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Prime Minister Winston Churchill Meets With Leaders of the Provisional Czechoslovak Government, Forced Into Exile By Hitler, and Decides to Give Them Full Diplomatic Recognition

Prime Minister Winston Churchill Meets With Leaders of the Provisional Czechoslovak Government, Forced Into Exile By Hitler, and Decides to Give Them Full Diplomatic Recognition by Winston Churchill

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Prime Minister Winston Churchill Meets With Leaders of the Provisional Czechoslovak Government, Forced Into Exile By Hitler, and Decides to Give Them Full Diplomatic Recognition
Author
Winston Churchill
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The Raab Collection (United States)
Description
19/04/1941. A symbol of the growing alliance against the NazisThe Munich Conference of 1938 led to the surrender of part of Czechoslovakia called the Sudetenland in the name of appeasement. Many in Britain were jubilant at the thought of having avoided war, but Winston Churchill felt the Czechs had been betrayed and told Parliament that the British people “should know that there has been gross neglect and deficiency in our defenses; they should know that we have sustained a defeat without a war, the consequences of which will travel far with us along our road; they should know that we have passed an awful milestone in our history, when the whole equilibrium of Europe has been deranged…”The annexation of the Sudetenland, completed according to the Munich timetable, was not the end of Czechoslovakia’s suffering. On March 15, 1939, all Czech areas were occupied by the Nazis and proclaimed a protectorate of the Third Reich. In exile in Chicago, the former Czechoslovak president Edvard Bene_ appealed to the Great Powers and the League of Nations to denounce German aggression and the breach of the Munich agreement. France, Britain, and the United States raised formal protests against Hitler’s takeover of the Czech Lands (often referred to as the “rape of Prague”). When World War II broke out in September 1939, Czech exiles, including the main leaders, formed the Czech National Liberation Committee and immediately began to seek international recognition as the exiled government of Czechoslovakia. By the end of 1939, though, France and Britain had only extended it the right to conclude international treaties, but not in the name of the Czechoslovak Republic.Winston Churchill became Prime Minister in May 1940 and he was a friend of Czechoslovakia. The fall of France and the perilous military situation prompted the British Government to rally all possible anti-Nazi strength, and on July 21, 1940, the Benes Committee was recognized by Churchill as a provisional Czechoslovak Government. By this formal step, taken by Lord Halifax as Foreign Minister, the Allied powers were now able to negotiate with the Provisional Czechoslovak Government, and six months later a financial agreement was signed between the British and the Czechs providing for credits to the Bene_ government. While Bene_ was still the head of a provisional government in exile, he created the concept of Czechoslovak legal and political continuity. On this basis he claimed that everything that had followed the Munich Conference had been illegal.Nevertheless, the Committee still felt somewhat insecure about Britain’s recognition, because it specifically mentioned Bene_ as president, but did not explicitly link Bene_ to the previously-existing government. They pressed the British in April 1941 for even greater clarity. On the 18th of that month, they sent a letter to the British requesting that their agreements ""be concluded, as before September, 1938, in the name of the Czechoslovak Republic"". In other words, they wanted unqualified recognition and a declaration of legal continuity.Not all the appeasers of 1938 were gone from the Conservative Party, and Jan Smuts, South Africa’s leader, was also hostile to the idea of granting full recognition to Benes. A British change of heart came when Churchill paid a visit to a Czech military unit on April 19, 1941, and Benes gave him a summary of the Czech arguments for full recognition. Churchill was already pleased with the spirit shown by the Czech soldiers and was moved to tears when they sang ‘Rule Britannia’ at the end of his visit. He was struck above all by their desire to serve Britain after being betrayed at Munich. A few days later Churchill gave Benes’ statement to Eden, who was already pro-Czech, with the remark: “I do not understand why the Czechs could not have the same status as the other allies. They deserve it.” The final official recognition was issued by Britain and the USSR on July 18 and by the USA on July 31, 1941.This album leaf, April 19, 1941, contains the names of many involved in gaining full recognition for the Czechoslovak Government-in-Exile. There is Churchill himself, who has dated the leaf April 1941, plus his wife Clementine Churchill.On the Czech side, there are the main players: Edvard Benes, Czechoslovak President-in-Exile; Czech Foreign Minister Jan Masaryk; and Jan Sramek, Prime Minister of the Czechoslovak Government-in-Exile. Also signing are W. Averell Harriman, then serving as President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s special envoy to Europe, and Harley “Hap” Arnold, the new chief of the U.S. Army Air Corps, clearly there as an observer.  Affixed to a light board.
[Daily Accounts of the Great Railroad Strike of 1922]

