‎Collectibles‎

‎Antonio Machado; Enrique Climent; Plates By Antonio Machado (Poetry), Jose Solana, Victorio Macho, Miciano, Arturo Souto, Jesus‎

‎Madrid : Ãlbum / Album De Homenaje A La Gloriosa Capital De España‎

‎Madrid Spain: Ministerio De Instrucción Pública Y Sanidad De La Republica Española / Sindicato De Profesionales De Las Bellas Artes / Industrias Graficas Seix Y Barral 1937. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/Portfolio. Portfolio With Mounted Illustration Enclosing 14 Leaves Two Of Text Twelve Illustration Plates Some In Color. Worldcat Shows Institutional Holdings Only In Madrid And One In Michigan Usa. Enrique Climent Valencia Spain 1897- Mexico City 1980 Was A Social Spanish Painter And Graphic Designer Who Is Linked With The Drive Group In Spain Of The "New Art". Climent Studied At The School Of Fine Arts Of San Carlos And With A Grant Received In 1919 Traveled To Madrid Where He Participated In The Circle Of Ramon Gomez De La Serna For Whom He Illustrated Some Greguerías And Cutting - Edge Activities Later Called The School Of Vallecas Associated With The Society Of Iberian Artists . He Also Collaborated As An Illustrator For The Magazine Blanco Y Negro And Illustrated Books By Elena Fortún Azorín Juan Manuel Díaz Caneja And Manuel Abril . In 1924 He Had Spent Two Years In Paris Where He Came To Design Some Sets For Opera Shows. He Participated In Three Exhibitions "The Iberians" San Sebastián In 1931 Copenhagen In 1932 And Berlin In 1933 In The International Exhibition Of Contemporary Spanish Art In Paris And Venice In 1936 And In The Spanish Pavilion Of The International Exhibition In Paris In 1937. In The Spanish Anti-Fascist War He Presumably Fought Against Franco. As Part Of His Activity He Helped With The Publication Of This Volume Of Illustrations. He Was One Of The Spanish Exiles Who Landed In Veracruz Mexico In 1939 After Crossing The Sinaia Along With Other Intellectuals And Artists Such As José Moreno Villa Arturo Souto Or Remedios Varo . In Mexico Climent Brought His Avant-Garde Style Closer To The Realistic Tendencies Of The 1940S But Without The Pictorial Ideology Of Mexican Muralism . As Of 1964 He Alternated His Mexican Residence With Stays In Altea Alicante . He Died In Mexico In 1980 . Four Years After His Death The Palacio De Bellas Artes De México Dedicated A Monographic Exhibition To Him. In Spain It Was Rediscovered As A Result Of The Exhibition Of Drawings By Exiled Spanish Artists Brought Together By Javier Tusell A Protagonist Of That Exodus. From His Mexican Period Most Of His Work Was Kept In The Collection Of His Daughter Isabel Climent And Other Private Collections Such As The Portrait Of Juan Gil-Albert 1940 Kept In The Alicante Provincial Council. His Work Is In The National Museum Of Art Center Reina Sofía As Part Of The Collection Of The Spanish Museum Of Contemporary Art Meac. <br/> <br/> Ministerio De Instrucción Pública Y Sanidad De La Republica Española / Sindicato De Profesionales De Las Bellas Artes / Indus paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 049350

‎Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich / ?????, ????? ????????, Illustrated By The Kukryniksy‎

‎Dama S Sobachkoi / Dama S Sabachkoi /‎

‎Moskva / Moscow Ussr: Russkaia Klassicheskaia Literatura. 1948. First Edition Thus . Soft cover. Very Good /Very Good Jacket. 40 Pages : Illustrations ; 30 Cm. Lightly Used And A Little Dusty Soft Cover Book And Dust Jacket. Inscribed To American Social Artist William Gropper By The Kukrynitsy Who Were The Illustrators. The Kukryniksy Russian: Were Three Caricaturists/Cartoonists In The Ussr With A Recognizable Style. "Kukryniksy" Is A Collective Name Which Is Derived From The Names Of Three Caricaturists Mikhail Kupriyanov 1903-1991 Porfiri Krylov 1902-1990 And Nikolai Sokolov 1903-2000 Who Had Met At Vkhutemas A Moscow Art School In The Early 1920S. The Three Began Drawing Caricatures Under The Joint Signature In 1924. They Became Nationally Famous In The 1930S After The Rise Of Fascism Drawing For Krokodil The Moscow Satirical Paper. They Received International Recognition For Their Attacks On Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Heinrich Himmler Joseph Goebbels And Francisco Franco. During The Second World War They Established The Tass Windows For Political Cartoons And Posters. After The End Of The Second World War They Continued To Depict Politics In Their Series Cold War 1945-1980S. They Illustrated A Number Of Books Including Ilf And Petrov's Nikolay Gogol Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin Anton Chekhov Maxim Gorky Miguel De Cervantes. The Kukryniksy Are Also Authors Of Socialist Realism-Style Paintings Concerned With Historical Political And Propaganda Topics. As Individuals They Are Also Known As Landscape And Portrait Artists. All Three Were Awarded The Honorary Title Of People's Artist Of The Ussr 1958. They Were Also Recipients Of Other Awards. There Are More Than A Thousand Works Of The Kukryniksy In The Collection Of Alexandre Garese Which Have Been Restored. <br/> <br/> Russkai?a? Klassicheskai?a? Literatura. paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 049428

