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Pandit Madhar Pundalik b. 1918
Lights on the Tantra
Ganesh & Co. Madras Private Ltd. 1971. 'Fourth Edition 1971'. Hard Cover. 107 p. Fourth edition. â€It is not generally realized to what extent the Tantras have contributed to the spiritual and religious Culture of India.†Written in â€the light of Sri Aurobindo's Thought.†Contents: What Are the Tantras The Four Padas Kundalini Yoga Sadhana Upasana The Secret Ritual Estimate; Shakta Sadhana Yoga and Tantra: Their Philosophy Mahanirvana Tantra. Ink underlining pages 1-5; bound in cream boards no dust jacket good. Stock#25453. Ganesh & Co. (Madras) Private Ltd., 1971. 'Fourth Edition 1971' hardcover
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Adams Henry Brooks 1838 1918. Agar Herbert editor.
The Formative Years. Condensed and Edited by Herbert Agar.
London Collins 1948. Hard Cover. Two volumes: xxv 472; vi 473-1067 p. index; 23.5 cm. “A new edition of The History of the United States during the Administrations of Jefferson and Madison." “No more important contribution to a true understanding of America has been made than this exhaustive and yet fascinating analysis of her formative years. .Not only does this book reveal the foundations of the American attitude towards the rest of the world but we can also watch that type of Western democracy which is being challenged to-day in the very process of its construction. …Agar has managed to condense this great American document by omitting footnotes references and quotations… so that Henry Adams' comments on the scene he is describing have been preserved almost intact." Stock#20960. Good dj a bit worn; vg in worn slipcase. London, Collins, 1948 hardcover
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Spark Muriel b. 1918.
The Mandelbaum Gate. A Novel.
NY Knopf 1965. Book club. Hard Cover. â€Suspense-filled story of high adventure in which the lives of Arab and jew Catholic pilgrim and British diplomat become entangled.†27054. 369 p. VG/vg. NY, Knopf [1965]. Book club hardcover
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Rannit Alexis Aleksis; born Alexey Konstantinovich Dolgoshev 1914 1985
Signum et Verbum. Translations from the Estonian by Henry Lyman. Woodcuts by Jacques Hnizdovsky
The Elizabeth Press c1981. Soft Cover. Signed. 43 p. 2 leaves; 24 cm. Thirty poems: 29 in English one in Estonian. "This edition of 'Signum et Verbum' designed by Martino Mardersteig was printed by Stamperia Valdonega. Verona MCMLXXXI." Elegantly inscribed to Alan S. Trueblood from the poet. Paper; a few spots on covers; VG. stock#45841. The Elizabeth Press [c1981] paperback
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Tyson James 1841 1918
A Guide to the Practical Examination of Urine for the Use of Physicians and students.
Philadelphia P. Blakiston Son & Co. 1895. Hard Cover. Ninth edition. Revised and corrected. With a colored plate and wood engravings. xii 13-276 p. index illus. color front. 18 cm. The colored frontispiece is Vogel's Scale of Urine Tints showing nine color grades. Stock#30453. Good worn covers/ no dj. Philadelphia, P. Blakiston, Son & Co., 1895. hardcover
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Stafford William 1914 1993
Crossing Unmarked Snow. Further Views on the Writer's Vocation
Ann Arbor Univ. Michigan Press c1998. series: poets on poetry. Soft Cover. x 157 p.; 20.5 cm. Edited by Paul Merchant & Vincent Wixon. Crossing Unmarked Snow continues-- in the tradition of Stafford's well-loved collections Writing the Australian Crawl and You Must Revise Your Life-- collecting prose and poetry on the writer's profession. The book includes reviews and reflections on poets from Theodore Roethke and Carolyn Forché to Philip Levine; conversations on the making of poems; and a selection on the art of teaching featuring interviews writing exercises and essays on the writer's vocation." ISBN 0472066641. Pictorial paper covers; fine gift quality. stock#46427. Ann Arbor, Univ. Michigan Press [c1998]. series: poets on poetry paperback
Bookseller reference : 46427 ISBN : 0472066641 9780472066643
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Gill Brendan 1914 1997
Lindbergh Alone
NY Harcourt Brace Jovanovich ©1977. Hard Cover. vii 216 p. illus.; 26 cm. Discusses Lindbergh's life and the extraordinary flight that made him a hero at age 25. ISBN 10: 0151524017. Vg / dj good; ½-inch tear to dj. Stock#47642. NY, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, ©1977 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 47642 ISBN : 0151524017 9780151524013
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Browning Robert 1914 1997
Justinian and Theodora
New York Praeger 1971. Hard Cover. 272 p. illus. facsims. 1 col. geneal. table maps plates part col. ports. part col. 25 cm. Justinian and Theodora impressed their personalities upon an age the 6th century more firmly than any of their predecessors since Augustus five and a half centuries earlier. Stock# 40276. Vg/ no dj. New York, Praeger [1971] hardcover
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Grant Michael 1914
The Twelve Caesars.
