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1738221273London: Printed for James Hutton at the Bible and Sun without Temple-Bar 1738. First edition w/o half-title. viii 23 1 pp. Printed by William Bowyer; his records show 1000 copies printed. 1 vols. 8vo. Removed. Fine. First edition w/o half-title. viii 23 1 pp. Printed by William Bowyer; his records show 1000 copies printed. 1 vols. 8vo. Disagreeing with some of the Moravian Ceremonies. Whitefield was leader and founder of the Calvinistic Methodists having followed Wesleys to Georgia and was made Minister for Savannah. He spent years travelling in Europe and America and speaking soliciting funds and evangelizing. He was a follower of Wesley but separated over predestination. He constructed an orphanage in Savannah which was converted into Bethedsa College. Sabin 103511; ESTC T33528 Printed for James Hutton at the Bible and Sun without Temple-Bar unknown books
193215829New York: The Macaulay Company. Good in Good dj. c.1932. Reprint see note. Hardcover. Good only book is worn and moderately soiled at page edges both hinges weak rear due to removed endpaper; jacket worn at edges and corners quarter-sized chip at top rear hinge taking part of the title with it soiling and scuffing to rear panel. The story of a brothel in Northern Germany where "fashionable women came to sight-see and sip champagne and fashionable men were frequent callers." The book is structured as a series of chapter-vignettes about each of the nine women who work there this being the joint's m.o.: "There were only nine girls never more and all of them beautiful all of them from different countries". You've got Natachia Russian Esther from Palestine Hahlihla from Morocco Frankie "the vivacious American girl" Fatima Arab father/Syrian mother Paulette French Lotte German "whose bourgeois appearance was contradicted by her store of strange desires and sadistic impulses" Raquel Spanish -- and "the newcomer the shy delicate-featured girl from Budapest who was to cause a strange turmoil in the house of Madame Antonia." The author was an actress and occasional playwright who appeared in the original Broadway production 1924 of "What Price Glory" as Charmaine the role played in the famous silent film by Renee Adoree The reason I state the edition as "Reprint" is that the book appears to have been published by Liveright in 1932; there's no indication on this Macaulay edition of any prior printing but then again Macaulay was a little slipshod about such matters. It's worth noting however that several of the books advertised on the rear jacket panel were in fact 1933 publications. . The Macaulay Company hardcover books
20121317976London: Academic Press/Elsevier Inc 2012. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo; pp 504; VG-/paperback; white/black/blue spine with red text; covers show light wear to exterior; minor rubbing to edges; intact exterior; text block has very little wear to exterior edges; interior clean; frontispiece; illustrated; inscribed by author;. 1317976. FP New Rockville Stock. Academic Press/Elsevier, Inc unknown books
1884WRCAM32512Augusta: Chronicle Steam Press 1884. 8pp. Original printed wrappers. Light vertical fold through center light toning. Overall very good. A flattering memorial occasioned by the death of Confederate surgeon Lewis Ford focusing on Ford's medical career and charitable acts. Scarce. Not in De Renne. OCLC locates only six copies. OCLC 4605378. Chronicle Steam Press unknown books
19749016735New Haven: Yale University Press 1974. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. <br/><br/> Yale University Press hardcover books
19982310007Nashville: Celebrity Books 1998. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Signed by author. Signed by author on matching bookplate affixed to front endpaper. 1 inch closed tear on jacket spine base. 1998 Hard Cover. 456 pp. Memoirs of a 'Kodak Girl' who married a businessman linked to the mob and was a victim of domestic abuse. "Georgia Durante's beginnings were in Upstate New York when at the age of twelve the radiant little girl began her national modeling career. At seventeen Georgia Durante became the 'Kodak Girl' immortalized with her life-size image displayed in more than 80000 retail stores throughout the world. Georgia is also the author of the best-selling book The Company She Keeps. It's a book that has been recognized by domestic violence prevention and recovery groups for the inspiration and motivation it provides abused women who are looking to reclaim and rebuild their lives. Celebrity Books hardcover books
