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Mm 225x285 Raccolta di importanti saggi di astronomia, geologia e fisica, rilegati in un unico tomo in mezza tela amatoriale, piatti marmorizzati e titolo in oro su etichetta applicata al dorso ("Schiaparelli - Stelle cadenti"). Contiene: G. V. Schiaparelli, "Note e riflessioni intorno alla teoria astronomica delle stelle cadenti" (pp. numerate da 153 a 284, precedute da 4 tavole astronomiche in nero); C. Mattucci, "Sulla vita e sui lavori scientifici di Stefano Marianini" (pp. da 33 a 65); E. Lemmi, "Sur les cas d'exception au théorème des forces vives. Résumé et conséquences d'un Mémoire de M. Betti" (pp. da 233 a 240); G. Basso, "Sulla deviazione massima dell'ago calamitato sotto l'azione della corrente elettrica" (Torino, Stamperia Reale, 1870, estratto dalle Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino, serie II, tomo XXVI, 17 pp.); G. Basso, "Nuova bussola reometrica. Nota" (Torino, Stamperia Reale, 1871, op. cit, 9 pp.); B. Boncompagni, "Catalogo dei lavori di Felice Chiò" (Roma, Tipografia delle scienze matematiche e fisiche, 1872, estratto dal 'Bullettino di bibliografia e di storia delle scienze matematiche e fisiche', tomo IV, settembre 1871, 21 pp.); "Catalogo dei membri componenti la Società Italiana delle Scienze fondata da Anton Mario Lorgna" (2 pp.); "Statuto della Società Italiana delle Scienze residente in Modena", seguito da "Continuazione degli Annali della Società sino a tutto febbraio 1867" (pp. da 5 a 31). Importante corpus di contributi scientifici di fine Ottocento, in ottimo stato di conservazione, interno fresco e godibile. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
1954ref. 6301E. P. Dutton 1954. First Edition. 25 B/W and 4 color Illustrations. NearFine Hardcover. VeryGood DJ. The book has No Wear. Clean Excellent binding and hinges. DJ wrapped in transparent plastic got light edge wear. 8.5"x5.75"x1.2". be31 E. P. Dutton & Co. hardcover
ref. M1524bRare. Ermanno Loescher Roma 1883. First edition. In-4 166 pages. Blue hardcover in fine condition uncut. Language: Italian/Italiano. This book ships from Europe shipping costs will be updated accordingly BPF. Relevant subjects: Egypt: Language Texts & Writing Religion & Magic. unknown
ref. M1524cRare. Ermanno Loescher Roma 1883. First edition. In-4 166 pages. Bound in a beautiful modern brown half-leather with cloth boards preserving the original wrappers a fine copy. Language: Italian/Italiano. This book ships from Europe shipping costs will be updated accordingly BCI. Relevant subjects: Egypt: Language Texts & Writing Religion & Magic. unknown
193648 pages. This glamorous publication brought New York women the information they needed: news of the choicest fashion, entertainment, current happenings, where to go, what to see, and how much to pay. Features: Nice color cover photo of lady and her moving man; Fantastic promo inside front cover features photo of "strip tease" artist Gypsy Rose Lee and enticing information about the article on her which will appear in the next issue; Franklin Simon & Co. full-page ad for the new short sleeved "Scotch-and-Soda" Dresses; Full-page ad for Schaefer Beer - "now in cans"; Letters; Very nice one-page Macy's Little Shop photo ad featuring a Schiaparelli coat with beaver collar and muff; Nice half-page photo ad by Best & Co. features the Norman Hartnell Gardenia Gown; Opinions of the New York Woman; Photos of Frog Jumping championship at Ben Riley's Arrowhead Inn; Who'll Buy My Pictures? - photos of street sellers of art and poetry around Washington Square; Hold That Husband; Art for your own home - prints by the American Artists Group - with eight examples; Mary - the tale of a maid; Polly Pettit Deals in Ideas - she's been asked to serve as display director for Madison Avenue's 100th birthday celebration; What Dolly Madison Will Miss - the Madison Avenue Centennial call up memories of the plump, flouncing lady who was a prize shopper in her day; Great one-page color-photo ad for Macy's featuring model in long red coat with a black Persian lamb collar; Pull Your Punches - Artie McGovern's gym shapes the middles of Wall Street financiers - article with photo; The Fashion Editor's Diary; Autumn makeup; Great photos of the fashion $100 will buy in New York; Fantastic 'October' centerfold features color illustrations and black and white photos of seasonal fashions, their prices, and where they may be purchased; So Much To Buy; Photos of winter coat fashions; The Life and Times of a Silk Stocking - article with microphotos; How to be a Brand New Parent - article; Two-page color-illustrated feature