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19445180Washington: National Defense Research Committee 1944. First edition. <p>First edition very rare of Wald's seminal invention of 'Sequential analysis' the "notion that in some sense it is economical to observe and analyze data sequentially rather than to observe and analyze a single sample of predetermined fixed size" DSB. It is here offered in the original 'restricted' reports; it was published four years later in his well-known book Sequential Analysis. "It was Wald in 1943 who first formulated mathematically and solved quite generally the problem of sequential tests of statistical hypotheses. He introduced the particular method of the sequential probability ratio test and with Wolfowitz 1948 showed its optimal properties" ibid.</p>. THE INVENTION OF SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS - THE ORIGINAL RESTRICTED REPORTS. <p>First edition very rare of Wald's seminal invention of 'Sequential analysis' developed while he was in charge of Columbia University's Statistical Research Group in response to the demand for more efficient methods of industrial quality control during World War II. It is here offered in the original 'restricted' reports; it was published four years later in his well-known book of the same title. "Wald's second major achievement in mathematical statistics is sequential analysis. The notion that in some sense it is economical to observe and analyze data sequentially rather than to observe and analyze a single sample of predetermined fixed size was not a new one. Intuitive support for this notion is immediate; if the evidence shown in sequentially unfolding data is sharply one-sided it seems reasonable to believe that the inquiry can be terminated early with lengthier inquiries reserved for those situations in which the issue at hand appears via the sequentially unfolding data to be in greater doubt. This notion and the partial mathematical formulation of it were to be found in the statistical literature; among those who dealt with it before Wald was Walter Bartky of Chicago and among Wald's contemporaries George Barnard working in England. But again it was Wald in 1943 who first formulated mathematically and solved quite generally the problem of sequential tests of statistical hypotheses. He introduced the particular method of the sequential probability ratio test and with Wolfowitz 1948 showed its optimal properties. He found operating characteristic and average sample number functions; he introduced if he did not completely solve the problem of sequential tests of composite hypotheses utilizing weight functions; and he began vital discussions of such basic topics as multivalued decisions and optimal sequential estimation. All this plus many special problems were gathered together in Sequential Analysis 1947 a book surprisingly easy to read less formal and more elementary in structure than his work on decision functions" DSB. No copies listed on ABPC/RBH.</p> <br /> <br /> <p>"Sequential analysis is the branch of statistics concerned with investigations in which the decision whether or not to stop at any stage depends on the observations previously made. The motivation for most sequential investigations is that when the ends achieved are measured against the costs incurred including the cost of making observations sequential designs are typically more efficient than non-sequential designs .</p> <br /> <br /> <p>"The term 'sequential' is occasionally extended to cover also investigations in which various aspects of the design may be changed according to the observations made. For example preliminary experience in an experiment may suggest changes in the treatments being compared; in a social survey a small pilot survey may lead to modifications in the design of the main investigation . In a sequential investigation observations must be examined either one by one as they are collected or at certain stages during collection. A sequential procedure might be desirable for various reasons. The investigator might wish to have an up-to-date record at any stage either for general information or because the appropriate sample size depends on quantities that he can estimate only from the data themselves. Alternatively he may have no intrinsic interest in the intermediate results but may be able to achieve economy in sample size by taking them into account. Three examples will illustrate these points:</p> <br /> <br /> <p>1 An investigator may wish to estimate to within 10 per cent the mean weekly expenditure on tobacco per household. In order to determine the sample size he would need an estimate of the variability of the expenditure from household to household and this might be obtainable only from the survey itself.