Steely Dan (Walter Becker, Donald Fagen)MareMagnum
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46 pages. Includes music, guitar chords and lyrics for the following songs: Aja; Bad Sneakers; Bodhisattva; The Boston Rag; Daddy Don't Live in That New York City No More; Haitian Divorce; Josie; Peg; Reelin' In the Years; Rikki Don't Lose That Number; Turn That Heartbeat Over Again; Your Gold Teeth. Undated. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound working copy. Steely Dan were "the most influential recording artists to emerge from the U.S.A in the seventies. Included are songs that trace their career from the earliest album 'Can't Buy a Thrill' through 'Countdown to Ecstasy', 'Pretzel Logic' and up to 'Aja'. All songs arranged for piano/vocal with guitar and full lyrics." - from back cover. Book
840 p., illus. Two fold-out maps. Hardcover Good condition, front hinge repaired
First edition, folio (355 x 220 mm), xxii, 824, [2]pp., engraved frontispiece and title browned and spotted, 7 engraved plates, 96 wood engravings in the text, folding pedigree, front inner hinge shaken, orig. brown cloth gilt, head and foot on spine a litter worn. Corns, Bibliotheca Lincolniensis, p.111-2.
4to.,Second and Best Edition, with a frontispiece and 27 plates; cloth gilt, gilt back, a fine copy. This re-issue of the original edition of 1933 includes a short account for the succeeding years. With a 16pp guide to Compton Parish Church loosely inserted
Pages 365-392. Features: Nice colour B.S.A. one-page ad shows 'dicycle' being driven down boardroom table(!); Cover photo of 6-inch gun captured intact after Rommel's retreat; One page with six photos closely displaying the captured 6-inch gun; Photos of new German gun's muzzle break; Photos of signs in the North African desert; Three photos of General De Gaulle with fighting French forces in the Middle East; The Desert's Dusty Face (article with three dust storm photos); One-page aerial photo of Gialo Oasis - Italian Desert base raided by British Mobile Force; Russia Fighting On (article); Three interesting pages of graphics present household energy-consuming devices and their rates of fuel consumption, how households typically consume energy, and how to keep weekly track of fuel consumption - including instructions to read electricity and gas meters; Two pages with twelve dramatic photos of action in Stalingrad and on the Caucasus Front; Amazing centrefold aerial photo of Stalingrad under siege, showing fires raging in famous factories used as fortresses; Three photos from the New Guinea Front; Three photos of U-boat - going, going, gone; Photo of Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Kaiser at launching of one of his "Liberty" ships - build in 10 days; Photo of crowd of Japanese waiting on the Quayside at Lourenco Marques to board a repatriation ship; Air photo of bombs exploding on deck of whale-oil ship in dock at Cherbourg during "Boston" bomber attack; Two photos of attacks on German positions in Norway; Fascinating page of drawings of shoe styles illustrate "A new phase in modern warfare - both in England and France wood is now being used instead of leather for the soles of shoes; Six nice photos of women's fashions, 1942-1943; Thirteen photos of personalities of the week include Sq. Ldr. D.A.G. Parry, Wendell Willkie in Moscow with Stalin, Lieut.-Colonel Beckles Wilson, and Prebendary Carlile; Nice back cover colour ad for Dewar's White Label Scotch Whisky shows chess game in progress. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 449-476. Features: Cover photo-portrait of General Smuts of South Africa; Seven photos of devastation in Stalingrad; Large illustration and two dramatic photos illustrate "Battered Stalingrad - A Broken City Held Together By the Spirit of Its Defenders"; Two-page Admiralty Chart of Guadalcanal Island, pivot of violent fighting and scene of heavy Japanese losses, in enemy attempts to recover the Solomon Islands and gain command of the Australian Seas; Russia and the Middle East (article); One-page photo of the launching of a Kaiser 10,500-ton cargo-ship in 10 days, observed by FDR and Mr. Kaiser; Aftermath of bombing in Nuremburg, Benghazi Harbour, and the Focke-Wulf Works at Neuenland, near Bremen; Photos of "Boston" bombers taking off in the dusty desert; Photo of funeral service for Leiut.