[Daily Accounts of the Great Railroad Strike of 1922] by Chapman, Chris. C. [compiler]

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[Daily Accounts of the Great Railroad Strike of 1922]
Author
Chapman, Chris. C. [compiler]
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Langdon Manor Books LLC (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
[New York], 1923. Good. 11¼" x 9". Brad-bound binder, three-hole punched, holding 360 pp. accounts and cover sheet, mimeographed rectos only. Good: front cover partially detached; first two leaves detached, another nearly so and heavily chipped; several dogears. This is an astounding collection of day-by-day reporting on the Great Railroad Strike of 1922, providing in-depth and brazen accounts of disrupted New York transit, acts of violence and revolt. The infamous strike, also known as the Railway Shopmen's Strike, was one of the largest nationwide work stoppages and one of the most violent labor strikes in America. Nearly 400,000 workers in railway shops and roundhouses walked off the job to protest a 12 percent wage cut in July. U.S. Attorney General Harry Daugherty sent U.S. Marshals to aid the railroads and defeat the strike, and at least 10 workers were killed by the National Guard. The strike was viewed as a major failure for the Harding administration, led to the passing of the 1926 Railroad Labor Act and paved the way for industrial unionizing in the 1930s. This book was furnished by one Chris Chapman to New York's "Supt. of Trans." in January 1923, comprising "items of interest and events that occurred each day during the Strike-period October 1st to December 31st Inclusive 1922." October 1 st was the "Ninety-second day of strike" and 83rd of the "operation of cars," a data point that, along with the weather highs and lows, was reported nearly every day. Times and depots were provided for each incident, most often cars being "stoned" and windows broken, citing damage and delays. A staggering number of days saw "shots fired from a passing automobile," seemingly deliberate collisions and reports of men climbing aboard, attempting "to assault the crew." At Niagara Falls a man was arrested "who was carrying a rifle, he claims he was taking it to be cleaned," there were mentions of fires, "placing torpedoes on track" and "wagon tipped over." "Mobs" threw bricks, bottles, snowballs and apples, one conductor "smashed [a] man in the face and another "was attacked by several men who stole his badge." Our author noted claims for damages incurred "through failure of the city to furnish adequate police protection to its property and employees" as well as comments and activity of the "Union" and the "Council." Vivid, astonishing first-hand reporting of one of the country's largest labor strikes.
The War With the South: A History of the Rebellion with Biographical Sketches of Leading Statesmen and Distinguished Naval and Military Commanders, Etc.

The War With the South: A History of the Rebellion with Biographical Sketches of Leading Statesmen and Distinguished Naval and Military Commanders, Etc. by Tomes, Robert, M.D.

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The War With the South: A History of the Rebellion with Biographical Sketches of Leading Statesmen and Distinguished Naval and Military Commanders, Etc.
Author
Tomes, Robert, M.D.
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Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
New York: Virtue & Torston, 1862. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Three Volumes, Large 4to., 664, 680, 738pp. Beautiful First Edition. Bound in contemporary three quarter black leather over purple pebble-cloth covered boards. Gilt borders. Gilt raised bands on spine. Title in gilt upon a red leather label in 2nd compartment; Vol. # in gilt in 4th; gilt decorations in all others. Marbled fore-edges and end-papers. Dozens of in-text and full-page illustrations, maps and portraits. Square and tight with minor rubbing to spine ends, hinges and tips. Fairly light scattered foxing throughout with heavier spotting on full-page plates. Ownership signature on flyleaf of volume 3. Volume 2 has partially erased notes on both front and rear end-papers with 1/2 of rear end-paper torn. A gorgeous, well-preserved collectable set and quite uncommon in this condition. Additional postage may be required for international and Priority Orders.
The Stoneware Monkey

The Stoneware Monkey by Freeman, R. Austin

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The Stoneware Monkey
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Freeman, R. Austin
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Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
New York: Popular Library, 1943. 1st Paperback Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Vintage Paperback Popular Library #11. Solid First Paperback Printing. No month, 1943. No Cover Price. Originally published by the Hodder & Stoughton in 1938. Square and tight with moderate page toning. A bit of edge-wear and rubbing. Still fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. A sharp collectable copy.
BATTLE-PIECES and Aspects of The War

