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1926rif. DISPLAY5RM999Various 1926-1977. Pamphlet. Very Good. Prompt shipment with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes Offprint. First separate edition. Offprints. Original wrappers. All from the collection of Cornell Artificial insemination researcher Robert H. Foote. Various paginations. List available on request. Includes: Guttmacher's Artificial Insemination Techniques; Master's with Lampe: Problems of Male Fertility II. Effect of Frequent Ejaculation ; Hanson and Rock's Artificial Insemination with Husband's Sperm; Ketchel and Pincus' In Vitro Exposure of Rabbit Ova to Estrogenl ; and many by M.C. Chang. All in very good condition. Most with Foote's stamp. A group of rare offprints. History of Science. Medicine. Various unknown
rif. 4368Taschen Books 2015. Limited Numbered Art Edition "B. Cloth. New. Still in the original shrinkwrap! A scarce copy of this Bowie publication this is the beautiful Limited Numbered Art Edition "B" of only 100 copies numbered 101-200 this book is numbered 110 that features an extra print 'UK Summer Tour 1973' with an original signature by photographer Mick Rock the extra print is included only in the Art Editions. THE BOOK: The set features a teal cloth hardcover volume with 3 foldouts in a clamshell box lenticular cover 31.5 x 44 cm 12.4 x 17.3 in. 310 pages. Both David Bowie and Mick Rock have signed on the limitation page which features the number of this edition. We know the number because it is printed on a label on the outside of the unopened box. The front cover features a brilliant colorful hologram which shows several views of Bowie depending on the angle you view it. Our accompanying images capture some of those views. THE PRINT: Enclosed in its own separate teal cloth cover this striking image is a pigment print 27.7 x 40 cm on 32 x 45 cm paper 10.9 x 15.7 in. on 12.6 x 17.7 in. paper and is signed by Mick Rock in black felt pen. THE CONTENT: This limited Art Edition brings together the best of Rock s Bowie portfolio with spectacular stage shots as well as intimate backstage portraits. Pictures for press album jackets and stills from promo movies sit alongside around 50 percent previously unseen images offering unprecedented access to the many facets of Bowie s personality and his fame. Through the aloof and approachable the playful and serious the candid and contrived this tribute bursts with the daring and energy of its unique and flamboyant star who defined and defied a generation. Genesis Publications Also issued in an Art Edition "A" numbers 1-100 with a different but no less brilliant signed print and a Collector's edition numbered 201-1972. A beautiful and scarce set. No discounts. Taschen Books unknown
1927rif. DISPLAY5RM888Various 1927-1978. Pamphlet. very good clean pages. 6x4x0. Prompt shipment with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes Offprint. First separate edition. Offprints. Original wrappers. From the collection of "Robert H. Foote the Cornell University researcher who pioneered the study of DNA synthesis in the testes in vitro fertilization and other aspects of reproduction." Los Angeles Times Obituary. Most contain his stamp of ownership. One has minor highlighting and another minor damp-staining overall in very good condition. Included are: Slechta Chang and Pincus: Effects of Progesterone and Related Compounds on Mating and Pregnancy in the Rat. 1954; E. B. Harvey R. Yanagimachi and M. C. Chang: Onset of Estrus and Ovulation in the Golden Hamster 1961; E. B. Harvey and M.C. Chang: Effects of Radiocobalt Irradiation of Pregnant Hamsters on the Development of Embryos 1962; J. M. Bedford and M.C. Chang: Fertilization of Rabbit Ova in Vitro 1962; E. B. Harvey and M.C. Chang: Effects of X-irradiation of Ovarian Ova on the Morphology of Fertilized Ova and Development of Embryos 1963; Elmer B. Harvey and M. C. Chang: Effects of Single and Fractionated X-irradiation of Ovarian Ova on Embryonic Development of the Hamster 1964; Effects of Single and Fractionated Irradiation on the Emrbyonic Development of Hamsters 1964; and 11 others with Chang list available; John Rock and others: Arthur T. Hertig John Rock and Eleanor C. Adams: A Description of 34 human ova within the first 17 days of development 1956; William J. Mulligan Herbert W. Horne Jr. and John Rock: Cyclic Oral Therapy of Menstrual Disorders 1952; Oral Terramycin Therapy of Chronic Endocervicitis in Infertile Women 1952; John Rock and Arthur T. Hertig: The Human Conceptus During the First Two Weeks of Gestation 1948; Hertig and Rock: A Series of Potentially Abortive Ova Recovered from Fertile Women Prior to the First Missed Menstrual Period 1949; John Rock and Derek Robinson: Effect of Induced Intrascrotal Hyperthermia on Testicular