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Chess Tournament Crosstables: by Jeremey Gaige (1927-2011)

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Title: Chess Tournament Crosstables:
Author: Jeremey Gaige (1927-2011)
Seller: The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: 4 volumes: Volume I (1851-1900) iv+166+[27 unnumbered] pages with bibliography and appendix; Volume 2 1900-1910 v[1]+[167]-354+[2]pages; Volume 3 (1911-1920) iv+[355]-520A+[2 unnumbered] pages; Volume 4 (1921-1930) iii+[350A]+[496A]+[520B]+[521]-920+xvi pages. Octavo (8 3/4" x 6") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front cover. Over 375 cross-tables, including a list of tournaments in series. (Lusis: 1382) Volume 1, volumes 2, 3 and 4 first editions.Issued in four volumes over a period of various dates. Covers a period from the first chess tournament, which was a knock out London, in 1851 through 1930.Condition:Corners bumped and rubbed, spine ends and hinges rubbed, gilt dulled. Volume A very good set issued without jackets.

Poetical Works of John Milton (Fine Binding) by -

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Title: Poetical Works of John Milton (Fine Binding)
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Seller: Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Collectible; Fine
Description: London: Oxford University Press, 1970. Full-Leather. Collectible; Fine. The1970 Oxford reprint of Milton's Poetical Works, sumptuously bound (and signed) in full leather by Riviere (Bayntun of Bath) for Aspreys of London. A rich, light-brown calf, with raised bands, finely gilt-tooled compartments and rule along the spine and panels. All edges gilt. Bright and Near Fine. Save for just a touch of scuffing at the rear panel, an immacualte copy. Octavo, 570 pgs.

BLACK YEOMANRY : LIFE ON ST. HELENA ISLAND [Signed] by Woofter, Thomas Jackson, 1893-1972

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Title: BLACK YEOMANRY : LIFE ON ST. HELENA ISLAND [Signed]
Author: Woofter, Thomas Jackson, 1893-1972
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
Description: New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1930. First printing. Hardcover. Octavo, x, 291 pages. In Fair condition. Spine is black with faded print. Boards in black cloth. Wear to spine caps and corners, toning to spine, tanning to endpapers, light soiling. Text block has small stain to front flyleaf, tanning to endpapers, cracked hinges front and rear, light foxing to plates and adjacent pages. Illustrated with frontispiece and b&w plates. Signed in ink by the author inside front flyleaf. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, ND-HV Column. 1369084. FP New Rockville Stock.

Six Autograph Letters Signed, Chippewa Bay, New York, New York City and New Haven Connecticut, 1911-1912 to Miss Helen D. Whitney, “Hedge Lee”, Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, and 471 Park Avenue, New York by Bourne, George Galt

