viaLibri ~ Rare Books from 1952

Royal Botanical Society of the Netherlands [hrsg.]:
        ACTA BOTANICA NEEDERLANDICA, 15. Volumes: 1 (1952) - 15 (1967) [= 15 Jahrgänge: 1 (1957) - 15 (1967)]. Vollständig, fest eingebunden. Official Publicaton of the Koninklijke Neederlandse Botanische Vereiniging.
      Amsterdam : North-Holland Publishing Company, 1952-1967.. 15 Jahrgänge in 15 Bänden. 8° , Bibliothekseinband. Fest eingebunden. Aus ehemaligem Bibliotheksbestand, mit entsprechenden Kennzeichnungen. Einbände etwas angestaubt. Seiten sauber. Bindungen fest. Guter bis sehr guter Zustand. Mehr Bilder auf Anfrage. Bitte beachten Sie unser reichhaltiges Angebot an antiquarischen Zeitschriften. // From library-stock. Covers dusty. Pages clean. Still in very good condition. More pictures on demand. zqx mbx jqx

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MacArthur, Douglas
        REVITALIZING A NATION
      Chicago: The Heritage Foundation, Inc., 1952. Chicago: The Heritage Foundation, Inc., 1952. 8vo, Hardcover. This is SIGNED/INSCRIBED ON PRE-TITLE PAGE, " To Diane Dilworth, With Best Wishes. Douglas MacArthur." The book is in very good condition with slight shelf wear/bumping to edges. At the top right edge of the front free endpaper are 3 faded letters in red. The dust jacket is in fair condition with some bumping and chipping to edges/rubbing. A 1/2" by 1/2 inch chip from the top left corner of the dj. Some fading to the spine/staining and smugging to the top front and back cover. Interior clean and tight. Blue cloth. Dust Jacket yellow/black/red.. Signed By Author/General. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Fair. 8vo. Hardcover.

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Frank, Anne
        Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
      Doubleday & Company, New York 1952 - First Edition, First Printing with the words "First Edition" printed on the copyright page. A wonderful copy. This ORIGINAL dustjacket has the $3.00 printed price present with light wear to the spine and panels. The book is in great shape and is bound in the ORIGINAL publisher's black cloth. The binding is tight, with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp with minor wear to the edges. The pages are clean with NO marks or bookplates in the book. A sharp copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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ROGGERO, Mario Frederico.
        Il Contributo di Mendelsohn alla evoluzione dell'architettura moderna.
      Milan: Libreria Editrice Politecnica Tamburini, 1952 - Octavo. Original tan cloth-backed tan paper boards, titles to front board in black. Tiny bump to fore edge of front board. Contents faintly toned. An excellent copy. Numerous black and white illustrations. First edition, first impression. Presentation copy inscribed by Erich Mendelsohn on the front free endpaper, "To Alexander and Cally Cochran, Erich Mendelsohn, [VII ?] 53", and with the recipients' bookplate on the front pastedown. Alexander Cochran was an American architect, who founded the firm Cochran, Stephenson and Donkervoet. This monograph, to which Mendelsohn contributed, was published for the Facoltà d'Architettura del Politenico in Milan. [Attributes: First Edition]

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GRAHAM GREENE
        The Little Horse Bus. With illustrations by Dorothy Craigie
      Max Parrish, London, 1952. First Edition, first printing. 35pp. Red cloth lettered in gold at spine and with a gilt Craigie illustration to upper board. Pictorial endpapers. A little light spotting to front endpaper accompanying a millimetre or so of bleeding from publisher's top edge stain. A lovely copy in lightly dust marked pictorial dust wrapper with two short closed tears and a little rubbing to head and base of spine panel. Some light spotting to wrapper flaps. A delightfully illustrated story for children, Greene and Craigie's third offering following 'The Little Train' and 'The Little Fire Engine'.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

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HEMINGWAY, Ernest
        The Old Man and the Sea
      New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons,, 1952. Octavo. Original blue cloth, titles to spine in silver, facsimile of author's signature to front board in blind. With the dust jacket. An excellent copy in a bright jacket with minor chips and marks and a couple of short closed tears. First edition, first printing. In the first state dust jacket.

