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The Chronicle of Swinging London in the Sixties: A Remarkable Collection of Autographs, Defining an Era

The Chronicle of Swinging London in the Sixties: A Remarkable Collection of Autographs, Defining an Era by Queen Elizabeth II

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The Chronicle of Swinging London in the Sixties: A Remarkable Collection of Autographs, Defining an Era
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Queen Elizabeth II
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The Raab Collection (United States)
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1967. A unique visitors book kept by a prominent boutique, filled with the iconic names of the era, from Mick Jagger to Queen Elizabeth II to Donovan to Twiggy With thousands of signatures, the most complete such collection we have seenSwinging London: Its very name conjures up images of style, culture, excitement and romance. Presided over by a young Queen Elizabeth, London transformed itself from a bleak, conservative, colorless city, only just beginning to forget the troubles of the Second World War, into the focus of all the world’s attention, bursting into bloom with color, freedom, optimism and promise. It represented a fundamental and explosive change in attitude, values, and art. And all classes took part, from the Queen’s own sister, Margaret, to a hairdresser’s daughter, Cilla Black. London was the center of all the action; the city where everything was happening and where anything was possible.London captured the imagination of the world’s media, and soon had the full attention of youth everywhere. And when Time Magazine in its April 15, 1966 issue dubbed London: the Swinging City, it cemented the association between London and all things hip and fashionable that had been growing in the popular imagination throughout the decade. London seemed like the capital of the world and all eyes were on it.The importance of London in the making of the Sixties cannot be exaggerated. There, in that one place, at that one time, was the center so many revolutions. There was the fashion revolution, with clothes becoming more playful, colorful, and youthful. This was exemplified by the shops on Carnegie Street and in Chelsea, and the eclectic I Was Lord Kitchener’s Valet on Piccadilly. The sartorial splendor of these fashions was exhibited by models like Twiggy and rock stars like Mick Jagger. There was the art and design revolution, which filled London with galleries and studios. There was the music revolution, exemplified by the Beatles and Rolling Stones. In the U.S., all talk was of the British invasion. It’s hard to overestimate the impact British music had on the lifestyles and aspirations of the youth of America. Looking back, we can almost close our eyes and see Donovan singing Catch the Wind for Bob Dylan or 73 million Americans watching The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show. And then of course there was the recreational drug revolution, with these drugs being normative by the end of the Sixties; and the sexual revolution and the shattering of gender roles.Americans flocked to London to participate in it all. You’d find Bob Dylan and Judy Garland there, the Byrds and Beach Boys were there, and so many others. And not everyone was famous. There was the boy at the New Jersey shore looking out over the ocean and thinking London was just on the other side, and he would go there (and did). And Americans weren't the only ones. People from all over the world came to London.Many of London's most fashionable boutiques of the late 1960's and early 70's were on Fulham Road, which runs through Chelsea, and one of these was owned by Neil Zarach. Zarach partnered with the designer David Hicks (who also happened to be Lord Mountbatten's son in law) in this iconic enterprise. In the ’70s Hicks left the business and Zarach took over full ownership. Zarach's client list included fashionable London society, as well as many of the world's rulers, mega movie stars, rock stars, tycoons, and others of note in Swinging London. The shop was famous for its parties, like the ""Red Opening"" on November 7, 1968.The shop kept a guestbook, which in time became two volumes (one labeled “Visitors), altogether 225 pages, with over 1,000 signatures. The first volume covers 1967-1971, the second volume 1971-1974, with additional entries for an event on June 7, 1984. The six pages for the “Red Opening” are memorialized here with the names in red pen. These books are a virtual compendium of the people who made Swinging London. Not only the famous names, though there are plenty of them, but also the others in every walk of life. We have never seen a broader and more diverse collection of signatures that reveals all the facets of Swinging London reach the market, and we obtained this one in England.The Visitors Books: The press was at the boutique in force. Signing the guestbook were journalists representing well over a score of leading newspapers, magazines, and television outlets. These included Vogue, which sent Julian West its senior fashion editor, Harpers Bazaar, The Times, Architecture Magazine, Cosmopolitan, House and Garden Magazine (which sent its editor Olive Sullivan), the BBC, New York Journal of Commence, Art Forum, and Italian Television.As for visitors, we lead off with royalty. The book is presided over by signatures of Queen Elizabeth II; her sister Princess Margaret (signing as Margaret Rose), along with her husband Lord Snowden; their cousin Alexandra; Umberto, the last king of Italy; Ali Mirza, Iranian prince; and Elizabeth Oxenberg, princess of Yugoslavia. This is the only time we have seen something signed by both Elizabeth and Margaret, making this exceptional. Then there is Lord Louis Mountbatten, great-grandson of Queen Victoria. He was named Chief of Combined Operations headquarters in World War II, and the last Viceroy of India. Princess Lee Radziwill, a sister of Jacqueline Kennedy, also signed, as has the Shi’a leader the Aga Khan.From the world of entertainment, actors include such giants as Julie Andrews, Elizabeth Taylor, Luise Rainer, Christopher Plummer, Joan Collins, Angela Lansbury, Leslie Caron, Maggie Smith, Lauren Bacall, and Linden Travers (actress for Alfred Hitchcock). Also Swinging London icons Peter Sellers, Michael Caine, and Julie Christie, among many others. Then were were innumerable people associated with theater and film, like Michael Briggs, location manager for the Godfather; Gerald Vaughan-Hughes, writer of plays and TV series; Jack Hildyard, Oscar winning cinematographer; Maurice Binder, film designer who did the James Bond movies; Dennis Stock, artist and photographer who shot several documentaries, including one on the Hippies in San Francisco; George Axelrod, screenwriter, producer, director, and playwright; Troy Kennedy Martin, film and television screenwriter; Peter Hall, theater, opera and film director; Henry Kaplan, film director; Richard H. Coll, cinematographer and composer; noted film director Stanley Donan; and George Watters, Oscar winner for sound editing.What would Swinging London be without music? The guestbook contains Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones, those name is synonymous with sex appeal and swagger; Dusty Springfield, singer and Jagger’s then-girlfriend; Donovan, whose Catch the Wind catapulted him into fame and friendship with the Beatles; Cilla Black, the top-selling female rock artist in England. She was discovered by the Beatles, as Cilla’s mother Priscilla White, was best friends with Ringo’s mom. Even Suzy Creamcheese is here; she accompanied Frank Zappa. There is Rory McEwen, presenter of the ground-breaking folk and blues TV program, Hullaballoo, and was a leading light in the great wave of cultural change sweeping through 1960’s London. A version of Hullaballoo appeared in the U.S. Also Shel Talmy, record producer, songwriter and arranger, who worked with the Who and Kinks; and Martin Turner, musician and founder of the group Wishbone Ash.There are many hundred names from the world of fashion and design. Among these are David Hicks, model Twiggy (and her manager Justin de Villeneuve), who ruled Carnaby St.; Marguerite Littman, model for Andy Warhol; and Peter Marlowe, legendary rep for hundreds of London’s greatest models. Mary Quant’s husband Alexander Plunket Greene was there, and undoubtedly reported what he found to her. Also, Cecile Moon of Christian Dior; Dudley Poplak, interior designer who worked with Princess Diana in the ‘80s; Paul Hould and Allen Vetere of trendsetting Connaissance Fabrics in New York; Agnes Comar, boutique owner in Paris; J. Reed Crawford, high-fashion milliner/designer; Patricia McRoberts, model for Yves St Laurent; Stanley Falconer of legendary design firm Colefax & Fowler; fashion designers Rupert Lycett Green and Ossie Clark; Christopher Vane Percy, designer, president of the International Interior Design Association; Wilmer Weiss, fashion executive; renowned interior designers John Stefanidis, David Resnick, George Freeman, Mark Hampton, Keith Irvine, Tessa Kennedy and Budd Sugarman; Ken Lane, designer, luxury jeweler; Zandra Rose, fashion designer; Karl Springer, furniture designer; Beryl Hartland, clothing designer; and Carla Venosta, industrial designer.Among the artists are Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi, known for his sculpture and graphic works. Widely considered to be one of the pioneers of pop art; Robert “Groovy Bob” Fraser, art dealer to the Beatles; Nicholas Egon (leading portrait artist); AGM (Tony) Krikhaar, plus Duncan Grant, Jeff Hoare, Yves Corbassiere, Michael Michaeledes, Paul Wyeth, Chiquita Astor, Michael Upton, and Noel Dyrenforth, artist and textile designer. Art dealer Roy Miles and illustrator Ralph Steadman are also included.Photographers include Cecil Beaton, photographer to the Queen, fashion, portrait and war photographer; Bruce Laird, photographer and friend of Jimi Hendrix; Marc Hispard, fashion photographer in Paris; Zoe Dominic, dance and theatre photographer; plus Peter Carapetian, Peter Rand - photographer, and