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1902254979Toronto: William Briggs 1902. First Canadian Edition. Illustrated with colored plates and text drawings and with photographs by A.R. Dugmore. l 573 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in half green morocco and matching cloth sides emblematic gilt stamped spine t.e.g. Fine. First Canadian Edition. Illustrated with colored plates and text drawings and with photographs by A.R. Dugmore. l 573 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bruns 69 William Briggs unknown books
188127909Boston: Press of Wright & Potter Printing Co. 1881. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. A very good copy chips on the wrappers and spine mail fold some minor foxing small edge tear to one leaf otherwise very clean. 80 pp. 8vo. Reports an explosive growth in the mail order business in the preface to the catalogue: "A single glance at this method of making purchases is enough to show the convenience economy and satisfaction to be derived therefrom." Scarce. OCLC locates none of this year a few scattered copies from later years at Harvard's Baker Lib. Hagley and UFLA and only one earlier 1878 at the UVA in the Albert H. Small American Trade Catalogs Collection. Press of Wright & Potter Printing Co. unknown books
1945WNSF04New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co. 1945. Blue buckram cloth with gilt spine lettering and rules. Morocco spine and tips. Some weakness at top and bottom of spine on joints. Former owner's neat small address stamp on ffep. TEG. Edges a little soiled but overall very good. 675 pgs. of text plus many photographs and full color full page plates of family coats of arms and genealogical charts. Due to size extra postage will be required. New Series. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Genealogy. Lewis Historical Publishing Co. Hardcover books
004609Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co. And Heber J. Grant TYPED LETTER SIGNED by Heber J. Grant then President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on his church stationery tipped in at front endpage and dated April 14 1939 -"Mr. Will H. Hays Dear friend: It gives me pleasure to present you this copy of "The Power of Truth" with my best wishes for your success and happiness. Yours sincerely Heber J. Grant". Grant had purchased the copyright and printing plates for this book from Jordan's widow and in conjunction with the Deseret Book Co. he had the book re-published in 1935 as the 8th edition. Will H. Hays managed Warren G. Hardings successful campaign for the Presidency of the U.S. and was subsequently appointed Postmaster General. After a year in that position he resigned to become most famously known as the first President of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America MPPDA which under his guidance published a blacklist of actors and workers studios should not hire inserted moral clauses into actors' contracts and published an informal list of suggested guidelines for film producers. A perhaps unsurprising Association undoubtedly the best Association and Presentation Copy available ! Book is Near Fine spine a bit faded. No publication date circa 1935-1939. . TYPED LETTER SIGNED. 8th Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Presentation Copy. Deseret Book Co. And Heber J. Grant Hardcover books
1911317085Hamburg 19/11/71. 1 page 22 lines. 4to. Old folds. Fine. 1 page 22 lines. 4to. Solid if anodyne letter from the noted German scientist Pascual Jordan 1902-1980 remarking that his chief interest in recent years has been pure mathematics which "gives joy to no one who is not already a matehmatician"; Jordan also observes that his books are sold in the Soviet Union and that his work in the press Begegnungen could be sold in Yugoslavia without objection.<br/><br/>Jordan was a German physicist who made significant contributions to quantum mechanics and quantum field theory along with Heisenberg and Born. He contributed much to the mathematical form of matrix mechanics and developed canonical anticommutation relations for fermions. While the Jordan algebra is employed for and is still used in studying the mathematical and conceptual foundations of quantum theory it has found other mathematical applications.<br/>He would have won the Nobel Prize if he had not been a Nazi. unknown books
193123239Davenport: The Left 1931. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Spring 1931 issue of this radical leftist magazine edited by Redfield and others. The magazine only lasted two issues. Very good condition with some wear to covers. Includes contributions by Weston Zukofsky Leonard Spier Lola Ridge and others. Socialism and the Arts. The Left paperback books
1932137137Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1932. Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1932 film with a printed snipe on the verso. Based on the novel by Upton Sinclair. <br/><br/>Victor Fleming directs Dorothy Jordan and Lewis Stone in an early scene from his pre-Code epic about Prohibition. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
