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The Planets: A Comic Pastoral

The Planets: A Comic Pastoral by ACKERMAN, Diane

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The Planets: A Comic Pastoral
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ACKERMAN, Diane
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New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1976. First edition. Softcover. Uncorrected proof. 159 pages. Ackerman's first book. A very good plus copy in printed wrappers with some slight soiling to the rear panel. A scarce format of this debut to an important literary career.
Recorded Activities

Recorded Activities by ACCONCI, Vito, John Baldessari, Mel Bochner, Michael Findlay, Dan Graham, Peter Hutchinson, Ray Johnson, Joseph Kosuth, Les Levine, Billy Adler, John Margolies, Bruce Nauman, Dennis Oppenheim, Michael Snow, John Van Saun, Bernar Venet, and Robert Smithson

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ACCONCI, Vito, John Baldessari, Mel Bochner, Michael Findlay, Dan Graham, Peter Hutchinson, Ray Johnson, Joseph Kosuth, Les Levine, Billy Adler, John Margolies, Bruce Nauman, Dennis Oppenheim, Michael Snow, John Van Saun, Bernar Venet, and Robert Smithson
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Philadelphia, PA: Moore College of Art, 1970. First edition. Softcover. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran October 16 through November 19, 1970. Acknowledgements by gallery director Dianne Perry Vanderlip. Includes a laid in 10 page text booklet with Les Levine's "The Information Fall-Out." Artist in the show were: Vito Acconci, John Baldessari, Mel Bochner, Michael Findlay, Dan Graham, Peter Hutchinson, Ray Johnson, Joseph Kosuth, Les Levine, Billy Adler, John Margolies, Bruce Nauman, Dennis Oppenheim, Michael Snow, John Van Saun, Bernar Venet, and Robert Smithson. A clean very near fine copy in stapled wrappers. An uncommon and important document in nicer than usual condition.
Room for Study: Fifty Scholars' Objects

Room for Study: Fifty Scholars' Objects by WONG, Sarah

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Room for Study: Fifty Scholars' Objects
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WONG, Sarah
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London: Eskenazi, Asian Art, 2019. First edition. Hardcover. 151 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran October 31 through November 29, 2019. Text in English and Chinese with a foreword by Daniel Eskenazi and an essay by Sarah Wong. Includes numerous color illustrations along with a selected bibliography. A fine copy in cloth boards and in a very near fine dust jacket.
Vito Acconci: Public Places

Vito Acconci: Public Places by ACCONCI, Vito and Linda Shearer

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Vito Acconci: Public Places
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ACCONCI, Vito and Linda Shearer
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New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1988. First edition. Oblong softcover. 32 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran February 11 through May 3, 1988. Text by Linda Shearer. Includes 2 color and numerous black and white illustrations. A very fine copy in green die cut wrappers that have a felt like feel. An as new copy of this attractive catalog that is still in the publisher's shrinkwrap.
Bill Woodrow: Soupe du Jour

Bill Woodrow: Soupe du Jour by WOODROW, Bill

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Bill Woodrow: Soupe du Jour
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WOODROW, Bill
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Toulon, France: Musee De Toulon, 1984. First edition. Oblong softcover. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran May 15 through June 30, 1984. Text in English and French with essays by Catherine Ferbos and Mark Francis. Includes 14 color illustrations. A clean near fine copy in wrappers.
Young Winston's Wars: The Original Despatches of Winston S. Churchill War Correspondent, 1897-1900

Young Winston's Wars: The Original Despatches of Winston S. Churchill War Correspondent, 1897-1900 by WOODS, Frederick (editor) Winston S. Churchill

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Young Winston's Wars: The Original Despatches of Winston S. Churchill War Correspondent, 1897-1900
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WOODS, Frederick (editor) Winston S. Churchill
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New York: The Viking Press, 1973. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 350 pages. A clean near fine copy in cloth boards and in a very good dust jacket with some light wear and a small faint stain to the bottom edge.
B & O Railroader Volume III No. 2 Issue No. 15 March-April 1974

B & O Railroader Volume III No. 2 Issue No. 15 March-April 1974 by WOOD, Neilson Jr.

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B & O Railroader Volume III No. 2 Issue No. 15 March-April 1974
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WOOD, Neilson Jr.
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Levittown, PA: Neilson Wood, Jr., 1974. First edition. Softcover. 24 pages. Includes several black and white images. A clean near fine copy in stapled wrappers.
Illuminations

Illuminations by ACZEL, Tamas

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Illuminations
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ACZEL, Tamas
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New York: Pantheon Books, 1981. First U.S. edition. Hardcover. First printing. 375 pages. A novel from this Hungarian born author. A near fine copy in a close to near fine dust jacket that has a few edge tears and some minor wear.
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Correspondence of Albert A. Chaplis, a.k.a. Albert Bundza, of Worcester, Massachusetts, and his fiancé Ingeborg Marie Backholm, of Boylston, Massachusetts, written while he was in military service at the Medical Depot, Fort Armstrong, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1935-1937 by Chaplis, Albert A.,

