viaLibri ~ Rare Books from 1920

Doyle, Arthur Conan
        Autograph Letter Signed [-- regarding Spiritualism]
      1920. [Doyle on spiritualism] Two pages (both sides of one leaf of stationery of The Grand Hotel, Melbourne). Addressed to "My dear Seymour," and dated Nov. 2, 1920. The text of the letter reads as follows:~No, your Russian idea though noble and unselfish is, I am sure, extravagant. You have your clear duty with your regiment, your family and your surroundings. Do not reach out for more, but if more is ordained it will come to you with no doubt and no effort. If you take this spiritual matter seriously & quickly not only cultivate it but spread it around you, you will do great work. God has His own purposes in Russia and will pick up the right tool for His work, without the tool needing to worry over it.~I send you a "Harbinger of Light" with some account of our doings. Up to now I have been [?] upheld & feel as fit as when I started. Adelaide was glorious. Melbourne is heavy and material but we make an impression. I have one last meeting -- which will be a bumper -- and then to Sydney where we culminate, for New Zealand is of smaller importance. I am glad I came -- but I never had much say in the matter -- a tool also, but a very willing one.~I expect you will soon be in India again. Good luck to you wherever you go. Buy spiritual books freely for there is no such investment. Anything by or about Mrs Emma Hardinge Britton is worth getting -- "Autobiography" "19th Century Miracles" "American Spiritualism". She was a female St. Paul, with a man's virile brain, clear, fearless & herself a great medium. In A.J. Davis, Hardinge Britton, Stainton Moses, and Vale Owen you have the spiritual sequence.~All remembrances to your wife when you write | A Conan Doyle.~Although Conan Doyle expressed an interest in spiritualism as early as 1886, he became totally committed to it (and in spreading its word) after the deaths of family members in the Great War -- most notably his son Kingsley (who died just 25 months before this letter, ultimately from wounds suffered at the Somme in 1916), and his brother Brig. General Innes Doyle who died four months after Kingsley. In 1920-1921 he toured Australia and New Zealand giving lectures on the subject; in September 1921 was published his book THE WANDERINGS OF A SPIRITUALIST, about this tour -- in fact featuring a frontispiece portrait of himself "On the Warpath in [Melbourne] Australia."~"My dear Seymour" is almost certainly James B. Seymour, a conjurer who was a founder of "The Magic Circle," a group dedicated to the combination of prestidigitation and spiritualism -- and who, like Doyle, was a member of the Society for Psychical Research.~The letter is entirely devoted to spiritualism -- in fact Doyle seems to be telling Seymour how to get started. "The Harbinger of Light," begun in 1870, was and is the Australian monthly spiritualism newsletter; Britton, Davis, Moses and Vale were all well-known writers about spiritualism. "Your Russian idea" in the first sentence must have been a suggestion by Seymour, most likely regarding what Doyle referred to in WANDERINGS as "the Russian horror" -- the mass execution of Jews, then much in the news. It is known that Doyle and Seymour, though acquaintances, were not exactly friends; it is further known that by February 1922 (just 15 months later), Seymour broke with Doyle over the issue of spirit photography (Doyle believed in it, Seymour and many others did not). (Our thanks to Alexis Barquin of the ACD Encyclopedia for much of this information on Seymour.)~The letter is in very good condition, with one small smudge in the ink and with a few short tears (and one small gap) at the folds; there is faint evidence that some sort of tape resided there.

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Béranger.
        Les Gaités de Béranger.
      A Éleuthéropolis, A l'Enseigne de Cupidon, o.J. [d.i. Paris, Briffaut, ca. 1920]. - 8°. 2 Bll., 102 S. und |12 Tafeln mit Orig.-Radierungen|, eine davon als Frontispiz. HLeder d. Zt. mit RTitelschild. Kopfgoldschnitt. 'Les Gaietés de Béranger' wurde von |Martin van Maele| illustrierte. Die 12 Radierungen van Maeles sind eindeutig erotisch und illustrieren in expliziter, aber auch hintergründig ironischer Art die äusserst lockeren Verse von Béranger. Bibliographisch ist das Werk kaum nachzuweisen. Es findet sich erst bei Dutel 339. Nicht bei Pia. Und nicht bei Newsletter 3, van Maele Bibliographie S. 108ff. Einband berieben, Kanten stärker beschabt. Papierbedingt schwach gedunkelt. Vereinzelt leicht fingerfleckiges, sonst gutes Exemplar dieses raren Werks.

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Sir Julian S Corbett (Vols 1 - III); Henry Newbolt (Vols IV - V)
        Naval Operations History of the Great War Based on Official Documents In 7 out of 9 Volumes
      Longmans, Green and Co, 1920. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Book Published between 1920 and 1931. All First editions, all in Dark blue cloth original bindings. Details and condition notes on each volume as follows: Vol I To the Battle of the Falklands December 1914 Text - Binding a little loose. Complete with all internal maps present. Vol 1 Maps. All 18 maps complete in solid map case. Vol II To the Dardanelles (text and maps). Tightly bound. Slightly foxed. Bookplate to front free end paper. 5 maps total in front and rear pockets as called for. All internal maps (most fold out) are present. Vol III (Text) Home Waters Spring 1915 to Jutland. Tightly bound, signature to front free end paper. All internal maps (some foldouts) are present. Volume III (Maps). Solid case. Maps 29 and 40 are missing. All others present. Vol IV (Text) Post Jutland to mid 1917. Spine strip lost. All internal maps and charts present. Vol V (Text) To the end of the War. Spine strip split at hinges, front taped. Separate map volumes for volumes IV and V are missing, An extremely heavy set. extra postage will be charged . Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 7 volumes of the 9-volume set. Item Type: Book. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Ex Imperial War Museum stock, with discreet stamps, but no other Library labels, stamps etc.. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: Military & Warfare; ; . Please contact H4o Books if you require images or further information. Inventory No: 023141. .

