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[Large Archive of Correspondence Relating to the Operations of the La Lluvia Gold Mine in Sinaloa] by [Mexico]. [Mining]

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Title: [Large Archive of Correspondence Relating to the Operations of the La Lluvia Gold Mine in Sinaloa]
Author: [Mexico]. [Mining]
Seller: McBride Rare Books (United States)
Condition: About very good.
Description: Mexico; Montana, 1926. About very good.. Approximately 200 documents and letters, totaling more than 250pp. Old folds, light wear and soiling, heavier to a few items. Significant archive of correspondence documenting the activities of the La Lluvia gold mine in Sinaloa, primarily consisting of correspondence from J.H. Pankey, the mine supervisor. The Mexican Revolution brought deep disruptions to foreign mining activity in Mexico, grinding activities to a near halt during the civil war there. In years following the war, opportunities for foreign investment in destitute Mexican companies arose. Foreign involvement in Mexican mining would return to pre-war levels from 1920 through the 1940s, though some the danger of violence and disruption persisted. This archive highlights the beginning of that return to normalcy in foreign involvement with the industry. The correspondence here is primarily between J.H. Pankey to his boss, Karl Elling, the owner of the mine and chairman of Elling Bank of Virginia City, Montana. Records suggest that the Ellings bought the property from the Mercantile Trust Company of St. Louis, who owned the mine in the early 1920s. The archive also includes copies of Elling’s outgoing correspondence from the same period, when he was also negotiating to purchase other mines. The material gives an incredibly detailed look at the calculations and logistical challenges at work in mine management. Most of Pankey’s letters give detailed accounts of the current conditions at the mine – weather, supplies on hand, the quality of the ore, and the need for constant infusions of cash to keep the operations going. The yields at La Lluvia seem to have been generally disappointing, and Elling’s correspondence shows his concerns with balancing other opportunities against La Lluvia, as well as the difficulties he has raising capital, getting his debts repaid, etc. Writing on October 5, 1925, Pankey tells his boss: "I have had a Hell of a time here with last five weeks, have not been able to run the mill only about half the time with two 8 hour shifts, first one of the pumps gave out, the feed pipe under the baler burned off. So had to close down, cool off the baler, so as we could get inside the brick work to fix it, which took the day. ... But we have everything going now, but only two shifts as it keeps me busy on repair work. I have been working 16 to 18 hours per day for the last two months. It has not rained but very little the last two months. I have water enough to run two shifts for about 30 days. I can pump some out of a well near the mill.... I have opened up an ore body on the side near the mill, which looks as it may produce considerable ore, as it is in new ground. But if it should prove to be a large ore body, we could not get out very much of it as our time expires on Dec. 12. But I believe we would be able to get an extension." Pankey spent some of his time in Mexico scouting other opportunities. Reading the correspondence here, one discerns the constant balancing act of this particular type of investment, especially for smaller operators like the Ellings, who were constantly weighing the potential of one opportunity over another due to limited capital. Many of Elling’s letters are concerned with “the dope” on various other mines, as well as the shuffle of machinery and personnel, and trying to make the best of the weather conditions. Pankey also spends time at Nogales, across the border from El Paso, detailing the transfer of equipment across the border and noting, “one has to order material in this country several months in advance.” He briefly mentions “the natives,” though only in passing and as it relates to the discovery of gold. Pankey does mention the revolution at one point, saying that if his equipment can hold up he should be able to continue his work, providing “the revolution does not put me out of business.”.

LES PENSEES DE MOMO by Chevalier, Maurice. (Dietrich, Marlene)

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Title: LES PENSEES DE MOMO
Author: Chevalier, Maurice. (Dietrich, Marlene)
Seller: Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Paris: Presses de la Cite, 1970. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. Presumed first edition of a book of sayings composed by French actor and singer Maurice Chevalier. Copy owned by the legendary Marlene Dietrich, inscribed to her by Chevalier on the half title: "Pout toi - Merveilleuse Marlinou que ne sont pour le reste de ma que tendres et admirations a ton sujet". Marlinou is his affectionate nickname for Marlene and the inscription conveys the affection he had for her. Roughly translated to English: "For you. the marvelous Marlene who for the rest of my life gets nothing but tenderness and admiration as far as your concerned". Indeed, Dietrich and Chevalier were dear friends, both Europeans whose international stardom extended to and from Hollywood. Her correspondence with Chevalier - along with many other international luminaries- is part of The Marlene Dietrich Collection at theStiftung Deutsche Kinemathek in Germany. Book near fine. Dustjacket has a closed tear bottom edge front panel and at the bottom right corner, too.

