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Album of loose large folded sheets of designs for ceiling decorations prepared by various disciples (see below) of Matsumura Keibun

Album of loose large folded sheets of designs for ceiling decorations prepared by various disciples (see below) of Matsumura Keibun by MATSUMURA KEIBUN’S DISCIPLES

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Title
Album of loose large folded sheets of designs for ceiling decorations prepared by various disciples (see below) of Matsumura Keibun
Author
MATSUMURA KEIBUN’S DISCIPLES
Seller
Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description
91 drawings, using brush & color washes on sheets measuring 710 x 660 mm., all within two loose binder boards. [Japan]: from a pasted-on note from the lower board: “91 drawings…13 August 1860.” A remarkable collection of 91 large and fine drawings of botanical subjects for paintings on coffered ceilings (gotenjo or goutenjo or goutenjou) of aristocratic homes, shrines, and temples, mainly in Kyoto, prepared by many of the disciples and students of Matsumura Keibun (1779-1843), the Japanese painter known as “Go Keibun.” A leading figure in the Shijo school established by his half-brother Goshun Matsumura, Keibun was most noted for his delicate and elegantly composed studies of birds and flowers. The upper board has an inscription: “Shinden naka no ma. On tenjo shitae no utsushi” [“Shinden-style buildings middle chamber. Precious drawings for ceiling paintings. Copies”]. Shinden-zukuri was a style of aristocratic mansion built in the mid-10th century in Kyoto. By the 19th century, those mansions that survived, along with temples and shrines, needed renovations and redecorations. These drawings were prepared for such activities. They may be copies of Keibun’s work by his students or original designs in the style of their master. Each drawing is signed with a pen name and a label identifying the plant or flower; all are in roughly the same style. We have been able to identify 11 of the artists: Seiki Yokoyama (1792-1864; see Hillier, p. 922; five drawings), Obun Matsumura (the son of Keibun; three drawings), Kiho Yagi (seven drawings), Keika Nakao (one drawing), Nikka Tanaka (four drawings), Gisho (or Yoshiaki) Mori (five drawings), Kado Isono (five drawings), Kokei Tomita (four drawings), Bunrin Shiokawa (seven drawings), Mohiko Okamoto (six drawings), and Goho Tanaka (five drawings). We have not been able to identify the artists of the remaining 39 signed drawings. In fine condition, preserved in chitsu. A few folds with minor tears. ❧ Brown, Block Printing & Book Illustration in Japan, p. 91-”Keibun…was chiefly noted for his paintings of flowers and birds.” Hillier, The Art of the Japanese Book, pp. 713-14.
M. L. Vitrvuio Pollione Di architettura dal vero esemplare latino nella volgar lingua tradotto: e con le figure a suoi luoghi con mirãdo ordine insignito. Anchora con la tauola alfabetica: nellaquale facilmente si potra trouare la moltitudine de vocaboli a suoi luoghi cõ gran diligenza esposti : e dichiarati: mai piu da alcuno altro fin al presente stampato a grande vtilita di ciascuno studioso

M. L. Vitrvuio Pollione Di architettura dal vero esemplare latino nella volgar lingua tradotto: e con le figure a suoi luoghi con mirãdo ordine insignito. Anchora con la tauola alfabetica: nellaquale facilmente si potra trouare la moltitudine de vocaboli a suoi luoghi cõ gran diligenza esposti : e dichiarati: mai piu da alcuno altro fin al presente stampato a grande vtilita di ciascuno studioso by VITRUVIUS, Marcus Pollio (first century BC)

