London: 1920. Le Morte D'Arthur, By Sir Thomas Malory, Knt. With Illustrations after Water-Colour Drawings by W. Russell Flint, R.W.S. In II Volumes. Rare two-volume board-and-clothbound pair. The unabridged Le Morte D'Arthur by Malory. Originally published in 1485 and titled, The Hoole Book of Kyng Arthur and of His Noble Knyghtes of The Rounde Table. Includes the original foreword by William Caxton and various full-colour plates throughout. Hand-cut pages. This is the rare Riccardi edition (1911) republished by Philip Lee Warner (London) in 1920, publisher to the Medici Society. Condition: Shelf wear, some bumping and edge de-threading, some yellowing to frontispages but main body remains clean and white. Ex-library with associated markings. See photos. --- Free tracked UK shipping. International tracked shipping available. Payment accepted by cash, debit/credit card, PayPal, money order/Western Union (for latter option, item will not be despatched until payment is cleared).

Lit. Hija de E.Mirabet, (Ap.1920)., Valencia. Cartel impreso en color por una cara. Bonito cartel de ilusionismo impreso en litografía (Se facilitará fotografía si lo solicitan).

Passau, Brünn: Verlag Neue Motive, 1920. First edition. Quarto Portfolio. (1) 20 plates. Original gray quarter cloth over color illustrated paper-covered board with black lettering on cover and decorative back cover. Printed introduction pasted to inside front cover. "Neue Motive" was printed on Bohla's behest but was not distributed for sale. Our collection contains the complete production material including metal printing plates for the earlier edition, some original artwork, printed proof plates, variant hand-colored, marked proof plates of plate one and the original portfolio with 20 lithographic plates in color, title plate and printed introduction, pasted to inside front cover. When Bohla began his second portfolio, Neue Motive, it was meant to become an inspiration for the viewer and entice him or her to be active and creative in this field. The backdrop for this work is stated in the introduction by the author: "The study of nature serves as foundation from the outset. Not to copy nature, as a trained eye sees it, was the intention, something different could be created only when considering the form of the presentation. The objective is to create studies in a beautiful rendition, the extraction of decorative forms while applying complete freedom, recording the essence while omitting all ornateness is the general guideline. Starting with the choice of motifs diligence has to be applied. Useful native plants and animals are plentiful in nature. You can find them. magnifiers and mirrors might disclose hidden allures/charms. Happy and fresh colors are to be used … [Click Below for Full Description]

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.

c1920. This handmade photography guide, called, Kodakery, contains a series of drawings, photographs, and printed photographs, used to illustrate the art of photography. Made from a photo album, it contains 23 pages of written text, 5 pages of drawings, 26 individual photographs, and 16 printed photographs. Kodakery is a term that was derived from the camera name "Kodak", and according to this guide it meant "the taking of pictures, developing and finally printing to show the picture." The guide starts off with a description of the camera itself, its various parts and 6 different types of lenses (miniscus, concave, convex, meniscus achromatic, rapid rectilnear, and anastigmatic lenses), and more specifically how light enters the camera through the different lenses. The guide continues on to provide in-depth explanations of a fixed focus camera and of that of an adjustable focal length, and what that means for the camera's depth of focus, even discussing what F-stops are best for different types of pictures. Next the guide discusses the film itself and its different parts: a strip of celluloid, a gelatin, and a silver bromide, before continuing on to instruct the reader on how to develop the film and how make prints from the negatives. This section is rather in depth, as it goes into the room requirements, the chemicals needed, how to enlarge prints, and different contrast filters that can be used. The guide ends with a series of quick tips for the reader to remember, such as "be sure the temperature of the developer and fixing is below 70 degrees" and "fixed focus cameras … [Click Below for Full Description]

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1920. #47 of sixty SIGNED copies of the first edition of this play, written as sort of a joke, says Mencken, mostly by him with some embellishments by Nathan; they tried to get it produced under a pseudonym but failed, then decided to publish it: they intended that it should contain no new ideas. There were 60 signed copies produced, 50 for sale; an "Acting Edition" of 200, none of which were for sale; and a numbered trade edition of 2000, unsigned. (Adler, pages 25/6). Hardcover, vellum spine over black speckled boards. Edges worn, vellum spotted & stained; no jacket. Text clean; 183 pages. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Octavo.

[San Francisco]: [1912-1920]. 74 leaves [46 cm x 39 cm] of handmade paper. The majority of the leaves have three uniform holes at the left. Item #2886 The portfolio contains 75 entries (28 are duplicates), as well as the title page, on handmade paper. All entries are in Dixon's distinctive hand, and include the title, size, date, and sometimes the location and disposition of the work. The cover is titled Paintings by Maynard Dixon, along with his distinctive Thunderbird symbol outlined in a circle. The entries were accompanied by original photographs done by noted San Francisco photographer Gabriel Moulin. Most of the Moulin photographs have been removed but five still remain. These photographs [24 cm x 17 cm] contain either Edith Hamlin's stamp or Gabriel Moulin's (and in many cases some pencil annotations, probably by Hamlin). The photographed paintings are: 'The Trading Post' - 'Corral Dust' - 'Camp in the Mountains' - 'Home Pastures' - 'The Old Cow Town'. Among the numerous entries are murals for Anita Baldwin's Indian Room and Jinks Room for her Arcadia home, The Old Trading Post, Corral Dust, Home Pastures, Pony Boy, Blackfeet Historians, Camp in the Mountains, The Navajos, The Story Tellers, From Range to Range, What an Indian Thinks, Cattle Country, Home of the Half-Breed, among others. A number of works are from his legendary 1917 trip to Montana. Dixon probably intended the portfolio as a document he could show prospective clients and for museum and gallery exhibitions. Although most of the photographs have been removed by Dixon or his third wife, Edith Hamlin, th … [Click Below for Full Description]

[c. 1920]. One of a series of five photographs known as The Cottingley Fairy pictures -- one of the great photographic hoaxes. Two young girls cousins, Frances Griffiths and Elsie Wright, produced the five pictures (two in 1917 and three more in 1920) using the camera which belonged to Elsie's father and taking them while playing in the garden of Elsie's home in Cottingley. In 1919 Elsie's mother took the first two pictures to a meeting of the Theosophical Society where all assembled were enthralled. They came to the attention of one of leaders, Edward Gardner, at the society's annual conference, who had them "authenticated" by photographer Harold Snelling who declared them "genuine unfaked photographs of single exposure". The images began circulating among the English spiritualist community, which included Arthur Conan Doyle. It was Doyle who urged the girls to take more photographs in 1920 -- this image is from that group. Some years later Gardner published Fairies: The Cottingley Photographs and Their Sequel. He described this image #4 as taken August 1920. Camera: Cameo Quarter. He explains why Elsie does not seem to be looking directly at the fairy: "With fairy lovers the habit of looking at first a little sideways is common". The seriousness of this description underscores the importance of these photographs to spiritualists of the early 20th century, and the absurdity as well. The photographs are sometimes found on cardstock mounts with printed captions underneath. This silver gelatin print, with a darkened caption, we believe to be a bit later, and probably produced … [Click Below for Full Description]