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Wray, Roger (pseudonym of James William Marriott)
        THE DWELLER IN THE HALF-LIGHT
      London: Odhams Limited, n.d.. [1920]. original red cloth, front panel stamped in black and blind, spine panel stamped in black.. Some foxing to endpapers and half title leaf, else a near fine copy. with bright, unfaded binding. A nice copy of a very scarce book.. (#149949). First edition. "Complex supernatural romance, in which psychic girl's love for 'a complete bounder' leads to projection of his image as an idealized dream- lover, a sort of Doppelganger cum vampiric incubus. Structured as a mystery, true nature of haunting only gradually revealed. Subtle, thought- provoking, intriguing use of dreams; oddly gentle conception of Doppelganger's nature seems to anticipate Jungian animus/anima theory. A superior weird thriller of the period, equal to better known classics such as Kerruish's THE UNDYING MONSTER (1922)." - Robert Knowlton. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 235. Reginald 15634. Not in Bleiler (1948; 1978).

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Dearborn Independent
        The international Jew
      Dearborn, MI: Dearborn Publishing Co. 12mo (19.2 cm, 7.6"). 4 vols. I: 235, [1] pp. II: 255, [1] pp. III: 256 pp. IV: 246 pp.. 1920Â–22 First collected edition of the now-infamous gathering of anti-Semitic articles from the Dearborn Independent, representing the most notable of the Henry Ford-sponsored diatribes against the "Jewish Menace." The four volumes are subtitled "The World's Foremost Problem," "Jewish Activities in the United States," "Jewish Influences in American Life," and "Aspects of Jewish Power in the United States"; among the accusations levelled herein are that the Jews corrupted professional baseball, replaced respectable music with degrading jazz, and destroyed the quality of whisky, in addition to the standard smears regarding finance and politics. => The original paper wrappers are bound in in each volume. Contemporary pebbled red cloth; light wear to extremities, bindings moderately sunned with spines lightened evenly, covers variously. Vol. II with front wrapper creased and a small spot of adhesion to title-page, vol. III wrapper with adhesions to inner margin of title-page; vol. IV wrapper with lower outer corner chipped; pages with occasional smudges, generally clean. => An entirely innocuous- and anonymous-looking quartet, the spines being without labels.

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LEHAR, Franz 1870-1948
        Fine original portrait drawing by Benedikt Dolbin (1883-1971), titled by the artist "Franz Lehar (drawn from life)" and signed by Dolbin just below the portrait
      [Vienna]. [ca. 1920]. The composer is depicted in profile, wearing collar and tie. Executed in pen and ink and black chalk on a light yellow background wash. 343 x 250 mm. . "[Lehar] was the leading operetta composer of the 20th century, being primarily responsible for giving the genre renewed vitality. His most successful operetta, Die lustige Witwe, has established a lasting place in the opera as well as the operetta repertory and, along with Offenbach and Johann Strauss II, Lehár has remained one of the most popular composers of light music." Andrew Lamb in Grove onlineDolbin (pseud. Fred Pollack, 1883-1971) was born in Vienna and studied there. Trained as an engineer, he subsequently studied musical composition with Arnold Schoenberg and became a member of the Viennese group "Die Bewegung." He commenced drawing portraits of leading artistic personalities from ca. 1917 onwards for Viennese newspapers and journals. Because of his Jewish origins, Dolbin's work was banned in Austria in 1935, at which time he emigrated to the United States.

