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The Big Sea

The Big Sea by Hughes, Langston

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Title
The Big Sea
Author
Hughes, Langston
Seller
James Cummins Bookseller (United States)
Condition
Original green cloth. A few spots to boards, spine fading and slightly cocked
Description
New York & London: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. First edition. 335 pp. 8vo. Original green cloth. A few spots to boards, spine fading and slightly cocked. First edition. 335 pp. 8vo. Inscribed on the ffep: "For Noel, and Hollow Hills - happy island in The Big Sea - where this book was finished. Affectionately, Langston Hotel Grand, Chicago, July 26, 1940." In March 1932 Noël Sullivan, a wealthy aspiring concert singer and a patron to liberal and artistic causes, sent Hughes a note of his admiration with an invitation to visit him in San Fransisco. Sullivan, whose housekeeper Eulah Pharr had friends in common with Hughes, had recently performed one of Hughes's poems in concert, set to music by John Alden Carpenter. Hughes stayed with Sullivan in May 1932 while on a lecture tour, and the two developed a very close friendship. "The man and all he stood for endeared him to Hughes, and for a quarter of a century he was the poet's most trusted confidant. [...] as close a friend as any relative Hughes ever had..." (Berry, Faith, Before & Beyond Harlem: A Biography of Langston Hughes, p. 149-150). This was a two-way street, as "Hughes's immediate impact on Noël Sullivan was...dramatic" (Rampersad, The Life of Langston Hughes, Vol. I, p. 239). Sullivan helped sustain Hughes with occasional financial gifts, he hosted him on most of his visits to California, often gave Hughes the use of his farm in Carmel, where Hughes wrote his first collection of short stories, The Ways of White Folks (1934), which was dedicated to Sullivan. By August 1939, Hughes was determined to "forge his autobiography into 'a real titan's book,'" and he settled at Noël Sullivan's Hollow Hills Farm in Carmel to complete the autobiographical work he started in Chicago, in which he describes his time in Paris (Rampersad, Vol. I, p. 373). He returned again to Hollow Hills in December of 1939 to celebrate the Christmas holidays before heading back to the East Coast. While on the road, he missed the Carmel Valley, writing Sullivan, "'Your farm, Noel, is a little heaven" (p. 381-2). By late July 1940, Hughes headed again to Hollow Hills Farm, where he found construction beginning on a one-room cottage was building for Hughes's use.
Manuscript album amicorum kept by Cecilia Beverly (Stearns) Houghton, with entries in poetry and prose from friends, fellow Methodists, and others related to Turin, NY, Red Creek Union Academy or nearby

Manuscript album amicorum kept by Cecilia Beverly (Stearns) Houghton, with entries in poetry and prose from friends, fellow Methodists, and others related to Turin, NY, Red Creek Union Academy or nearby

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Manuscript album amicorum kept by Cecilia Beverly (Stearns) Houghton, with entries in poetry and prose from friends, fellow Methodists, and others related to Turin, NY, Red Creek Union Academy or nearby
Seller
James Cummins Bookseller (United States)
Condition
Contemporary half morocco and marbled paper boards, worn
Description
New York State, 1845. Manuscript throughout, written on multi-colored paper. Approx. 40pp. (the rest being blank). 8vo. Contemporary half morocco and marbled paper boards, worn. Manuscript throughout, written on multi-colored paper. Approx. 40pp. (the rest being blank). 8vo. Cecilia Beverly Stearns (1812-1900) married Rev. Royal Houghton (1802-1881) in 1837, a minister in the Central New York Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Of note in this album is a young woman named Phebe Candee who following her entry identifies herself as "deaf & dumb", and G. Gary who in an inscription dated 1846 notes his plans to go to Oregon.
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Het Vlas by Andersen, H.C.; Leck

