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The Battle of Life by Dickens, Charles

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Title: The Battle of Life
Author: Dickens, Charles
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Condition: Very Good +
Description: London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846. First edition. Very Good +. Vignette title in the fourth state (Smith II.8). Some edgewear to binding and covers marked, lacking advertisement leaf but with half-title present, early blue ink gift inscription 'JMH from HH' to the front free endpaper, a little spotting, small portion of loss to foot of title inner margin. Bound in a publisher's red full morocco gilt, with the original gilt designs to both covers within a foliate border, all edges gilt, yellow endpapers, gilt-lettered and decorated spine. A Very Good + copy. An exceedingly rare survival, by all appearances an unrecorded publisher's presentation morocco binding. We have been unable to trace another example at auction or in commerce. While there are extant copies of most of Dickens' published works in presentation or deluxe bindings, we cannot trace another example of a Christmas book in this form. The original cover illustrations of the trade edition have been produced here in the same form. The Battle of Life was the fourth of the Christmas books and one of the lesser known works from the series. It centers on two sisters, Grace and Marion, who must contend with shared romantic attachments. After Marion disappears with a presumed libertine, Michael Warden, the family struggles to make sense of her sudden departure. But in standard Dickensian fashion, the plot twists get resolved and happiness prevails for everyone. The Christmas books are outliers in terms of their publication history when compared to other Dickens works, as they were first published in this form rather than in serial parts. It was first published on December 19, 1846 and priced at 5 shillings, however it is certain the present copy would have cost more due to the deluxe binding. The work is illustrated throughout, with four contributions by Daniel Maclise, three by Richard Doyle, three by Clarkson Stanfield and three by John Leech. Very Good +.

Kraski. Trest ‘Poligraf’ by INK TRADE CATALOGUE

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Title: Kraski. Trest ‘Poligraf’
Author: INK TRADE CATALOGUE
Seller: Ursus Books (United States)
Description: 1939. INK TRADE CATALOGUE. Kraski. Trest 'Poligraf'. 173 unnumbered leaves of text and illustrations. Vertical 4to, 265 x 175 mm, publisher's cloth fastened with string. Moscow: Nauchno-issledovatel'skii institut poligraficheskoi i izdatel'skoi tekhniki, (1939). The State Trust of the All-Union Economic Council of National Economy "Poligraf" existed since 1924 and produced movable types. They also produced printing inks. In this sample book they are divided by the techniques they were intended for: movable-type printing, lithography, offset lithography, mezzotint. The samples are on different kinds of papers to show the differences for printing. At the end is an overview of complementary mixtures and drying oils, including fatty printing pastes to increase the capacity of printed forms. One of 300 copies only. Of the greatest rarity and not listed on OCLC.

JOHNSON'S WAX: Administration & Research Center [Cover Title] by Wright, Frank Lloyd

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Title: JOHNSON'S WAX: Administration & Research Center [Cover Title]
Author: Wright, Frank Lloyd
Seller: Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition: Near fine.
Description: (Racine, WI): [n.p.], 1950. Near fine.. Midcentury album of original black-and-white exterior and interior photographs of the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Johnson Wax Adminstration Building and Research Tower in Racine, Wisconsin, completed in 1939 and 1950 respectively. The S.C. Johnson Administration Building, an open-plan forest of tubular concrete and graceful ovoid desks, is the only Wright-designed corporate headquarters building that remains operational today. Upon its opening, it was praised as one of Wright's greatest buildings, with one journalist wishing it could be "put on wheels and shown to the nation," while the grandson of CEO Herbert Johnson recalled, "My grandfather appreciated the genius and the beauty of the creation, but was embarrassed by how much it cost." Negotiating the design of the neighboring Johnson Research Tower was more difficult, with Johson at first writing: "To be frank, Frank, we simply will not consider a financial and construction nightmare like the office building." In the event, the construction nightmare was not like the office building: it was considerably worse. Wright designed few fire exits and objected to sprinklers on aesthetic grounds, and CEO Herbert Johnson paid excessive insurance premiums to purchase his architect this freedom from building code enforcement. Meanwhile, temperature regulation was difficult and scientists had to meet in the elevator for lack of conference rooms and hallways. To compensate for the danger of fire in the Research Tower, the Administration Building's roof leaked, and glass tubing fell from the ceiling now and then in what must have been a lively diversion from the regular work day. Besides, the Tower was pretty, and nothing in it was flammable except for the wooden desks, research chemicals, and human inhabitants. Eventually closed after various plans to retrofit the building to updated codes were found unsatisfactory, the Tower was reopened as a museum in 2014 so that the public might enjoy all its Pyrex and concrete splendor without enduring the practical aggravations of trying to work there. "It's still an architectural gem," maintained a later Johnson. "I'll leave it to the next generation to figure out what to do with the tower" (Hertzberg). Likely produced as a souvenir by the company, a lovely document of an important building. 4.25'' x 5.25''. Spiral-bound black pebbled photo album with gilt-stamped titles. 17 black and white photographs and one cross-section drawing showing the Tower's underground concrete core, all in transparent album sleeves. Minimal edgewear.

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