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Eisenhower, In Work Meant to Bridge the Gap Between His Military Past and Educational Position, Looks to the Future of Warfare and the Emotional Trauma War Inflicts on the Fighting Young Soldiers

Eisenhower, In Work Meant to Bridge the Gap Between His Military Past and Educational Position, Looks to the Future of Warfare and the Emotional Trauma War Inflicts on the Fighting Young Soldiers by Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Eisenhower, In Work Meant to Bridge the Gap Between His Military Past and Educational Position, Looks to the Future of Warfare and the Emotional Trauma War Inflicts on the Fighting Young Soldiers
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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18/12/1948. The Founding Letter of the Renowned Eisenhower Center for the Conservation of Human ResourcesYet, during the war, rejections and discharges of men for mental defects reached a total of more than two million.This type of problem would affect industry as well, and Ike sought to establish an entity to research causes and solutionsIn December 1948 Eisenhower was called to Washington where he met with Averill Harriman, Omar Bradley and Harry Truman. The leadership of the military had not settled on a plan to counter the rising Soviet threat and wanted Ike's opinion on fighting force preparedness. He remained in Washington for these meetings in the first two weeks of December. The immediate threat was Russia and a possible attack. The long term threat was to create a more efficient military. He had been assured that such a job, should it require long hours, would be compatible with his new job at Columbia University and so he made that real.Eisenhower gave thought and consideration on how to present the needs and issues, and introduce the concept and program director. This letter/presentation is a product of that, and in it Eisenhower also speculates on the role played by education and poverty, and ponders whether “industry, trade unions, the school, the church do to help reduce the volume of loss”. The recipient was Henry Ford II, president of the Ford Motor Company, who was one of America’s top industry leaders, and well as a personal acquaintance who would become a friend.The letter is, at its essence, how to learn from the failures of fighting force recruitment and support during World War II, apply it to the next combat, and see how far that lesson could be taken to workplace life and the reintegration.Typed letter signed, on his Columbia University letterhead, New York, December 18, 1948, to Ford. “It seems to me that the time has come when the wastage of American resources must be combated along all fronts. There are numbers of organizations directing their efforts toward conservation of natural resources, including the soil. Our future prosperity is going to depend directly upon the success of their achievements. There is another sector of the conservation problem, however, that deserves immediate attention and that, so far, has not been made the subject of widespread intelligent attack. It is the wastage of manpower through mental and emotional failures.“My own attention was drawn forcibly to the matter during the war, particularly in the late months of 1944, when the country found that its ability to supply replacements for the battleline was badly strained. Units had to fight under truly desperate handicaps by reason of lack of manpower. Yet, during the war, rejections and discharges of men for mental defects reached a total of more than two million. One of the numerous reasons that finally decided me to come to Columbia was the hope of assisting in finding some kind of an answer to this national problem. Obviously, in the event of great emergency our manpower will be in limited supply, but the basic problem is far broader in scope. Manpower losses of this kind imply tremendous costs and inefficiencies for our economy.“This, I believe, is a particularly propitious time to begin a down-to-earth study of the matter. There exist today the rejection records of the two million men lost in World War II. Most of them are still alive and they provide, therefore, a great body of factual information for any group that can organize itself sufficiently well to dig out and correlate the facts. In addition, there is available in business corporations an important body of personnel information bearing on civilian maladjustments which invites exploration and evaluation.