</p> <br /> <br /> <p>2 A physician wishing to compare the effects of two drugs in the treatment of some disease may wish to stop the investigation if at some stage a convincing difference can already be demonstrated using the available data.</p> <br /> <br /> <p>3 A manufacturer carrying out inspection of batches of some product may be able to pass most of his batches with little inspection but may carryout further inspection of batches of doubtful quality. A given degree of discrimination between good and bad batches could be achieved in various ways but a sequential scheme will often be more economical than one in which a sample of constant size is taken from each batch </p> <br /> <br /> <p>"The most appropriate design and method of analysis of a sequential investigation depend on the purpose of the investigation. The statistical formulation of that purpose may take one of a number of forms usually either estimation of some quantity to a given degree of precision or testing a hypothesis with given size and given power against a given alternative hypothesis. Economy in number of observations is typically important for sequential design" International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences.</p> <br /> <br /> <p>"The problem of sequential analysis arose in the Statistical Research Group of Columbia University in connection with some comments made by Captain G. L. Schuyler of the Bureau of Ordnance Navy Department. Milton Friedman and W. Allen Wallis recognized the great potentialities and the far-reaching consequences that sequential analysis might have for the further development of theoretical statistics. In particular they conjectured that a sequential test procedure might be constructed which would control the possible errors committed by wrong decisions exactly to the same extent as the best current procedure based on a predetermined number of observations and at the same time would require on the average a substantially smaller number of observations than the fixed number of observations needed for the current procedure. Friedman and Wallis also exhibited a few examples of sequential modifications of current test procedures resulting in some cases in an increase of efficiency. It was at this stage that they proposed the problem of sequential analysis to the author i.e. Wald. This gave the incentive for the author's investigations which then led to the development of the sequential probability ratio test. </p> <br /> <br /> <p>"Because of the usefulness of the sequential probability ratio test in development work on military and naval equipment it was classified Restricted within the meaning of the Espionage Act. The author was requested to submit his findings in a restricted report dated September 1943. In this report the sequential probability ratio test and the basic theory is given. To facilitate the use of this new technique by the Army and the Navy the Statistical Research Group issued a second report in July 1944 which gives an elementary non-mathematical exposition of the applications of the sequential probability ratio test and contains a considerable number of tables charts and computational simplifications to facilitate applications" Wald pp. 2-3.</p> <br /> <br /> <p>The 10 parts are as follows:</p> <br /> <br /> <p>Sequential analysis of statistical data: Theory September 1943.</p> <br /> <br /> <p>Sequential tests of statistical significance April 1944.</p> <br /> <br /> <p>Applications 15 July 1944:</p> <br /> <br /> <p>Sequential analysis in inspection and experimentation Introduction Section 1;</p> <br /> <br /> <p>Sequential analysis when the result of a single observation is a classification as good or bad and when the result of the test is acceptance or rejection Section 2;</p> <br /> <br /> <p>Sequential analysis when the result of a single observation is a classification as good or bad and when the result of the test is a decision between two methods or products Section 3;</p> <br/> <br/> First report: Small 4to 230 x 180 mm original printed wrappers. Upper right corner with a slight bump. Previous owners initials to front wrapper W.L.D. Stamped RESTRICTED. IX 1179 3: blank pp. Second report: 8vo 244 x 153 mm. Original printed wrappers fine. 10 2: blank pp. Third report: Large 4to 285 x 220 mm. Original ring binder containing the six sections in original printed wrappers together with the two appendicies aslo in wrappers: S1:VIII16; S2:II22; S3:II22; S4:II22; S5:II18; S6:II18; A1:II14; A2:II22 pp. In very good condition. Also included is the mimiographed distribution list of the third report: 1 sheet typescript printed on both sides. All three reports are in the rare original issue with the text: "This document contains information affecting the national defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Act 50 U.S.C. 31 and 32 as amended. Its transmission or the revelation of its contents in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law". OCLC lists 8 copies of the first report 1 of the second National Institute of Standards and Technology and the third report is not located in any library. National Defense Research Committee unknown
