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1828rif. ST20535-01London: John Rodwell 1828. FIRST EDITON. 217 x 138 mm. 8 1/2 x 5 1/4". iv 339 1 pp. Contemporary diced russia raised bands spine attractively gilt in an arabesque style gilt-rolled turn-ins pink moiré endpapers all edges gilt. With a folding map of the travel routes and 23 pages reproducing inscriptions three of these folding. Front flyleaf inscribed in ink: "Juliana Calvert / from A. C. / 1838." Blackmer 48; Weber I 159. Joints and extremities a little rubbed tiny crack just beginning at top of front joint two tiny chips to foot of spine very minor offsetting and foxing to map a couple of patches of marginal foxing but INTERNALLY AN ESPECIALLY FINE COPY--unusually clean fresh and surprisingly bright--in a good-looking well-preserved binding. In especially desirable condition this is quite a scarce travel account by the English antiquary explorer and clergyman Francis Vyvyan Jago Arundell 1780-1846 who visited the so-called Seven Churches of Asia also called the Seven Churches of the Apocalypse and the Seven Churches of Revelation locations in present-day Turkey of central importance to St. John and the Book of Revelation. In that book John who was a threat to Roman officials as leader of the new Christian religion in Asia had been banished to Patmos where he was visited by an apocalyptic vision directing him to write to the churches at Ephesus Smyrna Pergamum Thyatira Sardis Philadelphia and Laodicea commending their successes pointing out their failures and prevailing upon them to repent. These seven Turkish churches reflect a surprisingly significant role in the region's early Christian history with some scholars maintaining that as many as 18 of the 27 New Testament books were written there--and Arundell's narrative would have helped to raise the popular understanding of this importance. Following his marriage to the daughter of the British consul-general at the Levant Company in Constantinople Arundell became chaplain to the company's trading center in Smyrna now Izmir in 1822. From there he embarked on a series of tours through Asia Minor including places that according to DNB "until then had for the most part not been described by any European traveller." The present work is the product of the author's first tour which included two separate excursions between March and September of 1826. Despite being a clergyman Arundell's interest in these sites was primarily archaeological and historical and this work includes his firsthand descriptions of the ruins he encountered facsimiles of Greek inscriptions found there and narratives of the arduous journeys between sites that were well off the beaten path. This work is surprisingly scarce in commerce suggesting that copies were often read with avidity. John Rodwell unknown books
1976rif. 1401842New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux 1976. First printing. Hardcover. Octavo xiii 363 pages. In Good condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine is yellow with black ad red print. Dust jacket in mylar; light edge wear and peripheral toning. Price unclipped: “$10.00”. Boards in purple cloth; light wear to spine caps. Text block has yellow tinted top edge; light spotting to edges. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column V. 1401842. FP New Rockville Stock. Farrar, Straus and Giroux hardcover books
1793rif. ST20474Paris: Defer de Maisonneuve 1793. First Edition with these Illustrations. 350 x 262 mm. 13 3/4 x 10 1/4". 125 pp. VERY PRETTY 19TH CENTURY CRIMSON MOROCCO ELEGANTLY GILT covers framed with floral tools raised bands spine panels filled with rows of flower-and-lozenge roll gilt lettering gilt turn-ins top edges gilt. FOUR FINE STIPPLE-ENGRAVED PLATES by Colibert and Cazenave after Monsiau PRINTED IN COLORS. A Large Paper Copy. Cohen-de Ricci 400; Furstenberg 122; Lewine p. 188; Maggs 1930 Catalogue of French Illustrated Books 84; Ray p. 145. Occasional minor foxing the margins of one plate foxed a bit more otherwise a fine copy clean and fresh internally with immense margins the plates with pleasing colors and the unworn binding bright with gilt. This is an especially tall copy of Florian's pastoral romance in imitation of Cervantes one of the grander French books to be printed in colors when the vogue for such productions took hold during the last years of the 18th century. Ours is one of six such books all printed after 1786 that Ray singles out for praise as "handsome and imposing volumes." A noted painter