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1923Best.-Nr. 31840Nuremberg: J. Bulka 1923. First edition. Hardcover. g. 4to. 816pp. 2 85pp. 1. Quarter brown cloth over brown paper boards with black lettering and design on spine. Top edge red. Hebrew and German title-pages. Machsor Vitry by R. Simcha of Vitry a student of the 11th century Jewish scholar R. Shlomo Yitzhaki. Includes a collection of piyut poems. Text in Hebrew. Wear to spine; tail of spine split but still holding. Edges and corners rubbed. Overall in good condition. J. Bulka hardcover books
1866Best.-Nr. 1007628vo original dark brown pebbled and blindstamped cloth front cover decoratively lettered in gilt steel engraved frontispiece portrait of Lincoln 69 pp. Binding with some edge wear and chipping to spine missing about two inches of lower spine hinges a little weak but still firm ends and corners bumped a little soiling pencil signature of previous owner; else very good. George Bancroft who at one time was Secretary of the Navy deliverd this memorial address to both houses of Congress on February 12 1866. This pamphlet was also published in New York but that issue lacked the portrait. Sabin 3132 Government Printing Office hardcover books
1977Best.-Nr. 146208N.p.: N.p. 1977. Fourth Draft script for the 1977 film. With a single manuscript ink notation on the front wrapper's right top corner. Based on the 1977 novel by Colin Forbes about a defecting Russian general who collaborates with an American secret agent to expose KGB spies throughout Europe by luring them onto a train headed west. Director Mark Robson and actor Robert Shaw died of unrelated heart attacks within months of the film's release making "Avalanche Express" a final film for both. Set and shot on location in Germany England Ireland Italy and the US. Tan titled wrappers noted as FOURTH DRAFT on the front wrapper dated December 30 1977 with credits for screenwriter Abraham Polonsky. Title page present dated December 30 1977 noted as FOURTH DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Abraham Polonsky. 115 leaves with last page of text numbered 113. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with tearing on the front wrapper binding bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1984Best.-Nr. 170406N.p.: N.p. 1984. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1984 film showing director Milo Forman talking with actor F. Murray Abraham on the set. Based on Peter Shaffer's 1979 play. A dramatization of the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as well as that of his jealous troubled rival Antonio Salieri. Nominated for eleven Academy Awards winning eight including Best Picture and Best Director. Set in Vienna shot on location in Prague Kromeriz and Vienna. 7 x 5 inches. Fine. National Film Registry. Ebert II. N.p. unknown books
1937Best.-Nr. 30470NY 1937. Vol. 2 # 1- 12 240 pp. index. Bound in pubisher's black cloth. A very good tight copy. Includes articles by Margaret Sanger Alan Guttmacher Norman Himes Hannah Stone clinic reports and much more. Stone was the husband of Hannah Stone the doctor who ram Sanger's clinic. As Sanger notes:"She had a sympathetic response to mothers in distress and a broad attitude towards life's many problems.These qualities have kept her with us all this time one of the most beloved and loyal workers that one could ever hope for." Autobiography 1938 pp. 360-361. Indeed she came to be known as "the Madonna of the clinic." Emily S. Mudd Interview Schlesinger Library Oral History Project on Women in Family Planning May 21-August 3 1974. unknown books
Best.-Nr. 11015Lazier. Abraham Lincoln carte de visite undated combines a portrait of the sixteenth president with patriotic imagery and a scene identified as showing freed slaves placing Lincoln's likeness within the visual culture of Union nationalism and emancipation. Such imagery connected the president directly to the political and social consequences of the Civil War including the destruction of slavery and the emergence of freedom as a central theme in popular commemorative material. Carte de visite by Lazier of Syracuse New York with photographer's back imprint. Approximately 2.5 x 4 inches. The mount presents Lincoln together with patriotic scenes and an additional vignette depicting freed slaves. The combination of presidential portraiture and emancipation imagery gives the card a more explicitly political character than a conventional studio portrait linking Lincoln's public image to Union victory and the end of slavery. Lincoln's image circulated extensively in cartes de visite during and after the Civil War becoming part of a broader culture of political remembrance following his assassination in 1865. The inclusion of African American subjects identified as freed slaves places this example within the visual record of how emancipation was represented to contemporary audiences through inexpensive photographic and printed formats. In excellent condition. unknown books