1954250317003New York: Harper & Brothers 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. <br /> <br /> Motivation and Personality by Abraham Maslow. <br /> <br /> Finding signed documentation of any kind by Maslow is quite rare. Only a few signed copies of his publications are known. There are no other signed copies of this book Maslow's most important work listed for sale anywhere in the world and no record of a signed copy being sold in the auction record.<br /> <br /> OVERALL condition: VERY GOOD<br /> <br /> IMPORTANCE<br /> <br /> Motivation and Personality is one of the most influential and important psychology books ever written. It is a seminal work on the subject of the nature of human fulfillment and the significance of personal relationships implementing a conceptualization of self-actualization. Underachievers have a need for social love and affection but a self-actualized person has these "lower" needs to be gratified and is able to pursue his or her own path towards self-actualization.<br /> <br /> THE AUTHOR & HIS WORK<br /> <br /> Maslow's book is perhaps the best-known contemporary work on human needs. Maslow postulated a hierarchy of human needs stretching from basic physical needs at the bottom to spiritual or transcendental needs at the top. In Motivation and Personality Maslow argues that in order for individuals to thrive and excel a health-fostering culture must be created. Maslow is among the psychological theorists who believe that when parents fail to provide a safe nurturing environment their children will develop deep feelings of insecurity. Maslow believes that well-being causes people to freely express their inherent potentials. Maslow is most known for his belief that humans possess a hierarchy of needs. While he had been working on this theory and other ideas explored in this book since the late 1930s he first proposed his hierarchy of needs in his 1943 paper "A Theory of Human Motivation" in the journal Psychological Review. The theory is a classification system intended to reflect the universal needs of society as its base then proceeding to more acquired emotions. The hierarchy is split between deficiency needs and growth needs with two key themes involved within the theory being individualism and the prioritization of needs. Maslow's hierarchy of needs is often portrayed in the shape of a pyramid with the largest most fundamental needs at the bottom and the need for self-actualization and transcendence at the top. However Maslow himself never created a pyramid to represent the hierarchy of needs.<br /> <br /> BOOK INFO<br /> <br /> Published in 1954 by Harper & Brothers in New York City. First edition early printing. Inscribed by the author in graphite on the FFEP "To the Fanciest Taxi-driver/ A H Maslow." In original brown cloth covered boards with black lettering and design work on the spine. xiv 411 pp including Appendix and Bibliography. <br /> <br /> The book is in GOOD to VERY GOOD vintage condition. Partially erased pencil writing on a few pages and about half a dozen pages with areas of ink underlining. The cloth is unfaded with a few spots of soiling on back cover. Firm binding. Former owner name in ink on FFEP. Rubbing to extremities and one bumped corner. Harper & Brothers hardcover
1964140948656Columbus OH: Ohio State University Press 1964. First edition. Very Good/Very Good. First edition first printing. Signed by Abraham H. Maslow on the front free end paper and inscribed to sociologist Alfred McClung Lee and his wife Elizabeth Briant Lee "For Al & Betty Lee With warm regards from Abe." xx 123 pp. Bound in publisher's brick red cloth stamped in blind on the front board with spine lettered in gilt. Very Good with trivial sunning and wear to spine ends light foxing to text-block edges and underlining and marginalia in ink on pp. 42-43. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with toning to spine rubbing and light chipping to ends with rubbing and finger soiling to covers. <p>An early work that examines the human need for spiritual expression and articulation by the famed psychologist most famous for creating Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. In a series of essays Maslow describes transcendental experiences focusing more on human condition rather than scientific rigidity. Inscribed to American sociologists Alfred McClung Lee and his wife Elizabeth "Betty" Lee who co-wrote The Fine Art of Propaganda 1939 which remained in print for the better part of the 20th century. Alfred was named the executive director of the Institute for Propaganda Analysis during WWII and would pen numerous academic texts including his best known works The Daily Newspaper in America: The Evolution of a Social Instrument 1937 and Principals of Sociology 1946 that endured for two decades as a staple text book for college students; quite uncommon signed. Ohio State University Press unknown