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WAUGH, Evelyn.
        The Holy Places. With Wood Engravings by Reynolds Stone.
      London: The Queen Anne Press, 1952 - Tall octavo. Original presentation binding of red cloth, titles to spine and upper board gilt, light blue endpapers, top edge dyed red, others untrimmed. Housed in a red quarter morocco folding case. Spine and edges of boards faded, cloth lightly rubbed. First edition, first impression. Number 52 of 950 copies. This a presentation copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Angie with love from Evelyn, Christmas 1952" and additionally in red ink, "Corrected for Bob, 1953". Within the text Waugh has made forty corrections in red ink. [Attributes: First Edition]

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Frost, Robert
        Does No One But Me At All Ever Feel This Way In the Least [with scarce errata sheet initialed & signed by Frost]
      New York: Spiral Press, 1952. Spiral Press, New York, 1952. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: Cook, Howard. Signed by Author. Size: 24mo. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Limited First Edition Christmas card with drawings by Howard Cook, with the scarce errata sheet initialed and dated by Frost. Side stapled illustrated wraps with end flaps, on front flyleaf is written: "a new poem McGinn brings you Holiday Greetings from Robert Frost at Christmas 1952", no page numbers (four pages), explanatory footnotes on two pages frontispiece and one other drawing in text. The printed errata sheet reads: "This Christmas poem, though not isolationist, is so dangerously near isolationists, it was thought better to send it out for Independence Day instead of Christmas." Frost has initialed the note and dated it July 4 '53. Errata sheet has small piece of top left corner torn off, two inch slit in the wraps at fold with front flap, covers lightly wrinkled. Illustrator: Cook, Howard. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Poetry; Signed by Author. Inventory No: 010277. .

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LAOUST(Henri)
        Les gouverneurs de Damas sous les Mamlouks et les premiers Ottomans (658-1156/1260-1744). Traduction des Annales d'Ibn Tûlûn et d'Ibn Gum'a.
      Institut Français de Damas, Damas 1952 - In-8° de XXIII pp .d'Introduction &traduction du texte arabe d'Ibn Tûlun (168 pp). Traduction de l'Histoire des Pachas er des Cadis de Damas depuis le règne du Sultan Salim (922-1156/1516-1744) (169-218) Index (319-281) Addenda et corrigenda (283-288) Table des matières (289). In-8° . Reliure demi chagrin vert à coins, dos à 5 nerfs, 2 pièces de titre cuir noir. Ouvrage quasi neuf dans une reliure moderne.Comme neuf. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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Henri Cartier-Bresson
        THE DECISIVE MOMENT
      New York: Simon & Schuster in collaboration with Editions Verve, 1952. New York: Simon & Schuster in collaboration with Editions Verve, 1952. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Good dust jacket. Cartier-Bresson was the master of street photography which was coined The Decisive Moment. A more than presentable copy of this landmark, and notoriously fragile, book. The "Captions" pamphlet is laid in. The spine has a small (1") and discreetly toned patch which effects none of the titling. The dustjacket is not price-clipped but has some tissue patches and some significant chipping. Jacket and binding design by Matisse. There is a previous owner gift inscription at the top of the front free endpaper. A cornerstone book in the history photography. Very Good binding / Good dust jacket.

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Genealogie - Deutsches Familienarchiv:
        Deutsches Familienarchiv. Ein genealogisches Sammelwerk. Herausgeber Gerhard Geßner. Band 1-110 + Registerband.
      Neustadt an der Aisch, Degener, 1952 -, 1992.. Gr- 8°. Mit vielen Portraits, Wappen, Stammbäumen und anderen Abbildungen Original-Pappbände mit Titelprägung. Geschlossene Reihe vom ersten Band bis zum Jahr 1992, komplett alle 110 Nummern mit dem Register zu den Bänden 1-100. - Gut erhalten - 111 Bände, sehr schwer - kein Versand in die Schweiz!!.

      [Bookseller: Antiquariat Thomas Rezek]

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NORTON, Mary
        The Borrowers
      London: Dent, 1952. London: Dent,, 1952. Octavo. Original blue boards, titles to spine in red, illustration to upper board and spine in red. With the dust jacket. Illustrated by Diana Stanley. An excellent copy, with likewise dust jacket with just a hint of spotting to the rear panel and verso. First edition, first impression. Inscribed by the author on the front of the frontis, " Miss Rhodes, wishing you a happy Christmas and in appreciation of your interest, Mary Norton." Also laid in is a letter from the publisher addressed to Miss Rhodes of Hatchards, thanking her for her support of the title, dated same year as publication. Winner of the 1952 Carnegie Medal, on the 70th anniversary celebration of the medal in 2007, The Borrowers was named one of the top ten Medal-winning works.