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M. L. Vitrvuio Pollione Di architettura dal vero esemplare latino nella volgar lingua tradotto: e con le figure a suoi luoghi con mirãdo ordine insignito. Anchora con la tauola alfabetica: nellaquale facilmente si potra trouare la moltitudine de vocaboli a suoi luoghi cõ gran diligenza esposti : e dichiarati: mai piu da alcuno altro fin al presente stampato a grande vtilita di ciascuno studioso
Author
VITRUVIUS, Marcus Pollio (first century BC)
Seller
Sanctuary Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Venice: Nicolo de Aristotele detto Zoppino, 1535. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio (295 x 190mm). [12], I-CX, (110ff.) Signatures: AA6-BB6; A8-N8; O6. Title printed in red and black with woodcut block border depicting strewn armor and dueling knights with wreathed portrait of Cicero at top and plaques with monogram initials of Roman Emperors Fabius Maximus, Julius Caesar, and Alexander Magnus. 136 woodcut in-text illustrations depicting lives of primitive humans, the famous Vitruvian Man on p. XXII, constellations, rules for perspective, and other mathematical figures and diagrams of architecture. Woodcut historiated chapter initials throughout of repeating portraits. Translated by Benedetto Giovio (1471-1545). Edited by Francesco Lutio Durantino. 19th-century calf with decorative stamps, spine stamped in gilt TRAT DE ARCH, endpapers renewed; (loose in binding, some margins trimmed close, some light worming, at least six early cancelled inscriptions on title, leaf CX with significant excision, otherwise an crisp and clean text block with wonderful woodcut impressions). 19th-century inscription on fly-leaf “Famoza Archi-tectura.” Another 19th-century inscription on front flyleaf, “Presented to the Mercantile Library Association of New York by Philip A Reach ...Consul/ Lisbon Jan. 7 1848.” Sold in 1958 “on removal of Architecture Books from the Library” (pencil note). Rare illustrated Durantino edition of Vitruvius printed in Venice by Zoppino in 1535. This Vitruvius work was first printed in 1521 for Como. As it gained notoriety, another edition in the vernacular Italian was prepared by Giovanni Antonio and Pietro de’ Nicolino da Sabbio in 1524. It incorporated woodcuts from a 1511 Latin edition produced by Giovanni Giocondo in Venice (Tacuino). This Zoppino printing had a newly redesigned title-leaf with an elaborate woodcut border of chivalric battle scenes between Augustus Caesar, Julius Caesar, and Alexander the Great. The 136 in-text woodcuts are an all too interesting miscellany of late-medieval life, nature, and architecture and are characteristic of Vitruvian ideals in regards to proportion, ornament, language, space, place and beauty. The famous figure of “Symmetria” (Vitruvian Man) is present on p. XXII. Both the 1524 and 1535 editions were widely read by an Italian public. Vitruvian principles deeply influenced early Renaissance artists, thinkers, and architects who believed they were rediscovering an ancient discipline which would be the foundation of their culture. Rare illustrated Durantino edition of Vitruvius printed in Venice by Zoppino in 1535. This Vitruvius work was first printed in 1521 for Como. As it gained notoriety, another edition in the vernacular Italian was prepared by Giovanni Antonio and Pietro de’ Nicolino da Sabbio in 1524. It incorporated woodcuts from a 1511 Latin edition produced by Giovanni Giocondo in Venice (Tacuino). This Zoppino printing had a newly redesigned title-leaf with an elaborate woodcut border of chivalric battle scenes between Augustus Caesar, Julius Caesar, and Alexander the Great. The 136 in-text woodcuts are an all too interesting miscellany of late-medieval life, nature, and architecture and are characteristic of Vitruvian ideals in regards to proportion, ornament, language, space, place and beauty. The famous figure of “Symmetria” (Vitruvian Man) is present on p. XXII. Both the 1524 and 1535 editions were widely read by an Italian public. Vitruvian principles deeply influenced early Renaissance artists, thinkers, and architects who believed they were rediscovering an ancient discipline which would be the foundation of their culture.
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A History of Cornell by Bishop, Morris; Kingsbury, Alison Mason (illus.)

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A History of Cornell
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Bishop, Morris; Kingsbury, Alison Mason (illus.)
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Sanctuary Books (United States)
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Very Good
Description
Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Red cloth; illustrated dust jacket; 8vo; pp. xii, 651, illustrated in b/w. Some light rubbing at extremities and along edges of text block; "Centennial Publicity Office Copy" inked to FFEP; otherwise book is fine. Dust jacket tanned and chipped.
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Poems. New and enlarged edition by HOLMES, Oliver Wendell

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Poems. New and enlarged edition
Author
HOLMES, Oliver Wendell
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Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description
Boston: William D. Ticknor & Company, 1849. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. With 4 pages publisher’s advertisements between fly-leaf and paste-down. Original brown cloth, worn, chip at head of spine; interior spotting and browning. Presentation inscription from the author to Mr. Charles G. Eastman on fly-leaf. First edition, first issue. BAL, 8750; C&T, p. 41.
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Homeopathy and its kindred delusions; two lectures delivered before the Boston society for the diffusion of useful knowledge by HOLMES, Oliver Wendell