“It would seem particularly important to find out whether there are common causative factors responsible for these human failures. Numerous questions immediately suggest themselves. Among these are: 1. Are these men generally from the undereducated groups? 2. Are they generally urban or rural in origin? 3. How do these men spend their leisure time? 4, Are they underfed or otherwise definitely underprivileged? 5. Do they show a long history of emotional instability, or do these defects come out only under fear or other stress? 6. What has happened to them? Are they now a charge upon society or are they leading useful lives? 7. How accurate were our war-time yardsticks for measuring ""mental deficiency""? 8, What can industry, trade unions, the school, the church do to help reduce the volume of loss? Dozens of other questions suggest themselves, but the foregoing will indicate some of the specific points I have in mind.“Shortly after coming to Columbia University, I detailed a very able young professor, Eli Ginzberg, to prepare a memorandum which would show the capacity and qualifications of this institution for undertaking a significant study in this area. His report is attached. Although the study of human resources is so important that it would warrant continuing support, I have thought it best to propose a limit of five years on this investigation. My thought is that, regardless of continuing scientific research into the various aspects of the question, we need to develop, at an early date, helpful practical methods that will contribute, much more than past procedures, to the efficient utilization of human resources.“The Columbia Deans commented on the enclosed proposal and they were unanimously of the belief that the investigation should be undertaken. Now I am particularly anxious to get the opinions of men who are experienced in business, labor, agriculture, finance, the church, etc., and I should, therefore, like to have your reactions to the above suggestions, which are amplified in the accompanying memorandum. It might be that a large percentage of mentally ineffective manpower is inescapable and is a natural result of our particular civilization. This I do not believe, and certainly I will not accept such a conclusion until we have done our best to prove or disprove the case,“However, until I can gather together a volume of considered opinion that the proposed task is not only worth-while, but that beneficial results should flow out of it, I am neither going to undertake it nor ask for the financial support vital to this particular undertaking. If the replies are predominantly favorable, I shall then request ten or fifteen large organizations to assist in the financing of this project. I wish that you would write to me and give me the benefit of your thoughts on this proposal. If this job is worth doing, the sooner we get it under way, the better.”It comes with the retained response from Ford and the copy of the report sent by Eisenhower to Ford, being Ford's copy.A few of these letters were sent out, and the response was positive, so these words heralded the establishment at Columbia of a project originally called The Conservation of Human Resources, and later renamed The Eisenhower Center for the Conservation of Human Resources. Dr. Ginzberg ran the project, while Eisenhower invigorated it with energy and direction until he left Columbia to run for president. The work provided for a three-pronged approach: (1) a study of inadequacy and maladjustment in civilian and military life, (2) a study of the factors contributing to the development of talent and superior performance, and (3) changing patterns of work in a dynamic economy. Over the years, it has published numerous works, a few of which are “The Ineffective Soldier: Lessons for Management and the Nation”, “The Changing U.S. Labor Market”, “The New Suburbanization: Challenge To The Central City”, and “The physician and the poor”. The Center remains active today.
The First Major Cuban Refugee Program: With Just Four Days Left in Office, President Dwight D. Eisenhower Thanks Henry Ford II for Lending Senior Ford Motor Company Personnel to Establish and Run the Cuban Refugee Emergency Center, and “making its work a success.”

