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réf. 41494The composer is depicted at approximately 60 years of age half-length wearing a wig a multi-buttoned olive green coat vest and white shirt; he holds a sheet of his manuscript music bearing the title "Canon triplex à 6 Voc . per J. S. Bach".BWV 1076 in his right hand. 762 x 610 mm 30" x 24"; overall size 940 x 788 mm 37" x 31". In an attractive gold frame. The Haussmann portrait exists in two versions one from 1746 held by the Altes Rathaus in Leipzig and the other from 1748 held by the Bach Archive in Leipzig. The Haussmann portrait is generally regarded as the most authentic likeness. unknown
réf. 41494The composer is depicted at approximately 60 years of age half-length wearing a wig a multi-buttoned olive green coat vest and white shirt; he holds a sheet of his manuscript music bearing the title "Canon triplex à 6 Voc . per J. S. Bach".BWV 1076 in his right hand. 762 x 610 mm 30" x 24"; overall size 940 x 788 mm 37" x 31". In an attractive gold frame. The Haussmann portrait exists in two versions one from 1746 held by the Altes Rathaus in Leipzig and the other from 1748 held by the Bach Archive in Leipzig. The Haussmann portrait is generally regarded as the most authentic likeness. unknown books
réf. 52427Berlin Schocken Verlag. Good. Good; Contents are tight and clean; Ex-Library; Hard Cover; IM Schocken Verlag; 1936; 0 Berlin, Schocken Verlag hardcover
réf. 9010961Short description: In Russian. Bauer, Alexander Avgustovich. Peasant farming. Moscow: Book Union, 1928: type. All-Russian Cooperative Publishing Union of Books Union. You are welcome to reach out to us for a detailed description of the copies currently available. Delivery of this book may take longer than usual including extended processing and pre-shipping time, no expedited shipping is available. Please advise us if you have a set date or a deadline to receive your order.SKU9010961
réf. 29892Printed and Sold by C Lonsdale late Birchall And Co. London no date given approximately 1845 New edition. Hardback. covers rubbed and scratched corners showing small piece of leather eroded at lower front joint old damp mark affecting cloth on front hinge and a small area on the front blanks front hinge cracked but attached between last blank and introduction a . oblong 36 x 26 cm. iii 239 pages printed signatures of Wesley and Horn at end of introduction original blindstamped calf five gilt bands red leather title label Printed and Sold by C Lonsdale (late Birchall And Co.) hardcover
réf. 1645Frankfurt: C.F. Peters Corporation. Softcover. Very good. A collection of nine musical scores for Bach's organ compositions belonging to Beat poet Philip Whalen all with his ownership signature and acquired during his time in Kyoto. All text is in German preliminary only as it's music. All are signed by Whalen at the lower edge of the front wrap and Volume VIII includes a pencil sketch on the front cover likely in his hand of a musical bar with notes. Whalen had a classical music training loved jazz and references to music often appear in his poems to say nothing on its surely profound influence on his cadences and lyricism. The scores are perfect bound landscape roughly 8.5 x 11 inches. Whalen has written their titles on each spine in his tidy and handsome calligraphy. Most very good but two volumes good only on account of some loss to their spines. A nice collection. C.F. Peters Corporation unknown
1917réf. B180901A reference study on the material civilization of the inhabitants of the United States from 1784 to 1861. We can only think of Fernand Braudel when reading this masterful work. For example doing the state of the USA in 1784 McMaster presents the functioning of the posts and further on transport. Volume VIII contains the story of the California Gold Rush. And of course step by step the constitution of the country from east to west. A first edition published around 1885 included six volumes. Ours brings together the first six volumes in a 1917 edition and volumes VII and VIII are in the original edition 1910 and 1914. From volume III a summary of the cards contained in the volumes follows the tables: t.III 2 cards t.IV 6 cards t.V 5 cards t.VI 3 cards t.VII 8 cards t.VIII 4 cards. Volume II has map. All maps color and folding. hardcover