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Homeopathy and its kindred delusions; two lectures delivered before the Boston society for the diffusion of useful knowledge
Author
HOLMES, Oliver Wendell
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Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description
Boston: William D. Ticknor, 1842. FIRST EDITION. Original calf-backed tan boards, title printed on spine, stained, joints cracked; very light scattered foxing. Preserved in a half-morocco slip-case. First edition. One of three lectures delivered by Holmes before the Boston Society for Useful Knowledge, on the subject of “scientific mysticism.” The subjects of the first and second lectures were, respectively, Astrology and alchemy and Medical delusions of the past. Homeopathy was Holmes’ pet aversion, and his attacks on it aroused fierce resentment on the part of its adherents. BAL, 8736; C&T, p. 32; Osler, 2988.
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Trudnaia zagadka [i.e. Complicated Riddle] by GURIAN, Olga and O. TRUDNAIA; GURIAN, Olga

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Trudnaia zagadka [i.e. Complicated Riddle]
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GURIAN, Olga and O. TRUDNAIA; GURIAN, Olga
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Ursus Books (United States)
Description
1930. GURIAN, Olga and Elena FRADKINA. Trudnaia zagadka [Complicated Riddle]. By K.T. Chukovsky. 16 pp. 4to, publisher's illustrated wrappers in a new cloth folding box. [Moscow]: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel'stvo, 1930. A Constructivist lithographic book by a well-known children's writer Olga Gurian (1899-1973) who wrote over 50 books about different crafts. The main structure of the book is a dialogue: a mother asks her son a riddle: "What is warm in the winter but cold in the summer?" The son was full of doubt even after discussion with his friends. Then the mother gives him a hint: "It is fed with a thing that firstly is green, then white, then red, then black". The friends offer their versions but have no consensus. Finally, the boy realizes that it is an oven that is fed with firewood. This edition was co-designed by two female artists who were both known for their stage designs. Elena Fradkina (1901-1981) studied in Vkhutemas with A. Lentulov and P. Konchalovskii. She worked in the Kyiv Russian Theater, the Theater of Moscow Soviet of Trade Unions, the Moscow Children's Theater. Sofia Vishnevetskaia (1899-1962) studied at the Kyiv art studio of A. Ekster in 1916-1920. Since 1921, she worked in the Moscow Kamerny Theater. Together, they also designed children's books Golden Leaves (1927), Throughout the Year (1929), Frame-Up (1927).
Kalmar-Ruby Song Book, The

Kalmar-Ruby Song Book, The by RUBY, Harry; KALMAR, Bert

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Title
Kalmar-Ruby Song Book, The
Author
RUBY, Harry; KALMAR, Bert
Seller
David Brass Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Description
New York: Random House, 1936. Glad You Like Our Zany Songs..." A Warmly Inscribed Copy of The Kalmar-Ruby Song Book with an Exceptional Letter from Harry Ruby to Leslie Bricusse RUBY, Harry. KALMAR, Bert. The Kalmar-Ruby Song Book. With "reasonably accurate dissertations" by Franklin P. Adams, Robert Benchley, Irving Berlin, Marc Connelly, Moss Hart, Ben Hecht, Nunnally Johnson, Groucho Marx, and James K. McGuinness. New York: Random House, [1936]. First edition. Large quarto (12 1/4 x 9 3/8 inches; 311 x 238 mm.). [10], 111, [1, blank] pp. Publisher's original quarter tan buckram over pictorial red boards decoratively printed in black and cream with whimsical musical symbols and notation. Edges worn, as usual with this fragile production, yet still a very good example. Inscribed by Harry Ruby on the front free endpaper to Leslie Bricusse: "To Leslie Bricusse - What a joy & 'privilege' it is to sign this crazy book over to you. So glad you go for my 'non-sensical' songs...Thanks a lot -Sincerely Harry Ruby" The inscription is embellished with a hand-drawn musical phrase and concludes with the playful postscript: "P.S. - Please sign something of yours over to me -" Loosely laid in is an excellent typed letter signed from Harry Ruby to Leslie Bricusse, dated February 24, 1970, on Ruby's personal stationery from Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles. In the letter Ruby responds warmly to Bricusse's admiration for the songs he wrote with Bert Kalmar, writing: "He was a wonderful man." Ruby then reveals a remarkable personal detail concerning Kalmar's death: "He died, by the way, two days after he signed the contract for MGM to do the movie: Three Little Words - based, as it said, on the songs and lives of Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby..." The letter is filled with Ruby's characteristic comic warmth and self-deprecating humor. Explaining the faded typing, he jokes: "The black ink part of the typewriter ribbon has faded. I shan't buy another ribbon until I write another hit song." He also comments affectionately on the pair's comic compositions: "Glad you like our zany songs... I love doing them... even more than I love writing regular songs... that help pay the rent... provide food, clothing and shelter." Ruby further notes that he would contact "Happy Goday" regarding the book, offering a small but evocative glimpse into the network of theatrical and Hollywood music personalities surrounding Bricusse during this period. An especially appealing association between two generations of distinguished songwriter-lyricists. Harry Ruby and Bert Kalmar were among the defining creators of Broadway and Hollywood's comic musical sensibility during the interwar years, while Leslie Bricusse would become one of the great composer-lyricists of the postwar era. The volume includes many of Kalmar and Ruby's most celebrated songs, including Three Little Words, Nevertheless (I'm in Love with You), and material associated with the Marx Brothers and Animal Crackers. The contributor list itself forms a remarkable gathering of American literary and theatrical wit, including Robert Benchley, Irving Berlin, Ben Hecht, Moss Hart, and Groucho Marx. A delightful and deeply personal musical-theater association copy linking the sophisticated comic songwriting of Tin Pan Alley and Broadway's golden age with one of the last great writer-composers of the modern stage.
[Small Group of Material Documenting the 1953 Seymour Rodeo & Reunion, Plus an Earlier Baylor County Fair and Rodeo]

