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[BLINDNESS / LITERATURE]. [EXTREMELY EARLY SIGNED HELEN KELLER AUTOGRAPH LETTER, WRITTEN TO HER MOTHER]. "helen will write mother letter / papa did give helen medicine" [...] by Keller, Helen

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Title: [BLINDNESS / LITERATURE]. [EXTREMELY EARLY SIGNED HELEN KELLER AUTOGRAPH LETTER, WRITTEN TO HER MOTHER]. "helen will write mother letter / papa did give helen medicine" [...]
Author: Keller, Helen
Seller: Michael Laird Rare Books LLC (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: [Huntsville, Alabama], 1887. Very good. Square 8vo. (205 x 200 mm; 8 1/8" x 7 7/8"), 1 p. written "square-hand" in pencil on the lower portion of a blank side of a ruled sheet of notebook paper; the sheet was cleanly torn in half and rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise so that the ruled lines on the verso are vertical. Evidence of four folds, a few short repaired tears on verso including a 6 mm long hole affecting the letter "l" in "helen." Overall in excellent condition. OF STAGGERING PROFUNDITY. THIS IS THE EARLIEST HELEN KELLER LETTER THAT HAS EVER BEEN OFFERED FOR PUBLIC SALE, AND HAS AN IMPECCABLE, UNBROKEN PROVENANCE FOR THE LAST 77 YEARS - AT LEAST. WRITTEN TO HER MOTHER ON AUGUST 12, 1887, THIS ALS WAS DESCRIBED BY ANNE SULLIVAN AS BEING KELLER'S SECOND HANDWRITTEN LETTER, THE FIRST HAVING BEEN WRITTEN TO ONE OF HER COUSINS ON JULY 17 OF THAT YEAR. Our manuscript dates from the earliest moments of Keller's astonishing, exponential intellectual growth out of a seemingly impossible void, a world of darkness, silence, and terrible isolation, only to become the most important activist for disabled people worldwide. Trapped in an existential solitary confinement for six years, this precious relic reflects only the second tangible expression of the beginning of her freedom and her communication with the "outside" world. It is the bi-product of a courageous, tenacious girl and an equally courageous and tenacious young woman, Anne Sullivan, whom Keller would later describe as "my guardian angel" (see below). THE BEGINNING OF A LIFE IN LETTERS: This inauspicious, crudely-formed little ALS is tantamount to a tiny herald for the publication of 14 books, over 475 speeches and essays, and thousands of letters. Even as a seven-year-old, the more she grew to understand the injustices of the world the more she railed against them, and this she did for the rest of her long life. She wrote on topics such as blindness prevention, overpopulation, the rise of fascism in Europe, the Holocaust, poverty, the lack of higher education for women, socialism, pacifism, and atomic energy. But hers was not a morose world; it was a world of faith, a world in which it was the moral duty of thinking, feeling people to act for public good. The world of letters became her world, and to do so more effectively she learned Latin, German, French, and even Greek. Furthermore, she wrote one of the most inspirational autobiographies ever published, "The Story of My Life" (1902), which became an international bestseller (translated into 50 languages) and is still in print to this day. Indeed, the royalties of all her writings continue to provide very substantial support for charitable institutions that provide services for the blind and visually impaired. In adulthood Keller always considered herself as a writer first and foremost (indeed, on her passport she listed her profession as "author"), and she wrote countless letters to supporters of her causes (see below), to admirers across the globe, to politicians, and to activists. From an early age, she championed the rights of the underprivileged and the oppressed, and used her writing skills to speak truth to power. A pacifist, she protested U.S. involvement in World War I. A committed socialist, she took up the cause of workers' rights. She was also a tireless advocate for women's suffrage and an early American Civil Liberties Union member. Anne Sullivan (herself a graduate of the Perkins School for the Blind) arrived at the Keller home in Tuscumbia, Alabama on March 3, 1887 to try to be a "governess" to a wild, thrashing girl who was not only blind but deaf. Through Sullivan's now-legendary care and teaching, Keller was able to write by hand her FIRST LETTER only fifteen weeks later, on July 17th. This