viaLibri ~ Rare Books from 1931

Kent, Rockwell:
        FAREWELL [Original stone lithograph, signed]
      [New York: The Artist, 1931].. Folio. Image 14.5 x 9.8 cm, on 40.5 x 29.5 sheet (watermarked 'France'). Trace of mounting tab removal at top edge of verso, otherwise fine. One of one hundred copies of this lithograph printed for the artist, and signed by him in pencil below the image, from a total edition of four hundred. Three hundred additional examples were pulled, then substantially trimmed and bound up as the frontispiece for Selma Robinson's CITY CHILD, in which form they were unsigned. Burne Jones notes that the examples he examined of this separate form were printed on paper watermarked either "Japan" or "Rives." BURNE JONES 61.

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KENT, Rockwell (SIGNED)
        FAREWELL. Lithograph on stone. 5 11/16" by 3 15/16". Burne Jones 61
      1931. Fine. Fine Original lithographic print on board SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY ROCKWELL KENT IN PENCIL: "TO ______AFFECTIONATELY, ROCKWELL KENT". On the rear of the board in pencil is "early proof on board". This print was done in an edition of 100 specifically for the artist. Then the stone was cut down to 5 21/32" by 3 7/32" and three hundred smaller prints were made for Selma Robinson's book "City Child". The stone was then reground by the printer, George Miller, no further images were made. The current print is from the original 100 reserved for Rockwell Kent. & Burne Jones "The Prints of Rockwell Kent a Catalogue Raisonné" No. 61.

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GONZAGUE FRICK (Louis de), RAVENNES (Jean), BRUNET (Gabriel), GIRARD (Georges), FIERENS (Paul), DEFIOL (Suzanne), JOUGLET (René), MORAND (René), HUGARD (Jane), MORA (André), REY (Robert), etc.
        Les Colonies françaises.
      LES EDITIONS DE LA GIRAFE, PARIS 1931 - Paris, les Editions de la Girafe, 1931, in-4, broché, couverture rempliée aux couleurs du drapeau français, 54 p. n.ch. Cet ouvrage tiré à 921 exemplaires, celui-ci sur Arches (n° 893) sur les presses de Marcel SEHEUR, Noël BUREAU et Georges PILLEMENT étant directeurs littéraires et artisitiques. Contient vingt et une illustrations en couleurs in-texte par divers illustrateurs modernes : Jean DUFY, CZOBEL, DIGNIMONT, Marcel GROMAIRE, Paul SIMON, Tade MAKOWSKI, Yves ALIX, Hermine DAVID, Gérard COCHET, André LHOTE, Edouard GOERG, Marcel MOUILLOT, Alexandre RALLI, LABOUREUR, Léopold GOTLIEB, Kiyoshi HASEGAWA, R. RIMBERT, Pierre DUBREUIL, PERKROHG, Pierre HODE, Emile COMPARD. Textes de : Fernand VALLON, Louis DE GONZAGUE FRICK, Jean RAVENNES, Gabriel BRUNET, J.M. AIMOT, Georges GIRARD, Louis LEON-MARTIN, Paul FIERENS, Suzanne DEFIOL, René JOUGLET, François VALDI, Marius Ary LEBLOND, René MORAND, Henri STRENTZ, Jane HUGARD, André RIVOLLET, Georges PILLEMENT, André MORA, Noel BUREAU, Henri HERTZ, Robert REY. Auteurs et artistes conjuguent leurs talents pour dresser un tableau de la présence française outre-mer lors de l'exposition coloniale de 1931. Déchirures au dos, salissures sur la couverture. Livres

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De Baralt, Blanche Z
        Cuban Cookery. Gastronomic Secrets of the Tropics, with an Appendix on Cuban Drinks
      Havana, Cuba: Molina & Cia, 1931. Octavo, 158 pages. Illustrated with line drawings by Conrado Massaguer. A later but early edition of the first Cuban cookbook printed in English. De Baralt was the American wife of a Cuban doctor who moved to Havana around the turn of the century. She clearly felt at home there, as she refers to Cuban food as "our" cuisine throughout. She also exhibits a notable understanding of other world cuisines in her introduction, in which she tries to locate Cuban cooking relative to others - favorably of course. The book contains an appendix of fifty-three cocktails and refrescos, including what is the first printed recipe for a Cuban mojito, here called a 'Cuban Mojo'. The mojito is widely considered to have appeared and become popular in Cuba in the 1920s, but this is its first appearance in print. Tiny bit of wear to the publisher's printed red pasted down label on black cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper, "To Dean Gildersleeve, Whom the university women of Cuba are so proud to have met. May she return to us someday! Blanche Z. de Baralt, Havana, Nov. 22/41." The recipient was Virginia Gildersleeve, President of Barnard College and member of the United Nations Charter Committee. [OCLC locates 7 copies]

