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Thoscanello de la Musica di Messer Pietro Aaron Fiorentino Canonico da Rimini. Con Privilegio by ARON, Pietro ca. 1480-ca. 1550

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Title: Thoscanello de la Musica di Messer Pietro Aaron Fiorentino Canonico da Rimini. Con Privilegio
Author: ARON, Pietro ca. 1480-ca. 1550
Seller: J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
Description: Venice: Impressa in Vinegia per maestro Bernardino et maestro Mattheo di uitali fratelli Venitiani, 1523. Full vellum with titling gilt to spine. 1f. (early manuscript on vellum with decorative initials in red ink and decorative penwork in red and blue, decorative pointers in black), 1f. (recto title printed in red within highly decorative woodcut border, verso privilege), 1f. (dedication to Sebastiano Michele) with historiated initial), 2ff. (contents and full-page woodcut portrait of Aron), 21ff. Libro Primo, 1f. (recto full page plate "Coligatio Notvlar," verso blank), 28ff. Libro Secondo, 1f. (early manuscript). With occasional decorative and historiated initials. With numerous finely-printed musical examples and diagrams throughout. Unpaginated, but 54ff. in total, with L4 blank, as issued. In Italian. The fine full-length portrait of Aron depicts the author seated surrounded by his pupils, with a viol, lute, recorder and books on a table in the foreground, all within a densely floriated border incorporating small figures playing musical instruments. Binding slightly worn and soiled; ties lacking. Minor internal wear and soiling; occasional foxing and staining; staining to many lower blank margins and gutters; title slightly trimmed and frayed at lower and outer edges; minor annotation to one page with inking to several notes on following page resulting in staining to preceding and following leaves. First Edition. This edition not in Cortot, Gregory-Bartlett, or Wolffheim. Cowden: A Collector's Journey: Notable Music Books Written Prior to 1800, no. 12. Davidsson: Bibliographie der Musiktheoretischen Drucke des 16. Jahrhunderts, p. 11. Gaspari 1, 185. Reese: Fourscore Classics of Music Literature, 36. Hirsch I, no. 2. RISM Écrits Imprimés p. 97. "Born in tenuous circumstances (Toscanello, preface), Aaron seems to have been largely self-taught; this may be the reason for his less systematic approach and questionable statements (especially in his first treatise), but also for his valuable insights into contemporary practice: from his first treatise onwards he promises to divulge 'many of the secret chambers of this art, never heretofore revealed'. He is especially informative on counterpoint and compositional process (distinguishing older and newer procedures), the modal system in polyphonic music, and the application of musica ficta. He is one of the first theorists to discuss mean-tone temperament. His Toscanello, among the earliest vernacular music treatises, was highly successful and ran to four editions." Bonnie J. Blackburn in Grove Music Online First published in 1523, "Toscanello ... is probably the best general treatise of its generation, invaluable for its clever and progressive discussions of musical practice, particularly counterpoint. ... Aron wrote extensively about practice, scarcely ever touching on speculative theory. His ideas are derived from earlier writers, notably Tinctoris, Gaffurius and Spataro, but he frequently extended or modified traditions." TNG 6, Vol. 1. pp. 2-3. "Aron's published works on musical theory comprise the Libri III de institutione harmonica (1516), the Trattato della natura e cognizione di tutti gli toni di canto figurato (1525), the Lucidario in musica (1545), and the Compendiolo di molti dubbi (without date). His chief writing, however, is the Toscanello in musica (1523, and four later editions), which contains the best exposition of contrapuntal rules to be found before Zarlino. Aron is the first theorist to recognize the practice of composing all voices of a composition simultaneously." Strunk: Source Readings in Music History, p. 205 The full-page woodcut of Aron instructing his pupils, with musical instruments in the foreground, represents a significant record of the history of the student/teacher relationship of the period. See Kinsky: A History of Music in Pictures, p. 109, no. 2. An important work, and a fine example of a very early treatise in the vernacular.

