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Best.-Nr. 11773Late 19th century view of the Avenue de l'Opéra records pedestrian and carriage traffic along one of central Paris's major thoroughfares. The street scene shows people in period dress sharing the avenue with horse drawn carriages preserving visible evidence of transportation dress and daily activity in nineteenth century Paris. Sepia toned albumen photograph 11 x 8.25 inches showing the Avenue de l'Opéra in Paris France. The composition looks along the broad avenue with pedestrians visible at street level and horse drawn vehicles occupying the roadway. The image documents the avenue during the era before motor traffic transformed movement through the city and provides a contemporary visual record of the built environment and street life of Paris. The Avenue de l'Opéra was created during the extensive nineteenth century reconstruction of Paris and provided a direct approach to the Paris Opera. This contemporary view records how the completed avenue was occupied in daily use with its architecture pedestrians and horse drawn transportation visible within a single urban scene. In excellent condition. unknown books
1885Best.-Nr. 140511885. Neurdein Frères Paris Opera circa 1887 to 1890 documents the Palais Garnier and the concentrated carriage and pedestrian traffic surrounding one of the principal public buildings of late nineteenth century Paris. Completed in 1875 the opera house stood within the rebuilt urban landscape of the Second Empire and early Third Republic while the traffic visible before its façade records the everyday movement of people and horse drawn vehicles through the surrounding streets. Albumen print approximately 8 x 11 inches mounted on paper. The view centers on the elaborately ornamented façade of the Palais Garnier with numerous horse drawn carriages and pedestrians filling the foreground and the square before the building. The "X Phot." mark identifies the image with Neurdein Frères who used the mark from 1887. The firm produced extensive photographic views of Paris for circulation as tourist and architectural images including monuments civic buildings streets and other recognizable features of the capital. The combination of monumental architecture and active street traffic preserves both the appearance of the Palais Garnier and the transportation patterns of Paris before the widespread replacement of horse drawn vehicles by motor traffic. Excellent condition. A sharp late nineteenth century view combining architectural documentation of the Paris Opera with closely observed evidence of everyday movement through the surrounding urban space. unknown books
1885Best.-Nr. 140501885. Neurdein Frères Place de la Concorde late nineteenth century records one of Paris's principal civic spaces during the period when the Neurdein photographic enterprise was producing views of French cities monuments and architecture for an expanding tourist market. Place de la Concorde carried several layers of French political history: renamed Place de la Révolution during the French Revolution and used for executions by guillotine it was subsequently reshaped as a monumental public square with the Luxor Obelisk erected at its center in 1836. By the later nineteenth century views of the square formed part of the photographic documentation and commercial circulation of modern Paris. Albumen print measuring 8 ½" x 11" mounted to a stiff light blue paper mount measuring 9 ½" x 12". The image presents a broad view of the Place de la Concorde in Paris preserving the appearance of the square and its surrounding urban setting in the nineteenth century. The lower portion of the print bears the photographer's mark "X Phot." The mark is associated with Neurdein Frères the Paris photographic firm established by Étienne Neurdein and Louis Antonin Neurdein. The firm increasingly concentrated on architectural monument and city views beginning in the 1870s; "X Phot." was among the commercial marks used for its photographic production during the later nineteenth century. The photograph belongs to the extensive nineteenth-century production of Paris views made for travelers and the international photographic market when albumen prints enabled images of the capital's monuments boulevards and public spaces to circulate well beyond France. Place de la Concorde occupied a particularly recognizable position within this visual geography connecting the Tuileries and Champs Élysées and retaining physical associations with both the French Revolution and the nineteenth-century reconstruction of Paris. Very clean with a few marks; very good condition. An early photographic record of Place de la Concorde associated with one of the principal commercial producers of architectural and urban views in nineteenth-century France. unknown books
1912Best.-Nr. 1440431912. FUTURISM. BERNHEIM-JEUNE & Cie. Les Peintres Futuristes Italiens: Boccioni Carra Russolo Balla Severini. 32 pp Illustrated with black-&-white plates. 8vo bound in publisher's orange wrappers. Paris Chez Mm. Bernheim - Jeune & Cie. 1912. The first major exhibition of the major artists of the Futurist movement outside Italy. The wrappers are slightly soiled but it is nevertheless a sound copy. unknown books
