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1913rif. 63362Dover NH: Mrs. Charles H. Toby 1913. First Edition. Quarto 34cm; illustrated wrappers; 8pp. Light wear and handling some minor dust-soil to wrappers; Near Fine. Suffrage-themed sheet music featuring a large caricature of Uncle Sam next to a pick-axe shovel and suitcase labeled "Women's Votes" while holding a scroll stating "Miss Liberty Will Sing This Popular Song." The figure is surrounded by circular vignettes featuring booze graft and a suffragette. Scarce; OCLC notes 4 holdings UC Davis U.Georgia Dartmouth U.South Carolina. CREW S-1913-15. Mrs. Charles H. Toby unknown books
rif. 80608Omaha: c.1912. Photograph album 9" x 13"; tape-backed marbled boards containing 25 original mounted silver-gelatin prints each 7-1/2" x 9-1/2" printed without borders mounted on linen album leaves; ink captions provide dates and sometimes brief descriptions. Four of the images signed "Talbot" lower right; four more back-stamped with studio stamp of "Gardner W. Talbot Omaha Neb" remainder unsigned but all captioned in the same hand and presumably all by the same photographer. A well-preserved album: covers loose with modern tape repairs but apparently complete; the images generally Very Good or better with minimal fading; occasional mild oxidation to image surfaces but no notable wear or soil. Six additional photographs laid-in as found now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. An attractive collection of professional large-format industrial images documenting the expansion of Omaha's Central Power Station between 1910 and 1912. The photographs are especially interesting for providing detailed and personal representations of workers and working conditions within the context of a project of truly massive scale. The images throughout are well-composed and clearly professionally-produced though we have been able to discover no other photographic work by this photographer. Talbot is not mentioned in Mautz Biographies of Western Photographers; the 1910 U.S. Census records him as a resident of Omaha with his occupation listed as "stenographer" with a "railroad office." We would deduce that he was an employee of the Omaha & Council Bluffs Railway charged with documenting the project from start to finish probably for the company's internal records. Omaha's Central Power Station situated at the eastern terminus of Leavenworth Street on the banks of the Missouri River was originally constructed in 1904 in order to power the city's new electric rail system under the management of of the Omaha and Council Bluffs Street Railway. By 1910 the rail system like Omaha itself had grown exponentially necessitating the significant increase in capacity which prompted the upgrades to the plant documented here. According to contemporary newspaper accounts the project cost about $600000 and provided an additional 15000kw of power. The structure remains mostly intact to this day; it is on the National Register of Historic Places and was recently converted 2017 to a luxury apartment complex "The Breakers. unknown books
rif. 80554Paris: Comité de solidarité avec le B.P.P. / Librairie Git-le-Coeur 1970. First Edition. Original photographic poster offset printed in black on thin beige stock measuring 59.5cm x 39.5cm 23 3/8" x 15.5"; text is entirely in French. Subtle toning some handling and wear with a shallow loss to lower left corner small puncture to right margin with a few spots of discoloration and faint evidence of adhesive removal from verso; unbacked; Very Good. French poster produced in May 1970 during Bobby Seale's incarceration in the midst of the New Haven Panther trials calling for a "Month of Active Solidarity with the Black Panther Party." The poster features a large photo of Seale in profile next to the following text in translation: "We call on our class brothers and sisters in Europe to break their chains by any means necessary and join us in the fight to deal the deathblow to U.S. imperialism. The will of the people is more powerful than the technology of the masters. All power to the people! Redouble your efforts the time has come!" The Comité de solidarité avec le B.P.P. was based out of the bookshop called Librairie Gît-le-Cœur affiliated with the Maoist Union des jeunesses communistes marxistes-léninistes. From the address printed at the lower right corner of the poster they operated the short-lived publishing house Editions Gît-le-Cœur bankrolled by the wealthy grandmother of Maoist activist Tiennot Grumbach. An uncommon poster; not found in OCLC. Comité de solidarité avec le B.P.P. / Librairie Git-le-Coeur unknown books