2005réf. SBBIH-S7WVWNKUKB2AStudio Emka 2005. paperback. Good. Our good condition books are generally good for reading but not for gifting or collecting. They could have imperfections such as creasing fanning inscriptions margin notes yellowing staining on edge or cover or pages bumps scuffs etc etc sometimes multiple of these. It's a wide category that encompasses anything that isn't almost-new down to anything that is slightly better than poor. We would NOT recommend gifting Good books - these should be considered reading copies. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. Studio Emka paperback
1988réf. SBBIH-STPAUQ74HI6QSun Publishing CoUS 1988. paperback. Good. Our good condition books are generally good for reading but not for gifting or collecting. They could have imperfections such as creasing fanning inscriptions margin notes yellowing staining on edge or cover or pages bumps scuffs etc etc sometimes multiple of these. It's a wide category that encompasses anything that isn't almost-new down to anything that is slightly better than poor. We would NOT recommend gifting Good books - these should be considered reading copies. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. Sun Publishing Co,US paperback
1957réf. SBBIH-GLSJGNTQ66TSFisical_Book 1957. paperback. Good. Our good condition books are generally good for reading but not for gifting or collecting. They could have imperfections such as creasing fanning inscriptions margin notes yellowing staining on edge or cover or pages bumps scuffs etc etc sometimes multiple of these. It's a wide category that encompasses anything that isn't almost-new down to anything that is slightly better than poor. We would NOT recommend gifting Good books - these should be considered reading copies. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. Fisical_Book paperback
2000réf. SBBI-mon0000141649Wiener Urtext Edition Musikverl 2000. paperback. Good. Our good condition books are generally good for reading but not for gifting or collecting. They could have imperfections such as creasing fanning inscriptions margin notes yellowing staining on edge or cover or pages bumps scuffs etc etc sometimes multiple of these. It's a wide category that encompasses anything that isn't almost-new down to anything that is slightly better than poor. We would NOT recommend gifting Good books - these should be considered reading copies. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. Wiener Urtext Edition, Musikverl paperback
réf. 193976New York: MacMillan 1972. First Edition; Tenth Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good price clipped dust jacket. Owner name on FEP.; Signed by author on 2nd FEP.; Signed by Author. MacMillan hardcover
réf. 193977New York: MacMillan 1972. First Edition; Twentieth Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Good price clipped dust jacket. 1 inch open tear at spine heel and rear flap fold.; Personalized by author on 2nd FEP.; Signed by Author. MacMillan hardcover
1717réf. 059135Typis & Impensis Philippi Casimiri Mülleri Marbvrgi C/ Marburgi Atorvm 1717. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 17 Preliminary Leaves 998 100 Pages. Full Vellum 6 Bands Embossed Design And Border Rules On Covers Author And Short Title Lettered On Spine. Binding Tight Light Fraying To Fore Edges Of Front Blank Endpaper And Half-Title No Marks. Some Pages Aged Papers Used On Different Pages Vary In Quality. Exceptionally Well Preserved. We Could Not Locate An Auction Record In Last 120 Years. Typis & Impensis Philippi Casimiri Mülleri, Marbvrgi C/ Marburgi Atorvm hardcover
2001réf. CBS-9783540586081Sp Springer 2001. New. Sp Springer unknown
2001réf. CBS-9783540586081Sp Springer 2001. New. Sp Springer unknown
1998réf. 49195GOLDMANN WILHELM 11/1998. 1. softcover. Vollständige Taschenbuchausgabe! Mit Kommentar und Symptomregister von Ute York! Mit "Sonderleistung"-Aufkleber! GANZHEITLICH HEILEN GOLDMANN, WILHELM paperback
