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The Archive Of Meyer J. Frechie, The Jewish American Army Officer Who Organized Covert Allied Transportation To Normandy For D-Day

The Archive Of Meyer J. Frechie, The Jewish American Army Officer Who Organized Covert Allied Transportation To Normandy For D-Day by (WORLD WAR II ARCHIVE)

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The Archive Of Meyer J. Frechie, The Jewish American Army Officer Who Organized Covert Allied Transportation To Normandy For D-Day
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(WORLD WAR II ARCHIVE)
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Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc. (United States)
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MEYER J. FRECHIE (1907-1988). An American Army Lieutenant Colonel in World War Two, Frechie was Chief of the Operational Branch of the Transportation Office and was responsible for coordinating the transportation logistics of the Normandy Invasion (D-Day). Archive. More than 1,600 pieces. 1942-1953. The archive of Lieutenant Colonel (later Colonel) Meyer J. Frechie. The archive primarily dates from 1942 to 1945. It includes letters to and from his family in Philadelphia, including his wife, young son, parents, and sister, and military papers, including some interesting material directly related to his work in Allied transportation.Frechie, a graduate of the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, worked as a traffic manager for the railroad and steamship industries before the war. After the United Statess entry into World War Two, the military actively courted Frechie for his skill in transportation logistics. He joined the war effort as a civilian traffic manager for the Army in 1941 before officially joining the Army at the rank of Captain in February 1942 and being sent to London. There, he was put in charge of coordinating the covert transport of Allied servicemen and supplies from England to Normandy for D-Day. According to the lengthy text accompanying his citation for the Legion of Merit, Frechies war-time activities were, in part, as follows:The Operational Branch, Movements Division, Office of the Chief of Transportation, was activated in August 1943. Lt. Col. Frechie, being the only officer available with amphibious operational experience, was designated Chief of said Branch. He developed his staff by sending his officers and men thru a series of strenuous exercises with the British and American Forces at various places in the United Kingdom in preparation for D-DayLt. Col. Frechie, as Chief of the Operational Branch, was responsible for the movement of all troops, vehicles, equipment and supplies for movement OVERLORD. From D-Day to 7 September 1944 a total of 1,302,954 personnel, 260,433 vehicles, and 1,272,532 deadweight tons of supplies have been shipped from the United Kingdom ports to the Continent. The entire OVERLORD movement program was executed by the movement instructions issued by the Operational BranchLt. Col. Frechie arranged for the building of scale models of various landing craft and scale wood blocks of various general purpose and special purpose vehicles to be used in movement OVERLORDParticipating in actual exercises where one or more of the plans were tested by actual execution, Lt. Col. Frechie analysed the results and proceeded t make final plans for movement to implement Army requirements. Lectures were made to the Air Force and Ground Services outlining movement plans; ports and depots were visited and careful studies made of their capacity to handle the vast quantity of supplies, vehicles and personnel necessary to sustain the operation. Many obstacles were confronted and surmounted by Lt. Col. Frechie in perfection of operation OVERLORDThis required the greatest flexibility in operation which the Operational Branch, under Lt. Col. Frechie, was able to exert with dispatchAt all times, Lt. Col. Frechies superior judgment, keen foresight, expert planning and unselfish devotion to duty, maintained an exceedingly high state of morale among the officers and men associated with him, and his efforts can be directly attributed to the prolonged success of this vitally important mission of the Transportation Corps.Frechie was discharged from active duty in November 1945 and served in the Army Reserves until 1953. He was promoted to Colonel in 1946.The archive contains two large boxes and three small boxes of letters and documents. All are in at least good condition, with the exception of a few torn letters. Highlights are as follows:One large box of military paperwork. The highlight is a book entitled Berth Allocation Ports UK and marked Most Secret on the cover; it examines many British ports and their capacity in preparation for the D-Day Landings. It includes a booklet of secret maps and information about ports in the United Kingdom. There is also a thick file of diverse paperwork relating to Frechies military career (a mix of originals and copies, some of it quite mundane, such as records of his travel within the UK), booklets written by Frechie, including Preliminary Analysis and Recommendations Cargo Documentation Procedure and Historical Critique of the United Kingdom Overlord Movements (three copies), certificates of appointment as Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel, copies of his Honorable Discharge, citations for the Bronze Star and Legion of Merit, and a thick file of documents relating directly to his work on the Normandy landings. Much of the most interesting and unique material can be found in this box. The two thick files are hundreds of pages each.One large box of hand-written letters and copies of V-Mail to and from Frechies wife, Rita, and son, Allen. There are 659 letters from Frechie to Rita and Allen, including many duplicates. They are dated 1942-1945 and 1947, and there are also numerous letters dated only with the month and day. The greatest number are dated late 1942 and 1943, when he wrote multi-page letters to her every day, often more than once per day. There are also 230 letters to Frechie from his wife and son, the majority dating to 1942. This is the bulk of the archive, both in number of unique items and in quantity of pages.One small box of hand-written letters and copies of V-Mail to (144) and from (246) Frechies parents, Bessye and Jack. There are numerous copies of V-Mail from Frechies mother, including some duplicates.One small box of hand-written letters and copies of V-Mail to (43) and from (206) Frechies sister Fleurette Lang, brother-in-law Stanley, and niece Jackie. The majority is copies of V-Mail letters from Fleurette.One small box of miscellaneous cards, newspaper clippings, assorted Army-related pamphlets, etc.This is the substantial archive of a man who made a unique and valuable contribution to the Allied victory in World War Two.
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Appeal of L. Louaillier, Sen. Against the Charge of High Treason by LOUAILLIER Louis

