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1933451381933. <p>Blumgart Hermann L. 1895-1977; Samuel A. Levine 1891-1966; David D. Berlin. Congestive heart failure and angina pectoris: The therapeutic effect of thyroidectomy on patients without clinical or pathologic evidence of thyroid toxicity. Offprint from Archives of Internal Medicine 51 1933. 12pp. 255 x 175 mm. Original printed wrappers tiny rust spots on front wrapper. Fine. The Herbert M. Evans copy with his stamp on the front wrapper.</p> <p> First Edition Offprint Issue of this classic paper describing thyroidectomy for congestive heart failure and angina pectoris. Blumgart and his colleagues played an important role in developing this method for treating coronary sclerosis. Their 1933 paper "described observations made upon the rate of blood flow in hyperthyroid states. When patients with no evidence of thyroid toxicity were subjected to subtotal thyroidectomy the improvement was found to be temporary and consequently total thyroidectomy was recommended . . . Thyroidectomy enjoyed fairly wide usage until antithyroid drugs and radioactive iodine became available" H. B. Shumaker The Evolution of Cardiac Surgery p. 131. This copy is from the library of Herbert M. Evans 1882-1971 co-discoverer of Vitamin E. Garrison-Morton.com 2899. </p> . unknown books
1964266146New York 1964. unbound. 3.5 x 6.5-inch First Day Cover commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers. Signed in full by Berlin and postmarked in New York City on October 15 1964. The envelope features tiny bust portraits of the nine ASCAP founders on the left and has a cancelled five-cent American Music stamp on the upper right. Matted beside a 4 x 3-inch photo of Berlin deep in thought at a piano; set in a black and silver frame measuring 9.75 x 15.5 inches. Near fine condition.<br/><br/> unknown books
5103848 pp. type specimen catalogue from the landmark type foundry presenting numerous examples of the various uses of typefaces in a range of commercial printing applications including stationary magazine ads notices and trade catalogues plus two folding plates including a replica of a large newspaper ad for a clothing store. Some light scattered mildew staining. 4to. Original printed wrpps. some light chipping to spine some toning and staining. Stamps for Gutenberg S.A. Barcelona to front cover and title page. Berlin H. Berthold AG n.d. 1920s. H. Berthold AG was one of the largest and most successful type foundries in the modern typographic world. Founded in Berlin in 1858 initially as a manufacturer of printer's rules it began casting metal type in the 1890s. It was a major contributor to the introduction of new typefaces including Akzidenz-Grotesk an early sans-serif which prefigured Helvetica. The company successfully transitioned to cold type technology in the 1950s and ceased operations in 1993. Scarce; as of October 2020 OCLC does not locate any holdings of this catalogue in a North American institution. hardcover books
13633Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Typed letter signed from the great American songwriter dated October 30 1957 responding to a letter from a Miss May Patterson about Army band members in World War I: "As I recall I was one of a committee assigned to purchase band music for the overseas bands. Unfortunately I have no information regarding any of the alumni. In closing let me say that your letter brought back many memories of the First World War." On his letterhead and with the original envelope with "Irving Berlin's 'Sayonara'" stamp; some thumbtack holes but overall in fine condition. 7.25 x 10.5 inches 18.3 x 26.5 cm. unknown books
198829646Berkeley: Poltroon Press 1988. First edition. Original black cloth gilt not issued in dust jacket. Fine. One of 200 hardbound copies typeset by the author with tipped-in color illustrations. Contemporary inscription from the author to another Poltroon Press author. <br/><br/> Poltroon Press hardcover books
38458257 pp. descriptive and critical catalogue by Frida Schottmuller of Spanish and Italian sculptures of the 15th through 18th centuries including pieces in marble clay ceramic wood and stone notes indices all works reproduced in the text. Last few pp. neatly repaired. Large 4to. Cloth. Berlin/Leipzig De Gruyter 1933. Second edition. Bildwerke des Kaiser-Friedrich-Museums. hardcover books