The First Major Cuban Refugee Program: With Just Four Days Left in Office, President Dwight D. Eisenhower Thanks Henry Ford II for Lending Senior Ford Motor Company Personnel to Establish and Run the Cuban Refugee Emergency Center, and “making its work a success.” by Dwight D. Eisenhower

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The First Major Cuban Refugee Program: With Just Four Days Left in Office, President Dwight D. Eisenhower Thanks Henry Ford II for Lending Senior Ford Motor Company Personnel to Establish and Run the Cuban Refugee Emergency Center, and “making its work a success.”
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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16/01/1961. Ike wrote that asked “for help in dealing with this crisis, your company at once furnished…the same team - Mr. Leo C. Beebe and Mr. Charles A. Pink - who did so much to make a success of our work…for the Hungarian refugees four years ago.”In the wake of the Cuban Revolution in 1959, a Cuban exodus began as the new government allied itself with the Soviet Union and began to introduce communism. Tens of thousands of Cubans left Cuba starting in late 1959 and picking up in 1960, and the United States became the country of first asylum as the Cuban refugees sought and found political refuge here. For the first time, the United States Government found it necessary to develop a program to help refugees from another nation in this hemisphere.In the forefront of this effort was President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who was in the waning days of his administration. In November 1960, Eisenhower directed Tracy S. Voorhees, a former Undersecretary of the Army, to act as the President's Personal Representative for Cuban Refugees, to look into the Cuban refugee situation. To do this, and deal with the broader challenges the refugees presented, Voorhees reached out for assistance to Henry Ford II of the Ford Motor Company, who had been of great help on a similar occasion in the past. In 1956, Ford lent one of his senior executives, Leo Beebe, to the U.S. government to supervise the resettlement in the U.S. of refugees fleeing Hungary after the failure of the revolution there. Beebe became executive vice chairman of Eisenhower’s Committee for Hungarian Refugees. In addition to his committee work, during 1956-1957, while working out of Camp Kilmer in northern New Jersey, Beebe and his aide Charles A. Pink, a Ford staff member, oversaw the relocation and resettlement of 35,000 Hungarian refugees in the United States, eventually finding them permanent residences in this country.In 1960 Ford came through again, and provided the services of the experienced Beebe and Pink for the Cuban refugee effort. The Cuban Refugee Emergency Center was established in Miami, and became the focal point of refugee registration, assistance, relief and resettlement, as well as coordination of government and independent agencies’ programs. Federal funding provided for the center’s operations, record keeping, publications, coordination of agencies and research on different aspects of the refugee situation, as well as for programs. The latter included financial assistance, educational loans, health care, adult education and re-training, resettlement and care of unaccompanied children.To understand the scope of the effort, in the first two years after the Cuban Revolution, over 50,000 Cubans fled and established new homes in the United States.Typed letter signed, on White House letterhead, Washington, January 16, 1961, to Henry Ford II, thanking him for again lending a much-needed hand in this critical venture. This letter was written a mere four days before Ike left office and was succeeded by John F. Kennedy. “Tracy Voorhees, my representative for the Cuban refugee problem, has told me that in response to his request to the Ford Motor Company for help in dealing with this crisis, your company at once furnished to him the same team - Mr. Leo C. Beebe and Mr. Charles A. Pink - who did so much to make a success of our work at Camp Kilmer for the Hungarian refugees four years ago.“With their unique experience gained at Kilmer, these men have been largely responsible for setting up our Cuban Refugee Emergency Center in Miami, and making its work a success. May I express to you and to the Ford Motor Company mysincere appreciation of your again answering our call for help?”This letter remained in the Ford family until recently, and it has never before been offered for sale.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Valedictory to Henry Ford II, President of the Ford Motor Company

President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Valedictory to Henry Ford II, President of the Ford Motor Company by Dwight D. Eisenhower