Function in Man 1965; Gregory Pincus and Barbara Saunders: The Comparative Behavior of Mammalian Eggs in Vivo and In Vitro VI. The Maturation of Human Ovarian Ova 1939 Some highlighting; Gregory Pincus: The transplantation of mouse ovaries into the rat 1931; Pincus: Spontaneous Mutation in the House Mouse 1929; Pincus: A Modifier of Piebald Spotting in Mice 1931; W. J. Crozier and G. Pincus: Analysis of the Geotropic Orientation of Young Rats VIII 1933; Pincus: A Comparative study of the chromosomes of the Norway rat Rattus novegicus Erxl. and the black rat Rattus rattus L. Some dampstaining to spine margin front cover 1927; Hudson Hoagland with Gregory Pincus: Revival of Mammalian Sperm after Immersion in Liquid Nitrogen 1941; B. Ahluwalia G. Pincus and R.T. Holman: Essential Fatty Acid Deficiency and Its Effects upon Reproductive Organs of Male Rabbits 1967. Reproduction. Oral contraceptive. Various unknown
rif. 63768Guildford: Genesis Publications 2003. Rock and Pop SIGNED DELUXE EDITION. Folio. Number 256 of 350 deluxe copies SIGNED by Lou Reed and Mick Rock on the title page. The total edition was 2000 but Reed died before he could sign the 1650 non-deluxe copies which consequently only bear his facsimile signature alongside Rock's signature. Illustrated in colour and in black and white throughout. Original sheep spine lettered in gilt cover design after the original album art pictorial endpapers gilt edges. Also enclosed is a vinyl with the tracks "Walk on the Wild Side" and "Coney Island Baby" and a print signed by Mick Rock in a black envelope. Housed in the original black cloth folding box within the cardboard box as issued. A fine as new copy still in the original card mailer. Lou Reed's 1972 album Transformer established his reputation as a solo artist with Mick Rock providing the photograph used as the cover art. Rock continued to photograph Reed throughout the 1970s and the present book gathers these photographs alongside commentary and recollections by Reed and Rock. Guildford: Genesis Publications, 2003 unknown
2013rif. 195078Guildford: Genesis Publications 2013. Signed by Lou Reed & Mick Rock First edition signed limited edition number 339 of 350 deluxe copies signed by Lou Reed and Mick Rock on the title page. The total edition was 2000 but Reed died before he could sign the 1650 non-deluxe copies which consequently only bear his facsimile signature alongside Rock's signature. Lou Reed's 1972 album Transformer established his reputation as a solo artist with Mick Rock providing the photograph used for the iconic album cover. Rock continued to photograph Reed throughout the 1970s and this publication presents these photographs alongside commentary and recollections by Reed and Rock. Folio. Photographic illustrations throughout. Original black sheep spine lettered in gilt gilt foiling and leather inlay to cover after the Transformer album art pictorial endpapers all edges gilt. With a 7 inch picture disc vinyl with "Walk on the Wild Side" and "Coney Island Baby" and artist's print signed by Rock in black envelope. Housed in the original black cloth solander box with photographic labels to front cover. A fine copy in original publisher's cardboard packing box. hardcover
rif. 160485Guildford: Genesis Publications 2013. Signed by Lou Reed & Mick Rock First edition signed limited edition number 150 of 350 deluxe copies signed by Lou Reed and Mick Rock on the title page. The total edition was 2000 but Reed died before he could sign the 1650 non-deluxe copies which consequently only bear his facsimile signature alongside Rock's signature. Lou Reed's 1972 album Transformer established his reputation as a solo artist with Mick Rock providing the photograph used as the cover art. Rock continued to photograph Reed throughout the 1970s and the present book gathers these photographs alongside commentary and recollections by Reed and Rock. Folio. Illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. Original sheep spine lettered in gilt cover design after the original album art pictorial endpapers gilt edges. Also enclosed is a 7 inch vinyl with the tracks "Walk on the Wild Side" and "Coney Island Baby" and a print signed by Mick Rock in a black envelope. Housed in the original black cloth folding box with illustration to front cover. A fine copy. hardcover
rif. 28408Magnifique photographie originale argentique, en noir et blanc, de Frank Sinatra au format 26 x 21 cm. La photographie fut offerte à une fan de l'artiste et expédiée sous enveloppe d'origine, portant le tampon : Sinatra Enterprise. 4000 Warner Blvd / Burbank, California, avec cachet postal en date du 12 février 1970. Photographie enrichie d'une très belle dédicace originale autographe, au feutre bleu, de Frank Sinatra. Rarissime exemplaire en superbe état général.