of both classical and modern subjects Monsiau 1754-1837 was also an illustrator whose "abundant and interesting work in this line" is underrated even though it has the merits of being simple natural lively and piquant. Ray Monsiau's obscurity says Ray may be owing to the fact that he most often worked as a secondary collaborator on major illustrated works; the present book is one of the few he did on his own and it is among his best. Publisher Defer de Maisonneuve did not originate the technique of stipple engraving on copper plates but he did perfect the process which allowed for gradual tonal changes in hues and intensities of color rather than the "stained glass" effect of separately printed patches of color. Given the turmoil of the period when this book was published it is quite likely that it did not have an especially decorative original binding and may have remained in publisher's boards as was often the case. Happily a later owner supplied a period-appropriate binding here that matches the opulence of the contents. While our copy has the engraver's name just visible beneath the plates perhaps disqualifying them as the "avant la lettre" versions used in the Large Paper Copies per Cohen-de Ricci the size of the margins here and the quality of the paper certainly argue for that designation. Defer de Maisonneuve unknown books
1937rif. WALTER-FILM002188No binding. Very Good. Photo Vintage original 10 x 8" 25 x 20 cm. black-and-white photo USA. Bill Robinson dir: Allan Dwan. Tear approx. 3/4" 2 cm in bottom middle margin just about fine. A wonderful portrait of the great African American dancer Bill Robinson in a characteristically effervescent pose. Twentieth Century Fox books
rif. 240PARIS VARIOUS 1900-1915. 1900-1922. 1 woodcut 1 lithograph and 6 etchings. unknown books
1987rif. ST20505-11Madison Wisconsin: The Juniper Press 1987. No. 116 OF 150 COPIES. 632 x 250 mm. 25 x 9 3/4". 2p.l. 19 1 pp. Black quarter buckram over maroon marbled paper boards spine lettered in gilt. In a custom maroon buckram clamshell box. WITH 24 FACSIMILE GLOBE GORES. Signed by Woodward on the limitation page. Just a hint of use to the box booklet corners just a touch rubbed otherwise as new. This sizable attractive publication reproduces one of the largest complete sets of 16th century globe gores. Dating from around 1574 the original gores which when assembled would make a globe measuring just under 70 centimeters in diameter have been attributed to brothers Livio and Giulio Sanuto Venetian cartographers and engravers. Little is known about the gores' origin; the accompanying essay suggests they may have never made it to the final stages of publication and production possibly stopped by an outbreak of plague. This facsimile was created from the only extant set in the collection of Arthur Holzheimer 1932-2025 and was produced by his research foundation along with the Newberry Library. The gores are accompanied by a booklet by noted cartography scholar David Woodward 1942-2004 which provides background and the evidence supporting the attribution of the gores to the Sanuto brothers. The Juniper Press unknown books
1929rif. 1392433London: Bernard Quaritch 1929. Hardcover. Quarto xxxix 104 pages. In Good minus condition. Spine is grey with gold print. Boards half bound with grey leather to spine and corners and grey cloth to boards. Wear to spine caps hinges and corners. slight warping. Text block has tanning to endpapers. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece facsimile. Preface in English text in Latin. Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area Netdesk Column QC ND-QC. 1392433. FP New Rockville Stock. Bernard Quaritch hardcover books
1976rif. 1392952New York: Garland Publishing 1976. Hardcover. Quarto 921 pages. In Good condition. Spine is blue with silver print. Boards in blue cloth. Light wear to spine caps and corners light shelf wear. Text block has spotting to top edge. Illustrated: b&w. Reprint. Originally published: Les images ou tableaux de platte peinture des deux Philostrates sophistes grecs ; et Les statues de Callistrate / mis en françois par Blaise de Vigenere ; enrichis d'arguments et annotations. Paris : Chez la veufue Abel L'Angelier 1614. Text in French. Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area Netdesk Column QC ND-QC. 1392952. FP New Rockville Stock. Garland Publishing hardcover books