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Eckart, Dietrich
        Lorenzaccio. Tragödie in fünf Aufzügen.
      München, Hoheneichen-Verlag, 1920. - "Halbleinen, 148 Seiten, 8°. (Mit Widmung "S.l. Ludwig Ringler herzlichst - Dietrich Eckart, M. 20. Febr. 1923" auf Vorsatzblatt; zwei gut erhaltene Schwarzweißphotographien von der Beerdigung des Verfassers am 30.12.1923 in Berchtesgaden im vorderen Innendeckel sauber eingeklebt, dazu handschriftliche Notierung: "Dieters Beerdigung am Lefanitag 1923 in B'gaden") Dietrich Eckart (* 23. März 1868 in Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz;  26. Dezember 1923 in Berchtesgaden) war ein Publizist, Verleger, früher Anhänger des Nationalsozialismus und Ideengeber Adolf Hitlers. Eckart, der katholische Sohn eines evangelischen Notars, wuchs seit 1878 ohne Mutter auf und besuchte, vom Vater vernachlässigt, sieben verschiedene Gymnasien. 1891 brach er sein Medizinstudium in Erlangen ab. Weil er sich als Corpsstudent schlecht in die Satzungen fügen wollte, gab es Händel und Hader". Er nahm eine Tätigkeit als Journalist, Literatur- und Theaterkritiker auf. Durch den Tod des Vaters 1895 kam er als Erbe zu einem ansehnlichen Vermögen. Seine nächsten Stationen waren Leipzig, Berlin und schließlich Regensburg. 1899 war er fast mittellos und ging nach Berlin, wo er  obwohl von dem Schauspielhaus-Generalintendanten Georg von Hülsen-Haessler unterstützt  als Dichter und Dramatiker, dann auch als Werbetexter, scheiterte. Von 1907 bis 1913 lebte er bei seinem Bruder Wilhelm in der Villen-Kolonie Neu-Döberitz bei Berlin (wo es 19361945 auch einen Dietrich-Eckart-Gedenkhain" gab) und heiratete im Alter von 45 Jahren die vermögende Witwe Rosa Marx, geborene Wiedeburg, aus Blankenburg, von der er 1921 geschieden wurde. Bis zum Frühsommer 1915 wohnte Eckart mit seiner Familie in Bad Blankenburg; danach zog er nach München-Schwabing, wo er in Kontakt mit völkischen Kreisen wie dem Fichte-Bund kam, sich der reinflußreichen und okkultistischen Thule-Gesellschaft anschloß und als Verfasser okkulter, alternativreligiöser, rechtsradikaler und antisemitischer Traktate hervortrat. Er gründete 1915 den Hoheneichen-Verlag. Der Verlag wurde 1929  nach seinem Tod  vom Parteiverlag, dem Eher-Verlag, übernommen, behielt aber zu Tarnungszwecken seinen Namen. Am 27. Mai 1919 beantragte Eckart seine Aufnahme in den Deutschen Schutz- und Trutzbund, der im Oktober des Jahres in den Deutschvölkischen Schutz- und Trutzbund aufging. Er prägte 1919 als Mitbegründer der NSDAP den nationalsozialistischen Kampfbegriff Drittes Reich", womit vor allem eine Verbindung von chiliastischer Esoterik und politischem Ziel gemeint war: Im deutschen Wesen ist Christ zu Gast  drum ist es dem Antichristen verhaßt." Im August 1921 wurde Eckart Chefredakteur des Völkischen Beobachters, nachdem er das Geld für dessen Übernahme im Dezember 1920 beschafft und Hitler gegen innerparteiliche Kritiker in Schutz genommen hatte. Gegen Eckarts Haftbefehl wegen Beleidigung des Reichspräsidenten Friedrich Ebert schrieb Hitler sofort an den bayerischen Ministerpräsidenten Ritter von Knilling die Forderung, den Haftbefehl zu inhibieren, da andernfalls die Kampforganisation Widerstand gegen die Verhaftung leisten würde." Eine Woche nach dem Hitlerputsch in München verhaftet, wurde er nach schweren Herzanfällen am 20. Dezember 1923 aus dem Gefängnis entlassen und erlag am 26. Dezember in Berchtesgaden im Alter von 55 Jahren einem weiteren Herzschlag. Der 21 Jahre ältere Eckart, der Hitler vermutlich im Herbst 1919 kennengelernt hatte, war zeitweise dessen Mentor, Ideengeber und mit ihm befreundet. Er widmete sich in einer Art Lehrer-Schüler-Verhältnis [ ] der Propagierung Hitlers als des kommenden Retters [ ], wofür er diesem wohl als erster charismatische Fähigkeiten zuschrieb" und ihn im Dezember 1921 erstmals als Führer" bezeichnete. Eckart ist Dichter des Sturmliedes der SA, Erfinder des NS-Schlachtrufes Deutschland erwache!" und genoß zeitweilig als Parteidichter" der NSDAP Popularität unter deren Anhängern. Adolf Hitler widmete u. a. Eckart sein 1925 erschienenes Buch Mein Kampf, in dem Hitler ihn a

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CARUSO, Enrico 1873-1921
        Typed letter signed in full to Fay [Mrs. John S. Keith].
      1 page of a bifolium. Octavo. Dated New York, December 15, [19]20. Typed and signed in blue ink. On stationery with the name and address of the Vanderbilt Hotel embossed at head. In English. With original typewritten envelope, ca. 88 x 137 mm. Postmarked New York, December 16, 1920. With the name and address of the recipient, Mrs. John S. Keith, typed in blue ink to recto.Caruso thanks Mrs. Keith for her telegram and assures her he is fine."As you know by this time, it was nothing to be alarmed [about] and I sang on Monday a very good performance of LA FORZA at the [Metropolitan] Opera House."Very slightly worn; creased at central fold. Envelope slightly worn and with small tears and chips at right edge. . The present letter mentions one of Caruso's last performances at the Metropolitan Opera: on December 14, he sang Don Carlo in Verdi's La Forza del Destino. On December 11 he had a throat hemorrhage while singing Nemorino in Donizetti's L'Elisir d'Amore. After a final appearance in HalÃ©vy's La Juive, on December 24, he was forced to cancel the remainder of his season. Caruso then returned to Naples, where he died the following year, on August 2, 1921. Mrs. John S. Keith was a friend of Caruso's American wife, Dorothy Park Benjamin, and was matron of honor at Benjamin's marriage to Caruso on August 20, 1918.

