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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
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.
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”.
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
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
Former classics scholar's bookplate on inner cover (John H. Betts). Corners bumped. Light scratches to boards. Edgewear to bottom of spine. Small stamped 'J' on inner back cover. ; Volume I: The Hieroglyphic and Primitive Linear Classes with an Account of the Discovery of the Pre-Phoenician Scripts, their Place in Minoan Story and their Mediterranean Relations. With Plates, Tables and Figures in the Text. 13 full pages of plates at end. ; Volume 1 Only. ; Vol. 1; 302 pages
1 vol. in-4 reliure de l'époque demi-basane rouge, Dumoulin, Paris, 1852, 97 pp., 1 f. n. ch. avec 1 planche dépliante ; 92-12 pp. et 5 planches hors texte. Titre complet : Monographie du Coffret de M. le Duc de Blacas [ Avec : ] Suite de la Monographie du Coffret de M. le Duc de Blacas ou Preuves du Manichéisme dans l'Ordre du Temple Rare exemplaire bien complet de la monographie et de sa suite (avec la 'Statistique de la Milice du Temple, ressortissant du Grand Prieuré de Voulaine, autrement dit Grand Prieuré de Champagne'), et bien complet des 6 planches. Le coffret en pierre calcaire du château d'Essarois (ancienne Commanderie templière) fut découvert en 1789, puis acquis chez un antiquaire parisien par le Duc de Blacas en 1818. Partant du caractère androgyne de la figure sculptée sur le coffret, l'historien bourguignon Prosper Mignard (1802-1891) remonte à la gnose valentinienne et aux influences gnostique, cathare et manichéenne sur l'ordre des Templiers. Les analyses artistiques postérieures semblent reconnaître au coffret une facture plus tardive (XVIe ou XVIIe siècle ?), mais le mystère demeure. Etat très satisfaisant (un accroc au mors, dos frotté, qq. rouss. mais bon état par ailleurs) Français
188 pages. Cover illustration by Lawrence Smith Beall of outdoor ballet at the St. Louis Municipal Opera Theatre. Features: Nice colour Lincoln ad inside front cover features a cream-colored two-door with black roof and red interior; Many pages of gorgeous fashion ads with color and black and white photos; The Story of St. Louis - article with photo of the Joseph Pulitzer IV family, Mrs. Warren Shapleigh and daughters, guests at the home of Joseph L. Werner, and more; Years of the Prophet (The Veiled Prophet Ball) - article with photos of Susie Slayback, Mrs. Oscar H. Vieths, Alice Busch, Mary Virginia Collins, Rosalie McRee and Mary Kennard Wallace; Fair Saint Louisans - fashion photos of Mrs. Henry Rand, Mrs. H. Hanford Smith, Jr., Carol Moon GardnerMrs. Rumsey Ewing, Mr. and Mrs. John Peil, Mrs. Eugene F. Williams, Jr.(the former Evelyn Niedringhaus), Jane Genry Shelton, Sally Shepley, Mrs. J.H. Howe III, Marty Marion of the St. Louis Browns with Mrs. Edward Bakewell Jr., Mrs. Theodore P. Desloge, Mrs. Thomas Pettus with sons Peter and Teddy, Mrs. Russell Lortz, Mrs. John Brodhead, Jr., Mrs. David Calhoun, Mrs. James Hudson Jones (formerly Mary Elizabeth Robertson), Mrs. Jackson Johnson III, and Mrs. Elzey M. Roberts, Jr.; Music in the Missouri Air; Citadel of Art; 23 Westmoreland Place - photos of the residence of Mr. and Mrs. H.B. Mathews, Jr., built by architect G.E. Henderson; Selma Hall (photos); Age of Fable; Fashion photos of the Baronessa De Reutern Aloisi and Contessa Simonetta Visconti, Principessa Lola Giovannelli, and Comtesse Nicolas Cziraky; Paris fashion photos; Photos from the third annual Belmont Ball and a party for Richard Rodgers; St. Louis Fare; September fashion photos; Photos of the Cleveland ball for Beth Wagley, daughter of Mrs. John S. Lucas; several pages of high-end real estate listings, and more. Page 57 nearly loose, otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this stunning snapshot of high society in 1952 St. Louis. Book
Publiées d'après les textes conservés à la Bibliothèque Royale et Aux Archives du Royaume, Ouvrage destiné à servir de complément aux collections Guizot, Buchon, Petitot et Leber, 27 vol. in-8 br., couv. protégées sous papier cristal, Beauvais, Delloye, Blanchet, Paris, 1834-1837 (série 1), 1837-1840 (Série 2). Rappel du titre complet : Archives Curieuses de l'Histoire de France, depuis Louis XI jusqu'à Louis XVIII (Série 1 : 15 Tomes ; Série 2 : 12 Tomes Soit ensemble 27 Tomes - Complet) ou Collection de pièces rares et intéressantes telles que Chroniques, mémoires, Pamphlets, Lettres, Vies, Procès, Testamens, Exécutions, Sièges, Batailles, Massacres, Entrevues, Fêtes, Cérémonies funèbres, etc. etc. Belle série parfaitement complète, conservée telle que parue sous ses couvertures d'origine et réunissant les 15 tomes de la première série aux 12 tomes de la seconde. Bon ensemble (qq. mouill. marginales en tranche sup. des premiers volumes, très bel état par ailleurs). Peu commun ainsi complet en bon état. Français
