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Reveries of Childhood and Youth

Reveries of Childhood and Youth by Yeats, William Butler

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Title
Reveries of Childhood and Youth
Author
Yeats, William Butler
Seller
White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (United States)
Condition
Fine
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Dublin: Cuala Press, 1915. First edition. Hardcover. Cloth. Cloth spine, paper pastedown on boards. Slipcase: quarter morocco. Fine/fine. No. 289 of 425 limitation. Besides this copy being a beautiful example of the limited first edition, it was notably from the library of actor, Kenneth MacKenna, and his wife, Mary, and contains the bookplate of Kenneth MacKenna. The set comes with a short note on stationary written by Mary MacKenna to James Frasher, to whom she gave the book as a gift. Kenneth MacKenna (1899-1962) was a well-known actor and film director, as well as the brother of Jo Mielziner. He was married first to film star Kay Francis and then to Mary Philips, who had been the first wife of Humphrey Bogart. Kenneth, Mary and Bogart had met while they were all performing in the play, "Nerves", in 1924. Among the many theatrical accomplishments of the MacKennas, they were the original angels of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, "South Pacific". 8vo. 21.5 by 15 cm. 128 pp. Condition: Slipcase has two raw gouges on spine, plus a few minor rub spots, perhaps more pronounced on lower spine tip. A few light dings along opening edge. Principal book itself has light brown staining, if it is staining, on free endpapers. Otherwise the book is easily in fine condition. Green dust jacket extremely well-preserved. Small side portfolio which contains accompanying plates has very light staining on both its spine cloth and its paper pastedown but none of this is disconcerting. A beautiful set, with the additional slipcase, which was not part of the original issue, the only piece with a significant condition issue, and this can be rectified or greatly mitigated, and is worth retaining regardless.
HANGING CHINESE GARDEN PAINTING 50" SCROLL

HANGING CHINESE GARDEN PAINTING 50" SCROLL

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HANGING CHINESE GARDEN PAINTING 50" SCROLL
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Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
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Scroll measures 50" x 26 3/8" Artwork is on paper with 3/4" fabric border along sides, 14 3/8" border at top, and 10 3/8" border at bottom. Condition is good with minor creasing (please examine photographs for details). Small amount of brown moisture spotting faintly visible on white fabric (scattered and very light). Not much is known about this wonderful work of art. It was purchased in People's Republic of China c.1970. SK Consignment. Shelved at Rockville Room D. 1349236. Special Collections - Upstairs.
HANDBOOK OF MEASUREMENT ERROR MODELS (Chapman & Hall/CRC Handbooks of Modern Statistical Methods)
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HANDBOOK OF MEASUREMENT ERROR MODELS (Chapman & Hall/CRC Handbooks of Modern Statistical Methods) by Yi, Gracy Y. [Editor] Delaigle, Aurore [Editor] Gustafson, Paul [Editor]

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HANDBOOK OF MEASUREMENT ERROR MODELS (Chapman & Hall/CRC Handbooks of Modern Statistical Methods)
Author
Yi, Gracy Y. [Editor] Delaigle, Aurore [Editor] Gustafson, Paul [Editor]
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Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9781138106406
Description
Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, 2021. First Edition. Hardcover. Large Octavo, xiv, 577 pages. In Good condition. Grey and dark blue spine with white and dark blue lettering. Boards have mild shelving wear, mild finger-staining, scratches along front board joint, a small tear along rear board joint along tail, mild wear along rear board edges, mild wear along spine head and tail, and boards are shaken. Textblock has mild wear along head and tail edges of pages 151-205, mild staining along rear end-page and pastedown, mild wear along front and rear pastedowns, moderate wear along head and tail edges, and mild staining along edges. Shelved in ND-C. 1379688. FP New Rockville Stock.
ORIGINAL "LET'S SPEND THE NIGHT TOGETHER" ROLLING STONES MOVIE POSTER