19192716Folio. About 32 published song sheets of various sizes the largest being 13 1/4 x 10 bound into one volume. with the signature of Rosalind Wood former Countess Gauardabassi of Perugia Italy. Compilation of WWI Patriotic songs most with colorful cover graphics. Including a typescript of two songs pasted inside the front cover. Includes 3 songs by Irving Berlin Litz Rice George M. Cohan and Jerome Kern among others. 13 1/4 x 10. In Fine condition. This is a unique compilation of music sheets. One of a kind. Various Publishers for each music sheets hardcover books
501460See Description. Signed-Autograph Very Good BERLIN Irving. Typed Letter Signed "Irving" with holograph addition on letterhead New York June 6 1949; to columnist Walter Winchell: "Before leaving for Philadelphia with 'Miss Liberty' I'm sending you this note.we all appreciate the wonderful break you have been giving us with the show." Small 4to 1 page with a telegram thanking Winchell for his support. Signed by Authors. See Description unknown books
29566207 pp. descriptive catalogue of the museum's collection of 466 Italian and Spanish Renaissance and Baroque sculptures excluding bronzes notes bibl. all 466 illus. in the text many with multiple views and details. Lg. 4to. Printed cloth. Berlin Reimer 1913. Ex-library copy bookplate on endpaper. An ex-library copy in excellent condition. hardcover books
197825838New York: Interview Enterprises Inc 1978. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Folio. Tall newspaper format arts magazine published by Warhol. This is the issue with a classic photo of Truman Capote on the front cover. Warhol has INSCRIBED this copy on front cover. There is a piece of archival tape which adheres the inside front cover to the first page at the top right hand corner; else a very good copy. Paper lightly toned. Includes an interview with Capote contributions by Brigid Berlin Mark Ginsburg and others. Interview Enterprises, Inc paperback books
19412612381941. unbound. 1 page 9 x 6.25 inches no place June 3 1941. Written to Mark Sandrich a director and producer at Paramount Pictures in part: "I had a session with Elmer Rice today and he read the script and I played the songs in 'HOLIDAY INN' for him. He is very much interested and wants to talk to you about it. He leaves Friday for Hollywood so will get in touch with you. I made it perfectly clear that you were negotiating with Allan Scott and that all this was very tentative." Faint horizontal folds; near fine condition. Double-matted in gray and white beside a 6.5 x 5-inch photo of Berlin sitting at a piano. Set in a black and gold frame measuring 16.75 x 20.5 inches.<br/><br/> unknown books
19773081Berlin: Ad 1. Ad 2: Verlag Bruno Hessling 1977. Together 2 vols. Ad 1: xv 5 782 2 pp. With 77 b/w illustrations in the text. Attractively and very sturdily bound in contemporary red quarter morocco over glazed red boards marbled endpapers top edges gilt all original wrappers bound in sic! -- Ad 2: 183 pp. With 43 illustrations in the text. Original publisher's orange cloth. Original edition. B.H. Breslauer copy of the justly famous catalogue of the vast collection of ornamental books and prints of the Kunstbibliothek Berlin at one time the most comprehensive in existence in the field of decorative art and architecture. It comprised printed material from the late 15th to the early 19th century. The collection was based upon that of Hippolyte Destailleur the great connoisseur which was acquired in 1879 to which was added the extraordinary holdings of the Kunstgewerbemuseum and Kupferstichkabinett. The catalogue is a model of its kind with complete descriptions and plate counts often missing in reference works that claimed to "succeed" it of no less than 5435 items. The collections suffered greivous losses during WWII but the present catalogue remains of permanent value to bibliographers and art historians alike as is attested by the facsimile reprints of it all greatly inferior to ours on account of the shoddy reproductions of the illustrations. Our copy is attractively bound with all the original wrappers of the first 12 fascicles bound in. This original edition is scarce having been published in Berlin at the worst possible time in publishing history namely from 1936-1939. <br/><br/>Ad 2: The books described in this "English Architectural Art" volume were completely lost during WWII and thus the rebuiding of this collection became a priority for the Kunstbibliothek Berlin aided with a generous grant from the Volkswagon Foundation. The results are herein and present 119 titles of rare English architectural and topographical books ranging in date from Dugale's "Monasticon Anglicum" 1661 to Robinson's "Designs for Gate Cottages" 1837 all very capably described. Ad 1. Ad 2: Verlag Bruno Hessling unknown books