[Small Group of Material Documenting the 1953 Seymour Rodeo & Reunion, Plus an Earlier Baylor County Fair and Rodeo] by [Texas]

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Title
[Small Group of Material Documenting the 1953 Seymour Rodeo & Reunion, Plus an Earlier Baylor County Fair and Rodeo]
Author
[Texas]
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The Joe Fay Company LLC (United States)
Condition
Good.
Description
[Seymour, Tx, 1953. Good.. Two souvenir programs, brochure, admission ticket, and participant's number placard. Noticeable foxing, moderate edge wear, some offsetting to cover and in brochure, placard worn and partially torn. An interesting group of four items related to the 1953 Seymour Rodeo & Reunion held in Seymour, Texas from June 18-20, 1953, and one earlier item from a related event in the town. Seymour, Texas is a tiny rural town of about 3,000 residents located in Baylor County, about 150 miles northwest of Fort Worth. The Seymour Rodeo is one of the longest-running rodeos in Texas, begun in 1896; the rodeo just celebrated its 129th anniversary event in July 2025, and is now known as the Old Settlers Reunion and Rodeo. The five items present here are detailed as follows. As far as we can tell, the printed items are unrecorded: 1) Souvenir Program. The 57th Annual Seymour Rodeo & Reunion [wrapper title]. [Seymour, Tx.: 1953]. 16pp. Original pictorial wrappers, stapled. Moderate foxing, some creasing to wrappers, small portion of one leaf missing. An informative program for the 1953 rodeo, listing the committees responsible for the event, portrait photographs of some of the notable town leaders, and a biographical passage and portrait of the "Hostess Sponsor of the 1953 Seymour Rodeo and Reunion," Miss Betty Lynn Stout. The remainder of the program is comprised of local advertisements from a variety of businesses, including Humble Oil, the Rock Inn Cafe, the Baylor County Banner newspaper, and others. 2) [Leaflet Listing the 1953 Rodeo Contestants]. [Seymour: 1953]. [4]pp., on a single folded sheet. Some adhesive remnants and staining to front cover. Lists the events and officials on the front cover, the 203 rodeo participants on the inside spread, and some advertisements on the back cover. 3) [Admission Ticket for 1953 Rodeo]. [Seymour: 1953]. Yellow cardstock, printed in red and black, 2 x 5.5 inches. Minor edge and surface wear, some adhesive remnants on verso. A ticket for the June 19, 1953 performance of the Seymour Rodeo & Reunion at Fair Park Stadium in Seymour. 4) [Participant's Rodeo Number Placard]. Vinyl backed on linen, printed in black, 7 x 8 inches. Substantial wear and chipping, some paper remnants adhered to recto. Well-used, but that stands to reason. A numbr placard reading, "367" in large block numbers, evidently worn by one of the participants in the 1953 rodeo. 5) Eighth Annual Baylor County Fair and Rodeo [wrapper title]. [Seymour, Tx.: 1927]. [80]pp. Original pictorial wrappers, stapled. Substantial foxing and dust-soiling to wrappers. Minor foxing within. An early program for another rodeo and agricultural fair in Seymour which began in 1919, and was known as the Baylor County Fair and Rodeo. The program includes a foreword about the fair, a two-page county history, a short directory of some important local businesses and civic and social organizations, rules regarding exhibits at the fair, detailed listings of prizes available per agricultural product, a special section on the "Women's Department" of the fair, and more. The program is also valuable for containing legions of advertisments for local businesses that were operating in such a small Texas town a hundred years ago.
S is for Space