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Appeal of L. Louaillier, Sen. Against the Charge of High Treason
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LOUAILLIER Louis
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Bauman Rare Books (United States)
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1827. First Edition. LOUAILLIER, Louis. The Appeal of L. Louaillier, Sen. Against the Charge of High Treason, and Explaining the Transactions at New-Orleans. New Orleans: No publisher, 1827. Octavo, stitched as issued, original printed beige self-wrappers; pp. 28. $2900.First edition of this address supporting John Quincy Adams for the presidency by objecting to Andrew Jackson's continuation of martial law in New Orleans after the British withdrawal.Issued during the presidential campaign of 1828, this pamphlet takes on Andrew Jackson's establishment of martial law in New Orleans during the War of 1812. When state senator Louis Louaillier wrote an article objecting to Jackson's military dictatorship, he was arrested. When Judge Dominic Hall dared to criticize Jackson's suspension of habeas corpus and Louaillier's arrest, he was arrested too and charged with treason. When Hall was eventually released, he fined Jackson $1000, a huge sum at the time that a number of officials felt was unreasonable. Louaillier, in turn, offered this address, published here for the first time, in which he speaks of the injustices Jackson inflicted on him and implored his fellow citizens to vote for John Quincy Adams (who ultimately lost). Howes L485. Eberstadt 182. Shoemaker 29534. Early owner signature on front wrapper.Unobtrusive abrasion line to front wrapper, light wear to extremities, minor embrowning. An extremely good copy.
Photographien nach den Originalen des Meisters

Photographien nach den Originalen des Meisters by Amberg, Wilhelm August Lebrecht

