1929réf. 217000New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company 1929. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Volume two of ten only. 16mo. measuring 4" x 6 1/4". 204pp. Red cloth gilt-stamped spine. Gutter starting near fine in a fair only dust jacket with much loss of the front panel extremities worn and chipped. Contributions by F. Britten Austin Edwin Baird Marjorie Bowen Ellis Parker Butler Anthony Berkeley Ben Ames Williams J.D. Beresford and Carolyn Wells. Funk & Wagnalls Company hardcover books
1752réf. 67002Dublin: George Faulkner 1752. First Dublin edition. 12mo. 265 i.e. 262 pp. Pages 55-58 and 77-84 are cancels pages 85-86 omitted in numbering. Eleven tracts published separately 1721-1752 each with a separate title page. Includes A Proposal for the better supplying of Churches in our Foreign Plantations and for converting the savage Americans to Christianity by a College to be erected in the Summer-Islands otherwise called the Isles of Bermuda 1725. Berkeley 1685-1753 born in Kilkenny and an Anglican bishop served on a mission to America living in Rhode island 1728-1732 and afterward was named the Bishop of Cloyne 1734 to his death; his writings placed him among the important 18th-century British philosophers. Keynes Bibliography of George Berkeley 140. Contemporary calf rubbed some wear to joints and spine ends leather label between raised bands on spine. Very good. George Faulkner unknown books
1910réf. 244490New York: P.F. Collier & Son 1910. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. 445pp. Wrinkle to the rear pastedown from binding and slight toning to the spine near fine. P.F. Collier & Son hardcover books
1800réf. 25312Philadelphia: Way & Groff 1800. First edition. 34pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Disbound and resewn. Apart from some staining a very good copy. First edition. 34pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The author argues that the class of medicines commonly known as 'sedatives' are actually stimulants. He considers the likes of digitalis opium nitre and saccharum. Scarce: OCLC locates 5 copies. Evans 36942 Way & Groff unknown books
1947réf. 601528Chicago: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company 1947. Softcover. Very Good. Volume 2 Number 3. Small quarto. 178pp. Illustrated wrappers. Spine slightly cocked wraps moderately soiled and worn dampstaining along the edges most notably on the inside of the front cover sound but good only. This issue with contributions by Richard S. Shaver Phillip Sharp Berkeley Livingston and others. Ziff-Davis Publishing Company unknown books
1965réf. 90161Berkeley: Oyez/Cody's 1965. First edition. . 16 pp. Near fine in stapled wrappers. One of 500 copies. Robin Blaser Robert Creeley Richard Duerden Robert Duncan Allen Ginsberg Leroi Jones Joanne Kyger Ron Loewinsohn Charles Olson Gary Snyder Jack Spicer George Stanley Lew Welch and John Wieners. Berkeley: Oyez/Cody's unknown books
1970réf. 55912Berkeley: Berkeley Political Poster Workshop 1970. Original illustrated poster silkscreened in camo green on repurposed computer listing paper with perforated tractor strips measuring 38cm x 56cm 15" x 22". Some splitting along the center fold discreetly and archivally reinforced on verso; Very Good. An arresting image portraying the gears of the war machine with silhouettes of human beings inside each one and a conscience-provoking slogan. One of some 600 designs created by Berkeley student members of the Political Poster Workshop in 1970; on average fewer than 100 copies of each design were printed for distribution on and around campus. See WILLIAMS 32-33. 55912. Berkeley Political Poster Workshop unknown books
1970réf. 35425Berkeley: Berkeley Political Poster Workshop 1970. Original illustrated poster silkscreened in black on white repurposed computer listing paper with perforated tractor strips measuring ca.38cm x 56cm 15" x 22". A Fine copy / A. A simple powerful anti-war image by an uncredited Berkeley student. The image is reproduced from a 1968 AP photograph of the bodies of US Marines on Hill 689 in Khe Sanh South Vietnam. The poster "is an indirect invocation of the political order in the United States and for those who remember a reminder that both Lyndon Johnson in 1964 and Richard Nixon in 1968 won the presidency with promises of peace - which were then contradicted by their actions." Benson Thomas W. Posters for Peace: Visual Rhetoric and Civic Action. One of some 600 designs created by Berkeley student members of the Political Poster Workshop in 1970; on average fewer than 100 copies of each design were printed for distribution on and around campus. Not individually listed in OCLC though we note copies held at Yale and Penn State. WILLIAMS 28. Berkeley Political Poster Workshop unknown books
1970réf. 55917Berkeley: Berkeley Political Poster Workshop 1970. Original illustrated poster silkscreened in black and burnt orange on repurposed computer listing paper with perforated tractor strips measuring 38cm x 56cm 15" x 22". Thin strip of toning a few tiny splits; Near Fine. Among the most striking designs created by Berkeley student members of the Political Poster Workshop in 1970 depicting a young Vietnamese boy carrying his baby brother on his back. On average fewer than 100 copies of each design were printed for distribution on and around campus. This variant not in WILLIAMS 4973: Berkeley Protest Posters 1970 - see p.118. Berkeley Political Poster Workshop unknown books