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Correspondence of Albert A. Chaplis, a.k.a. Albert Bundza, of Worcester, Massachusetts, and his fiancé Ingeborg Marie Backholm, of Boylston, Massachusetts, written while he was in military service at the Medical Depot, Fort Armstrong, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1935-1937
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Chaplis, Albert A.,
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Group of 255 letters, 1173 pp., (250 retained mailing envelopes), dated 1935-1937, hand-written, plus 54 pieces of ephemera, in good clean legible condition. Letters written by Albert A. Chaplis to his fiancé Ingeborg "Ingee" Marie Backholm; when the correspondence begins, Chaplis is in the U.S. Army stationed at Fort Slocum, New York, having just enlisted for a second time. He then travels to Hawaii, writing from stops along the way: Cristobal and Balboa, Canal Zone; Somewhere in the Pacific; and Angel Island, California. He gets to Ft. Armstrong, Hawaii and continues his correspondence. He is stationed at the Medical Depot at Ft. Armstrong, where he works in the warehouse where medical supplies are stored. Near the end of the correspondence, Chaplis writes on his way back to the mainland, writing from Ft. McDowell, California and Balboa, Canal Zone. During this time, Inge is at home in Massachusetts. He writes to her at three different addresses, mostly at Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, but also at first at Boylston and Morningdale, Massachusetts. All three towns are near each other. Albert writes to Inge about his life in military service, life in Hawaii, his travels to and from Hawaii, Hawaiian women, crossing the Panama Canal, etc. Albert A. Chaplis a.k.a Albert Bundza (1910-1968) Albert A. Chaplis was born 24 November 1910, in Massachusetts, the son of Anthony Chaplis and Margaret Cekaitis, Lithuanian immigrants, who came to Boylston, Massachusetts about 1907-1909. On the 1930 Census both of Albert's parents worked in a bicycle accessories shop. It is unclear when Albert enlisted in the military service. He was listed as a soldier on the 1930 Census stationed at Luke Field, Honolulu, Hawaii. The 1930 Census shows Albert A. Chaplis listed as a solider in Hawaii under the name of "Albert Bundza." He is listed as 21 years old. Bundza is a name that Albert's fiancé Ingeborg is supposed to use when she writes him. In a letter of 30 Sept 1935, Albert tells Ingeborg to write him as "Albert Bundza" his military name, and direct mail to him at the Medical Depot, Fort Armstrong, Honolulu, Hawaii, so he'll get her letters quicker. All others are to write to him at an off-base P.O. Box under the name of Albert A. Chaplis. Albert was still in the military and in Hawaii when the correspondence offered here took place (1935-1937), however, one of his earlier letters mentions that he had "previously" been in military service, thus this period of correspondence may be a second tour of service for him. He is stationed at the Medical Depot's warehouse at Fort Armstrong, where he and some others oversee medical supplies. From the correspondence, we learn that Chaplis had previously served in the military prior to the beginning of this correspondence. One letter written to Inge (27 July 1935) refers to him enlisting in 1929 and sailing out of New York. The 1930 Census shows him at the age of 21 as a soldier stationed in Hawaii. That tour of service appears to have finished, and he enlists again, as he shows up again in military service when this correspondence offered here takes place (July 1935 to July 1937). His earlier military service may have been in the air service, as his first letter to Ingee states "I'm in the medical service but will try to get back to the air service as soon as I reach the Islands. You don't know how easy it is here for men with former service." Albert Chaplis married on 25 Nov 1939, to his correspondent Ingeborg "Ingee" Marie Backholm. She was born on 12 March 1917 in Boylston, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of machinist Oscar Backholm and his wife Adella W. Gadda, of Boylston. Both of Ingeborg's parents were born in Finland. The Worcester, Massachusetts area contains a large Scandinavian immigrant community. During the correspondence Chaplis writes to Inge at several addresses at Boylston, Morningdale, and then mainly at Shrewsbury, all towns bordering Worcester on the east and northeastern borders. At the time of their marriage, Albert was working as a salesman, his wife was doing housework. They were both living at Boylston when they married, but they were married at Worcester by clergyman John A. Eckstrom. When the 1940 Census was taken, Albert was working as a machinist for Wyman-Gordon. The census states he only went to school as far as 8th grade. He appears to have worked for Wyman-Gordon the rest of his life, showing up in the Worcester city directories working with them in 1954 to 1962. Wyman-Gordon designs and manufactures complex metal components. Founded in 1883 as a manufacturer of crankshafts for looms, it has a long history of making forged metal components, particularly for the aerospace industry. In 1940, Albert's wife worked housework for a private family. In 1935 they were living in the same house. Ingeborg's mother was living with them. Albert and his wife had at least three children: Russell A., Robert O., and Richard A. Albert J. Chaplis died on 10 July 1968 and was buried at Pine Grove Cemetery, Boylston, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Chaplis' wife, Ingeborg, died on 1 December 2003. She was buried with her husband. Fort Armstrong, Honolulu, Hawaii Fort Armstrong is located at Honolulu, Oahu and was built on fill over Ku-akau-kukui reef in 1907 to protect Honolulu harbor. It had one named Battery, and was spread over 64 Acres named Battery Tiernon, which had two pedestal mounted 3-inch M1903 guns from 1911 to 1943. The original garrison was the 1st Coast Artillery Company followed by the 104th Mine Co. operating the harbor mines. Also stationed there was the 185th Coast Artillery Company. The Army mission in Hawaii was defined in 1920 as "the defense of Pearl Harbor Naval Base against damage from naval or aerial bombardment or by enemy sympathizers and attack by enemy expeditionary force or forces, supported or unsupported by an enemy fleet or fleets." Fort Armstrong continued under the occupation of the Coast Artillery until September 15, 1922. It was reserved for military purposes by a series of Executive Orders in 1930 and was described as the Fort Armstrong Military Reservation. When the Coast Artillery Headquarters moved to Fort De Russy it was abandoned by the U.S. Army by 1950 and is now part of a container port facility. Fort Armstrong in Honolulu included the Hawaiian Quartermaster, Medical and Signal Depots, as well as the U.S. Army Transport Docks. It was named in honor of Brigadier General Samuel Chapman Armstrong. It was here at the Medical Depot that Albert Chaplis was stationed during his time in Hawaii. Sample Quotes: "Cook St, Morningdale, Mass, June 16, 1935 Dear Al: Well, I suppose you are wondering what the hell I'm writing to you for? Why don't you drop a guy a line once a year? How is everything with you are you married, got any kids, how many? How are all the tar babies down there, send a few up here to keep me company. Al, I wish you would do me a favor, it's only a small one, I think. I'd like to get a grass skirt. I'd like to give it to my queen for her birthday., that's what she wants and I can't get one any place that I know of. I wish you would do this favor for me. Please send it (if you can) as soon as you can and get that braid or whatever you call it you know, what they hang around their neck. Tell me what it cost and I'll send the money as soon as you want it, beforehand, or send it C.O.D., any way chose to send it. Well thanks in advance anyhow if you can't get it please write anyhow. Same old Bum, Bunny" "Cristobal, Canal Zone, August 5 [1935] Ingee Dear: About two hours ago we all got a pass that is good until 11 tonight. It's only 10 now, so we all have about 13 hours tog around this God forsaken place. We left New York the 30th of July and it took us six days to get here. Tomorrow we cross the Canal and we will all get a pass again on the Pacific side of the Canal. We are on the Atlantic side now. The real hard part of foreign service is the boat ride. There isn't a thing to do but lean over the rail and watch the waves. We will have 10 days of sailing before we reach San Francisco… There isn't much doing here now but tonight all the clubs and cabarets will be opened, all night life will begin, including the bad girls, who will give their bodies to the ones who have the price. I assure you darling that I'm keeping away from them. I haven't much money anyway… Well, I haven't much more to write now, but will write from the other side…I love you, Al" "Edgemore Lodge on Lake Quinsigamond, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, August 31, 1935 Al dear, I received your letter last Tuesday after much delay. I was mis-sent to West Springfield… Mother and Eskil came down here last Thursday night with the package you sent to me. Al dearest, I want to thank you for the kimono, but its much too nice to use. At least I think so. When I opened it, well dear, I knew that you must think of me some time, or you wouldn't have sent or rather given me such nice things as you have… Last Thursday night we had a stag party here of 22 men. Some of them were orderly and quite a few were jus the opposite. Some of them pulled their chairs out and cornered us so we couldn't move either way. I asked one of them if he wanted something, I don't remember what it was, and this is the answer he gave me 'What the h-ll do I want that for, I want you honey!' So, I answered him 'It's too darn bad!' He was plastered so I didn't pay any attention to him. There were several others that tried to be funny too… Last night we served a party of 250 people chicken dinner. We didn't mind it at all, as they were an orderly crowd. It was a Swedish Lodge. All the Johnsons from Morningdale were here and many other people that both Bertha and I knew…. At the party last Wed., they had a colored orchestra and they took 16 pkgs of cigarettes, but the men on