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Williams Oscar 1900 1964.
That's All That Matters.
New York Creative Age Press 1945. ''First Printing'. First Edition. Hard Cover. 95 p. 22.5 cm. Poems of hope & of war. A very nice collection. Stock# 25130x Vg/ dj good. Another copy. Vg /no dj tan linen printed in dark brown; spine a bit darkened; New York, Creative Age Press, [1945]. ''First Printing' hardcover
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Thoreau Henry David 1817 1862. Stern Philip Van Doren 1900 editor
The Annotated Walden; or Life in the Woods. Together with Civil Disobedience.
NY C. N. Potter; distributed by Crown Publishers c1970. Hard Cover. viii 502 p. illus. facsims. maps ports. index 28 cm. Title continues: "A Detailed Chronology and Various Pieces about its Author the Writing and Publishing of the Book. Edited with an introduction notes and bibliography by Philip Van Doren Stern." "The text. is a photographic copy of the first edition. in the Huntington Library." "The text for Civil Disobedience. is the 1866 one from A Yankee in Canada." Bibliography: p. 485-492. Good bottom dust jacket rippled. Stock#43781. NY, C. N. Potter; distributed by Crown Publishers [c1970] hardcover
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Brogan DW. Denis William 1900 1974 D. W.
The Price of Revolution
London Hamish Hamilton 1952 . Hard Cover. viii 280 p. 22 cm. 2nd impressio: first 1951. English American French and Russian revolutions and their social consequences compared. Slight dampstaining back cover. London Hamish Hamilton [1952] hardcover
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Freyre Gilberto de Mello b. 1900.
Uma PolÃtica Transnacional de Cultura para o Brasil de Hoje.
Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Minas Gerais 1960. Soft Cover. Conferência. Belo Horizonte. series: Estudos Sociais e PolÃticos 9. 'Edições da Revista Brasileira de Estudos PolÃticos.' 117 p.; 24 cm.; unopened; printed paper wrappers; VG. In Portuguese. 'Apenso: Integração portuguesa nos trópicos' pp. 65-112. Includes bibliography. stock#27757. Brazilian cultural history Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Minas Gerais [1960]. paperback
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White T. H. Terence Hanbury 1906 1964. Ardizzone Edward 1900 1979 illustrator
Godstone and the Blackymor. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone
NY Putnam's Sons 1959. Hard Cover. 225 p. illus.; 22 cm. Narrative of the author's adventures in western Ireland where there lingers something of the prehistoric something of the long-forgotten story of Celt and pre-Celt. Stock#46990. Vg / dj good some wear along edges. NY, Putnam's Sons, 1959 hardcover
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Butterfield Herbert 1900 1979.
The Whig Interpretation of History.
Norton NY 1965. Soft Cover. 132 p. "A classic essay on the distortions of history that occur when historians impose a rigid point of view on the study of the past." Paper; ink owner name; VG. Stock#23516. Norton, NY [1965] paperback
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Gilbert Sir William Schwenk 1836 1911 & Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan 1842 1900. Booth Christopher H. H. arranger.
Complete Vocal Score of The Mikado; Or The Town of Titipu. Arrangement for Pianoforte by Chrisr. H. H. Booth.
Wm. A. Pond & Co. Ridgefield Park New Jersey. Copyright 1934. Soft Cover. 164 p. of music. The Gilbert & Sullivan Archive online says The Mikado was "arguably the most popular opera ever written. has delighted audiences for more than a century. a number of imitations. none. nearly as good as the original which represented both Gilbert and Sullivan at the height of their creative geniuses." Printed brown paper covers; spine ends torn; good. stock#24005. Wm. A. Pond & Co., Ridgefield Park, New Jersey. Copyright 1934 paperback
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Chase Ilka 1900 1978.
In Bed We Cry.
Garden City NY 1943 Doubleday Doran. Hard Cover. 308 p. "Gay clever and honest In Bed We Cry is filled with refreshing observations and peopled with characters as glamorous and unpredictable as the cosmetic industry about which they revolve. .In Bed We Cry is filled with the undercurrents of a world at war but its primary concern is with the froth which it dispels gaily warmly and with a slight touch of malice." Green covers a bit worn; good. stock#24641. Garden City, NY, 1943, Doubleday, Doran. hardcover
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Lattimore Owen 1900 1989
Ordeal by Slander
Boston Little Brown 1950. First Edition. Hard Cover. vii 236 p. 20 cm. Lattimore was a well respected scholar of China Mongolia and central Asia who Senator McCarthy accused of being a Soviet spy. This statement of the case was published a month after the vicious attacks. Stock# 30649. Good waterstain on upper outer rear cover/ no dj. Boston, Little, Brown, 1950 hardcover
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Freyre Gilberto de Mello b. 1900.
The Masters and the Slaves Casa-Grande & Senzala. A Study in the Development of Brazilian Civilization.