1585rif. ST20050Leipzig: Georgius Desner 1585. FIRST EDITION. 170 x 110 mm. 6 3/4 x 4 1/4". 28 p.l. 494 pp. 1 leaf blank; 3 p.l. 463 pp. FINE CONTEMPORARY BLIND-STAMPED PIGSKIN over bevelled wooden boards covers framed by decorative lattice roll upper cover with central panel depicting Judith a sword in her right hand the head of Holofernes in her left signed "M R" above the caption; lower cover with a panel showing Jael in the act of killing Sisera her left hand holding a chisel to his temple her right hand holding a hammer raised to strike a blow the plate signed "M R" at the end of the caption raised bands ink titling at head of spine and on fore edge edges stained red two original brass clasps. Title page with 17th century ownership inscription of Georg Laurence Seydenbecher; verso of title with round blue ink armorial stamp; occasional neat ink marginalia in an early hand. VD16 N 413; USTC 684027. For the binding: Haebler I 381-82. ◆Text slightly and uniformly toned because of paper quality half a dozen quires a bit more browned isolated small ink stains or foxing pigskin with minor soiling to edges just a hint of wear to lower corners but A FINE COPY the contents thoroughly fresh and the unsophisticated binding with beautifully distinct stamps. This is a very rarely seen copy of an outline of the essentials elements for a humanist education written by a noted German pedagogue and offered here in a wonderful blind-stamped binding featuring two fierce biblical heroines. Symbols of courage embraced by the Reformation Jael and Judith appeared on front and back covers of a number of 16th century bindings and both are shown here in elegant Renaissance garb clutching the weapons they used against enemies of Israel. Jael offered the Canaanite general Sisera refuge in her tent following a battle and having lulled him to sleep with warm milk is shown on the rear cover here in the act of striking a stake through his temple. Beneath the image is the text "Sic pereant omnes inimici tui Domine" "So perish all of your enemies Lord" Judges 5:31. Judith pretended to seduce the Assyrian Holofernes then got him drunk and cut his head off; here on our front cover she triumphantly displays his head brandishing his sword. Below her is a verse from Psalms: "Voluntatem timentium es faciet dominus" "He will do the will of them that fear him" Psalm 144. We did not find these plates in EBDB or any of the usual reference works but they are likely the work of bookbinder Matthias Radmann who became a master binder in Leipzig in 1546 and who signed his work "M R" often at the end of a caption as on the Jael plate. A student of Melanchthon Michael Neander 1525-95 became director of the college of Ilefeld where he developed an influential curriculum with a heavy emphasis on Latin and Greek classics rhetoric philosophy history theology physical science and geography; the school attracted students from all over Europe. In our volume he collects excerpts of important authors on these and associated subjects beginning with the Greek Fathers on theology and continuing through philosophy mathematics medicine chemistry history natural sciences geography rhetoric poetry and grammar. Our 1585 edition seems to be the sole printing and is very rare. Bindings of this sort are almost never found now so clean and with their elaborate blind decoration so extraordinarily sharp. Georgius Desner unknown books
1860rif. 535891860. Softcover. Good- to good condition. 1. Discrimination in Switzerland. Washington D.C. House of Representatives. 1860. Octavo. 101pp. Original tan wraps with black lettering on cover. Collection of correspondence between US officials and Theodore S. Fay among others at the time secretary of the US legation in Bern Switzerland. In 1859 Fay had delivered a report to the Swiss Federal Council Memorandum concerning the admission of North American Israelites to settle in Switzerland that was important in the struggle for emancipation of Jews in Switzerland. It had provided an overview of discriminatory Swiss laws against Jews in Switzerland while going to great depth to refute arguments that supported these laws. As a result small steps were taken in the Swiss cantons contributing to the eventual emancipation of Jews in Switzerland in 1866. Missing wraps but for most of spine. Very lightly age-toned. 2. Address "To the President of the United States." Single light blue printed leaf. Not dated. Memorial of Subscribers of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania protesting against the Swiss laws discriminating against Jews in Switzerland. An attempt to influence the President to take steps to abolish the discrimination against Jews in Switzerland. Light wear along edges of leaf small chips and folded several times. Undated. 