BATTLE-PIECES and Aspects of The War by Melville, Herman

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BATTLE-PIECES and Aspects of The War
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Melville, Herman
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Sumner & Stillman (United States)
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1866. [one of Melville's scarcest] New York: Harper & Brothers, 1866. Original violet cloth, beveled board edges. First Edition of Melville's first published volume of verse, about the just-concluded American Civil War -- "dedicated to the memory of the Three Hundred Thousand who in the war for the maintenance of the Union fell devotedly under the flag of their fathers." In 1857 Melville stopped writing fiction after the publication of THE CONFIDENCE-MAN -- though he would live 34 additional years; discouraged by the lack of critical acclaim, he turned instead to verse, to which he had originally aspired. Three years later (1860) he submitted some poems to Harper, but his proposed volume was rejected, and those poems today are lost. Five years after that, spurred on by the fall of Richmond, he wrote the 72 poems that comprise BATTLE-PIECES -- the first section of 50+ describing the war chronologically, event by event, and the second section consisting of elegies, epitaphs, and requiems. His introductory poem "The Portent" (not cited in the Contents) covers the hanging of John Brown in 1859; two poems after "The Surrender at Appomattox" is "The Martyr," the assassination of Lincoln. Throughout, Melville describes not the glory of the war but the horror and the tragedy of the war. As Blanck notes, all copies bear the misprint "hnndred" on the copyright page (it is small print and the letters "u" and "n" are very similar, so a myth has evolved that there are two states). This copy is bound in textured violet cloth (Blanck's "red-purple C-like cloth," one of seven possibilities of cloth grain and color (no precedence). Condition is very good (slight wear at the spine ends and two small dents in the spine; spine a little sunned as always with this color; front endpaper cracked but tight). This is one of Melville's scarcer titles; one can well imagine that Harper printed comparatively few copies of Melville's second attempt at verse, having rejected his first attempt outright. Blanck 13673. Provenance: bookplates of [Dr.] Walter Ralph Steiner (1870-1942) and of [Prof.] Joseph Vincent Ridgely (1921-2014).
IN AND OUT & ROUND ABOUT. A BOOK OF TRANSFORMATION PICTURES

IN AND OUT & ROUND ABOUT. A BOOK OF TRANSFORMATION PICTURES by Clifton Bingham

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IN AND OUT & ROUND ABOUT. A BOOK OF TRANSFORMATION PICTURES
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Clifton Bingham
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Black Swan Books, Inc. (United States)
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Very Good binding
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London | New York: Ernest Nister | E. P. Dutton & Co, 1895. Pictorial Boards. Very Good binding. With text and in text illustrations, opposite six functioning, pull-tab transition illustrations. A bright copy of a children’s transformation book, with few closed tears to the borders of the movable illustrations, and minor wear to the corners of the boards. Quarter brown cloth over pictorial paper boards. Very Good binding.
[ENGLAND] THE HISTORY OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS [5 VOLUMES]. 1715-1754 [2 VOLUMES]: INTRODUCTORY SURVEY, APPENDICES, CONTITUENCIES, MEMBER A-D, MEMBERS E-Y; 1754-1790 [3 VOLUMES] : INTRODUCTORY SURVEY, CONSTITUENCIES, APPENDICES; MEMBERS A-J; MEMBERS K-Y. COMPLETE IN FIVE VOLUMES

[ENGLAND] THE HISTORY OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS [5 VOLUMES]. 1715-1754 [2 VOLUMES]: INTRODUCTORY SURVEY, APPENDICES, CONTITUENCIES, MEMBER A-D, MEMBERS E-Y; 1754-1790 [3 VOLUMES] : INTRODUCTORY SURVEY, CONSTITUENCIES, APPENDICES; MEMBERS A-J; MEMBERS K-Y. COMPLETE IN FIVE VOLUMES by Romney Sedgwick | Sir Lewis Namier & John Brooke