2003WRCLIT70462Brooklyn: Artichoke Yink Press & Alley Productions 2003. Square octavo. Pictorial self-covers. Open- sewn pictorial stiff card stock. Illustrations. Fine. Limited to an edition of 130 copies signed by the author/artist. "The face for the body text and titles is De Vinne set in linotype at Woodside Press. Linoleum cuts by Jordan Zinovich based on rock art images he collected at various sites over a period of seven years. Page design by Christopher Wilde and Jordan Zinovich. Printed at Brooklyn artist bookmakers' alliance Greenpoint Brooklyn on a Vandercook SP15" -- colophon. An uncommon collection of poems by the Canadian-born poet/novelist/theorist/historian. Artichoke Yink Press & Alley Productions unknown books
20181339791Toronto Canada: Random House Canada 2018. First Edition Thirteenth Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 409 pages; VG/VG; white spine with black and gold lettering; dust jacket protected by a mylar cover; price uncut "$25.95" minimal shelf wear bumped corners pages clean; bookplate signed flat by Jordan B. Peterson on the ffep; shelved in case 10. 1339791. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Random House Canada hardcover books
18985325Oakland: Tribune Publishing Co. Printers 1898 First edition thus. Oblong octavo. Pp. 2 85 6 i-xi. Illustrations from photographs. Index. Green wrappers printed in white. Some chipping to fore-edge and bottom edge of front wrapper; rear wrapper with two short tears to top edge. A very good copy internally clean and complete. Quite scarce. The annual statement and statistics for the county detailing financial transactions for the year 1897 including taxes licensing fees fines and expenditures for every facet of county governmental agencies including the receiving hospital burial of indigents care and maintenance of the court house and Hall of Records mileage accounts the coroner county jail roads school funds salaries etc. etc. Very detailed. Only three copies located via Melvyl and OCLC. Tribune Publishing Co., Printers unknown books
200010549Atlanta GA: Longstreet Press 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Signed by President Jimmy Carter and his White House Chief of Staff Hamilton Jordan No Such Thing As A Bad Day a memoir by Hamilton Jordan. Twelvemo x 260pp. Black hardcover title stamped in gilt on spine. Stated "First Printing 2000" on copyright page. A fine copy never read. In publisher's near fine dust jacket faint shelf wear retail price on front flap. Signed by Hamilton Jordan on the front free endpaper. Inscribed by President Jimmy Carter on his foreword: "To Georgia Young Democratic Club - Jimmy Carter." Hamilton Jordan 1944-2008 served as the White House Chief of Staff to President Jimmy Carter. He was one of the youngest people to serve in that position in history. His tenure was plagued with controversy as the media portrayed him as inexperienced and a southern "good ole boy." Mr. Jordan died in 2008 due to cancer. Longstreet Press hardcover books
1898013919Washington: Government Printing Office. Fair. 1898. Hardcover. Four volume set of House of Representatives Document No. 92 "Seal and Salmon Fisheries and General Resources of Alaska." All volumes are in fair condition and are ex-library: all volumes have full leather bindings; boards have moderate chipping; moderate wear and soiling to all edges; text blocks and plates of all volumes have light toning; front board is detached from spine on volumes 2 and 4. Vol 1 513pp; Vol 2 477pp; Vol 3 727pp plus plates; Vol 4 772pp plus plates and fold-out maps. Volumes 3 and 4 have numerous plates and fold-out maps some maps are in color. Sold as a set. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Government Printing Office hardcover books
193637908Berlin: Springer 1936. Jordan Pascual 1902-80. Anschauliche Quantentheorie: Eine Einf¸hrung in die moderne Auffassung der Quantenerscheinungen. 8vo. xii 320pp. Berlin: J. Springer 1936. 231 x 155 mm. Blue cloth c. 1936 rebacked preserving orig. spine with leather label. Fine copy from the library of Nobel Laureate Emilio SegrË 1905-89 with his signature slightly trimmed on the title and occasional pencil notes. First Edition of this textbook on the "new" quantum theory by one of the founders of that science. Jordan made fundamental contributions to the creation of the new quantum mechanics particularly in the two-part paper "Zur Quantenmechanik" 1925 on which he collaborated with Max Born and William Heisenberg. In the first part "Zur Quantenmechanik I" Born and Jordan used the mathematics of matrix calculus to fashion Heisenberg's new theoretical matrix mechanics into a systematic theory of quantum mechanics; in the second part known as the "three-man paper" Born Heisenberg and Jordan extended the Born-Jordan formalism of the first paper to systems with many degrees of freedom numbers of particles. Jordan's application of this new formalism to the radiation field contained in the last section of "Zur Quantenmechanik II" served as the beginning of quantum field theory. This copy of Jordan's work is from the library of Emilio SegrË discoverer of the element technetium and recipient of a share of the 1959 Nobel Prize for his work on the antiproton. DSB. 37908. Springer unknown books
