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193541022New York: Covici Friede Publishers 1935. First printing. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket. First edition of this oft-comical tale of post-World War I Monterey following the exploits of a wine-loving and vaguely Arthurian group of paisanos a beautiful copy in the scarce original dust jacket. The lighthearted tone of TORTILLA FLAT lifted the spirits of Americans during the Great Depression for whom "reading and the movies were escape. escape from grinding poverty escape from worrying about how to pay the rent escape from worrying about how to find a job" San Jose. Danny and his round table of friends are rarely concerned with any of those issues as they meander through life in Monterey undeniably poor but not experiencing the tragedy of poverty in the same way as many of Steinbeck's later characters. Steinbeck even drew joy from writing the work: "it is light and I think amusing. I don't care whether it amounts to anything. I am enjoying it and I need something to help me over this last ditch" Steinbeck and Wallsten.<br /> TORTILLA FLAT did of course amount to something earning the California Commonwealth Club's Gold Medal and a mention in the justification for Steinbeck's 1962 Nobel Prize. It was also made into a 1942 film starring Spencer Tracy and Hedy Lamarr and was one of the top box office grossers of the year.<br /> This first edition is a crystallization of the beginning of Steinbeck's career before his works were required reading in classrooms across America. With Ruth Gannett's illustrations nestled throughout the text TORTILLA FLAT is a refreshingly light title in a broad oeuvre. 7.5'' x 5''. Original tan cloth binding with blue spine lettering. Original unclipped $2.50 pictorial dust jacket in blue and black. Blue topstain. Fore-edge machine deckle. Illustrated throughout in black and white. 318 pages. Housed in custom blue leather-backed clamshell box. Jacket with some edgewear mild chipping to spine ends; spine sunned. Binding corners and spine ends lightly bumped topstain a bit faded; tiny creases to lower margins of pages 316-318. A clean sound copy. Covici Friede Publishers unknown
192558598Tchiatouri Georgia & Wallace ID: Georgian Manganese Mining Co. Day Mining Co. ca. 1925-1929. Thick oblong 4to. 11.75 x 8.25 x 2.25 in. 168 pp unpaginated. on thick black paper stock. With 635 silver gelatin photographs sized from 2 x 3 in. up to 8 x 10 in. with the majority sized 3.25 x 5.25 in. nearly all annotated below in neat white ink lettering some w/ annotations somew/in negative indicating negative number those partially lifed from black paper have ink & pencil annotations on versos matching the white ink captions some are RPPC’s w/ captions w/in the negatives at lower fore-edges of image and also present is an 8 page folded manuscript inventory documenting about 400 of the photos closely matching most of the captions. Contemporary flexible black calf Badger post-binder black enamel coated screw-posts a few leaves loose others proud some photos overlapping occasional closed tears a few inner joints neatly repaired at gutter still an outstanding exemplar. This exceptional album provides an essential documentary record of the Soviet era Caucasus of Georgia Azerbaijan Armenia and Abkhazia just a few years after the 11th Red Army invaded Georgia and after a one-week offensive Georgian Bolsheviks took over the country. The album opens with a composite panoramic photo of Tchiatouri notably without the rusting overhead tramways installed by Stalin during the 1950’s. Following the formation of Georgia SSR Tchiatouri and the surrounding regions held some of the largest metallurgical grade manganese in the World and in the 1920’s the Georgian Manganese Company. The subsequent photos depict several of the homes occupied by mine personnel the surrounding region and the main company offices. Many of the photos focus on the local peasants bazaars markets Georgian families fruit markets animal markets and more. Additional photos depict the foreign ex-patriot life in Batum Batumi Adjara with birds-eye views of the city Orthodox churches converted at the time to a Men’s Club as well as tea and banana plantations. Still more photos show Armenian refugees Jewish cigarette boys wine merchants carrying wine in pig skins ox carts horse-drawn street cars village blacksmiths gypsy fortune tellers trained bears and even the local kerosene vendor wagon. Mining operations in Seminoff and Karuto are shown with ore being hauled by ox cart loaded onto rail cars ore crushing mill as well as views of Perevisi Chokruti Shukrut and other ore bearing plateaus their Karuto house. Of additional interest are the photos of the Tchiatouri Monastery a cliffside still functioning convent known as the Mgviemevi Convent featuring a 13th-Century two-nave basilica native village and connecting ore tramways. A series of photos is also devoted to the old Sachakari Modinakhe Castle ruins both inside and out fortifications and local cave dwellings all much more severely damaged decades later in the 1991 earthquake. The compiler has also included photos of the market homes and street scenes in Tiflis as well as the old Roman Walls the local prison Kurdish homes and camel herds along the railway to Moscow scenes along the railroad line between Tiflis & Baku and the Caspian sea port of Russian caviar at Petrovsk. The Harriman Georgian Manganese Co. maintained offices in Moscow and in fact W. Averell Harriman 1891-1986 himself negotiated with Leon Trotsky prior to Lenin’s death and the rise of Stalin forcing him into exile in 1929 for the Manganese mining rights. Many of the photos reveal an extended winter trip through Moscow with a visit to the Kremlin the newly built Lenin’s tomb Red Square the Bolshoi Grand Theater and even a visit to the Polish & Russian Border. After a short trip through France in the midst of rebuilding and Great Britain the couple voyage to Greece Turkey and Palestine. Photos depict Turkish sailboats mosques and street views in Samsun Turkey Constantinople from the Bosphorus the Galata Bridge the Sultan’s palace and Seraglio the Hagia Sophia as well as the old walls. While traveling by rail through Syria and Palestine a series of photos is captioned that the railroad was “made famous by Lawrence in the Revolt of the Desert these pictures taken between Damascus and Tiberius.