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Oman, Arabian Gulf and Iraq - photo album].
        Collection of vintage prints of the Middle East.
      Oman, Iraq, and other places, 1919/early 1920s. - 99 b/w prints. Various sizes, 65 x 105 to 145 x 205 mm. Mounted on black cardboard; captioned throughout in white. Dark blue calf album (extremeties rubbed and bumped), cord-bound, with marbled endpapers. Small oblong folio (335 x 247 mm). Curious album of original photographs taken throughout the Middle East. The set includes views of camels and boats in Mascat, river scenes and oases in Iraq (Ashar Creek; Euphrates), portraits of an Arab lady and sheikh (possibly a sometime Iraqi associate of Jack Philby, and member of his troop of Arabian franctireurs), a religious procession in Basra (Muharrah), street scenes and mosques in Baghdad, the ruins of Ctesiphon, Jebel al-Tarik, etc. Further images include Suez, Karachi, the Pacific islands of the South Seas, etc. - Well-preserved; from a Swedish collection. The first photograph is dated 19 Oct. 1919.

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Lewis, Sinclair
        Main Street: The Story of Carol Kennicott
      New York: Harcourt Brace and Howe. 1920. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1920, First Edition, first issue with perfect type at folio on page 54 and 'may' on page 387. Hardcover. Very Good in a later issue dust jacket and custom blue morocco slipcase. Early fraying to the cloth at the spine ends and corners; 2 pinhole sized dents to the rear board; clean contents; sound binding. The jacket is likely from 1921 as it has 'Harcourt Brace and Co.' on the spine; it has the same image as the first (silhouette in front of the 'Rosebud Movie' billboard) and all of the advertised titles were published on or before 1921, when Harcourt Brace and Howe switched over to Harcourt Brace and Co. There is a blurb for 'Main Street' on the rear panel that notes 'Over 125,000 sold'. The price is $2.00. The jacket is still quite fresh, at least Very Good+: the spine panel is sunned just a touch, there is also very shallow chipping at the crown of the spine and the upper corners; finally, a single 1/2-inch closed snag to the top edge of the rear panel. DJ with reviews for the book on the front flap; $2.00 price present. A truly sparkling jacket. Clamshell slipcase in full blue morocco with gilt titles; Fine condition. We do not know how this later jacket came to be matched up with a first issue of the book. Digital images available upon request.

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VOGELER, Heinrich, deutscher Maler, Graphiker und Innenarchitekt (1872-1942), besonders durch seine Jugendstil-Arbeiten bekannt; wanderte 1931 in die Sowjetunion aus
        Zwei eigenhänd. Briefe mit Unterschrift (der zweite mit Zusatz "und die Leute vom Barkenhof"), 1 3/4 Seiten, kl-4, W[orpswede], 26. 11. und 30. 12. [19]20.
      - An Karl Jaenichen. ". Ihr Brief hat mich erfreut, es sind wenige, die das was ich sagte so tief erfasste wie Sie. Wir kämpfen hier einen schweren Kampf in wirtschaftlicher Not und Bedrängnis von allen Seiten, von Seiten der 'Parteien' besonders. Wir werden nun um Ostern aus einer Bonner Versuchsschule (Scharrelmann) Kinder aufnehmen für den Sommer und müssen dann sehen was sich daraus entwickelt. Wir wissen genau was wir wollen, aber haben noch unendliche Arbeit an uns selber zu tun um uns für die Aufgabe zu festigen. Den Vortrag sende ich Ihnen im Januar gedruckt ." (26. 11.) ". Das war für uns eine grosse Freude - die Noten, Ihre tiefen rhytmischen Worte, dann das schöne Gebäck. Wir haben jetzt endlich eine Lehrerin für die Kleinen gefunden und so beginnt langsam der Aufbau. Ich habe jetzt eine wunderbare Aufgabe, male und schnitze .". (30. 12.) Vogeler, der den Barkenhof in Worpswede gekauft hatte, gehörte zu den Gründern und führenden Persönlichkeiten der Künstlerkolonie. Er hatte die Niederlage im 1. Weltkrieg als moralischen Zusammenbruch empfunden, der eine neue Ethik und ethische Politik erforderte, und entwickelte auf d. Grundlage von Marxismus, Christentum und völkischen Ideen eigene Vorstellungen von Erziehung und Lebensform, die er in seiner Barkenhof-Kommune mit ihrer agrarisch-handwerklichen Bedarfswirtschaft zu verwirklichen suchte. 1920 veröffentlichte Vogeler "Drei Monatsbriefe der Kommune Barkenhof", im folgenden Jahr das dreibänd. Werk "Kosmisches Werden und menschliche Erfülllung". Heinrich Scharrelmann (1871-1940) war Schriftsteller und Schulreformer.

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Standuhr
        Standuhr
      HWN o. J. [um 1920] - Ziffernblatt aus Messing mit Versalziffern; im Uhrwerkkasten Firmenlogo "HWN"; Uhrwerk: mechanisches Seilzugwerk, 4/4 Std. Schlag, Schlagabsteller; Glastür mit Facettenschliff, Gewichte und Pendel aus Messing; getreppter, profilierter Fußsockel; dunkles Holz (Eiche?) Maße (H x B x T): 200 x 55 x 27 cm Zustand: siehe Bild; leichte Alters-/Gebrauchsspuren; voll funktionsfähig; insgesamt alters-/gebrauchsgemäss sehr gut erhalten. BITTE BEACHTEN ! Aufgrund der hohen Empfindlichkeit des Uhrwerkes bieten wir als Versandart in erster Linie Selbstabholung an. Es besteht auch die Möglichkeit, die Standuhr (gegen einen Aufpreis) von uns persönlich bzw. mit Spedition ausliefern zu lassen. Es fallen dabei längere Wartezeiten an, da wir aus Kostengründen Liefertouren entsprechend längerfristig organisieren müssen. Bei Fragen können Sie uns jederzeit per E-Mail oder telefonisch kontaktieren. Nach einem Transport ist es auf jeden Fall nötig, die Standuhr aufgrund der Empfindlichkeit des Uhrwerkes von einem Uhrmacher erneut überprüfen bzw. neu justieren zu lassen. Standuhr, Regulator, Historismus, Jugendstil, Gründerzeit 2500 gr. Weitere Details u. Fotos auf Anfrage.

