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Photograph Signed: 24 Hour Worker by BOURKE-WHITE, MARGARET

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Seller: The Manhattan Rare Book Company

Title: Photograph Signed: 24 Hour Worker
Author: BOURKE-WHITE, MARGARET
Seller: The Manhattan Rare Book Company (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: New York: np, 1930. First edition. Photograph framed. Fine. RARE, LARGE SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH BY FEARLESS FEMALE PHOTOJOURNALIST MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE. Photojournalist Margaret Bourke-White holds many crowns. Some have called her "one of photojournalism's most groundbreaking and memorable characters" ( Britannica ); the New York Times referred to her as "one of the world's pre-eminent photographers" and "the female gaze behind Life Magazine"; she held, above all else "the belief in an artist's duty to change the world." ( Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame ). She was the first woman allowed to shoot in combat zones, the first female war photojournalist, and the first female documentary photographer accredited to work with the U.S. armed forces. From Montana to Germany to Russia to North Africa, Bourke-White lent her camera - and her point of view - to capture some of the world's most monumental, disastrous, and powerful moments in history, bringing them (often for the first time) into the center of American public consciousness. Bourke-White made her start in industrial and architectural photography. To this day, her photographs of the Otis Steel Mill (based in Cleveland, Ohio) are considered some of the best of its kind. Given the dirty and sometimes hazardous conditions of the steel mill, steelmaking photography was understood as being notoriously difficult; more than that, the black-and-white film of the time - which reacted only to blue light - was difficult to use with the red and orange luminesces in the mill. Bourke-White's solution was to use magnesium flares, producing white light to illuminate the scenes around her. It was her ingenuity and skill that caught the attention of American magazine magnate Henry Luce, who hired her in 1929 for his Fortune magazine. Then, in 1936, she was brought on as one of the first four staff photographers for Life magazine, a publication with which she worked for the next 25 years. On 24 Hour Worker: While the particulars are unclear, one can limit the time that this photograph was taken to within the two-year period 1930-32. After completing a Fortune magazine assignment photographing Krupp Iron Works in Germany, Bourke-White continued on into the Soviet Union to photograph the effects of the first five-year plan (1928-32), a campaign implemented by Stalin to develop heavy industry and collectivize agriculture, in an attempt to jumpstart economic growth. Bourke-White was the first foreign photographer to take pictures of the development and effects of the plan. The 24 Hour Worker, then, is a powerful image focusing on the human cost of the industrial policies adapting to the newly evolving economic landscape of the USSR. In fact, what is particularly compelling about this image is the attention given to the expression and form of the worker's face itself. At the height of her career, Bourke-White began to introduce more people and subject matter into her oeuvre - both in her work with Life Magazine, as well as photographing Dust Bowl communities during the Great Depression (the results of which were ultimately compiled into a photobook titled Have You Seen Their Faces, with accompanying text by husband Erskine Caldwell). Doing so allowed her to develop a more compassionate approach, moving away from style required for the industrial and architectural subjects of her early photography. The 24 Hour Worker is a powerful example of portrait photography from one of America's photography giants and an important piece epitomizing her important documentary work in the Soviet Union under Stalin. Signed by Margaret Bourke-White ["Bourke-White"] in the mount below the photograph. Provenance: From the estate of Evelyne Z. Daitz, the celebrated photography dealer and owner and director of the Witkin Gallery (New York). 24 Hour Worker, U.S.S.R. Warm-toned silver print with the applied thin black border, the image measuring 13x9 1/4 inches (33x23.5 cm.), with Bourke-White's signature, in pencil, on mount recto, and her credit hand stamp, on mount verso. 1930-32. Stunningly and archivally framed under UV-protecting museum glass to an overall size of approximately 21x25 inches. A magnificent image in fine condition.

Nursery Rhymes by MACLURE, MACDONALD & MACGREGOR

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Title: Nursery Rhymes
Author: MACLURE, MACDONALD & MACGREGOR
Seller: Ursus Books (United States)
Description: 1865. MACLURE, MACDONALD & MACGREGOR. Nursery Rhymes. Transformation playing cards. 52 cards in publisher's box. Manchester: Maclure Macdonald & Macgregor,ca. 1865. A complete full pack of 52 playing cards. Each card is on thick board with a different engraved design of a nursery rhyme or story around the coloured pips, the court cards have gold and coloured highlights. The Ace of spades is printed "When used in great Britain and Ireland Duty Three Pence" Printed for the designer by Maclure, Macdonald & Macgregor, 77 Market St Manchester. Rare in such fine condition. Field. p.119.

Opera omnia medica by FREIND, John

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Title: Opera omnia medica
Author: FREIND, John
Seller: Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description: London: Joannes Wright, 1723. FIRST COLLECTED EDITION. Engraved portrait of the author after Vertue. With half-title, engraved vignette on title and dedication, many fine engraved and woodcut vignettes, head- and tailpieces, and initials. Contemporary sprinkled calf, rebacked. First and commonly known as the best collected edition, which includes a biography of Freind by the editor, John Wigan.