réf. 83078Berkeley: Political Poster Workshop 1970. Original silkscreen in red printed on white poster paper measuring 77.74cm x 58.5cm 29" x 23". Short repaired tear in left margin; hand-inked date 7/2/70 at upper right else Near Fine. Unlike the majority of BPPW posters this one is not printed on repurposed computer paper but rather on higher-quality poster paper in a larger than usual format. One of some 600 designs created by Berkeley student members of the Political Poster Workshop a student anti-war graphics collective over the course of the 1970 academic year; on average fewer than a few hundred copies of each design were printed for distribution on and around campus. Not in Williams. unknown books
1970réf. 340519Berkeley CA: UC Berkeley 1970. Handbill. 8.5x13.5 inch handbill on pink paper; minor midcrease otherwise in very good condition. "For more than two years BSP Berkeley Students for Peace pressured the university to take an active stand in favor of converting the labs and opening them up to public review. We resisted for that time calling for severance. Now we believe it is quite clear that the university will not not exert even the most minimal amount of control or influence over the labs needed to make the accountable. [UC Berkeley] unknown books
réf. 64411Ephemera. Very Good. Leaflet on an 8 1/2 x 11" sheet of paper. With 2 light fold lines vertical and horizontal through the center. The flyer states: "The Berkeley City Council just voted 5 to 3 to let people have Telegraph Avenue tomorrow from noon to 10 P.M.! Plans will be made at tonight's meeting for rallies bands etc. Grateful Dead Mother Earth Mad River The Phoenix have agreed. "This victory is an important step for all the people of Berkeley. But this is only a step. We must continue the fight for: - amnesty for weekend arrestees - permanent free speech and assembly - regular closing of Telegraph to cars - investigation of police brutality and a referendum for community control of police unknown books
1968réf. ZZ1076New York:: Burt Franklin 1968. 1968. Reprint of the 1934 edition. Series: Burt Franklin: Bibliography & Reference Series 234; Philosophy Monographs Series 21. 8vo. xvi 99 pp. Index. Red cloth gilt-stamped spine title. Fine. Over 500 separate entries recorded. Burt Franklin, 1968. hardcover books
1725réf. 371588London: H. Woodfall 1725. 24pp. 8vo. Nineteenth century half red morocco and marbled boards minor wear. Numerical stamp on verso of title bookplate. 24pp. 8vo. Proposes the creation of a college in Bermuda for training young American Indians to serve as missionaries throughout the British colonies. First published the year prior. Scarce. ESTC T14337; Sabin 4878 H. Woodfall unknown books
1732réf. 2329641London: Printed for J. Tonson in the Strand 1732. Second Edition. Full-Leather. Good/No Jacket. Second edition. Neatly rebacked with new gilt titles original boards and endsheets retained. Discolored 2 inch declivity on front board boards rubbed with corners exposed first volume lacks leaf A4 ink owner stamps on front endpapers William Harris Mar 1944 light stain to marginal edges of first gathering in volume two front and end matter lightly foxed rear free endpaper of first volume loosening. 1732 Full-Leather. 356; 351 pp. Alciphron is a Christian apologetic in answer to the 'minute philosophers' of Berkeley's day who sought to minimize the the dignity of man. Berkeley is known as an advocate of subjective idealism which he called immaterialism which states that objects do not exist unless they are perceived. "A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge 1710 is the classic exposition of his philosophy of immaterialism as an antidote to infidelity prefaced with an influential essay in the philosophy of language; part two was later lost in manuscript with other papers in Italy." - Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Perhaps his most well-known work is Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous in which two characters representing himself and John Locke discuss various philosophical questions. Berkeley was a fellow at Trinity College and in the 1720s turned his attention to the project of opening St. Paul's College in Bermuda though skepticism about the chances of success in this endeavor caused the funding to come into question. "To prevent a threatening decline in private support Berkeley sailed for Newport Rhode Island with a small advance party on 6 September 1728; this included Smibert who painted several well-known portraits of Berkeley and of his party before settling for life in Boston. The journey was hazardous and protracted. They made an unscheduled landfall on the Virginia coast about the turn of the year and were officially received at Williamsburg before reaching Rhode Island on 23 January 1729. By the spring Berkeley had bought a farm of 96 acres at Middletown 'with two fine groves and winding rivulet upon it' Works 8.194 whose produce would support the college. He employed slaves and was apparently indifferent to the institution of slavery provided that it was humane seeing the moral need rather as one of conversion and baptism. He built a new house Whitehall which is now maintained as a historic site although the adjoining