1960Best.-Nr. 435322New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1960. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Selected and edited by John Hall Wheelock. Fine in a very near fine dustwrapper with modest toning to the spine and a tiny bit of edgewear. A handsome copy. Previously unpublished poetry by the three authors most notably James Dickey his first book. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1925Best.-Nr. 396549New York: The Haddon Press 1925. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Three quarter white and green cloth top edge gilt. Cloth soiled minimal ex-library markings front hinge cracked a good only copy. The Haddon Press hardcover books
1980Best.-Nr. 390374San Francisco 1980. Softcover. Near Fine. Photomechanically reproduced flyer on 8.5" x 11" paper. Near fine with some creasing and slight toning. An original flyer promoting a New Years Eve party at the San Francisco punk venue The Sound of Music with The Dark Side of Pop Chill Factor Vauxhall Combo and Paris Working. The Sound of Music began as a club for female impersonators run by "Celso" until Linda Barnhizer and Alan Naldrett convinced him that punk would bring a crowd and they started booking bands in the beginning of 1980. unknown books
1816Best.-Nr. 1435761816. PARIS. Graphic Illustrations of the Most Prominent Features of the French Capital; with Characteristic Figures in the Foregrounds comprised in Twelve Stroke Engravings From Accurate Designs Taken in Paris during the Imperial Reign of Buonaparte. With Descriptive Notices and Interesting Anecdotes. 26 pp. illustrated with 12 double-page engravings. Folio 430 x 380 mm. bound in contemporary French three-quarter black morocco over marbled boards gilt title and floral vignettes on spine paper label with ms. number "20" on front cover and spine. London: Harper and Co. 1816. A fine copy of this extremely rare collection of views of Paris consisting of twelve artistically conceived views of Paris engraved by English artists. The large double-page engravings incorporate local Parisians participating in daily routines within the setting of each view. Panoramic views include: the Military School and the Church of the Invalides; View of Paris from the South Boulevard; View of Paris from Montmartre; South View of the Old and New Louvre; The Mint and The Façade of the Louvre; View of La Place de la Concorde; The Garden of the West Front of the Tuileries; Palace of the Tuileries Facing La Place du Carrousel; Garden of the Tuileries; The Luxembourg or Palais du Senat with the Gardens; The Elysian Fields Distant Gardens of the Tuileries; Entrance to Les Champs Élysées and La Place de la Concorde. Each plate is followed by two pages of text giving historical details and anecdotes about the site illustrated. Minor wear to outer edges of binding plates and text clean. Rare: OCLC lists 6 copies worldwide of which only one is held in America Bowdoin College. hardcover books
1935Best.-Nr. 334200Paris: no publisher 1935. Near Fine. Hand colored lithographic print on fine wove paper. Image size approximately 7" x 11". Likely removed from a folio volume as indicated by a thin stub tipped-in along the left edge of the sheet. Near fine. Possibly one of the eight original Eres prints for the pornographic novel Aventures d'une satyre attributed to Jane de Rozat published in Paris in the mid-1930s. no publisher unknown books
1930Best.-Nr. 334203not indicated: not indicated 1930. Unbound. Near Fine. Hand colored pochoir print on fine wove paper. Image size height preceding width measures approximately 28 x 18 cm. Near fine. Signed "ERES." Could be one of the eight original prints also signed "Eres" for the pornographic novel Aventures d'une satyre attributed to Jane de Rozat published in Paris in the mid-1930s. not indicated unknown books
1802Best.-Nr. 1277861802. PARIS. Le Guide du Promeneur aux Tuileries. By Louis Philipon de la Madelaine. 198 pp. frontispiece and 35 engraved plates. Small 8vo 150 x 105 mm. bound in modern half brown sheepskin over marbled boards uncut. Paris: Chez Favre 1802. Second edition of this scarce guide to the sculptures in the Tuileries Garden together with a description of the palace and the gardens by the French philologist Louis Philipon de la Madelaine 1734-1818. Rear 18 pages browned but overall an acceptable copy. hardcover books
1956Best.-Nr. 110011New York: New York University 1956. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Near fine in lightly soiled wrappers. New York University unknown books