the committee when they heard about it, just opened their music cases and there they were. If you could have seen those colored fellows when they found out that the case was empty. They evidently thought that we took them, or told on them because of the dirty looks they gave us… Best regards for you from all…Yours Ingee" "Sept 16, 1935 My Dear Ingee, Being in the mood to write yesterday resulted in a letter that was torn up last night for fear it would drive me mad if I mailed it…We left Frisco on Aug 22nd & got here the 28th. Three hours out the sea got so rough and as tough as I am to sea travel, I was really sick…There wasn't a person on board ship the first day out of Calif that wasn't sick. All of the cans were full, get it? But all that is over with now. Of all the medical men on board five of us were sent to this depot at Fort Armstrong, truly a wonderful place now that it is changed since I last saw it. You see, I spent at least six months here the first time I was over here. It wasn't so bad then, but now it's almost perfect. There are fourteen of us here, seven work in the office and the others here in the warehouse. The warehouse is supposed to be a storage place for all medicine and medical supplies. Every now and then an order comes in and we fill it out. Every now and then we all sweep up the floor. It's a bad gamble on who does the least work, the office crew or the warehouse men. We have wonderful sleeping quarters and a nice reading or recreation room, nice radio and Victrola, good books and still better easy chairs to relax. We all get up at 6:30 sweep out from under our beds, mop around and dust. After that breakfast. We then have over an hour to lounge around until 8 o'clock when we go to work. Our working hours are from 8 to 11:45 and we are through for the day. An hour's rest after dinner and then a friend and I go out and have a real strenuous game of tennis. It really is good exercise. After that cool off and then a hot and cold shower. I believe we (I do anyway) work harder during our own time than we do during our regular working hours. After supper I take a walk around this place and then go to the show. If it wasn't for the show, I wouldn't know what to do during the evenings. Of course, I could go out and get a black girl and try to enjoy myself, but I couldn't. After the show I go right to bed. That is how I've spent my time here so far with the exception of two nights. I went out with a former girlfriend whom I met here before. She is too pretty, but she's a Jap. Her brother worked with me over at Luke Field where I was stationed before. But no girl will ever take your place be assure of that…Al Anthony Bundza, Hawaiian Medical Depot, Fort Armstrong, Honolulu, T. H." "Fort Armstrong, Oct 10, 1935 My dear Ingee: Thanks a lot for your most pathetic letters and your interesting newspapers. I received both yesterday. The next mail boat to leave here for the states will sail on the 18th of this month, so I have plenty of time in which to answer your letters. Nothing has happened around here to write about, with an exception or two. Last night a well-known movie star attended our show. His name is Edward Arnold. His latest picture is 'Diamond Jim.' He was treated like a human being and not as one to be molested…Last week a friend and I bought a new sail boat and now instead of playing tennis we shall attempt to be sailor…Today I got into what may be serious trouble. A sentry at the main gate called me a name and I let him have one. Tomorrow it will be brought to my Captain's attention. It will be up to him whether I get tried, or not. Ever since I've left home, I've continually have got myself into scrapes. This is the most serious. I didn't tell you before but while in Panama I paid a fine for resisting a Panamanian copy who tried to pick me up for driving on the wrong side of the road…Ever since I've been here, I don't care what happens. For some reason or other I'm not myself. I don't talk to any of the fellows here who work and sleep with me. They all don't know how to take me and I'm glad of that. It leaves me to myself. It's no use telling you that I will be home soon because I believe I will not. Even if I did go home after my tour of duty here expired, I would only go out somewhere again…I want you to try and forget about me. I've told you that so many times and now I mean it. You will think that I am being hard on you. My dear, I can't help it. You do mean so much to me, but I'm not going to ruin your life as I'm doing mine. It's in me, I want to visit the waste lands of this earth. There is so much to see and life is so short that everything must be done in a hurry…Aloha to all, Al" "Sunday Eve., October 13, 1935 Hello Al: I don't think Fritz told you I opened his letter you sent him, but I was anxious to hear the news. Thanks for all the cards you sent u. Bertil wanted to know who sent the card with the Hawaiian girl on it, and I told him you did. 'Is that Al's new girlfriend?' he asked. 'Yes, I guess it is I told him,' Well her face is dark he said and what has she on her head and around her neck. Isn't Al coming back to Ingee? Is he going to keep that girl? I told him be better write ask you… Oh, by the way, you wrote you had a sunburn, you had better get tanned so you'll look like your new girlfriend. Is it good pickins, or do they all look alike? Am sending you a clipping from today's Telegram. You said you only worked 4 hrs. a day. Here's a chance, you better work fast the other 20 hours a day. I expect there are lots of boys working with you and they'll all subscribe to one paper or another, so you can get enough dolls for all your 'China Babies,' they all looked cute on the card. I wouldn't care for 14 of them. You had better leave them there and not transport them to this good U.S.A…Edith" "60 Windsor St, Worcester, Mass, October 13, 1935 Greetings Al, Very glad to hear from you and will try to write a few lines, but have less to gab about than you have… Thanks for the picture postals from here and there. If you think a couple of these sundried Susies would keep, ship a couple air mail to that Lady Killer of the Red Top Inn, Eky… Quite surprised at the collection of China babies you got in your short stay in Frisco. Tell me how you did it. They must come by twos and threes to be so much of an even size. Well congrats anyhow, but you better not bring them back with you… Well so long until next time, Fritz" \ "Nov. 1st, 1935 My Dear Ingee: Received Len's envelope this morning with the license renewal blank but what the hell is the matter that he didn't write me a line or two… I really don't know what to write about, nothing ever happens around here to write about, unless we go out and cause something to happen. Last night sure was hell on some of the boys, having money in their pockets, they all went out, some got good and drunk, while most of the others went to see the girls who charge a good sum for their love. You know the girls I mean. This town certainly is full of them and on the Army and Navy payday their prices go up. So far, they haven't got a cent of mine, but maybe they all will – soon. No doubt you will feel a little sore at me for telling you that, but it can't be helped, so that's that. And now get this straight. I told you that when I come home, I do not intend to live at home, even for all my foolishness with money, I still can save enough. When I get home, I will have enough for a while and if I cannot get work within the time allotted for my reenlistment, three months I will reenlist. You don't know how sorry I am for leaving Ft. McKinley in Maine. Although work was a little harder up there it certainly was and is a better place than any army post over here. The only real thing over here is the weather and the wonderful scenery. I really don't know why but I earnestly believe that I will stay in the Army until I'm retired or kicked out… By the way, I feel all right, there is nothing wrong with me, but we've got to face a few things. My absence for two years will be some thing you may or may not bear, maybe there could be another girl, over here that would cause me to be discharge here. There are so many things that might happen that it isn't right to be assured of each other. Oh, I love you all right dear, but what's the use of waiting for me to come home. Why not go out with any fellow that asks you, do anything you want to do, I don't care what you do. There are times when I feel like being with any women and doing everything, I'm able to do. You've got to understand me when I say things like that. A male can stay away from a female just so long as he can, but when he feels that he must have a women's love, well, he goes after it. Maybe that's why there are a lot of men in jail because they got what they wanted by force. Please don't think I'm a damn fool for writing like this. Do you remember that night at Rocky or the night before I left? Maybe I did make a fool out of myself those nights and other nights, but it was in me. What did it get me? An almost certain dislike for myself and for you…All my love, Al" "Sunday at 10:00 AM Dec. 8th [1935] "My Dear Ingee: And once again your old boy friend tired out from this morning's activities will try to write so that this letter will make the boat tomorrow instead of the 14th. Just about ten minutes ago my chum and I came back from the docks after watching the arrival of our Vice President Garner. He passed right by us and while he was passing for the newspapermen, we snapped a few pictures ourselves. If they come out you will be sure to get one or two… On the level dear, you're right when you say that it's about time that I knew that I was wasting time. I'm 25 now and when I come home, I'll be 27. I have nothing to show for my age, only a few pictures of foreign lands, a wealth of talk about the same places and some other things. But still, I cannot do anything about it because I'm in the army, a place where all have to take what comes along. I also have ambitions, but I'm in the wrong place to realize them…Al"
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Correspondence of the family of Sarah “Sally” B. Keithly, of Ringo’s Mills, Kentucky and fiancé, and later husband, William J. Hisha, of Lake Village, Indiana, including letters of family, friends, and associates, 1885-1923 by (Keithly – Hisha Correspondence)