19982309652Nashville: Celebrity Books 1998. Reprint. Reprint. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed by author. Reprint. Inscribed and signed by author on front flyleaf 'To Carrie So happy you enjoyed the book Georgia Durante'. Ink name on front jacket flap. 1998 Hard Cover. 456 pp. Memoirs of a 'Kodak Girl' who married a businessman linked to the mob and was a victim of domestic abuse. "Georgia Durante's beginnings were in Upstate New York when at the age of twelve the radiant little girl began her national modeling career. At seventeen Georgia Durante became the 'Kodak Girl' immortalized with her life-size image displayed in more than 80000 retail stores throughout the world. Georgia is also the author of the best-selling book The Company She Keeps. It's a book that has been recognized by domestic violence prevention and recovery groups for the inspiration and motivation it provides abused women who are looking to reclaim and rebuild their lives. Celebrity Books unknown books
19982274166Celebrity Books 1998. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Bottom edge faintly stained ink name and address on front flyleaf. 1998 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 456 pp. Memoirs of a 'Kodak Girl' who married a businessman linked to the mob and was a victim of domestic abuse. "Georgia Durante Celebrity Books hardcover books
19989011711Nashville TN: Celebrity Books 1998. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. <br/><br/> Celebrity Books hardcover books
19782392Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago 1978. First edition. Fine. DELUXE SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION ONE OF ONLY 100 COPIES. INSCRIBED BY MARC CHAGALL "Pour Art Inst. Chicago Marc Chagall 1979" AND SIGNED BY WILLEM DE KOONING IVAN ALBRIGHT JOAN MIRÓ AND GEORGIA O'KEEFFE FEATURING 100 COLOR REPRODUCTIONS OF THE ART INSTITUTE'S MOST FAMOUS WORKS. Issued as part of the festivities surrounding the Art Institute's 100th birthday in 1979 The Art of Institute of Chicago: 100 Masterpieces celebrates the museum's 100 most beloved masterpieces and the artists behind these great works. In addition to the valuable signature pages each on a separate preliminary page this book contains beautiful color reproductions of 100 of the most magnificent works held by world-renown museum.<br /> <br /> There was much fanfare surrounding the 100th anniversary of the Art Institute. In addition to this book's publication the institute was feted with a Centennial Birthday party and a month-long exhibition in March 1979 entitled "The Art Institute of Chicago: 100 Years".<br /> <br /> David C. Hilliard a life trustee who helped produce 100 Masterpieces explains that the deluxe limited editions were sold in large part to buy an Indian sculpture for the Institute in honor of Board Chairman James Alsdorf and his wife Marilyn. Devoted art fans themselves the couple's private collection of Indian and East Asian art helped academics and collectors contribute enormously to the scholarship surrounding this field.<br /> <br /> The process of getting the artists' signatures had its difficulties - particularly when it came to approaching the more irascible ones like Georgia O'Keeffe who was a student at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Per Hilliard:<br /> <br /> "There is a good story connected with the book. We sent a young man down to visit Georgia O'Keeffe and ask for her agreement to participate. Georgia could be prickly so we chose as our envoy a young man whose father had given her the land on which she had her house and studio. And indeed he was given a warm reception and tour. When they parted Georgia said she would sign. but then added "If you will tell me the location of my painting that I gave to the Art Institute 'East River from the Shelton.'" We were overjoyed and asked the American Arts Department to let us see it. As Georgia knew it had presumably been stolen years before and a full search could not locate it. But she relented I think she enjoyed her joke and signed the books anyway!"<br /> <br /> A rare and extraordinary work that powerfully encapsulates the growth and development of the Art Institute of Chicago from a tiny academy to a "hub of the city's artistic life" Encyclopedia of Chicago . All the more desirable with the signature of five of the 20th century's greatest artists.<br /> <br /> Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago 1978. Folio 10.5x14 inches; with box 12x15 inches original burgundy morocco watered silk endpapers all edges gilt. Housed in original box covered in matching morocco with gilt lion on front. Printed and bound by R.R. Donnelley & Sons at The Lakeside Press. Designed and composed by Rand McNally. A few spots of wear to box otherwise fine. <br /> <br /> A MAGNIFICENT PRODUCTION CELEBRATING ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREAT MUSEUMS WITH LARGE SIGNATURES OF SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ARTISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY. Art Institute of Chicago unknown books