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Alfred Andersch Herausgeber
        Studio Frankfurt. Eine Buchreihe in Der Frankfurter Verlagsanstalt. 12 Bände.
      Frankfurter Verlagsanstalt, Frankfurt. Jeweils 1. (deutsche) Auflage Illustrierte Broschuren Sehr Ordentlich. 12 Bände, so vollständig, meist Erstauflagen. Sehr ordentliche, farbig gestaltete Broschuren mit intakten Bindungen, 2 Bde. mit sehr kleinen Altersspuren, Schiebeschnitt nicht rein, ansonsten sauber und gut. Buchblöcke einwandfrei, durchgehend sauber, insgesamt 2 winzige Fleckchen. 1) 1952. Ruth Landshoff-Yorck: Das Ungeheuer Zärtlichkeit. 6 Geschichten, z. T. EA, 90 Seiten. 2) 1952. Richard Ott: Das amerikanische Tagebuch des Richard Ott. EA, ganzseitiges Foto des Autors als Frontispiz, 90 Seiten. 3) 1952. Schneider-Lengyel: September-Phase. Lyrik. EA. 81 Seiten, 3 Bl. plus 9 einseitig bedruckte Tafeln (Aufnahmen präkolumbianischer Kunst). 4) 1952. Ernst Schnabel: Ein Tag wie morgen. Feature. Drama. EA. 55 Seiten. 5). 1952. Heinrich Böll: Nicht nur zur Weihnachtszeit. EA. Erzählung mit Illustrationen von Henry Meyer-Brockmann. 57 Seiten. 6) 1953. Arno Schmidt:. 2 Prosastudien. Inhalt: Die Umsiedler (Kurzformen zur Wiedergabe mehrfacher räumlicher Verschiebung der Handelnden bei festgehaltener Einheit der Zeit). Alexander oder was ist die Wahrheit? EA. 71 Seiten. 7) 1953. Carl H. Eickert: Der kluge Portugiese oder Übergänge. 16 Bruchstücke / Meditationen- Begegnung Kulturen Ostasiens. EA. 61 Seiten. 8) 1953. Wolfgang Weyrauch: Bericht an die Regierung. EA. Untergang Hitlers in Berliner U-Bahnschächten. EA. 106 Seiten. 9) 1953. Milo Dor - Reinhard Federmann: Der unterirdische Strom. EA. Studie über (Wiener) Träume in der Mitte des Jahrhunderts. Ein Versuch. 53 Seiten. 10) 1953. Werner Helwig: Der Brigant Guiliano. EA. Kriminal-Affäre. Foto als Frontispiz, 53 Seiten plus 7 einseitig bedruckte Tafeln mit authentischen Abbildungen. 11) 1953. Wolfgang Hildesheimer - Hans-Werner Henze: Das Ende einer Welt. Funkoper. EA. Oper als Bericht - Musik Henze. 68 Seiten mit zahlreichen Skizzen, Zeichnungen und Noten. 12) 1953. Ingeborg Bachmann: Die gestundete Zeit. Gedichte EA in Buchform. Lyrik. 61 Seiten. Inlandporto Euro 5,50. 1,65 Kg., 10 x 16 Cm.

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Frank, Anne
        The Diary of a Young Girl
      Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1952 - Very good in a very good dust jacket. First US edition. First Edition stated on the copyright page. Book has orignal black cloth binding; slight rubbing at the corners; slight sun fading along the spine; slight darkening of the page edges. Dust jacket has original price of $3.00 printed on the front flap; chipping at the corners and spine ends, couple od small closed tears. Comes housed in a custom slip case. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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Ward, Lynd
        The Biggest Bear
      Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston 1952 - First Edition, First Printing with the year 1952 printed on the title page and copyright page. Later printings do NOT have the 1952 year printed on the title page. This ORIGINAL dustjacket has pieces missing from the top and bottom spine and tears to the panels. The book is nice shape. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning. The boards are crisp with minor wear to the spine and edges. There is NO writing marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a collectable copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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VALLE INCLÁN, Ramón María
        Obras completas de don María del Valle Inclán
      Plenitud, Madrid 1952 - 2 v. (1337, 1328 p.) ; 22 cm Prólogo de Azorín Ejemplar numerado, nº 505 - Valle Inclán, dramaturgo, poeta y novelista gallego, que perteneció al Modernismo español, aunque sus últimas obras, se acercan a la generación del 98. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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TRUMAN, Harry S. (1884 - 1972)
        Presidential Telegram
      Washington: , 1952 Washington, 1952. unbound. Exceedingly rare and important original Presidential Western Union telegram. 2 pages, 5.75 x 8 inches, The White House, Washington D.C., November 20, 1952. Written to the Honorable Owen J. Roberts, President of the Atlantic Union Committee, sending greetings on the occasion of the AUC's second annual Congress and acknowledging the organization's role in making NATO a success. In part: "...Your organization has performed a notable service to this country and to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization by promoting a broader understanding of the need for continued cooperation among the peoples of the Atlantic community. While Americans may sometimes disagree as to the particular methods by which peace and security can be insured, there can be no doubt that an ever increasing public understanding of the problems we face in our relations with other parts of the world is essential to the ultimate attainment of these goals: HARRY S. TRUMAN." Some creasing and browning; very good(-) condition. In 1949, the Association to Unite Democracies spawned the Atlantic Union Committee, with former Supreme Court Justice Owen J. Roberts as Chairman, former Under-secretary of State Will Clayton, and former Secretary of War Robert Patterson as Vice-Chairman, in an intensive nationwide campaign for Atlantic integration. This was the climate in which NATO was proposed, the stage already being set by the Marshall Plan of which Clayton was the principle author. In the period from 1949 to 1953, the Atlantic Union Committee (AUC) became the primary organization in America supporting NATO. In 1952, the AUC took the initiative to form an Atlantic Assembly, as an annual "consultative" assembly of Parliamentarians from NATO countries. When President Truman sent this telegram to Owen J. Roberts he was ecstatic. It was Roberts' idea to give countries like Greece and Turkey large expenditures and help them re-build their economies. This tactic prevented Greece and Turkey from turning to Communism and opened the door for them to be formerly accepted as members of NATO at the very function Truman was sending his greetings.