réf. Z1-C-049-01165General Books LLC. Used - Like New. Used - Like New. Book is new and unread but may have minor shelf wear. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. 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. General Books LLC unknown
réf. Z1-T-039-01734Viva Books Private Limited. 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. Viva Books Private Limited unknown
réf. 598867New York: Harper & Row 1974. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Slightly cocked spine else near fine in a very good dust jacket with small chips and fading on the spine. The Dedication Copy warmly Inscribed by the author to editor and author Charlotte Zolotow: "It always was your book and always will be. How lovely to have finally a page for your visage hovering above the typewriter. Bunny Oliver." From the library of Charlotte Zolotow editor and publisher at Harper’s celebrated children’s books department and acclaimed author of over 65 children’s books. She is credited for her contributions to the Children’s Liberation Movement which believed the rights and emotional concerns of children be recognized and treated as the equal of adults. Harper & Row hardcover
réf. 598867New York: Harper & Row 1974. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Slightly cocked spine else near fine in a very good dust jacket with small chips and fading on the spine. The Dedication Copy warmly Inscribed by the author to editor and author Charlotte Zolotow: "It always was your book and always will be. How lovely to have finally a page for your visage hovering above the typewriter. Bunny Oliver." From the library of Charlotte Zolotow editor and publisher at Harper’s celebrated children’s books department and acclaimed author of over 65 children’s books. She is credited for her contributions to the Children’s Liberation Movement which believed the rights and emotional concerns of children be recognized and treated as the equal of adults. Harper & Row hardcover books
réf. 50205Berlin: Ernst-Ludwig Bach No date. Loose leaf. good- to very good condition. Thirty-one original photographs by the photojournalist Ernst-Ludwig Bach housed in plain black cardboard box. Some of the original photographs in this collection were part of the exhibition "So hab ich das gesehen" That's how I saw it which opened on August 28 2010 at the Gut Geisendorf a prominent cultural center near Cottbus East Germany. Gut Weisendorf was supported by the Swedish power company Vattenfall. The photographers participating in this exhibition were Peter-Heinz Junge Gerhard Kiesling Uli Kohls Peter Leske Erich Schutt Horst Sturem and Ernst-Ludwig Bach all members of the former group "Signum." The exhibition provided insight into half a century of German and international history documenting official cultural and sport events and most important and decisively the regular street life. Many of the photographs were shown in national and international exhibitions garnering numerous prizes. The general deinterest in photo-journalism as evidenced at the 1st Pressefotoschau Berlin 1963 and the III. Interpress in Warsaw had resulted in the founding of the group "Signum" in East Germany in March of 1965. The group was active from 1965 to 1969 and included twenty-one members nineteen photographers and two photo-editors. The goal of the group was to loosen the rigid way of selecting press photos in the GDR at that time in favor of lively realistic photojournalism. Our collection of thirty-one photographs by Ernst-Ludwig Bach is dated between 1977 and 1981 with one photo from 1973. Some photos with Ernst-Ludwig Bach stamp on verso some with handwritten name. All photographs contain a stamp on verso reading "Veröffentlicht in Nr._____Seite" Published in No._____Page which is filled out by hand on each of the photographs. The publication of these photographs as listed on the versos of each photo refer to the East German magazine "Wochenpost" as indicated by printed paper slips attached to some of the photographs. The Wochenpost was considered one of the most influential weeklies in East Germany. Founded in 1953 it reached circulation of 1.2 million copies by 1971 until it was bought by Gruner Jahr and Robert Maxwell after the reunification and re-launched. The circulation declined and ceased publication in 1996. The motifs captured in these photographs: 1973 One photograph 11 x 15 3/4" A group of young women conversing with a policeman in front of a fountain. 