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171510700Paris, Jean Boudot, 1715. In-8 de (6)-956 pp., vestiges de cartonnage de l'époque, sous étui moderne.
xvi, 498 pages. Index. Forty-nine black and white photos and illustrations. Map of India. Frontis portrait of author. "The subtle but definite laws by which yogis perform miracles and attain complete self-mastery are explained with a scientific clarity." - Dust jacket. "His unusual life document is certainly one of the most revealing of the depths of the Hindu mind and heart, and of the spiritual wealth of India, ever to be published in the West." - Preface. Selected as one of the "100 Most Important Spiritual Books of the Twentieth Century" by a committee led by Philip Zaleski on behalf of HarperSanFrancisco. Included in the book "50 Spiritual Classics" by Tom Butler-Bowdon. Unmarked with moderate wear to beige publisher's cloth. Binding sound. Above-average wear to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. Steve Jobs thought so highly of this work that departing attendees of his memorial service were each given a copy. Book
1906219991NP ca.1906 1906. First Edition. Paperback. All photographs are in a very good condition slightly edge-nicked and dulled as with age. A selection of the portraits are mounted on stiff card. Overall this unique collection remains particularly well-preserved. Further scans images etc. and additional bibliographical material available on request. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 0 pages; A remarkable collection of over 30 original photographs relating to Vladimir Chertkov and Tuckton House in England the home of Free Age Press which published works of Tolstoy from his original manuscripts. The photographs include portraits of Chertkov his family and other members of the 'Tolstoy Commune'. Also included are photos of the house and other buildings with some shots of a building on fire. Some photos are labelled and dated on the reverse 1905-1912. Biographical note: Vladimir Chertkov Leo Tolstoys secretary and friend travelled to England in 1897 after his exile by the Russian government. He settled at Tuckton House where Tolstoy had enjoyed a summer holiday in 1894. Tchertkov brought with him thirty or so other emigres mainly middle-class artisans and professionals who were resolved to publish the works of their mentor Tolstoy. Chertkov put his money energy and leadership skills into the remarkable Free Age Press run by A. C. Fifield. Over the next few years this small press produced 424 million pages of Tolstoys writing. Its propagating work was then carried on by the publisher C. W. Daniel also a fan of Tolstoy and who acquired the rights of the Free Age Press around 1906. NP, ca.1906 paperback
198327269Mountain & Sea Publishing 1983 HB NODJ Issued Photographic Cover with Label & Gold Gilt Decorated1983 LATER Edition FINE/F- NOJACKET SIGNED ALOHA TOM BLAKE 1989 on Title pg in Black Ink . Signed by Authors. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Tom Blake PHOTOGRAPHY. Mountain & Sea Publishing hardcover
1985240112London, Victoria and Albert Museum 1985. 6 leaves booklet and 16 handpulled dust-grained photogravures on Lana Gravure Paper. Image size: varied, paper size: 51 x 41 cm, portfolio case: 53 x 43 cm,
191216644London, New-York HARRAP & CO 1912 1 IN-8 Dessins et mise en page de Will Pogany. Londres, Harrap & Co, 1912, grand in-8, plein vélin blanc estampé doré, dos titré doré, tête dorée.
281 pages. Author signed and inscribed this copy to John Dumont upon front free endpaper. "In this presentation, it will be shown that all components within every system, including all primary measurable forms of mass-energy and all complex components derived therefrom, function perpetually in accordance with the laws of motion in absolute freely-moving-body environments. It will also be shown that the bonding forces of any structural frame of any particle are nothing more and nothing less than the stability that results from pure vector mechanics in equilibria, functioning as freely-moving, composite frames, and that the stability is conserved through the instant mutual exchange of kinetic-energy-momenta... Therefore, all events should be considered purely as mechanical phenomena, and should never be considered as general or abstract phenomena." - from Introduction. Includes over a dozen black and white figures. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Binding intact. Gilt lettering upon navy backstrip and front board moderately rubbed but remains legible. A sound copy. Book
In-4° grande, (2cc), V-XXVII, 533pp, (1c), legatura in pieno marocchino coevo di Gozzi Modena con doublure in marocchino verde alle armi di Paulucci de Calboli e della città di Forlì, sguardie in seta rossa, fregi in oro su entrambi i piatti, titolo in oro al dorso, fregi in oro al dorso, nervature. Unico volume pubblicato.