Two to One A Comic Opera. [Piano-vocal score] by ARNOLD, Samuel 1740-1802

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Title: Two to One A Comic Opera. [Piano-vocal score]
Author: ARNOLD, Samuel 1740-1802
Seller: J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
Description: Melville, N.Y.: Belwin Mills, 1970. Oblong folio. Original publisher's printed wrappers. 1f. (recto title, verso blank), pp. 4-48, p. 49 (cast list), [vii] (blank) pp. Wrappers very slightly worn. A facsimile of an early edition.

Soviet Choreographers in the 1920s ... Translated from the Russian by Lynn Visson - Edited, with additional translation, by Sally Banes by SOURITZ, Elizabeth

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Title: Soviet Choreographers in the 1920s ... Translated from the Russian by Lynn Visson - Edited, with additional translation, by Sally Banes
Author: SOURITZ, Elizabeth
Seller: J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Durham and London: Duke University Press, 1990. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Full dark red cloth with titling gilt to spine. 356 pp. With numerous illustrative plates, some in color. In dustjacket. Binding slightly worn.

A flag and letter presented to an official or journalist by a California Issei who would later be arrested and incarcerated by the FBI on December 7, 1941 by Kobotru Inouye

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Title: A flag and letter presented to an official or journalist by a California Issei who would later be arrested and incarcerated by the FBI on December 7, 1941
Author: Kobotru Inouye
Seller: Kurt A. Sanftleben (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: Redwood City, California, 1940. This typed letter, dated 17 October 1940 and signed by a prominent Issei member of California's Japanese-American community presents a 2' x 4' silk U.S. flag to an unnamed person, presumably a government official or journalist. Both are in nice shape; the display case is not original nor part of this lot. The letter reads in part: "At the present time, both Europe and the Far East is going through a turmoil, and the results of the outcome no one knows. . .. We are very fortunate to be living in this democratic country where everything is plentiful. . .. Most countries are striving to get what is lacking in their country. They cannot get amicable term to obtain what they need; therefore, they are using force, the result being war. This country should stay neutral and not help any country if she wants to continue in peace. As soon as this country start to meddle in others' affair there will be a rebound . . . and the result will be a grave one. . .. As a symbol of the land of Glory I am going to present to you the flag of this nation, and may this country enjoy its freedom and be in peace for time to come." Inouye's flowery words about our "democratic land of Glory" partially veil a duplicitous intent directly related to the Japanese Foreign Ministry's effort to stem the tide of adverse publicity Japan was receiving in the American press. What Inouye euphemistically referred to as "turmoil" was Germany's conquest and brutal occupation of Western Europe. More to the point of this letter, the "turmoil" was also Japan's imperialist attempt to conquer China and Southeast Asia. Additionally, Inouye's plea for U.S. neutrality fails to mention that the Axis Pact, i.e., the Tripartite Treaty, was signed just a few days before. In it, Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Imperial Japan pledged to support each other in their wars of conquest and subjugation while formally acknowledging that Japan was entitled to rule all of Asia. Considering this and, in hindsight, Japan's treacherous sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, Inouye's 'suggestion' to "stay neutral" or expect "grave" consequences seems possibly to be more of a threat than a cautious recommendation. Inouye was an ambitious son from a Samurai family. He had wanted to become a naval officer like his older brother. However, after being turned down by the Japanese Naval Academy, he immigrated to California where he established a nursery in Redwood City. He became very active in the quasi-official Japanese Associations that controlled most aspects of Issei life through tiered relationships with the Imperial Government. The Associations emphasized Japanese patriotism, churned out pro-Japanese military propaganda, promoted anti-Chinese hatred, and purchased equipment for the Japanese military. No doubt, Inouye's samurai heritage, his brother's service in the Japanese Navy, his leadership in Japanese Associations, and this letter brought him to the attention of the FBI as the tension between Japan and the United States grew, especially after President Roosevelt directed the FBI to coordinate surveillance of potentially dangerous aliens. Within hours of the Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, FBI agents appeared at Inouye's home where, after a search, he was taken into custody as part of a sweep that included German, Italian, and Japanese nationals (Inouye was not a U.S. citizen) suspected of being or of being sympathetic to Axis agents. FBI records indicate that during this sweep, the foreign nationals were arrested if they possessed certain cameras, weapons, signaling equipment, or short-wave radios. Although records don't reveal what Inouye possessed, a local newspaper reported his son agreed that Inouye's arrest was the proper thing to do. This comment is indicative of a growing generational split among Japanese immigrants. Issei loyalty generally went to Japan and Nissei loyalty to the United States. Inouye and two German nationals apprehended at the same time were first taken to a former immigration office barracks on Angel Island in San Francisco Bay and then moved to a U.S. Justice Department detention camp at Sharp Park (now in the city of Pacifica) where about 135 other suspected agents were also held. From there, Inouye was moved through several Department of Justice and U.S. Army detention camps (the Santa Fe and Lordsburg camps in New Mexico, the Ft. Lincoln camp in North Dakota, and Ft. Missoula camp in Montana), which should not be confused with the well-known concentration camps that were later operated by the War Relocation Authority (WRA). At the Ft. Missoula camp, additional screenings were conducted and most Japanese who had been arrested were deemed harmless and released to the WRA. Inouye was not released; he was retained at Ft. Missoula. While there, he was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease and transferred to the Mayo Clinic for treatment. Following treatment at the clinic, Inouye was not sent back to a foreign agent camp but was instead transferred to the WRA's Topaz concentration camp outside of Salt Lake City, Utah where his family had been interned. After the war, Inouye, along with his family returned to California. For more information see: Muzac's "Inouye, Kotoharu" at the San Mateo County Historical Association Online, Ichioka's "Japanese Immigrant Nationalism" in California History (Fall, 1990), multiple articles in the online Densho Encyclopedia, "193 Aliens . . . Moved to Sharp Park Camp to Ease Immigration Station" at the Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco, various articles in Okihiro's Encyclopedia of Japanese American Internment, the online History of Angel Island Immigration Station by the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation, FBI Memorandum "Internal Security Alien Enemy Control", "Historic Resource Evaluation by the City of Palo Alto #16252H (Draft)", Baker's "Homefront Redwood City - A small town faces a big war" online at Humboldt State University, and Yenne's Panic on the Pacific. A rare Issei Japanese propaganda letter and presentation flag; possibly unique although it is possible that Inouye presented additional letters and flags to other journalists or officials. At the time of this listing, nothing remotely similar is for sale in the trade, and Rare Book Hub shows nothing similar ever being sold at auction. As well, OCLC shows no institutional holdings of other examples, nor any else like them. However, the Hoover Institution has a partially cataloged "Kotoharu Inouye Family Collection" that appears to consist of only books and other publications but may be found to contain other propaganda material as its processing progresses.

