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London: Soviet Information Bureau By "the Soviet War News". Near Fine. 1941. First Edition. Pamphlet. 30 pages; Publisher's pale yellow printed wrappers. OCLC: 21344032 Minor time toning, a faint crease to the upper corner of the front cover, and some light browning of the paper stock throughout, but still a handsome and presentable copy of this scarce pamphlet, which records for the first time in English, a famous mass meeting of anti-fascist women in Moscow. The last of the speeches recorded was by Dolores Ibarruri, the renowned Spanish Republican leader better known in Leftist circles around the world as "La Passionaria." This pamphlet is now quite rare (3 copies only in the OCLC), and is NOT to be confused with the 16 pp. excerpt under the same title published the following year by the Communist Party of England (and reprinted by the English Communists as recently as 1986). ; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good. 1912. Hardcover. The Viking Edition; Clean and secure in original cloth bindings with gilt lettering at spine and gilt border and central decorative device in gilt on front boards. Each volume has an engraved frontispiece with tissue guard. All volume in very good condition, lightly faded at spines, Volume 4 has scratches at spine. Contents include: Lady Inger of Ostrat, The Feast at Solhoug, Love's Comedy, The Vikings, The Pretenders, Brand, Peer Gynt, Emperor and Galilean, The League of Youth, Pillars of Society, A Doll's House, Ghosts, An Enemy of the People, The Wild Duck, Rosmersholm, The Lady from the Sea, Hedda Gabler, Master Builder, Little Eyolf, John Gabriel Borkman, When We Dead Awaken, From Ibsen's Workshop, and the final volume is Gosse's "Life of Ibsen." Henrik Johan Ibsen (1828 – 1906) was a Norwegian playwright and theatre director. Ibsen known as "the father of realism" was one of… Read More

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott. Very Good. (1936). First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 255, (3) pages; Clean and secure in original quarto orange cloth with gilt lettering and decoration at front board and spine; corners still sharp, spine faded. Text block and all twelve colour plates with tissue guards in near fine condition. Pictorial endpapers. Peer Gynt is one of the most widely performed Norwegian plays of all time. This edition contains the fabulous illustrations of Arthur Rackham, one of the most celebrated painters of the British Golden Age of Illustration. Rackham’s artistry combined haunting humour with dream-like romance. .

New York: Simon & Schuster. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1954. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Autograph; xi, (1), 738 pages; This volume covers the first President Franklin Delano Roosevelt administration. Ickes (nickname "Honest Harold") was Roosevelt's trusted Secretary of the Interior (1933-46) and an ardent reformer, who also headed the Public Works Administration (1933-39). Owner's signature on ffep - "C. S. Pike" [Charles Sumner Pike]. Tipped in on front endpapers are two typed signed notes from Harold Ickes on Secretary of the Interior letterhead addressed to Charles Sumner Pike -- one dated May 6, 1943 and the other dated September 1, 1943. Also laid-in is a typed letter from Frank N. Isbey and J.W. Gilberton Treasury Department War Savings Staff letterhead thanking Mr. Pike for his tremendous efforts in War Bond Sales and praising the community of Charlevoix, Michigan for its generosity. The community encompassed the Belvedere… Read More

Annapolis: Nval Institute Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2006. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Autograph; xii, (2), 285, (3) pages; A Note on Sources and Bibliography. The author served as an Under Secretary of the Army and as Secretary of the Navy. He was President of the Washington Post and also led the Air Transport Association for a decade and a half. He served as a Naval Officer during WWII. ; Signed by Author .

Baltimore: American Literary Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. 173 pages; Clean and secure in original binding, lacks dustjacket. Inscribed and Signed onffep "Kay: It was a delight / meeting you at the Catto's / home. Hope you enjoy / Paul's memoir of his early / ears. / Joe Ignatius" Former Secretary of the Navy and prominent Armenian-American Paul R. Ignatius looks back on family history, childhood in Glendale, California (long before it had a "Little Armenia"), colorful characters (both famous and obscure) and Hollywood brushes with greatness, military service during World War II, and more. Chapters newly added for this second edition include reminiscences of Ignatius' former boss, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, and two homecomings of sorts: ont to Hoover High School in Glendale and the other a visit to ancestral lands in Historic Armenia. PROVENANCE: Katherine "Kay" Winton Evans was a… Read More

New York: Random House. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Autograph; (xii), 305, (3) pages; Clean and secure in original binding in very nice dustjacket. Inscribed and Signed on halftitle "For my friend Dick Cook / with best wishes / David Ignatius" Washington Post columnist David Ignatius is one of the most highly regarded writers in the capital, an influential journalist and acclaimed novelist with a keen eye for the subtleties of power and politics. In The Sun King, Ignatius has written a love story for our time, a spellbinding portrait of the collision of ambition and sexual desire. Sandy Galvin is a billionaire with a rare talent for taking risks and making people happy. Galvin arrives in a Washington suffering under a cloud of righteous misery and proceeds to turn the place upside down. He buys the city's most powerful newspaper, The Washington Sun and Tribune, and wields it like a sword, but in his path stands his old Harvard… Read More