ORIGINAL "LET'S SPEND THE NIGHT TOGETHER" ROLLING STONES MOVIE POSTER

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ORIGINAL "LET'S SPEND THE NIGHT TOGETHER" ROLLING STONES MOVIE POSTER
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Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
Embassy Picture, 1982. One Sheet (measures 27 in. x 41 in.) In Very Good condition. Light age toning. Minimal wear to edges and corners. Moderate creasing along original folding lines. Shelved in Rockville Room A. FJ Consignment. 1381772. Special Collections - Upstairs.
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AMOS ARMFIELD; OR, THE LEATHER-COVERED BIBLE

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AMOS ARMFIELD; OR, THE LEATHER-COVERED BIBLE
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Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
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New York: American Tract Society, n.d.. Hardcover. 16mo, 141 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in red cloth with gilt lettering. Boards have bumping to corners, sunning to spine, and fraying and tearing to spine edges. Textblock has light age toning. Shelved Netdesk Office Case 3. 1376681. FP New Rockville Stock.
The Story of the Electrotypes Used to Illustrated Sir John Tenniel's Drawings for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass

The Story of the Electrotypes Used to Illustrated Sir John Tenniel's Drawings for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass by Arman, Mark

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The Story of the Electrotypes Used to Illustrated Sir John Tenniel's Drawings for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass
Author
Arman, Mark
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Thorn Books (United States)
ISBN
9780952373322
Condition
Fine
Description
Thaxted Essex: The Workshop Press, 1996. Limited edition. Stiff card wraps. Fine. Thin folio. Stiff printed wraps. Unpaginated (24pp.) One of 50 numbered copies; this is No. 17. Arman's discussion of the history of the Alice electrotype plates in illustrated by twelve plates finely printed letterpress. A fine copy. The plates were electrotypes created from the original wood engravings cut by the Dalziel Brothers ca. 1860-1870. .
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Observations on Morbid Poisons, Chronic and Acute.; The first comprehending syphilis, yaws, sivvens, elephantiasis, and the anomala confounded with them. The second, the acute contagions, particularly the variolous & vaccine by ADAMS, Joseph

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Observations on Morbid Poisons, Chronic and Acute.; The first comprehending syphilis, yaws, sivvens, elephantiasis, and the anomala confounded with them. The second, the acute contagions, particularly the variolous & vaccine
Author
ADAMS, Joseph
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Argosy Book Store (United States)
Condition
very good
Description
London: Callow, 1807. hardcover. very good. Illustrated with 4 exquisite colored stipple engravings (foxed) & further commentaries on the doctrines of Mr. Hunter. 4to, rebound in green cloth. London, 1807. Second Edition. Very good. Proksch I, 259. The chief work of Adams (1756-1818), a respected practitioner and physician to the Small Pox Hospital. In this work Adams defends John Hunter, of whom he was a great admirer, against various attacks by his detractors, as well as presents his own work on contagion and preventative measures, including inoculation and vaccinations. The four fine engraved plates printed in colors, which are very striking, illustrate skin lesions and other external characteristics of various diseases.
Modern Architecture: Being the Kahn Lectures for 1930

Modern Architecture: Being the Kahn Lectures for 1930 by Frank Lloyd Wright

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Modern Architecture: Being the Kahn Lectures for 1930
Author
Frank Lloyd Wright
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Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
Princeton University Press, 1931. Decorative Boards. Near Fine. A crisp, bright copy of the 1931 1st edition. Tight and VG+ to Near Fine in its decorative beige boards, with just a bit of very faint soiling at the panels. Internally, one discreet small name --and address and date-- at the front free endpaper (that of John M. Gaus {1894-1969}, Professor of Government at Harvard and "one of the founding fathers of the discipline of Public Administration" as well as a President of the American Political Science Association), otherwise clean as could be, with no writing or markings to speak of. Frank Lloyd Wright's lectures at Princeton in 1930, constituting part of the formidable "Princeton Monographs in Art and Archaeology" series.
Antonin Pelc: Karikatury 1919-1945

