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181926090London: vols.I-II published by Messrs. Boydell & Co printed by W.Bulmer & Co; vol.III: published by Hurst Robinson & Co. printed by Thomas Davison 1819. 3 volumes small folio. 16 1/4 x 10 3/4 inches. 2 mezzotint portraits of Claude and Earlom 1 stipple-engraved portrait of John Boydell. 300 etchings with mezzotint all printed in bistre all by Earlom after Claude. Expertly bound to style in half russia over period marbled paper covered boards<br/> <br/>"The first complete edition with the engravings sic. in the best and final state embodying the important drawings from the great English collections of the period" Abbey.<br/> <br/>"This capital work a landmark in the history of the reproduction of master drawings is . an important forerunner of later publications on Art Collections. It contains 300 etchings of drawings by Claude Lorrain pastoral mythological and biblical subjects and was called Liber Veritatis Book of Truth for the purpose of identifying Claude's genuine works from forgeries or from drawings wrongly attributed to the master. They are all printed in a warm bistre colour to aid the resemblance . The catalogues in each volume give a comprehensive description of each drawing indicating also for whom they were executed which pictures were painted from them and the ownership at the date of publication of the book - in short a real catalogue raisonné" Abbey.<br/> <br/>Abbey Life 200; Lowndes II p.1398. [vols.I-II] published by Messrs. Boydell & Co, printed by W.Bulmer & Co; [vol.III:] published by Hurst, Robinson & Co., printed unknown books
1959101995New York: Random House 1959. Early printing of this groundbreaking play the first play written by an African American woman to be produced on Broadway. Octavo original half cloth illustrated. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper "Warm Regards Lorraine Hansberry University Hospital May 4 1964." Early in April 1963 Hansberry was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and was in and out of University Hospital in New York until she passed away on January 12 1965 at the age of 34. Near fine in a near fine jacket. Jacket design by Stan Phillips and Mel Williamson. Rare and desirable signed. The first play written by an African American woman to be produced on Broadway this groundbreaking play starred Sidney Poitier Claudia McNeil Ruby Dee and Diana Sands in the Broadway production which opened in 1959. Set on Chicago's South Side the plot revolves around the divergent dreams and conflicts within three generations of the Younger family: son Walter Lee his wife Ruth his sister Beneatha his son Travis and matriarch Lena called Mama. When her deceased husband's insurance money comes through Mama dreams of moving to a new home and a better neighborhood in Chicago. Walter Lee a chauffeur has other plans however: buying a liquor store and being his own man. Beneatha dreams of medical school. The tensions and prejudice they face form this seminal American drama. Winner of the Drama Critic's Award as Best Play of the Year it has been hailed as a "pivotal play in the history of the American Black theatre" by Newsweek and "a milestone in the American Theatre." Random House hardcover books
12614 p.l. xviii 452 pp. 8vo cont. half-sheep & speckled boards spine gilt red morocco lettering piece on spine. Brussels: J. Ermens 1781. The extremely rare auction catalogue of the books prints and drawings in the collection of Charles Alexandre Duke of Lorraine 1712-80 and governor of The Netherlands. This was one of the three greatest libraries and art collections sold in Belgium during the late 18th century. The sale contains the largest surviving group of copper plates of Rubens' works. Charles Alexandre married the sister of Maria Theresa in 1744 and following a very successful military career retired in 1757 to devote himself to the governorship of Holland. In this position he also enjoyed great success encouraging the commerce and agriculture of the country as well its cultural activities. A man of considerable education he established an academy and a public library at Brussels as well as a free school to teach painting and sculpture. Charles Alexandre was an ardent book and art collector; he also formed a notable natural history cabinet. This catalogue lists 3354 lots of books 232 lots of prints and drawings 171 lots of "planches gravées" and 23 lots of "paquets d'hazard." A fine copy. ❧ Blogie col. 27. N.B.G. Vol. 31 cols. 686-87. Peignot p. 89. hardcover books