1977 Five photographs 11 3/4 x 11 1/2" to 15 1/2 x 11 3/4" to 11 1/4 x 15 1/2" Scientist in his office Biedermeier facade school class with teacher Chinese sculpture. 1978 Seven photographs 9 3/8 x 14 3/8" to 15 3/8 x 11 3/8" to 11 3/8 x 15 3/8" Two women launching a large balloon woman in front of a store shelf with porcelain holding a broken cup porcelain manufacturer production a herd of horses in motion led by a man in uniform scene in an old folk home a photomontage showing a book by Albrecht Thaer with his profile picture in front of an idyllic panorama at a lake a group of police men. 1979 Four photographs 9 1/8 x 11 3/8 to 11 7/8 x 11 3/8" to 11 7/8 x 14 3/4" Women with quintuplet in baby carriage a dance scene with various couples in everyday clothes young women in an orchestra in the street a luge scene. 1980 Nine photographs 9 x 11 7/8" to 14 5/8 x 10 5/8" to 11 5/8 x 15 5/8" Cafeteria scene a young family of four outdoors a woman in front of the house Friedrich Schiller lived in in 1785 an older man in front of a one family home a young couple on a park bench a flower bed possibly in a garden show or park three people in the street in front of a horse carriage a farm worker on his plow two men standing next to a truck in a field 1981 Five photographs 8 1/4 x 12" to 11 3/4 x 11" to 11 1/2 x 15 3/4" Field and houses at city limits of "Gunzen" recreation area with men carrying radio equipment group of parents and children on a playground group of men in a gravel pit pushing a wheelbarrow with two children in it woman handling a production switchboard. Twenty-three of the photographs in this collection contain editor's tape indicating the section to be published. Some photographs with wear along edges few with tears along corners and some creasing. Ernst-Ludwig Bach unknown
réf. 50205Berlin: Ernst-Ludwig Bach No date. Loose leaf. good- to very good condition. Thirty-one original photographs by the photojournalist Ernst-Ludwig Bach housed in plain black cardboard box. Some of the original photographs in this collection were part of the exhibition "So hab ich das gesehen" That's how I saw it which opened on August 28 2010 at the Gut Geisendorf a prominent cultural center near Cottbus East Germany. Gut Weisendorf was supported by the Swedish power company Vattenfall. The photographers participating in this exhibition were Peter-Heinz Junge Gerhard Kiesling Uli Kohls Peter Leske Erich Schutt Horst Sturem and Ernst-Ludwig Bach all members of the former group "Signum." The exhibition provided insight into half a century of German and international history documenting official cultural and sport events and most important and decisively the regular street life. Many of the photographs were shown in national and international exhibitions garnering numerous prizes. The general deinterest in photo-journalism as evidenced at the 1st Pressefotoschau Berlin 1963 and the III. Interpress in Warsaw had resulted in the founding of the group "Signum" in East Germany in March of 1965. The group was active from 1965 to 1969 and included twenty-one members nineteen photographers and two photo-editors. The goal of the group was to loosen the rigid way of selecting press photos in the GDR at that time in favor of lively realistic photojournalism. Our collection of thirty-one photographs by Ernst-Ludwig Bach is dated between 1977 and 1981 with one photo from 1973. Some photos with Ernst-Ludwig Bach stamp on verso some with handwritten name. All photographs contain a stamp on verso reading "Veröffentlicht in Nr._____Seite" Published in No._____Page which is filled out by hand on each of the photographs. The publication of these photographs as listed on the versos of each photo refer to the East German magazine "Wochenpost" as indicated by printed paper slips attached to some of the photographs. The Wochenpost was considered one of the most influential weeklies in East Germany. Founded in 1953 it reached circulation of 1.2 million copies by 1971 until it was bought by Gruner Jahr and Robert Maxwell after the reunification and re-launched. The circulation declined and ceased publication in 1996. The motifs captured in these photographs: 1973 One photograph 11 x 15 3/4" A group of young women conversing with a policeman in front of a fountain. 