viaLibri ~ Rare Books from 1920

Luthers,Martin
        Das Evangelium Sanct Johannes.
      1920 - Letzte Fassung der Übertragung Martin Luthers. (Frankfurt 1920). Mit 11 halbseitigen Orig.-Holzschnitten von Kay H. Nebel. 8°. 1 Bl., 99 S., 3 Bl. Orig.-Pergamentbd. mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel, einfacher Linenvergoldung auf den Deckeln, zweifacher Linenvergoldung der Innenkanten und Kopfgoldschnitt.-7. Druck der Kleukens-Presse. - Eins von 200 num. Exemplaren auf festem Bütten (Gesamt: 250 Expl.)(dieses hat die Nr.68), in Kleukens-Antiqua gedruckt. - Rodenberg I, 104. - Schauer II, 67. - Gutes Exemplar. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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Eliot, T S
        POEMS.
      New York:: Knopf,. 1920.. First American edition of ARA VOS PREC, with the order of the poems changed and a few substitutions. His first book published in the U.S. Tan paper boards stamped in brown with top edge brown. Paper at head of spine worn away affecting edge of "P" in the title, gift inscription on front endpaper, and some offsetting to endpapers, otherwise about very good in aged and worn dust jacket, with chipping at top of rear panel not affecting any lettering, but lacking spine portion (both covers and flaps intact). A scarce jacket in any condition. .

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COELHO, José Ramos.
        Historia do Infante D. Duarte de El-Rey D. João IV.
      Lisbon, Academia Real das Sciencias, 1889-1890, and Coimbra: Imprensa da Universidade 1920. - 3 volumes. Large 8°, volumes I and II in contemporary navy quarter sheep over marbled boards, smooth spines with gilt letter and some gilt decoration, volume III bound circa 1980 to match, with original printed wrappers bound in. Illustrated reproducing photographs by Carlos Relvas. Some foxing, occasional light browning. A very good to fine set. Author's five-line presentation inscription to João Carlos de Almeida Carvalho on half-title of volume I. Old signature across title-page of volume I. xxi, 740 pp., (1 l. errata), 6 plates; (2 ll.), 898 pp., (1 l. errata, 1 l.), 6 plates; 126 pp., (1 l. errata, 1 l.). *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. The third volume is rare.Provenance: João Carlos de Almeida Carvalho (1817-1897) was a lawyer, historian, journalist, and stenographer for the Portuguese House of Lords (Câmara dos Pares). See Grande enciclopédia VI, 77.*** Welsh 1312. Porbase locates all three volumes in ten copies at Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal and three at Instituto de Investigação Científica e Tropical, and two volumes only (1920) at Biblioteca Nacional. Copac locates volumes 1-2 at British Library, Cambridge University, Liverpool University, Oxford University; volume 1 only at Trinity College Dublin. [Attributes: First Edition; Soft Cover]

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        Das edle Pferd in der Reitschule - Ch. Graeger Verlag Halle um 1920 - 1930
      Ch. Graeger Verlag, Halle - Nach den 14 Blättern der Kupferstecher A. u. E. Nunzer, Norimberg 1725 (Reprint, Faksimile Nürnberg). - Großformatige Mappe mit Leinenrücken im Format 45 x 31,5 cm. Alle 14 Blätter in sehr ordentlicher Erhaltung, tlw nur vom Schwarzkarton gelöst, auf dem die Blätter ursprünglich aufkaschiert waren. Ein Blatt in Übergrösse und daher 1x gefalzt. - Mappe etwas angestaubt, ansonsten gut. - Stammt aus dem Vorlass eines Botschafters i. R. - Bankverbindungen in Österreich und Deutschland.

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Land sale poster
        Killara Railway Park Estate
      Sydney: W.C. Penfold & Co.. Otherwise very good condition. Late 1920's land subdivision poster advertising "30 healthy beautiful building allotments amongst 1st class properties" between Cecil St and Essex St. Includes an inset map that shows the area where the lots are being sold in the context of local landmarks. 51 x 76 cms. Red and black printed sales poster on cream paper, title at top with the map below. 2" closed tear repaired above "Park", little dusty along one fold.