1920. One of a series of five photographs known as The Cottingley Fairy pictures -- one of the great photographic hoaxes. Two young girls cousins, Frances Griffiths and Elsie Wright, produced the five pictures (two in 1917 and three more in 1920) using the camera which belonged to Elsie's father and taking them while playing in the garden of Elsie's home in Cottingley. In 1919 Elsie's mother took the first two pictures to a meeting of the Theosophical Society where all assembled were enthralled. They came to the attention of one of leaders, Edward Gardner, at the society's annual conference, who had them "authenticated" by photographer Harold Snelling who declared them "genuine unfaked photographs of single exposure". The images began circulating among the English spiritualist community, which included Arthur Conan Doyle. It was Doyle who urged the girls to take more photographs in 1920 -- this image is from that group. Some years later Gardner published Fairies: The Cottingley Photographs and Their Sequel. He described this image #4 as taken August 1920. Camera: Cameo Quarter. He explains why Elsie does not seem to be looking directly at the fairy: "With fairy lovers the habit of looking at first a little sideways is common". The seriousness of this description underscores the importance of these photographs to spiritualists of the early 20th century, and the absurdity as well. The photographs are sometimes found on cardstock mounts with printed captions underneath. This silver gelatin print, with a darkened caption, we believe to be a bit later, and probabl … [Click Below for Full Description]

Florida, 1920. Softcover. Near Fine. Oblong quarto measuring 11.5"x 10". Flexible contemporary plastic black binder. Contains 26 black and white or sepia toned photographs measuring between 9"x 6" and 11" x 6.5" with captions. Near fine photographs with age toning on slightly warped edges.A collection professionally shot photographs documenting Florida's national forest lands in 1920. Florida's national forest is now divided into Apalachicola, Osceola, and Ocala. It was established as a national forest in 1911 after scientists started noticing how many areas had been overworked by the timber industry. The photographs are taken during the beginning of the timber restoration. The images are of different trees in the forest with captions on the back as to what type of tree there are including cabbage palms, orange groves, long leaf pines, black jack oak, hyacinth, scrub pines, and cacti. There are also pictures of Lake Kerr and Pippins Lake as well as a picture of the fireguard's home. The pictures are well composed and aesthetically pleasing. A handsome collection of professional landscape and nature photographs taken in 1920 in Florida's national forest.

[Boston, Massachusetts], 1920. Hardcover. Very Good. Quarto measuring 10" x 7.5". Three quarter black leather with marbled paper boards and a plate on the spine, "Furniture". 158pp. A photo album filled with furniture photographs from postcards, newspapers, and magazine clippings. The spine has been taped with edgewear and marks on the boards, very good. An entire scrapbook filled with magazine and newspaper clippings affixed and laid into the album depicting different images of ornate furniture with unique and lavish designs. The scrapbook was collected together by Israel P. Lord, an architect in Boston, Massachusetts. The pictures range from chairs, to bed frames, cabinets, doors, and tables presumably to be used in determining what furniture would look best with Lord's designs. Lord worked on several major projects during his career with G. Henri Desmond, forming the firm Desmond & Lord in 1916. The firm designed commercial and public buildings including the Parker House Hotel and the Suffolk County Courthouse in Maine. One of the more notable architectural designs was for the Massachusetts University campus. An interesting scrapbook of unique furniture photographs collected by an architect from Massachusetts.

Peace River, Alberta, Canada / Michigan, 1920. Softcover. Very Good. Oblong octavo measuring 8" x 5.5". String-tied black cloth covered flexible boards. Contains 154 silver gelatin black and white or sepia toned photographs measuring between 1" x 1.5" and 4" x 5" with some captions. Detached but present pages with small chips and tears, very good with fine photographs.A young woman's album filled with photographs of her traveling with friends to different Lyceums and Chautauquas, educational camps and sponsored public programs for adults, in the early 1920s. The group is shown stopping at Chautauquas either dancing and having fun learning a new hobby or skill such as horseback riding or dressing up in various costumes like princesses, clowns, geishas, Scottish men, and cowboys. Two photographs show the woman and her friends dressed in graduation caps with school flyers for Harvard and Dartmouth. There is also a picture of a young man wearing an actual Canadian Service Uniform from World War I.The camps visited were located in Peace River, Alberta, Canada and in Michigan with landscape photographs of the surrounding areas. Several shots are of varying locations around Niagara Falls including a shot of a rainbow. Some of the camps set up large tents which are pictured in the album, almost circus like in appearance. Several animals are pictured including dogs, elks, moose, and a pet coyote owned by one of the men traveling with the woman. One of the camps visited includes photos of a Native American family with the group members posing together. A horse ranch can be seen in … [Click Below for Full Description]

Connecticut / North Carolina / East Coast, 1920. Softcover. Very Good. Oblong quarto measuring 10" x 7.5". String-tied, brown paper wrappers. Contains 74 black and white gelatin silver or sepia toned photographs measuring between 2" x 1.5" and 5" x 3.5" with captions and glassine wrappers between each page. Some chips and edgewear thus a very good album with fine photographs. A family photo album from the 1920s mostly centered around the New England region of the United States with some Southern areas mixed in. The photographs feature pictures of the family traveling to locations around the Atlantic coast like Wesleyan in Connecticut and Seawell, North Carolina. There are several pictures of beaches as well as pine plantations, limestone quarries, churches, farms with cattle, and boiling houses for sugar cane. There are also pictures of homes and people riding in horse driven carriages. Most of the photographs are of the young children in the family. Some of the photos have captions of the children's names like "Iol," "Teddy," "Buddy," and "Violet". The pictures of the children usually are posed shots of them in groups or single shots of the children in formal attire. Several shots are of "Jessie" dancing and posing. There are a few photos of the older adults; one of which is captioned "Dink Ripley". Most of the adult photos are more serious but a few catch passing smiles. There is also an article from a newspaper clipping that expresses the writer's concern for Prohibition, "Why they would cut almost harmless beer off with three months' notice and give alcoholic liquor … [Click Below for Full Description]

Canada / Massachusetts / Connecticut / New Hampshire / North Carolina / New York, 1920. Hardcover. Near Fine. Oblong quarto. Measuring 11" x 7". String tied, brown leather boards with gilt and embossed decorations. Contains 214 gelatin silver black and white or sepia toned photographs measuring between 3" x 2" and 4.5" x 3", some with captions. Bumped and worn edges else near fine with fine photographs. A collection of photographs of a 1920s-era Gypsy Motorcycle Tour of the the Northeast and Mohawk Trail Hunting Tour. The men are pictured traveling through Canada, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, North Carolina, and New York. The photographs often include shots of them posing and riding motorcycles, and various races they attended (Rockingham Speedway, Enfield Hill Climb, Worcester Hill Climb). Often the bike manufacturer's name is captioned below the image ("Harley Davidsons" and "Indian"), and in one case a gentleman's motorcycle is named: "Fatalday." There are also photographs of landscapes and the wide open of road, including Niagara Falls and tornado damages to a small town. Mixed in are a few commercial images, likely acquired on their journey. The album also contains several pages of young woman's graduation from secondary school and a visit to Fort Griswold in Connecticut. A charming travel album of an East Coast motorcycle tours during the 1920s.