N.Y. Scribner's Sons 1975. Hard Cover. xi 282 p. index plates map; 24 cm. The personalities of the Twelve Caesars of ancient Rome-- Julius Caesar and the first eleven Roman emperors who followed him-- have profoundly impressed themselves. Stock# 34280x. Vg/ dj fair worn tears. N.Y., Scribner's Sons [1975] hardcover
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Lewis Oscar 1914 1970.
Five Families. Mexican Case Studies in the Culture of Poverty. With a Foreword by Oliver La Farge.
NY Basic Books November 1959. Hard Cover. xiii 351 p. bibliography; ex library with stamp owner's bookplate & rubber stamp on edges else good. stock#27814. Mexico sociology anthropology. NY, Basic Books [November 1959]. hardcover
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Fatout Paul. Bierce Ambrose 1842 1914?
Ambrose Bierce: The Devil's Lexicographer.
Norman Okla. UP 1951. 'First Edition'. First Edition. Hard Cover. xv 349 p. index bibliography plates. "The sharp facets of a character both positive and negative but never merely neutral are a challenge to a biographer. If not particularly important as a writer Bierce is stimulating as a person. Hence this most recent of many attempts to interpret a controversial figure." Yellow cloth covers & spine soiled some foxing; good. Stock#24800. Norman, Okla. UP [1951]. 'First Edition' hardcover
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Saxe Louis P. and Gerson Noel Bertram 1914
Sex and the Mature Man by Louis P. Saxe and Noel B. Gerson.
New York Gilbert Press; distributed by Messner 1964. Hard Cover. 256 p. 21 cm. There are long sections on depression and alcoholism the root cause of most male sexual problems. Stock# 41099. Vg/ dj vg. Middle age Sex Psychology New York, Gilbert Press; distributed by Messner, [1964] hardcover
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Mumford James G. Gregory 1863 1914
A Doctor's Table Talk.
Boston Houghton Mifflin 1912. First Edition. Hard Cover. ix 257 p. 19.5 cm. Eleven witty essays. In some he uses ficticious names and composite types to portray medicine as it was practiced in the Boston area a century ago. Good/ no dj. Stock#38394 iab. Boston, Houghton Mifflin [1912] hardcover
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Boorstin Daniel J. Joseph 1914 2004
The Seekers: The Story of Man's Continuing Quest to Understand His World
NY Random House ©1998. Hard Cover. xi 298 p.; 25 cm. Throughout history from the time of Socrates to our own modern age the human race has sought answers to fundamental questions of life: Who are we Why are we here" "Boorstin says our Western culture has seen three grand epics of Seeking." ISBN 10: 0679434453. Very Good in VG dust jacket. Stock#47540. NY, Random House, ©1998 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 47540 ISBN : 0679434453 9780679434450
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Thomas Dylan 1914 1953. Ormond John.
The Doctor and the Devils. With a New Introduction by John Ormond.