Best.-Nr. 11717Ford's Theatre stereopticon view undated depicts the Washington D.C. building where John Wilkes Booth shot President Abraham Lincoln on April 14 1865 during a performance of Our American Cousin. The image belongs to the later visual commemoration of Lincoln's assassination presenting the surviving theater as a historic site for audiences encountering Civil War history through commercially produced stereoscopic imagery. Lincoln was carried from the theater to the Petersen House across the street where he died the following morning. Full color stereopticon view 6 x 3 inches captioned "Old Theater Where Lincoln Was Assassinated Washington D.C." The image is a later historical view of Ford's Theatre adapted from a photograph contemporary with the production of the stereoview rather than an image made at the time of the assassination. Printed descriptive remarks appear on the reverse. Produced for stereoscopic viewing the paired images were intended to create an illusion of depth when viewed through the appropriate optical device. Stereoscopic images circulated historic buildings landscapes and monuments to domestic and educational audiences during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries making geographically distant sites available as visual objects of study and commemoration. This example records Ford's Theatre not as the scene of the 1865 assassination itself but as a later memorialized landmark identified explicitly through its caption. Minor edge wear; otherwise very good condition. unknown books
1917Best.-Nr. 11500THE RISE OF DAVID LEVINSKY Harper & Brothers 1917 first edition spine lightened light wear to the spine edges else a good to very good copy of this Rideout novel. Harper & Brothers unknown books
Best.-Nr. 500809from an etched portrait on a 1/2 length pose of Lincoln with full beard as President. Photograph is on the original mount. Very good. 2 1/2" x 4 1/4" ca. 1861. books
1794Best.-Nr. 66806London: printed for J. Owen No. 168 Piccadilly 1794. First edition 8vo pp. 56 4 ads; unbound; stitched as issued; very good. Not found in OCLC under this title but apparently the same text as State of the Country in the Month of November 1794. By Abraham Jones also in 56 pages. printed for J. Owen, No. 168, Piccadilly unknown books
1864Best.-Nr. 369148New York 1864. 8pp. Oblong folio. Central fold with small fading else fine. 8pp. Oblong folio. Reads on left column in part: VICTORY! Glorious rsult Yesterday. Election of Lincoln and Johnson. Terrible Defeat of McClellan." Haedlines show a little editorializing even then. unknown books
1946Best.-Nr. 80806Amsterdam: L.J. Veen's Uitgeversmaatschappij N.V. 1946-51. Quarto 29cm. Quarter linen over marbled boards containing 44 consecutive issues with original front and rear wrappers bound in individual issues ranging from 8pp to 24pp. Generally good and sound; a few leaves with tape old tape repairs; later issues have been trimmed with occasional loss to printed cover titles but no loss to text. Photo-illustrated throughout. First three issues without editorial attribution; later issues attribute editorship to Abraham van der Vies Rudolf Eschder Albert Bocai Paula Balma and L. Hornstra. Text primarily in Dutch. Uncommon post-war Dutch dance journal billed on its masthead as "The first magazine in the Netherlands devoted exclusively to the dance." Provides extensive coverage of both classical ballet and modern choreography and performance from a global perspective including numerous articles on American dancers and choreographers such as Ted Shawn Katherine Dunham Maria and Marjorie Tallchief Martha Graham and others. Included in the run is a July 1950 extra number devoted to the Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo production of Stravinsky's Petrouchka. The journal appears to have run until 1958. Quite scarce; OCLC notes about six locations all in the Netherlands. L.J. Veen's Uitgeversmaatschappij N.V. unknown books
1865Best.-Nr. 102320Newspaper 16" x 23" uncut six columns of text 8 pp. Folded at center some tears and a little loss of text at center fold but not significant other chips tears and folds mostly at extremities normal aging and darkening uncut and center pages probably never read; good or better for a newspaper and still very presentable. Dated April 21 1865 this paper covers events of the Lincoln assassination Most of the front page and part of the last page are dedicated to Lincoln's death. The Herald discusses the eminent capture of John Wilkes Booth and gives an updat on Secretary Seward"s condition. The paper also carries a story on the conspiracy to kill Lincoln and an arrest made in Baltimore. The Herald gives a clear picture of a nation in mourning and the large crowds that turned out for a final viewing of the late president. An important piece of American History. books
1908Best.-Nr. 12383Philadelphia: Biddle Press 1908. Illustrated with line drawings and initial letters. Board-backed ring calendar with red cloth hanger; light edgewear. A ring calendar for the hundredth anniversary of Lincoln's birth with a leaf for each week of the year and events from his life on every page. Monaghan 1637. Biddle Press unknown books
1865Best.-Nr. 12378Philadelphia: John E. Potter 1865. FIRST EDITION. With engraved frontispiece. Gray pebbled cloth decorated in gilt some light wear especially to corners some chipping to head and foot of spine. Aside from a few minor smudges to first couple of pages interior is very good. First edition. An in-depth biography of Lincoln with emphasis on his political career. It contains excerpts from a number of speeches and shorter messages. Interesting as to the contemporary ownership inscription. Monaghan 466. John E. Potter unknown books