†The visit through Palestine shows farms Jerusalem the Dome of the Rock Wailing Wall street scenes and the Church of the Nativity. This is followed by tour down the Nile visits to the Pyramids as well as later stops in Somalia Sri Lanka Singapore Saigon Indo-China Hong Kong and Japan. The album is unsigned without ownership markings and has been attributed to Jack Powers and his wife Ruth Fitzgerald Powers 1895-1967 by an unrelated family who held the album. In addition at the rear of the album there are numerous photos of the Day-Hale Co. hunting trips on the Locksaw River in Idaho which included Henry Day Jack Powers E.L. Hale and Dr. Max Smith with Powers clearly identified and closely matching several of the photos depicted in the other parts of the album. Powers began working as a machinist and mechanic with an auto dealership before World War I but by the early 1920’s was actively working as machinery trouble-shooter for Tamarack Custer Mining Co. ad Day Mining Co. subsidiary and also worked as a specialist on compressors. Harriman and his younger brother Roland owned mining operations in Soviet Georgia copper mines in Silesia oil fields in Iran and even a power plant in Poland but after the stock market crash in 1929 they merged with their biggest competitor to become Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. He is perhaps best remembered for development of the Sun Valley Lodge and ski resort in Ketchum Idaho. See: Strishkov & Levine The Manganese Industry of the U.S.S.R. 1986 pp. 7-10; Day Mines Inc. Manuscript Group 306 Records 1921-1985 Univ. of Idaho Special Collections & Archives; Rudy Abramson Spanning the Century: The life of W. Averell Harriman 1891-1986 1992. Georgian Manganese Mining Co., Day Mining Co., unknown
150833New Haven Connecticut: The Yale Law Journal Co. Inc. 1993. Original May 1993 offprint of The Yale Law Journal containing Charles L. Black Jr.'s "And Our Posterity."  Octavo original wrappers The Yale Law Journal Volume 102 May 1993 Number 7. Inscribed by the author on the front wrapper "For the Honorable Ruth Bader Ginsburg with all best wishes! Charles Black New York 29 October 1993." The recipient Ruth Bader Ginsburg American lawyer and jurist served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020 and was responsible for some of the most eventful legal decisions of the past half-century. Nominated by President Bill Clinton in 1993 to replace retiring justice Byron White Ginsburg became the first Jewish woman and the second woman to serve on the Court after Sandra Day O’Connor. Ginsburg spent much of her legal career as an advocate for gender equality and women’s rights winning many arguments before the Supreme Court. During her tenure as associate justice of the Supreme Court Ginsburg received attention for her fiery and passionate dissents that reflected liberal views of the law. She was popularly dubbed “the Notorious R.B.G.†a moniker she later embraced. She authored several important majority opinions related to gender discrimination voting rights and affirmative action in cases such as United States v. Virginia 1996 which struck down the Virginia Military Institute’s male-only admissions policy as violating the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment Olmstead v. L.C. 1999 in which the Court ruled that mental illness is a form of disability covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and Friends of the Earth Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services Inc. 2000 in which the Court held that residents have standing to seek fines for an industrial polluter that affected their interests and that is able to continue doing so. In fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box from the Harcourt Bindery. A unique piece of history. Charles L. Black Jr. 1915–2001 was a prominent American constitutional scholar whose work significantly shaped twentieth-century legal thought. A longtime professor at Yale Law School and later at Columbia Law School Black was widely respected for his influential writings on constitutional structure judicial review and the role of the Supreme Court. He is particularly noted for assisting Justice Thurgood Marshall in preparing the brief that contributed to the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education 1954 a case that fundamentally reshaped constitutional law and civil rights jurisprudence in the United States. The Yale Law Journal Co., Inc. unknown
146275Santa Fe: Sunstone Press 2009. Early edition of this brilliant record of feminist history with a new foreword by the author from the library of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Octavo original pictorial wrappers illustrated with black and white photographs. Association copy inscribed by the author on the half-title page to Justice of the Supreme Court Ruth Bader Ginsburg "To the Honorable Ruth Bader Ginsberg sic with years of gratitude - Marcia Cohen 8/25/2017." The recipient American lawyer and jurist Ruth Bader Ginsburg served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020 and was responsible for some of the most eventful legal decisions of the past half-century. Nominated by President Bill Clinton in 1993 to replace retiring justice Byron White Ginsburg became the first Jewish woman and the second woman to serve on the Court after Sandra Day O’Connor. Ginsburg spent much of her legal career as an advocate for gender equality and women’s rights winning many arguments before the Supreme Court. During her tenure as associate justice of the Supreme Court Ginsburg received attention for her fiery and passionate dissents that reflected liberal views of the law. She was popularly dubbed “the Notorious R.B.G.†a moniker she later embraced. She authored several important majority opinions related to gender discrimination voting rights and affirmative action in cases such as United States v. Virginia 1996 which struck down the Virginia Military Institute’s male-only admissions policy as violating the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment Olmstead v. L.C. 1999 in which the Court ruled that mental illness is a form of disability covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and Friends of the Earth Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services Inc. 2000 in which the Court held that residents have standing to seek fines for an industrial polluter that affected their interests and that is able to continue doing so. In fine condition with the lightest rubbing to the extremities. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box by the Harcourt Bindery. "'The Sisterhood' is more than a compelling portrait of the early days of the contemporary women's movement. It is filled with reminders some of which now seem astonishing of the barriers that stood between women and equality" Jeff Greenfield CBS News. "'The Sisterhood' is a benchmark book that I want to nail to my daughter's bedside read out loud to my sons" Phyllis Theroux Author of 'Peripheral Visions. Sunstone Press unknown
