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1949518371Jacksonville Florida: The Afro-American Life Insurance Company 1949. Softcover. Near Fine. Original printed life insurance policy certificate issued March 21 1949. Large single sheet measuring 11" x 15" printed on both sides text in black within decorative border printed in green. Prints details about premiums and benefits "Conditions Privileges and Limitations" details about the policy holder General A Burkette and beneficiary Mary Burkette etc. Signed in holograph facsimile by James H. Lewis son of one of the company founders and former President of the company Abraham Lincoln Lewis. Verso prints charts of extended term insurance and premiums.<br /> <br /> Small tears at old folds a near fine example of a fragile ephemeral item. Abraham Lincoln Lewis 1865-1947 African-American businessman was one of the founders of the Afro-American Industrial and Benefit Association which became the Afro-American Life Insurance Company in Jacksonville Florida in 1901. It was the first insurance company in Florida and one of the largest black-owned businesses in Florida. "As the oldest life insurance company in Florida and one of the most successful black businesses in the state it helped thousands of blacks over the years. The importance of that insurance company… cannot be underestimated. According to the 'Encyclopedia of Southern Culture' the insurance companies established by African-Americans and catering to them 'formed the heart of black financial networks the cultural beginnings of which can be traced to mutual benefit societies and the church'" McCarthy African-American Sites in Florida' p. 52; c.f. Low Encyclopedia of Black America p. 207. Lewis helped found the National Negro Insurance Association and the exclusive African-American vacation spot American Beach on Amelia Island and was Florida's first black millionaire. "By 1902 the Afro-American Life Insurance Company was the cornerstone of Black economic development in the city… and grew into one of the most successful minority owned insurance companies in the country. He was a close friend of Booker T. Washington and helped Washington establish the Negro Business League…" Bartley Keeping the Faith p. 10. The company closed in 1990. The Afro-American Life Insurance Company unknown
193542757Paris: Arts et Métiers Graphiques 1935. First edition. Softcover. vg. Folio 12 1/4 x 10". 14pp Text 120pp Plates 121-139 1pp Text and advertisement. Original spiral bound decorative wrappers by Pierre Boucher. <br /> <br /> "Photographie" was an annual special issue of the magazine "Arts et Métiers Graphiques" entirely dedicated to modern photography and which published the work of the leading photographers and photographic agencies of the period. <br /> <br /> This 1936 edition contains 120 striking photographs reproduced in heliogravure and taken by the following photographers: Gaston Paris; George Hurrel; John Somerset Murray; Marcel Bovis; Mitsutaro Fuku; Kardas; Maurice Tabard; Harry Meerson; Herbert List; Hein Gorny; Cecil Beaton; Pierre Boucher; Thérèse Le Prat; George Platt Lynes; Erwin Blumenfeld; Willy Prager; Marianne Breslauer; Lucien Vogel; Bill Brandt; Chin San Long Lang Jingshan and many others.<br /> <br /> Minor shelf wear. Tip of lower front corner slightly bumped thus slightly affecting pages throughout. Text and captions in French. Wrappers in overall good to very good interior in very good condition. Arts et Métiers Graphiques unknown
191113604Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co 1911. First Edition First Printing. Leather bound. Near fine. Signed first edition of Fifty Years of Public Service by Shelby M. Cullom Governor and Senator of Illinois and lifelong friend of Abraham Lincoln. Octavo xi 1 467pp. Three-quarter brown morocco with brown cloth boards gilt ruling on covers. Title in gilt on spine five raised bands with gilt-ruled compartments. Top edge gilt marbled endpapers. Stated "Published October 1911" on copyright page. Solid text block light wear to spine and corners faint toning to fore edge. A near fine example. Complete with 21 illustrated plates including frontispiece portrait. Signed on the half title by Senator Cullom. Senator Shelby M. Cullom 1829-1914 represented Illinois from 1883-1913 and served as Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference from 1911-1913. Earlier in his career Cullom was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1865-1871 and Governor of Illinois from 1876-1883. A.C. McClurg & Co unknown
1934288963Paris: Editions de Triangle 1934 . Paperback. Good . 56 tipped-in b/w prints with tissue guards;mumber 86/530 new covers with old image and title pasted on cover Goldberg was called the "Jewish Rembrandt" oclc 6109856 Editions de Triangle paperback
192736305Amsterdam: H. J. Paris 1927. H. J. Paris unknown books
