This German conductor and composer of folk music solos and vocal pieces enjoyed enormous popularity throughout Europe in the Mid-19th century. ALS in German, 1p, 5" X 8", Braunschweig, Germany, 1862 January 22. Near fine. Though boldly penned and attractive, Abt's miniscule and stylized script makes translation difficult -- appears..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1939. Hardcover. Drawings by Wilfred Jones. Complete 2-volume set in slipcase. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, slipcase with paper spine label. 977pp. Small chapter opening wood engravings. Near fine/very good. Early (not first) printing, tight and handsome. Lovely pair of this continuation of..... More
This Unitarian minister about whom little is known was an intimate of Emerson (having served as best man at his wedding) and friend of Thoreau and the Transcendentalists and for a time in the 1840s lived at their famed utopian community, Brook Farm; one scholar describes him as "teacher, thinker..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1931. Hardcover. Illustrations by J.J. Lankes. 8vo. Green decorated cloth with gold foil spine label. vi, 225pp, (1p), (4pp ads). Two-color woodcut frontispiece, numerous small woodcuts, pictorial endpapers. Very good. Mild binding edgewear only, else internally tight and near fine. Attractive first edition of this..... More
The Union general who gave us "sideburns" experienced victories in East Tennessee and North Carolina and managed to outwit General John Hunt Morgan and his raiders, but defeats in the Battle of Fredericksburg and the Battle of the Crater caused him to resign; he was later elected governor and then..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1943]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Paul Laune. Small 8vo. Tan pebble-grain cloth with brown lettering and decoration, pictorial dust jacket. 212pp. Frontispiece, line drawings, orange pictorial Gretta endpapers. Very good/very good. Text block lightly, evenly age toned as typical of war-time paper, with bit of whitish..... More
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1927. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Orange cloth with black lettering. 324pp. Very good. Mild edgewear. A tight, nice early printing of one of the "Haycraft Queen Cornerstone" titles -- with unusual autograph addition: Tipped to the front flyleaf is a heavy stock 5" X 3"..... More
Famed Mexican caricaturist and sculptor who worked and exhibited in New York in the 1920s and '30s; in a February 1936 "Time" magazine review of an exhibit of his figures in Manhattan, the review noted his "brilliantly colored little figures," wax pieces less than 6" tall; he described Hidalgo as..... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1948. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Green paper over boards with blue spine lettering. 224pp. Very good. Mild binding edgewear and faint sunning, else internally near fine. Truly tight and quite attractive first edition of this collection of seven crime noir short stories by Cornell Woolrich -- Irish..... More
N.p. N.p., [1865]. Heavy stock ticket, 3 1/8" X 1 7/8", printed in Springfield in May 1865. Near fine. Lightly age toned, else clean and bright, with no edge tears. Ornately typeset entrance ticket to view Lincoln's body in Representatives' Hall at the Illinois state capitol building in Springfield during..... More
Examples of this noted portraitist's work hang in museums nationwide; a student of (among others) William Merritt Chase -- also her first customer -- she became known for her sensitive oil portraits of women and children; in 1912 she co-founded the National Foundation of Portrait Painters with her husband, and..... More
The best-known Shakespearian interpreter of the late 19th century was this English actor, who toured extensively and played Broadway to great success, often producing and directing as well; his performance in London in 1888 in the title role of "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" earned him..... More
Supposedly the youngest soldier to enlist in the Civil War; others, such as Johnny Clem (born 1851), the "Union Drummer Boy of Chickamauga," were indeed younger, although Clem did not carry a weapon until later, was not officially mustered in and his wages were paid out of donations by the..... More
Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1896. Hardcover. 4to. Original full pebble-grained black leather on bevelled boards, heavily blind-embossed and with gilt Illinois outline; inner dentelles. 548pp. All edges gilt. Numerous full-page steel engraved portraits. Very good. Minor edgewear; expertly rebacked in leather at some point, with original gilt spine laid..... More
The English-speaking world's most revered actor, star of screen and legitimate stage for several decades; films include "Rebecca," "Richard III," "Spartacus," "Henry V," "Hamlet" and many more. IPS, 10" X 8", n.p., n.d. Fine. Glossy modern print of an unidentified film scene depicting a young, pajama-clad Olivier on hands and..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1929. Hardcover. 4to, Original blue buckram. xxxv, 785pp. Very good. Some faint pencil underlining shadows in the opening text pages; rear inner hinge a tad delicate, but sound. First edition, tight and nice, of this famed bibliography. Editors W.W. Francis, R.H. Hill and Archibald Mallach open..... More
Italian-born American composer and pianist. TLS, 2pp, 6½" X 8", Brooklyn, NY, 1925 May 16. Addressed to pianist John Leiser. Fine. Fascinating, lengthy explanation of how he came to write "Secrets of the Success of Great Musicians." In part: "Why was it, for instance, that some well educated, intelligent person..... More
Richmond: The Whig Book and Job Office, 1862. Paperback. 8vo. Original blue printed wrappers. 32pp. Very good. Mild wear to outer wrappers (only). Wear at head and foot of spine, with minor discoloration at bottom of rear wrapper. Scarce first edition of this lengthy tirade denouncing the North and defending..... More
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London: C. Roworth, 1802. Hardcover. 12mo. Modern brown cloth rebind with burgundy leather spine label. 407pp. Very good. Modern binding of course fine and pristine; some age toning about the edges of the title page; original text block clean and quite handsome. First edition, tight and handsome. Ritson (1752-1803) was..... More
Auto safety pioneer long before Ralph Nader popularized the topic in "Unsafe at Any Speed," this University of Minnesota mechanical engineering professor (1931-63) patented the first retractable safety seat belt in 1963 and the "black box" flight recorder in 1960; he also improved hydraulic bumpers, dashboards and collapsible steering columns..... More
Edinburgh: John Ballantyne and Co., 1811. Hardcover. Small 4to. Rebound in quarter black calf with gilt spine and marbled paper over boards. 164pp. Marbled edges. Near fine/very good. Handsome newer binding near fine, with just a couple of quite minor scuffs; text block lightly, evenly age toned, with a blind-embossed..... More
N.p. J. & G.S. Gideon, 1848. Paperback. 8vo. Self-cover. 8pp. Very good. Slightest of age toning. Political intrigue in which this Connecticut representative (1791-1884) defends his actions at the Whig presidential convention against attacks made by another delegate (Blunt), maintaining that he was not a Henry Clay puppet. Indeed not..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1921. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth, gilt spine lettering. ix, 538pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, 2 foldout maps at rear, pictorial endpapers. Very good. A bit drab and rubbed, with mild edgewear (mainly at head and tail of spine) and bit of cloth rippling on front board;..... More
New York: Covici, Friede, 1929. Hardcover. Translation and introduction by J.U. Nicolson. Illustrations by Alexander King. Small 4to. Complete 2-volume set. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jackets. 899pp. Top edges gilt. Sepia-tone frontispieces,full-page sepia-tone illustrations. Very good/very good. Faint bit of edgewear only. An exceptionally tight and attractive..... More