letter, now in the permanent collection of the Perkins School for the Blind, was addressed to her cousin Anna (Mrs. George T. Turner): helen write anna george will give helen apple simpson will shoot bird jack will give helen stick of candy doctor will give mil- dred medicine mother will make mildred new dress [unsigned] Less than a month later, while she was visiting a relative in Huntsville, AL, Keller wrote THIS SECOND LETTER, addressed to her mother Mrs. Kate Adams Keller. It is datable to August 12, 1887 according to Anne Sullivan (see below): helen will write mother letter papa did give helen medicine mildred will sit in swing mildred will kiss helen teacher did give helen peach george is sick in bed george arm is hurt anna did give helen lemon ade dog did stand up conductor punch ticket papa did give helen drink of water in car [can?] carlotta did give helen flowers anna will buy helen pretty new hat helen will hug and kiss mother helen will come home grandmother does love helen good-by PUBLICATION OF HELEN KELLER'S LETTER TO HER MOTHER IN 1888: A scribal transcription of the present letter was published by Michael Anagnos, then director of the Perkins School for the Blind, in the 56th Annual Report (1888, p. 19). His 28-page article was entitled: "Helen Keller. A Second Laura Bridgman." Here Anagnos introduced to the world Helen Keller, her unbelievable progress, and her extraordinary yet humble teacher. In his description of the present letter, he introduced certain chronological and textual errors that have persisted. First, he wrongly dated the letter July 12, 1887, when in fact it was written on August 12 as was attested by Sullivan herself in communication with Anagnos (see below). Secondly, he did not reproduce the actual letter itself but instead had a handwritten scribal transcription made "on a smaller size than the original merely in order to fit the width of the page." Indeed, the shape of this page is square (the Annual Report is decidedly rectangular). Anagnos calls it an "autograph [i.e. handwritten] fac-simile copy of the first letter which she wrote her mother" [i.e. THIS letter]. Anagnos stated that the text of the letter was printed "without the slightest addition or alteration" but in fact the copyist (at his behest?) added the word "did" in the phrase "Conductor did punch ticket," presumably for easier comprehension. Also, we can see that the lines in his scribal transcription are wavy which would be an impossibility for Keller, who wrote "square-hand" using grooved lines embedded in metal or pasteboard (see below). ANAGNOS'S ERRONEOUS DATE: Anne Sullivan, in the envelope of an August 23rd letter to Anagnos, enclosed what she described as Keller's "third letter," while making reference to THIS letter to her mother, which had preceded it. Sullivan stated: "We [i.e. her and Keller] spent a week at her Cousin George's and while there she wrote her mother a beautiful letter. I would like so much to send it, but Mrs. Keller will not part with it." But Anagnos persisted, and on October 17 he asked Sullivan to loan him the present letter for his forthcoming article in the 56th Annual Report. Sullivan convinced Keller's mother (Kate) to loan the letter; upon returning it (in November), Anagnos wrote: "I herewith enclose the letter which Mrs. Keller was so very good as to lend me, and I beg of you to present to her my thanks and grateful acknowledgements for the loan. As you will see by the enclosed COPY [emphasis ours], the fac-simile reproduction was very successful." [COMMENT: it was the scribal (rewritten) copy of Keller's first letter to her mother that was reproduced in the Annual Report]. Sullivan responded to Anagnos on November 16th, stating "We think the fac-simile excellent," and confirming that OUR original letter had been written on August 12th]. TEXTUAL TRANSMISSION: The text of our letter was published again in Keller's autobiography, "The Story of My Life" (1903), on pp. 145-146 of the "Letters" section. This section was compiled not by Keller but by the book's editor, John Albert Macy, who transcribed all letters from the 1887-1892 period not from the original but from the Perkins Annual Reports. In doing so, Macy not only followed Anagnos's erroneous dating of the present letter, he also perpetuated the silent introduction of a word that Keller never wrote. HANDWRITING: Sullivan taught