Poughkeepsie, New York /, 1920. Hardcover. Very Good. Oblong quarto. Measuring 11 "x 7". String tied, black cloth over flexible boards. Contains 161 gelatin silver black and white or sepia toned photographs measuring between 2" x 1" and 10" x 5.5". Edgewear with some pages detached but present, very good with fine photographs.A young photographer's college photo album featuring their professional photography work and aesthetically pleasing leisure shots of friends while attending Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York. The photographer is E. L. Wolven whose work was published in *The New York Times*, *Harper Magazine*, *Pearson's Magazine*, and college magazines in the New York area. A couple of the photographs in the album are from their professional work shooting the exteriors and landscapes of Colleges as well as stage plays. The play pictured is "The Real Thing" performed at Vassar College in 1915. Some of the pictures are of exterior and interior shots of churches, forest paths during different seasons, building halls around campus, and dorms of young woman at Vassar College. There are a few pictures of a house on fire as well as the aftermath showing the destroyed building. Aside from stage plays, there are shots of outdoor plays with minimal sets and lavish costumes. Several pictures also show a group of young girls dressed in costume, out in the woods dancing and having picnics. The same group can be seen riding horses and posing for shots with decorative clothing and furs. These girls are also seen graduating from Vassar in the early 1920s.An aesthetically plea … [Click Below for Full Description]

New York: 1920. Overall condition is Very Good +. See description for full details and photos. The Age of Innocence By Edith Wharton New York:D. Appleton and Company1920 (1st Edition) Approx Size: 5.25 x 7.75 inches (13.5 x 19.5 cms) Hardback. 365 printed pages Half purple morocco leather binding with marbled boards and endpapers, speckled page edges. Spine has five raised bands, gilt lettering, gilt ruled compartments with central ornaments. Hand sewn headbands. True first printing, with (1) printed on p365 and 'Forasmuch as it hath please Almighty God' on p186. Old fold to tip of half title and title page. Light foxing to half title and title page, a few occasional patches of foxing within text (mostly to margins.) A very attractive first edition of Wharton's Pulitzer Prize winning classic, in a binding of the highest order. Overall Condition is Very Good + There are many more rare and collectable books in our eBay shop, all at very reasonable prices Why not take a look... HERE Keywords: American fiction, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Pulitzer Prize for the Novel. [Attributes: First Edition]

CONNECTICUT, 1920 Published by A.C. GILBERT CO. Edition: FIRST ED Binding: HARD BACK BROWN Jacket: GOOD DJ Size: 5 X 7 61 Pages Overall Condition is: VERY GOOD Book Condition: Very good, bright green lettering & illustration on cover, good binding, clean body and unmarked text. Light shelf wear, small bookplate on front inner board, front endpaper & front inner board is tanned on half the page. Dust Jacket Condition: Good, some chipping at edges, small tear at bottom front flap, somewhat brittle jacket, few closed tears, ORIGINAL DUST JACKET!

Houghton Mifflin Company, 1920. Fine. Hardcover. First edition. Small bookplate on the front pastedown, else fine in a very good plus dustwrapper with some very small nicks and tears. Jack Roberts, Texas Ranger, in the days of the Civil War. [Attributes: First Edition; In Dust Jacket]

Paris: 1920. Librairie Koegui 21, rue vieille boucherie 64100 Bayonne Tél. +33 5 59 59 78 74 VOGEL (Lucien) - Soieries marocaines. Les ceintures de Fès. - Non daté [vers 1920]. Non daté [vers 1920]. 43843 VOGEL (Lucien) Albert Lévy, Librairie centrale des Beaux-arts - Non daté [vers 1920]. Sous portfolio à rabats à rabats fermé par trois lacets. Dos muet en percaline violette. Gardes intérieures refaites à neuf.

Editions de la Sirène, Paris 1920, 14,5x23cm, broché. - Editions de la Sirène, Paris 1920, 14,5x23cm, broché. - Edition su carta corrente. autografo Firmato Jean Cocteau: "Al mio caro amico Marcel Herrand 1920. Jean Cocteau .."[FRENCH VERSION FOLLOWS] Edition originale sur papier courant. Reliure à la bradel en plein papier à effets géométriques dorés et moirés, dos lisse, pièce de titre de maroquin noir, tête dorée, fragiles couvertures et dos (renforcé) conservés, reliure signée de P. Goy & C. Vilaine. Envoi autographe signé de Jean Cocteau : "A mon cher ami Marcel Herrand. Jean Cocteau. 1920." Dans le premier article de Carte blanche (1919), Jean Cocteau fait l'éloge du jeune comédien Marcel Herrand, alors âgé de vingt-deux ans : « L'esprit nouveau agite toutes les branches de l'art. De jeunes acteurs se mettent au service de la poésie moderne. Marcel Herrand (qui créa Les Mamelles de Tirésias et différents rôles masqués du Dit des jeux du monde) fut le premier à nous surprendre par son rythme, sa voix droite et son mépris de l'effet. Gestes, intentions, bêlements, cris, sourires, nuances sous chaque syllabe, jeux du timbre, disparaissent ici pour faire place à une lecture typographique. Un noir d'encre. Les mots nets se détachent de la page l'un après l'autre. L'acteur ne substitue pas son émotion à celle du poète. Il le sert au lieu de s'en servir. » Durant les années 1920, Cocteau confiera plusieurs rôles au talentueux Marcel Herrand : d'abord phonographe dans Les Mariés de la tour Eiffel (1921), il obtiendra le premier rôle masculin dans Roméo et Juliette (1924) et i … [Click Below for Full Description]