153 pages. Signed and inscribed by author (dated 1952) upon second blank leaf. Prior owner's signature upon same page. Average wear. Binding sound. Dr. Drown "... produced stunning photographs of soft and hard tissue anywhere within the body using only a dried drop of the patient's blood on a piece of blotter paper." - Trevor Constable. A very rare signed item by this incredibly gifted woman. Book
676 pages including index. The great events of three decades shown in political, economic, military, technological, social, and intellectual context. Originally published as Part II of Tragedy and Hope. "Deals successively with World War II, the transformed age that followed, the period of nuclear rivalry and the Cold War, and the era of shifting international power balances in the 1960s." - from back cover. For this edition Quigley included a new introduction providing a perspective for the period. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
334 pages including index. "The thrust of this challenging book is that America is the first society to move beyond the industrial age into the new "technetronic" era, and that this transition affects directly both our international and our domestic problems. Part 1 describes the impact of the scientific revolution on world affairs in general and on the Third World in particular, and exposes the ambiguous position of its principal disseminators, the US. Part 2 examines how this has effected the content, style, and format of man's political outlook on his global reality. Part 3 assesses the contemporary relevance of communism to the problems of modernity. Part 4 focuses upon the US, a society that is both a social pioneer and a guinea pig for mankind, and examines the crisis of American institutions and values during the current transition - as well as the challenge posed by the New Left. Part 5 outlines in broad terms the general direction the US might take in order to make an effective response to its foreign and domestic dilemmas." - from dust jacket (not included). "This is one of the most original books on political and social thought to appear in recent years. The author projects the impact of technology and electronics on the political and social values of the United States, the Soviet Union and other 'post-industrial' states. As a study of global society in transition, this seminal work is bound to elicit major controversy and will be difficult to ignore." - Foreign Affairs. Bit of soiling to fore-edge else clean and unmarked with light wear. Light wear to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy. Book
Illustrations de Jean Gradassi "Le Miniaturiste", un des 350 exemplaires numérotés de 351 à 700 (n° 520) enrichis d'une illustrations originale en couleurs et d'une suite en gris de payne des illustrations hors texte, 3 vol. in-4 reliure éditeur plein chagrin grenat estampé à froid et richement orné sous étuis bordés, tête dorée, Achevé d'Imprimer sur les Presses de de la Société Le Chant des Sphères sous la direction de Joseph Pardo, Editions Arts et Couleurs, Editions Sefer JP, Monte Carlo, 1978 - 1979 Bel exemplaire du tirage à 350 exemplaires enrichi d'une planche originale en couleurs (en l'espèce il s'agit de la planche "Le Grand Ferré") et de la suite en gris. Le célèbre miniaturiste Jean Gradassi illustre ici le chef-d'oeuvre de l'archiviste et historien Siméon Luce (1833-1892) qui rassemble sous ce titre des études très diverses sur la période, dont nous donnons quelques exemples : "La mort de Charles V" ; "Perrette de La Rivière, dame de la Roche-Guyon" ; "Louis d'Estouteville et la défense du Mont-Saint-Michel" ; "Jeanne Paynel à Chantilly", etc. etc... Louis Gautier put écrire de l'historien : "personne n'a mieux connu cette désastreuse époque, personne ne l'a mieux jugée. On peut dire qu'il fréquentait personellement tous les acteurs de ce grand drame, et qu'il était jour par jour au courant de leurs moindres affaires". Bel exemplaire (petit mouchetage sur le plat d'un étui, parfait état par ailleurs). Français
Sixteen colour prints of Vietnamese children's art circa 1968 through 1970. Prints measure approximately 10.25" by 7.25" with actual picture size of approximately 8.5" by 6.25". All text in Vietnamese. Verso of each print bears print number (1 through 16), plus what appears to be title, artist's name, date, and age of artist. Print one shows a seated Ho Chi Minh surrounded by adoring children. Print five shows children gathering vegetation to assist soldiers in the camouflaging of a large truck-mounted rocket. Print 16 shows a soldier teaching children how to use a rifle. Prints are stored in a well-worn but still attractive colour-illustrated protective cover. Bottom of cover reads "Nha xuat ban my thuat - am nhac." Prints in nice shape with no markings. Includes yellowed business card of a Japan-based Canadian academic. A lovely, fascinating and unique set. Book
Calais, Imprimerie Peumery, 1908; in-8, XIV pp. + 319 pp. + 336 pp., reliures demi-chagrin brun, dos orné à nerfs. Très bon état.