New York: Random House. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Autograph; Clean and secure in original binding in very nice dustjacket. Inscribed and signed by the author on the halftitle "For my friends Rowly and Kay Evans / with best wishes / David Ignatius / May 1997" While in Paris, New York Mirror reporter Eric Truell lands the scoop of a lifetime. But when a maverick CIA agent starts leaking explosive, highly sensitive secrets to the savvy journalist, his career skyrockets.As his ties to the CIA deepen, Truell becomes tangled in a dark web of espionage and murder that spans from Washington to Beijing.Uncovering shattering truths in a realm of deceivers, and even more shocking lies in the world of journalism, Truell will make a perfect spy. And an even better victim ... David Ignatius is a critically acclaimed novelist and award-winning journalist whose fiction is cited on the CIA's Web page as work that should be read as the truth. He… Read More

Bethesda: Bank of Bethesda / Osborne Company. Very Good+. 1952. First Edition. Calendar. 32 pages; The calendar is in very good conditio, with just a single tiny closed tear along on fold. This charming mid-century calendar measures approx. 9" wide by 7" tall (double height when open to hang). Cover colour illustration by Henry (Hy) Hintermeister (1897-1972) of a boy racing down a hill in a soapbox car with his dog running beside him. The reverse of each month's calendar contains helpful hints for home-makers from Gardening Hints to Masonry Hints to Stain Removing Hints. The calendar pages are printed in brown and green with small background illustrations for holidays and other markable dates. Printed by Osborne Company in Clifton, NJ for distribution by Maryland's Bank of Bethesda, "Bethesda's Oldest Bank." A charming bit of American ephemera. Henry Hintermeister, known professionally as Hy Hintermeister, was an American painter and illustrator… Read More

New York: Dutton. Very Good. 1920. Hardcover. x, (2), 159, (1) pages; Clean and secure in original quarto red cloth binding with gilt lettering and decoration at front board and spine; lower corners slightly rounded, spine cloth faded worn at spine ends; cloth unevenly toned on boards . Text block and all twenty colour plates present and in very nice condition. All black and white illustrations present and sharp. No markings, no tears; a decent example of this fabulous Rackham work. The Story of Hansel and Grethel & Other Tales By The Brothers Grimm is a fantastic collection of stories, decorated with Arthur Rackham’s splendid illustrations. Included, are such well-known and loved stories as ‘The Frog Prince’, ‘Hansel and Gretel’, ‘The Valiant Little Tailor’, ‘Cinderella’, ‘Snow White’, and ‘Rumpelstiltskin’. The Brothers Grimm (or Die Brüder Grimm), Jacob (1785–1863) and Wilhelm Grimm (1786–1859),… Read More

New York: Judge Company. Very Good. 1903. First Edition. Print. 1 pages; Image clean and clear, with bright white matting. Image measures 13 X 9.25 inches; matted measures 22 X 14 inches. Full page cover of JUDGE magazine for January 3, 1902 depicting two beautiful, elegantly attired woman driving an automobile in a snowy landscape. The illustration bears the monogram "R.M.W." in the margin. I have not yet been able to identify this illustrator. .

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania / Zabel Brothers. Very Good. 1931. Paperback. 56 pages; Contents clean and secure in original pictorial wrappers, wrappers have a thumb sized stain at spine edge, otherwise image bright and impressive. Cover illustration is a bright red and blue color lithograph of a dastardly fellow clutching a swooning blond woman in distress, as a crying hound dog looks on. Illustrated with many photographs by Anton Breuhl, graphic illustrations, and many wonderful advertisements; e.g. Brooks Brothers, Provident Trust Company, The Barclay Apt. Bldg., J.E. Caldwell Jewelers, etc. This extensive programme for this play The production cast included Ward M. French as Sir John; Thurston C. Shays as East Lynne; E. Firzgerald Gore as Nell Lynne and and Arthur B. Sinkler as Abner Heartburn. Anton Bruehl studied engineering in Melbourne, Australia before emigrating to the United States in 1919. In 1924, he left engineering to enroll in Clarence H. White's school to… Read More

New York: Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper. Very Good. 1861. Print. Wood Engraving; 1 pages; A wonderful hand-colored wood engraving of Ft. Holt, Kentucky during the Civil War depicting a moated cannon emplacement with four cannons trained on the Ohio River. There are several uniformed soldiers in the foreground, with tents under the trees to the left and two steamboats on the river with the Illinois shore to the right in the background. Matted in white stock with clear mylar. Image measures 7.5" by 10" (11" x 14" matted) From Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, October 12, 1861 .