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Bradbury, Ray
        THE ILLUSTRATED MAN
      London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1952. London: Rupert Hart-Davis,. 1952. boards.. A fine copy in fine dust jacket with a correction of a typo in. Bradbury's hand on the rear panel. A sharp copy. (#148489). First British edition. A presentation copy with signed inscription by Bradbury to Eric dated 8 April 1984 on the front free endpaper. This edition adds two stories not printed in the 1951 Doubleday edition, "Usher II" and "The Playground," and deletes four, "The Rocket Man," "The Fire Balloons," "The Exiles" and "The Concrete Mixer." Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-63. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 256. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 1008-13.

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Hemingway, Ernest
        The Old Man and the Sea
      New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1952 - First edition, first printing of the last novel published during the author's lifetime. Publisher's light blue cloth, spine lettered in metallic silver, author's signature to the front board in blind; in the original unclipped dust jacket, with an illustration of houses along a coast to front panel, portrait photograph of the author by Lee Samuels to the rear panel. Near fine, with some light wear to the spine ends; unclipped dust jacket, with some light wear to the extremities, spine ends slightly chipped, faint toning to the spine, bright and clean panels. A lovely copy. Hanneman A24. The Old Man and the Sea is one of Hemingway's most popular and widely acclaimed novels and the winner of the 1953 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Additionally, The Old Man and the Sea is accredited with being a major contributor to Hemingway's 1954 awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize in Literature. The plot tells of an elderly protagonist Santiago, a fisherman, and his struggle with a giant Marlin off the coast of Havana, Cuba. Metaphorically, it is the story of Hemingway's own struggle to continue to write and preserve his art in spite of his fame and the cost it has taken on his mental and physical health; like Santiago who had not caught a fish in months, Hemingway had not written a novel since over a decade prior. This award winning novel was Hemingway's last significant piece of writing before his death in 1961. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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Doyle, Arthur Conan
        ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES. With LATER ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES. With FINAL ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES.|THE
      New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1952. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1952. black cloth spine with decorated paper-covered boards, black cameo of Sherlock Holmes in the center of each cover, original slip. 8vo. black cloth spine with decorated paper-covered boards, black cameo of Sherlock Holmes in the center of each cover, original slip. xxii, (ix),764 ; (x), 765-1222 ; (x), 1223-1777 +(1) pages. Eight Volumes. A Definitive Text, Corrected and Edited by Edgar W. Smith, with an Introduction by Vincent Starrett, and Illustrated with a Selective Collation of the Original Illustrations by Frederic Dorr Steele, Sidney Paget and Others. Limited to 1500 numbered sets. The first volume contains: A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of the Four, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. The second volume contains: The Hound of the Baskervilles and The Return of Sherlock Holmes. The third volume contains: His Last Bow, The Valley of Fear, and The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes. With "A Note about the Cover" loosely inserted in the first volume. Designed and planned by W.A. Dwiggins and printed by Peter Beilenson. The three sets are bear the same limitation number. Slipcases rubbed with a few scratches. Minor wear to spine of books especially at spine ends.

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[Saudi-American Relations]. Hansen, Ida B(urnand), American journalist (1905-1981).
        Collection of 13 original articles on life in Saudi Arabia.
      Mostly Dammam, 1952-1953, with additional material to 1960.. Typescripts with autogr. corrections. Altogether 87 pp. Includes 3 pp. of correspondence with editors, 2 issues of the "Arabian Sun and Flare" weekly, 1 p. of extracts from Saudi weeklies, and 1 p. of directives as to U.S. income tax calculation for residents in Saudi Arabia. Stored in original cardboard folder captioned "Articles on Saudi Arabia".. Fascinating collection of early 1950s articles in original typed manuscripts about life in Saudi Arabia. The articles were written for American journals, especially for the locally run "Arabian Sun and Flare", a weekly published by Aramco for the U.S. expatriates active in the region. Ida Hansen lived in Dammam with her husband Floyd Ray Hansen (1901-72), a U.S. technician and military major who worked for the U.S.-built Saudi Railroad. In her articles, she describes the Port of Dammam, an Arabian dinner party in Dharan at which she is the only female guest, a trip to the island of Tarut in the Arabian Gulf, an excursion to Hofuf, Arabian and American life on the Gulf, an item on the history of Middle Eastern currency, etc. Of particular interest is an essay on the Saudi Government Railroad's school and its 24-month program to produce skilled workers, a contribution which did not clear with the reviewers, as becomes evident from the correspondence with the "Sun and Flare" editors. - Some occasional dog-earing, but altogether very well preserved.