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Correspondence of the family of Sarah “Sally” B. Keithly, of Ringo’s Mills, Kentucky and fiancé, and later husband, William J. Hisha, of Lake Village, Indiana, including letters of family, friends, and associates, 1885-1923
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67 letters, 225 manuscript pages, dated 3 May 1885 to 6 September 1923; the bulk of the letters date from 1885 to 1892; 2 of the letters are not dated; 50 of 68 letters were written between 1889-1890. The collection offers a late 19th Century group of letters of a family that appears to have spread out over the Midwest in Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois, and elsewhere, seeking opportunity, either work, school, farming, etc., they write to each other to keep touch, and correspond with friends and associates. Correspondence Correspondence includes: 6 outgoing letters of William J. Hisha, of Lake Village, Newtown County, Indiana, as well as 39 incoming letters to Hisha; his fiancé, later wife, Sara B. Keithly, of Ringo's Mills, Fleming County, KY, writes 9 letters and receives 15 letters; other members of Sara's family also write and receive letters: her father James J. Keithly, of Ringo's Mills, and her sister Dora Keithly, of Salt Lick, KY. Other friends, family, or associates write to and from each other, or to Hisha and Keithly. William J. Hisha (1866-1917) and Sarah Belle Keithly (1861-1930) William Hisha was born 9 August 1866, in Illinois, a child of German (Baden) born parents. He is found in the 1880 Census enumerated in Lake Village, Newtown County, Indiana, in the home of Andrew and Pheba Smith. Smith was a farmer, and William, then years old, was working on the farm, either his parents farmed him out, or they never immigrated, as they were not in the Smith household in 1880 and Hisha was listed as a "servant." Hisha married Sarah Belle Keithly about 1891. She was born 17 October 1861 in Kentucky, the daughter of James Jefferson Keithly (1840-1916) and his wife Trinville Smoot, both of Kentucky. Besides Sarah the couple had several other children, notably Elizabeth Dora Keithly who married Wilber Davis and Jennie B. Keithly who married William F. Miller. Both of Sarah's sisters wrote letters in this collection, as does their father James. Together William and Sarah had at three children: Leila Hisha (1891-1954), born in Indiana and never married; Claude Everett Hisha (1896-1958), born in Fleming, Kentucky and never married, he served in the US Infantry in WWI; and a third child who was born and died young, sometime between 1900 and 1910. The Hisha family appears to have lived in Indiana in 1892, and moved to Kentucky by 1896, then was found again in Indiana in the 1900 and 1910 Census, where they were enumerated at Lake Village, Newtown County, Indiana. In 1900, the Hisha family were renting and William was working as a farmer. However, by1910, William was found working as a laborer on a steam railroad and the family owned their home. Young Claude was a farm worker in 1910. William J. Hisha died on 4 June 1917 in Chicago, Illinois and was buried at Lake Village, Indiana. At the time of his death William was working as a railroad section hand in Chicago and also lived there. William's wife Sarah Keithly Hisha died thirteen years later on 31 July 1930 of breast cancer and was buried with her husband. Sample Quotes: "Fort Wayne, May 3, 1885 Dear Friend Pusher, Your letter was received and today is Sunday so I will answer for don't have much time on week days. The only time I get to practice on the fiddle is nights after I get home from the Conservatory. We have to be there at eight in the morning and get out at five at night. I go at eleven o'clock twice a week to the college and take a lesson on the fiddle an have to be back at one ready to go to practice on the piano and Bird goes at night to take her lesson after she gets through at the Conservatory… Pusher tell Ma that we have Sate out here to the Conservatory. She is Miss Work from Angola one of Birds old friends and she looks and talks and acts just like Sate and she makes me think of Sate whenever I look at her…We had to buy us an umbrella just a little while after we got here for we have to go to the Conservatory rain or shine. Oh Pusher, I saw the grandest site the other day. The Odd Fellows had a grand street parade and marched through town all dressed in their uniforms with their swords on their shoulders and they had two or three bands. I tell you they were just dressed grand and it was a as good as a show to me. They have the streets all lit up with electric lights out here at night and they give the prettiest light and it is as light as daylight nights. We have an electric light right in front of our room… Pusher you said you believed I was home sick because I keep you writing so often, but you are mistaken. I have too much to do to get home sick. I am doing my best to learn and I think that I will try and get me up a class to teach and earn some of the money back I have spent when I get back home… They have lots of roller-skating rinks out here but the Prof. says we can't go without we have a written excuse form home, but all of the girls go a walking in town when they want to and he never says anything…by from Bant" "Logansport, Ind., August 23, 1888 Friend William, Your welcome letter came last week. It found me well and very busy. We are having the house repaired and we have three carpenters here at work. Next week is Institute week and also the week of our Fair. I do not expect to go to the fair for I shall attend Institute. William, you inquired about the Normal School at Logansport. It has broken up for lack of money to run the school. I do not think there will be any school there this year. My school will begin in two weeks. We will have seven months of school. I will have about a mile and a half to walk. There is a great deal of sickness but we have been very fortunate and have not been sick. Who is going to teach the schools at the Village? I will close for this time William, for I am very tired tonight. My best wishes to yourself and Henry. Jessie Thornton" "Momence, Ill, Oct 12 /88 Mr. Hisha: I received your letter a few days ago which I am seated to answer. I am in Momence working at the dress making business. I make on an average $4.00 a week clear of expenses. I spent the fourth at Momence. I danced all night had a splendid time. I did not go to the fair this year. I had been to Kankakee to the fair so many times that I didn't care to go unless I could go to Morocco. The new road was not finished so I did not go. George is working to Mr. James Chatfields, has been there all summer. He don't go anywhere. I am proud of him he seems to be so steady and tries to save. I do not know where Will is now. He has been staying up your way some place, but isn't now I haven't seen George since in March. I saw Will about a week ago. He isn't very healthy. I am healthy. I haven 't lost a day on sickness for 7 years. We have been entertaining for a couple of weeks by a troupe of men and Kickapoo Indians representing the Indiana remedies They gave free exhibitions every evening. They were both interesting and entertaining. I went several times. They are in St. Anna at present, from there they go to Chicago. They said that the Momence girls were like bad colds, easy to get but hard to get rid of. They also said they was like a soft-boiled potato 'easy mashed.' Momence boys were like rotten potatoes, 'not worth mashing.' I thought that was rather rough on us, don't you think so? Will close, From your old-time friend, Miss Etta Line" "Winfield, Kansas, April 18th, '89 Miss Sally Bell Keithly Dear Madam, I write to you to let you know that I have not forgotten you and let you know of my safe arrival in Kansas. I came first to visit my widowed daughter Mrs. Gidley. I enjoyed my visit very much. I had a good time while there. I drove out every day and attended one wedding. Don't you think this is a better life than I lived in Kentucky? I visited with my daughter one week then came to Kansas. I have done nothing since I came here but buggy ride and visit. I have invitations enough to last for a month at least. I think my friends look upon me somewhat as the prodigal son for they are all ready to kill the fatted calf. Now enough of this I will change to other subjects and give you a little of Oklahoma. There has never been anything like it known in the history to see the masses of people moving you would think it was going to depopulate the United States. It's a wonderful sight to behold. I am not going in with the rush, I am where I can look over in the Territory at any time sometimes, I take my gun and go out and bring in a Jack Rabbit. There is plenty of Jack Rabbits and chickens here. Would you not like to go out over the prairie in the Buggy with me and see me shoot the game? You can just bet I am having lots of fun. I went to the Salvation Army one night. I will give you the