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GAUTIER (Théophile)
        Le roman de la momie
      P., Ferroud, 1920, in 8°, de 4ff. 221pp., ill. de 19 compositions de Georges Rochegrosse h. t. gravées à l'eau-forte par E. Decisy, et de nbr. bois gravés aquarellés in t., demi-maroquin Lavallière époque à coins, couv. ill. couleur et dos cons., t. dorée, 1 des 1000 ex. sur vélin d'Arches avec un état des eaux-fortes. Bel exemplaire. Tirage limité à 1225 exemplaires numérotés. Georges Rochegrosse s'est spécialisé dans les sujets historiques et tragiques. Ses encadrements de page et illustrations en couleur montrent sa prédilection pour les thèmes fabuleux caractéristiques du mouvement décadent et symboliste fin-de-siècle (Bénézit, IX, 24)

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[Photography; Japan]
        Glass Plate positive "Magic Lantern" slides of Japan, ca 1920
      1920. Very good overall. Early 20th century images illustrating Japanese life, countryside & cities, occupations, sport & art. Of the 52 slides, 9 slides are hand colored; the balance are black & white. Scenery includes views of Chuzenji, Tokyo, Fujiyama, Nekko shrine façade, the Tokyo- Kobe express (train), bridge in Tokyo, the Japanese Alps. Cultural images include 4 images of Japanese paintings; Buddhist Priests, shrines and Buddhas themselves, women playing the koto. Occupations include a carrier, several images of silk worms and the silk industry, hand printing and painting lanterns, cutting bamboo shoots, shoe merchants, potters,geishas. Images of sport include wrestling, fencing & jujitsu. The slides measure 3 1/4" square and 1/8" thick. They are stored in the original black box with sliding covers, metal label holder and handle on the front of the boxes. The box is rubbed & label is toned. The slide images bright and unfaded, a small percentage with cracks in them.

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William James
        The letters of William James (2 Vols.)
      The Atlantic Monthly Press, Boston 1920 - An exceptionally bright and clean example of the 1920 1st edition, complete in 2 volumes. Both volumes tight and Near Fine to Fine in crisp, easily Near Fine dustjackets. Octavos, top-edges gilt, lovely frontispiece photographs of William James. Edited by his son Henry, "these letters, covering the writer's life from his boyhood to the end, form a genuine autobiography of one who may well be called the most interesting man of thought in America since Emerson" (from the front covers). The sharpest example of the 2 volume set this bookseller has seen. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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Edith Wharton
        The Age of Innocence
      D. Appleton and Company, New York 1920 - "The Age of Innocence" by Edith Wharton. First edition, second printing with "(2)" on the last page of text, signifying the printing number. Published by D. Appleton & Company, New York, 1920. Winner of the 1921 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The book measures 5" x 7.5", 365 pages. A brand new facsimile (reproduction) dust jacket is included for protection and display. The book is in fair condition. Heavy sunning to the boards and spine. Wear to the edges with cloth loss at the hinges and at the top of the spine, affecting the title. The textblock is gently toned with foxing throughout. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(H1-59) [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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Raphael Viau
        The Feminie Vices
      Paris: Librairie Des Editions Modernes. Three-Quarter Leather. Collectible; Very Good. First Thus. Elegant French erotica, translated into English ("the suppressed English edition"), circa 1920. Special issue, with 2 original signed-- by the artist Malay-- erotic watercolors bound-in. Octavo, 126 pgs. Handsomely rebound in 3/4 calf over green linen. 5 raised bands, bright gilt-decorated compartments and bright gilt-letttering along spine. Original pictorial wrapper (very saucy) bound-in as well. New marbled endpapers, top-edge gilt. A solid, VG copy, with light fraying along spine creases and light scuffing along front panel. Internally, very clean. Wonderfully-illustrated, early 20th century French erotica. Signed by Illustrator.

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        Pretty Little Games for for Young Ladies and Gentlemen with Pictures of Good Old English Sports and Pastimes by T. Rowlandson 1845
      N.p. [New York?] 1920 - "A few copies Only printed for the artist's friend" (verso of title page). With 10 line illustrations. [68] pp. First and last leaves are blank. 1 vols. 8vo. Bawdy text on short vignettes with ten line drawings in a pseudo-Rowlandson style. Contemporary black limp morocco, marbled endsheets, t.e.g. Faintest rubbing to extremities, else fine With 10 line illustrations. [68] pp. First and last leaves are blank. 1 vols. 8vo "A few copies Only printed for the artist's friend" (verso of title page)

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        Pretty Little Games for for Young Ladies and Gentlemen with Pictures of Good Old English Sports and Pastimes by T Rowlandson 1845
      N.p. [New York?], 1920. "A few copies Only printed for the artist's friend" (verso of title page). With 10 line illustrations. [68] pp. First and last leaves are blank. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary black limp morocco, marbled endsheets, t.e.g. Faintest rubbing to extremities, else fine. "A few copies Only printed for the artist's friend" (verso of title page). With 10 line illustrations. [68] pp. First and last leaves are blank. 1 vols. 8vo. Bawdy text on short vignettes with ten line drawings in a pseudo-Rowlandson style.