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FORD, Gerald)
        GERALD FORD'S HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOK] PIONEER ANNUAL OF 1931, SIGNED 9 TIMES BY FORD
      South High School June 1931, Grand Rapids, MI - Quarto (7-3/4" x 10-1/2") bound in textured gray cloth, gilt-stamped on the front cover; 171 pages. A typical high school yearbook, filled with small individual photographs of students as well as larger group poses and with many student autographs throughout. What makes this extraordinary is that it belonged to a high school classmate of future President Gerald Ford and Ford has SIGNED the book no less than nine times with three different forms of his signature. On page 24 near his printed individual portrait and a commentary listing him as a member of the National Honor Society, the Student Council, Sodalitas Latina, the glee club, and the football, basketball, and track teams (captain of the football team that won a state championship his senior year), Ford has SIGNED as "Gerald Ford." At other places in the book, on or around photographs depicting him, Ford has SIGNED seven times as "Jr." (Apparently his high school nickname, Ford was born Leslie King, Jr. and renamed Gerald Ford, Jr., after his adopted father). On page 108, listing members of the National Honor Society, Ford has SIGNED once again, this time as "Gerald." The athletic group photographs depicting Ford are interesting and may be otherwise unknown. All in all, a remarkable association piece that is certainly one of the earliest autographs of Gerald Ford to appear on the market. Light and expected wear and soiling. Very Good, and we do not hesitate to say, fairly scarce [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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(FORD, Gerald)
        [GERALD FORD'S HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOK] PIONEER ANNUAL OF 1931, SIGNED 9 TIMES BY FORD
      Grand Rapids, MI: South High School, June 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Light and expected wear and soiling. Very Good, and we do not hesitate to say, fairly scarce. Quarto (7-3/4" x 10-1/2") bound in textured gray cloth, gilt-stamped on the front cover; 171 pages. A typical high school yearbook, filled with small individual photographs of students as well as larger group poses and with many student autographs throughout. What makes this extraordinary is that it belonged to a high school classmate of future President Gerald Ford and Ford has SIGNED the book no less than nine times with three different forms of his signature. On page 24 near his printed individual portrait and a commentary listing him as a member of the National Honor Society, the Student Council, Sodalitas Latina, the glee club, and the football, basketball, and track teams (captain of the football team that won a state championship his senior year), Ford has SIGNED as "Gerald Ford." At other places in the book, on or around photographs depicting him, Ford has SIGNED seven times as "Jr." (Apparently his high school nickname, Ford was born Leslie King, Jr. and renamed Gerald Ford, Jr., after his adopted father). On page 108, listing members of the National Honor Society, Ford has SIGNED once again, this time as "Gerald." The athletic group photographs depicting Ford are interesting and may be otherwise unknown. All in all, a remarkable association piece that is certainly one of the earliest autographs of Gerald Ford to appear on the market.

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AUGSBOURG Géa :
        4 portraits de Marcel Blanc *
      - Dessins originaux à la mine de plomb, trois étant signés, au format 30 x 21 sur joli papier légèrement teinté. Cet ensemble décline quatre fois le même sujet, du plus sage de 3/4 jusqu'à une représentation quasi surréaliste en pied d'un homme à tête de cheval sans buste avec les fesses sous le menton (pour un dessin vendu sous le manteau ?), en passant par la mise sous verre d'une variante sans buste baignant dans l'eau gazeuse. Santé ! Un comble pour l'artiste que ce sujet à l'opposé des myriades de compositions faisant l'éloge de nos buveurs & vignerons.La victime, Marcel Blanc, originaire de Marnand (VD) est née en 1931. Il fut chef d'équipe chez Henniez (d'où les bulles - j'espère n'en pas faire dans cette notice) et pratiquait la mise en scène à côté de ses activités professionnelles; il dirigea l'acteur Vincent Pérez, alors encore enfant.Cet ensemble graphique vif et humoureux fait la synthèse de cette "vie double illustre".A peine avions-nous collecté ces quelques informations, grâce à l'obligeance de quelque aimable collaborateur de la maison henniez que cette dernière se faisait racheter par Nestlé - Nous jurons n'y être pour rien !

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Walton, Izaak. Rackham, Arthur
        The Compleat Angler
      London: Harrap, 1931. 4to, [1-4], 5-224pp. With 12 color plates with descriptive tissue guards, decorations, 25 b/w drawings and pictorial endpapers by Rackham. Original full gilt-stamped vellum, spine with gilt-stamped design of a fish, gilt top, with an original watercolor signed ÒArthur RackhamÓ on each cover. In a slipcase. Edition de luxe, limited to 775 copies, signed by Rackham in the colophon. This copy has original watercolors of illustrations by Rackham added to both covers. Although Rackham is known to have had an interest in designing bindings, drawing tools for Sangorski and Sutcliffe for example, no binding decorated by him by hand is known. However, as a commercial artist who habitually extra-illustrated books for booksellers and collectors, itÕs not unreasonable to imagine he may have been commissioned to create this unique copy, using the illustrations at p. 68 and p. 108 to illuminate the front and back covers. While we cannot guarantee the watercolors are certainly by Rackham, we cannot also be sure they are not, and the preponderance of evidence might tend towards them being Rackham though perhaps not at his best (as one might expect since it is a late book and they were surely executed towards the end of his life). Futhermore, it would be very odd for a copyist to create an object that the original artist was never known to have created.

