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1935158578N.p.: N.p. 1935. Vintage photograph of architect Timothy L. Pflueger civil engineer Charles H. Purcell editor and writer Rob Wagner and photographer Walter G. Swanson standing at the base of the then-incipient San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge circa 1935. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso.<br /> <br /> Purcell and Pflueger both oversaw the construction of the Bay Bridge-Purcell being the Chief Engineer and Pflueger serving on the committee of architects for the project. <br /> <br /> Rob L. Wagner is best remembered today as the editor and publisher of "Script" a left-leaning weekly literary film magazine published in Beverly Hills between 1929 and 1949. A lifelong Socialist and advocate for progressive causes Wagner used "Script" to give a voice to blacklisted screenwriters including Dalton Trumbo and Gordon Kahn and prominent leftists including Upton Sinclair Max Eastman and William C. deMille. <br /> <br /> While Wagner's involvement with Pflueger Purcell and Swanson is unclear it is evident that Wagner maintained many connections with powerful leaders in California. <br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly worn at the right corners. N.p. unknown
19363099Sacramento: California State Printing Office 1936-1938. Near Fine. 1936. Softcover. 4 vols.; 4to; original printed illustrated gray wrappers; black & white photographs throughout; folding architectural plans charts throughout; tables. Volume II on Construction Development; Vol. III Construction Progress; Vol. IV describes completion of construction; the start of construction of the Bridge Railway; operation & maintenance. Volume V with t.l.s bound in from Charles Derleth to C.H. Purcell Chief Engineer acknowledging with thanks this copy of the reports etc. and with Purcell's business card pasted down on lower left margin of letter. Minor wear at edges. Also: with the ownership signature "C. Derleth Jr." in pen on top edge of front cover. Charles Derleth Jr. who was a member of the Board of Consulting Engineers for both the Golden Gate Bridge and the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. He was the Chief Engineer for the Carquinez Strait Highway Bridge built in 1927. . [California State Printing Office [1936-1938] paperback
1992DADAX0195073290Oxford University Press 1992-12-31. 1. hardcover. New. 9.32x6.14x1.29. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Oxford University Press hardcover
1957276957Welwyn Garden City Herts: The Broadwater Press Limited 1957. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition preceding the Sagamore trade edition. Octavo. Red cloth gilt without dustwrapper as issued. The gilt lettering is a bit faded a faint dampstain on the boards a very good copy. Complimentary slip from Myra Buttle laid in. A satire of T.S. Eliot printed for private circulation. Laid in is a one page Autograph Letter Signed to Buttle from English author and drama critic Charles Purdom in the year of publication whose arch tone sounds like he was in on the joke: "Dear Miss Buttle You were a very good girl to send me a copy of The Sweeniad & not at all an ordinary girl to have made so well deserved an examination of the great Sweeney. It is writing of himself at his best. Similar personal attention to his so-called plays would be much appreciated by me. He is the nothingness of our age great ability with waste of soul. Your book gave me great pleaseure. I hope you are sleeping well. Yours sincerely C.B. Purdom." Also laid in is a similarly arch two page Autograph Letter Signed from "Myra Buttle": in part "How very kind of you to write to me so encouragingly about The Sweeniad!. Perhaps one of these days I may have a bang at the so-called plays too. The Response I am getting is very heartening Bertrand Russell is enthusiastic. Graham Greene surprisingly enough sends me a post-card with 'Bravo' on it." Buttle goes on to reveal the answer to a riddle in the text. The Broadwater Press, Limited hardcover
1996x-0415133718Routledge 1996. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 281 pages. 10.00x6.25x1.00 inches. Routledge hardcover
