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Group of Love Letters to Flora Temple Lash, whom he married, with sketches and related ephemera

Group of Love Letters to Flora Temple Lash, whom he married, with sketches and related ephemera by Sterner, Albert (1863-1946)

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Seller: Michael Brown Rare Books, LLC
Title
Group of Love Letters to Flora Temple Lash, whom he married, with sketches and related ephemera
Author
Sterner, Albert (1863-1946)
Seller
Michael Brown Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
No Binding. Very Good. 20 letters, 59 pages, several letters illustrated with sketches, letters dated 1922-1941, the bulk from 1923-1924, with 9 pencil and pen sketches, 17 printed and manuscript ephemeral items, including: exhibition lists, catalogs and price lists, Christmas cards designed and printed by the artist, the ephemera dates from 1912-1941, with nine snapshot photographs, plus accompanying negatives. Collection of love letters from Albert Sterner, an academically trained artist, painter, draughtsman and print-maker, who as an older married man, at the age of 60, seems to have fallen hard for the younger Flora Temple Lash. Sterner divorced his first wife and later married Flora. The letters discuss Sterner's artistic life and his relationship with Flora. [March 14, 1923] New York, to Flora Temple Lash, Philadelphia "Darling! If ever in my life I did what I longed not to do it was then when the door closed last night and I left you. I crossed the wet street and looked up at your windows but you were busy - undressing - going in your little bed where but a moment before you had lain beside me. It was heavenly sweet that quiet embrace - It was so close so dear so deep - The silences of it are still in my memory! I got a lower berth on the 1215 and went to bed and stayed there till 7 this morning I slept fitfully - had breakfast at the Pennsylvania Station and got here long before Norah arrived. I have been working on and off at the etching scraping out a large place - it is arduous the cutting of the copper - So I am not sending you a proof till the thing is corrected - and Jules just came with another photograph of your drawing - but it is worse than the other so tomorrow he will do it again. ." [October 1, 1923] New York, to Flora Temple Lash, Philadelphia "Dear Love! I have thought of you all through this day - Now it is night - and I long for you so I might kiss your dear eyes and just hear your lovely voice say "Albert" No one says it like you do, no one! Even over the phone when you are many miles away it bears me to your love - and I love it. I had dinner alone at the Arts Club, for the Players Kitchen is out of commission and we go next door and eat among the old ladies - they are all old ladies there men and women - This morning I printed a beautiful proof from my plate 'the mask' or 'Now Unmask' which title do you prefer. It is really a beautiful proof. I am more & more mad about etching and I find out more wonderful things about it every hour. It is much more precious than lithography and much more difficult and longer to make and so one loves it more. It is more uncertain too and has more mystery. I want you to see this proof, so if you don't come to New York at the end of the week I will bring it to show you and will try to print from your plate reading too. - A mad idea has been in my head of renting my studio and going to stay in Vermont . so I would not have to earn so much money and could go on etching - but it is only an idea and may never materialize. ." [Jan 7 1924] New York to Flora Temple Lash, Philadelphia "Dearest Love! . All this week every evening till Saturday I have to play the little Pirandello Play - and on Monday the 14 - I begin the portrait of Mr. Tyler at Elkins Park. I shall go to Philad. Sunday the other two drawings they ordered are to be done later. Tyler wrote that they loved the boy's portrait. On the 17th I lecture at the Fellowship. Did you get the photographs & get them to Mary Butler? And on the 19th I give my lecture on drawing here at the Anderson ." June 27, 1924, Binghamton, New York to Flora T. Lash, Philadelphia "My Beloved - First how are you? You dear - I hope quite better and feeling allright. I never like to see you suffering. It
Pervoe svidanie

Pervoe svidanie by Bely, Andrey

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Seller: Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books
Title
Pervoe svidanie
Author
Bely, Andrey
Seller
Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books (United States)
Description
Peterburg: Alkonost, 1921. First edition. Original wrappers, 69 pp. A very good copy, hinges split. Contemporary inscription on title page. One of an edition of 3000 copies; a Berlin edition appeared the following year. "Of all this great writer's works, it remains the one whose artistic merit and value are unassailed. Some critics even place it among the finest achievements of twentieth-century Russian poetry...[it] can also be appreciated as a compendium of Bely's lifework in literature " Gerald Janacek, Introduction to his 1977 translation "The First Encounter
Day of Paris

Day of Paris by KERTESZ, Andre

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Title
Day of Paris
Author
KERTESZ, Andre
Seller
Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
New York: J.J. Augustin, 1945. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Kertesz' first book to be published in the U.S. Produced with the assistance of photo historian Peter Pollock and legendary graphic designer and photographer Alexey Brodovitch. With their help this book has become a high spot of 20th century photography books and a consensus pick on all of the "best of lists.' An about fair copy in cloth boards with the front and rear endpapers missing, a long gift inscription to the half title page and the front panel of the dust jacket affixed to the front board. A solid reference copy of this classic. (Parr & Badger v1, 200: Roth 114).
The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore

The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore by Williams, Tennessee

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Seller: Royoung bookseller, Inc.
Title
The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore
Author
Williams, Tennessee
Seller
Royoung bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Orig. green cloth. Very good in nicked dust wrapper, head and foot
Description
New York: New Directions, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. green cloth. Very good in nicked dust wrapper, head and foot. 118 pages. 20.4 x 13.5 cm. Clean, bright copy with $3.75 priced dust jacket. First edition, second issue, with pp. 19-22 tipped in and Scene Two starting on p.21.
Der Weidmann. Blatter Fur Jager Und Jagdfreunde: Erste Illustrirte Deutsche Jagdzeitung . .

Der Weidmann. Blatter Fur Jager Und Jagdfreunde: Erste Illustrirte Deutsche Jagdzeitung . .

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Der Weidmann. Blatter Fur Jager Und Jagdfreunde: Erste Illustrirte Deutsche Jagdzeitung . .
Seller
White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Blasewitz-Dresden: Verlag Von Paul Wolff, 1889. First Edition. Half Calf. Very Good. Elephant Folio. 456 + 114 pp., binding together 12 monthly issues of hunting/shooting/fishing/ sporting magazine of late nineteenth century. With index. Besides articles, rich in ads for hunting and outdoor gear. Spine starting, and joint rubbed. Otherwise, tight, clean, toned.
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Der lichtspendende Leuchter: Eine Sammlung der jüdischen Ethik aus Bibel und Talmud by Aboab, Isaak; S. Bamberger (transl.)

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Title
Der lichtspendende Leuchter: Eine Sammlung der jüdischen Ethik aus Bibel und Talmud
Author
Aboab, Isaak; S. Bamberger (transl.)
Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
Condition
vg
Description
Hamburg: Georg Kramer, 1920. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Ex-library. 8vo. vii,544pp. Gold-tooled maroon cloth with gold lettering on cover and spine. Work on Jewish ethics from the Bible and Talmud. "Bearbeitet und ins Deutsche übertragen von Rabbiner Dr. S. Bamberger." Some age wear, scuffing, staining and sunning on binding. Tail of spine and parts of bottom edges bumped. Samall stamp of Library Hebrew Union College, Jewish Institute of Religion, California School on inside of front and back board. Age toning to outer edges of interior pages. Text in German, Gothic script. Tight copy with binding in good, interior in overall very good condition.

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