‎Arnac, Marcel; Translation By W K (Keene Wallis); Inscribed By Wallis To William Gropper‎

‎Private Memoirs Of A Profiteer M. Scrullionaire An Animated Cartoon An Early French Graphic Novel‎

‎New York City Ny: Walden Publications 1939. First English Language Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Risque Graphic Novel. Yellow Cloth Lettered In Black. First And Only Printing. Near Fine. Dust Jacket Priced $1.49 Dusty Worn Tears At Corners With Minute Losses. Inscribed From The Translator To Social Artist And Fellow John Reed Club Member William Gropper "For Gropper May This Help Put Those Buggers In Their Place! Keene Wallis." Marcel Arnac Whose Real Name Was Marcel Fernand Louis Bodereau 1886-1931 Was A Writer Illustrator And Humorist One Of The Precursors Of Comics In The Form Of Graphic Novels . He Contributed To Numerous Newspapers 1903- And There Are Translations Into German And English Such As Private Memoirs Of A Profiter. He Also Had A Career As An Advertising Designer And Is The Screenwriter Of Three Short Films In The Series Directed By Georges Monca Whose Hero Is The Comic Character Of Rigadin Embodied On The Screen By Charles Prince . He Died On August 24 1931 Killed By A Shard Of Cast Iron Which Fell On His House Following The Explosion Of The Suresnes Water Lifting Plant. Keene Wallis Was An Author And A Prolific Translator From The French Primarily Of Poetry And Literature Related To Sexuality And Eroticism. In October 1929 The John Reed Club Was Founded By Eight Staff Members Of The New Masses Magazine To Support Leftist And Marxist Artists And Writers. They Included: Mike Gold Walt Carmon William Gropper Keene Wallis Hugo Gellert Morris Pass And Joseph Pass. The John Reed Clubs 1929-1935 Often Referred To As John Reed Club Or Jrc Were An American Federation Of Local Organizations Targeted Towards Marxist Writers Artists And Intellectuals Named After The American Journalist And Activist John Reed. According To Alan M. Wald The John Reed Clubs Were Not Founded By The Communist Party. New Masses Managing Editor Walt Carmon Became Frustrated With A Group Of Young Writers Who Were Hanging Out In The Office And Getting In His Way. He Told Them To "Go Out And Form A Club" And "Call It The John Reed Club." The John Reed Clubs Would Be A Constant Source Of Drama Within The New Masses Family And Members Of The Clubs Would Eventually Found The Partisan Review Which Became A Main Competitor To The New Masses. Businessmen Are Easy Targets For The People Who Never Operate Their Own Business; But The Great Mass Of War Profiteers Are Actually The Morons Usually Lawyers Who Go Into Politics And Mindlessly Support Wars Rather Than Find More Constructive Work To Do Let Alone Trying To Solve The Real Issues That Were Critical To The Start Of The Hostilities. <br/> <br/> Walden Publications hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 049483

‎Otv Redaktor, AV Fon'o ; Sostaviteli Al'boma EM Vesenin I LM Kublanovskii ; Oblozhka Raboty Khudozhnika BG Klin'; Illustrations‎

‎Grazhdanskaia Voina / Voina V Ispanii : Politicheskie Karikatury I Risunki Sovetskikh Khudozhnikov. Proletarii Vsekh Stran Soediniaites'! / Soediniaites Russian Anti-Axis / Anti-Nazi Cartoons‎

‎Moskva / Moscow Leningrad Ussr: Iskusstvo 1937. 1st Edition 1st Printing. No Binding. Very Good. 52 Loose Color And B/W Anti-Nazi Cartoons. Portfolio Cloth Spine Illustrated Boards Chemise Inside With 3 Flaps 8 Pp Brochure Staple-Bound 52 Loose Plates 13 13/16" X 10 5/16" Anti-Nazi Cartoons All Caricatures In Color Or B/W With Explanatory Text And Each Annotated With The Artist's Name. Wear And Browning To Covers Boards Frayed And With Considerable Dust And Some Light Stains. Some Browning To Text Covers And Adjacent First Illustration. A Few Plates With Tiny Edge Creases. No Marks. Text Booklet With Tiny Stamp "Printed In Soviet Union" Indicating This Is The Export Issue. Scarce; Worldcat Indicates Five Institutional Holdings. <br/> <br/> Iskusstvo unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 049504

‎Archangelski / Archangelskii / Archangel'skij, Aleksandr G ( Grigorevich) ; Illustrations By Kukriniksy / Kukriniksi / Kukryniks‎

‎O Babele Gladkove Zarove Zorice Zoscenko Inber Klyckove Krest. Poete Lugovskom Nikiforove Olese Oresine Romanove Radimove Svetlove Sel'vinskom Tret'jakove Utkine Sklovskom‎