19437209New York: Random House 1943. First printing. Used; Like New/Used; Like New. 201 pp. Signed and Inscribed by Hart on the title-page and signed by more than 30 contemporary stage and screen personalities on the front and rear blanks and endpapers. Owner's inscription on front pastedown and on the half-title page the names of some of owner's fellow airmen and officers in an unknown hand. Thin 8vo publisher's cloth covers and spine markedly worn and soiled; hinges cracked a few pages defaced or with doodles in ink. Signed by Moss Hart on the title page Irving Berlin Eleanor Roosevelt Frank Sinatra Bing Crosby Lucille Ball Joe E. Brown Eddie Cantor Charles Coburn Franchot Tone Fred Wearing Irene Dunne Ralph Bellamy Carol Bruce Vera Zorina James Melton Lawrence Tibbett Cesar Romero Conrad Nagel Lilly Pons Noel Coward Anne Sheridan Henry Morgenthau Jr. Andre Kostelanetz Franchot Tone etc. the last 8 of which and others unlisted mostly traced over are on pages partially defaced with children's drawings. Together with 2 vintage snapshots one inscribed on the verso "Me and the Winged Victory bomber."<br><br><br />Winged Victory is a play and later a film by Moss Hart originally created and produced by the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II as a morale booster and as a fundraiser for the Army Emergency Relief Fund. Random House hardcover books
1987222098Oxford 1987. unbound. 3 pages front and back on "Headington House" stationery 8.25 x 5.75 inches Oxford April 28 1987. Written to noted Civil Rights attorney Howard N. Meyer responding to an article that Meyer had written about Wilson and "Patriotic Gore" in small part: ".There was an element of permanent as it were un-critical radicalism in Wilson - hatred of establishments suspicion of the motives of all public men natural reaction to slogans and clarion calls and eloquence in political or national causes within the framework of the establishments of what he regarded as hopelessly bourgeois countries - he thought that all wars certainly since Napoleon were monstrous bloodshed of a horrible kind in the interests of groups disguised as ideals - all that he got from Marx and similar writers - this applied to both World Wars and obviously to the Civil War and rather more plausibly to Vietnam. He obviously did not mind sheer killing as such because that does not emerge in for example 'To the Finland Station' - it was only towards the end of his life partly under the influence of Solzhenitsyn and other irrefutable evidence that he turned against the Soviet Union and became nauseated by Stalin and everything to do with him - and his distaste even turned to the once-hallowed Lenin. I had a conversation with him in which he reminded me that I had said that he was too nice about Lenin - he agreed and the Introduction to the second or a later edition of 'To the Finland Station' altered this approach.I realize and from my knowledge of Edmund whose memory I still revere and of whom I am deeply fond. His loss of faith in Russia which began after his visit in the thirties but still persisted when I first met him was I suppose true of an entire generation of American leftists and British ones too; It was a marvelous mass delusion which I think perhaps has no parallel in history. Of course he must have been right in part about the crushing of the Southern states the exploitation and the bullying.but this should not have extended to respect for his violent and irrational political prejudices ferocious suspicion and desire to discredit honorable human motives just wars general idealism above all Lincoln's reputation. He simply wanted to attack icons and fetishes as such - and in the course of this said a great many untrue unjust and silly things." This letter contains much more fine content and is effectively an unpublished essay and critique of one of the most distinguished writers of the 20th century. Horizontal folds tiny stains and a paperclip impression in the top margins. Still very good condition.<br/><br/> Russian-British philosopher and historian of ideas regarded as one of the leading thinkers of the twentieth century and as the dominant liberal scholar of his generation.<br/><br/> unknown books