1915rif. 84102Boston: Women's Anti-Suffrage Association 1915. First Edition. Quarto 35.75cm; original pictorial wrappers; 6pp. Modest wear and handling some dust-soil and faint foxing to wrappers with several small tears and attendant creases to extremities and a faint tide mark affecting lower right corners; complete but just Very Good. A key piece of anti-suffrage sheet music - a strident response to the wave of feminist songs proliferating the marketplace in the years prior to the passage of the 19th amendment in 1920. The lyrics encapsulate some of the many reasons that men and women were against women gaining the right to vote: "Work for the "cause" No time to pause Tell all the men that you know Why should a few Rule over you Suffrage is ev'ry man's foe Beautiful flower Sign of the hour If the Jonquil wants to fight You cannot fall You're the Queen of them all Emblem of Truth and Right" Anti-suffrage organizations like the Women's Anti-Suffrage Association of Boston cited many reasons for their position including that women did not want the burden of the vote that women were already busy with caring for homes and families and that women were not capable of making astute political decisions. Uncommon with no examples found in the marketplace and 11 holdings in OCLC institutions. CREW S-1915-1. 84102. Women's Anti-Suffrage Association unknown books
1925rif. 86466Boston: Open Forum Speakers Bureau 1925. Original illustrated broadside printed in black on cream stock measuring 21.5cm x 27.75cm 8.5" x 11". Tiny loss at upper right corner 2" closed tear at upper margin near Gilman's portrait with one small ink spot; Very Good. Promotional broadside for lectures by Gilman who was much in demand as a public speaker. The broadside opens with text distinguishing Gilman as one of "the twelve greatest living American Women" according to Carrie Chapman Catt and supplies both biographical details and those about her literary career. "Mrs. Gilman is widely known as a feminist but deprecates that term claiming that her interest is in humanity and in women only because their previous debasement has retarded the upward movement of us all." While the broadside was issued by the promotional company who managed her the appearance of her personal address at the lower margin suggests the possibility that Gilman may have written the text herself. OCLC notes 4 holdings Cornell U.Rochester U.Wisconsin Madison Penn State. Open Forum Speakers Bureau unknown books
1971rif. 86548New York: Published for the Amon Carter Museum Fort Worth by Outerbridge & Dienstfrey 1971. First American Edition. Quarto. 24.5cm. Publisher's black cloth titled in white and blind to spine and front board. Dustjacket. 126pp. Clean and strong with a little cosmetic wear and scuffing to the cloth; internally clean bookplate to front flyleaf; in a clean strong example of the clear acetate jacket printed in white on the folding flaps with a little scuffing and rubbing and some very shallow chipping at the spine ends. A very good copy. A collection of Adelaide De Menil's photography and William Reid's text celebrating the carvings and woodwork of the Native Americans of the Pacific coast. The book notes that since the time of De menil taking the photographs many of the carvings have succumbed and no longer exist. From the library of Nathaniel Tarn noted poet translator and anthropologist with his bookplate. Published for the Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, by Outerbridge & Dienstfrey unknown books
2012rif. 88584Charlottesville: Virginia Arts of the Book Center 2012. First Limited Edition. One of 200 numbered copies of which this is no.6. Tall folio 51cm. Letterpress broadside designed by Kevin McFadden with an original woodcut by Josef Beery. Unobtrusive creases to corner extremities else Fine. Printed in celebration of Trethewey's appointment as nineteenth Poet Laureate Consultant to the Library of Congress. Virginia Arts of the Book Center unknown books