rif. 156743Cologne: Taschen 2015. First edition first impression signed limited issue one of 1972 copies signed by both Bowie and Rock. This collection features many iconic images by Bowie's official photographer and videographer from the year Bowie launched his album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. The limitation number was created specifically to match the date of the album's release in 1972. Folio. Photographs and illustrations throughout. Original blue paper boards titles to spine white hologram of several pictures of David Bowie to front board. Housed in a blue clam shell box. With the original pink cardboard packing box and the unopened shrink wrap. An excellent copy the shrink wrap a little torn but still unopened. hardcover
rif. 140949360Guildford UK: Genesis Publications 2013. First edition. First edition trade issue. Signed by Lou Reed and Mick Rock on title page; copy #453 of 2000 total. One of the few early copies in the non-deluxe issue comprising copies numbered 351-2000 and not having a laid-in print to get Reed's signature before he passed away. Unpaginated. Folio. Bound in publisher's black leather with gilt white green and red stamping; vinyl picture disc laid in pocket at rear. Fine with just a hint of rubbing to gilt Near Mint album in a Fine slipcase housed in publisher's cardboard mailing box. Complete as issued. The heyday of the former Velvet Underground frontman's solo period in photographs. Showcases several of Lou's album covers beginning with Transformer one of the most iconic images of modern music. The book also features unseen outtakes studio sessions spontaneous shots and friends including Andy Warhol Mick Jagger Iggy Pop and David Bowie. Genesis Publications unknown
rif. 140949360Guildford UK: Genesis Publications 2013. First edition. First edition trade issue. Signed by Lou Reed and Mick Rock on title page; copy #453 of 2000 total. One of the few early copies in the non-deluxe issue comprising copies numbered 351-2000 and not having a laid-in print to get Reed's signature before he passed away. Unpaginated. Folio. Bound in publisher's black leather with gilt white green and red stamping; vinyl picture disc laid in pocket at rear. Fine with just a hint of rubbing to gilt Near Mint album in a Fine slipcase housed in publisher's cardboard mailing box. Complete as issued. The heyday of the former Velvet Underground frontman's solo period in photographs. Showcases several of Lou's album covers beginning with Transformer one of the most iconic images of modern music. The book also features unseen outtakes studio sessions spontaneous shots and friends including Andy Warhol Mick Jagger Iggy Pop and David Bowie. Genesis Publications unknown books
rif. 106305Taschen. 2015. Collector's Edition folio No.1396 of 1972 copies signed by both David Bowie and Mick Rock pp.310 profusely illustrated with colour plates including 3 fold-outs original blue cloth boards with lenticular cover of David Bowie to front cover of book housed in clamshell box same colour as boards in the original pink box.Very heavy please inquire regarding postage. Collector’s Edition No. 201–1972. Signed by David Bowie and Mick Rock. "This book takes readers to the heart of Bowie’s inner circle and boundary-breaking superstardom during the groundbreaking Ziggy Stardust world tour. Showcasing the work of Mick Rock Bowie’s official photographer between 1972–1973 spectacular stage shots and intimate inner circle portraits celebrate Bowie’s musical theatrical and sexual revolution and the eternal inspiration of a fearless outstanding artist". Collector's Edition. Boards. Taschen hardcover
rif. 169603Guildford: Genesis Publications Limited 2002. Signed by David Bowie and Mick Rock First edition signed limited issue number 2176 of 2500 copies signed by David Bowie and Mick Rock. "Published to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the Ziggy Stardust LP's original release Moonage Daydream: The Life and Times of Ziggy Stardust is a collaboration between David Bowie and photographer Mick Rock and the first and ultimate authorised piece of Ziggy Stardust legend. David Bowie's sharp often humorous text discusses the origins of this fascinating stage persona comments on Mick Rock's photographs and overall gives unprecedented insight into Ziggy's stratospheric two-year career" publisher's online prospectus. Folio. Illustrated with photographs throughout. Original blue quarter morocco-grain roan lettering in silver and gilt to spine silver and gilt lightning motifs to pictorial boards photographic green and orange endpapers all edges silver. A fine copy. hardcover