1899Best.-Nr. 12434n.p.: n.p. 1899. FIRST EDITION. Bound in half morocco and marbled boards; light creasing and soiling. Judd Stewart's copy with his bookplate. Very good. First edition of this inspirational address. Monaghan 1254. [n.p.] unknown books
1916Best.-Nr. 12448New York: Privately Printed 1916. Original boards head of spine chipped; ex-libris with the usual markings previous owner's signature. Foreword by Meserve. Facsimile of letter. Includes a photograph of Lincoln and one of Ellsworth printed from the original negatives in Meserve's collection. First edition with a foreword by Meserve. Facsimile of Lincoln's letter of condolence to the parents of his friend Colonel Ephraim Elmer Ellsworth the first officer killed in the War of the Rebellion. Includes a photograph of Lincoln and one of Ellsworth printed from the original negatives in Meserve's collection. One of 250 copies printed for the Quill Club. Monaghan 2258. Privately Printed unknown books
1797Best.-Nr. 72332Hartford: Elisha Babcock 1797. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 39pp. Cloth residue at spine from previous binding. Old paper repair to title page spot of loss above 'Hartford' and the edge else a good complete example. Written in answer to the "State of Facts" published by the Georgia Companies. Howes B471; Sabin 5593. Elisha Babcock paperback books
1866Best.-Nr. 18079New York: D. Appleton and Company 1866. FIRST EDITION. With 3 full-page illustrations. Publisher’s cloth title within decorated border in gilt on front cover; there appears to be a bookplate removed from the paste-down otherwise interior excellent. The author’s presentation copy to Oliver Wendell Holmes with his inscription on the fly-leaf dated the first of January 1869. First edition. The illustrations include the frontispiece of Andreas Vesalius Rembrandt’s painting of Nicholas Tulp and his pupils entitled “Lesson in Anatomy” and an illustrations of Harvey’s demonstration of the circulation of the blood to Charles I. Coles 1813-1891 was a physician and poet from New Jersey who published a number of books of prose and poetry. The Medical Society of New Jersey founded in 1766 is the oldest professional society in America. D. Appleton and Company unknown books
1791Best.-Nr. 2340939Newburyport Massachusetts: Blunt & March; John Mycall; Blunt and Robinson; William Barrett 1791. Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. Boards rubbed pencil name and date 'Phebe Newman Newburyport Sept. ' on front endpaper endpaper edges discolored lightly foxed throughout. 1791 Full-Leather. 38; 37; 120; 44; 25; 39; 34; 54; 32 pp. 4to. Nine sermons by various American ministers printed 1791-1796 in Newburyport Massachusetts mainly dealing with the establishment of faith as it relates to the raising of a family but also including several parables/lessons based on Bible stories. Includes: A Plain and Serious Address to the Master of a Family on the Important Subject of Family Religion.; Family Exercises; or The Godly Parents' Assistant; Being an Attempt to Render Family Religion Entertaining as Well as Profitable and Instructive by a Series of Subjects Peculiarly Adapted to the Use of Families.; Thoughts on the Atonement of Christ with an Address to Young Ministers and Students in Divinity: Containing a Vindication of the Doctrines of Imputed Sin from Adam and Righteousness from Christ. and an Examination of the New Divinity on Those Points; A Humble Enquiry into the Nature of Covenanting with God.; A Sermon Delivered at The Third Parish in Newbury July 24 1794; Occasioned by the Sudden Death of Eight Persons Belonging to the Society Who Were Drowned in the River Merrimack on the Nineteenth of the Same Month.; A Discourse Delivered Nov. 23 1794. The First Sabbath After His Ordination.; A Sermon Delivered to the Third Parish in Newbury August 18 1793. On the Parable of the Prodigal.; Two Sermons Delivered at the First Parish in Methuen August 21 1791. Occasioned by His Dismission from That People.; Samson a Type of Christ. Being a Sermon Preached in London July 28 1691 at a Morning-Lecture Upon Judges xiv. 5. On These Words When Went Samson Down and His Father and Mother to Timnath and Came to the Vineyard of Timnath: And Behold a Young Lion Roared Against Him. Blunt & March; John Mycall; Blunt and Robinson; William Barrett hardcover books
2008Best.-Nr. 1406448Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press 2008. Hardcover. Octavo Four volumes in slipcase xlii 442 pages ; vi 479 pages ; vi 453 pages ; 503 pages. In Very Good condition in a Very Good slipcase. Spines are tan with black print. Boards in tan cloth. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece portraits b&w text illustrations. 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 Multi-volume Section. 1406448. FP New Rockville Stock. University of Virginia Press hardcover books