1957PURCELLV001119Printed for private circulation at the Broadwater Press Welwyn Garden City. 1957. First edition. Octavo. pp vi 66. A satirical parody of T.S. Eliot by a Cambridge Sinologist. His pseudonym is an anagram and near homophone of ''my rebuttal''. Apparently printed in about 300 copies. Almost instant notoriety led to trade editions shortly after.Loosely inserted are three Autograph Letters Signed by Victor Purcell and on his headed writing paper dated 7 August 1957 20 March 1958 and 21 May 1958 the first to Miss Newland the others to Miss Newland Smith. The recipient was employed as a reader at the Broadwater Press and from the contents of the first letter was largely responsible for seeing the book through to production. The second letter mentions having received a letter to Myra from Sir Isaiah Berlin and the printing in the USA of an edition of 5000 copies. For the American edition Purcell admits to altering a certain unfortunate racial epithet which appears twice in the poem. In the last letter he talks of the recent appearance of the British trade edition and the expected reaction in the press and on TV. He also talks of having 'recently written and fantasy in dramatic form entitled ''Toynbee in Elysium''. The characters in order of appearance are Thucydides Gibbon Rhadamanthus Sellars the author of 1984 and So What! Spengler Toynbee Madame Blavatsky who claims that Toynbee is her reincarnation Chu Hsi of the Sung dynasty and Blaise Pascal. I have not yet decided how to bring it out.' In the event the book was issued in 1959. Also loosely inserted: a greetings card inscribed ''from Victor Purcell and Myra Buttle''; a poem ''Ode on a Chinese Vase - A Pastiche by Victor Purcell'' printed on a single sheet and inscribed ''To Miss M. Newland Smith with best wishes from Victor Purcell May 1959''; a sheet of typed extracts from reviews in the American press.Inserts: very good indeed. Book: free endpapers tanned; very good; not issued in dustwrapper. Printed for private circulation at the Broadwater Press, Welwyn Garden City. unknown
19792989Richard Goodall; Fields Press Limited; Manchester; 1979. 1979 "Official Programme Portland Hotel Manchester 27-29 July 1979". Front cover illustration by Ralph Steadman. Boldly SIGNED by Steadman in red ink with characteristic splatter on the front cover. Stapled wraps 12 x 8 1/4 inches unpaginated 16 pp. numerous b/w photo illustrations high quality glossy paper. Very good. Rare. Organized by Richard Goodall Brian Stibal and Sarah Purcell. Stibal was the editor of Talkin' Bob Zimmerman Blues 1974-1976 which became Zimmerman Blues magazine 1977-1978 which became Changin'. "As Bob Dylan appreciators from at least two continents descend upon Manchester this weekend the question foremost in the minds of casual observers will be: Why conducts sic a convention dealing with Bob Dylan After all any convention is an enormous undertaking particularly if it is the first of its kind as is DYLAN REVISITED '79." Among the participants and performers: David Oxtoby Bob Johnston Christopher Ricks Street Level Stuart Mitchell Julie Ward Mary Asquith. "Selected References 1962-1978" 3 pp. compiled by Terry Wyke. 3214011. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Richard Goodall; Fields Press Limited; Manchester; (1979). paperback
194831684Ashingdon: The C. W. Daniel Company Ltd 1948. Hardcover. Stated Third Edition Revised: the earliest entirely complete edition with all additions revisions and separate introductions. 5.5 x 8.5in. 847pp. Publisher's cloth boards. Illustrated endpapers. Folding plate. VERY GOOD in Very Good dust jacket protected in a removable archival cover. The book itself shows one corner lightly bumped a hint of shelf rubbing at the extremities otherwise the binding remains strong and tight the text clean and unmarked and the boards bright and distinct. The dust jacket shows a closed tear and chip of the front panel some marginal losses from the extremities price-clipped otherwise remains bright and distinct. As pictured. The C. W. Daniel Company Ltd hardcover
1939965H38London: The C. W. Daniel Company Ltd. 1939 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". None. A vanishingly scarce first edition currently the only known copy available this pioneering 1939 work by Diana and Purcell Weaver champions natural wholesome eating through recipes dietetics and reflections on food health and agriculture. In the publisher's original cloth binding with the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.This volume is a vanishingly scarce first edition.Embracing the ethos "Let food be your medicine and let medicine be your food" Diana and Purcell Weaver advocate for the use of wholesome natural ingredients in everyday cooking grounded in the belief that "the beginning of all wisdom lies in the kitchen."This work is divided into three parts: "Foods and Recipes" delves into the origins varieties and preparation methods of a wide variety of foods followed by serving suggestions and recipes. "The Science of Eating" examines modern dietics suggesting menus and meals with comprehensive dietetic tables by Edmond Szekely. "Soil Foods and Man" explores and evaluates diet and agriculture raw food diets and providing a table of natural foods. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally excellent. Very slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Bookplate from previous owner's to front free endpaper from "Martin & Pamela Finch: Exlibris Gastronomique". dust wrapper smart. Rubbing and bumping to extremities resulting in the odd small closed tear and chip to extremities. Slight soiling to paper wrapper. The odd spot and slight handling mark to paper. Tape reinforcing the head of spine and upper joints. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the odd spot to fore edge. Very Good Indeed The C. W. Daniel Company Ltd. hardcover