NY Knopf 1946. 'First American Edition.'. Hard Cover. Translated from the Portuguese of the Fourth and Definitive Brazilian Edition by Samuel Putnam. lxxi 537 xliv 1 p. folding plan; 25 cm.; dj clipped edges chipped spine darkened; VG. Includes bibliographical references p. 501-537 and index. 'With astonishing erudition with a sense of style and with a towering gift for gripping narrative Senhor Freyre has applied all the modern techniques of social study to the remarkably successful melting-pot culture of 'medieval' Brazil. He deals with race climate agronomy sexual habits architecture art religion sorcery literature history food economics and a thousand other factors that made the Brazil of today. In doing so he throws blinding light into the color problem the meaning of 'civilization' and 'culture' the political and economic situation in Latin America the significance of ethnological and anthropological judgments etc. And from beginning to end The Masters and the Slaves is absorbing colorful and dense with material.' stock#27756. Brazilian history culture NY, Knopf, 1946. 'First American Edition.' hardcover
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Wolfe Thomas 1900 1938
A Stone a Leaf a Door. Poems by Thomas Wolfe. Selected and Arranged in Verse by John S. Barnes
NY Charles Scribner's Sons 1954 c1941. Hard Cover. ix 166 p.; 21 cm. "It has often been suggested that Wolfe was a poet who elected to write in prose" says Louis Untermeyer in his Foreword. "This volume proves that to be a fact." First published 1941. John S. Barnes was a sergeant in the U.S. Army in 1941. Very Good in good dust jacket edges frayed. Stock#47500. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1954 [c1941] hardcover
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Davis Julia 1900 1993
The Shenandoah. Illustrated by Frederic Taubes
Farrar & Rinehart Inc. 1945; J. J. Little and Ives NY. First Edition. Hard Cover. A wartime publication. The Rivers of America. Edited by Hervey Allen. As Planned and Started by Constance Lindsay Skinner 1877-1939. Associate Editor Jean Crawford. Art Editor Faith Ball. x 374 p. index illus. music maps; blue cloth covers 21 cm.; spine faded ink owner’s initials on flyleaf & dedication page else VG. Rising in Virginia’s Shenandoah Mountains and flowing north into the easternmost part of West Virginia then turning easterly to form the Virginia-Maryland boundary and become the Potomac River flowing through the District of Columbia and emptying into the Chesapeake Bay. Artist Frederic Taubes 1900-1981. stock#101173 Farrar & Rinehart Inc. [1945; J. J. Little and Ives, NY] hardcover
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Blackmore R. D. Richard Doddridge 1825 1900. Merrill Frank T. illustrator
Lorna Doone. A Romance of Exmoor. Illustrated Edition. In Two Volumes. Vol. I. II
NY Thomas Y. Crowell c1893. Hard Cover. Two volumes in one: vii 295; iv 296 p. 18 plates incl. engr. front. & author's engr. portrait on added t.-p. "Drawings by Frank T. Merrill. Engraved by John Andrew & Son." "This work is called a 'romance' because the incidents characters time and scenery are alike romantic. And in shaping this old tale the Writer neither dares nor desires to claim for it the dignity or cumber it with the difficulty of an historic novel. And yet he thinks that the outlines are filled in more carefully and the situations however simple more warmly colored and quickened than a reader would expect to find in what is called a 'legend'. And he knows that any son of Exmoor chancing on this volume cannot fail to bring to mind the nurse-tales of his childhood-- the savage deeds of the outlaw Doones in the depth of Bagworthy Forest the beauty of the hapless maid brought up in the midst of them the plain John Ridd's Herculean power and memory's too congenial food the exploits of Tom Faggus." First published 1869. Bound in black cloth stamped in gold top edge gilt; 'plain brown wrapper' dj printed in green chipped & torn but has protected the covers nicely; VG. Stock#29313 dr. NY, Thomas Y. Crowell [c1893] hardcover
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Potter G. R. George Richard 1900 1981 editor.
New Cambridge Modern History. Volume I. The Renaissance 1493-1520.
Cambridge UP 1961 c.1957. New Cambridge Modern History. Hard Cover. xxxvi 532 p. 23.5 cm. Series: New Cambridge Modern History vol. 1. Introduction and final editing by Denys Hay. Stock# 35801x. Good/ dj good. Another copy. 1957 printing. Vg/ no dj. Another copy. 1964 printing. Ex-lib. else vg/ dj vg. $35.00. Cambridge UP, 1961 [c.1957]. New Cambridge Modern History. hardcover
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Nietzsche Friedrich Wilhelm 1844 1900. Grimm Reinhold & Caroline Molina y Vedia editors.
Philosophical Writings. Edited by Reinhold Grimm & Caroline Molina y Vedia.
