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1955réf. 459241New York: The Viking Press 1955. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Second printing. Octavo. 293pp. Illustrated by Olga Ley. Fine in in a lightly rubbed and spine-sunned near fine dustwrapper with a tiny abrasion at the base of the spine and a small stain on the lower panel. A nice copy. The Viking Press hardcover books
1942réf. 207213Modern age books 1942-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. First Edition. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards spine color has minor fading of color. Clean has a good binding. Name date and place are written on the front free endpaper- no other marks or notations. Modern age books hardcover books
1969réf. 90408NY:: Weybright and Talley. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1969. Hardcover. B0006BZAJY . Illustrated with maps and drawings. First edition. Previous owner's book-plate on front paste-down else very good in a very good dust jacket. . Weybright and Talley, hardcover books
1960réf. 11181TYPED LETTER SIGNED dated 8-8-1960 on the authors own stationery about 80 words to First Fandom member Jack Price consenting to be on a panel at the upcoming 1960 SF World Con in Pittsburgh detailing his flight plans no not by rocket and schedule. Original envelope included. N.P. unknown books
1969réf. 396950New York: McGraw-Hill 1969. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Foxing on foredge and endpapers thus very good in modestly rubbed very good dust jacket. McGraw-Hill hardcover books
1966réf. 623417New York: The Viking Press 1966. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Third printing. 529pp. Black and white illustrations. Fine in a very good dust jacket with toning and short tears. Bookplate and owner name of American psychologist Henry Guze a cofounder of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sex on the front free endpaper. The Viking Press hardcover books
1966réf. 466823New York: Viking Press 1966. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Reprint. Some offsetting on the first and last couple of leaves from an old tape repair very good in good only dust jacket with old tape remnants on the flaps. Viking Press hardcover books
1966réf. 191733New York: The Viking Press 1966. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Third printing with new material. Small quarto. 529pp. Surface stain on page topedges owner name stamped on front fly else very good in a very good age-toned dust jacket with short tears on spine ends. The Viking Press hardcover books
1938réf. 17714FILE OF LETTERS being some nearly 60 in number between science writer and German Rocket Society founder Willy Ley and esteemed international film director Fritz Lang between the years 1938 & 1952. A wonderful correspondence with all letters from Ley SIGNED full of deep personal feelings intimate revealing thoughts and mentioning in detail or in passing FRAU IN MOND Science Fiction Pulp Magazines a history of the meeting of the 2 men in the form of a letter by Lang to the Dept. of Justice Immigration Service on Ley's behalf H.P. Lovecraft David Selznick Joseph Cotten Ingrid Bergman being Lang's alibi for canceling a trip to N.Y.C. for the chance of working with her Arthur Murray WWII Hitler Goebbels Truman Bemelmans E. E. Smith the Atomic Bomb John Campbell the film SCARLET STREET and subsequent censorship in New York and the cuts that had to be made to reinstate it Arkham country Providence R.I. August Derleth Chesley Bonestell John Hersey Robert Oppenheimer Robert Heinlein DESTINATION MOON 20th Century Fox MGM Gary Cooper and the film CLOAK AND DAGGER Wernher Von Braun Forrest Ackerman L. Sprague De Camp CLASH BY NIGHT WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE Robert Goddard Dianetics and L. Ron Hubbard etc. An incredible archive. N.p. unknown books
1936réf. 05865DIE VERSTUCHE AUF DEM GREENWOOD-SEE THE ATTEMPTS ON GREENWOOD-LAKE in DAS NEUE FAHRZEUG Vol. 3 #4 31-12-1936 first edition some tanning to the margins else a vg copy. This 3 page article takes up about 1/3 of this most fragile German publication of contemporary rocketry. Also contains NEUARTIGER PROPELLERANTRIEB FUR MOTORSCHISSE by Otto Steinitz et.al. Berlin unknown books
1965réf. NF1337SCIENCE SERVICE SCIENCE PROGRAM Nelson Doubleday 1965 four booklets fine in full color pictorial wraps in slipcase each with a set of full color photographic stamps pasted in their proper place to accompany the text save for one booklet in which the stamps remain unused !!! . They are: ROCKETS by Willy Ley; FLIGHT by Peter Viemeister; MAN IN SPACE by Marvin L. Stone & SPACE EXPLORATION U.S.A. by Walter Ryland. Nelson Doubleday paperback books
1956réf. 18001THE EXPLORATION OF MARS Viking 1956 first edition fine in vg/near fine full color pictorial dust-wrapper with some light wear and tear with 16 wonderful full color illustrations by Bonestell. Indeed some of his best work. Viking unknown books
1922réf. 1360225Berlin: Verlag Fritz Heyder 1922. Hardcover. Octavo; 24 pages; G; Bound in brown paper with Black text and picture on front cover; Rubbing to corners and along edges spotting to both covers binding slightly loose; Textblock has age toning to pages; Limited Edition of 400 copies; RWO. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area Wegewood Section. 1360225. Special Collections. Verlag Fritz Heyder hardcover books