1977 Five photographs 11 3/4 x 11 1/2" to 15 1/2 x 11 3/4" to 11 1/4 x 15 1/2" Scientist in his office Biedermeier facade school class with teacher Chinese sculpture. 1978 Seven photographs 9 3/8 x 14 3/8" to 15 3/8 x 11 3/8" to 11 3/8 x 15 3/8" Two women launching a large balloon woman in front of a store shelf with porcelain holding a broken cup porcelain manufacturer production a herd of horses in motion led by a man in uniform scene in an old folk home a photomontage showing a book by Albrecht Thaer with his profile picture in front of an idyllic panorama at a lake a group of police men. 1979 Four photographs 9 1/8 x 11 3/8 to 11 7/8 x 11 3/8" to 11 7/8 x 14 3/4" Women with quintuplet in baby carriage a dance scene with various couples in everyday clothes young women in an orchestra in the street a luge scene. 1980 Nine photographs 9 x 11 7/8" to 14 5/8 x 10 5/8" to 11 5/8 x 15 5/8" Cafeteria scene a young family of four outdoors a woman in front of the house Friedrich Schiller lived in in 1785 an older man in front of a one family home a young couple on a park bench a flower bed possibly in a garden show or park three people in the street in front of a horse carriage a farm worker on his plow two men standing next to a truck in a field 1981 Five photographs 8 1/4 x 12" to 11 3/4 x 11" to 11 1/2 x 15 3/4" Field and houses at city limits of "Gunzen" recreation area with men carrying radio equipment group of parents and children on a playground group of men in a gravel pit pushing a wheelbarrow with two children in it woman handling a production switchboard. Twenty-three of the photographs in this collection contain editor's tape indicating the section to be published. Some photographs with wear along edges few with tears along corners and some creasing. Ernst-Ludwig Bach unknown books
1947réf. 2504110092J.W. Edwards Ann Arbor Mich 1947. Hardcover. Good. 46 volume set. 37 cm. Red cloth. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Library stamps and markings. 60 volumes bound in 46. Reprint of the Bach-Gesellschaft Leipzig series 1851-1899. One volume smaller than the rest. Contents:Bd. 1. Kirchenkantaten No. 1-10; Bd. 2. Kirchenkantaten No. 11-20; Bd. 3. Clavierwerke. Funfzehn Inventionen und funfzehn Symphonien ; Clavierubung ; Toccata fis moll ; Toccata c moll ; Fuga a moll; Bd. 4. Passionsmusik nach dem Evangelisten Matthaus; Bd. 5 pt. 1. Kirchenkantaten No. 21-30; Bd. 5 pt. 2. Weihnachts-Oratorium; Bd. 6. Messe H moll; Bd. 7. Kirchenkantaten No. 31-40; Bd. 8. Messen. F Dur ; A Dur ; G moll ; G Dur; Bd. 9. Kammermusik. Drei Sonaten für Clavier und Flote ; Suite fur Clavier und Violine ; Sechs Sonaten für Clavier und Violine ; Drei Sonaten fur Clavier und Viola da gamba ; Sonate für Flöte Violine und bezifferten Bass ; Sonate für zwei Violinen und bezifferten Bass; Bd. 10. Kirchenkantaten No. 41-50; Bd. 11. Magnificat D-Dur und vier Sanctus; Bd. 12. Passionsmusik nach dem Evangelisten Johannes; Bd. 13. Trauungs-Cantaten; Bd. 14. Das wohltemperirte Clavier. Erster Theil 1722 ; Zweiter Theil 1744; Bd. 15. Orgelwerke. Sechs Sonaten fur zwei Claviere und Pedal ; Sechs Praeludien und Fugen erste Folge ; Sechs Praeludien und Fugen zweite Folge ; Sechs Praeludien und Fugen dritte Folge ; Drei Toccaten ; Passacaglia; Bd. 16. Kirchenkantaten No. 61-70; Bd. 17. Kammermusik. Sieben Concerte fur Clavier mit Orchesterbegleitung ; Tripel-Concert fur Clavier Flöte und Violine mit Orchesterbegleitung; Bd. 18. Kirchenkantaten No. 71-80; Bd. 19. Kammermusik. Brandenburgische Konzerte; Bd. 20. Kirchenkantaten No. 81-90; Bd. 21. Concerte für Violine mit Orchesterbegleitung; Bd. 22. Kirchenkantaten No. 91-100; Bd. 