viaLibri ~ Rare Books from 1931

Kline, Franz, painter (1910-1962).
        Autograph letter and related ephemera. Boston, 25. X. 1931.
      1931. 6 pp. on wood-grained pattern stationery, with the matching lined holographic envelope. Includes a program for the Lehighton High School commencement, 5 June 1931, with Kline's name listed, and the Lehighton High School football schedule for 1929. To Lavona Edgar, sharing news of life at Boston University: "I have a roommate. He's from Maine. Tonight we bought a Drip-o-Lite coffee percolator, so we laugh to each other while eating doughnuts & drinking coffee. Our mid-nite luncheon. He with me is a supposedly art student, half the time we don't know whether we're Budding Artists, or Blooming Fools, but we're happy and get along fine together.". - All three with signs of wear, some chipping, folds, fading.

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Ensor, James, Belgian painter and printmaker and composer (1860-1949).
        Autograph letter signed. Ostende, March 1931.
      1931. Large 4to. 1 p. To Belgian author, filmmaker and documentarist Henri Storck on the use of his music in one of Storck's films: "Cher ami, Vos lignes sympathiques me charment. Je tiens à vous dire que Mr Lyon m'écrit que vous êtes d'accord concernant l'introduction dans votre film sur Ostende de quelques pages de ma musique que Mr Jaubert s'empresserait d'orchestrer pour le micro. Mr Lyon n'attend plus que la commande officielle de la ville d'Ostende. Vous lui avez dit que c'était chose faite. A tout hasard j'ai envoyé à Mr Lyon, et suivant sa demande, un morceau de ma composition " La marche des rotariens ostendais ". J'ai édité moi-même ce morceau et j'ai autorisé Mr Lyon à le reproduire éventuellement pour le micro quand il sera fixé concernant la ville d'Ostende et je vous prie de me donner quelque nouvelle à ce sujet. Je vous présente, cher ami, mes souhaits les plus agréables [...]". - Ensor had composed the mentioned piece in 1923. - Some damage to edges (not touching text); on headed paper.

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Flaubert, Gustave, French writer (1821-1880).
        "Législation depuis Charlemagne jusqu'à Hugues Capet". Autograph manuscript. N. p. o. d.
      1931. Folio. 4 pp. on 2 ff. Notes for a perhaps unfinished work on Charlemagne: "1. La législation selon les races a été remplacée par la législation selon les conditions sociales et les [illegible] le pouvoir législatif central et l'unité qui en résultait dans certains parties de la législation surtout dans la législation publique ont disparu. Il y a une charte [illegible] tous les articles des capit qui concernent la morale, la religion les affaires canoniques [...]". - Stamped twice "Vente Flaubert" (Antibes, April 28-30, 1931); slight ruststains from old paper clip, and small damage to edges; mild toning.

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AA.VV.
        L'Eroica. Rassegna italiana di Ettore Cozzani, quaderno 158, ottobre 1931
      L'Eroica, 1931. In 4, pp. 68 con 11 xilografie alcune delle quali ripiegate di Mario Dellitala + quella di copertina riprodotta anche all'interno e non numerata dal titolo Pastore nella tempesta. I titoli e le misure delle xilografie: Villaggio di Sardegna (cm 14,8 x 22); La serenata del bomborombo' (cm 26 x 20); Verso la fonte (cm 20 x 29,8 ca.); Ballo tondo (cm 19,5 x 29,5 ca.); Giovinette di Sardegna (cm 22 x 28); Mattino (cm 20 x 29,8 ca.); La predicazione (cm 25 xÂ 28 ripiegata); Pastore seduto (cm 26,8 x 31 ca. ripiegata); Cristo deriso (cm 28 x 22 ripiegata); Il ballo di Torpe (cm 36 x 39 ca. ripiegata in 4); La deposizione (cm 35 x 40,5 ca. ripegata in 4). ITA

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Boyer, Ralph L.
        FATHERS OF AMERICAN SPORT". The ORIGINAL SIX WATERCOLORS of this famous Derrydale Press set, signed by the artist "R.L. Boyer". Together with a set of PROOFS BEFORE LETTERS, with what is evidently the artist's modelling and coloring, each signed by him in pencil (one, unsigned, is in print state, with legend engraved in lower margin)
      The Derrydale Press, New York 1931 - From an edition of 250 signed sets. Ordeman notes that "it is rare that one finds a complete set today". 1 vols. Image size of the prints is approximately 10 x 8 inches, the plate measuring 13 x 9-1/2 inches, with additional margins. Each plate is archivally matted; the paintings measure 12 x 9-12 inches, and are docketed and captioned in pencil in the lower margins. Boyer's Originals. An extremely handsome and decorative set of American sporting notables. The six portraits, each set in an appropriate background, are of: SAMUEL MORRIS, ESQ., Foxhunter, first president of the Gloucester Foxhunting Club, America's oldest; COL. WILLIAM RANSOM JOHNSON, "Napoleon of the Turf"; COL. GEORGE WASHINGTON, Foxhunter; COMMODORE JOHN COX STEVENS, Yachtsman, owner of the "America" and a founder of the New York Yacht Club; THADDEUS NORRIS, ESQ., Angler, author of The American Angler's Book, who did much to elevate and advance the art of fly fishing; HENRY WILLIAM HERBERT, ESQ., "Frank Forester", the father of American sporting literature. Boyer's watercolors, done in larger size, were reduced to edition dimensions of approximately 10 x 8 inches. The proof prints before letters have been reworked by Boyer, who has signed each one, and show a depth and richness of modelling that the published edition, for all its beauty, does not. This set was one of the finest productions of The Derrydale Press Sporting Print Series. We believe the set of proofs to be unique, and the original paintings are, of course, unquestionably so. Both have survived in prime condition, to delight the collector and historian of the American sporting scene. A UNIQUE TREASURE OF AMERICAN SPORTING ART. Ordeman, The Aquatints, Drypoints and Etchings of The Derrydale Press, p. 24-5, et seq The watercolors are handsomely and uniformly matted in fine French mats; the proofs in a more simple uniform matting; a few of the watercolors show faint foxing, but both sets are clean, bright, and highly attractive. Custom half morocco slipcase and cloth chemise 1 vols. Image size of the prints is approximately 10 x 8 inches, the plate measuring 13 x 9-1/2 inches, with additional margins. Each plate is archivally matted; the paintings measure 12 x 9-12 inches, and are docketed and captioned in pencil in the lower margins From an edition of 250 signed sets. Ordeman notes that "it is rare that one finds a complete set today". [Attributes: Signed Copy; Soft Cover]

