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ref. 224023Moulins, Imprimerie de P.-A. Desrosiers, 1836 in-8, titre-frontispice gravé par Achille Allier, XXIV pp., un f. n. ch., 263 pp., demi-veau marine, dos lisse cloisonné et orné en long, tranches mouchetées (Lebrun).
1966ref. List1023New York Taken in Mississippi: Associated Press 1966. First. Silver gelatin wire photographs most 8x10 inches. Editorial marks to versos else about fine near fine condition overall. Near Fine. An uncommon collection of photographs documenting the March Against Fear in several cities in Mississippi in June 1966 including several photographs of the tear gas attacks by the Mississippi Highway Patrol in Canton. Photographs from earlier in the march show marchers and belligerent protesters lining the streets. In the latter section particularly in Philadelphia and Canton the governor's promise to protect the marchers disintegrated at the hands of the Mississippi Highway Patrol National Guard and local police James Meredith was of course shot earlier in the parade - no photos of the shooting are included here. The marchers succeeded in registering over 4000 voters despite enduring a wide range of abuse from authorities and bystanders. Associated Press unknown books
1924ref. 20857New York: The Frank A. Munsey Company 1924. The first issue February 9 has edge wear with the rear cover detached it is a very good copy the March 1 issue 5 has some paper loss to the spine affecting the title lettering a very good to nearly fine copy the rest of the issues are nearly fine to fine. A bright attractive set. 20857. Octavo seven issues cover illustration for the February 2 issue by Stockton Mulford interior illustration in each issue pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Complete seven part serial "Tarzan and the Ant-Men." This magazine version is approximately 7000 words shorter than the novel published in book form in the U.S. the British book publication matches this version. Reference: Heins pp. 64-65. The Frank A. Munsey, Company unknown
Cm. 21, pp. vii (1) 72 + 86 (2) d'appendice documentaria. Con alcune figure nel testo e 7 tavole incise in rame e più volte ripiegate f.t. tra cui tre piante della città di Senigallia ed una pianta del territorio marchigiano. Cfr. Lozzi (5170): "Assai rara". Legatura strettamente coeva in cartoncino ricoperto in carta decorata. Esemplare genuino e marginoso, con solo qualche forellino di tarlo, perlopiù marginale.
1931ref. 19770Dayton OH: The McCall Company 1931-32. Vertical crease to the first issue mild rubbing and stress creases to the set a nearly fine to fine set with the exception of the January 1932 issue which is good only 19770. Octavo six issues pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Bedsheet format. Complete six part serial "The Triumph of Tarzan" later published in book form as TARZAN TRIUMPHANT. The first issue has a Tarzan cover by Laurence Herndon. Reference: Heins p. 76-77. The McCall Company unknown
1781ref. 40734Barcelona, Bernardo Pla, 1781. 4to. Contemp. full calf. Richly gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Stamp on htitle and titlepage. (14),XXXVI,(4),391,(1) pp., 7 large folded engraved plates and 1 folded engraved plan. First inner hinge a bit loose, not broken. A few scattered brownspots, but a fine, clean copy printed on good paper.
1781ref. 40734Barcelona Bernardo Pla 1781. 4to. Contemp. full calf. Richly gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Stamp on htitle and titlepage. 14XXXVI43911 pp. 7 large folded engraved plates and 1 folded engraved plan. First inner hinge a bit loose not broken. A few scattered brownspots but a fine clean copy printed on good paper. First edition.- Klaus Jordan: 2359. unknown
Silografia colorata con maschere(mm 403 x 285) n. 68 ms. al centro del margine inferiore. L'immagine riunisce due differenti tradizioni devote: quella trasmessa dal Teramano che narra il trasporto miracoloso della casa della Madonna da Nazareth al colle lauretano e l'apparizione della Vergine sopra la chiesa di Santa Maria di Loreto a Paolo della Selva. Perfetto esemplare.. Cfr. Infelise-Marini, 1990 n.15, pp. 157, Zotti Minici, 1996. n. 1493.