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Delacour, Jean and Jabouille, Pierre
        Les Oiseaux de l'Indochine Française, volumes I-IV, complete
      Aurillac: Imprimerie du 'Cantal Républicain,' 1931. First edition.. Professional repairs to calf at the top of the spine of volume 3, some text pages with scattered foxing; overall, a bright and clean copy in near fine condition in an elegant and attractive fine binding.. Pp. lvi, 279, (1), xlvi; 339, lxv; 318, lxxiii; 296, lxvi; with 67 fine color lithograph plates after H. Gronvold by John Bale and Sons, all volumes with separate indexes. Contemporary straight-grained Victorian red calf leather, with four raised bands on the spine lettered in gilt in three of the four compartments, all covers with beveled edges and blind tooling, (all original printed gray wrappers bound in place), French marbled endpapers, sm 4to. Published on the occasion of the Exposition Coloniale Internationale held in Paris in 1931. This is the classic early work on the avifauna of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos with some species new to science described. The authors examined over 3000 specimens during the compilation of this work. No ownership marks.

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Winston S. Churchill
        The Unknown War
      Charles Scribner's Sons This is the sixth and final book of Churchill's acclaimed history of the First World War - the U.S. first edition, in the rare dust jacket. In proposing it to his publisher, Charles Scribner, Churchill wrote: "In the previous volumes of the World Crisis I have described only in a few pages the course of events in the Eastern theatre. They have merely been the background of our main drama of the war. But now I think I might write a volume called 'The Eastern Front' [published as "The Unknown War" in the U.S.], which would be separate from but supplementary to our five volume history." Scribner published just 3,870 first printing copies in 1931. Collectors will note that for The World Crisis, the U.S. is the true first edition, as initial U.S. publication preceded the British. Here is a near-fine+ first edition, first printing in a correct first printing dust jacket. The russet cloth binding is nearly flawless with superlative spine presentation. Searching for flaws, we find only a very slight dulling at the foot of the spine corresponding to dust jacket chips. Copies this clean have become truly rare. The contents are clean and tight. The correct Scribner's "A" on the title page verso confirms first printing status. We find no spotting. The fragile color folding map at p.388 shows no tears, just a bit of toning and wear to the blank outer margin. There is a single inked owner's name and address on the ffep, the untrimmed fore edge is age-toned, and the top edge is dust soiled. The dust jacket is bright and clean with only mild toning to the spine, but neatly price clipped on the front flap and showing minor wear and losses, almost entirely confined to the lower edge of the front face and the base of the spine. The dust jacket is protected in a removable, archival quality clear cover. Bibliographic reference: Cohen A69.1(V).a, Woods/ICS A31(aa), Langworth p.103.

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BRAM STOKER
        DRACULA
      GROSSET AND DUNLAP 1931 - Stunning near fine book and jacket. Grosset and Dunlap 1897 reprint. These are considered dated 1931 in conjunction with the Universal Picture's Photo Play starring Bela Lugosi. The book still has its scarce original dust jacket. The book also contains many illustrations from scenes of the photoplay. The book is in stunning crisp condition, with vibrant red boards, still maintaining their original sheen. This is most unusual as this book does not hold up well and is often found with discolored boards, with badly fraying, ripped and dried spines. The book has sharp corners and no edgewear. The internal pages and end papers are bright, clean, and flat with no marks, no foxing, no bent pages, and no stains. A beautiful clean, crisp example of this scarce collectible book. Unfaded black top stain applied by publisher. Stunning book appearing as unread! Please see images for more details. The book comes with its scarce original dust jacket having benefited from some slight restoration to the spine tips by an expert paper conservator and shows as a striking near fine example. The jacket has strong vibrant colors with No edgewear, No chips, No rips, No fading, No rubbing, No staining and No foxing. Richly toned beautiful jacket, in scarce, near fine condition. Please see detailed images. Fun, special and unique example of one of the most sought after photoplay books. Perfect gift for a photoplay or horror collector! [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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SAPPER [Herman C[yril] McNeile]
        Tiny Carteret
      Hodder and Stoughton Limited London 1931 - First Edition in first issue dustjacket with 7/6 price at spine. Spurrier dustjacket art. Hubin listed mystery novel featuring Ronald Standish who is a secret agent in a fictional European country. One reviewer of Sapper novels describes Standish as a "rugby forward and all around sportsman who I suspect was a late attempt of McNeile's to come up with a younger unmarried version of Drummond." Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, a vertical scrape at mid spine has caused some abrasions and few tiny holes, three inch closed tear at top front panel, few tiny edge chips. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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Phillips, Walter J
        Fall, Assiniboine River [Original Colour Woodcut]
      1931. () Fine. Original colour woodcut. Signed at the bottom right corner, in pencil, by the artist. 8.5" X 7.25" (26.5 X 18.5 cm). In decorative painted wooden frame and beige matting. Frame measures 15.5" X 13.5" (39 X 34.5 CM) and is painted dark brown, there are wooden squares which have been painted a more reddish brown attached at the corners for decoration. The frame has a metal hanger at the back. The woodcut displays bright and warm autumn colours which fill the soft, organic shapes trees, water and clouds. Boulet MBL150. Edition of 200. The Assiniboine River is a 1,070-kilometre (660 mi) river that runs through the prairies of Western Canada in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. It is a tributary of the Red River. Walter Joseph Phillips (October 25, 1884  July 5, 1963) was an English-born Canadian painter and woodcutter, acclaimed as one of Canada's most famous printmakers and for popularizing the colour woodcut in the style of the Japanese. His artistic career spanned from the 1900s through the 1940s, during which time his work was exhibited throughout North America and Great Britain. In 1940 he was asked to become a resident artist at the Banff Centre, then known as the Banff School of Fine Arts, where he played an important role in the development of their visual arts program. Its Walter Phillips Gallery, which focuses on contemporary art, is named after him. The Glenbow Museum in Calgary, Alberta holds an extensive collection of Phillips works and a research archive. Phillips' work reflects his direct response to nature. Signed by Walter J. Phillips..