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Cartier-Bresson, Henri:
        IMAGES A LA SAUVETTE. Photographies par Henri Cartier-Bresson.
      Paris, EDITIONS VERVE (Imprimeur Draeger-Freres), 1952.. Premiere edition. Bll. + 15 S. Textteil + 126 s/w. ganzsseit. Fotos (Photogravures). Fol., (Hellgrau)-GanzLnw.- Privat-Buchbinder-Einband * der 70er Jahre mit Verwendung der Or.-MATISSE-Umschlag (Lithographie geklebt. auf d. Vor-u. Hinterdeckel u. Rücken mit Randbräunungen u.a. kl. Mängeln wie wenig. Fingerflecken auf e. Vortitelbll. ohne Text, kl. Stück v. Rückenpapier fehlt). Schönes Exemplar aber insgesamt.. * Einband (or.-Broschur oder Pappbd.) wurde sehr professionell restauriert u. neugebunden mit sogar beigefarb.-(passend)-Vorsätze-Papier, dadurch innen einwandfrei ! - Schnell zugreifen ! - mit Vorkasse

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Gerhard Geßner ( Hg. ), später Manfred Dreiss ( Hg. )
        Deutsches Familienarchiv -- ein genealogisches Sammelwerk -- komplett
      Verlag Degener & Co 1952 Neustadt a.d.Aisch. Zustand: Sehr gut 0 S.. Über Jahrzehnte hinweg erfolgreich verlegte genealogische Reihe. -- Band 1 bis 156 komplett incl. 5 Registern zu Band 1 - 150. Abgesehen von den broschierten Registern sind die Bände in 143 Bücher, nach Erscheinungszeitraum in Leder unterschiedlicher Färbung gebunden. Optisch und inhaltlich ein erstklassiges Nachschlagewerk in nahezu neuwertigem Zustand.

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Graham Greene
        The Little Horse Bus
      Parrish, 1952. Parrish, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Poor. Illustrator: Dorothy Craigie. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Dust Jacket has large closed tears and associated wear. Dust Jacket un-clipped. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Illustrator: Dorothy Craigie. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Children; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 9007. .

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Fitzgerlald, F. Scott
        The Great Gatsby
      New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952 First edition, first printing. Bound in the publisher's dark blue-green cloth, front board lettering stamped in blind, spine lettering stamped in gilt. A very good or better copy, with a faint hint of wear to the extremities, spine gilt just a bit dulled, light foxing to the half-title and title pages, very minor foxing to the page edges, otherwise bright and clean interior. Overall, a bright and sturdy copy. Bruccoli A 11. While it has since been regarded as masterful piece of classic literature, The Great Gatsby did not gain popularity until after the author's death in 1940. The novel tells the story of the star-crossed lovers Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan against the backdrop of wealthy and materialistic West Egg, Long Island, during the Prohibition Era. Although Fitzgerald meant the text to be critical of the 1920's social climate, today The Great Gatsby is beloved for its vivid descriptions of extravagant parties, palatial homes, and eccentric characters that are emblematic of the Jazz Age. The text remains extremely popular today and is widely taught in schools across the United States. The first edition was printed in a run of 20,870 copies; today, Scribner's sells almost 25 times as many copies per year as printed books and e-books.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

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Asimov, Isaac
        Foundation and Empire
      Gnome Press, 1952. New York: Gnome Press, 1952. First Edition, First Printing with "First Edition" stated on the copyright page. In first state binding with red binding and black nebula insignia on the front cover. In original, first state dust jacket with price of $2.75 intact. In Very Good condition, in a Good dust jacket. Clean text. Sound binding. Pages lightly age toned. Cloth shows edge wear and wear at spine ends. Light shelf lean. The dust jacket shows rubbing, chipping and edge wear, with loss at spine ends and splitting and loss to flap folds, some of which has been repaired and strengthened with archival mending tissue from the verso. A nice copy, presents well.