1924rif. 88236New York: The Pond Bureau 1924. First Edition. Bifolium 28cm; photo-illustrated wrappers; 4pp. Light wear and handling very subtle aging to extremities and a few tiny tears to extremities and a 1.25" tear to right edge; Very Good. Well-preserved copy of this promotional brochure produced by the management firm of James B. Pond advertising the lectures of Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Though primarily known for her activism on behalf of women and her literary accomplishments she enjoyed a growing career as a public speaker lecturing extensively throughout the country. The brochure heralds her as "One of the world's foremost women" and quotes William Dean Howells who calls her "the only optimistic reformer he ever knew." It offers a range of subjects Gilman could be engaged to lecture on from ethics economics education reform parenting "The Woman Question" and other divers topics. She was available for single lectures a variety of courses and under special terms "A Gilman Week" consisting of a subscription course of two-hour "Discussion Lectures" over six consecutive days. The rear wrapper consists entirely of press commentary on Gilman's books and lectures. OCLC notes 6 holdings Cornell Duke Penn State U.Rochester U.So.Carolina U.Wisconsin Madison. [The Pond Bureau unknown books
1908rif. 88789Chicago & London: The University of Chicago Press/T. Fisher Unwin 1908. First Edition. Octavo. 24cm. Publisher's dark grey cloth with paper title label to spine. xiv;441pp. Solid and tight some light wear to corners and a little soiling of the paper label very heavy duty cloth; internally clean and fresh illustrated throughout slightly dusty top-edge. A very good copy. A substantial and scholarly history of Ancient Italy and the Mediterranean from a celebrated historian archaeologist and politician probably best remembered now for being one of the leaders of the excavations at Pompeii and Herculaneum. The University of Chicago Press/T. Fisher Unwin unknown books
1911rif. 373896Istanbul: Bab ʻAli Cadeh Sindh Matbaʻah Sindh Ṭabaʻ ul-Mas̲edar 1911. Second printing of vols. 1-3. 152; 109; 112; 124 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Green cloth. Toning to paper some minor marginal flaws. Very good. Second printing of vols. 1-3. 152; 109; 112; 124 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bab ʻAli Cadeh Sindh, Matbaʻah Sindh Ṭabaʻ ul-Mas̲edar unknown books
1919rif. 373897Istanbul: Maarif Nezâreti Matbaa-i Âmire 1919. 4 2 blank 3-509 pp. Vol. 1 of 2. 1 vols. 8vo. Red cloth. Very good. 4 2 blank 3-509 pp. Vol. 1 of 2. 1 vols. 8vo. Though the end of the text suggests a further volume is forthcoming the second volume was published only in 1928. OCLC: 777709606 Leiden Maarif Nezâreti, Matbaa-i Âmire unknown books
rif. 88799Liverpool: 1815. Holograph letter with content. About 100 lines ca. 750 words dated June 23 1815. From John Cunliffe a weaver in Bolton and Liverpool UK; to his brother Edward a recent emigré to Pittsburgh PA. Single folded sheet opening to approximately 12" x 14"; three pages used; addressed on verso with Liverpool postal strike. Postal strike weak but legible. Remnants of wax-paper seal; old folds some splits and staining causing loss of a few characters without loss of sense; Good. A lengthy and illuminating letter written by John Cunliffe a handloom weaver in the north of England datemarked just five days after the British victory at the Battle of Waterloo which is referenced. The addressee is John's brother Robert an early British emigré to Pittsburgh which at this time was a small though rapidly expanding industrial outpost not yet incorporated as a city with a population of less than 5000. It was in this second decade of the 19th century that Pittsburgh's expansion into a major industrial hub was underway and Edward Cunliffe to whom this letter is addressed was doubtless one of many thousands of recent immigrants to America who found their way across the Alleghenies to find work in the mills boatyards and glass factories of this "Gateway to the West." The uncertainties of transatlantic postal communications in this era are evident from the letter's first line: "Dear brother. We rec'd your letter of Feb'ry 1813 more than a year after the date and have received none since. I think there are two letters of ours that you have not answered and perhaps not received." John Cunliffe goes on to give news of doings in and around both Bolton and Liverpool where he practices his trade as a weaver offering some insight to economic life in the English industrial cities on the cusp of the Industrial Revolution: "Nothing however very material has happened.unless it be the great fluctuation of trade - and since the peace weaver wages have beeen as low as ever.we had a child born last summer.our tenth seven of which are living and well - the three oldest weave with me in the cellar." The letter goes on to elucidate the family's finances and the fluctuating fortunes of the families around them. From context we conclude that Robert was the eldest brother as he seems to have