1897WRCLIT68094New York: Bonnsell Silver & Co. 1897. 4134pp. Gilt cloth. Frontis. White cloth spine darkened and a bit frayed at tips; a good sound copy. First edition of Madden's first book published under the pseudonym that would be attached to her novels and young adult fiction for the next 35 years. Not all references - Smith and OCLC for example - recognize the pseudonymous status. Not in Wright but likely excluded because of its inspirational young adult nature. Madden was on friendly terms with Annie Fellows Johnston of "Little Colonel" fame joining with her in an "Author Club" situated in Louisville Kentucky. OCLC: 7570741. Bonnsell, Silver & Co. hardcover books
194839454Gainesville: Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company 1948. Paperback. Good. 80pp. Wraps darkened and worn some pencil marks to front and throughout else a good example. <br/><br/> Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company paperback books
196536105Annandale VA: Turnpike Press 1965. Hardcover. VG. Navy cloth. vii 66 pp. Numerous bw plates. This is the third and final volume of a three-volume set. It is comprised of articles published by the author which represent her inquiries into less apparent facets of ninteenth century american art. Topics include Robert Ball Hughes F.A. Chapman John Eckstein Tompkins Harrison Matteson and Ferdinand Pettrich. Turnpike Press hardcover books
1829WRCAM32413Milledgeville: Camak & Ragland 1829. 26pp. Gathered signatures stitched. Minute edge wear. Overall internally clean. Very good unopened and untrimmed. Self-styled second edition after the first of the same year with corrections. A series of combative essays lambasting the Kehukee Association one of the largest Baptist societies in the region. Published under the pseudonym of "Nehemiah." A scarce Georgia imprint. OCLC locates only eight copies of the first edition. Not in De Renne. OCLC 13070208. Camak & Ragland unknown books
1794WRCAM53655Augusta Ga. 1794. Two printed forms completed in manuscript the first approximately 13 x 13 inches the second approximately 12 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches. Large wood and wax seal of Georgia attached with ribbon. Folded. Light tanning and foxing. Very good. An impressive printed land grant completed in manuscript for 1000 acres of land in Washington County Georgia granted by Gov. George Mathews to Richmond Dawson. The document is signed by Mathews as well as the surveyor George Weatherby who has included a sketch of the land in question. The land is described as "on the waters of Choopee River bounded South West and South East by said Dawson's Land and on all other sides by Vacant Lands." <br> <br> Governor Mathews had an eventful career first as a Revolutionary soldier including a stint as colonel of the Virginia troops in Greene's Carolina campaign then as governor of Georgia and finally as a special agent leading "irregular" activities in attempts to wrest Florida from Spain in 1810-12. In the end the U.S. government repudiated Mathews' Florida actions and he died in Augusta a bitter old man. "By his demise the authorities at Washington escaped the consequences of his threat that he'd 'be dam'd if he didn't blow them all up' and he carried to the grave much evidence that might explain his debatable conduct" - DAB. A handsome Georgia document and unusual early imprint. unknown books
