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2022réf. Adhya-9781119692201JOHN WILEY 2022. HB. New. JOHN WILEY hardcover
2022réf. Adhya-9781119692201JOHN WILEY 2022. HB. New. JOHN WILEY hardcover
1948réf. 178144Higganum Connecticut: 30 November 1948. I hope you won't reply to this" - a sinological circle rent asunder A window onto the collapse of the marriage of Edgar and Helen Snow the 20th century's most important bridges between China and the Western world. As shown in this terse exchange between two of their friends the split sowed distrust and trapped some of the leading lights of American sinology in a quagmire of pettiness. Enjoying privileged access to top Chinese political and social figures Edgar 1905-1972 and Helen Foster Snow 1907-1997 also known as Nym Wales and "Peg" shaped Western views of China and its people to an extent unmatched by any other journalist or academic. Edgar Snow's career was bookended by Red Star Over China 1927 the work that introduced Mao Zedong to the English-speaking world and the historic 1972 Nixon visit to Beijing for which he laid important groundwork in the 1960s. Helen Snow reporting and writing from China in the 1930s and 1940s opened American eyes to the country's deteriorating political and refugee situations earning two nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize. With Rewi Alley the Snows co-founded the Indusco "Gung Ho" co-operative movement to promote economic recovery and they are lionized in China today. Their 1932 marriage ended acrimoniously in the late 1940s following their permanent return to the US and divided their sinological circle. This letter written by the State Department China expert Lawrence Salisbury 1891-1976 was sent in reply to Helen Snow's close friend the medical missionary Ida Pruitt 1888-1985 at the New York headquarters of Indusco. There are no opening niceties. "Your letter just came. You and I must not talk about the Snows to each other. I have known them for fifteen years. Peg is a liar". There follows several paragraphs listing Helen Foster Snow's character faults "unreasonable" "unprincipled" and "willing to blacken people" and her attempts to take advantage of Edgar Snow. "On Ed's side I find no lies. I find that he has been hitched to a selfish self-seeking pathological woman who is set to destroy him financially and/or in reputation. When I told him that Peg was responsible for the arrival at my farm in early this month of two men to serve a writ to attach most unreasonably his car and his river property he would not at first believe me". A pencilled note in the margin states that "I can give many underlined other instances". Salisbury also accuses Helen of greed and money-grabbing and sneers at her "feminist theories" and her inability to produce commercially viable books. In the final third of the letter he flatly rejects Pruitt's suggestion that he intervene to soften Edgar Snow's mind ending with a word of advice: "I hate to see you waste your time and emotional strength in so undeserving a cause. I hope you won't reply to this." Provenance: by descent through the Pruitt family; recently in a private collection in Hong Kong. Single sheet 275 x 215 mm text one side only. With mailing envelope typed address "Miss Ida Pruitt Indusco Inc. 425 Fourth Avenue New York 16 N.Y.". Envelope split along 3 edges otherwise fine. unknown
1767réf. 177750Mexico: Puente del Espiritu Santo Cuidad de Mexico. Biblioteca Mexicana 1767. Hardcover. Good some staining to pages here and there has the appearance of being tender title-page with moderate foxing around the perimeter. The binding is contemporary and somewhat primitive adding to the charm of this copy. Paper covered boards 4" x 5 88" with applied cloth over spine and attaching to boards. Title-page followed by engraved frontis then 22 pp. of preliminaries then pp. 1-160. Inserted at p. 13 is an engraved sheet or errata dated 1768. Notes written in pencil on the ffep indicate that the frontis and engraved errata sheet present in this volume are excessively scarce and were unknown to Sabin. Both the engraved frontispiece and the engraved errata leaf are signed by the engraver Jose Francisco Gomez. There are also penciled notes of past prices written on the ffep all relating to bookseller catalogues from the 19th century. The margins on the pages are sizable adding to the desirablility of this copy. References: Medina: México 5174 - García Icazbalceta: Lenguas 55 - Viñaza 356 - Sabin no. 52413. There are three parts to this work: The first contains Molina's orthography. The second provides Otomi equivalents for over two thousand Spanish words and a list of numbers from one to one thousand. The third section consists of a grammar of the language in Spanish with examples of Otomi phrases. "The author was the first to establish a proper system of characters which has been since retained" --Sabin. Puente del Espiritu Santo, Cuidad de Mexico. Biblioteca Mexicana hardcover books
2005réf. 31201New York: Self-published circa 2005. Side-stapled illustrated wrappers; fine. Scarce with no OCLC records located. First Edition. Octavo. A collaborative photozine between Dash Snow and Patrick O'Dell—capturing a slice of nihilistic post-9/11 Americana. Opens with a triptych of images from one of Snow's early hotel-room nests. Self-wrappers; 32 pages of color xerography. New York: Self-published unknown