Derek Cattani.Authors include Robert Lacey, Martin Amis, Alan Burgess, Robert Carrier (chef and cookery writer), Jeffrey Finestone and Philip Mason (who wrote on India). Noted architects include Cedric Price and Patrick Garnett.From the world of business and philanthropy we find David Rockefeller, William O. Baker (Bell Labs president), Nicola and Paolo Bulgari of the Bulgari fortune, Paul Getty, Jr., Raphael Etkes (head of Embassy Pictures), and philanthropist and banker Dante Leonetti.Plus there were notable people who fit into no category. Like Victoria Ormsby-Gore, part of the fashion and arts counter-culture in London whose father was ambassador to the U.S., socialite Penelope Sitwell, Suna Portman (whose parties were legendary), Sheila Scott (aviator, the first person to fly over the North Pole in a small aircraft),Veronique Peck (arts patron, philanthropist, and wife of Gregory Peck), Kenneth Newton (celebrity doctor), MP Veronica Wadley, Lord Weymouth, and the notorious libertine Lord Egremont.These names are the smallest fraction of the names present, and a fuller list is available. Together they constitute a truly important collection of Swinging London signatures, and constitute a window on the era of the Sixties.A fuller list:J. Reed Crawford - high-fashion milliner/designer in Swinging LondonOlive Sullivan - interior designer, editor of House and GardenElizabeth Wakefield - owner of Lough Cutra Castle, redesigning itWilliam Spowers - director of books and manuscripts for Christie’sFritz Suckle - of the Curtis & Davis architectural and design firmPatricia Keerian - reporting on this for the Daily MailWilliam O. Baker, Bell Labs presidentDudley Poplak, interior designer, who worked with Princess Diana in the ‘80sRory McEwen - Rory McEwen was a painter, musician, sculptor and television presenter. By his mid-twenties he was presenting the ground-breaking folk and blues TV programme, Hullaballoo, and was a leading light in the great wave of cultural change sweeping through 1960’s London, counting amongst his friends many of the luminaries of the art, music and performance worlds.Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi - a Scottish artist, known for his sculpture and graphic works. Widely considered to be one of the pioneers of pop art.Hilary Gelson - reporter for The Times, coined the phrase Art Deco.Peter Carapetian - artistAGM (Tony) Krikhaar - artistRobert Gurney - Monument National Buildings TrustJohn Hamill - film actorMaxwell Joseph - founder of Grand Metropolitan plc, a large British hotel group.Gerald Vaughan-Hughes - writer of plays and TV seriesDavid Hicks - interior decorator and designerJulie Christie - actressRodney Bewes - actorDennis Stock - photographerSally Thompson - journalistPatricia McRoberts - modelJeff Hoare - artistWilmer Weiss - fashion executiveAnthony Sully - interior designerChristopher and Susan Brownson - founders of Blue Bell Motor Co.Suzy CreamcheeseJulian West - senior fashion editor of VogueAnne Russell - ActressPeter Twining - antiques dealer in ChelseaJack Hildyard - Oscar winning CinematographerPenelope Sitwell - socialiteKen Lane - designer, luxury jewelerJeanette de Rothschild - who went missing and was the subject of a famous manhuntJohn Stefanidis - interior designer and founder of a London-based interior design firmCarla Venosta - designerAfdera Fonda - wife of Henry FondaPaul Hamm - authorChristopher Vane Percy - designerElizabeth Lambert - Vogue Magazine writerJoie Gould - filmmakerYves Corbassiere - French painterTimi Yuro - singerEduardo Luigi Paolozzi - sculptor and graphic artistRodolfo Barone - actorStanley Falconer - of legendary design form Colefax & FowlerG.W. Wallace - authorRichard H. Coll - cinematographer and composerDavid Resnick - interior designerPeter Marlowe - legendary rep for hundreds of London’s greatest modelsShel Talmy - record producer, songwriter and arranger, worked with the Who and KinksPatrick Garnett - architectClaude De Leusse - authorRory McEwen - artist and musicianMarc Hispard - fashion photographer in ParisAubrey West - authorSuna Portman - socialite whose parties were famousCecil Beaton - fashion, portrait and war photographer, diarist, painter, and interior designer, as well as an Oscar–winning stage and costume designer for films and the theatre.David Somerset - Duke of BeaufortPeter Rand - photographerCedric Price - noted architectVictoria Ormsby-Gore - part of the fashion and arts counter-culture in LondonTroy Kennedy Martin - film and television screenwriterIan Dallas - actor, writer, religious figureVera Sherman - artist, authorMaurice Binder -visual designer, creator of the famed opening title sequences of the James Bond moviesPeter Hall - theatre, opera and film directorGeorge Freeman - noted interior designerZoe Dominic - dance and theatre photographerAlain de Cadenet - television presenter and former racing driverDon Bessant - master printer in lithography, fiancee of Julie ChristieNoel Dyrenforth - artist, textile designerPatricia Hicks - actressMick JaggerAlexander Plunket Greene - Mary Quant’s husbandMark Hampton - interior designerRichard Glyn - MPDerek Parker - Author, broadcasterSusan Benjamin - designer of enamel boxesPaul Hould and Allen Vetere of Connaissance Fabrics in NYTerry Milington - artistFrank Gatliff - actorJohn Siddeley, noted interior decorator and Baron KenilworthSheila Scott - aviatorMarguerite Littman - model for Andy WarholTessa Kennedy - interior designerRaphael Etkes - head of Embassy PicturesRupert Lycett Green - fashion designerOssie Clark - fashion designerVeronica Hindley - fashion editor at VogueJohn Galliher - socialite, decoratorChryss Goulandris -horse breeder, one of richest women in IrelandNicola Bulgari - Italian billionaire businessmanPaolo Bulgari - Italian billionaire businessmanLord Egremont - notorious libertineAlan Burgess - authorMountbatten of Burma - military leaderPeter Saunders - British sociologistElizabeth TaylorElizabeth Oxenberg, princess of YugoslaviaTwiggyQueen Elizabeth IIHenry Kaplan - film directorMargaret Rose - princess and sister of Queen ElizabethJohn Sandoe - bookshop ownerLord Snowden - Anthony Armstrong JonesJustin de Villeneuve - Twiggy’s managerTwiggyPeter Hall - directorMichael Michaeledes - artistVeronique Peck - arts patron, philanthropist, and journalistChiquita Astor - artistMichael Upton - artistKeith Irvine - interior designerBudd Sugarman - interior designerGareth Wigan - producer, studio exec, worked on Star WarsPiero de Monza - boutique ownerDante Leonetti - philanthropist, bankerPeter Davies - actorStanley Donan - film directorLeslie Caron - actressGeorge Watters - producer, directorDusty Springfield - singerNorma Tanega - singerMaggie Smith - actressHarold Brooks-Baker - publisherPaul Getty, Jr. - philanthropist and book collectorAgnes Comar - boutique owner in ParisLinden Travers - actressGeorge Axelrod - screenwriter, producer, director, playwrightDonovan - singerDerek Cattani - photographerAnne Dunbar Graham - authorCecil Beaton - photographer to the QueenRobert “Groovy Bob” Fraser - art dealer to the BeatlesPaul Wyeth - artistLuise Rainer - actressJohn Siddeley - interior designerMichael Briggs - location manager for the GodfatherBrian Henderson - producer and actorRoy Miles - art dealerIngrid Roscoe - writer on English artMrs. Albert Finney - wife of actorAfdera Fonda - baroness and wife of Henry FondaDavid Hicks - interior designerMichael Caine - actorChristopher Plummer - actorBeryl Hartland - clothing designerAngus Ogilvy - businessman, married the Queen’s cousin AlexandraAlexandra - the Queen’s cousinMoira Lister - actressAli Mirza - Iranian princeLee Radziwill - sister of Jackie KennedyJoan Collins - actressAga Khan - Im_m of the Nizari Ism___li ShiasAngela Lansbury - actressCilla Black - singerJeffrey Finestone - author, historianNicholas Egon - leading portrait artistLauren Bacall - actressUmberto - last king of ItalyAnna Massey - actressKarl Springer - furniture designerJonathan Routh - TV starOlga Deterding - socialiteElizabeth Harris - socialiteSue Glover - singerDonna Brownjohn - wife of graphic designer Robert, friend of Andy WarholStephen Lewis - actorTamasin Day Lewis - TV personalityDante Leonetti - banker and philanthropistKenneth Dowd - actorRalph Steadman - illustratorPhilip Mason - authorJanet Street-Porter - Journalist, TV producerLord WeymouthH.G. Beck - authorRohan McCullough - actressKenneth Newton - celebrity doctorKaye Webb - journalist, publisherDavid RockefellerVeronica Wadley - MPRobert Carrier - chef and cookery writerMaurice Binder - film designer who did the James Bond moviesElizabeth Spender - actressRupert Chetwynd - soldier, adventurerMartin Amis - novelistZandra Rose - fashion designerBruce Laird - photographer, friend of Jimi HendrixRobert Lacey - authorMary Berry Barnes - artistKen Hollock - musicianMartin Turner - musicianMichael Nicholson - journalistFred Kaye - actorCecile Moon - of Christian DiorDuncan Grant - painterJuliet Robyns - actressCarol Speed - actressValerie Murray - actressJulie Andrews - actressPeter Sellers - actorAnn Barr - editor of QueenMedia list:VogueHarpers BazaarThe TimesArchitecture MagazineCosmopolitanHouse and Garden MagazineThe BBCNew York Journal of CommenceArt ForumItalian TelevisionLondon Post 14Daily ExpressDaily TelegraphFamily CircleDaily MailEvening NewsObserverDaily SketchArchitects JournalArchitectural ReviewRecord MirrorNova MagazineDaily MirrorEvening Standard
A large archive of 17 signed letters, 2 signed cards, 4 original manuscript pieces, 1 original drawing, 11 blank empty envelopes addressed to the recipient (one with a drawing of a cat in ink), and 1 inscribed book, all sent from the prolific science fiction writer, Brian W. Aldiss, to his long-time friend Patrick Eddington, the late Utah artist and former high school art teacher, who had as a goal the desire to create “The Cat Project,” where literary and visual artists from around the world were asked to produce original works about cats, which would be included in a traveling exhibition and book (unfortunately never realized). Also included in the archive are 4 pieces of ephemera relating to the correspondence or author