191918085GREAT ASSOCIATION COPY THE MOON POOL Liveright Inc. 1919 some fading to the spine else a vg copy. Inscribed by the author to fellow writer "Doc" Smith thusly "For Doc Smith You Skylarks have so often taken me on the most interesting flights thought that maybe you'd like to go to the subterranean again and in the Moonpool with Jon Hetzdorf turned Russian. May your power never lesson and the hand of God and never his fist be over you. Your Sincere Admirer A. Merritt". Adorned with original drawings by the author. Liveright Inc. unknown
19035344Beautiful full morocco with gilt detailing and rule; 5 raised bands. Elaborately designed doublures with gilt dentelles. Silk fly sheets. "The Delphic Edition of The Breviary Treasures consists of 475 copies printed on French hand-made paper of which this copy is Number 94." xii 214 pp. 6 3/4 x 9 1/4 inches. Nathan Haskell Dole hardcover
19055000696Sydney 1905. In exemplary original condition. 9 carat gold matchbox 15 gr; 45 x 30 mm; monogrammed on the back with interwoven letters "M.A.C." <p><p>A remarkable memento of the pioneer Jewish educator Maurice Moses Abraham Cohen 1851-1923. Objects from the Australian Jewish community at the start of the 20th century prior to the great waves of Jewish immigration are very scarce. The monogrammed initials on this attractive presentation piece identify it as a gift from the Sydney Jewish Sabbath School to M.A. Cohen the School's first principal.</p> <p>Born in Ukraine to a Sephardic family Cohen was a talented linguist. Educated in England after spells in India and Afghanistan he travelled to Australia in 1887 where he took up a role as the first headmaster of the Jewish Sunday School just then established in Sydney within the Great Synagogue Australia's finest synagogue. He went on to become head of the NSW Jewish Board of Education. At one time he was editor of Sydney's first Jewish weekly newspaper the Australian Jewish Weekly as well as a lecturer on Hebrew at a number of theological colleges in Australia. </p> <p>Cohen was one of the first European Australians to call attention to the plight of the Australian Aboriginal peoples and to argue for compensation and land rights even risking his position as editor of the Australian Hebrew Newspaper with his fiery opinion pieces on the subject. He also argued for increased non-discriminatory immigration drawing from all cultures and vehemently opposed the White Australia Policy. The Australian Jewish Historical Society "The First Jewish Educator for Sydney": online resource.</p> <p>So-called "Vesta" cases named for the Roman goddess of fire and the hearth are small portable boxes made to contain matches and keep them dry. More commonly made of tin or sometimes enamel or silver with later examples sometimes carrying advertising or being highly decorated gold examples from this period represent a high standard and were very suitable for presentation pieces; this fine example was perhaps made to join a pocket watch on its gold chain.</p> </p> . unknown
19035344Beautiful full brown leather with gilt detailing and rule to boards and spine; decorative red labels to boards and spine; 5 raised bands. Elaborately designed doublures with gilt dentelles. Silk fly sheets. "The Delphic Edition of The Breviary Treasures consists of 475 copies printed on French hand-made paper of which this copy is Number 94." xii 214 pp. 6 3/4 x 9 1/4 inches. Nathan Haskell Dole hardcover books
199393592Davaco Publishers. New. 1993. Hardcover. 9070288834 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- TWO 2 VOLUME SET. Text in English. Many illustrations including 38 color plates. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works Life and Work Raisonnee -- with a bonus offer . Davaco Publishers hardcover
1909148487c. 1909. Painted plaster bust of Abraham Lincoln mounted on a wood pedestal base. After Raffaello Gironi for The Boston Sculpture Company. Signed faintly on reverse of integrated plaster pedestal "R. Gironi." An unpainted plaster of this sculpture is in the collection of the Canadian Museum of History Ottawa. In fine condition. The piece measures 21 inches by 9.5 inches. Abraham Lincoln served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He led the United States through its Civil War and in doing so preserved the Union of the United States of America abolished slavery and strengthened the federal government. In his Address at the Sanitary Fair in Baltimore Maryland in April of 1861 Lincoln stated: “The world has never had a good definition of the word liberty and the American people just now are much in want of one. We all declare for liberty; but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing. With some the word liberty may mean for each man to do as he pleases with himself and the product of his labor; while with others the same word may mean for some men to do as they please with other men and the product of other men’s labor. Here are two not only different but incompatible things called by the same name liberty. And it follows that each of the things is by the respective parties called by two different and incompatible names…liberty and tyranny.†unknown