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Title: Six Autograph Letters Signed, Chippewa Bay, New York, New York City and New Haven Connecticut, 1911-1912 to Miss Helen D. Whitney, “Hedge Lee”, Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, and 471 Park Avenue, New York
Author: Bourne, George Galt
Seller: Michael Brown Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Description: six letters, 44 pages, accompanied by original mailing envelopes, some occasional wear and staining to paper, else in good, legible condition. George Bourne, the son of Frederick G. Bourne, multi-millionaire founder of Singer Sewing machines and "Commodore" of the New York Yacht Club, was a 22 year-old senior at Yale when he first met the beautiful Helen Cole Whitney, 20 year old daughter of Charles Elmore Whitney of Boston, heir to the Hollingsworth & Whitney Paper Company. She lived, for much of the year, at "Hedge Lee," the Whitney "country place" on Martha's Vineyard, an enormous Italianate waterfront villa, where the Whitney's summered with their staff of butlers, coachmen and grooms. Bourne's first letter to Whitney, speaks of her "getting full of health and enjoying the U. S. air", which suggests she may have just returned from a residence abroad, undoubtedly in Europe. He had just spent a "wonderful" summer on the St. Lawrence River, "doing about everything except fussing. Have given that up" and was "taking life more seriously." He already hinted of "very romantic" thoughts about her, signed his note with "much love" and hoped to see her again very soon. By the end of 1911, they were secretly engaged. The next letters were written from Yale, just before his graduation, while he was preparing "to spring the wonderful news on father" (whom he refers to as "the Commodore.") He would soon be going down to Tiffany's "to look over different designs of engagement rings" and was making plans for an eight months honeymoon in Europe. She was his "heroine … the girl I look up to and worship." Discussing the plot of some book she had been reading, he gave his opinion on "a woman who had sinned…" If her husband were "true, honest and absolutely sincere to her … if a woman does something which is shameful, then comes to her husband for forgiveness, with an excuse that she did not know any better … she should have a keeper. No good man could ever respect his wife if she did anything like that for no reason at all and if he lost his respect, he would also lose his love for her. Now on the other hand, if a man was not sincere to his wife and did things which I consider more than low and disgusting, I think she is perfectly justified in paying him back in some way which he would never forget." Of course, "there will be no actions whatsoever of this sort brought into our married life. I am and always will be sincere and true to you … And naturally expect you to be the same way toward me. There can be no true love in married life if one member deceives the other, and it would just break my heart into a thousand pieces if I found that you were not honest with me, but knowing that you are just makes me the happiest man in the world … I do not tell our secrets to anyone … I tell you everything and I want you to tell me all, and in this way we can always know and understand each other, so that there will be no unhappiness." During the summer of 1912, Bourne went back to his family's vacation home on the St. Lawrence and spent most of his time playing golf and sailing one of his yachts. His last letter in this group, again from Yale, implies some disagreement between the lovers: "Don't you ever say that I don't love you again for it almost kills me to hear you say it. I am going to improve from now on, so that you will think better of me when we come together again … You are the only little girl in this world for me. I meant that with all my heart and soul… You were so adorable and sweet this summer even if I did not appreciate it at the time, but I certainly do now … I only wish the date was set…" Bourne apparently graduated at the end of the year, and the wedding was held on New Year's day 1913 in New York City at an Episcopal Church on Park Avenue. The Times described the event in detail, including the "superb necklace of diamonds" and "bar-shaped corsage ornament of diamonds" worn by the bride, both presents from the groom. The paper noted that on their return from their honeymoon, the couple would live at their home on Park Avenue. The following year, Helen would give birth to a daughter, also named Helen – who was to have an auspicious future. The marriage lasted another 10 years. A none-too-active partner in a stock brokerage, Bourne served in the Navy during World War I, though in a sinecure as aide to the Superintendent of a Navy Yard. After his father's death in 1919, he seems to have spent most of his life racing yachts. His wife divorced him in 1924. They both remarried, he to the daughter of a Chicago banker who also later divorced him, pleading "extreme cruelty". More notably, Helen Whitney Bourne married the "immensely wealthy" Harvey Gibson, President of the Manufacturers Trust Company, American Red Cross Commissioner to Europe during both World Wars. They lived happily together until his death in 1950 and were both lauded for many charitable pursuits. At their Oyster Bay estate, they also raised Helen's daughter by her first marriage – who was to lead a more unconventional life. After "coming out", the younger Helen Whitney Bourne won skiing, golf and tennis tournaments, was named "one of the best dressed women" in America, called the "authentic personification of smart Park Avenue" and the "reigning queen of Palm Springs society." But then the stunningly beautiful young woman chose, against her parents wishes, to become an actress. After a stint on Broadway, she spent five years appearing in Hollywood movies while living in a "swanky" Bel Air mansion. Then her life took another surprising turn. After a series of affairs (with a Vanderbilt and several actors and directors), at 26, she married 55 year old Stanton Griffis, Chairman of Paramount Pictures and future US Ambassador to Spain, Argentina, Egypt and Poland. The marriage lasted only a year. During the second World War, after serving as a Red Cross nurse in England and nearly becoming engaged to Winthrop Rockefeller, she married, and divorced, two more times. She died in 1988.

THE PASSING OF NORMALCY by WOOD, Charles W.

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Title: THE PASSING OF NORMALCY
Author: WOOD, Charles W.
Seller: Antic Hay Books (United States)
Description: B.C. Forbes Publishing Company, 1929. WOOD, Charles W. THE PASSING OF NORMALCY. NY: B.C. Forbes Publishing Company, [1929]. 8vo., faux leather and boards in dust jacket. First Edition. An uncommon title on the increasing role business plays in society and how best to cope with the problem. Signed presentation from Wood on front endpaper: "To Mr. and Mrs. William Johnston Andrews, In appreciation of their fine spirt of friendliness toward my est beloved when she was ill and alone. Charles W. Wood. Jan. 1, 1930." Very Good (contents clean & tight); little soil (few small chips & short tears) d/j. $150.00.