gr. vol. in-4, pp. XX, 303, leg. m. pelle coeva con carta dec, ai piatti. Bella carta topogr. dell'antico Piceno ripiegata in antip. inc. da G.Battista Cipriani. Con un'infinità di antiche iscrizioni commentate. Lozzi 3587. Insieme all'opera sono raccolti 3 opuscoli: 1 - Idem. LETTERA del Reverendissimo Padre... parroco di S. Salvatore in Onda, ed innografo della S. Congregazione dei Riti... sull'antica Alba città de Piceno. Fermo, Paccasassi, 1824, in-8, pp. 16, leg. carta dec. coeva; 2 - [ANTALDI Antaldo]. SULLA EMENDAZIONE proposta dal P. Antonio Brandimarte di un luogo di Plinio Seniore nella descriione del Piceno. Frammento... Pesaro, Nobili, 1823, in-16, pp. 23, senza leg.; 3 - Idem. LETTERA del reverendissimo... al Sig. Abate Francesco Cancellieri... Terza edizione. Roma, Mordacchini, 1818, in-8, pp. VIII, senza leg. [299]
1700ref. 1270943early 1700's. Hardcover. folio unpaginated; VG; spine paneled black leather with red label gilt lettering; rebound spine 3/4 bound corners and boards not rebound; bumping and peeling to corners wear to boards; This book consists of a compilation of plates mostly from Dutch engravers featuring bible scenes. The scenes range from the creation of man to the adoration of the three kings; plates are tipped onto thicker stock; some pages have fingermark stains; shelved above Case 3. 1270943. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. hardcover
1877ref. AMO-3303Paris, Typographie et Lithographie Jules-Juteau et Fils, s.d. (vers 1877) 2 volumes petits in-8 (18 x 13 cm) de 266 + 204 pages + environ 100 pages restées vierges in fine. Portrait photographique de l'auteur (9 x 5,7 cm) en frontispice du premier volume daté du 22 mai 1877 et signé par l'auteur. Chaque titre imprimé a été tomé à l'encre à la main par l'auteur "1" et "2". Le premier volume sur une Épître amicale manuscrite à Monsieur et Madame de Beaurepaire la Marche (2 pages 1/2) datée d'avril 1871. Suivent 3 pages manuscrites en vers intitulées : "Couplets pour le mariage de Camille et d'Albert", signées par l'auteur et datées du 27 novembre 1878. Le premier volume s'achève par 3 pages manuscrites de table des pièces en vers contenues dans le volume. Le deuxième volume s'ouvre sur un sonnet manuscrit "à ma nièce" (signé des initiales de l'auteur). Les pièces imprimées (plusieurs dizaines) ne sont pas paginées et ont été imprimées chez Jules-Juteau entre 1871 et 1877 environ. Certaines pièces ont été imprimées chez la Veuve Ed. Vert ou encore l'imprimerie Chaumont. Reliure de l'époque (vers 1880) plein chagrin rouge, dos à nerfs richement ornés, encadrements de filets dorés sur les plats, fleurons dorés dans les angles, dentelle dorée en encadrement intérieur des plats, doublures et gardes de papier peigne. Très bel état de conservation de l'ensemble. Quelques ombres au maroquin sur les plats. Intérieur frais. La reliure n'est pas signée mais de belle facture. Exemplaire spécialement composé et offert par l'auteur à sa nièce Julie de Beaurepaire de La Marche. En offrant ce recueil de chansons l'auteur se souvient en quelques vers choisis du château de La Marche (Villegaudin, Saône-et-Loire). En 1861, Le château de La Marche, alors propriété du dernier marquis de La Marche, Antoine-Félix de Beaurepaire, est détruit par les flammes. Il ne reste aujourd'hui que quelques dépendances du château encore debout.