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Joseph Conrad
        The Works of Joseph Conrad, Sun-Dial edition 19 vol set, Signed by Author, Limited edition, 154/735
      New York: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1920 Signed Set Works of Joseph Conrad Sun Dial Edition 154/735 Limited #ed. Volumes 1-19. Leather worn at hinges with some repairs and some losses to leather along spines. Covers attached but fragile. Pages clean and unmarked. Media Mail shipping factored into list price. If shipping outside of the US or needing expedited shipping additional charges will apply.

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        Blätter des Burgtheaters. Hrsg. Albert Heine, Red. Erhard Buschbeck und Richard Smekal.
      Wien, Selbstverlag (ab Nummer 2: Wien-Prag-Leipzig, Strache) 1919-1920 - 8°. (I. und einziger Jahrgang), Nr. 1-12 in den 10 OHeften mit Umschlagzeichnung von Albert Paris Gütersloh. Dietzel/H. 314. Alles Erschienene. Unter Ägide Buschbecks, inzwischen in leitender Funktion im Burgtheater tätig, bilden diese Blätter den Ausläufer des noch kurzlebigeren 'Ruf' (Akademischer Verband für Literatur und Musik) der Vorkriegszeit, nunmehr stärker dem neuen Theater und seinem Bühnenbild verbunden. Komplett sehr selten; mit Beiträgen von Hermann Bahr, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Buschbeck, Walther Eidlitz, Andreas Thom (Beer-Hofmann), Richard Smekal, Franz Blei, Franz Werfel, Georg Kulka, Theodor Däubler, Erwin Rieger, Joseph Gregor, Stefan Hock, Andreas Eckbrecht (d.i. Gina Kaus), Robert Müller, Robert Musil (Szenen aus 'Die Schwärmer'), Thaddäus Rittner, Béla Balász, Arthur Schnitzler, Rudolf Frank, Paul Baudisch, Ernst Angel, Erich Wolfgang Korngold u.a. Mit teilw. farbigen Bühnenbildern von Gütersloh, Alfred Roller und Oskar Laske, einer illustr. Werbeanzeige von C. O. Czeschka (Angerer & Goeschl) u.a. - Das 8. Heft enthält das Jean Paul-Plagiat 'Der Gott des Lachens' von Georg Kulka, Heft 11/12 die Mitteilung der Redaktion: "Karl Kraus wies in . der 'Fackel' nach, daß der . Aufsatz . von Georg Kulka vollständig der 'Vorschule der Ästhetik' von Jean Paul entnommen worden ist. Die Direktion des Burgtheaters hat gegen Georg Kulka die Strafanzeige erstattet ." (Vgl. Kulkas Beilage Der Götze des Lachens zu A. Ehrensteins Karl Kraus u.a.). Mit interessanten Verlagsanzeigen ('Die Gefährten', Leppin 'Daniel Jesus' - mit Abdruck 'Dem Daniel Jesus Paul' von Else Lasker-Schüler etc). [Attributes: First Edition; Soft Cover]

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Miller Family Photograph Albums
        Photograph Albums and Family Photographs, approximately 600, of the Miller Family of the Roxbury and Dorchester Neighborhoods of Boston Massachusetts c. 1920's - 1960s
      Collection of family photographs of the Miller family consisting of 182 loose black and white and color snapshot and other photographs, and four photograph albums containing, respectively, 295, 38, 82 and 10 mounted and loose photographs. The photographs date from the 1920s - 1960s, with several from as recently as the 1980s. There are also 23 ephemeral items, mainly graduation programs and other education related items and death certificates, funeral programs of Miller family members. The photograph albums are worn, the leaves on which the photographs of the most extensive album are brittle and chipped, due to the poor quality of the paper stock. The images are generally in good clean condition. The photographs in this collection document the lives of the Miller's, an African American family of Roxbury, across four decades. From the 1920's through the 1960s the album records family events, holidays, graduations, marriages, vacations, and the domestic life of the family. The Miller children grow up, graduate and marry all of which is recorded in the images in this collection. Some family members appear to have immigrated to Boston from Virginia as part of the Great Migration. The death certificates in the collection list the deceased family member's addresses as 45 Beech Glen Street, Roxbury, 33 Wales Street, Dorchester and 16 Bowdoin Avenue, Dorchester.

