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1927réf. 058697Paris: Les Arts et Le Livre / M. Audin et Cie. 1927. First Edition . Illustrated Boards. Good. 11 1/2" Tall. 1/1500 copies sur velin teinte. Covers loose one cord holding. 8" x 5 3/4" illustration and title on front cover. covers dampstained at foredge some wrinkling to endpapers only at foredge. Paper quite aged browning at edges. Fine drawings. Scarce. Les Arts et Le Livre / M. Audin et Cie. hardcover
1925réf. 058927London / Boston & New York: Jonathan Cape / Houghton Mifflin Company 1925. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 464 Pp. Folding Map At End. Black Cloth Spine Lettered In Gilt Multicolored Boards. First American Printing 1925 Using Sheets Printed In Great Britain "First Published In Mcmxxv" Stated On Copyright Page Cape Indicated Above With Houghton Dust Jacket Priced $5.00 Twice. Some Wear Spine Lettering Quite Clear But Not Bright No Marks Fraying At Tips And Along Bottom Edges Of Boards. Dust Jacket With Light Usage Smal Losses At Upper Corners. Florence Wheelock Ayscough Macnair 1875 -1942 Was A Sinologist Writer And Translator Of Chinese Literature Born In Shanghai China To Canadian Father Thomas Reed Wheelock And American Mother Edith H. Clarke. Ayscough Attended Shaw School In Brookline Massachusetts Where She Met Amy Lowell. The Two Were Lifelong Friends. Ayscough's Family Returned To Live In China When She Was In Her Early Twenties. Ayscough Was A Lecturer On Chinese Art And Literature And Was The Author Of Eight Books On Chinese History Culture Literary Criticism And Translation. She Traveled As A Lecturer To Cities Including London Paris Berlin And New York. Ayscough Accepted A Permanent Lecturing Post At The University Of Chicago In 1938 Where She Lectured On Chinese Literature And Continued Her Translation Work And Documenting The History And Culture Of China. She Was Honorary Librarian Of The North China Branch Royal Asiatic Society In Shanghai For Fifteen Years. She Collected Modern Chinese Paintings Including Work By Xu Gu. Her Efforts Introduced This Chinese Art Form To The American Public.Her Writings Included Translations Of Classical Poetry And Essays On Chinese Art History And Philosophy. She Work Also Attempted To Correct Previous Inaccurate Attempts To Translate The Cultures Of Ancient And Contemporary China For Example Perspectives Of China As A Stagnant Culture. In Addition To Countering Negative Stereotypes With Positive Reevaluations She Also Sought To Correct Misinformation. For Example Her Review Of The 1931 Novel The Good Earth By American Writer Pearl Buck Ayscough Praised The Choice Of Contemporary Chinese Peasantry As The Subject But Criticized The Accuracy. Ayscough Had A Strong Influence On The Work Of Her Friend Amy Lowell Being The Source Of Lowell's Interest In Asian Culture And Chinese Poetry. Ayscough Introduced Lowell To Chinese Paintings And Poetry In 1917. On A Visit To America She Brought With Her Chinese Word Pictures That She Translated Into English Which Lowell Turned Into Rhymed Poetry. Her First Book Fir-Flower Tablets With Amy Lowell Was A Translation Of Poems From The Chinese. A Chinese Mirror Published In 1925 Was An Analysis Of The Structure Of Chinese Society And Government In Particular The Symbolism Of The Beijing Imperial Palaces. She Published Tu Fu The Autobiography Of A Chinese Poet In 1929 And Her Translations Of The Poems Of Tu Fu With A Biography Constructed Using His Poetry. In 1934 She Published Travels Of A Chinese Poet. These Two Works Contributed To The Introduction Of Tu Fu To The British Public. Her Final Work Chinese Women Yesterday And To-Day Published In 1937 Examined Contemporary Chinese Women Leaders As Successors Of A Long Line Of Capable Though Secluded Chinese Women. Ayscough Contributed Articles To The Encyclopaedia Sinica. Ayscough's Correspondence With Amy Lowell Was Compiled And Published By Her Husband Professor Harley Macnair. Lucille Douglass 1878 - 1935 Was An American Painter Etcher And Lecturer. In 1920 Douglass Went To China As An Employee Of The Board Of Foreign Missions Of The Methodist Episcopal Church. She Organized And Supervised A Workshop In Shanghai Where Chinese Women Hand-Colored Photographic Slides For The Missionary Society. Douglass Also Became A Writer And Associate Editor Of Shanghai Times. Douglass Formed Close Friendships With Writers Florence Wheelock Ayscough And Helen Churchill Candee. Douglass Eventually Illustrate Books For Both Of Them. Jonathan Cape / Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover
réf. 343539Conway Maritime Press 1990. THIS VOL ONLY lg quarto red heavy boards gilt lettering to spine xii 243pp illus VG sl bruising to extrems light tanning & foxing to page edges sl foxing to prelims in d/w VG light creasing & rubbing to edges light chafing & soiling Conway Maritime Press 1990 hardcover
1929réf. 058961New York: Simon And Schuster 1929. Printing Unknown. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 293 Pp. With Inner Sanctum Ad For This Title On Verso Of P. 293 Green Cloth Gilt Lettering On Spine Gilt Deer On Front Cover Color Lithograph Endpapers. First American Edition Was 1928 But This Edition Has 1929 Copyright Date And 1929 On Title Page The 1928 Edition States "First Printing In America July 1928" On The Copyright Page. Light Wear Gilt Brilliant No Fraying Former Owner's Information On Half-Title Dated Christmas 1928 Although Title Page And Copyright Page Show 1929. Simon And Schuster hardcover
1928réf. 84616Garden City: Doubleday Doran & Company Inc 1928. First Edition. Octavo 19.5cm; navy blue cloth-covered boards with illustrated title labels on spine and front cover; pictorial endpapers; dustjacket; 151pp; illus. Previous owner's birthday gift inscription with advice so 'a lady musn't be caught off her guard' inked to front endpaper. Sunning to cover edges with light rubbing to spine ends and board edges and off-setting to rear endpaper; Very Good. Dustwrapper price-clipped tanned with shelf-soil tiny chips and tears to extremities and tape mends to verso for numerous tears; Good. Collection of verse includes "Love Sonnets of a Cave Man" "Old Pals Meet at Dinner" "Abridged History of the U. S." and "A Rich Bootlegger". 84616. Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc unknown
1938réf. 058984London Uk: George Allen & Unwin 1938. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good DJ. 1120 Pp. Green And White Cloth. First Printing Indicated. Light Wear At Corners Lettering Very Strong Hinges Tight No Marks. Dust Jacket Priced 12S/6D Very Light Wear 1/2" X 1/8" Hole On Front Panel 1/2" Squarish Chip At Head Of Spine; Entire Dust Jacket Has Been Laminated In Clear Plastic. The Basics Of Scientific Thinking About The World 1938 Which Will Not Be Known By75% Of The World's Population Within Yet Another 100 Years Even In This Summary Form Except In Small Bits And Snatches Leaving Them At The Mercy Of Sociopathic And Equally Ignorant Populist Politicians For At Least Another 100 Years. George Allen & Unwin hardcover
1974réf. 058992Hong Kong: Leon Amiel Publisher Inc. 1974 1974. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 317 Pp. White Boards Gilt. Undated Circa 1974. Fine In Near Fine Dj With Just A Trace Of Rubbing At Corner Slight Fading To Spine And To Top And Foredge Of Front Panel Not Price Clipped No Names Or Marks. Leon Amiel Publisher Inc. [1974?] hardcover
1982réf. 427202524College Station: Texas A&M University Press 1982. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo. 226 pp. Index. Later printing. The interwoven lives of ranch families during the pioneer days of Texas history. Texas A&M University Press hardcover
1970réf. C96525London: R. Alistair McAlpine 1970. Paperback . Very Good. Very good indeed in slightly worn marked and edge-browned slipcase. R. Alistair McAlpine, paperback
1968réf. 6282411Camden: Thomas Nelson 1968. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket which has a couple of short closed tears and edge wear. 4to. 176 pp. Index. Black and white photos and illustrations throughout. Valuable research title. Thomas Nelson hardcover
2024réf. x-9966151680Kilele Publications & Productions Ltd. 2024. Paperback. New. 198 pages. Swahili language. 7.00x0.54x10.00 inches. Kilele Publications & Productions Ltd. paperback
réf. 326453John Lane 1912. FIRST EDITION THUS super octavo green buckram boards gilt lettering to spine gilt lettering & illus/decoration to front board teg illus prelims xviii 66pp illus/plates VG light bruising to spine & board extrems light chafing & soiling to boards minor water damage/staining to boase of rear board & rear eps light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps occasional sl foxing & soiling to page block John Lane 1912 hardcover
réf. 327935Les Humanoides Associes 2015. TEXT IN FRENCH quarto illus glossy heavy boards black & brown lettering to spine illus title page 56pp illus VG sl bruising to extrems light chafing to boards Les Humanoides Associes 2015 hardcover