2013rif. C101332Guildford: Genesis Publications 2013. First Edition. Hardback. Hardcover Hardcover. Fine. First Edition. Hardback. Large 4to. 39 by 29 cms. Circa 200 pages Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. Signed by Lou Reed and Mick Rock deluxe edition in full black leather binding numbered '57' out of 350 from the larger edition of 2000 comprising contact sheet album artwork and picture disc contained within its cloth-bound box and printed cardboard mailing box as issued. Also 8 page publicity booklet for the 'Transformer Series'. The total edition was 2000 but Reed died before he could sign all the 1650 non-deluxe copies he only did a few hundred the later copies not this only bear his facsimile signature alongside Rock's signature. Illustrated in colour and in black and white throughout. Original full black gilt and white illustrated leather covers spine lettered in gilt cover design after the original album art pictorial endpapers gilt edges. Also enclosed is a vinyl with the tracks ""Walk on the Wild Side"" and ""Coney Island Baby"" and a print signed by Mick Rock in a black envelope. Housed in the original black cloth folding illustrated solander box within the cardboard box as issued. A fine as new copy still in the original bespoke faintly used card mailin cardboard box. Lou Reed's 1972 album Transformer established his reputation as a solo artist with Mick Rock providing the photograph used as the cover art. Rock continued to photograph Reed throughout the 1970s and the present book gathers these photographs alongside commentary and recollections by Reed and Rock. Fine Genesis Publications hardcover
rif. awd-1157Important tirage photographique en couleurs monté dans un encadrement carré en bois, ajouré en cercle au centre. Très rare épreuve, peut-être tirée pour un essai de couleurs lors de la commercialisation d’une affiche en 1969. Mentions Mati Klarwein, Grain of Sand, Robert Crandall Assoc., 1968 sur le côté avec échelles chromatiques, petits manques de pigmentation dans la partie basse (111,5/117,2 cm dans un cadre de 122/122 cm).
2002rif. C103143Guildford: Genesis 2002. First Edition. Hardback. Hardcover Hardcover. Fine. First Edition. Hardback. Large 4to. 37 cms by 27. pp 346. 600 images. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. Signed limited issue number 563 of 2500 copies signed by David Bowie and Mick Rock. ""Published to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the Ziggy Stardust LP's original release Moonage Daydream: The Life and Times of Ziggy Stardust is a collaboration between David Bowie and photographer Mick Rock and the first and ultimate authorised piece of Ziggy Stardust legend. David Bowie's sharp often humorous text discusses the origins of this fascinating stage persona comments on Mick Rock's photographs and overall gives unprecedented insight into Ziggy's stratospheric two-year career"" publisher's online prospectus. Illustrated with photographs throughout. Original sea blue quarter morocco-grain roan lettering in silver and gilt to spine silver and gilt lightning motifs to pictorial boards all edges silver photographic green and orange endpapers. Black-and-white patterned slipcase /box with circular blue leather label with title in gilt. Loosely inserted colour prospectus and tight sign note from Tessa Hodgson at Genesis about the the book and original receipt. In original mailing box. Fine. Genesis hardcover
1971rif. 2501170096ybvkNo publisher's imprint; probably early 1971, as the album was released on April 23 1971 on the recently founded label 'Rolling Stones Records'. 2 parts* of 4-layer-pressed cardboard (the outer layers stronger than the inner ones, 3 mm in total), backed with fold-out stands (the lower one twice-folded for higher stability) of slightly softer 'single-wall' cardboard (2 thin layers with wave-shaped filling, also ca. 3 mm). - Upper part (from the upper 40% of the record-cover up to Mick's head): 87 x 41,5 cm (43+ x 16+ inches, widest at elbows) / Lower part (from the lower 60% of the record-cover down to Mick's feet [with plaster on the 2nd toe of his left foot]): 89 x 43,5 cm (35 x 17x inches, widest at feet); Total height: 176 cm (69+ inches).