Photographic Atlas of Civil War Injuries. Foreword by Michael Rhode, Archivest, Otis Historical Archives. by Bengtson, Bradley P., M.D. and Julian E. Kuz, M.D.

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Title: Photographic Atlas of Civil War Injuries. Foreword by Michael Rhode, Archivest, Otis Historical Archives.
Author: Bengtson, Bradley P., M.D. and Julian E. Kuz, M.D.
Seller: Lighthouse Books, ABAA (United States)
Description: Grand Rapids, Michigan: Medical Staff Press, L.C.C., (1996). First Edition. Signed by Bradley P. Bengtson. Quarto, black cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, xviii + 446 pp. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. From dust jacket: WElcome to the world of Civil War medicine. Although there has been a recent resurgence of interest in the American Civil War, to this point, very little information exists on the medical and surgical aspects of the Civil War. George A. Otis, M.D., the Second Curator of the Army Medical Museum, collected 400 photographs of soldier injuries and anatomical specimens from 1865 - 1881. He compiled them into eight volumes each containing 50 photographs with corresponding case histories. These original volumes, however, had a very limited circulation and very few complete sets still exist. This atlas presents all 400 photographs and case histories from Otis’ original volumes along with over 100 additional photographs compiled into one book. Unavailable for over 100 years, these photographs provide a graphic representation of the incredible sacrifice soldiers from both sides of the conflict made for a cause in which they so fervently believed. By reading these soldier stories and examining their wounds, the War suddenly becomes a very real and personal experience . One that you cannot distance yourself from easily. Included in this work is an informative description of Otis’ life and the historical progression of the Army Medical Museum by Michael Rhode. Following an in-depth preface describing the state of medicine at the onset of the War, individual photographs and cases bring to life the personal experiences injured soldiers faced. Aslo included is an extensive index tabulating the personal and regimental information of the soldiers, the battle in which they were injured, and the outcome of their treatement. With the use of an educational glossary, both the medically-educated and non-medical reader will gain an increased appreciation for medical and surgical care during the War. After reading this atlas our views of the American Civil War have forever been changed. We think yours will be also.

Exhibition announcement: Robert Filliou: joint works with… (3 May-8 June 1971) by GALERIE RENE BLOCK

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Title: Exhibition announcement: Robert Filliou: joint works with… (3 May-8 June 1971)
Author: GALERIE RENE BLOCK
Seller: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description: Printed on one side. Card. Berlin: 1971. Announcement card for Filliou’s 1971 show with René Block. Fine.

Announcement postcard: Jim Dine: Nieuwe Grafiek (2-15 April 1971) by (DINE, Jim)

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Title: Announcement postcard: Jim Dine: Nieuwe Grafiek (2-15 April 1971)
Author: (DINE, Jim)
Seller: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description: Unmailed card. Text on recto, verso blank. Amsterdam: Seriaal, 1971. Exhibition card for Dine’s exhibition at Wies Smals’s gallery. Seriaal was an Amsterdam gallery devoted to accessible and affordable editions, multiples, and prints. A former librarian at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Smals (1939-83) directed the gallery from 1968 until 1975, when she turned it over to gallerist Helen van der Mey. Near fine.

Drood (Signed First Edition) by Simmons, Dan

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Title: Drood (Signed First Edition)
Author: Simmons, Dan
Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
ISBN: 9780316007023
Condition: Fine
Description: New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2009. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo., 775pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Square tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped jacket, ($26.99), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. Feels unread. Signed by the author on the title page. A gorgeous collectable copy of a book that due to its size, is getting more difficult to find in such high-grade condition.