Published in the late 1970s, this magnificently illustrated set brings to life the richness of our real Canadian past, in all its colour and vitality. "There are no fictional embellishments. Some of Canada's best authors have used sensitivity, imagination, and true literary skill to tell Canada's story as it really was. These are not academic textbooks, but a fascinating and accurate 'social history' that should appeal to everyone." - Professor J. Michael Bliss, University of Toronto. "Delivers a totally new and essential look at ourselves, with a broad down-to-realities approach." - Peter C. Newman. Includes the following volumes: The First Canadians, The Colonial Dream 1497-1760, Redcoats and Loyalists 1760-1815, Days of the Rebels 1815-1840, Pioneer Days 1840-1860, Dawn of the Nation 1860-1870, The Age of Innocence 1870-1880, Canada Moves Westward 1880-1890, The Naughty Nineties 1890-1900, Into the 20th Century 1900-1910, The Years of Agony 1910-1920, The Crazy Twenties 1920-1930, The Hungry Thirties 1930-1940, A Time of Heroes 1940-1950, The Booming Fifites 1950-1960, The Years of Progress 1960-1970. Moderate to average wear. Unmarked with the exception of the last volume which bears a few library markings. Binding of the 1930-1940 volume is taped at title page. Binding of the 1900-1910 volume is weak at title page. A quality copy of this magnificent set. Book
1 vol. fort in-8 carré reliure demi-veau brun, dos à 5 nerfs richement orné, G. Gounouilhou, Bordeaux, Paris, 1891, X-457 pp. avec pl. dont une dépliantes et G. Gounouilhou, Bordeaux, J. Rouam, Paris, 1893, 231 pp. Très bel exemplaire réunissant les deux ouvrages consacrés par le professeur Emile Labroue au Périgord Blanc et à Bergerac. L'auteur précise dans la préface à cette seconde édition de "Bergerac sous les Anglais" : "Notre éditeur bordelais, M. G. Gounouilhou, qui ne néglige aucune occasion de mettre en lumière tout ce qui intéresse l'histoire de Bergerac, sa ville natale, a pensé qu'il convenait de présenter au public, sous un même format, nos deux études d'histoire provinciale, "Bergerac sous les Anglais" et "Le Livre de Vie", et de faire ainsi, en deux volumes in-4, comme une "Histoire de Bergerac au XIVe siècle". C'est avec plaisir que nous avons répondu à son invitation, et nous publions aujourd'hui une seconde édition de "Bergerac sous les Anglais". Français
Concinnata & Historica narratione (sed brevi) illustrata Opera ac Studio Ioannis Iacobi Luckii Argentoratensis, Cum gratia et privilegio Sacrae Caesareae Maiestatis, 1 vol. in-folio reliure de l'époque pleine basane marron, dos à 6 nerfs orné, Sumptibis Ipsi Authoris, Typis Reppianis, Argentinae [Strasbourg ], 1620, 4 ff., 383 pp. et 1 f. Plus qu'un superbe catalogue numismatique recueillant les pièces et médailles provenant de la collection de l'auteur, ce bel ouvrage richement illustré des portrait des grands personnages du temps évoque les faits et geste de chacun d'entre eux, de manière chronologique. Brunet évoque un "recueil devenu assez rare". Grand généalogiste et collectionneur, Johann Jacob Luck (1574-1635) finit sa carrière en tant que bailli du Staufenberg (Bade). Etat satisfaisant (manque important à un feuillet - le folio H - un manque en coiffe sup., qq. mouill. discrètes, coins frottés, bon état par ailleurs). Prix en l'état. (Brunet, III, 1217) Latin
PARIS, Lib. des Bibliophiles - 1875 à 1883 - 11 volumes - Tirage à petit nombre - Grand in-8 - 1/2 reliures à coins - Plats marbrés - Dos lisse avec titre doré - Très beaux exemplaires
1 vol. in-4 reliure demi-chagrin maroquiné rouge, dos à 5 nerfs dorés, couvertures conservées, Imprimerie Gounouilhou, Bordeaux, 1874, 624 pp. frontispice (eau-forte par Léo Drouyn), avec grande carte dépliante et nomb. illustrations dans le texte Bon état pour ce rare ouvrage aux marges immenses, imprimé sur beau papier vergé (dos un peu frotté, carte dépliante détachée avec petite restauration au verso, rares rouss.). Chargé par la Municipalité de Bordeaux d'établir un plan de Bordeaux vers la fin du Moyen-Age ainsi qu'une nomenclature topographique, le grand érudit et artiste Léo Drouyn (1816-1896) avait tout d'abord espéré des "Recherches et Mémoires" de l'abbé Baurein. Mais l'excellent auteur se taisant sur des points essentiels, Léo Drouyn décida de se plonger dans les Archives tant publiques que privées permettant de renseigner les points obscurs et de rédiger cet impressionnant ouvrage, qui demeure une somme incontournable pour la connaissance du Bordeaux médiéval. Français
16 pages. Features: My First Character - Best-Selling Author John Le Carre tells of his first inspiration; The Perfect Age - many famous achievements have been accomplished by young people; Our Changing Youth - how different are today's teens from those of ten years ago?; Rolling Stone Brian Jones almost died in Detroit; Are You Really in Love? - here are some clues; Great retro color ad on back cover entitled ""Flash Across the Skies!" advertises a model of the Gemini space capsule. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Coupon removed from Hormel ad on page 11, otherewise a sound copy of this special vintage issue. Magazine