23. Kirchenkantaten No. 101-110; Bd. 24. Kirchenkantaten No. 111-120; Bd. 25. Die Kunst der Fuge ; Orgel-Buchlein; Bd. 26. Kirchenkantaten No. 121-130; Bd. 27. Kammermusik. Solowerke für Violine ; Solowerke fur Violoncello; Bd. 28. Kirchenkantaten No. 131-140; Bd. 29. Kammermusik für Gesang; Bd. 30. Kirchenkantaten No. 141-150; Bd. 31. Orchesterwerke. Ouverturen ; Sinfonia in F Dur; Bd. 32. Kirchenkantaten No. 151-160; Bd. 33. Kirchenkantaten No. 161-170; Bd. 34. Kammermusik fur Gesang ; Bd. 35. Kirchenkantaten No. 171-180; Bd. 36. Clavierwerke. Suiten Toccaten Präludien Fugen Fantasien und andere Stucke; Bd. 37. Kirchenkantaten No. 181-190; Bd. 38. Orgelwerke; Bd. 39. Motetten Chorale und Lieder; Bd. 40. Orgelwerke; Bd. 41. Kirchenmusikwerke; Bd. 42. Clavierwerke; Bd. 43. Kammermusik; Bd. 44. Handschrift in zeitlich geordneten Nachbildungen; Bd. 45. Clavierwerke. Sechs grosse Suiten genannt Englische Suiten ; Sechs kleine Suiten genannt Franzosische Suiten; Bd. 46. Schlussband. Bericht und Verzeichnisse. This is an oversized or heavy book which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. J.W. Edwards, [Ann Arbor, Mich] hardcover
réf. 5346New York: The Macmillan Company 1970. 1970s edition later printing. Hardcover leatherette. No dust jacket as issued; includes matching slip-case. A signed slip-cased 1970s edition later printing with a hand written postcard from Richard Bach to recipient. A handsome slip-cased edition bound in blue leatherette with gilt embossing to the spine and gilt seagull to the front panel housed in the original silver slipcase. The book is Near Fine overall save for the spine which has split along the full length of front gutter with an additional split of approximately two inches at the back gutter near the foot; an extremely common flaw for this edition that does not affect the turning of pages or the structural integrity of the text block. Corners remain sharp the interior is exceptionally clean and there is no loss to the gilt embossing on the spine or front panel unusual for this edition to have next to no wear to the gilt embossing or interior wear. Very faint toning to pages also extremely common to these editions. The fragile silver slipcase shows light scuffing and minor discoloration typical of this edition. It remains solid sturdy and bright for its age and has clearly protected the book very well over time. Both the book and slipcase bear the matching number “50453” on the lower right corner of the back panels. Richard Bach’s signature spans two pages the front free endpaper and the half-title page and includes his familiar drawing decorative inscription filigrees and a bold unmistakable signature. Also included is the original postcard a photo of Richard Bach and his BD-5J with his box number at the time post stamped August 1977 addressed and written to the recipient of this signed edition bearing the same name as the book’s inscription and with a handwritten personal paragraph from Bach. This postcard will accompany the book. The postcard is also signed by Richard Bach. These slip-cased editions of Jonathan Livingston Seagull frequently bear Bach’s personal inscriptions which often serve as unique identifying markers that help distinguish one signed copy from another. 1970 edition later printing with “16” on the copyright page. These slip-cased signed editions have grown noticeably scarcer. Both “Jonathan Livingston Seagull” and “Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah” ranked among the best-selling books of the 1970s. Richard Bach’s lifelong passion for aviation permeates much of his writing informed by his experience in the U.S. Navy Reserve the New Jersey Air National Guard as a fighter pilot and later as a stunt pilot and barnstormer. “Jonathan Livingston Seagull” is an allegorical fable in the spirit of Aesop charting a seagull’s journey from ordinary existence toward spiritual enlightenment. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs by Russell Munson the book achieved remarkable success selling nearly one million copies largely through word-of-mouth recommendation. The Macmillan Company hardcover