A Garden Carried In A Pocket: Letters 1964-1968. Edited by Thomas Meyer by WILLIAMS, Jonathan & Guy DAVENPORT

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Title: A Garden Carried In A Pocket: Letters 1964-1968. Edited by Thomas Meyer
Author: WILLIAMS, Jonathan & Guy DAVENPORT
Seller: James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC (United States)
Condition: As new
Description: Haverford: Green Shade, 2004. First edition. One of 100 numbered copies signed by Williams and Davenport out of a total edition of 526 copies printed. Designed by The Grenfell Press & printed by Trifolio, Verona, Italy. "We are not celebrities. No one has known quite what to make of a patrician satirist and lyric poet from Highlands, North Carolina, or of an essayist and short story writer from Anderson, South Carolina." - Guy Davenport. "It is clear that G. Davenport and J. Williams write their letters in the fresh of the morning, when the Wheaties have kicked in, in GD's case, and the peanut-butter-and-mayonnaise sandwich and Coke, in JW's case." - Jonathan Williams. "Here we have two men the perfection of whose craft has been wrought through the practice of letter-writing. ... What we have here in particular is onset and blossoming, one of the most distinguished exchanges imaginable unfolding." - Thomas Meyer. As new. 8vo, illustrated, original pictorial wrappers. As new.

A Woman Like Me by Wilson, Marjorie Damsey

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Title: A Woman Like Me
Author: Wilson, Marjorie Damsey
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Description: New York: Farrar & Rinehart. Very Good+. 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [spine a little turned, minor visible wear at a couple of corners]. This uncommon novel "is simply the story of Nancy Prager. Raised by a devoted elder sister to care for nothing but the preservation of her lovely face and body, Nancy ruthlessly sacrificed her family, her lovers, and her husband to satisfy her mad love for her own beauty. She lived for only one thought -- to preserve her looks, as she moved like another Helen of Troy through New York's kaledoscopic society. A really extraordinary first novel, and psychologically and pathologically one of the most interesting books in years." [Quoted from the dust jacket, NOT present on this copy of the book.] According to her jacket-blurb bio, the author was a New York-based journalist who began writing fiction in 1925, and "has written and sold over a million and a half words of pulp fiction, serials, novelettes, and short stories. [She] adores writing, has no theories about it, and writes anywhere from five to fourteen hours a day." Despite the book being dubbed "a promising first novel" by at least one critic, it took Mrs. Wilson twenty years to turn out the only other one she ever published. .

The Eighteenth Missouri by ANDERS, Leslie

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Title: The Eighteenth Missouri
Author: ANDERS, Leslie
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description: Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1968. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 404pp; illus. Fine, unmarked copy in crisp, clean dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $5.95 on front flap) a half-shade faded on spine, still Near Fine.

OLD YORK by SYLVESTER, Herbert Milton

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Title: OLD YORK
Author: SYLVESTER, Herbert Milton
Seller: The Bookpress, Ltd. (United States)
Description: SYLVESTER, Herbert Milton. OLD YORK. Boston: W.B. Clarke, 1909. 4to. Cloth. 427 pages. First edition. One of 1,00 copies. Part of the Maine Pioneer Settlements series. Paper spine label chipped, els very good.

Stevenson's Sea Guide and Yachting Manual for 1903. by Stevenson, Paul Eve.

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Title: Stevenson's Sea Guide and Yachting Manual for 1903.
Author: Stevenson, Paul Eve.
Seller: Ten Pound Island Book Co. (United States)
Condition: Compendium of miscellaneous information useful to yachtsmen. Of extra interest because published by Gardner & Cox, a well-known
Description: New York: Gardner & Cox, (190). Compendium of miscellaneous information useful to yachtsmen. Of extra interest because published by Gardner & Cox, a well-known firm of naval architects. With 21 pages of illustrated ads for waterfront and marine firms. Very good condition in original blue cloth with gold cover lettering.. 12mo, 15 cm. xvi, 243 pp. b/w illustrated ads.

Story of Silk by Bassett, Sara Ware

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Title: Story of Silk
Author: Bassett, Sara Ware
Seller: E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Philadelphia: Penn Publishing, 1920 (1918). Green cloth stamped in black ink with a color pastedown, faint stain to rear board, light wear to extremities. Illustrated with a tissue-guarded color frontis, full-page b&w plates and partial page b&w artwork throughout. . Early Edition. Pictorial Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Hattie Longstreet Price. 8vo.

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