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Thomas Edison Writes to the Maharaja, Seeking Help in Taking ""Moving Pictures"" in ""your wonderful country"" by Thomas Edison

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Seller: The Raab Collection

Title: Thomas Edison Writes to the Maharaja, Seeking Help in Taking ""Moving Pictures"" in ""your wonderful country""
Author: Thomas Edison
Seller: The Raab Collection (United States)
Description: 1/7/11. With the envelope addressed to the Maharajah “I am sending my representative, Mr. James Ricalton, to your wonderful country to obtain a series of moving pictures of interesting subjects. I have thought it may be within the power of your Excellency to assist my photographer in gaining access to subjects… These pictures are now being used widely over the world as an educational factor""Thomas Edison's company, Edison Manufacturing Company, began to focus on expanding its movie market, particularly in Great Britain and parts of Europe, by producing films on European themes like ""Relief of Lucknow"". At the same time, they were also developing new types of films and formats for home use. This led to the creation of documentary-style films like ""Gold and Diamond Mines of South Africa”, and in the United States, ""Down the Old Potomac”. The latter follows a week-long, 180-mile trip on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal through the Potomac Valley from Cumberland, Md., to Washington, D.C. It includes scenes of the locks in operation; a mile-long, hand-dug tunnel which was built in 1840; coal barges plying the canal; Maryland farming country; Harper's Ferry; and Great Falls.James Ricalton was a traveler and photographer known for his work with Edison. He traveled extensively to capture images for Edison’s stereoscopic photography and film projects, circumnavigating the world seven times. He also played a key role in sourcing materials, such as bamboo from China, for Edison’s light bulb filament experiments. Their collaboration contributed to advancements in early photography, cinematography, and electric lighting technology, as well as the widespread dissemination of exotic movies and images from around the world.In 1911, Edison sent his representative, Ricalton, to India to film interesting motion pictures. Ricalton had been in India before, and was well known for his still photographs of Kashmir. The Kinetograph, invented by Thomas Edison and William Kennedy Laurie Dickson, was a motion picture camera that captured sequences of images on film. These images, when viewed through a Kinetoscope (a peephole viewer), created the illusion of moving pictures. The Kinetograph was a crucial step in the development of the motion picture industry. Edison wanted Ricalton to go to India at field test this.Typed letter signed, on his Laboratory letterhead, Orange, N.J., July 1, 1911, to His Excellency the Maharajah in India, to enlist his assistance in gaining access to points of interest for his videographer. “I am sending my representative, Mr. James Ricalton, to your wonderful country to obtain a series of moving pictures of interesting subjects. I have thought it may be within the power of your Excellency to assist my photographer in gaining access to subjects he may find desirable. These pictures are now being used widely over the world as an educational factor and any assistance which your Excellency may extend to my representative will be highly valued by me personally, as well as by the public at large.” Which maharajah this is, is not indicated on the letter nor its accompanying envelope.This letter documents Edison’s interest in the international scope of his intentions and his outreach to make the sure that his movie maker will have access to the best subjects.

Common people by Hewlett, Jamie (illus.) Pulp, rock band (words).

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Title: Common people
Author: Hewlett, Jamie (illus.) Pulp, rock band (words).
Seller: Arthur Fournier Fine & Rare (United States)
Description: Limited circulation promotional comic book illustrating the lyrics to a pop song. Tall thin 4to. Near fine. Illus. stiff wraps. [1313] Pulp's anthem of class consciousness, drawn by the genius who gave us Tank Girl. According to the comically Franglish introduction, "They're part of melodic continuum that began in England's dance hall during WWI. More recent points on that timeline have included The Kinks, Roxy Music, Bowie (Diamond Dogs era), The Smiths, and Blur. Pulp's songs present a very English slice of life, garnished with bathos, wit and humor.The melange includes guitars, bass, drums, violin, a very cheesy Farisa organ (how retro!) ans [sic] the inimitable vocal stylings of Mr. Jarvis Cocker." As of September 2021, we are unable to locate this rare item, given away as a mail in promo for French fans only, in North America.