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James, M.R.
        THE COLLECTED GHOST STORIES OF M. R. JAMES - INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION
      First edition. Original black cloth lettered in gilt. Author's presentation copy, inscribed on the front end paper, "G.McB from M.R.J ap. mdccccxxxi".Gwendolyn McBryde was the widow of James McBryde, M.R. James's great friend, student and protégé and the illustrator of James's first book, Ghost Stories of an Antiquary. McBryde died in 1904 of complications following an appendix operation and James became the legal guardian to the McBryde's young daughter, Jane, and a lifelong friend of McBryde's widow. James remained close to the McBrydes throughout his life and was a frequent visitor when they moved to Hertfordshire. Both the McBryde's Elizabethan house, Dippersmoor, and surrounding countryside were used by James in his stories.M.R. James presentation copies are of the utmost rarity and almost never appear in commerce.

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Tolmer, A.
        Mise en Page: The Theory and Practice of Lay-Out
      The Studio Ltd., London 1931 - 1931 Edition in English with French text provided at the end of the book. Internally VERY GOOD+, in worn binding. A uniquely imagined and produced work on graphic design, featuring innovative mixed-media layouts with striking interplay of type, illustration and photography; utilizing such techniques as lithography, pochoir, and collage , and using special pigments, papers and colored foils. There are 16 plates with constructions and/or produced from special materials. Text pages are printed in black and light blue, and generously illustrated with black & white halftones. Pages are near fine. Neatly penned owner name on title page (Helen Hunt Bencker - very possibly the artist/illustrator Helen Hunt Bencker Hoie for the handwriting closely resembles her signature). Short edge tear to one plate, otherwise pages are complete, clean and unmarked. Blue endpapers are clean and intact. The book is hardcover bound in yellow and black printed paper over boards (front cover also has silver stamping) and a black cloth spine with title stamped in orange. Boards are clean with moderate rubbing, edges worn with board showing at corner tips. The cloth spine, though present, has detached from the boards and there are some old tape repairs, primarily along the rear hinge, that have at least kept the cloth with the book. Spine cloth is tattered and worn. This has affected the strength of the binding and though the book block is still intact it is fragile. The book must have required some hand assembly - likely each copy is, to a degree, unique. 8-1/2 x 10-3/4". Unpaginated. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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Frederick Banting
        An archive of Nobel Laureate Frederick Banting, co-discover of Insulin, including rare signed 1931 research report
      Various, n.d.. various. "A comprehensive multi piece set of reports, documents, photos, pamphlets, magazines, and a signed copy of Banting's research report from, 1931, among others. All-in consisting of the following:1. A signed, typed published research report 8.5"" x 11"", stapled binding. Reprinted from The Canadian Medical Association Journal, XXV, 393-399, 1931, covering the analysis of the enzyme Trypsin (a protein digesting enzyme), and the disease of intestinal intoxication. 8 pages typed with final page blank. Boldly signed in ink to the first page upper right ""To Tisdall/Compliments/Banting"". Fine.2. A near fine example of Time Magazine, Vol. I. NO 26. August 27, 1923, with Frederick Banting on the cover, 8.5"" x 11"". A few scattered small stains. Rear cover with light soiling and a corner 1/2"" piece missing. Else very good. 3. A small pamphlet titled ""Insulin, An Outline Guide to Its Use in The Treatment of Diabetes Melitus"" , 5"" x 7.5"", stapled binding. Faint offsetting. Stamped with 'Saint Joseph Drug Co., 7th & Felix Street, Saint Joseph, MO. 4.Two black and white photos of Bantings lab, one include an image of a young Banting at work in the lab, along with several photocopies of same. 6.75"" x 5', and 4.75"" x 6' respectively5. A Physician's Bulletin commemorating the 25th Anniversary of The Discovery Of Insulin, Volume XII . Number 5, September 1947. 48 pages with a stapled binding. Pen scribble to half title page. 6.75"" x 10"". Near fine6. Small tri-fold pamphlet on the Directions for Administration of Insulin. Written in French and English, perhaps accompanied insulin for use and directions for the administering physician. Expected folds, 6"" x 10"" when opened and laid flat A wonderful archive of pieces revolving around the research and achievements of Frederick Banting, who received the Nobel Prize in 1923 at age 32, for the discovery of insulin. Today he still attains the status of the youngest Nobel laureate in the area of Physiology. Later in his career he was knighted and judged the most famous Canadian of his time. It is of additional interest that Banting's Nobel prize was received by him with controversy, as the Nobel Committee decided to award Banting and Macleod the Nobel Prize instead of Banting and his research partner Best. This decision of the Nobel Committee made Banting furious. He felt that the prize should have been shared between him and Best, and not between him and Macleod who was the Professor at the University of Toronto. To give credit to Best, Banting decided to share his cash award with him. Macleod, in turn, shared his cash award with Collip. Banting's Nobel Prize for insulin has been much debated. However, Macleod played a central role in the discovery of insulin, by providing the research scientists with the laboratory, equipment and funding to continue their research. It was also he who supported the project from the beginning, and it is also most likely that Macleod's contacts in the scientific world helped the team in getting a speedy recognition of their discovery."

