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1989ref. 13661New York: Continuum Publishing 1989. First Edition First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/fine. Inscribed to Senator Pete Domenici first edition of Winners and Losers by Senator Paul Simon. Octavo x 209pp. Blue cloth title in gilt on spine. No additional printings listed. Solid text block a touch of wear to tips a near fine example. In the publisher's dust jacket $17.95 retail price on front flap touch of wear to spine a fine example. Inscribed on the front free endpaper "To Pete Domenici - Who I hope can survive my reference to him - Paul Simon / 2-9-89." Domenici is referenced on page 84 where Simon compliments the Senator's work to combat homelessness. 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." Pete Domenici 1932-2017 was the longest-serving Senator from New Mexico to date holding office from 1973-2009. Continuum Publishing unknown books
2004ref. 13659Minneapolis: Augsburg Books 2004. First Edition First Printing. Paperback. Fine. Inscribed to Adlai Stevenson III by Patti Simon the first edition of Fifty-Two Simple Ways to Make a Difference by Senator Paul Simon. Octavo 140pp. Paperback. Full number line listed on copyright page. Solid text block a fine example. Inscribed by Senator Paul Simon's wife Patricia Derge Simon to Adlai E. Stevenson III on the half title page. Inscription reads "To Adlai Nancy In appreciation for all you do. Patti Simon / 6-17-04." 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." Fifty-Two Simple Ways to Make a Difference was published posthumously resulting in a copy signed by Simon's wife. Adlai Stevenson III 1930-2021 was a Democratic politician who represented Illinois in the Senate from 1970 to 1981. Stevenson's father Adlai Stevenson II was influenced by Simon's early writings for the Troy Tribune to stand against gambling and government corruption in Illinois. Augsburg Books paperback books
1994ref. 13660Bethesda MD: National Press Books 1994. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Inscribed to Senator Kent Conrad first edition of We Can Do Better by Senator Paul Simon. Octavo 300pp. Blue hardcover title in silver on spine. Full number line listed on copyright page. Solid text block a fine example. In the publisher's dust jacket $23.95 retail price on front flap vibrant images a fine example. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper "To Kent Conrad - With gratitude - Paul Simon / 11-15-94 / p 28." 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." Kent Conrad b. 1948 served as Senator from North Dakota from 1992-2013. National Press Books 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
1965ref. 13988Norman: University of Oklahoma Press 1965. First Edition First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/very good. Signed first edition of Lincoln's Preparation for Greatness by Paul Simon. Octavo xv 355pp. Orange cloth title in gilt on spine. Top edge dyed orange. Stated "First edition" on copyright page. Slight lean to text block otherwise clean and bright. In the publisher's dust jacket $6.95 retail price light sunning to spine wear to hinges and top edge touch of shelf wear a very good example. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: "To --- --- - a distinguished son of a distinguished father - with best wishes to you for your very bright future. Paul Simon 5-26-67." 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. University of Oklahoma Press unknown books
1997ref. 18001New York: Pace Wildenstein 1997. Softcover. VG. Color wraps; French flaps. 61 pp. 13 color plates some BW illustrations. From the exhibition of May 1 to June 20 1997. With an interview of Murray by Joan Simon the catalogue of works vivid plates chronology and extensive list of exhibitions. Pace Wildenstein paperback books
2022ref. 628109London: Institute of Historical Research / University of London Press 2022. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Octavo. xxix 229pp. Illustrated. Fine with a tiny bit of wear. Institute of Historical Research / University of London Press unknown books
2000ref. 48439Stanford CA: Stanford University Press 2000. Very Good/Very Good. Stanford CA: Stanford University Press 2000. First Edition First Printing. Quarto; publisher's boards in glossy pictorial dust jacket; xvi2229pp.; halftone illus. throughout. Brief foxing to top edge of dust jacket else a Very Good or better example. Stanford University Press unknown books
1976ref. 13210Kendal Cumbria England: Jargon Society 1976. First edition. Jargon 81. With a blurb by Ian Gardner and praise by Charles Tomlinson William Oxley and Stephen Bann on the flaps of the jacket. As new. Oblong 12mo frontispiece portrait of Cutts plain wrappers dust jacket. As new. Jargon Society unknown 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