Antonin Pelc: Karikatury 1919-1945 by -

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Antonin Pelc: Karikatury 1919-1945
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-
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Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Collectible; Very Good
Description
Melantrich, Czechoslovakia: S.V.U. Manes, 1948. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. A clean, handsome copy of the 1948 1st edition of this uncommon monograph on Czech caricaturist Antonin Pelc. Tight and VG+ in its original russet cloth. Folio, 121 pgs., high-quakity color reproductions thruout.
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Squarehead by Harriet Ziefert

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Squarehead
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Harriet Ziefert
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Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Collectible; Fine
Description
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001. Hardcover. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A clean, solid copy of the 2001 1st edition. Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Tall quarto, wonderfully illustrated thruout by Todd McKie.
The Farmer and Planter

The Farmer and Planter by [Agriculture] [Farming] Stokes, R. M. (Proprietor)

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The Farmer and Planter
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[Agriculture] [Farming] Stokes, R. M. (Proprietor)
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Americana Books ABAA (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
Columbia, South Carolina: R. M. Stokes, 1859. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Quarto. Bound volume with 12 issues January through December: [3], 384 pages, [3]. Marbled paper covered boards with leather corners, joints and spine. Gilt lettered title on the spine. Light edge wear to the boards and to the head and base of the spine. Light scattered foxing and light toning to the contents. Scarce publication. Periodical ran during the 1850's to the early 1860's. Two copies of Supplement Advertiser (1859-60) for this periodical located in OCLC.
The Cambridge of 1776: Wherein is set forth an Account of the Town, and of the Events it Witnessed: With Which is Incorporated the Diary of Dorothy Dudley Now first published

The Cambridge of 1776: Wherein is set forth an Account of the Town, and of the Events it Witnessed: With Which is Incorporated the Diary of Dorothy Dudley Now first published by [American Revolution] [Cambridge, Massachusetts] [Ladies Centennial Committee] Dudley, Dorothy; Gilman, Arthur. (edited by)

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The Cambridge of 1776: Wherein is set forth an Account of the Town, and of the Events it Witnessed: With Which is Incorporated the Diary of Dorothy Dudley Now first published
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[American Revolution] [Cambridge, Massachusetts] [Ladies Centennial Committee] Dudley, Dorothy; Gilman, Arthur. (edited by)
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Americana Books ABAA (United States)
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Poor
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Cambridge: Lockwood, Brooks, and Company, 1876. First Edition. Hardcover. Poor. Octavo. x, 123 pages, [5] pages advertisements, [1]. Illustrated. Light cloth hardcover with gilt title and black and white illustration on the front cover. Front board detached. Cloth spine has a hand made partial paper title label that is chipped. Cloth binding is darkened, lightly soiled, and chipped on the spine. Interior contents are clean. This is a former institutional copy from the Long Island Historical Society with old stamps on the title page and page 118.
Georgia A Pageant of Years

Georgia A Pageant of Years by Anderson, Mary Savage; Barrow, Elfrida De Renne; Screven, Elizabeth MacKay; Waring, Martha Gallaudet

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Georgia A Pageant of Years
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Anderson, Mary Savage; Barrow, Elfrida De Renne; Screven, Elizabeth MacKay; Waring, Martha Gallaudet
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Americana Books ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
Richmond: Garrett & Massie, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/good. Octavo. xi, [1], 245 pages. Illustrated. Blue cloth hardcover with title on spine. Illustrated dust jacket. Light shelf wear and soil to the dust jacket. Front and rear end sheets are toned.
Provisions: Lost Prose [Limited Edition, Signed by Sebastian Matthews]

Provisions: Lost Prose [Limited Edition, Signed by Sebastian Matthews] by William Matthews; Sebastian Matthews [ed. & intro.]; Cris Cristofaro [illus.]