A large archive of 17 signed letters, 2 signed cards, 4 original manuscript pieces, 1 original drawing, 11 blank empty envelopes addressed to the recipient (one with a drawing of a cat in ink), and 1 inscribed book, all sent from the prolific science fiction writer, Brian W. Aldiss, to his long-time friend Patrick Eddington, the late Utah artist and former high school art teacher, who had as a goal the desire to create “The Cat Project,” where literary and visual artists from around the world were asked to produce original works about cats, which would be included in a traveling exhibition and book (unfortunately never realized). Also included in the archive are 4 pieces of ephemera relating to the correspondence or author by [Aldiss, Brian] [Patrick Eddington aka "Pat the Cat"]

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A large archive of 17 signed letters, 2 signed cards, 4 original manuscript pieces, 1 original drawing, 11 blank empty envelopes addressed to the recipient (one with a drawing of a cat in ink), and 1 inscribed book, all sent from the prolific science fiction writer, Brian W. Aldiss, to his long-time friend Patrick Eddington, the late Utah artist and former high school art teacher, who had as a goal the desire to create “The Cat Project,” where literary and visual artists from around the world were asked to produce original works about cats, which would be included in a traveling exhibition and book (unfortunately never realized). Also included in the archive are 4 pieces of ephemera relating to the correspondence or author
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[Aldiss, Brian] [Patrick Eddington aka "Pat the Cat"]
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Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
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Brian Wilson Aldiss (1925-2017), born in Norfolk, England, was not only a prolific writer of science fiction short stories and novels, but also anthologized science fiction and studied the history of the genre as well. Much of the background material in his works stemmed from his military service from 1943 through World War II in the Royal Corps of Signals in India, Burma, and Sumatra. Aldiss was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2004. He was for many years happily married to Margaret Aldiss, an editor and bibliographer who produced three bibliographies of Aldiss’s works. This archive is unique in that it represents a consistent and intensely personal correspondence over two years between close friends. The letters, eloquently written more often than not, reveal a wealth of details about Aldiss’s personality, emphasizing his worldliness, his productivity, the way he feels about the act of writing, the love he has for his family, and the way he views such things as life, death, and his own age progression. Included in the archive are the following: Xerox copy on a sheet of paper [8 ½” by 11”] reproducing two articles published by The Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News (Sunday, March 3, 1985) regarding the speaking appearance of Brian Aldiss in Patrick Eddington’s home town, Salt Lake City, Utah. TLS. Letter on a sheet of paper [8 ¼” by 11 ½”], dated 28.x.89, on Aldiss’s letterhead with the Boars Hill, Oxford address. The author begins by describing an imaginary planet that his friend the late astronomer Peter Cattermole has designed for him. Aldiss writes, “Reading his notes, gazing at his map, I feel like Keats On [sic] First Looking Into [sic] Chapman’s Homer. So I’m slowly getting my stuff together to write a novel about this planet. This’ll be a short one; I’m now too old and lazy to undertake another bloody great 3-volume operation.” Signed by Aldiss at the close. Typed letter, most likely written by Margaret Aldiss, typed on both sides of a sheet of paper [8 ¼” x 10”]. Dated the 5th of November (year not given). This letter was written at the time that their children were in their teen-age years. In this bit of correspondence, Margaret mentions how busy Brian is with his writing career. She writes, “I am kept busy with my word processor, putting all Brian’s stories through it, and looking after this house.” TLS. Typed on 2 sheets of paper [8 ¼” x 11 ¾”], dated 21.xi.92, on letterhead with the author’s Boars Hill, Oxford address. In this long letter to Patrick, Aldiss writes quite a bit about his own writing, bringing up his recently published book, “Home Life with Cats,” a copy of which he has enclosed for Pat. He also writes that it has been an indifferent publishing year for him, listing what he has produced, and claiming, “ I do turn ‘em out.” He goes on to mention that his chief preoccupation is with his “slow-growing” novel, “Burnell’s Travels.” As he states, “BURNELL started as a couple of short stories; then I realized what I had a hold of. I began thinking about the novel last year, when Margaret and I were holidaying in an idyllic spot in France, lost in the green depths of the Perigord. “While we were there, in that pleasant little farmhouse, I finished REMEMBRANCE DAY… I then had about two days of real holiday in which to relax. But already thoughts of Burnell were bubbling. Ah, how pleasantly idle was I in the early seventies. Since I’ve grown old, I have lost the gift of idleness. I can’t stop writing- notes, poems, whatever. Partly this is the hope to leave something- a name as well as money- to my darling wife and four dear children. But in the main it’s just something of which you know, difficult to articulate, the drive to translate the world, or more modestly one’s own ‘umwelt,’ into words and pictures. Right?” Aldiss has signed at the foot. TLS. Letter typed on a sheet of paper [8 ¼” x 11 ¾”] with the author’s letterhead bearing his Oxford address, dated Tuesday, 1st of June (year not specified). This piece of correspondence is special because it contains a detailed original sketch by Aldiss, covering a substantial portion of the page, of the Greek town Monemvasia. This charming sketch highlights the ruinous church, the steep ascent, the location of their hotel, and a “1 mile beautiful walk.” His simple sketch truly conveys the feeling of the town. Aldiss writes, “Pat, Monemvasia is wonderful! They dub it ‘Gilbraltar of Greece’, but the real Gibraltar is a lewd dump, built over the meagre Brit military housing and stuffed with Indian shops; it’s a bazaar. Monemvasia is a mystery. It’s a hell of a great chunk of rock, connected to the mainland only by a causeway. A natural fortress… The place is semi-ruinous; restoration is taking place. Mid-level is a narrow ‘road’ on which tourists live, choc-a-bloc with tavernas and shoplets selling postcards, honey, pottery, junk, and the inevitable T-shirts. Above, crowning the place, and achieved by a taxing ascent, is the old fortress, once besieged by Turks, Byzants, Franks, and any number of other bastards. The old church is being patched up: otherwise it’s acres of rock garden up there, colonized by brilliant or modest plants, euphorbias, herbs… A mile below lies the Aegean, breathing indigo. Marvellous place. Only eagles and artists should be allowed there.” The letter is signed at the foot by Aldiss. Xerox copy [8 ¼” x 11 ½”] showing a partial view from above of Monemvasia . TLS. Computer-typed letter on a sheet of paper [8 ¼” x 11 ½”], dated 17/3/95, on Aldiss’s Oxford letterhead. The letter opens with Aldiss thanking Pat for his generous gifts. He then goes on to mention that he will be attending the 16th Conference of the Fantastic, referring to himself as “their Permanent Special Guest.” He continues highlighting his busy schedule by stating, “Life is extremely full. In fact it