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Thruston, Edmund Heathcote
        British Sports and Sportsmen Past & Present. Compiled and Edited by 'the Sportsman' ('Sporting Life') . [With Plates. ] - VOLUMES 1 & 2 - Past Sportsmen
      London : Sports & Sportsmen Ltd, [1931], 1931, Hardback, First Edition. Full contemporary, burgundy Morocco over bevelled boards, near fine. Raised bands with gilt-blocked title indications. Spine compartments uniformly tooled and the panels bordered in gilt. An exceptional set - scans and additional detail on request. ; 1 pages; Both volumes copiously illustrated with a series of tissue-guarded plates and in-text figures and [photo] portraits. Limited to 1000 sets, this being no. 217. Series: British Sports and Sportsmen past & present. Compiled and edited by 'The Sportsman') . 1 pages. Inventory No: 135336. First Edition

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Winston S Churchill
        The World Crisis (first abridged and revised edition)
      New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1931. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is the first abridged and revised edition of Churchill's monumental and acclaimed history of the First World War in the original first printing dust jacket - one of the most striking and rare dust jackets in the Churchill canon. Churchill's history - which he titled The World Crisis - was originally published in six volumes between 1923 and 1931. Of The World Crisis, Churchill bibliographer Frederick Woods wrote: "The volumes contain some of Churchill's finest writing, weaving the many threads together with majestic ease, describing the massive battles in terms which fitly combine relish of the literary challenge with an awareness of the sombre tragedy of the events." Churchill was in a special position to write this history, having served both in the Cabinet and on the front. He served as First Lord of the Admiralty from 1911 until 1915. After the failure in the Dardanelles and the slaughter at Gallipoli Churchill was scapegoated and forced to resign. He spent his political exile as a lieutenant colonel leading a battalion in the trenches. Before war's end, Churchill was exonerated and rejoined the Government, but the stigma would linger. Churchill may have meant for his history of the First World War to clear his name, but the work far exceeds this purpose. This important edition covering the war years 1911-1918 is not just an abridgement. It incorporates revisions by Churchill with new material, including a whole new chapter on the Battle of the Marne, as well as a new introduction. Moreover, the U.S. edition preceded the British, making it the true first edition. The front face of the yellow-tan dust jacket features a full-length, half-tone photograph of Churchill striding, in top hat with walking stick in hand. The rear cover features a smaller head and shoulders image of Churchill in the uniform of the South African Light Horse (set amid an advertisement for A Roving Commission). Writing in 1997, Churchill expert Richard Langworth said of this dust jacket "I know of only two or three of these in existence." We know of a few more than that, but certainly only a small number survive and very few collectors are able to own them. This copy is near fine in a very good dust jacket. The dust jacket remains notably bright and unclipped, with the originally ?$5.00? front flap price intact and the hallmark front image of Churchill striding clean and complete. Shallow loss is confined to the spine ends, corners, and top edge of the front face, all negligible except for a roughly .5 x .5 inch loss at the upper rear hinge. The spine is just slightly toned. We note some light staining and a nearly invisible one inch horizontal closed tear beside the author?s name on the spine extending slightly into the front face. The dust jacket is protected with a removable, archival quality clear cover. The volume beneath approaches near fine. The blue cloth binding remains beautifully square and bright as only a jacketed copy can be. We note only a few small blemishes, mild wrinkling to spine ends, and a small bump to the upper rear cover corner. The contents remain quite bright. Slight differential toning to the endpapers corresponding to the dust jacket flaps confirms that this copy has spent life jacketed. Light spotting appears entirely confined to the top edge. The fore edge remains quite bright and unspoiled. The sole previous ownership mark is a tiny San Francisco bookseller sticker on the upper rear pastedown. We note a partial, purely cosmetic split to the front pastedown gutter paper; the mull beneath is unaffected and the binding remains firmly attached to the text block. Bibliographic reference: Cohen A69.5.a, Woods/ICS A31(ba.1), Langworth p.115.