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[ENGLAND] THE HISTORY OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS [5 VOLUMES]. 1715-1754 [2 VOLUMES]: INTRODUCTORY SURVEY, APPENDICES, CONTITUENCIES, MEMBER A-D, MEMBERS E-Y; 1754-1790 [3 VOLUMES] : INTRODUCTORY SURVEY, CONSTITUENCIES, APPENDICES; MEMBERS A-J; MEMBERS K-Y. COMPLETE IN FIVE VOLUMES
Author
Romney Sedgwick | Sir Lewis Namier & John Brooke
Seller
Black Swan Books, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Near Fine binding
Description
New York: Oxford University Press, 1970. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Very Good dust jacket. Five quarto volumes in The History of Parliament series; there is a previous owner name either stamped or penned in each volume; otherwise a clean set.~~Uncommon to have all 5 volumes of The History of the House of Commons together. Near Fine binding / Very Good dust jacket.
[LITERATURE] LET IT COME DOWN

[LITERATURE] LET IT COME DOWN by Paul Bowles

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[LITERATURE] LET IT COME DOWN
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Paul Bowles
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Black Swan Books, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Very Good binding
Description
London: John Lehmann Ltd, 1952. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo; in in publisher’s blue linen weave cloth; 318 pages; the First UK Edition in a dustjacket which is bright with just a trace of fade to the spine; there is minor shelfwear to the top of the spine; the dustjacket has not been price-clipped; there is a neatly penned previous owner name to the top of the endpaper. Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket.
Chokei [鳥刑]

Chokei [鳥刑] by ISHIGURO, Kenji (photographer) and Teruharu Takagi [詩: 高木輝治 ; 写真: 石黒健治. 高木, 輝治, 石黒, 健治]

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Chokei [鳥刑]
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ISHIGURO, Kenji (photographer) and Teruharu Takagi [詩: 高木輝治 ; 写真: 石黒健治. 高木, 輝治, 石黒, 健治]
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Very good + in a very good + jacket.
Description
Sohkisha [ 創樹社], 1976. First Edition. Very good + in a very good + jacket.. Soft-focus, mostly evocative nudes, accompanied by "photo poems." In Japanese. Illustrated with black and white photographs. OCLC locates just one copy, in Japan. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth boards in photographic dust jacket. With original obi. Light foxing and toning to jacket and endpapers. Still, very well preserved. Very good plus overall. SIGNED by Ishiguro on ffep. 112pp.
KATHARINE HEPBURN | ALICE ADAMS (1935) Portrait by Ernest Bachrach - 2

KATHARINE HEPBURN | ALICE ADAMS (1935) Portrait by Ernest Bachrach - 2 by Ernest A. Bachrach

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KATHARINE HEPBURN | ALICE ADAMS (1935) Portrait by Ernest Bachrach - 2
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Ernest A. Bachrach
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Walterfilm, Inc. (United States)
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About Fine
Description
RKO Radio Pictures. No binding. About Fine. [Los Angeles]: RKO Studios, [1935]. Vintage original 8 x 10" (20 x 25 cm.) black-and-white glossy silver gelatin photo. Stamped on verso in ink with Ernest Bachrach photographer stamp as well as attached printed paper blurb. Crease near top left corner, minor chip at bottom left corner and minor creasing near right bottom edge. About fine. Katharine Hepburn plays the small town Indiana girl who wants to improve her social status in this adaptation of Booth Tarkington's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1921 novel. Walter Plunkett designed a simple contemporary to 1935 wardrobe for her, but for this glamour portrait she wears a lace and crocheted top with diamond clips. Photo coded NY Q-324.
Lorraine Hansberry (playwright) A RAISIN IN THE SUN (1960) Set of 2 Broadway photos

Lorraine Hansberry (playwright) A RAISIN IN THE SUN (1960) Set of 2 Broadway photos by Np

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Lorraine Hansberry (playwright) A RAISIN IN THE SUN (1960) Set of 2 Broadway photos
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Np
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Walterfilm, Inc. (United States)
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About Fine
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Np. No binding. About Fine. [New York]: 1960. Two vintage original 8 x 10" (20 x 25 cm) glossy silver gelatin black-and-white photos. Text, blurbs and 1960 date stamps on verso. Minor publication use, overall about fine. A Raisin in the Sun, written by Lorraine Hansberry, debuted on Broadway in 1959. Its title, from a poem by Langston Hughes about a Black family in Chicago, deals with themes of housing discrimination, racism and assimilation. There were 530 performances at the Ethel Barrymore and Belasco Theatres, directed by Lloyd Richards. Ossie Davis replaced Sidney Poitier during the run. There were four Tony award nominations, including for Poitier. One portrait is of Claudia McNeil, the other features Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee dancing.
Chart of Ancient Armour from ðe xi to ðe xvii Cent; Description of the Figures in The Chart of Ancient Armour