Continuum NY 1995. The German Library Volume 48. Hard Cover. xv 270 p.; 22 cm. Contents include Part I: On Tragedy The Birth of Tragedy; From Ecce Homo; From the so-called Will to Power; Part II: On Truth From Five Prefaces to Five Unwritten Books; Part III: Aphorisms Essays Notes 40 selections. Dj in mylar; fine. Stock#22068. Continuum, NY [1995]. The German Library, Volume 48 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 22068 ISBN : 082640278x 9780826402783
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Hartmann Rudolf 1900
Richard Strauss: the Staging of His Operas and Ballets
New York Oxford UP 1981. Hard Cover. 280 p. illus. photos color & b/w index 29 cm. Translated from the German by Graham Davies. An opera director with extensive experience Hartmann treats each of the fifteen operas and two ballets in detail. Stock# 36599. Fine/ dj fine. German music stage dance New York, Oxford UP, 1981 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 36599 ISBN : 0195202511 9780195202519
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Imbert de Saint Amand 1834 1900
Marie Louise and the invasion of 1814
New York C. Scribner's Sons 1891. Hard Cover. iv 301 p. front. port. 19.5 cm. Series Famous Women of the French Court. In letters found in Austria after the publication of this book it is clear that Napoleon realized how incapable of helping him his young wife was. NS. Stock# 35050. Vg/ no dj. New York, C. Scribner's Sons, 1891 hardcover
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Nietzsche Friedrich Wilhelm 1844 1900. Preuss Peter translator.
On the Advantage and Disadvantage of History for Life. Translated with an Introduction by Peter Preuss.
Hackett Pub. Co. c1980; Second Printing 1981. Soft Cover. 64 p. 23 cm. Translation of Nietzsche's Vom Nutzen und Nachteil der Historie für das Leben part 2 of his Unzeitgemasse Betrachtungen. "The topic of the present work is the relation between life and historical knowledge. The quest for knowledge and truth is also a part of the task of existing and like every human enterprise it receives its value from being integrated into the task of which it is a part. .given the choice between life and knowledge he argues there is no question about which we ought to choose. Any knowledge which destroys life destroys itself for knowledge presupposes life." Stapled in tan wraps; spine faded; VG. Copy of Albert Cook translator poet critic with his pencil markings. stock#22063. Hackett Pub. Co. [c1980; Second Printing 1981] paperback
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Freyre Gilberto de Mello b. 1900.
The Gilberto Freyre Reader. Varied Writings.
Knopf NY 1974. ‘First American Edition.’. Hard Cover. by the Author of the Brazilian Classics The Masters and the Slaves The Mansions and the Shanties and Order and Progress. Translated by Barbara Shelby. 253 p.; dj slightly soiled; VG with a publicity photo of the author & Knopf’s review-copy slip. Contents include Brazil 14 essays; Freyre on Freyre 8 essays; Race and Slavery 10 essays; Childhood 6 essays; Sociology 14 essays; Literature and Art 15 essays; Travels 8 essays. stock#27792. Another copy the same stock#27793. Brazil South America literature. Knopf, NY, 1974. ‘First American Edition.� hardcover
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Fromm Erich 1900 1980.
Man for Himself. An Inquiry into the Psychology of Ethics.
Fawcett 1947. Soft Cover. x 256 p. index. "The value judgments we make determine our actions and upon their validity rests our mental health and happiness. I have written this book with the intention of reaffirming the validity of humanistic ethics." Paper covers a bit spotted; good. Stock#24574. Fawcett [1947] paperback
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Nietzsche Friedrich Wilhelm 1844 1900.
Werke in zwei Banden Ausgewahlt und eingeleitet von August Messer
Leipzig Alfred Kroner 1930. Hard Cover. 2 vols: xxxi 581; vii 612 p. Stock #25338. Good some slight signs of dampness covers soiled. German philosophy. Leipzig, Alfred Kroner, 1930 hardcover
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Sidgwick Henry 1838 1900
Practical Ethics: A Collection of Addresses and Essays
London Swan Sonnenschein; New York Macmillan Co. 1898. Hard Cover. vi p. 1 leaf 260 p.; 20 cm. The Cambridge philosopher who left the Church of England sought a rational structure of ethics. From the library of Prof. Vincent Tomas who taught ethics at Brown. Good pages 82-83 discolored by a postcard left in the book; top of spine worn / no dj. Stock#47957. London, Swan Sonnenschein; New York, Macmillan Co., 1898 hardcover
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White W. L. William Lindsay 1900 1973
They Were Expendable
NY Harcourt Brace 1942. Hard Cover. vii 209 p.; 21 cm. Second printing September 1942. "The story of the Philippine campaign as told by four officers of the Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 3" cf. Foreword. Stock#47020. Vg bookplate / dj vg. NY, Harcourt, Brace [1942] hardcover
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Payne Gaposchkin Cecilia 1900 1979
Introduction to Astronomy
London University Paperbacks/ Methuen 1961. Soft Cover. x 508 p. illus. 21 cm. Gives emphasis to stars and stellar systems of which the author ws an authority. Stock# 31706. Vg/ wraqppers. London, University Paperbacks/ Methuen, 1961 paperback
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Fromm Erich 1900 1980.