S is for Space by Bradbury, Ray

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S is for Space
Author
Bradbury, Ray
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Bookbid Rare Books (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1966. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. A true first issue. First edition stated on the copyright page, and first issue dust jacket has original price of $3.50 printed on the front flap. Negligible rubbing on the corner tips ans spine ends. A nice, bright, square copy. Dust jacket has a bookseller's sticker affixed to the front panel. Very slight chipping at the corners, edges and spine ends; else fine.
[Cuban Manuscript Document Noting the Death of a Chinese Laborer]

[Cuban Manuscript Document Noting the Death of a Chinese Laborer] by [Cuba]. [Slavery]

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[Cuban Manuscript Document Noting the Death of a Chinese Laborer]
Author
[Cuba]. [Slavery]
Seller
McBride Rare Books (United States)
Condition
Very good.
Description
Havana, 1872. Very good.. Manuscript form, approximately 8.5 x 6.25 inches. Minor wear at edges; a few small worm holes. Contemporary ink stamp. Light tanning and offsetting. This 1872 manuscript form from a Havana jail, the Celaduria de la Punta, notes the death there of an "Asiatico," a Chinese indentured servant, with the given name of Juan Macao, and orders the transfer of the body to the mortuary for cremation. Indentured servants found themselves jailed for several reasons, including suspicion of theft and other crimes, recapture following runaway, or mere suspicion of abandoning a contract.
A Treatise of Such Mathematical Instruments, As Are Usually Put Into a Portable Case: ... Designed for the Benefit of Engineers, Architects, Surveyors ....

A Treatise of Such Mathematical Instruments, As Are Usually Put Into a Portable Case: ... Designed for the Benefit of Engineers, Architects, Surveyors .... by Robertson, J[ohn] - MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS

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A Treatise of Such Mathematical Instruments, As Are Usually Put Into a Portable Case: ... Designed for the Benefit of Engineers, Architects, Surveyors ....
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Robertson, J[ohn] - MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS
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Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
Condition
Very good; binding rubbed; some rumpling to the extreme fore-edge of the folded plates.
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London: T Heath, Mathematical Instrument-maker ...., 1747. First Edition.. Full contemporary half leather.. Very good; binding rubbed; some rumpling to the extreme fore-edge of the folded plates.. 8vo, xxiii, [1 - errata], [1] - 107, [1 - blank] pp. + 6 plates and a folding frontispiece illustrating the contents of the case of instruments. An early book explaining the use of the cased instruments. The author also provides a notable, if truncated, history of mathematical instruments of all sorts and a handlist of published works on the subject from the 16th century. Uncommon. See Clifton, p. 131 for Thomas Heath.
LAUREL & HARDY, BUSTER KEATON and JIMMY DURANTE AT PLAY [ca. 1932] Photo

LAUREL & HARDY, BUSTER KEATON and JIMMY DURANTE AT PLAY [ca. 1932] Photo by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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LAUREL & HARDY, BUSTER KEATON and JIMMY DURANTE AT PLAY [ca. 1932] Photo
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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Walterfilm, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. No binding. Near Fine. Los Angeles: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, [ca. 1932]. Vintage original 8 x 10" (20 x 25 cm) black-and-white glossy silver gelatin photo. Minor creases and filled-in pinholes at corners, near fine. The four legendary film comedians (clockwise from left: Stan Laurel, Buster Keaton, Oliver Hardy, Jimmy Durante) are photographed together for what appears to be a publicity event. Other photos from the same gathering show them playing cards. At the time, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy were appearing in the film Pack Up Your Troubles, while Buster Keaton and Jimmy Durante had formed a duo for The Passionate Plumber. All appear to be having quite the time, particularly an apparently inebriated Buster Keaton. "On The MGM lot" is printed on verso.
Volonor

Volonor by Winship, Glen B.