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Provisions: Lost Prose [Limited Edition, Signed by Sebastian Matthews]
Author
William Matthews; Sebastian Matthews [ed. & intro.]; Cris Cristofaro [illus.]
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Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
Winona, MN: Sutton Hoo Press, 2003. Near Fine. Winona, MN: Sutton Hoo Press, 2003. Limited Edition of approximately 200 copies. Signed by Sebastian Matthews, both the editor and the author's son, without inscription on full title. Octavo; 79pp. Two-color illustrations by Cristofaro throughout. Publisher's purple cloth with mounted illustration to front and paper spine label. Boards are clean and crisp. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Collection of eight short stories and fourteen prose poems selected from Matthews' archives.
A" 13-21

A" 13-21 by ZUKOFSKY, Louis

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A" 13-21
Author
ZUKOFSKY, Louis
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Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
London: Jonathan Cape, 1968. Softcover. Very Good. Uncorrected proof. Octavo. Printed wrappers with publisher's printed paper spine and cover labels. Light tanning on spine, few faint creases to covers at tips of corners, a very good copy. The English edition precedes the American.
Hen xin, hen xin de wo [Someone New]

Hen xin, hen xin de wo [Someone New] by ZOLOTOW, Charlotte. Erik Blegvad, illustrated by

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Hen xin, hen xin de wo [Someone New]
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ZOLOTOW, Charlotte. Erik Blegvad, illustrated by
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Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9789573243878
Condition
Near Fine
Description
[Taipei]: (Yuan-Liou Publishing Co., Ltd, 2001. Hardcover. Near Fine. First Chinese-language edition. Illustrated by Erik Blegvad. Translated by Bizi Li. Slim octavo. Text in Chinese. Glazed pictorial boards a trifle worn with the green (grass) portion of the spine slightly sunned, top and bottom page edges with a slight ripple, near fine without dust jacket as issued.
The Ladies Calling In Two Parts

The Ladies Calling In Two Parts by Allestree, Richard

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The Ladies Calling In Two Parts
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Allestree, Richard
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Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
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Very Good
Description
Oxford: Printed at the Theater in Oxford, 1673. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo., (26)141(3) 99(1) though with some errors in pagination. Sharp Second Impression, printed the same year as the first. Bound in contemporary polished brown calf with titles in gilt on leather spine label and decorations in compartments. Leather looks varnished with piece chipped from spine ends and wear to tips. Front joint cracked and rear hinge just starting to. Title page and early inscription torn and page repaired with partial loss of text stating the impression. Generally clean pages with a few early pages waterstained at the lower margins. Several pages with vertical streaks of blue ink though not affecting readability of text. Ownership signature on front end-paper. "By the author of the Whole Duty of Man...", who is presumed to be Allestree, (1619-81). Still a quite handsome collectable copy of a treatise on the proper conduct of women.
[SCIENCE] IRON: THE JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, METALS & MANUFACTURE: A Newspaper Published Every Saturday VOLUME VII, JANUARY TO JUNE, 1876

[SCIENCE] IRON: THE JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, METALS & MANUFACTURE: A Newspaper Published Every Saturday VOLUME VII, JANUARY TO JUNE, 1876

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[SCIENCE] IRON: THE JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, METALS & MANUFACTURE: A Newspaper Published Every Saturday VOLUME VII, JANUARY TO JUNE, 1876
Seller
Black Swan Books, Inc. (United States)
Condition
near Very Good binding
Description
London: IRON" Offices, 1876. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. 26 issues, bound, of one of the popular science periodicals that emerged in England during the middle of the 19th century, the heyday of the Industrial Revolution. Illustrated throughout with steel engravings of all kinds of industrial machinery, as well as thousands of ads.Bound journals from Saturday, January 1, 1876 through Saturday, June 24, 1876. No apparent pencil or ink markings in the journals. Some closed tears on side edges of the first few pages of the first journal. The corners of the hard covers are bumped and chipped. The side edges have some bumps and chips. near Very Good binding.
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Caravaggio Controluce: Ideali e Capolavori by Zuccari, Alessandro

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Caravaggio Controluce: Ideali e Capolavori
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Zuccari, Alessandro
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Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
ISBN
9788857206646
Condition
VG. Previous owners name penned inside, otherwise clean and unmarked.
Description
Milano: Skira, 2011. Softcover. VG. Previous owners name penned inside, otherwise clean and unmarked.. Octavo. Softcover. Glossy illustrated wraps. 326 pages, lxiv pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm. Italian text.
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Commemorative Studies in Honor of Theodore Leslie Shear. Hesperia: Supplement VIII