1965rif. 107638BB(London, 1965). 4° (25 x 20 cm.). 24 S., [6] Bl. mit zahlr. farb. Abb. und Karten. Farbig illustr. Orig.-Broschur.
18688vo., First Edition, with engraved frontispiece, 4 engraved plates and 6 illustrations in the text; attractively bound in tan half calf BY LARKINS, marbled boards, back with raised bands ruled in gilt, second and third compartments with dark brown leather labels lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments elaborately tooled with floral spray in gilt, gilt top, marbled endpapers, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy. CLINTON THOMAS DENT'S COPY WITH HIS FINE ENGRAVED PICTORIAL BOOKPLATE ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN. The binding is signed on front free endpaper verso. With the trade ticket of Matthews & Brooke of Bradford and Leeds on front paste-down. Bonney was President of the Alpine Club from 1881 to 1883; Dent from 1887 to 1889. Dent made the first ascent of the Dru (1978) and visited the Caucasus several times during the last decades of the century. He was instrumental in founding the Association of British Members of the Swiss Alpine Club and became its first President in 1879; an obituary and memoir was published when the Association opened the first British hut on the Allalinhorn in 1912. A UNIQUE AND SPLENDID COPY LINKING TWO PRESIDENTS OF THE ALPINE CLUB AND WITH OUTSTANDING BRITISH AND ALPINE MOUNTAINEERING PROVENANCE. Neate *98.
rif. 1032731970-73 Paris novembre 1970-printemps 1973, collection complète.Fascicules 425x290mm environ, 24p., en feuilles, impression en partie en couleurs, couvertures illustrées. Quelques défauts et jaunissements.
1916Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Two Men's Madness - six lives and a fine ship, the Frank N. Thayer, are lost through the unaccountable frenzy of two Indians; In Wildest Ireland - A.W. Cutler describes and photographs "unspoilt" regions of the Emerald Isle - with many fascinating photos; The Guardian of the Line - the ordeal undergone by a humble railway-crossing keeper's wife in Lithuania on the Russian Front; In Search of the Unknown Land - The tragic story of the Stefansson Arctic Exploration Expedition, twelve-page article including many photos; The Tales of Golab Khan - some amusing stories of Indian life; The Airman's Escape - two British aviators raid a Bulgarian town, then one is shot down and must be rescued by his companion; From Job To Job Around the World - part VI - Two American wanderers make there way through the Holy Land to Constantinople - with photos; The Trouble at Crib No. 2 - a tug-boat fireman recounts an exciting story of a winter rescue on the Great Lakes; Australia's Water Miracle - article and photos describe how the Government of New South Wales has created a miracle of irrigation; The Story of Count Seilern - A Tragedy of the Hapsburgs; Alpine Acrobats - A vivid account, illustrated by some very remarkable photographs, of the first ascent of the needle-like "Cigar Rock" in the Italian Alps; Lovely one-page illustrated ad by Canada Steamship Lines promotes their Niagara to the Sea all-water route; and more. pp. 4 [ads], [3], 290-385, 7-32 [ads]. Unmarked with moderate wear. Soiling to back cover. Covers beginning to loosen, otherwise a sound vintage copy of this exceptional issue.. Book
rif. 5510Chicago: Cameron Amberg & Co. Printers ca. 1880. Illustrated chromolithographic broadside with map 21.25” x 13.125” plus margins inset map measuring 4.5” x 5.875” illus. measuring 3.25” x 12.5”. CONDITION: Very good margin chipped at upper right corner a few minor stains. A rare and striking broadside issued by the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railway advertising the Rock Island through-express route and promoting the railroad’s numerous destinations connections and amenities. Featuring the eye-catching mix of typefaces and colors that characterized railroad advertising in this era this attractive broadside promotes the numerous midwestern stops and destinations accessible via the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific R’y. At this time two through-express trains for Kansas and Nebraska ran daily in connection with the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe and Union Pacific railroads. As noted here meals were served in palace dining cars for seventy-five cents