The Art of Loving.
NY Harper & Bros. 1956. World Perspectives Vol. 9 ed. Ruth Nanda Anshen. Hard Cover. xx 133 p.; grey cloth covers stamped in white; spine darkened ink owner's name; VG. 'If it is true as I have tried to show that love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence then any society which excludes relatively the development of love must in the long run perish of its own contradiction with the basic necessities of human nature. Indeed to speak of love is not “preaching" for the simple reason that it means to speak of the ultimate and real need in every human being.' stock#26094. Philosophy & thought; society & culture; psychology. NY, Harper & Bros. [1956]. World Perspectives, Vol. 9, ed. Ruth Nanda Anshen. hardcover
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Mattingly Garrett 1900 1960. Catherine of Aragon 1485 1536
Catherine of Aragon. Illustrated.
Boston MCMXXXXI Little Brown & Co. 1941. Hard Cover. 477 p. index portrait plates. "This biography of Catherine of Aragon first queen of Henry VIII; mother of Mary I is the outgrowth of studies in the early history of diplomacy. Turning over the letters of Spanish ambassadors at the Tudor court it was borne in upon me that the Queen Catherine they were talking about was a different person more cultured and thoughtful more forceful and decisive than the one I had read about elsewhere and as I followed the history of the Spanish embassy in England I began to realize that the key to its activities and to much of what went on in England for a third of a century lay in the personality and the decisions of this queen. I have tried to restore her figure to something like what her contemporaries saw." Red linen spine faded; VG. stock#23749. Boston, MCMXXXXI, Little, Brown & Co. [1941] hardcover
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Ruskin John 1819 1900. Clark Kenneth 1903 1983 editor
Ruskin Today. Chosen and Annotated by Kenneth Clark
Harmondsworth Penguin Books 1967. Soft Cover. xix 363 p. illus.; 19.5 cm. Peregrine books Y38. A selection of 321 passages some short others long. Bibliography: p. 354-357. Stock#46047. Vg / soft cover. [Harmondsworth] Penguin Books [1967] paperback
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Freyre Gilberto de Mello b. 1900
The Masters and the Slaves Casa-Grande & Senzala: A Study in the Development of Brazilian Civilization
Second English-Language Edition Revised. NY Knopf 1956. . Hard Cover. Translated from the Portuguese by Samuel Putnam. lxxi 537 xliv p. indexes plans 1 folding; dj chipped top of spine chipped & darkened; VG. 'Senhor Freyre has applied all the modern techniques of social study to the remarkably successful melting-pot culture of 'medieval' Brazil. He deals with race climate agronomy sexual habits architecture the arts religion sorcery literature history food economics politics and the thousand other forces that made the Brazil of today…' Stock# 25675x. Anthropology ethnology; South American society culture. Second English-Language Edition, Revised. NY, Knopf, 1956. hardcover
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Mattingly Garrett 1900 1962
The Armada
Boston Houghton Mifflin c1959. Soft Cover. xvi 443 p. 2 maps 21 cm. "In 1588 the English fleet defeated the mightly Spanish Armada in the sea battle Garrett Mattingly calls 'the focus of the first great international crisis in modern history.'" Stock# 34969. Vg/ paper. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, c1959 paperback
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Ushenko Andrew Paul 1900 1956
Dynamics of Art ; with a foreword by Stephen C. Pepper
Bloomington Indiana University Press 1953. First Edition. Soft Cover. Signed. xiii 257 p. illus. 1 col. 24 cm. Series: Indiana University. Indiana University publications. Humanities series no. 28. From the library of Prof. Vincent Tomas of the Brown University Department of Philosophy. Inscribed by Ushenko to Tomas. Stock# 44330. Vg coverstoned spine faded / soft cover. Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 1953. paperback
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Copland Aaron 1900 1990
Copland : 1900 through 1942 / by Aaron Copland and Vivian Perlis.
New York : St. Martin's /Marek c1984. Hard Cover. xii 402 p. : illus. ; index 25 cm. Biography of American composer Aaron Copland 1900-1990 related in the third person Bibliography: p. 373-389. Stock# 44126. Vg / dj vg. New York : St. Martin's /Marek, c1984. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 44126 ISBN : 0312169620 9780312169626
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Mattingly Garrett 1900 1962. Catherine of Aragon 1485 1536
The Armada.