1920 – Two printed postcard requests from Austria asking American relatives to purchase and send Food Drafts exchange for rations from the American Relief Warehouse in Vienna by Herbert Hoover

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Title: 1920 – Two printed postcard requests from Austria asking American relatives to purchase and send Food Drafts exchange for rations from the American Relief Warehouse in Vienna
Author: Herbert Hoover
Seller: Kurt A. Sanftleben (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: Vienna, Austria, 1920. Unbound. Very good. One of the two cards, with an undated linear postal cancellation, would have been mailed in the first half of 1920. The Vienna postmark on the other card has an indistinct date, however, it would have been mailed later in the year as Christmas approached. Both are franked with Austrian stamps. The first card has a vertical fold, chips at the corner tips, and a short, closed tear. The Christmas-themed card is in nice shape. The first card is printed in English and German. It reads in part: "The American Relief Administration has established an American Relief Warehouse in Vienna, Austria. You can buy at any bank in the United States American Relief Warehouse Food drafts and send them to us. . .. We are in great need of food. . .. Individual food parcels sent from America usually do not reach us. Money does us no good when there is no food to buy. Help Us In Our Distress By Sending An American Relief Warehouse Food Draft." The Christmas card features an illustration of an angel delivering a "Christmas Food Package" to a destitute Austrian mother and her children as Death looks on. The text on this card is slightly different. It reads in part: "On presentation of these Food Drafts we can draw Special Christmas Packages containing Sugar and Cocoa in addition to the regular line of essential foodstuffs. . ..". During the latter years of World War I, Austria was already experiencing a shortage of food due both to the conflict and supply chain problems. The situation was exacerbated after the war following the establishment of a republic in which three separate political parties jockeyed for control. In response to the approaching famine, Herbert Hoover secured approval to establish a relief program provided no taxpayer funds were used. His American Relief Administration (ARA) inherited large stocks of in-place foodstuffs that wartime relief agencies already had stored on the continent. Realizing that centralized cash systems would delay distribution resulting in many deaths, these cards were distributed to Austrians who sent them to family or friends in America, who would purchase food drafts mail them back for exchange at a food warehouse. (For more information, see Wilkenson's "Feeding Hungry Europe: Success of American Food Drafts. . .." in Current History November 1920.) Very scarce. At the time of listing, none are for sale in the trade. OCLC shows none held in institutional collections, and no auctions are recorded by the Rare Book Hub.