1862ref. 14033Rostock: Stiller Hod Buchhandlung 1862. First Edition. original printed wrappers. Good copy; disbound from a larger volume; backstrip abraded. sm. 4to. Thirteen dramatic black and white lithographic plates and text illustrations. An important surgeon who wrote this landmark book establishing the technique and designing the instruments for this gynaecological operation. See Ricci and G-M for numerous citations. Stiller Hod Buchhandlung unknown books
1845ref. 1968London: Sydenham Society 1845. First English Edition. Original publisher's cloth. Very good. 8vo There are three litho. plates. The most prominent work on the chemistry of physiology of the day; most of vol. I is given over to the study of blood chemistry. Hirsch V 277. Sydenham Society hardcover books
1759ref. 137120Paris: J. Barbou 1759. Full period French binding in Calf five raised bands gilt ornamentation on spine author and title in gilt on red leather spine label in second compartment. 8vo. Full period French binding in Calf five raised bands gilt ornamentation on spine author and title in gilt on red leather spine label in second compartment. 263 pages. First edition Bigmore and Wyman p.228. Minor soiling to the text block else a fine copy. In this volume Fournier sets out to prove that Gutenberg was not the inventor of the printing press by examining the history of printing. He believes that the technology Gutenberg made popular existed long before the German printer's work. "Peter Simon Fournier a French engraver and letter-founder was born at Paris 1712 and died 1768. He studied under Colson painter of the Academy of Saint Luc and devoted himself first to the art of wood-engraving; he afterwards as an engraver on steel rendered himself famous in all countries. In some of his works he seeks to prove that Gutenberg is not the inventor of printing and maintains that long before Gutenberg engraving on wood had been employed for printing images and inscriptions; that during his residence in Strasburg Gutenberg attempted the application of this art to the printing of books and that on his return to Mayence he first printed the Donatus and the Catholicon of Johannes de Janua with engraved and solid blocks. Fournier's ingenious theories were ably refuted by Baron Heinecken in his "Idée Générale d'une Collection complette d'Estamples" Leipsic: 1771" Bigmore & Wyman p 229. J. Barbou unknown books
1826ref. 253Halle: Journal für Chemie und Physik 1826. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. FIRST EDITION of the experimental proof of Ohm's law "the fundamental law of electric circuits" Dibner 63. Ohm "made a study of the laws of galvanic currents and while investigating the relative conductivity of metals finally discovered the relation known as 'Ohm's law' which underlies all electrical theory and measurement. The experimental proof of this law was first published in a paper in Schweigger's Journal fur Chemie und Physik vol. xlvi. 1826 under the title of Bestimmung des Gesetzes nach welchem Metalle die Contactelektricität leiten" Peck and Colby The New International Encyclopedia. "The following year Ohm published a book entitled Die Galvanische Kette mathematisch bearbeitet Berlin 1827. It contained a theoretic deduction of Ohm's law and became far more widely known than his article of 1826 giving the experimental deduction. In fact his experimental paper was so little known that the impression long prevailed and still exists that he based his law on theory and never established it empirically. This misapprehension accounts perhaps for the unfavourable reception of Ohm's conclusions" Cajori A History of Physics. In: Journal für Chemie und Physik. Hrsg. v. J. S. C. Schweigger u. W. Schweigger-Seidel vol. 46 pp. 137-166. Halle: 1826. The whole volume offered. Octavo modern cloth. Some dampstaining throughout; occasional browning. Provenance: with library and de-accession stamps on series title from the prestigious Gmelin Institute after 1996 part of the Max Planck Institute. Journal für Chemie und Physik hardcover books
2008ref. 233831Simon & Schuster 2008-11-11. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x1x10. Hardcover First Edition with a dust jacket. The book appears unused. The text is clean and unmarked. Prompt shipping. Simon & Schuster hardcover books
2019ref. 186915Melbourne: National Gallery of Victoria 2019. Paperback. VG Light shelfwear to wraps; interior is clean; binding is solid. Yellow wraps with photograph; 246 pages; richly illustrated chiefly color. "This publication by the National Gallery of Victoria is an enormous achievement in presenting recent movements in design and art in China and I am so pleased that White Rabbit Gallery has been able to be part of it"--preface by Dr. Judith Neilson founder Whited Rabbit Gallery Sydney./ Includes bibliographical references. National Gallery of Victoria paperback books