- Editions de la Sirène, Paris 1920, 14,5x23cm, broché. - Edition su carta corrente. autografo Firmato Jean Cocteau: "Al mio caro amico Marcel Herrand 1920. Jean Cocteau .."- [FRENCH VERSION FOLLOWS] Edition originale sur papier courant. Reliure à la bradel en plein papier à effets géométriques dorés et moirés, dos lisse, pièce de titre de maroquin noir, tête dorée, fragiles couvertures et dos (renforcé) conservés, reliure signée de P. Goy & C. Vilaine. Envoi autographe signé de Jean Cocteau : "A mon cher ami Marcel Herrand. Jean Cocteau. 1920." Dans le premier article de Carte blanche (1919), Jean Cocteau fait l'éloge du jeune comédien Marcel Herrand, alors âgé de vingt-deux ans : « L'esprit nouveau agite toutes les branches de l'art. De jeunes acteurs se mettent au service de la poésie moderne. Marcel Herrand (qui créa Les Mamelles de Tirésias et différents rôles masqués du Dit des jeux du monde) fut le premier à nous surprendre par son rythme, sa voix droite et son mépris de l'effet. Gestes, intentions, bêlements, cris, sourires, nuances sous chaque syllabe, jeux du timbre, disparaissent ici pour faire place à une lecture typographique. Un noir d'encre. Les mots nets se détachent de la page l'un après l'autre. L'acteur ne substitue pas son émotion à celle du poète. Il le sert au lieu de s'en servir. » Durant les années 1920, Cocteau confiera plusieurs rôles au talentueux Marcel Herrand : d'abord phonographe dans Les Mariés de la tour Eiffel (1921), il obtiendra le premier rôle masculin dans Roméo et Juliette (1924) et incarnera même l'ange Heurtebise dans la première dis … [Click Below for Full Description]

Connecticut / New Jersey / New York, 1920. Softcover. Near Fine. Oblong quarto measuring 10" x 7". Stapled grey paper wrappers. Contains 80 black and white gelatin silver, cyanotype, or sepia toned photographs measuring between 1" x 1" and 5" x 4" with captions. Some chips with edgewear thus a very good album with near fine lightly sunned photographs. A family photo album from 1906 through to the mid-1920s from various places in Connecticut. The album is a gift to Mr. and Mrs. Chas B. Watrous from Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Bassett with the date, Feb 25, 1908 and "Congratulations" written on the front. The photographs mostly focus on the children of Charles and Annie Watrous. They have three children, Ruth, Miriam, and Herbert but Ruth has the most pictures with little captions under each one such as "Be jabbers," "I'm mad," and "Goo bye!" Ruth is seen in photos from almost every year between 1906 and 1920 in the album while her brother Herbert has a much smaller amount of photos. Miriam is only seen in one picture but this is probably due to the fact that she passed away at the age of three. There are also pictures of the extended family, one of which shows all the women wearing large and extravagant hats and other shows the women in the family all playing croquet. The family moves a couple times to different places in Connecticut such as Thomaston and Plymouth in Litchfield and Niantic in East Lyme. Several pictures are captioned with the locations and dates of when the Watrous family settled into their new homes. The album also includes pictures from Johnson's mountains in … [Click Below for Full Description]

Connecticut / North Carolina / East Coast, 1920. Oblong quarto measuring 10" x 7.5". String-tied, brown paper wrappers. Contains 74 black and white gelatin silver or sepia toned photographs measuring between 2" x 1.5" and 5" x 3.5" with captions and glassine wrappers between each page. Some chips and edgewear thus a very good album with fine photographs. A family photo album from the 1920s mostly centered around the New England region of the United States with some Southern areas mixed in. The photographs feature pictures of the family traveling to locations around the Atlantic coast like Wesleyan in Connecticut and Seawell, North Carolina. There are several pictures of beaches as well as pine plantations, limestone quarries, churches, farms with cattle, and boiling houses for sugar cane. There are also pictures of homes and people riding in horse driven carriages. Most of the photographs are of the young children in the family. Some of the photos have captions of the children's names like "Iol," "Teddy," "Buddy," and "Violet". The pictures of the children usually are posed shots of them in groups or single shots of the children in formal attire. Several shots are of "Jessie" dancing and posing. There are a few photos of the older adults; one of which is captioned "Dink Ripley". Most of the adult photos are more serious but a few catch passing smiles. There is also an article from a newspaper clipping that expresses the writer's concern for Prohibition, "Why they would cut almost harmless beer off with three months' notice and give alcoholic liquor a year, not because it ma … [Click Below for Full Description]

Connecticut / New Jersey / New York, 1920. Softcover. Near Fine. Oblong quarto measuring 10" x 7". Stapled grey paper wrappers. Contains 80 black and white gelatin silver, cyanotype, or sepia toned photographs measuring between 1" x 1" and 5" x 4" with captions. Some chips with edgewear thus a very good album with near fine lightly sunned photographs. A family photo album from 1906 through to the mid-1920s from various places in Connecticut. The album is a gift to Mr. and Mrs. Chas B. Watrous from Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Bassett with the date, Feb 25, 1908 and "Congratulations" written on the front. The photographs mostly focus on the children of Charles and Annie Watrous. They have three children, Ruth, Miriam, and Herbert but Ruth has the most pictures with little captions under each one such as "Be jabbers," "I'm mad," and "Goo bye!" Ruth is seen in photos from almost every year between 1906 and 1920 in the album while her brother Herbert has a much smaller amount of photos. Miriam is only seen in one picture but this is probably due to the fact that she passed away at the age of three. There are also pictures of the extended family, one of which shows all the women wearing large and extravagant hats and other shows the women in the family all playing croquet. The family moves a couple times to different places in Connecticut such as Thomaston and Plymouth in Litchfield and Niantic in East Lyme. Several pictures are captioned with the locations and dates of when the Watrous family settled into their new homes. The album also includes pictures from Johnson's mountains in … [Click Below for Full Description]

Florida, 1920. Oblong quarto measuring 11.5"x 10". Flexible contemporary plastic black binder. Contains 26 black and white or sepia toned photographs measuring between 9"x 6" and 11" x 6.5" with captions. Near fine photographs with age toning on slightly warped edges. A collection professionally shot photographs documenting Florida's national forest lands in 1920. Florida's national forest is now divided into Apalachicola, Osceola, and Ocala. It was established as a national forest in 1911 after scientists started noticing how many areas had been overworked by the timber industry. The photographs are taken during the beginning of the timber restoration. The images are of different trees in the forest with captions on the back as to what type of tree there are including cabbage palms, orange groves, long leaf pines, black jack oak, hyacinth, scrub pines, and cacti. There are also pictures of Lake Kerr and Pippins Lake as well as a picture of the fireguard's home. The pictures are well composed and aesthetically pleasing. A handsome collection of professional landscape and nature photographs taken in 1920 in Florida's national forest. [Attributes: Soft Cover]

