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1910ref. 534725New York: Moffat Yard and Company 1910. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Preface by Rev. Samuel McComb. Octavo. 54pp. Quarter cloth and printed paper over boards. Some spotting and sunning on the boards a sound very good or better copy. Inscribed by the author: "With the compliments of the author Mary G. Heckle alias 'Faith Whitney.' September 1910." Woman's account of regaining her health and curing her nervous anxiety through wholesome outdoor tent living at a Brookline sanitarium. Moffat, Yard and Company hardcover books
1926ref. 6577Chicago: Rand McNally 1926. Single sheet 35.5 cm x 35.5 cm that folds down to pamphlet size 17.5 cm x 9 cm Gentle wear to 'Cover' panel. Otherwise very good. Sheet is divided into eight panels each side and offers useful tips for tourists lodging side trips trails etc. traveling by Santa Fe Railway. Illustrated with maps and photographs. "Scenic Wonder of the World. Grand Canyon National Park is reached by daily trains from Williams a town on the main line of the Santa Fe in Arizona 382 miles west of Albuquerque. This tremendous chasm in its most accessible portion has a length of 217 miles. Its vertical depth is about 6000 feet and its width is 13 miles at the point to which visitors are conducted. A hundred Yosemites might lie almost unperceived in its immense reaches. Rand McNally unknown books
1929ref. 4222Chicago: Rand McNally 1929. 68pp. Square octavo 23 cm x 20 cm Black and white illustrated wrappers with vertical fold at the center as issued. Very good. Promotional work from the Santa Fe Railroad for the prospective tourist to the southwest that includes descriptions altitude population industries points of interest historical tidbits etc. of all the towns and stops along the Santa Fe line from Chicago to San Francisco. Illustrated with black and white views and maps. "The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway System traverses the heart of romantic America - the land of the conquistadores and padres the pathfinders traders and pioneers. Some of the most remarkable scenery in the world is found on its lines and in the vast frontier hinterland to north and south. Santa Fe tracks tap the most fertile farming sections of the United States and regions rich in mineral wealth." - p.3. Rand McNally unknown books
1947ref. 3847Chicago: Rand McNally 1947. Single sheet 28 cm x 64 cm folded twice and printed on both sides. Near fine. Promotional piece for the prospective tourist from the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway that offers information on transportation accommodations with rates and activities at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. Illustrated with photographs and a map. "Few places in the world are so varied and interesting the year 'round and few scenic attractions so completely arranged for visitors as Grand Canyon. You are carried right to the South Rim in Santa Fe sleeping cars. Upon arrival you can spend your time walking along rim paths or take longer rim tours by motor coach. At observation points you can relax and spend hours viewing the many wonders of the Canyon you will marvel at its ever-changing beauty from sunup to sunset. Rand McNally unknown books
1978ref. 69298Quezon City: Katha Publishing Co 1978. Copy no. 228 of an unspecified edition 4to pp. 2 iv 450; printed from typescript; original printed cream wrappers; text toned title page soiled else very good and sound. "Authorized copies bear the signature of any one of the authors." This copy unsigned. Includes poetry plays and prose primarily in English but also Filipino Tagalog and Spanish often with tranalations and chronologically arranged "from pre-Hispanic times to the present." Not found in OCLC. Katha Publishing Co unknown books
1853ref. 61519Lyon: chez l'editeur des Annales 1853. 41 volumes 8vo containing 247 numbers spanning the years 1822-1869; contemporary cloth-backed marbled boards; sone wear and rubbing and the occasional cracking of the cloth but on the whole a good set with sound bindings. This appears to be the first printing of this edition with additional material on the early missions that did not appear in the earlier editions. This edition not found in Streit. This trove of research material contains the Jesuit reports on their world-wide missionary activities in Asia China India Malabar Siam etc. Africa Abyssinia Algiers etc. the Middle East Aleppo Bagdad Constantinople Isfahan Smyrna etc. Oceania Gambier Marquise Tonga etc. including the American missions in Louisiana Texas Kentucky. Ohio Michigan Florida Alabama Missouri Tennessee Oregon California the Rocky Mountain regions and Hawaii. These relations cover the Native Americans the lives and privations of the missionaries themselves their hunting their travels etc. in hundreds of letters by missionaries bishops and priests. chez l'editeur des Annales unknown books