overflows. I’m writing several things, including a shambolic object which could be construed as autobiography or something – THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE. However, what’s enclosed [see below] is a sort of core-plug through my geological time, written for a friend. I thought you might be interested; it reflects more rackety times in Oxford Past.” Signed, “Your pal, Brian.” The above letter was sent with an eleven-page [8 ¼” x 11 ½”] computer-typed original manuscript of a story Aldiss was working on entitled “The Story of a Funeral: Remembering George Halcrow.” This piece, as one might expect, is chock-full of memories of how George met his wife, how George found Brian a room when his first marriage collapsed, and the first time Brian took Margaret out for a meal. TLS. Computer-typed letter on a sheet of paper [8 ¼” x 11 3/4”], dated 9/4/96, on Aldiss’s Oxford letterhead. In this letter, Brian thanks Patrick for his customary round of gifts, one of which is a frame, in which he debates “whether to change the picture from a view of old China to a view of young Margaret.” Signed, “Yours ever, Brian,” at the foot. TLS. Computer-generated letter on a sheet of paper [8 ¼” x 11 ½”], dated 9/9/99, dated two years after the death of his wife from pancreatic cancer, and printed with the author’s Old Headington, Oxford address at the head. The author writes, “It’s good to hear that the project continues and develops. I will include my “Cat Improvement Co” poem in the envelope, in case you can use it. I really don’t know any cat artists though. “It’s so good-hearted of you to think of naming a star after Margaret. She really deserves no less. Her name is spelled MARGARET ALDISS. The family will be proud and comforted to hear what you are doing.” Signed by Aldiss at foot. Xerox copy [10” x 8 ¼”] reproducing a poem by Brian Aldiss titled “The Cat Improvement Company.” Eddington later printed this poem as a limited edition broadside published by The Green Cat Press in 2004. The Green Cat Press was a small press run by Patrick Eddington and fellow Utah artist Susan Makov. In the aforementioned letter, Aldiss commentated that he knew no “cat artists.” In the end, Patrick himself provided the illustration. TLS. Computer-typed letter on a sheet of paper [8 ¼” x 11 ½”], dated 1/11/0, on letterhead printed with his Old Headington address. In this letter to Patrick, Aldiss acknowledges having been through a lot in the last few years, but he survives, “thanks to some splendid ladies who have entered my life, and to the creative urge, which does not seem to abate.” He also mentions having in his possession a large deed box with his diaries from the sixties and seventies. He comments, “I’m currently writing Journal No. 36. They have become fuller since I’m in the house alone with no one to talk to. Mostly they are A5, and illustrated with cuttings, etc. I don’t know what to do with them, this all-too-ample record of a foolish life. I expect to present them to the Bodleian Library. Then this house will be three deed boxes lighter… Of course I could leave them to my excellent daughter Wendy. She might possibly squeeze a little money from them- from the dirty bits, as it were!” Signed by Aldiss at the close. TLS. Computer-typed letter on a sheet of paper [8 ¼” x 11 ½”], dated 5/3/0, on letterhead printed with his Old Headington address. Aldiss opens with, “You are a very kind friend! FedEx have delivered the star certificate in pristine order, with the name of Margaret Aldiss inscribed upon it…. So there she is, gleaming up there in Cyngus… It’s really a super thought of yours. I don’t mind admitting I shed a few tears over it, tears of sorrow but also of gratitude that we had such a good pal. Much appreciated.” What follows is Aldiss’s acknowledgement of his grief for Margaret, along with an almost schoolgirl-like discussion of his current infatuations with women. He ends the letter by very affectionately stating, “what you say about my role on [sic] your life is very flattering. But we formed an immediate friendship- it has certainly been important in my life too. I’m happy to know you. I’ll never forget the warmth of your kindness to me.” Signed by Aldiss. TLS. Two-page letter written with a computer on sheets of paper [8 ¼” by 11 ½”], dated the 26th of September (year not mentioned, but circa 2000), from Brian W. Aldiss to Patrick Eddington. With Aldiss’s Oxford address printed at the head. In this long and extremely personal letter, Aldiss describes his recent travels in full detail. “The sloop was beautiful and comfortable. Five Turks looked after us, hoisted the sails, boxed the compass, did the cooking, etc. We were able to swim from the boat most days, either in open sea or in a sheltered bay. The food and wine were good and plentiful; since we had paid for everything beforehand, we were generous with the wine. But above all, the other passengers were darlings- intelligent, companionable, and witty… I soon became fond of every one of them and, I believe, they became fond of me. In fact, we came to prefer sitting on our stern deck just chatting, laughing, singing, to tramping round the ruins ashore. The weather was perfect, as we sailed slowly northwards on the Aegean.” At one point, he even brings up the bleak effect of World War I on the Dardenelles, reflecting that, “The slaughter on that campaign was ghastly. The Turks lost an estimated 300,000 killed, the Allies 265,000. I spent some sombre hours walking there among the pines, thinking about my father. He Stanley Aldiss, fought on Gallipoli; he was one of the lucky survivors.” Signed by Aldiss at the foot. Art After Apogee: The relationships between an idea, a story, and painting by Brian Aldiss & Rosemary Phipps. Avernus, 2000. No. X in an edition limited to 100. Slender quarto in yellow wraps. Sent with the preceding letter. Inscribed by Brian Aldiss to his friend on the limitation page. A crude drawing of “The Cat & the Snake” is laid in. TLS. Computer-typed letter on a sheet of paper [8 ¼” x 11 ½”], dated 3/7/1, on letterhead printed with his Old Headington address. A letter in which Aldiss tells Pat how busy he is. He writes, “Never have I been so busy as now. Endless interviews regarding “A.I.”. Of course I am fortunate, but it really means no creative time at all. On Monday, I returned from a conference at Liverpool University, while on Thursday I have to fly to the South of France (which of course will be very pleasant) for a conference on the Noir in Film and Fiction. After that, a more peaceful time, I’m hoping, before I retreat to a Greek island for a coupla weeks.” Signed at the foot by Aldiss. TLS. Letter composed with a computer on a sheet of paper [8 ¼” x 11 ½”], dated 3/12/1, on Aldiss’s Oxford letterhead. In this letter, Aldiss comments on the curious nature of the publishing business, stating, “My new reprint publishers, Stratus have recently gone bust: but not before they reprinted ‘Brightfount Diaries.’ This new edition omits the original pictures. However, here’s a copy. My first book. Terribly dated. Insane to have reprinted it… No wonder they went bust.” Next, Aldiss discusses the “Cat Improvement Co” broadside, wondering how many he will be able to acquire for himself without seeming greedy. Then, near the close of the letter, Aldiss muses on the changing medium of their correspondence, revealing himself to be a diehard letter writer: “It’s a bit sad you are going on email. There is a pleasure in writing letters and certainly a pleasure in receiving your hand-written ones.” Also of interest in this letter, is the fact that Aldiss encloses “another cat poem, a rather sinister thing.” The letter is signed at the foot by Aldiss. Original manuscript poem printed from the computer on a sheet of paper [8 ¼” x 11 ¾”]. Originally sent with the preceding letter. The title at the head of this poem is “Domestic Incident.” The second stanza of the poem reads, “All animal, burly cat, hideous but beautiful / My beautiful Sotkin, puissant in movement / Jaw locked round jackdaw / He struggles through the door / Into kitchen, his cave, its grave/ Twice himself in elegant fury. / Darker fangs grind my bones.” TLS. Computer-typed letter on a sheet of paper [8 ¼” x 11 3/4”], dated 19/11/1, on Aldiss’s letterhead printed with his Old Headington address. In this letter, the author comments on the search for Bin Laden, as well as the "Cat Improvement Co." broadside. Brian has signed at the bottom. Enclosed in the letter are the two pieces listed below. A two-page [8 ¼” x 12 ½”] computer typed original manuscript entitled “The Cat Machine.” This story is what can only be termed a sci-fi/ horror cat story, involving a sort of Frankenstein-like cat, that continues to grow, eventually consuming a postman and a refrigerator, then attacking his owner when his back is turned, before disappearing into the night. The horror does not stop there- the machine cat goes on to become a world concern. On a lighter note, the story does end with the machine cat becoming King of Albania. “The Cat Machine.” An original collage/drawing in marker, and ink on paper [11 ¾” x 8 ¼”]. With the author’s initials in ink in the lower right corner. TLS. Computer-typed letter on two sheets of paper [8 ¼” x 11 ½”], dated 12/10/1, on Aldiss’s letterhead printed with his Old Headington, Oxford address. Aldiss begins this letter with beautiful imagery and words, writing, “It’s just on five of the afternoon. Sunlight filters into my west-facing windows, into my study and my small sitting room. You’d have to be a brute not to be moved by the beauty of the light.” The letter changes its tone a bit when Aldiss addresses the atrocities of September 11. He writes, “The world has changed. It’s misery, all uncertainty and foreboding. While appreciating that one must get a hold of the fanatic bin Laden, I grieve at the incessant bombing carried out by US and UK planes and ships. Christ, Kabul was already ruinous. It is always liable to seem like a war of the Rich against the Poor.” As per usual, Aldiss also includes some extremely personal information in this letter, pointing out that he has a “darling lover who lives only two doors away. Her name is Alison and great is my admiration for her. We went to a Greek island together last month, and bliss it was.” Signed at the foot by Aldiss. TLS. Computer-typed letter on a sheet of paper [8 ¼” x 11 3/4”], dated 12 February 2002, on Aldiss’s letterhead printed with his Old Headington, Oxford address. In this communication, Aldiss discusses the notion of collaboration between artists. He states, “I hope your collaboration with Cees [Nooteboom] works out well. I had enough – quite pleasurable – problems collaborating with Roger Penrose to cure me of the wish ever to collaborate again.” Signed by Brian above the postscript. TLS. Brief computer-typed letter on a sheet of paper [8 ¼” x 11 ½”], dated 5 March 2002, on letterhead printed with his Old Headington address. In this communication, Aldiss refers to what Eddington calls “the screw up,” and offers to return the broadsides, stating at the same time, “Unfortunately I feel oddly reluctant to append my signature.” Signed by the writer at the close. TLS. Computer-typed letter composed on a sheet of paper [8 ¼” x 11 ½”], dated 11/5/4, on Aldiss’s Old Headington letterhead. In the body of the letter, the author addresses the fact that he is, as is typical, very busy. He asks, “How is your press studio getting on? You sound busy. So am I, doing all sorts of work. Plus trying to write a large ambitious novel, The Walcot Novel; I have 65,000 on the computer so far. Last week, I spent two days in a recording studio, reading aloud my novel, ‘Affairs at Hampden Ferrers’ into the mike, doing all the voices. Two days, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Quite fun if you concentrate. This for an audio book. I’ll send you a copy when it is published.” Signed by Aldiss at the foot. “An Account of My Daughter Charlotte May’s Wedding, Sunday 30th May 2004.” An original 6-page computer-typed prose piece on paper [8 ¼” x 11 ½”]. This is an incredibly detailed account of the proceedings, where at one point, Aldiss asks, “What would Margaret have made of it all?” (One feels her presence several times in this piece, although she has passed). As in the piece Aldiss wrote about his friend’s funeral, one sees here the constant musing about life’s experiences, and the effect of these experiences, as well as the process of growing older. He poignantly writes, “We cuddled our drinks then sauntered about the pleasant open space, chatting. Everyone looked so decorative, young, old and in-between alike. .. Nafisa, the darling Hashemite Princess, accompanied by Martin and Nicky, looking quite her old self, though perhaps less bubbley [sic] than usual, after her recent encounter with cancer…. And my old passion, Hilary Sharp long since Hilary Parsons, with her husband, Adrian, still easy to look at, and he the perfect gentleman (i.e., a little stiff). It’s many a year since we worked together, Hilary and I, in Parker’s bookshop. She was never tall and has put on some weight, but I read in her face, in her expression, her eyes, that little glint of mischief I well recalled, as if everything including our advancing age, was secretly rather fun.” Aldiss does bring up his new loving partner in life, also in attendance, Alison, which adds to the atmosphere the feeling of progression from loss to a sort of “re-birth” in life. Inscribed by Aldiss to Eddington at the close of the piece: “Dear Pat- Just thought you might be interested! Regards, Brian.” A two-page email letter printed on paper [8 ½” x 11”], dated August 29, 2004. Subject: “Prints. Corfu. Albania. Games.” In this email, Aldiss mentions that he will fly to Boston for the World Con, noting that his older son Clive, “on the premise that I am getting old and incapable, is flying over from Athens to accompany me, look after me, and generally get in the way.” Despite discussing the fact that he is advancing in years, the email contains much that is upbeat and positive. For example, he writes, “I took my darling and lovely ami Alison off to Corfu for a week’s break. It was perfect. The skies were always blue. It was warm. The sea was warm. We slept under a mosquito net… We ate in many a beach taverna… Generous Greek salads with feta cheese. The fish caught just before dawn were consumed as dusk gathered. And we drank endless bottles of retsina. And we laughed and kissed and screwed. I cannot tell you what a wonder, what a darling, Alison is, extremely honest, humorous and with a talent to be happy and amused. She has changed my life and maybe made me less of a bastard.” Autographed Christmas/New Year Card Signed. Folded [6” x 4”]. No date. The card reads: “Dear Pat. Have a great festive season! As always, Brian (signed).” ANS. Note on a card [6” x 4”] with the Old Headington letterhead. He mentions that he has been abroad several times. Signed by Aldiss. Short computer-printed biography of Brian W. Aldiss on a sheet of paper [8 ¼” x 11 ¾”]. 11 empty envelopes addressed to Patrick Eddington, one with a cat drawing in pen on the reverse of the envelope.
Essais sur les Principes de l'Harmonie, où l'on Traite de la Théorie de l'Harmonie en général, des Droits respectifs de l'Harmonie & de la Melodie, de la Basse Fondamentale, et de l'Origine du Mode mineur