1928ref. 008397Covici Friede 1928. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine copy in near fine jacket first Edition.$2.00 on flap.Small loss at Crown & Heel of jacket.Epic Poem on Boxing.Very Scarce. Covici Friede Hardcover books
1898ref. WRCAM54953Puerto Principe Cuba 1898. Broadside 16 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches. Toned old folds and creases minor edge chipping short closed tear slight fold separations. Very good. A very rare possibly unique surviving example of a Cuban broadside dating from the month after the conclusion of the Spanish- American War. The war ceased with a truce between the United States and Spain on August 12 1898; the official end of the war came a few months later on December 10 when the two parties signed the historic Treaty of Paris. Here on September 10 in the interim between truce and treaty the outgoing Spanish colonial governor of the south- central Cuban city of Puerto Principe present-day Camagüey Emilio March y Garcia calls for reinforcement of the truce agreement that would ensure free and open commercial trade in the region in the face of continuing interference by Cuban insurgents. March y Garcia claims that the Cuban revolutionaries are illegally detaining people interrupting the cattle trade trampling property rights carrying arms in flagrant disregard for the law and more. The ARIZONA REPUBLICAN published an English translation of this proclamation in its September 26 1898 issue. The translation reads: "I hereby inform the commanders of insurgent bands who are pillaging in the neighborhood of this city; who not observing the agreement between the Spanish and American governments with regard to the freedom of commercial relations are illegally detaining the country people; who are obliging the land owners to procure special passes and permits in order to put in order their plantations and will not allow them either to sell their cattle under the absurd pretext that the estates are the property of the nominal Cuban state and that its government alone can distribute and sell them and turn their products to what uses it sees fit thus trampling under foot the rights of property whereas on the part of this government the most absolute liberty in making contracts has been allowed and will be allowed in the future thus demonstrating the respect it has for the rights of all persons within its jurisdiction. I must call to notice with real sorrow that if these towns are suffering almost the horrors of starvation it is the result of the measures adopted by the chiefs of the insurgent bands who are impeding free traffic by forbidding the entry of all kinds of provisions especially cattle into the towns. In view of what I have already explained I consider it necessary to publish the following warnings: Article 1. I repeat my order of August 23 last permitting free entry and exit to all towns of this province subject to my authority and the most absolute freedom of trade between all the inhabitants of the province. Article 2. The prohibition to enter towns with arms remains in force and whoever is found with arms in his possession will be punished in accordance with the laws." Don Emilio Augusto March y Garcia Mesa was a career Spanish military commander who spent at least three stretches of time in Cuba the last as military governor of Puerto Principe during the Spanish defeat in the Spanish- American War. He also served as the colonial governor of Puerto Rico and general captain of Arago the Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands. The present broadside is exceedingly rare and quite possibly unique with no copies listed in OCLC and no records at auction. unknown books
1941ref. 19801ENew York & Los Angeles: Whittlesey House / Warner Bros 1941. Later printing. Signed by thirty members of the cast and crew for the Oscar nominated film One Foot in Heaven to the young actress Carlotta Jelm who played the character Eileen Spence the daughter of William and Hope Spence played by Frederic March and Martha Scott in the film and whose signed inscriptions read: “All happiness to Carlotta Frederic March.” and “To my daughter Eileen - my best wishes always Martha Scott.” The book is also signed by Norman Vincent Peale who served as a technical advisor for the film “To Carlotta with best wishes Norman Vincent Peale.” With signatures of director Irving Rapper cinematographer Charles Rosher assistant director Jesse Hibbs Peter Caldwell who played her brother “It was good being your brother Peter Caldwell.” and others. Near fine copy with a trace of use in a very good lightly used and dust soiled dust jacket with thin tape repaired splits to the