1881 – Letter written on a photomechanically illustrated lettersheet advertising a boarding house in the Adirondack mountains by M. C. Hubbard

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Title: 1881 – Letter written on a photomechanically illustrated lettersheet advertising a boarding house in the Adirondack mountains
Author: M. C. Hubbard
Seller: Kurt A. Sanftleben (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: Keen Valley, New York, 1881. Envelope or Cover. Very good. This four-page letter is written on photomechanically illustrated stationery advertising the Maple Grove Mountain House in Keen Valley, New York. The letter from M. C. Hubbard to her son, John, in Minneapolis, Minnesota was written on 18 September 1881. It is enclosed in a three-cent green U. S. postal service stamped envelope (Scott # U163) that has been canceled with a concentric circle handstamp a circular Keene Valley postmark, dated 20 September. Both the envelope and letter have unexplained multiple strikes of a large, oval Minneapolis Insurance and Real Estate Company handstamp. In nice shape. The especially attractive stationery was produced by Henry Washbond, the owner of the boarding house, and shows the main building and one of its two cabins in a woody setting. Mrs. Hubbard’s letter reads in part: “I suppose your aunt Maria has written you so that you know all about our being at this place. . .. I send you a picture of the place we are boarding at. The house with windows in the roof is the dwelling house of Mr. Washbon (sic) where we eat and where he accommodates some boarders when he needs to he has two cottages one of which you see in the picture where we room and another consisting of only two rooms on the ground floor which has been built since the picture was taken. He has now only Ben & myself three young ladies . . . of Belleville N. J. and two young men acquaintances of theirs the oldest of which will complete his medical studies next year. . .. “I have never seen a more interesting group of young people. They . . . have been abroad [and are] extremely well bred and unassuming. They have spent the past four summers here . . . and have been here since early in July. They tramp a good deal and enjoy everything. . .. “The house is plainly furnished with no carpets excpt on parlor, but good food well cooked. Ben is getting on seemingly all right. We are hardly half a mile from church, but Mr. Washbon took us by his big wagon. [Ben] has got quite brown being out of doors so much. There is a beautiful maple grove close by [with] 700 trees. We have plenty of maple syrup. . .. Just beyond is the forest of balsam pine &c. This is a pleasant place surrounded by mountains – lovely air though today it is pretty warm. . .. “ . In the 1880s, the Adirondacks experienced a major boom in tourism and began to transform from an untamed wilderness into a popular summer destination for wealthy Eastern city-dweller who wished to escape the heat and pollution of urban life. During the late 1870s and 1880, over 200 lodging houses and hotels, some of which were quite palatial, began to dot the region. As well, the super-wealthy, like the Rockefellers and Vanderbilts built huge rustic compounds in lakefront “Great Camps.” A terrific early photomechanical advertising piece from the beginning of Adirondack tourism. .

Critica Sacra. Duabus Partibus : Quarum Prima continet Observationes Philologicas & Theologicas In omnes Radices Veteris Testamenti. Secunda continet Philologicas & Theologicas Observationes In omnes Graecas Voces Novi Testamenti. Ante hac ab Eduardo Leigh,. maxima ex parte Anglice conscripta, nunc verò ab Henrico à Middoch in Latinum sermonem conversa. / Critica Sacra, Id est Philologicae & Theologicae Observationes In omnes Voces Graecas Novi Testament, Juxta ordinem Alphabeticum... by LEIGH, Eduardo