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Photographien nach den Originalen des Meisters
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Amberg, Wilhelm August Lebrecht
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Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
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vg
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Berlin: Photographische Gesellschaft. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Oblong Folio (33 x 41"). (1) 15 plates (31 x 38.5"). Original red cloth portfolio with intricate decorative ruling and design in gilt and black on front cover, blind-stamped on back. Decorative endpapers and flaps. Wilhelm Amberg (1822–1899) is known as a genre painter of the Berlin Painter School (Berliner Malerschule). Amberg studied at the Berlin Academy under W. Herbig and K. Begas from 1839 to 1842 and in Paris as a student of Léon Cogniet until 1845, followed by an extended stay in Italy, mostly in Rome and Venice with short stops in Naples and Perugia. After his return to Berlin he became a member of the Berlin Academy in 1869 and joined the Senate of the Academy in 1886. His motifs ranged from mythological themes and portraits in the early years to humorous art and later, in his best paintings, featuring Rococo themes incorporating landscapes into his paintings. The Photographische Gesellschaft in Berlin at the Dönhofplatz was an art publisher founded in 1862. Recognized for its excellent photographic reproductions of German paintings in an effort to refine the taste of the larger audience it produced a number of albums and catalogs and offered the photographic reproductions of paintings in variant formats to the public. Among the artists licensed by the company were Karl Becker, Carl Breitbach, Heinrich von Angeli, Friedrich Kaulbach, Gustav Richter, Carl Steffeck, A. v. Werner, Wilhelm Amberg and many others. A similar association had been established in 1861 in Vienna modeled after the establishments founded in London in 1852/53 and Paris in 1855. Next to the attempt to popularize photography in general the purpose of these associations was to improve the technical achievements of photography as well as the development of a library specialized in photography. The members of the associations contributed essential services to research and development of artistic and scientific photography. The Wilhelm Amberg album contains fifteen albumen reproductions (app. 6 x 8.5"), mounted to heavy card stock with printed titles documenting the following Amberg paintings: 1. Beim Forsthause 2. Bergauf 3. Bergab 4. Der Dorftischler 5. Des Pfarrers Köchin 6. En Passant 7. Flüchtige Gunst 8. Ganz vertieft 9. Im Herbst 10. In trüben Gedanken 11. Hero 12. Sappho 13. Rechtfertigung 14. Im Sommer 15. Was die Schickung schickt, ertrage Text in German. Some wear along edges of portfolio with light fraying a head and tail of spine as well as corners. Minor staining of covers with back cover lightly rubbed. Card stock plates with some waving along edges not affecting albumen prints. Portfolio and interior in overall very good condition.
Ancient Pottery of the Holy Land From Its Beginnings in the Neolithic Period to the End of the Iron Age

Ancient Pottery of the Holy Land From Its Beginnings in the Neolithic Period to the End of the Iron Age by Amiran, Ruth; Pirhiya Beck; Uzza Zevulun;

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Ancient Pottery of the Holy Land From Its Beginnings in the Neolithic Period to the End of the Iron Age
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Amiran, Ruth; Pirhiya Beck; Uzza Zevulun;
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Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
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Jerusalem: Massada Press, 1970. First International edition. Hardcover. Fair to very good condition. Quarto. 305 [1]pp. Original burgundy cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine in original photo-illustrated dustjacket with white lettering on spine. Endpapers with maps of Ancient East in three colors. Color frontispiece. Double-page illustrated title page Comprehensive survey on ancient ceramics in the Holy Land. Profusely illustrated with b/w reproductions of photos and drawings. Includes 349 photographs and 100 plates of drawings. This work stands as the standard reference work for Syrio-Palestinian pottery, even today. It was published in this English translation in 1970. Ruth Amiran served as field archaeologist for the Israel Museum. Printed errata slip laid in. Dustjacket with creasing plus small chips along edges. Dustjacket in fair, book in very good condition.
Articles of Agreement; Final Act; ; United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference Bretton Woods, N.H. July 1 to 22, 1944

Articles of Agreement; Final Act; ; United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference Bretton Woods, N.H. July 1 to 22, 1944 by [International Monetary Fund]