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        HARZ. Reliefpanorama des Harzes mit den Städten als Vogelschauansichten.
      - Aquarell mit Deckfarben über Bleistift, sign. "Atelier J. Ruep", um 1920, 83 x 101 cm. Blick über Bleicheröder Berge und Goldene Aue auf Nordhausen (mit schöner Gesamtansicht) und den Harz. Das Panorama reicht von Seesen und Osterode im Westen bis Sangerhausen und Ballenstedt im Osten. Detailliert dargestellt sind die Städte am Nordrand: Goslar, Bad Harzburg, Wernigerode, Blankenburg und Quedlinburg bis Halberstadt. Sehr gekonnt herausgearbeitet die Höhen, Täler und Flüsse des Harzes. Links unten kleine Nebenkarte mit dem Kyffhäuser, rechts oben größere Nebenkarte des Gebietes um Helmstedt. - Auf Leinwand aufgezogen, gut erhalten. - Dabei: Das gedruckte Panorama. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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        INNTAL. Reliefpanorama des bayerischen Inntals mit den Städten als Vogelschauansichten.
      - Aquarell mit Deckfarben über Bleistift, "J. Ruep Mchn.", um 1920, 64 x 80 cm. Blick von der Höhe Neubeuern über Nußdorf, Brannenburg und Oberaudorf nach Kiefersfelden und Kufstein. Im Vordergrund links noch der Samerberg mit Törwang, rechts Holzhausen und Litzldorf. Im Mittelgrund Sachrang, Heuberg und Kranzhorn, Wildbarren, Sudelfeld und Wendelstein, dahinter Zahmer- und Wilder Kaiser, sowie Hechtsee, Thiersee mit dem Pentling. In der Ferne schönes Panorama der Hohen Tauern mit Großglockner und Großvenediger. - Auf Leinwand aufgezogen, sehr schön erhaltenes Panorama von großer Tiefenwirkung. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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Pseudo-Maximus Confessor
        Collection of Excerpts (Loci Communes) on Moral Topics; (Useful Selections Produced by Various Ecclesiastical Authors, As Well as by Ancient Pagan Philosophers); illuminated medieval manuscript in Greek on parchment in a medieval binding
      ILLUMINATED MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT IN GREEK ON PARCHMENT, Byzantine Empire, c. 1000-1100. 220 x 170 mm. 173 folios, some leaves wanting (collation, i3 ii-x8 xi6 [of 8; 2 leaves missing with text loss] xii-xvi8 xvii6 xviii6 [of 8; two leaves missing with text loss] xix-xxiii8), quires signed, written by one scribe in a calligraphic Perlschrift on 23 long lines (justification, 155 x 100 mm.), headings and initials in pale red, decorated headpieces in pale red at the start of each chapter, with pi-shaped illuminated headpiece at the beginning of Chapter 1 (f. 4) and narrow headbands in red ink at the beginning of each subsequent chapter. BINDING: Possibly fourteenth-century, judging from the type of blind-tooled ornaments, blind-tooled brown leather over wooden boards, of the ?"Greek?" type, with squared and grooved boards flush with the book block and no ridges on the spine, chain stitches on four sewing stations. TEXT: This manuscript is among the oldest witnesses of the most important and influential sacro-profane Greek florilegium, erroneously attributed to the seventh-century author St. Maximus the Confessor. The earliest witnesses to the text only date from the tenth century and was probably compiled at this time. The anthology contains quotes on moral and religious topics that circulated during the Middle Ages and was much mined as a source for fragments and testimonies by other Greek authors. Each of the 71 chapters presented here consists of excerpts related to a common topic like power and authority (ff. 38v-43v), death (ff. 112v-115v), goodness (ff. 147v-149), and even laughter (ff. 160v-162). These excerpts are arranged hierarchically, with Scripture coming first, then patristic writings, and, finally, classical Greek authors like Aristotle, Demosthenes, Diogenes, Euripides, Epicurus, and Socrates. Previously unknown to scholars and not appearing in any editions, this manuscript presents a version of the long recension of the text. PROVENANCE: This manuscript was made in the Byzantine Empire, possibly Constantinople, during the eleventh century, based on evidence of script and decoration. Part of a German private collection, Germany/Wiltshire (1920?-1988); sold London, Sotheby?'s, 6 December 1988, lot 26. Belonged to George A. Pervanas, of Athens (?); sale London, Sotheby?'s, 2 December 1997, lot 94. Belonged to Martin Schøyen, Norwegian businessman and book collector; his MS 2455. Full description and photographs available (TM 591).