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President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Valedictory to Henry Ford II, President of the Ford Motor Company
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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The Raab Collection (United States)
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27/12/1960. “I doubt if you realize just how much you have helped me carry on the official work of government…”In the waning days of 1960, Eisenhower prepared to leave office and hand the presidency to John F. Kennedy. Henry Ford II was a close confidant of Eisenhower’s, and during his presidency provided Ike with important assistance. So as he said farewell to the presidency, Ike wanted to tender to Ford his heart-felt thank you.On three occasions, Ford lent one of his senior executives, Leo Beebe, to the U.S. government to supervise the resettlement of refugees and manage similar projects. Beebe became executive vice chairman of Eisenhower’s Committee for Hungarian Refugees in 1956, a need that resulted from the Hungarian Revolution and subsequent flight from the country of many refugees. In addition to his committee work, during 1956-1957, while working out of Camp Kilmer in northern New Jersey, Beebe oversaw the relocation and resettlement of 35,000 Hungarian refugees in the United States, eventually finding them permanent residences in this country. In 1959-1960, Beebe organized the U.S. Center for Cuban Refugees in Miami, Florida, to help with the mass influx of Cuban refugees that fled Castro’s Cuba in 1960 (and beyond). Ford backed the refugee aid effort all the way, and it was of incalculable importance.In 1960, Robert McNamara was President of the Ford Motor Company. Kennedy, the President-elect, sought to name McNamara Secretary of Defense. Ford agreed to spare McNamara, yet another example of his largess.Ford Motor Co. required its top executives to use private aircraft for business and personal travel. We see in this letter that he also served Eisenhower by providing private jet transportation to and from meetings.Typed letter signed, on White House letterhead, Washington, December 27, 1960, to Henry Ford II. “As the end of my Administration approaches, I want once again to express to you, and through you to your associates, the appreciation I personally feel and which is shared by the members of the White House staff who normally travel with me, of the many courtesies that have been extended to us not only during 1960, but through all the years here. I doubt if you realize just how much you have helped me carry on the official work of government, by making transportation available to the key personnel who must be with me, but are necessarily scattered, during any one of the so-called ‘work-vacation’ trips I have taken. I assure you, however, that without your cooperation it would have been exceedingly difficult for me to carry out my responsibilities and still get some periods of relaxation. I shall be lastingly grateful to you and your officials in the various places we have visited with some regularity and at some length.“On a totally different subject, I might add that I hear good reports of Mr. McNamara. I am certain his departure for Washington puts additional burdens on you, but, as always, you are a good citizen.“With best wishes to you and your charming family for a fine 1961, and warm personal regard, Sincerely, Dwight D. Eisenhower.”This letter is the first valedictory of Eisenhower’s we can recall seeing, and it remained in the Ford family until 2020. It has never before been offered for sale.
Former President Millard Fillmore On What Sustains American Democracy: A ""patriotic duty to the country that gave them birth, in maintaining in all their purity the free institutions that they have inherited from their ancestors, and which only free men know how to prize.""

Former President Millard Fillmore On What Sustains American Democracy: A ""patriotic duty to the country that gave them birth, in maintaining in all their purity the free institutions that they have inherited from their ancestors, and which only free men know how to prize."" by Millard Fillmore