182734948Baltimore: Published by Fielding Lucas Jun'r 1827. 1st edition American Imprints 29575; Field 994; Howes M-132; Pilling 2383; Sabin 43407. Modern speckled tan quarter-calf binding with marbled paper boards. Binding - Fine. Textblock - VG occasional foxing/period pos to t.p. top margin. viii 493 1 pp. Chippeway vocabulary 7 pp at rear. Illustrated with 29 inserted lithographed plates 18 hand-colored. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 5-1/4" <br/><br/>"The author was for many years superintendent of Indian affairs at Washington and was brought in constant association with the principal men of the nations and tribes which sent representatives to the seat of government. In this tour he formed a more intimate association with the great mass of the Indian population and was able to present much valuable information regarding it." Field. Published by Fielding Lucas, Jun'r hardcover books
1954116277New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1954. First edition of Roosevelt and Hickok's tribute to women in America. Octavo original cloth. Signed by both Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok on the half-title page. Very good in a very good dust jacket with some wear to the extremities. Uncommon signed. "Eleanor Roosevelt was a figure of considerable historical consequence on two grounds. She embodied the aggressive spirit of feminism that began challenging male domination of American business and politics in the 1920s and she became. the champion of the New Deal's liberal impulse" New York Review of Books. Ladies of Courage coauthored by Roosevelt with her close friend journalist Lorena Hickok honors the struggle and political achievements of women. Hickok who "ranks among the most important woman journalists of the 20th century. entered Eleanor Roosevelt's life at a pivotal moment and became her greatest source of emotional sustenance as she began to redefine the role of First Lady" Beasley et al. Eleanor Roosevelt Encyclopedia 236. G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
1925LD5782Paris: Collection des Arts Les Editions G. Cres & Cie 1925. Hardcover. Fine. Original morocco and leather endpapers in folder and slipcase; 4to; with 84 in-text illustrations in pochoir by Dignimont. Number 291 from a limited edition of 350 copies on Rives paper. First published in 1904. Very fine illustrations remain exceptionally fresh. <br/><br/> Collection des Arts, Les Editions G. Cres & Cie hardcover books
1959140940211New York: Random House 1959. First Edition. Fine/Near Fine. First edition first printing. Original tan half cloth with paper-covered boards and mounted photo of actor Sidney Poitier. Several small nearly imperceptible streaks to front cover perhaps excess binder's glue still Fine. In a Near Fine in correct unclipped dust jacket $2.95 with slight toning to the spine panel and faint edge wear. An attractive copy of the classic play. Random House unknown books
197528380New York: Sunbury Press 1975. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Stapled wrappers. 32 pp poetry chapbook by this obscure yet influential feminist poet hailing from the heydey of the Nyurican poetry movement of the 1970's. Very good condition. The poet's first book. No copies currently circulating in online commerce. Considered by some to be a cornerstone of this movement. Sunbury Press paperback books
1931140938484New York: Reilly & Lee 1931. First Edition. Near Fine/Good. First edition. 280 pp. Red ribbed cloth with black lettering. Near Fine with former owner's name on front free endpaper in Good unclipped dust jacket with panels held together on verso by archival mending tissue worn and a little chipped along edge horizontal tear in spine panel. 323 recipes in African-American dialect: green ham Sunday Night jellied salad pigs in the orchard stuffed peach salad hurry-up apple pie etc. Reilly & Lee unknown books