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VIERECK, George Sylvester
        Correspondence between George Sylvester Viereck and Bainbridge Colby (1930-1932).
      9 typed and signed letters with printed letterhead by Viereck: 8 to Colby and one to publisher Mitchell Kennerley. Plus a carbon copy of another letter to Colby in triple, a carbon duplicate of a letter from Colby to Viereck (June 24, 1931), also in triple, and a single carbon duplicate of a letter from Colby to Viereck (July 14, 1931). Most of the letters have been rust stained at the top by paperclips (partly still present). The letters have been folded, but the carbons haven't; otherwise in very good condition. Accompanying this ensemble are an article 'Did President Wilson Pledge Us to War Before He Was Re-Elected?' by G.S. Viereck (p. 54-62 in Liberty, March 19, 1932 (grey-stained) and a two-color 4-page publisher's prospect of Viereck's book of interviews Glimpses of the Great (1930).* Concerning a series of articles by Viereck about President Woodrow Wilson and his friendship with Colonel E.M. House in the course of study for his book The Strangest Friendship in History: Woodrow Wilson and Colonel House (1932). The first letter by Viereck, dating from June 22, 1931, puts three questions to Colby. There are 3 carbon copies of a retyped version of the letter (probably by Colby or his secretary (for there's a mistake in Viereck's printed address), and 3 carbon copies of Colby's 3-page answer. The other 7 letters, dating from June 27, 1931 to April 22, 1932, are about exchanging books and articles concerning Wilson, House and the Great War: "If a President can morally bind the United States to a course of action involving war we are faced b a serious invasion of the treaty-making powers of the Senate and the war-making powers of Congress, for which our children may have to pay with our blood." One gets the impression that the letters after July 14, 1931, went unanswered. The letter to Kennerley (1930) also concerns Colby, House and Wilson.George Sylvester Viereck (1884-1962) was a German born American sensation journalist, decadentistic novelist and poet, a Nazi sympathizer in the 30s and 40s, imprisoned 1942-1947 for his failure to register as a Nazi agent.

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ZOLA Emile
        L'assommoir
      Paris, Javal et Bourdeaux, 1931 ; In-4 Raisin, En feuillets.tirage unique limité à 60 exemplaires sur japon impérial (n° 56), 462 pp., illustré de 30 compositions en couleurs de Dignimont, en feuillets, sous couverture rempliée, exemplaire enrichi d'un original en couleur de Courbouleix ; une suite en noir des compositions de Dignimont, 30 eaux-fortes de Courbouleix, tirées sur japon impérial en 2 états, dont un en sanguine avec remarques et signature de l'illustrateur et un en noir destinées à compléter l'illustration de notre édition dans une interprétation différente, sous chemise et étui moderne, bel et rare exemplaire très frais ! Emboitage Très bon état, Couv. fraîche, Dos impeccable, Intérieur frais.

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Rabelais François
        Gargantua
      Editions KRA, 1931 ; Ouvrage illustré par Dubout avec un dessin original de Dubout ! (seuls les 30 premiers exemplaires possèdent une aquarelle originale). "Illustration d'une grande originalité", Carteret IV. Ouvrage très bien relié. Deuxième roman de François Rabelais. Il conte les années d'apprentissage et les exploits guerriers du géant Gargantua. Plaidoyer pour une culture humaniste contre les lourdeurs d'un enseignement sorbonnard figé, Gargantua est aussi un roman plein de verve, d'une grande richesse lexicale et d'une écriture souvent crue, volontiers scatologique. Immédiatement, le nouveau-né mort de soif réclame « à boyre ». Surpris et amusé par une telle soif, Grandgousier, son père, s'exclame : « Que grand (gosier) tu as », ce qui vaudra à l'enfant d'être appelé Gargantua. (Un dessin de Dubout de ce format vaut à lui seul autour de 400 euros.)