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MERIMEE Prosper :
        Carmen and letters from Spain *
      Harrison of Paris, New-York 9.1931. - Reliure signée demi cuir de Huser, dos à nerfs, titre et tête dorés, couverture illustrée, étui bordé. Restauration discrète mais visible aux charnières supérieures, à un nerf et en queue. L'un des 50 exemplaires de tête numérotés sur Japon, outre 595 Rives et 20 hors commerce. L'un des plus rares livres de Barraud, puisque publié et essentiellement distribué aux États-Unis, ici enrichi d'une encre originale en noir et sépia, variante du motif illustrant la page de frontispice ou de celui des prêtres portant croix de la page 119, ce dernier rehaussé de gouache.Cette étrange travail de reliure en série de Huser, dont nous avons eu trois exemplaires, a souvent mal vieilli et portait à chaque fois des traces d'inhabituel usage ? Est-ce à cause de matériau particulièrement fragile ou en raison de quelque décalage culturel dont le fin mot nous échapperait ? On nage en plein mystère.

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FLETCHER, J[oseph] S[mith] (1863-1935)
        VERSES WRITTEN IN EARLY YOUTH
      (London): Privately Printed (Unwin), 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Some rubbing along joints and edges. Near Fine and obviously a very desirable copy of a scarce book. Bound in full polished greem calf leather by Bayntun Bath with gilt-ruled borders and spine and contrasting morocco spine labels with gilt lettering, gilt dentelles and marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Of a total of only 62 copies printed, this is Copy #1 of only 12 printed on handmade paper and SIGNED by the author, a noted journalist turned writer of mysteries, including THE MIDDLE TEMPLE MURDER (1918), a favorite of Woodrow Wilson's, and THE CHARING CROSS MYSTERY (1923).

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Mann, Thomas
        Mario and the Magician [Signed]
      New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good +. A Very Good + to Near Fine copy of the first American edition, first printing (spine ends pushed, rub to the front board's leading bottom front corner -- otherwise rather light edge wear), in a Very Good + dust jacket (rubbing at the edges, spine head shows some chipping and rubbing -- barely touching the "T" in "Thomas", light chipping and some tiny tears at the flap turns and top of the front panel --- still about the nicest example of this dust jacket that we have seen with other examples showing considerably more wear), SIGNED BY THOMAS MANN on the half-title. Perhaps Mann's most overtly political tale, the novella begins with a narrator who recounts his family's trip to the resort area of Torre di Venere, Italy, and the discomfort they felt due to the prevailing sense of Italian nationalism. In the story's second half, a hypnotist, Cipolla, performs his act at the resort and exerts his control on the audience --- likely paralleling the influence of authoritarian leaders on their respective populations. From the gathered crown he singles out Mario, a local citizen, and exercises his hypnotic powers upon him, toying with Mario before the crowd and inducing Mario to reveal publicly his innermost thoughts, thus baring his sole before all within hearing. Furious at this treatment, Mario then revenges himself by murdering Cipolla, an act which frees the audience from Cipolla's control. Thomas Mann won the 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature "principally for his great novel, Buddenbrooks, which has won steadily increased recognition as one of the classic works of contemporary literature". This copy belonged to Academy Award-Winning Actor Jack Palance and the bookplate from the 2006 sale of his personal property is loosely laid in. Signed copies of Thomas Mann's first editions, especially in English translations are not common. While signed Limited Editions are usually available, signed copies of his trade editions scarcer. Copies of the first American edition of Mario and the Magician in collectable condition, especially in the dust jacket, are rather uncommon, and signed copies of this novella in any language are absolute hen's teeth. A Very Good + copy, SIGNED BY THOMAS MANN. Jack Palance's copy. QUITE SCARCE TO RARE.