Essais sur les Principes de l'Harmonie, où l'on Traite de la Théorie de l'Harmonie en général, des Droits respectifs de l'Harmonie & de la Melodie, de la Basse Fondamentale, et de l'Origine du Mode mineur by SERRE, Jean-Adam 1704-1788

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Essais sur les Principes de l'Harmonie, où l'on Traite de la Théorie de l'Harmonie en général, des Droits respectifs de l'Harmonie & de la Melodie, de la Basse Fondamentale, et de l'Origine du Mode mineur
Author
SERRE, Jean-Adam 1704-1788
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J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
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Paris: Chez Prault Fils, 1753. Octavo. Full vellum with titling and decorative to head and tail stamped to spine in black. 1f. (recto title, verso blank), [iii] ("Avertissement), [iii] ("Table"), 159, [i] pp. + 2 engraved plates of musical examples and diagrams. Provenance With the autograph signature in brown ink of German-British music theorist Augustus Frederic Christopher Kollmann (1756-1829) to upper outer corner of title; inscription in ink to front pastedown "Mount Esqre. From R. C. Jenkins - March 1867." Binding slightly worn, soiled, and bumped. Some minor internal soiling, browning, and foxing; final "m" of "Kollmann" trimmed by binder. First Edition. Cortot p.181. Gregory-Bartlett I, p. 252. Wolffheim I, 1016. Hirsch I, Appendix 47. RISM Écrits p. 780. "[Serre was a] Swiss painter and music theorist. From 1723 to 1727 he studied natural sciences at the University of Geneva. After working as a miniaturist in Vienna, he went to Paris in 1751, where he published criticism of the theories then being expounded by Blainville, Rameau and Euler... Serre's writings on music dealt primarily with the philosophical and methodological aspects of the important theoretical ideas of his day. His arguments attempted to clarify theoretical principles and develop them through critical, analytic and scientific procedures. His most significant contributions concerned the foundations of harmonic theory, Rameau's basse fondamentale, temperament and resonance, combination tones, the derivation of the minor mode and related topics." Albert Cohen in Grove Music Online "Kollmann related German and English musical cultures. He corresponded with J.N. Forkel and gathered English contributions for Gerber's Neues Lexikon. He persistently advocated the music of J.S. Bach and printed in his treatises a number of Bach's compositions and in 1806 a separate edition of Bach's Chromatic Fantasy. In 1799 he proposed an edition of the '48', but after Forkel remarked on this, three European publishers proceeded to print it and Kollmann withdrew. He provided, however, a manuscript from which the Wesley-Horn edition of this work was prepared and lent other Bach material to Samuel Wesley when the latter's interest in Bach was roused. Kollmann translated excerpts from Forkel's life of Bach for his magazine the Quarterly Musical Register (1812) and may have assisted with the first complete English translation published in 1820." Michael Kassler in Grove Music Online A very good copy, with distinguished provenance.
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CONCHOLOGY OR THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SHELLS. CYPRAEA. Plate 20 by PERRY, GEORGE