on space-saving double-use furniture; Model rooms; Short cuts to good dinners; Five photos of Tallulah Bankhead; "Top Man" on Broadway - Theresa Helburn; Photos of the making of "Dodsworth", showing Mary Astor and Walter Huston; Dorothy Arzner - the only woman to ever become a motion picture director; Fantastic one-page color ad for the new "French Bootery" at 22 E. 57th St.; Madison Avenue - Rue de la Paix... a la New York; Tables About Town - details about meals offered by area restaurants, with prices; Manhattan Date Book; Those Itsy-Bitsy Gals! - Kitty Sharp writes about how men can't resist those 'little girls' too weak to pick up their own words; Nice color ad for Marchand's Golden Hair Wash inside back cover features blonde holding dog; and more. Unmarked with modest wear. A quality copy of this great vintage depression-era item. Magazine
1871ref. 52363Stettin, Th. von der Nahmer, 1871. Contemp. full cloth. Title in gilt on frontcover. VIII,268 pp. and 4 folded lithographed plates. Some faint pencil notes in margins.
1871ref. 52363Stettin Th. von der Nahmer 1871. Contemp. full cloth. Title in gilt on frontcover. VIII268 pp. and 4 folded lithographed plates. Some faint pencil notes in margins. First edition in which Schiaparelli’s expounds his hypothesis on the origin of meteors elaborated in depth and with elegance a theory which has been fully confirmed later. hardcover
1954ref. 016246London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd 1954. Book. Near fine condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. x 230 pages of text. Original pink hardcover binding in almost new condition. The original unclipped dustjacket has a chip to both the top and bottom of the spine with several small tears and creases and minor shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. Contains numerous color and black & white illustrations. The text is clean and unmarked. First British edition. J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd Hardcover
ref. M2322Very rare. Fratelli Bocca Torino 1877. First edition. In-4 112 pages. Original softcover a fine copy. Language: Italian/Italiano. This book ships from Europe shipping costs will be updated accordingly BPF. Relevant subjects: Egypt: Religion & Magic. unknown
1954ref. 413London: J. M. Dent 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First British edition of Elsa Schiaparelli's autobiography offering a vibrant personal account of her life from her Roman childhood to her rise as an iconic surrealist-inspired fashion designer in Paris and beyond. One of the 20th century's most innovative designers she was influenced by and collaborated with Salvador Dalí Jean Cocteau Meret Oppenheim Alberto Giacometti Leonor Fini and Man Ray among others. Illustrated throughout with photographs and art in black and white and color. 230 pages. Near fine copy with light spotting on top of textblock age-toning on endpapers and a bit of bumping at bottom of rear board. Near fine unclipped dust jacket 21s. with edgewear on spine and small chip on top front of jacket panel. Wrapped in archival mylar. Scarce in this condition. J. M. Dent hardcover
1954ref. 013126Dutton 1954. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Amazing Fine Copy In Like Jacket.Stated First Edition.$4.00 on Bottom of Flap. Ink Ownership Name. Incredibly Difficult Autobiography of Great Schiaparelli. Dutton Hardcover
1954ref. 013127Dutton 1954. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine Copy In Like Jacket.First Edition Stated.Rare in This Condition.Elusive Autobiography of The Great Designer. Dutton Hardcover
1954ref. 013126Dutton 1954. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Amazing Fine Copy In Like Jacket.Stated First Edition.$4.00 on Bottom of Flap. Ink Ownership Name. Incredibly Difficult Autobiography of Great Schiaparelli. Dutton Hardcover books
1954ref. 013127Dutton 1954. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine Copy In Like Jacket.First Edition Stated.Rare in This Condition.Elusive Autobiography of The Great Designer. Dutton Hardcover books
ref. stela2541New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc. 1954. First American Edition. 8vo. pp. 254 1. Colour frontis & 3 coloured plates. 8 double-sided b/w illus. tailpieces by Berard. cloth corners & spine ends bit frayed small portion of outer spine joint bit frayed. dw. bit scuffed chips & tears with crude tape repairs actate protective covering with tape adhered to the dust wrapper New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1954 hardcover