THE KID by AIKEN, Conard

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Title: THE KID
Author: AIKEN, Conard
Seller: Houle Rare Books & Autographs (United States)
Description: NEW YORK, DUELL SLOAN AND PEARCE [1947], 1947. DUST JACKET (UNCLIPPED); ORIGINAL BLUE STAMPED TAN CLOTH; ADVANCE COPY FOR REVIEW WITH PUBLISHER'S SLIP LAID IN LOOSE. FINE, FRESH. Hardcover.

The Story of the Shakers and Some of Their Favorite Cooking Recipes. Calendar for 1882 by [Shaker] White, A.J.

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Title: The Story of the Shakers and Some of Their Favorite Cooking Recipes. Calendar for 1882
Author: [Shaker] White, A.J.
Seller: Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink (United States)
Description: [New York: A. J. White, 54 Warren Street, 1881. Stapled booklet (19.5 x 15 cm.), 28 pages (plus wrappers). Illustrated throughout. The ephemeris begins with March 1882 and runs through February of 1883. The first of the A.J. White Shaker almanacs which announced their culinary content. The text includes a letter of Mary Carr. These promotional booklets, advertising the "Shaker Extract of Root", were manufactured by the Mount Lebanon, New York United Society of Believers Community, but based on the recipes of Andrew Judson White, who contracted the Shakers to supply the tonic. Shaker Almanacs were produced by White for many years, but just a few of them are dedicated to cookery, at least in name. This booklet does contain a variety of Shaker culinary recipes, as well as stories of their history and other bits typical of the almanacs, but much of it is given over to glowing testimonials for the Shaker Extract of Root. Some very light discoloration throughout and some shipping and light edgewear to the publisher's illustrated wrappers. Still near very good. [Richmond, Shaker Literature 19].

The Wingless Victory. A Play in Three Acts by ANDERSON, Maxwell

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Title: The Wingless Victory. A Play in Three Acts
Author: ANDERSON, Maxwell
Seller: Argosy Book Store (United States)
Condition: fine
Description: Washington: Anderson House, 1936. First. hardcover. fine/near fine. Thin 8vo, cloth, d.w. Washington, 1936. First Edition. Fine copy in a near fine, slightly toned dust wrapper which features a likeness of actress Katherine Cornell.

Fromajadas and Indigo: The Minorcan Colony in Florida. by Beeson, Kenneth H., Jr.

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Title: Fromajadas and Indigo: The Minorcan Colony in Florida.
Author: Beeson, Kenneth H., Jr.
Seller: Lighthouse Books, ABAA (United States)
Description: Charleston, SC: The History Press, (2006). Octavo, softbound (stiff, illustrated purple wrappers), 95 pp. Fine (As New). From lower cover: With great anticipation, more than twelve hundred settlers -- the majority from the Mediterranean island of Minorca -- arrived on the eastern shore of Florida, south of St. Augustine, in 1768 to begin a new life at the colony of New Smyrna. Despite the initial successes of the colony, political strife and inadequate funding steered the colonists into dire straights. Fleeing the miserable living conditions and ruthless maltreatment of colony overseers, the colonists eventually sought refuge in St. Augustine, where the governor granted them asylum in 17¶7. For more than two hundred years the descendants of the surviving colonists have formed a resourceful and talented portion of St. Augustine’s population. From the six hundred plus that made the walk from New Smyrna, there are now over fifteen thousand descendants living in the St. Augustine area today. Kenneth Beeson was a direct descendant of the original Minorcan colonists. His treatise, Fromajadas and Indigo: The Minorcan Colony in Florida, has long been considered the first study of the Minorcan colonists and their history in St. Augustine. Although the work has been widely referenced by scholars and historians, this is the first time it has been made available in book form. Along with Clarissa Anderson Gibbs, Beeson was a co-founder of the Menorcan Cultural Society in the 1980s. The society’s mission is to preserve Minorcan culture and heritage. It is active in community events and hosts the Menorcan Heritage Celebration each year.

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