1982157392New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1982. 1982 - 2004. Hardcover. VG clean and tight. Art school ex-lib. set with usual marks including numbering on 10 of the spines. All volumes black cloth gilt lettering and decoration; color frontis occasional bw illustrations. Each volume paginated separately circa 500-700 pp. No dust jackets as issued. Set includes Volumes 1-12 Volume 13 index and Supplement 1. Heavy and will require extra postage. Vols. 1-13 published 1982-1988 were editedby Strayer; Supplement 1 published 2004 was edited by Jordan. I. Aachen-Augustinism. 1982. II. Augustinus Triumphus-Byzantine literature. 1983. III. Cabala-Crimea. 1983. IV. Croatia-Family sagas Icelandic. 1984. V. Famine in the Islamic world-Groote Geert. 1985. VI. Grosseteste Robert-Italian literature. 1985. VII. Italian Renaissance-Mabinogi. 1986. VIII. Macbeth-Mystery plays. 1987. IX. Mystery religions-Poland. 1987. X. Polemics-Scandinavia. 1988. XI. Scandinavian languages-Textiles Islamic. 1988. XII. Thaddeus legend-"Zwart noc". 1989. XIII. Index; prep. by Wm. J. Richardson Associates Inc. 1989 XIV. Suppl. 1. 2004. Each volume has its own ISBN; there is no ISBN for the complete set. The encyclopedia covers over 112000 persons places things and concepts of "legitimate scholarly interest" in 7000 distinct articles in more than 8000 pages written by over 1800 contributing editors from academic institutions mainly in the United States but also Europe and Asia. It is the largest and most detailed modern encyclopedia of the Middle Ages in the English language comparable to the nine volume German Lexikon des Mittelalters. The "upside-down-T in a circle" symbol on the spine and cover is an artistic interpretation of the T and O map which was first described in the Etymologiae the most influential encyclopedic work of the Middle Ages. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1981147355N.p.: N.p. 1981. Second Draft script for the eleventh episode of the fifth season of the anthology series "American Playhouse" which originally aired on April 21 1986 on PBS. With a few small holograph ink and pencil annotations to the front wrapper and page I-3-25.<br/><br/>A local reporter receives a hefty bribe by a corrupt county commissioner to ignore an eco-activism group's protests against a new development but soon finds himself conflicted over the brutal tactics the commissioner uses to silence the activists.<br/><br/>Set and shot in Fort Myers Florida<br/><br/>Red untitled wrappers. Title page present noted as Second Draft with credits for screenwriter Victor Nunez and director John D. MacDonald. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered IV-4-130. Dot matrix duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good bound with a plastic prong. N.p. unknown books
1982186036New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1982. 1982 - 2004. Hardcover. VG Covers show general light use. Bookblocks have some age toning and darkening at corners. Small amount of writing from previous owner on front end pages. All volumes black cloth gilt lettering and decoration; color frontis occasional bw illustrations. Each volume paginated separately circa 500-700 pp. No dust jackets as issued. Set includes Volumes 1-12 Volume 13 index Vol 14 Interim Index. Interim index is paperback. Vols. 1-13 published 1982-1988 were editedby Strayer; Supplement 1 published 2004 was edited by Jordan. I. Aachen-Augustinism. 1982. II. Augustinus Triumphus-Byzantine literature. 1983. III. Cabala-Crimea. 1983. IV. Croatia-Family sagas Icelandic. 1984. V. Famine in the Islamic world-Groote Geert. 1985. VI. Grosseteste Robert-Italian literature. 1985. VII. Italian Renaissance-Mabinogi. 1986. VIII. Macbeth-Mystery plays. 1987. IX. Mystery religions-Poland. 1987. X. Polemics-Scandinavia. 1988. XI. Scandinavian languages-Textiles Islamic. 1988. XII. Thaddeus legend-"Zwart noc". 1989. XIII. Index; prep. by Wm. J. Richardson Associates Inc. 1989 XIV. Interim index. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1920006547New York City: Fredrick A. Stokes 1920. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo. 279pp. Beautiful First American Edition. Original Blue/Grey cloth with titles stamped in navy on spine and front board. Square tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. A touch of toning to edges. A few spots of discoloration on the rear board that looks like a printing defect. End-papers mildly off-set. Previous owner's name stamped on ffep. Some spotting to page edges. Very attractive and quite scarce unclipped though unpriced dust-jacket price of $1.25 on bottom of front flap has some wear to edges and short closed tear on at the heel. Light soiling. A couple of tiny nicks. Still fresh and bright and quite uncommon in any condition. Story about spiritualism adapted from the play by Walter Hackett. A gorgeous collectable copy of a very difficult item to find particularly in nice condition and in dust-jacket. Fredrick A. Stokes hardcover books