each and 150 pounds of baggage were allowed on each full ticket and seventy-five pounds on each half ticket free. The line’s various destinations included Iowa City Council Bluffs Denver Salt Lake City and San Francisco as well as “all points in Kansas Nebraska Colorado Arizona New Mexico Utah Montana and California.” Showing the Rock Island R.R. in bold the inset map spans from Chicago and Lake Michigan in the east to Omaha and Council Bluffs in the west and reaches from St. Paul in the north to St. Louis and Kansas City in the south—with Lake Michigan lying in the upper-right corner. One axis of the line extends from Milwaukee and Racine Wisconsin to Leavenworth Kansas and another stretches from Chicago to Omaha. Various spurs connect to both. The lower section of the broadside features a marvelously detailed illustration of the interior of a palace dining car showing numerous fashionably dressed passengers seated and dining among African American waiters who are shown in the small kitchen and serving food. In the far-right end of the train men are depicted in drawing rooms—reading newspapers and smoking—and various railway operators and ticket-men appear at the ends of the car. Also included is a table of connections with various railroads that could be made in “Union depots.” Through-tickets via this route could be found on sale at all coupon offices in the U.S. and Canada. Those seeking additional information folders maps and times-tables are encouraged to contact any of the ten agents and managers of the Rock Island R.R. listed at the bottom who were based in New York Toronto Philadelphia Chicago etc. Established in 1847 as the Rock Island & LaSalle R.R. the company was reincorporated in 1851 as the Chicago & Rock Island R.R. Co.—its rails during this period reaching to Morris Illinois and later Ottawa. After acquiring the Mississippi & Missouri R.R. in 1866 the company was renamed Chicago Rock Island & Pacific R.R. Co. Expanding between 1873 and 1882 the company built more branch lines that reached into Iowa as well as Kansas City. In 1880 the firm was reorganized under the name Chicago Rock Island and Pacific R’y Co. and by 1883 extended nearly to the southern boundary of Kansas. After Congress granted passage across Indian Territory in 1887 the Rock Island R.R. began developing through Texas to Galveston as well as New Mexico Territory. During the 1920s the railroad enjoyed considerable success. In 1926 the company began constructing a freight line between Amarillo Texas and Liberal Kansas which was finished in 1929 and served to make accessible a country of rich grain. While the railroad industry continued fairly steadily through 1930 between 1931 and 1935 the Depression took a toll on the Rock Island R.R. and went into decline. The company ceased operation in 1980. OCLC records just one copy held at Yale. REFERENCES: “Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway Records” at Kansas Historical Society online. Chicago: Cameron, Amberg & Co., Printers, [ca. 1880] unknown
rif. 5510Chicago: Cameron Amberg & Co. Printers ca. 1880. Illustrated chromolithographic broadside with map 21.25” x 13.125” plus margins inset map measuring 4.5” x 5.875” illus. measuring 3.25” x 12.5”. CONDITION: Very good margin chipped at upper right corner a few minor stains. A rare and striking broadside issued by the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railway advertising the Rock Island through-express route and promoting the railroad’s numerous destinations connections and amenities. Featuring the eye-catching mix of typefaces and colors that characterized railroad advertising in this era this attractive broadside promotes the numerous midwestern stops and destinations accessible via the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific R’y. At this time two through-express trains for Kansas and Nebraska ran daily in connection with the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe and Union Pacific railroads. As noted here meals were served in palace dining cars for seventy-five cents each and 150 pounds of baggage were allowed on each full ticket and seventy-five pounds on each half ticket free. The line’s various destinations included Iowa City Council Bluffs Denver Salt Lake City and San Francisco as well as “all points in Kansas Nebraska Colorado Arizona New Mexico Utah