3. This Memorial. 1857. Printed Octavo circular 4pp. Protest addressed to the President of the United States against the Swiss for their restrictive laws against American Jews. Vigorous protest to President James Buchanan against blatant anti-Semitism in Switzerland. "It so happens that certain Cantons of the Swiss Confederation among which Basle and others have laws prohibiting Israelites from sojourning temporarily domiciliating or establishing themselves permanently. The treat. has clearly failed. for we are met by a dark age prescriptive law declaring us unworthy of participating in the rights of our fellow citizens on account of our professing the Israelitisch religion." This demand illustrates the disparity between the United States Constitution which protects freedom of religion and yet is not doing enough to protect these same freedoms for its citizens when they travel abroad. Signed by various Jewish petitioners including Isaac M. Wise of Ohio. Scarce: Singerman 1515 cites two other known copies of this pamphlet. With some wear along edges small chips and folded three times. Lightly age-toned. unknown books
1979rif. 51946New York: Samuel Weiser Inc 1979. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very good /very good. Octavo. 6 xvii 1 244pp. Index. Text in English and Hebrew commentary in English. Patterned brown dust jacket lettered in white and gilt over black cloth lettered in gilt. Illustrated with several large woodcuts derived from Hebrew letters. Dust jacket with minor edge wear and spine a bit faded. Note: One of the oldest most important and most carefully preserved of all ancient Kabbalah texts attributed to Rabbi Nehunia Ben haKana master of the first century esoteric school. Samuel Weiser, Inc hardcover books
1889rif. 010228New York: Robert Carter & Brothers / Leonard 1889 183 pgs 8pgs of ads. Title page and ads reference Robert Carter as publisher but Leonard on the spine. Blue cloth pictorially stamped in black and gilt wear to extremities 2 corner creases stray ink marks on one page and an old price in pen on endpaper. The fourth of six volumes in the Rock Cove Series; stories set in a fictional New England town. This volume about a good-natured and generous young man named Dave Philbrick. Illustrated with a frontis by E Whitney Elias James Whitney. Scarce. Pictorial Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by E Whitney Elias James Whitney. 12mo. Robert Carter & Brothers / Leonard hardcover books
1791rif. 38981791. 13 x 9 inches. Dark brown body colour on prepared paper. Inscribed "N.2.Stück" and "am 9ten Aprill 1791--nach der Natur gezeichnet von JEW" ink collector's stamp "Linel-Smlg. No." followed by pencilled number "1046" all on verso. Framed. Provenance: Linel ink collector's stamp on verso. A high quality image that clearly is drawn from life as the inscription claims. The artist's use of a dark prepared ground recalls the work of Barbara Regina Dietsch and her family. A search of Nissen's index of artists reveals one possible name: the Swiss artist Johann Emmanuel Wyss 1782-1837. However the maturity and assurance shown in the present drawing would seem to rule him out: he could have been no older than nine in April 1791. unknown books
1772rif. ST17890aBirminghamiae: Typis Johannis Baskerville 1772. 300 x 240 mm. 11 3/4 x 9 1/4". 1 p.l. 364 pp. ELEGANT CONTEMPORARY RED MOROCCO GILT covers with French fillet border and intricate frame of volutes and floral tools raised bands spine compartments with central lozenge radiating lancets from each corner surrounded with small flowers and leaves oblique leafy branch at each corner gilt lettering turn-ins with floral roll marbled endpapers all edges gilt. Front pastedown with armorial bookplate of V. H. Wilmot Esq.; front free endpaper with armorial Glenconner bookplate. Gaskell 46. Lower corner of front board with scarcely noticeable small patch of lost patina and gilt from insect activity just a hint of wear to joints and extremities but still A VERY FINE CONTEMPORARY COPY virtually perfect internally--very clean and fresh with generous margins and in a refined binding with no significant signs of use. This is typographically a lovely printing as well as a distinguished edition of Terence in a very handsome contemporary binding. The second century B.C. playwright Terence is believed to have been a native of North Africa enslaved during the Punic Wars. Brought to Rome and given his freedom he joined