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Articles of Agreement; Final Act; ; United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference Bretton Woods, N.H. July 1 to 22, 1944
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[International Monetary Fund]
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Biblioctopus (United States)
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Washington DC: International Monetary Fund, 1944. First Edition. Original blue/gray printed stapled wrappers. Some pencil notations, toning and a small chip to front wrapper, else very good condition. Printed by the IMF as opposed to the more common U.S. Treasury printing. 56 pp. The first American publication of the foundational charter that established the post-war international monetary system. This document emerged from the gathering of 730 delegates from all 44 Allied nations at the Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, from July 1-22, 1944, to regulate the international monetary and financial order after World War II. The Articles of Agreement established fixed exchange rates with countries required to guarantee convertibility of their currencies into U.S. dollars within 1% of fixed parity rates, with the dollar convertible to gold at $35 per troy ounce. The conference was driven by lessons learned from the interwar period, with President Franklin D. Roosevelt and officials like Secretary of State Cordell Hull believing that free trade promoted not just prosperity, but also peace. The two principal architects were John Maynard Keynes, adviser to the British Treasury, and Harry Dexter White, chief international economist at the U.S. Treasury Department. While both envisioned fixed exchange rates conducive to international trade expansion, White's more limited plan for a Stabilization Fund ultimately prevailed over Keynes's proposal for a global central bank issuing a new international currency called the "bancor". The Articles of Agreement required ratification by countries representing at least 80 percent of the capital subscriptions to take effect. This threshold was reached on December 27, 1945 (over a year and a half after the conference concluded) when twenty-nine member countries had ratified the agreement, formally establishing the IMF and the system where countries kept their currencies fixed but adjustable to the dollar. This monetary architecture dominated global finance until President Nixon's "Nixon Shock" of August 15, 1971, which suspended dollar convertibility to gold and effectively ended the Bretton Woods system. The system had aimed to prevent competitive devaluations and encourage an open trading system, establishing the IMF to monitor exchange rates and lend reserve currencies to countries with balance of payments deficits. This official American publication thus stands as the foundational charter of the modern international monetary system, documenting the moment when multilateral cooperation replaced the economic nationalism that had characterized the interwar period.
Catalogue raisonné des Estampes du Cabinet de…Rédigé par P. M. Bénard. La vente se fera à Paris…

Catalogue raisonné des Estampes du Cabinet de…Rédigé par P. M. Bénard. La vente se fera à Paris… by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: URSEL, Wolfgang Guillaume, Duc d’)

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Catalogue raisonné des Estampes du Cabinet de…Rédigé par P. M. Bénard. La vente se fera à Paris…
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(AUCTION CATALOGUE: URSEL, Wolfgang Guillaume, Duc d’)
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Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
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viii, 175 pp. 8vo, attractive antique calf-backed paste-paper boards, spine gilt, red morocco lettering-piece on spine. Paris: Bénard, 1806. The uncommon sale catalogue of an exceptional print collection formed in Belgium. Wolfgang Guillaume, the third duc d’Ursel (?1730-1804), a Belgian general and husband of Flore d’Arenberg, focused his collecting on prints of paintings engraved by the painters themselves. The catalogue is arranged by school and within that by painter. We find engravings by Albani, Carracci, Maratti, Titian, Dürer, Hollar, Berghem, van Leyden, Rembrandt, Callot, Coypel, etc. The catalogue thoroughly describes 948 lots of prints and drawings, many of which are large group lots, with the more considerable collections divided into numerous subsections for greater clarity. Lots 907-948 detail the duke’s books of prints and views, auction catalogues, dictionaries, and other important art historical texts. Nice copy, with occasional annotations in pencil. We locate only one copy in North America. ❧ Cicognara 4753. Lugt 7133.
Exhibition postcard: Bookworks: Barbara Schmidt-Heins, Gabriele Schmidt-Heins (opens 19 May 1980)

Exhibition postcard: Bookworks: Barbara Schmidt-Heins, Gabriele Schmidt-Heins (opens 19 May 1980) by GALERIA AKUMULATORY

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Exhibition postcard: Bookworks: Barbara Schmidt-Heins, Gabriele Schmidt-Heins (opens 19 May 1980)
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GALERIA AKUMULATORY
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Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
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Printed on both sides. Oblong postcard. Poznan, Poland: 1980. Postcard invitation for the Schmidt-Heins sisters’ exhibition of their bookworks in Poznan. In excellent condition.
Soldier: The Memoirs of Matthew B. Ridgway; As told to Harold H. Martin

Soldier: The Memoirs of Matthew B. Ridgway; As told to Harold H. Martin by Ridgway, Matthew B.