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Heinrich Kley (1863 Karlsruhe - 1945 München)
        Heinrich Kley: Der unentschlossene Rokokokavalier (Originalzeichnung)
      1920 - Gouache, Feder, Farbstifte und Bleistift 42,5 x 58,5 cm Provenienz: Emily Kley (Witwe des Künstlers) Privatbesitz, München BIOGRAFIE: Heinrich Kley (1863 Karlsruhe - 1945 München) Nach Beendigung des Studiums an der Karlsruher Kunstschule 1885 ist Heinrich Kley darum bemüht, sich im Kunstleben seiner badischen Heimatstadt zu etablieren. Zwar erhält er immer wieder Aufträge von ortsansässigen Privatpersonen, Behörden sowie Unternehmen, engagiert sich in der lokalen Künstlerschaft und nimmt an Ausstellungen teil, doch bleiben größere Erfolge letztlich aus. Diese stellen sich erst nach 1900 ein, als das Unternehmen Krupp in Essen auf Kleys Fähigkeiten als Schilderer topographischer Sujets aufmerksam wird. Durch die Verbindung von zeichnerischer Präzision und koloristischem Feingefühl gelingt es ihm, die spezifischen atmosphärischen Stimmungen in der Welt der Gußstahlfabriken, Hüttenwerke und Schiffswerften einzufangen. Seine um impressionistische Elemente bereicherte realistische Kunstauffassung überzeugt bald auch andere große Unternehmen, so dass Kley innerhalb weniger Jahre den Ruf eines erstrangigen und vielbeschäftigten Industriemalers genießt. Der breiten Öffentlichkeit wird Kley durch die Mitarbeit an den Zeitschriften Simplicissimus und Jugend bekannt, die ihn 1909 zum Umzug nach München bewegen. Bis zum Ersten Weltkrieg veröffentlichen sie hunderte seiner humoristischen, satirischen und grotesken Federzeichnungen. Themen der Gesellschaftspolitik, des technischen Fortschritts sowie des Verhältnisses zwischen Mann und Frau erfasst er mit phantasiereichen Bildideen, psychologischem Einfühlungsvermögen und unverwechselbarer Virtuosität. Mit gleicher Könnerschaft charakterisiert er menschliche Verhaltensweisen durch Mensch-Tier-Vergleiche pointiert und unterhaltsam. Obwohl es nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg ruhig um den von Schicksalsschlägen getroffenen Künstler wird, erfahren seine Federzeichnungen eine erstaunliche Rezeption in den USA. In den späten 1930er Jahren wird Walt Disney auf sie aufmerksam und nutzt sie fortan als wichtige Inspirationsquelle für seine Zeichentrickfilme. So lebt Kleys Kunst in den Figuren von Dumbo, Fantasia und Dschungelbuch weiter und begeistert weltweit ein Millionenpublikum.

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Blake, William
        The Book of Thel.
      (William Muir, 1920). Small quarto. (8)ff. One of only thirty-two copies of this facsimile edition, according to Quaritch catalogue 693, this being copy Number One. Signed by the publisher, William Muir, on the front cover. Although not seen here, several copies of this 1920 edition included a note hand-written by Muir inside the front cover stating, "This book is copied from a very richly coloured original which was lent to me by Mr. Bernard Quaritch ... in 1887. I now issue this edition of fifty copies through Messrs. Quaritch of Grafton Street. London, August 1920." The original lent to Muir was Copy J, now held at Harvard's Houghton Library, and Muir never completed the full fifty reproductions. It is interesting to note the differences in Muir's 1885 facsimile of The Book of Thel, which was based on Copy D, and this 1920 edition, based on Copy J. D was printed in yellow ochre and has much more muted colors; in contrast, Copy J was printed in dark green and the colors are significantly more vibrant. Muir accurately reproduced these differences in his own reproductions. The Book of Thel was Blake's first illuminated book written in fourteen-syllable lines, a form he used for many of his later books. The book speaks to life's transience, to fears of death and sexuality, and to the human desire for transcendental truths. Near fine in the original wrappers, which show some wear to the yapp edges; text block loose in wrappers but still attached. Housed in custom slipcase with bookplate of Philip Hanson Hiss. (Blake Archive).

