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195025492Hingham: Press of the Little Red Hen 1950. boards wrap-around paper cover label. Dwiggins W.A. square 8vo. boards wrap-around paper cover label. 24 pages. First edition. Not in Agner. Title page with decorations by Dwiggins and printed in two colors. Printing by Dorothy Abbe. A copy of the prospectus which is inserted states that 225 copies were printed of which 125 were for sale. Spine faded and with wear along hinge. Presentation from Shimer on free endpaper. Press of the Little Red Hen unknown books
19739000457Garden City: Doubleday 1973. 1st. Hardcover. Near fine. Francis Lee Jaques. 370 pp. 64 paintings and dioramas in full color 100 drawings. Text includes a treasury of prose writings from the six Jaques books three new appraisals of the artist's work memorials to Francis Lee Jaques by Sigurd F. Olson and to Florence Page Jaques by Harriet Buchheister. Bound in publisher's original full pale green cloth with title and decorations stamped in gilt. Spine sunned. <br/><br/> Doubleday hardcover books
196113743ENew York: Lancer Books 1961. First Edition. Paperback Original. Signed by author Tedd Thomey on the title page. The true first edition. Ink stamp on bottom else near fine in printed wrappers. The book is the quirky memoirs of the romance between 15-year-old Beverly Aadland and 48-year-old Errol Flynn told by the girl’s mother. Contains one of the great opening lines: “There’s one thing I want to make clear right off: my baby was a virgin the day she met Errol Flynn.†Lancer Books paperback books
1908WRCLIT73335Cleveland: Published by Horace Carr 1908. 12mo. Cloth and boards paper spine label. Faint bump at crown of spine a few tiny flecks to boards otherwise about fine. First edition of the first book and sole volume of poetry published by the first woman to serve on a state Supreme Court and the first to serve as a Federal Court judge after her appointment in 1934 by FDR to the Court of Appeals 6th Circuit. This copy has been signed by her on the front pastedown. Published by Horace Carr hardcover books
1920608931920. A group of 4 x 6 ruled index cards holed punched in upper left corner bound with a cord. Besides a "cover" with her name and the caption title and a final card neatly lettered with "The End" there are 49 index cards. Each contains a small fabric sample varying in size from 2 x 3 in. to smaller snippets with 2 cloth samples lacking plus ink descriptions of each. For each example Florence Jean Cory records the kind of cloth its name color options width weave price and use plus a sample of the warp and filling for each one. Included are samples of various kinds of cotton denim dimity Oxford Huckaback wool whip cord serge Albatross bunting silk taffeta satin plush Georgette flax etc. Among the uses for silk plush she lists rugs and upholstery of furniture and automobiles. This hand-made booklet may have been done as a school exercise. We found record of a Florence Jean Cory 1906-1957 who was born in Norfolk Virginia. She married in 1927 becoming Florence Moore. Perhaps this is her handiwork. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1969364371969. CRANE Florence Hedleston. FLOWERS AND FOLK-LORE FROM FAR KOREA. Seoul: Sahm-bo 1969. #475/ 1000 copies reprinted from the 1931 edition. 4to. black cloth lettered in gilt a.e.g.; prelims. 5-93pp. of full page tipped-in color plates with facing text index. Fine in the acetate wrapper. unknown books
192729016525Cobalt CT 1927. Created by Florence Fleming Noyes in the early 1900s Noyes Rhythm is a movement system that brings ease and strength to your body while opening you up to great creativity in art and life. Many people all ages dancers and non-dancers have come to Noyes Rhythm to relieve stiffness tiredness and loss of inspiration. The work combines a system of physical techniques and improvisatory explorations encouraging subtle internal awareness all supported by live music. The techniques build core strength release unwanted tension and encourage coordination alignment and balance. Our movement always reflects the elements of nature. It is an organic approach that asks us to feel the breath of the forest the ripples of the water the rolling gait of the bear. We can get beyond our physical limitations and move together in universal rhythms. The Noyes system also affects our whole