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DURET (Théodore).
        Lautrec.
      Bernheim-Jeune, Paris 1920 - 4° (26,5 x 20,5 cm), 3 ff. (1 f. bl., f.-t., t.), 124 pp., 4 ff. (fin du texte, table des illustrations, dernière f. bl.), 38 planches hors texte (dont 3 en couleurs, 1 contrecollée, 1 pointe sèche, 1 lithographie originale), broché, couverture originale illustrée. Edition originale. N° 117 de 100 exemplaires numérotés sur papier d'Arches (2e papier après 100 exemplaires sur papier du Japon). Tirage total : 200 exemplaires numérotés. Bien complet de deux gravures originales avec des serpentes imprimées : "Portrait de Tristan Bernard" en pointe sèche originale et la lithographie originale en couleurs "L'Argent. Programme du théâtre". La couverture avec des minimes manques, les charnières légèremt cassées. Petit frottement dans la marge blanche de la lithographie originale, sinon excellent état à l'intérieur. Rare et recherché. Français 1920 [Attributes: First Edition; Soft Cover]

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Einstein, Albert, German-born physicist, humanitarian and Nobel Prize winner; promulgator of the General Theory of Relativity (1879-1955).
        Autograph Letter Signed ("A. Einstein"), in German.
      [Berlin], June 30, 1920 - 4to. 1 page. Einstein on the value of relativity for philosophy. Einstein writes to Hans Reichenbach, the philosopher of science and an influential expositor of Relativity. In part (translation): "I am really very pleased that you want to dedicate your excellent brochure to me, but even more so that you give me such high marks as a lecturer and thinker. The value of the th.[eory] of rel.[ativity] for philosophy seems to me to be that it exposed the dubiousness of certain concepts that even in philosophy were recognized as small change. Concepts are simply empty when they stop being firmly linked to experiences. They resemble upstarts who are ashamed of their origins and want to disown them." The letter was published in the Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, vol 10, doc 66, pp 323-324 (CPAE Translation, vol 10, doc 66, p 201). Slightly uneven toning, a few spots in upper margin, two-hole punch at left margin, folding creases. [Attributes: Soft Cover]

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Velde, Henry Van De, Titze, Hans
        GENIUS Zeitschrift fuer Werdende & Alte Kunst (Vol. 2, NO. 1)
      Kurt Wolff Verlag, Germany 1920 - Original wraps bound into black library buckram. 164 pp., with many tipped-in color and bw plates, original woodcuts and lithograph. A superb example of this important publication. In almost like new condition, bound safely into protective library buckram. Deaccessioned from an art reference library as an odd volume when a complete run was donated. Includes original woodcuts by Fr.Masereel and Erich Heckel, a lithograph by Ehrlich and many finely printed tipped-in offset plates. With important essays by the leading contemporaries complementing the plates, including the first edition of Kafka's story "Erstes Leid" , "Genius" was a landmark publication that had become the greatest influence on the German art and architecture of the pre-war years. [Attributes: First Edition; Soft Cover]

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Byron, Lord George Gordon
        Works. 3 Bände,
      - - Enthalten: Band 1: Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, a Romaunt and other poems, XII, 302 S.; Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. Canto the third, 79 S./ Band 2: The Giaour, a fragment of a turkish tale, 75 S.; The bride of Abydos. A turkish tale, 71 S.; The Corsair. A tale, XI, 112 S., Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte, 17 S./ Band 3: Lara, a tale, 74 S.; Hebrew Melodies, 53 S.; The Siege of Corinth. A poem, 89 S.; The Prisioner of Chillon, 60 S.; Monody on the death of teh right Honourable R. B. Sheridan, 39 S./ Diverse Titel in Erster-Auflage: 3 Teile von Child Herold Hebrew Melodies, Siege of Corint, Parisina/ Prisoner of Chillon/ Monody on the death of the rigth honourable R.B. Sheridan - Gewicht in Gramm: 1920 John Murray, London, 1814-1816. Zusammen XXIII, 971 S., original Ledereinbände, Rücken mit 2 rot abgesetzten Titeln u. reichen Goldverzierungen, Goldfilletten auf Einbanddeckeln, obere Einbanddeckel Monogramm M.G.M., Innenkannten- u. Kanten-Vergoldung sowie marmorierter Schnitt

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(Coarse Fishing) Chapman, W.S
        Memories of a Life spent between the Bread and the Fishes and the Days when all Cares were forgotten
      [Reading: privately printed, 1920. With 6 photographic plates. [41] pp. Typewritten text on rectos only. 1 vols. Square 8vo. Original green textured cloth, titled stamped in gilt on upper board, speckled edges. Bookplate of O.M. Reed ("Omar") with his ownership signature dated August 1934 and annotations. Reed's draft of an essay and correspondence with A.E. Hobbs loosely inserted. Old cellotape mark along front pastedown where letter was tipped in. Fine. With 6 photographic plates. [41] pp. Typewritten text on rectos only. 1 vols. Square 8vo. Fisherman's Memoir: Pike and Thames Trout. Nostalgic privately produced memoir of angling in the Thames Valley a century ago. Chapman was a Reading tobacconist and a keen fisher, and he recounts his experiences fishing on private lakes, ponds, and local rivers, including the Kennet and Thames, as well as misadventures in boats, dense fogs, notable catches of Pike and Thames trout, and an incident of river pollution.The other copy we have seen varies slightly in the pagination and the page format.Reed and his correspondent, A.E. Hobbs, discuss the book's author and identify most of the places alluded to in Chapman's narrative, which includes a portrait of the author holding a 20-pound fish taken from the Thames.An uncommon work, produced in just a few copies, with an illuminating correspondence concerning this curious and interesting book. Not in Hampton's Angling Bibliography 1881-1949. Not in BL or OCLC

