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réf. 306153Boston Houghton Mifflin Company 1928. First edition later state with no date on the title page. Thick 8vo. Frontispiece portraits; 16 illustrations. Original gilt stamped blue cloth. Very good. 2 volumes. No dust jackets. Volume I - 607 pages. Volume II - 741 pages. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1928. hardcover books
1776réf. 49282London: J. Buckland 1776. First Edition. Octavo 20.5cm.; removed; 467pp.; title page serving as upper cover printed within single heavy funereal rule. Very Good and sound overall. Funeral oration by the nonconformist hymn writer including a detailed account of the agonizing death of the young Calvinist Thomas Wilton who appears to have suffered from an infected abscess. ESTC T94248. J. Buckland unknown books
1969réf. 323972New York: Ktav 1969. hardcover. fine. 5 volumes. Chapters by many authors. 8vo blue cloth. New York: Ktav Publishing with American Jewish Historical Society 1969. A fine set. Volume I: The Colonial Period; Volume II: The Early Republic; Volume III: The Emerging Community; Volume IV: The Era of Immigration; Volume V: At Home in America Ktav unknown books
réf. 14392Svinin. SVININ YARMOLINSKY Avraham. PICTURESQUE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1811 1812 1813. New York: William Edwin Rudge 1930. Small folio. Cloth dust jacket. Frontispiece xviii 46 5 51 plates. First edition. One of 1000 copies. A memoir on Svinin who was a Russian diplomat artist and author with a portfolio of his watercolor sketches showing his travels throughout the United States 1811-1813. Introduction by R.T.H. Halsey. Very good. unknown books
1908réf. 1262438London: Hutchinson & Co 1908. First Edition. 4vo. xx 209pp.; VG-; bound in publishers red cloth stamped with a gilt title and blue design on front board gilt lettering on spine; 30 color tipped-in plates with printed tissue guards; bumping to head and tail of spine corners; spine detached; inscription in ink on ffep; top edge of text block gilt; fore and lower edges of text block show some minor wear wear extend to pages; boards scuffed; DC consignment; Oversized order. Additional shipping and handling may be necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy international shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. Contact seller if you have any questions. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office Case #1 . 1262438. FP New Rockville Stock. Hutchinson & Co unknown books
1985réf. 135071Washington DC: The Film Company / Public Broadcasting Service PBS 1985. Original Press Kit for the 1985 documentary. With a transcript of the program and a 32-page companion guide featuring facts about Herman Melville's life and work articles on Melville and a selected bibliography. This documentary tracks the personal and intellectual adventures of Herman Melville. Narrated by John Huston the film includes readings and commentary by F. Murray Abraham Robert Penn Warren Alfred Kazan and other notable writers and critics. Arthur Unger with The Christian Science Monitor reviewed the film in 1985: "Directed written produced and photographed mostly by Robert Squier a unique and dedicated artist himself. Mr. Squier has accomplished an inspired film about a writer and his writing which manages to combine the song of poetry and the zing of adventure with the shock of psychological recognition. not merely a labor of love; it is a probing and incisive study of how a man and his work interact with the environment physical and emotional. Utilizing real locations top literary scholars and a delicate sense of time and place with a minimal amount of reenactment Mr. Squier's film records the paradoxes in Melville's life his sense of hopelessness his disgust with brutality his agonizing search for religion his intellectual resolve his determination to survive personal disasters."not afraid of deep questions.'' Companion guide 32 pages transcript 36 pages and promotional letter from the publishers advertising a videocassette of the film rental $75 purchase $350 house in a dark green folder with silver titles and blind-stamped design. Near Fine overall. The Film Company / Public Broadcasting Service [PBS] unknown books
1946réf. 331091New York: Schocken Books 1946. 45p. slender paperback very good text in Yiddish. "The East-European Jew" by the noted Jewish theologian and philosopher. Born in Warsaw Heschel was educated in Germany but deported by the Nazis back to Poland in 1938. He managed to flee Poland before the Nazi invasion. Schocken Books unknown books
1954réf. 31364New York: New York University Press 1954. First edition. Hardcover. vg. 4to. xxv 1 265pp. Brown cloth with gold lettering on spine and front board in original printed dust jacket. Printer's device in gilt on spine. Frontispiece. Printer's device on title-page. Fascinating work in which the author examines the most representative suras of the Koran verse by verse in a comparative way that brings to light many discoverable parallels between Koranic text and rabbinic literature. Foreword by Solomon L. Skoss. Text in English with some Hebrew and Arabic. Dj spine sunned and slightly stained. Book corners rubbed. Overall in very good condition. New York University Press hardcover books