‎Moskva / Moscow Ussr: Zemlja I Fabrika 1930. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Full Page Caricatures; Small Illustrations / Decorations. 6 Pp 19 Full-Page Caricatures With Parodic Verse On Facing Pages. Brown Boards Illustrated. Well Preserved With Small Frays At Corners. Quite Scarce; Worldcat Shows Institutional Holdings Only In Berlin. A Facsimile Of This Original Russian Edition Of 1930 With Complete Translations In English Was Done By Ray J. Parrott Jr. In 1976. <br/> <br/> Zemlja I Fabrika, hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 049540

‎H R Giger, Michael Whelan, Bob Eggleton, John Jude Palencar, Mike Mignola, Rowena, Berni Wrightsongwabryel, Helmut Wenske, Tim W‎

‎A Lovecraft Retrospective: Artists Inspired By H.P. Lovecraft #16 Of 50 Copies Of The Deluxe Signed Edition‎

‎Centipede Press 2008. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Slipcase. #16 Of 50 Copies Of The Deluxe Signed Edition. Three Bound Volumes One Volume Consisting Solely Of The Signatures Of The Artists And Organizers Including Harlan Ellison Another Volume Of Classic Illustrations And A Third Volume Of New Illustrations. Fine In Box As Issued. <br/> <br/> Centipede Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 049676 ISBN : 1933618345 9781933618340

‎Chales T Munger; Edited By Peter D Kaufman, Foreword By Warren E Buffet‎

‎Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit And Wisdom Of Charles T. Munger Expanded Third Edition‎

‎Donning 2008. 3rd Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Xvi532 Pp. Blue Cloth Gilt. Expanded Third And Last Edition. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket. This Expanded And Last Edition Is Quite Scarce. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket. Munger And Buffet Were The Solidest American Investors For Half A Century. They Didn't Buy Crypto- Currency Or Nft's Or "Managed Risk" Bubbles Or Promised Wonders. They Paid Their Taxes After Making Landmark Charitable Gifts And Strongly Encouraging Others To Do Likewise. They Made Other Investors And Business Leaders And Advisors Look Like Inmates Of A Deluxe Long Term Custodial Care Facility For Dangerous Sociopaths. <br/> <br/> Donning hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 049832 ISBN : 1578645018 9781578645015

‎Pauling, Linus‎

‎Vitamin C and the Common Cold‎

‎San Francisco Ca: W. H. Freeman 1970. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 122 Pp. Grey Cloth Lettered In Black. First Printing Indicated Number Line Ending In "1". Fine In Lightly Used Dust Jacket Priced $3.95. Very Scarce. Pauling's Initial Foray Into Medicine Raising Howls Of Disagreement In The Professions Amongst People Who Died Much Sooner Than He Did And In Much Worse General Health As Is Generally The Case With Advocates And Critics Of Preventive Medicine And As Might Be Expected. <br/> <br/> W. H. Freeman hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 049892 ISBN : 0716701596 9780716701590

‎Perry, William‎

‎The Royal Standard English Dictionary.‎

‎Worcester Massachusetts: Isaiah Thomss 1796. Hardcover. Good. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. 596pp. Full calf leather spine label. Fourth Worcester Edition. Edges rubbed label chipped though mostly readable joints cracked no endpapers some signatures slightly protruding contents tanned partial clippings pasted to pastedowns. <br/> <br/> Isaiah Thomss hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 004508

‎Bibliotheca Askeviana. Sive Catalogus Librorum rarissimorum Antonii Askew M.D.‎

‎Londini London: S. Baker and G. Leigh 1775. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bound in early 20th c. pale green cloth title and incorrect date of 1885 in black lettering at spine the first eight crossed out and corrected in ink. Remnants of label top corner front cover remnants of Harvard College Library bookplate at front paste down small Harvard stamps dated 1900 at verso of title and first page of text Harvard blind stamps first five pages no other institutional markings and legitimately removed from Harvard many years ago. vi 149 pages with Libri Omissi/ errata page and publisher's ad final page. with hand ruled lines and manuscript price notations throughout verso of title page covered with manuscript notations. Bound without the original wrappers a Very Good and legible copy of this SCARCE catalogue of an early and important book auction. Askew's "achievements in the medical field are quite eclipsed by his proficiency as a classical scholar. As a book-collector he is said to have attempted to secure a complete series of all the Greek classics ever published" De Ricci p. 52. S. Baker and G. Leigh Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 009366

‎Schweitzer, Albert; Translated By Mrs C E B Russell‎

‎From My African Notebook Second Printing Near Fine In Dust Jacket Signed By Author‎

‎London Uk: George Allen & Unwin 1951. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Map Photographs. 132 Pp. Catalog At End. Green Cloth Lettered In Brown. Second Printing Stated 1951. Signed By Albert Schweitzer On The Half Title Page Obtained In Person On A Trip To Lambarene By The Previous Owner. Near Fine Slight Browning To Upper And Lower Edges Five Words Faintly Underlined. Dust Jacket Priced 8S 6D Light Usage Slight Browning To Spine A Few Short Tears And Minute Losses At Edges. <br/> <br/> George Allen & Unwin hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 051287

‎Dibdin, Rev T F‎

‎Fine Binding - Whitman Bennett The Library Companion; or The Young Man's Guide and The Old Man's Comfort in the Choice of a Library‎