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Title: Critica Sacra. Duabus Partibus : Quarum Prima continet Observationes Philologicas & Theologicas In omnes Radices Veteris Testamenti. Secunda continet Philologicas & Theologicas Observationes In omnes Graecas Voces Novi Testamenti. Ante hac ab Eduardo Leigh,. maxima ex parte Anglice conscripta, nunc verò ab Henrico à Middoch in Latinum sermonem conversa. / Critica Sacra, Id est Philologicae & Theologicae Observationes In omnes Voces Graecas Novi Testament, Juxta ordinem Alphabeticum...
Author: LEIGH, Eduardo
Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (United States)
Description: Amstelodami (Amsterdam): Johannis a Someran, 1679. Hardcover. Folio (12 3/4" X 8½"). Full vellum with faded paper spine label. Volume I: (16pp), 288pp, (20pp index). Volume II: (20pp), 418pp, (30pp index). Preliminary title in red and black with woodblock vignette. Full-page steel-engraved portrait. Overall very good. Binding quite age toned, spotted and rubbed, though intact and quite handleable despite the usual mild bowing; blank preliminary leaves heavily age toned, with four lines inked from one unidentified early owner (seemingly in early German); occasional age toning and sporadic bits of foxing throughout. A tight and rather nice first Latin edition of this 2-title opus by Edward Leigh (1602-71), English gentry who fought in the English Civil War, served in Parliament (1645-49) and earned a seat at Westminster Assembly but is mainly known as a lay writer. His "Critica Sacra, or Philologicall and Theologicall Observations upon all the Greek Words of the New Testament in order alphabeticall, &c." was published in London in 1639 and its follow-up "Critica Sacra. Observations on all the Radices or Primitive Hebrew Words of the Old Testament in order alphabeticall, wherein both they (and many derivatives . . .) are fully opened" in 1642, then published together in 1650. In 1679 they were first translated into Latin by Henricus a Middoch in this edition, which went through several printings over the next few decades. From the collection of (of all people!) Adlai E. Stevensonn II (1960-65), Illinois governor and twice Democratic presidential candidate; Stevenson visited England as a young man in the 1920s and perhaps acquired this at that time. (#45971).

The Franklin D. Roosevelt Collector: November 1948 (Volume I, Number 1) through May 1955 (Volume VI, Number 2) by VALENTINE, John (editor)

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Title: The Franklin D. Roosevelt Collector: November 1948 (Volume I, Number 1) through May 1955 (Volume VI, Number 2)
Author: VALENTINE, John (editor)
Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (United States)
Description: Glendale, CA: The Franklin D. Roosevelt Collectors' Association, 1948. Paperback. Near-inclusive 11-issue run for this 8-year span, lacking 3 issues (November 1953, November 1954 and November 1955). Small 4to. Stiff tan wrappers. Various paginations (most issues ca. 25-42pp). Frontispieces (excepting May 1953 issue), occasional illustrations. Good plus to near fine. Most issues to very good to near fine, with only the second issue good plus (wrappers bit age toned and discolored, with wrinkling throughout). Fine grouping of 12 issues, accompanied by a printed letter from president Donald S. Carmichael that accompanies the first issue and introduces it and also a few subscription renewal notices. Seven issues are still in their original mailing envelopes. Also present are two Typed Notes Signed and four Autograph Notes Signed from Valentine, each on buff heavy stock 5½" X 3½" penny postal cards, the first two TNsS (chronologically) from Decatur, IL and dated 26 June and 7 July 1947, the second two ANsS from Glendale, CA and dated 26 June 1948 and 7 January 1949, the last two ANsS being picture postcards from New York, NY and London, England and dated 16 July 1949 and 7 June 1950. All addressed to Elmer R. Underwood. Very good. Friendly FDR chitchat about the Association, membership ("We have had 38 new members (!) since The FDR Collector came out"), new FDR books, etc. The New York picture postcard features a portrait of FDR and the London picture postcard depicts the President Roosevelt Memorial in London's Grosvenor Square. Valentine was for a time Ralph G. Newman's business partner at the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop that Newman founded, and later sold books and even published a Stephen Crane bibliography after relocating to Glendale, California. Underwood (1896-1982) was a noted Chicago Civil War collector and one of the handful of devotees, along with Abraham Lincoln Book Shop founder Ralph G. Newman, who founded the Chicago Civil War Round Table in 1942 -- the first of what would eventually become hundreds of similar Civil War Round Tables around the country. How long this publication continued publishing is surprisingly unclear -- references may be found to the presence of 1955 issues in institutional collections, but nothing later than that -- suggesting that the May 1955 issue here may well be the final issue. A fine and scarce grouping, in any case, with accompanying autograph material from its one and only editor. Issues of this journal are rather uncommon, and lengths of any run are rarely seen. This fine gathering is also accompanied by seven issues of Valentine's FDR for sale lists (numbers 3 through 9), each titled "Books, Pamphlets, Autographs and Allied Material Relating to Franklin Delano Roosevelt and His Times," each 4to and several pages in length, generally very good. ALSO present are two identically-titled lists (!) from Valentine's one-time business partner, Ralph G. Newman of the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, probably preceding Valentine's lists. Also 4to in size and a bit lengthier, this "List No. 2" and "List No. 11" features a pictorial front wrapper.