1969réf. 17948Jerusalem: Mossad Ha-Rav Kook 1969. Hardcover. vg. Small 4to. 485pp Hebrew pagination. 1/4 leather over brown cloth in original dust jacket. Ex-libris Rabbi Isaac David Essrig author of "The fountain of wisdom". Work by Rav Cook one of the most influential Rabbis of what now is considered "religious Zionism" see below. The topic of this book is the "Even Ha-'Ezer" - section of the "Shulkhan ha-Arukh" that deals with personal law marriage divorce sexual conduct etc. The "Shulkhan ha-Arukh" a.k.a. Shulchan Aruch meaning "set table" is the most authoritative compilation of Halakha Jewish Law. Staining and minor tears to dj. Age wear to binding. Inside clean and tight. In Hebrew. Very good condition. On the author from a public domain online encyclopedia: Abraham Isaac Kook 1864 - 1935 was the first Ashkenazi chief rabbi of the British Mandate for Palestine the founder of the now Religious Zionist "Yeshiva Merkaz HaRav" and a renowned Torah scholar. He was a master of Halakha in the strictest sense while at the same time possessing an unusual openness to new ideas especially in regards to the settling of Eretz Yisrael. This drew many religious and non-religious people to him but also led to widespread misunderstanding of his ideas. He wrote prolifically on both Halakha and Jewish thought and his books and personality continued to influence many even after his death in Jerusalem in 1935. Mossad Ha-Rav Kook hardcover books
2009réf. 51666New York: Tor 2009. Second printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Octavo. 445 3pp. Pictorial dust jacket with dark green spine lettered in whit over green boards with blind stamped front cover and gilt lettered spine. Illustrated with a fictionalized map of Africa. Signed on the title page by the editor and 4 of the 6 writers. A fine as new copy. In 1946 an alien virus that rewrites human DNA was accidentally unleashed in the skies over New York City. It killed ninety percent of those it infected. Nine percent survived to mutate into tragically deformed creatures. And one percent gained superpowers. Tor hardcover books
réf. 50735New York: Hebrew Publishing Co ND. Fine. 5 vols. each vol. for one book of the Pentateuch. Blue cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover. Hebrew text of the Pentateuch with the commentary of Rashi accompanied by English translations of the text and Rashi. Includes footnotes explaining Rashi's use of midrashic sources. Aramaic Onkelos translation also on each page. A useful entry tool for the study of Judaism. Text in Hebrew Aramaic and English. A very good set with later acetate dust wrappers. This work was meant to provide as literal a translation as possible of both the biblical text as well as the rabbinic commentary. . Hebrew Publishing Co unknown books
1899réf. 34573Warsaw: Meir Jehiel Halter 1899. Second edition. 8vo. 88pp. Blue half-cloth over black pebbled cloth. A Zionist tract by one of the founders of the religious Zionist movement. This work was first published in 1891 and is a collection of pro-Zionist statements by rabbis. This Text in Hebrew. Corners worn. Head and tail of spine bumped. Some age toning and rippling to leaves. Overall in good condition. Meir Jehiel Halter unknown books
1715réf. 191132Cologne: Chez Pierre Marteau 1715. Leather_bound. 315p. 8x10.25 inches text in French second edition of the second part of a two volume treatise all edges of textblock tinted red mild toning to paperstock general abrasion and wear to pressed-calf casebinding full leather over boards with five raised bands gilt titles and decorations on spine edges stained red. Bits of card show at corner-tips but the hide was well-tanned and would be responsive to restorative measures i.e. the hide could use a coat or two of archival-grade leather dressing. The Dutch Ambassador's guide to the functions of an ambassador and his recollections of his work in France England and Holland and time spent imprisoned in the Bastille. Originally published in 1682 reissued 1690 this being the third edition of 1715. Chez Pierre Marteau unknown books
1985réf. 14960A. MERRITT: REFLECTIONS IN THE MOON POOL Oswald Train 1985 first edition fine in like full color pictorial dust-wrapper with one closed tear. Most everything you may wish to know about Mr. Merritt along with some works published here for the first time. Publishers catalogue laid in. Inscribed and dated at time of publication by the author to well known member of first fandom "To my good friend Allan: Who does not have to be told why we pay this homage to the achievements and memory of A. Merritt and lived through the period when the legend was in the making. All best Sam Moskowitz. Oswald Train unknown books
1979réf. 626145New York: The Viking Press 1979. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Folio. Measuring 11½" x 14¾". 201pp. Heavily illustrated with nicely reproduced photographs. Binding cocked and sunned at the top and bottom edges page edges foxed and text with slight ripple very good in a price-clipped and moderately worn near very good dust jacket with short tears. An expansive photographs of Abraham Lincoln accompanied by selections from his own writings and descriptions of the man from those who knew him. A nice production. The Viking Press hardcover books