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Soldier: The Memoirs of Matthew B. Ridgway; As told to Harold H. Martin
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Ridgway, Matthew B.
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The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (United States)
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Near fine
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1956. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/near fine. First edition of Soldier: The Memoirs of Matthew B. Ridgway, signed by the author.. Octavo, [12], 371pp. Red cloth, blue cloth spine, title in red and gilt on spine. Stated "first edition" on copyright page. Previous ownership stamp on front free endpaper and title page. In publisher's first state dust jacket, $5.00 retail price on front flap, light sunning to spine, a near fine example. Signed by Matthew Ridgway on tipped-in blank. Laid-in bookmark from The First Edition Circle of Kroch's & Brentano's of Chicago. General Matthew B. Ridgway (1895-1993) served as the commander of the 82nd Airborne Division during World War II. After his notable Allied victories in the Italian Campaign and the Battle of Normandy, Ridgway took command of the XVIII Airborne Corps. He commanded the corps in the Battle of the Bulge and Operation Varsity. After the war, he served as Supreme Allied Commander Europe (1952-1953), the Army Chief of Staff (1953-1955), and as a member of the "Wise Men" group, advising President Johnson on the Vietnam War.
Promise Me, Dad; A Year Of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose

Promise Me, Dad; A Year Of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose by Biden, Joe

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Promise Me, Dad; A Year Of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose
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Biden, Joe
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The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (United States)
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9781250171672
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New York: Flatiron Books, 2017. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. Publisher's signed edition of Promise Me, Dad by Joe Biden.. Octavo, [10], 260pp. White hardcover, title embossed on spine in red print. Stated "First Edition: November 2017" on copyright page with full number line. In the publisher's dust jacket, faint shelf wear on front cover, bright illustrations. From the publisher's "Signed Edition" release in 2017, with a tipped in signature page and "Signed Edition" notation on dust jacket. A great example of this New York Times best-selling book by then Vice President, Joe Biden.
APPIANVS ALEXANDRINVS. DE BELLIS CIVILIBVS ROMA NORVM. | CVM LIBRO PERQVAM ELEGANTI. QVI ILLYRIVS ET ALTERO QVI CELTICVS INSCRIBITVR

APPIANVS ALEXANDRINVS. DE BELLIS CIVILIBVS ROMA NORVM. | CVM LIBRO PERQVAM ELEGANTI. QVI ILLYRIVS ET ALTERO QVI CELTICVS INSCRIBITVR by Appian

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APPIANVS ALEXANDRINVS. DE BELLIS CIVILIBVS ROMA NORVM. | CVM LIBRO PERQVAM ELEGANTI. QVI ILLYRIVS ET ALTERO QVI CELTICVS INSCRIBITVR
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Appian
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Black Swan Books, Inc. (United States)
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Very Good binding
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Venetiis: Opera magistri Bernardini de Vitalibus, 1526. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Appian’s history of the Roman Civil War, which marked the end of the Roman Republic. With a woodcut floral border at the perimeter of the title page and elaborate initials. Faint blindstamp on the front endpaper. Faint 17th century owner’s signature on the title page. Bound in light brown buckram with paper label on the spine. An uncommon edition, with only 13 copies found on OCLC. Very Good binding.
To Seekers of the Kingdom

To Seekers of the Kingdom by Dunn, Crandall

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To Seekers of the Kingdom
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Dunn, Crandall
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Edinburgh, 1850. 4pp. Bifolium [22 cm x 28 cm] Better than very good. A rare missionary tract intended to convince the unconverted of the validity of the Mormon message, it consists largely of biblical quotations leading to the conclusion on the fourth page that Jesus is the king of the kingdom of heaven. Nowhere does this tract mention the Latter-day Saints. We locate four institutional holdings. Crawley 497. Flake/Draper 3045.
Fables. By the late Mr. Gay

Fables. By the late Mr. Gay by (Gay, John)