réf. 60800-24Hardcover. New. hardcover
2016réf. 1242427Lefkosia/Nicosia Cyprus: Moufflon Publishing 2016. Softcover. Near Fine in tan and black pictorial wraps. Oblong 4to. 48 pp. Signed by both the poet and the artist on the cover page. Contains poetry in English and surreal erotic drawings. Scarce item. OCLC lists two copies one at Harvard and one at the San Diego CA Public Library. Moufflon Publishing unknown
1933réf. 10947Paris: Flammarion 1933. First Edition. Staplebound. Near fine. Square small quarto unpaginated. 12 leaves of illustrations the first six printed versos only; the second six printed rectos only. With eight color gels laid into their original envelope tipped onto the rear wrapper as issued. There are two each of green blue red and orange. Though the instructions direct the reader to cut them into small peices to be used all eight are intact. As primary colors they can all be combined to create different shades when laid over the illustrations. These French "magic lantern" books are quite uncommon in the trade and especially so in complete unused condition. There is mild soiling to the wrappers with some small chips to the extremities including the spine but the contents are in excellent condition; overall a near fine example. Text entirely in French. Flammarion unknown
1970réf. 055259Stein And Day / International Wine And Food Society Publishing 1970. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 191 Pp. Green Boards Spine Gilt. First American Printing 1970. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket Priced $7.95. Per Wikipedia Harry Yoxall Was The Son Of James Yoxall Liberal Mp For Nottingham West. He Was Educated At St Paul's School And Balliol College Oxford. He Saw Active Service In The First World War On The Western Front As A Junior Officer In The 18Th Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps 41St Division From May 1916 Up To The Attack At Flers During The Somme Offensive In September 1916; In Various Staff Appointments In The Division And Its Component Infantry Brigades Mainly In The Ypres Salient From October 1916-July 1917; Including Preparations For The Battles Of Messines Ridge And 3Rd Ypres; As Adjutant To The 18Th Krrc During Their Heavy Involvement In 3Rd Ypres August-September 1917; And As An Instructor In Trench Mortars With The British Military Mission To The United States November 1917-April 1918. Yoxall Joined Condé Nast Publications In 1921. Appointed Managing Director Of Condé Nast In 1934 He Was Chairman From 1957 To 1964. Yoxall Started The English Edition Of Vogue. He Was Described As An "Imaginative Gourmet" And A "Great Burgundy Connoisseur". Stein And Day / International Wine And Food (Society) Publishing hardcover
1994réf. 040354London: Pavilion Books 1994. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket. quarto. pp Unpaginated complete. 1st printing. An unread book in virtually As New condition. Pavilion Books hardcover
réf. 306751LTA Institute / Tiola Consolidated 2010. Super octavo illus glossy light card covers white lettering to spine viii 167pp illus/photos VG light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges light chafing & soiling to covers v sl tanning & soiling to page edges LTA Institute / Tiola Consolidated 2010 unknown
1937réf. 054645New York: Harper & Brothers 1937. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 317 Pp. Black Cloth Gold Spine Label Printed In Black Endpapers Illustrated In Red With Caricatures In Keeping With The Author's Favorite Style- Sarcastic Ridicule Distancing And Dis-Individualizing And Depersonalizing The Chinese In The Interests Of Mass Consumerism And Power Politics. First Edition Stated. Some Wear No Fraying Hinges Tight No Marks. Harper & Brothers hardcover
1951réf. 054785Norman Ok: University Of Oklahoma Press 1951. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Xi 259 Pp. Green Cloth Spine Lettered In Silver. First Edition Stated. Near Fine Small Bookseller's Stamp On Front Endpaper Slight Wear. Dust Jacket Priced $3.75 Wear Small Losses At Corners. Iny Owner's Initials Wlm Ii. University Of Oklahoma Press hardcover