193425365ENew York: Frederick A. Stokes 1934. First Edition. Near fine bright copy in a very good dust jacket with a 1/4 inch piece to the head of the spine some minor dust soiling to the rear panel and a few very small chips and tears. The publisher created a contest for readers of the book with the details outlined on the rear panel of the dust jacket. The contest was to remain open until 30 days before the opening game of the World Series: “Twenty-five official Big League Baseballs personally autographed by Babe Ruth will be given as prizes to the twenty-five best answers in fifty words or less to the following question: Was it necessary for Detective Kelly to shoot the pigeon or was he unjustified in taking the life of this harmless creature.†Frederick A. Stokes unknown
1987STLB0058Graz, Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt 1987. 20x14,5 cm, brauner Büttenkarton mit goldgeprägtem Deckeltitel, 494 S. (1 + 245 1 Bl.), 65 farb. Miniaturen, jede Seite mit Goldauflage, wie im Original ist jede Seite randbeschnitten, dunkelroter Orig. Samtband auf 5 Bünden, Vollgoldschnitt; Komentarband 78 S., OLn.; zus. in grüner OLn.-Kassette mit goldgeprägtem Rückenschild. Kassette mit unwesentl. Stauchspuren an den Stellkanten, sonst neuwertig. (ehemal. Neupreis ? 2.600,-). Nr. 191 von 700 nummerierten Exemplaren. - Entstehungszeit des Codex zwischen 1503 und 1513, Gent - Brügge. Das mittelalterliche Stundenbuch war ein sehr persönliches Buch. Ein hervorragendes Beispiel hierfür ist das Gebetbuch Jakobs IV. und seiner Gemahlin Margaret Tudor. Die Hochzeit des Königs der Schotten mit der Tochter des englischen Herrschers Heinrich VII., die mit großen politischen Hoffnungen verknüpft war, wurde 1503 in Holyrood gefeiert. Unser Stundenbuch dürfte das Hochzeitsgeschenk des Bräutigams an die Braut gewesen sein. Wer auch immer den Auftrag zu diesem Werk gegeben haben mag, er hat die Anfertigung seines Geschenkes einem der führenden Buchmalerateliers jener Zeit übertragen.
174911118La Haye, Neaulme, 1749 ; 2 tomes reliés en un volume in-12 ; plein veau fauve marbré, dos à faux-nerfs dorés, décoré et doré, pièce de titre grenat, roulette dorée sur les coupes, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque) ; (8), 228, (4), pp. [229]-449, (1) pp. faute à corriger.
In folio; pp. (32) 404 (2) 405-588 (26), testo su due colonne; frontespizio stampato in rosso e nero con grande vignetta calcografica. Legatura in piena pergamena rigida coeva e titolo manoscritto al dorso.Piccola nota di possesso manoscritta al front. A p. 405 inizia l’Appendix miscellanea ad Historiam Gotteschalci, contenente anche un frammento di S. Agostino De libero arbitrio. Louis Cellot (1588-1658) scrive quest’opera storica sulla controversia con i predestinari, contro Gottschalk (monaco vissuto nell’800) e Maugin (giansenista, che aveva invece difeso l’ortodossia di Godescalcus). Gottschalk a Orbais studiò e ripropose la teoria agostiniana della predestinazone, rigettata anche da Rabano mauro e definita come un’eresia. “The Gottschalk controversy was first made the subject of historical investigation and critical discussion in the seventeenth century, but was disturbed by the doctrinal antagonism between Jansenists (Jansen, Mauguin) and Jesuits (Sirmond, Cellot). The Calvinistic historians (Ussher, Hottinger) sided with Gottschalk and the Jansenists”.