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Fables. By the late Mr. Gay
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(Gay, John)
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Thorn Books (United States)
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Very good
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London: Tonson & Watts; Knapton, 1755. Early Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. Two volumes. Contemporary full leather; spines in six compartments, gilt rules; red lettering pieces, gilt. Illustrated with engravings. The lettering labels have been replaced and the hinges have been neatly and nearly invisibly repaired; this is a very good set. Volume 1 is the seventh edition; volume 2 is the fifth edition. Even though the editions differ, the binding are clearly intended to make this a set. ESTC T13824.
The Red Pony

The Red Pony by STEINBECK, John

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The Red Pony
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STEINBECK, John
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The Viking Press, 1945. First Illustrated Edition. Fine. Wesley DENNIS. First Illustrated Edition. 8vo; 131pp + followed by a listing of other Steinbeck works; green stamped border on tan linen, front cover has color illustrated pony onlay; color illustrated endpapers of running horses; color illustrated title page; verso title page states "This edition is produced in full compliance with all War Production Board Conservation orders."; color illustrations; tan paper slipcase with color illustrated title onlay; fine in very good plus slipcase. All four of the Steinbeck stories about the boy, Jody Tiflin, and his life on his California ranch in chapters 1-4. Two film versions were produced, one in 1949 and a made for television movie in 1973.
Museum of Foreign Animals; or History of Beasts, with Splendid Engravings

Museum of Foreign Animals; or History of Beasts, with Splendid Engravings

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Museum of Foreign Animals; or History of Beasts, with Splendid Engravings
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Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
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New Haven: Printed and Published by S. Babcock, 1840. [CHAPBOOK] [JUVENILE] [ILLUSTRATED] [MERIT PRESENTATION]. 32mo (4 ¼" x 2 5/8"); 16pp; yellow wrapper, front printed in black with decorative printer's ornament borders, vignette of Adam and Eve with animals on front, rear wrapper features "Babcock's Moral, Instructive, and Entertaining Toy Books" advertisement; publisher's string binding; verso front wrapper presentation inscription; vignette of an elephant on the title page; 7 full-page wood engravings of animals; all pages decoratively bordered; light wear to wrapper and light page foxing; very good plus. Children are introduced to seven different animals through wonderful, full-page wood engravings that accompany the descriptions of each animal: the tiger, the elephant, the camel, the giraffe, the leopard, and the bear. A presentation inscription on the recto of the front wrapper reads: "Julia Ann Gates. Sherburne, Vt. Presented by her teacher, M.A. Hadley." This was a favorite publication of Babcock's, and it was printed several times, with and without a date. None of the lovely wood engravings are signed, but five are in the style of Alexander Anderson. (Pomeroy 1917).
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Thirty-ninth Annual Report of The Bureau of American Ethnology to The Secretary of The Smithsonian Institution, 1917 - 1918

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Thirty-ninth Annual Report of The Bureau of American Ethnology to The Secretary of The Smithsonian Institution, 1917 - 1918
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Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
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Government Printing Office, 1925. Very Good. Thirty-ninth Annual Report of The Bureau of American Ethnology to The Secretary of The Smithsonian Institution, 1917 - 1918. Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1925. 636pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 4to. Book condition: Very good, with light bumping to spine ends and very light rubbing to extremities. Soft front hinge. Ex-library, with ink-stamps to front free endsheet and title-page..
Greek Myths
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Greek Myths

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Greek Myths
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9780618154265
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Fine
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Houghton Mifflin Company, 1977. Fine. . Greek Myths. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1977. xiv, 256pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Near fine.
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Autograph Sentiment Signed by WYATT, Jane

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Autograph Sentiment Signed
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WYATT, Jane
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1945. ("Jane Wyatt") in black fountain pen ink on vintage yellow album leaf. 4 3/8" x 6"; very good; 1945. Signed and inscribed: "To Allan from Jane Wyatt" Provenance: from the estate of publicist and noted Hollywood autograph collector L. Allan Smith.. No Binding. Very Good.
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History of the American Steam Fire-Engine by King, William T.