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Wharton, Edith
        Leurs Enfants. [The Children] Traduit de l'anglais par Louis Gillet
      Paris: Librairie Plon. 1931. First French Edition, Inscribed by the author, on the front free endpaper, "L.B. / from E.W. / aout 1931". 16mo; 304pp; yellow printed paper wrappers printed in black with author and title, translator and publisher on front cover, reverse of wrapper is cover for another title from Plon; wrappers dusty, spine a bit soiled, ex-libris of Leon Belugou on verso of front wrapper, very good. The first edition was published in 1928; this French translation not cited by Garrison. Louis Gillet, the translator of this novel was the curator of a museum at Chalis as well as a literary critic and art historian, who eventually became one of France's "immortals" a member of the Academie Francaise. His first translation of one of Wharton's novels was in 1927 when he published Le Bilan (The Mother's Recompense). Her evident approval of Gillet's previous translation led to this 1932 translation. Wharton's friendship with Gillet continued until her death; he was one of the mourners at her funeral. French editions of Edith Wharton's novels are scarce. <br>See an <A HREF= http://www.bookrouter.com/im/juvelisbks/9059.jpg >Image.</A><br>

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Runyon, Damon
        GUYS AND DOLLS (Advance Review Copy of the 1st Edition)
      New York: Stokes, 1931. Runyon, Damon. GUYS AND DOLLS. NY: Stokes, 1931. First Edition. Uncorrected Advance Review Copy of the First Edition, perfect bound in THE ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATED WRAPPERS which match the original dustjacket. Date-stamped by the publisher on the preliminary blank: "Pub'n Date Aug 20 1931" and despite some chipping, light wear, a partial clean tear along the fold of the rear wrapper and a touch of light staining, this is a Very Good firm and unrestored example with great eye appeal. GUYS AND DOLLS is a notoriously difficult first edition to find, especially in DJ. The 1955 film starring Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra stayed remarkable true to the quirky Runyon-esque world of argot-driven New York Gangsters and their madcap "dolls." A very hard-to-find book, missing from most "Literature Into Film" collections. Housed in a quarter morocco slipcase. . First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good.

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Andrews, Fannie Fern
        THE HOLY LAND UNDER MANDATE
      Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1931. Very fine in original dust jackets and cardboard slipcase with paper spine label. Spine gilt of Vol. I somewhat darkened, frontispiece a little wavy. Pages unopened. Uncommonly nice copy.. First edition Two volumes. xvii, 361p; xii, 436p. Illustrated from photographs. Folding map in rear pocket of Vol. II. Introduction by James T. Shotwell. Gilt-titled green cloth A complete, impartial and comprehensive survey of the whole Zionist problem". (From slipcase label).

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AUGSBOURG Géa] CORREA R.-A. :
        Dessins *
      R-A.Corrêa, Paris 1931. - En feuilles 29 x 23, couverture imprimée à rabats, étui. Neuf. Album peu fréquent, d'un tirage total sus mentionné, surtout complet car la tentation devait être grande d'en encadrer l'une ou l'autre planche. Quelques exemplaires en auraient été brochés sur spirale métallique.Préfacé par l'éditeur, une suite d'images représentatives des divers talents de Géa - certaines planches sont remarquables - d'où émergent quelques visages familiers: Budry, Bosshard, le fameux docteur Rochat qui fût compagnon de la première heure et collectionneur averti de l'artiste, dont on acquis il y a belle lurette la copieuse bibliothèque - il nous manque toujours les pages (de textes !!!) 17 à 20 de son exemplaire de "Terre du ciel" de Ramuz ymagé par Hunziker, un des exemplaires du tirage basique de l'édition Gonin de 1941.Notre exemplaire, parmi les 25 hors commerce, est accompagné d'un dessin original signé de l'artiste (tous les volumes de cette tranche de tirage le furent-ils ?), à la mine de plomb et au format de 27 x 18, daté du 31 juillet 1926 à Ostende (Belle Gique), figurant un jeune garçon en costume traditionnel, peut-être un pâtre ou un marin ou.Une remarque s'impose: les dessins de G?A des années trente sont rarissimes, en témoigne le peu d'oeuvres de cette époque présentées à la rétrospective de 2002 au Musée Histérique de Lausanne. Les quelques-uns que nous connaissons ont ceci de particulier, et le nôtre ne fait pas exception, d'une facture hyperlèchée (on connaît la spontanéité plus conventionnelle du dessinateur qui croquait sur le vif des motifs à tout bout de champs et ne s'embarassant pas de trop de détail) et d'une construction quasi cubiste - Voir par exemple le remarquable portrait de Gide page 25 de la publication d' Antoine Baudin (En-Bas, 2002) de l'expo pré citée. On y trouvera quelques peu avant la reproduction d'une huile sur toile contemporaine à notre dessin "Pêcheurs à Ostende", 1926.Exceptionnelle condition pour ce recueil de dessins, une réunion inégalée en choix et en qualité, qui oscillent entre Pablo et Cocteau. Mais pas la moindre allusion à la vigne qui deviendra le sujet de prédilection de bien des amateurs de son oeuvre et qui lui inspira de nombreuses compositions.Garçon, trois de Saint-Saph' ! Édition originale. Parmi 195 exemplaires numérotés sur papier demi-grain L'un des 25 H.C., après 5 Hollande.