the cultivated circle of Scipio the Younger. His six extant plays the ancestors of drawing room and modern situation comedies feature crusty fathers rebellious sons and smart aleck slaves whose machinations solve the playwright's intricate complications of plot. The plays were popular throughout the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and still retain their appeal. Dibdin notes that this edition is "printed in the usually beautiful style of the impressions of ancient classical authors" issued by Baskerville. That series known as the Baskerville Quarto Latin Classics began with the first book to be issued by his press: the renowned Virgil praised by Renouard Gaskell Dibdin and other critics for its beauty. In a sheet dated 1760 which Baskerville issued appended to a specimen of his folio Bible the printer discusses his proposed "Baskerville Classics": "Many gentlemen" he says "have wished to see a sett of the Classicks . . . in the Manner Letter and Paper of the 'Virgil' already published" and he vows to print the same with the poetical classics first. These volumes says Reed would "suffice had Baskerville printed nothing else to distinguish him as the first typographer of his time." The beautiful typography the luxurious paper looking and feeling much like vellum and the spacious design combine to give the reader a particularly gratifying feeling of strength and serenity. The stately binding though similar to the French style of the period was likely done in England for 18th century owner V. H. Wilmot. Our copy was later in the collection of Edward Priaulx Tennant 1st Baron Glenconner 1859-1920. Typis Johannis Baskerville unknown books
1583rif. ST15026Paris: Arnold Sittart 1584; Heidelberg: Peter Santandrea 1583. 178 x 111 mm. 7 x 4 3/8". 14 p.l. cccix pp. 13 leaves last blank; lxxv 10 ccxvi 22 pp.; 2 leaves 84 pp.; 1 1-196 18 pp.; 62 pp. Two works in several parts bound in one volume. With annotations and commentary by Antonio Augustin Joseph Scaliger and Fulvio Orsini. Pleasing contemporary calf covers with central gilt wreath of olive branches raised bands spine panels gilt with cipher "D C G" at center flanked by a palmette and a vegetal trefoil gilt titling bottom panel with "OD" and "I8" on either side of the cipher. Printers' devices on the title pages decorative woodcut initials and headpieces. Front pastedown with what appear to be early library shelf markings; one page with neat early marginalia. Adams V-590 and F-390. Covers slightly marked spine with a bit of superficial crackling and with one short crack in the middle of bottom panel the text with faint browning and isolated minor soiling a few leaves with long shallow creases not affecting legibility otherwise in excellent condition the binding solid and without significant wear and the leaves generally clean fresh and smooth. This glossary of recondite Latin words and phrases was no doubt bound for a contemporary bibliophile with an extensive library. The "OD" and "I8" at the bottom of the spine appear to be the indication of a shelf location--not something frequently encountered on spines of this period. This designation and the location notation on the front pastedown that clearly relates to it "Arm. 0. Tab 4. Loc. 18" suggest a library of some complexity and an educated owner who believed in careful organization. While we have not been able to identify "D C G" she would seem also to have been a person of taste and good sense. The binding is attractively decorated while still being practical for scholarly use. The work itself has gone through a number of changes of fortune. The story begins when Verrius who lived in the time of Augustus compiled a valuable work full of information on everything from grammar to mythology. Unfortunately his text has been largely lost; the authentic fragments fill only the first few leaves of our volume. His work was epitomized by Festus a ca. third century scholar but Festus was not a very good epitomizer and to make matters worse all of his entries have been lost up to the letter "M." Luckily an epitome of the epitome from "A" to "Z" had been made by Paul the Deacon in the eighth century. Valuing the handbook for its information on the writing of correct Latin Renaissance scholars went to work on this puzzle in the 15th century and a first version of Paul was published by Zarotus in Milan in 1471. Later scholars published Festus and the great French classicist Joseph Scaliger 1540-1609 was largely responsible for bringing definitive order out of chaos. His scholarly edition reconstructs the work of Festus as far as one can filling in the gaps caused by missing pages in the manuscript with conjectures and rectified material from Paul. Peter Santandrea unknown books