150836Singapore: Centre for Advanced Studies 1991. Original scholarly work from the Centre for Advanced Studies Research Paper Series examines how U.S. Supreme Court judges use language to construct and reinforce gender roles in their legal opinions. Octavo original wrappers CAS Research Paper Series Number 7. Association copy inscribed by the author on the front wrapper “With best wishes To Justice Ginsburg from Huang Hoon Singapore 1999." The recipient Ruth Bader Ginsburg American lawyer and jurist served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020 and was responsible for some of the most eventful legal decisions of the past half-century. Nominated by President Bill Clinton in 1993 to replace retiring justice Byron White Ginsburg became the first Jewish woman and the second woman to serve on the Court after Sandra Day O’Connor. Ginsburg spent much of her legal career as an advocate for gender equality and women’s rights winning many arguments before the Supreme Court. During her tenure as associate justice of the Supreme Court Ginsburg received attention for her fiery and passionate dissents that reflected liberal views of the law. She was popularly dubbed “the Notorious R.B.G.†a moniker she later embraced. She authored several important majority opinions related to gender discrimination voting rights and affirmative action in cases such as United States v. Virginia 1996 which struck down the Virginia Military Institute’s male-only admissions policy as violating the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment Olmstead v. L.C. 1999 in which the Court ruled that mental illness is a form of disability covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and Friends of the Earth Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services Inc. 2000 in which the Court held that residents have standing to seek fines for an industrial polluter that affected their interests and that is able to continue doing so. In fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Associate Professor Chng Huang Hoon is an academic in the Department of English Language and Literature at the National University of Singapore NUS whose research focuses on discourse gender and ideology. Her scholarship examines the intersection of language and power most notably in her monograph Separate and Unequal: Judicial Rhetoric and Women’s Rights 2002 which analyzes how legal discourse shapes understandings of gender and equality. In addition to publishing on gender studies and classroom pedagogy including collaborative work with Chitra Sankaran Chng has contributed significantly to the scholarship of teaching and learning through editorial board service and senior administrative leadership at NUS. Her roles have included Assistant Dean Director of the Centre for Development of Teaching and Learning and Associate Provost Undergraduate Education where she has overseen curriculum development and university-wide educational initiatives. Centre for Advanced Studies unknown
147157New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1987. Early printing of this analysis of the United States' relationship with its constitution. Octavo original half cloth frontispiece of 'Washington Giving the Laws to America' by J. P. Elven illustrated. Association copy inscribed on the front free endpaper "March 1987 To Judge Ginsburg From the "boys in the back room" - Jay Mark & David." The inscription appears to have been written by men who clerked for Justice Ginsburg during the 1986-1987 term when she was a Federal Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. From the library of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Arguably the most famous Supreme Court Justice in American history lawyer and jurist Ruth Bader Ginsburg served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020. Popularly dubbed “the Notorious R.B.G.†a play on the name of famed 90s rapper The Notorious B.I.G. Ginsburg was responsible for some of the most eventful legal decisions of the past half-century. When she was nominated by President Bill Clinton in 1993 to replace retiring justice Byron White Ginsburg became both the first Jewish woman and the second woman to serve on the Court after Sandra Day O’Connor. Ginsburg was born and grew up in Brooklyn New York earned degrees at Cornell University and Columbia Law School and began her career as a professor at Rutgers Law School and Columbia Law School teaching civil procedure as one of the few women in her field. She spent much of her early legal career as an advocate for gender equality and women’s rights winning many arguments before the Supreme Court and in 1972 co-founded the Women’s Rights Project at the American Civil Liberties Union which participated in more than 300 gender discrimination cases by 1974. In 1980 President Jimmy Carter appointed her to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit where she served until her appointment to the Supreme Court in 1993. During her tenure as associate justice of the Supreme Court Ginsburg received increasing attention for her fiery and passionate dissents that reflected liberal views of the law. She authored several important majority opinions related to gender discrimination voting rights and affirmative action in cases such as United States v. Virginia 1996 which struck down the Virginia Military Institute’s male-only admissions policy as violating the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment Olmstead v. L.C. 1999 in which the Court ruled that mental illness is a form of disability covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and Friends of the Earth Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services Inc. 2000 in which the Court held that residents have standing to seek fines for an industrial polluter that affected their interests and that is able to continue doing so. In 2002 Ginsburg was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame she was named one of Forbes’ 100 Most Powerful Women in 2009 and one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people in 2015. Her powerful and fiery dissent in the 2013 Supreme Court case Shelby County v. Holder in which she argued against the majority’s decision to strike down key provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 emphasizing the continued need for its protections against racial discrimination in voting earned her the nickname “The Notorious R.B.G.†– a moniker she came to embrace which has since become a celebration of her important legal career and legacy. Widely regarded as one of the most remarkable women in American history Ginsburg redefined and transcended the traditional role of Supreme Court justice ascending to the status of intergenerational feminist pop culture icon. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Light sunning to the spine. Light rubbing and a few small closed tears to the extremities of the dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box by the Harcourt Bindery. "Kammen has a remarkable knack of presenting important historical ideas in an absorbing fashion. It is no easy achievement to write a study of the Constitution that is fresh lively and highly significant. He has succeeded on all accounts turning out a page-turner which is the authoritative evaluation of the Constitution in our culture" Frank Freidel University of Washington. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