Montana and California.” Showing the Rock Island R.R. in bold the inset map spans from Chicago and Lake Michigan in the east to Omaha and Council Bluffs in the west and reaches from St. Paul in the north to St. Louis and Kansas City in the south—with Lake Michigan lying in the upper-right corner. One axis of the line extends from Milwaukee and Racine Wisconsin to Leavenworth Kansas and another stretches from Chicago to Omaha. Various spurs connect to both. The lower section of the broadside features a marvelously detailed illustration of the interior of a palace dining car showing numerous fashionably dressed passengers seated and dining among African American waiters who are shown in the small kitchen and serving food. In the far-right end of the train men are depicted in drawing rooms—reading newspapers and smoking—and various railway operators and ticket-men appear at the ends of the car. Also included is a table of connections with various railroads that could be made in “Union depots.” Through-tickets via this route could be found on sale at all coupon offices in the U.S. and Canada. Those seeking additional information folders maps and times-tables are encouraged to contact any of the ten agents and managers of the Rock Island R.R. listed at the bottom who were based in New York Toronto Philadelphia Chicago etc. Established in 1847 as the Rock Island & LaSalle R.R. the company was reincorporated in 1851 as the Chicago & Rock Island R.R. Co.—its rails during this period reaching to Morris Illinois and later Ottawa. After acquiring the Mississippi & Missouri R.R. in 1866 the company was renamed Chicago Rock Island & Pacific R.R. Co. Expanding between 1873 and 1882 the company built more branch lines that reached into Iowa as well as Kansas City. In 1880 the firm was reorganized under the name Chicago Rock Island and Pacific R’y Co. and by 1883 extended nearly to the southern boundary of Kansas. After Congress granted passage across Indian Territory in 1887 the Rock Island R.R. began developing through Texas to Galveston as well as New Mexico Territory. During the 1920s the railroad enjoyed considerable success. In 1926 the company began constructing a freight line between Amarillo Texas and Liberal Kansas which was finished in 1929 and served to make accessible a country of rich grain. While the railroad industry continued fairly steadily through 1930 between 1931 and 1935 the Depression took a toll on the Rock Island R.R. and went into decline. The company ceased operation in 1980. OCLC records just one copy held at Yale. REFERENCES: “Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway Records” at Kansas Historical Society online. Chicago: Cameron, Amberg & Co., Printers, [ca. 1880] unknown books
rif. awd-749IX-99, carte postale manuscrite envoyée de New York : « I hope September works out. I’m working frantically, getting out the new C42 book and Sheelagh and I are going for a two weeks getaway road trip (to console us for losing France). I can’t wait to see the Mississipi from behind a steering wheel again. I wish you get emails. Where’s Theresa ? (Theresa Stern, pseudonyme utilisé par Richard Hell et Tom Verlaine en 1973 pour Wanna go out ?, un recueil de poésies). 9-VII-99, lettre tapuscrite signée (1 p.), abordant la traduction et la publication en France de ce livre en édition bilingue (titre français : On décolle ?, traduit par Michel Bulteau, Anna Polèrica Éditions, 1999) : « I hear you’ve agreed totranslate Theresa Stern’s ‘Wanna Go Out ?’ I’m happy to hear that. Incidentally, when Raymond Foye saw your POEMES among my books, he rhapsodized over your accomplishments, and an endorsement from Raymond is a meaningful thing… I also hear you asked about my novel so I’m sending it here. The French translation rights have been bought by Editions d’Olivier, though I don’t know yet who they have in mind to translate it. » (Voir L’Oeil du lézard, Éditions de l’Olivier, 1996.) 11-VIII-99 : « (…) Thanks for your note. It looks like ‘Wanna go out’ is definite. I do wish we could speech a few days (or even one !) talking about it, but I’ll try to organize the things I’d like to tell you about certain difficult lines. When are you planning to be working on the translation ? » 13-XI-99, après un passage à Paris : « (…) In fact Paris made me so happy it had an effect I’d never known before. The happiness was so strong and genuine that It even made me like New York more ! I’m not ridding or being ironic or sarcastic. I just felt so refreshed by my time in Paris that everything in life seems better for it. (…) I’m going to do a book by Ron Padgett in the CUZ series. It’s called ‘Poems I think I wrote.’ » I-00 : What the hell is with Anna Polèrica ? Do you think they have lost their minds ? I did get the ten more books but they will not communicate with me. I don’t understand it at all. I could help them get the book distributed in the U.S. but they refuse to reply to me. I miss Paris. It will be the big sadness of my life if I don’t live there. » 27-II-02, mail imprimé : « This file is the text of three poems I used in video ‘poemokes’ (poem karaokes). They’re compilations of images with a musical soundtrack (by me and my band The Dime Stars, which includes Thurston Moore and Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth) that have the words of these poems scrolling at the bottom of the screen as in a karaoke. If Michel has the time and the inclination to translate these, I’d like to screen these videos with Michel reading into a microphone his French translations. » 16-III-04, court mail imprimé : « My beautiful old friend Lizzie, who was more or less the model for Chrissa in ‘Go Now’- and a picture of whom lying in bed smoking a cigarette with her pants half off can be seen in ‘Hot and Cold’ - is dying of cancer. I’ll be staying at the Hotel I like, the Baudin, in Bastille. » 3-I-05, lettre tapuscrite (2 pp.) : « Here you have the galley proofs I just received from the publisher of my new novel, ‘Godlike’. I am fixing punctuation or changing a word or just making a pest of myself on about every other page of it still, but these proofs are a fair representation of the book. (…) I’m working pretty hard and that’s all I’m aware of. The political situation is horrendous of course and makes for a steady underlying anxiety, but it’s so bad that it’s at that point where resistance seems almost purposeless. We just wait it out. In the beginning I was marching and writing letters and contributing money to activist organizations, but not lately. » On joint un faire-part du mariage de Richard Hell avec Bevan, et une photo couleurs. Bon état.
rif. Z1-Y-025-00115Routledge. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library so some stamps and wear but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Routledge unknown
1969rif. 55917New York: Vantage Press 1969. First edition. Very good plus in a very good jacket. Garrulously inscribed first edition of this scarce self-published first-person account of life on the road with the Chicago Outlaws. Unassuming factory worker George "Rock Conte" Mitchell falls in with the notorious Chicago Outlaws seemingly out of nothing but curiosity: "I had never met or encountered anything which split my imagination as this group did." He published this account with Vantage Press at his own expense reporting credulously and forgivingly on the gang "many of the stunts they pulled off just didn't seem to make any sense . I had seen only one member smoke marijuana" some of whom were also seen and heard from in Danny Lyon's THE BIKERIDERS. Inscribing the book six years after publication Conte echoes the also presumably self-penned jacket copy in comparing his mission to that of John Howard Griffin in BLACK LIKE ME but OUTLAWS FOREVER brought no publicity to the divide between the straight world and that of the riders. Perhaps because HELL'S ANGELS had already claimed it all for Hunter S. Thompson several years before. OCLC locates just six scattered holdings. 8'' x 5.5''. Original black cloth boards silver stamped spine. In original unclipped $4.50 pictorial jacket. 8 pages of black-and-white photographs. 216 pages. Inscribed to front free endpaper: "To / Rob & Sue: / I feel like 'John / Howard Griffin' author of / 'Black Like Me'. There is / always another side to a story. / Sometimes one may pay a / dear price & suffer but one / should never give up. / I wish the two of you the best of everything and hope / your dearest dreams come true. / Sincerely Your friend / Always / Rock Conte / 5-24th-75." Jacket lightly toned with minor soil and few small chips. Faint toning to text block. Bit of pushing to spine tail. Overall sound and clean. Vantage Press unknown