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VAN DYKE, Henry [1852-1933]
        Henry van Dyke Collection of 9 Autograph Letters Signed, 9 Typed letters Signed, 2 Manuscripts, 6 Autographed signed notes/ cards and 8 Ephemera pieces
      1931 - Henry van Dyke was an English professor at Princeton University, a poet, short story writer, clergyman, and Minister to the Netherlands and Luxembourg. Nine Autographed Letters Signed (ALS); ? 3 ALS to George Park Fisher (American theologian and professor of ecclesiastical history at Yale University), 18 February 1897, 12 September 1902, and n.d (the latter 6 pp.), re ("our chance of a good talk on the yacht was gobbled up by an academic misunderstanding"), their shared Christian values, and Van Dyke's appreciation of Fisher's History of Christian Doctrine. ? ALS to George H. Putnam (letterhead of The Brick Church on Fifth Ave N.Y. where van Dyke was pastor), 5 January 1892 or 1897, recommending Leonard C. van Noppen, well known poet and translator of Dutch literature. ? ALS to Miss Lockwood, 9 Jan. 1902, informing her that he can't be at Mt. Vernon on 3 June because he's travelling from the University of Missouri to Trinity College, North Carolina. ? ALS to Earl M. Benson, 19 September 1929, giving Benson permission to reprint "The Americanism of Washington". ? ALS addressed "Dear Sir", 25 April 1913, telling his correspondence that the shortness of his stay (in San Francisco) has prevented him from making an appointment and he can probably find what he wants by consulting the poetry of Ella Wheeler Wilcox or The Book of Verse. ? ALS to Edwin A. Elsbach, 19 July 1921, sends him his autograph and apologizes for the delay in it sending because his wife was ill, now recovered. Nine Typed Letter Signed (TSL); ? TLS to Herbert D. Gallaudet, 5 March 1901, declining an invitation to go to the University of Virginia. ? 2 TLS to Harper's Magazine (Henry E. Rood), 17 October 1907 and 16 January 1908, re the "foolish newspaper report", Talcott Williams' editorial, proofs of the Damascus article, pamphlet entitled The News and Jesus, and book Van Dyke might write (Palestine Travel Papers) or a novel of News Testament times. ? TLS to The Rev. Christopher R. Eliot, 26 January 1911, telling him that he's unable to speak at a meeting of the Unitarian Association in Boston due to a prior commitment. ? TLS to James Carleton Young, 3 October 1911, about Young's personal library ("I have also read the remarkable French tributes which have been paid to your library."). ? TLS with envelope to Charles W. McAlpin, 19 March 1915, re enclosure from Princess de Ligne. ? TLS to Jacob Rohrback with envelope and cutting of magazine photo, 18 October 1920, declining an invitation. ? TLS to Hilda E. Woodruff, 29 November 1927, writing that he is pleased that students at her school have read two of his stories: "I am particularly glad to know the Jewish boys and girls whom you teach find something to interest them in the stories and nothing to wound their feelings. After all, the little children whom Jesus of Nazareth took into his arms and blessed were Jewish children, and I believe we ought not to forget it." ? TLS to Charles Edwin Knowles, 2 January 1931, re James Larkin Pearson, the Mountain Poet of North Carolina. ? TLS from Van Dyke to Charles Levings, 28 January 1911, tipped in between pp. 196 and 197 of the book The Spirit of America Book (New York: Macmillan, 1910) includes a 15-line , thanking him for pointing out an error in his book about Thomas Jefferson's tombstone). Two Manuscripts; ? Autograph manuscript signed, written in pencil, commemorative tribute entitled "Hamilton Wright Mabie", 5 pp., published in American Academy of Arts and Letters, no. 22, 1922. ? incomplete ms, n.d. but perhaps circa 1910,12 pp., some pages torn, probably written by a female student of his (perhaps Edith Burk or Fridolyn Mastbaum Gimbel, daughter of the famous Gimbel's department store owner) that knew him well by the list of girls' names on the last page, Hollman School for Girls in Philadelphia a school that had some strong affiliation with Princeton University at the time. Six Autographed Signed Note (or Card) (ANS); ? ANS for Mrs. H.G. Jacobs, sent from Pasade

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COLLECTIF
        THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE, LOT DE 316 NUMEROS, 1931 - 2012 (316 NUMBERS, 1931 - 2012)
      1931. The National Geographic Society. 1931 - 2012. In - 8.Carré. Broché. Etat d'usage. Couv. légèrement passée. Dos fané. Intérieur acceptable. Lot de 316 numéros. Premières années en état d'usage: nombreux dos abîmés, quelques couvertures déchirées ou passées. 316 Numbers: 1931: JAN. 1933: MAY. 1934: FEB, MAR, NOV. 1935: JAN, MAR, JUL, AUG, SEP. 1936: MAR, SEP. 1937: MAY, JUN, JUL, AUG. 1938: APR, JUL. 1939: MAY, JUL, AUG, SEP, OCT. 1943: JAN. 1947: MAR, OCT. 1950: JAN. 1951: JAN. 1954: FEB. 1958: MAY, JUL. 1959: DEC. 1960: MAR, APR, MAY, JUN, AUG, SEP, OCT, NOV, DEC. 1961: JAN, FEB, MAR, APR, MAY, JUL, AUG, SEP, OCT. 1962: JAN, FEB, APR, MAY, OCT, NOV. 1963: FEB, APR, MAY, JUN, NOV. 1964: JAN, FEB, APR, MAY, JUL, SEP, NOV, DEC. 1965: JAN, FEB, APR, AUG, OCT, NOV, DEC. 1966: FEB, MAR, APR, MAY, JUN, JUL, AUG, SEP. 1967: FEB, MAR, MAY, JUL, SEP, NOV. 1968: FEB, MAY, JUN, JUL, SEP, OCT, DEC. 1969: FEB, APR, MAY, JUN. 1970: JAN, JUL, SEP, OCT, NOV, DEC. 1971: JAN, FEB, MAR, APR, MAY, JUN, JUL, AUG, SEP, OCT, NOV, DEC. 1972: JAN, FEB, MAR, APR, MAY, JUN, JUL, AUG, SEP, OCT, DEC. 1973: JAN. 1975: APR. 1976: MAR, APR, JUN, NOV, DEC. 1977: MAR, APR, MAY, JUN, OCT, NOV. 1978: OCT, NOV. 1979: FEB, MAR, SEP. 1980: JAN, APR. 1981: FEB, JUN, SEP, OCT, DEC. 1983: OCT. 1987: MAR. 1988: FEB, APR, MAY, JUN, JUL, AUG, SEP, OCT, NOV, DEC. 1989: JAN, FEB, JUL. 1990: JAN, JUN, JUL, AUG, SEP, OCT, NOV, DEC. 1991: JAN, FEB, MAR, APR, MAY, JUN, JUL, AUG, SEP, OCT, NOV, DEC. 1992: JAN, FEB, MAR, APR, MAY, JUN, JUL, AUG, SEP, OCT, NOV, DEC. 1993: JAN, FEB, APR, JUN, AUG. 1994: APR, JUL, OCT. 1995: MAY, SEP. 1998: DEC. 2003: JAN, FEB, MAR, APR, MAY, JUN, JUL, AUG, SEP, NOV. 2004: FEB, MAR, APR, JUN, JUL, AUG, SEP, OCT, NOV, DEC. 2005: JAN, MAR, APR, MAY, JUN, JUL, AUG, SEP, OCT, NOV, DEC. 2006: JAN, FEB, MAR, APR, MAY, JUN, JUL, AUG, SEP, OCT, NOV. 2007: JAN, FEB, MAR, APR, MAY, JUN, JUL, AUG, SEP, OCT, NOV, DEC. 2008: JAN, FEB, MAR, APR, JUN, JUL, AUG, SEP, OCT, NOV, DEC. 2009: JAN, FEB, MAR, APR, MAY, JUN, JUL, AUG, SEP, OCT, NOV, DEC. 2010: JAN, MAR, APR, MAY, JUN, JUL, AUG, SEP, OCT, NOV, DEC. 2011: JAN, FEB, MAR, APR, MAY, JUN, JUL, AUG, SEP, OCT, NOV, DEC. 2012: JAN, FEB, MAR, MAY, JUL, AUG, SEP, OCT, NOV, DEC.