program of the way they conduct their meetings. The first I saw they commenced blowing horns then there was an old woman marched in beating the drum and another with a tambourine. Then they sang and prayed beating the drums and tambourine, then they marched out in the street carrying a large flag blowing horns beating drums and tambourine up and down the streets, then they came back to the hall and marched around the audience in the hall keeping up the music all the time. When they went on the platform and the preacher commenced preaching with the tambourine in his hand beating it all the while and the woman slapping their hands and shouting. They had a young fellow dressed in a bed jacket he acted the monkey by dancing on the platform and beating the tambourine. Don't you think you would like to go to the Salvation Army. I think I had better bring this letter to a close least I tire you…Yours truly, E.A. [Mabu]" "[Nov 1889] My Dear Sarah, If I only had you here tonight to kiss me, I would feel better. Lots of my friends and school mates have got married and are enjoying themselves why can't you and I do the same. Life is but a span my father's almost 64 years old I don't want to leave him any, more the reason I left the west. He lives all alone we could live with him. He wants me to come home and rest this winter. You and I could be welcome with him. He has 40 acres, two horses, a wagon buggy, two clots, chickens, 8 turkeys. Have you [any] objections against that? Sarah I could rent a farm in Ills where I was at. You see my father is getting old I must be around where he is once awhile, just the same I love you best of any girl in this land. I will not give you up if you stick to me…when would you like to have me come [?] I don't think I can come before December. Sarah, I have not seen William Denton yet. Harland and I have been thrashing together. Sarah, I have been broke out with boils this summer. I am some better. I am not very well. Give my respects to your father and mother, to your sisters. Also tell them to write to me you have very nice folks. Sarah, I want you to write to me soon and let me know what you will do so I will know what to depend upon. Will you Sarah, I am telling you the truth what I say Sarah I mean. I want you for my wife. I will stay by your as long as I live write soon from your best lover in the world to Miss Sarah B. Keithly…My address is Lake Village, Newton County, Indiana…" "[17 Nov 1889] My Dear Sarah, You must not think I am doing that way to fool you. I am not going to fool you if I send you $20.00 Dollars to come where I am. I will meet you at the Depo this is the cheapest way when my money is scarce. I have to make it go so far as I can you see and if you will do that way when we get to Hammond, Indiana, I will send you twenty dollars to come where I am. I will tell you how to come. Your ticket at Hillsboro to Cincinnati and from Cincinnati to Hammond, Indiana. Hamond is on the Louisville and New Albany Railroad, a through train comes from Cincinnati to Chicago right through Hammond. It would take you a day and night I expect to come through but if you get your ticket alright and your trunk checked as far as your ticket goes, it will be alright. My father and I is going to fix up his business, sell his chickens every that we can get a cent out of , awe we will do it and then go and [get] our house ready and if you want to do that way, I will send you the money and if you don't come when I send you the money and you do not come, I will consider the engagement broken and if you come I will marry you and treat as good as I can. Sarah, I mean just what I have said, is true your father said he and your mother ask to treat you well, I will be as good as I can Sarah. Write soon, give my love to your and all the family. I am your intended husband. I love you dearly Sarah. I will be a good boy hope to hear from my wife Sarah as soon as you get this. I am husking corn till December write to Lake Village, Newton Co., Indiana, good bye, by Sara, William Hisha." "Grand Island, Neb, Sunday April 12, 1890 Friend Will, I am almost ashamed to write it has been so long since I got your last letter, but we have been moving and I have been busy. I did not have time to write to anyone. We are living at Grand Island about one hundred and 25 miles south and west of Oakdale. We have gone in partnership with a man by the name of Emmons in the gardening business. We intend to plant about 40 acres of garden. We have all of our early garden planted, and most of it up. Our hot beds are nearly 100 feet long and six feet wide, covered with glass, I tell you there is a lot of work about taking care of it. I tell you. I will tell you about our moving. We moved dow2n here with teams. It took us five days to drive through with loads, there was young fellow from here came up with a team and hauled a load down for us, and a young fellow from Oakdale came down to drive the cows for us. We slept in a barn and in the tent every night that we was on the road. I tell you we had a big time coming. I went back after the second load and the fellow that drove the cows and a young fellow from Oakdale that has been attending college here went back with me. So, I had plenty of company. Then when I came down with the second load, the college student Fred Beckwith, the son of the man we are in partnership with, Louis Emmons, and a young fellow from Oakdale by the name of Hal Bow came down with me. We had a gun along with us and I tell you we had more fun then you can shake a stick at. We cooked our own grub as we came along. I will now tell you a little about our town. It has 15000 inhabitants, so you see it is a pretty good-sized place. There is a canning factory, a beet sugar factory, 2 breweries, a soap factory, harness oil factory, electric light plant and two gas factories. The city is lit up with electricity and the stores and most of the private dwelling burn gas. There are 27 saloons here and other things too numerous to mention. The town lies six miles north of the Platt River. It is a mile wide at the wagon bridge. We live one mile and a half north of the city. I bought me a team of colts just before I left Oakdale. I tell you they are fine ones. I have a colt coming 2 years old in June it is half pony a bay mare well built and my colts that I bought will not be a year old until July They are both horses and half-brothers and one of them is as large as my 2-year-old…Write soon and I'll do better next time. From your pard, P.E. Custis" "Hammond, Ind., Dec 3, 1890 Miss Sarah Keithly Dear Friend, Sarah I am in Hammond, Ind., looking for work. I can find work but can not get any house to live in. I am going home this morning. I can not write very much this time. I will tell you in a few days what I am going to do. I have three jobs on a farm, I wanted a job in a shop. I can get none at Hegewisch, Ill., at 1.50 per day in a car shop but the drinking matter is not good and it is a rough place to work up there. There is so many saloons in that place I do not want to go. I can get a nice place in Ills. with nice Christian people, good pay to these I am going to write to them to see what they will give me. Mr. Spry will give me work Sarah, I can not come right away you write to Lake Village, Ind. I will get it. I have got to see my father tonight. If I can get there, I am 50 miles away from home. We will have to wait a while before we can see each other, till I can tell what I am going to do. Good by write soon to Lake Village, Ind. From your William Hisha" "Salt Lick, Dec 27, 1890 Miss Sarah Keithly Dear Sarah, I received your letter Wednesday night. I started Thursday night from Rose Lawn, Ind. to Louisville, from there to Salt Lick I cam alone. William Denton was to come with me but I have not seen him yet. I came here because I knew the way the best. I got here at 11 o'clock in the night. I found the way all the same. I want you to get ready I will be over next week some time. I am waiting for the weather to clear up a little and for Taylor to come. Mr. Davis and I is all coming together, so tell the girls all to be there. I want to see them to our wedding, so get ready tell Jennie I think she had better get ready and come to Indiana with you and me. I am going to take you back with me. I will be there some time next week it is very hard traveling in the snow. The Sleet has broke[n] the telegraph wires down so the trains has to run by guess it is dangerous traveling now. There was a wreck that kept me waiting an hour & 20 minutes yesterday. I have my valise full of clothes. I will come as soon as I can so don't be uneasy. Mr. Davis [and] I will come. I will close from your intended husband, William Hisha."
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Arret Du Conseil D'Etat Du Roi, Portant a Cainq livres par quintal, la taxe impose sur la Morue de Peche l'Etrangere, qui sera importee aux iles de l'Amerique du Vent & sous le vent. Du 25 Septembre 1785. Extrait des Registres du Conseil d'Etat.

