Norman Karyl aka George Francis Peduzzi lyric by Kayl Norman and Hyatt Berry music by Edwin J. WeberABAA
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1922122143New York: Jerome H. Remick & Co 1922. Sheet_music. 6p 9x12 inches sheet music scattered musical notations in pencil several closed edge tears with photo of Norman "The Creole Fashion Plate" in drag. Gay female impersonator and singer born in Baltimore in 1897. He billed himself as "The Creole Fashion Plate" and was known for his gowns mostly made by his mother with whom he traveled. "All my life before me looks so dreary and so black / I think I'll choose the river and I'll never come back. Jerome H. Remick & Co unknown books
192251886New York: Jerome H. Remick & Co 1922. Sheet_music. 6p 9x12 inches sheet music wraps with photo of Norman "The Creole Fashion Plate" in drag. Gay female impersonator and singer born in Baltimore in 1897. He billed himself as "The Creole Fashion Plate" and was known for his gowns mostly made by his mother with whom he traveled. All my life before me looks so dreary and so black / I think I'll choose the river and I'll never come back. Jerome H. Remick & Co unknown books
1830124608London: Newton Son & Berry c. 1830-1836. Fine pair of rare early 19th century celestial and terrestrial table globes published by Newton Son & Berry. Both the celestial and terrestrial globe measure 12 inches in diameter with a calibrated brass meridian ring and 19 inch mahogany horizon ring decorated with mounted hand colored decorations. Mounted on ebonized oak stands. Each globe is comprised of 12 richly detailed hand-colored gores with polar calottes the terrestrial globe detailing the earth's landmasses major countries and cities and the celestial showing the major stars in various sizes related to their brightness displayed with a table of magnitudes. Major constellations and all twelve zodiac signs are illustrated with detailed hand-colored drawings. The cartouche on the celestial globe is inscribed "Newton's New & Improved Celestial Globe On which all the Stars Nebulae & Clusters contained in the extensive Catalogue of the late E. Wollaston E.R.S. are accurately laid down their Right Ascensions and Declinations having been recalculated for the Year 1830 by W. Newton. Manufactured by Newton Son & Berry Chancery Lane London Published 1836." In near fine condition with some light restoration. Each globe measures 19 inches tall. The sphericity of the Earth was established by Greek astronomers in the 3rd century BC with the earliest terrestrial globe appearing during that period. The earliest known globe was constructed by Crates of Mallus in Cilicia now Cukurova in modern-day Turkey in the mid-2nd century B.C.E. Now known as the Erdapfel the earliest extant terrestrial globe was produced in 1492 by German mapmaker navigator and merchant Martin Behaim in Nuremberg Germany. Traditionally globes were manufactured by gluing a printed paper map onto a sphere often made from wood. Newton, Son & Berry unknown books
1831254561London 1831. Miniature globe in turned walnut case with domed lid. 1.5 inch diameter. 12 hand colored globe gores with original varnish and metal pins at each pole which enable the globe to spin in the case. Cartouche set in north Pacific. Stains along the equator in the Pacific.<br/><br/> This terrestrial globe is the smallest version made by Newton and Berry Sumira p. 189. Wonderful detail included for such a small globe. The track of Captain Cook's final voyage of 1776 is shown when Captain Clarke and Gore sail to the Bering Sea after Cook is murdered. John Newton 1759-1844 is the founding member of this family firm. Miles Berry joined the firm in 1803. They also made planetaria and mechanical models. An excellent example of a pocket globe.<br/><br/> unknown books
26963Softcover. VG. Pictorial wraps. 122 pp. Profuse color plates. Entries are illustrated with color plates and descriptive annotations. Artists include Ellen Wallace Sharples Thomas Cole Severin Roesen Winslow Homer Mary Cassatt Willard Metcalf Childe Hassam Edward Potthast Albert Bloch George Bellows Charles Sheeler Milton Avery and many others. unknown books
199983306Seattle: Seattle Art Museum distributed by the University of Washington Press 1999. 1st ed. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. illustrations many color 333p. Hardcover. dj. 31cm. <br/><br/> Seattle Art Museum distributed by the University of Washington Press hardcover books
