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SEVENTH BRIDGE by (BINDINGS - CRIS CLAIR TAKACS). AHLGREN, CAROL A.

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Title: SEVENTH BRIDGE
Author: (BINDINGS - CRIS CLAIR TAKACS). AHLGREN, CAROL A.
Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
Description: Iowa City, Iowa: Gravel Pit Press, 1990. No. 27 OF 45 COPIES, signed in the colophon by designer, printer, and illustrator Nora L. Koch. 280 x 180 mm. (11 x 7 1/8"). 1 p.l., 11, [1] pp., [1] leaf. UNCONVENTIONAL BLACK AND KHAKI TIE-DYED CALF BY CRIS CLAIR TAKACS (inscribed in pencil in colophon: "Bound by Cris Clair Takacs 1993"), upper cover with subtle leather-relief archway and blind-stamped falling leaves, smooth spine with two black morocco labels, green handmade paper endleaves. In matching leather-lipped black cloth slipcase. With four full-page woodcuts by Nora Koch. Printed in Hammer Uncial on domestic etching paper. ◆In mint condition. This is an attractively hand-printed and illustrated remembrance by architectural historian Carol Ahlgren of the hand-crafted bridges she crossed while collecting maple sap with her grandfather; but the big story here is our volume's conspicuous binding of tie-dyed calf fashioned by Ohio artisan Cris Takacs. Takacs began studying bookbinding in 1980, and in 1987 worked with Czech binders Jan and Jarmila Sobota. In an email to a former owner of this volume, Takacs explained she achieved a modelled effect on the upper cover using a leather relief method in which the leather was laid over thin bristol board to produce the design's archway outline. The falling leaves were then tooled in blind, though the leather did not take tooling well, and she had "a devil of a time with the leaves." Takacs is a former chairperson of the Guild of Book Workers, and since her retirement from managing the collections at the International Women's Air and Space Museum in Cleveland, she does binding and conservation under the trade name Books Bound & Repaired. Nora Koch received an MFA in Printmaking and Book Arts from the University of Iowa, and then operated the Gravel Pit Press for a few years after graduate school. She is now a freelance book designer for publishers that include the Minnesota Historical Society Press, University of Wisconsin Press, and Fortress Press. She was a founding member of Minnesota Book Builders..

Japanese in Southern California "A History of 70 Years by [Japanese Americana]. [California]

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Title: Japanese in Southern California "A History of 70 Years
Author: [Japanese Americana]. [California]
Seller: McBride Rare Books (United States)
Condition: Very good.
Description: [Los Angeles]: Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Southern California, 1960. Very good.. [1],34,756,[1],67,xi,[2]pp., plus eleven pages of photographic plates. Quarto. Original limp green cloth, gilt spine titles. Minor rubbing and dust-soiling to boards, small bump to top edge, spine titles a bit worn and faded. Internally clean. A massive and detailed historical account of the Japanese American experience in Southern California, issued by the region's Japanese Chamber of Commerce. The work is printed in both Japanese and English, with chapters on Japanese immigration, local Japanese associations, various industries engaged in by Japanese immigrants in California, the experiences of both Issei and Nisei, histories of religion, sports, the internment period, post-internment period, and more between 1885 and 1960. The Japanese section includes numerous photographs featuring prominent Japanese-American businesspeople, organizations, scenes of agricultural labor, and more interspersed throughout the text. The eleven photographic plates preceding the Japanese section picture Japanese areas of southern California, scenes of industry and business, various notices relating anti-Japanese sentiment in the area, group shots of Japanese-American businesses and associations, prominent Japanese-American business figures, and more. A significant and dense history of the Japanese-American experience in Southern California, somewhat well represented institutionally, but rare in commerce.

Havana Hospitality English-Español. Prepared Under the Direction of the St. Rita Guild by [Cook Books]. [Cuba]

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Title: Havana Hospitality English-Español. Prepared Under the Direction of the St. Rita Guild
Author: [Cook Books]. [Cuba]
Seller: McBride Rare Books (United States)
Condition: Good.
Description: Havana, 1950. Good.. 389pp., plus [33]pp. of ads. Original red publisher's cloth, stamped in black. Dampstained at edges and spine, extremities worn; rear cover soiled. Contemporary inscription on front pastedown. Foxed, some scattered soiling. An interesting bilingual Cuban cook book, with recipes in English and Spanish on facing pages. The introduction explains that this is not a volume of recipes for the beginner bride or a how to guide, but rather "the compilation of favorite recipes hitherto unpublished, yet well-known and highly regarded in important Cuban-American circles and other parts of the world where men and women of taste and discernment throughout the years have succeeded in regaling the palates of intimate friends and distinguished gusts." Each recipe lists its contributor -- some of whom are noted as "Mrs." and some of whom are denoted as "Sra." Recipes range from Hot Grapefruit Cocktail to Sweet and Pungent Shrimp to Italian Spaghetti (California Style), and more. The St. Rita Guild is a Catholic parish organization designed to foster community. Fewer than ten copies in OCLC. A wonderful slice of domestic and social life in Cuba just before the Communist revolution.

The Star Speaker, A Complete and Choice Collection of the Best Productions by the Best Authors with an Exhaustive Treatise on the Subject of Vocal and Physical Culture and Gesturing by KIGHTLINGER, Flora N.

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Title: The Star Speaker, A Complete and Choice Collection of the Best Productions by the Best Authors with an Exhaustive Treatise on the Subject of Vocal and Physical Culture and Gesturing
Author: KIGHTLINGER, Flora N.
Seller: Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: Jersey City, N.J.: Star Publishing Company, 1893. First Edition. Cloth. Very good. First edition. 8vo; 488pp; silver and brown stamped vignette to mustard-colored cloth over beveled board; blue floral endpapers; color illustrated frontispiece with tissue guard; b&w illustrated plates; light shelf-wear to boards, small scrape to ffep, age-toning to paper, lightly shaken; very good. Poetry, lectures, and recitations, along with information on Vocal Culture, Gesturing, and Physical Culture. Illustrations of how to stand and move to be effective and dramatic in public speech.

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