N.Y. Time-Life 1964. Soft Cover. 177 p. A screenplay about grave robbers in nineteenth-century Edinburgh. Stiff paper covers VG. Stock#23005. N.Y., Time-Life [1964] paperback
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Boorstin Daniel J. 1914 2004
The Creators. A History Of Heroes Of The Imagination.
N.Y. Random House 1992. Hard Cover. xiv 811 p. "In this suspenseful narrative brimming with lively biographical incident we see Dante Chaucer Rabelais Cervantes Shakespeare and other great creators deftly placed in the unique circumstances of their times." Vg/vg. Stock #101401. Arts-- History. N.Y., Random House, 1992. hardcover
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Grant Michael 1914
The Rise of the Greeks.
NY Scribner's Sons 1988. Hard Cover. xv 391 p. index plates. 24 cm. â€Focusing in the years c.1000-490 B.C. following the collapse of the Mycenaean palace regimes and before the Peloponnesian Wars.†Stock# 34276. Fine/ dj fine. Classical world Greece NY, Scribner's Sons [1988]. hardcover
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Trevor Roper Hugh R. 1914 2003
The Rise of Christian Europe.
N.Y. Norton 1989. Series: Library of World Civilizations. Soft Cover. 216 p. 124 illustrations 17 in color 6 maps. 21 cm. First pub. 1965. An interpretation of European history from the end of Antiquity to the Age of Exploration. Stock# 32254a. Vg/ soft cover. Another edition. Harcourt Brace & World 1968. Good/ wrappers.$7.50. 32254b. Medieval Europe N.Y., Norton, 1989. Series: Library of World Civilizations. paperback
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Alden John Eliot 1914
Blood in the Streets: The Boston Massacre 5 March 1770
Boston Boston Public Library 1970. Hard Cover. 32 p. xviii facsims. 28.5 cm. Facsimiles of 18 documents relating to the Boston Massacre from the collections of the Boston Public Library with an essay on the event by John Eliot Alden the Rare Books Librarian of the BPL. This copy was bound for Mr. Alden and is from his library. Stock# 32217.Vg hand bound with vellum spine. Boston, Boston Public Library, 1970 hardcover
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Keeney Barnaby C. Conrad 1914 1980
Juddgment by Peers
Cambridge Harvard UP 1949. Hard Cover. Signed. 6 p.l. 191 p. 20.5 cm. Based on his McIlwain supervised 1939 Harvard dissertation with a subtitle "before 1300 particularly in England" which best describes this book. Stock#31490. Vg/ no dj. Cambridge, Harvard UP, 1949 hardcover
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Stewart Robert b. 1918
String Quartet #6. Fractal Images
American Composers Alliance NY 1990. Composers Facsimile Edition. Soft Cover. I. Fractal Images; II Invisible Forms; III Kalosonicscope. Commissioned by the Virginia Music Teachers Association from the late Robert Stewart composer pianist repetiteur and organ scholar. Includes biographical information; table of contents taped inside front cover; 24-page conductor's score spiral bound in yellow paper covers front-cover label; 43 cm.; VG. Also included are four separate scores for performance: Violin I 13 p. Violin II 12 p. Viola 11 p. & Violoncello 11 p. 33 cm. stapled; Vg. stock#Flat071. American Composers Alliance, NY, 1990. Composers Facsimile Edition paperback
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Palmer Ralph S. Simon 1914
Handbook Of North American Birds. Volume 5. Family Accipitridae concluded.Family Falconidae
New Haven Yale UP 1988. Hard Cover. 465 p. illus. 26 cm. Diurnal Raptors Part 2. Includes Hawks buzzards and eagles kestrels and falcons. Stock# 30181. Vg a Brown University librarian had started to stamp and label this but was carried off by a raptor before a third step could be achieved/ dj vg. New Haven, Yale UP, 1988 hardcover
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Williams Dorian b. 1914.
Horse of the Year. The Story of a Unique Horse Show.