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Hans Hermann (Hrg.):
        Sammelband, Kunst und Jugend, Die Gestalt - 25. Jg. 1952 (Heft 4-6), 26. Jg. 1953 (Heft 1-6), 27 Jg. 1954 (Heft 1-5)
      Henn Verlag 1952.. Hardcover/Pappband. Hardcover/Pappband, illustrierte Ausgabe, Henn Verlag 1952, gebundene Sammlung von Zeitschriften v. Juli 1952 - September 1954, ,, Textteil innen sehr gut erhalten ohne Flecken oder Eintragungen, Rundum-Rotschnitt sauber, Cover mit leichten Gebrauchs-/Alterungsspuren (intern: 35F/GRüN/Kunst/Ohne Titel am Buchrücken/HC-3) *** Gewicht >1Kg ***

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White, Minor (editor)
        Aperture No. 1
      San Francisco: Aperture, 1952. San Francisco: Aperture, 1952. First edition.. Staplebound. 8vo. (9.25 x 6.25 inches). pp.30. B/w photo illusts. Pictorial stapled wrappers, a little wear, signs of use, trifle marked. O/w contents clean and bright. Binding firm and square. No inscriptions. Aims of Aperture by the nine principals: Minor White, Dorothea Lange, Nancy Newhall, Barbara Morgan, Ernest Louie, Beaumont Newhall, Ansel Adams, Melton Ferris, and Dody Warren. A better than Very Good / Near Fine copy. Uncommon. Paperback. We reduce the default shipping charge for lighter books or use it for a tracked service if books are expensive or uncommon. We pack books securely in boxes, or corrugated card or cardboard, and protect corners with bubble-wrap.

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Michener, James
        South Pacific: Original Script
      1952 - South Pacific original play script. SIGNED by actor Fredd Wayne, who starred in the play in London with Mary Martin. Also included is a signed letter from Mary Martin to Wayne AND a photo from South Pacific, also signed by Wayne. We will provide a certificate of authenticity for this item. [Attributes: First Edition; Soft Cover]

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Larmat, Louis
        Atlas De La France Vinicole, Les Vins De Bourgogne (1952 edition Larmat paperback with photos and maps)
      Larmat, 1952. Larmat, 1952. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. Good+ 1952 edition large format Larmat paperback, French language, with lovely cover design and coat of arms in colour, many fold-out maps and archive photos throughout - one of the scarcest titles in this series. Well-preserved tight and unmarked, a little spine-end wear and minor markings to cover, rubbing along spine and to corners else good+ tight and unmarked. Sent Airmail at no extra cost; Worldwide Shipping IMMEDIATE 1ST CLASS/AIRMAIL DISPATCH Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Inventory No: 050941..

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Gurk, Paul, 1880-1953
        Eigenhändiger Brief m. Unterschrift. Berlin, 9.I.1952. 8vo. 3 Seiten.
      . . Ausführlicher Brief an einen Herrn Fetter aus seiner letzten Berliner Wohnung, Afrikanische Straße 144b. - Dankt für einen Brief: "Zeichen von Wirkung empfange ich so selten, dass ich mich immer freue, wenn einmal ein so fremder Vogel in meine Wohnung flattert". Über den geplanten Roman "Narziss" und Schwierigkeiten mit anderen Projekten: "Ich habe etwa 20 unveröffentlichte Romane in meiner 1 1/2 Zimmerwohnung liegen.." u.a. "Die Ewigkeit bis Reinickendorf". "Ich war 28 Jahre Berliner Magistratsbeamter. Das hat mein Bestehen ermöglicht. Die Kunst tut es nicht. Eigentlich wollte ich Maler werden. Doch folgte ich doch dem Rat meines Zeichenlehrers..." Weiter über das Schreiben und die schwindende Beachtung: "Wie ich über die Zeit denke? Ich versuche ihr zu entwischen.". - Papier gebräunt.

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Stolberg, Friedrich Leopold, Graf zu.
        Geschichte der Religion Jesus Christi. Neue Auflage. 15 Bde. Valera, Advokat u. Solothurn, Schwäller (Bde. 2, 3 u. 12-15 abweichend: Sitten u. Solothurn, Schwäller), 1817-19. Mit einem gefalt. Stammbaum (Noah) u. einer mehrfach gefalt. Kupferstichkarte ("Charte von dem Juedischen Lande unter den Römeren", gest. v. S. Gysin) u. vollständige Folge von Subskribentenverzeichnissen in 8 Bänden. Braune Halblederbde. d. Zt. mit je 5 echten Bünden, Rückenvergoldung, 2 geprägten Rückenschildern sowie marmorierten Deckelbezügen; etw. berieben, Ecken u. 2 Bde. am ob. Kapital etw. beschabt.
      . . Vgl. Goed. IV/1, 1035, 23 (andere Auflagen). - Dekorativ gebundenes Exemplar von Stolbergs Hauptwerk. Vermutlich handelt es sich bei der Ausgabe um einen unberechtigten Nachdruck der Wiener Neuauflage (gegenüber der Verleger Schwäller sich in Bd. 9 rühmt "stets billiger" zu sein). Es liegen alle von Stolberg verfassten Bände vor. Die von Schwäller auch nachgedruckte Fortführung von v. Kerz und Breschar sowie die ebenfalls nach Stolbergs Tod entstandenen Registerbände sind hier nicht vorhanden. Der spätere Kardinal Leo Scheffczyks veröffentlichte 1952 seine Dissertation zu Stolbergs Werk. Er gab seiner Arbeit den Untertitel "Die Abwendung der katholischen Kirchengeschichtsschreibung von der Aufklärung und ihre Neuorientierung im Zeitalter der Romantik", womit er die Wirkung von Stolbergs eigentümlichem Werk treffend charakterisierte. Eine knappe Inhaltsangabe einzelner Bände liefert Erich Schmidt in seinem Beitrag zu Stolbergs Vita für die ADB (Bd. 36, S.365f.). - Papier durchgängig stockfleckig u. etw. gebräunt, Bd. 8 im Unterrand gelegentlich etw. wasserrandig, Karte gering geknittert u. mit kurzem Einriss, trotzdem sehr gutes Exemplar. ** Bestellungen bis 14 Uhr versenden wir am selben Tag. - Schweizer Postkonto vorhanden. **