15406505Venetia (Venezia), Marchia Sessa, 1540 ; in-8 ; plein vélin vieil ivoire (reliure de l'époque) ; (32) ff., 224 ff., le dernier verso blanc ; grand bois gravé (88 x 78 mm) en page de titre représentant Sainte Catherine recevant les stigmates et marque d'imprimeur à la suite du collophon, achevé d'imprimer du 29 avril 1540, date anniversaire de la mort de la Sainte (29 avril 1380).
Iconic cover photo of Albert Einstein at blackboard proving the principle of Equivalence. 56 pages. Features: Exploring Prehistoric Georgia; Radio Facsimile (early fax machine development) - article with great photos; Building the World's Deepest-Water Bridge - connecting San Francisco and Oakland; Preserving rose bushes with paraffin for shipping; Nova Herculis recently discovered; Amazing growth in the packaging industry; Sundials and their construction - part IX - the principle and construction of the armillary sphere; The Oddest Thing About the Jews - Why Jews have some diseases more and others less than Gentiles - they often are first-class insurance risks; Stout "Scarab" auto photos and write-up; Photo of Einstein with Leo J. Scanlon; Tiny race cars - a developing sport; Astounding facts about American homes and sanitary conditions; Creative photo enlargement; Rapidly growing hybrid poplars; Frederick H. Ecker on progress in this age of science; Photo of harvesting American-grown rubber in California - Guayule; and more. Above-average external wear and soiling. Openings at each end of coverfold. Chip from lower corner of back cover. An uncommon Einstein collectible. Please note that large faint text appearing on image is not on magazine. Magazine
80 pages. Features: Magnificent cover illustration by William Winter depicts a quintessentially Canadian backyard skating rink; Household Finance (HFC) ad on page one features photo of Mr. J.B. Vaillancourt, manager of the Shawinigan Falls, Quebec office; Our Sham Defense Battle - Editorial; Krupp, Schacht and Rommel - Beverley Baxter reflects on what happened at the Castle Harben on October 1, 1946 in the wake of the Nuremberg Trials verdicts; William Stephenson - The Biggest Private Eye of All - he directed the most secret of all cloak-and-dagger operations of the Second World War - here, for the first time, is the story of the man who pulled the strings which spiked Hitler's guns in the western hemisphere - article with photo; Dr. Gordon M. Bell's School for Sobriety - The Shadow Brook Health Foundation for men and the Willowdale Hospital for Women, both located on the outskirts of Toronto; Karsh's Charlottetown (PEI) - The City That's One Big Farm - article with great Karsh photos, especially a large shot of Premier Walter Jones meeting voters to resolve their issue, and another of Dr. Roderick Macdonald at age 94; Maude Burbank and her Musical Moppets - she takes care of two musical bands of Moncton youngsters; Manitoulin Island - The Eden Isle of Evil Spirits - article with nice colour photos; What the Boyd Gang Fiasco Can Teach Us - the Mayor or Toronto, Allan Lamport assails conditions which helped the Boyd Gang terrorize his city; The Slide That Shook The West - A Maclean's Flashback article to the April 29, 1903 Frank Slide, in which part of Turtle Mountain crashed into Crowsnest Pass, destroying the town of Frank; The World's Most Ardent Birdwatcher - Peter Scott, the gifted son of Scott of the Antarctic will fly anywhere to gaze lovingly at rare wildfowl - article with photos; You Can't Stop a Woman Crying; Nice one-page colour ad for Stanfield's "Look-Alike" Balbriggan Pajamas with happy family scene; Gaines Meal dog food ad features illustration of Saint Bernard; Vintage Frigidaire ad includes lengthy Christmas message and suburban evening scene of appliances being delivered to happy homes; Cream of Wheat ad features Li'l Abner; Vintage colour ad for Christie's Premium Crackers; Colour centrefold ad for Ekco and their many kitchen products; Champion Spark Plug ad includes photos of 12 new members of the 100-mile-an-hour club at Indianapolis; Two-page colour ad for Revere Cookware - 'the world's finest'; Lightning Zipper ad shows irate wife fixing husband's trousers while he stands, semi-dressed, taking her abuse; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Two-inch opening to fore-edge of front cover and first two pages mended with archival tape. A sound copy of this very special issue. Book