1944réf. 560432Chicago: WLS Studios 1944. Unbound. Near Fine. Radio script or transcript. Small quarto. Eight 8½" x 11" corner-stapled leaves spirit-duplicated rectos only. Final two leaves with a tiny bit of faint staining final blank page tanned very near fine. Coverage of the Illinois State Historical Library receiving a manuscript copy of the Gettysburg Address that was purchased by the state's schoolchildren. Features brief interviews with librarian and Lincoln scholar Oliver R. Bennett State Superintendent of Public Instruction Vernon L. Nickell and the four students who represented the students of Illinois. Presumably printed in very small numbers. WLS Studios unknown books
1960réf. 558694New York: Sterling Publishing House Co. Inc 1960. Unbound. Very Good. Portfolio. Color facsimiles of 36 historical maps. Each map measures approximately 12" x 9" printed on 17" x 11½" paper with descriptive text in the left margin. Housed with a title page sheet and unprinted top sheet in a four-fold chemise. Unprinted topsheet sunned at the edges first two leaves with some very light toning and a couple of tiny corner creases; the maps are otherwise bright and fine. The chemise is good only with toning wear and soil and a 1" creased tear on the cover panel. A nice production and the chemise has done its job keeping the maps bright and fresh. Sterling Publishing House, Co., Inc unknown books
1970réf. 585947Santa Barbara California: Christopher Books 1970. Softcover. Near Fine. Issue 1. Introduction from Introduction to the Rabbinic Bible by Jacob ben Chajim c. 1525. Octavo. 159pp. Illustrated. Light wear and a bit of light soil near fine. Christopher Books) unknown books
réf. 24234NP ND. Two identical plates each measuring 2.5" x 2.75" and mounted side by side on yellow cardboard backing measuring 6.75" x 3.25". Very Good. unknown books
1989réf. 48669New York: Library of America 1989. Near Fine. New York: Library of America 1989. Special Edition Privately Printed for the members of the libraries of Gryphon Editions. Two octavo volumes 20.5cm; publisher's full blue gilt-tooled goat all edges gilt marbled endpapers; xix1898; xxxiii1787pp. Just About Fine. Volume I covers 1832 to 1858 including the Lincoln-Douglas Debates. Volume II covers 1859 to 1865 including presidential messages and proclamations. Library of America unknown books
1913réf. 32746New York: Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 1913. 1st Edition in English; First Printing. Softcover. Very good with wraps loosening from pages but still attached. Chips are head and foot of spine and general light wear at edges. First English edition of his first book. #15 ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 74 pp . Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease paperback books
1800réf. 72527Newark: Printed by Pennington and Gould 1800. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 71pp. Disbound with residue on the spine. Foxed throughout else an about very good example. Political argument concerning the Federalist Party by an author opposed to Federalism. Evans 36980; Sabin 5590. Printed by Pennington and Gould paperback books
1907réf. 35553V.p. 1907-1921. Five volumes bound in one; octavo 23.75cm.; later black cloth gilt-lettered spine. Fine condition. Contents as follows: 1. Sigmund Freud. Der Wahn und die Träume in W. Jensens "Gradiva." Leipzig: Franz Deuticke 1912. Second Edition. 287pp. 2. Karl Abraham. Traum und Mythus: Eine Studie zur Völkerpsychologie. Leipzpig: Franz Deuticke 1909. 273pp. 3. A. Müller. Bismarck Nietzsche Scheffel Mörike: Der Einfluß nervöser Zustände auf ihr Leben und Schaffen. Bonn: A. Marcus & E. Webers Verlag 1921. V31026adspp. 4. Tim Segaloff. Die Krankheit Dostojewskys: Eine ärztlich-psychologische Studie mit einem Bildnis Dostojewskys. München: Ernst Reinhardt 1907. 54pp. 5. L. Frank. Die Psychanalyse ihre Bedeutung für die Auffassung und Behandlung psychoneurotischer Zustände. München: Verlag von Ernst Reinhardt 1910. 47pp. unknown books
1950réf. 292268Boston: Waverly House 1950. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Small chip on front fly else near fine in price-clipped and age-toned very good dustwrapper. Uncommon play. Waverly House hardcover books
1953réf. S13292College Park MD:: The Physical Review 1953. 1953. 3 Offprints. Original wrappers. From the collection of Abraham Pais. Very good. INVENTORY: 1. KLEIN Abraham. Convergence of the Adiabatic Nuclear Potential. II. Offprint from: The Physical Review Vol. 92 No. 4 pp. 1017-1020 November 15 1953. Signed by Pais. 2. KLEIN Abraham. The Construction of Potentials in Quantum Field Theory. Offprint from: The Physical Review Vol. 91 No. 5 p. 1285 September 1 1953. Signed by Pais. 3. KLEIN Abraham. Invariant Operators of the Unitary Unimodular Group in n Dimensions. Offprint from: Journal of Mathematical Physics Volume 4 Number 10 pp. 1283-1284 October 1963. American theoretical physicist his studies took him to Brooklyn College then to Harvard where he obtained his masters and doctorate in 1950 under Julian Schwinger. The Physical Review, 1953. unknown books