2001ref. 339368Waltham: I.F.G.E. International Foundation for Gender Education 2001. Magazine. 88p. 8.5x11 inches illustrated with cartoons and color & b&w photos personal classified ads with photos very good glossy magazine in pictorial color wraps. Also known as Transgender Tapestry and Transgender Tapestry Journal. Serious and useful information essays articles reporting on the transgender experience. I.F.G.E. (International Foundation for Gender Education) unknown books
1970ref. 338461Paris: René Lefeuvre 1970. 122p. paperback; some edgewear and minor toning otherwise very good condition. Compliments from the translator Daniel Saint-James inscribed on the title page as well as an ownership signature of Ilse Mattick Paul Mattick's wife on the following page. René Lefeuvre unknown books
2022ref. 2352204London: Everyman Chess / Gloucester Publishers 2022. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. 6x0x9. An exceptional copy. Binding tight and square pages clean bright and unmarked. 2022 Trade Paperback. 336 pp. The Black Lion is a thoroughly modern counterattacking system that is a nightmare to face. This wild and aggressive line attempts to take away White's initiative from a very early stage and is guaranteed to throw your opponents off balance. The Black Lion is essentially a contemporary and aggressive interpretation of the Philidor Defence 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 d6. The Black Lion starts with a slightly different move order 1 e4 d6 2 d4 Nf6 3 Nc3 and now the lion family splits into two different animals: the risky lion 3.Nbd7 or the tame lion 3.e5. Both treatments are thoroughly investigated in this book. Simon Williams the Ginger GM is the ideal guide to explain how to whip up an extremely dangerous attack using either treatment. Williams is well known for his swashbuckling attacking play and the Black Lion suits his style perfectly. His commentary and annotations are always instructive and entertaining. Everyman Chess / Gloucester Publishers paperback books
2003ref. 2349175New York: Harper Collins 2003. First US Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 6x1x9. First U.S. edition. A couple tiny spots to jacket reverse otherwise an excellent copy. 2003 Hard Cover. xvi 416 pp. "Simon Winchester New York Times bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman examines the legendary annihilation in 1883 of the volcano-island of Krakatoa which was followed by an immense tsunami that killed nearly forty thousand people. The effects of the immense waves were felt as far away as France. Barometers in Bogota and Washington D.C. went haywire. Bodies were washed up in Zanzibar. The sound of the island's destruction was heard in Australia and India and on islands thousands of miles away. Most significant of all -- in view of today's new political climate -- the eruption helped to trigger in Java a wave of murderous anti-Western militancy among fundamentalist Muslims one of the first outbreaks of Islamic-inspired killings anywhere. Krakatoa gives us an entirely new perspective on this fascinating and iconic event. Harper Collins hardcover books
1999ref. 2349166New York: Simon & Schuster 1999. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x1x10. First edition. An excellent copy. 1999 Hard Cover. 348 pp. In his critically acclaimed Rewrites Neil Simon talked about his beginnings -- his early years of working in television his first real love his first play his first brush with failure and most moving of all his first great loss. Simon's same willingness to open his heart to the reader permeates The Play Goes On. This second act takes the reader from the mid-1970s to the present a period in which Simon wrote some of his most popular and critically acclaimed plays including the Brighton Beach trilogy and Lost in Yonkers for which he won the Pulitzer Prize. Simon experienced enormous professional success during this time but in his personal life he struggled to find that same sense of happiness and satisfaction. After the death of his first wife he and his two young daughters left New York for Hollywood. There he remarried and when that foundered he remarried again. Told with his characteristic humor and unflinching sense of irony The Play Goes On is rich with stories of how Simon's art came to imitate his life. Simon's forty-plus plays make up a body of work that is a long-running memoir in its own right yet here in a deeper and more personal book than his first volume Simon offers a revealing look at an artist in crisis but still able and willing to laugh at himself. Simon & Schuster hardcover books