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        Sibylle, die gewandte Kartenschlägerin, oder neuester Schicksalsprophet, worin die Kunst der Wahrsagerei aus den 32 deutschen Spiel-Karten so deutlich gezeigt wird, daß sich jedermann in sehr kurzer Zeit, ohne fremde Hülfe die Karten selbst legen, oder andere damit unterhalten kann : ein Gegenstand der Neugierde, eine Unterhaltung für Einsame, ein Trost für Leidende, ein Rathgeber für Liebende und Verliebte.
      Zweite verbesserte Auflage. Mit 7 (1 gefalt.) kolor. lithograph. Tafeln. 52 S. HLwd. um 1920. Diese Ausgabe in Bibliotheken nicht nachweisbar im "Allgemeinen Anzeiger und Nationalzeitung der Deutschen" vom 15. Jan. 1840 wird das Werk als soeben erschienen angezeigt. - Mit Exlibris der tschechischen Opernsängerin Emmy Destinn (1878-1930). - Etwas fleckig.

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United States War Office
        Histories of Two Hundred and Fifty-One Divisions of the German Army Which Participated in the War (1914-1918) (Original 1920 edition)
      Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1920. First edition. Paperback. Very Good/Good. Softcover. Disbound. Original brown tattered and torn dust wrapper is in a Mylar sleeve around the book. Binding is tight but there is no backstrip on the book. Pages are clean, unmarked, unyellowed. The book contains the record of the organization and service of the 251 divisions of the German Army during the years 1914-1918. Compiled from records of Intelligence Section of the General Staff, American Expeditionary Forces, at General Headquarters; Chaumont, France 1919. A scarce document in its original form. 8vo. 748 pp.

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EDWARD VIII
        Exceptional photo by Spencer Shier with the photographer's blind stamp, signed "David" with the place and date (1894-1972, King of Great Britain, Later the Duke of Windsor)
      1920 - showing him full length in uniform standing on the steps of Government House, 9" x 7" in fine contemporary silver frame, 10" x 8", Melbourne, 30th May A rare example of Edward VIII using his family name "David", this photo must have been a gift to a close friend or family member. Taken during his visit to Australia in 1920

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        Reliefpanorama von Brannenburg und Umgebung, die Städte als Vogelschauansichten.
       Aquarell mit Deckfarben über Bleistift, sign. \"J. Ruep Mchn.\", um 1920, 33 x 90 cm. Das Panorama zeigt die Bergwelt zwischen Sachrang und Leizachtal: Zahmer- und Wilder Kaiser, Petersberg, Sudelfeld, Wendelstein, Breitenstein und Rotwand, in der Ferne Hohe Tauern und Zillertaler Alpen. Fein dargestellt ist das Inntal mit Ansichten von Brannenburg, Degerndorf, Flintsbach, Nußdorf, Reisach, Nieder- und Oberaudorf, Kiefersfelden und Kufstein. - Auf Leinwand aufgezogen, minimal berieben, rechts oben kleine Fleckchen, insgesamt von frischer Gesamterhaltung. Versand D: 6,00 EUR Aquarell/Zeichnung, BAYERN, Oberbayern, Panoramen

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Fish (with Dorothy Parker, Frank Crowninshield and George S Chappell)
        High Society: Hints on How to Attain, Relish --and Survive It
      New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1920. Hardcover. Very Good +. Ann Fish. A wonderful send-up of post-World War I New York high society, brilliantly illustrated thruout by the English cartoonist Ann Fish. Solid and VG in its highly-decorative boards, with light soiling --and just a touch of staining-- along the rear panel and light wear to the front tips. Still though, solid and very presentable. With predictably stinging observations by Dorothy Parker, Frank Crowninshield and George S. Chappell. (From the title page: "Advice as to Social Campaigning, and Hints on the Management of Dowagers, Dinners, Debutantes, Dances, and the Thousand and One Diversions of Persons of Quality").