-General "Strafer" Gott and others, killded when their plane crashed in the Western Desert; Photos of eleven personalities in the news include Dame Marie Tempest, Mr. Henry Morgenthau, Mr. Cecil Whiteley, Mr. Edwin Barclay, Hitler meeting Rommel in Berlin, and Mr. Cosmo Hamilton; Two large photos of H.M.S. "Howe"; Wonderful action photo centrefold of H.M. Battleship "Anson" steaming full out; Five photos of Sir John Tovey, Commander in Chief of the Home Fleet, in his quarters aboard the flagship; Three photos of the Schneider Works, the "Krupps of France" in Le Creusot, which was attacked by Lancasters; Twelve photos from Madagascar illustrate key points seized and cleaning up; Page of photos of Alaska Highway construction with map; One-page illustration of ancient London bastion uncovered by enemy action; One-page article with three illustrations entitled "How the Germans Treat Their Political Prisoners - Nazi Atrocities" - the prison camp at Jernvann, where 600 Serbs were interned. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Features/Photos: Mr. Gaitskell in the debate at the Scarborough Labour Party Conference; Prince Andrew photos; Flooding in the east and west of England - scenes of hardship; Boston, USA - An Electra airliner crashes shortly after take-off, killing 61; Ridley College, St. Catherines, Ontario; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Solid copy. Book
32 pages. Features: Cover photo portrait of Sir Archibald Wavell who led the capture of Benghazi; Photo of J.G. Winant, new U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain; Sixteen photos of the taking of Tobruk - with over 25,000 prisoners, fires caused by naval bombardment, and devastation at the El Adeem aerodrome; Photo of Lord Lloyd of Dolobran who died on February 5th; Photo of 'San Giorgio' ablaze and Italian naval prisoners; Article on the fall of Benghazi; Twelve more photos after the fall of Tobruk, including Air Commodore R. Collishaw, Commanding R.A.F. units in Libya, who was born in Nanaimo, B.C. and after whom the Nanaimo Airport Terminal is named; One-page map of the Balkan states - is Bulgaria the next German target after Rumania?; Photos of personalities of the week include Sir Maitland Wilson, R.N. O'Connor, Iven MacKay, A.G. Creagh, Sir A.M. Longmore, Sir A.B. Cunningham, Lord Moyne, Malcolm Macdonald, Wendell Willkie, Ernest Brown, Tom Johnston, Euan Wallace, Sir Reginald Hoare, W.G.S. Dobbie, General berganzoli, Stanley J. Adams and Mrs. Marguerite Hyde; Two-page illustration of No. 3-A 'Defiant', a night fighter; Photo of Churchill visiting his old Battalion, the Royal Scots Fusiliers; Photo of Sir John Dill visiting Canadian troops; Photo of the funeral procession of Lord Baden-Powell at Nyeri, Kenya; Photo of stolen seven-seater aircraft stolen by French mechanic and flown from France to England; Photo of Haile Selassie returning to Abyssinia to take command of his troops; Photo of unexploded German torpedo on deck of British ship!; Photos of crash between the London-Norwich express train and a London express to Southend which killed six; Six photos from Ethiopia where they relentlessly press back at the Italians; Photos of airplanes from the U.S. for use by the R.A.F. - the 'Martlet I', 'Tomahawk', Brewster ' Buffalo I', and 'Boston II'; Two pages of fascinating illustrations show how fires caused by German incendiaries are fought in office buildings and residential districts; Eight photos of Benghazi landmarks; Two pages with twelve photos of the Polish fleet being inspected by General Sikorski; and more. Staples disintegrated. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy of this important wartime issue. Book
Folio 123p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
245p. Plus 4 plates. 8vo. 200mm. Original publisher's full cloth pictorial binding in green. Cover stamped in black and silver gilt. Spine in black and gold and silver gilt. Clean and tight example. Hardbound. Very Good. NW66
427 p. Hardcover Good condition; name erasure on endpaper
427 p. Hardcover Very good condition good