1849réf. 45527London 1849. Snow John 1813-58. On the pathology and mode of communication of cholera. In London Medical Gazette n.s. 9 1849: 745-755; 923-929. Whole volume. 2 1129pp. Text illustrations. 214 x 133 mm. 19th century half calf cloth boards hinges split some wear. Internally very good. Library bookplates. First Edition journal issue. Snow first became interested in cholera at Newcastle-on-Tyne during the epidemic of 1831-1832 and recurrent outbreaks of the disease gave him the opportunity to investigate it in detail. His paper on cholera published shortly after his extremely rare 31-page pamphlet On the Mode of Communication of Cholera contained his first demonstration of the specific nature of the disease which he defined correctly as an infection of the alimentary canal transmitted by ingesting fecal matter from cholera patients in most cases via contaminated water. Snow proved his theory of cholera transmission by collecting data on a large number of outbreaks and correlating them to local water supplies. He argued based on his data that cholera was caused by "a specific living waterborne self-reproducing cell or germ" Dictionary of Scientific Biography—a conclusion all the more remarkable in that it predated the germ theory of disease by over a decade. Snow may have been motivated to contribute his paper to the London Medical Gazette because a review of his separately published pamphlet published in that journal on pp. 466-470 of the 1849 volume stated that he had not proved the contagious nature of cholera. Snow's theory of cholera transmission aroused much controversy among physicians many of whom still held the ancient belief that cholera and all other infectious diseases were carried by atmospheric "miasmas" emanating from noxious sources. Snow was vindicated a few years later however when during the great London cholera epidemic of 1854 he located the source of infection at the Bow Street pump and persuaded local authorities to remove the pump's handle causing a dramatic drop in the rate of infection. Snow's work on cholera greatly influenced sanitary reformers such as Sir Edwin Chadwick and provided critical support for the work of Pasteur and Koch in the 1860s and 1870s. Collectors of John Snow's work on cholera have tended to focus on and drive up the prices of his 1849 pamphlet and his 1854 book and to ignore the revolutionary conclusions that Snow drew in this paper of 1849. Garrison-Morton.com 5106. Shephard John Snow p. 303. . unknown books
réf. 95503London Longman 1851. . First edition. 8vo xvi 416pp. 4 coloured lithograph plates. folding lithographed map original pictorial dark blue cloth gilt occasional light spotting a very good example. Parker Snow 1817-1895 an eccentric English explorer was working as a writer in New York when he claimed to have had a paranormal vision of the whereabouts of the missing Arctic expedition of Sir John Franklin and immediately wrote to Lady Jane Franklin with a plan for a search. This was largely based upon the premise that if Franklin was in difficulty he would have realised that the Admiralty would send a rescue expedition and therefore his best course of action would be to guide the relief party to him by means of leaving evidence at one of the Arctic 'beacons'. Consequently Lady Franklin made him the civil officer of her expedition on board the ketch Prince Albert that explored the Boothia Peninsula for any sign of the missing expedition between June and September 1850 without success. On his return Parker Snow wrote the present work which Lady Franklin used to promote further expeditions. Sabin 85560. London, Longman, 1851. hardcover
2005réf. 31181New York: Self-published circa 2005. A fine copy save for minor scuffing to the self-wrappers composed with a stunning cover design. Scarce with no OCLC records located. First Edition. Octavo. Hand-numbered in black marker to rear cover 21/25. An early example of Dash Snow's neo-Dada aesthetic; perhaps most effective when he approached the photocopy bed as his canvas cf. Zine Masters of the Universe. With Broken Bottle! Broken Dreams! Snow collages the libertine Polaroids through which he chronicled the Downtown scene with underworld imagery from 20th century pulps and sensational press clippings of John Wayne Gacy the Menendez Brothers and Rod Ferrell's 1990s vampire cult. All of these elements richly layered with vertiginous graphical elements. A low-fi concert of turn-of-the-century decadence. Contents: 36 color xerox pages; stapled unlike his more perishable elastic band bindings. New York: Self-published unknown
1884réf. RSMIBIO00LAWDeseret News 1884. Good. Smith Eliza R. Snow. Biography and Family Record of Lorenzo Snow. Salt Lake City UT: Deseret News 1884. 581pp. 8vo. Signed by author. Book condition: Good with rubbed edges and subtly rubbed rear panel. Tiny tear in backstrip near but not through head of spine. Endmatter subtly soiled and faint offsetting from previous cover on endsheets. Small chip in fore edge of front free endsheet and paper over front joint subtly cracked. Frontispieces lightly foxed and pages slightly darkened. Inscribed by Lorenzo Snow to ""Phebe Agusta Florence Snow Affectionately your father Lorenzo Snow"" on front flyleaf. Deseret News unknown books