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Former President Millard Fillmore On What Sustains American Democracy: A ""patriotic duty to the country that gave them birth, in maintaining in all their purity the free institutions that they have inherited from their ancestors, and which only free men know how to prize.""
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Millard Fillmore
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05/12/1856. Buchanan chose future Confederate Howell Cobb instead of CorningErastus Corning & Co. became important in Albany and the surrounding area, as it supplied iron products, nails, stoves, and farming equipment, and most likely supplying the needs of the Erie Canal. To help corner the market, in 1826 he purchased an iron foundry. Around 1831, quite early, Corning perceptively became interested in the railroad industry as his foundry could produce all the metal tracks and nail required for their construction. He was an investor and board member of the in the Utica and Schenectady Railroad as well as the Mohawk and Hudson Railroad. Two of his companies, Albany Iron Works and the Rensselaer Iron Works became the largest producer of railroad equipment and other iron in the United States. In additional to his business dealings, Corning was also active in politics as a Democrat. He served one term as Mayor of Albany from 1834-1837, and a State Senator from 1842-1845. In 1851 the ten local railroads of New York began the process of merging, leading to the creation of the New York Central Railroad with Corning as the president in 1854. The New York Central Railroad was affiliated with Corning up until 1865, two years before Cornelius Vanderbilt acquired control of the operation. During his time he was expanding the railroad's access to Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, and New York City. Corning was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, serving from 1857-1859 and then again from 1861-1863. He was an opponent of President Lincoln’s policies in the Civil War.In 1857, the incoming president, James Buchanan, had to select a cabinet. Former president Millard Fillmore hoped that Buchanan would select Corning as his Treasury Secretary, and for a time that seemed possible. However, instead Buchanan chose Georgian Howell Cobb. Cobb devoted most of his attention as Treasury Secretary to issues surrounding the Panic of 1857. In 1860, Cobb made a failed attempt at becoming the Democratic nominee for President. Following the election of Republican Abraham Lincoln as President, Cobb resigned his cabinet post, returned to Georgia, and led his state to secession. He then served as president of the convention establishing a provisional Confederate government. In 1861, he administered the oath of office to Confederate president Jefferson Davis and vice president Alexander H. Stephens. Cobb then served as a general in the Confederate Army.Autograph letter signed, three pages, Buffalo, December 5, 1856, to Erastus Corning, urging him to accept the cabinet post if offered. “Your kind favor enclosing a pass on the Central Railroad for 1857 came to hand during my absence in New York, whence I returned last evening, and I hasten to express my thanks for the favor although it is hardly probable I shall have much occasion to use it. Situated as I am, I travel only from necessity. I know it must be a great sacrifice to you to go to Congress, and I perceive by the papers that you may be called upon to make a still greater one by being required to preside over the Treasury Department by the incoming administration. This is a matter upon which in a political point of view I should not feel justified in saying a word, but I trust that our private relations are such that I may, without impropriety, appeal to you personally in the strongest manner to accept the appointment for the sake of our common country should it be tendered, as I sincerely hope it may be. We want your practical knowledge, your industry, and above all your firmness and integrity at this time in that place. Then we shall thus far have ‘the right man in the right place’, and I shall feel that at least one point, and that a very vulnerable one, is made secure against corruption.“I know you cannot desire it. I know you cannot take it without sacrificing much in a pecuniary point of view, and more in your case and comfort, but if we are to live in this country and maintain this free government, men in your position must make sacrifices and feel they have a compensation in the consciousness in that they have discharged a patriotic duty to the country that gave them birth, in maintaining in all their purity the free institutions that they have inherited from their ancestors, and which only free men know how to prize.“But I have said more than I intended and I will conclude, but not without repeating the hope that you will accept the Treasury Department if tendered, not for your sake but for the sake of the country.”This letter gives us a deep understanding of Fillmore’s idea of public service and the personal rewards that flow from it.
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The Narrative of Captain David Woodard and Four Seamen, Who Lost Their Ship While in a Boat at Sea, and Surrendered Themselves Up to the Malays, in the Island of Celebes by Captain David Woodard

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The Narrative of Captain David Woodard and Four Seamen, Who Lost Their Ship While in a Boat at Sea, and Surrendered Themselves Up to the Malays, in the Island of Celebes
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Captain David Woodard
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London: J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1804. 1st. Hardcover. Good. The very uncommon 1804 1st edition. 1/4 calf over marbled boards. A VG, well-preserved copy of this important narrative-at-sea. A degree of wear along the spine and the tips and minor fading to the spine. 6 gilt-bordered compartments, spine label. Still very tightly-bound and internally quite clean with only light, minor foxing. The 2 fold-out maps and all plates and engravings called for are present and in sharp condition. Octavo, 156 pgs. of narrative plus Appendix of short abstracts of similar cases at sea and, finally, a 15 pg. "List of a Number of Accidents, Shipwrecks, and Escapes Where Great Hardships and Difficulties Have Been Encountered, and Which Many Have Survived by Perseverance." Handsome bookplate and crest of the Llanover Library affixed to the inside cover. The renowned Llanover collection, catalogued in 1914, focused on books and manuscripts of Welsh interest and was brought into the National Library of Wales in 1916.
Erich Mendelsohn: The Complete Works (Presentation Copy from Tony Shafrazi)

Erich Mendelsohn: The Complete Works (Presentation Copy from Tony Shafrazi) by Bruno Zevi

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Erich Mendelsohn: The Complete Works (Presentation Copy from Tony Shafrazi)
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Bruno Zevi
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Basel: Birkhauser, 1999. Cloth. Fine/Fine. WARMLY, LENGTHILY INSCRIBED BY LEGENDARY NEW YORK GALLERIST TONY SHAFRAZI on the half-title. An all-but-pristine copy to boot of the 1999 1st English language edition (translated from its original German by Lucinda Byatt). Tight and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket. Imposing, scholarly, very impressive.
Film as Film: Formal Experiment in Film 1910-1975 (With the Publisher's Promotional 8 Pg. Booklet)