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Commemorative Studies in Honor of Theodore Leslie Shear. Hesperia: Supplement VIII
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Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
Condition
VG. Name on front cover sharpied out.
Description
Baltimore: American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1949. Softcover. VG. Name on front cover sharpied out.. Quarto. Softcover. Bound in beige paper wraps with black titles. xv, 433 pages illustrations, portrait, maps (1 folded) 30 cm.
Unter der Erde: Von Kafka bis Kippenberger

Unter der Erde: Von Kafka bis Kippenberger

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Unter der Erde: Von Kafka bis Kippenberger
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Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
ISBN
9783862063666
Condition
As New
Description
Düsseldorf, Germany: Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, 2014. Softcover. As New. Black wraps, 159 pp., color & BW illus. Text is in German. Issued in conjunction with a 2014 exhibition focusing on underground art -- literally. Held at Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, April 5-August 10, 2014. Includes work by Henry Moore, Bruce Nauman, Peter Fischli, David Weiss, Gregor Schneider, and more. A rough translation of a German review follows: "Inspired by the literature, the experiences of the two World Wars or in confrontation with real caves, tombs, caves and tunnels edit visual artists in the 20th and 21st centuries and strengthened in many ways the motive of relocation of the habitat under the earth. Henry Moore sketched during the Blitz of 1941, the investigation into the underground shafts protection Londoners, Bruce Nauman buries in the 1970s, a concrete chamber, the interior of which is accessible through a camera, Peter Fischli & David Weiss stage in their channel video documentary imagery from the Zurich sewer and Gregor Schneider builds oppressive, soundproofed rooms. The book contains 14 positions two of modernity and twelve contemporary art. The different interpretations of artists make the ground represents a specific place or notional idea and refer to its utopian respectively anti-utopian character. Direct and indirect references to literary images of the subsurface to be clearly explained in the accompanying text. Interviews with selected artists provide insight into the motivic backgrounds"
Autograph Letter Signed, Lost River, Alaska, July 12, 1920 to Percy

Autograph Letter Signed, Lost River, Alaska, July 12, 1920 to Percy by C., Donald

