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2006ref. 50146New York: Gregory R. Miller & Co 2006. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Large octavo. 3071pp. Index. Black leather spine over blind stamped ribbed dark blue cloth. Small photo inset on front cover. Illustrated with over 130 color plates based on the artists work from 1984 to 2006. A fine as new copy still in publisher's shrinkwrap. "An essential and beautifully designed publication about one of today's most important and influential artists. Covers every object made by Hamilton including sculptures and other three-dimensional objects photographs and prints. Major essay plus texts on each work by Joan Simon. Includes extensive biography and bibliography." OCLC. Gregory R. Miller & Co hardcover books
1865ref. 31618New York: D. Appleton and Co. 1865. First edition. Cloth. Thin split along top of front joint spine ends worn still a good or better copy with the bookplate of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Commandery of the State of Illinois on front pastedown shelf sticker on foot of backstrip their stamp on title leaves clean binding solid. 222 adv. 6 pp. 12mo. Though known primarily as an astronomer the Canadian American Simon Newcomb 1835-1909 also amassed a sturdy reputation as a political economist praised for his originality by John Maynard Keynes. This was his first published book on economics. Sabin 54936. D. Appleton and Co. hardcover books
1930ref. 33831930. Lake Simon. Autograph check 1930 documents the later life of the American engineer whose innovations transformed the submarine from an experimental vessel into a practical instrument of naval and commercial use. Lake's Argonaut became the first submarine to complete a successful voyage in the open sea in 1898 demonstrating capabilities beyond protected waters and advancing the feasibility of undersea navigation. Throughout his career he developed submarine torpedo boats underwater salvage equipment and mechanisms for locating and recovering sunken vessels securing more than two hundred patents that significantly influenced twentieth-century naval engineering. The check supports research into the history of submarine technology maritime engineering and the documentary records of one of the field's most influential inventors. Lake Simon. Autograph check. August 2 1930. Approximately 3 by 6 inches. Entirely completed in Lake's hand payable to "Cash" in the amount of $90.00 and boldly signed "Simon Lake." The document preserves Lake's handwriting in a functional financial context rather than as a presentation autograph providing direct evidence of his everyday business activity during the final decade of his career. Cancellation holes incurred during banking touch the signature without obscuring its legibility. Accompanied by a photograph of Lake suitable for display. Executed only a year before Lake's death the check dates from a period when his contributions to submarine design had already reshaped both naval warfare and underwater engineering. His pioneering work on ballast systems diving planes underwater propulsion and salvage technology influenced submarine development in the United States and abroad extending well beyond the vessels he personally designed. Light evidence of banking use with cancellation holes affecting but not obscuring the signature; otherwise very good condition. Accompanied by a photograph. A desirable documentary autograph connecting one of the foremost innovators in submarine engineering with a personal financial record from the closing years of his remarkable career. unknown books
1975ref. 505551New York: Random House 1975. Softcover. Very Good. First edition trade paperback issue. Glossy pictorial wrappers. Front cover has short tear lower margin has thin staining at bottom edge else a very good copy. Inside front cover has Owen Dodson's large ink name stamp and Dodson has made a few ink notes in the text and has underlined a few passages including two paragraphs about African-Americans in the theatre. Inscribed by John Simon to the poet and novelist on the half-title page: "For Owen - Enjoy Simon's brilliant moments - and forget his ignorance and malice. Love John. 20 May 1976. Random House unknown books
ref. 350179New York: Random House 1966. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Second edition. A trifle rubbed at the base of the spine else fine in lightly worn near fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by Neil Simon. A play that featured Gwen Verdon in the title role; it was the basis for the 1969 Bob Fosse film featuring Shirley McLaine and with a screenplay co-written by Federico Fellini. Random House hardcover books