‎London: Harding Triphook and Lepard 1824. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Printed by W. Nicol at the Shakespeare Press. li 1 400 Part Second title page 401-912 pages. Finely bound by Whitman Bennett of New York in mid 20th c. half red morocco over red buckram boards gilt back in five raised bands marbled end papers top edge gilt. Near Fine small rubs at corners and edges toning primarily at first several pages front and back. A quite handsome copy "The Bennett Book Studios of New York City was established in the late 1920s by bookman and binder Whitman Bennett b. 1884 in Cambridge MA; d. 1968 in New York. The business sold rare books particularly first editions and sets of American and English literature classics and also operated as a fine bindery. Bennett Studios was known for crafting fine leather bindings and the term "Bennett copy" arose in the book trade to refer to the binder's work in upgrading a second or third issue text with a first edition binding" Lilly Library Bennett mss. 1929-1968. Harding, Triphook, and Lepard Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 009789

‎Wakefield, Charles William; Charles Wakefield Cadman‎

‎Catalogue Complete Musical Works Of Charles Wakefield Cadman‎

‎Charles Cadman Wakefield 1926. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Portrait Plate. 32 Pp. Brown Card Covers. Compiled And Published By Cadman No Date But After 1926 And Before 1928 Includes 1926 Opera Does Not Include 1928 Opera. One Page Autobiography And Portrait Plate At Front. Per Wikipedia Charles Wakefield Cadman 1881 - 1946 Was An American Composer. For 40 Years He Worked Closely With Nelle Richmond Eberhart Who Wrote Most Of The Texts To His Songs Including Four American Indian Songs. She Also Wrote The Librettos For His Five Operas Two Of Which Were Based On Indian Themes. He Composed In A Wide Variety Of Genres. He Was Greatly Influenced By American Indian Music Which He Had Been Studying Especially Through The Work Of Ethnologists Alice Fletcher And Francis La Flesche. Fletcher And La Flesche Had Studied The Omaha Tribe And Recorded Their Music And Stories. Having Published Several Articles On American Indian Music Cadman Became Regarded As One Of The Foremost Experts On The Subject. In 1908 He Began Touring To Present Lectures Known As The "Indian Talk" Or "Indian Music Tour" Accompanied By The Performance Of Native American Music And His Own Compositions. Tsianina Redfeather Muscogee / Cherokee Billed As "Princess Redfeather" Performed As A Singer On Some Of His Tours. Her Signature Song Was Cadman's "From The Land Of The Sky-Blue Water". Another Such Song Was "At Dawning" Which Became Widely Known In The 1920S. Cadman Toured Both The Us And Europe For 25 Years To Present This Lecture. Cadman Drew From Omaha And Iroquois Songs For His Four American Indian Songs Op. 45 Which Became His First Commercial Success In 1909. This Was Aided By Performances Of These Songs By Noted Soprano Lillian Nordica Who Was On A Concert Tour. In The Summer Of 1909 He Went To Nebraska To Study The Music And Traditional Instruments Of The Omaha And Winnebago Tribes. He Lived With The People On Their Reservations Learning To Play Their Instruments. During His Trip To The West He Met Francis La Flesche An Omaha Ethnologist Who Was Working With The Smithsonian Institution On Studies Of The Omaha And Osage Peoples. Cadman Assisted Him In Making Recordings On Wax Cylinders Of Traditional Songs. These Works Are Now Held By The Library Of Congress And Some 60 Songs Are Available Online. Cadman Drew From La Flesche's Recordings And He Was Also Interested In His Stories Collected From These Peoples. They Began Work That Year On An Opera; Cadman Had Already Started To Pull Melodies From Three Printed Collections Of Omaha And Pawnee Music Published By Ethnologist Alice Cunningham Fletcher Who Also Was With The Smithsonian. The Songs Were Transcribed Or Harmonized By Others. Cadman And Eberhart Worked Closely With La Flesche By Mail And He Continued To Provide Cadman With Omaha Melodies For The Opera. They Were Not Permitted To Use Melodies Which La Flesche Had Collected For An As Yet Unpublished Report For The Smithsonian. Together With Librettist Nelle Richmond Eberhart Cadman And La Flesche Worked Together For About Three More Years To Create An Opera Based On Omaha Stories And Music. Cadman Made Occasional Indian Music Tours To Raise Money For The Project. He Moved To Denver In 1911. Cadman Completed The Music For Da O Ma 1912 And Sought A Venue For It But It Was Never Produced Or Published. It Was Rejected By The Boston Opera Company The White-Smith Music Publishing Company Which Had Published Numerous Songs By Cadman; And The Metropolitan Opera. In The Course Of Their Work The Team Had Changed The Opera From An Omaha To Sioux Lakota/Dakota Setting. Cadman Did Gain Some Distribution For This Music: Selections From The Opera Were Published By White-Smith In 1917 As A Piano Suite And By Boosey In 1920 As An Orchestral Suite. <br/> <br/> Charles Cadman Wakefield paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 054020