Film as Film: Formal Experiment in Film 1910-1975 (With the Publisher's Promotional 8 Pg. Booklet) by --

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Film as Film: Formal Experiment in Film 1910-1975 (With the Publisher's Promotional 8 Pg. Booklet)
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--
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London: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1979. Original wraps. Fine. An immaculate copy of the catalogue based on the May-June 1979 exhibition at London's Hayward Gallery. Crisp and Fine in its decorative wrappers. Tall quarto, black-and-white photos and film stills thruout. Also includes a laid-in example of the publisher's uncommon stapled booklet, an 8 pg. synopsis of some of the major themes and time-lines in the catalogue.
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Bi (Beauty) by MATSUNO, Kazuo

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Bi (Beauty)
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MATSUNO, Kazuo
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1936. MATSUNO, Kazuo. Bi [Beauty]. 114 pp. Folio, publisher's illustrated wrappers, in a new cloth folding box. Tokyo: Heibonsha, 1936. A splendid survey of 1930's Japanese design with articles on a wide variety of subjects. This is the sole issue published of what was intended to be a guide to the design world. A small piece missing from the front wrapper, but overall a fine copy of a rare book, with OCLC listing only the National Diet Library
Haren og den dejlige gave [Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present]

Haren og den dejlige gave [Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present] by ZOLOTOW, Charlotte. Maurice Sendak, Illustrated by

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Haren og den dejlige gave [Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present]
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ZOLOTOW, Charlotte. Maurice Sendak, Illustrated by
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Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
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9788756201827
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[Copenhagen]: Carlsen, 1971. Hardcover. Fine. First Danish edition. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Slim oblong octavo. Text in Danish. Fine in glazed pictorial boards, without dust jacket as issued. The American edition was a a 1963 Caldecott Honor book. *OCLC* locates three copies, two in Denmark and one in a U.S. public library.
Screbneski: Black, White & Color: Photographs, 1949-1989

Screbneski: Black, White & Color: Photographs, 1949-1989 by Zachary, Frank

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Screbneski: Black, White & Color: Photographs, 1949-1989
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Zachary, Frank
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9780821217481
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VG/G+ ex-christie's library copy with bookplate and barcode label. scuffing and general wear to dust jacket including a tear at
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Boston: Litte, Brown and Company, 1989. Hardcover. VG/G+ ex-christie's library copy with bookplate and barcode label. scuffing and general wear to dust jacket including a tear at top back.. BW-photographic boards with red lettering. Color-photograhic dust jacket with red lettering. Unpaginated. 67 BW and 42 color illustrations. Portraits include David Bowie, Truman Capote, Phyllis Connor, Bette Davis, Cristina Ferrare, James Galanos, Willie Gault, Diego Giacometti, Lillian Gish, Iman, Anita Loos, Steve Lyon, Paulina Porizkova, Sugar Rautbord, Vanessa Redgrave, Vicomtesse Jacqueline de Ribes, Diana Ross, Olimpia de Rothschild, Jehan Sadat, François Truffaut, Andy Warhol, Joan Weinstein, Raquel Welch, Orson Welles, Abra Prentice Wilkin, Dianne de Witt and Claire Zeisler, among others.
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Mamoru Abe; Reflections on my creative process

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Mamoru Abe; Reflections on my creative process
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Tokyo: Letter Box-Sha, 2000. Slipcased. Very Good/Very Good. Slipcase has water damage on corner. Tan boards with illustration. Tan slipcase. 55 pages. Illustrations.
Silent Film Sound

