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2011réf. URYATHI00fpUniversity of Massachusetts Press 2011. Very Good. Ryan Terre. This Ecstatic Nation: The American Landscape and the Aesthetics of Patriotism. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press 2011. xv 171pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Bibliography. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Edges lightly rubbed. University of Massachusetts Press paperback books
1982réf. 50211San Francisco: Friends of the Earth / Brick House Publishing Company 1982. First Edition. Quarto. Pictorial card wrappers; 144pp; illus. Mild external evidence of handling; internally clean tight and unmarked - Very Good or better. Friends of the Earth / Brick House Publishing Company unknown books
1748réf. 1641Amsterdam: Chez l'honore et fils libraires 1748. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 2 vols. in one. 8vo. I: 10 cxix 7 208 pp. 1 f. "Errata" for Tom. 1. II: 2 231 pp. 1 f. "Addition" 1 f. "Errata" for Tom 1 sic. First title page with unobtrusive paper defect on lower margin not affecting text; this copy is lacking half-title and Errata leaf for Tom. 2. Very attractive 19th-century French red glazed boards red morocco spine lettered in gilt directly two insignificant worm-holes on lower hinge leading nowhere; trifle wear to binding extremities. Completely unsophisticated. First printing of "Telliamed" in every way a remarkable book. Disguised as an Oriental fantasy it contains perhaps the earliest appearance of one of the most important of all evolution speculations namely the so-called ultra-neptunian theory: that the entire Earth was and is a marine deposit and that all life on land originated from creatures of the sea. Maillet hypothesized that the earth was once entirely covered with water and that the water gradually evaporated into space causing land masses to appear. Maillet also created an ingenious methodology to calculate the age of the Earth: he concluded that the Earth is 2 billion years old evolutionists today consider this figure to be more like 4.5 billion. It is known that Buffon Lamark Cuvier and Darwin read this book and that they were very much influenced by Maillet's unorthodox heretical views. Well aware that such an immense figure would incur the wrath of the Church de Maillet presented his conclusions in the guise of a dialogue between a French missionary and an Eastern mystic named Telliamed i.e. de Maillet spelled backwards. The manuscript remained unpublished until a decade after Maillet's death. In order to present his radical conclusions in the guise of an Oriental tale Maillet interspersed monsters and mythological creatures into his text. Overtly anti-Christian "Telliamed" dismisses the Flood of the Old Testament as a fable because rainfall that lasted forty days would have been insignificant to submerge entire mountains. Maillet asserted that the Earth's history could not be read from the Bible but through the rocks themselves. ¶ With uncanny prescience Maillet describes how species have overlapping physical characteristics that suggested a common life origin namely the sea. Through a Oriental mystic we are told that: "The little Wings had under their Belly and which like their Fins helped them to walk in the Sea became Feet and served them to walk on Land." ¶ REFERENCES: Caillet No. 7009. Versins Utopie p. 640. LITERATURE: "Charles Darwin et ses Precurseurs francais Paris 1870 Chapter 1: "the moss-grown fragments from the ruins of another world." See also Albert Carozzi "De Maillet's 'Telliamed' 1748: An Ultra-Neptunian Theory of the Earth" in: Toward a History of Geology; Proceedings of the New Hampshire Inter-Disciplinary Conference on the History of Geology Sept. 7-12 1967. Mary Efrosini Gregory "Evolutionism in Eighteenth-century French Thought" Chapter 1. See also the article on Maillet in DSB IX pp. 26 et seq: "Maillet's ideas unquestionably influenced many leading naturalists for almost a century notably Buffon and Cuvier. Chez l'honore et fils, libraires hardcover books
1686réf. 28626Padoua: Cadorino 1686. Quarto. 32 298 10 Indexpp. including a portrait of the author. Half title. Contemporary vellum manuscript spine title First issue of Terra Rossa's famous account detailing discoveries in the New World as denoted by the 1686 date and the privilege below the imprint reading "Et Privilegio del Serenissimo Principe." Includes much information on Venetian explorers going so far as to credit Marco Polo with discovering Australia and attempts to rename Terra Australis as Terra Australe Magallanica to honor Magellan. In this work Terra Rossa "attempted to prove that Venetians had discovered all lands unknown to the ancients including America and Terra Australis." Hiatt p. 261. He also defends the claims of the Zeno brothers to have made a northern discovery of America prior to Columbus. A rare and surprisingly little-known work focused on early exploration of the Southern Hemisphere. Sabin 94858; European Americana 686/157. Cadorino unknown books