1961128445New York: Fred Coe and Arthur Cantor 1961. Draft script for the 1961 play. Brief annotations in holograph pencil and ink on the title page. <br/><br/>Chayefsky's play previewed on Broadway on November 8 1961 opened the following day an for over 200 performances and closed on June 2 1962. He was nominated for a Tony Award as were producers Coe and Cantor. <br/><br/>Gideon Campbell witnesses the Angel of the Lord March who enlists him to perform a miracle in battle and to kill an idolatrous Hebrew. Gideon refuses and suggests that his pity for man is above God's law. God begrudgingly concedes. <br/><br/>Basis for Wilhelm Semmelroth's West German film 1966 and for George Schaefer's Emmy nominated television movie 1971. <br/><br/>Black titled wrappers with paper title label on the spine. Title page present undated with a credit for playwright Chayefsky. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 2-2-41 Act 2 Scene 2 Page 41. Mimeograph duplication. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two silver brads. Fred Coe and Arthur Cantor unknown books
19881302118New York: Rock Foundation 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Folios 3 volumes VG/no DJs as issued; gray cloth boards black lettering to spines: very mild overall wear to boards spines faded beige lettering clear and legible; minimal wear to clean text-blocks; interiors clean; VOLUME 3.1 COSMIC GAMES;<br /> VOLUME 3.2 THE LABYRINTH & OTHER PATHS TO OTHER WORLDS; VOLUME 3.3 THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN; frontispieces; volumes housed in VG- brown cloth slipcase; shelved front table. 1302118. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Rock Foundation hardcover books
1839282491Paris 1839. Copper-engraved map of North America hand-colored in outline. With "Etats-Unis" along with the Republic of Texas Canada and an enormous Mexique. Alaska is show as Russie Amerique. From Monin's Atlas Classique De La Geograpahie Ancienne Du Moyen Age et Moderne published in 1838. There is a small amount of surface loss at the bottom edge. Framed and matted. Rumsey 2613.018. Paris unknown books
1952144459N.p.: N.p. 1952. Vintage borderless photograph of Dizzy Gillespie wife Lorraine Willis and their entourage arriving at the Saint Lazare railway station in Paris March 10 1952. Mimeo snipe holograph annotations and press agency stamps on the verso.<br/><br/>Dizzy Gillespie began recording what would become "The Great Blue Star Sessions 1952-1953" on March 25th 1952 at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees. These recordings captured Gillespie during the transitional period when he was merging out of a bebop sound into hard bop big band stylings. <br/><br/>5 x 6.5 inches Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
191225822London: Lather Pioneer Mission n.d. 1912. Second edition small 8vo pp. xii 274 1; frontispiece portrait map and 14 plates showing 29 photographic illustrations; very good sound copy in original green cloth lettered in gilt on upper cover and spine. Pioneer missionary among the Lakhers a tribe of easternmost India south of Assam this text deals with the Lather people from Mizoram and the role of the Lather Pioneer Mission in their development. <br/><br/> Lather Pioneer Mission, n.d. hardcover books
1975130297Los Angeles: New World Pictures 1975. Early Draft script for the 1977 film issued roughly two years before the film's release. Accompanied by a typed letter signed from a woman at the Paul Kohner agency to actress Maria Schneider. Based on the 1964 novel by Joanne Greenberg written under the pseudonym Hannah Green. <br/><br/>One of the great unsung literary adaptations of the 1970s taking a terrifically complex novel about a young woman who has completely retreated into fantasy following the death of her sister. A film that suffered inevitable comparisons to "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" but actually far more internal and horrific an actor's film brought to life by Bibi Andersson and a young Kathleen Quinlan. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay. <br/><br/>Tan titled wrappers with a die-cut title window. Title page present with credits for novelist Green and screenwriter Mann. 102 leaves mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. New World Pictures unknown books
1942262715New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1942. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Good dust jacket. Nicholas Panesis. Repaired dust jacket with rubbing to extremities and minor loss to spine. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. Binding sound; no markings to text. Scarce in jacket. Very Good binding / Good dust jacket. Harcourt, Brace and Company unknown books
198260737El Cerrito: Downey Place Publishing House 1982. Hardcover. xiii 154p. preface notes bibliography appendices index illustrated with b&w photos tables previous owner's signature in ink and in marker on paste-down otherwise a very good first edition in cloth and gilt unclipped lightly-worn dustjacket with closed tear and chip. Downey Place Publishing House hardcover books