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CARISBROOKE
        Fine portrait photograph, unsigned, by F.A. Swaine (Irene, 1890-1956, wife of Alexander Albert Mountbatten, 1886-1960, son of Princess Beatrice, from 1917 1st Marquess), and her daughter LADY IRIS MOUNTBATTEN, 1920-1982]
      1920 - with his pencilled signature, inscribed and dated on the margin in Irene's hand "Iris & Irene. eight weeks old", showing Irene half length, holding up a toy to her baby in the cot, who wears a long lace gown, 8" x 6" in margins 13¼" x 10¼", London, March three tiny white marks on image From the collection of Queen Victoria Eugenia of Spain. Irene's husband 'Drino' grew up at Osborne, where his mother, he, his brothers and sister Ena, lived with Queen Victoria. Iris was Queen Ena's only niece or nephew on her side of the family.

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Carrasco, Jose
        Estudios Constitucionales, 4 Volumes, Complete Set.
      1920 - Critical Study of Bolivia's Constitution Carrasco, Jose [1862-1921]. Estudios Constitucionales. La Paz: Gonzalez & Medina, 1920. Four volumes. Printed wrappers bound into contemporary quarter cloth over marbled boards. Moderate shelfwear and soiling, dampstaining to rear board and rear section of text block of Volume 2, internally clean. Ex-library. Location labels to spines, stamps to versos of title pages. A nice set. * Only edition. An authoritative study of Bolivia's constitution of 1880, which was replaced in 1938. (Bolivia's current constitution was adopted in 1967.) Volume I: Garantias y Derechos, Poder Legislativo (Primera Parte), Volume II: Poder Legislativo (Segundo Parte), Volume III: Poder Ejectivo, Volume IV. Poder Judicial, Apendice: Constitucion Politica. OCLC locates 9 copies in North American law libraries. [Attributes: Soft Cover]

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Forsyth, A R
        Lectures on the Differential Geometry of Curves and Surfaces
      Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1920. Ex-Library; Full black cloth, gilt titles on spine, xxiii, 527 pp, index. Covers somewhat scuffed, corners bumped & worn, previous owners' names on ffep & name of library (apparently 2nd of 3 owners) stamped on edges. Forsyth graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge, as senior wrangler in 1881, and was Sadleirian Professor of Pure Mathematics from 1895 to 1910. Contents: curves in space; general theory of surfaces; organic curves of a surface; lines of curvature; geodesics; general curves on a surface, differential invariants; comparison of surfaces; minimal surfaces; surfaces with plane or spherical lines of curvature, Weingarten surfaces; deformation of surfaces; triply orthogonal systems of surfaces; congruences of curves. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. 2nd ptg with minor revisions. . G/No dj. 26½ X 18 cm.

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Bauer, Carl-Josef
        Art Deco, honden - Carl Josef Bauer, ca. 1920.
      VREUGDEVOLLE DAME MET HAAR HONDJEEts vervaardigd ca. 1920 door Carl-Josef Bauer. Met potlood genummerd 29/50 en gesigneerd.Bauer (1895 -1964) studeerde aan de Kunst-Akademie in M?nchen en stelde tentoon in o.a. de befaamde Glasplalast. Bauer was 10 jaar voorzitter van kunstenaarsvereniging Allotria. Het leeuwendeel van zijn etswerk kwam tot stand tussen 1914 en 1928.Bauer werd met name bekend om zijn naakten en afbeeldingen van beroemde filmsterren zoals Greta Garbo, Dolores del Rio en anderen in typische Art Deco stijl.Prijs: ?950,- (incl. 21% BTW, incl. lijst).

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Red Star Line; Bailie, Samuel Colville
        Red Star Line Anvers-Canada Via Southamption & Cherbourg Poster
      1920. Undetermined. near fine. 88 X 56 cm. Original color lithographed poster. Fantastic vibrant colors, blue background with red lettering. A bit of toning to outside edging. Overall very nice condition. near fine The Red Star Line was an ocean passenger line founded in 1871. The company operated until 1935, when the economic depression made it too difficult to remain in operation. This particular posted advertises the Antwerp to Canada line. Depicts a happy young man having just took off his hat in greeting, standing infront of a golden farm field, with prosperous farmland behind him. 1920