Riverside Press / Houghton Mifflin 1959. ‘Second Printing'. Hard Cover. xviii 443 p. index plates endpaper map. "The defeat of the Spanish Armada was not only the first modern naval battle but a climactic event in the birth of modern Europe. Here the story is told in vivid detail from original sources as a part of the larger drama of diplomacy in the age of Elizabeth. .This crucial period of less than two years-- from February 1587 to December 1588-- is presented in a series of dramatic scenes sometimes through English sometimes through Spanish eyes." Dj worn; VG. Stock#23751x. Riverside Press / Houghton Mifflin [1959]. ‘Second Printing' hardcover
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Heller Peter. Nietzsche Friedrich Wilhelm 1844 1900.
'Von den ersten und lezten Dingen.' Studien und Kommentar zu einer Aphorismenreihe von Friedrich Niezsche.
Berlin Walter de Gruyter 1972. Monographien und Texte zur Nietzsche-Forschung. Band 1. Hard Cover. xxxix 512 p.; 24.5 cm. In German. "Herausgegeben von Mazzino Montinari Wolfgang Müller-Lauter Heinz Wenzel." Contents include Die Überwindung der Metaphysik; Die Kultur im Zeitalter der Vergleichung und in der Epoche der Wissenschaft; Die Not des Erkennenden. Olive cloth; no dj; VG. Stock#22188. Berlin, Walter de Gruyter, 1972. Monographien und Texte zur Nietzsche-Forschung. Band 1 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 22188 ISBN : 3110039435 9783110039436
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Harrop A. J. Angus John b. 1900.
Touring in New Zealand.
London Geo. Allen & Unwin 'First Published in 1935'. Hard Cover. 295 p. 27 plates incl. front. 2 maps index 21 cm.; red cloth covers spine stamped in gold; rear hinge chipped minor edgewear; no dj; good. 30600. London, Geo. Allen & Unwin ['First Published in 1935'] hardcover
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Fromm Erich 1900 D. T. Suzuki Daisetz Teitaro 1870 1966 editors
Zen Buddhism & Psychoanalysis
NY Harper c1960. Hard Cover. viii 180 p.; 22 cm. Lectures on Zen Buddhism by D. T. Suzuki; Psychoanalysis and Zen Buddhism by Erich Fromm; The Human Situation and Zen Buddhism by Richard De Martino. Very Good; no dust jacket. Stock#41987. NY, Harper [c1960] hardcover
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Marshall S. L. A. Samuel Lyman Atwood 1900 1977
Pork Chop Hill: The American Fighting Men in Action Korea Spring 1953
Nashville Tenn.: Battery Press 1986. Hard Cover. 315 p. illus. maps; 21.5 cm. Maps & drawings by H. Garver Miller. Describes an action of 48 hours by the 7th Infantry Division. S.L.A. Marshall had pioneered the technique of recording small-unit actions shortly after they occurred in WWII. First pub. NY Morrow 1956. ISBN 10: 0898390907. Stock#47156. Vg bookplate one ink note / dj vg. Nashville, Tenn.: Battery Press, 1986 hardcover
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Gilbert WS. 1836 1911 & Sullivan Arthur. 1842 1900 Grossmith George. 1847 1912 W. S.
Signed Photograph Postcard
Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Boldly signed portrait postcard of the English comedian writer composer actor and singer and creator of nine of the G&S roles including Sir Joseph Porter in H.M.S. Pinafore. The actor is shown with his characteristic pince-nez and with his hands on his hips. He has signed "Yours faithfully Geo. Grossmith." Some scratches and wear to the image and signature creases; mounting remnants on the verso; otherwise in good condition. 8.8 x 13.6 cm. unknown
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Gilbert WS. 1836 1911 & Sullivan Arthur. 1842 1900 Barrington Rutland. 1953 1922 W. S.
Two Signed Photograph Postcards
Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Two signed postcards from the English singer actor comedian and Edwardian musical comedy star best remembered for originating the lyric baritone roles in the Gilbert and Sullivan operas from 1877 to 1896. The first postcard shows him in Japanese dress in his famous role as Pooh Bah in The Mikado and is postmarked April 30 1904. On the second postcard he appears in a formal portrait in everyday dress. Both are signed elegantly "With pleasure Rutland Barrington." Slight wear to the corners and mounting remnants; else in very fine condition. Each 8.8 x 13.7 cm. unknown
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Chittenden Lucius E. 1824 1900. Vermont politician and peace advocate who served as Register of the Treasury during the Lincoln
ABRAHAM LINCOLN QUOTATION INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY LINCOLN'S REGISTER OF THE TREASURY LUCIUS E. CHITTENDEN.