Keller the "manual alphabet," through which words were spelled into her hand through mutually recognized signs for the letters. In less than five months she had a shockingly good working vocabulary. Sullivan then taught her "square-hand" - a now obsolete handwriting method developed for the blind in which a metal or pasteboard guide with slotted horizontal grooves was placed under a sheet of paper; the grooves facilitated the uniformity of the lines and the proportions of the letters. FURTHER REFERENCES: Reprinted in Joseph P. Lash's biography, "Helen and Teacher" (1980), p. 76 (wrongly described as Keller's FIRST letter; this error is perpetuated on the Smithsonian's own website for Classroom Resources: "Helen Adams Keller 1880-1968"). Not in the digitized Helen Keller and Arthur Gilman Collection at Perkins Institute for the Blind. PROVENANCE: 1. Mrs. Kate Keller (Helen Keller's mother) - 2. [unknown auction (in Boston? 1890s?) - 3. James Beach Beckett (1871-1947), by descent to his wife - 4. Mrs. Florence Mills Macy Beckett (1886-1964), presented by her in a scrapbook to - 5. Hadley (formerly Hadley School for the Blind and Visually Impaired), deaccessioned and sold at - 6. Hindman Auction 7 June 2024, lot 251. COMMENT: Ours is one of 38 Helen Keller letters formerly contained in a scrapbook donated in 1959 to the Hadley School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Winnetka, IL. Thirteen of the letters were written square-hand, as here. The donor of the scrapbook was Mrs. Florence Mills (nee Macy) Beckett; the scrapbook had been bequeathed to her by her late husband James Beach Beckett (1871-1947), a keen collector of manuscripts and a great supporter of the Hadley School. As it turns out, Mrs. Beckett was a distant relative of Dr. William A. Hadley, founder of the School, and so Beckett's interest in the Keller letters is easily understood. In a 1972 article in the esteemed journal "Manuscripts," Michael Carbery described the scrapbook and reproduced the present letter; he conjectured about the earlier provenance of the scrapbook: "Where [James Beckett] bought the collection and the identity of the previous owner or owners are questions not so easily answered. Among the papers was a [now lost?] slip from an auction catalogue but no date or place is given. I have reason to believe that the auction took place in Boston and I would suggest, from the nature of the items, that the 'scrapbook' belonged to someone very close to Miss Keller. The obvious candidate is Miss Sullivan, but this is a guess. I would not like to be asked to defend such a guess." Neither would we, but in any event Carbery suggested that the scrapbook had been formed in the 1890s. The compiler of it, James Beckett graduated from Yale in 1893 and attended law school at the University of Michigan Law School. He died in Los Angeles in 1947. Florence Beckett died in Los Angeles in 1964. (SOURCE: Carbery, "A Helen Keller Scrapbook" in: Manuscripts, Fall 1972, Vol. XXIV, no. 4, p. 243 et seq. The present letter is reproduced on p. 244). CATALOGUER'S NOTE: We are grateful to Lauren Walsh for her research on this extraordinary letter. COMMENT: Whereas Keller's subsequent literary abilities have been the subject of considerable and much deserved scholarly inquiry, few know of Keller's 1936 typed letter of acknowledgement of which a copy is now in the Berg Collection (NYPL, acquired from us in 2006). It is difficult to imagine that the present little manuscript letter, crudely formed by little seven-year-old hands in a world of total silence and total darkness, could possibly be a distant relative of the profoundly beautiful Berg letter, the text of which we present here: "The birds are gone. The life that throbbed through tree, bush and grass is stilled. The ground is frozen so that it hurts our feet to tread on it. Yet we thank God for the deed-time and the harvest that have vanished, for the rough, steep ways that again led to beauty and fertility. Even so it is winter in my life since the guardian angel of fifty years no longer walks by my side on earth. Yet I thank God for the wondrous gift... and for the difficulties to be overcome that shall be my tribute to Anne Sullivan Macy. Out of the darkness in which she died and I still am living. I thank you, O friend, for the joy of lending a helping hand to those whose eyes seek light in vain...