201911402Stillwater ME 2019. Artist's book unique from a series with excerpts from Celia Thaxter's AN ISALND GARDEN reflecting the noted poet's garden in Spring and Summer on Arches text wove signed and dated by the artist Nancy Ruth Leavitt with the notation that this is her 121st manuscript book. Page size: Autumn: Still the Garden Glows. Excerpts from AN ISLAND GARDEN ; 30pp. 24 of which are painted in watercolor and gouache. The previous two titles in the series were slightly larger as befits the longer seasons they represent. Bound by the artist: handsewn in Katie MacGregor handmade paper wrappers on which the artist has painted three large green blooms; housed in custom-made light green cloth over boards clamshell box with label and painted by the artist in greens and oranges - each letter a variant color. <br/>The text is as with the two previous volumes taken from Celia Thaxter's last book she died the year the book was published and according to the important American bibliographer Jacob Blanck it was "one of the most elaborate pieces of bookmaking of the period" featuring cover and page design by Sarah Wyman Whitman and chromolithographs after paintings by Thaxter's friend and guest on Appledore Island Childe Hassam. <br/>Nancy Ruth Leavitt has chosen to interpret Thaxter's text through the flowers the poet describes so lovingly - with smaller amounts of text - scattered below above and beside the major "event" of each page: the flowers. This is the exact opposite of the first edition of Thaxter's important book where the text is first and foremost highlighted by single stalks and single page chromolithographs of Hassam's renderings of the landscape of Appledore Island the gardener and some of her garden. Ms. Leavitt's dizzying exuberant images of flowers are a perfect reflection of the prose: "the clumps of wild roses glow with the red haws in the full light" and "goldenrod and wild asters bloom and a touch of fire begins to light up the huckleberry bushes." The last quote included by Ms. Leavitt signals the closing down of the summer garden until the following spring: "Autumn laying here and there a fiery finger on the leaves." This is lettered in oranges and greens on a vertical above the bold image of greens tipped with orange and red slanting down to the bottom of the last page. Although we are saddened to see the end of the growing season we know it will return and until then we have the inspiring images created here. unknown books
14136American professional baseball player known as "Babe Ruth" "the Bambino" and "the Sultan of Swat". Vintage glossy 8" x 9.75" photo of Ruth late in his Yankees career signed and inscribed in fountain pen "To my good friend Ralph Woodbury from Babe Ruth 5-3-47." Ruth famously set records of long standing in both single season home runs and lifetime record home runs. In very good condition with scattered surface creases most noticeably to his knee area inscription and signature slightly faded with some flaking to ink a slightly trimmed bottom edge and a block of uniform overall toning from previous display. A classic pose of the 'Bambino.' Comes with PSA/DNA. unknown books
147831Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press 1989. First edition of this comprehensive study of Victorian reforms in marriage law and how it reshapes our understanding of the feminist movement of that period. Octavo original cloth with gilt titles to the spine. Presentation copy inscribed by Bill Bader on the front free endpaper "2 June 1997 For Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg The very greatest female jurist the common law world has ever seen With high personal regard & esteem Bill Bader." American lawyer and jurist Ruth Bader Ginsburg served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020 and was responsible for some of the most eventful legal decisions of the past half-century. Nominated by President Bill Clinton in 1993 to replace retiring justice Byron White Ginsburg became the first Jewish woman and the second woman to serve on the Court after Sandra Day O’Connor. Ginsburg spent much of her legal career as an advocate for gender equality and women’s rights winning many arguments before the Supreme Court. During her tenure as associate justice of the Supreme Court Ginsburg received attention for her fiery and passionate dissents that reflected liberal views of the law. She was popularly dubbed “the Notorious R.B.G.†a moniker she later embraced. She authored several important majority opinions related to gender discrimination voting rights and affirmative action in cases such as United States v. Virginia 1996 which struck down the Virginia Military Institute’s male-only admissions policy as violating the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment Olmstead v. L.C. 1999 in which the Court ruled that mental illness is a form of disability covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and Friends of the Earth Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services Inc. 2000 in which the Court held that residents have standing to seek fines for an industrial polluter that affected their interests and that is able to continue doing so. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light bumping and rubbing to the extremities of the dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box by the Harcourt Bindery. "Molly Shanley's book will be important both for political theorists and for scholars of women's studies. She explores with great care and thoroughness the connections between nineteenth-century feminist argument and activism on the one hand and familiar liberal principles of justice and equality on the other. The book contributes greatly to our understanding of the development of modern liberalism and modern feminism as two related foundations of our current ways of thinking" Nannerl O. Keohane Wellesley College. Princeton University Press hardcover