1984réf. 415301984. Terra Bernardus Jozef Maria. Omzetbelasting bij Grensoverschrijdend Verkeer: Een Onderzoek Naar de Theoretische Aspecten en de Praktijk van de Heffing van Omzetbelasting bij Grensoverschrijdend Verkeer in Nederland. Deventer: Fed 1984. 305 pp. Softbound minor shelfwear some fading to spine internally clean. $5. On theoretical aspects of sales-tax policy in the Netherlands. unknown books
1686réf. WRCAM48787Padua: Cadorino 1686. 3229810 Indexpp. including portrait of the author. Half title. Quarto. Contemporary vellum manuscript title. Moderate soiling to boards small repair to spine tail. Rear free endpaper lacking. A clean copy. Very good. First issue of Terra Rossa's famous account detailing discoveries in the New World as denoted by the 1686 date and the privilege below the imprint reading: "Et Privilegio del Serenissimo Principe." Includes much information on Venetian explorers going so far as to credit Marco Polo with discovering Australia and attempts to rename Terra Australis as Terra Australe Magallanica to honor Magellan. In this work Terra Rossa "attempted to prove that Venetians had discovered all lands unknown to the ancients including America and Terra Australis." Hiatt TERRA INCOGNITA p.261. He also defends the claims of the Zeno brothers to have made a northern discovery of America prior to Columbus. A rare and surprisingly little-known work focused on early exploration of the Southern Hemisphere. SABIN 94858. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 686/157. Cadorino hardcover books
réf. 37000TRADE CATALOGUE ATLANTIC TERRA COTTA. Volume VII Number 7. Atlanta: Atlantic Terra Cotta Company 1925. 4to. Wrappers. 16 pages. Subtitled "English Tudor Terra Cotta 1522." Trade journal printed monthly architects. Illustrated with photographs of buildings and architectural features using ornamental terra cotta. Very good. unknown books
réf. 27848NATIONAL TERRA COTTA SOCIETY TERRA COTTA OF THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE. New York: The National Terra Cotta Society 1925. 4to. Cloth spine boards viii pages 200 plates. First edition. Two hundred photographs illustrating the terra cotta decoration of Renaissanc Italy. Very good. unknown books
réf. N21H-01281National Academies Press. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain a few markings such as an owner’s name short gifter’s inscription or light stamp. National Academies Press unknown books
1911réf. 112313New York: National Terra Cotta Society 1911. hardcover. very good. 200 plates. Tall square 4to cloth-backed bds. N.Y.: National Terra Cotta Society 1911. Very good. National Terra Cotta Society unknown books
1978réf. 20773Washington DC: Hirshhorn Museum Smithsonian 1978. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Wide paperbound quarto. 109 pp. Introduction and essay by John Beardsley. Illustrated in color and black and white. A very good copy in bound printed wrappers. Offsetting to front cover. Hirshhorn Museum Smithsonian paperback books
1957réf. 37636London: Hutchinson. Very Good. 1957. Hardcover. Very Good. No dust jacket. ; 191 p. 8 p. Of plates : ill. some col. maps ports. ; 24 cm. . Hutchinson hardcover books
2001réf. 22956ELos Angeles: Paramount Studios 2001. Original World Premiere Movie Invitation for the film Down to Earth dated February 12 2001 to be screened at the Mann Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. The invitation is a single sheet folded to measure 5” x 7”. Illustrated on the front panel with the film’s star Chris Rock. In fine condition. Down to Earth was directed by Chris and Paul Weltz written by Elaine May and Warren Beatty and co-stars Regina King Chazz Palminteri Eugene Levy Mark Addy and Wand Sykes. Paramount Studios unknown books
1956réf. 13695JUniversal City: Universal Pictures 1956. Key book still from This Island Earth featuring make-up effects artist Bud Westmore. Universal 1955 Vintage 8 by 10 inch black and white key book still from the film on linen with verso snipe "Monster Maker - Make-up wizard Bud Westmore puts finishing touches on his newest creation the Mutant…” Fine condition. Universal Pictures unknown books
1979réf. 289834New York: Octagon Books 1979. hardcover. very good. 386 pages index. 8vo. stamped green cloth a bit worn at extremities and lightly foxed at top edges. New York: Octagon Books 1979. A very good copy lacking the dust wrapper. Octagon Books unknown books
1959réf. 045254New York Etc.: Pergamon Press 1959. Edited for the Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R. by A. I. Oparin et al. English-French-German edition edited for the International Union of Biochemistry by F> Clark and R. L. M. Synge. xv 691p. b/w illus. tables including foldouts dj Interional Union of Chemistry symposium series 1. Pergamon Press unknown books
1954réf. 028655Wiesbaden: F. A. Brockhaus 1954. 194p. colored and b/w illus. dj. F. A. Brockhaus unknown books
1957réf. 48536London: Hutchinson 1957. 1st ed. in English. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. color frontis photos maps index 191p. dj. 23cm. Tape reinforcing strip across head of backstrip. Translated from the German by Alan Houghton Brodrick. An anthropological exploration in Mexico and Guatemala. Hutchinson hardcover books