farmland has given way to urban development. Berkeley often preached at Newport Rhode Island in the winter and in remoter outposts in the summer. The strongest and longest friendship he established among New England churchmen was with Samuel Johnson 1696 - 1772 of Stratford Connecticut a refugee from Calvinism who later became first president of King's College New York later Columbia University and lent support to Berkeley's philosophy through his Elementa philosophica 1752 and other writings. Throughout his career Berkeley had little time for dissenters although he abhorred the use of violence against them. The religious tolerance characteristic of Rhode Island induced a degree of ecumenicism in his social practice that was not always maintained in the pulpit. Reports of growing infidelity in English society to which he was always liable to give credence were fuelled by the continuing bad faith of the government in failing to lodge the funds he considered legally his. This was a factor in his writing Alciphron a set of dialogues located notionally in England but drawing much of the landscape description from Rhode Island which was to sell well and stimulate controversy after his return. In this theist and immaterialist combine their defences against a medley of intellectual trends derived primarily but not exclusively from Locke Bernard Mandeville and the third earl of Shaftesbury that Berkeley regarded as obstructive to religion. The work includes Berkeley's second foray into moral philosophy." - Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Printed for J. Tonson in the Strand hardcover books
1732réf. 369350London: Printed for J. Tonson in the Strand 1732. Hardcover. Fair. Second edition. Two volumes. Octavos. Volume two includes: "An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision" with a separate title page. Illustrated with engraved title vignettes woodcut headpieces and tailpieces including one signed tailpiece in volume one. Contemporary calf over boards edges stained red. "G: Berkeley" written in ink on front free endpaper of Vol. 1. Ex-library with bookplates and paper shelf label on spines boards are worn and detached the lower right corner of the title page in Vol. 1 is torn away effecting the final two numerals of the letterpress date and the corner of the double-ruled letterpress border; small three-digit number stamp on the bottom margin of the first Contents page in each volume else a good only sound set with scattered foxing. Both text blocks are suitable for rebinding. A classic philosophical work written when Berkeley was resident in America. ESTC T86055. Printed for J. Tonson in the Strand hardcover books
1750réf. JC14358London: Printed for J. Whiston. R. Dodsley. and W. Russel. / W. Innys and C. Hitch. and C. Davis. / W. Innys C. Davis C. Hitch W. Bowyer. / M. Cooper 1750 et al see below. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Contemporary calf handsomely rebacked with gilt-stamped lettering in red leather spine label in second compartment 5 raised bands; four works bound together in one volume 8vo; TIME 1750 First Edition pp. xxvii 1 130 2 ads; SIRIS 1747 London reprint of the Dublin edition pp. 174 1 contents; QUERIST 1750 First Edition pp. 4 83 1; MORALS 1751 First Edition pp. 30. Boards scratched and scuffed. Contemporary handwritten notes on FFEP listing the volume's contents; contermporary ownership signature on title-page of TIME and QUERIST; contemporary marginalia in QUERIST. Otherwise an excellent clean copy nice and tight text block just a bit tanned and brittle along the edges more pronounced on first and last few leaves. Printed for J. Whiston... R. Dodsley... and W. Russel... / W. Innys, and C. Hitch... and C. Davis... / W. Innys, C. Davis, C. Hi hardcover books
1923réf. 7326Berkeley California: James J. Gillick & Co. Publishers 1923. Octavo 20 x 13.5 cm. iv 240 pages. Various tables at end. Blank leaves at end of each section not used. Evident FIRST EDITION. The Priscilla Club of the First Congregational Church of Berkeley had been founded in April of 1921 by our editor Mrs. Joseph F. Furtado. A notice to that effect with a list of officers appears on page ii. There are no local advertisements included but there is a list of individuals and businesses that had contributed to the Church Building Fund in relation to the book. Many of the recipes are attributed. Narrow tideline throughout the text block; some light soiling. In publisher's decorated white oil clothwith an image of a young woman seated with a mixing bowl in her lap and whisk in her hand. Some rubbing to extremities and light soil otherwise very good. Ownership inscription "Mrs. L.T. Sprague Xmas 1923" to free front endpaper. Handwritten recipe "Crisco's Pie Crust" laid-in. OCLC locates eighteen copies; not in Brown. James J. Gillick & Co., Publishers hardcover books