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CHURCHILL, Winston
        The Unknown War
      New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, , 1931. The Eastern Front. Octavo. Original maroon cloth, spine and front board lettered in gilt, fore edge untrimmed. Half-tone photographic frontispiece, 7 similar plates, 10 maps of which one folding and in colour, frequent maps and plans to the text. Spine slightly frayed at extremities with short (14 mm) closed tear to head, tips faintly rubbed and bumped, contents toned, shallow fore-edge chip to preface leaf where clumsily opened, the text unaffected, strip of tanning to rear free endpaper and pastedown. A very good copy. First edition, first printing. Presentation copy of the final volume of The World Crisis, with "To Elbert A. Wickes, Inscribed by Winston Churchill, March 1932" to the front free endpaper. Wickes was the president of Alber & Wickes, the Boston-based literary and theatrical agency which arranged Churchill's money-making American lecture tour undertaken in the winter of 1931-2. In an effort to recoup his losses from the Stock Market crash, Churchill agreed to a series of forty lectures to be given across America "for a guaranteed minimum fee of Â£10,000" (Gilbert, Churchill, vol. 5, p. 420). Arriving on 11 December, he delivered his first lecture at Worcester, Massachusetts, the following day. On the 13th, back in New York, he was hit by a taxi while crossing Fifth Avenue, sustaining a severe scalp wound and two cracked ribs, and later developing pleurisy. A week-long stay in hospital was followed by two weeks of recuperation at the Waldorf-Astoria, after which he sailed for the Bahamas with Clemmie, not returning until 25 January 1932. He gave the last lecture of the tour was at Boston's Symphony Hall on 10 March. "Had he been killed he would perhaps be remembered today as the most illustrious and interesting failure in twentieth-century British politics. Instead he recovered and returned home to resume his India campaign" (ODNB). Writing to his publisher on his return to Britain he commented: "I am much better, but I feel I need to rest and not to drive myself so hard. You have no idea what I have been through" (Gilbert, op. cit., p. 427)

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GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von
        Die Leiden des jungen Werthers. Kupferstiche von J. Buckland Wright.
      - Maastricht, Die Halcyon Presse, 1931. Original richly gilt full morocco, signed Louis Malcorps, with a vignette (on upper and lower cover) by John Buckland Wright. 258 p. Top gilt. With 12 copper engravings by John Buckland Wright (all signed). Handset from J. van Krimpen's Romanée and printed in 140 numbered copies. Colophon signed by the publisher, A.A.M. Stols. Spine very slightly discolored, a little wear on the ribs, tiny brown stains on lower cover. Cigar odor.* Although 125 + 15 deluxe copies of this majestic edition have been printed, according to Van Dijk (p. 134) only 56 sets of copper engravings were issued, 16 on Japanese paper and 40 on wove Pannekoek paper. Because the 15 copies on Japanese paper each contained an extra set of engravings on Pannekoek, only 25 of the 'ordinary' copies were issued with the copper engravings. Halcyon 4. Van Dijk 241. [Attributes: Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

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CARTON (Henri).
        Le Congo Belge vu... par le Peintre ALLARD L'OLIVIER.
      L'ART BELGE 1931 1 IN-4Préface de Henri Carton. Edité par la Revue "L'Art Belge", 1931, in-4, en feuilles, sous chemise toilée bleue à rabats, titre doré, vignette contrecollée sur la couverture. ALLARD L'OLIVIER, peintre Belge (1883 Tournai, 1933 Congo), illustre en 14 superbes planches hors-texte, ses impressions d'Afrique. Il fixe pour l'avenir les moeurs des congolais en présentant les coutumes variées et la population. Ainsi il représente un chef Mutusi, une femme Mutusi, une femme sorcière Usumbura, un commerçant Kivu, une femme "indigène" Kivu, des danseurs Watusi, un chef agriculteur Kivu, le safari du blanc, une femme au léopard... Ses dessins stylisés, aux aplats de couleurs, et aux fonds argentés, confèrent une certaine modernité à cet ouvrage. La préface d'Henri Carton, ancien Ministre des Colonies, est emprunte d'un caractère colonialiste. Usures à la chemise, petites taches.