2005réf. 31198New York: Self-published circa 2005. Loose folded sheets lacking original binding band. Minor creasing to wrappers; near fine. Scarce with no OCLC records located. First Edition. Octavo. An early photozine from Dash Snow; distinguished as one of his more sustained works of portraiture. With dozens of Polaroids and collage works focused on the mythical presence of Hassan Jerrold Heiserman; a lifelong bohemian who once fascinated Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac and was then living in Alphabet City's legendary C-Squat where he was lovingly known to Snow as Papa Smurf. This copy sharply graffiti-SIGNED by Snow to dedication page as SACE-IRAK. Contents: 80 pages of color xerography on glossy sheets. New York: Self-published unknown
1940réf. 113504London: Faber and Faber 1940. Inscribed by the author First edition first printing. Inscribed by the author on the title page "To Philip Murray with warm greetings from C. P. Snow Jan 29/80." From the library of Dr Philip Murray Irish book collector and author of The Adventures of a Book Collector 2011. Octavo. Original green cloth titles to spine in red. With dust jacket. Small ownership signature to front pastedown. Spine gently rolled and faded light foxing to edges of text block. An excellent copy in the slightly foxed jacket with toned spine short closed tear to foot of spine minor loss to head shallow chip to head of front panel. hardcover
1940réf. 136481London: Faber and Faber / Macmillan & Co. Ltd 1940-70. A handsome leather-bound set inscribed by the author in "Homecomings" All first editions first impressions. Inscribed by the author to the title page of Homecomings "To Joan Hardinge with best wishes from C. P. Snow Sept 15/65/." This 11-volume roman fleuve probably constitutes Snow's chief contribution to English letters his critical writings notwithstanding. Together 11 works octavo. Attractively bound in recent dark blue morocco titles and decoration to spines gilt raised bands single rule to boards gilt marbled endpapers gilt edges. The occasional minor blemish an excellent set. hardcover
réf. 31178New York: Self-published 2005. Loose folded sheets lacking the original binding band with minor rubbing to spine-fold; close to fine. An early association copy; scarce with no OCLC records located. First Edition. Octavo. Hand-numbered as copy 22 of 25 and INSCRIBED by Snow to title page: "For King Solomon. From the Snowman. 2005 August 05." One of Dash Snow's first photozines exhibiting 97 of his most recent Polaroids; "the pictures in this were taken in may and june of 2005." Something like the obverse to his graffiti writing—paint can in one hand camera in the other—Snow's Polaroids are here paired in two-page spreads generating evocative tableaux of post-9/11 New York. This copy notably inscribed by Snow to fellow IRAK graffiti crew member King Solomon. Contents: 100 pp. of color xerography on glossy sheets with Polaroid reproductions interspersed with matchstick texts and collaged detritus e.g. hair razorblades. New York: Self-published unknown
1900réf. 13367Various locations in Connecticut New Jersey and Massachusetts 1900. Forty-one total issues most folded sheets some in wrappers some bound into boards detailed as below plus a folder of ephemeral items. Overall very good condition. An unprecedented collection of amateur journalism encompassing the career of William G. Snow 1863-1945 a prominent amateur editor publisher and printer who worked mostly in New England. Snow was born and died in Meriden Connecticut and in-between lived in New Jersey New York and Massachusetts. During his professional life Snow worked at a print shop in Hartford a dry goods commission house in New York and a lumber company in Massachusetts. When he returned to Meriden he served as the sales and advertising manager of the Meriden Britannia Company and its successor the International Silver Company. Snow's passion however was not in his professional work but rather his decades of work in amateur journalism. The present collection spans as far as we can tell his entire career as a creator of amateur magazines and includes the following: 1 The Penny Post. Vol. 1 No. 1. West Meriden CT: April 1877. 4pp. on a single folded sheet. Even toning minor wear. Very good. A very crude and unrecorded amateur magazine that was likely Snow's first attempt at the hobby. He would have been thirteen or just turned fourteen at the time of its publication. The first page contains some notices and part of a story called "The Frogs Picnic" which ends abruptly. The inner two pages contain the same price list for some address cards and the last page also advertises cards and other job print items. The small masthead indicates the magazine is "A Four Eight Column Amateur Paper" which is "Devoted to the interests of all classes." 