Personnel Management on the Railroads; a Study by the Policyholders'; a Study by the Policyholders' Service Bureau Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

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Title: Personnel Management on the Railroads; a Study by the Policyholders'; a Study by the Policyholders' Service Bureau Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Seller: McBlain Books (United States)
Condition: Good
Description: New York: Simmons-Boardman, 1925. Hardcover. Good. xv, [17]-227p. 19cm. Ink marks along portions of joint creases. Backstrip browned and slightly frayed at top. No Jacket. An uncommon book promoting better industrial relations and more insurance.

The Avita Fraus of Russia

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Title: The Avita Fraus of Russia
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Condition: Good
Description: London: W. Ridgway, 1877. Paperback. Good. 94p. Later plain wrapper (faded). 20cm. Ex lib.

Crimes and Misdemeanors (Original photograph of Woody Allen and Martin Landau from the set of the 1989 film) by Woody Allen (director, screenwriter, starring); Brian Hamill (photographer); Martin Landau, Mia Farrow, Alan Alda, Anjelica Huston (starring)

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Title: Crimes and Misdemeanors (Original photograph of Woody Allen and Martin Landau from the set of the 1989 film)
Author: Woody Allen (director, screenwriter, starring); Brian Hamill (photographer); Martin Landau, Mia Farrow, Alan Alda, Anjelica Huston (starring)
Seller: Royal Books (United States)
Description: Beverly Hills, CA: Orion Pictures Corporation, 1989. Vintage reference photograph of Martin Landau and Woody Allen on the set of the 1989 film. One of Allen's finest films, a dark drama with comic elements, interweaving two opposing stories. In one, ophthalmologist Judah Rosenthal's (Landau) mistress (Angelica Huston) threatens to reveal their affair unless he leaves his wife Miriam (Claire Bloom). Responding to the threat, his gangster brother Jack (Jerry Orbach) offers to have her killed. In the other, documentary filmmaker Clifford Stern (Allen) is hired by his pompous television producer brother-in-law (Alan Alda) to make a documentary about him and begins to fall in love with producer Halley Reed (Mia Farrow). Nominated for three Academy Awards, including Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actor for Martin Landau. Set in and shot on location in New York and New Jersey. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Ebert III. Schrader, Canon Fodder 39.

The Rubaiyat Of Mirza-Mem'n by [Zimmerman, John S.]

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Title: The Rubaiyat Of Mirza-Mem'n
Author: [Zimmerman, John S.]
Seller: Royoung bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Orig. quarter navy spine and white cloth, front cover decorated in gilt floral motif. Teg. Very good
Description: Chicago: Henry Olendorf Shepard, 1901. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. quarter navy spine and white cloth, front cover decorated in gilt floral motif. Teg. Very good. Unpaginated. 23.5 x 19.5 cm. 12 half-tone reproductions of drawings by H.O Shepard with lettered tissue guards. Text framed by decorative mauve borders. Some stanzas "more or less paraphrased from McCarthy's elegant prose translation of the Rubaiyat..." Slight rubbing to backstrip head and foot, interior sharp and bright.

Benoit Woo: Rituels Matriarcaux by WOO, Benoit

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Title: Benoit Woo: Rituels Matriarcaux
Author: WOO, Benoit
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Description: Quebec, Canada: VU - Centre De Diffusion et De Production De La Photographie, 2002. First edition. Softcover. Eight page exhibition catalog for a show that ran October 11 through November 10, 2002. Text in French and includes several black and white illustrations. A fine copy in stapled wrappers. Uncommon with only 1 copy listed in OCLC.

Primer año en tierra de Sion by Zemaj, Shlomo (Shlomo Zemach)

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Title: Primer año en tierra de Sion
Author: Zemaj, Shlomo (Shlomo Zemach)
Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description: Jerusalem: Departamento de la Juventud y del Jalutz de la Organización Sionista Mundial, 1961. 257p. hardcover in dustjacket; very good. Spanish edition of an autobiographical work by Zemach, who emigrated from Płonsk to Ottoman Palestine in 1904.

Through Gates of Seoul: Trails and Tales of Yi Dynasty: Volume I by ADAMS, Edward B

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Title: Through Gates of Seoul: Trails and Tales of Yi Dynasty: Volume I
Author: ADAMS, Edward B
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
Description: Seoul:: Taewon Publishing Company,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1974. Hardcover. Volume I only. 202 photographs, including 40 in color and 48 pages of maps and charts. Second edition. Very good in a very good (minor edge wear and rubbing, a bit faded along the spine) dust jacket. .

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