‎Herz, John H [ Hans Hermann]‎

‎Political Realism And Political Idealism: A Study In Theories And Realities‎

‎Chicago Il: The University Of Chicago Press 1951. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Xii 275 Pp. Blue Cloth Spine Gilt. First Printing. Near Fine; Ownership Signature Of Political Theorist Richard Jarnagin. Dust Jacket Priced $3.75 Light Usage And Browning 1"X 1/2" Scar On Spine Of Dj From Removal Of Price Label Not Affecting Lettering. Per Wikipedia Hans Hermann Herz 1908 -2005 Was An American Scholar Of International Relations And Law. He Coined The Concept Of The Security Dilemma. In 1935 He Fled Germany Because He Was Jewish And Emigrated To Switzerland Where He Received A Diploma From The Graduate Institute Of International Studies In Geneva In 1938. In 1938 He Emigrated To The United States. In The United States He Found A Temporary Position At Princeton University Through The Assistance Of Abraham Flexner. In 1940 He Also Worked At Trinity College Connecticut. In 1941 Ralph Bunche Who Headed The Political Science Department At Howard University Hired Herz. In Wwii He Served As A Political Analyst For The Oss Office Of Strategic Services And The State Department. After World War Ii He Worked As A Political Analyst For The Us State Department - He Took Part In The Us Delegation To The Nuremberg Trials And Also Helped Draw Up A Plan For Democratizing The Occupation Zone In Germany. In 1942 Herz Wrote That "Power Competition Among Several Units Of A System Eventually Leads Either To The Predominance Of One Of Them Or To The Establishment Of A System Where The Political Units Balance Each Other And Thus Can Continue To Exist Side By Side." Herz Wrote That A "World Government" Was Not Utopian But That The Shift From A System Of Nation-States To One Of World Government Would Require "An Ideological And Spiritual Revolution." In A 1950 Article Herz Coined The Concept Of The Security Dilemma. While At Harvard Herz Wrote Political Realism And Political Idealism A Book Which The American Political Science Association Awarded The Woodrow Wilson Prize In 1951. In The Book Herz Criticizes "Political Idealism" For Failing To Grapple With The Security Dilemma. He Crafts A Theory Of "Realist Liberalism. According To A 1952 Review Of The Book Herz's "Approach To The Problem Of Politics Is. Essentially Psychological In Character. Man He Thinks Is Driven In His Relations With Other Men By Two Contradictory Impulses. Through Fear Of Others He Is Impelled To Seek Security In A Competitive Struggle For Power; Through Compassion For His Fellow Men He Regrets The Sufferings Thus Entailed And Yearns For Universal Peace." The Following Year He Joined City College Of New York Where He Taught International Relations Until His Retirement In 1979. Herz Was One Of A Number Of Jewish Refugees From Nazi Germany Who Found Positions In American Universities And Taught International Relations From A Critical Realist Perspective. This Book Remains Of Academic Interest As There Is No Way To Use It To Support The Public Pronouncements Of Any Politician Or Media Celebrity Or Consultant. <br/> <br/> The University Of Chicago Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 054173

‎Adams, Brooks; Introduction By Charles A Beard‎

‎The Law Of Civilization And / & Decay‎

‎Alfred A. Knopf 1951. 3rd Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 349 Xi Pp. Blue Cloth Gilt. Second Printing Of This Edition First Published 1943 With A New Introduction By Historian Charles A. Beard. The 1895 First Edition Is Scarce Although The Uk First Is Obtainable. Per The Front Flap "It Is One Of The Great Landmarks In The Literature Of American Protest Against The Rule Of Plutocracy". Beard: "What Brooks Did Was To Concentrate Heavily On The Operations Of A Particular Type Of Economic Interest: The Driving Greed Of The Usurer Or Finance Capitalist Never Able To Satiate His Lust For Money And Power." Some May Find The Book Excoriates Modern Preferences And Tastes Always Presumably Of Others More Than The Misuse Of Political Power In America Or Elsewhere An Issue Which Would Strike Closer To Home For Him. Brooks Was Son Of Charles Francis Adams Us Congressman And Ambassador To Great Britain Grandson Of President John Quincy Adams And Also Of Peter Chardon Brooks The Wealthiest Man In Massachusetts At The Time Of His Death Great-Grandson Of President John Adams And Spouse Of The Daughter Of An Admiral Whose Sister Anna Married America's Most Prominent And Influential Us Senator Henry Cabot Lodge And Whose Sister Louisa Married The Son Of Stephen Luce Admiral And Founder Of The Us War College. Brooks Wrote A Book "Railways As Public Agents" 1910 About The Historical Significance Of The Us Railroads; His Brother Charles Francis Adams Jr. Was President Of The Union Pacific. His Brother J. Q. Adams Ii Married A Member Of The Crowninshield Political Dynasty Who Had A Son Charles Francis Adams Ii Who Was Secretary Of The Navy And Whose Daughter Catherine Lovering Adams Married Henry Sturgis Morgan Co-Founder Of Morgan Stanley The Son Of America's Most Prominent Financier Junius Pierpont Morgan And Father Admiral Henry Sturgis Morgan Who Was A Brother-In-Law Of The Late Us Senator And Presidential Candidate John Mccain. Brooks Wrote Another Book On The Gold Standard 1894 And Yet Another On America's Economic Supremacy 1900 And The New Empire 1902. To Begin With. History Written From A Seemingly Endless And Un-Self-Aware Conservative-Aristocratic Political Genealogy. Yet He Also Wrote "Theory Of Social Revolutions" 1913 And That Same Year An Article In The Atlantic "The Collapse Of Capitalistic Government"; But All Betray No Consciousness That It Is The Misuse Of Political Power In Day- To P- Day Government Operations In Favor Of A Narrow Elite Which Constitutes The Basic Problem Of Government. <br/> <br/> Alfred A. Knopf hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 054298