193053742New York: Macmillan Company 1930. 8vo. 8 230 pp. Navy-blue publisher’s cloth gilt lettering minor rubbing to spine very minor shelfwear w/ d.j. printed on metallic silver coated paper Art Deco cover art of 1920s limousine and the well-dressed set in orange & black minor chipping to head & foot of spine very minor edgewear & creasing upper fore-edge couple very small closed tears w/ minor very small tape repair still a VG/VG- copy. First edition of this fast-paced novel set against the backdrop of a penniless Russian Prince exiled by the Revolution who makes a deal with a clever Chicago fashion buyer to act as chauffeur and purchase the sumptuous “Car of Croesus†rented at exorbitant rates to patrons wishing to appear as millionaires. Poole won the first Pulitzer Prize for The Family in 1918. Very scarce in the original dustjacket. Macmillan Company, hardcover
1808DEZ-2587Paris, Warée, 1808. 4 volumes in-8, reliure anglaise,plein maroquin à grains longs époque, dos à nerfs orné de fleurons, de filets et de roulettes dorées et à froid, titre doré, plats encadrés d'un filet doré, d'un triple filet, de roulettes et d'écoinçons estampés à froid, coupes de gouttière ornées, chasses ornées de roulettes dorées, toutes tranches dorées, faux-titre, titre, XXI, 1 pp non chiffrée, 465 pp; faux-titre, titre, XIV, 467 pp; faux-titre, titre, XXXII, 514 pp; XVI, 521 pp, 3 pp non chiffrées. Exemplaire à grandes marges sur vergé de Hollande, avec double état des 4 gravures en frontispice gravés par Delvaux (Vicaire, V, 690; Brunet, I, 646). Coins émoussés, coiffes, mors et coupes frottés, dorures sur les coupes en partie effacées, 2 petites déchirures internes, quelques rares rousseurs.
159398621593 veau orné XIXe, dos à n., tr. dorées. fort in-12, (13ff. dont titre et trois portraits sur cuivre v° du 12 f. et r° et v° du 13e f.), 881pp., (14ff. de tables), (Genève) Pour Iaques Chouët 1593,
1656598361 vol. petit in-4 reliure restaurée probablement fin XVIIIe demi-basane marbrée, Apud Petrum Avril, et Joannem Le Boullenger, Andegavi [ Angers ], 1656, frontispice, 6 ff., 85-25 pp.
1 vol. petit in-4 reliure restaurée probablement fin XVIIIe demi-basane marbrée, Apud Petrum Avril, et Joannem Le Boullenger, Andegavi [ Angers ], 1656, frontispice, 6 ff., 85-25 pp. Rare exemplaire de cette étude par François de Roye (16..-1686), professeur de droit à Angers, sur la vie et la doctrine de Bérenger de Tours (998-1088). Elève de l'évêque Fulbert, puis écolâtre du monastère de Saint-Martin de Tours, Bérenger devient archidiacre d'Angers en l'an 1039. Une importante controverse eucharistique oppose alors Bérenger à l'abbé du Bec, Lanfranc de Pavie et à Abbon de Fleury. Dénoncé comme hérétique au Concile de Verceil (1050), l'accès à la ville d'Angers lui sera interdit et il sera même exilé sur l'île Saint-Côme, sur la Loire, à la demande du Pape Grégoire VII. Après maintes rétractations et condamnation, il mourra réconcilié avec l'Eglise, à l'âge de 90 ans. L'auteur s'applique à disculper l'évêque d'Angers Eusèbe Brunon de la même accusation d'hérésie. Notre exemplaire est enrichi d'un beau portrait de Beranger de Tours (ce portrait semble manquer aux autres exemplaires identifiés). Bon état. (dos frotté, reliure probablement habilement restaurée fin XVIIIe ou début XIXe, qq. annotations anciennes et qq. annotations au crayon, ex libris ms "Ex Bibliotheca Aug. Le Roy de La Potherie de Neuville Andegavi", cachet d'ex-libris André Bizouillier). Brunet, VI, 22385 Latin
189646854Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1896. 4to. Near contemp. full cloth. Spine gilt and with gilt lettering. Bookmark, ""The Chemists Club"" in gold on lower part of spine. Light wear along edges. In: ""Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences"", Tome 122 (Entire volume offered).1633 pp. The papers: 420-421, pp. 501-502, pp. 559-564, pp. 689-694, pp. 762-767 and pp. 1086-1088.