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1920. Hardcover. Near Fine. Oblong octavo measuring 9 "x 6". String tied, black leather over flexible boards with gilt decorations. Contains 112 black and white or sepia toned photographs measuring between 3" x 2" and 4" x 3" with some captions. Light edgewear to the spine and corners, near fine with fine photographs. A young woman's photo album of her life living on a farm and traveling with her husband in the 1910s through 1920s. The woman, Edith Widing lived in Pennsylvania on a farm raising horses, cows, and rabbits with her husband, Herman Yaffee. There are several pictures of her with her dog, Jimmy, who is seen camping and traveling with the couple. Most of the pictures show the area around their home with lakes, meadows, and a small farm. There are some pictures of friends and family around the house often seen posing in groups together and smiling. Some of the pictures show Widing out on a lake canoeing or fishing. Yaffee and Widing frequently went camping together in a small tent often in the forests around their home. The couple also visits Philadelphia with several shots of them walking in the city and visiting the Memorial Museum. Throughout the photo album there are images of Edith doing a handstand in fields, on the beach, and in the middle of the street in Philadelphia. Humorously the picture of her in the city has passerby's laughing and smiling at her. There are some pictures of Widing with what looks to be coworkers or close friends dressed in lab coats outside of a business, presumably a laboratory. In the last part of t … [Click Below for Full Description]

c1920. This handmade photography guide, called, Kodakery, contains a series of drawings, photographs, and printed photographs, used to illustrate the art of photography. Made from a photo album, it contains 23 pages of written text, 5 pages of drawings, 26 individual photographs, and 16 printed photographs. Kodakery is a term that was derived from the camera name "Kodak", and according to this guide it meant "the taking of pictures, developing and finally printing to show the picture." The guide starts off with a description of the camera itself, its various parts and 6 different types of lenses (miniscus, concave, convex, meniscus achromatic, rapid rectilnear, and anastigmatic lenses), and more specifically how light enters the camera through the different lenses. The guide continues on to provide in-depth explanations of a fixed focus camera and of that of an adjustable focal length, and what that means for the camera's depth of focus, even discussing what F-stops are best for different types of pictures. Next the guide discusses the film itself and its different parts: a strip of celluloid, a gelatin, and a silver bromide, before continuing on to instruct the reader on how to develop the film and how make prints from the negatives. This section is rather in depth, as it goes into the room requirements, the chemicals needed, how to enlarge prints, and different contrast filters that can be used. The guide ends with a series of quick tips for the reader to remember, such as "be sure the temperature of the developer and fixing is below 70 degrees" and "fixed focus cameras … [Click Below for Full Description]

[Boston, Massachusetts], 1920. Quarto measuring 10" x 7.5". Three quarter black leather with marbled paper boards and a plate on the spine, "Furniture". 158pp. A photo album filled with furniture photographs from postcards, newspapers, and magazine clippings. The spine has been taped with edgewear and marks on the boards, very good. An entire scrapbook filled with magazine and newspaper clippings affixed and laid into the album depicting different images of ornate furniture with unique and lavish designs. The scrapbook was collected together by Israel P. Lord, an architect in Boston, Massachusetts. The pictures range from chairs, to bed frames, cabinets, doors, and tables presumably to be used in determining what furniture would look best with Lord's designs. Lord worked on several major projects during his career with G. Henri Desmond, forming the firm Desmond & Lord in 1916. The firm designed commercial and public buildings including the Parker House Hotel and the Suffolk County Courthouse in Maine. One of the more notable architectural designs was for the Massachusetts University campus. An interesting scrapbook of unique furniture photographs collected by an architect from Massachusetts. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

Canada / Massachusetts / Connecticut / New Hampshire / North Carolina / New York, 1920. Hardcover. Near Fine. Oblong quarto. Measuring 11" x 7". String tied, brown leather boards with gilt and embossed decorations. Contains 214 gelatin silver black and white or sepia toned photographs measuring between 3" x 2" and 4.5" x 3", some with captions. Bumped and worn edges else near fine with fine photographs. A collection of photographs of a 1920s-era Gypsy Motorcycle Tour of the the Northeast and Mohawk Trail Hunting Tour. The men are pictured traveling through Canada, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, North Carolina, and New York. The photographs often include shots of them posing and riding motorcycles, and various races they attended (Rockingham Speedway, Enfield Hill Climb, Worcester Hill Climb). Often the bike manufacturer's name is captioned below the image ("Harley Davidsons" and "Indian"), and in one case a gentleman's motorcycle is named: "Fatalday." There are also photographs of landscapes and the wide open of road, including Niagara Falls and tornado damages to a small town. Mixed in are a few commercial images, likely acquired on their journey. The album also contains several pages of young woman's graduation from secondary school and a visit to Fort Griswold in Connecticut. A charming travel album of an East Coast motorcycle tours during the 1920s.

New York / California / New Hampshire / Maine / Massachusetts, 1920. Hardcover. Near Fine. Oblong quarto measuring 11.5" x 7". String tied, black cloth boards with gilt decorations. Contains 96 Silver gelatin black and white photographs measuring between 3" x 2" and 4.5" x 3.5". Some edgewear with some of the pages loose from the book, else near fine with fine photographs. A young man's travel album featuring pictures from 1897 through the 1920s. The compiler travels around different places including New York, California, New Hampshire, Maine, and Massachusetts visiting several observatories, mountain ranges, lakes, and farms. There are also several photos of the city scape of New York City with overhead shots showing the rooftops of buildings, train tracks and stations. Photos from San Francisco show the Golden Gate Bridge while the man was walking on it. The photographs are all well done, if not professionally shot, and are well composed. There are nature photography shots featuring large and small lakes surrounded by foliage and winding forest paths as well as beautiful mountain photographs with snow caps and fog around the mountain. Mt. Agassiz, Mt. Hafayette, Eagle Cliff and Echo Lake are just a few of the places captioned in the photographs. Several animals are also pictured including cats, chickens from a poultry farm, cows, horses, and colts. There are some pictures of biking competitions with various people racing on bikes and one picture of two large tires with several people pushing them along. Each tire is double the height of the people around it. There are … [Click Below for Full Description]

North Dakota, California, New York, Wisconsin, Canada, and India, 1920. Oblong quarto measuring 12"x 7". String tied with faux marbled reptile skin over flexible boards. Contains 369 gelatin silver black and white or sepia toned photographs measuring between 0.5" x 0.5" and 5" x 3" with some captions. A small abrasion on the front board with bumped corners, about fine with fine photographs. A young woman's photo album from Marinette, Wisconsin detailing her time with her farming family, her husband's baseball team, and working as a teacher in the early 1920s. The album includes some photographs taken in North Dakota, California, New York, Wisconsin, Canada, and India while the young woman was traveling to visit several waterfalls and water dams. Niagara Falls, Hemis Park, the Peshtigo dam are just a few of the captioned locations, the young woman enjoyed visiting. Included are some nature shots of the locations but the focus of the pictures is always on the water. Other photographs are of family members and friends while the girl lived on a farm with her family and later her husband and children. One of the pictures shows her dancing in an open field captioned, "Alone in the prairie." Pictures of thanksgiving and other celebrations are included as well as family picnics and camping trips. One picture is captioned, "The family and the Ford," with the young woman and her family standing around their Ford automobile before heading off to another trip though occasionally they are seen traveling in horse drawn carriages as well. Several pictures are of a group of men playing bas … [Click Below for Full Description]

Monroe, Wisconsin, 1920. Softcover. Very Good. Oblong quarto. Measuring 11.5 "x 7.5". Black cloth over flexible boards. Contains 241 black and white or sepia toned gelatin silver photographs measuring between 1" x 1" and 4" x 3", some with captions. Small tears and bumped corners with a long tear on the front board thus very good with fine photographs. A family photo album owned by Louis and Gretchen Wolleson from Monroe, Wisconsin in the 1920s. Louis (1896-1960) serviced in the military near the end of World War I, then according to census records worked as a tavern keeper and later as a salesperson. The album includes pictures of the young couple around their home and with friends. There are also pictures of the couple's Grand Pa ("79yrs") and Grand Ma ("76yrs") Wolleson. Notable images include the townspeople helping to dig out a train that was buried by snow for three days due to the Blizzard of 1922; Louis in the uniform of the Monroe Baseball Club, with several newspaper clippings about the team and their winning streak tipped-in; and several pictures of family members in uniforms and nine more taken at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis where Louis' brother Harold graduated. A charming Wisconsin family photo album from the 1920s through 1930s.