Chart of Ancient Armour from ðe xi to ðe xvii Cent; Description of the Figures in The Chart of Ancient Armour by Hewitt, John

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Chart of Ancient Armour from ðe xi to ðe xvii Cent; Description of the Figures in The Chart of Ancient Armour
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Hewitt, John
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Thorn Books (United States)
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Very good
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London: George Bell, 1847. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Large folding chart approximate 18 by 30 inches printed in red and black and with a fine cloth backing, bound into a portfolio. The portfolio is covered in paper decorated with blue fleurs-de-lis in a repeating red diapeer pettern. Gilt title on the spine, and a bookseller ticket on the front pastedown. The chart was cut into nine sectiins to allow folding into the portfolio. Some wear to the inner spine paper, but a very good exemplar. Accoimpanied by the explanatory booklet, 12mo, stiff wraps, 16pp. and signed I. H. The chart is signed I. Hewitt, the I probably stanind for Ioannes (John). The author is probably John Hewitt the Antiquarian, known for his work at the TOwer of London and his well-regarded guide on the history, armory and antiquities of the Tower. .
Run For Your Life: Night Train from Chicago (Original screenplay for the 1966 television episode)

Run For Your Life: Night Train from Chicago (Original screenplay for the 1966 television episode) by Robert Bloch (screenwriter); Ben Gazzara, Brock Peters, Louise Sorel, Val Avery (starring); Richard Benedict (director)

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Run For Your Life: Night Train from Chicago (Original screenplay for the 1966 television episode)
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Robert Bloch (screenwriter); Ben Gazzara, Brock Peters, Louise Sorel, Val Avery (starring); Richard Benedict (director)
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Royal Books (United States)
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Universal City: Universal Television, 1966. Revised Draft script for Season 1 Episode 27 of the 1965-1968 television series, which originally aired on April 11, 1966, on NBC. The series followed Paul Bryan, who, after being told he has only months left to live, embarks on a series of adventures to make the most out of his remaining time alive. In this episode, Bryan searches for a mysterious nun, and is thereby dragged into a murder mystery linked to the Mafia. Robert Bloch is best known for penning Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" (1959), although his six-decade writing career encompassed novels, short stories, radio, cinema, and television. A protégé of H.P. Lovecraft, Bloch received the Hugo Award, the Bram Stoker Award, and the World Fantasy Award, and served as the president of the Mystery Writers of America in 1970. Self wrappers. Title page present, dated 2/25/66, with credits for screenwriter Robert Bloch and story credit for John Thomas James. 52 leaves, with last page of text numbered 49. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, bound with a single staple at the top left corner.
The Film That Was Lost (First Edition)

The Film That Was Lost (First Edition) by Will H. Hays, Howard Dietz (text)

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The Film That Was Lost (First Edition)
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Will H. Hays, Howard Dietz (text)
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Royal Books (United States)
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New York: Museum of Modern Art Film Library [MOMA], 1942. First Edition. First Edition. Very Good plus in illustrated saddle-stapled wrappers, with light overall rubbing, toning at the extremities, and a small faint stray pen mark on the bottom of the front wrapper.
Marisol: Recent Sculpture (Announcement Card)

Marisol: Recent Sculpture (Announcement Card) by MARISOL

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Marisol: Recent Sculpture (Announcement Card)
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MARISOL
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Faint stain to upper left corner, with some scuffing; close to near fine.
Description
New York: Stable Gallery, 1962. Faint stain to upper left corner, with some scuffing; close to near fine.. Glossy announcement card (7.5 x 5.25 inches) for the pivotal Stable Gallery exhibition of Marisol's idiosyncratic sculptural work, inviting the recipient to the vernissage on May 8. Illustrated after black-and-white photograph of her Self-Portrait (1961-62).
Ultima Palabra [caption title]