192736305Amsterdam: H. J. Paris 1927. Goudsmit Samuel Abraham 1902-78. Atoommodel en structuur der spectra. 8vo. 8 68pp. 2-leaf "Stellingen" laid in. Text diagrams. Amsterdam: H. J. Paris 1927. 244 x 157 mm. Original printed wrappers a bit worn & creased. Very good copy. Ownership inscription on first leaf. <br /> First Edition of Goudsmit's doctoral thesis on atomic spectra an area in which he excelled: during his studies under Ehrenfest at the University of Leiden "Goudsmit concentrated so much on spectroscopy that Ehrenfest once-in the presence of the visiting Albert Einstein-told him: 'The trouble with you is I don't know what to ask you; all you know is spectral lines'" Mehra & Rechenberg I p. 696; see also pp. 695-707. Goudsmit obtained his doctorate in 1927 two years after he and Uhlenbeck published their landmark paper on electron spin which became a cornerstone of the new quantum mechanics. Electron spin is discussed in section 16 of Goudsmit's thesis. DSB. 36305. H. J. Paris unknown
197427879Rochester: Judaic Impressions 1974. Limited First edition. Hardcover. vg. 1/100. Folio. Unpaginated. Original black cloth with title-label laid on spine. Scarce first edition of this poignant work of Hurban literature the literature of the Holocaust. The five poems compiled in this book are witness of the unquenchable spirit of man. They are personal lyrical and so very Jewish. They speak to God - arguing protesting demanding pleading accusing and longing. Not as suppliant beggars or abject servants but as children who have a right to a Father's love care concern and as men whose task it is to remind the Father of His duty to His children. Very minor soiling/discoloration on covers. Binding in overall good to very good interior in near fine to fine condition. The poems are translated by the late Abe Karp: and include the folowing authors.<br /> <br /> Kwiatkovski Rivka; <br /> Meir Gutman; <br /> Martha H.; <br /> Yisrael Emiot; <br /> Hava Rosenfarb. Judaic Impressions hardcover
1947156219N.p.: N.p. 1947. Vintage reference photograph from the 1947 film showing actress Marlene Dietrich playing the zither. Stamp of photographer Whitey Schafer on the verso.<br /> <br /> Based on the 1946 novel by Jolán Földes about a British soldier who escapes from the Gestapo during World War II by posing as a gypsy. <br /> <br /> Shot on location in Bend and Corbett Oregon. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1937D4334Paris: Obelisk Press 1937. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Wraps; 5 loose gatherings pp. 40 3 plus frontispiece. From a limited edition of 200 numbered copies this one out of sequence and unnumbered though inscribed by Miller in the year of publication on the FFEP: "To Anne Poor from Henry Miller Paris 8/15/37 p.s. Jetzt musste die Welt versinker! Et comment!" Anne Poor like Miller was a painter. Wraps heavily chipped and water-stained; frontispiece water-stained on the verso though perfectly presentable. <br/><br/> Obelisk Press paperback books
1937D4334Paris: Obelisk Press 1937. First Edition. Paperback. Fair. Wraps; 5 loose gatherings pp. 40 3 plus frontispiece. From a limited edition of 200 numbered copies this one out of sequence and unnumbered though inscribed by Miller in the year of publication on the FFEP: "To Anne Poor from Henry Miller Paris 8/15/37 p.s. Jetzt musste die Welt versinker! Et comment!" Anne Poor like Miller was a painter. Wraps heavily chipped and water-stained; frontispiece water-stained on the verso though perfectly presentable. <br/><br/> Obelisk Press paperback
1953328666New Jersey: Rutgers University Press 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. All 8 volumes Very Good in boards. Foxing on text block edges of all 8 volumes. Light stain on bottom text block edge of volume 2. Rutgers University Press hardcover
198629117KINDERBUCHVERLAG 1986. 4. hardcover. KINDERBUCHVERLAG hardcover
196828141HEYNE WILHELM 1968. 1. softcover. Dracula HEYNE, WILHELM paperback
197712615PABEL/MOEWIG VERLAGSUNION 06-07/1977. 1. softcover. Schiff der Ischtar PABEL/MOEWIG VERLAGSUNION paperback
195300007905Amsterdam: North-Holland Publishing Company 1953. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo. 7 viii-ix 2 xii 1-479 1 pp. Bound in yellow cloth with narrow rule border on the front board in black gold lettering on the spine inset in a solid black rectangle with black and gold rules at the top and bottom of the spine Fraenkel was a mathematician perhaps best-known as the F in ZF or Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory an axiomatization of set theory intended to avoid paradoxes one of the most famous being Russell's paradox. Fraenkel's most famous result was to prove the independence of the axiom of choice from ZF i.e. he showed that the axiom of choice cannot be proven or its negation proven from ZF. Together with the axiom of choice the system ZFC is a suitable foundation for mathematics and has been the subject of extensive study in foundational research over the past century. This book was written for advanced students in mathematics and philosophy and is intended to introduce such students to axiomatic set theory. A presentable copy of this uncommon book by one of the seminal figures in the foundations of mathematics. A Very Good book with a bit of wear to the boards and a previous owner's name written on the front pastedown in a Good dust jacket with a chip to the top of the spine panel most of the author's name is gone but the title is still present along with fading and a few areas of minor discoloration. North-Holland Publishing Company hardcover