1998ref. 13662New York: Welcome Rain Publishers 1998. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Inscribed to Senator George McGovern first edition of Tapped Out by Senator Paul Simon. Octavo x 198pp. Blue hardcover title in silver on spine. Stated "First Edition: October 1998" on copyright page with full number line. Solid text block lightly bumped spine a fine example. In the publisher's dust jacket shelf wear bumped edges a near fine example. Inscribed on the front free endpaper "To George McGovern - with deep gratitude - Paul Simon / 3-24-00." Paul Simon 1928-2003 was an Illinois Democrat who served in the House of Representatives from 1975 to 1985 and in the Senate from 1985 to 1997. Simon wrote twenty-two books throughout his career and was known for his traditional horn-rimmed glasses and bow tie. In a tribute to Simon former President Bill Clinton said he was "beyond question one of the most remarkable public servants I ever knew." George McGovern 1922-2012 was the Democratic candidate in the 1972 presidential election losing to incumbent President Richard Nixon. McGovern also served as Senator from South Dakota from 1963-1981. Welcome Rain Publishers hardcover books
1978ref. 212973London / Jerusalem / New York: The Soncino Press 1978. VG. Light cocking to bindings jackets have light signs of. 1978 reprint of 1934 edition. Octavo. Hardcover. Light blue boards in teal jackets with white titles. Vol. 1: 390 pages Vol. 2: 404 pages; Vol. 3: 420 pages Vol. 4: 411 pages Vol. 5: 406 pages. Vols. 1-2 Genesis; v. 3-4 Exodus Leviticus I-XI; v. 5 Leviticus XI-XXVII Numbers Deuteronomy. The Soncino Press hardcover books
1841ref. 24093Northampton County: Kleckner Rolf und Williams 1841. Second Printing. Full contemporary leather with a mounted label. Good; binding somewhat "skinned" on the front board; joints wearing. 12mo 839 1 - blank pp. 38 inserted woodblock plates. A massive compendium in three parts devoted to the horse its ailments and cures. The text according to the title appears to contain remedies that have been added by Winter. There is a question as to the number of plates. Tucher #2201 states 39 but OCLC lists anywhere between 16 and 41. The book has the appearance of being carelessly made up; the plates were separately printed on inferior paper and are generic rather than directly relevant to the text there are a number of repeats. They apparently were added to enhance the appeal of the book at the point of sale and therefore do not form part of the collation. Unusual but aimed at profit not information. Scarce. Absent from American Imprints. Kleckner, Rolf und Williams hardcover books
1998ref. 9001882Sutton Hoo Press 1998. Fine Condition. Thomas Huck. Title and colophon in red with poem and woodcut in black. Woodcut by Thomas Huck. One of 176 copies printed in American Uncial type on Johannot paper. This copy signed by the author and illustrator. Sheet measures 11 x 19 inches 21.5 x 48.3 cm. Sutton Hoo Press unknown books
1861ref. 12486Paris: Hachette 1861. Third edn. 8vo pp. 414. Bound in morocco backed boards a fine copy. A study of woman workers. Simon 1814-1896 was a French moderate Republican statesman and philosopher the minister of eductation in Thiers' first cabinet. Hachette unknown books
1890ref. 24955New York: Once a Week 1890. A double-page spread reproduced in the May 27 1890 issue of "Once a Week". Included is an article on Polo in America which accompanied the illustration. 1 vols. Image 13 x 19-1/2 inches plus margins. A double-page spread reproduced in the May 27 1890 issue of "Once a Week". Included is an article on Polo in America which accompanied the illustration. 1 vols. Image 13 x 19-1/2 inches plus margins. A lively depiction of a game showing four players converging on the ball while others look on spectators in coaches and carriages in the background. An early and historic image: at the time polo had been played in America for less than 15 years. Once a Week unknown books
2000ref. 30581Rockville Center NY: Metal Mammoth Inc. Fine. 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. laminated pictorial boards; no dust jacket as issued nice clean book with no discernible wear. color and B&W illustrations More than one hundred stunningly-reproduced examples of the artwork of this highly-regarded illustrator of comic books and graphic novels. From the foreword by Allan Grant: "This is art to DROOL over. Art to KEEP forever. Savour it on bleak sunless days and watch the color EXPLODE. Admire it in mid-summer and send a chill SHIVER through the rest of the year." The stuff looks to me like Frank Frazetta on steroids but what do I know I am though pretty sure that women with boobs like that do not exist in nature or at least not without surgical assistance. . Metal Mammoth, Inc. hardcover books