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Het Vlas
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Andersen, H.C.; Leck
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Ursus Books (United States)
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1941. VAN DER LECK, Bart. Het Vlas. Uit het deensch vertaald door Marie Nijland-0van der Meer de Walcheren. By H.C. Andersen. [1], 10, [1] ff., illustrated and decorated throughout by Bart van der Leck. 8vo, 245 x 165 mm., bound in original printed wrappers, in a new cloth folding box. Amsterdam: De Spieghel, [1941]. An important but little-known document of the De Stijl movement, and the only example of an illustrated book from the movement. Bart van der Leck (1876-1958), Dutch painter, designer, and ceramicist, joined forces with Theo van Doesburg and Piet Mondrian to found the De Stijl art movement in the Netherlands. Van der Leck sought to translate physicality into flatness without concern for representing the appearance of things in the natural world. A book of stunning simplicity and almost magical charm. One of 550 copies. From Manet to Hockney 109. De Stijl: Visions of Utopia 68-79. Johnson, Artists' Books in the Modern Era, 1870-2000, No. 114.
ORIGINAL PAINTING "BONSOIR MONSIEUR TOULOUSE" ACRYLIC ON CANVAS [Signed]

ORIGINAL PAINTING "BONSOIR MONSIEUR TOULOUSE" ACRYLIC ON CANVAS [Signed] by Wood, Tisha Balesi

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ORIGINAL PAINTING "BONSOIR MONSIEUR TOULOUSE" ACRYLIC ON CANVAS [Signed]
Author
Wood, Tisha Balesi
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Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
An original painting depicting an elegantly dressed woman seated beside a red chair, rendered in thick, gestural impasto. Signed "Tisha Bales Wood" to the lower right. Acrylic on canvas. Presented in an ornate gilt frame. Dimensions - Frame: approximately 16 × 19 in.; Canvas: approximately 11 in. × 14 in. In Very Good condition. Gilt frame with light rubbing and minor losses along the edges. Shelved in Rockville PS1101 (# II). 1406486. Special Collections - Upstairs.
(3 offprints). Includes: AULUCK, & D. S. KOTHARI. "Effect of electromagnetic radiation on the Lamb shift." Offprint from: Proceedings of the Royal Society, London], A, vol. 214, p. 137, 1952.

(3 offprints). Includes: AULUCK, & D. S. KOTHARI. "Effect of electromagnetic radiation on the Lamb shift." Offprint from: Proceedings of the Royal Society, London], A, vol. 214, p. 137, 1952. by AULUCK, F. C.

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(3 offprints). Includes: AULUCK, & D. S. KOTHARI. "Effect of electromagnetic radiation on the Lamb shift." Offprint from: Proceedings of the Royal Society, London], A, vol. 214, p. 137, 1952.
Author
AULUCK, F. C.
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Jeff Weber Rare Books (Switzerland)
Description
London:: Royal Society, 1952., 1952. 8vo. pp. 137-142. Self-wraps; wrinkled. PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR, SIGNED. Very good. Auluck and Kothari were associated with the University of Delhi. WITH: AULUCK, & D. S. KOTHARI. "Statistical Mechanics and the Partitions of Numbers." Offprint from: Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, vol. 42, pt. 3, (1946). 8vo. pp. 272-277. Self-wraps; creased. Very good. WITH: AULUCK, & D. S. KOTHARI. "Partitions into Powers of Integers." Offprint from Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, April 14, Session 1946-47. 8vo. pp. 13-16. Self-wraps; creased. Very good.
[DOMESTIC ARTS] COOKERY] WINKELMANN & BROWN RECEIPT BOOK AND MEDICAL GUIDE