1932311499liveright first edition 1932 hardcover. chipped dust jacket pasted down generally about very good scan available liveright hardcover
198012616PABEL/MOEWIG VERLAGSUNION 02-03/1980. 2. softcover. Schiff der Ischtar PABEL/MOEWIG VERLAGSUNION paperback
195529999HBDJ 1965 1ST U.S. PRINTING Hardcover. NEAR FINE hardcover book in NEAR FINE Dust-jacket with LITE SPOTTING & TINY EXTREMITIES CHIPS . Previous owner bookplate on front pastedown. NOT remainder marked. NOT price-clipped. NOT faded. NOT a book club edition. NOT an ex-library copy. All of our books with dust-jackets are shipped in fresh archival-safe mylar protective sleeves. Condition: Very Good-. AS-IS First Edition. 1st printing Green cloth; 292 pages plus introduction. Clean & tight. No inscriptions.Front flap is not price-clipped: $10.00. Jacket is now under clear removable covers. YELLOW TOPSTAIN inner dj flap $10 AUTHOR WAS was a prolific English/Irish writer and well known researcher of ghostly phenomena from early in the 20th century til his death in 1965. AROUND WHICH A LARGE BODY OF CREEPY LITERATURE IN VARIOUS EUROPEAN LANGUAGES HAS GATHERED. THE WHOLE MYTH OR REALITY IS EXAMINED WHAT IS 1 SPIRITS WERWOLVES & EXORCISM VAMPIRES GHOULS LYCANTHROPY IN FRANCE GERMANY SPAIN ETC<br /><br /> Longvue Press, NY. hardcover
198600506463Series De Arte Las Publica Fernando Loera Chavez y Peniche 1986. First Edition. Portfolio. Very Good. Oversized Folio over 15 Inches tall. EXCEPTIONALLY RARE PORTFOLIO of Walkowitz's drawings in tribute to Isadora Duncan accompanied by Max Eastman's text here in Spanish translation. Copy #55 of only 120 numbered copies issued signed by the publishers. This oversized folio is housed in the publisher's flexible black imitation leather portfolio front cover stamped in gilt. Laid in loose is the 8-page accordion fold illustrated announcement of the opening of an exhibit celebrating the publication of this work Arvil Galerie Mexico City 1986 titled 'Album Isadora'. Walkowitz met Duncan in Auguste Rodin's studio and was the create over 5000 drawings of her .B/w Illustrations. Series De Arte Las Publica Fernando Loera Chavez y Peniche unknown
196730981New York: Clergy and Laymen Concerned About Vietnam 1967. Very Good. New York: Clergy and Laymen Concerned About Vietnam 1967. First Edition. Quarto. 31 pp. Photographic frontis. Printed wraps. Light rubbing and toning to edges; stamp with date "Oct 4 1967" to front along fore-edge. Binding sound and interior unmarked; overall a Very Good copy. <br /> <br /> Includes "The Casualties of the War in Vietnam" and "Beyond Vietnam" speeches given by King in February and April 1967 as well as a brief Question and Answer section featuring King and Commager. Uncommon in retail. Clergy and Laymen Concerned About Vietnam unknown
1974147951N.p.: N.p. 1974. Draft script for the 1974 play which premiered at the Booth Theatre on May 5 1974 for 177 performances closing on October 5 1974. Annotations in holograph pencil on title page and on cast page for "Ravenswood" the first of the two one act plays in "Bad Habits" listing names adjacent to the characters.<br/><br/>Two one act comedies the first is "Ravenswood" set in a sanitarium catering to rich "unglued" patients in which Dr. Pepper treats his patients by encouraging them to indulge in bad habits. The second is "Dunelawn" also a sanitarium where Dr. Toynbee treats his patients with a magical drug which inhibits any "urges."<br/><br/>Blue Studio Duplicating Service vinyl titled wrappers with credits for playwright Terrence McNally. Title page present with credits for playwright Terrence McNally. 135 leaves with last page of text numbered 62. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold screw brads. N.p. unknown books
1992x-0849342295CRC Pr I Llc 1992. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 448 pages. 10.50x7.50x1.00 inches. CRC Pr I Llc hardcover
1986L3 box727 a2The New Oxford History of Music Volume VI: Concert Music 1630-1750. Edited by Gerald Abraham. 1986 by Oxford University Press. Hardcover 808 pages. Oxford University Press hardcover
1970366293Evanston IL: Schori Press 1970. First Edition. Near fine. Two autobiographical sketches written by Lincoln in 1859 and 1860 edited and with commentary by the historian Ralph G. Newman. Newman was also the founder and long-time owner of the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop established 1938. Illustrated from drawings by Lloyd Ostendorf.<br /> <br /> This edition was limited to 70 copies printed letterpress. This is one of 26 "bound in full morocco leather and variously hand-tooled in gold leaf and otherwise decorated by master book-binders."<br /> <br /> There were a number of editions of this work in the 1970s. Two issues appeared in 1970: this one and an edition of 600 from the Lincoln Mint which sold this book with a collection of Lincoln-themed medals. The priority is not known; the Chicago Tribune mentioned the medal edition on February 11.<br /> <br /> vi 7-77 1:blank 1:colophon 1:blank pages. Spine a touch faded else near fine in dark blue morocco decorated with white stars. This is copy D of 26 signed by Newman. Schori Press unknown
1996x-0471958670John Wiley & Sons Inc 1996. Hardcover. New. hardback/disk edition. 198 pages. 10.00x7.00x0.75 inches. John Wiley & Sons Inc hardcover