Albuquerque, Catalina, Santa Barbara, Tijuana, Yosemite, Glacier point, Hollywood, Banff, Lake Louise, St. Augustine in Californ, 1920. Albuquerque, Catalina, Santa Barbara, Tijuana, Yosemite, Glacier point, Hollywood, Banff, Lake Louise, St. Augustine in California and Mexico, 1920. Hardcover. Very Good. Oblong quarto measuring 11.5" x 7". String tied, black leather boards with gilt print. Contains 106 black and white or sepia toned photographs measuring between 4.5" x 3.5" and 2.5" x 2" with some captions and 17 colored or black and white postcards. Small tears with lightly worn edges, very good with one near fine photograph with a small tear, all other photographs are fine. A young couple's travel album with a larger travel group from Worcester, Massachusetts to California from February to June in 1920. The couple, Mrs. Edna Christy and her husband, visited Albuquerque, Catalina, Santa Barbara, Tijuana, Yosemite, Glacier point, Hollywood, Banff, Lake Louise, St. Augustine, and other places around California and Mexico. Panorama shots are included in the album of hotels and some landscapes. There are also 15 colorful postcards of the places visited. Pictures of mountain landscapes, waterfalls, and several large sequoia trees are included in the album. Some of the pictures feature the couple and their travel group huddled around a fallen tree with the words, "Fallen Monarch," captioned below. Another photograph features the group clasping hands around a large trees base. The couple can be seen driving under the Chandelier Tree in Leggett. They also visited hotel pools a … [Click Below for Full Description]

Massachusetts, Connecticut, North Carolina, and New Hampshire, 1920. Oblong quarto measuring 11" x 7". String tied, black leather flexible boards with gilt decorations. Contains 180 silver gelatin black and white or sepia toned photographs measuring between 3" x 2" and 5" x 4" with captions. Fine with fine photographs. A couples photo album during their adventures on the "Gypsie" (sic) Motorcycle Tour through Massachusetts, Connecticut, North Carolina, and New Hampshire in the 1920s. The couple, John Brack and his wife, are photographed with their friends during the tour riding their Harley Davidson motorcycle. The photographs are mostly taken by Brack's wife of the different groups of motorcyclists. The pictures show both the riders and their bikes, most of which are Harley Davidsons. During the tour the couple visited Hamden, Ware, Ludlow, Worcester, Thorndike, and other towns along the way often seen fishing or relaxing with their beagle, Buster. Several pictures are taken around lakes and are aesthetically pleasing. Some of the photographs are of Rockingham Speedway and show other riders racing around or riding down large mountains with crowds to cheer them on. Gypsy tours were groups of motorcyclists from all over the country traveling long distances, often camping the night and continuing travel the next morning until they made it to their destination. Later parts of the album show the couple's home town life with Brack playing on a baseball team called the "White Eagles". Every member of the team is included wearing full uniforms with their names captioned below and … [Click Below for Full Description]

Peace River, Alberta, Canada / Michigan, 1920. Oblong octavo measuring 8" x 5.5". String-tied black cloth covered flexible boards. Contains 154 silver gelatin black and white or sepia toned photographs measuring between 1" x 1.5" and 4" x 5" with some captions. Detached but present pages with small chips and tears, very good with fine photographs. A young woman's album filled with photographs of her traveling with friends to different Lyceums and Chautauquas, educational camps and sponsored public programs for adults, in the early 1920s. The group is shown stopping at Chautauquas either dancing and having fun learning a new hobby or skill such as horseback riding or dressing up in various costumes like princesses, clowns, geishas, Scottish men, and cowboys. Two photographs show the woman and her friends dressed in graduation caps with school flyers for Harvard and Dartmouth. There is also a picture of a young man wearing an actual Canadian Service Uniform from World War I. The camps visited were located in Peace River, Alberta, Canada and in Michigan with landscape photographs of the surrounding areas. Several shots are of varying locations around Niagara Falls including a shot of a rainbow. Some of the camps set up large tents which are pictured in the album, almost circus like in appearance. Several animals are pictured including dogs, elks, moose, and a pet coyote owned by one of the men traveling with the woman. One of the camps visited includes photos of a Native American family with the group members posing together. A horse ranch can be seen in some of these photogra … [Click Below for Full Description]

Poughkeepsie, New York /, 1920. Hardcover. Very Good. Oblong quarto. Measuring 11 "x 7". String tied, black cloth over flexible boards. Contains 161 gelatin silver black and white or sepia toned photographs measuring between 2" x 1" and 10" x 5.5". Edgewear with some pages detached but present, very good with fine photographs. A young photographer's college photo album featuring their professional photography work and aesthetically pleasing leisure shots of friends while attending Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York. The photographer is E. L. Wolven whose work was published in *The New York Times*, *Harper Magazine*, *Pearson's Magazine*, and college magazines in the New York area. A couple of the photographs in the album are from their professional work shooting the exteriors and landscapes of Colleges as well as stage plays. The play pictured is "The Real Thing" performed at Vassar College in 1915. Some of the pictures are of exterior and interior shots of churches, forest paths during different seasons, building halls around campus, and dorms of young woman at Vassar College. There are a few pictures of a house on fire as well as the aftermath showing the destroyed building. Aside from stage plays, there are shots of outdoor plays with minimal sets and lavish costumes. Several pictures also show a group of young girls dressed in costume, out in the woods dancing and having picnics. The same group can be seen riding horses and posing for shots with decorative clothing and furs. These girls are also seen graduating from Vassar in the early 1920s. An aestheticall … [Click Below for Full Description]