NY St. Martin's Press 1976. Hard Cover. Dorian Williams has been associated with the world's most popular horse show since its beginnings in Harringay in 1949 to Wembley in 1975. A thorough behind-the-scenes look with a great deal of friendly British chat. 168 p. illus. throughout incl. color index; 23.5 cm.; color pictorial dj; VG. 101325. NY, St. Martin's Press [1976] hardcover
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Hospers John 1918 / Ducasse Curt John 1881 1969
Introductory Readings in Aesthetics
New York Free Press 1969. Soft Cover. viii 325 p. 24 cm. Includes an article "The subjectivity of aesthetic values" by Curt J. Ducasse. From the library of Prof. Vincent Tomas of the Brown University Department of Philosophy. Stock# 44040. Good used soft cover. New York, Free Press [1969] paperback
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Ancona Alessandro d' 1835 1914
Introduzione a 'La Storia di Ottinello e Giulia. Poemetto Popolare in Ottava Rima. Riprodotta sulle Antiche Stampe'
Bologna Gaetano Romagnoli 1867. Soft Cover. Scelta di Curiosità Letterarie Inedite o Rare dal Secolo XIII al XVII. xlvii p.; printed paper wraps; VG. Copy of Lewis Hall Gordon with his neat scholarly pencil notes & abandonment of the text. This is Ancona's introduction only. This copy is no. 72 of an edition of 202 examples. The story of Ottinella & Giulia derived from the Arabic can be found in both Italian and French narrative literature of the Middle Ages. Medieval literary history. Bologna, Gaetano Romagnoli, 1867 paperback
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Trevor Roper H. R. Hugh Redwald 1914 2003
The Last Days of Hitler.
NY Macmillan 1947. Book club edition. Hard Cover. xiv 254 p. index map front. Trevor-Roper assigned by British military intelligence to learn what happened to Hitler was able to obtain a definitive story of those last days and death of the German leader. Stock #100034. Vg/no dj . Biography World War II Germany military history. NY, Macmillan, 1947. Book club edition. hardcover
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De Bary William Theodore b. 1918 editor. Yampolsky Philip. Hakeda Yoshito.
The Buddhist Tradition in India China and Japan. With the collaboration of Yoshito Hakeda and Philip Yampolsky.
Vintage / Random House 1972. Soft Cover. â€Central doctrines and practices.†25541. 417 p. index. VG/paper. Vintage / Random House [1972] paperback
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SocietA Filologica Romana Roma. Monaci Ernesto 1844 1918
Ernesto Monaci 1844-1918
Società Filologica Romana Roma M DCCCC XX 1920. Periodical. Special issue of Studj romanzi. xi 213 p. 2 portrait plates; 23.5 cm.; unopened. G. Salvadori Ernesto Monaci Ricordi; F. Ermini Il Maestro; V. de Bartholomaeis Gli Studi di Filologia italiana; C. Trabalza Lo studio dei dialetti; M. Pelaez Gli Studi di Filologia provenzale francese spagnuola e portoghese; V. Federici L'Opera di E. Monaci per gli studi di Paleografia; P. Fedele L'Opera di E. Monaci per gli studi storici; M. Pelaez Bibliografia degli scritti di Ernesto Monaci with index. Stock #28404 Printed paper wrappers as issued; bottom edge waterstain; spine torn covers soiled front edge foxed; withal VG. Società Filologica Romana, Roma, M DCCCC XX [1920]. unknown
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Maxwell Gavin 1914 .
Ring of Bright Water.
NY Dutton. "Eighth Printing May 1961". Hard Cover. 211 p. 57 photos & sketches pictorial endpapers 21.5 cm. "This book then is about my life in a lonely cottage on the northwest coast of Scotland about animals that have shared it with me a dog and two pet otters and about others who are my only immediate neighbors in a landscape of rock and sea." Pictorial dj clipped worn spine ends chipped; good. 37909. NY, Dutton. "Eighth Printing May 1961" hardcover
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Thomas Dylan 1914 1953.
Quite Early One Morning.