1960312 pages. "In an entertaining, personal manner, Ballard re-creates the world she moved into as Vogue's editor in Paris in the 1930's. With her, the reader learns about the lives of the women who set the pace for elegance that the great couturiers matched with their creations. Here are the first-hand, behind-the-scenes descriptions of the fascinating ways in which the creations of famous design houses are presented to the public, stories of the adventures involved in fashion editing, the personal histories of famous artists, photographers, mannequins, and best-dressed women on two continents." - from dust jacket (not included). Contents clean and unmarked. Stamp-sized beige mark on front free endpaper where sticker removed. Minor moisture exposure to bottom edge of last few leaves and back fixed endpaper. Includes replica dust jacket preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound third printing copy of this fascinating historical fashion memoir. Book
1890pp. 14, 16, 14, cb, 12, 20, 1 tav. Le cinque “note” che compongono questo scritto sono di importanza capitale per la storia dell’astronomia: oltre a ipotizzare la lentezza di rotazione di Venere, Schiaparelli conclude che il pianeta sia avvolto costantemente da una coltre di nubi: è il primo scienziato a formulare quest’ipotesi nella storia dell’astronomia, ipotesi che – insieme ad altre – sarà destinata a resistere fino ai nostri giorni. La serie è estratta manualmente dai volumi dei “Rendiconti” del Reale Istituto lombardo di scienze e lettere. Compresa la tavola. In these five “note”, Schiaparelli reports his discoveries about the slow rotation of Venus, and for the first time makes the hypotesis on the blanket of clouds surrounding the planet, that is considered his discovery. The serie is materially taken from the volumes of the “Rendiconti del Reale istituto lombardo di scienze e lettere”, including the plate.
ref. M0980eVery rare. Mémoires publiés par les membres de la Mission Archéologique Française au Caire 3/1. IFAO Le Caire 1888. First edition. Folio ix & 191 pages 74 plates. Modern half-leather. Some ancient tape repairs on the title page and the preface the top edge of the last plate is very slightly chipped without loss of text otherwise a very good copy. From the library of Egyptologist Charles Cornell Van Siclen III VSX. Language: French/Français. This book ships from the USA shipping costs will be updated accordingly TXR. Relevant subjects: Egypt: New Kingdom Pyramids Tombs Temples & Towns. unknown
ref. 2511Scarce Portrait Photograph Signed by the famed couturier. Schiaparelli's designs broadly influenced the fashion world. The black and white photograph measures 7 x 9 inches black and white. Schiaparelli was renown for her originality and closely associated with surrealist artists. Excellent condition. unknown
ref. 2511Scarce Portrait Photograph Signed by the famed couturier. Schiaparelli's designs broadly influenced the fashion world. The black and white photograph measures 7 x 9 inches black and white. Schiaparelli was renown for her originality and closely associated with surrealist artists. Excellent condition. unknown books
1954ref. 65170E-321: E P Dutton & Co Inc. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1954. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by E. P. Dutton & Co. New York. 1954. 254 pgs. Illustrated with Color / Black and White Plates. Signed and inscribed by Elsa Schiaparelli on the half-title page. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities DJ chipped at the spine ends. Bound in black cloth boards with pink titles present to the front board and the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Her name was Elsa Schiaparelli. She was known as the Queen of Fashion; a headline attraction in the international glitter-glamour show of the late twenties and thirties feted in Rome where she was born Paris New York London Moscow Hollywood . . . Her style was a social revolution through clothingluxurious eccentric ironic sexy. Her fashions inspired from the whimsical to the most practicalfrom a Venetian cape of the commedia dellarte to the Soviet parachute. She collaborated with some of the greatest artists of the twentieth century: on jewelry designs with Jean Schlumberger; on clothes with Salvador Dalí his lobster dress for her a lobster garnished with parsley painted on the skirt of an organdy dress was instantly bought by Wallis Simpson for her honeymoon with the Duke of Windsor ; with Jean Cocteau Alberto Giacometti Christian Bérard photographers Baron Adolph de Meyer Horst Cecil Beaton and the young Richard Avedon. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 254 pages . E P Dutton & Co Inc hardcover