1873rif. 41043Paris: Rothschild 1873. Large folio. 17 1/8 x 12 5/8 inches. Two volumes comprising 200 collotypes printed by G. Arosa et Cie. each approx. 9¼ x 7¼ in. or the reverse printed titles with publishers' and printers' credits on mounts with letterpress titles and text. Contemporary half black morocco One of the first books illustrated with collotypes rather than photolithography or photogravure. The present work stands out as one of the few publications that unequivocally attribute the collotype plates to the exceptionally rare Motay and Maréchal process. Cyprien Tessié du Motay and Charles-Raphaël Maréchal pioneers in the field are widely recognized as the trailblazers behind the practical implementation of the collotype process in 1865. By adopting what was then a new process De Gayffier's project holds a unique position as one of the early examples of works featuring illustrations created through the innovative collotype process setting it apart from the prevalent techniques of photolithography and photogravure of the time. The Motay and Maréchal process played a pivotal role in advancing the art of photography. The process involved the meticulous transfer of an image onto a sensitized lithographic stone using a multi-step process that allowed for the creation of detailed and high-quality prints. Collotype's distinct characteristic was its exceptional ability to reproduce fine tonal gradations and intricate details making it particularly well-suited for capturing the nuances of forest foliage as is evident in the beautifully detailed plates in this work. De Gayffier's project is also notable for its pioneering approach to documenting true forest foliage a departure from the more conventional choice at the time of documenting large parks. This endeavor represented a significant shift in the subject matter of early photography focusing on the richness of natural environments and their botanical diversity. Léon de Gayffier who was appointed by the Minister of Agriculture for the specific purpose of undertaking "special photographic operations" in 1867. Complete copy of this rare work. The Musée français de la Photographie has an album of only 54 plates. Voignier Répertoire des Photographes de France au Dix-Neuvième Siècle p.113; Eder Josef M and Edward Epstean translator History of Photography by Josef Maria Eder. p. 617; Hanson David Checklist of photomechanical processes and printing 1825-1910 p. 133. Rothschild unknown books
1967rif. 202671New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1967. Very Good. First edition. Very good. Bookplate. Cover lightly rubbed fine edges small stain. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
1819rif. ST15731bLondon: Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington and others 1819. 216 x 136 mm. 8 1/2 x 5 3/8". viii 9-223 1 pp.Translated from the Greek by William Smith. Attractive contemporary oxblood calf decorated in gilt and blind covers with a wide gilt palmette frame enclosing an intricately blind-stamped panel with additional gilt decoration raised bands spine heavily gilt in compartments black morocco label gilt turn-ins marbled endpapers and edges. Front free endpaper inscribed in ink: "Miss Filliter obtained this Book as a Prize by her uniform attention to the Study of Latin during the Half-year. / June 1828." Lower corners lightly bumped a little rubbing at extremities flyleaves faintly browned occasional trivial internal imperfections but still quite a fine copy the contents extremely clean and unusually bright and in a well-preserved binding with a great deal of aesthetic appeal. In a handsomely decorated binding this is an excellent translation of one of the most important treatises of literary criticism to come out of the ancient world. First published in 1737 our translation established the reputation of William Smith 1711-87 as a "talented classical scholar." DNB A later William Smith the lexicographer said of "On the Sublime" "there is scarcely any work in the range of ancient literature which independent of its excellence of style contains so many exquisite remarks upon oratory poetry and good taste in general." Although generally attributed to the third century Greek philosopher and critic Longinus the work probably preceded him. After unsuccessful attempts to determine if Dionysius of Halicarnassus Cassius Longinus Plutarch or another was the author scholars arrived at the solution of calling the creator "Pseudo-Longinus." Our pretty though unsigned binding combines gilt and blind decoration in a particularly pleasant way. Volumes of classics in ornamental bindings were popular school prizes in the 19th century but ours is distinguished by being presented to a young lady who excelled in Latin at a time when most women received little formal education and 40 percent of the women in England were illiterate. The condition here suggests Miss Filliter and her successors treasured and cared for the present volume. Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington (and others) unknown books
1830rif. 6526London 1830. Aquatints coloured by hand. A fine complete series of four anonymous prints of hunting scenes possibly after the Alkens. The style and naming of these prints suggests an Alken origin for the series. Siltzer records a number of series by the Alken family in which the first plate is titled "Unkennelling." This title appears to be unique to them and supports the supposition that the present series are after the Alkens. Henry Thomas Alken was born into what became an artistic dynasty. He studied under the miniature painter J. T. Barber and exhibited his first picture a miniature portrait at the Royal Academy when he was sixteen. From about 1816 onwards he "produced an unending stream of paintings drawings and engravings of every type of field and other sporting activity. He is best remembered for his hunting prints many of which he engraved himself until the late 1830s.To many sporting art is "Alken" and to describe his work or ability is quite unnecessary." Charles Lane British Racing Prints pp. 75-76 Cf. Siltzer pp.57-76. unknown books
1953rif. 18800Boston 1953. Tempera on paper. Initialled "R.S.W." Mounted circular label lower right. Handsome 1950s sports car design. All of our present information about this drawing comes from a label on the back of the piece which indicates that it comes from the archives of the A.J. White Motor Vehicle Research Company - designers of exotic cars in the Boston MA area. We have not discovered any further information about the A. J. White Research Company thus far nor about the artist R.S.W. of this particular drawing. There does not appear to be any connection to the great White truck manufacturer. The drawing itself is especially nice its cool red sportscar positioned diagonally between two details in blue in a way that makes it appear anxious to move. unknown books
1967rif. 1390191Washington: Smithsonian Institution 1967. Softcover. Octavo xii 50 pages 33 pages of plates. In Good plus condition. Spine is pink without print. Cover is pink with black print. Light edge wear to oversized cover toning to spine. Illustrated: b&w plates. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column P. 1390191. FP New Rockville Stock. Smithsonian Institution unknown books
1944rif. WALTER-FILM006411Twentieth Century Fox. No binding. Fine. Los Angeles: Twentieth Century Fox 1944. Vintage original 10 x 8" 25 x 20 cm. black-and-white print still photo fine. A portrait of the distinguished African American actor. He was discovered by Orson Welles who cast him in his famous WPA "Voodoo Macbeth" and subsequently cast Lee in the lead role of Bigger Thomas in the successful production of Richard Wright's Native Son on Broadway. In 1945 he appeared in an acclaimed production on Broadway as Caliban in Shakespeare's The Tempest. His career and life were cut short at the age of 45 in 1952. Lee was an early influence on physician and human rights activist H. Jack Geiger. They met in 1940 when Geiger a 14-year-old middle-class Jewish runaway was backstage at a Broadway production of Native Son. Lee agreed to take Geiger in when he showed up at his door in Harlem asking for a place to stay. With the consent of his parents Geiger stayed with Lee for over a year. Lee took on the role of surrogate father and introduced Geiger to Langston Hughes Billy Strayhorn Richard Wright and Adam Clayton Powell. Geiger eventually became a journalist then a doctor who co-founded the first community health center in the United States Columbia Point Health Center in Dorchester Massachusetts. He became a founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility and Physicians for Human Rights and established community health centers in Mississippi and South Africa. Geiger says he would never have moved so deeply in these worlds so quickly if not for