1900réf. 053247New York / London: The Macmillan Compay 1900. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. Xiii 391 Pp; Ix Folding Map 407 Pp. Red Cloth Spine Gilt White Cover Labels Lettered In Gilt Top Edges Gilt Deckled Fore Edges. #10 Of 150 Copies Printed On Large Paper 9 1/2" X 6 1/2" X 4". First Editions. Worn And Frayed; Volume Ii Apparently Had A Detached Spine Panel As It Is Now Upside Down Although Front Cover Is Correctly Placed. No Names Or Marks Contents Fine. No Marks. Deserving Of Rebinding. 2500 Years Of History Of A Region With Few Rulers Worth Remembering None Remembered Fondly Let Alone Worthy Of Emulation Where Self-Interest Is Considered The Same As Character And Virtue Is A Word Of Distant Association; A Good Explanation For The Present Political Situations Of These Areas.International Shipment At Considerable Extra Expense Due To Size And Weight. The Macmillan Compay hardcover
1905réf. 053477Pasadena: Charles Francis and Elisabeth Hallowell Saunders 1905. First Edition . Loose Plates. Near Fine. 11" x 5 1/2. Color Plates By Elisabeth Hallowell Saunders. Eleven Of Twelve Loose Color Plates Lacking The California Poppy Plate From "California Wild Flowers: Twelve Reproductions In Natural Colors From Water Color Drawings" Also Lacking The String Bound Text Pages And The Folding Cover. Scarce Second Separate Publication By The Saunders Issued In Two Versions One With 6 Wild Flowers Another With 12. Charles Francis Saunders 1859-1941 Was Born To Quaker Parents In Bucks County Pennsylvania. He And His First Wife Elisabeth Hallowell Saunders D. 1910 Were Both Avid Naturalists; Charles Began Publishing Essays On Botany As Early As The 1890S. Charles And Elisabeth Also Collaborated On A Number Of Publications He As Author She As Illustrator. After A Honeymoon Trip To California And The Southwest In 1902 The Couple Moved Permanently To California In 1906 And Settled In A Craftsman Bungalow On North Lake Avenue In Pasadena Where Charles Devoted Himself Full Time To Writing. He Eventually Published More Than A Dozen Books Inspired By California And The Southwest. Both Charles And Elisabeth Were Amateur Photographers And Many Of Their Photographs Were Used To Illustrate Saunders' Books The Indians Of The Terraced Houses 1912 And Under The Sky In California 1913. In 1921 Saunders Married Mira Barrett Culin D. 1968 Whom He Had Met At The Pasadena Garden Club. Also A Writer Mira Shared Saunders' Interest In Gardens Botany And Photography. For Many Years Mira Published Articles On Pasadena Gardens Parks And Trees In The Pasadena Star News For Which She Took Dozens Of Photographs. First With Elisabeth And Then With Mira Saunders Travelled Extensively Throughout California And The Southwest Photographing All Of The California Missions The Regions' Natural Wonders Native Americans And Flora Among Other Things. These Interests Became The Subjects Of 18 Books And Numerous Essays And Articles Saunders Published In His Lifetime. Many Of These Books Were Illustrated With Photographs Taken By Their Author On His Many Excursions. Saunders' Collection Of Native American Pottery And Crafts Is Now In The Collection Of The Southwest Museum Los Angeles And His Botanic Library Is In The Possession Of The Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens. Source: Apostol Jane. "Southern California Through The Lens Of Charles Francis Saunders" Southern California Quarterly Volume 81 Spring 1999: 1-88. Charles Francis and Elisabeth Hallowell Saunders unknown
1970réf. 053542Harper & Row 1970. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 112 Pp. Green Cloth Spine Gilt Gray Boards. First Edition Stated. Lightly Used. Warmly Inscribed By "Gordon And Gladis" And Signed In 1972; Also With A Letter To The Recipients In The Same Hand Also Dated The Same Day In 1972 Signed "The Deprees"And Another Note In December 1972 In Another Hand Signed Gladis And Gordon. Dust Jacket Priced $3.95 Almost No Wear But Some Dust Harper & Row hardcover
1942réf. 053826New York: The Heritage Press 1942. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 297 Pp. Red Cloth Spine Lettered In Gilt Yellow Boards Illustrated In Red. Heritage Press Reprint Of The Signed Limited Editions Club Edition Of 1942. Wear Fraying At Edges Of Boards Hinges Cracked Upper Tips Of Boards And All Pages With Small Bumps. Inscribed By Hersholt "To --- I Spent Many Happy Hours Translating These Splendid Fairy Tales. I Am Sure You'll Enjoy H. C. Andersen's Deep Understanding Of Human Nature Sometimes Too Deep For Mere Children. All My Best Wishes To You Jean Hersholt Hollywood March 1945". The Catalog Of The Jean Hersholt Collection Of Hans Christian Andersen Was Published By The Library Of Congress In 1954. The Heritage Press hardcover