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History of the American Steam Fire-Engine
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King, William T.
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Very fine
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Chicago: Owen Davies, Publisher, 1960 Book. Very fine. Hardcover. Facsimile edition. One of 500 copies. A reprint of the very rare 1896 edition. Quarto. x, 150pp. Illustrated throughout with many reproductions of photographic plates and engravings of engines, parts, plans, etc. Maroon pictorial cloth stamped in white. A very fine copy with edge-chipped pictorial beige dust jacket stamped in red. Beyond the abundance of plates and detail engravings, this fine work is full of dimensions, specifications and performance records of the steam fire engines of about forty eight builders. Provides information on every steam fire engine built in the U.S.A. from the Paul R. Hodge engine of 1840-41, the "Joe Ross" engine, the 1852 steamer built by Moses Latta, and all the other builders to the time of publication of the original (1896). .
Hawaii as the Camera Sees it, 6th Edition

Hawaii as the Camera Sees it, 6th Edition

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Hawaii as the Camera Sees it, 6th Edition
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Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB (United States)
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Honolulu: T.H., Print. and lithography division of the Honolulu Star-Bulleti, 1941. Quarto. 96 pages. A remarkable view of Hawaii just months before the Japanese attack on December 7, 1941. 6th edition. Pictures of a peaceful island. The pictures at the end of the book show the happy officers who are enjoying the natural beauty of this island paradise. A later page shows the formation of the army in review and adding the comment that they function as a "well-organized industry" guarding our western frontier. Staple bound in color pictorial stiff paper wraps. chip to bottom edge and corner of upper wrap.
Marine Products of Commerce.

Marine Products of Commerce. by Tressler, Donald K.

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Marine Products of Commerce.
Author
Tressler, Donald K.
Seller
Ten Pound Island Book Co. (United States)
Condition
First edition. “Their acquisition, handling, biological aspects and the science and technology of their preparation and preserv
Description
New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation, (1940). First edition. Their acquisition, handling, biological aspects and the science and technology of their preparation and preservation. All the fisheries, including whaling, natural history of species, and the chemistry and biology of the industry. Very good condition in publisher's blue cloth binding.. 23 cm. 762 pp. Over 250 b/w illustrations.
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Hymns for Infant Minds. by Anonymous.

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Title
Hymns for Infant Minds.
Author
Anonymous.
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Lighthouse Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
Andover: Printed for the New England Tract Society, 1820. No. 34, Part 1. Third Edition, one of 6,000. Octavo, later 19th century plain wrappers, 28 pp. Very Good, uncut.
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Ready or Not, Into the Blue: The Aviation Career of a B-17 Bomber Pilot, 457th Bomb Group 8th AAF. by Angier, Major, (Ret.) J. Francis.

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Ready or Not, Into the Blue: The Aviation Career of a B-17 Bomber Pilot, 457th Bomb Group 8th AAF.
Author
Angier, Major, (Ret.) J. Francis.
Seller
Lighthouse Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
South Burlington, Vermont: Success Networks International, (2003). Signed by the Author. Octavo, softbound (slick, full-color photo. illus. stiff wrappers), 292 pp. Fine (As New). From lower cover: J. Francis Angier was raised on a Vermont farm and became a B-17 pilot during WWII. He flew jets and helicopters during the Cold War as well as many other types and models during a long aviation career. His love of flying was only exceeded by his love of family and country. Shot down over Germany in 1944, he spent seven months as a POW. His training, air battles, capture and survival are part of the story. So too are the many experiences that positioned and prepared him for his part in the air war over Europe. In Ready or Not you’ll come to understand and appreciate one of the many heroes of what Tom Brokaw has called, “The Greatest Generation.”
Four Indian Love Lyrics [Voice and piano]