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Arret Du Conseil D'Etat Du Roi, Portant a Cainq livres par quintal, la taxe impose sur la Morue de Peche l'Etrangere, qui sera importee aux iles de l'Amerique du Vent & sous le vent. Du 25 Septembre 1785. Extrait des Registres du Conseil d'Etat.
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Paris: De L'Imprimerie Royale, 1785. No Binding. Very Good. sm. Quarto, 4 pp., stab holes in gutter margin, else a very good clean copy. Wroth and Annan 2013, two locations HEHL, BM, Maggs The French Colonisation of America, 631. Raising the import duty on foreign cod imported into the French possessions in America, with special prescriptions as regards cod from the islands of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon.
Did Christ Have Negro Blood in Him? [cover title]

Did Christ Have Negro Blood in Him? [cover title]

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Did Christ Have Negro Blood in Him? [cover title]
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n.p., n.d.. Paperback. Poor. [3]-28p. Softcover in original wrapper. 13 cm. Front wrapper and several pages detached. General soiling and wear. No separate title-page present. no publication information. OCLC locates one copy at Howard University of an item of unstated size and length which is titled "Did Jesus Christ Have Negro Blood in Him? Wonder of the Century" by Archer W. Brown and published in Newark, N. J. in 1908 so it is possible that this item lacks a title-page which contained publication information and a slightly different title. The author's arguments for African American equality or superiority as compared to the white race suggest an African American author. Certainly quite uncommon.
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Seeking Constructive Cross-Strait Relations: Taipei's Current Mainland Policy Documents

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Seeking Constructive Cross-Strait Relations: Taipei's Current Mainland Policy Documents
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Taipei: Mainland Affairs Council, 2001. Paperback. Near Fine. not continuously numbered [ca. 200p.]. Pale green wrapper. 30cm.
ORIGINAL "THE WOLFMAN" SCREEN PRINT MOVIE POSTER

ORIGINAL "THE WOLFMAN" SCREEN PRINT MOVIE POSTER

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ORIGINAL "THE WOLFMAN" SCREEN PRINT MOVIE POSTER
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2018. Limited Edition, #7/35. In Near Fine condition. Artwork measures 18 in. x 24 in. Shelved at DuPont. 1390231. Arts & Antiques.
ORIGINAL "CAMILLE CLAUDEL AU MUSEE RODIN" EXHIBIT POSTER

ORIGINAL "CAMILLE CLAUDEL AU MUSEE RODIN" EXHIBIT POSTER

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ORIGINAL "CAMILLE CLAUDEL AU MUSEE RODIN" EXHIBIT POSTER
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Original poster in metal frame measuring 16 in. x 24 in. Poster not examined out of frame. Condition is Very Good with light age toning. AP Consignment. Shelved in Rockville Room B. [This is an oversized item. Additional postage necessary for expedited and international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international and expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. 1381145. Special Collections - Upstairs.
SWIFT THOUGHTS [Signed]

SWIFT THOUGHTS [Signed] by Zebrowski, George

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SWIFT THOUGHTS [Signed]
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Zebrowski, George
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Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2002. Hardcover. Octavo, 311 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in red genuine leather with bright gilt spine title and gilt motif on covers. Gilt text block. Paper endpapers, silk ribbon. Signed by Zebrowski. In publisher's shrinkwrap. Shelved Easton Press. 1393812. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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SHE'S JOSIE. VOLUME 3 (GWANDANALAND COMICS #2739)

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SHE'S JOSIE. VOLUME 3 (GWANDANALAND COMICS #2739)
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9798691182143
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Middletown: Gwandanaland Comics, 2021. Softcover. Quarto; VG; Paperback; Spine, pink with black print; Cover has slight edgewear, else clean and bright; Text block clean and tight; "In this book the stories from She's Josie #17-20"- rear cover; 138 pages, illustrated (color). [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Netdesk Column QA (ND-QA). 1366830. FP New Rockville Stock.
Venetian Palaces
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Venetian Palaces by Zorzi, Alvise