Silent Film Sound by Altman, Rick

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Silent Film Sound
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Altman, Rick
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New York: Columbia University Press. Fine in Near Fine dj. (c.2004). First Edition. Hardcover. [very nice clean copy, with no discernible wear to book; jacket lightly scuffed on rear panel]. (Film and Culture) Series (B&W photographs, facsimiles) This book "reconsiders all aspects of sound practices during the entire silent film period. Based on extensive original research and accompanied by gorgeous illustrations, the book challenges the assumptions of earlier histories of this period in film and reveals the complexity and swiftly changing nature of American silent cinema. Beginning with sound practices before cinema's first decade and continuing through to the more familiar sound practices of the 1920s, [the author] discusses the variety of sound strategies and the way early cinema exhibitors used these strategies to differentiate their products." ****NOTE that an additional shipping fee will be requested for international shipping of this heavy book, or for Priority Mail service to U.S. destinations. If this concerns you, please contact us for a shipping quote before placing your order.**** .
Young Girls of Good Families [Sex og Brillanter] [Les Saintes Nitouches] (Original program for the 1963 film)

Young Girls of Good Families [Sex og Brillanter] [Les Saintes Nitouches] (Original program for the 1963 film) by Ziva Rodann, Reggie Nalder, Fred Clark, Marie-France Pisier (starring); Pierre Montazel (director); Mario Brun, Jean Marthin (screenwriters)

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Young Girls of Good Families [Sex og Brillanter] [Les Saintes Nitouches] (Original program for the 1963 film)
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Ziva Rodann, Reggie Nalder, Fred Clark, Marie-France Pisier (starring); Pierre Montazel (director); Mario Brun, Jean Marthin (screenwriters)
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Various cities: Columbia Pictures, 1963. Vintage program for the 1963 film. Title in both Danish and French, and text in Danish. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene, befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars, Lou Reed, Allen Ginsberg, Patti Smith, Salvador Dali, and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design, his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat, and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A young kleptomaniac befriends a heiress, and follows the woman to Saint-Tropez. 4.25 x 6.25 inches. Three leaves, in saddle stapled wrappers. Very Good plus.
A Brief Narrative of the Case and Trial of John Peter Zenger. Printer of the New York Weekly Journal

A Brief Narrative of the Case and Trial of John Peter Zenger. Printer of the New York Weekly Journal by Alexander, James

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A Brief Narrative of the Case and Trial of John Peter Zenger. Printer of the New York Weekly Journal
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Alexander, James
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Delran, New Jersey: Gryphon editions, 2004. Reprint. Leather bound. As new. Octavo. Burgundy leather binding with gilt tooled decorations on the covers. Raised bands and gilt title on the spine. All edges gilt. Page ribbon marker present. This volume is still in the original publishers shrink wrap.
No Small Journeys: Across Shopping Center Parking Lots, Down City Streets

No Small Journeys: Across Shopping Center Parking Lots, Down City Streets by ADAMS, Robert

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No Small Journeys: Across Shopping Center Parking Lots, Down City Streets
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ADAMS, Robert
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Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9781880146422
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New York: Matthew Marks Gallery, 2003. First edition. Softcover. 110 pages. A collection of 52 black and white plates all taken in the Denver area. A fine copy in wrappers and still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. An as new copy.
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Ruch podziemny w ghettach i obozach: materialy i dokumenty

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Ruch podziemny w ghettach i obozach: materialy i dokumenty
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Very Good
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Warszawa: Centralna Komisja Historyczna w Polsce, 1946. Paperback. Very Good. xxiv, 213p. Softcover in original wrapper. 23cm. Text moderately browned. Polish text.
Poemas Para Violin y Orquesta

Poemas Para Violin y Orquesta by Zapata, Miguel Angel

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Poemas Para Violin y Orquesta
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Zapata, Miguel Angel
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Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN
9789684345201
Description
Tlahuapan, Puebla: Premia Editora De Libros, S.A., 1991. Paperback. 84p., wraps, 5.25 x 8.25 inches, pages evenly toned else very good condition. Signed and inscribed by Zapata to fellow poet Jay Wright on the front blank. Text in Spanish. Libros del Bicho 75. Zapata is a Peruvian poet currently working as Professor of Latin American Literature at Hofstra University.