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INGOLDSBY, THOMAS
        The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth & Marvels
      London: William Heinemann, 1920. 1920 Reissue. Quarto. P.l. xix, 549pp. With 12 illustrations printed with tint, and 24 tipped in illustrations mounted on brown paper, with captioned tissue guards. Numerous in text illustrations also. Bound in full brown leather, leather is grooved and textured, with gilt lettering and decorations to front board and spine. Leather is supple, only rubbed in a few places, and spine with a very light fade. Top edge gilt. "To Vera" in faint early ink to front endpaper, and a bookseller's ticket to front pastedown in bottom inner corner. Text is clean, pages fresh. Binding is tight and square. All plates are present, all tipped in illustrations without damage or folded corners. A very attractive copy in almost near fine condition. . Hardcover. Near Fine. Illus. by Arthur Rackham. 4to.

      [Bookseller: Karol Krysik Books, IOBA]

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Malkowsky, Emil Ferdinand / Beskow, Elsa
        Der kluge Fridolin. Eine lustige Bildergeschichte von Elsa Beskow. Text von Emil Ferdinand Malkowsky
      (Fürth i. B. Löwensohn), [1920]. . [Pelles nya kläder, dt.]. - Erste und einzige deutsche Ausgabe des seltenen Bilderbuches von Elsa Beskow (1874-1953), erschienen vor der schwedischen Ausgabe (Pelles nya kläder, 1912). - Der kleine Fridolin hilft fleißig in Haus und Hof und erhält am Schluß als Lohn einen neuen blauen Anzug aus der Wolle seines eigenen Schafes. - So kann das lesende Kind zum einen den Weg von der Schafwolle zum fertigen Anzug verfolgen, erlebt mit dem fleißigen Jungen aber auch die vielen, auf einem Bauernhof anfallenden Arbeiten: Unkraut jäten, Kühe hüten, Einkaufen, Schweine füttern, Heu rechen, Holz holen u.a.m. - Emil Ferdinand Malkowsky (1880-1967) verfaßte neben mehreren Kinderbücher auch Libretti, Bücher über Feldhumor oder den Heldenmut deutscher Flieger. - Text in deutscher Schreibschrift. - LdKJL I, 143. - Einband etwas fleckig und an den Ecken bestoßen. Innen gebräunt, vereinzelte braune Fleckchen; Heftklammern rostig. Untere Ecke des Buchblocks m. winziger Fehlstelle

      [Bookseller: Antiquariat Reinhold Pabel]

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        MAKS, VOET, CLICHÉFABRIEK Ons Boek, fraai gebonden boekwerk met geschreven teksten betreffende het gezin Henk Maks en Stijntje Voet (gehuwd Haarlem 28 april 1898) en hun dochter Christine Sandeune Maks (geb. Haarlem 7 november 1900). Ca. 200 p. (1898-1960), geschept papier in perkamenten band met gouden letters. Fraai!.
      Henk Maks bezocht de school voor `nette jongens' aan de Wilhelminastraat te Haarlem en ontmoette op het Zandvoortse strand Stijntje Voet. Na hun huwelijk bewoonden zij een `mooi huis' aan het Haarlemse Kenaupark. Later woonden zij in Den Haag. Hun dochter Stijntje volgde de `armenschool' van Jan Ligthart en ging in 1920 in Leiden wis- en sterrenkunde studeren. Zij woonde Morschsingel 11 te Leiden. Op 27 juni 1935 promoveerde zij te Leiden en gaf een `analysten'-cursus', waaraan haar vader ook meewerkte. Vader Maks stichtte een clichéfabriek die geen winstbejag beoogde, maar het leveren van mooi werk en `vreugde in de arbeid' ten doel had. Medewerkers: een Deen, een Oostenrijker en een Duitser. Men had veel logé's, o.a. tante Em gedurende 30 jaar en de kleine Corrie Voet gedurende anderhalf jaar. Het boek bevat foto's van vader Maks, van dochter Stijntje en van Stijntje met twee vriendinnen bij haar 25-jarig promotiefeest. Voorts teksten betreffende het overlijden van Henks zwager Euck (1940) en zuster Trees (1946), van Henks vrouw Stijntje Voet (1951), van de heer Winkelman (1945) en van anderen uit hun kring. De meeste teksten betreffen echter gedichten, veelal van de hand van Henk Maks, soms ook van anderen. De verzen en gedachten van Henk Maks en de keuze van de andere gedichten getuigen van een brede eruditie en diep gevoelsleven: zinspelingen op het leven van dochter Stijntje wekken het vermoeden van een feministische of lesbische aanleg.

      [Bookseller: Antiquariaat A.G. VAN DER STEUR]

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Burroughs, Edgar Rice
        THUVIA MAID OF MARS
      Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co.,. 1920. original olive-green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black.. Page edges just a bit dusty, touch of rubbing to extremities, a fine. copy in fine four-color pictorial dust jacket (with illustration on. front panel by P. J. Monahan) with touch of rubbing to front corners,. tiny closed tear to upper front panel, some light dust soiling to. white background of spine and rear panels. A superb copy. (#136723). First edition, first printing. A presentation copy with an early signed inscription by Burroughs on the front free endpaper: "To / --- / with kind regards / Edgar Rice Burroughs." Fourth book of the Mars series. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 307. Heins TMM-1.