2000ref. 2340796New York: Talk Miramax Books / Hyperion 2000. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 14x8x7. Mixed set: first editions of volumes 1 and 3 book club edition of volume 2. Minor wear to corners ink name and date on each front endpaper. 2000 Hard Cover. Complete in three volumes. Numerous photos & illustrations. A three volume work written by Simon Schama to accompany a series of documentaries he presented for the BBC. Talk Miramax Books / Hyperion hardcover books
1928ref. 2341504New York: Robert M. McBride & Company / J.J. Little & Ives Company 1928. First English Translation. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 0x0x0. Darcy Lyse. First English translation. Boards faintly foxed 1 inch closed tear to front jacket corner with tiny associated chip jacket spine faded. 1928 Hard Cover. xvi 4 16-147 1 pp. 8vo. An English translation of the French play which was suppressed by legal authorities in New York City after fewer than two weeks at the Comedy Theatre in 1928 after being deemed an 'immoral' play. Drama critic Alexander Woollcott who called it "so beautiful a play. that it cannot fail. But. there is always the chance that New York will fail." later commented that the play was censored "in almost medieval secrecy. by the murderously effective and to my notion entirely vicious law." The play examines the world of prostitution in a controversial manner similar to Shaw's Mrs Warren's Profession which suffered the same treatment by authorities. This censorship inspired an outpouring of equally controversial dramatic productions leading to the Wales Padlock Law of 1927 which allowed playwrights producers and actors to be criminally prosecuted for their roles in these allegedly immoral works. Maya was the first play against which the law was used Wainscott The Emergence of the Modern American Theater 1914-1929 p. 76. This publication in book form followed the suppression of the play and the jacket illustration by Darcy this is probably Art Deco illustrator Lyse Darcy who produced a number of well-known advertisements for the French cosmetics company Guerlain showing two pairs of hands suggestively reaching upward towards the title character seems to be an open act of defiance against the law. The play inspired a film of the same name in 1949 starring Jean-Pierre Grenier and Viviane Romance which was directed by Raymond Bernard. Robert M. McBride & Company / J.J. Little & Ives Company hardcover books
1915ref. 2338336Chicago: Chicago Medical Book Co 1915. Third Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 9x5x0. Third edition. Bookplate and adhesive remnant from removed sticker on front endpaper faded spot on spine from removed sticker possible library copy. 1915 Hard Cover. 82 pp. 26 The work that led to the first practical intelligence text the Binet-Simon scale. Garrison-Morton #4985: "Translation of original 1911 French." Binet-Simon Scale: "A test for determining the relative development of intelligence especially of children consisting of a series of questions and tasks graded with reference to the ability of the normal child to deal with them at successive age levels." "The Stanford - Binet Intelligence Scales or more commonly the Stanford-Binet is an individually administered intelligence test that was revised from the original Binet-Simon Scale by Lewis M. Terman a psychologist at Stanford University. The Stanford - Binet Intelligence Scale is now in its fifth edition SB5 and was released in 2003. It is a cognitive ability and intelligence test that is used to diagnose developmental or intellectual deficiencies in young children. The test measures five weighted factors and consists of both verbal and nonverbal subtests. The five factors being tested are knowledge quantitative reasoning visual-spatial processing working memory and fluid reasoning. The development of the Stanford - Binet initiated the modern field of intelligence testing and was one of the first examples of an adaptive test. The test originated in France then was revised in the United States. It was initially created by the French psychologist Alfred Binet who following the introduction of a law mandating universal education by the French government began developing a method of identifying "slow" children for their placement in special education programs rather than removing them to asylums as "sick". As Binet indicated case studies might be more detailed and helpful but the time required to test many people would be excessive. In 1916 at Stanford University the psychologist Lewis Terman released a revised examination which became known as the "Stanford - Binet test". Chicago Medical Book Co hardcover books
1979ref. 2331315New York: Harper & Row 1979. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 9x6x0. First edition. Small tear on jacket spine. Page ridges lightly foxed. 1979 Hard Cover. ix 346 pp. Letters between one of the great 20th century novelists Nabokov and critic/essayists Wilson. Harper & Row hardcover books