1903réf. 5696Berkeley California: The Church; Printed by thePress of Standard Publishing Company 1903. Octavo 23.25 x 14 cm. iv 171 i pages. Advertisements. Index. Evident first edition but subsequent to an 1884 publication with different subtitle author statement and publisher. A generous church cookbook with seven hundred recipes; noteworthy among them: Squash Muffins Celery Root and Hearts of Artichoke Mussel Bordelaise Clam Patties Spanish Meat Pie Coffee Fruit Cake Lemon Cocoanut Cake Cookies with Sherry Monterey Pudding Gooseberry Pudding Pineapple Blanc-Mange Strawberry Mousse. ~ Congregationalists answered the call from President Daniel Coit Gilman 1831-1908 of the University of California to build a hall and organize a fellowship of moral vision within reach of the campus community. The “local church” emphasis of Congregationalist governance had already attracted the largest Protestant presence in San Francisco. After ten years of planning members of Berkeley First Congregational were called to new quarters by a recently cast bell on 30 September 1884 at the corner of Durant Avenue and Dana Street. Thus the early version of The Berkeley Cook Book subtitled A Collection of Choice and Tested Recipes celebrated the dedication of the 1884 church while its younger sibling of 1903 would have appeared in time to honor the building’s twentieth anniversary. ~ In another twenty years they would move again to a grander brick complex on Channing Way still only a few city blocks from campus designed by the Bay Area architect Horace Gardner Simpson. It served successive generations for ninety years but in September 2016 was gutted by fire and the building’s fate is undetermined as of this writing. ~ Clean and bright. Lightly wear at fore-corners and spine. Stapled in olive wrappers titled in brown. Very good. OCLC locates three copies also four copies of The Berkeley Cook Book: A Collection of Choice and Tested Recipes by the Ladies of Berkeley Oakland: Pacific Press 1884; Cook page 27; Brown 57 with different pagination; not in Cagle. [The Church; Printed by the]Press of Standard Publishing Company unknown books
1970réf. 83536Berkeley: Free University of Berkeley 1970. First Edition. Quarto 27cm. Pictorial staple-bound wrappers; 56pp; illus. Light wear to covers; text slightly age-toned; Very Good. Course catalog and prospectus for the Free University of Berkeley presented in the format of an underground comic zine. The course descriptions are by various illustrators none of whom appear to be credited. The Free University allowed students to register for "any number of courses" for a one-time registration fee of $10. Instructors worked on a volunteer basis; among the subjects offered were self-defense dance beekeeping body massage yogurt and "theory of orgasm" though not included in the catalog we imagine the practicum must have been interesting. The FUB ran from 1966 to 1972. Free University of Berkeley unknown books
1982réf. 187177Berkeley: The Mature Poets of Berkeley 1982. 47 p. wraps in very good condition. Annual collection by Berkeley seniors some of whom were rabble-rousers in their day. The Mature Poets of Berkeley unknown books
1940réf. 18101New York: The Grolier Club 1940. Edition limited to 1000 copies printed by The Pynson Printers this 1 of 150 copies for the Grolier Club signed by Updike in pencil on the colophon; 8vo pp. 47 7; vignette title-page and 3 vignettes in text; fine in orig. brown cloth over beige paper-covered boards lettered in gilt on spine. 850 copies were also printed for the A.I.G.A. which were bound in wrappers and not signed. Addresses given at the Grolier Club at the opening of an exhibition on Updike and the Merrymount Press with a check-list of Updike's writings. The Grolier Club unknown books
1970réf. 55907Berkeley: Berkeley Political Poster Workshop 1970. Original illustrated poster silkscreened in blue on repurposed computer listing paper with perforated tractor strips measuring 38cm x 56cm 15" x 22". A Fine copy. Attractive poster featuring an altered version of the Great Seal of the United States bearing the slogan "Americans Want Peace." One of some 600 designs created by Berkeley student members of the Political Poster Workshop in 1970; on average fewer than 100 copies of each design were printed for distribution on and around campus. See WILLIAMS 9-10. Berkeley Political Poster Workshop unknown books
1957réf. 164825Universal City: Universal-International 1957. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1957 film showing actors Alix Talton and Craig Stevens being menaced by the massive titular insect. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A prehistoric praying mantis is freed from the ice and wreaks havoc on the American military stationed in the northern Arctic slowly making its way south. The film utilized a giant paper mâché mantis with an internal hydraulic system for several scenes involving the creature and special effects crew also created two smaller models for scenes where the mantis walked or flew. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901 Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Universal-International unknown books
1954réf. 147591Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1954. Six vintage studio still color photographs from the 1954 film. With a stamp reading "Bought in Phila. / FEB 9 1954" to the verso. A farm family facing poverty is forced to sell daughter Donna's pet horse the eponymous Gypsy Colt unaware that the horse itself is prepared to resist the new sale crossing deserts and mountains in order to return to Donna. Loosely based on Eric Knight's 1940 novel "Lassie Comes Home." Set in the American West and shot in Colorado and California. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with small strips of adhesive to the top center edge. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