Memories Of The Ford Administration; A Novel by Updike, John [Gerald R. Ford]

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Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC

Title: Memories Of The Ford Administration; A Novel
Author: Updike, John [Gerald R. Ford]
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Fine/fine. Memories of the Ford Administration, first edition signed by President Gerald R. Ford and John Updike.. Octavo, 371pp, [2]. Maroon cloth, title in gilt and silver on spine. Top edge dyed blue. Stated "First Trade Edition" on copyright page. Previous ownership blind stamp on last page of text. In publisher's fine dust jacket, retail price on front flap. Signed by former President Gerald R. Ford and John Updike on the title page. A notable work in the mixed history / fiction genre, by Pulitzer Prize winning author, John Updike.

FATHERS AND CROWS by Vollman, William T.

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Title: FATHERS AND CROWS
Author: Vollman, William T.
Seller: Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition: Near Fine.
Description: [New York]: Viking, 1992. Near Fine.. Signed uncorrected proofs of this second book in the sprawling SEVEN DREAMS series - the "dark and often gruesome" story of the conflicts between French Jesuit missionaries and the Huron and Iroquois people in "New France" (present-day Canada). Each novel in Vollman's historical series SEVEN DREAMS: A BOOK OF NORTH AMERICAN LANDSCAPES focuses on an episode of conflict between the indigenous peoples of North America and the settlers that would come to colonize the lands they occupied. It is projected to span seven novels, five of which have been published so far. 9'' x 6''. Original printed brown paper wrappers, with publication date (8/4/92) and price ($30.00) penned to front wrapper. [20], 990 pages. Signed by Vollman on title page. Trace edgewear and rubbing. Clean.

Little Rhymes for Little Readers by SEEGMILLER, Wilhelmina

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Title: Little Rhymes for Little Readers
Author: SEEGMILLER, Wilhelmina
Seller: Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: Chicago: Rand, McNally and Company, 1903. Cloth. Very good. Ruth Mary HALLOCK. Ruth Mary HALLOCK, illustrator. First Edition. 4to; 80 [2]pp; tan cloth over board with stamped color pictorial in of a boy and girl carrying this book facing each other, and the title; pictorial endpapers printed in dark green, bookplate to front pastedown; pictorial title page; many of the poems printed within a pictorial border; half-tone illustrations almost every page; light soiling and rubbing to cover, some color loss, ffep has scratches where something seems to have been pasted; very good. Short rhymes and poems, some old nursery rhymes re-worked, all with illustrations featuring children. Wonderful illustrations by Ruth Mary Hallock (1876-1945), an American painter known for her gentle depictions of children and use of soft colors.

Our Homes. Their Cares and Duties, Joys and Sorrows by ARTHUR, T. S.

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Title: Our Homes. Their Cares and Duties, Joys and Sorrows
Author: ARTHUR, T. S.
Seller: Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
Condition: Good +
Description: Philadelphia: H.C. Peck & Theo. Bliss, 1860. Boards. Good +. 12mo; 300pp + 4pp ads; blind stamped decorative medallion inside triple border, royal blue cloth over board, gilt stamped title to spine in decorative borders; aquatint frontispiece with tissue guard; binding solid; light scuffing boards, edges and bumping of corners with some loss; age toning of paper, some light staining and some scattered foxing; good plus. Poetry, short stories, and moralistic advice in this small mid 19th century woman's book. Chapters include: Thanksgiving, An Evening at HomeTwo Years Old, Music in Families, Do You Know What Your Children Read?, Obedience How Taught to Children, The Dumb Child, and Hints for Husbands.

The County: A Story of Social Life by ANONYMOUS

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Title: The County: A Story of Social Life
Author: ANONYMOUS
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description: New York: Pollard & Moss, 1889. Reprint. Octavo (19cm.); original brown decorative cloth embossed in black, gilt-lettered spine; [2],186,[4](ads)pp. Textblock uniformly toned due to poor paper stock, contemporary gift bookplate of the Salem Lodge no. 100, I.O.O.F., accomplished in manuscript. Very Good to Near Fine. Novel of two sisters from a prosperous rural British family and the struggles they face when their fortunes change. First serialized in The Cornhill Magazine, edited by William Makepeace Thackeray. Quite scarce in any edition: OCLC lists Iowa's copy only of this imprint; 5 more for the first (Harper) edition.

ORIGINAL "WHEN WE WERE KINGS" MOVIE POSTER

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Title: ORIGINAL "WHEN WE WERE KINGS" MOVIE POSTER
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
Description: USA: Gramercy Pictures, 1996. One Sheet (measures 27 in. x 41 in.) In Very Good condition. Light age toning and minimal wear to edges. Shelved in Room A. FJ Consignment. 1375452. Special Collections - Upstairs.

All Our Yesterdays. by Tomlinson, H.M.

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Title: All Our Yesterdays.
Author: Tomlinson, H.M.
Seller: Ten Pound Island Book Co. (United States)
Condition: Number 141 of a limited edition of 329. Signed by author. In slipcase.
Description: New York: Harper & Brothers, 1930. Number 141 of a limited edition of 329. Signed by author. In slipcase.. 24 cm. 445 pp. Inlaid facsimile authorial letter.

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