1946Best.-Nr. S14326Paris :: Observatoire de Paris 1946. 1946. Square 8vo. VII 1 75 1 pp. 6 plates. Original black & red printed wrappers; some wear to extremities but well-preserved. Rubber-stamp upper cover of the Carnegie Institution of Washington Mount Wilson Observatory Pasadena. Very good. Exhibition regarding the discovery of Neptune through newspapers and contemporary periodicals. Urbain Le Verrier 1811-1877 French astronomer and mathematician specializing in celestial mechanics founder of modern French meteorology is best known for predicting the existence and position of Neptune using only mathematics. He was elected to the Academy of Sciences for his work on the stability of the solar system. Observatoire de Paris, 1946. unknown books
1995Best.-Nr. S13588Cambridge:: Cambridge University Press 1995. 1995. Royal 8vo. xiii 1 281 1 pp. Illus. index. Black gilt-stamped cloth dust-jacket. Near fine. ISBN: 0521351685 Hardcover issue. Part B of Planetary Astronomy from the Renaissance to the Rise of Astrophysics continues the history of celestial mechanics and observational discovery through the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It provides a synoptic view of the main developments and furnishes details about the lives ideas and interactions of the various astronomers involved. Twelve different authors have contributed their expertise to this book that begins with the reception of Newton's inverse-square law. In the remainder a large place is given to the development of the mathematical theory of celestial mechanics from Clairaut and Euler to LeVerrier Newcomb Hill and Poincare. This emphasis is balanced by other chapters on observational discoveries and the rapprochement of observation and theory for instance the discovery of Uranus and the asteroids use of Venus transits to refine solar parallax introduction of the method of least squares and the development of planetary and satellite ephemerides. Lists of "Further Reading" provide entry to the literature of the several topics. This book will be of great interest to historians of science and astronomers." TABLE OF CONTENTS: Part V. Early Phases in the Reception of Newton's Theory: 14. The vortex theory in competition with Newtonian celestial dynamics Eric J. Aiton / 15. The shape of the Earth Seymour L. Chapin / 16. Clairaut and the motion of the lunar apse: The inverse-square law undergoes a test Craig B. Waff / 17. The precession of the equinoxes from Newton to d'Alembert and Euler Curtis Wilson / 18. The solar tables of Lacaille and the lunar tables of Mayer Eric G. Forbes and Curtis Wilson / 19. Predicting the mid-eighteenth-century return of Halley's Comet Craig B. Waff. Part VI. Celestial Mechanics During the Eighteenth Century: 20. The problem of perturbation analytically treated: Euler Clairaut d'Alembert Curtis Wilson / 21. The work of Lagrange in celestial mechanics Curtis Wilson / 22. Laplace Bruno Morando. Part VII. Observational Astronomy and the Application of Theory in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Century: / 23. Measuring solar parallax: The Venus transits of 1761 and 1769 and their nineteenth–century sequels Albert Van Helden / 24. The discovery of Uranus the Titius-Bode and the asteroids Michael Hoskin / 25. Eighteenth–and nineteenth century developments in the theory and practice of orbit determination Brian G. Marsden / 26. The introduction of statistical reasoning into astronomy: from Newton to Poincare Oscar Sheynin / 27. Astronomy and the theory of errors: from the method of averages to the method of least squares F. Schmeidler. Part VIII. The Development of Theory During the Nineteenth Century: / 28. The golden age of celestial mechanics Bruno Morando. Part IX. The Application of Celestial Mechanics to the Solar System to the End of the Nineteenth Century: / 29. Three centuries of lunar and planetary ephemerides and tables Bruno Morando / 30. Satellite ephemerides to 1900 Yoshihide Kozai. Cambridge University Press, 1995. hardcover books
1742Best.-Nr. SS13441London:: Printed for John and Paul Knapton. . . 1742-53. 1742. 5 volumes. 8vo. Vol.1: 4 x 11-456 16; Vol.2: 2 407 15 10; Vol.3: 2 422 16; Vol.4: 2 410 14 11-26; Vol.5: 2 426 14 pp. The first 10 pages of the "Addenda" are bound at the end of vol.2 pp.11-26 are bound at the end of vol.4. 44 of 45 engraved plates mostly folding I: 17; II: 6; III: 6; IV: 6; V: 9 of 10 plates pl. 10 supplied in facs. see p. 422 TOTAL: 44 2 folding tables vol. I tables some folding addenda indexes; 2nd wasp plate vol. V with small scrape effecting some of the image. Original speckled calf; rebacked and with later endleaves vols. I III & V with joints gently mended with kozo. PROVENANCE: Bookplates of Henry and Carol Faul mounted on top of the following engraved bookplate for the American Academy of Arts & Sciences: "Sub libertate Florent" dated 1780 "The Gift of . . ." -- also with their gilt-stamp applied to the foot of the later spines "American Academy"; Rubber stamps discarded of the Linda Hall Library Kansas City MO. Very good. HENRY FAUL'S COPY -- WORKED FOR ENRICO FERMI & BIKINI ATOLL TEST. A collection of early scientific papers from leading figures all belonging to the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris the French equivalent to the Royal Society of London. The abridged papers all appeared between 1699 and 1720 and include diverse topics such as anatomy apiculture astronomy incl. Moon chemistry