New York: June 5th 1891. 1891. Very good. - A sheet of cream-colored paper has been folded once to form 4 sides each 6-3/4 inches high by 4-1/2 inches wide. Inscribed and signed on the first side: "'No! This government does not depend upon the life of any man.' A.L. June 1864 / Mr. W. J. Bok. / With the kind regards of / L. E. Chittenden / New York June 5th 1891." The bottom right corners of the paper are very lightly bumped. Folded once for mailing. Near fine. <p>According to Chittenden Lincoln consulted him on June 29 1864 about the resignation of Treasury Secretary Salmon P. Chase. Chittenden claims that he told Lincoln that Chase remaining in office was a national necessity. The sentence quoted here formed part of Lincoln's reply. Lincoln accepted Chase's resignation on June 30. The W. J. Bok referred to most probably is William J. Bok the brother of Edward Bok editor or the Ladies Home Journal.<p>Lucius Chittenden 1824-1900 was a Vermont author banker lawyer politician and peace advocate who served as Register of the Treasury during the Lincoln Administration. Chittenden attracted attention when he stayed at his desk continuously for three days signing 12500 bond certificates which had to be sent to England by steamship so they could be sold to raise urgently need funds for the Union war effort. This feat injured his hand and wrist and led him to resign as Register. New York: June 5th, 1891. 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
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Reeves John Sims. 1818 1900
SIMS REEVES: HIS LIFE AND RECOLLECTIONS Written by Himself
London: Simpkin Marshall & Co. and The London Music Publishing Co. Limited 1888. 1888. Good. - Octavo green cloth titled in gilt on the front cover & spine with a vignette & decorative bands stamped in gilt on the front cover & in black on the rear cover. The binding is rubbed & bumped with some wear to the joints & with 3 small stains & a black mark to the front cover. 6 & 279 pages plus 40-page music catalog. The hinges are just starting. The pages are somewhat darkened & lightly foxed. Black-and-white portrait frontispiece. Good. <p>Third edition.<p>Nineteenth-century English tenor John Sims Reeves was a friend of Charles Dickens.<p>Scarce. London: Simpkin Marshall & Co. and The London Music Publishing Co. (Limited), 1888. hardcover
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Comas Camps Juan 1900 1979 signed from the library of professor Julian H Steward
Ensayos sobre Indigenismo
xi272 pages with plates. Royal octavo 9 1/4" x 6" bound in original wrappers. Prolog by Manuel Gamio. Signed. From the library of Professor Julian Steward. First edition<br /><br /> Julian Haynes Steward January 31 1902 – February 6 1972 was an American anthropologist best known for his role in developing "the concept and method" of cultural ecology as well as a scientific theory of culture change.<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />Signed by comas along with Steward's signature on front wrapper. Spine and edge age toned. Corners bumped with some rubbing and chips spine chipped else a very good copy. Instituto Indigenista Interamericano paperback
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Richter Kurt 1900 1969 editor
Deutsche Schachblätter
212 pages with diagrams illustrations and tables. Octavo 9" x 6" bound in half black leather and brown boards with gilt lettering to spine. Volume 11. From the Altmuchen Chess Club Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana:6066 First edition.Deutsche Schachblätter was a German chess publication published monthly from 1909 to 1943 with a wartime interruption. It was an organ of the German Chess Federation or of the Greater German Chess Federation. After the war the magazine was published from 1948 to 1952 in Leipzig. A magazine of that name existed in the Federal Republic from 1962 to 1987.Condition:From the Altuchen Chess Club with their stamps on pages through out. age toning lacks original wrappers attractively rebound else a very good copy. Schachverlag Hans Hedewigs Nachf. Curt Ronniger hardcover
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Comas Camps Juan 1900 1979
Historia y Bibliografia de los Congresos Internacionales de Ciencias Antropologicas: 1865-1954
4902 ad pages with 46 plates and index. Royal octavo 9 1/2" x 7 1/4" bound in original wrappers. Publications of the Institute of History first series number 37. Inscribed to Professor George M Foster. First edition limited to 1000 copies.George McClelland Foster Jr born in Sioux Falls South Dakota on October 9 1913 died on May 18 2006 at his home in the hills above the campus of the University of California Berkeley where he served as a professor from 1953 to his retirement in 1979 when he became professor emeritus. His contributions to anthropological theory and practice still challenge us; in more than 300 publications his writings encompass a wide diversity of topics including acculturation long-term fieldwork peasant economies pottery making public health social structure symbolic systems technological change theories of illness and wellness humoral medicine in Latin America and worldview. The quantity quality and long-term value of his scholarly work led to his election to the National Academy of Sciences in 1976. Virtually all of his major publications have been reprinted and/or translated. Provenance from the executor of Foster's library laid in.Condition:Foster's stamp to front wrapper Juan comas inscription to half title else a very good copy. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM) paperback
Bookseller reference : A0571
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Comas Camps Juan 1900 1979