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Autograph Letter Signed, Lost River, Alaska, July 12, 1920 to Percy
Author
C., Donald
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Michael Brown Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Description
quarto, 6 pages, formerly folded, light toning to paper, else in very good, clean and legible condition. Letter discussing the potential mineral development of Lost River. The writer, is clearly a geologist involved in exploring the potential profitability of the area for tin mining, he comments on the climate, topography and condition of the Native population. The area was mined early in the 20th century, but commercial mining was soon abandoned. Lost River is a waterway on the Seward Peninsula of the U.S. state of Alaska. Rising in the York Mountains, the river empties into the Bering Sea, 10 miles (16 km) west of Port Clarence. It is located 10 miles (16 km) east of Cape York. Lost River has a length of about 10 miles (16 km) and drains the central part of the York Mountains. Its two tributaries, Tin Creek and Cassiterite Creek, enter from the east about 3 miles (4.8 km) and 1 mile (1.6 km), respectively, from its mouth, and tin ore has been found on both of these creeks. Cassiterite Creek, which is really the larger fork of Lost River, has a length of about 3 miles (4.8 km). Tin Creek, about 2 miles (3.2 km) long, heads within about 1 mile (1.6 km) of Cassiterite Creek, and, flowing parallel with it for about the same distance, turns westward and enters Lost River through a canyon cut in the limestones of the York Mountains. Lost River itself flows in a comparatively broad valley cut in these limestones. The bed of the river is not deeply gravel filled, and the valley floor is practically cut out of the limestones and not to any extent built on them. The mouth of Cassiterite Creek is about 100 feet (30 m) above the sea. Between Tin Creek and Lost River, there is a stock of granite intruded into the limestone, which outcrops in a nearly circular area, probably 0.5 miles (0.80 km) in diameter. In 1898, a party of disappointed prospectors, returning from Kotzebue Sound, were shipwrecked a few miles east of the mouth of Lost River, and were obliged to camp at that point during the winter. A cabin built largely from wreckage of their schooner is known as the Kotzebue cabin. These prospectors probably first applied the name Lost River to this stream. In the succeeding summer a mining district was organized by survivors of this expedition, with headquarters located on King River, which enters Bering Sea between Lost River and Cape York. The Lost River region was included at that time in the King River recording district. No discoveries of gold were made, however, and the region was abandoned by prospectors. In the winter of 1902, prospectors again turned their attention to this region in the search for tin ore. Granite porphyry dikes, which occur in the limestones near the mouth of Lost River and also near King River, first attracted their attention, and many specimens of this were mistaken for "tin crystals," were sent to various assayers, from whom widely divergent reports were obtained. Early in the summer of 1903, Charles Randt, Leslie Crim, and Y. J. O'Brien discovered minerals in Tin Creek and made a thorough search for tin ore in that vicinity. They made a large collection of minerals, which was sent to Teller in July, 1903. Metallic tin was readily obtained from one small specimen by aid of a blowpipe, while the larger part of the collection was shown to contain minerals of no value. The collection was of sufficient interest to tempt an examination of the locality in detail where there was evidence of tin ore which had been seen in Teller to the granitic dike on Cassiterite Creek, and also to obtain specimens of stannite ore from Tin Creek. Since this examination the dike described has been called "Cassiterite ledge" in location notices, and it has been definitely traced through a group of four claims. A crosscut trench has been made near the Cassiterite Creek end of the ledge, which, it is reported, shows that the ledge has a width of 100 feet and that cassiterite is disseminated throughout the rock. "My Dear Percy, … Briefly, we are in the York range of hills, which run E-W and form the backbone of this part of the Peninsula. They are of probably Ordovician time, have been uplifted, intruded with dikes & bosses from a granite magma, which also furnished the range of minerals, and subsequently eroded and dissected to their present rather rugged condition. On the north, a long expanse of tundra fronts the Arctic, where the land is being up-built, resulting in the formation of a succession of lagoons. Between here and the "Cape" are only a couple of low passes in the range, and this coupled with the naturally windy nature of the Arctics, and the S winds associated with the Japan current near the Aleutians produce an unending conflict and variability of wind and weather of which we get all the benefit. It has been stated that (by the U.S.G.S) that this Peninsula is probably the windiest in America & perhaps in the world. Hence we are nearly always sure of a local wind through this local chimney due to a stratum of cold air on one side or the other, when 5 miles away or 1500 ft above may be a s calm as a picture. If you chance to look thru Bull. 358 you will see that this section is credited with many unusual minerals some of which are sometimes fairly valuable gem stones, such as tourmaline and topaz. They are only in massive form however and seldom distinctive. The fluorite however has many attractive gradations of pink, amethyst &c and the cassiterite & wolframite sometimes occur in very beautiful crystals, eagerly prized by mineralogists. Difficulties of operation are considerable though perhaps not so great as might be surmised. The ordering of supplies needs great care & foresight and perhaps the greatest difficulty is to secure a diversified supply of men of the right experience, perseverance & temperament. To compute a formula for the correct mixture of nationality age, religion, experience & lymphatic, phlegmatic, nervous murderous or other temperament would be sufficient to overtax the energy of even the omniscient Hoover, and to bring him prematurely to the verge of acute melancholia. My own work however has been altogether more cheerful; I have not been saddled with the managerial or operative end, but concerned solely with the technical problems. What the future program will be will probably be decided upon at the forthcoming arrival of the officials who are expected on the same boat that will take this letter out. Much development remains to be done before the final outcome can be predicted. The technical situation of the tin market is very strong, which is encouraging. The natives have had a very prosperous winter catching fur, which brought fabulous prices. With the proceeds, like many a fairer skinned brother in these great U.S.A., they proceed to live high on white man's grub, to buy his shoddy woollen & cotton garments & to indulge in perfumery, talcum powder and what not evidence of civilization and culture. The ordinary personal effluvia of an Eskimo is such that he can be approached with impunity only from the windward side while the aggravation of aromas in their winter huts is said to beggar description. When on top of this is piled the haunting fragrance of "Mary Garden", or the sweet dreamy elusiveness of "Djer Kiss" laid on a substantial sub-stratum of rancid seal oil, the effect ought to paralyze the olfactory nerve to say the least. Alaska is now in a "betwixt & between" condition, at least this part. The richest workings of gold & copper and most successful enterprises have been exploited and in the case of placer gold are largely on the decline. Reindeer herds flourish here and develop amazingly & could do much supplying the U.S. with cheaper meat. Fisheries can be extended, and the large scale patient development & enterprise of large concerns substituted for the former hasty skimming methods. Drained of population by the economic hardships as well as the direct demand induced by the war – I look for an influx of young blood to go ahead, not so gorgeously successful as some in the past, but with more permanence …"
[BAKING POWDER] Small Archive of Baking Powder Pamphlets

