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Mammoth musical exercises... by MASON, Lowell

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Seller: Ursus Books

Title: Mammoth musical exercises...
Author: MASON, Lowell
Seller: Ursus Books (United States)
Description: 1856. AMERICAN MUSIC. Mammoth Musical Exercises: or, Musical Diagrams for the Singing Class, Designed to save Teachers much Labor at the Blackboard. By Lowell Mason. 60 ff. of printed music. Elephant folio, 615 x 515 mm., bound in contemporary American marbled boards with new brown calf spine and corners. New York: Mason Brothers, 1856. Grand-scale printing of this exceedingly rare American musical specimen. This nineteenth-century American musical printing was issued by the man known as the "father of American music" and the "father of American church music." His most famous composition is probably "Nearer My God, to Thee." Lowell Mason (1792-1872) instituted a program for music education in Boston public schools, which was widely copied around the country. His other great accomplishment was transforming American church music from a practice of having professional choirs and accompaniment to congregational singing accompanied by organ music. This massive tome, published by his sons, was intended to be used in school classrooms. It was printed in a grand scale so that it could be seen from a distance. The size, and the fact that it was heavily used, has resulted in very few surviving copies. The upper outer corner of the margins is missing a small piece, but the overall condition is exceptional for this type of fragile publication.

Crucible Furniture Design Archive by [Crucible Corporation]; [David Weinstock]

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Title: Crucible Furniture Design Archive
Author: [Crucible Corporation]; [David Weinstock]
Seller: Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition: Very good plus.
Description: [New York]: n.p., 1970. Very good plus.. Archive of the Crucible Furniture Corporation's product photographs, internal documents, and marketing materials: a treasury of American furniture design. Weinstock's Crucible Corporation supplied seating to many iconic locations, including the 5th Avenue Revlon Salon, the Kennedy Airport, and San Francisco's Fairmount Hotel, among numerous other public buildings. As a supplier to architectural, institutional, and commercial interior designers for over 50 years, Crucible was a significant contributor to the 'look' of the public-facing 20th century: not only showpieces like the aforementioned lobbies and lounges, but the everyday stools, chairs, and tables of of theaters, classrooms, and restaurants; the shapes one sees and touches every day that form the greater shape of contemporary life. Born in Poland in 1924, Weinstock was most active in the 1940s through the 1970s, and by the later decades of his career was one of the last furniture designers and manufacturers remaining in New York City. This archive includes original product photographs, magnificently alone or staged on plush carpeting, set off by marble busts; sales brochures, design specs, advertising materials, clippings from industry publications (among them: Furniture Production Magazine's tech report on secret developments in Rigid Foam; an article on the special requirements of psychiatric ward design with photo credits to Crucible, alongside Herman Miller and Knoll); and advertisements featuring Weinstock or other Crucible personnel and products. A curious inclusion is one small notebook of design sketches followed by handwritten notes: various puns, quotations, and aphorisms, possibly intended for advertising use, along with a series of apparently original observations on city scenes and the passers-by who sooner or later would sit in a Crucible chair (e.g., "She wore her martyrdom & her goodness like jewelry (woman on a bus)"; "To the world he contributed nothing but demands & complaints"). A fascinating collection from a firm whose craftsmanship and conception of public space helped form the essential experience of waiting in comfort or anticipation, in liminal spaces; from gleaming white hotel lobby barrel chairs like cushioned bathtubs, to the vast connected rows of lecture hall seating, to the imperceptibly nervous-making lines of airport lounges: a smooth silhouette with a core of iron in the bustling heart of the city and the century. 12'' x 9'' (folders). Three original smooth white printed folders with CRUCIBLE printed to exterior; versos matte red. (1) contains: Several dozen items, including a stapled catalogue of public area multiple seating; hand-annotated design specs and full folded blueprints for a signature Crucible table; news articles and clippings from design industry publications; double-page advertisement for Republic Steel's Merchant Pig Iron, featuring Weinstock. (2) contains: Four leaves of chair design sketches on various company stationery; advertising mock-ups and logo design; small notebook of design sketches followed by handwritten notes; 16-page catalogue; [48] page catalogue, unbound but with three-hole punches to left side; additional loose pages of catalogue photography and specs. (3) contains: 42 original 8'' x 10'' glossy black and white photographs; 16 smaller original photographs of assorted sizes, one in color; and 7 additional 8'' x 10'' photographs with printed specs and Crucible logo, apparently intended for catalogue use. Photographer and/or designer names stamped on versos of some photos; pen or colored pencil notations on rectos and versos of several photos. Crucible employee Vera White's name written or printed on a significant number of documents throughout the collection. Contents in generally very good condition, with many photographs fine; wear and chipping to magazine pages; slight yellowing and general edgewear to documents throughout.

THE DARK ROOM by WALTERS, Minette

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Title: THE DARK ROOM
Author: WALTERS, Minette
Seller: Antic Hay Books (United States)
Description: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1996. WALTERS, Minette. THE DARK ROOM. NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1996]. 8vo., boards in dust jacket; 381 pages. First Edition, first printing. Signed by Walters on front endpaper. Fine in fine d/j. $10.00.

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