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Venetian Palaces
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Zorzi, Alvise
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9780847812004
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New York: Rizzoli, 1989. Hardbound. Very good, clean and tight but binding lightly bumped and dj with a bit of general wear and one tear to lower front;. Crimson cloth with gold lettering; color-pictorial dj; 537 pp. with 500 color illustrations;. A lush tour of the palaces of Venice, arranged chronologically by style; with information about the families who owned them; stunning color photographs of the palaces and the city and amazingly thorough text; with a historical outline of Venetian heraldry, an index of names and places, and much more. Will require extra postage.
Lorenzo Lotto et L'Imaginaire Alchimique: Les "imprese" dans les marqueteries du choeur de la Basilique de S. Marie Majeure a Bergame

Lorenzo Lotto et L'Imaginaire Alchimique: Les "imprese" dans les marqueteries du choeur de la Basilique de S. Marie Majeure a Bergame by Zanchi, Mauro

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Lorenzo Lotto et L'Imaginaire Alchimique: Les "imprese" dans les marqueteries du choeur de la Basilique de S. Marie Majeure a Bergame
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Zanchi, Mauro
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Clusone, Bergamo, Italy: Ferrari Editrice, 1998. Hardcover. VG. Black & color illus. glossy boards, 214 pp., many color illus. Text is in French. Showcases the artwork on the panels in the choir stalls at the basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Bergamo, Italy, rendered by Northern Italian painter Lorenzo Lotto (1480-1557). More than 30 such panels are highlighted, with each one the subject of a chapter here. Intricate and amazing work, to say the least. An uncommon book.
Georges Rouault (1871-1958) The Later Years

Georges Rouault (1871-1958) The Later Years

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Georges Rouault (1871-1958) The Later Years
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New York: Perls Galleries, 1960. Softcover. VG internally but with fading to cover top edges. Maroon stapled wraps with black lettering. 2 pp. plus 17 color and bw illus. Catalogue from the exhibition of October to November 1960. List of of the 24 works on view includes title, medium, size, date/s, and lenders (if applicable).
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1964: HP Zimmer: Galerie Van De Loo

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1964: HP Zimmer: Galerie Van De Loo
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Munich, Germany: Galerie Van De Loo, 1964. Softcover. VG. Tan/Blue illustrated wraps; 8 pp; 7 b/w plates. Accompanied a 1964 exhibition at the Galerie Van De Loo in Munich, Germany in 1964; includes a chronological timeline of his life and works of art.
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Oils, Water Colors, Pastels & Drawings by James McNeill Whistler; Lent by Mr. Richard Canfield

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Oils, Water Colors, Pastels & Drawings by James McNeill Whistler; Lent by Mr. Richard Canfield
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Buffalo, New York: Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Albright Art Gallery, 1911. Softcover. VG-, spine and cover show some wear and darkening, age spots inside cover. Medium brown paper wraps with dark brown embossed letters and design, 49 pp, 34 BW illustrations. Catalog of an exhibition held at the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Albright Art Gallery, March 7 - April 27, 1911. From the introduction, by Cornelia B. Sage: As a whole the collection is a thorough and complete expostion of the Artist's personal technique. The art of Mr. Whistler is more closely held than that of any other painter of modern times.
Collection of Five Trade Cards Featuring Baseball Caricatures

Collection of Five Trade Cards Featuring Baseball Caricatures

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Collection of Five Trade Cards Featuring Baseball Caricatures
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Circa 1880s, these five cards were all promotions, or ads, for The New Carlton Dining Room in Boston. The cards depict a fat klutz contending with various elements of the National Pastime. We see this man knocked off his feet by catching a ball, stiffly awaiting a pitch while at bat, as a catcher, striking out and lolling after apparently hitting a home run. The captions are"Bravo! The Pet of the Nine", "Something must be done! Put it there!", "A close affair. Hugging the bat.", "Struck out.", and "Hero of a Home Run. The Ladies Favorite". These cards were not designed specifically for the named Boston restaurant, but rather, they were produced by a printer to be sold to businesses which would then have their own business name and information printed onto the card. The pictures on the cards often bore no relation to the enterprise issuing them. But the cards were intended as collectables, and often they would find their way into albums and scrapbooks compiled as a hobby. The cards measure 5.25 by 3.25 inches. They are pristine, other than the backs of a few of them show a faint sign of the paste that must have been used to append them to albums.
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The Christian Garland; Or, A companion for Leisure Hours: Consisting of Original and Selected Pieces in Poetry and Prose. A New Edition

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The Christian Garland; Or, A companion for Leisure Hours: Consisting of Original and Selected Pieces in Poetry and Prose. A New Edition
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White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (United States)
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London: The Religious Tract Society. Blindstamped and gilded cloth. Very Good. N.d., circa 1870. 12mo. v, 252 pp. With eight chromolithographic color plates of bouquets of flowers, fruits and shells. Plates engraved by Kronheim. Some fading of gilt on spine. Light wear to blue blindstamped cloth. Minor crack by frontis. One plate with small corner dampstain. Generally clean.
The Book-Lover's Almanac for 1897

The Book-Lover's Almanac for 1897

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The Book-Lover's Almanac for 1897
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New York: Duprat & Co, 1896. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. 12mo. 71pp. Perfectbound in wrappers with dust jacket attached at the spine. Very good or better with some foxing to the pages, crease along the spine and light general edgewear. Number 243 of 400 numbered copies. The annual edition of this book featuring articles for and about book collecting.
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Count Basie Original Jazz Piano Solos

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Count Basie Original Jazz Piano Solos
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CA: Bregman, 1982. Softcover. Very Good. Very good in wrappers. Cover rubbed.
Bulletin of the Underhill Society of America Education and Publishing Fund

Bulletin of the Underhill Society of America Education and Publishing Fund

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Bulletin of the Underhill Society of America Education and Publishing Fund
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New York: The Society, 1975. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Near fine with some foxing, in stapled wrappers. 37 pages.
Balzac

Balzac by ZWEIG, Stefan

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Title
Balzac
Author
ZWEIG, Stefan
Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York: The Viking Press, 1946. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Translated by William and Dorothy Rose. Owner's decorative bookplate and penned name on front pastedown, spine lightly sunned, corners lightly bumped, very good lacking the dust jacket.
A Book of Favorite Recipes Compiled by (3 C's) Community Center Co-Workers Auxiliary of The Neighborhood Center, Inc. Camden N.J. 1979

A Book of Favorite Recipes Compiled by (3 C's) Community Center Co-Workers Auxiliary of The Neighborhood Center, Inc. Camden N.J. 1979

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A Book of Favorite Recipes Compiled by (3 C's) Community Center Co-Workers Auxiliary of The Neighborhood Center, Inc. Camden N.J. 1979
Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Kansas: Circulation, 1979. Softcover. Very Good. Later. Very good in wrappers. Spiral bound book, book cover slightly browned, lightly rubbed and soiled on back cover. The corners and edges of the cover are slightly worn and faded.
The Color Curtain: A Report on the Bandung Conference