1988ref. 22720Winston-Salem NC: Jargon Society 1988. First edition. Jargon 63. Text by JW on front flap of jacket. Jaffe B63. Inscribed by the author on a preliminary leaf: "Simon Cutts July 10th 1989 Corn Close. Fine copy. 8vo illustrated original cloth dust jacket. Fine copy. Jargon Society unknown books
2013ref. 89148Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press 2013. Expanded Edition first published in 1966 First Printing softcover. Octavo 23.5cm; photographic white paper wrappers; 165pp; black-and-white photographic halftone illustrations and map illustrations. Inscribed by editor on title page: "To the most civilized man in the new - wild west - and a true friend - with gratitude. Matt H 12/3/13". Trivial surface wear else Near Fine. Collection of photographs of Indigenous individuals in the western United States. While not explicitly marked as such this copy is from the library of noted poet translator and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn 1928-2024 and is inscribed by the editor. Cover design by Karen Mazur. 89148. University of New Mexico Press unknown books
1837ref. 759991837. 1837 Treatise on the Power and Privileges of the House of Commons Ferrall Simon Ansley d.1844. An Exposition of the Law of Parliament As It Relates to the Power and Privileges of the Commons' House. To Which are Added The Proceedings of the Principal Questions of Privilege Which Have Arisen in Parliament And Those Cases Involving the Jurisdiction of the House &c. Which Were Argued and Determined in the Courts of Westminster Hall. London: S. Sweet 1837. iv 446 2 pp. Final leaf is a 2 pp. publisher advertisement. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5-1/4". Later cloth gilt title fillets and library name to spine. Light fading to portions of boards light rubbing to extremities library bookplate and shelf label to front pastedown. Moderate toning to interior light foxing and faint dampstaining in a few places library stamps to title page and a few other leaves. $250. Only edition. "Books of Parliamentary precedents have been published containing valuable collections of proceedings on cases of Privilege but these are in general too elaborate and in some instances the reasons not sufficiently defined to fix the attention of the practical politician. Scattered through the old law treatises and the works of constitutional writers are also to be found remarks tending to illustrate the Law of Parliament. It has been my object in compiling this work to collect the principles of the law in a condensed and intelligible shape from these sources as well as from the Rolls and Journals; and thus strengthened by the great legal authorities to point out the power and privileges of the House of Commons" 3-4. Sweet & Maxwell A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 2:120. unknown books
1980ref. 90380Heerlen Holland: 261 Uitgervij/Rob Vermeulen 1980. First Limited Edition. Octavo. 21.5cm. #36 of 100 copies signed by both Ginsberg and Vinkenoog to the limitation page. Publisher's original black cloth titled in silver gilt to spine and front board. 32pp. Straight and strong gilt bright corners sharp handsome; internally clean and fresh. A near fine copy of a scarce volume. Printed in English with a simultaneous Dutch translation in a small run of 1000 copies of which 100 were numbered and signed by Ginsberg and his translator. 261 Uitgervij/Rob Vermeulen unknown books
2009ref. 1365684Big Finish 2009. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Quarto 318 pages; Very Good/Very Good; spine black with red and white lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering very light shelfwear; shelved case 8. 1365684. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Big Finish hardcover books
1979ref. 392356New York: The Poetry Project 1979. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Folio. Mimeographed leaves printed rectos only in stapled wrappers illustrated by Rochelle Kraut. Age-toning on the wrappers and a bend at the top of the front panel about very good. "Grand Union is a one-shot magazine composed of poems written by participants in Neil Hackman's Poetry & Meditation Workshop sponsored by The Poetry Project." Contributors include Rochelle Kraut Ron Padgett Maureen Owen and others. OCLC locates two copies. The Poetry Project unknown books