1937Best.-Nr. 1565Los Angeles: California Laboratory Supply Co. 1937. 1937 RARE COMPLETE SET OF OVER 100 PHOTOGRAPHIC STEREOSCOPE CARDS ILLUSTRATING EMBRYOLOGY OF THE CHICK WITH OPTICAL VIEWER. Printed card with Table of Contents and 113 photographic stereoscope cards printed card plate cards 1-109 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches plate cards 110-113 4 x 6 inches in original blue paper-covered box with gilt title to side folding stereoscopic viewer with steel frame and glass lenses printed illustrated instructions for use. Also enclosed is a "sample copy" of "one of a set of 10 photographs of dissections of the 15-day rat embryo. Surface wear to box but intact without repairs; complete and very good. JOSEPH ABRAHAM LONG 1879-1953 had a remarkably long association with the University of California: forty-five years. He joined the faculty in Zoology as an Instructor in 1908 immediately after the completion of his doctor's degree at Harvard University. Long's major teaching effort was in embryology; he organized and developed courses in general vertebrate and advanced mammalian morphogenesis. His widely known atlases of chick and rat development co-authored with his associate Dr. Paul L. Burlingame represent a major contribution to instruction in developmental anatomy. These labelled stereoscopic photographs of beautifully prepared specimens--whole mounts India-ink-injected embryos and microscopic dissections--greatly facilitate the students' understanding of structural relationships in the vertebrate embryo by providing striking and illuminating three-dimensional views of the unfolding ever changing morphogenic patterns. Professor Long was a master technician skilled in the preparation of biological material for microscopic study. A few examples of Long's inventiveness may be cited: a unique method for dissecting embryos by means of electrically operated knives made from slivers of razor blades and by needles held and delicately controlled by a system of levers; a complete photographic assembly inclined camera illuminator specimen holder etc. for making stereoscopic photomicrographs of dissected embryos; and a remarkably complex organ-culture apparatus with mechanical heart reservoirs filters and aerators. The investigations with Professor Evans on the estrous cycle of the rat are classic and culminated in 1922 in a volume in the University of California Memoirs. This monograph has been basic to many researches throughout the world in embryology histology endocrinology and reproductive physiology. The Long-Evans strain of rats now used in many laboratories is another legacy--a living one--of that fruitful collaboration. California Laboratory Supply Co. books
1947Best.-Nr. 71073New York: New Collectors' Group 1947. First edition limited. Hardcover. Good/Good. Hannes Bok. 115pp. Quarto 29 cm Black cloth covered boards with a gilt stamped title on the front cover. Dust jacket and book both in good only condition. Evidence of moisture damage to dust jacket and on back board. Moisture damage also visible on the terminal leaves. Front board appears to have had a white substance on it which was poorly cleaned. The jacket is chipped with loss at the spine and along the edges and has a half a dozen tape repairs to the reverse. The corners of the front flap are clipped. 5 full-page illustrations plus title page by Hannes Bok. Hannes Bok was both illustrator and co-author as Abraham Merritt had completed the first seven chapters before his 1943 death. Bok completed the novel from a plot outline left by Merritt. Title page indicates 1947 publication with printed 1948 date on copyright page. Stated limitation of 1000 copies this copy not numbered. New Collectors' Group hardcover books
1932Best.-Nr. 24159New York: The Macaulay Company 1932. First edition. Hardcover. Orange cloth covered boards with blue ink stamped titles. Fair condition only. A bit of an eyesore. Numerous portions of the abraded original dust jacket are adhered to the covers and the inside flaps of the dust jacket are mounted to the pastedowns. There are four splits in the cloth along the joints at the ends of the spine. The longest tear measures one inch. The spine is rolled. The hinges are broken and the text block is coming away from the spine. The pages are mildly browned but clean. As is. This is Thurman's third novel. Wallace Thurman is the author of Infants of the Spring and The Blacker the Berry. Thurman was born in Salt Lake City. The Macaulay Company hardcover books
1947Best.-Nr. 7020New York: Wiley & Sons 1947 First edition. Original navy cloth. Octavo. Sixteen figures seven tables. A very good copy. Abraham Wald pioneered the science of decision analysis and in particular that of sequential decision making. Before Wald the traditional style of statistical decision was to posit a hypothesis make a predetermined number of measurements then make a decision whether to accept or reject the hypothesis. Wald realized that this procedure is quite wasteful and that many measurements could be saved if given the option to decide at every step whether to continue or stop the measurement process. This idea revolutionized the art of statistical testing and was later developed in the hands of computer scientists into a field known as on-line algorithms. "Most although not all of Wald's results were summed up in Sequential Analysis 1974. With minor exceptions the entire contents of this book were obtained by him. Such a phenomenon is rare in mathematical books and indicates the extent to which he founded and dominated the field of sequential analysis" DSB. Wiley & Sons, hardcover books