1987ref. 51298New York: Weidenfeld & Nicolson in association with Il Papiro 1987. First American edition oblong 4to pp. 168; illustrated in color throughout; original gray cloth lettered in silver on spine unclipped pictorial dust jacket; fine. Weidenfeld & Nicolson in association with Il Papiro unknown books
1864ref. 10923London and Edinburgh: Williams and Norgate 1864. First edition thin 8vo pp. 4 72; recent green cloth gilt preserving the original printed green wrappers the upper with tape repairs at gutter edge where it was once detached title page torn at the gutter edge on its way to detaching; all else sturdy and bright. Also published in Spanish in Lima in 1864. Palau 51767; Sabin 11710. Williams and Norgate unknown books
1928ref. 13216London: Oxford University Press 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover. The Orokaiva consist of several tribes that reside in the Oro Province of Papua New Guinea. The Orokaiva have a history of European contact as Papua New Guinea was annexed by the British government in 1888 and subsequently became an Australian territory in 1905. The Orokaiva religion is concerned primarily with spirits of the dead. A Taro Cult was established in the early 1900's and was originally directed toward supplicating taro spirits. This quickly shifted towards the placation of spirits of ancestors and departed relatives who are said to control taro growth. The Orokaiva Taro Cult is both a fertility cult and cult of the dead. Religious practitioners called taro men act as medicine men sorcerers and weather magicians.--db of Religious History. Orokaiva Magic is a psychological interpretation of the reasoning behind the practice of magic among the Orokaiva. Descriptions of Orokaiva folkways are often interspersed with witticisms. The predominant theme that permeates all phases of native life seems to be the effect of the newly introduced Taro cult upon the Orokaiva. Since Williams was writing this monograph primarily for the use of the Papuan Government a great deal of emphasis is placed on how Orokaiva society could be improved by introducing new educational policies. Francis Edgar Williams 9 February 1893 - 12 May 1943 was an Australian anthropologist who worked for the government of the Territory of Papua from 1922 to 1942. While in the field Williams did many of the standard tasks of anthropologists at the time he differed from his peers by revisiting field sites many times over years. This frequent exposure to the Papuan culture led his work to be far more realistic than the often romanticized fieldwork and subjects of his contemporaries."The three parts of this book were presented as Anthropological reports nos. 6 7 and 8 to the Papuan government." Lightly bumped corners/head and tail light toning uncut pages else tight bright and unmarred. Presentation copy from author to W.F. Armstrong. Dark blue cloth with gilt decorative device. 8vo. 225pp. Illus. b/w folding map frontis. Lacking DJ. Oxford University Press hardcover books
1926ref. 191211The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff 1926. Hardcover. Good shelfwear overall to portfolios pages are lightly age toned but otherwise clean and clear missing plates 49-66. Oversized portfolio 3/4 yellow cloth and black paper boards with yellow lettering; VII 39 pp plates I-XLVIII with number 38 unnumbered color and mounted. The Appendix by F. Lessing p. 35-39 includes the translation of the two songs reproduced on plates LXV and LXVI with extracts from the various commentaries. Those plates are missing as are all plates from 49-66. 17x13x1.5" Martinus Nijhoff hardcover books
1975ref. 363London: Frederick Muller 1975. cloth dust jacket. Baskerville John. small 4to. cloth dust jacket. xiv 181 pages. First edition. Near fine in near fine jacket. A biography of the printer; color frontispiece. Part of the Ars Typographica series. Frederick Muller unknown books