Contrastes by LEGER, Fernand; Aragon; FERNAND LEGER

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Title: Contrastes
Author: LEGER, Fernand; Aragon; FERNAND LEGER
Seller: Ursus Books (United States)
Description: 1959. LEGER, Fernand. Contrastes. With a préface by Louis Aragon entitled "La Lumière de Léger". Illustrated with 13 pochoir plates. Folio, 508 x 393 mm, loose as issued in the publisher's illustrated linen portfolio. Paris: Aux Vent d'Arles, 1959. A spectacular portfolio of pochoir plates after Leger paintings, executed by Daniel Jacomet, whose atelier made some of the finest pochoirs. Very scarce, because presumably most copies have been dismembered. Number 79 of 320 numbered copies.

URSS en Construction, Dixieme Anniversaire de la Federation Transcaucasienne. by PIATAKOV,G(Editor)

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Title: URSS en Construction, Dixieme Anniversaire de la Federation Transcaucasienne.
Author: PIATAKOV,G(Editor)
Seller: Ursus Books (United States)
Description: 1932. PIATAKOV, G. (Editor). URSS en Construction. Dixieme Anniversaire de la Federation Transcaucasienne. 15th Year Number 3. [40] pp. Illustrated with a plethora of Russian photomontage images throughout. Folio, 415 x 300 mm, bound in original wrappers. Moscow: Editions d'Etat des Beaux-Arts, 1932. A fine copy of one a typical issue of this landmark periodical, this one devoted the collective farms in the Soviet Union. As Martin Parr says "from 1930-1940 URSS en Construction employed the best Soviet photo-journalists and graphic designers. Amongst the photographers were Max Alpert, Arkadi Shaikhet, Georgi Zeima, Boris Ignatovich, Semen Fridland and Georgi Shaikhet. Designers included El Lissitzky, Sophie Kueppers, Aleksandr Rodchenko and Varvara Stepanova, and Nikolai Troshin who designed this issue and over forty others. All the visual strategies of the propaganda photobooks, designed by Lissitzky, Rodchenko and others -- the elaborate photomontages, innovative photography, fold-out pages, transparent overlays and so on -- were developed in URSS en Construction, one of the most beautifully produced magazines of the twentieth century." It was published in Russian, French, English and German. This is the French version. In fine condition. Parr and Badger, The Photobook I, 148-149.

Map of the Hannibal & St. Joseph Rail Road, Designating Lands granted by Act of Congress, to Aid in its Construction