his experiences with Canada Lee. By the late 1940s the rising tide of anti-communism had made many of Lee's earlier contacts politically dangerous. In 1949 the trade journal Variety stated that under no circumstance was Lee to be used in American Tobacco's televised production of a radio play he had recently starred in because he was "too controversial". The same year the FBI offered to clear Lee's name if he would publicly call Paul Robeson a communist. Lee refused and responded by saying "All you're trying to do is split my race." According to newspaper columnist Walter Winchell Lee stated that he intended to come out and "publicly blast Paul Robeson." However the fact that the friendship between the two actors remained until Lee's death suggests that Robeson put no faith in Winchell's claim. At the height of the Hollywood blacklist Lee managed to find work in 1950 as the star of the British film Cry the Beloved Country for which both he and Sidney Poitier were smuggled into South Africa as indentured servants in order to play their roles as African ministers. During filming Lee had his first heart attack and he never fully recovered his health. The film's message of universal brotherhood stands as Lee's final work towards this aim. This portrait is of Lee in the role of Joe Spencer in Alfred Hitchcock's film Lifeboat in which the survivors of a U-boat torpedoing their ship attempt to survive in a lifeboat. Twentieth Century Fox books
rif. WALTER-FILM007126Twentieth Century Fox. No binding. Near Fine. Los Angeles: 20th Century Fox ca. 1954. Vintage original 8 x 10" 20 x 25 cm black-and-white photo. With ink stamp on verso of "Dorothy Dandridge 20th Century Fox Internal use only". Near fine. Photo used to promote Dorothy Dandridge at the time of her work in Carmen Jones. Dandridge became the first black actress to be nominated for the Academy Award as Best Actress in a leading role. Though she looked at it as a big break having been in show business since childhood Dandridge found that great roles for black actresses were not forthcoming. Photo numbered 952/S/26. Twentieth Century Fox unknown books
1781rif. ST13831Venice: Giovanni Gatti 1781. 214 x 147 mm. 8 1/2 x 5 3/4". Four volumes. Attractive contemporary limp paper boards patterned with yellow red and black inks paper manuscript labels on spines deckle edges. With four folding engraved plates at the end of volume IV. Pastedown of volume I with a small square of paper with some inscrutable pencil notations glued down. Bolton p. 646; Cole 893; Partington III pp. 80-90. ◆Edges just a touch bumped a few pages with some very light foxing one page with a small hole affecting a word or two of text plates a little browned along the fold and one plate partially torn along the fold but still A SUPERB COPY exceptionally fresh and clean inside and out. Offered here in very pleasing contemporary paper boards this is the first combined edition in Italian of two of Macquer's most popular works: "Élémens de chymie-théorique" 1749 and "Élémens de chymie-pratique" 1751. Coherently written in a straightforward manner primarily with the classroom in mind Macquer himself was a highly respected teacher these works became instantly successful as university-level textbooks. Partington tells us that they replaced Lemery's rather outdated "Cours de Chymie" as the favored text for teaching and they were eventually translated into English German Russian and Italian. Macquer 1718-84 made a few modest chemical discoveries but his chief contributions to the science were his applications of chemistry in particular to the porcelain industry and most importantly his writing. In addition to the present work he also penned "the first dictionary of chemistry in the modern sense" according to Partington. Given that Macquer's works were often destined for the hands of students our copy is a fortunate survival indeed not to mention enormously charming with its original deckle edges clean contents and vibrant pattern. This edition also appears to be quite rare. OCLC locates only 10 copies worldwide with just one in the US Huntington and one in the UK Wellcome. Giovanni Gatti unknown books
rif. 9365Many black & white illus. 1 p.l. 40 1 p. Small 8vo pictorial dust-jacket staple-bound. Cambridge U.K.: n.d. Scarce bookseller catalogue issued by Louisa Riley-Smith. She founded her firm in 1985 and was the exclusive distributor of Art & Project’s legendary Bulletins. This catalogue has 406 listings including rare artists’ books and art monographs. Fine. unknown books