149109New York: Oxford University Press 2000. First Oxford University printing of this insightful analysis about gender inequalities. Octavo original publisher's wrappers illustrated. Association copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper "To Justice Ginsburg From someone who is copying on your tradition I hope! Jen Williams May 2002." From the library of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Arguably the most famous Supreme Court Justice in American history lawyer and jurist Ruth Bader Ginsburg served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020. Popularly dubbed “the Notorious R.B.G.†a play on the name of famed 90s rapper The Notorious B.I.G. Ginsburg was responsible for some of the most eventful legal decisions of the past half-century. When she was nominated by President Bill Clinton in 1993 to replace retiring justice Byron White Ginsburg became both the first Jewish woman and the second woman to serve on the Court after Sandra Day O’Connor. Ginsburg was born and grew up in Brooklyn New York earned degrees at Cornell University and Columbia Law School and began her career as a professor at Rutgers Law School and Columbia Law School teaching civil procedure as one of the few women in her field. She spent much of her early legal career as an advocate for gender equality and women’s rights winning many arguments before the Supreme Court and in 1972 co-founded the Women’s Rights Project at the American Civil Liberties Union which participated in more than 300 gender discrimination cases by 1974. In 1980 President Jimmy Carter appointed her to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit where she served until her appointment to the Supreme Court in 1993. During her tenure as associate justice of the Supreme Court Ginsburg received increasing attention for her fiery and passionate dissents that reflected liberal views of the law. She authored several important majority opinions related to gender discrimination voting rights and affirmative action in cases such as United States v. Virginia 1996 which struck down the Virginia Military Institute’s male-only admissions policy as violating the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment Olmstead v. L.C. 1999 in which the Court ruled that mental illness is a form of disability covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and Friends of the Earth Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services Inc. 2000 in which the Court held that residents have standing to seek fines for an industrial polluter that affected their interests and that is able to continue doing so. In 2002 Ginsburg was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame she was named one of Forbes’ 100 Most Powerful Women in 2009 and one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people in 2015. Her powerful and fiery dissent in the 2013 Supreme Court case Shelby County v. Holder in which she argued against the majority’s decision to strike down key provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 emphasizing the continued need for its protections against racial discrimination in voting earned her the nickname “The Notorious R.B.G.†– a moniker she came to embrace which has since become a celebration of her important legal career and legacy. Widely regarded as one of the most remarkable women in American history Ginsburg redefined and transcended the traditional role of Supreme Court justice ascending to the status of intergenerational feminist pop culture icon. In near fine condition with light toning to the extremities. Cover photograph by Stephen Simpson. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box by the Harcourt Bindery. Williams argues that the demands of work which often prioritize long hours and inflexible schedules disproportionately affect women who are expected to balance professional responsibilities with caregiving roles at home. At the same time she highlights how men are also constrained by traditional gender norms that limit their involvement in family life. Through her analysis Williams advocates for changes in workplace policies such as flexible schedules paid family leave and a rethinking of what constitutes "ideal" worker behavior to create a more equitable balance between family and work. Unbending Gender calls for a redefinition of gender roles and work structures aiming to provide solutions that can help reduce the conflict and create a more just and balanced society for both genders. Oxford University Press unknown
19400001501SENNEVILLE QUEBEC QC CANADA. Good. 1940. On offer is a sensational relic of mystic and occult study and observation being an annotated copy of 'Oracles of Nostradamus' by Charles A. Ward published in New York 1940. The handwritten and typed notes are by the occultist Cecilia Ruth Stevenson of Senneville Quebec Canada. She was a disciple of Prince Rakockzy the Comte de St. Germain. As stated in the book it is one of only 27 specially prepared copies for her occult initiates. Cecilia Ruth Stevenson who owned a vast occult library and was the wife of the Canadian correspondent of the Times London newspaper and her son Professor Ian Stevenson 1918-2007 was Professor of Psychiatry at Virginia University and inherited her interest in the paranormal considered herself to be a disciple of the mysterious Prince Rakoczy also called the Comte de St. Germain the Hidden Ascended Master who is claimed to have appeared and reappeared at intervals throughout history. Her notes predict earthquakes plague famine cataclysm 10% of the world`s population surviving fall of the moon rock etc. Written in the 1940`s her handwritten comments on Nostradamus successfully talk of Hitler and Mussolini an Arab leader World Government etc. There is a bookplate of Madame Blavatsky`s Theosophical Library in London and that of "The New Era Universal Occult Truth Libraries Sponsored By Cecilia Ruth Stevenson. Disciple of The Master Rakoczy. Custodian Emilie M. Cruttenden". VG Condition.; Manuscript; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: ARMAGEDDON SORCERY END TIME RAPTURE CATACLYSM PREDICTION MASTER RAKOCZYM EMILIE M. CRUTTENDEN COMTE DE ST. GERMAIN SEERS PROPHECY PROPHESIES CECILIA RUTH STEVENSON NOSTRADAMUS OCCULT SOOTHSAYERS CHARLES A. WARD SPIRITUALISTS ASTROLOGY ASTROLOGICAL GENDER STUDIES SOCIAL STUDIES HERMETIC MAGIC CHALADEAN DEMONOLOGY NEO-PLATONIC WOMEN STUDIES ASTROMANCY CELESTIAL BODIES ASTRONOMY PARAPSYCHOLOGY PSYCHICAL RESEARCH PSYCHIC PHENOMENAHOROSCOPE CHARTS FORECASTING MAGIC ARCANE HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel Horoscopy Divination Michel de Nostredame Clairvoyance Hoax Hoaxes Occultus metaphysical Supernatural mystical Cabalistic Delphian Delphic Arcane Blavatsky Theosophical Library Sibylline . unknown