1928146970Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company 1928. Limited manuscript edition of this complex and revealing biography of one of the most popular Presidents of the United States. Octavo four volumes bound in the publisher's cherry-red three-quarter crushed morocco at the Riverside Press with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments top edge gilt red silk ribbons tipped in tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Abraham Lincoln and additional tissue-guarded color plate views of the Lincoln Memorial to each volume illustrated with thirty-two tissue-guarded plates and maps throughout window-mounted leaf of the author's manuscript research notes adhered to the front flyleaf of Vol. I some pages uncut stamp-signed by the Riverside Press. One of one thousand numbered sets printed at the Riverside Press Cambridge U. S. A. this is number 130. In fine condition bookplate from the library of American banker and philanthropist Frank K. Houston to the front flyleaf of Vol. II. An exceptional set. Praised for his biographies of Chief Justice John Marshall and President Abraham Lincoln American historian and United States Senator Albert J. Beveridge has introduced the public to the realities of the lives of revered historical figures. Using analysis and thorough investigation Beveridge was able to contextualize the actions of America's sixteenth president with his traditions and influences in his four-volume biography 'Abraham Lincoln 1809-1858' published post-humously in 1928. His contributions to historical study cannot be understated and the American Historical Association's Beveridge Award exists to demonstrate as much. Houghton Mifflin Company unknown
1922ABC_47387Jerusalem; Berlin; Vienna 1922. Benjamin Harz Verlag The first volume in contemporary black morocco with the title lettered in gold on the front board and spine the second volume in contemporary grey cloth with the title lettered in black on the front and spine ad 2 in the original publisher's printed wrappers. With musical scores throughout. 2 works in 3 volumes. XII 47 3 117 1; IX 1 140; 47 1 pp. Abraham Idelsohn 1882-1938 is widely considered the pioneer of modern Jewish musicology. Born in todays Latvia he travelled extensively and recorded the musical traditions of the diasporic Jewish communities. Over the course of 20 years Idelsohn surveyed the musical traditions of various Jewish communities in Palestine and throughout the Diaspora including Babylonian Persian Bukharian Oriental Sephardi Moroccan German Eastern European and Hassidic communities and published the final volume of his collection in 1932. The two volumes offered here form part of his monumental and very rare work collecting the songs of the Yemenite and Babylonian Jews. Idelsohns survey and catalogue of the songs encompass Synagogal and Non-Synagogal songs comprising of songs for the Sabbath feasts and high feast working days as well as lamentations penitential songs and songs for other occasions and folk songs. In his monumental work he presented an extensive introduction to the musical culture of the Jewish tribes and extensive commentary on the variations within the chant. Idelsohns works were printed by Breitkopf & Härtel in Leipzig the worlds oldest music publishing house and renowned for their high quality musical scores. Idelsohn travelled extensively. During his stay in Jerusalem he observed a rich variety of musical traditions among the Jewish communities there. By studying these traditional tunes he discovered recurring patterns and sequences unique to Jewish music. This led him to conclude that these musical phrases had a common origin dating back to the first century C.E in Israel and Palestine. He found that these motifs were categorized into three tonal centres corresponding to the Dorian Phrygian and Lydian modes of ancient Greece. Each of these modes produced a specific emotional response - the Dorian was used for elevated and inspired texts the Phrygian for sentimental and emotional texts and the Lydian for lamenting and confessions of sins. Idelsohn also categorized musical motives as those that prepare begin or conclude