[DOMESTIC ARTS] COOKERY] WINKELMANN & BROWN RECEIPT BOOK AND MEDICAL GUIDE

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[DOMESTIC ARTS] COOKERY] WINKELMANN & BROWN RECEIPT BOOK AND MEDICAL GUIDE
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Black Swan Books, Inc. (United States)
Description
Baltimore, MD, 1900. 7 ½” X 5” softcover cookbook with two ads laid in and numerous pencil annotations throughout. Cover separating from binding and wear around edges, otherwise good. ~~Winkelmann & Brown Drug Company in Baltimore, Maryland sold patent cures advertised throughout this cookbook, such as Dr. Kierstead’s King Of All Pain and Quintoleo, “the Great Malaria Antidote and Fever and Ague cure”. The second half of the 19th century was a golden age of American patent medicines such as these. Rapid increases in industry and manufacturing, urban living, advertising in national newspapers and magazines, and the absence of drug regulation all contributed to a boom in the production and consumption of patent medicines. Companies such as Winkelmann & Brown aggressively marketed their wares through often creative outlets, such as this cookbook, which intersperses ads for their products with recipes. This issue was in use, as can be seen from the annotations throughout.~~This is uncommon with no copies in commerce, and, as of 4/21/2025, no copies in institutional holdings.
Report of the Joint Investigating Committee on Public Frauds and Election of Hon. John J. Patterson to the United States Senate

Report of the Joint Investigating Committee on Public Frauds and Election of Hon. John J. Patterson to the United States Senate by [South Carolina] [Politics]

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Report of the Joint Investigating Committee on Public Frauds and Election of Hon. John J. Patterson to the United States Senate
Author
[South Carolina] [Politics]
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Americana Books ABAA (United States)
Condition
Fair
Description
Columbia, S. C.: Calvo & Patton, State Printers, 1878. First Edition. Wraps. Fair. Stitched yellow wraps with title printed on outer front wrap. 68 pages. Damp stains and edge chips to the covers. Title page is damp stained. Interior contents clean otherwise. John J. Patterson (1830-1912) was a businessman and was elected as a Republican in South Carolina to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1873. Many in South Carolina viewed Patterson as a "Carpet Bagger." After reconstruction ended in South Carolina, Patterson had no chance of being reelected when his term ended in 1879 as the Democrats took control of South Carolina politics. From the South Carolina Encyclopedia: In 1872 Patterson was a candidate for the U.S. Senate from South Carolina. It was alleged that his only qualification was money with which to bribe legislators. On the day of the election, the Republican Columbia Daily Union warned that “the people will regard his election as a direct bargain and sale.” He won the election but was immediately arrested for bribery based on the statements of two legislators who claimed that they had been paid to vote for him. He was never tried, although newspaper reports accused him of using as much as $50,000 to secure his election. From that time forward, Patterson carried the nickname “Honest John”—honest because if he promised a bribe, he always paid it. While many of the allegations against Patterson are questionable, some legislators who voted for him later complained that they had not received promised bribes, with one quoting Patterson as saying that “the damned election had cost him more than it was worth.”.
THE ARK SAKURA

THE ARK SAKURA by Abé, Kobo; Carpenter, Juliet Winters

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THE ARK SAKURA
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Abé, Kobo; Carpenter, Juliet Winters
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Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition
Near fine in near fine jacket.
Description
London: Secker & Warburg, 1988. First printing. Near fine in near fine jacket.. First UK edition of this story of a survivalist's attempt to build an ark - (à la Noah, but with people) - by, at the time, "Japan's foremost living novelist." 8.5'' x 5.25''. Original dark blue cloth, silver lettered spine. In original unclipped (£11.95) color pictorial jacket designed by Peter Dyer. Lavender endpapers. [4], 342 pages. Jacket with trace edgewear. Book with light toning to leaves, else crisp and clean.
29 Drawings from the Michael Berolzheimer Collection restituted by the Albertina

29 Drawings from the Michael Berolzheimer Collection restituted by the Albertina

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29 Drawings from the Michael Berolzheimer Collection restituted by the Albertina
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Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
Munchen: Arnoldi-Livie, 2011. First edition. Softcover. Text in English and features a foreword by R. Bruce Livie Includes numerous illustrations. A fine copy in French style wrappers.

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