N.Y. New Directions 1954. First edition. First Edition. Hard Cover. viii 240 p. A collection of 25 talks that Thomas gave on the Welsh service of the BBC in the 1940s. No dj; VG. Stock#23008. N.Y., New Directions [1954]. First edition hardcover
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Grant Michael 1914
The Ancient Mediterranean.
NY Scribner's Sons 1969. Hard Cover. 374 p. index photos. 'How the classical cultures of Greece and Rome drew on their own past the great oriental civilizations--Egypt Sumeria Assyria Babylonia Persia--and even further back into prehistoric times to create standards archetypes and artistic forms that have been basic to civilized life in the West ever since.' Stock# 34274. VG/ dj vg. Classical world NY, Scribner's Sons [1969]. hardcover
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Tindall William York. Thomas Dylan 1914 1953
A Reader's Guide to Dylan Thomas.
Noonday / Farrar Straus & Giroux NY 1966. Soft Cover. 305 p. â€Dylan Thomas is one of the most brilliant and difficult of modern poets. Pantheist surrealist bard his extraordinary poems present problems for even the most expert reader.†Stock#23012. Good; softcover; pages toned. Noonday / Farrar, Straus & Giroux, NY [1966] paperback
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Bernstein Leonard 1918 1990 Secrest Meryle.
Leonard Bernstein. A Life.
London Bloomsbury 1997. Soft Cover. xvi 471 p. plates 23 cm. Biography of musician Leonard Bernstein 1918-1990 pianist conductor composer-- everything he did he did well. Fine new/softcover. 101692. London, Bloomsbury, 1997 paperback
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Crockett S. R. Samuel Rutherford 1860 1914 / Parker Gilbert 1862 1932 / Frederic Harold 1856 1898
Tales of Our Coast . with twelve illustrations by Frank Brangwyn
New York Dodd Mead and company 1898. Hard Cover. 203 p. incl. front. plates. 20 cm. Contents: Crockett S.R. The smugglers of the clone.--Parker G. "There is sorrow on the sea".--Frederick H. The path of Murtogh.--Q pseud. of Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1863-1944 The roll-call of the reef.--Russell W.C. "That there Mason". Stock# 102742. Vg but the spine is spotted from being in a sea-side house. New York, Dodd, Mead and company, 1898 hardcover
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McKee Alexander 1918
Black Saturday the death of the Royal Oak
New York Holt Rinehart and Winston 1960. Hard Cover. 211 p. illus. 22 cm. The old British battleship Royal Oak blew up on the night of 14 October 1939. This books argues yjat it was not German U-47 torpedoes but internal explosions that killed 800 sailors. Stock# 37452. Vg/ dj good . New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston [1960] hardcover
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Jarrell Randall 1914 1965
The Lost Worlds New Poems
N.Y. Collier. Soft Cover. 4 p.l. 69 70 - 80 p. 20 cm. "An Appreciation" by Robert Lowell pp.71-80 recalls their friendship and Jarrell's poetic genius. Stock# 32743. Good/ paperbound. N.Y., Collier paperback
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Chandrasekhar S. Sripati 1918 .
'A Dirty Filthy Book'. The Writings of Charles Knowlton and Annie Besant on Reproductive Physiology and Birth Control.
Berkeley California University Press 1981. Hard Cover. xi 218 p.; 22 cm. Includes the texts of Dr. Charles Knowlton's "Fruits of Philosophy: An Essay on the Population Question" and Annie Wood Besant's 1847-1933 "The Law of Population" and her "Theosophy and the Law of Population". Dj; as new. Stock#30704. Berkeley, California University Press, 1981 hardcover
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Morgan Dale L. 1914 1971
The Humboldt. Highroad of the West. Illustrated by Arnold Blanch
Farrar & Rinehart Inc. 1943; printed by J. J. Little and Ives NY. First Edition. Hard Cover. The Rivers of America. Edited by Stephen Vincent Benét and Carl Carmer. As Planned and Started by Constance Lindsay Skinner 1877-1939. Art Editor Ruth E. Anderson. x 374 p. index map illus.; tan cloth covers spine darkened; pencil owner’s initials; no dj; else VG. Twenty-fourth in the Rivers of America series. ‘Mary’s River’ rising in northeastern Nevada and flowing southwest into Carson’s Sink was named by Frémont for the great German natural scientist Humboldt. Between the Great Salt Desert and Lake Tahoe it provided reliable water for folks on the California Trail. Artist Arnold Blanch 1896-1968. stock#101183 Farrar & Rinehart Inc. [1943; printed by J. J. Little and Ives, NY] hardcover
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Castiglioni Luigi 1757 1832. Pace Antonio 1914 2004. Ewan Joseph & Nesta Ewan editors.