1929131131313Baltimore MD: Aunt Priscilla Pub. Co 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Acceptable. 0x0x0. First edition. Spine missing otherwise in OK shape; boards lightly toned and worn; toning to pages at hinge. The recipe text is written in African-American dialect. Purcell who was white used the image of the Mammy archetype to create a cooking column called Aunt Priscilla's Recipes which was purported to be written by an African American woman. The daily column was written in an exaggerated dialect. Purcell's work according to Toni Tipton-Martin "was a form of minstrelsy" but "it broke with the long tradition of simply taking and publishing African American recipes without giving black cooks credit." In 1929 this compilation of recipes mostly featuring Holiday themes was published. Aunt Priscilla Pub. Co hardcover
19100008097LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA. Fair. 1910. On offer is a pair of leather bound diaries written by Marian I Purcell. The diaries cover parts of 1910 1913 1914 and 1915. This first diary is a small leather-bound notebook measuring 6 inches by 3 1/2 inches. It is in fair condition. It covers the period Sept 16 1913 to Sept 14 1915. The bulk of the entries are in the last half of 1914. Marian Purcell was born Sept 16 1892 in Fort Wayne IN where she lived until she was 17. The first book covers the period July 19 1910 to Jan 6 1911 but there are many gaps in entries. They are typical of a teenage girl of the time. They note essentially social interactions with friends and family. "Slept till quite late . fooled around all day" July 19 1910. "Delight A and her mother were over in A.M. and P.M. just fooled around in eve went over to Tad Werner and Charlie called over We went to " July 28 1910. Just laid around all day in eve ma and pa and I all went walking in late" Aug 21 1910 She notes on Oct 1 1910 that her family is moving to Los Angeles CA. She makes it very clear that she does not want to move: "Left . for California hated to come" Oct 1. The second book is a 5-year diary. However the entries do not cover all of the time period. Entries begin in Sept 1913. In the Memoranda section she notes: "Went to Business College to learn shorthand from April-14-13 - June 14-1913". Although here are frequent gaps there is enough information to know when she was married her husband's name some addresses where they lived and what type of work she did. She married William L Harris June 18th 1914. They note that she worked in an office likely the Los Angeles Herald Examiner which was a major Los Angeles daily newspaper of the time. There are numerous references in 1913 about . at the office . On May 2nd 1914 she notes: "Quit work at Examiner to get ready to be married" May 2 1914. There are no further references to her working. Subsequent entries focus on interactions with friends and social events. It appears she never worked again outside of her home. There are no references to children or other family members although some of the named individuals may well be related There are no references to outside events and she seems very focused on her own life and experiences. "At office all day. In eve went to see "The Quaker Girl". It was fine". Sept 14 1913. "To the office. Did not come back for afternoon. In eve stayed home" Nov 18 1913 "Payday Gribbeu's were over Velma Billy and I went to picture show & Porters" Nov 26 1913. "My wedding day. The day of my life. Married at 8:00 in evening by Deacon Mac Cormack on roof gardens of the Pickwick Left that night stayed at the left the next A.M. for Catalina" June 18 1914. The last entry was made in August 1915: "Stayed home all day - in eve was home ." Aug 9 1915. Additionally there are newspaper clippings mostly referring to her wedding several photographs that appear to be of her and her new husband and several post cards. There is also a copy of her formal wedding invitation. These two diaries give a look into the life of a young woman in the early years of the 20th century. A historian especially on studying daily life in pre-WWI Los Angeles would find this to be an interesting description of social life at that time.; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF MARIAN PURCELL WILLIAM L HARRIS LOS ANGELES HERALD EXAMINER SOCIAL HISTORY LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA FORT WAYNE INDIANA UNITED STATES EARLY 20TH CENTURY 1910s PROGRESSIVE ERA BUSINESS COLLEGE STUDENTS PRE-WW1 LOS ANGELES PROGRESSIVE ERA WOMEN IN 1910s AMERICA YOUTH LIFESTYLE IN THE EARLY 20th CENTURY ENTERTAINMENT THE EARLY 19th CENTURY WOMEN'S OCCUPATIONS IN 1910s WORKING WOMEN IN 1910s AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . hardcover