Ultima Palabra [caption title] by [Colombia]. Fernandez Saavedra, Manuel

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Ultima Palabra [caption title]
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[Colombia]. Fernandez Saavedra, Manuel
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McBride Rare Books (United States)
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About very good.
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[Bogotá, 1863. About very good.. Small broadside, 8.75 x 5.25 inches. Small, closed tear at lower left. The author, Manuel Fernandez Saavedra, denounces the Bishop of Bogotá for claiming that the Colombian constitution ironed out at the convention of Rio Negro as "atheistic." Not in OCLC.
Outland [SIGNED]

Outland [SIGNED] by Ballen, Roger (photographer); Peter Weiemar (introduction)

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Outland [SIGNED]
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Ballen, Roger (photographer); Peter Weiemar (introduction)
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Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
ISBN
9780714840581
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Near fine condition
Description
London: Phaidon Press Limited, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine condition. Square quarto. Unpaginated. (120)pp. Original white glossy boards with gray lettering on cover and spine, in original dustjacket with the same lettering. Black endpapers. Signed "Roger Ballen" on title page. Illustrated with sixty-one full-page duotone photos of mainly white South Africans on the outskirts of society. "Outland' is the culmination of almost twenty years work for artist-photographer Roger Ballen and amounts to one of the most extraordinary photographic documents of the late twentieth century." (Publisher).
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Metaphysics and Common Sense by Ayer, A. J.

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Metaphysics and Common Sense
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Ayer, A. J.
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vg
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San Francisco: Freeman, Cooper & Company, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Quarto. XI, [3], 267, [1]pp. Original decorative wrappers over green cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover. Printer's device on title page. The essays compiled in this remarkable work deal with the problems of meaning and communication, the foundation of knowledge, and the theory of probability. Wrappers, binding and interior in overall very good condition.
A NEW SPIRIT, A NEW COMMITMENT, A NEW AMERICA

A NEW SPIRIT, A NEW COMMITMENT, A NEW AMERICA by The 1997 Inaugural Committee; [Carter, Jimmy]; [Mondale, Walter F.]

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A NEW SPIRIT, A NEW COMMITMENT, A NEW AMERICA
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The 1997 Inaugural Committee; [Carter, Jimmy]; [Mondale, Walter F.]
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Type Punch Matrix (United States)
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Very good in very good jacket.
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[n.p.]: Duobooks, 1977. First printing. Very good in very good jacket.. Signed first edition of "the official 1977 Inaugural Book" for the 39th president of the United States, Jimmy Carter, and his vice president, Walter F. Mondale. 10.75'' x 8.25''. Original blue cloth, inaugural seal stamped in gilt to front board, lettered in gilt to spine. In original unclipped ($15.00) color photographic jacket. Red endpapers. Illustrated throughout in black and white and in color. 128 pages. Signed by Carter on half-title page. Previous owner name inked to front paste down. Jacket with some light shelfwear and rubbing, a bit of toning to margins of rear panel and flaps. Book with light toning to board edges, bit of bumping to top edge, rear board slightly bowed. Interior bright.
FOOLISH RABBIT'S BIG MISTAKE

FOOLISH RABBIT'S BIG MISTAKE by Young, Ed; Martin, Rafe

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FOOLISH RABBIT'S BIG MISTAKE
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Young, Ed; Martin, Rafe
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Type Punch Matrix (United States)
ISBN
9780460062565
Condition
Fine.
Description
New York: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1986. Fine.. Signed first UK edition of this retelling of a Buddhist Jataka story, a Boy Who Cried Wolf tale with a rabbit in the leading role. Ed Young entered the world of illustration as a commercial artist, and this background in compelling visual storytelling is evident in all his books. Over his long career, he has earned two Caldecott Honors and two nominations for the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award. 11'' x 9.75''. Original color pictorial boards. No dust jacket, as issued. Illustrated in color. [32] pages. Signed by Young on front free endpaper. Binding with a hint of edgewear. Clean.
Livres # Artistes: Vingt Oeuvres des Collections de Mariemont (19 April-29 June 2008)

Livres # Artistes: Vingt Oeuvres des Collections de Mariemont (19 April-29 June 2008) by (ARTISTS’ BOOKS)

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Livres # Artistes: Vingt Oeuvres des Collections de Mariemont (19 April-29 June 2008)
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(ARTISTS’ BOOKS)
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Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
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Color illus. 71 pp. Tall 8vo, red printed softcover with flaps, title on spine. Morlanwelz, Belgium: Musée Royal de Mariemont, 2008. Rare exhibition catalogue on artists’ books. The show was curated by Veronica Alarcon Ibanez and Pierre-Jean Foulon. Books by Broodthaers, Christian Dotrement, Jacques Louis Nyst, Jacques Lennep, Pierre Cordier, Anne Goy, Filliou, etc. were selected. Text in French and Spanish. In excellent condition. We find just two copies in North America. ❧ A. Desjardin, The Book on Books on Artists Books (2nd ed.: 2013) 122.
Puppet Parade - The Puppets are Coming! Rag, Tag & Bob-Tail!