The Seven Pillars of Wisdom by [WW1] LAWRENCE, Thomas Edward

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Title: The Seven Pillars of Wisdom
Author: [WW1] LAWRENCE, Thomas Edward
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description: London: Jonathan Cape, 1935. First Trade Edition. First Issue (with misattributed pagination for illustrations on page 304-5). Quarto. 26cm. Publisher's polished brown buckram titled and decorated in gilt to spine and front board. 672pp. Strong and handsome, very light wear to corners, light bumping to spine ends, some sunning to spine region, lacks dustjacket; internally clean, bookplate of Nathaniel Tarn to front pastedown, contemporary Jonathan Cape mail order postcard laid in at the front, dark brown topstain, other edges untrimmed, illustrated throughout. A very good copy indeed. From the library of Nathaniel Tarn, noted poet, translator, and anthropologist. Lawrence's autobiographical account of his campaigning during WW1 and the Arab Revolt, and the intensely strong bonds he forged with the Arab tribesman who fought alongside him. Always something of an outlier among celebrated military heroes, Lawrence never really meshed with the British military structure, nor it with him, despite his astonishing record of eccentric success and his undeniable motivational genius. Originally one of those early 20th century British archaeologist explorers who turned up on digs in his old school blazer and army shorts; he and his far more prominent colleague Leonard Woolley were enlisted by more shadowy regions of the British government to make an ostensibly academic study and comprehensive mapping of the Negev Desert in 1914. British and German archaeological teams were scattered all over the Middle East during this period, as in the build up to inevitable war the two Empires struggled for clandestine advantage in this newer theatre of conflict, one where control of oil was fast becoming the most important priority, and one where the Ottoman Empire was planted firmly in obstruction to British interests. From this madcap start, stopping short of outright violence but strategically clawing for every inch of advantage over the Germans, suited Lawrence's esoteric mindset, and catapulted him into a life of unorthodox and highly successful military endeavor. Seven Pillars of Wisdom stands head and shoulders above the general breed of military memoir, it is a piece of poetry, artistry, and mysticism, as well as being an account of intrepid bravery, and a love letter to a culture very much not the writer's own.

The House of Silk by WURDEMANN, Audrey

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Title: The House of Silk
Author: WURDEMANN, Audrey
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description: New York: Howard Vinal, 1927. First Edition. Slim octavo (23.5cm.); original cloth in printed dust jacket; 85pp. A fine, bright copy in crisp dustwrapper with a brief, closed tear on rear panel, quite Near Fine. The author's uncommon first book, published at the age of fifteen. Wurdemann's second book, Bright Ambush, published eight years later, won the Pulitzer Prize, making her (at 24) the youngest-ever recipient of that award.

Women Workers Through The Great Depression by [WOMEN] [GREAT DEPRESSION] PRUETTE, Lorine

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Title: Women Workers Through The Great Depression
Author: [WOMEN] [GREAT DEPRESSION] PRUETTE, Lorine
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description: New York: Macmillan, 1934. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm). Red cloth boards, spine lettered in gilt; dustjacket; 164pp; tables; 1 chart (folding). Tight, Near Fine copy in the uncommon dustwrapper, mildly toned on spine and with a tiny loss at upper flap-fold, otherwise quite clean and crisp. Sociological and statistical study of women's work in the Great Depression, conducted under the aegis of the American Woman's Association of New York. Lorine Pruette (1896-1977) was a Columbia-trained social psychologist whose later work included periods at the Bureau of Economic Research and the Office of War Information (as a consultant on broadcast propaganda).