191945701Newton Centre Mass: The Bonnet 1919. First edition of the only known number small 8vo pp. 12; original printed self-wrappers; about fine. Includes two unsigned contributions from H. P. Lovecraft listed on p. 12 as one of the "Official Critics." An ephemeral example of Lovecraft's involvement with the amateur press movement with an unattributed poetic tribute to Helene Hoffman Cole Second Vice-President of the Bonnet Club Officials; and a brief paragraph under "Trimmings." The editor Winifred Virginia Jordan was rumored in amateur press circles to have been linked romantically to Lovecraft. See Joshi & Schultz eds. An. H. P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia p. 41. <br/><br/> The Bonnet unknown books
198089106Boston: Beacon Press 1980. First edition of this collection of the poetry of African-American poet June Jordan. Octavo original illustrated wrappers as issued. Presentation copy inscribed by the poet on the front free endpaper "1984 for Richard Lautz wishing you courage and joy always J. Jordan." Photograph of Jordan by Sara Miles. In near fine condition. Uncommon signed and inscribed. Poet activist and teacher June Jordan authored several award-winning books of poems on themes of black women black literature child welfare and education in America. Dynamic rebellious and courageous her poetry is a lyrical catalyst for change. Beacon Press unknown books
30887<p>quarto 4 pages possibly incomplete or lacking a sheet as the letter is unsigned the writer's name is docketed on the last page. In very good clean and legible condition.</p><p> "Dear Quitman</p><p> … Shall I tell you amongst what kind of scenes my "lines have fallen" In some respects I must say in "pleasant places" I have never been in any climate so perfectly luxurious as this. The lowest that I have seen the thermometer in a year's residence here is 58˚ and the highest 80˚ - while it rarely reaches either of these extremes varying from 64˚ to 76˚ - It is just such a temperature as to render you comfortable in whatever clothing you may choose to wear whether woolen or linen and many of the <u>natives</u> appear to be perfectly comfortable <u>without any clothes at all</u> which I must be allowed to remark is a very picturesque costume especially on horseback with a large pair of Spanish spurs.</p><p> We never have mud here for the reason that the surface is <u>everywhere</u>so sloping that the water all runs off. We have no dust because we have an average of two showers of rain every week. The soil here is extremely productive and with careful cultivation I think almost every variety of produce might be reared in abundance. … I am of course speaking of that part of the surface which is cultivable which is not more than one twentieth of the whole surface of the Islands. These islands are most clearly of volcanic origin & formation although there is at present no volcanic activity on any but one of them. The Island East Maui upon which I am at present located rises in the shape of a cone from the sea to a height of ten thousand feet terminating in an immense extinct crater <u>30 miles</u> in circumference. How poor little Vesuvius sinks into insignificance on the comparison! The island on the side not exposed to the trade winds Lee side is almost entirely destitute of timber up to an elevation of from 2500 to 3000 feet and from that to the summit the growth is not tall but heavy and luxuriant. In Switzerland we found perpetual snow at an elevation of 8000 fee and there all vegetation ceased … but here at the elevation of 10000 snow never remains more than a few days at a time. While the summits of Hawaii which are respectively 10000 & 14000 feet retain their white summit crowns only half the year. We are elevated here between 2500 & 3000 feet above the sea so that we have a pure and rarified atmosphere. You may judge of the clearness of the air when I state that the Island of Maui at the distance of 90 miles is distinctly visible with the naked eye. While at the distance of 20 miles we can easily count the ships in the port of Lahaina without the aid of a glass. It is a most fortunate circumstance that we have here… The native language is a limited species of jargon that seems to answer the necessary purposes although utterly void of beauty and with but little force. I despise them & their language."</p> books
178029817Madrid: En la Imprenta Real de la Gazeta 1780. Small 4to 19.5 cm; 7.75". 2 X 437 1 pp. <br><br>Third edition "corregida notablemente por los autores" who were both doctors of law of a lively and standard treatise on the civil law of Castile but with a section at the end of each chapter on the differences that obtain in Aragon because of the "fueros" legal exemptions that exist there.<br>Â Â Â Â Earlier editions appeared in 1771 and 1775. Of this edition WorldCat locates only six U.S. libraries reporting ownership. The work was translated and published in English in 1825. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Palau 18719. Contemporary quarter dark leather with marbled paper sides; binding worn and marbled paper very faded and abraded. All edged marbled. Waterstain in upper quarter of most of the volume. En la Imprenta Real de la Gazeta hardcover books