selves by inviting us shed what we dont need and find fresh resources for our spirit. Combining the grace and spontaneity of childhood with the clarity and discipline of maturity Noyes Rhythm work connects us to the same strength that flows through all living things. A religious service mainly of song and often of a joyous informal nature. The school is still in existence. . The first single-fold brochure has an image from a photograph of the gateway to the camp. In its fifteenth season. It asks the these questions "Have you thought what kind of a summer you would like your children to have Would it be something like this That they be outdoors most of the day in the meadow of an old Connecticut farm that slopes to a lake with wooded hills beyond That they start the day with a Rhythm class in a big open Barn overlooking the sparkling lake below That they spend quiet cool hours in an old shed with clay paint or dyes which take on new meaning after Rhythm work That they find evenings and rainy days perhaps the best of all when they gather around big logs crackling and blazing in the fireplace in the Barn And many more. This is followed by comments from pleased parents at summers end. A second image of children in gossamer white gowns playing in a field. A pictorial map and basic info about the separate camps for Women and Girls and Men and Boys. The second is eight fold out pages with extensive information on the camp testimonials order of the day pricing pictorial maps peaceful images from photographs and gossamer gowned women "in a masque". Pages are 8 1/2" x 5". <br/><br/> unknown books
1970292981Hollywood Florida: The Dukane Press 1970. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Being a 'Cruzan' Cavalcade of the Island of St. Croix in the Virgens: A History of Many Sorts of Famous Men Infamous Events Pirates and Planters West Indian Folk and Their Lore Recounting Five Centuries of Lively Events on One Little Island."~~There is some minor toning to the front endpaper. Otherwise a clean and nearly fresh copy. Illustrated. Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket. The Dukane Press unknown books
19946360Lewisburg PA: The Press of Appletree Alley / Bucknell University 1994. 1st edition limited 1/125 numbered and signed cloth spine with paper over boards without dust jacket as issued. "To illustrate the book Florence Putterman has created exciting colorful images influenced by Native American imagery and reflecting the nature of the poems" taken from the prospectus. The printed text includes twenty-one poems. The original illustrations by Florence Putterman were rendered into linoleum engravings by Colleen Shannon. The book was designed and printed by Barnard Taylor. Both the author and illustrator have signed the book on the colophon page. Bright fine condition. The Press of Appletree Alley / Bucknell University unknown books
190833771908. LEWIS Florence J. CLIMBING UP TO NATURE. Boston: The C.M. Clark Publishing Company 1908. With 11 Illustrations by Kirkpatrick. Small 8vo. decorative gray cloth stamped in green yellow & gilt with color portrait panel of a Gibson-type girl by Kirkpatrick; top edge gilt; 353 pages. First Edition. Author's rare first novel. Inscribed by Lewis on the front endpaper: "With the very best wishes for the future Florence J. Lewis." Good some wear & few light stains rear cover; contents clean & tight. $150.00. <br/><br/> hardcover books
724260 unnumbered pages. Tall 8vo 205 x 99 mm. pictorial semi-stiff wrappers upper wrapper covered in braille text staple-bound. Paris: 1993. A scarce catalogue with a beguiling upper cover bearing braille text. It describes 335 items including works by Andre Bloom Boltanski Boutin Broodthaers Fulton Gette Le Gac LeWitt Nam June Paik Nauman Wegman Weiner etc. etc. The braille cover is an original work by Barbara Bloom created for this catalogue and the text from Barthes's "La Chambre Claire" is translated on the inside wrapper. In fine condition. The braille text is understandably a bit rubbed. unknown books