a musical phrase.In Jerusalem Idelsohn started his career as a cantor and music teacher at the Hebrew Teacher's College. He was deeply influenced by the diverse Jewish community in Palestine and embarked on a massive project to document their unique musical and linguistic traditions. He received a research grant from the Academy of Science in Vienna and a phonograph to assist with his field work. In 1914 he released the first volume of his landmark ten-volume work Thesaurus of Oriental Hebrew Melodies which focused on the Yemenite community in Palestine. Idelsohn was particularly interested in this community as he believed that their Hebrew pronunciation and musical heritage dated back to the first century CE and had remained relatively untouched by outside influences due to their migratory history and isolated location.With the owners mark of composer Ludovicus Mirandolle 1904-1974 in all volumes. The bindings of ad 1 show slight traces of use the paper wrappers of ad 2 are partly detached. A few pencil marks to the pages. Otherwise in good condition.l Bohlmann Central European Folk Music 60. hardcover
1993C93592Davaco Publishers. As New. 1993. Hardcover. 9070288834 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- TWO 2 VOLUME SET. Text in English. Many illustrations including 38 color plates. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works Life and Work Raisonnee -- with a bonus offer-- - May be EITHER: out of print OOP and extremely rare in this pristine condition; signed by author or contributor; or a first or special edition; inquire for details . Davaco Publishers hardcover
1960516851960. <p>Robinson Abraham 1918-74. On the mechanization of the theory of equations. Offprint from Bulletin of the Research Council of Israel 9F 1960. 47-70pp. 241 x 170 mm. Without wrappers. Very good. Presentation Copy inscribed by Robinson to Martin Davis 1928-2023 on the first page: "To Martin Davis Cordially A. R. 4.5.61." </p> <p> First Edition Offprint Issue. Robinson is best known for developing nonstandard analysis which reincorporated infinitesimal and infinite numbers into mathematics. In the present paper which addresses "the problem of how to induce a machine more particularly a digital computer to prove mathematical theorems somewhat after the fashion of certain human beings" he constructed "a semantically complete calculus for the formulation of the elementary theory of equations" leading to "the formulation of a proof strategy for such problems" p. 47.</p> . unknown
1997Q-0915005069Willett Pub Co 1997-06-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Willett Pub Co hardcover
19266332New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1926. First edition. Near Fine. Number 22 of 260 copies printed on Dutch Charcoal Rag Paper numbered and signed "Carl Sandburg" by the author. Two octavo volumes 9 1/2 x 6 3/8 inches; 241 x 161 mm. xvi 480; vi 482 pp. Bound in publishers cream buckram over blue boards spines with printed paper labels blue endpapers top edge gilt others uncut. Spines very slightly darkened otherwise a near fine partially unopened set complete with the publishers duplicate labels at the end on each volume.<br /> <br /> Abraham Lincoln 1809-1865 was the 16th President of the United States and remains one of the most seminal figures in American History. During his tenure which was cut short by his assassination in 1865 he saw the country through the Civil War and stewarded Emancipation. Carl August Sandburg's 1878-1967 biography The Prairie Years traces the early part of Lincoln's life and the formation of a man who would go on to be president up until his move to Washington. Sandburg would also publish additional volumes covering Lincoln's war years. Hailed as a voice of American Sanburg would win one of his three Pulitzer Prizes for this compelling biography.<br /> <br /> Monaghan 2877. Near Fine. Harcourt, Brace and Company unknown
1907876081907. Photograph signed and dated "Gutzon Borglum 1907." The photograph taken by Borglum shows his marble bust of Abraham Lincoln. On February 6 1908 the President's son Robert Todd Lincoln wrote to Borglum regarding the bust as "the most extraordinarily good portrait of my father I have ever seen." The sculpture is on display in the Crypt of the U.S. Capitol Building. A<i> </i>typed Lincoln quotation pasted to mount at lower left. In very good condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 15 inches by 17.5 inches. Sculptor Gutzon Borglum designed and oversaw the execution of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial from 1927 to 1941 with the assistance of his son Lincoln Borglum. Conceived by South Dakota historian Doane Robinson the 60-foot sculpture was initially intended to promote tourism in the Black Hills Region of South Dakota. unknown books