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Title: Map of the Hannibal & St. Joseph Rail Road, Designating Lands granted by Act of Congress, to Aid in its Construction
Seller: James Arsenault & Company (United States)
Description: Boston: From Office of George C. Rand & Avery, 3 Cornhill, [ca. 1859]. Meisel Bros., Lith. Lithograph on two joined sheets, 22.5" x 71" plus margins, recently backed with mulberry paper. CONDITION: Good, repaired fissures and minor breaks, mainly in the margins; very presentable. A rare, early, and large map of the first railroad across Missouri, intended to promote the lands granted by the U.S. government to fund its construction. Likely published while the railroad was under construction, this map depicts the Hannibal & St. Joseph in its entirety, extending across the northern part of the state, with lands for sale both north and south of the railroad shaded in gray. A large grid is superimposed on the map, with further subdivisions within the region of the land grant. The towns located along the line are Palmyra, Monroe, Hunnewell, Chilicothe, Utica, and Stewartsville. The Hannibal & St. Joseph was first planned at an 1846 meeting held in the Hannibal, Missouri office of Mark Twain's father, John Marshall Clemens, a local judge and merchant. Construction began in both cities in 1851 and ended in February of 1859, when the two lines were joined in Chillicothe. Spanning the entire state of Missouri and connecting the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers, the Hannibal & St. Joseph proved a railroad of great importance for the development of the state, as well as westward expansion in general. At the time of the completion of the railroad, St. Joseph was the westernmost city accessible by rail and remained such until 1867, when the Cedar Rapids and Missouri River Railroad reached Council Bluffs. Previously serving as a principle point of departure for the Oregon Trail, St. Joseph served a similar purpose during the Pike's Peak Gold Rush, with many prospectors arriving there via the H&SJ once it was completed. The railroad published an eight-page guidebook entitled Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad Guide to Western Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, and the Gold Mines of the Rocky Mountains, Oregon, Utah, and California (1860), as well as other promotional items. During the Civil War, the railroad transported Union troops and supplies, and played an important role in postal communications, serving as a primary link to the Pony Express and the overland stage. It also hosted a "post office on wheels" for sorting the mail prior to its arrival in St. Joseph. Following the War, a spur to Kansas City was built, along with the Hannibal Bridge over the Missouri, connected the Texas cattle trade with Chicago. OCLC records just one copy of this map, at Yale, described as "printed on linen." The copy offered here is printed on paper, but was mounted on its original linen when we acquired it. We have since had it removed and backed with mulberry paper. OCLC also records one copy of a map entitled Map of the Hannibal & St. Joseph Rail Road showing by shading its 600,000 acres of land for sale, of essentially the same dimensions and also printed by Meisel, which is very likely the same map offered here with a variant subtitle. A rare map of this important railroad linking the eastern U.S. with the west. REFERENCES: "Missouri's Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad Opens" at Civil War on the Western Border, The Kansas City Public Library online.

Poster signed [""The Art of Maurice Sendak""] by SENDAK Maurice

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Title: Poster signed [""The Art of Maurice Sendak""]
Author: SENDAK Maurice
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Description: 1980. Signed. SENDAK, Maurice. Poster signed [""The Art of Maurice Sendak""]. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1980. Color poster, measuring 21 by 26 inches, closely framed. $3500.Lovely color-printed poster with an image of children decorating a Wild Thing as if he were a Christmas tree, signed by Maurice Sendak.A note at the bottom of the poster indicates that ""This painting was commissioned for the December 30, 1976 issue of Rolling Stone."" Sendak chose this poster to be included in his Posters collection, one of only 24 to be selected. Hanrahan C8. The former owner of this poster was Maurice Sendak's neighbor, Andrew, from Ridgefield, Connecticut. Sendak bought a home and studio in Ridgefield in 1972 with his longtime partner, Eugene Glynn, and lived there until his death. Andrew first encountered Sendak in 1975 during one of his daily dog walks. (Sendak owned many dogs throughout his life, and they often starred in his books.) Andrew was immediately taken with Sendak, who reminded him of his recently deceased father. One day, Andrew called Sendak at home and asked if he could join him on his walks. Andrew and Sendak thus embarked on a 37-year friendship that also included the Andrew's mother, Betty, as well as Andrew's brother. Sendak went on long walks and hikes with Andrew and his family regularly, discussing general life events, opera, and books. He also invited them into his studio to show off works in progress. Andrew's mother, Betty, was an avid reader and collector and she and Sendak would talk late into the night about books. Sendak offered Betty advice about how to find and authenticate rare children's books, which she used to build her collection. Additionally, he frequently bartered for autographs (i.e. a cake for an inscribed drawing featuring the cake). Sendak often referred to Betty as ""Elizabeth"" in inscriptions as he felt that ""Betty"" was too common a name. The many inscribed drawings, along with first editions, signed books, and other valuable items grew into one of the country's premier Sendak collections.Fine condition.