7240Unpaginated. Numerous text illus. Tall 8vo 207 x 101 mm. orig. pictorial wrappers staple-bound. Paris: 1991.<br /> <P> A rare bookseller's catalogue offering important artists' books and publications. It includes 173 works by Alechinsky Beuys Buren Dubuffet Filliou Gilbert & George Haring Jenny Holzer Ilizad Kaprow Kounellis Barbara Kruger LeWitt Miró Nevelson Paalen Picasso Arnulf Rainer Roth "Rusha" Turrell Warhol etc. For each item measurements publication information printing method and edition size are provided and for some there is a concise description of the content. <br /> <P> Near fine copy. Photography by Caroline Duglos from her series Sculptures Imaginaires 1991 adorns the wrappers.<br /> <P> ⧠A. Desjardin The Book on Books on Artists Books 2nd ed.: 2013 469. unknown books
7241Numerous text illus. 64 unnumbered pages. Tall 8vo 210 x 100 mm. orig. semi-stiff pictorial wrappers staple-bound. Paris: 1991.<br /> <P> An uncommon catalogue featuring a close-up portrait by Robert Barry of Florence Loewy on the covers. The catalogue describes 224 items including the works of Jean-Michel Alberola Carl Andre Seth Siegelaub Enrico Baj Baldessari Robert Barry Beuys Boltanski Broodthaers Sophie Calle Christo Jean Degottex Hans Haacke Haring Jenny Holzer Barbara Kruger LeWitt Long Nauman Claes Oldenburg Richard Prince Dieter Roth Edward "Rusha" James Turrell Tristan Tzara Warhol Lawrence Weiner Christopher Wool etc. For each item measurements publication information printing method and edition size are provided and for some there is a concise description of its contents.<br /> <P> Fine copy.<br /> <P> ⧠A. Desjardin The Book on Books on Artists Books 2nd ed.: 2013 470. unknown books
37407New York: Lowell Coryell & Company n. d. 1st US edition ca 1892. Original publisher's light brown fine-weave cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine & front board. Light-to-modest binding wear. Period poi to ffep. "M533" written on copyright page. A VG copy. 324 pp. Crown 8vo. 7-3/8" x 4-7/8" <br/><br/> Lowell, Coryell & Company hardcover books
36162Boston: Loring Publisher n. d. 1st US edition ca 1870. Original publisher's printed buff paper wrappers. General wear & soiling to wrappers with 1/2" paper loss to spine ends. Cocked. Small bookseller ticket "Lockwood / 812 Broadway N.Y." to front wrapper. A VG copy. 168 pp. Text double column. 8vo. <br/><br/> Loring, Publisher unknown books
1876157514Chicago: Jansen 1876. 12mo pp. 1-6 7-282 1-4: ads flyleaves at front and rear original decorated brown cloth front and rear panels stamped in blind spine panel stamped in gold brown coated endpapers. First edition. Eleven stories most of them dark tales of mental aberration. The title story concerns the invention of a machine to amplify sound and the murder of an elderly deaf woman who tries to take the instrument away from its inventor. Most of the stories can be characterized as Gothic fantasies. Clareson Science Fiction in America 1870s-1930s 546. Bleiler 1978 p. 131. Not in Reginald 1979. Bleiler The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1087. Wright III 3531 locating 2 copies. Cloth lightly worn at spine ends 25 mm narrow loss of cloth along lower fore-edge of front cover scattered foxing to text block a very good copy. Scarce. #157514 Jansen unknown books
1932005227Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin 1932. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on half-title page - "To Elizabeth and Franklin with Christmas greetings from Florence Crannell Means". Very Good lacking the dust jacket cloth rubbed and small stain on spine. Illustrated end pages. Her 2nd book SCARCE especially so SIGNED. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Henry J. Peck. Houghton Mifflin Hardcover books
19332513381933. unbound. A stunning 11 x 9-inch black-and-white photogravure with a half-inch border of Reed in an elaborate Asian costume and pearl headpiece. No place 1933. Inscribed at the bottom of the photo over the floral embroidered background of her gown: "'Mother Goddamn' -- To.Remembrance 1933. Florence Reed." Near fine condition.<br/><br/> unknown books
1902170884London: William Heinemann 1902. Hardcover. Good interior/Fair binding. Hinges are loose but book is intact; edges of binding are very worn esp. at spine; pages & plates are generally clean and clear. Brown-red cloth with gilt letters on spine & front cover gilt top edges 246 pp. 15 color plates 6 BW plates various BW illus.; weighs 10 lbs. Oversize. Explores the life and work of Italian Renaissance painter Pintoricchio 1454-1513. Translated from the Italian by Florence Simmonds. A large book with vibrant color plates. Ownership signature of artist J. Gordon Guthrie who designed windows for Tiffany and later for other studios including his own. He was known especially for his ecclesiastical windows in several churches as well as for his Arts & Crafts style figurative and his modernist paintings. William Heinemann hardcover books