The Swan and Other Stories, Printed in Oil Colors, Natural History Series by [ANONYMOUS]

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Title: The Swan and Other Stories, Printed in Oil Colors, Natural History Series
Author: [ANONYMOUS]
Seller: Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: New York: McLoughlin Bros. & Co., Publishers, 1870. Wraps. Very good. 12mo (7 ½" x 6"); 8, [1]pp; pictorial wrapper printed in yellow, green, and red; front wrapper features two swans within fancy printed borders, publisher's ad on rear wrapper; publisher's string binding; gift inscription in neat pencil on recto first plate; 3 chromolithographed plates; scattered spotting on front wrapper, dark brown stain to foot of all leaves not encroaching on text or illustrations; very good minus. Three stories with color illustrated plates are included in this book from McLoughlin Brothers' Natural History Series, The Swan, The Hen and Chickens, and Mother Duck. A fourth short story included is titled The Duck. The Hen and Chickens and Mother Duck are told in rhyming verse. Despite staining in the bottom margins, it is a lovely copy with intensely colored plates.

Tom Swift and His Airship by APPLETON, Victor

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Title: Tom Swift and His Airship
Author: APPLETON, Victor
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Description: New York: Grosset & Dunlap, Publishers, 1910. H. Rudolph MENCL. [JUVENILE] [SERIES BOOK]. H. Rudolph MENCL, illustrator. Later printing as two other titles are listed following this one on the publisher's list on the copyright page, all released in 1910. 12mo; 216pp + [4] publisher's ads; tan cloth over board, black and red printing in the "Four Square" or "Quad" design; plain endpapers, gift inscription on ffep; glossy fp; light spotting on fp and title page, white spotting on spine; very good plus. Lacking the dust jacket. (AXE p22).

The Mother's Rule; or, The Right Way and the Wrong Way; Cover title: Arthur's Series by ARTHUR, T.S. [Timothy Shay]

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Title: The Mother's Rule; or, The Right Way and the Wrong Way; Cover title: Arthur's Series
Author: ARTHUR, T.S. [Timothy Shay]
Seller: Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: Philadelphia: H.C. Peck & Theo. Bliss, 1860. Calf. Very good. 12mo; vi, 7-300pp + 4pp publisher's ads; brown calf, blind-stamped decorative borders, gilt stamped title and spine; all edges gilt; pale yellow endpapers; fragment of a bookseller's ticket to front pastedown; frontispiece, half-title and 4 additional mezzotint plates with tissue guards; scuffing to boards, chipping to head of spine, light finger soiling to eps, light scattered foxing; very good. Timothy Arthur (1809-1885) was an author and abolitionist. Many of his publications dealt with home life and were instrumental in the developing middle class of America. This book of essays on moral home life and child rearing, provided lessons in themes popular in antebellum America. Arthur also published a women's monthly periodical, Arthur's Magazine, later called Arthur's Home Magazine, from 1844-1898. The preface of this volume starts, "As the mother's rule at home is, so, in large measure, will be the characters of her children.".

Child Life, The Children's Own Magazine, June 1931, Vol. X, Number VI by BARROWS, Marjorie, editor

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Title: Child Life, The Children's Own Magazine, June 1931, Vol. X, Number VI
Author: BARROWS, Marjorie, editor
Seller: Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: New York: Rand McNally & Company, 1931. Staplebound. Very good. Hazel FRAZEE, cover illustrator. 4to; [51pp] numbered pages from 261 to 312; color pictorial wrapper, 3 staple binding; b&w and color illustrations throughout; advertisements; light creases to wrapper, chipping at spine; very good. Anthology of verse and stories, including by Clara Ingram Judson. Paper dolls, decorations to cut-out, and advertisements aimed at both children and their parents. Profusely illustrated.

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