electricity entomology gases geography geology herpetology invertebrates magnetism medicine meteorology mineralogy monsters music mollusks natural history optics physics scientific instruments including the barometer microscope zoology and more. / AMONG THE NUMEROUS CONTRIBUTORS OR NOTABLES MENTIONED: Agricola Amontons Baert Juan de Barros Bernoulli Bignon Borelli Bouvet Robert Boyle Carre Cassini Chazelles Chevalier Coronelli Dampier Descartes Dodart Fermat Fontenay Fontenelle Galileo Gandolphe Gassendi Gesner Gouye Halley Van Helmont de la Hire du Hamel Huygens Jeaugeon Kepler Kircher Leibnitz Lemery Leuwenhoek Malpighi de Marca Mariotte Mollard Gregory Nazianzen Isaac Newton de Nointel Ortelius Parent Picard Renau Riccioli Sanctorius Strabo Tournefort Varignon etc. PROVENANCE: 1 American Academy of Arts & Sciences bookplate: The Academy seal features Minerva the goddess of wisdom science and trade and the arts. Her temple on the Aventine Hill was a meeting place for skilled craftsman writers and actors. She is also depicted as a warrior a symbol appropriate for an organization created in the midst of the American Revolution. Around Minerva are representations of the new country—on her right a field of Indian corn a stand of oaks and the outline of a town; at her feet a hoe a plow and a sickle; on her left a quadrant and a telescope a ship heading for shore and the sun completely risen above the cloud. Over the whole is the motto SUB LIBERTATE FLORENT which suggests that arts and sciences flourish best in. -- 2 Rubber stamps discarded of the Linda Hall Library Kansas City MO. -- 3 Henry and Carol Faul. Henry Faul was a geologist working on Enrico Fermi's team at the University of Chicago. He was responsible for prospecting uranium ore in Colorado and Utah. He also travelled to Manhattan Project sites at Los Alamos and in Washington DC. Following the war Faul continued to work on nuclear projects and participated in the Bikini Atoll test. He received his M.S. from the University of Chicago during the war and went on to get his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ESTC T131275. Printed for John and Paul Knapton. . . , 1742-53. unknown books
1989Best.-Nr. 31038New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. First Edition. Hardcover. nice clean copy basically as-new but with the faintest bit of foxing to the top of the text block; the jacket is flawless but for a tiny wrinkle at the top edge of the rear panel. B&W photographs One of the best actress biographies you're ever likely to read the engrossing life story of a woman who somehow through a combination of chance fortuitious connections and her own force of character managed to become one of the enduring icons of cinema history despite a truncated and largely negligible film career. "What's all this talk about Louise Brooks" director George Cukor once famously ranted. "She was nobody! She was a nothing in films!" Well yes and no. The famous exception to a string of mostly minor roles in mostly obscure and largely-forgotten films was of course her luminous performance as "Lulu" in G.W. Pabst's "Pandora's Box" -- which in the long run proved to be her ticket to immortality. The story of the more than fifty years that passed between that film and her death however is a harrowing chronicle of alcoholism promiscuity near-povertyrage religion and rejection ending in her ultimate self-resurrection as a writer. A wonderful book. NOTE that additional postage charges will be assessed for international shipping of this moderately heavy book; if this concerns you please contact us for a shipping quote before placing your order. . 1989. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1929Best.-Nr. 5848Great Neck 1929. unbound. Typed letter signed in full commenting on a watch she received from and an advertisement by the Helbros Watch Company. 1 page on personal stationery measuring 7" x 10.5" in part: ".I understand that you conceived and executed.this advertisement. It has been done extremely well and you are to be complimented on your work." Kenwood Great Neck NY November 9 1929. Very good condition. Aviator with Curtiss Flying Services. unknown books
1990Best.-Nr. 51186Atlanta Ga: SOLINET Preservation Program 1990. 8vo pamphlet pp. vii 1 24; staplebound blue and white printed wrappers fine prospectus laid in. In cloth clamshell box. SOLINET Preservation Program unknown books
1869Best.-Nr. 13859London: Longmans et. al. 1869. 3 volumes royal 8vo; 1 folding facsimile in color illustrations in margins throughout; ex-library copy with usual markings some pages slightly browned three hinges cracked extremities and spines rubbed cracks at tops of spines covers slightly spotted and scuffed else a good sound copy in contemporary quarter brown morocco over black paper-covered boards or blue cloth. Two works on English history by Matthew Paris both published from Paris' original manuscripts. The Historia Anglorum was written in 1250 compiled by Paris from his greater work a world history but including additional information. The history begins with William the Conqueror and concludes in 1253 during the reign of Henry III. The Abbreviato Chronicorum Angliae begins with the marriage of Ethelred in 1002 ending in 1252 with a continuation in another monk's hand to 1255. This history is an abridged version of the Historia Anglorum but with alterations and insertions containing new matter or giving the opinion of the author. In Latin. Longmans, [et. al.] unknown books