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Volonor
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Winship, Glen B.
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ReadInk (United States)
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Very Good in Good dj
Description
New York: Thomas Seltzer. Very Good in Good dj. 1925. 2nd printing. Hardcover. [moderately shelfworn, some dust-soiling to top edge, minor staining to fore-edge, one-time owner's ink signature at top of ffep; jacket worn and rubbed, various small tears and shallow chips, spine color-shifted, a few holes along rear hinge, soiling to rear panel]. (endpaper map illustration) Utopian fantasy novel about a young millionaire who forms a new republic on a Pacific island, with many of its ideals and general principles centering around the economic emancipation of women (which will also have the more pragmatic effect of protecting his sister from various suitors who are after her for her money). A contemporary reviewer, apparently unswayed by visions such an egalitarian society, thought it "a tale even more dizzy than is indicated by its yellow and purple paper jacket," that "rises to thrilling heights of battle, murder, and sudden death, and drops sheerly to depths of abysmally dull intrigue, like nothing in the world so much as a scenic railway." At least the author (or perhaps just the blurb-writer) can't be cited for lack of ambition, for the book is purported to make "a Direct Appeal to Puritans and Impuritans, Socialists and Individualists, Mothers and 'Old Maids,' Woman-haters and Flirts, [and] Scientists and Hod-Carriers." Don't miss the endpaper maps of the island of Volonor, which you'll need to find your way to the .
The Light on Her Face

The Light on Her Face by Walker, Joseph, ASC, and Juanita Walker

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The Light on Her Face
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Walker, Joseph, ASC, and Juanita Walker
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ReadInk (United States)
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Fine in Good dj
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Hollywood CA: The ASC Press. Fine in Good dj. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. [nice clean book in virtually as-new condition; the jacket shows some wear along the edges (and has a couple of tiny tears along the top edge), and the front panel has endured some unfortunate spotting and soiling (although it doesn't look too bad in its new mylar cover)]. (B&W photographs) Memoir of one of Hollywood's great cinematographers, active from the late 1910s through the early 1950s, who among his other achievements photograph 18 of director Frank Capra's 24 feature films, including IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT, LOST HORIZON and IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE. Foreword by Barbara Stanwyck, one of the many beneficiaries of Walker's camera wizardry. .
American Film Acting: The Stanislavski Heritage

American Film Acting: The Stanislavski Heritage by Blum, Richard A.

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American Film Acting: The Stanislavski Heritage
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Blum, Richard A.
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ReadInk (United States)
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Ann Arbor/London: UMI Research Press. Near Fine. (c.1984). First Edition. Softcover. [a couple of tiny scuff marks on front cover, otherwise virtually as new] (Studies in Cinema, No. 28) Series Trade PB (B&W photographs) "In this book -- the first to examine the impact of [Constantin] Stanislavski's system on American film acting -- [the author] follows the development of acting theory and practice in America from the New York pictorial stage of the 1920s to the Hollywood sound stage of the 1980s. He traces the work of Richard Boleslavsky and Maria Ouspenskaya at the American Lab Theatre; Lee Strasberg and the Group Theatre of the 1930s; Elia Kazan and the Actor's Studio in the '40s; such interpreters as [Marlon] Brando and [James] Dean in the '50s and '60s; and the Actor's Studio West of the '70s and '80s. [He] shows how distinguished film artists of today are direct descendants of the Stanislavski heritage." .
The National Park to Park Highway; Showing Santa Fe - Texas Connections

The National Park to Park Highway; Showing Santa Fe - Texas Connections by ANON

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The National Park to Park Highway; Showing Santa Fe - Texas Connections
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ANON
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Argosy Book Store (United States)
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Santa Fe: Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce. Map. 8 3/4" x 12". Included in pamphlet entitled "The City Different. Descriptive Guide to Santa Fe and Vicinity Road Maps." This detailed map of the national park to park highway was published in a Santa Fe travel pamphlet from around the 1920s. It depicts all the city stops on the highway as well as the nearby national parks on the route. In a time when the west was still relatively new and cars weren't owned by everyone yet, this map is a unique demonstration of the luxury of car travel during that time.
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Never Come Morning by ALGREN, Nelson

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Never Come Morning
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ALGREN, Nelson
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Argosy Book Store (United States)
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New York1987: Four Walls, 1987. First. paperback. fine. Introduction by Kurt Vonnegut. Interview with the author by H.E.F. Donohue. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. New York: Four Walls Eight Window, (1987). First Eddition thus.
When Grandma was a Little Girl