Ontario, Canada, 1920. Hardcover. Very Good. Oblong quarto measuring 11.5" x 7.5". String tied, black leather over stiff paper boards. Contains 270 black and white gelatin silver or sepia toned photographs measuring between 3.5" x 2.5" and 5" x 3.5" with some captions. Pages detached but present with a crease in the front board thus a very good album with fine photographs. A photo album of four families during their camping trips together in the early 1920s. The families are the Bradfords, Daggetts, Spinachs, and Stanffers. The photo album features their camping trips to different lakes, beaches, and cabins in the woods. One of the pictures is labeled "Flinton Creek 1922" next to a page that says "The 4 Fishermen" with each of the fathers in the photo. Many of the photographs are of the men fishing together, smiling and taking pictures with the fish they've caught. In one photograph a small child is holding a string of fish in his hands. These photos sometimes include the women swimming in the lakes in their bathing suits. Several photos show action shots of the men and women jumping mid-air into the lake off a small dock. The pictures are energetic and full of smiles; one even has a man in a woman's bathing suit. Other photos include pictures of a young boy on the dock with a double exposure of lake water, city landscape photographs from rooftops, family pictures over a large set of waterfalls, and a couple pictures of full black adolescent wolves in a caged enclosure. The collection of photographs are very expressive. There is a picture of an older couple embracing … [Click Below for Full Description]

Tulsa, Oklahoma / Kansas, 1920. Hardcover. Near Fine. Oblong quarto measuring 10 "x 7". Black flexible plastic covers with gilt decorations. Contains 195 gelatin silver black and white or sepia toned photographs measuring between 0.25" x 0.25" and 6" x 4" with captions. Fine with fine photographs A young woman's photo album from the 1920s with pictures of her family, place of work, hobbies, and travels with friends in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The album begins with the woman working a SeidenBach's Department store which was a women's specialty store in the 1920s through 1960s. Her other coworkers are pictured with her with everyone's signature underneath. There are a couple pictures of people outside the stores exterior as well. Some of the photographs include the woman's family members living on a farm and having dinner parties but much of the album is of the woman traveling around with friends, affectionately labeled "The Gang." The group is pictured with their automobiles driving around to other places around Oklahoma and Kansas such as cities, parks, and lakes. There are portraits of each friend, sometimes cut into shapes or pleasantly posed in a scene with decorative clothing. Some of the cutouts are very small showing just the person's face and others are cut into diamonds and circles showing a full shot of the person. They are often grouped into couples, one of which shows two women close to each other with, "The Promise," captioned beneath them and another showing one of the women bending down on one knee and holding the other woman's hand. These photos possibly hint at a … [Click Below for Full Description]

1920. A scarce sequential run of 162 total issues (lacking Nos. 80, 88, and 95 of Popular Music and No. 18 of Modern Melodies), each issue approx. 12-20 pp., of the 1920's British sheet music serials advertising "full words and music" or "complete song & dance hits" in each issue, composers include Horatio Nicholls, Herman Darewski, Irving Berlin, and Joseph George Gilbert, and featuring songs made popular by Miss Dorothy Ward, Miss Florrie Forde, Nora Bayes, the Paramount Six, the Versatile Three, Ernie Mayne, Wee Georgie Wood, Fred Barnes, Gilbert Childs, Miss Daisy Woods, Vincent Lopez, Dollie & Billie, and many others. Scattered illustrations. Some yellowing and brittleness due to age, minor soiling, minor foxing in a few places. 4to. Orig. wrpps. London (The Amalgamated Press) 1924-27. Sold together with five issues of the second series of Popular Music and Dancing Weekly (Nos. 2, 6, 7, 8, and 31, 1934-35) and two issues of the follow-up publication Popular Music and Film Song Weekly (Vol. I, Nos. 1 and 3 from 1937). The majority of the songs in Popular Music and Dancing Weekly are dance music and comic songs, in keeping with the popular trends of the time. There are many fox trots, waltzes, ballads, charlestons, and one-steps. The 1920s interest in Orientalism is also reflected in these issues, with song titles such as "Sheba", "Old King Tut", "Cairo", "If I Had the Lamp of Aladdin", "Tsing", "Afghanistan", "Oriental Love Dreams", "Fo-Tu-San", "Shanghai", "Sahara", "Maid of Thibet", and others. Very scarce; as of March 2018, WorldCat locates only two holdings in North … [Click Below for Full Description]

Passau, Br�nn: Verlag Neue Motive, 1920. First edition. Quarto Portfolio. (1) 20 plates. Original gray quarter cloth over color illustrated paper-covered board with black lettering on cover and decorative back cover. Printed introduction pasted to inside front cover. "Neue Motive" was printed on Bohla's behest but was not distributed for sale. Our collection contains the complete production material including metal printing plates for the earlier edition, some original artwork, printed proof plates, variant hand-colored, marked proof plates of plate one and the original portfolio with 20 lithographic plates in color, title plate and printed introduction, pasted to inside front cover. When Bohla began his second portfolio, Neue Motive, it was meant to become an inspiration for the viewer and entice him or her to be active and creative in this field. The backdrop for this work is stated in the introduction by the author: "The study of nature serves as foundation from the outset. Not to copy nature, as a trained eye sees it, was the intention, something different could be created only when considering the form of the presentation. The objective is to create studies in a beautiful rendition, the extraction of decorative forms while applying complete freedom, recording the essence while omitting all ornateness is the general guideline. Starting with the choice of motifs diligence has to be applied. Useful native plants and animals are plentiful in nature. You can find them. magnifiers and mirrors might disclose hidden allures/charms. Happy and fresh colors are to be used. Tas … [Click Below for Full Description]

1920. Condition: Very Good. Book is in acceptable condition, spine shows serious damage. covers show chips and dents. book is sold as is Please see pictures for all the most visible flaws. Signed by William S. W. Kew very rare book. Thank you. [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

1920. This handmade photography guide, called, Kodakery, contains a series of drawings, photographs, and printed photographs, used to illustrate the art of photography. Made from a photo album, it contains 23 pages of written text, 5 pages of drawings, 26 individual photographs, and 16 printed photographs. Kodakery is a term that was derived from the camera name "Kodak", and according to this guide it meant "the taking of pictures, developing and finally printing to show the picture." The guide starts off with a description of the camera itself, its various parts and 6 different types of lenses (miniscus, concave, convex, meniscus achromatic, rapid rectilnear, and anastigmatic lenses), and more specifically how light enters the camera through the different lenses. The guide continues on to provide in-depth explanations of a fixed focus camera and of that of an adjustable focal length, and what that means for the camera's depth of focus, even discussing what F-stops are best for different types of pictures. Next the guide discusses the film itself and its different parts: a strip of celluloid, a gelatin, and a silver bromide, before continuing on to instruct the reader on how to develop the film and how make prints from the negatives. This section is rather in depth, as it goes into the room requirements, the chemicals needed, how to enlarge prints, and different contrast filters that can be used. The guide ends with a series of quick tips for the reader to remember, such as "be sure the temperature of the developer and fixing is below 70 degrees" and "fixed focus cameras ha … [Click Below for Full Description]

Paris: 1920. Librairie Koegui 21, rue vieille boucherie 64100 Bayonne Tél. +33 5 59 59 78 74 DRIEU LA ROCHELLE (Pierre) - Fond de cantine - 1920 - Edition Originale 1920 - Edition originale 51240 DRIEU LA ROCHELLE (Pierre) Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française - 1920 Couverture souple imprimée. Partiellement non coupé. [Attributes: First Edition]

London: Hutchinson, 1920. An extremely rare book from Talbot Mundy available. no mention is made of this book in his autobiography, or anywhere else! the book has various colours on the boards, and slightly shelf rubbed. no inscriptions, strong pages, slight foxing in front. possibly published very early 1920s. [Attributes: First Edition]

Paris: 1920. Librairie Koegui 21, rue vieille boucherie 64100 Bayonne Tél. +33 5 59 59 78 74 - Le Goût du Jour - 20 juin au 20 décembre 1920. 20 juin au 20 décembre 1920. 43836 François Bernouard - 20 juin au 20 décembre 1920. Sous couverture imprimée dont le titre est en couleurs et illustrée de la rose d'Iribe coloriée au pochoir. Chaque fascicule a une couverture individuelle. L?ensemble est placé dans une boîte de cartonnage marbré. Non coupé.