Luigi Castiglioni's Viaggio. Travels in the United States of North America 1785-87.
Syracuse University Press 1983. 'First Edition'. First Edition. Hard Cover. lxiii 487 p. 14 plates index 23.5 cm. Translated and edited by Antonio Pace with Natural History Commentary and Luigi Castiglioni's Botanical Observations translated by Antonio Pace and edited by Joseph & Nesta Ewan. Translation of two works originally published together: Viaggio negli Stati Uniti dell' America settentrionale fatto negli anni 1785 1786 e 1787 and Trasunto delle osservazioni sui vegetabili dell'America settentrionale. 1790. Bibliography: p. 463-468. Stock#37876x. Vg/ dj vg. Syracuse University Press, 1983. 'First Edition' hardcover
Bookseller reference : 37876 ISBN : 0815622643 9780815622642
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Benchley Robert 1889 1945. Sullivan Frank. Williams Gluyas 1918 1950 illustrator.
Chips Off the Old Benchley.
Harper & Brothers NY c1949. BOMC. Hard Cover. With an Introduction by Frank Sullivan and drawings by Gluyas Williams. xx 360 p. illus. 21 cm. Seventy-seven essays including The Menace of Buttered Toast Advice to Gangsters The Mysteries of Radio Browsing Through the Passport On Saying Little at Great Length Brain-Fag The First Pigeon of Spring A Warning Note in the Matter of Preparedness Doing Your Bit in the Garden. Frank Sullivan in his Introduction asks "Which Benchley do we take up first The humorist and satirist The drama critic The book critic The actor stage movie and radio He was all of these at some time and some of them all of the time. Yet he liked to pretend that he was a lazy man. Or shall we talk about the New England Benchley from Worcester Massachusetts Or the Benchley who was Caliph of Manhattan The Hollywood notable The Scarsdale householder trying usually unsuccessfully to start the furnace or the Benchley with a genius for friendship" Black cloth spine stamped in gold; spine slightly faded ink owner name scribbled out edges darkened; book club dot on rear cover; good. 38112 mrp. Harper & Brothers, NY [c1949]. BOMC hardcover
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Kubelik Rafael. 1914 1996
Autograph manuscript sketchleaf
Used; Like New/Used; Like New. A large manuscript sketchleaf of eleven measures written by the admired conductor and son of the violinist Jan Kubelik who was also an accomplished composer. <br><br />A substantial sketchleaf of an unidentified instrumental work evidenly from a working manuscript the music is written in pencil on two systems of five staves. The voices are incomplete and there is evidence of annotations and corrections throughout. On the verso he has composed two systems of two staves with further brief incomplete sketches beneath which Kubelik has signed in bold black ink. One large horizontal crease and some creasing and wear around the edges left edge rough; otherwise very good condition. 24.2 x 31.7 cm. unknown
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Mattei Tito. 1841 1914
Autograph Musical Quotation
Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Three-measure AMQS from the Italian musician and composer Thalberg student who became professor at the Santa Cecilia academy of music at Rome and subsequently had several successful European tours as a pianist. In 1863 he finally settled in London where he remained for the rest of his life. He composed several hundred songs and pianoforte pieces many of which became very popular. 12.5 x 7 cm mounted to a slightly larger sheet. Fine. unknown
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Opera Lecocq Charles. 1832 1918 & Faure Jean Baptiste. 1830 1914 & Capoul Victor. 1839 1924 & Dejazet Pauline Virginie.