1977147972N.p.: N.p. 1977. Draft script for the 1977 play which premiered March 21977 at the Little Theatre for only 6 performances closing on March 6 1977. Copy belonging to director and producer Charles Grodin whose name address and phone number are printed on the bottom of the title page.<br/><br/>A comedy about a man who comes home to find his wife has run off with a door-to-door cello salesman.<br/><br/>Set in a home in Southern California. <br/><br/>Black Studio Duplicating Service titled wrappers with credits for playwright Jordan Crittenden. Title page present with credits for playwright Jordan Crittenden. 90 leaves with last page of text numbered 2-39. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold screw brads. N.p. unknown books
1849295181Lisboa: Da Epoca 1849. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Text in Portuguese. Unprinted blue wrappers. 20pp. Folding plate showing a tobacco preparation building. An old historical society stamp on the front wrap light edgewear slight foxing else near fine. Scarce. Da Epoca unknown books
18989736Providence R.I.: E. G. Billings 1898. Sheet music for Howe's poem set to music especially composed for it by Jules Jordan <br/>and<br/>Sheet music for Hazard's poem set to music especially composed for it by Jules Jordan. <br/>Inscribed by the composer in pencil on the front cover of BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC "Miss Caroline Hazard / from Jules Jordan"<br/>Both self wrappers printed in black; page size: 10-3/4 inches x 6-7/8 inches; the Howe is 8pp; the Hazard 4pp; each very good with only a bit of dustiness and age toning. Extremely rare with Brown University holding the only copies cited in RLIN / OCLC of both pieces of sheet music and the Providence Cooperative Library holding only the Stowe "Uncle Tom's Cabin" song. <br/> Jules Jordan 1850-1927 the composer of the two songs offered here was a well-known singer composer and music director and teacher. He debuted the title role in Berlioz' "Damnation of Faust" in the U.S. served as conductor for over forty years of the Arion Club the most important musical society of its time in Providence R.I. He composed one opera that was performed more than once in the 19th century "Rip Van Winkle" to very good notices. He composed a number of one-act pieces usually on American themes and a number were performed by the Boston Festival Orchestra. <br/> Jordan met Caroline Hazard 1856-1945 the fifth president of Wellesley College early on in his singing career ca. 1875 when he sang at the Grace Church in Providence. Mrs. Rowland Hazard mother of Caroline introduced her son and daughter Caroline and arranged for both to study singing with Jordan. A few years later Caroline and her brother organized the Narragansett Choral Society hoping Jordan would be the director. He was too busy at that time but several years later was successfully prevailed upon by Miss Hazard. Their friendship and association lasted many years. Hazard was also a member of the Arion Society for the years Jordan was director. <br/> Both Caroline Hazard and Jules Jordan were poets but Jordan's role was usually that of composer and orchestrator in his collaborations. Caroline Hazard<br/>published her first book NARRAGANSETT BALLADS in 1894. She was appointed President of Wellesley College in 1899. Both these songs are of a patriotic nature and it should be noted that a 1903 concert of patriotic songs by Jordan was held on July 3 1903 in Sayles Hall at Brown University and that "Western Land" was performed program for concert at Brown University. While the music is not what is associated with the "Battle Hymn" it is suited to the verse and has a pleasant tune. Jules Jordan notes in his memoirs an abundance of friends so the appearance of inscribed copies of his composed songs should be more plentiful than they are. A piece inscribed to one of his collaborators who was a friend and student and an important person in the history of education is most desirable. Jordan Jules. THE HAPPENINGS OF A MUSICAL LIFE 1922. NAW II pp. 169-170. E. G. Billings unknown books
1931WRCAM55550Dallas 1931. 632pp. including portrait frontispiece printed on verso of titlepage. Original printed wrappers stapled. Minor toning around the edges of the wrappers bottom corners bumped. Text lightly toned but clean. Very good. A brief but informative account of one German immigrant couple's life in frontier Texas one of only 100 copies printed and "read by the writer at a family reunion held on the Llano River on August 5 1931 to commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the coming of Ernst Jordan and family to Upper Willow Creek now Art Mason County Texas." The author Gilbert J. Jordan was the pioneer couple's grandson and his narrative follows his grandparents from their arrival in Galveston in 1845 to Indianola to Fredericksburg to New Braunfels to the small community of Art Texas in the hill country northwest of Austin. The portrait frontispiece shows both Ernst and Lizette Jordan in middle age. A bibliography at the end records Jordan's sources in writing the larger narrative. The present copy is inscribed by Gilbert Jordan to Fred White Sr. on the inside front wrapper with Jordan's additional note reading: "One of 100 copies." OCLC locates fourteen copies all but one of them in Texas institutions. A scarce account of early Texas and its German immigrants. OCLC 2631860. unknown books
