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195211398New York: Harper & Brothers 1952. FIRST EDITION. Illustrated in color. Facsimile documents. Quarter red morocco over patterned boards with gilt titled spine patterned end-papers top edge gilt. Light soiling and shelf-wear to boards near fine. First edition Number 93 of 270 copies signed by Grandma Moses. A wonderful autobiography of the American folk-artist. Anna May Robertson Grandma Moses 1860-1961 began her painting career at age 78. Her works have been exhibited around the world and are often seen on greeting cards and other merchandise. Harper & Brothers unknown
198495742MMI Americana Press 1984-01-01. Hardcover. Like New. 11x8x1. Signed limited bookplate to back of half title also signed by three Sacks on the half title. Looks unread with very faint sunfade to spine of jacket. oversized and overweight. Please email for photos. MMI Americana Press hardcover
197063225<p>NY: McGraw-Hill. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Front flyleaf removed jacket lightly worn. 1970. First Printing. Hardcover. Inscribed to real estate developer Joe Lesser by the author Robert Moses on dedication page. Gray illustrated cloth binding. Foreword by Raymond Moley xxxvi 952pp biography index photos. Autobiography by the legendary public works commissioner and New York State and City power broker who remade many of the metropolitan parks highways neighborhoods and bridges. A doorstop of a book only bested by Robert Caro's 1974 Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Moses. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .</p> McGraw-Hill hardcover
193921663Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press 1939. Cloth. Very Good . INSCRIBED BY ROBERT MOSES on the front free endpaper. A clean solid copy to boot of the 1939 1st edition of this long lecture given at Harvard by Robert Moses as part of the Godkin Lectures. Tight and VG in its fittingly crimson cloth with very light rubbing at the spine. Internally very clean with no writing or markings of any kind other than Robert Moses's inscription. 12mo 78 pgs. Also includes a laid-in card in original envelope expressing birthday wishes from Robert Moses's wife Mary. Harvard University Press unknown
1920000905BOSTON: LITTLE BROWN AND COMPANY 1920 2612 TOTAL Pp VOL. I 586p. VOL. II 721p. VOL. III 669p. VOL. IV 636 p. PUBLISHED 1920. COPYRIGHT 1915. MEMORIAL EDITION. DESCRIPTION: RED CLOTH HARDBOUND GILT STAMPED/EMBOSSED TITLE/FACSIMILE SIGNATURE ON FRONT BOARD TISSUE GUARDED ENGRAVED IMAGES OPPOSITE TITLE PAGES GILT UPPER LEAF EDGE. DIMENSIONS: 7 5/8" x 5 3/8" x 1 1/2" each volume. CONDITION: NEAR FINE -VERY GOOD; SUNNED SPINE COVER OF VOLUME II ONLY VERY GENTLY BUMPED SPINE COVER CROWN/HEELS/SOME RUBBED CORNER TIPS. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Very Good. LITTLE BROWN AND COMPANY hardcover
2000__9004119310Brill Academic Pub 2000. Hardcover. New. 532 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.50 inches. Brill Academic Pub hardcover
1950162911N.p.: N.p. 1950. Vintage borderless oversize matte finish portrait photograph of noted outsider artist Anna Mary Robertson Moses better known as Grandma Moses sitting in her wicker rocking chair circa 1950s. <br /> <br /> Moses began painting in earnest at the age of 78 drawing on her memories of rural life in New England. <br /> <br /> From the archive of the PIX Agency an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. <br /> <br /> 11 x 14 inches archivally matted in a 16 x 20 inch 8-ply white mat. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1997Manohar-9780521461337Cambridge University Press 1997. Hardcover. New. Cambridge University Press hardcover
1997Manohar-9780521461337Cambridge University Press 1997. Hardcover. New. Cambridge University Press hardcover
1940555584Norfolk Connecticut: New Directions 1940. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. Spine lettering dull corners bumped faint dampstain on one leaf a well-read but sound good or better copy lacking the dust jacket. The first commercial book appearance of these five poets preceding each of Berryman's and Jarrell's own separate first books by two years. This is poet Donald Justice's copy with his ownership Signature "Don J" on the front pastedown. New Directions hardcover
1968N3973Jerusalem: Universitas 1968. Numbered Edition . Original Cloth. Very Good. Folio. 334pp.IMPORTANT STANDARD WORK in limited reprint edition on HEBREW INCUNABULA PRINTING of the 15. century. All plates of Hebrew printing with text in English and Hebrew. Originally published in 8 folders in Berlin 1924-1931 Published here complete in one volume in ONLY 325 COPIES THIS COPY NR. 212 Insignificantly unfresh on cloth covers. A VERY GOOD AND CLEAN COPY. A must standard work. <br/> <br/> Universitas hardcover