1925réf. 144940Leipzig Germany: Klinkhardt & Biermann 1925. Hardcover. VG- Slipcase is substantially tanned and aged; book has been protected except for some soiling to spine; interior surfaces are pristine. White boards with red decoration with white leather spine in original white-tan paper slipcase; 546 pp. BW illus. and plates. Text is in German. Evidently the first and only issue of this German book- and fine art-related periodical. Contains quite a variety of articles beginning with what items were once found in the library of Frederick the Great Friedrich der Grosse. Nice! Klinkhardt & Biermann hardcover books
1930réf. 163830N.p.: N.p. 1930. Vintage caricature drawing of silent film actress dancer and Jazz Age icon Louise Brooks smiling in a short pink dress executed in graphite charcoal and pastel by noted Hungarian artist Willy Pogány circa 1930s. Drawing comes with a letter of provenance from the Louise Brooks estate. A contemporary of Edmund Dulac Harry Rountree Sarah Stilwell Weber and others artist Willy Pogány is perhaps best remembered today for his versatile illustrations for children's books. He also worked prolifically as a sculptor painter portraitist and muralist and even briefly as a designer of stage sets and costumes. During the 1930s Pogány moved to Los Angeles where he found employment as an art director in Hollywood-likely the time period in which this drawing was created. Drawing approximately 14 x 19 inches unexamined out of frame. Near Fine lightly age toned along the edges. N.p. unknown books
1910réf. 377807London: ScribnerHutchinson & Co 1910. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Large octavo. 370; 6 ads pp. 27 illustrations including a photogravure frontispiece. Endpapers by Willy Pogany. Blue cloth gilt. Bookplate of Ivor G. Guest and light bookstore stamp both on the front pastedown and modest nicking at the crown very good. ScribnerHutchinson & Co hardcover books
1949réf. 182060Paris: Art d'Aujourd'hui 1949. Softcover. G cover is soiled and worn. Pencil markings on front. Pages are loose some have edge wear but in general good condition. Illustrated card wrap. 138 pages : illustrations. Text is in French. Portaits and pictures of famouse artists in their studios/homes. Artists: Maurice Utrillo -- Georges Braque -- Pablo Picasso -- Hans Arp -- Fernand Leger -- Juan Miro -- Henri Laurens -- Marc Chagall -- Le Corbusier -- Henri Matisse -- Georges Rouault -- Auguste Renoir. Art d'Aujourd'hui paperback books
1985réf. 133065Munich Germany: Galerie Jahn 1985. Hardcover. VG/VG- Some small rubbed spots on dust jacket and slight fading near spine; slight foxing on edge of first and last white pages; otherwise pages are clean. Burgundy paper boards burgundy dust jacket map on rear flyleaf 183 pp. BW illustrations. Text is in French German and English. Consists of an illustrated analysis of the sculpture and tribal art of the Songye of the Congo. Includes illustrations of masks sculptures and archival photos of the people themselves. One of 1000 printed. Galerie Jahn hardcover books
1985réf. 212619Munich: Galerie Jahn 1985. Hardcover. VG/G. Jacket has moderate rubbing and some wear arond the edges. Othewise book is clean and unmarked. Octavo. Hardcover in red cloth with illustrated jacket. 183 pages : illustrations map ; 24 cm English French and German text. Galerie Jahn hardcover books
1931réf. 1415717New York: Paul B. Hoeber Inc 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo xxxiii 2 427 pages plus eleven plates including frontispiece. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in full red cloth with gilt titling to front board and spine and blind-tooled emblem to rear board. In clear plastic cover. Spine has heavy rubbing throughout with fading to gilding and cloth completely rubbed through in a few spots. Boards have bumping to fore corners rubbing and scuffing throughout and slightly loose joints; front board has heavier rubbing near spine. Text block has age-toning and scuffing to edges with dust soiling to top edge; gift inscription dated April 1931 to front free endpaper and age-toning and light scuffing throughout. Shelved in Room A octavo overflow. 1415717. Special Collections - Upstairs. Paul B. Hoeber, Inc hardcover books
1931réf. 305440New York: Hoeber 1931. hardcover. very good. Frontispiece portrait. 427pp. thick tall 8vo maroon cloth spine dulled. New York: Paul Hoeber 1931. First Edition. Very good. "An excellent monograph of concer" Leonardo written because of the surgeon's great interest in the surgical attack on it. Hoeber unknown books
1885réf. 13946Berlin: Hirschwald 1885. hardcover. very good. Text illustrations and 10 fine folded lithographic plates one in color. 32 pages pp. 494-525 IN Archiv fur klinische Chirurgie. 1885. Volume 31. Whole volume offered Complete. Thick 8vo 1/2 brown calf worn. Berlin: August Hirschwald 1885. Very good. The first description of Trendelenburg's elevated pelvic position. G-M 6091. Hirschwald unknown books
1908réf. 304408Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Company 1908. hardcover. very good. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 209 pages. 8vo green boards with gold lettering. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Company 1908. A very good solid copy foxing on page edges but internally clean. W. B. Saunders Company unknown books
1971réf. 68372New York: Harper and Row. Very Good. 1971. Hardcover. First Edition. Very Good in a slightly scuffed but nice dust jacket. . Harper and Row hardcover books
1956réf. 213442New York: Hastings House 1956. Hardcover. VG. Missing jacket. Name penned inside else clean and unmarked. Quarto. Hardcover. Bound in black cloth with white titles. 160 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm. English French and German text. Hastings House hardcover books
