanic Tragedy- God Speaking to the Nations' New Jersey: The Pentecostal Union 1913 which is in near fine condition; a later printing booklet of Caroline Bancroft's 'The Unsinkable Mrs. Brown' Boulder: Johnson Publishing Co. 1963; three sheet music folios including Will Kirkpatrick and M.C. Hanford's 'The Wreck of the Titanic' Washington D.C.: H. Kirkus Dugdale Co. 1912 Mrs. William Euler and Jack Stanley's 'Wreck of Titanic Song' Washington D.C.: H. Kirkus Dugdale Co. 1912 and Paul Pelham and Lawrence Wright's 'Be British! Descriptive Song and Recitation Dedicated to the Gallant Ill-Fated Crew of the Titanic' London: Lawrence Wright Music Co 1912; a rare printing of John J. Friend's 'The Loss of the Steamship Titanic: In Loving Remembrance of Those Who Lost Their Lives On Board the Steamship Titanic'; an original 1911 White Star First Class Passenger Ship per the S.S. Romanic which departed from Boston for Genoa on Saturday April 20 1911; and a rare limited edition O.B.R. Kentucky Straight Bourbon 86-proof Whiskey 4/5 quart ceramic Titanic replica which measures 17 inches in height and is housed in the original illustrated cardboard clamshell box. An exceptional collection of works many produced in the same year of the fateful tragedy. After striking an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton England to New York City in April of 1912 nearly 1500 of the passenger liner's 2224 passengers perished making the event one of modern history's deadliest peacetime commercial marine disasters. Built by the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast the Titanic was the second of three Olympic-class ocean liners operated by the White Star Line and the largest ship afloat at the time she entered service. The shipwreck of the Titanic was discovered in 1985 over 70 years after the disaster during a U.S. military mission and remains on the seabed. The Titanic has become one of the most famous ships in history; her memory is kept alive by numerous works of popular culture including books folk songs films exhibits and memorials. Various Publishers unknown
194112612JNew York: Julian Messner 1941. First Edition. Inscribed and signed by actor John Barrymore to fellow actor Hans Conried presented to him five months before Barrymore’s passing: “To Hans Conried - with sincerest good wishes to a fine artist John Barrymore 9 iv ‘41.†This was John Barrymore’s own copy with his large engraved bookplate which is a striking design by Barrymore himself with his initials at the bottom showing the masks of comedy and tragedy entwined in a thorny tree with flowing banners reading: “John Barrymore - Ex Libris†beneath which is a pen and an artist’s brush. Beneath this is Conried’s own bookplate printed in crimson and a caricature vignette of Conried. Hans Conried is best remembered for his leading role in the classic Dr. Seuss fantasy film The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T as well as his portrayal of Uncle Tonoose on The Danny Thomas Show. This book is a 282 page biography of Barrymore and is very rare inscribed by him since it appeared just shortly before his death. Laid in is a special yellow printed card for the John Barrymore estate auction which “Entitles the Bearer to Seat in RESERVED SECTION at Auction of the Precious Possessions of John Barrymore - Deceased - Outstanding Star of Stage and Screen Monday and Tuesday August 24 and 25 1943 3123 West Eighth Street Los Angeles - J.J. Sugarman - Randolph Co. Auctioneers.†Some interesting notes on Barrymore written by Conried on the rear endpapers very good in a very good lightly chipped dust jacket. Julian Messner unknown
1953422342Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1953. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Fine in attractive very good or better dust jacket with two small nicks on the front panel and a couple of tiny tears. Author's first and seemingly autobiographical novel about the seemingly happy hetrosexual married life in the early Fifties subtitled on the jacket as "A novel about the 'Found' Generation."<br /> <br /> Routsong the mother of four daughters eventually dispensed with her husband and writing under the pseudonym Isabel Miller produced the lesbian classic A Place for Us. The original edition was self-published in 1969 and sold by Routsong outside the meetings of the New York chapter of the Daughters of Bilitis. A later hardcover version was published by McGraw-Hill under the new title Patience and Sarah. A Gradual Joy is exceptionally uncommon and this is a very nice copy. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover
1953140948393Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1953. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First hardcover edition first printing. Published simultaneously with the paperback edition. iv 199 3 pp. Bound in publisher's yellow-orange cloth stamped in silver blue topstain. Near Fine with light droplet stains to topstain and short tear to half-title near gutter. In a Near Fine price-clipped dust jacket with light rubbing and edgewear.<br /> <br /> <p>A very nice copy of the first edition of Alma Routsong's first book. She later became known for her lesbian fiction published under the name Isabel Miller. Houghton Mifflin Company unknown