190742246New York: Moses King 1907. Souvenir edition. Hardcover. vg. Folio. 16 VIII 112pp. Original illustrated burgundy cloth with black lettering to spine and brown and black lettering to front cover. Beveled edges. <br /> <br /> Published in 1907 to comemorate the 60th anniversary of the Liederkranz foundation the first 16 pages of this album contains numerous b/w photographic reproductions of the original building located at 111-119 East 58th street outside and inside views as well as photographs of the board of directors. <br /> <br /> Founded in 1847 to advance German-American relations the Liederkranz of New York City is devoted to cultural and social exchange and the sponsorship of musical events. Its activities are dedicated to the support development and preservation of culture in New York City.<br /> <br /> After the first part devoted to the Liederkranz this work contains the 1906 edition of "King's Views of New York" lavishly illustrated throughout with no less than 400 b/w photographic reproductions depicting a buzzing metropolis in full expansion as well as its major landmarks and architectural buildings such as:<br /> <br /> The Narrows; New York Harbor; Battery Park; Staten Island Ferry; the Brooklyn Bridge; the Manhattan Bridge; Harlem River; the Financial District; The Beaver Building; The New York Produce Exchange Bank; The Corn Exchange Bank; The New York Stock Exchange; The Statue of Liberty; Astor House; Broadway; Chinatown; The Bowery; The Fuller Building; The Waldorf-Astoria; Carnegie Hall; Columbia University; New York University; The New York Public Library etc.<br /> <br /> Includes various street scenes with newsboys immigrants arriving in the city street cleaners vendors selling baskets and brooms pretzels shoelaces ice lunch and ice cream etc.<br /> <br /> Some rubbing to corners and head and tail of spine. Binding in overall good interior in very good condition. Moses King hardcover
1953417H2855New York: The Hearst Corporation. Good. 1953. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. 134 pages. Cover photo of funnels of the SS "United States" queen of the transatlantic carriers; Nice color ad for a baby blue 1953 Cadillac; Fine color ad for a green 1953 Chrysler Imperal; Wedding photos of the Earl of Dalkeith to Jane McNeill Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Stanley Briggin and James Wadsworth Syminton with the former Sylvia Caroline Schlapp; Color-photo ad for the 1953 Ford Lincoln features dark teale two-door on city street; Nice Packard car ad features red two-door; Photos of 'Blaze Tapering" hair singeing as performed by D.J. Brown who owns a salon on New York's East Side; Amazing one-page color photo of General Motors' 'dream car' Le Sabre two-door convertible silver accompanies a great photo-illustrated article on futuristic North American car designs; Illustrated article on highway design by Robert Moses; Great color photo of Mrs. Edward C. Bridgman Jr. fashionably dressed in yellow with yellow locomotive speeding behind her; Photo feature on the Wayzata Minnesota home of Mr. and Mrs. George Halpin; Article on tourists taking their cars to Europe for driving trips; Many gorgeous pages of photo fashion ads in color and black and white; The Annual Tour of the Metropolitan Opera; Fashion photos upon a cruise ship; Two pages of photos from the Inauguration Ball for President Dwight Eisenhower; Beautiful fashion photos of Mrs. Bruce Thayer Benepe the former Ruth Fillebrown of Boston and Newport Mrs. John Livingston Beers former Jane Gilbert of New York and Westport Mrs. John H. Scott-Paine of Greenwich Ann Reinicke Bettina Thayer Mrs. Hubert Faure and Barbara Cavanagh; Beautiful fur fashion photos modelled by Catherine Manning Hannon Mrs. Clayton Winship Johnson and Mrs. Dino Yannopoulos; United States Lines ad includes photos of Sir Colin and Lady Anderson Mrs. Casimir de Rham Sir Shane Leslie Mrs. Vincent Astor and Mr. and Mrs. Staunton Williams; Six photos of the Las Madrinas Debutante Ball in Los Angeles include Charles Getchell and Alan Jordon with escorts Adrienne Hepburn Dorothy Lucile Donath Judith Noyes Roach Sally Ann Smith with Geroald Saltonstall Silsbee Gretchen Helene Dockweiler Richard Dockweiler Brady David V. Homme Barbara von Briesen Dr. Hans van briesen Marie Casey Thomas Ingersoll William Duffy Keller and Palmer Casey; Color Nash car ad red features photo of etiquette author Amy Vanderbilt; Mens fashion photo includes John Cameron Swayze and William Raiser; several page of high-end real estate ads; Color-photo Mary Grey hosiery ad inside back cover features sexy Seniorita in red dress with fan. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Town & Country Magazine April Apr. 1953 Vol. 107 No. 4367 Robert Moses Builder Planner SS "United States" queen of the transatlantic carriers; Nice color ad for a baby blue 1953 Cadillac; Fine color ad for a green 1953 Chrysler Imperal; Wedding ph . The Hearst Corporation unknown
194451701Tel Aviv: Irgun Olej Merkaz Europa 1944. First printing. Hardcover. Very good condition. Duodecimo. 89pp. Rebound in burgundy half cloth over marbled paper boards with decorative motifs in gilt along seem gilt lettering on spine.<br /> <br /> Treatise written in 1944 introducing proposals for the Jewish post-war claims offering a systematic and concrete examination of the sections into which the problem of Jewish post-war claims naturally falls and indicating the direction of international legislation to be prepared. The essay presents the line of argument raises the question of nationality and representation of Jewish demands based on general law the Jewish collective claim and the body representative of the Jewish people claims of Jews from countries other than Germany and suggeststs steps to be taken in 1944. The appendices provide information on the discussion and publication of the reparations problem citing Oswald Dutch E. H. Carr Jakob Viner and others from the early 1940s on as well as figures demonstration the reparations problem after W.W.I. Binding with minor wear along edges. Block age-toned. Irgun Olej Merkaz Europa hardcover