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KUSTOMER, A.
        P.S. What do you think of the market?
      8vo., original cloth backed paper covered boards lettered in green on upper board. Repair to tear on gutter of title-page otherwise a very good copy. First edition. Inscribed by the author. A series of 38 humorous fictional letters between an investor, Dave, and his broker Eddie. While satirical in tone, the letters offer insights into the worries and frustrations inherent in playing the stock market, and foreshadow the crash and subsequent depression that would come ten years later. "A. Kustomer" was the pseudonym of Jacques S. Cohen. At the time of the book's publication, Cohen was the head of the Statistical Department at J.S. Bache & Co., a securities firm, and later worked at the firm of Baar, Cohen & Co. He also wrote numerous articles for The Financial World, also published by The Guenther Publishing Co., which was run by Louis Guenther. Louis Guenther is perhaps best known for the libel and blackmail suit he was embroiled in during the beginning of the twentieth century. In 1911, George Graham Rice, himself a known con artist, published an article in the magazine Adventure (owned by the Ridgway Company) accusing Guenther of using The Financial World as a blackmail scam, supposedly threatening various businesses with bad press if they refused to purchase advertising. Guenther fought back, ultimately winning a libel suit against The Ridgway Company in 1915. A few years later, Jacques S. Cohen, apparently unfazed by Guenther's supposedly unsavory business practices, began publishing his "Eddie from Dave" letters in The Financial World as well as articles under his own name. Apparently unaffected by the scandal, The Financial World continued publishing until it folded in 1998. From the library of Harry Hoffman, presumably the same Harry Hoffman who was World Secretary of the American Exchange National Bank in New York in 1922. The inscription, which reads, "Harry Hoffman: To my friend and counsellor. Who if he had wisely counselled, perhaps I would not have written this book--Jacques S Cohen Dec 8/1920", is the only indication that Cohen was indeed the author. Even James L. Fraser, an investment counselor who self-published a revised edition in 1966, did not know the identity of "A. Kustomer". He writes in his introduction that even Richard Anderson, then-editor of The Financial World, knew nothing of Kustomer's identity, and that it is, "one of the many little mysteries that often crop up when one digs into Wall Street's past." In 2013, the book was revised, annotated, and privately reprinted again as Letters to My Broker: P.S. What Do You Think of the Market? by Clem Chambers, a financial pundit as well as CEO of ADVFN, a financial market website. He too, did not know the identity of the original author. These reprints are a testament to this odd and obscure little book's enduring relevance to the financial world.

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Pirchan, [Emil] - Paul Baumann Hg.:
        Eos. Eine Dreimonatsschrift. Herausgegeben von Emil Pirchan. Erstes Jahr, erstes Heft: Ekstatik. Erstes Jahr, zweites Heft: Mystik. - Ein Ausdruckswerk ringender Kunst. Drittes Buch: Phantastik. Viertes Buch: Symbolik.
      Berlin - München, Die Wende, 1918 - 1920. - 4 Bde. Fol. (38,3 cm). 4 n.n. Bll. + 92 + 1 + 11 S., S. 101 - 176 + 12 S., S. 13 - 98 + 2, S. 106 - 194 + 2 S. OPp. Ausgabe B. Eines von 250 num. Expl. Mit eighd. Signatur von Pirchan (2) und Baumann (2). Vgl. Söhn HDO II 223. Mit insgesamt 53 Graphiken, davon zwei von Schertel (diese nicht bei Söhn). - Bindung etw. gelockert, etw. wasserrandig, leicht stockfleckig, leichte Gbrsp. - Pirchan, (1884 - 1957), studierte an der Wiener Akademie der bildenden Künste unter Otto Wagner, ging 1908 nach München, wo er die Kunstschule und eine private Schule besuchte. Er gründete in München ein Atelier und 1913 eine Plakatschule, wurde dann Chefbühnenbildner am Staatlichen Schauspielhaus in Berlin und der Staatsoper (1921-32), wirkte 1932-36 am Deutschen Theater in Prag und leitete 1937-57 die Meisterschule für Bühnentechnik an der Akademie der bildenden Künste in Wien. 1936-47 war P. auch für das Burgtheater und für ausländische Theater als Bühnenbilder tätig. Seit 1947 lehrte er zudem an der Staatlichen Hochschule in Berlin. Neben biographischen Romanen schrieb er Biographien (u.a. Hans Makart, 1942) und Handbücher (u.a. Bühnenmalerei, 1946; Kostüm-Kunde, 1952). (DBE) [Attributes: Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: Antiquariat Weinek]

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