50 pages. Features: Silent Cities - Photo-illustrated article on Canadian military cemeteries abroad; Our Air Heroes - excerpt from play "Target for Peace" which was broadcast on the CBC; Photo of the 48th Highlanders of Canada pipe band playing in Italy; Top Priority on Homes for Heroes is Legion Demand; How the Town of Renfrew Solved its Housing Problem - article with photo; Education for Citizenship - Lieut. - Col. the Hon. Wilfred Bovey flays those who would throw away Canadian democracy for the way of the Russians; Photo and brief write-up of 93-year-old Sgt. Daniel Byrd Hoskins Power of the Ancient and Honourable Artillery Company of Boston, who explains the secret to his long life; Canada's Veterans in the U.S.A.; The Second V.C. of the R.C.A.F. - The Late Pilot Officer Andrew Charles Mynarski; Photo of Bailey Bridge inventor Sir Donald Bailey in Ottawa; Update Colonel Percy J. Philpott, Adviser to the Deputy Minister concerning Veterans of both wars; Review of book "Detour" which describes the life of Prisoners-of-war in Germany; Article on Legion Policies and Activities; Monthly notes on the great humanitarian work of the Dominion Service Bureau of the Canadian Legion; The World in Review - Part 12 - September 11 to October 10, 1946; The Small Holdings Plan; Photo of Victoria Legion's undefeated lacrosse team; Photo of the Jewish legionaires' basketball team of the Fredric Kisch Branch in Montreal; The Canadian Army at War - The Canadians in Britain, 1939-1944, 3rd part; Nice one-page cartoon-illustrated ad for Dawes Black Horse Brewery features hunter being chased by bear; Nostalgic colour ad inside back cover for Blue Top Brewing of Kitchener, Ontario features illustration and floor-plan diagram of an economical home. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Front cover partially faded with mild undulations. Contents moderately toned with age. A sound vintage copy. Book
pp. xx, 508, (2) [Publisher's catalogue] + Portrait Frontis + two plates and a vignette. Penciled genealogical notes in the margins. Uncut. Mildly XLib. Some signatures loose. 4to. 240 mm. Original paper covered boards, worn. Spine taped. James Otis (Jr.) [1725-1783] was a lawyer in colonial Massachusetts; a member of the Massachusetts provincial assembly; and an early advocate of the Patriot views against British injustice that led to the American Revolution. His catchphrase "Taxation without Representation is Tyranny" became a basic Patriot position. S&S/AI 14321. Hardbound. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! AI BX 1
4pp., broadsheet newspaper, 450 x 325mm, upper margin closely cropped affect a few words. Includes national, foreign and regional news; regional and some London advertising, shipping news from Boston and other east coast ports, local public notices, publishers, insurance and auction announcements, real estate sales. Some advertisements illustrated with small cuts.
A magazine for collectors and others interested in times past and in articles of daily use and adornment devised by the forefathers. Features: The Daguerreotype; Boston's Carvers and Joiners - Part II - Post-Revolutionary; Earliest Signed Picture by T. [Thomas] Chambers; French Landmarks [Buildings] - Along the Mississippi; Flower Prints and Flower Printmakers of the Eighteenth Century; Kenmore - In Fredericksburg, VA; and more. Many pages of nostalgic ads from a broad assortment of prominent dealers. Profusely illustrated with excellent black and white photos. pp. 241-312. Printed upon glossy stock. Unmarked with above-average wear. Covers loosening. A worthy reference copy of this informative issue. Book
Pages 486-684.. Features: William Sumner Appleton and the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities; The first Harrison Gray Otis House, Boston, MA; Codman House, Lincoln, MA; Gropious House, Lincoln, MA; Rundlet-May House, Portsmouth NH; Barrett House, New Ipswich, NH; Hamilton House, South Berwick, ME; Bowen House, Woodstock, CT; and much more. Bit of writing on front cover. Above-average but not excessive wear. A worthy reference copy. . Book
A magazine for collectors and others interested in times past and in articles of daily use and adornment devised by the forefathers. Features: John Mix Stanley, Pioneer Painter; Music Sheets for Stamp Collectors; Furniture of the Boston Tories; Antiques in Domestic Settings - Ante-Bellum Homes in Natchez; Cogdell and Mills, Charleston Sculptors; Here Lyes Buried - Taste and Trade in Charleston Tombstones; The Hornbook for Collectors - The ABC's of Early American Furniture; English Silver of American Interest; A Note on Nankin, Colonial Calico; Check List of the Works of Cogdell and Mills; and more. Many pages of nostalgic ads from a broad assortment of prominent dealers. Profusely illustrated with excellent black and white photos. pp. 161-220. Printed upon glossy stock. Unmarked with above-average wear. Covers detached but present. A worthy reference copy of this informative issue. Book