Historia y Bibliografia de los Congresos Internacionales de Ciencias Antropologicas: 1865-1954
4902 ad pages with 46 plates and index. Royal octavo 9 1/2" x 7 1/4" bound in original wrappers. Publications of the Institute of History first series number 37. Inscribed to Professor George M Foster. First edition limited to 1000 copies.George McClelland Foster Jr born in Sioux Falls South Dakota on October 9 1913 died on May 18 2006 at his home in the hills above the campus of the University of California Berkeley where he served as a professor from 1953 to his retirement in 1979 when he became professor emeritus. His contributions to anthropological theory and practice still challenge us; in more than 300 publications his writings encompass a wide diversity of topics including acculturation long-term fieldwork peasant economies pottery making public health social structure symbolic systems technological change theories of illness and wellness humoral medicine in Latin America and worldview. The quantity quality and long-term value of his scholarly work led to his election to the National Academy of Sciences in 1976. Virtually all of his major publications have been reprinted and/or translated. Provenance from the executor of Foster's library laid in.Condition:Foster's stamp to front wrapper Juan comas inscription to half title else a very good copy. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM) paperback
Bookseller reference : A0571a
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Comas Camps Juan 1900 1979
Bibliografia Selectiva de las Culturas Indigenas de America
292 pages with fold out maps and index. Octavo 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" in original wrappers. From the library of Anibal Buitrón. Instituto Panamericano de Geografia e Historia Publication number 166. Comision de Historia number 64. Limited to 2000 copies. First edition.<br /><br />Anibal Buitrón Born 22 January 1914 in Otavalo Ecuador. Earned master’s degree in anthropology at University of Chicago in 1950. Had a Gugenheim Fellowship in 1949. Co-author with the anthropologist John Coller of the well-known book The Awakening Valley 1949. During his career he worked with the Pan American Union of the Organization of American States and with UNESCO. In these positions he played important roles in the development of indigenista-oriented anthropology in Latin America. Retired to Watsonville California. Died sometime before 2006.<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />Signed by Dr Anibal Buitrón on front wrapper corners bumped slight edge wear else a very good copy. Comision de Historia paperback
Bookseller reference : A0503
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Richter Kurt 1900 1969
Schach-Olympia Munchen 1936 I. Teil & II. Tiel: Im Auftrage Des Grobebeaustschen
Leipzig: Druck von Metzger & Wittig 1937 2 volumes: 1764 ad pages with diagrams tables and plates; 1924 ad pages with diagrams tables plates and index. Octavo 8 1/2" x6" issued in beige cloth with blue lettering to spine and front cover. Volumes 6 & 7 from the 1936 Olympics coverage. Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana:5534. 1st edition. The German Chess Federation wanted to organize an Olympiad as a counterpart to the Olympic Games at Berlin in 1936. Munich was chosen to be the venue - for the local chess club was celebrating its centenary - and teams of eight plus two reserves were invited to take part. But since the German Chess Federation was not a member of FIDE the event was not recognized as belonging to the official series of Olympiads. Twenty-two countries entered for this mammoth tournament and of these only Spain later withdrew. However the dates coincided with the international tournament at Nottingham with the result that not only was the English team unable to enter but also a number of grandmasters were absent from the top boards of their respective countries. The favorites seemed about equally handicapped by this. In all the history of chess there had been very few international matches in which the number of players on each side exceeded that in normal Olympiads. Accordingly it was difficult to compare the teams and to size up their chances beforehand. The following were considered to have good prospects of gaining a high place: Hungary a solied powerful side led by grandmaster Maroczy; the German team which had prepared itself thoroughly for this event; and countries such as Poland Sweden Yugoslavia Czechoslovakia and Austria whose chess traditions were strong. The Olympiad opened on August 17th with 208 participants the Dutch and Brazilian teams had only nine players. A chess tournament on such a scale had never been witnessed before 1680 games were played! and only the most recent Olympiads have surpassed it in size. From the very beginning the struggle was fierce. Moreover owing to the numerous adjourned games and the bye caused by the odd number of teams even those 'on the inside' found it hard to assess the situation clearly. For two-thirds of the distance the lead altered between German and Poland with the Czechs and Yugoslavs in hot pursuit. Hungary had the free day early on in the fourth round and for that reason did not figure among the chief pace-makers at first. Nevertheless the leaders had the disquieting feeling that their dangerous rival was not far behind. The Hungarians gaining one sound victory after another gradually overcame every obstacle. As the teams in front had the bye so their advantage disappeared until at last in the sixteenth round when Germany were free Hungary assumed the lead. From then onwards they held it securely entering the last round four points ahead of the field; a modest win over Norway was sufficient to give them first place. Hungary's achievement in defeating in an all-play-all tournament all the opposition without conceding a single drawn match remained unequaled in the Olympiads until 1960. Poland finished second and Germany third. Foldeak Chess Olympiads Condition: Spine ends chipped soiled corners bumped and rubbed through book plate removed from paste down of first volume else about very good issued without jackets. First Edition. Original Cloth. About Very Good. Octavo. Druck von Metzger & Wittig hardcover