1912Best.-Nr. 191519Paris: Imp. G. Petit 1912. Softcover. Good DJ shows foxing mild soiling and some tears but is fully intact; good internally; hinge is broken; some spotting and foxing spots to the exposed page edges. These are old publisher's stock meaning they were never sold or read. Most pages are unopened and top and bottom text block edges are untrimmed. Off-white wraps with embossed and colored coat-of-arms on front cover; 176 pp 92 unnumbered plates. Documents the items from the collection up for sale. Auction catalog. Place of sale: Paris ; date of sale: May 31-June 1 1912. Text is in French and every page has a tidy elegant red border. This included works by many top-tier European artists. A large-format paperback catalogue. The size and design of this important catalogue make it an excellent conversation piece or centerpiece for a table or bookshelf. 14x11x2.5 inches. Imp. G. Petit paperback books
1973Best.-Nr. 9923np: Self-published 1973. First Edition. Staplebound. Very Good in Wraps. First Edition. Staplebound. Taken from a series of lectures by Edith 'Edie' Custer 1923-2000 astrologer and author and for over twenty years edited and published the newsletter Mercury Hour 1974-1985. The newsletter consisted mainly of running correspondance between astrologers on a variety of topics. Because of its back and forth dialogue many credit her with inventing astrological networking. Original staplebound wraps with minor foxing/wear to edges otherwise bright and clean. 8vo. 46 pp. Illus. Includes laid in correspondence. Signed and inscribed by the author. Self-published unknown books
1930Best.-Nr. 6159Paris: Harrison of Paris 1930. First Edition Thus/Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Near Fine Slipcase. First Edition Thus/Limited Edition. Hardcover. Designed by Monroe Wheeler and printed by Decros & Colas. The first volume printed by Harrison of Paris. Tight bright and unmarred. Slipcase shows very minor shelf/edge wear else tight and clean. Quarterbound black paper spine silver gilted paper boards black ink lettering teg; slipcase in black paper with silver paper label. 8vo. 71pp. Numbered limited edition this being 228 of 475. Harrison of Paris hardcover books
1958Best.-Nr. 140949964Woodside NY: U.S. Music Inc 1958. First and only edition. Signed sheet music for an original novelty song co-written by chronicler of the paranormal Paris Flammonde inscribed on the verso to his boss New York radio host Long John Nebel. Nebel was a predecessor of Art Bell Alex Jones and George Noory who became heavily involved in the Flying Saucer Craze era of UFOlogy frequently having guests on his show whose outrageous claims amused and intrigued listeners. This song gently spoofs the conventions of the era: little green men Greenwich Village Beatnik lingo and mysterious alien seductresses. Appears to be one of very few copies ever produced; photostat of a handwritten manuscript with Flammonde's annotations in blue ink. Single sheet measuring 22x28" folded vertically down the middle no printing on verso but Flammonde's inscription in ink. Rare as a non-blurry photo of a UFO with absolute zero copies found in OCLC none at auction or in the trade. U.S. Music, Inc unknown books
1995Best.-Nr. 339270Paris: Musee d'Art modern de la Ville de Paris 1995. paperback. near fine. Louise Bourgeois. 240 pages with text in French. well-illustrated throughout some in color. 4to stiff pictorial wrappers; corners just a bit bumped but pages are uneffected. Paris: Musee d'Art modern de la Ville de Paris 1995. A near fine copy. Musee d'Art modern de la Ville de Paris unknown books
Best.-Nr. 4694Rare Photography Broadside for a Parisian photography studio operated by Allophones Lionel who was active in the 1860s according to Getty Images. Lionel advertises a guarantee that no photographer had offered: a proof - "epreuve" - of the image before the photograph is printed and if the client does not like the image the photographer will take a second photograph and offer a second proof for no additional charge. A caricature of the famed French photographer Nadar appears to sit on a camera in the broadside's highly decorative design. The sheet measures 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches and is normally aged with slight chip in upper left corner else very good condition. Photographs of individuals in the carte-de-vi site style established in the 1850's became more popular in the 1860's with many photographers competing for clients. This richly designed broadside must have appealed to new customers. We have not found another example of this broadside. "Photography Universal Du XIX Cecile" Paris ca 1860s. unknown books