Autograph Musical Quotations and Inscriptions to Delphine Ugalde
Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Impressive collection of AMQS and inscriptions addressed to the celebrated soprano Delphine Ugalde on both sides of a large album leaf measuring 31.5 x 23.5 cm 12.5 x 9.5 inches. Fine. <br><br />The recto with: eight measures written and signed by the French composer Charles Lecocq from his wildly successful "La fille de Madame Angot" which when premiered in Paris in 1873 was performed for more than 400 nights consecutively. Inscribed to Ugalde and dated 20 May 1873; an unidentified inscription; a heartfelt inscription from Rossini's friend and biographer Alexis Azevedo dated 17 July 1870. <br><br />The verso with: a three-measure 1869 quotation by Fauré celebrated French baritone and composer creator of important roles by Massé Thomas Meyerbeer Verdi and others who has penned a selection from his own Sacred Song for Voice and Piano "Les Rameaux" with a trimmed albumen photograph of him affixed beneath; a heartfelt 1869 inscription by Capoul the great French tenor creator of Offenbach's Vert-Vert and Masse's Paul et Virginie who writes that he is "so happy of your return to us that I embrace you as strongly as I admire you"; an 1870 inscription from Dejazet important French actress who writes that her "voice remains always charming even when it is speaking it is your great heart which sings" and with a trimmed albumen photograph of her affixed beneath; with one additional unidentifed inscription lower left dated 1873. <br><br />Ugalde "studied in Paris with Cinti-Damoreau and made her début in 1848 at the Opéra-Comique as Angèle in Auber's Le domino noir a role created by her teacher. In 1851 she sang at Her Majesty's Theatre London as Delilah in Auber's L'enfant prodigue. In 1858 she sang Leonora Il trovatore at the Paris Opéra and was then engaged at the Théâtre Lyrique. In 1863 she moved to the Bouffes-Parisiens where in 1867 she sang in her own operetta Halte au moulin. She retired in 1871." Elizabeth Forbes Grove Online unknown
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Violinists & Cellists Ricci Ruggiero. 1918 2012
Signed Paganini Caprice LP Records
Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Two signed LP recordings from the superb fiddler specialist in the 19th century bravura repertory. A student of Persinger Piastro and Kulenkampff Ricci has been widely acclaimed for his technical prowess and was the first to record the 24 Paganini Caprices in their original version. London LL 262 and LLP 252 volumes 1 and 2 complete of his celebrated landmark caprice recordings each signed boldly on the front cover in black ink. Toning especially to Vol I small taped note to upper corner of one records in apparently fine condition though untested overall fine. unknown
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Dance Greco Jose. 1918 2000
Signed Photograph
Used; Like New/Used; Like New. An ebullient 8 x 10 inch photograph of the flamenco dancer and choreographer in a mid-air flamenco pose together with Nila Amparo. Both have signed in blue ink a couple shades on the light side but fully visible and otherwise in In very fine condition. unknown
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Jazz & Song Bailey Pearl. 1918 1990
Typed Letter Signed about "The Raw Pearl"
Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Typed letter signed from the popular American actress and singer to Mr. Edward Sothern Hipp. Bailey thanks Hipp for his positive review of her book The Raw Pearl in the Newark News. Dated September 30 1968 and signed "Pearl." Letter creases with very slight tears and discoloration to the edges; otherwise in fine condition. 8.5 x 11 inches. unknown
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Film & Theatre Hayworth Rita. 1918 1987
"Is that Rita" - Original Press Photograph
Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Charming original 1950's photograph showing young boys doing a double-take on seeing Rita Hayworth lookalike Hannelore Diez. "Our photographer followed Hannelore with his camera in the streets of Munich/Germany and you can see yourself the astonished faces being struck motionless with astonishment at this unexpected meeting." In fine condition. 20 x 15.2 cm. unknown
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Campbell John 9th Duke of Argyll Marquess of Lorne. 1845 1914. The fourth Governor General of Canada.
AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY THE 4TH GOVERNOR GENERAL OF CANADA JOHN CAMPBELL 9TH DUKE OF ARGYLL.
September 21 1905. 1905. Very good. - Letter penned in black ink filling both sides of a sheet of cream- colored 6-1/4 inch high by 4- 1/2 inch wide paper. Signed "Argyll". There is some very minor soiling to the letter with a small area of light creasing to the top edge. There is an ink blot to one word on the first side. Folded once for mailing. Very good. <p>Argyll writes about his wife's health: "I am sorry to say that my wife is in a state of health which the Doctors say will become serious unless she stops exhausting functions. Winter journeying must be avoided as far as possible so that more expeditions like that to Leeds are prohibited."<p>John Campbell 9th Duke of Argyll 1845-1914 usually better known by the courtesy title Marquess of Lorne was the fourth Governor General of Canada from 1878 to 1883. In 1871 he married Princess Louise the fourth daughter of Queen Victoria the first time since 1515 that a daughter of the sovereign had married a subject of the crown. When his Canadian appointment was announced there was great excitement throughout Canada at the idea of having a royal resident in Rideau Hall though the press disapproved. Lord Lorne was intensely interested in Canada and Canadians and he and his wife made many lasting contributions to Canadian society especially to the arts and sciences. A number of Canadian places were named in honor of Lorne and his wife. September 21, 1905. unknown
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Brassey Thomas 1st Earl Brassey; 1836 1918. Governor of Victoria Australia 1895 1900. He circumnavigated the world in his yac
AUTOGRAPH LETTER REFERRING TO MARY SEWELL'S JUVENILE "DAVIE BLAKE THE SAILOR" SIGNED BY YACHTSMAN THOMAS BRASSEY.
Normanhurst Court Battle East Sussex U.K.: April 2 1888. 1888. Good. - Letter penned in black ink & filling both sides of a sheet of black- bordered letterhead approximately 7 inches high by 4-3/8 widr with the address of his family seat printed in raised lettering at the top. Signed "Brassey". There is a small light stain below the salutation with a glue mark down the right margin of the verso where the letter has been removed from an album. Folded once for mailing. Good. <p>Brassey writes to thank the Rev. J. R. Boyer for sending him the children's book "Davie Blake the Sailor": "It is as you say a work very much to the sailor's taste and is calculated to do much good by drawing attention to those vices and follies which we all deplore."<p>Thomas Brassey 1st Earl of Brassey 1836- 1918 was a British Llberal Party politician Governor of Victoria Australia and enthusiastic yachtsman. His first experience of sailing was while he was still in school at Rugby. He owned a succession of yachts and between July 1876 and May 1877 circumnavigated the world in his steam- assisted three-masted topsail-yard schooner Sunbeam. In 1886 he founded "The Naval Annual" and edited it until 1891. Normanhurst Court, Battle, [East Sussex, U.K.]: April 2, 1888. unknown
Bookseller reference : 34165
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Newton Richard Heber. 1840 1914
SOCIAL STUDIES. By R. Heber Newton Rector of All Souls' Church New York
New York & London: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1887. 1887. Good. - Small octavo navy blue cloth. The binding is rubbed & bumped with a tiny hole in the cloth of the front cover. The head & tail of the spine are slightly chipped. iii & 380 pages. There is pencil scribbling on the front endpaper. The page edges are slightly darkened & there is occasional minor foxing. Good. <p>First edition.<p>Among the subjects of this collection of essays are trade unions; cooperative production credit and distribution; guilds and modern commercial associations; the prevention of intemperance; moral education in schools; the religious aspect of socialism; and communism.<p>Richard Heber Newton was a prominent American Episcopalian priest and writer. From 1869 to 1902 he was rector of All Souls' Protestant Episcopal Church in New York City. He was a leader in the Social Gospel movement and a supporter of Higher Criticism of the Bible and sought to unify Christan Churches in the United States. New York & London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1887. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 33079
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