[BAKING POWDER] Small Archive of Baking Powder Pamphlets

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[BAKING POWDER] Small Archive of Baking Powder Pamphlets
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1899-1935. Staplebound. Are you familiar with the "baking powder wars" that erupted in the late nineteenth century? During this period, baking powder had become a booming industry, with more than a hundred manufacturers competing nationwide. In their efforts to attract home cooks loyal to traditional methods and recipes, these companies produced their own cookbooks and promotional pamphlets to showcase the advantages of their brands. Gestine Lemcke. THEPURE Cook Book. Albany, NY: THEPURE Baking Powder Company, 1904. 128 pgs, 14 x 19 cm. Rumford Chemical Works. Prof. Horsford's Phosphatic Baking Powder Rumford Chemical Works. Providence, RI: Rumford Chemical Works, [1890-1906]. 1 card, 12 cm x 8 cm. The Calumet Baking Book New Edition. Tarrytown, NY: General Foods Corp., 1931. 31 pages, 19.5 cm x 12.5 cm. Mrs. Lincoln's Baking Powder Company. Mrs. Lincoln's Baking Powder Company Cookbook A Cookbook for A Month at a Time. Boston, MA: Mrs. Lincoln's Baking Powder Company, 1899. 48 pages, 17.5 cm x 11cm. Edna M. Plunkett. Twenty-One Different Ways to Make Biscuits. Los Angeles, CA: The Joannes-Splane Co. , [~1920]. 16 pages, 14.5 x 7.5 cm. The Joannes-Splane Co.s Twenty-One Different Ways to Make Biscuits advertises the West Coast division of baking powder company Ben-Hur. The Department of Home Economics, Sarah Field Splint. The Rumford Modern Methods of Cooking. Providence, RI: The Rumford Company, [~1920]. 64 pages, 18.5 x 12.5 cm. Lily Haxworth Wallace. Rumford Common Sense Cook Book. Rumford, RI: Rumford Chemical Works, 1932. 64 pages, 12.5 x 18.5 cm. Jaques Manufacturing Co. KC Baking Powder Grocer's Want Book. Chicago, IL: Jaques Manufacturing Co. , [1940-1942]. 28 pages, 21 cm x 10 cm. The Cook's Book KC Baking Powder. Chicago, IL: Jacques Manufacturing Co., 1935. Calumet Baking Powder Company. Reliable Recipes A Calumet Cookbook. Chicago, IL: Calumet Baking Powder Company, 1922. 26th Edition. 81 pages, 22 x 13 cm.
THE ART OF Mexican Cooking

THE ART OF Mexican Cooking by Aaron, Jan & Georgine Sachs Salom

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THE ART OF Mexican Cooking
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Aaron, Jan & Georgine Sachs Salom
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lizzyoung bookseller (United States)
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Tan and blue boards. Near fine, in very good dust wrapper
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Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1965. Hardcover. Tan and blue boards. Near fine, in very good dust wrapper. 309 pages. 21.5 x 14.5 cm. An early look at Mexican cooking. Featuring a guide to the art of Mexican cooking with Appetizers, Soups, Eggs and Cheese, Fish, Meats, Poultry, Barbecue, Sauces, Enchiladas, Tacos, Tamales, Tostadas, Empanadas, Beans & Rice, Vegetables, Salads, Breads, Cakes, Cookies, Desserts, Beverages, and Fiesta dishes. Lovely illustrated endpapers. Interior and boards clean. Dust wrapper lightly rubbed. Former owner's book plate. Covered in protective mylar.
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TOLD BY THE COLONEL by Alden, W.A.