1899ref. 5563Austin TX: Van Boeckmann Schutze & Co 1899. First Edition/Rebound. Hardcover. Very Good Textblock Fine. No DJ. First Edition/Rebound. Hardcover. Appears to be mid-20th century rebinding conserving spine and front of original cloth. "Composed in the man of recorded conversations long after the war with an army doctor the text is rambling flippant and strong suspect" renowned book dealer F. O'Brien. Inscription reads "Chas. Jackson - Presented to me by the Author - Austin TX - Apr. 10 1900". Noted flaws notwithstanding a handsome copy of an increasingly scarce volume. Rebound ownership inscription on ffep two light pencil sketches at rear blanks else tight bright and unmarred. Red cloth boards original red cloth onlays gilt lettering black ink decorative elements. 8vo. 264pp plus 4pp ads. Eratta sheet tipped in at Table of Contents. Van Boeckmann, Schutze & Co hardcover books
1888ref. 4035Philadelphia PA: J. B. Lippincott Co 1888. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. No DJ. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Poetry related to the history and life in and around central Pennsylvania's Susquehanna River valley. Lovely plates by Darley and Lummis. Light shelf/edge wear light toning at spine small soil mark at front board light dust staining at top of text block else tight bright and unmarred. Grey cloth boards gilt lettering and decorative elements grey ink decorative elements decorative endpages frontispiece tissueguards. 12mo. 197pp. Illus. b/w plates. J. B. Lippincott Co hardcover books
1940ref. 96414n.p. 1940. Paperback. Near Fine. 8 25 5 unnumbered pages 26-33p Softcover in original wrapper. 24 cm. INSCRIBED on title-page by Vilas "For Charles and Margaret with love November 2nd 1940 Faith Vilas". An inked note on the Permissions page indicates that the stated permissions were "not yet obtained." Pages 26-32 have notes by Vilas indicating that the poems and quotations on those pages were to be spread over pages 29-40 presumably in a final edition which does not seem to have been published. OCLC locates one copy of this book of poetry Brown University. paperback books
1926ref. 96344New York: Readers Editors Inc 1926. 1st ed. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. xvi 95 1p Original gray boards with title labels on backstrip and front cover. 20 cm. Ttitle label on backstrip has some chipping and wear. A couple of brown spots on half-title. No Jacket. INSCRIBED by Vilas on front free endpaper To my son Charles H. Vilas -- who has always been a help and inspiration --- and to his dear ten fingers the willingly played the ccompaniments for many of these little songs -- this book is lovingly inscribed by his Mother Faith Van Valkenburgh Vilas "Southover" Bethesda Maryland 1941. Poetry. Laid in a publisher's promotional leaflet for this book. Also laid in a leaflet separately printing the title poem copyrighting it in 1925 -- a year prior to the publication of this book. Faith has added an "N. B." note inside front cover asking that it be remembered that she wrote this before 1926 and any found inversions or cliches would not happen now 1940. Readers Editors Inc hardcover books
1939ref. 96343New York: Loker Raley 1939. 1st ed. Hardcover. Very Good. 125p Original cloth. 21 cm. No jacket the book was published with a glassine jacket. INSCRIBED by Vilas on half-title "To the dearest of Cousins Mary and Henri Binet This little volume is lovingly inscribed by its author Faith Vilas P. S. Look on the Dediction page please -". Poetry. Loker Raley hardcover books
1929ref. 96342Philadelphia: Dorrance & Co. Inc 1929. 1st ed. Hardcover. Good. 71p Original dark cloth. 20 cm. Scuffing and other general wear. No jacket. Writen by Vilas on front free endpaper: "Author's Copy. Please return this book to Faith Van Valkenburgh Vilas." Author has added a few clipped illustrations and some comments. Publisher's promotional sheet for book with an order form is laid in. Poetry. Dorrance & Co., Inc hardcover books
1928ref. 96346New York: Harold Vinal Ltd 1928. 1st ed. Hardcover. Near Fine/Poor. 52p. Original boards. Title labels on backstrip and front cover. 20 cm. No jacket originally had a glassine jacket. INSCRIBED by Faith on the front free endpaper "For a 'Creator' . Walter Russell This little play which cam 'whole' in a flood of light -- is inscribed by its author Faith Van Valkenburgh Vilas April 23d 1930". A play. Page one informs us that it was first presented by the Beechwood Poetry Society at Beechwood Playhouse both probably in the Scarborough neighborhood of Briarcliff Manor New York on May 11 and 12 1920. Grace Hyde Trine who directed the production shows up on her Wikipedia page as someone who wrote and produced plays and pagaents and was a co-organizer of the Beechwood Players before moving to California. Laid in this copy is a program for a Feb. 12 1928 production presented at The MacDowell Club of New York City which featured Seth Baldwin as The Wanderer Faith Vilas as Roxana an Arabian and Charles Vilnis as Cyrus a Persian King. Harold Vinal, Ltd hardcover books