Features: Cover illustration of Christopher Columbus landing; Rare American Pewter Tea Pot; Antiques in Florida; Living With Antiques - in St. Augustine, Florida; Quality in Pewter - An Editorial Note; The Style Antique in Furniture - II - Its American Manifestations and their Prototypes; Mrs. Mifflin's Fringe Loom; The Bowne House - A Seventeenth-Century Dwelling in Flushing, Long Island; The Last Black-Powder Rifles used in the United States Service; Nineteenth-Century Cane-Seat Chairs; Glassmaking in South Boston - Part II; and more. Many pages of nostalgic ads from a broad assortment of prominent dealers. Profusely illustrated with excellent black and white photos. pp. 177-244. Printed upon glossy stock. Unmarked with somewhat above-average external wear. Binding intact. A worthy reference copy of this informative issue. Book
Pages 113-176. Features: Cover illustration of Connecticut Painted Wall; American Furniture in a California Collection; Signed and Dated - A Painted Wall in Connecticut; Interior Decorations at Unity Farm; - an editorial note; Glassmaking in South Boston - Part 1; Bellows for the Hearth; Stenciled Coverlets; Arms of the Guilds on Liverpool Ware; Murals in Upper New York State; Two Gold Snuffboxes; Signs bring customers; and more. Printed upon glossy stock. Average wear. Unmarked. Moisture exposure to bottom edge. Short archival tape repair to base of spine. A worthy reference copy. Magazine
Two Volumes. pp. 283; 288. No ads inserted. Front flyleaf excised. 12mo. 190 mm. Original publisher's cloth bindings. Boards decorated in blind. Extremities slightly worn. Hardbound. Very good. First American Edition, second issue. Also published in 1860 at London, in three volumes, by Smith, Elder, and Company, under title: Transformation; or, The romance of Monte Beni. "The MS. of 'The Marble faun' is in a private collection in England, and, in fact, was never in this country, as the American edition was set up from proof-sheets of the English edition." -- Cathcart, Bibliography of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Cleveland, 1905. "Every young sculptor seems to think that he must give the world some specimen of indecorous womanhood, and call it Eve, Venus, a Nymph, or any name that may apologize for a lack of decent clothing" - Hawthorne in the Marble Faun, Chap. 14. This second issue is identified by having 'the Conclusion' first published here. W147; AI BX 7
Quattro volumi in 4° legati in mezza pelle con unghie, titolo ai tasselli ai dorsi (restauri), tagli e sguardie pavonate, bianche, occhielli, al primo tomo antiporta con carta topografica a doppia pagina a colori della Città, frontespizio, XXXII, 596 pp.; antiporta, frontespizio, XIII, LVIII, 577 pp. per il secondo volume, antiporta, frontespizio, XIII, XII, 691 pp. per il terzo, antiporta, frontespizio, X, 713 pp. per il quarto, molte tavole ft. anche protette da veline, illustrazioni nel testo. La più completa, ricca, impressiva storia della Città di Boston, capitale culturale e "swap" nonché polo economico politico di grande peso nella storia degli U.S.A.. Affascinante, con una ricca e ridondante iconografia. In più che bello stato, completa e collazionata, importante ed assai scarsamente reperibile
270p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
505 p. + Color Frontis. Illustrated with musical scores. Irregular pagination. Foxed. Early ownership stamp of Edwin R. Prendergast on title page and elsewhere. Manuscript ownership of Edwin R. Prendergast on title page. XLib bookplate of St. Bernard's Seminary Library (Pittsford, near Rochester, NY) on front paste down. Large 8vo. 230 mm. Original full cloth binding embossed in blind. Cloth faded and slightly worn. A curious work, which attempts to draw direct parallels between pleasant musical melodies and the "music" of animal sounds. He analyzes the voices of contemporary vocal performers with his special point of view in mind. Importantly, he tries to transcribe animal sounds into musical notation. S&S/AI 50462. Hardbound. Good. AI BX 8
214 p. + Frontis. Title page decorated with a copper plate engraving of a bull. Frontis and title page ink stained. Text very foxed. Manuscript ownership of George Sager. 155 mm. Virtually disbound. Paper printed boards very worn with loss. Lacks spine. Title continues: "A Selection Of Valuable Receipts For The Cure Of Diseases In Horses, Cattle, Sheep & Swine, With Directions To Farmers For Choosing Good Stock. Also, A Variety Of Agricultural And Miscellaneous Receipts. With Copper plate Embellishments." Twenty second edition. Hardbound. Very poor condition, but extremely scarce. OCLC Records only AAS and Univ. of Toronto. S&S/AI 3624. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! AI BX 8