1795WRCAM839Hartford 1795. 64pp. Gathered signatures stitched as issued. Lightly tanned. Tear in upper margin of final two leaves affecting four words of text else very good. Untrimmed and partially unopened. One of the pamphlets relating to the Yazoo Claims problem. The controversy was a result of the granting of lands by the state of Georgia in the area of present-day Alabama and Mississippi touching on the course of the Yazoo River. This pamphlet was issued by the Georgia Mississippi Company to defend their rights to the lands they were offering for sale in Georgia Alabama and Mississippi. The lands were granted to the Company by the Georgia legislature after extensive bribes changed hands and the case quickly became a major scandal. Georgia rescinded the grant the following year although the case dragged on in court until 1814. According to Everitt Wilkie this was printed in Hartford not Philadelphia as stated in Evans. HOWES G126 "aa." EVANS 28745. STREETER SALE 1158. DE RENNE I p.270. VAIL 1027. COHEN 7867. SABIN 27112. DAH V p.503. REESE FEDERAL HUNDRED 51. unknown books
1988JC2926New York et al: Simon & Schuster 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. From the library of Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and inscribed to him and his wife Vera by the Phyllis Quinn she regrets not including their Elsie Janie story. Fairbanks 1909-2000 was an iconic American actor from Hollywoods Golden Era his credits include Gunga Din and a highly decorated naval officer of World War II. <br/><br/> Simon & Schuster hardcover books
2001256791Barcelona: Actar 2001. First. paperback. near fine. Illustrated throughout in color and b/w. 158 pages. Slim 4to glossy yellow printed wrappers. Barcelona: Actar 2001. First edition. Very slight ripple at bottom of first several pages otherwise a near fine copy of a rather scarce book.<br/><br/> This book was conceived as a collection of essays images and projects each offering a purchase from the urban milieu of Detroit during the decade of the 1990s. What began as a strictly architectural inquiry into the material remnants of Detroit quickly led to research into the economic political and cultural conditions underpinning the city's particular urban formation and the extreme urbanism it fostered. The book includes design research projects commentary on those projects written essays that examine larger conditions that transcend the individual design proposals and photographic exploration of Detroit's material sobriety<br/><br/> Actar unknown books
19812034Westport Connecticut: Greenwood Press 1981. xiii 249p. a few pencil notes in one section. Contributions in economics and economic history no. 39. Greenwood Press unknown books
1918398651918. Leffingwell Georgia Williams. Social and Private Life at Rome in the Time of Plautus and Terence. New York: Columbia University Press 1918. 140 13 pp. Includes 13 pages of advertisements. Newly rebound in blue cloth gilt stamped spine. Ex-library with perforated stamp to title page. $15. A title in the Studies in History Economics and Public Law series edited by the Political Science Faculty of Columbia University. unknown books
199215217ENew York: Hirschl & Adler Galleries 1992. First Edition. Paperbound 9†x 10 1/4â€. 51 pages. An illustrated catalogue issued to accompany an exhibition of paintings by Marsden Hartley Gaston Lachaise Elie Nadelman Georgia O’Keeffe Chalres Sheeler and John Storrs. With a preface by Susan E. Menconi and James L. Reinish. Fine in printed wrappers. Hirschl & Adler Galleries unknown books
198457201Mystic Connecticut: Mystic Seaport Museum 1984. First Edition first printing. Signed by Hamilton on the title page. Illustrates 40 figureheads in the Mystic Seaport Museum Collection. Uncommon to find a signed copy of this title. Quarto: pictorial wraps; 115 pages. Illustrated. Very Good some rubbing covers with light creases & tiny tear to edge of front cover; contents clean & tight. Mystic Seaport Museum unknown books
1984103134Mystic CT: Mystic Seaport Museum 1984. Softbound. VG- ex art library with marks. Color illustrated wraps. 156 pp. profusely illustrated. Wonderful presentation of this unique form of Folk Art. "In this book Georgia Hamilton has researched described and illustrated forty figureheads in the collection; these range from the well known and positively identified such as the eagle from the cliper Great Republic to those with traditional but unverified attributions and those with unknown provenances. A list of all the figureheads in the collection is appended. Mystic Seaport Museum unknown books
2005187586Self Published 2005-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed. Inscribed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper. Dust jacket and book are clean has a very good binding no marks or notations. Light overall wear. HB HS Self Published hardcover books
49870Traces of mounting on verso right edge a little browned. Very good. <br/><br/> unknown books