London: Downey & Co.. Very Good-. 1899. New Edition. Hardcover. 238 pages; Beautifully illustrated with engraved titlepage and twenty full page colour plates by Henry Alken with captioned tissue guards. Contents near fine - clean and tight in contemporary binding of three-quarter dark brown morocco over pale green & cream marbled boards with marbled endpapers. Five raised bands at spine with gilt lettering and decorative gilt devices depicting foxhunting horns and whips. Leather chipped at head of spine; hinges secure, but leather cracking along edges of spine. A still attractive volume; requires careful handling. Charles James Apperley (1777–1843), English sportsman and sporting writer, who published under the pseudonym "Nimrod." Apperley attended Rugby School, then served with the Ancient British Light Dragoons in Ireland. He settled in Warwickshire, where he devoted himself to fox-hunting. Facing financial difficulties, Apperley began to contribute a series… Read More

Kansas City: Circulation Service. Very Good. 1976. Plastic comb spine - Stiff wraps. 102, (10) pages; Clean and secure in original pictorial wrappers with black plastic comb spine. Recipes include Tuna Pie, Chopstick Tuna, Ham and Chili Dip, Teriyaki Flank Steak, Beef and Dumpling Bake, Grandma's Pan Fried Chicken, Tamale Layer Pie, Portuguese Aquid, Soda Cracker Pie, Bacardi Rum Cake, Mock Ravioli Casserole, Potato Chip Cookies, Lime-Pineapple Salad, etc. .

Boston: Roberts Bros.. Very Good. 1886. First Edition Thus. Decorative Cloth Binding. 53; 70; 58 pages; Contents clean and secure in special decorative binding; some minor wear at spine ends and rubbing at corners. Former owner's name neatly on first blank page -- "Adolphus E. J. Gregg." Specially bound in green cloth with beveled edges, gilt lettering and decorative stamping on front board with gilt lettering and image of the church on spine; floral endpapers; all edges gilt. Front cover contains a cast metal relief sculpture of St. Botolph Church and Lincolnshire Village, inset in beveled frame after F.B. Schell's engraving of the iconic Boston, Lincolnshire landmark. Frontispiece portrait of the author by F. T. Stuart with her facsimile autograph with glassine protective leaf. Full page illustrations designed by Miss C. A. Northam and J. Francis Murphy; the titlepage, and text illustrations designed by Edmund H. Garrett. All illustrations engraved by… Read More

London: Printed for the Author. Fair. 1760. First Edition. Disbound. vi, (2), 120 pages; Sold by T. Kinnersley in St. Paul's Church-Yard; and to be had of all other Booksellers in Town and Country. OCLC 504455151 ESTC t126448 This book lacks most of the leather backstrip and the entire rear board; the front calf covered board is present, but detached. The ffep and title page are still attached to the front board; the rest of the text block are held firmly by the original stitching and remainder of the spine. Text is clean, but for a couple brief pencil notes, marking where the reader left off. Quite a scarce volume; a good cadidate for rebinding. "Most of the pieces in this entertaining miscellany originally appeared in Lloyd's Evening Post." These anonymously published essays skip from a reminiscence of the author's charming youthful infatuation with his nurse and a string of other women into adulthood, to a day at an auction house, to his arrival at… Read More

New York: Beadle and Adams. Good. 1905. First Edition. Paperback. Beadle's Dime Library, No. 1098; 27, (5) ads pages; Complete and unmarked in original pictorial wrappers with 5 pages of ads at rear. Wrappers detached, split along spine, chipped at edges; general edgewear, shallow chipping, edges toned. Printed in triple columns. "July 1905" OCLC 7202107 Colonel Prentiss Ingraham (1843 – 1904) was a Colonel in the Confederate Army, a mercenary throughout the 1860s, and an adventure fiction writer. He had service with General Max Hoffmann's staff in the Battle of Sadowa, Austria, in 1866 was in Crete against the Turks, and in the Khedive's army in Egypt. During 1869 he went to London but soon came back to the United States and enlisted with the Cuban rebels against Spain, running the blockade in the Hornet several times before it was surrendered to the U. S. Navy. He was a Colonel in the Cuban army as well as a Captain in their navy, and was captured,… Read More

Santiago: Editorial Universitaria. Very Good+. 1978. First Edition. Paperback. Ediciones Espacio; 120 pages; Dibujos de C. Altamirano. N. Antúnez, G. Arestizabal, Valentina Cruz, Fdo. Estibil, Fdo. Krahn, J.P. Langlois. Portada de Fco. Delgado. Clean and tight in original pictorial wrappers, printed on pink and yellow paper, illustrations throughout. .

Lahore: Nisar Art Press. Very Good+. 1962. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 476 pages; Lahore: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1962. First Edition Thus. Autograph; 476 pages; Near Fine in original binding with gilt lettering and decorative stamping at spine, in original dustjacket with some edgewear and a crease along right side of front panel, in protective mylar wrapper. Poet of the East and Chughtai by Sir Mohammad Iqbal (1877-1938) (main author) . Special Edition limited to 275 unnumbered copies. Text printed in English, Urdu and Persian. Illustrations by Abdur Rahman Chughtai (1897-1973) . Introductory essay by Justice S. A. Rahman Lahore. Livre d'artiste. B&W portrait of the artist, 38 tipped-in colour plates printed at City Engraving Company in Hull mounted on card stock, 24 full page b&w plates on card stock, 8 full page colour plates, plus additional illustrations and illuminations; each page of text with decorative illustrated borders printed in colours. An… Read More