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JELGERSMA, Gerbrandus (1859-1942)
        Atlas Anatomicum Cerebri Humani. 168 cuts through the Human Brain
      Amsterdam,: Scheltema & Holkema,, 1931.. 11, [i, blank], [ii, index], 14, [ii, blank] pp. Folio (33 x 44 cm.). Original cloth portfolio (in the lowe marging of the front side a very small tear; some minor dust soiling). With 108 magnificent large plates in Helio engravings after photographic records of original sections, and their flimseys. ¶ A very good copy of one of the best Atlases on the subject. Jelgerma did important investigations concerning the small brains and gave with his colleague Cornelis Winkler, the Dutch neuro-anatomy an international reputation. See: 'N.N.B.W.' XI, 274.

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SASSOON, Siegfied
        Memoirs of an Infantry Officer
      London: Faber & Faber Limited,, 1931. With Illustrations by Barnett Freedman. Octavo. Original illustrated vellum, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Housed in the publisher's pictorial slipcase. 15 colour plates and illustrations throughout by Barnett Freedman. An excellent copy in the dust jacket with a few minor nicks and toned spine panel. First illustrated edition, first impression, published the year after the first edition. One of a limited edition of 320 numbered copies signed by the author and artist on the limitation leaf. A lovely copy, uncommon in such nice condition.

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HALEY, J. Evetts
        The XIT Ranch of Texas and the Early Days of The Llano Estacado
      Small 4to. Green cloth, gilt. xvi, 261pp. Top edge gilt. Frontispiece map, illustrations, 2 maps (one foldout). Very good. Entwined ownership initials inkstamped in blue on title page; owner's red pencilled occasional brief margin comments erased but sometimes faintly visible. Tight, clean and handsome first edition of Haley's elusive first book, many copies of which were recalled and suppressed because of a lawsuit brought against Haley. Former owner was a hardcore XIT Ranch aficionado, for 1931-32 newspaper clippings regarding related figures (mainly John V. Farwell) have been neatly tipped to the front pastedown, rear endpaper and rear inner flyleaf, causing age toning. RAFF 1718. NEW HOWES 39. RADER 1731. RAMPAGING HERD 969. SIX-GUNS 894.

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Shaw, George Bernard:
        AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED
      London. 13 June 1931.. Two pages, in ink, ca.200 words, on recto and verso of half-sheet of letterhead, with envelope addressed in his hand. Some old discolorations/soiling to letter, not affecting integrity or legibility, otherwise good. To A.L. Collison, in Macclesfield. A warm and charming letter about the recipient's father: "I remember your father very well, though we never met face to face. He wrote to me out of the blue about something or other ...He was then a bookseller - newsagent - philosopher - breeder of kittens and canaries. I was then an active member of the executive committee of the Society of Authors; and the light he threw for me on the relations between literary wholesalers and retailers was not only interesting - for he knew how to pick out the crucial points - but very useful to me. So I took him on as an occasional crony ... My gardener still breeds canaries enthusiastically; and I think it was the Superman [?] canary that started him. I am glad to infer that though my old correspondent was evidently too interested in things of the mind to make a fortune, his family is none the worse. faithfully G. Bernard Shaw."

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[Empire State Building]
        Shreve, Lamb & Harmon Plans for the Empire State Building's Information Desk, Basement and Foundation.
      Architectural diagram plans for the construction of the Empire State Building. 14 items, all pencil on paper or tracing vellum, various sizes ranging from 8x13 inches to 36x48 inches. Included are 5 plot plans showing the building?s outline and the surrounding streets and properties, 5 section plans of existing vaults and the machine room, 2 sub-basement plans, and the details of the pit for the refrigeration unit. Condition varies, but is generally very good; most of the plans have minor folds or tears in the margins. The freight elevator plan has some tape repairs on the reverse, but is not obtrusive. A plan showing a map of 34th and 33rd Streets has the most damage, with tears in the margin, some pieces missing, and some significant wrinkling; probably the least important plan in this collection. The 102 story landmark Empire State Building was completed in 1931 on the former site of the original Waldof-Astoria Hotel. The cost of construction was about $41 million (estimates suggest that today's cost would be close to $600 million), and was completed in less than a year and a half. The building was designed by William Lamb, of Shreve, Lamb and Harmon, whose plans are included in this collection. Considered as the "Eight Wonder of the World", when it opened, the building has had its share of notoriety, both good and bad. Suicides, a shooting on the observation deck, and even a plane crashing into it in 1945, have been part of the dark side of the building?s history. However, this iconic art deco building is as popular as ever, and probably one of the busiest tourist attractions in New York City. One of the most significant parts of this architectural collection is the plan for the rather famous information desk. Other parts include plans for the sub-basement, the machine room, pit for the freight elevators and refrigeration unit, and several plans illustrating the building?s outline on the surrounding streets. A unique collection of New York City history. History1900s.about.com.