Paris: 1920. Librairie Koegui 21, rue vieille boucherie 64100 Bayonne Tél. +33 5 59 59 78 74 COCTEAU (Jean), LHOTE (André) - Escales - 1920 - Edition Originale 1920 - Edition originale 41697 COCTEAU (Jean), LHOTE (André) Éditions de la Sirène - 1920 Couverture illustrée marouflée. Dos toilé noir. Illustré de 31 compositions d'André LHOTE dont 13 rehaussées au pochoir par les Ateliers Marty. Le texte de Cocteau est présenté dans une typographie ludique de Louis Kaldor. [Attributes: First Edition]

1920. Das Aquarell (ca. 13,5 x 20 cm), oberhalb mit Bleistift genau bezeichnet, zeigt eine Szene aus Shakespeare "Viel Lärm um Nichts" mit Baumgartner, Moser, Hans Thimig u. Maierhofer als Wachen im Schönbrunner Schloßtheater 1920.- Die von Karl Stemolak angefertigte Büste Hugo Thimigs betreffend: "Durch Frl. Posch hab' ich mit Vergnügen gehört, daß Sie sich noch meiner erinnern. einmal und zwar in bälde in meinem Atelier. zu besuchen und zwar deßhalb bald, weil die Büste Ihres von uns allen hochverehrten Vaters nun bald aus dem Penzinger Atelier Prof. Stemolak`s in das Rathaus transportiert werden soll. . Ich denke mir diesen Plan so - dass ich Sie von uns in sein Atelier . führen könnte. Dabei wäre aber nötig daß Sie an mich: O. Laske, 13. . durch eine Postkarte Ihren Besuch ankündigen . etwa 8-10 Tage vorher, damit ich . in seinem Atelier, Penzing zugegen sein kann." - Gelocht.

Albert EINSTEIN: SCHALLAUSBREITUNG IN TEILWEISE DISSOZIIERTEN GASEN. [Propagation of Sound in Partly Dissociated Gases.] Sitzungsberichte der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, XVIII (1920). Sitzung der physikalisch-mathematischen Klasse vom 8. April. Sonderabdruck [Offprint]). Berlin: Verlag der Akademie der Wissenschaften (in commission at Walter de Gruyter [Reichsdruckerei]), 29th April 1920. Imperial 8vo (25,4:18,2 cm). 6 pages, numbered 380-385. Letterpress on machine paper, in original publisher's brochure on cream stock with black title printing. First offprint in the original wrappers, of Einstein's paper on the subject of intermolecular forces. Edition: In this work Einstein calculated the rate of chemical reactions in a gas by means of observations on the propagation of sound (see Mason, »Physical Acoustics«, p. 13), an important contribution to modern acoustics. Condition: Very fine indeed. Rarity: According to Weil early offprints of Einstein's papers may also be qualified as original and also highly collectable editions, however they were printed in a certain, but still small print run for commercial use (mainly to sell them to fellow natural scientists): „No doubt, the first appearance in a periodical is the „original edition", but I have to leave it open for collectors, librarians and others to decide whether these offprints in wrappers, mostly with a printed title on them (especially in the »Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften«) are also „original editions". These offprints are printed from the same s … [Click Below for Full Description]

Niederschrift des beliebten Gedichts in Bleistift auf liniertem Papier, mit eigenhändigen Streichungen, Unterstreichungen und Korrekturen, von der Hand des beliebten "Children's Poet" Eugene Field, angerändert, verso kopfstehend eine handschriftliche Notiz: "This is the original draft of 'The Japanese Lullaby' written by my husband - Eugene Field. Julia S. Field (Mrs. Eugene Field) Jan 8th 1920." - Gebunden in einer sehr dekorativen Maroquinmappe aus der Chicagoer Monastery Hill Bindery, mit interessanten Beigaben, darunter: (1) Eine Porträt-Radierung des Dichters von W. H. W. Bicknell auf aufgewalztem China: (2) gedruckte Fassung des Gedichtes (S. 114 f. aus Fields "Little Book of Western Verse); (3) die Vertonung des Gedichts von Jean B. Stimpson, Druck der Fassung für Klavier (Boston, Thompson, 1903, 5 S., mit beigebundenem Orig.-Umschlag). - Ein besonders schön gebundenes Ensemble der Druckfassung, der Vertonung und des Originalmanuskriptes eines der bekanntesten Gedichtes des amerikanischen Poeten. Ein Unikat.

Charles Scribnerís Sons, 1920. Signed Edition Of Fitzgerald's First Book in Dust Jacket FITZGERALD, F. Scott. This Side of Paradise. Charles Scribnerís Sons, New York: 1920. First edition, third printing (issued the same month as the first and the only printing with Fitzgerald's signatures) of Fitzgerald's first novel, one of approximately 500 copies with the tipped-in "Author's Apology" leaf boldly signed in pen, "Sincerely, F. Scott Fitzgerald." Octavo (7 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches; 190 x 133 mm). [8], [1]-305, [1, blank] pp. Publisher's original full green cloth. Front board lettered in blind. Spine lettered in gilt. Fitzgerald's signature bold and fine. Near-fine cloth. Gilt bright, but just barely rubbed on a few letters. An exceptional copy. In contemporary Scribner's (not first edition) dust jacket. Jacket with a few chips along edges. Tape repairs along the joints on the inside of the jacket, barely visible on the outside of jacket. Spine of jacket a bit darkened. Overall very good. Housed in a quarter morocco over marbled boards clamshell. Third printing (the only issued with the tipped-in "Apology"), published in the same month as the first. Prepared for an American Booksellers Association convention, Fitzgerald's signed "Apology" reads: "I don't want to talk about myself because I'll admit I did that somewhat in this book. In fact, to write it took three months; to conceive it-three minutes; to collect the data in it-all my life. The idea of writing it came on the first of last July: it was a substitute form of dissipation. My whole theory of writing I ca … [Click Below for Full Description]