19771002931Washington D.C. i.e. Healdsburg California: Zephyrus Image 1977. Inscribed first edition of Lucia Berlin's first publication the twenty-page chapbook "A Manual for Cleaning Ladies." Later retitled "Maggie May" the story follows a Bay Area house cleaner through her daily routine the precisely observed details of each job gradually revealing her crushing grief: "When I smile my hand goes involuntarily to my mouth. I collect sleeping pills but you know I won't do it." Berlin has inscribed this copy: "Thank you for reading me - love Lucia." The accompanying proof sheet represents pages 7-8 and 13-14 of the completed chapbook and features two of the four linocut illustrations produced by Michael Myers including the full-page image of the narrator standing on a stove "to clean an exploded Coca-Cola off the ceiling." In her lifetime Lucia Berlin found a passionate following among fellow writers winning the American Book Award in 1991 but her spare bleakly comic fiction would not reach a wider readership until 2015 when a posthumous collection of her short stories became a surprise bestseller for Farrar Straus and Giroux. A remarkable survival in fine condition inscribed by Berlin. Side-stitched pamphlet measuring 6.75 x 4.5 inches: 20. Brown paper wrappers printed in black "National Endowment for the Domestic Arts" seal to front wrapper text printed on beige paper linocut illustrations. Inscribed by Lucia Berlin on title page. Housed in original pictorial mailing envelope printed in green. With: unbound proof sheet measuring 6.75 x 9 inches printed on both sides containing two linocut illustrations. Zephyrus Image unknown books
192522717ENew York: Putnam 1925. First Edition. Signed and inscribed by the book’s subject American composer and lyricist Irving Berlin in the year of publication. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: “To Min from Irv Palm Beach - 1925â€. Frontispiece portrait drawing of Irving Berlin by Neysa McMein. Top edge gilt. A lightly handled copy some mottling and minor rubbing to the dark green cloth and a bit of spotting to the fore edge without dust jacket. Irving Berlin 1888 - 1989 was one of the most beloved and best known songwriters in the Great American Songbook whose prolific body of work includes such classics as Alexander’s Ragtime Band his first international hit Easter Parade Puttin’ on the Ritz Cheek to Cheek White Christmas Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better There’s No Business Like Show Business and God Bless America. Putnam hardcover books
1967149909New York: Andy Warhol Film 1967. Vintage poster for the 1967 film. The film originally screened at the Hudson Theater in a 95 minute version although this cut is considered lost. A 109 minute version would screen in 1968 as the first film shown at the New Andy Warhol Garrick Theater renamed as such after Warhol recovered from being shot by Valerie Solanas. <br/><br/>One of several sexploitation influenced films made by Warhol an episodic story of a biker who has no bike and is both eroticized by the camera and emasculated by various Warhol superstars throughout. <br/><br/>19 x 25 inches rolled. Near Fine with some light soil and an almost imperceptible professional repair to a tear at the top edge. <br/><br/>Murphy The Black Hole of Cinema. Warholstars. Andy Warhol Film unknown books
191498381914. Presentation album promoting the work of the pioneering printing firm including unpaginated 16 pp. introductory text printed in blue black silver and white within elaborately ornamented borders and 12 mounted samples of work by the firm including publicity brochures advertisements pamphlets stationery and other items most in striking colors compositions and formats with descriptions on decorative tissue guards. Folio. Orig. ornamental cloth front cover a bit warped. Berlin n.d. circa 1914. A spectacular publication reflecting the firm's originality creativity and great attention to detail presenting striking designs for publicity material epitomizing later manifestations of Jugendstil aesthetics. hardcover books