retained control of the family's landholdings and fortune both of which appear to have been not inconsiderable - John sends reassurance that "Your money is safe at Jone's Bank and at Liverpool near three hundred pounds all together." John goes on to discuss Robert's rents and the sale of some properties at one point inserting: "Can you put us in the way of sending money instead of goods we have made such mistakes - But if you still prefer goods we will try again." When John picks up his letter about a month letter it is to say in addition to the laundry list of marriages business failures and deaths ".we have just finish sic rejoicing at the defeat of Bonaparte by the Allys. We have a fine summer and provisions cheap and trade is going to mend." A rare piece of postal history as well as an attractive content-filled letter. unknown books
1952rif. 85577London: Collins 1952. First U.K. Edition. Octavo. 22cm. Publisher's dark green buckram titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. xv; 496pp. Very minor bumping to corners and spine ends solid and handsome; internally clean and fresh; in a priceclipped example of the Ellis illustrated dustjacket with some toning to the spine panel and a little light soiling to the white rear panel. A very good bright copy. The UK's New Naturalist series was instituted in 1945 to educate the British public as to the diversity and beauty of nature in the British Isles. Extremely popular to date it numbers 149 titles in its original series and numerous offshooots and monologues by distingished authorities. Throughout the 1960's and 70's the Collins New Naturalist library was credited with inspiring numerous scientists environmentalists and biologists to enter their chosen careers bringing a blend of academic rigor aesthetic appreciation and lavish illustration into the home libraries of several generations of British families. Outside of academia the series became known for their beautifully designed dustjackets with most of the early titles being illustrated by Rosemary and Clifford Ellis. Collins unknown books
1902rif. 83882St. Petersburg: F. Pavlenkov 1902. First Russian-Language Edition. Octavo 18.7 × 12.3 cm. Original printed wrappers; 367 1 pp. Very light wear to wrappers; private inventory number and a few ink spots to title and front wrapper; else Very Good; text uncut and unopened. Women and Economics generally considered Gilman's most important theoretical work described by one historian as "the first real substantial contribution made by a woman to the science of economics" first appeared in Boston in 1898; by 1911 no fewer than eight foreign translations had been published including editions in Hungarian 1906 Polish 1909 and Japanese 1911. Of the two contemporary Russian editions this by Andrei Vasil'evich Kamenskii was the first; it was followed in less than a year by a competing translation by one M. Mamurovskii about whom we can discover very little. Kamenskii 1843-1914 trained as an engineer was also a prolific translator and biographer; he wrote at least six entries for Florenty Pavlenkov's massive biographical dictionary Жизнь замечательных людей "Lives of Remarkable People" begun in 1890 and still being updated in the 21st century. As Pavlenkov was also the publisher behind the current work it makes sense that Kamenskii already on his payroll would have undertaken the translation. Kamenskii's Preface to this volume provides insight to the reception of Gilman's ideas - and to the topic of feminism more generally - in pre-Revolutionary Russia. Kamenskii does not stint in his praise for the theoretical importance of the book praising the author's ".inimitable simplicity and clarity and.amazing logical force;" noting that ".the author examines the abnormal economic situation of women with all of its negative consequences not as a woman's question but above all from the point of view of social evolution - as a human question." Yet in an earlier passage Kamenskii takes pains to ground his subject as a relatably "feminine" - and perhaps less threatening - figure: ".Stetson is still a relatively young and good looking woman. In addition to her literary gifts and enormous erudition she has other more modest talents. She draws well she is an excellent dressmaker and in addition and excellent and in a pinch can substitute for the domestic help." Extremely uncommon. Of this translation we can trace no holdings in American or European libraries per OCLC and KVK; the copy referenced in Feinberg below appears to have been digitized from a private Russian library. References: How Did Eight Translations of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's WOMEN AND ECONOMICS Transmit Feminist Thought across National Boundaries in the Years before World War I Documents selected and interpreted by Harriet Feinberg on-line resource Mary A. Hill Charlotte Perkins Gilman: The Making of a Radical Feminist 1860-1896 p. 295. F. Pavlenkov unknown books