spine folds and a few small chips and tears. With four production stills: two of Frederic March and Martha Scott on their wedding day posed in front of an oversized prop of the book; one of Fredric March Martha Scott Carlotta Jelm and Peter Caldwell the young actor playing the son and the book’s author Hartzell Spence all posed as if for a formal family portrait and one of Frederic March and Peter Caldwell sitting in an audience as March gives the boy a stern look. All stills are in fine condition and three have binder punch holes. The book and film tell the true story of a happy family headed by a warm and dedicated pastor who with his wife and children moved from one parish to another serving each community with dedication wisdom and humor. The fil also starred Beulah Bondi as a wealthy member of his congregation Gene Lockhart as a member whose wife sings poorly in the choir Grant Mitchell as the architect of the church improvements and a skeptic played by Jerome Cowan. Whittlesey House / Warner Bros unknown books
1928ref. 008397Covici Friede 1928. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine copy in near fine jacket first Edition.$2.00 on flap.Small loss at Crown & Heel of jacket.Epic Poem on Boxing.Very Scarce. Covici Friede Hardcover
1941ref. 19801ENew York & Los Angeles: Whittlesey House / Warner Bros 1941. Later printing. Signed by thirty members of the cast and crew for the Oscar nominated film One Foot in Heaven to the young actress Carlotta Jelm who played the character Eileen Spence the daughter of William and Hope Spence played by Frederic March and Martha Scott in the film and whose signed inscriptions read: “All happiness to Carlotta Fredric March.” and “To my daughter Eileen - my best wishes always Martha Scott.” The book is also signed by Norman Vincent Peale who served as a technical advisor for the film “To Carlotta with best wishes Norman Vincent Peale.” With signatures of director Irving Rapper cinematographer Charles Rosher assistant director Jesse Hibbs Peter Caldwell who played her brother “It was good being your brother Peter Caldwell.” and others. Near fine copy with a trace of use in a very good lightly used and dust soiled dust jacket with thin tape repaired splits to the spine folds and a few small chips and tears. With four production stills: two of Fredric March and Martha Scott on their wedding day posed in front of an oversized prop of the book; one of Fredric March Martha Scott Carlotta Jelm and Peter Caldwell the young actor playing the son and the book’s author Hartzell Spence all posed as if for a formal family portrait and one of Fredric March and Peter Caldwell sitting in an audience as March gives the boy a stern look. All stills are in fine condition and three have binder punch holes. The book and film tell the true story of a happy family headed by a warm and dedicated pastor who with his wife and children moved from one parish to another serving each community with dedication wisdom and humor. The fil also starred Beulah Bondi as a wealthy member of his congregation Gene Lockhart as a member whose wife sings poorly in the choir Grant Mitchell as the architect of the church improvements and a skeptic played by Jerome Cowan. Whittlesey House / Warner Bros unknown
1939ref. ABE-1538494660313Royal Opera House Covent Garden 1939 EXTREMELY RARE! REX WHISTLER designed this glorious programme for the State Performance in Honour of The President of the French Republic and Madame Lebrun at the Royal Opera House March 22 1939. WHISTLER's cover design is an elaborate affair; the embossed card covers are ingeniously cut away in curves. It is fabulously decorated by Rex Whistler on the front and back. A gold cord with tassels forms the binding round the twelve folded pages. Dancers included Margot Fonteyn Robert Helpmann William Chappell Frank Staff and Frederick Ashton. Sir Thomas Beecham conducted the London Philharmonic Orchestra. This is a great collectable example of ephemera in its own right but it is of especial value for admirers of Rex Whistler. Soft cover. Fine. Royal Opera House Covent Garden paperback
LEGATURA IN TUTTA TELA BEIGE CON PICCOLO DECORO IMPRESSO IN ORO, OPERA STAMPATA IN SOLI 150 ESEMPLARI FIRMATI DALL'AUTORE, LA NOSTRA E' LA COPIA N. 7, SU CARTA UMBRIA DELLE CARTIERE MILIANI DI FABRIANO. STAMPA DELLE ACQUEFORTI AD OPERA DEL MAESTRO STAMPATORE CALCOGRAFO VINCENZO ZANCHI, CON L'AUSILIO DI ALUNNI DELLA SEZIONE. STAMPA DEL TESTO AD OPERA DEI MAESTRI TIPOGRAFI ARTURO POGGIOLI E ANSELMO LUSLINI. VOLUME INTROVABILE. COLLAZIONATO COMPLETO numero pagine: 80 formato: 26.5X18.1 stato conservazione: BUONO, COPERTINA LEGGERMENTE SPORCA, ERA FODERATO E QUINDI TRACCE DI SCOTCH NEI 4 PUNTI AL RISVOLTO PER FERMARE LA FODERA collana: LE METE / 1