Four Indian Love Lyrics [Voice and piano] by WOODFORDE-FINDEN, Amy 1860-1919

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Title
Four Indian Love Lyrics [Voice and piano]
Author
WOODFORDE-FINDEN, Amy 1860-1919
Seller
J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
Description
London: Boosey & Co. Ltd. [PN H.3 817], 1902. Quarto (305 x 235 mm). Original publisher's light green printed wrappers with titling to upper, publisher's advertisements to lower. 1f., 23 [i] (publisher's advertisement) pp. Together with: Stars of the Desert Four More Indian Love Lyrics by Laurence Hope Set to Music by Amy Woodforde-Finden. I Stars of the Desert II You are all that is lovely III The Rice was under Water IV Fate ... Price 3/=net ($1.00). London ... New York: Boosey & Co., [PN H. 7355], ©1911. Quarto (305 x 250 mm). Original publisher's dark ivory printed wrappers with titling to upper, publisher's advertisementx to lower. 2 ff., 27, [i] (publisher's advertisement) pp. With Finden's facsimile signature handstamp to title. Wrappers slightly worn; minor soiling and chipping; handstamps to uppers: "Maxwell & Sons, Ltd..."; "George White Pianos, Music, Tuning..." Light uniform browning; very occasional foxing. "[Amy Woodforde-Finden] began composing at an early age and was a pupil of Carl Schloesser and Amy Horrocks. Under the name Amy Ward she wrote some early songs which received little notice. In 1894 she married Woodforde-Finden of the Indian Army and for some years lived in India; when her Four Indian Love Lyrics (from Laurence Hope's The Garden of Kama) were published privately in 1902, their success, particularly that of the Kashmiri Song ('Pale hands I loved beside the Shalimar'), gained her a regular publisher and a faithful public. She followed these songs with A Lover in Damascus (Charles Hanson Towne; 1904), On Jhelum River (Frederick John Fraser; 1905), The Pagoda of Flowers (Fraser; 1907) and other collections, as well as many individual songs, often with oriental subjects and notable for their fluent, sentimental melody." Andrew Lamb in Grove Music Online.
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Beyond Description: Abstraction in the Oil Paintings of James Fitzgerald by Valerie Livingston, PhD

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Beyond Description: Abstraction in the Oil Paintings of James Fitzgerald
Author
Valerie Livingston, PhD
Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Collectible; Fine
Description
Monhegan, Maine: Monhegan Museum, 2001. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. The catalogue based on the June-September 2001 exhibition at Monhegan Museum in Monhegan, Maine. Bright and Near Fine in its stapled pictorial wrappers.
These preparations are all Wright

These preparations are all Wright

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These preparations are all Wright
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Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description
New York: Wright's Indian Vegetable Pill Co, nd. Ephemera. 3x5.5 inch pharmacist advertisement printed on the back of a postcard featuring the New York Subway, rubberstamp on back of an Iowa druggist; corners faintly rounded, otherwise in very good condition.
The 3rd Annual CCSF LGBTQ Film Festival [handbill] Join us in the Diego Rivera Theatre

The 3rd Annual CCSF LGBTQ Film Festival [handbill] Join us in the Diego Rivera Theatre

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The 3rd Annual CCSF LGBTQ Film Festival [handbill] Join us in the Diego Rivera Theatre
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Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description
San Francisco: Queer Alliance.Queer resource Center CCSF, 2002. Single 8.5x11 inch handbill printed one side listing film schedule, very good on white stock. The films were Eric Slade's Harry Hay documentary "Hope Along the Wind" Sam Zolten's transgender documentary "Just Call Me Kade" and Jallen Rix's "The Last Dance Raid
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Shuffle, Cut and Look by HAZO, Samuel

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Shuffle, Cut and Look
Author
HAZO, Samuel
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Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
Derry, PA: Rook Press, 1977. First edition. Number 161 of 250 hand-numbered copies (of a total edition of 300); this copy additionally signed by Hazo on title page though not called for. Illustrated sewn wrappers; 20pp. A fine, unworn copy of this early Hazo chapbook.
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Frauds by ALDINGTON, Richard

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Frauds
Author
ALDINGTON, Richard
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Argosy Book Store (United States)
Description
London, 1957. hardcover. illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w. London, (1957).

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