1907876081907. Photograph signed and dated "Gutzon Borglum 1907." The photograph taken by Borglum shows his marble bust of Abraham Lincoln. On February 6 1908 the President's son Robert Todd Lincoln wrote to Borglum regarding the bust as "the most extraordinarily good portrait of my father I have ever seen." The sculpture is on display in the Crypt of the U.S. Capitol Building. A typed Lincoln quotation pasted to mount at lower left. In very good condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 15 inches by 17.5 inches. Sculptor Gutzon Borglum designed and oversaw the execution of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial from 1927 to 1941 with the assistance of his son Lincoln Borglum. Conceived by South Dakota historian Diane Robinson the 60-foot sculpture was initially intended to promote tourism in the Black Hills Region of South Dakota. unknown
1950131050Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1950. Revised First Draft Continuity script for the 1951 film. Included is an index to the script breakdown detailing various scenes and script page numbers with revisions. Copy belonging to Dane Anderson an uncredited member of the crew with his name on the front wrapper of the script breakdown and annotations throughout in holograph pencil. File copy rubber-stamped on the front wrapper. <br/><br/>Based on Weidman's 1937 novel and Vera Caspary's loose adaptation. Harriet Boyd Hayward is a fashion designer who partners with Teddy Dailey whom she loves and Sam Jaffe and starts a new business dedicated to selling affordable women's dresses. A rival fashion company lead by Noble Sanders momentarily distracts Harriet but at the last minute she realizes her true devotion to Teddy and Sam. <br/><br/>Screenwriter Polonsky was blacklisted shortly after the film's release refusing to answer questions before the House Un-American Activities Committee. <br/><br/>White titled wrappers rubber-stamped as REVISED FIRST DRAFT CONTINUITY on the front wrapper copy No. 3 and production No. 2446.8 dated August 4 1950. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page present dated August 4 1950 noted as Revised 1st Draft Continuity with a credit for screenwriter Polonsky. 170 leaves with last page of text numbered 168. Mimeograph on eye-rest green stock. Pages and wrapper Near Fine internally bound with three gold brads. <br/><br/>Script Breakdown: self wrappers as issued. 88 leaves dated 10/2/50 mimeograph on eye-rest green stock. Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
19632176New York: Vintage. As New. 1963. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Text pristine & unmarked tight to the spine - -- with a bonus offer-- May be either: out of print OOP and extremely rare in this pristine condition; signed by author or contributor; or a first or special edition . Vintage paperback
192339395Warsaw: Di Zayt 1923. Second edition. Softcover. fair to vg. Large Octavo. 225pp. Original decorative wrappers with b/w. illustration pasted down on front cover in hardcover cassette with half cloth over decorative paper-covered boards and black lettering on spine. 12 b/w illustrations by Jakob Adler. Abraham Zak 1891-1980 describes the fate of galician population during World War I the sudden change in life the preparations life of and with soldiers and living with war and the Jewish holidays. Zak gives words to the differences and the major change in the way of life of the Jews in Galicia. With his style of essays with dialogues he creates a unique approach to the understanding of the meaning of war which is strongly impacted by the dramatic drawings by Jakob Adler. Text in Yiddish. Cassette with light wear along edges. Wrappers rubbed small piece of cover illustration is missing wear along edges and fraying at head and tail of spine. Foxing at verso of front wrapper and title page. Block tanned 60% of pages are loose but present. Block with some fraying at foredge. Binding in overall very good wrappers and interior in fair to good condition. Di Zayt unknown
19042550New York: King Memorial Committee of The Century Association by G.P. Putnam's Sons 1904. First Edition. Leather bound. Near fine. Letter from Secretary of State John Hay to General James Grant Wilson regarding a lock of President Lincoln's hair. Octavo. vii 429pp. Three quarter green morocco title in gilt on spine decorative compartments. Frontispiece portrait with issue cover. Marbled endpapers. Bookplate affixed to front endpaper. Top edge gilt. Letter affixed to front endpaper from Secretary of State John Hay to Gen. James Wilson Grant dated November 8 1902 in response to an inquiry over whether he still possessed a lock of Lincoln's deathbed hair. Includes envelope. Letter notes that he "greatly regrets that I am not the possessor of a lock of Lincoln's hair. I had a little of it for a year or two after his