When Grandma was a Little Girl by SMITH, Ingrid

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When Grandma was a Little Girl
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SMITH, Ingrid
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Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
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New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1940. Mela KOEHLER-BROMAN. [JUVENILE] [VERSE] [ILLUSTRATED] [WOMAN AUTHOR] [WOMAN ILLUSTRATOR]. Mela KOEHLER-BROMAN, illustrator. Printed in Sweden. 4to; [20]pp; color pictorial boards on a tan background, illustration of a little girl doing laundry with a scrub board on the front and rear, lettering in black, red cloth shelf back; title page after front pastedown; 9 full page color half-tone pictorials with text on the opposite page; light age-toning; unclipped color dust jacket with a pictorial on a blue background, lacking a price, age-toned edges, a few small closed tears on bottom edge; fine in very good dj. The noted illustrator, Mela Koehler-Broman was an Austrian watercolorist and portraitist who immigrated to Stockholm. Sweet illustrations of child's play are matched with corresponding verse. "When Grandma was a little girl, / she lived in Sweden and her name was Stina. / She dressed exactly like her Mummy / except that her dress was quite a bit shorter. / She wore a bonnet, soft little slippers / and pantalettes with frills. Stina was the Mummy of all her dolls. / She was very grown up, / and took good care of them. / HerE is Stina taking the baby / for a walk in the fresh air.".
To the man reporter from the Denver Post (First Edition, inscribed by the author)

To the man reporter from the Denver Post (First Edition, inscribed by the author) by Chocolate Waters

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To the man reporter from the Denver Post (First Edition, inscribed by the author)
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Chocolate Waters
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Royal Books (United States)
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Denver: Self published, 1980. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page: "Love + Lust / Chocolate." Illustrations by Mary Alice Guthrie. A collection of erotic lesbian poetry. About Fine in saddle-stapled wrappers.
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Letters Exhibiting the Most Prominent Doctrines of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Spencer, Orson; Crowel, William

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Letters Exhibiting the Most Prominent Doctrines of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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Spencer, Orson; Crowel, William
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Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
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George Q. Cannon and Sons, 1891. Very Good. Spencer, Orson. Letters Exhibiting the Most Prominent Doctrines of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Crowel, William. Salt Lake City: George Q. Cannon and Sons, 1891. 232pp. 8vo. Brown leather. Book condition: Very good. Bumped and chipped edges. Soiled covers. Front hinge is slightly loose..
THE VIEUX CARRE COMMISSION CITY OF NEW ORLEANS French Quarter Revitalization Projects 1970 - 1974

THE VIEUX CARRE COMMISSION CITY OF NEW ORLEANS French Quarter Revitalization Projects 1970 - 1974 by [Architecture] [City Planning] Vieux Carre Commission

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THE VIEUX CARRE COMMISSION CITY OF NEW ORLEANS French Quarter Revitalization Projects 1970 - 1974
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[Architecture] [City Planning] Vieux Carre Commission
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Blank Verso Books (United States)
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The Vieux Carre Commission City Of New New Orleans Report 1970 - 1974 Published by Vieux Carre Commission, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1975. Moon Landrieu, Mayor. First edition. Photo illustrated softcover, side staple bound, 11" x 8.5", 24 pages, illustrated with a color map on the verso of the rear cover, historic black & white photographs, architectural plans, drawings and portraits of the Commission members. VERY GOOD CONDITION: tight, bright, clean and unmarked. Scarce, just 5 copies in OCLC collections worldwide. In 1925 The City of New Orleans established the Vieux Carré Commission to protect, preserve, and maintain the architectural history of the French Quarter. Projects detailed in this report include Jackson Square Mall, Washington Artillery Park, Edison Place Park, and Moon Walk.
Couriers of the cross in China. Pilgrim of the Honan Road, Miss Minnie Shipley. Theology in the service of suffering, Rev. W. B. Djang, M. A., B. D.

Couriers of the cross in China. Pilgrim of the Honan Road, Miss Minnie Shipley. Theology in the service of suffering, Rev. W. B. Djang, M. A., B. D.