The Color Curtain: A Report on the Bandung Conference by Richard Wright

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Title
The Color Curtain: A Report on the Bandung Conference
Author
Richard Wright
Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1956. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. A bright, very appealing copy of the 1956 stated 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact ($3.75), VG+ dustjacket, with one small closed tear and one tiny chip along the top-edges. Octavo, Foreword by Gunnar Myrdal. "An outstanding novelist and reporter tells of the first meeting in history of the representatives of 65% of the human race -- a billion and a half black, brown, and yellow people seeking answers to questions which can affect the entire human race
Sunlight and Shade: Being Poems and Pictures of Life and Nature

Sunlight and Shade: Being Poems and Pictures of Life and Nature

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Title
Sunlight and Shade: Being Poems and Pictures of Life and Nature
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Underground Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
London: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1884. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Second Edition. Hardcover. This gorgeous, golden, gilt-stamped tome is full to brimming with vintage verses and lush and romantic illustrations, all within a sunlit and swoon-worthy binding. Poets include Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Julia Goddard, Fanny Forrester, John Francis Waller, Isabella Banks, and many more, their verses illustrated throughout by such artists as William Henry James Boot, Frank Dadd, Mary Ellen Edwards, Mary Lightbody Gow, and William Lionel Wyllie. 10 1/2" X 7 3/4". 192pp. Presents nicely in protective archival jacket. Bound in golden brown cloth over boards, with elaborately decorated upper board and spine, with woman releasing a carrier pigeon, wise men, blossoming vines, and ribbons in gilt, green, and black, and title in black and gilt. All edges gilt. Mild edgewear to binding, with slight lean to spine, faint scattered rubbing and soiling, and gentle bumping and rubbing to corners and head and tail of spine. Decorative floral endpapers. Faint pencilled scribbles to title page and occasional smudge or spot of soiling to pages throughout. Binding is firm and sound. A stunningly bound and abundantly illustrated Victorian-era celebration of life and nature in verse.
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An Inquiry into the Difficulties Encountered in the Reduction of Dislocations of the Hip. The Samuel D. Gross Prize Essay. by Allis, Oscar H

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An Inquiry into the Difficulties Encountered in the Reduction of Dislocations of the Hip. The Samuel D. Gross Prize Essay.
Author
Allis, Oscar H
Seller
Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
Condition
Near fine.
Description
Philadelphia: [Dornan Printer], 1896. First Edition. Original publisher's green cloth.. Near fine.. 8vo, xv, 171 pp. There are many text illustrations. A signed presentation from the author on the endpaper. Rutkow OR52
Nethercotts of the Civil War: printed exclusively for the Nethercotts

Nethercotts of the Civil War: printed exclusively for the Nethercotts

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Nethercotts of the Civil War: printed exclusively for the Nethercotts
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Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
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no place: Halbert's Family Heritage, 1998. various paginations by section, perhaps 150 pages altogether, 8.5x11 inches, foreword, introduction, archival records, Nethercott state-by-state directory, illustrated throughout by photos, drawings and facsimiles reproduced in color xerox, very good in publisher's original gilt-decorated black leatherette. Caveat emptor, the text is not original, but a commercial patchwork of excerpts from more extensive works. A rough history of the family during the Civil War and a guide to further genealogical research. Nethercotts had grunts in both armies.
Sindicato padronal de Polonia al servicio de los banqueros y la CIA. ¡Alto a la contrarevolución de Solidarnosc!

Sindicato padronal de Polonia al servicio de los banqueros y la CIA. ¡Alto a la contrarevolución de Solidarnosc!

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Sindicato padronal de Polonia al servicio de los banqueros y la CIA. ¡Alto a la contrarevolución de Solidarnosc!
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Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description
New York: Spartacist Publishing Company, 1981. 32p., wraps, 8.5x11 inches, evenly toned else very good condition. Spanish-language edition of "Solidarnosc: Polish company union for CIA and bankers.
Capitalism, the family, and personal life

Capitalism, the family, and personal life by Zaretsky, Eli

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Title
Capitalism, the family, and personal life
Author
Zaretsky, Eli
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Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description
Santa Cruz, CA: Loaded Press, 1973. Pamphlet. 108p., staplebound, covers slightly toned and mildly worn, else very good. Reprinted from the January-June, 1973 issue of Socialist Revolution.
One Dead Drag Queen: a Tom & Scott mystery

One Dead Drag Queen: a Tom & Scott mystery by Zubro, Mark Richard

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One Dead Drag Queen: a Tom & Scott mystery
Author
Zubro, Mark Richard
Seller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN
9780312209377
Description
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000. Hardcover. 246p., very good first edition, first printing stated in boards and unclipped dj. 8th in the series. Bombing of a Chicago health clinic and death of a crossdresser. Gunn page 235.
Up Against the Wall: Art, Activism, and the AIDS Poster

Up Against the Wall: Art, Activism, and the AIDS Poster by Albrecht, Donald; Lacher-Feldman, Jessica; Valenti, William M

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Up Against the Wall: Art, Activism, and the AIDS Poster
Author
Albrecht, Donald; Lacher-Feldman, Jessica; Valenti, William M
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Yesterday's Muse Books (United States)
ISBN
9781939125781
Condition
Fine
Description
Rochester, New York: RIT Press, 2021. Large Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 9x0x9. Still in original plastic wrap. 2021 Large Hardcover. 232 pp. Up Against the Wall: Art, Activism, and the AIDS Poster offers nearly 200 examples of visually arresting and socially meaningful posters, taken from more than 8,000 held in the collection in the University of Rochester's River Campus Libraries' Department of Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation. The collection, one of the largest of its kind in the world, was donated to the University of Rochester by Dr. Edward Atwater. The book accompanies an exhibition of AIDS education posters displayed at the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, Rochester, NY. The posters, spanning the years from 1982 to the present, show how social, religious, civic, and public health agencies have addressed the controversial, often contested terrain of the HIV/AIDS pandemic within the public realm. Organizations and creators tailored their messages to audiences, both broad and very specific, and used a wide array of strategies, employing humor, emotion, scare tactics, simple scientific explanations, sexual imagery, and many other methods to communicate powerfully and effectively.
Thomas H. Ince

Thomas H. Ince

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Title
Thomas H. Ince
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ReadInk (United States)
ISBN
9788450547252
Condition
Near Fine
Description
Madrid: Filmoteca Española. Near Fine. 1986. First Edition. Softcover. 8450547253 . [a bit of wear along spine, otherwise a nice clean copy]. (B&W photographs) 48-page large-format booklet, issued in conjunction with a retrospective of Ince's films. PLEASE NOTE that the text of this publication is entirely in Spanish. Includes a translation of a 1953 article on Ince by Jean Mitry; a translation of a 1919 Photoplay article by Ince himself, about his early filmmaking career; and a complete filmography (albeit with minimal credits) by Steven Higgins. .

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