      [Bookseller: L. W. Currey, Inc.]

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Grünwedel, Albert
        Alt-Kutscha, archäologische und religionsgeschichtliche Forschungen an Tempera-Gemälden aus buddhistischen Höhlen der ersten acht Jahrhunderte nach Christi Geburt
      Otto Elsener, 1920, Hard Cover, Book Condition: Very Good Plus, First German Edition. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall, Dies ist nicht eine zweisprachige Ausgabe. Text in Deutsch, nicht in Englisch. Erste Ausgabe. This is not a bilingual edition. Text in German only, not in English. Subtitle is, VerÃ¶ffentlichung der Preussischen Turfan-expeditionen mit unterstÃ¼tzung des BÃ¤ssler-instituts. [Publication of the Prussian Turfan Expeditions underwritten by the BÃ¤ssler Institute.] First edition. Printed and bound in Germany. Text volume plus unbound plates plus custom box. This is copy no. 247 from a limited edition of 400 copies only. Size of book is 38 x 28 cm. (15 x 11 inches). Oxford blue buckram spine with oxford blue paper over semi-stiff boards, the front board with crisp gilt-stamped rules and titling. Some wear along the edges and abrading at the moderately bumped corners but overall a clean and sturdy binding. Text block firmly bound in. Front FEP with a horizontal semi-crease, a minor cosmetic issue. Author preface dated October 25, 1920. With 89 numbered pages for chapter one, Einleitung [Introduction], 118 for chapter two, PfauenhÃ¶hle [Peacock Cave], and 6 unnumbered pages of index. Text in double columns. Text volume with 173 B&W figures, including tipped-in plates. Also included are 5 double-page B&W plates on thick stock. The text volume is exceptionally clean. In addition to the text volume there are 49 unbound full-color plates, as called for. Thus no missing plates. 48 of the plates are double-page, i.e, two plates each on 24 double-size, folded sheets. All phototype plates printed by Albert Frisch. Size of plates, in single-size dimensions, is 38 x 27 cm. (15 x 10.75 inches). The plates are exceptionally clean. All in all an impressively clean and attractive copy, very gently read and respectfully stored. In a brand new custom-made, heavy-duty box with inset tray, the box adapting parts of the original portfolio. The exterior of the box lined with a handsome saffron cloth backed on to which is the decorative cloth from the original portfolio as well as the goat-skin [?] spine label from that portfolio. The interior of the box lined with a heavy-weight marbled paper in shades of bronze, gold and charcoal, and with custom cut-away on the left side, i.e., the spine side, for gentle removal of the tray contents. The box is pristine. A Very Good Plus volume with Near Fine plates in a Fine box. Rare in any condition. The topic of this book is archaeological and historical research on religious paintings from the first eight centuries after Christ's birth and found in Buddhist caves in the vicinity of Kucha. Albert GrÃ¼nwedel [1856-1935] was a German indologist, tibetologist, archaeologist, and explorer of Central Asia. With thanks to the Brill Humanities lectures on Dunhuang for the following: The so-called Turfan expeditions made by the Germans in the first quarter of the 20th century were not in fact limited to Turfan but also encompassed Kucha, Kharashahr and Maral-Bashi. During the Han-Tang period Kucha was a large Silk Road kingdom but culturally part of the region where the Tocharian languages were in use. In this region, in addition to Buddhist monastery sites also seen in Khotan, a large number of Buddhist cave temples were preserved. The multitude of Buddhist wall paintings that survived in these caves are an important source for the study of Buddhist art on the Northern Route. The Tocharian B dialect used in Kucha survived in both Buddhist scriptures and secular documents, which remain a major source for the study of the Kucha kingdom around the 7th century, Limited Edition

      [Bookseller: The Book Carrel]

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Tennant, J. E
        In The Clouds Above Baghdad; Being The Records of an Air Commander
      Published by Cecil Palmer, Bloomsbury Street, London First Edition 1920. 1920. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original racing green cloth covers, black title and author lettering to the spine and to the front cover. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains 289 printed pages of text with monochrome maps and photographs, on coated paper throughout, fold-out map tipped-in before chapter 1. Lower spine end and upper corners creased with tiny rubs, ghosting to the end papers. Very Good condition book in near Very Good Good condition dust wrapper with 80 mm piece of paper missing to the foot of the spine, upper spine end, fore edges and corners chipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A.

      [Bookseller: Little Stour Books PBFA]

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Joint Editors Oscar Parkes and Maurice Prendergast [Founded by Fred T. Jane]
        Jane's Fighting Ships 1920 XXIII (23rd) Year of Issue; An Encyclopedia of the Navies of the World
      Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd., London and Edinburgh, First Edition 1920. 1920. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original navy cloth covers, gilt title lettering to the spine, blind stamping to the front cover. Landscape 8¼'' x 13''. Contains preliminary section of 140 pages of illustrated advertisements, 579 pages profusely illustrated with hundreds of photographs, silhouettes, drawings, maps, plans, flags, etc. throughout. Very Good condition book in unbelievably rare dust wrapper with chips and closed tears to the edges, priced 2/2/-. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A.

      [Bookseller: Little Stour Books PBFA]

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