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Larmat, Louis
        Atlas De La France Vinicole, Les Vins De Bourgogne (1952 edition Larmat paperback with photos and maps)
      Larmat, 1952. Good Condition Softcover First Edition Good+ 1952 edition large format Larmat paperback, French language, with lovely cover design and coat of arms in colour, many fold-out maps and archive photos throughout - one of the scarcest titles in this series. Well-preserved tight and unmarked, a little spine-end wear and minor markings to cover, rubbing along spine and to corners else good+ tight and unmarked. Sent Airmail at no extra cost; Worldwide Shipping IMMEDIATE 1ST CLASS/AIRMAIL DISPATCH Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Inventory No: 050941..

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Amades, Joan
        ELS EX-VOTS
      Editorial : ORBIS 1952 - Barcelona 1952 . Col.lecció : Art Popular . Tirada de 480 exemplars numerats en xifres aràbigues . Exemplar Nº 378 . Enquad : Tela editorial (arpillera) . 25 x 35cms. 173pag. 2f. Preciós frontis i portada il luminades a mà . il.lustracions en b/n. Tema : Religió, Fè, Imatgeria popular catalana, Folklore . Llibre en bon estat, amb barbes .

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Hohl, Ludwig
        Von den hereinbrechenden Rändern. Stücke aus dem Werk gleichen [Namens] Titels. Sonderdruck (Auszug), mit handschriftlichen Korrekturen von Hohl.
      O. O. (Zürich?): O. V., O. J. (1952) (Korrekturausgabe).. 20 S. 8. OBrosch mit lose umgelegten schwarzen Schutzumschlag mit aufgeklebtem Titelschildchen. Unikat. - Auf Impressumsseite der Vermerk: "Dieser Auszug aus dem neuen, unveröffentlichten Werk von Ludwig Hohl: 'Von den hereinbrachenden Rändern' wurde von seinen Freunden herausgegeben." Darunter eingeklebter Zettel mit Schreibmaschinenschrift: "ZUERICH 1952. Für die drucktechnischen Stupiditäten bin ich nicht verantwortlich. L.H." - Das Bändchen trägt durchgehend Korrekturzeichen des Autors, die vor allem die Textanordnung betreffen. Handschriftliche Widmung auf Vorsatz sowie beigelegtes gefaltetes Blatt mit handschriftlichen Gesundungswünschen von Ludwig Hohl.. Tadellos erhaltenes Exemplar.

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GELLERT, Hugo
        Poster]: March for Peace. May 1st 1952
      Provisional United Labor and People's Committee for May Day, New York 1952 - Measuring 14.5" x 22". Poster printed in red and blue. A dove hovers over a protesting crowd, one of whom carries a sign: "Bring the boys home from Korea!" Beneath the illustration are admonitions to: "Save the Bill of Rights! End Jim Crow! Repeal the Smith Act! Stop Lynch Terror." Top right corner is snipped in an approximately 1" rectangle, a little soiling, else very good. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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Otto, Steinert; Brüder, Auer
        Subjektive Fotografie, Ein Bildband moderner europischer Fotografie (Volume 1 & 2)
      Bruder auer verlag 1952 & 1955, Bonn & Münich - Textes en francais, en anglais et en allemand, 222 photographies en noir et blanc auxquelles est joint un petit catalogue de la deuxième exposition en très bon état, On ajoute également à cet ensemble une petite plaquette résumant l'exposition (couverture legerement abimée par le temps, inérieur en bon état) Ref: The Photobook, vol.1, p.205; The Open Book, pp.156-7 Volume 1 22,5X 30 cm - 950g; Volume 2 22,5X30 cm - 900g; catalogue premiere exposition couleur noir, 19,5X19,5- 120g; Catalogue deuxieme exposition, couleur blanche, 15X21 cm - 30g / Texts in French, English and German, 222 photographs in black and white, is attached a small catalog of the second exhibition in very good condition, We also join a small brochure summarizing the exhibition (cover slightly damaged inside of book in good condition) Ref: The Photobook, vol.1, p.205, The Open Book, pp.156-7 . Volume 1 22,5X 30 cm - 950g; Volume 2 22,5X30 cm - 900g; catalogue first exibition black colorr, 19,5X19,5- 120g; Catalogue secon exhibition, white color, 15X21 cm - 30g Très bon (couverture legerement usée, comme neuf interieur) / Very good (cover slithly used, like new inside) Jacquette d'origine en très bon état, excepté une petite restauration sur la 4ème de couverture de la jaquette au coin haut du dos, légère perte du gris sur 3 cm. / original dust jacket in very good condition, except for a small restoration on the 4th cover of the jacket at the top corner of the back, light loss of gray on 3 cm. Couvertures rigides pour les volumes 1 & 2, 29,5 x 22 cm et couverture souple pour le petit catalogue de la deuxième exposition, 21 x 15 cm./ Hard covers for Volumes 1 & 2, 29.5 x 22 cm and flexible coverage for small catalog of the second exhibition, 21 x 15 cm. [Attributes: First Edition; Soft Cover]