1958ref. 38022New York: John Wiley & Sons 1958. First edition of this classic in management science. Octavo original cloth. From the library of Nobel Prize-winning economist John Harsanyi with his signature on the front free endpaper . 'Outside the Carnegie group we should like to acknowledge especially our many hours of fruitful work and discussion with Robert A. Dahl on the subject of influence measurement and the help and guidance that John C. Harsanyi provided for our treatment of the relation between game theory and other theories of conflict' p. vi. 'Simon was attracted to the exciting intellectual environment emerging at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh. After moving to Carnegie in 1949 Simon stayed there for more than five decades. At Carnegie Simon collaborated on work that established the field of organization theory. The founding work was a major study done with James G. March published as Organizations. The book continued the argument that decision makers are not able to act in an objectively rational manner; rather they are constrained by both cognitive and external limitations. So instead of assuming that each decision maker scans all possible alternatives and chooses the one that maximizes expected utility Simon argued that decision makers instead use 'satisficing' as a criterion for making decisions; they choose the first alternative that looks 'good enough.' March and Simon wrote in Organizations 'Most human decision making whether individual or organizational is concerned with the discovery and selection of satisfactory alternatives; only in exceptional cases is it concerned with the discovery and selection of optimal alternatives.' . . . One of Simon's insights was that the observed complexity of human behavior arose from simple and general underlying mechanisms that were applied to a complex task environment. Simon illustrated this with his famous metaphor of 'the ant on the beach.' The ant's goal is to reach some distant food. While the ant's path to the food seems very complex twisting and turning most of the apparent complexity is due to the grains of sand to be traversed. The complexity of the environment rather than the complexity of mechanism within the decision maker gives rise to the observed behavior. 'In solving problems' March and Simon wrote 'human thinking is governed by programs that organize myriads of simple information processes - or symbolic manipulating processes if you like - into orderly complex sequences that are responsive to and adaptive to the task environment and the clues that are extracted from that environment as the sequences unfold' ' Mie Augier & Edward Feigenbaum 'Herbert A. Simon: 15 June 1916 - 9 February 2001' Biographical Memoirs Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Vol. 147 No. 2 June 2003 pp. 196-7. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable with a noted provenance. John Wiley & Sons hardcover books
1928ref. 162501New York: Covici Friede 1928. Pansy had the stuff but his skin was brown;/ And he never got a chance at the middleweight crown First trade edition. March 1899-1977 followed the success of The Wild Party with this verse tale of an African-American boxer "his best years in the ring lost to jail who wins a long-fixed bout instead of throwing it and pays for his last victory with his life" ANB. It was the basis for the acclaimed 1949 noir adaptation directed by Robert Wise and starring Robert Ryan and Audrey Totter. Octavo. Original grey cloth spine lettered in brown debossed brown silhouette to front cover top edge brown. With dust jacket artwork by Alexander King. Striking bookplate printed on orange paper of Stanley H. Brams 1910-1999 writer on the automotive industry known to Detroit colleagues as the "dean of auto writers"; he contributed to the New York Times and New Yorker. Brentano's ticket to rear pastedown. Spine slightly cocked; unclipped jacket spine and head of back panel sunned a little tattered at top and bottom edges rubbed at folds; an excellent copy in a good jacket. hardcover
1950ref. R100005003"***. Vers 1950. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 1 peinture sur miroir de 51 x 70 cm, représentant deux personanges entourés de nuages. Incription ""Early March"" en bas à gauche du miroir et ""1919"" en bas à droite. Miroir encadré, cadre blanc de 57 x 75 cm.. . . . Classification : 900-Oeuvres Originales"