‎Adams, Brooks‎

‎The Theory Of Social Revolutions Including: The Collapse Of Capitalistic Government; The Limitations Of The Judicial Function; American Courts As Legislative Chambers; The Social Equilibrium; Political Courts; Inferences‎

‎The Macmillan Company 1913. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Ix 222 IiI Pp. Brown Cloth Gilt. First Printing September 1913. Light Usage Gilt Brilliant But Marks On Front End Papers Along With Personal Information Dated 1914 At Haverford Of Charles Shoemaker Taylor Son Of Joseph W. Taylor The Quaker Founder Of Bryn Mawr College. Brooks Was Son Of Charles Francis Adams Us Congressman And Ambassador To Great Britain Grandson Of President John Quincy Adams And Also Of Peter Chardon Brooks The Wealthiest Man In Massachusetts At The Time Of His Death Great-Grandson Of President John Adams And Spouse Of The Daughter Of An Admiral Whose Sister Anna Married America's Most Prominent And Influential Us Senator Henry Cabot Lodge And Whose Sister Louisa Married The Son Of Stephen Luce Admiral And Founder Of The Us War College. Brooks Wrote A Book "Railways As Public Agents" 1910 About The Historical Significance Of The Us Railroads; His Brother Charles Francis Adams Jr. Was President Of The Union Pacific. His Brother J. Q. Adams Ii Married A Member Of The Crowninshield Political Dynasty Who Had A Son Charles Francis Adams Ii Who Was Secretary Of The Navy And Whose Daughter Catherine Lovering Adams Married Henry Sturgis Morgan Co-Founder Of Morgan Stanley The Son Of America's Most Prominent Financier Junius Pierpont Morgan And Father Admiral Henry Sturgis Morgan Who Was A Brother-In-Law Of The Late Us Senator And Presidential Candidate John Mccain. Brooks Wrote Another Book On The Gold Standard 1894 And Yet Another On America's Economic Supremacy 1900 And The New Empire 1902. To Begin With. History Written From A Seemingly Endless And Un-Self-Aware Conservative-Aristocratic Political Genealogy. He Also Wrote "Theory Of Social Revolutions" 1913 And That Same Year An Article In The Atlantic "The Collapse Of Capitalistic Government". He Is Unmatched In The Sophistication Of His Understanding Of The Actual Historical Workings Of The Us Government To 1913 And Reads As Still Up-To-Date; But He Betrays No Explicit Consciousness That It Is The Misuse Of Political Power In Favor Of A Narrow Elite Which Constitutes The Basic Problem Of Government. He Rightfully Focuses On The Sheer Incompetence Illogic Irrationality And Outright Moral Stupidity Of The Individuals Who Govern The Country In All Three Of Its Branches. His Outlook Is So Depressing That It Is Impossible To Expect Any Mainstream Media To Continue To Publish Or Even Report On It. Hundreds Of Thousands Have Dutifully Read About His Place In The Adams Family Genealogy But Almost None Have Actually Read His Works. <br/> <br/> The Macmillan Company hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 054366

‎Stegner, Wallace; Ray Allen Billington; Etc‎

‎Long Run: The American West Magazine Of The Western History Association Vol. 1 No. 1 1964- Volume Xviii No. 6 November/ December 1980 106 Issues In Original Wrappers And Publisher's Slipcases‎

‎American West Publishing 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 N1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1964. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Informative And Interesting Articles On Of Course Western American History. 106 Issues In Original Wrappers And Publisher's Slipcases. Shipping Extra About $75 By Insured Media Mail Within Us; California Sales Tax Applicable To Sales Within California But We Will Pay The Tax If Picked Up At Our Pasadena Location. No International Orders. <br/> <br/> American West Publishing 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 N1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 054792

‎Kent, Sister Mary Corita‎

‎Ihc Art Dept. News / Art Sale Inscribed By Sister Coria To Detta Lange‎

‎Los Angeles: Immaculate Heart College 1968. 1st Edition . No Binding. Near Fine. Sister Mary Corita. Single Large Sheet Folded Vertically To Make Six Pages. Invitatio To Art Sale At Ihc November 14-15 "Paintings And Prints By Detta Lange Paul Laporte And Corita Kent Students". Return Address Dated Ihc Bulletin / February 1968 This May Be A Mock-Up For The Actual Fyier. Inscribed "Dear Detta- How Are You And How Was Greece _ All That If The Card Below Isn't All Right Feel Free To Change It - Or- "This Is An Autographed Limited Edition Of 250 Copies Of Which This Is Number" Much Love To All Of You- Corita". <br/> <br/> Immaculate Heart College unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 054845

‎Soddy, Frederick‎

‎Wealth Virtual Wealth And Debt: The Solution Of An Economic Paradox‎

‎London Gb: George Allen & Unwin 1926. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 320 Pp. Green Cloth Gilt Re-Backed Attractively But In A Rougher Weave Of Cloth Than Covers. Soddy Writes Of The Essence Of Economics And Where It Should Change For Everyone's Best Interests In Such An Intelligent Thoughtful And Understanding Way That He Could As Well Be Writing An Innovative Paper In 2031 Rather Than 1926. The Tone However Is Conversational As An Uncle Explaining The Greatest Truths To An Improbably Attentive And Intelligent Nephew. Scarce. <br/> <br/> George Allen & Unwin hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 054944