1902138344London: William Heinemann 1902. Hardcover. Good interior/Fair binding. Hinges are loose but book is intact; edges of binding are very worn esp. at spine; pages & plates are generally clean and clear. Brown-red cloth with gilt letters on spine & front cover gilt top edges 246 pp. 15 color plates 6 BW plates various BW illus.; weighs 10 lbs. Oversize. Ownership signature of artist J. Gordon Guthrie dated 1921. Explores the life and work of Italian Renaissance painter Pintoricchio 1454-1513. Translated from the Italian by Florence Simmonds. A large book with vibrant color plates. Ownership signature of artist J. Gordon Guthrie who designed windows for Tiffany and later for other studios including his own. He was known especially for his ecclesiastical windows in several churches as well as for his Arts & Crafts style figurative and his modernist paintings. William Heinemann hardcover books
1905000395San Francisco: California Theatre 1905. Soft cover. Very Good. First edition large 4to 10" x 12 1/2"; pp. 1-19 1; original embossed wraps tied with a string; fading along margins of wraps else minor wear; illustrated with photographs and facsimile signatures of the casts; very good. An uncommon item which appears to be a commemorative program for a string of performances at the California Theatre in San Francisco in 1905 organized by actress Florence Roberts in support of the failing health of renowned actor and producer Hobart Bosworth. He began his career with small roles at several theaters in San Francisco at the end of the 19th century. Battling recurring bouts of tuberculosis he moved to San Diego where he was contracted to make a motion picture with Selig Polyscope Company. Due to his successful attempt at this new venture he was credited with being the star of the first movie made on the West Coast. He went on to establish his own company Hobart Bosworth Productions Company drawing great success by simultaneously producing and starring in numerous movies including a series of Jack London dramas. San Francisco: California Theatre paperback books
192512577.1Brighton: Society of Mural Decorators 1925. Softcover. VG- covers faded with worn edges untrimmed pages; Vols. 2 & 3 covers detaching from binding Vol. 1 text block and covers separated. Blue wraps. Volume I 1901 - 1907 is second edition published 1928. 96 pp. Volume II 1907 - 1924 is published 1925 edited by John D. Batten. 131 pp. 6 bw plates. Vol. III 1925 - 1935 was published in 1936: 143 pp. This society was founded in 1901 by Lady Herringham with the declared goal of improvement in the art of Tempera painting by the interchange of the knowledge and experience of the members. The first series of papers was published in 1907. The Society has twice enlarged its scope. WWI brought activities to a standstill which explains the gap of seven years following the record of May 1914. This volume contains 21 essays by different artists on a variety of topics related to frescos tempera and murals. Scarce. Society of Mural Decorators paperback books
190518743London: Longmans Green & Co 1905. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Florence K. Upton. Oblong 4to. 66pp. Brown cloth spine pictorial boards. Decorated endpapers. 32 full page color plates including the title page and numerous illustrations on the text. Boards somewhat rubbed some fingerling smudges on the pages but a very good copy. Longmans, Green & Co hardcover books
19571327816New York: The Hispanic Society of America 1957. First Edition first printing. Hardcover. Large octavo; VG-; 286 pages; Red cloth boards and spine with gilt lettering; In glassine cover; Glassine is creased and has a few closed tears; Boards are straight with some edge wear; Binding tight; 161 B&W illustrations and 6 in full color; Text block bright and clean with minor spotting to the outside edge; Shelved case 9. 1327816. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Hispanic Society of America hardcover books
191357746Boston: Dana Estes 1913. First Edition. 8vo pp. 241. A very good tight copy. BAL 9529. Dana Estes unknown books