1988BN216008John Wiley & Sons Inc 1988. 1988. Softcover. Engineering Applications Software Development: Using Fortran 77 <br/><br/>Engineering Applications Software Development: Using Fortran 77 Moses Gregory A. John Wiley & Sons Inc paperback
1977Manohar-526Indiana University Press 1977. Hardcover. New. Indiana University Press hardcover
1977Manohar-526Indiana University Press 1977. Hardcover. New. Indiana University Press hardcover
1999__9057024063Harwood Academic Pub 1999. Hardcover. New. 2nd edition. 686 pages. Spanish language. 11.25x9.00x1.25 inches. Harwood Academic Pub hardcover
19941-0131730142Prentice Hall 1994. Paperback. New. 491 pages. 9.75x7.50x1.00 inches. Prentice Hall paperback
1970001<p>Robert Moses Public Works: A Dangerous Trade. Thick octavo original gray cloth original dust jacket. First trade edition inscribed by Moses on the half-title page to the chief engineer in charge of building the Verrazano Bridge "To Milton Brumer with high regard R. Moses."</p><p>Generously illustrated with black & white photographic plates. Contains previously unpublished material highlighting the seminal role he played in creating many of New Yorks great public works including parks museums parkways monuments bridges and tunnels. He assisted in planning building and managing the 1964 New York World's Fair and he was Chairman of the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority during the building of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge connecting Brooklyn to Staten Island.</p><p>The recipient of this copy of the book Milton Brumer was the chief engineer on the Verrazano Bridge project.</p><p>Book is very good with light sunning to edges dust jacket is good with small chips on bottom of jacket and slight wear at the top edges.</p> McGraw-Hill hardcover
1936607504Philadelphia: no publisher 1936. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Small quarto. 48 1 39-1 in the Yiddish style pp. Illustrated with halftone images. Text is approximately half in English and half in Yiddish. Endleaves tanned a near fine copy in blue cloth gilt. <br /> <br /> A handsome and charming keepsake published to honor Grand Rabbi Moses Lipschitz who had lived and served in Philadelphia for 25 years upon his departure to Palestine. Highlights of the English-language portion include "Grand Rabbi Moses Lipschitz - a Scion of Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum" by Menashe Unger 5pp. translated by Morris Spiegel and several other articles; a halftone image of the Rabbi and his family; a printed note and previously unpublished translation of a Chaim Nacham Bialik poem by novelist and critic Ludwig Lewisohn; and 29 pages of ads and well-wishes many illustrated and most from Philadelphia. Laid in is a two-page document by David Tirkel titled "Rabbi Lipshitz sic travels to Eretz Israel with the spiritual baggage of good deeds." A charming and informative document. We admit our Yiddish isn't perfect but OCLC seems to locate nine copies under the title A fertel yohr hundert. [no publisher hardcover
1902369831902. KING Moses. Philadelphia and Notable Philadelphians. N.Y. 1902. Folio. Profusely illus. 112 106pp. Very good copy. unknown
198446414Tenafly NJ: MMI Americana Press 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 361p quarto illustrated Afine copy in a fine dust jacket. spine sunned. <br/><br/> MMI Americana Press hardcover
198491988MMI Americana Press 1984-01-01. Hardcover. Like New. 11x8x1. As new clean tight and bright oversized and overweight. Please email for photos. MMI Americana Press hardcover
1962265463Elisabethville 1962. unbound. Rare and intriguing letter 11.75 x 8.25 inches Cabinet of the President Elisabethville November 6 1962 in English written during his pseudo reign to anti-Communist supporters in Miami Florida recovering from their failure to overthrow Fidel Castro and the aftermath of the Cuban Missile Crisis in full: "I have not much time to write I shall only tell you and your friends how pleased I have been to receive your kind letter. I really do appreciate your sympathy for my Country and myself thanks for your good wishes." Fine condition.<br/> <br/> Congolese radical Politian who in 1961 became President of the Government of the Province of Katanga eventually seceding from the rest of the Congo. He succeeded in getting military assistance from Belgium and was responsible for Patrice Lumumba being transferred to Katanga where he was executed. After U.N. forces re-captured Katanga in 1963 Tshombe was driven into exile in Northern Rhodesia. He briefly returned as Prime Minister a year later but was eventually dismissed. In 1967 Joseph Mobutu filed charges of treason against him and he was sentenced to death.<br/> <br/> unknown