Puppet Parade - The Puppets are Coming! Rag, Tag & Bob-Tail!

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Puppet Parade - The Puppets are Coming! Rag, Tag & Bob-Tail!
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Eclectibles (United States)
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Near-fine. Letter folds.
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Boston, Massachusetts: Women's Educational and Industrial Union, 1933. Near-fine. Letter folds.. The Puppets Are Coming! Rag, Tag & Bob-Tail!" Printed poster advertising upcoming puppet and marionette performances at the Bookshop for Boys and Girls in Boston, run by the Women's Educational and Industrial Union. Includes beloved characters of the time (Aladdin, Little Black Sambo, Sally Gabble, etc.) and includes an interactive aspect to one of the performances: "Only the famous puppet Pinocchio is debarred [from the performance]. Will he slip past the guards and get his NOSE into things? TRAP set at every entrance". Broadside (19" by 6.25") printed in magenta ink on yellow paper. Includes illustration of marionette at head. The Women's Educational and Industrial Union was founded in 1877 by English physician Dr. Harriet Clisby (1830-1931) in response to a sudden influx of immigrants to Boston. The Union's goal was to help women and mothers support themselves and their families, offering training through programs and businesses including the Bookshop for Boys and Girls.
THE HILLS BEYOND

THE HILLS BEYOND by Wolfe, Thomas

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THE HILLS BEYOND
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Wolfe, Thomas
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Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1941. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 386 pages. In Very Good minus condition with Good dust jacket. Dark blue spine with yellow text. Dust jacket is protected by mylar covering and has chipping to head edge of spine, chipping to corners, slight tearing to head edge, and mild edge and shelf wear. Price uncut "$2.50". Boards have slight bumping to corners. Textblock has light age toning and sticker on rear pastedown. 1373026. Special Collections - Downstairs.
Benevolent Pleasures of Sight

Benevolent Pleasures of Sight by SOLYAGUA, Camille

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Benevolent Pleasures of Sight
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SOLYAGUA, Camille
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Riverrun Books & Manuscripts (United States)
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9783923922567
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A fine copy with some very light surface wear to the jacket
Description
Tucson, AZ: Nazraeli Press, 1997. A fine copy with some very light surface wear to the jacket. 4to. Duotone photographs. Original cloth; pictorial dust jacket. FIRST EDITION, number 130 of 1000 copies, signed by the photographer in silver on the front free endpaper. Foreword by Ruth Bernhard. Introduction by Robert Sobieszek. Luminous, poetic images of natural subjects.
The Theatrical Adventures of Edward Gorey: Rare Drawings, Scripts, and Stories

The Theatrical Adventures of Edward Gorey: Rare Drawings, Scripts, and Stories by [Edward Gorey] Carol Verburg

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The Theatrical Adventures of Edward Gorey: Rare Drawings, Scripts, and Stories
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[Edward Gorey] Carol Verburg
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Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9781797229539
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Very Good
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San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2024. Very Good. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2024. First Edition, with full numberline. Quarto (28.5cm); 256pp; color illus. throughout. Publisher's illustrated boards with debossed silver lettering and maroon velvet curtain spine. Boards are sturdy and square, with one shallow line impression at bottom front. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.
Siam: The Land of the White Elephant as it was and is

Siam: The Land of the White Elephant as it was and is by Bacon, George B. compiler and arranger; Frederick Wells Williams, revisions