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MARESCALCHI, Arturo - DALMASSO, Giovanni.
        Storia della vite e del vino in Italia. Contiene: Vol. I: NEGRI Giovanni. Viti fossili e viti preistoriche in Italia; BENDINELLI Goffredo. La vite e il vino nei monumenti antichi in Italia; Vol. II: DALMASSO Lorenzo. La vite e il vino nella letteratura romana; SORIGA Renato. La vite e il vino nella letteratura e nelle figurazioni italiane del Medioevo; MARANGONI Guido. La vite e il vino nelle arti figurative italiane da Leonardo ai giorni nostri; MICHELI Pietro. La vite e il vino nella letteratu
      Enrico Gualdoni, Milano, 1931. 3 v. (XVI 291 p. 10 c. di tav.; XI 497 p. 16 c. di tav.; XII 776 p. 4 c. di tav.) 36 cm tela. Tiratura limitata a 600 esemplari (169). Legatura editoriale identica per i tre volumi in tela verde con motivo enologico in oro e nero. Opera rarissima riccamente illustrata nel t. e f.t.e interamente impressa su patinata. Completa di tutti e tre i volumi. Dalle viti fossili e preistoriche agli esempi di quei monumenti e arti figurative che attraverso le loro raffigurazioni rappresentano le testimonianze della vite e del vino attraverso i secoli passando per la letteratura le monete e la tradizione dell'aradilca fino alla musica e al folklore senza tralasciare l'evoluzione della tecnica e del commercio: pagina dopo pagina la storia dell'enologia italiana dalla preistoria all'età contemporanea si dispiega in tre volumi finemente rilegati scritti a più mani da studiosi ed esperti sotto la guida di Arturo Marescalchi e Giovanni Dalmasso sull'esempio del "Billiard" in Francia e del "Basserman Jordan" in Germania pubblicati nel 1931-1937 dall'Unione Italiana Vini. Pubblicati per la prima volta dalle arti grafiche Enrico Gualdoni i tre volumi in tela verde con i titoli impressi in oro si contraddistinguono prima di tutto per l'autorevolezza dei contenuti vantando due autori principali di grande prestigio: Arturo Marescalchi allora sottosegretario del Ministero dell'Agricoltura tra i fautori della nascita delle future leggi sulle Doc sulla difesa attraverso la repressioni frodi e la commercializzazione dei vini italiani nonché primo direttore del Corriere Vinicolo (Il Commercio Vinicolo all'epoca) e Giovanni Dalmasso direttore dell'Istituto Agrario di San Michele all'Adige instancabile autore di numerose pubblicazioni e importanti ricerche per il settore. UsatoBuono Anno pubblicazione: 1931-1937. Molto buono nel complesso internamente ottimo segni d'uso alle legature senza mancanze o difetti scoloriture alla tela dei dorsi soprattutto del secondo volume. ...

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SUARES André - JOU Louis
        MARSIHO.
      Trémois Paris 1931 In-4 ( 275 X 210 mm ) de 169 pages, broché sous couverture illustrée en couleurs remplié, étui en deux parties semboîtant, en bois marqueté de différentes essences et colorés dans les tons provençaux, compositions différentes sur chacun des plats extérieurs de létui: sur le premier plat, le titre en lettres stylisées, second plat représentant une vue du port de Marseille ( Reliure de Alain TARAL ). Edition originale qui ne paraîtra en librairie quen 1933 chez Grasset. Cette publication de grande qualité est ornée de 66 bois en camaïeux de bruns gravés par Louis JOU, dont 6 vues de Marseille hors texte en couleurs. Exemplaire N°XXV, lun des 40 sur Japon, avec une suite des gravures à part, tirée sur Japon en noir. MAGNIFIQUE EXEMPLAIRE dans un remarquable étui "parlant" de qualité extrême d'Alain TARAL ( non signé ), relieur provençal qui sest fait une spécialité des reliures mosaïquées en bois et dont les créations sont exposées dans toutes les grandes manifestations sur la reliure. Monod, 10488. D'autres photos sur www.cazitel.com

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( TOUCHAGUES ) - LA FONTAINE.
        LA FONTAINE. Fables. Illustrations en couleurs (216) de TOUCHAGUES.
      P, Collection des Grands Textes Humoristiques (deuxième ouvrage) - Éditions du Sagittaire 1931, 2 volumes in-4 (25,7 x 20,4 cm) de 275 (5) et 311 (5) pp. Reliés demi-chagrin bleu nuit à quatre nerfs et à coins, couvertures illustrées entièrement conservées, têtes dorées. Auteur, titre, tomaison et date en queue dorés et au milieu de chaque dos : tête d'âne mosaïquée en cuir marron.................. Tome 1 : 124 fables accompagnées de 20 illustrations à pleines pages dont le frontispice et de 73 dans le texte dont 19 sont en nombre (ctd répétées sur la même page à 2,3 ou 4 fois - une tortue l'est même 5 fois)................... Tome 2 : 110 fables accompagnées de 18 illustrations à pleines pages dont le frontispice et de 102 dans le texte dont 18 sont en nombre (ctd répétées sur la même page à 2,3 ou 4 fois).................. En outre chaque couverture à un dessin différent sur le plat supérieur et un dessin sur le dos répété sur le second volume (comptent pour un). Soit 216 illustrations en couleurs de Touchagues dont le coloris a été exécuté dans les ateliers de Daniel Jacomet. Tirage à 1000 exemplaires, tous sur beau papier d'Arches. Exemplaires en bel état de conservation. Franco de port pour la France métropolitaine, en recommandé, avec assurance.................. NOUVEAU : CATALOGUE de 250 ILLUSTRÉS MODERNES visibles sur notre site www.sisyphe.com