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CONCHOLOGY OR THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SHELLS. CYPRAEA. Plate 20
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PERRY, GEORGE
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Pub by W. Miller., 1811. Image: 12 ¾ x 9". Margins: 16 ¼ x 10 ¾". Hand colored aquatint, Pl. 20. When it was published, George Perry's book on shells was ridiculed for its eccentric taxonomy and fanciful coloring. However, it has now been accepted as a serious scientific work, and Perry's shell names are still in use today. The prints of shells are vibrantly colored, and are the only conchological prints made by aquatint. See Classic Natural History of Prints (Shells) and Nissen ZBI 3134.
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FAIRFIELD PORTER, (1907-1975). DRAWINGS FROM THE ESTATE by (PORTER, Fairfield) (1907-1975). . Spring., Justin

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FAIRFIELD PORTER, (1907-1975). DRAWINGS FROM THE ESTATE
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(PORTER, Fairfield) (1907-1975). . Spring., Justin
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NYC, Hirschl and Adler Modern., 2001. Small 4to. 24pp. In fine condition. Softcover.
Florence Erwin's THREE HOMES. A Tale of North and South

Florence Erwin's THREE HOMES. A Tale of North and South by Erwin, Florence [pseudonym?]

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Florence Erwin's THREE HOMES. A Tale of North and South
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Erwin, Florence [pseudonym?]
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Sumner & Stillman (United States)
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1862. Boston: Crosby and Nichols, 1862. Original blind-stamped dark green cloth, illustrated on the spine in gilt. First Edition of this novel set in, and written during, the American Civil War. It is the best-known, if not only, novel by "Florence Erwin" -- about whom virtually nothing is known. In fact, both the title page and the binding are intentionally ambiguous: since the central characters of the book are the journeying Florence Erwin and her husband, is FLORENCE ERWIN'S THREE HOMES the title only, or the author plus the title? The headline atop each page is "The Three Homes." The story follows the lives of three women, each from a different background, who are affected by the war in different ways. The first woman, Mary, is a wealthy plantation owner from the South who is forced to flee her home when the Union Army invades. The second woman, Alice, is a Northern abolitionist who moves to the South to help slaves escape to freedom. The third woman, Kate, is a young girl who is sent to live with her aunt in the North after her father dies in battle. As the war progresses, the lives of these three women become increasingly intertwined... [Amz]. It is interesting that since this book was "deposited" in 1861 and first published in 1862, the three women's tales involve a lot of imagined outcomes, on the part of the author. Included are numerous illustrative plates. This is a remarkably close-to-fine copy of this uncommon wartime novel (spine gilt a little oxidized, front endpaper very slightly cracked, but scarcely any wear).
Stahl Überall. Monatliche Werbeschrift (Steel Everywhere. Monthly Advertising Paper) 2 Issues

Stahl Überall. Monatliche Werbeschrift (Steel Everywhere. Monthly Advertising Paper) 2 Issues by Baltrusch, Walter (ed.)

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Stahl Überall. Monatliche Werbeschrift (Steel Everywhere. Monthly Advertising Paper) 2 Issues
Author
Baltrusch, Walter (ed.)
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Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
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Very good condition
Description
Düsseldorf: Beratungsstelle für Stahlverwendung, 1930. First edition. Softcover. Very good condition. Original wraps illustrated with color photomontages and blue, respectively white lettering. Designs of covers and issues by Hans Stövhase. 1. Octavo (8 7/8 x 5 3/4"). 32pp. Original orange wraps illustrated with photomontage and blue lettering on cover. Volume 3, Issue 6-7, June-July 1930. Issue providing an overview of steel furniture as they were used in offices at the time. The offers include work desks, cabinets, shelves, laboratory outfits, vitrines, wardrobes, chairs, etc. The issue is illustrated with b/w photographs and technical drawings. Part two of the issue deals with various aspects of fire safety of steel furniture. 2. Quarto (9 1/16 x 6"). 12pp. Original blue wraps with modern design using artistic and photographic elements, white lettering. Volume 3, Issue 8, 1930. issue dedicated to galvanized steel roofing, providing specifications , describing handling and assembly, security, reaction to lightning and fire and price comparison. Illustrated with photomontages, b/w photography, technical drawings and diagrams. Text in German. Light wear along edges and very lightly rubbed.
Der Text des Neuen Testaments: Einführung in die wissenschaftlichen Ausgaben sowie in Theorie und Praxis der modernen Textkritik
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Der Text des Neuen Testaments: Einführung in die wissenschaftlichen Ausgaben sowie in Theorie und Praxis der modernen Textkritik by Aland, Kurt and Barbara

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Der Text des Neuen Testaments: Einführung in die wissenschaftlichen Ausgaben sowie in Theorie und Praxis der modernen Textkritik
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Aland, Kurt and Barbara
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Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
ISBN
9783438060112
Condition
vg
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Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. vg. 8vo. 342pp. Blue cloth with dust jacket. Minor staining on front board. Slight rubbing, creasing and scuffing on dj. Signed by previous owner on free front endpaper. "Dieses Buch ist als Lehrbuch für die theologischen Ausbildungsstätten ebenso wie als Lernbuch für das Selbststudium gedacht. Es wendet sich an alle die, die eine der modernen wissenschaftlichen Ausgaben des griechischen Neuen Testaments oder der Synopse mit möglichst grossem Nutzen gebrauchen wollen. Ebenso wendet es sich an alle, die ein Urteil über die Textgeschichte des Neuen Testaments wie die Befähigung zu einer selbstständigen Bewertung der mannigfachen Varianten in den kritischen Apparaten der Ausgaben gewinnen wollen." Illustrated with reproduction of text plates in b/w. Text in German. Very good condition.
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A reply to Mr. Burke's invective against Mr. Cooper, and Mr. Watt, in the House of Commons, on the 30th of April, 1792 by COOPER, Thomas

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A reply to Mr. Burke's invective against Mr. Cooper, and Mr. Watt, in the House of Commons, on the 30th of April, 1792
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COOPER, Thomas
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Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
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Manchester: Printed by M. Falkner and Co., 1792. FIRST EDITION. Lacks wrappers, first and last page soiled as consequence; marginal stain to last three leaves at hinge (adhesive?). First edition of this pamphlet, which nearly caused Cooper to be arrested for sedition. Cooper (1759-1839) was an English radical and Jacobite sympathiser. After his return from a trip to Paris with James Watt Jr. (1769-1848), he was strongly reproached by Burke for consorting and marching with revolutionaries. Cooper gives this strong reply, criticizing Burke and the English system. He later moved to America, where he was eventually imprisoned for six months for his strong opposition to the Sedition Act.
NIGHTINGALE

NIGHTINGALE by Atwood, Margaret

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NIGHTINGALE
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Atwood, Margaret
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Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA (United States)
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Fine
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Toronto: Harbourfront Reading Series, 2000. First edition, limited to 450 copies, 150 of which are numbered and 200.00 by Atwood on the limitation page of a total edition of 556 copies. This copy one of the numbered and signed issue. Copy #65. Stapled illustrated wraps. Front wrap top corner just touched; otherwise, in Fine condition.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/Not Issued. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Limited Edition.
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AN INQUIRY INTO THE DIFFERENCE OF STYLE OBSERVABLE IN ANCIENT GLASS by (WINSTON, Charles.)