1926ref. 96345New York: Readers Editors Inc 1926. 1st ed. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. xvi 95 1p Original gray boards with title labels on backstrip and front cover. 20 cm. Ttitle label on backstrip has some chipping and wear. No Jacket. INSCRIBED by Vilas on front free endpaper To Charles Harrison Vilas -- 'My tallest poem' this little book is inscribed with the love of his Mother. Faith Van Valkenburgh Vilas January 1927". Poetry. Laid in an undated publisher's promotional broadside for this book. Readers Editors Inc hardcover books
ref. 539100Boston: Bulfinch Press / Little Brown 1995. Unbound. Very Good. Unbound proof and publisher's dummy. Proof consists of preliminary material photocopied on bifoliums followed by 326 unbound quarto sheets of text printed rectos only no illustrations wrapped in a folio sheet reproducing the book's cover. Folio sheet with some creasing on the bottom portion text with very light wear and a tiny bit of staining on the bottom edge affecting only the very corner of a few leaves overall very good or better. The publisher's dummy is a tall octavo bound in unprinted cloth and papercovered boards with 11 printed leaves bound in the front reproducing preliminary content a portion of the text and several color reproductions of Ringgold's artwork. Several of these leaves are composed of two sheets glued together and a few are printed on thicker stock; the remainder of the book is unprinted. Other than the spine and cover the dust jacket is printed a plain blue. The book is modestly worn with some splitting at the gutter where the first blank meets the first inserted leaf but sound very good or better. The dust jacket is about very good with several tiny chips and tears a couple of interior tape reinforcements and the plain lower panel of the dust jacket has three moderately sized chips one a bit dampstained about very good. Two very interesting and presumably very uncommon early formats of the noted African-American artist's autobiography. Bulfinch Press / Little, Brown unknown books
1930ref. 91090London: Eric Partridge 1930. First edition. v 127 pp w/notes index of authors & first lines. Near fine in full blue cloth with gilt stamping to spine. No dust jacket. London: Eric Partridge, hardcover books
1992ref. 627024New York: Crown Publishers Inc 1992. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition trade issue. Slim quarto. Name stamp on front fly and pictorial boards with vertical wrinkling in the lamination presumably a production error else fine in fine dust jacket with publisher's sticker on cover panel. Signed by Ringgold in gold ink on the half-title. Crown Publishers, Inc hardcover books
1993ref. 88462Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Libraries and The National Science Foundation 1993. First English Language Edition. Quarto 32cm; black cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in white on spine; dustjacket; 61896pp; black-and-white plate illustrations. Light shelf-wear and -soil with marginal triangular chip to p.427/428; Very Good. Dustwrapper lightly tanned with modest shelf-wear and -soil and tiny chip to upper rear spine fold; Very Good. Indira Kohli's English translation from the original German Die Cephalopoden der Plankton-Expedition 1912. This edition concludes with an English-translation of the companion atlas originally published 1912. 88462. Smithsonian Institution Libraries and The National Science Foundation unknown books
1926ref. 73772NY: Harold Vinal 1926. First edition. 59 pp. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket with a small chip to top edge of the rear panel and light edgewear. NY: Harold Vinal, unknown books
1996ref. TB07144New York: Crown Publishing 1996. First Edition. First printing Fine in 1/4 red cloth and paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine. In a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. The host of Public Radio's The Faith Middleton Show provides a collection of heartwarming true stories from many of her interviews. Crown Publishing hardcover books