1999148064Seattle: Seattle Art Museum 1999. Hardcover. Fine/VG light wear to dj flaps. Grey-green cloth/boards with gilt lettering. Color-illus. dj with green/brown lettering on spine. 333 pp. with 83 color plates and additional figures. More than 40 artists are introduced with biographies and featured paintings are discussed in the context of the artists' careers and the times. Essays are included on the neglected topic of connoisseurship concerning boxes and box inscriptions plus an appendix of seals and signatures. In the early development of nihonga Kyoto artists incorporated some elements of Western art but they were more anchored in tradition than artists in Tokyo. In the Taisho period however they created strikingly diverse and original expressions with fresh subjects a daring use of color and experimental compositions. Seattle Art Museum hardcover books
1966006526Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 1966. Her first book winner of a Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship Award. Warmly inscribed by the author to "one of the few great men of medicine of the Twentieth Century." Slight foxing to cloth; near fine in a heavily foxed very good jacket with a couple of closed edge tears. A Southern novel compared by the publisher to Flannery O'Connor's Wise Blood and Carson McCullers's The Heart is a Lonely Hunter. Long Walker Percy blurb on rear dust jacket flap. An uncommon book signed or inscribed. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
19749004583Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1974. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. Bound in the publisher's original quarter navy blue and white cloth with the front cover and spine stamped in silver. <br/><br/> Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
196632779New York: Ace Books Inc 1966. Softcover. Yellow edgestain. Slight crease to front cover age toning to inside covers as to be expected overall a VG copy. 254 pp. Cover illustration by Bob Schinella. 6-1/2" x 4-1/4" <br/><br/>Includes Kurt Vonnegut Jr.'s "Harrison Bergeron" first published in 1961 in "The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction." Also includes; "The Sources of the Nile;" "Somebody to Play With;" "Softly While You're Sleeping;" "The Machine That Won The War;" "Go for Baroque;" "Time Lag;" "George;" "Shotgun Cure;" "The One Who Returns;" "The Captivity;" "Alpha Ralpha Boulevard;" "Effigy;" "E=MC2;" "The Haunted Village." Ace Books Inc paperback books
20091342595New York: Rizzoli 2009. First Thus First Printing. Hardcover. Quarto 260 pages; VG/VG; spine white with olive green lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; mild shelf wear and soiling; inscribed by Miller at half title; profusely illustrated with black and white and full color photos; pages clean; shelved Front Table. 1342595. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Rizzoli hardcover books
19685499London: Collins 1968. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. 1968 1st edition. Solid and VG in a bright VG dustjacket with light creasing at the spine. Octavo 176 pgs. <br/><br/> Collins hardcover books
19631337857Washington: Office of the Surgeon General Department of the Army 1963. Hardcover. Octavo; 2 volumes; G; Hardcover; Spine brown with gold print on black banner; Boards in brown cloth with gold print slight wear to spine caps bumps to corners blemishes on rear of v. 2 else clean and strong; Text block has owner label on front pastedown v. 1 few pages at center of v. 2 uncut else clean and tight; 2 vols. xxiv 393 pages; xxvii 615 pages illustrated b&w some color. 1337857. FP New Rockville Stock. Office of the Surgeon General, Department of the Army hardcover books
1970174726Lexington KY: Gnomon Press 1970. First edition. Softcover. Brief introduction by Berry and notes by Gassan. The first monograph on Meatyard. Includes 34 black and white photographs. A very good copy in photo-illustrated wrappers with some minor wear but internally a clean copy. Gnomon Press unknown books
1969443540Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press 1969. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Re-issue originally published in 1939. Tall octavo. 284pp. With a new introduction by the author. Just a bit of wear at the corners else fine in a very good dustwrapper with a lightly sunned spine and light general wear. Vanderbilt University Press hardcover books
1952132396London: Twentieth Century-Fox 1952. Vintage full-color still photograph from the 1952 UK release of the 1951 US film. <br/><br/>In 1858 France Emperor Napoleon sends military officers to Normandy in search of a group of rebels. They encounter a masked cavalier and his companions including an heiress to the fabled treasure of Monte Cristo. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes at the corners and a hint of rubbing. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