196051281London:: Methuen. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1960. Hardcover. Basis for the 1961 film. First British edition. Previous owner's name and date on front paste-down else very good in a very good minor rubbing a bit faded along the spine dust jacket. ; 107 pages . Methuen, hardcover books
1668289706Cologne. : Pierre de la Place. 1668. Contemporary leather - lacks front board. . Good lacks front board and endpapers title page tattered and toned at edges old ink name to title page remainder of text very good. . 12mo. 18x7.8 cm. . French text. Memoirs of Henry II the 17th century French adventurer and pretender to the throne of Naples. weight: 0.6 lb. Pierre de la Place. hardcover books
19964639Bellevue WA: Family Research and Development 1996. First Edition. 939pp. Quarto 28 cm Blue cloth with the title gilt on the front board and backstrip. Near fine. This publication names nearly 10000 descendants of John D. Lee the only person charged and convicted of the atrocities of the Mountain Meadows Massacre. This work by a Lee descendant is an updated version of Manetta Henrie's 1960 publication 'Descendants of John Doyle Lee.' Color frontispiece of Lee.<br/><br/>"Sometimes in moments of discouragement we may feel like a leaf floating on an ocean. Actually each of us is a figure woven into an intricate tapestry that extends forward and back through the eternities. We are not alone. This present work is meant to give Lee descendants a sense of this eternal pattern an identity perhaps even a feeling of understanding and closeness with their ancestors." - from the Introduction. Family Research and Development unknown books
1923125371Cleveland and New Haven CT: for the Cleveland Museum of Art by Yale University Press 1923. 300 copies printed. Hardbound. Extremities of covers are rough moderate spoiling top and bottom of spine frayed bookplate. Few library marks inside but none found on plates. Sold as a reference copy not for the collector. Half vermillion cloth with beige rice paper covered boards with applied paper label. 45 pp. followed by 145 bw illustrations. Oversized. A very nice solid reference copy of this uncommon title. The bw plates are generally large and detailed. An important reference. for the Cleveland Museum of Art by Yale University Press hardcover books
196053313London: Methuen 1960. First English edition. 8vo pp. 107. Paper over boards. Edges spotted o/w a VG tight copy in scuffed and little soiled dj. Methuen unknown books
1991299174New York: Abrams 1991. hardcover. fine/fine. Packed with 435 illustrations including 181 color plates. 319pp. Thick 4to black cloth d.w. Washington & New York: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in association with Harry Abrams 1991. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper.<br/><br/> Scarce. Printed to accompany the first major exhibition of art masterpieces created by the peoples of Indonesia's outer islands.<br/><br/> Abrams unknown books
1952147889London: Printed in England & Published by Curtis Warren Ltd. 1952. Octavo cover by Ray Theobald pictorial wrappers. First edition. Space opera and biological warfare based on the premise of additional planets in our solar system. Reginald 01319. Harbottle and Holland A16. Mild rubbing to spine folds a bright nearly fine copy. #147889 Printed in England & Published by Curtis Warren Ltd. unknown books
1989S12549Cambridge:: Cambridge University Press 1989. 1989. First edition. Series: Ideas in context. 8vo. xvii 340 pp. Illus. indexes. Gilt-stamped green cloth dust-jacket; jacket slightly worn along edges. Near fine. br ISBN: 0521331153 FIRST EDITION. "This book tells how quantitative ideas of chance have transformed the natural and social sciences as well as everyday life over the past three centuries. A continuous narrative connects the earliest application of probability and statistics in gambling and insurance to the most recent forays into law medicine polling and baseball. Separate chapters explore the theoretical and methodological impact on biology physics and psychology. In contrast to the literature on the mathematical development of probability and statistics this book centers on how these technical innovations recreated our conceptions of nature mind and society" Cambridge publishers. Cambridge University Press, (1989). hardcover books