189646854Paris Gauthier-Villars 1896. 4to. Near contemp. full cloth. Spine gilt and with gilt lettering. Bookmark "The Chemists Club" in gold on lower part of spine. Light wear along edges. In: "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences" Tome 122 Entire volume offered.1633 pp. The papers: 420-421 pp. 501-502 pp. 559-564 pp. 689-694 pp. 762-767 and pp. 1086-1088. <br/><br/><em>First appearance of the six landmark papers in which Becquerel documents his discovery of Radio-activity PROMPTING THE NUCLEAR AGE.Becquerel was an expert in fluorescence and phosphorescence continuing the work of his father and grandfather. Follwing the discovery of X-rays by Röntgen Bexquerel investigated fluorescent materials to see if they also emitted X-rays. He exposed a fluorescent uranium salt pechblende to light and then placed it on a wrapped photographic plate.He found that a faint image was left on the plate which he believed was due to the pichblende emitting the light it had absorbed as a more penetrating radiation. However by chace he left a sample that had not been exposed to light on top of a photographic plate in a drawer. he noticed that the photographic plate also had a a faint image of the pechblende. After several chemical tests he concluded that these "Becquerel rays" were a property of atoms. He had by chace discovered radio-activity and prompted thee beginning of the nuclear age. He shared the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903 with Marie and Pierre Curie. The "Becquerel Rays" were later discovered to be a composite of three forms of emanation distinguished by Rutherford as alpha beta and gamma rays.Dibner: 163 the later Mémoire from 1903 - PMM: 393 1903- Mémoire - Garrison & Morton: 2001 only the first paper. - Magie "A Sourve Book in Physics" p. 610 ff. - Norman:157. </em> hardcover
1926YRG-373Première édition, in-8 broché, complet des onze planches soit 22 arcanes en couleur. 327 pages, quelques pages légèrement jaunies dans les marges, couverture sous plastic, insolée en partie, 4ème de couverture taché en bas. Page de titre désolidarisée, rabat de la couverture replier désolidarisés et présent. Voir photographies. Nourry. Paris.
193058055Portland OR: Hollywood College of Music Dancing & Fine Arts Baker Studio Granada Studio La Vere Photo Shoppe Photo Craft Studios ca. 1930-1933. Oblong 4to. 24 original photographs all preserved in archival mylar sleeves sized 6.25 x 7 in. up to 8 x 10 in. some w/ photographer’s imprint w/in negative others w/ manuscript captions added a few w/ annotations and/or photographer’s instructions on versos all with bright strong contrast a few w/ offsetting from previous mounting on versos and one w/ very small pinholes at corners from prior mounting. Recent cloth binder stamping front cover excellent grouping. These photographs vividly document the dance and music studio operated by Annabelle Knowles reflecting the fast evolving costumes and aesthetics of the twilight of the Roaring 20’s as the U.S. descended into the Great Depression. These photos also clearly reflect the influence of Gus Edwards 1879-1945 vaudeville’s premier producer of kiddie acts and who had produced and released the shorts “Kiddie Revue†in 1930 and 1931. His influence was not only driven by his songs “By the Light of the Silvery Moon & “School Days†but also discovering such stars as Groucho Marx Eddie Cantor Mae Murray Sally Rand and many others. The images depict girls in two-piece outfits in front of Art Deco staging for “Body and Soulâ€; bare-backed girls in Flapper Era inspired costumes for chorus line “Kiddie Revueâ€; song and dance routines featuring Ronald Chetwood in top hat with Marcile Shillito Virginia Collins and chorus line in Jazz Age era costumes and canes; and several show Barbara Jane Wicks Shirley Jay Mulkey and Sunny Dentler in Spanish inspired costumes for “Baby Vanities.