1950rif. 85917London: Collins 1950. First U.K. Edition. Octavo. 21cm. Publisher's green buckram titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. 180pp. Minor wear to extremities and spine ends some discoloration of the cloth and oxidization of the gilt strong and tight internally clean and fresh; in a bright priceclipped dustjacket original 18/- price label retained with a little toning to the spine panel and some soiling to the white portions. A very good copy indeed. The UK's New Naturalist series was instituted in 1945 to educate the British public as to the diversity and beauty of nature in the British Isles. Extremely popular to date it numbers 149 titles in its original series and numerous offshooots and monologues by distingished authorities. Throughout the 1960's and 70's the Collins New Naturalist library was credited with inspiring numerous scientists environmentalists and biologists to enter their chosen careers bringing a blend of academic rigor aesthetic appreciation and lavish illustration into the home libraries of several generations of British families. Outside of academia the series became known for their beautifully designed dustjackets with most of the early titles being illustrated by Rosemary and Clifford Ellis. Collins unknown books
1967rif. 85870Cambridge MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 1967. First American Edition. Large Octavo. Publisher's heavy grain oatmeal cloth with a green and black title label to spine. Dustjacket. xiv; 566pp. Strong and bright trifling wear to extremities; internally clean illustrated throughout; in a strong priceclipped example of the dustjacket with some very light soiling and wear to the extremities. A very good clean copy indeed. The first English language translation of Frisch's groundbreaking research into the behavior and culture of Honey Bees one of the Earth's most critical keystone species. Frisch discovered not only that bees see in color and can navigate via the sun but also that they have personal affinities for certain plants and flowers and can communicate vital data like nearby food sources or threats to hive mates through a very specific language of dance and gyration. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press unknown books
1999rif. 86114New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1999. Fourth Printing. Octavo 24cm; black paper spine over green paper-covered boards with titling stamped in silver on spine; fore-edge untrimmed; dustjacket; xxi34-5991pp; black-and-white photographic halftones on 8 glossy pages. Signed by author on title page. Light shelf-wear with trace soil to lower edge of textblock; Very Good. Dustwrapper designed by Carol Devine Carson unclipped priced $40.00 with light shelf-wear and trace sticker residue to lower rear panel; Very Good. Litwack's sequel to the Pulitzer Prize-winning Been in the Storm So Long explores the Jim Crow era with primary sources and a concluding notes and bibliography section. 86114. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
1945rif. 86470New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1945. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 22cm; russet cloth blocked and titled in dark brown and beige on spine; dustjacket; xxxiv2-8093pp with publisher's errata slip tipped onto front hinge. Some dust-soil to upper edge of textblock spine ends nudged upper corners gently bumped but still sharp with a faint dampstain to heel; contents clean; Very Good. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $5.00 worn spine-sunned with losses to spine ends and corners numerous tears and attendant creases with a corresponding dampstain to base of spine panel; Good to Very Good. Sociological profile of the African-American population in Chicago with particular attention paid to the South Side. With an introduction by Richard Wright. BLOCKSON 2378. 86470. Harcourt, Brace and Company unknown books
1915rif. 86631New York: Kny-Scheerer Companyy 1915. Twentieth Edition. Quarto 27cm. Full flexible pebbled-morocco boards; variously paginated ca. 1000pp; 52 page index illus. with over 10000 engraved text figures of surgical instruments. Front hinge thinly cracked; we note intentional excisions of products to three leaves costing at most about 30% loss. Still a well-preserved example of a highly desirable medical trade catalog. unknown books