[Collection of Slides and Some Photographs Depicting the Ryba Twins.] by Ryba, Jane and Joan

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Title: [Collection of Slides and Some Photographs Depicting the Ryba Twins.]
Author: Ryba, Jane and Joan
Seller: Langdon Manor Books LLC (United States)
Condition: Near fine
Description: Mostly Las Vegas, Nevada, 1960. Near fine. 251 color photo transparencies measuring 1" x 1 5/8" in 2" x 2" card mounts; an additional 13 larger transparencies not in mounts + 21 loose photographs and some ephemera is also included. Approximately one fifth of the mounts are captioned. Generally near fine. This is a collection which documents the lives and careers of twin entertainers from Houston, Texas, Joan and Jane Ryba. Jane and Joan each graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Rice University in the mid-1950s. They initially appeared in Las Vegas beginning in 1957 as part of the Texas Copa Girls at the Sands Hotel and also worked as concierges at the Thunderbird Hotel. In 1960, the fledgling American Football league sprang up to compete with the NFL, and Houston Oilers owner Bud Adams hired them as "The Oiler Twins." They would appear at games and promotional events dressed in special uniforms to promote the team and would also visit with large corporations to promote the Oilers and the new AFL. At least four images here show them in uniform. Joan and Jane returned to Vegas around 1962 and appeared in numerous shows with countless celebrities including Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis, Jr. Dean Martin allegedly was able to tell the twins apart by their noses, but Sammy Davis Jr. simply called each of them "Ryba." Their later career involved a lot of modeling, though they returned to Houston for a time to perform in musicals. An oral history of their career, delivered by Joan in 2008, can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/c4adrewt Approximately 58 images depict Jane and Joan enjoying their everyday lives. There are some travel photos, shots of them in nature, and a bunch that show them at a pool. We also see them with celebrities such as Major League Baseball pitcher Dean Chance and actress Betty Grable. The rest of the images show the twins in many different costumes and outfits for either performances or modeling shoots. We see ball gowns, Rockette-like clothing, huge plumes adorning tiaras and lots of sequins. They are also seen with Nat King Cole, Red Skelton, Joey Bishop, Danny Thomas, and Johnny Mathis. There's also one shot taken from the side of a stage where we see Sammy Davis, Jr. and Dean Martin. Some of the shots were taken back stage including at least three showing the twins in their dressing room. There's also a few of them participating in the 1966 Helldorado Parade in Las Vegas. Printed photos and ephemera include an 8x10 from 1954 showing the twins wearing a "Miss Auto Show" sash and crown, along with one of the original sashes. A wonderful collection, highly researchable, featuring twin performers in countless costumes during the heyday of Las Vegas.

The Complaint and the Consolation; or, Night Thoughts by Blake, William. Young, Edward

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Title: The Complaint and the Consolation; or, Night Thoughts
Author: Blake, William. Young, Edward
Seller: John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller (United States)
Description: 1797. London: R. Noble, 1797. Large 4to, pp. 23/24 with 2 full-page engravings by Blake surrounding the letterpress text. A loose sheet, fore-edges untrimmed (some still with deckle), minimal trimming to top and bottom edges. Only five leaves in the book have engravings recto and verso. ß First edition, perfect for display or for teaching as the leaves are quite sturdy and can be carefully handled or matted for framing. Blake, virtually in a frenzy, completed 537 watercolor designs when he was commissioned to illustrate Young s masterpiece. The publisher only issued the first four Nights and had Blake engrave (and partially etch) 43 plates to test the market. The response must have been poor since no further engravings were requested of Blake. Ironically, today the poet Young, once compared with Shakespeare and Milton, is forgotten save for this edition. Bentley, Blake Books, 515. Essick and LaBelle, Night Thoughts, Dover, 1975. Ray, The Illustrator and the Book in England, 1790-1914, 3.

Murder in Three Acts by Christie, Agatha

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Title: Murder in Three Acts
Author: Christie, Agatha
Seller: Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: New York: Dodd, Mead & Co, 1934. First Edition. Fine. first printing of the true first edition, preceeding the UK edition by one year. Octavo, 279 pages; publisher's orange cloth, Red Badge Detective end papers, top edges stained orange. A spectacular copy, Internally clean and bright, with no markings of any kind. Bookplate. No dust jacket.

Soldiers of the Cross: Notes on the Ecclesiastical History of New-Mexico, Arizona and Colorado by Salpointe, Rev. J.B.