151281The Peter Gruber Foundation. Original offprint of Jerome J. Shestack's Leadership and the Legal Profession in a Democratic Society. Octavo original wrappers. Association copy inscribed by the author on the front wrapper "To Justice Ginsburg. Ah would that we had leaders like you! With esteem Jerry."  The recipient Ruth Bader Ginsburg served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020 and was responsible for some of the most eventful legal decisions of the past half-century. Nominated by President Bill Clinton in 1993 to replace retiring justice Byron White Ginsburg became the first Jewish woman and the second woman to serve on the Court after Sandra Day O’Connor. Ginsburg spent much of her legal career as an advocate for gender equality and women’s rights winning many arguments before the Supreme Court. During her tenure as associate justice of the Supreme Court Ginsburg received attention for her fiery and passionate dissents that reflected liberal views of the law. She was popularly dubbed “the Notorious R.B.G.†a moniker she later embraced. She authored several important majority opinions related to gender discrimination voting rights and affirmative action in cases such as United States v. Virginia 1996 which struck down the Virginia Military Institute’s male-only admissions policy as violating the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment Olmstead v. L.C. 1999 in which the Court ruled that mental illness is a form of disability covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and Friends of the Earth Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services Inc. 2000 in which the Court held that residents have standing to seek fines for an industrial polluter that affected their interests and that is able to continue doing so. In fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box by the Harcourt Bindery. Jerome J. Shestack 1932–2011 was an American attorney diplomat and prominent leader within the legal profession known for his work in complex commercial litigation and appellate advocacy. Over the course of his career he became a respected figure in both domestic legal practice and international human rights diplomacy serving as United States Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in the late twentieth century. Shestack also held significant leadership roles within the American legal community including serving as President of the American Bar Association where he promoted the rule of law legal ethics and international cooperation among legal institutions. The Peter Gruber Foundation unknown
150835St. John's University New York: St. John's Law Review 1991. Original Winter 1991 offprint of the St. John's Law Review containing Charles L. Black Jr.’s "One Nation Indivisible": Unnamed Human Rights in the United States. Octavo original wrappers St. John's Law Review Volume 65 Winter 1991 Number 1. Association copy inscribed by the author on the front wrapper "For the Honorable Ruth Bader Ginsburg with my best wishes for her happiness and for her success in her work. Sincerely Charles Black Columbia Law School 10 October 1993." The recipient Ruth Bader Ginsburg American lawyer and jurist served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020 and was responsible for some of the most eventful legal decisions of the past half-century. Nominated by President Bill Clinton in 1993 to replace retiring justice Byron White Ginsburg became the first Jewish woman and the second woman to serve on the Court after Sandra Day O’Connor. Ginsburg spent much of her legal career as an advocate for gender equality and women’s rights winning many arguments before the Supreme Court. During her tenure as associate justice of the Supreme Court Ginsburg received attention for her fiery and passionate dissents that reflected liberal views of the law. She was popularly dubbed “the Notorious R.B.G.†a moniker she later embraced. She authored several important majority opinions related to gender discrimination voting rights and affirmative action in cases such as United States v. Virginia 1996 which struck down the Virginia Military Institute’s male-only admissions policy as violating the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment Olmstead v. L.C. 1999 in which the Court ruled that mental illness is a form of disability covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and Friends of the Earth Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services Inc. 2000 in which the Court held that residents have standing to seek fines for an industrial polluter that affected their interests and that is able to continue doing so. In near fine condition with toning to the front panel. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. A unique piece of history. Charles L. Black Jr. 1915–2001 was a prominent American constitutional scholar whose work significantly shaped twentieth-century legal thought. A longtime professor at Yale Law School and later at Columbia Law School Black was widely respected for his influential writings on constitutional structure judicial review and the role of the Supreme Court. He is particularly noted for assisting Justice Thurgood Marshall in preparing the brief that contributed to the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education 1954 a case that fundamentally reshaped constitutional law and civil rights jurisprudence in the United States. St. John's Law Review unknown
16371n.p. n.d. 1 vols. Image 16 x 12-1/4 inches matted and framed to 29 x 23-3/4 inches overall. Framed and glazed. 1 vols. Image 16 x 12-1/4 inches matted and framed to 29 x 23-3/4 inches overall. Original Fashion Gouache by Ruth Morgan. A pretty young woman in springtime--possibly a fashion illustration or a magazine cover. unknown books
353011Spencer New York: On the Floor Productions 2003. Signed and numbered 2 of 10. 11.5 x 14.5 inches. Cut-and-pasted painted paper signed and numbered on verso and housed in glassine sleeve with text page. Housed in black quarter cloth over orange boards with elastic band closure edition in pencil on upper left; near fine. Signed and numbered 2 of 10. 11.5 x 14.5 inches. On the Floor Productions unknown
1928106624Putnam's Sons 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. FIRST EDITION of Babe Ruth's "Babe Ruth's Own Book of Baseball." Published in New York by Putnam's sons in 1928. "First Edition" stated on copyright page. Book near fine with some offsetting from old newspaper clips on pages vi vii verso of vii ixx xi verso of xi and half-title page. Previous owner's handwritten name on front free end paper tiny white dot on top of edge of front cover very slight rubbing of corners and bottom of spine. DJ very good some chipping at spine ends and corners and minor wear along edges a couple of very small close tears. Comes in custom-made slipcase. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