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Siam: The Land of the White Elephant as it was and is
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Bacon, George B. compiler and arranger; Frederick Wells Williams, revisions
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The Kelmscott Bookshop (United States)
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Very Good
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1893. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. This interesting book was issued as part of the publisher's Illustrated Library of Travel. Wiilliams writes in his reviser's note that he aimed to revise this little volume leaving untouched, so far as possible, Bacon's compilation, omitting only such portions as were inaccurate or obsolete, and addingrather sparingly from the narratives of a few recent travellers. The book starts with a chapter on early intercourse with Siam, followed by its geography, history, modern Siam, and descriptions of various cities and areas, Siamese life and customs, and ending with a chapter titled Bangkok and the New Siam. There are 25 black and white illustrations of everything from Siamese women, elephants in a Park at Ayuthia, to monkeys playing with a crocodile. Bound in brown cloth with gilt titling to spine. Cloth has a few light stains and signs of handling. Endpapers and text pages are clean and bright. In very good condition. Measures 7.5 x 5.25 inches. 296 pages. ASIANHIST/082925.
Einstein's Monsters (Signed First Edition)

Einstein's Monsters (Signed First Edition) by AMIS, Martin

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Einstein's Monsters (Signed First Edition)
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AMIS, Martin
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Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780224024358
Description
London: Jonathan Cape, 1987. First UK edition and first printing. Hardcover. 127 pages. A collection of stories which all center around Nuclear weapons. A near fine copy with the inevitable darkening to the pages and a small remainder mark to the bottom edge of the pages and in a near fine dust jacket. Signed by Amis on the title page.
Catalogus van de Javaansche en Madoereesche handschriften der Leidsche Universitaits-bibliotheek

Catalogus van de Javaansche en Madoereesche handschriften der Leidsche Universitaits-bibliotheek by Vreede, A[lbert] C[ornelis], 1840-1908

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Catalogus van de Javaansche en Madoereesche handschriften der Leidsche Universitaits-bibliotheek
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Vreede, A[lbert] C[ornelis], 1840-1908
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McBlain Books (United States)
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Very Good
Description
Leiden: Brill, 1892. Paperback. Very Good. viii, 434p. Softcover in original wrapper. 23cm. Moderat chipping and wear (and some splitting) along sides of backstrip. Stain at base of backstrip. Contents generally sound. Dutch text.
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One Hundred Years of Sea Power: The U. S. Navy, 1890 - 1990. by Baer, George W.

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One Hundred Years of Sea Power: The U. S. Navy, 1890 - 1990.
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Baer, George W.
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Lighthouse Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1994. Octavo, blue & white boards (hardcover), silver lettering, 553 pp. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. From dust jacket: This powerfully argued, objective history of the modern U.S. Navy explains how the Navy defined its purpose in the century after 1890. It relates in detail how the Navy formed and reformed its doctrine of naval force and operations around a concept articulated by Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan -- a concept of offensive sea control by a battleship fleet, and, new to America, the need to build and maintain an offensive battle fleet in peacetime. However, there were many years, notably in the 1920s and after World War II, when there was no enemy at sea, when the country turned inward, when the Navy could not count on support for an expensive peacetime battle fleet. After 45, especially, the inappropriateness of Mahanian principles strained a service that had taken them for granted, as did the centralization of the military establishment and the introduction of new weapons. What, then, did the Navy do? It shrewdly adapted old ideas to new technology. To reclaim its position in a general war, and avoid being transformed into a mere transport service, the Navy (with the Marine Corps) proved it was capable of power projection onto the land through seaborne bombers armed with nuclear weapons and by building a ballistic missile-launching submarine force. The growth of a Soviet sea force in the 1970s and 1980s revived the moribund sea power doctrine, but the Navy’s bid for strategic leadership failed in the face of the war-avoidance policy of the Cold War. With the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Navy finally retired Mahan’s doctrine that the defeat of the enemy fleet was the Navy’s primary objective. Having proven itself in the course of the century as ever adaptable, the service moved back from sea control to a doctrine of expeditionary littoral warfare. This volume, then, is a history of how a war-fighting organization responded -- in doctrine, strategy, operations, preparedness, self-awareness, and force structure -- to radical changes in political circumstance, technological innovation, and national needs and expectations.
At Teheran..Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin signed a concord for victory over fascism and for a lasting peace [brochure advertising "Teheran: Our Path in War and Peace" by Earl Browder]

At Teheran..Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin signed a concord for victory over fascism and for a lasting peace [brochure advertising "Teheran: Our Path in War and Peace" by Earl Browder]

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At Teheran..Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin signed a concord for victory over fascism and for a lasting peace [brochure advertising "Teheran: Our Path in War and Peace" by Earl Browder]
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Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
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Chicago: Modern Book Store, 1944. Four panel brochure, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good condition.

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