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VERHAEREN Émile :
        Belle chair *
      E. Pelletan/Chez Helleu et Sergent, Paris 1931. - Broché 30 x 24, couverture décorée imprimée rempliée. Infimes défauts. Vers et images lascives, aux lisières de l'érotisme, se font écho par l'élégante typographie qui respire à de belles marges et par une remarquable qualité d'impression sur un voluptueux papier, un Montval cuve pour notre numéro ? Rien ne dit sur les 29 autres dits "de présent" qui pourraient être imprimés sur divers papiers, l'absence de précision étant en faveur de cette hypothèse, vérifiée sur d'autres ouvrages qui comportaient le même genre de flou artistique.Une rencontre subtile. Image visible sur site céleste. Édition originale. Parmi 30 exemplaires de présent numérotés à la main en romain le cinquième (monogrammé par l'éditeur ?), outre 5 vieux Japon, 20 Japon à la forme, 50 Montval et 150 vergé de Hollande.

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Crane, Hart
        INSCRIBED CARD FROM HART CRANE TO PEGGY COWLEY, CHRISTMAS 1931
      - A Mexican card portraying the Virgin of Guadalupe. The reverse in Crane's hand reads as follows: "Dear Peggy: will answer your good letter soon. Meanwhile meet Mexico's first lady---the Virgin of Guadalupe. Happy Christmas! Love, Hart." An important item since shortly thereafter Crane and Peggy became lovers; sent four months before his death, probably enclosed in an envelope. Crane had attended the annual ceremony of the Feast of the Virgin of Guadalupe around December 12, 1931 and was fascinated by it. This card may reflect that fascination. In very fine condition. [Attributes: Soft Cover]

      [Bookseller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc.]

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Landacre, Paul
        Physics Building...U.C.L.A
      Los Angeles: Bruce McCallister, 1931. Custom framed in Ivory Rag board and 1 inch Black Satin Lacquer moulding with conservation glass. Sized to 17.25 x 19.25 inches. First printing Fine Fine condition. Image: 6 x 4.75 inches, sheet size: 9.5 x 12.5 inches.Printed by Harold Young from the original block on wove paper with a NAVARRE 1547 watermark, this wood-engraving is from a collection of unbound portfolio plates engravinged by Paul Landacre which became the basis for his most coveted work: California Hills and Other Wood Engravings; McCallister, Los Angeles 1931. Strictly limited to an edition of 500, the bound volumes are quite scarce, and carry a dark admonition from St. Nicholas of Arrinstine, in Latin of course, for those intent on destroying the volumes for the images. This wood-engraving was never bound, and thus perfect to be treasured for the beauty of its composition. & Without question one of the finest wood-engravers of the 20th century, Paul Hambleton Landacre (American 1893-1963) inspired a future generation of engravers with his confident and rhythmic patterning of contrasting lines of varying thickness, carved from wood. Through his talent and commitment to perfection he held a firm place in the brotherhood of such artist/luminaries as Rockwell Kent, Lynd Ward, and Fritz Eichenberg. The engravings by Landacre undoubtedly set the standard by which all wood-engraving is judged.& It takes true genius to coax the vision of illumination, thus light from darkness, from a simple piece of end grain boxwood, and through his refined technique, Landacre's carvings truly become the American Landscape: the vastness, majesty or serenity of the fields, shores, mountains and dunes of the early 20th century California landscape, the furry of a prairie grass fire as only previously described by Willa Cather, or the elegance of a woodland nymph amid the dappled sunlight of eucalyptus trees. & By the late 19th century, wood-engraving had all but degenerated into a means of didactic mass illustration, often created by a craftsman, void of the artist's inherent vision. In essence, thorough his commitment to the process and integrity of the wood-engraved technique, Landacre returned the responsibility, and joy, of vision, emotion and thus execution to the artist-engraver. In his article on the technique of engraving wood, Landacre states:& "Even a dull sketch may become fascinating by virtue of the change into crisp white lines against the black and challenging nature of the medium. All sins are forgiven as you enter a new field with your design and even the fact that the lines are created by pushing the tool from you instead of pulling toward you, as in other forms of graphic expression, adds zest to the process". Watson, Ernest W. The Relief Print: Woodcut, Wood Engraving & Linoleum Cut. New York: Watson- Guptill Publications, 1945 & &