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TOLD BY THE COLONEL
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Alden, W.A.
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TOLD BY THE COLONEL, McClure & Co., 1893, first edition, a bright vg copy of this collection of short stories. Illustrated. Not in the bibs but should be as several of these stories are of the genre. Uncommon.
Max Yavno: Poetry and Clarity

Max Yavno: Poetry and Clarity by Yavno, Max

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Max Yavno: Poetry and Clarity
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Yavno, Max
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Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
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Very Good
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Museum of Photographic Arts, 1985. First edition. Very Good. A portfolio of seven duotone offset prints from the exhibition at the Museum of Photographic Arts, Balboa Park, San Diego, California. 10 December to 2 February 1986. Loose prints [14 x 11"] housed in a sleeve and portfolio. All 7 prints are present. The prints were printed by Arts and Crafts Press of San Diego on premium number one matte-coated paper supplied by La Salle Paper Company. Near fine, with only minor sunning to the edges of the portfolio.
The Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America.

The Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America. by Adney, Edwin Tappan and Howard I. Chapelle.

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The Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America.
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Adney, Edwin Tappan and Howard I. Chapelle.
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Ten Pound Island Book Co. (United States)
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Best work on the subject. Richly illustrated. VG in publisher's cloth, lightly soiled.
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Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1964. Best work on the subject. Richly illustrated. VG in publisher's cloth, lightly soiled.. 28 cm. 242 pp. b/w photos, ills.
Rulers of the Indian Ocean.

Rulers of the Indian Ocean. by Ballard, G. A.

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Rulers of the Indian Ocean.
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Ballard, G. A.
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Ten Pound Island Book Co. (United States)
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An account of 'the sequence of periods of dominion or ascendancy in the Indian Ocean held by various rival maritime states',( fr
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Boston.: Houghton Mifflin Company., 1928.. An account of 'the sequence of periods of dominion or ascendancy in the Indian Ocean held by various rival maritime states',( from the author's preface). Although the author gives an avowedly eurocentric story of the European maritime dominance of the Indian Ocean during most of the second millenium, the story is expertly told and engrossing . In very good condition. 24 cm. xv; 319 pp. frontispiece engraved b/w portrait. b/w Portraits, engraved , reproduction and photographic, sketched ships' portraits as plates. b/w city plan. b/w sketch charts on front and rear pastedowns and blanks. White label with motif on front board. White title label on spine.
Are you worrying about a job

Are you worrying about a job

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Are you worrying about a job
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[Milwaukee]: Socialist Party [and] Office Workers Union 16456, 1940. Single sheet folded to make a four panel brochure, 4.25x5.5 inches, slightly misfolded, else in very good condition.
Finally! Mission Blue Cafe's first Rank and File Video Benefit [handbill]

Finally! Mission Blue Cafe's first Rank and File Video Benefit [handbill]

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Finally! Mission Blue Cafe's first Rank and File Video Benefit [handbill]
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Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
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San Francisco: Mission Blue Cafe, 1980. 8.5x14 inch handbill, horizontal fold, otherwise very good. Announces a fundraiser to help Salt of the Air Video complete a documentary about Teamsters for a Democratic Union. The film, titled "Fighting for our Union," appeared in 1981.
Elia Kazan: Interviews

Elia Kazan: Interviews by Baer, William, ed.

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Elia Kazan: Interviews
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Baer, William, ed.
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ReadInk (United States)
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9781578062249
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Fine
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Jackson: University Press of Mississippi. Fine. (c.2002). 1st Edition (softcover issue). Softcover. 1578062241 . [nice clean as-new copy, with no discernible wear]. (Conversations with Filmmakers) Series Trade PB (B&W photographs) A compilation of 16 published interviews with the American film director, culled from numerous sources, ranging in date from 1951 to 1988. Chronology; filmography; index. .

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