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Title: Soldiers of the Cross: Notes on the Ecclesiastical History of New-Mexico, Arizona and Colorado
Author: Salpointe, Rev. J.B.
Seller: Dawson's Book Shop (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: St. Boniface's Industrial School, Banning, 1898. Very good. 8 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches, 299 pages, cloth, sunning to spine, light wear to spine extremities and corners, Bookplate.

[COOKING SCHOOL] [BOSTON] Miss Farmer's School of Cookery, Inc. by Bradley, Alice & Mabel C. Bradley

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Title: [COOKING SCHOOL] [BOSTON] Miss Farmer's School of Cookery, Inc.
Author: Bradley, Alice & Mabel C. Bradley
Seller: lizzyoung bookseller (United States)
Condition: Cream textured wraps. Very good
Description: Boston: Huntington Chambers, 1936. Staplebound. Cream textured wraps. Very good. 53 pages. 22.5 x 15 cm. Miss Farmer's School of Cookery trained women from diverse backgrounds with classes covering household management, sanitation, and advanced gourmet cookery. Before joining the school staff, Alice Bradley was a student at the Boston Cooking School, where she helped test recipes for Fannie Farmer's famous cookbooks. After Fannie Farmer passed away in 1915, Bradley purchased the school and served as its principal until 1944. This booklet describes all the courses offered by Miss Farmer's School of Cookery. The back of the booklet describes class hours, requirements for entrance, certificates and diplomas, registration, books needed to participate, what to wear, where to live, and tuition. This copy was for the school year of 1936-37. Illustrated throughout with photos. Previous owner's writing (underlining) on 4-5 pages. Wraps toned.

Half-length portrait engraving of this Alsatian composer, teacher and choral director, aged 57, by Jacob van den Heyden by WALLISER, Christoph Thomas 1568-1648

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Title: Half-length portrait engraving of this Alsatian composer, teacher and choral director, aged 57, by Jacob van den Heyden
Creator: WALLISER, Christoph Thomas 1568-1648
Seller: J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
Description: 1625. 167 x 99 mm. Slightly browned and spotted. Apparently drawn from life according to a note in the plate: "Iacob ab Heydé Sculpsit ad Vivum." Reproduced in MGG Vol. 14 col. 174. "Walliser's several musical appointments and his compositions show him to have been the most important musician in Strasbourg during the period 1600-50. In addition, the wide dispersion of his works attests to his reputation elsewhere." Clyde William Young and Édith Weber in Grove Music Online.

The Two-Headed Spy (Two original photographs from the 1958 film) by Andre De Toth (director); Michael Wilson as James O'Donnell, Alfred Lewis Levitt (screenwriter); Jack Hawkins, Gia Scala, Erik Schumann, Alexander Knox, Felix Aylmer (starring)

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Title: The Two-Headed Spy (Two original photographs from the 1958 film)
Author: Andre De Toth (director); Michael Wilson as James O'Donnell, Alfred Lewis Levitt (screenwriter); Jack Hawkins, Gia Scala, Erik Schumann, Alexander Knox, Felix Aylmer (starring)
Seller: Royal Books (United States)
Description: Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1958. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1958 film. With mimeo snipes affixed to the verso. A British man is placed in the German Army as a spy at the end of World War I. He is able to infiltrate high ranking Nazi command during the World War II, eventually working his way to the top. Scripted by writers on the Hollywood blacklist. Set in Germany, shot on location in Berlin, Germany and London, and Hertfordshire, England. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Spicer UK.

SPEECH...ON THE SUBJECT OF THE PUBLIC LANDS, &c.; Delivered in the Senate of the United States, January 20, 1830 by WEBSTER, Daniel

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Title: SPEECH...ON THE SUBJECT OF THE PUBLIC LANDS, &c.; Delivered in the Senate of the United States, January 20, 1830
Author: WEBSTER, Daniel
Seller: Second Life Books Inc (United States)
Description: Washington: Gales & Seaton, 1830. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 28. Bound into a card board binder. ontemporary signature on the title page. Title page toned, Good. S&S 5385 (4).