‎Montfaucon, Bernard De; Translated By David Humphreys‎

‎The Supplement To Antiquity Explained And Represented In Sculptures By The Learned Father Montfaucon. Translated Into English By David Humphreys M. A. And Fellow Of Trinity-College In Cambridge. In Five Volumes. Volume The First Through Fifth Five Volumes Bound In One‎

‎London: J. Tonson And J Watts 1725. First English Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 128 Plates; Headpieces And Tailpieces. 2 22 571 12. Errata At Bottom Of Last Page Of Index At End. 128 Full Page And Double Page Plates. 41.5 X 27 X 6 Cm. Full Diced Calf Binding Professionally Re-Backed To Style Gilt Original Dark Green Marbled Endpapers Corners With Minor Repairs. Contents Clean Square. No Marks. <br/> <br/> J. Tonson And J Watts hardcover‎

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‎Louis Antoine Hameral, Jean Claude Marc Baraguey, Gregoire Baraguay, Jean Francois Arnois‎

‎Les Armes Des Roys Et Princes De L'europe Original Bound Manuscript Of Heraldry With Elaborately Colored And Gilt‎

‎Dieppe: Pensionnaires Du College De Dieppe 1775. Original Manuscript . Hardcover. Good. 140 4. Full Calf Five Raised Bands Morocco Spine Label Covers With Gilt Borders And Corner DecorationsEdges And Turns Gilt Page Edges Gilt. Dedication To Le Marquis De Manneville Gouvernour Des Villes Et Chateaux De Dieppe Et D'arques. Four Uncolored Coats Of Arms On Front Endpaper Four On Rear Endpaper Another Larger Folding Plate Bound In Between Pages 8 And 9; Gilt And Colored Title Page And 47 Colored And Gilt Coats Of Arms Mounted With Text On Facing Pages. Lacking Pp 13-18 Which Have Been Excised Possibly An Introduction Immediately Following The Title Page. Rebacked Old On New Conditioned Corners Repaired Furbished New Morocco Spine Label. <br/> <br/> Pensionnaires Du College De Dieppe hardcover‎

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‎Hayek, F [Friedrich] A [foreword By John Chamberlain]‎

‎The Road To Serfdom First Edition First Printing‎

‎Chicago: University of Chicago Press 1944. First American Edition 1st Printing. Blue Cloth. Good/No DJ. Xi 250 Pp. Blue Cloth Gilt. First Printing 1944. Light Wear With A Single Tiny Point Of Fraying At Base Of Spine; Spine Gilt All Present And Lettering All Clear Spine Cloth A Little Faded. Covers Clean With Some Loss Of Color In A Thin Line And In A Small Spot On Front Cover. Publisher's Red Top Stain Without Spotting. Pages Just A Little Aged Even Aging To Endpapers No Foxing. No Names A Few Pencil Marks In Text.The Ultimate Academic Statement That Government Will Not Offer Protection Against Commercial Bullies Polluters Liars And Sociopaths Of All Kinds Arguing That This Passivity Is Somehow In The Best Interests Of The People; Also The Ultimate Statement That Academic Economists Are Somehow Experts In The Determination And Evaluation Of What Those Best Interests Are Otherwise They Could Not Make This Recommendation For Passivity! The Epitome Of Specious Reasoning Of Immense Appeal To Those For Whom Specious Reasoning In The Public Sphere Is Very Much In Their Best Personal Interests. However The Book Also Rightfully Directs Attention To The Sociopathy Of Government Itself And Its Pervasive Ignorance Immorality And Incompetence Which Any Review Of 10000 Years Of Human History Will Fully Support. Unfortunately Hayek Cannot Escape His Own Role As A Sophistic Academic Interpreter Of Economics For The Masses Promoting The Sole Interest Of The Ruler As Has Occurred Also For 10000 Years. <br/> <br/> University of Chicago Press hardcover‎