Iconic cover photo of Albert Einstein at blackboard proving the principle of Equivalence. 56 pages. Features: Exploring Prehistoric Georgia; Radio Facsimile (early fax machine development) - article with great photos; Building the World's Deepest-Water Bridge - connecting San Francisco and Oakland; Preserving rose bushes with paraffin for shipping; Nova Herculis recently discovered; Amazing growth in the packaging industry; Sundials and their construction - part IX - the principle and construction of the armillary sphere; The Oddest Thing About the Jews - Why Jews have some diseases more and others less than Gentiles - they often are first-class insurance risks; Stout "Scarab" auto photos and write-up; Photo of Einstein with Leo J. Scanlon; Tiny race cars - a developing sport; Astounding facts about American homes and sanitary conditions; Creative photo enlargement; Rapidly growing hybrid poplars; Frederick H. Ecker on progress in this age of science; Photo of harvesting American-grown rubber in California - Guayule; and more. Above-average external wear and soiling. Openings at each end of coverfold. Chip from lower corner of back cover. An uncommon Einstein collectible. Please note that large faint text appearing on image is not on magazine. Magazine
1962ref. 016229Paris [l'auteur et l'artiste] 1962 In-8 En feuilles, sous emboitage de l'éditeur
Due voll. In -8°, pp. 246, (2); 495, (1); brossura editoriale. È l’opera principale del marchese Amico Ricci, di Macerata, nella quale si ricostruiscono minuziosamente vita e opere degli artisti marchigiani a partire dal Medioevo; si tratta del primo studio sistematico di questo tipo, relativamente alla Regione: agli studi di Ricci si deve fra l’altro una consistente messa in luce dell’importanza di Gentile da Fabriano. It’s the main book of Amico Ricci, with a meticolous description of life and works of the major artists from the Marche, since the Middle Age.
Carta geografica tratta dal Theatrum Orbis Terrarum di Ortelius, edizione latina del 1608. Sebbene datata in lastra 1606, la carta appare solo nelle edizioni a partire dal 1608. Si tratta di una delle poche carte aggiunte dal Vrients alla sua ristampa dell'atlante di Ortelius. Sembra possibile che il Vrients si ispiri alla prima, rarissima, versione della carta del territorio di Urbino di Giovanni Antonio Magini, non citandolo quale autore della carta. Il Theatrum Orbis Terrarum è considerato il primo vero “atlante” moderno. L’opera fu pubblicata in 7 lingue e 36 edizioni, per il quale – nel 1570 - Ortelius ottenne il privilegio, ovvero una sorta di diritto d'autore che impediva ad altri cartografi di pubblicare i propri lavori. Il Theatrum rappresentava il lavoro più avanzato del lavoro della descrizione cartografica. L’Ortelius vi raccolse il sapere geografico e cartografico del suo tempo, proponendo in 147 spettacolari tavole incise l’immagine più fedele del mondo allora conosciuto e, in alcune straordinarie “carte storiche”, regioni e itinerari tratti dalla letteratura, dalla mitologia, dalla tradizione. Ortelius fu anche il primo a citare le fonti, menzionando i nomi dei cartografi nel “catalogus auctorum”. Dal 1598 al 1612 le edizioni postume del Theatrum furono realizzate dal suo collaboratore Johannes Baptiste Vrients. Incisone in rame, coloritura coeva, piccoli margini in basso, nel complesso in ottime condizioni. Molto rara. Bibliografia Van den Broecke 135, Mangani/Mariano, Il disegno del territorio, pp.124/5, 6. Geographic map, from Ortelius’ Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, Latin edition printed in 1608. Though the plate bears the date of 1606, the map has been published only from 1608 on.Due to the close resemblance, very likely Vrients drove his inspiration from Magini’s work, though he did not mention him as the author. The Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, is considered the first true modern "Atlas". The work was published in 7 languages and 36 editions, for which - in 1570 - Ortelius obtained the privilege, a kind of copyright that prevented other cartographers from publishing his works. The Theatrum represented the most advanced work of cartographic description. Ortelius collected in it the geographical and cartographic knowledge of his time, proposing in 147 spectacular engraved plates the most faithful image of the world then known and, in some extraordinary "historical maps", regions and routes taken from literature, mythology, tradition. Ortelius was also the first to cite sources, mentioning the names of cartographers in the "catalogus auctorum". From 1598 to 1612 the posthumous editions of the Theatrum were made by his collaborator Johannes Baptiste Vrients. Copper engraving, contemporary colour, small lower margins, in excellent condition. Very rare. Bibliografia Van den Broecke 135, Mangani/Mariano, Il disegno del territorio, pp.124/5, 6.