1928106624Putnam's Sons 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. FIRST EDITION of Babe Ruth's "Babe Ruth's Own Book of Baseball." Published in New York by Putnam's sons in 1928. "First Edition" stated on copyright page. Book near fine with some offsetting from old newspaper clips on pages vi vii verso of vii ixx xi verso of xi and half-title page. Previous owner's handwritten name on front free end paper tiny white dot on top of edge of front cover very slight rubbing of corners and bottom of spine. DJ very good some chipping at spine ends and corners and minor wear along edges a couple of very small close tears. Comes in custom-made slipcase. Putnam's Sons hardcover
147638New York: Oxford University Press 1996. First edition of this enlightening study in gender relations from the library of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg with her ownership stamp to the front free endpaper. Octavo original pictorial wrappers. Association copy inscribed by the author on the title page "March 25 1996. With all best wishes Elizabeth Aries." American lawyer and jurist Ruth Bader Ginsburg served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020 and was responsible for some of the most eventful legal decisions of the past half-century. Nominated by President Bill Clinton in 1993 to replace retiring justice Byron White Ginsburg became the first Jewish woman and the second woman to serve on the Court after Sandra Day O’Connor. Ginsburg spent much of her legal career as an advocate for gender equality and women’s rights winning many arguments before the Supreme Court. During her tenure as associate justice of the Supreme Court Ginsburg received attention for her fiery and passionate dissents that reflected liberal views of the law. She was popularly dubbed “the Notorious R.B.G.†a moniker she later embraced. She authored several important majority opinions related to gender discrimination voting rights and affirmative action in cases such as United States v. Virginia 1996 which struck down the Virginia Military Institute’s male-only admissions policy as violating the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment Olmstead v. L.C. 1999 in which the Court ruled that mental illness is a form of disability covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and Friends of the Earth Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services Inc. 2000 in which the Court held that residents have standing to seek fines for an industrial polluter that affected their interests and that is able to continue doing so. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box by the Harcourt Bindery. "Strongly held beliefs that men and women are essentially different in the way they think interpret the world and interact are problematic because they foster gender stereotypes which help to sustain current realities and to keep inequalities in place. The stronger our beliefs that men and women are essentially different the more firmly we will keep inequalities in place" Elizabeth Aries. Oxford University Press unknown
147666New York: E.P. Dutton 1977. First edition of this work about the neglected subject of intra-marital assault. Octavo original half cloth. From the library of Ruth Bader Ginsburg with a typed letter signed to her folded and paper clipped to the front free endpaper. American lawyer and jurist Ruth Bader Ginsburg served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020 and was responsible for some of the most eventful legal decisions of the past half-century. Nominated by President Bill Clinton in 1993 to replace retiring justice Byron White Ginsburg became the first Jewish woman and the second woman to serve on the Court after Sandra Day O’Connor. Ginsburg spent much of her legal career as an advocate for gender equality and women’s rights winning many arguments before the Supreme Court. During her tenure as associate justice of the Supreme Court Ginsburg received attention for her fiery and passionate dissents that reflected liberal views of the law. She was popularly dubbed “the Notorious R.B.G.†a moniker she later embraced. She authored several important majority opinions related to gender discrimination voting rights and affirmative action in cases such as United States v. Virginia 1996 which struck down the Virginia Military Institute’s male-only admissions policy as violating the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment Olmstead v. L.C. 1999 in which the Court ruled that mental illness is a form of disability covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and Friends of the Earth Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services Inc. 2000 in which the Court held that residents have standing to seek fines for an industrial polluter that affected their interests and that is able to continue doing so. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. "The people of the United States have yet to learn how to convert their tendency to violence into compassion and tenderness. We are in danger of losing sight of one of this nation's major social goals one on which it was founded that is to tap the humanity and creative potential of all citizens and to provide the environment and resources necessary for the individual citizen to realize his creative potential. We possess the potential both for violence and for humaneness and are capable of acting in brotherhood and with understanding" Dr. Sidney Wasserman. E.P. Dutton hardcover
148152Xlibris 2019. First edition of this memoir that chronicles Eve Queler's pioneering career as a conductor. Octavo original publisher's cloth illustarted with black and white photographs. Association copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to Ruth Bader Ginsburg "Dear Ruth To a true opera lover! With great admiration for you remarkable achievements Warmest regards Eve Queler." American lawyer and jurist Ruth Bader Ginsburg served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020 and was responsible for some of the most eventful legal decisions of the past half-century. Nominated by President Bill Clinton in 1993 to replace retiring justice Byron White Ginsburg became the first Jewish woman and the second woman to serve on the Court after Sandra Day O’Connor. Ginsburg spent much of her legal career as an advocate for gender equality and women’s rights winning many arguments before the Supreme Court. During her tenure as associate justice of the Supreme Court Ginsburg received attention for her fiery and passionate dissents that reflected liberal views of the law. She was popularly dubbed “the Notorious R.B.G.†a moniker she later embraced. She authored several important majority opinions related to gender discrimination voting rights and affirmative action in cases such as United States v. Virginia 1996 which struck down the Virginia Military Institute’s male-only admissions policy as violating the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment Olmstead v. L.C. 1999 in which the Court ruled that mental illness is a form of disability covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and Friends of the Earth Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services Inc. 2000 in which the Court held that residents have standing to seek fines for an industrial polluter that affected their interests and that is able to continue doing so. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box by the Harcourt Bindery. In 'A View from the Podium' Eve Queler reflects on her groundbreaking career as a conductor offering insights into the challenges and triumphs of breaking barriers in the male-dominated field of classical music. As the founder and longtime director of the Opera Orchestra of New York Queler played a pivotal role in championing lesser-known operatic works and providing opportunities for emerging singers. Her memoir explores the intricacies of conducting the artistic and logistical demands of opera performance and the broader gender disparities within the classical music world. Xlibris hardcover