death but in some unaccountable way it was lost." John Hay's search for locks of Lincoln's hair would be a lifelong passion for the friend of the slain president. In 1893 Hay wrote to Doctor Charles Sabin Taft a bystander physician who attended to President Lincoln after being shot at Ford's Theater asking if the doctor had any strands of hair in his possession. Doctor Taft declined to barter for his memento but in 1905 his son found the original letter and contacted Hay. In a hurry the hair was purchased by Hay and promptly encased in a yellow ring. This yellow ring was sent to President Theodore Roosevelt on the occasion of his inauguration. He wore the ring to his inauguration and it remains in the Theodore Roosevelt collection at Sagamore Hill. Mearns 1959. King Memorial Committee of The Century Association by G.P. Putnam's Sons unknown books
1905mon0000039498Duckworth 1905-01-01. Paperback. Good. in x in x in. Ex-library book usual markings. Clean copy sound binding. Duckworth paperback
1928263Lincoln4<p><strong>ABRAHAM LINCOLN. </strong></p><p><strong>Complete in 4 volumes. </strong></p><p>MANUSCRIPT EDITION.</p><p><strong>The bindings are original. </strong></p><p><br /><br /></p><p><strong>MANUSCRIPT EDITION. </strong></p><p><strong>FIRST EDITION. </strong></p><p><strong>Printed in 1928. </strong></p><p><strong>Complete in 4 Volumes. </strong></p><p><strong>No. 122/1000.</strong></p><p>These are large volumes.</p><p>Volume one contains a handwritten page of Beveridge's original manuscript.</p><p>These are very large books.</p><p>Measuring approximately 10 inches tall.</p><p>Custom bound by the Riverside Press and signed by them.</p><p>The bindings are original.</p><p><br /><br /></p><p>In very good condition despite the age. Leather supple. Hinges sound. The bindings are original. Quality paper. Stamp on front pastedown. Dealer notation in pencil. Light generalized shelf rubs. In highly giftable condition.</p><p><br /><br /><br /><br /></p><p><strong>In highly giftable condition. </strong></p><p><strong>This set will be well protected for shipping. </strong></p><p><strong>Each book will be individually wrapped and well protected for shipping. </strong></p><p><strong>26.2</strong></p>
192857544Keswick United Kingdom: G. P. Abraham Ltd. As New. 1928. Paperback. 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 - - 56 pages. -- with a bonus offer-- . G. P. Abraham, Ltd. paperback
200034197New York New York U.S.A.: Facts On File. New. 2000. Hardcover. 0816040575 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY - AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY WHY WAIT -- 470 pages; clean and crisp tight and bright pages with no writing or markings to the text. -- DESCRIPTION: The Facts On File Dictionary of Clichés explains the meanings and origins of more than 3000 clichés and common expressions. Draws from a wide variety of sources including the Bible Shakespeare and other works of literature. Drawing from a wide variety of sources this book details the meaning of the cliché or expression its source early uses and the history of the phrase over time and its level of use in contemporary English is also noted. -- REVIEW: "This dictionary spans allusions of the past 1000 years including more than 1500 terms names and words used as metaphors to crystallize moments within the larger context of history culture and literature. Updating and expanding The Facts On File Dictionary of 20th-Century Allusions this work joins broader references like Dorothy Auchter's Dictionary of Historical Allusions and Eponyms LJ 8/98 and Elizabeth Webber and Mike Feinsilber's Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Allusions 1999. Over 600 new entries from earlier time periods have been added although the selection appears random. There is an entry for Sinclair Lewis's Main Street but not William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury or the "sound and fury" of Shakespeare's MacBeth; Batman Bernhard Goetz and Littleton CO are listed but not Waterloo Charles Manson or the Simpsons. Typically Merriam-Webster's includes each entry's pronunciation meaning and multiple examples of usage. Facts On File contains nearly twice as many entries but offers no pronunciation guide sometimes omits historical or cultural insights and seldom quotes usage examples. Whereas both dictionaries describe Ahab within the context of Moby Dick Facts On File omits mention of the historic and biblical context of King Ahab an archetype of evil from the Old Testament. Finally some entries appear too rudimentary to include such as "ABCs as easy as ABC." Nevertheless this new work is recommended as a sound reference tool holding many allusions not yet covered elsewhere. --Michelle Foyt Russell Lib. Middletown CT - Library Journal -- with a bonus offer-- . Facts On File hardcover