2 Every Month bound with: Pen and Press. West Meriden CT: 1878-1879. Fifteen issues each between 4 and 8 pages bound together in contemporary tan paper-covered boards calf backstrip. A rare collection gathering all twelve of Snow's Every Month first two issues titled The Every Month and the only three issues of his first attempt at Pen and Press. The twelve-issue run of Every Month was published between April 1878 and March 1879. Snow then retitled the magazine Pen and Press publishing three issues between October 1879 and February 1880 as volume two with the subtitle "Formerly 'Every Month.'" He would have been fifteen and sixteen at the time he printed these publications. Every Month is held by just four institutions in OCLC Connecticut Museum of Culture & History Connecticut State Library the University of Georgia and AAS while OCLC records just two institutional holdings of Pen and Press at the University of Georgia and AAS. 3 The Sun. West Granville MA: 1880-1881. Nineteen issues most issues between 6 and 8 pages plus a one-page Supplement. A complete run of one of Snow's better-known amateur periodicals which he published at the tender age of seventeen after his family moved to Massachusetts. This paper is sometimes referred to in the amateur journalism hobby as The Granville Sun including in the typed history of the paper affixed to the front pastedown here. This history which is illustrated with a faded photograph of the house in which the Snows lived in West Granville Massachusetts where the paper was also printed was probably compiled by William Snow's son Glover Snow himself an amateur journalist. Another typed notice dated in Meriden in 1942 clarifies the seemingly incongruous volume and issue numbers on the issues of The Sun. In short this magazine begins as volume two issue sixteen because it was meant to follow the fifteen issues of Every Month and Pen and Press described above. Besides the first issue The Sun was printed in a much larger and more professional-looking format than Snow's previous work. 4 Pen and Press four issues. Bayonne N.J.: Pen and Press Publishing Co. January to April 1884. 43pp. String bound. An omnibus volume of the first only four issues of Snow's second attempt at Pen and Press this time published as a "Monthly Journal Devoted to Science Literature and Education in Bayonne" after the Snows moved to New Jersey in 1884. In addition to the issues this group includes the wrappers for the third issue. We're not sure how long this publication ran; the only institutional holding in OCLC is at Rutgers which seems to have the second issue only. 5 Our Town. Vol. 1 No. 1. Granville MA: Spring 1889. 3pp. on a single folded sheet. Though there is no publication information given on this amateur magazine we have reason to know it was produced by Snow given its inclusion in a scrapbook of Snow's publications we have also offered. The issue is unusual as it only uses three of the four available pages and has no masthead. It was probably a piece of job printing done by Snow to promote the town of Granville and its surroundings as most of the content implies. The only holding in OCLC is at AAS. 6 Pen & Scissors. Vol. I No. 1. Meriden CT: 1900. Issued by William Snow in September 1900. Snow mentions in a passage about the publication that he produced it out of "a desire to know what the boys of to-day were doing in amateur journalism." We believe this is the only issue of Pen & Scissors produced by Snow and constitutes his last foray into the hobby. His son Glover Atwater Snow would go on to revive Pen & Scissors beginning in 1911. OCLC reports three institutional holdings at the Alexander Turnbull Library in New Zealand NYPL and AAS. 7 Collection of William G. Snow's Job Printing and Ephemeral Items Relating to His Amateur Journalism. The periodicals above are rounded out with a collection of additional materials documenting the amateur journalism and printing career of William G. Snow. This includes a large unrecorded broadside in which Snow pairs his own amateur magazine The Sun with The Rural New Yorker a prominent New York agrarian publication to offer a subscription special; unrecorded prospectus for Snow's last publication Pen & Scissors; four business or calling cards; a few typed documents relating to amateur journalism; ten small broadsides or handbills of job printing advertising events in Meriden Granville or New York; and two pamphlets of job printing unrelated to amateur journalism. unknown
réf. 2207Three woodcut illus. in the text one full-page. viii 88 pp. lacking half-title. 8vo modern morocco by Middleton small wormholes in upper margin of first few leaves spine gilt. London: J. Churchill 1847. First edition of a great rarity. Published in October 1847 this was the second treatise on ether anesthesia and Snow's first book on the subject. It contains the first illustrated account of Snow's regulating inhaler the first to control the amount of ether vapour received by the patient. Snow had published some preliminary comments in the London Medical Gazette following which he modified the inhaler and included the description of the final modified version in this book. Fine copy. Stamps of the Wellcome Library on verso of title. ❧ Garrison-Morton 5658. unknown books
réf. 2207Three woodcut illus. in the text one full-page. viii 88 pp. lacking half-title. 8vo modern morocco by Middleton small wormholes in upper margin of first few leaves spine gilt. London: J. Churchill 1847. First edition of a great rarity. Published in October 1847 this was the second treatise on ether anesthesia and Snow’s first book on the subject. It contains the first illustrated account of Snow’s regulating inhaler the first to control the amount of ether vapour received by the patient. Snow had published some preliminary comments in the London Medical Gazette following which he modified the inhaler and included the description of the final modified version in this book. Fine copy. Stamps of the Wellcome Library on verso of title. ⧠Garrison-Morton 5658. unknown