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WHITE, E.B
        CHARLOTTE'S WEB
      Harper , 1952. Harper , 1952. First edition. Original publisher's pictorial cloth in (supplied) dustwrapper. Author's presentation copy, inscribed to friend and fellow novelist, Elizabeth Taylor on the front end paper, "For Elizabeth Taylor / and I do like Irish whiskey / E B White". A very good copy, with some toning to the spine and a little wear to the spine ends and slight looseness to the initial pages. The dustwrapper is near fine, clean and bright with trivial wear and a thin chip to one corner. Colour dustwrapper by Garth Williams and numerous line drawings in the text also by Williams. Elizabeth Taylor, the critically regarded British novelist, described by Kingsley Amis as "One of the best English novelists born this century", whose writing career was forced into relative obscurity as a consequence of coinciding with the rise of her more famous namesake, the American actress. Her style was in the mould of Ivy Compton-Burnett, Barbara Pym and Elizabeth Bowen, and has only recently been recognised as one of the important authors of the twentieth century. She wrote twelve novels and many short stories, most of which were originally published in, The New Yorker, where E.B.White's wife, Katherine, was her first editor. Taylor rarely travelled to American so did not often meet White, but they became good friends via a long and frequent correspondence. Charlotte's Web was one of Taylor's favourite books and was a story she read aloud to her grandchildren. E.B. White was known to be a great fan of whiskey, often having a bottle to hand to offer guests and storing all his manuscripts in old whiskey boxes. Presentation copies of Charlotte's Web of significant literary association are genuinely rare.

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Mead, Shepherd
        How to Succeed In Business Without Really Trying (1st printing)
      Simon & Schuster, New York 1952 - Simon and Schuster. New York. 1952. 148 pages. First Edition. First Printing. First Edition stated on the copyright page. Original first issue DJ with $2.50 price intact on the DJ flap. An uncommon first printing. The basis for the Broadway play and the motion picture. The book is tight and clean internally. Green cloth panels show rubbing along the edges and the corners. Rear bottom corner is bumped with a tiny loss of cloth. The yellow DJ shows rubbing and chipping along the edges. An open chip to the DJ along the base of the backstrip. Both book and DJ are in VG- condition. A scarce first printing of the modern day classic from 1952. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: Medium Rare Books LLC]

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MOSES, Grandma
        MY LIFE'S HISTORY
      New York: Harper, (1952) New York: Harper, (1952). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in tissue dustwrapper with minor chips and a Fine slipcase. Bound in half red morocco leather and decorative boards. Illustrated with facsimiles of letters and 16 full-color plates of her paintings. One of 270 numbered copies of this beautiful book SIGNED by the artist on the limitation page.

      [Bookseller: Charles Agvent, ABAA ]

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Frost, Robert
        Does No One But Me At All Ever Feel This Way In the Least [with scarce errata sheet initialed & signed by Frost]
      Spiral Press, New York 1952 - Signed by Author. Size: 24mo. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Limited First Edition Christmas card with drawings by Howard Cook, with the scarce errata sheet initialed and dated by Frost. Side stapled illustrated wraps with end flaps, on front flyleaf is written: "a new poem McGinn brings you Holiday Greetings from Robert Frost at Christmas 1952", no page numbers (four pages), explanatory footnotes on two pages frontispiece and one other drawing in text. The printed errata sheet reads: "This Christmas poem, though not isolationist, is so dangerously near isolationists, it was thought better to send it out for Independence Day instead of Christmas." Frost has initialed the note and dated it July 4 '53. Errata sheet has small piece of top left corner torn off, two inch slit in the wraps at fold with front flap, covers lightly wrinkled. Illustrator: Cook, Howard. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Poetry; Signed by Author. Inventory No: 010277. [Attributes: First Edition; Soft Cover]

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