1953420973Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1953. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Fine in attractive very good price-clipped dust jacket with small nicks and tears mostly at the spine ends. Author's autobiographical first novel about her seemingly happy hetrosexual married life in the early Fifties subtitled on the jacket as "A novel about the 'Found' Generation."<br /> <br /> Routsong the mother of four daughters eventually dispensed with her husband and writing under the pseudonym Isabel Miller produced the lesbian classic A Place for Us. The original edition was self-published in 1969 and sold by Routsong outside the meetings of the New York chapter of the Daughters of Bilitis. A later hardcover version was published by McGraw-Hill under the new title Patience and Sarah. A Gradual Joy is exceptionally uncommon and this is a very nice copy. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover
1959419549Guatemala and Mexico 1959. Near Fine. A collection of 79 gelatin silver prints ranging in size from 7†x 7†to 8†x 10†and four smaller 5†x 4†prints by Alma Lavenson collated and housed in 11 handmade paste-paper portfolios. The collection consists of 51 prints taken in Guatemala in seven portfolios and 32 prints taken in Mexico in four portfolios. Each print is captioned by Lavenson on the versos in green ink giving place names and in her smaller hand underneath in blue ink giving additional information. All are in fine condition. Also included is a San Francisco Museum of Modern Art exhibition catalog 1984-85 Inscribed by Lavenson.<br /> <br /> This portfolio is Lavenson's first book solely devoted to her photography. A remarkable assemblage of images made by the famed California photographer of Guatemalan and Mexican women children and men including several Mayan peoples from various rural regions and towns throughout both countries. The images date from a trip Lavenson made in 1959 during which she also visited her son Albert who was conducting anthropological field research in Chiapas Mexico. <br /> <br /> Lavenson was a self-taught photographer from the Bay Area whom Edward Weston told to abandon the soft-focus style of the times and adopt the crisp style of the Modernist movement. She took the advice to with such verve that she was invited to participate in a San Francisco gallery show that featured work by Weston’s newly formed photo group f/64. The attention- getting show which also featured the work of Ansel Adams Imogen Cunningham and Consuelo Kanaga exposed her work to wide acclaim leading to three solo shows at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art inclusion in Edward Steichen’s “The Family of Man†exhibition and showings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Like many women of the time Lavenson largely set aside her career as a photographer after her marriage in 1933. Lavenson died in 1989 at age 92 just a year after her final solo exhibition at the Baltimore Museum of Art but today is gaining in reputation as an important photographer of the first part of the 20th Century. <br /> <br /> A detailed list follows:<br /> <br /> Guatemala 47 prints 4 small prints<br /> <br /> Portfolio 1. Almolonga Quetzaltenango 5 prints. In a red and purple paste paper wrapper. Some fraying and short tears to the edges else all other wrappers are near fine.<br /> <br /> Portfolio 2. San Francisco el Alto 6 prints. In a dark green/blue paste paper wrapper. Includes several images of “Friday Market Dayâ€.<br /> <br /> Portfolio 3. Chichicastenango 8 prints. B & W and multi-colored paste paper wrapper.<br /> <br /> Portfolio 4. Antiqua 3 prints. Light amber and multi-colored paste-paper wrapper. Includes an image of a man stitching on a loom.<br /> <br /> Portfolio 5. San Antonio Aguas Calientes 3 prints. B & W and multi-colored paste-paper wrapper.<br /> <br /> Portfolio 6. PalÃn Nahualá and Quetzaltenango 10 prints. Light purple paper wrapper.<br /> <br /> Portfolio 7. Lake Atitlán 16 prints including the four smaller prints. Light purple paper wrapper. Includes images of Guatemalans in Panajachel Santiago and San Antonio Palopó. The four smaller prints are landscapes of Puerto Barrios and the Rio Dulce.<br /> <br /> Mexico 32 gelatin silver prints<br /> Housed in 4 orange and black paste-paper wrappers very good or better<br /> <br /> Portfolio 1 12 prints<br /> Pátzcuaro 6 and Taxco 6.<br /> <br /> Portfolio 2 4 prints<br /> Janitzio 3 and Cuernavaca 1.<br /> <br /> Portfolio 3 9 prints<br /> San Miguel Allende 5 and Guanajuato 4. Includes one print: “Child with Sugar Cane†owned by the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona; and images of the woman “Caretaker of Church Guanajuatoâ€.<br /> <br /> Portfolio 4 7 prints<br /> San Juan de las Lagos 2 and Morelia 5. Includes images of “Fiesta dancers Guadelupe Day†and of a “Fire-Works Familyâ€.<br /> <br /> Also:<br /> Exhibition Catalog Inscribed. Portraits of Artists; Faces Photographed; 9 December 1984 – 24 March 1985. Inscribed by Lavenson: “For Judy Nan / from Alma†on p. 37 underneath her photograph printed in the catalog: San Idelfonso Indians 1941. unknown