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AN INQUIRY INTO THE DIFFERENCE OF STYLE OBSERVABLE IN ANCIENT GLASS
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(WINSTON, Charles.)
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The Bookpress, Ltd. (United States)
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(WINSTON, Charles.) AN INQUIRY INTO THE DIFFERENCE OF STYLE OBSERVABLE IN ANCIENT GLASS PAINTING, ESPECIALLY IN ENGLAND: WITH HINTS ON GLASS PAINTING. Volumes. Oxford: John Henry Parker, 1847. Large 8vo. Publisher's red cloth, gilt. xiv 384 pages; (ii), 24 pages, 57 plates numbered 1-75, plus 53A and 61A, many colored. First edition. "The principal object of this work is to investigate the varieties of ancient glass painting, and to reduce them to a few classes, in the same manner as ha been successfully attempted with regard to Gothic architecture." "The presen work is divided into two parts. In the first I have attempted to lay down rul which may serve to point out the leading distinction of styles: the second contains observations on the present state of the art, and suggestions for it application to particular purposes, and as the best means for its advancement Spine of text volume chipped at extremities and hinge. Internally very good.
Little Folks' Colored Picture Book

Little Folks' Colored Picture Book by New York. McLoughlin Bros

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Little Folks' Colored Picture Book
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New York. McLoughlin Bros
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Royoung bookseller, Inc. (United States)
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Orig. green cloth lettered in gilt, front cover pictorial inset. Yellow endpapers. Very good
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New York: McLoughlin Brothers, 1870. Hardcover. Orig. green cloth lettered in gilt, front cover pictorial inset. Yellow endpapers. Very good. 64 unnumbered pages. 26 x 18 cm. Nine full page chromolithographs. Interior contents clean. Owner inscription front free endpaper and owner book label bottom back cover pastedown. Rubbing to corners, nicks to backstrip head and foot. OCLC: 24104347.
Kiddie land; W931

Kiddie land; W931 by [ANONYMOUS]

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Kiddie land; W931
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[ANONYMOUS]
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Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
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Very good
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No place listed: No publisher listed, 1930. Pictorial boards. Very good. G.G. WIEDERSEIM. Folio; [14pp]; heavy card stock wrapper and pages; wrapper full color illustrated cover with title on front cover; full color illustrations every page; light soiling and shelf scuffing to wrapper, tape to wrapper upper spine covering a 2" tear on the fold, also tape to the inside of wrapper and 2nd page at the spine; very good minus. Not listed in any WorldCat library. Scarce. Grace Gibbie Wiederseim Drayton (1877-1936), was the artistic creator of the Campbell Soup kids and Dolly Dingle. She was the first woman to be a cartoonist for the publisher Hearst. Dating this work is based on her marriage to Theodore Wiederseim from 1900-1911. After her divorce from Wiederseim and marriage to William Drayton in 1911 she signed her name using Drayton. The paper and printing of this booklet seem to be from the 1930s although the illustrations are signed with the name of her first husband. A book called Kiddie land was published around 1910 with her illustrator sister, Margaret G. Hays, and Thomas Burke containing verse and rhymes. While this edition lacks verse and rhymes, it does contain stories about the activities the children are involved in. Interesting that the colors in the clothing are changed in this edition. Other soft wrapper books have the words "Linen Like Finish" to front, this copy does not.
The Lost Road

The Lost Road by Davis, Richard Harding

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The Lost Road
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Davis, Richard Harding
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1913. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo.,266pp plus 4pp ads. Original brown cloth. Titles stamped in gilt. Illustration of woman holding a riding crop, (or golf club), affixed to front board. Sharp First Edition. Square and tight and clean throughout. Spotting to top page edges. Fairly minor wear to edges and tips. Illustrated by Wallace Morgan. A very pretty collectable copy at a great price.
[SHEET MUSIC] Les Vins de Touraine - Chanson Bachique

[SHEET MUSIC] Les Vins de Touraine - Chanson Bachique by Prégenti, Emile (Words) & Pigneret-Moutié (Music)

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[SHEET MUSIC] Les Vins de Touraine - Chanson Bachique
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Prégenti, Emile (Words) & Pigneret-Moutié (Music)
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lizzyoung bookseller (United States)
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Illustrated wraps. Good
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Paris: Senart, c. 1915. Wraps. Illustrated wraps. Good. 2 pages. 31 x 27 cm. Covers toned with visabl crease. A couple of closed tears. Text in French.
Uncle Lemon's Spring.
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Uncle Lemon's Spring. by YOLEN, Jane.

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Uncle Lemon's Spring.
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YOLEN, Jane.
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Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN
9780525418306
Condition
Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Description
NY:: Dutton,. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1981. Hardcover. 052541830X . First printing. SIGNED and dated by the author in 2013. Near fine in a near fine, price clipped dust jacket. .
How Tia Lola Saved the Summer

How Tia Lola Saved the Summer by Alvarez, Julia

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Title
How Tia Lola Saved the Summer
Author
Alvarez, Julia
Seller
Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780375867279
Condition
Very good
Description
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. First Edition. 141pp. Very good hardback in a very good dust jacket.
Mark Wilsher: Unfinished Business: David Evison, Roger Harmer, Peter Hide, Bernard Schottlander, William Tucker, Brian Wall

Mark Wilsher: Unfinished Business: David Evison, Roger Harmer, Peter Hide, Bernard Schottlander, William Tucker, Brian Wall by WILSHER, Mark, Barry Martin and Jon Wood

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Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA
Title
Mark Wilsher: Unfinished Business: David Evison, Roger Harmer, Peter Hide, Bernard Schottlander, William Tucker, Brian Wall
Author
WILSHER, Mark, Barry Martin and Jon Wood
Seller
Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
Leeds: Henry Moore Institute, 2008. First edition. Softcover. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran July 26 through October 26, 2008. For Wilsher's fellowship project he took images of sculptures by David Evison, Roger Harmer, Peter Hide, Bernard Schottlander, William Tucker, and Brian Wall. Also includes text by Barry Martin, and an interview of Wilsher by Jon Wood. A fine copy in stapled wrappers.

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