The Modern Metropolis It's Origins, Growth, Characteristics, and Planning by Blumenfeld, Hans

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Title: The Modern Metropolis It's Origins, Growth, Characteristics, and Planning
Author: Blumenfeld, Hans
Seller: Royoung bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Orig. brown cloth. Fine in very good dust wrapper
Description: Cambridge: MIT Press, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. brown cloth. Fine in very good dust wrapper. 377 pages. Edited by Paul D. Spreiregen. Foreword by S.B. Zisman. Photographs, plans, and drawings. Index. A clear, comprehensible and readable book on thegrowth of modern cities and their planning. POWELL 899.

A Helpful Alphabet of Friendly Objects by UPDIKE, John

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Title: A Helpful Alphabet of Friendly Objects
Author: UPDIKE, John
Seller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9780394910598
Condition: Fine
Description: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Photographs by David Updike. Thin quarto. Fine in fine dustwrapper. One of the author's children's books.

The Lesbian Body: A Novel by Wittig, Monique; Le Vay, David (Trans.)

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Title: The Lesbian Body: A Novel
Author: Wittig, Monique; Le Vay, David (Trans.)
Seller: Underground Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very good +
Description: Boston: Beacon Press, 1986. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Very good +. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. This 1986 copy of French lesbian feminist philosopher and theorist Monique Wittig's sapphic novel The Lesbian Body comes from the library of the late influential Jewish lesbian feminist, theorist, activist, and scholar Dr. Bette S. Tallen (1950-2023). 7 7/8" X 5 3/8". 165pp. Mild wear to pictorial wraps, with faint dust soiling to covers and gentle bumping to head of spine. Foxing and dust soiling to edges of text block. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are clean and unmarked.

JOHN LEWIS KRIMMEL: GENRE ARTIST OF THE EARLY REPUBLIC by Harding, Anneliese

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Title: JOHN LEWIS KRIMMEL: GENRE ARTIST OF THE EARLY REPUBLIC
Author: Harding, Anneliese
Seller: Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press (United States)
Description: Winterthur, DE: (Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum), 1994. cloth, dust jacket. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. viii, 268, (2) pages. First edition. Initially influenced by David Wilkie, William Hogarth and Benjamin West, John Lewis Krimmel was a German immigrant who worked in Philadelphia between 1809 and 1821. Harding traces the development of the artist, who was America's first genre painter, through his sketchbook images and oil paintings. Seven sketchbooks, now in the Winterthur Library, contain about 700 separate drawings and are the key to reconstructing his conceptual processes. They show clear distinctions in subject matter and drawing style commensurate with the stylistic development evident in his paintings. Harding places genre art in an international context by discussing Krimmel's work in terms of larger stylistic trends and defines his use of democratic and moralizing themes within the political and social changes affecting Philadelphia and the Continent. With 113 color plates and 246 black-and-white illustrations. Includes bibliography and index.

Lynch Ropes and Long Shots: The Story of an Old West Train Robbery by Alexander, Bob

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Title: Lynch Ropes and Long Shots: The Story of an Old West Train Robbery
Author: Alexander, Bob
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ISBN: 9780944383704
Condition: Very good
Description: Silver City: High Lonesome Books, 2006. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. First Edition. 183pp+ index. Very good hardback bound in publisher's brown cloth and issued without a jacket.

Complete Home Medical Guide: American College of Physicians by Goldmann, David R.; Horowitz, David A.

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Title: Complete Home Medical Guide: American College of Physicians
Author: Goldmann, David R.; Horowitz, David A.
Seller: Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: DK, 2003. Very Good. Goldmann, David R.. Complete Home Medical Guide: American College of Physicians. Horowitz, David A.. NY: DK, 2003. 1104pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Glossary. 8vo. Pictorial hardcover. Book condition: Very good with gently bumped spine ends.. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with rubbing and bumping..

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