réf. 13256Used; Like New/Used; Like New. A remarkable and important collection of 178 original drawings designs and color samples by the Academy Award-nominated art director Franz Bachelin from the 1959 Jules Verne adaptation Journey to the Center of the Earth together with several original documents relating to the production of the film. The drawings include designs for almost every important location in the film from set designs for the opening scenes in 1880's Edinburgh with bagpipers on parade to action scenes of the whirlpool at the Earth's core the attack of a winged lizard and the lost city of Atlantis. 145 drawings are in black ink and graphite on 8.5 x 11" sheets hole-punched each labeled with a scene number and many with other indications; 5 are in colored pencil 9 x 8." A further 4 larger plans on tracing paper approx. 22-26 x 9" show Bachelin's meticulous planning of the final sequence of adventure scenes and the geographical location of the lost city of Atlantis! Also with the drawings are 10 small cards 3 x 5 to 6 x 7" bearing vibrant sample color and texture schemes in marbleized patterns; 13 mimeographed 10 x 5" copies of drawings of the "prehistoric animal fight" showing dinosaurs battling it out in the water; and a lovely small painting of a tree and a sunset on card 5.5 x 4.5". Together with the drawings are several documents from the production of the film including: a set construction estimate 4 pp.; May 12 1959; a large production cross plot showing the complete filming schedule over 52 days 1 p.; June 9 1959; a complete list of the crew members including a duck trainer! with phone numbers 1 p.; June 15 1959; a chart showing the total labor and materials costs for each of the elaborate set and location shoots - over $449000 2 pp.; December 3 1959; a typed copy of the film's credit 1 p.; n.d.; and a telegram inviting Bachelin to a pre-Academy Awards cocktail party for nominees 1 p.; n.d. The drawings are in fine to very fine condition overall with only slight toning a few with slight tears or corner creases; one of the larger tracing paper drawings is in delicate condition with some creasing and tearing due to the paper. The documents are in good to fine condition some with toning creases and tears. Overall a superb collection of drawings and materials from this iconic adventure film. Journey to the Center of the Earth a loose adaptation by Charles Brackett from the novel by Jules Verne was directed by Henry Levin and starred James Mason Pat Boone and Arlene Dahl. Released in 1959 it was a box office success pleasing audiences with its fantastical plot sets and special effects a particular feature were iguanas with glued-on fins playing the part of dimetrodons! The film was nominated for three Academy Awards for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration Lyle R. Wheeler Franz Bachelin Herman A. Blumenthal Walter M. Scott Joseph Kish Best Effects Special Effects and Best Sound Carlton W. Faulkner. unknown books
1981réf. 138941981. Softcover. VG. White wraps. 32 pp. 13 color 29 bw plates. Foreword by John Wilmerding essay by Ronald McKnight Melvin bibliography several excellent plates. unknown books
2002réf. 26128Chicago: Terra Museum of American Art 2002. Hardcover. VG/VG. Navy boards with navy pictorial DJ. 208 pp. 97 bw ills. 99 color plates. Daniel Terra's collection is featured for the first time in a single catalogue. Presents paintings by John Singleton Copley Samuel F. B. Morse George Inness Winslow Homer George Bellows Marsden Hartley Arthur Dove Thomas Eakins Edward Hopper along with many other distinguished artists. Contributions by Elizabeth Glassman Wanda M. Corn Elizabeth Kennedy and Katherine M. Bourguignon. Terra Museum of American Art hardcover books
1989réf. 81871989. Softcover. VG. Wraps. 16 pp. 5 color plates. Catalogue briefly lists 48 works by such artists as Breck Bruce Bunker Cassatt Curran Demuth Frieseke Glackens Hassam Homer MacMonnies Metcalf Miller Morse Prendergast Ritter Robinson Sargent Tanner Twachtman Vonnoh Walter Wendel and Whistler. Most works are from the Terra Collection. unknown books
1982réf. 82121982. Softcover. VG exlib w/minimal markings. Wraps. 40 pp. 52 bw 15 color plates. Essay by David M. Sokol. 67 works are included in this exhibition all of which are illustrated. This is the first exhibition to focus specifically on paintings that have within them a sense of aloneness or solitude. A varied selection makes this an interesting topic and catalogue. unknown books
1995réf. 231070Miami Beach: Conmoción 1995. Magazine. 47p. 8.5x11 inches texts in English and Spanish illustrated with erotic nudes photos and drawings poetry stories very good magazine in lightly-soiled and rubbed stapled white decorative wraps. This issue is dedicated to erotica including some black and white photography. Conmoción unknown books
1990réf. 245257Pacific MO: Big River Earth First! 1990. 12-page newsletter 8.5x11 inches horizontal fold mailing address and stamp on back cover. Discussion of ecological crises in the region protests correspondence from readers and more. Big River Earth First! unknown books