Bookseller reference : C0119
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Kelly Celsus 1900 1975 editor
La Austrialia Del Espiritu Santo
2 volumes. xvii270 pages with fold out frontispiece map 7 additional maps of which one is fold out 4 illustrations and tables some folding The 'Relación' of Munilla chaplain and vicar of the royal fleet and commissary of the Franciscans in the Quirós expedition with an extensive introduction which is continued in the second volume with which the main pagination is continuous; xv273-446 pages with 1 map 3 illustrations appendices and index. The Sumario Breve of Juan de Iturbe followed by documents bearing on the preparations for the expedition the voyage of Quirós Quirós in New Spain negotiations for another expedition and the missionary plan. Octavo 9" x 6" issued in blue with gilt lettering to spine and pictorial representation of the ship Victoria on the cover. Translated and Edited by Celsus Kelly . Works issued by the Hakluyt Society Second Series Numbers 126 and 127. First editions.Pedro Fernandes de Queirós Spanish: Pedro Fernández de Quirós 1565–1614 was a Portuguese navigator best known for his involvement with Spanish voyages of discovery in the Pacific Ocean in particular the 1595-1596 voyage of Alvaro de Mendaña de Neira and for leading a 1605-1606 expedition which crossed the Pacific in search of Terra Australis. In 1598 Queirós returned to Spain and petitioned King Philip III to support another voyage into the Pacific. A devout Catholic Queirós also visited Rome in 1600 where he obtained the support of the Pope Clement VIII for further explorations. He greatly impressed the Spanish Ambassador in Rome the Duke of Sesa who described him as a “man of good judgement experienced in his profession hard working quiet and disinterested.†While in Rome Queirós also first wrote his Treatise on Navigation as a letter to the king further reinforcing his reputation as a navigator. In March 1603 Queirós was finally authorized to return to Peru to establish another expedition with the intention of finding Terra Australis the mythical "great south land" and claiming it for Spain and the Church. Queirós's party of 160 men on three ships San Pedro y San Pablo 150 tons San Pedro 120 tons and the tender or launch Los Tres Reyes left Callao on 21 December 1605. In January 1606 the expedition discovered Henderson Island and Ducie Island. In May 1606 the expedition reached the islands later called the New Hebrides and now the independent nation of Vanuatu. Queirós landed on a large island which he took to be part of the southern continent and named it Australia del Espiritu Santo. In some his later memorials notably the Eighth this was altered to Austrialia del Espiritu Santo The Austrian Land of the Holy Spirit to flatter King Philip III who was of the House of Austria. The island is still called Espiritu Santo. Here he stated his intention to establish a colony to be called Nova Jerusalem. Queirós's religious fervour found expression with the founding of a new Order of Chivalry the Knights of the Holy Ghost. The Order’s purpose was to protect the new colony. However within weeks the idea of a colony was abandoned due to the hostility of the Ni-Vanuatu and to disagreements among the crew. After six weeks Queirós's ships put to sea to explore the coastline. On the night of June 11 1606 Queirós in the San Pedro y San Pablo became separated from the other ships in bad weather and was unable or so he later said to return to safe anchorage at Espiritu Santo. He then sailed to Acapulco in Mexico where he arrived in November 1606. In the account of Diego de Prado y Tovar which is highly critical of Queirós mutiny and poor leadership is given as the reason for Queirós's disappearance. Two weeks later his second-in-command Luis Váez de Torres after searching in vain for Queirós and assuming his ship was wrecked left Espiritu Santo. Torres successfully reached Manila the center of the Spanish East Indies in May 1607 charting the southern coastline of New Guinea on the way and in doing so sailing through the strait that now bears his name.Condition:Jacket corners chipped edges with some small tears spine extremities lightly rubbed and age darkened else very good in like jackets. Hakluyt Society hardcover
Bookseller reference : BOOKS001072
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Dizdarevic Abdullatif 1900 1976
Knjizevnik na poslovnonm putovanju
Some rubbing. Creased. Good. Croatia Tiskara Antun Rott Osijek Kolovoz 1935 orig.wrappers 21x14cm 16pp Cover title. Text entirely in Croatian. Not listed in Worldcat. Croatian Muslim author. Tiskara Antun Rott unknown
Bookseller reference : BOOKS025302I
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Bircherod Jacob 1693 1737 Boberg Inger Margrethe 1900 1957; editor:
Folketro og festskik : s�rlig fra Fyn 1734
Worn. Good. Danish Ethnology Det Sch�nbergske Forlag K�benhavn 1936 orig. wrappers 24x15cm 131 pp. Series: Danmarks Folkeminder nr. 43. Det Sch�nbergske Forlag unknown
Bookseller reference : BOOKS025616I
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