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Meyer, Conrad Ferdinand,
        Die Versuchung des Pescara - Eine Novelle,: Zeichnung des Titels, der Initialen und des Einbandes von F. W. Kleukens, gedruckt mit der Standard-Latein der Schriftgiesserei D. Stempel AG,
      Darmstadt, Ratio-Presse (= Veröffentlichung der Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Ratio-Presse, Band 6), 1931, - 4°, 161 S., Kopfgoldschnitt, original halbpergamenteinband mit lila Deckelbezügen und goldener Deckel- und Rückenbeschriftung sowie schöner Deckelillustration mit dem schlichten weißen original Schutzumschlag im hellen original Pappschuber Widmung auf der Titelseite oben, sonst - bedingt durch Schuber und Umschlag - eine wunderbar frisches, tadelloses Exemplar ohne Mängel (prez) Name des Widmenden und Name des Empfängers können wir nicht entziffern. Sie entstand jedenfalls anläßlich eines Besuches 1949 in der Stempel AG. Information in English and more .jpgs are available upon request. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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HILL William Henry; HILL Arthur F. F.S.A.; HILL Alfred Ebsworth:
        The violin-makers of the Guarneri (1626-1762) family, their life and work. With an introductory note by Edward J. Dent.
      London, William E. Hill & sons, 1931.In-4 de XXXVII-[3]-181-[5]p., plein maroquin caramel, dos à nerfs orné de filets et fleurons dorés, plats ornés de filets, fleurons et rinceaux dorés, armes dorées des Guarneri au centre du premier plat, filet dor. sur les coupes, large dentelle dorée intérieure, étui (reliure à l'imitation des reliures italienne de la fin du 17ème). On joint à ce superbe exemplaire le bulletin de souscription. Illustré de 17 planches hors-texte en couleurs, 44 planches hors-texte en photogravure et de nombreuses figures in-texte en héliogravure. Un des 200 exemplaires numérotés du tirage de luxe, celui portant le n°2, inscrit à la plume, en toutes lettres. Simplement à l'état de neuf. Edition originale.

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Meyer, Conrad Ferdinand,
        Die Versuchung des Pescara - Eine Novelle, Zeichnung des Titels, der Initialen und des Einbandes von F. W. Kleukens, gedruckt mit der Standard-Latein der Schriftgiesserei D. Stempel AG,
      Darmstadt, Ratio-Presse (= VerÃ¶ffentlichung der Gesellschaft zur FÃ¶rderung der Ratio-Presse, Band 6), 1931,. 4Â°, 161 S., Kopfgoldschnitt, original halbpergamenteinband mit lila DeckelbezÃ¼gen und goldener Deckel- und RÃ¼ckenbeschriftung sowie schÃ¶ner Deckelillustration mit dem schlichten weiÃŸen original Schutzumschlag im hellen original Pappschuber Widmung auf der Titelseite oben, sonst - bedingt durch Schuber und Umschlag - eine wunderbar frisches, tadelloses Exemplar ohne MÃ¤ngel (prez) Name des Widmenden und Name des EmpfÃ¤ngers kÃ¶nnen wir nicht entziffern. Sie entstand jedenfalls anlÃ¤ÃŸlich eines Besuches 1949 in der Stempel AG.

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PHOTOGRAPHY] - [Unknown photographer].
        Photograph of Albert Einstein, signed and inscribed.
      1931 - Gelatin silver print, sepia toned and ferrotyped, inscribed by Einstein in blue-black ink "Herrn S. H. Kuhn/Albert Einstein/1931. (23.5 x 18 cm). A very clean, fresh example of a fine photograph of Einstein in mid-life, with a small trace of adhesion on the verso from a former mount. Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955), was a German-born, Jewish theoretical physicist who developed the general theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, alongside quantum mechanics. While best known for his massenergy equivalence formula E = mc2, he also received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics, 'For his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect,' the latter of which was pivotal in establishing quantum theory. Einstein renounced his German citizenship after Hitler's rise to power and after spending some time teaching in America settled there, becoming a citizen in 1940. He took up a post at the Institute of Advanced Study at Princeton, New Jersey and held the post until his death on 17th April 1955. After the passing of Israel's first president, Chaim Weizmann, in November 1952, Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion offered Einstein the position of President of Israel - a mostly ceremonial post. The offer was presented by Israel's ambassador in Washington, Abba Eban, who explained that the offer, 'Embodies the deepest respect which the Jewish people can repose in any of its sons.' However, Einstein declined, and wrote in his response that he was, 'Deeply moved,' and 'At once saddened and ashamed" that he could not accept it. He wrote: "All my life I have dealt with objective matters, hence I lack both the natural aptitude and the experience to deal properly with people and to exercise official function. I am the more distressed over these circumstances because my relationship with the Jewish people became my strongest human tie once I achieved complete clarity about our precarious position among the nations of the world."

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