1930ref. 789551930. London: HMSO 1930. 3 vols. in 2 books. London: HMSO 1930. 3 vols. in 2 books. The Controversial Simon Commission India. Simon Commission. Report of the Indian Statutory Commission. Volume I-Survey. With Volume II. Recommendations. And Volume III: Reports of the Committees Appointed by the Provincial Legislative Councils to Co-Operate with the Indian Statutory Commission. London: Printed and Published by His Majesty's Stationery Office 1930. Three volumes in two books. xxv 409; x 344; 611 pp. 4 maps in Volumes I and II 3 of which are colored. Recent three-quarter morocco over cloth raised bands and gilt titles and volume numbers to spines cloth endpapers. Light rubbing to extremities internally clean small clean tears to maps large clean tear to second map of the "North-West Frontier Province" in Volume I. A handsome set. $250. Also known as the Simon Commission after its chair Sir John Simon the Indian Statutory Commission was a group of seven members of the British parliament tasked with assessing the impact of prior constitutional reforms in British India and making further proposals. Clement Atlee then a Labour MP served on the commission; as Prime Minister he would oversee the Partition of India and the end of the British Raj in 1947. No Indians were appointed. The commission ultimately proposed a limited expansion of representative government in the provinces that would allow British governors to retain most of their existing power. Its report was published in two volumes with an additional 15 volumes of supplementary material. unknown books
1975ref. 159695London: National Screen Service 1975. Vintage British quad poster for the 1975 American film. Rare in this format. Based on screenwriter Neil Simon's 1971 Broadway play. In the midst of a recession a heat wave and a prolonged garbage strike a middle-aged couple must try to cope with each other after the husband is fired from his advertising job. Set and shot on location in New York City. 40 x 30 inches folded. Near Fine. National Screen Service unknown books
1974ref. 206891Leeds: W.S. Maney & Son Ltd / Furniture History Society 1974. Hardcover. Octavo. Hardcover. Bound in brown cloth with gilt titles on spine. x 54 372 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 23 cm. W.S. Maney & Son Ltd / Furniture History Society hardcover books
2010ref. 11236Andover. Massachusetts and New Haven: Addison Gallery of American Art and Yale University Press 2010. 1st. Hardcover. As new/as new. A pristine copy of the catalogue based on the November 2010-February 2011 exhibition at Andover's Addison Gallery of American Art. Tight and Fine in a bright Fine dustjacket. Tall quarto vivid color and crisp black-and-white illustrations thruout. Addison Gallery of American Art and Yale University Press hardcover books
1825ref. 851851825. Fit to Practice in the High Court of Chancery Lawyers. Great Britain. Beck Simon Adams 1803-1883. Certificate Admitting Simon Adams Beck to Practice as a Solicitor in the High Court Of Chancery. London 1825. Single 9-3/4" x 13-1/4" 34 x 25 cm vellum sheet part-printed in italic type and completed in manuscript in neat clerical hand autograph signatures of Robert Gifford and John Bentall at foot. Horizontal and vertical fold lines light soiling. Very good. $250. This document admits Simon Adams Beck to practice as a solicitor before the High Court of Chancery. It is signed by Robert Gifford 1st Baron Gifford 1779-1826 as Master of the Rolls and John Bentall 1782-1852 a clerk of the Petty Bag office. Beck went on to a distinguished career as an attorney and businessman. He became solicitor to the Ironmongers Company and governor of the Gas Light and Coke Company in London. His son Ralph married the novelist and traveller Elizabeth Louisa Moresby. unknown books
1947ref. 159803Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1947. Vintage reference photograph from the 1947 film showing screenwriters Ben Hecht and Charles Lederer visiting director S. Sylvan Simon and actors Lucille Ball and Franchot Tone on the set. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso along with the stamp of photographer Irving Lippman. A newly married man is suspected of murdering an inventor who has recently come up with two groundbreaking formulas. The man's wife helps allay suspicions ultimately providing the testimony that will save his life. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1961ref. 152418N.p.: N.p. 1961. Draft script for the 1962 film. From the estate of actress Monique van Vooren. Doon Spile a mute escapes from the asylum he has been committed to and encounters his estranged nephew Leroy in the woods. When Leroy almost drowns while swimming in the lake Doon overcomes his fear of water and rescues the boy only to be misinterpreted by a mob as hurting the boy. Beige titled wrappers with credits for screenwriter Robert Lewin. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Robert Lewin. 129 leaves with last page of text numbered 128. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