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Couriers of the cross in China. Pilgrim of the Honan Road, Miss Minnie Shipley. Theology in the service of suffering, Rev. W. B. Djang, M. A., B. D.
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Toronto: The United Church of Canada, 1940. 7.25 x 5 in., pp. 32; portrait frontispiece and illustration of Cheeloo University Chapel; yellow printed paper wrappers, fine. Also with: A bifolium programme for using the pamphlet in the use of worship services, with guidance to leadership on preparation, readings, and questions. Also with: eight pages of manuscript notes being largley a series of questions to be asked a la reading comprehension tests, based on the text of Couriers of the cross in China.
Annual Report of the Water Commissioner of the City of Worcester for 1866 [with] Annual Report of the City Engineer of the City of Worcester for 1867 [and] Water Works, Sewers, Sewerage, &c. Annual Report of the City Engineer of the City of Worcester for 1868

Annual Report of the Water Commissioner of the City of Worcester for 1866 [with] Annual Report of the City Engineer of the City of Worcester for 1867 [and] Water Works, Sewers, Sewerage, &c. Annual Report of the City Engineer of the City of Worcester for 1868 by [Worcester]. Water Commissioner; City Engineer; City of Worcester

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Annual Report of the Water Commissioner of the City of Worcester for 1866 [with] Annual Report of the City Engineer of the City of Worcester for 1867 [and] Water Works, Sewers, Sewerage, &c. Annual Report of the City Engineer of the City of Worcester for 1868
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[Worcester]. Water Commissioner; City Engineer; City of Worcester
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Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
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Overall very good copies. 1866 copy with some chips to wrappers and spine; 1868 with soiling to rear wrapper; all with mail fold
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Worcester: Printed by Tyler & Seagrave, 1868. First edition. Stitched paper wrappers. Overall very good copies. 1866 copy with some chips to wrappers and spine; 1868 with soiling to rear wrapper; all with mail fold, clean contents.. 14 pp.; 24 pp.; 25 pp. 8vo. OCLC locates only a single copy of these issues: Trinity College.
HAND TO MOUTH. A CHRONICLE OF EARLY FAILURE

HAND TO MOUTH. A CHRONICLE OF EARLY FAILURE by AUSTER, Paul

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HAND TO MOUTH. A CHRONICLE OF EARLY FAILURE
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AUSTER, Paul
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Charles Agvent, ABAA (United States)
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New York: Holt, (1997). First Edition. Softcover. Fine. Advance Reader's Copy in pictorial wraps replicating the dustwrapper. Auster's memoir of his early days of writing along with three of his plays, his baseball novel (originally published as a paperback under the name of Paul Benjamin), and the rules of a baseball game he invented. INSCRIBED "For Darlene" and SIGNED by the author on the title page.
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James Parkinson (1755-1824): A bicentenary volume of papers dealing with Parkinson's Disease, incorporating the original "Essay on the shaking palsy. by Critchley, Macdonald; James Parkinson

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James Parkinson (1755-1824): A bicentenary volume of papers dealing with Parkinson's Disease, incorporating the original "Essay on the shaking palsy.
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Critchley, Macdonald; James Parkinson
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Jeremy Norman & Co., Inc. (United States)
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London: Macmillan, 1955. [Parkinson, James (1755-1824).] Cricthley, Macdonald (1900-1997), ed. James Parkinson (1755-1824): A bicentenary volume of papers dealing with Parkinson's Disease . . . xvi, 267, [3]pp. 3 plates. London: Macmillan & Co., 1955. 193 x 126 mm. Original cloth, spine faded. Very good. Gift inscriptions; library stamps on front and rear free endpapers. First Edition. Includes a biography of Parkinson and a facsimile edition of his Essay on the Shaking Palsy (1817); see Garrison-Morton.com 4690. .
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Any Village. by Baldwin, Faith.

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Any Village.
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Baldwin, Faith.
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New York: Holt, Rinehart, Winston, 1971. Stated First Edition. Author signed bookplate. Octavo, gold cloth (hardcover), 254 pp. Fine, in a Very Good+ dust jacket with lightly worn edges. From jacket: The yound Dr. Bing Irvinston of Station Wagon Set is now the older doctor in the town, and his son Ben practices with him. They become involved with all the relationships of the villagers. There is Amy Meredith, secretary to Warren Andrews, the author; Rosie Niles, the town alcoholic; the Lovemays, playwright and publisher; Gordon Banks, the town minister; and a fine group of young people who participate in the communities dramatic production. Miss Baldwin’s ever-increasing circle of readers will follow with fascination the involvement of Dr. Bing and Dr. Ben with the eventful lives of their friends and patients, and with delight the love story of Ben and Amy.

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