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PIZZETTI, Ildebrando 1880-1968
        Autograph musical manuscript signed of the song Oscuro è il ciel. Complete
      2 pp. of a bifolium. [1] (blank), [2-3] autograph musical manuscript, [4] (blank). Folio. Notated in black ink on 12-stave "B.p." music manuscript paper, with autograph title and "G. Leopardi dal greco di Saffo" to head, text commencing "Oscuro è il diel; nell' onde la luna già s'asconde." Scored for voice and piano. Undated, but Milan, 1931. & & Slightly worn and soiled; creased at folds with beginnings of splits in a few instances; two very small holes along folds; two very small chips to blank margins. . An Italian composer, conductor and critic, Pizzetti "was the most respected and influential of the more conservative Italian musicians of his generation." Guido M. Gatti and John C.G. Waterhouse in Grove online& & Oscuro è il ciel was first performed at the Teatro del Popolo di Milano on November 25, 1932 by the soprano Ginevra Vivante accompanied by Pizzetti on the piano. The first edition of the work was published by Ricordi in 1933. & & Giacomo Leopardi (1798-1837), often inspired by classical writings, was considered one of the most important 19th century Italian poets.

      [Bookseller: J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC]

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Beston, Henry
        THE OUTERMOST HOUSE. A YEAR OF LIFE ON THE GREAT BEACH OF CAPE COD. Inscribed
      New York: Doubleday Doran, 1931 Beston, Henry. THE OUTERMOST HOUSE. A Year Of Life On The Great Beach Of Cape Cod. Inscribed. New York: Doubleday, Doran and Co., 1931. First Edition, Early Impression [The first was in 1928], Inscribed. 8vo., 222pp., gilt-stamped blue cloth illustrated with photographs by William A. Bradford & others. Neatly inscribed in dark blue fountain pen on the front free endpaper: "Faithfully yours, Henry Beston". An extraordinary near fine or better bright copy; one of the best examples of condition that we have ever encountered lacking the uncommon dustwrapper. Illustrated with 31 original photographs by William A. Bradford, A.C. Bent, G.A. Whiting, D.B. MacMillan and others. A superb example of Henry Beston's now classic observations of Cape Cod in the tradition of Henry David Thoreau. Custom TBCL dark blue slipcase in very fine condition. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition, Early Printing.

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Landacre, Paul
        Grass Fire
      Los Angeles: Bruce McCallister, 1931. Matted in Rag Board First printing Fine Fine condition. Image: 8 x 7 inches, sheet size: 9.5 x 12.5 inches. Printed by Harold Young from the original block on wove paper with a NAVARRE 1547 watermark, this wood-engraving is from a collection of unbound portfolio plates engravinged by Paul Landacre which became the basis for his most coveted work: California Hills and Other Wood Engravings; McCallister, Los Angeles 1931. Strictly limited to an edition of 500, the bound volumes are quite scarce, and carry a dark admonition from St. Nicholas of Arrinstine, in Latin of course, for those intent on destroying the volumes for the images. This wood-engraving was never bound, and thus perfect to be treasured for the beauty of its composition. & Without question one of the finest wood-engravers of the 20th century, Paul Hambleton Landacre (American 1893-1963) inspired a future generation of engravers with his confident and rhythmic patterning of contrasting lines of varying thickness, carved from wood. Through his talent and commitment to perfection he held a firm place in the brotherhood of such artist/luminaries as Rockwell Kent, Lynd Ward, and Fritz Eichenberg. The engravings by Landacre undoubtedly set the standard by which all wood-engraving is judged.& It takes true genius to coax the vision of illumination, thus light from darkness, from a simple piece of end grain boxwood, and through his refined technique, Landacre's carvings truly become the American Landscape: the vastness, majesty or serenity of the fields, shores, mountains and dunes of the early 20th century California landscape, the furry of a prairie grass fire as only previously described by Willa Cather, or the elegance of a woodland nymph amid the dappled sunlight of eucalyptus trees. & By the late 19th century, wood-engraving had all but degenerated into a means of didactic mass illustration, often created by a craftsman, void of the artist's inherent vision. In essence, thorough his commitment to the process and integrity of the wood-engraved technique, Landacre returned the responsibility, and joy, of vision, emotion and thus execution to the artist-engraver. In his article on the technique of engraving wood, Landacre states:& "Even a dull sketch may become fascinating by virtue of the change into crisp white lines against the black and challenging nature of the medium. All sins are forgiven as you enter a new field with your design and even the fact that the lines are created by pushing the tool from you instead of pulling toward you, as in other forms of graphic expression, adds zest to the process". Watson, Ernest W. The Relief Print: Woodcut, Wood Engraving & Linoleum Cut. New York: Watson- Guptill Publications, 1945 & &

      [Bookseller: Lowry-James Rare Prints & Books, ABAA]

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