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‎Berle, Adolf A, Jr‎

‎Studies In The Law Of Corporation Finance‎

‎Chicago: Callaghan And Company 1928. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. Xvii 199 Pp. Blue Cloth Gilt. First Printing. Wear Fading Gilt Weak Some Aging To Pages. Ownership Signature And Stamp Of Edwin B Lucas Circa 1928. Per Wikipedia Adolf Augustus Berle Jr. 1895 -1971 Was An American Lawyer Educator Writer And Diplomat. At Age 21 He Became The Second Youngest Graduate Of Harvard Law School In The School's History Behind Only Louis Brandeis. Upon Graduation Berle Joined The Us Military. His First Assignment As An Intelligence Officer Was To Assist In Increasing Sugar Production In The Dominican Republic By Working Out Property And Contractual Conflicts Among Rural Landowners. Berle Became A Member Of The American Delegation To The Paris Peace Conference Advocating For Smaller Nations' Rights Of Self-Determination. In 1919 Became A Member Of The Law Firm Of Berle Berle And Brunner. Berle Became A Professor Of Corporate Law At Columbia Law School In 1927 And Remained On The Faculty Until Retiring In 1964. He Is Best Known For His Groundbreaking Work In Corporate Governance That He Co-Authored With Economist Gardiner Means The Modern Corporation And Private Property. It Is The Most Quoted Text In Corporate Governance Studies. Berle And Means Showed That The Means Of Production In The Us Economy Were Highly Concentrated In The Hands Of The Largest 200 Corporations And Within The Large Corporations Managers Controlled Firms Despite Shareholders' Formal Ownership. Berle Theorized That The Facts Of Economic Concentration Meant That The Effects Of Competitive-Price Theory Were Largely Mythical. Berle Argued For Government Regulation And Became Identified With The School Of Business Statesmanship Which Advocated That Corporate Leadership Accept And Theorized That They Had To A Great Extent Already Accepted That They Must Fulfill Responsibilities Toward Society In Addition To Their Traditional Responsibilities Toward Shareholders Which Finally Received Some Mainstream Acceptance In The 21St Century. Corporate Law Should Reflect This New Reality He Wrote. Berle Was An Original Member Of Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Brain Trust" A Group Of Advisers Who Developed Policy Recommendations. Berle Became A Key Consultant In The Successful Mayoral Election Campaign Of Reformer Fiorello Laguardia. From 1934 To 1938 Berle Managed The City's Fiscal Affairs As Its Last Chamberlain. In 1939 Berle Became An Early Member Of The National Lawyers Guild Nlg. From 1938 To 1944 Berle Was Assistant Secretary Of State For Latin American Affairs. Throughout The Roosevelt Administration Berle Consulted On Important International And Industrial New Deal Projects. Outside Of Latin America Berle Argued "That Control Of The Incomparable Energy Reserves Of The Middle East Would Yield 'Substantial Control Of The World." By 1941 Berle Had Charge Of The Intelligence Activities In The State Department Working With The Fbi In Latin America And The Oss In Europe. Berle Became Entangled In Incessant Turf Wars Among Intelligence Agencies. In 1943 Berle's Duties In The State Department Involved Political Supervision Of The Various Clandestine Activities Necessitated By The War. In 1944 He Was Reassigned To Take Charge Of Negotiation With The Allies Regarding A Postwar Commercial Aviation Agreement. Berle Also Was A Major Architect In The Development Of Federal Farm And Home Owners' Mortgage Programs And In The Expansion Of The Reconstruction Finance Corporation. After The War Berle Served As Ambassador To Brazil From 1945 To 1946. Berle Was A Founding Member Of The Liberal Party Of New York. For Nearly A Decade Berle Served As Chairman Of The Liberal Party. Berle Briefly Returned To Government Service For The First Half Of 1961 Serving Under President John F. Kennedy As Head Of An Interdepartmental Task Force On Latin American Affairs. During That Time He Was Primarily Involved In Forming The Us Response To A Newly Communist Cuba Which Included The Failed Bay Of Pigs Invasion. <br/> <br/> Callaghan And Company hardcover‎

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‎Scott, Sir Walter‎

‎Peverill Of The Peak First Issues 4 Volumes In Crushed Morocco By Ramage‎

‎Edinburgh / London: Printed By James Ballentyne For Archibald Constable And Co. And Hurst Robinson & Co 1822. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. Pp. Xxxii 319 ; 313; 320. With All Half-Titles Fly-Titles And All Preliminary And Final Blanks. Complete In Four Volumes Todd & Bowden's First Issue With Volume Iii Uncorrected Reading "Fleet-Prison" On P 227 Lines 12-13; P. 16 Lines 1-2 Reads "Seated Themselves"; Volume Iv Has Original Cancel Reading Of P. 253 Line 6 As "And" Rather Than "Place" As In The Later Integral Substitution. Finely Bound In Full Green Crushed Morocco Gilt Gilt Turns And Edges Gilt Top Edges Of Page Blocks Marbled Endpapers. Very Near Fine. One Of A Set Of Seven Scott First Edition Novels In Matching Green Crushed Morocco Offered Separately. <br/> <br/> Printed By James Ballentyne For Archibald Constable And Co., And Hurst, Robinson & Co hardcover‎

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‎Hafen, Leroy R (Supervising Editor)‎

‎The Mountain Men And The Fur Trade Of The Far West. Biographical Sketches Of The Participants By Scholars Of The Subjects And With Introductions By The Editor 10 Vol. Set‎

‎Glendale Ca: The Arthur H. Clark Company 1965 1966 1968 1969 1971 1972 1965. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. Plates Maps. Complete 10 Volume Set In Original Brown Cloth Spines Gilt Deckled Edges. Volumes Issued 1965-1972 All Are First Printings. Frontispieces And Illustrations In Volumes 1-9 Large Folding Colored Map In Volume 1. The Major Source If Information About The Fur Trade With Extensive Footnotes Index And Bibliography. A Single Owner Set Near Fine Slight Wear Tips Square No Damage. Owner's Bookplates In Volumes I And Iii; Owner's Signature In Volume Vi; Her Receipt For Purchase Of Volume Viii From Clark Is Laid In Loosely. About 32 Pounds. <br/> <br/> The Arthur H. Clark Company 1965 1966 1968 1969 1971 1972 hardcover‎

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