193028490London: Alfred A. Knopf 1930. First Edition. Octavo 20.25cm.; original purple decorative cloth purple topstain; 16199pp.; two-toned frontispiece and endpapers black and white illus. throughout. A few dampstains to upper cover else Very Good. Collection of "folk tales" by the Baltimore-born imposter Joseph Howard Lee who made a career out of impersonating the stereotypical west African "savage. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
19439023113New York: Bobbs-Merrill 1943. 1st. Hardcover. Near fine. Bound in the publisher's original blue cloth covered boards spine and cover stamped in gilt. Rubbed at the edges and extremities else fine <br/><br/> Bobbs-Merrill hardcover books
196823097New York and London: Grune & Stratton 1968. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. First Edition. ix 274 pages. Original red cloth. 8vo. Minor waving to the textblock mostly first few and last few pages. Bright and clean noting previous owner's name on front flyleaf. Cloth. This volume of Progress in Atomic Medicine contains the article "Space Radiation and other Medical Aspects of Space Travel" on pages 217-264 reviewing what was known at the time of spaceflight for up to 2 weeks the Apollo program and Gemini had been active at that point. Many aspects of astronaut health are noted. Grune & Stratton unknown books
191519633London 1915. First Edition. Softcover. Very good. 28 pp. Original stapled wrappers show some wear and creasing to wraps and there is a small indentation at the fore edge. Text clean. The second of only three issues published. Includes the second installment of "The Crown" by Lawrence "The Little Governess" by Berry Mansfield and "There Was a Little Man" by Murray. paperback books
19462281668Wetzel Publishing Co. Inc 1946. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Signed by author. First edition. Inscribed and signed by author on front flyleaf 'A splendid New Year to our newly made friends. Jan 1 - 1955 Sincerely Jean B. Kosht.'. 1946 Hard Cover. 102 2 pp. 8vo. "The author enjoys an outstanding reputation for her knowledge of training and raising canaries. She has many trophies and awards for her success in this work. Kosht brings her readers a vivid account of the lives of her trained canaries. Embued with the spirit of make-believe the author weaves a romantic tale around Tinkerbell and Don Bonito and another about Fastidious Bunny. An enchanting book of true bird stories this volume also contains information which will prove invaluable in the raising of a family of birds or in the care of one caged pet. Such subjects as: The Care and Feeding of Your Singer How to Devise Proper Perches and Amusing Toys Treatment of Birds During Moulting Nesting Materials The Raising of Small Birds Bird Bath Diet including 'treats' seed green food bread and milk etc." Includes black-and-white photographs of canaries performing tricks perching on the author etc. Wetzel Publishing Co., Inc hardcover books
1964194273NEW YORK BRAZILLER 1964 1964. WHITE CLOTH STAMPED BLACK ON SPINE AND UPPER COVER SLIGHT BROWNING; PUBLISHER'S BLACK CLOTH SLIPCASE STAMPED IN SILVER; INTRODUCTORY ESSAY 1 COLOR PLATE AND 12 B/W ILLUSTRATIONS BY SHAHN; TEXT POEM BY BERRY; TWO REATIONS TO THE JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION FROM THE FAMOUS GRAPHIC ARTIST AND THE WELL-KNOWN POET. FIRST TRADE EDITION VERY GOOD. 1st Edition. Hardcover. NEW YORK, BRAZILLER [1964] hardcover books
199510180St. Louis and Portland OR: Missouri Botanical Garden/Timber Press 1995. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. The first 5 volumes of this exhaustive study of the "Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana" 1995-1999. Each volume is in pristine condition. Clean and Fine in bright Fine dustjackets. Thick uniform quartos over 3400 pgs. all told hundreds and hundreds of detailed illustrations. Vol. 1: Introduction; Vol. 2: Pteridophytes/Spermatophytes/ACANTHACEAE-ARACEAE; Vol. 3: ARALIACEAE-CACTACEAE; Vol. 4: CAESALPINIACEAE-ERICACEAE and Vol. 5: ERIOCAULACEAE-LENTIBULARIACEAE. Also includes the 2 large fold-out maps accompanying the set which are here included in publisher's printed envelope. <br/><br/> Missouri Botanical Garden/Timber Press hardcover books
191666868Chicago: A.C. McClurg and Company. Very Good. 1916. Hardcover. 263 pages. 7.75x5.25 inches. Brown cloth covers with gilt and black printing. The covers are just slightly soiled and rubbed. Previous owner bookplate and signature. Otherwise the contents are bright and complete. About Very Good. . A.C. McClurg and Company hardcover books
191619557Chicago: A. C. Mcclurg & Co. Very Good. 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-lib rust cloth with bright gilt lettering on cover. Top and bottom of back strip are slightly chipped. Some soil to edges. Illustrated. . A. C. Mcclurg & Co. hardcover books