†Another shows adolescent boy and girl dance team in an “Apache†dance inspired costume number. The Hollywood College of Music Dance & Fine Arts offered classes and instruction in all ages with the last few photos showing teenage girls in chorus line with short hair coquettish expressions and teamwork or chorus line numbers. Annabelle Knowles 1900-1989 was a musician and dancer who founded the Hollywood College of Music Dancing & FIne Arts at 4112 NE Sandy Blvd. some time in the late 1920’s. Most of the street directory references focus on 1929-1932 and her British-America theatre-director husband at the time Vincent Knowles 1883-1944 worked at the studio as well. Baker 1882-1972 was a longtime commercial studio photographer in Portland OR who had initially begun as a photographer with noted tourist travel guide Howard Eaton photographing tours through National Pakrs. Beem 1892-1984 was founder and photographer at Granada Studio located in the 1930’s at 515 Swetland Building in Portland. Centlivere 1878-1964 owned and operated La Vere Photo Shoppe and Photo Craft Studios on Sandy Blvd. in Portland for nearly all of his career. We could find no similar collections or photographs or even references to Annabelle Knowles and very few examples of any of these three photography studios in institutional holdings. Hollywood College of Music, Dancing & Fine Arts, Baker Studio, Granada Studio, La Vere Photo Shoppe, Photo Craft Studios, hardcover
192658100New York & Chicago: J.L. Taylor & Co. 1926. Thick elephant folio 17 x 23.25 x 2.5 ins. 75 3 pp. printed on thick card stock each mounted on linen hinge. With 17 colour fashion plates illustrating Taylor styles of the period verso of almost all pages with 364 of 375 mounted textile samples in wool wool-rayon blends some felt backed silk moleskin corduroy cashmere waistband sample and more -- all samples clearly marked with prices and availability some of the 12 missing samples are indicated in pencil as being “Out†as well as a few present 1 additional pinned-in numerous illustrations throughout in blue-green colour tinting including Chicago & New York factories some diagrams charts and graphs. Original half-green cloth over gray green cloth corners gilt lettering on front cover colour plate w/ J.L. Taylor tailor mounted front cover some wear & minor bumping to fore-edges corners some minor soiling & occasional foxing to interior leaves -- some of it dust from the wool samples 10-15 samples with minor deterioration and evidence of old predation still a very good unsophisticated and remarkably complete example w/ original 9 x 21 in. double-sided stock list in red & black laid-in. First edition of this scarce and unusually complete salesman sample catalogue for Jazz era men’s suits in 1928-1929. J.L. Taylor maintained a huge tailoring operation in both Chicago and New York until after World War II employing hundreds of tailors and seamstresses to fill orders. The catalogues were very expensive to produce and so were most often found in department stores mercantiles and men’s stores which would have these catalogues on the sales floor for two years or more. The catalogue offers invaluable illustrated historical reference for the colours styles and fabrics during the era of F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Flappers. Most of the colour fashion plates illustrating the available styles have elegantly dressed women and settings in the background including with an emphasis on sporting in summer so golf tennis croquet canoeing boating and swimming all make an appearance. Of particular interest is the wonderful dress chart indicating styles needed clothes accessories and shoes which one would need for Day Wedding Matinee Reception Evening Dress and many others offering an excellent marketing opportunity for the store to sell the customer items to compliment his suits overcoats and other fashion wear ordered from J.L. Taylor. The final plate focuses on the lightweight “Palm Beach†& “Mohair†suits at the height of the 1920’s boom in Florida featuring snappily dressed models in Panama straw hats and a lightweight fedora. Worldcat locates 1 partial copy Preserved at the Library of Congress stripped of samples and used as scrapbook for Wilbur’s Drug Store prescriptions of Portland ME -- not an unusual occurrence. J.L. Taylor & Co., hardcover