1948140942557New York: Random House 1948. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition first printing of this Newbery Honor novel. Signed by Ruth Stiles Gannett on the dedication page and inscribed. "I'm so glad we met and hope we see more of each other than we've managed so far." Bound in publisher's original yellow cloth boards stamped in dark green. Near Fine with light fraying at spine ends light soiling. In a Near Fine price-clipped dust jacket with no mention of the Newbery Honor. <p>An inventive tale of a young boy who runs away to Wild Island to rescue a baby dragon with grey-scale illustrations by the author's step-mother. Random House unknown
201811364Stillwater ME 2018. Artist's book one in a series of three all on Katie MacGregor hand-made papers the suite of plates on paper made by Ms. MacGregor and "Pulp Painted" while in the mold by Ms. Leavitt signed and numbered by her on the colophon. Page size: 15W x 10-1/4L inches for volume with text of poem and plates; plate portfolio: 18W x 12L inches; 10pp; and 11 original prints in separate portfolio. Bound by Joelle Webber: full lime green book cloth over boards for text and plate volume with original pulp paintings in oranges and greens inset into front panel matching print portfolio in larger size; both laid into an orange cloth over boards custom-made clamshell box hand-lettered paper label in lime green on white inset into spine the whole a playful and arresting presentation. The artist's choice of text the poem "Slime Molds Have Eleven Sexes" by Professor Margaret Price Ohio State University is a playful list of nature's more obscure creatures. Her verse was originally published in "Gay and Lesbian Review" in November / December 2003. The slime mold vocabulary each print is labeled is: Eukarya Protista Zygote Dictyolsteliomycota Sporangium Spores Amoeboid Flagella Mitosis and Plasmodium. The original prints are paper pulp paintings made by Ms. Leavitt with Katie MacGregor papers. Working with Ms. MacGregor the artist assembled her pulp colors in plastic squeeze bottles and "squirted" them onto a formed sheet of wet paper. The effect is at once organic as befits slime molds and colorful with a depth and texture also befitting the organisms. The artist has hand lettered each print with the name of the mold in a colored gouache complementary to each pulp paper painting. The text is lettered in multi-colored gouache harmonizing with the paintings - mostly orange shades of green yellow pink and blue. The entire presentation is witty and charming - words not usually associated with molds. Such is the talent of the artist Nancy Leavitt that she was able to accomplish such beautiful work. unknown books
201210567Stillwater ME 2012. Unique artist's book on Arches text wove paste paper signed and dated by the artist Nancy Ruth Leavitt. Page size: 13 x 8.75 inches; 56pp. all of which are painted and 43 of which are painted and lettered. Bound: loose as issued by artist housed in custom-made black cloth with orange flecks over boards clamshell box interior of box lined with the artist's own pastepaper. The text is the artist's own combined with the text from a publication of metal furniture manufacturer Steelcase Inc. who supply schools among other institutions. The sun motifs were inspired by children's drawings and rock petroglyphs. In vibrant orange yellow and gold this book is like a warm summer day. The artist has created a vibrant page by lettering on the paper and then painting with chalk pastels and then pasting it. Additional lettering and paint in gouache and watercolor were then added. The result is a resounding luminosity - many times in a sunburst pattern. _Words related to the sun as well as facts relating to earth's source of light radiate out on some pages while others are traditional lettering but all are on a ground of pink orange and yellow. For example below a green sphere lettered in blue is the text "Chloroplasts give plants / their green color and use / light energy to power / the formation of organic / compounds in a process / called photosynthesis." There are further pages about white light and color. We are reminded of the very basic relationship of man to the sun from the dawn of time with man's early attempts to mark seasons. One page is devoted to color - and the visible spectrum. The effects of light and vision which are so central to the human psyche are beautifully written out in words and visually portrayed in a gorgeous sunburst of yellows and pinks. Reading / viewing this book is to feel the warmth of the sun and to revel in it. unknown books
23302No date. Inscribed: "Presented to Herbert F. Gunnison by his friend Irving Bacheller". Newspaper clipping apparently from an obituary of the author tipped to preliminary leaf. Mary Routh McEnery Stuart 1849-1917 born in Marksville Louisiana was a prolific and popular author of stories of Southern local color including a series of stories based on her experiences in Arkansas including this one featuring a black farmer named Deuteronomy Jones. Robert B. Cochran of the University of Arkansas noted of "An Arkansas Prophet" that it "pushes the envelope a bit by featuring a black man who not only rescues the village belle but also shoots the Yankee cad who seduces her." Sonny Stuart's most famous work was published in 1896. Binding lacks front free endpaper; binding scuffed. Original holograph manuscript 83 pages 8vo rectos only bound in three quarter calf & marbled boards. Binding lacks front free endpaper; binding scuffed. unknown
2016121301Yale University Press. New. 2016. Hardcover. 0300184506 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened One1 I Two 2 II Three 3 III 4 IV Catalogue Raisonné Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonnee uvre Oeuvre Complete Works Yale University Press hardcover