1958rif. 86988Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press 1958. First American Edition. Octavo. 23.5cm. Publisher's pale grenn cloth titled in red and gilt to spine. Lacking Dustjacket. xiii; 203pp. Minor bumping to spine ends and a little light shelfwear to the corners bright clean and strong; internally clean. A very good vibrant copy. A deeply scholarly and rather specific guide to the birds of the Great Salt Lake dealing specifically with the life populations and ecological impacts of California Gulls White Pelicans and Double Crested Cormorants with special attention paid to the Bear River Refuge and its importance to migratory routes. University of Utah Press unknown books
1967rif. 87020London: Collins 1967. First U.K. Edition. Octavo. 22cm. Publisher's original bottle green buckram titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. 221pp. Clean and bright with a little light bumping to spine ends; internally clean illustrated throughout; in a clean sharp Rosemary and Cliff Ellis dustjacket with a little soiling and toning. A very good handsome copy indeed. Number 50 in the highly regarded Collins New Naturalist series dealing with pollution and contamination of natural environments mainly concentrating on waterways and the impact of toxic pesticides and poisons upon animal and plant habitats. From the library of Nathaniel Tarn noted poet translator and bibliophile. Collins unknown books
1974rif. 87038New York: Taplinger 1974. First American Edition. Octavo. 22cm. Publisher's bottle green buckram titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. 256pp. Smart and clean very light wear to the corners and spine ends of the cloth; internally clean and fresh bookplate to front pastedown; in a clean sharp example of the dustjacket with a little light scuffing to extremities. A near fine copy. Number 57 in the highly collectable Collins New Naturalist Series here seen in its US Taplinger issue although the design printing binding etc. are otherwise identical. From the library of Nathaniel Tarn noted poet translator and professor of anthropology with his bookplate. Taplinger unknown books
1958rif. 86906New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1958 1960. Early Printing with publisher's C-K code March 1960 on copyright page. Octavo 21cm; black and dark blue cloth-covered boards with titling and publisher's logo stamped in silver on spine and lower front cover; 89-2302pp; illus. Crown gently nudged some very subtle offsetting to pastedowns else a fresh very Near Fine copy. An attractive copy of King's first book dealing chiefly with the Montgomery Bus Strike. "Here is the full account of "The Montgomery Story" that began as a bus strike and ended in a Supreme Court decision and the first successful large-scale application of non-violent resistance to an American situation" from front flap. A monumental book; its popularity was a major contributor to King's rapid emergence as a national civil rights leader. BLOCKSON 4119. 86906. Harper & Brothers, Publishers unknown books
1947rif. 87041London: Collins 1947. First Edition. Octavo. 22cm. Publisher's bottle green buckram titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. xviii; 317pp. Some light wear to corners and spine ends a little sunning to the spine panel and some areas of slight discoloration; internally clean and fresh illustrated throughout; in a clean and bright example of the dustjacket with art by Cliff and Rosemary Ellis lightly toned to spine panel with a small pinhole tear to the mid spine. A very good bright copy. The eighth volume in the highly collectable Collins New Naturalist series. Collins unknown books
1960rif. 87074London: Collins 1960. First U.K. Edition. Octavo. 22cm. Publisher's bottle green buckram titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. xii; 260pp. Very bright and handsome very slight wear to extremities; internally clean and fresh illustrated throughout; in an attractive Cliff and Rosemary Ellis dustjacket with some extremely light wear and a touch of toning to the spine and white rear panel. A near fine copy. Number 39 in the highly collectable Collins New Naturalist series an extended library of natural history books by a number of notable authors uniformly bound and rather renowned amongst enthusiasts for their beautiful design and rather luxurious presentation. Collins unknown books
