Service for Day of Victory. Arranged by Archdeacon James Walker for the Use of the Episcopal and Congregational Churches of Kohala, Hawaii, T.H.

Kohala, Hawaii, 1942. Softcover. Typed script, n.d. ca 1942); 6 1/2" x 8 1/2"; pp. [8]; stapled leaves; minor creasing and a few nicks to fore-edge of pages; in about near fine condition. Though undated, the script for the order of service was most probably created in the early years of the Second World War, as several of the hymns and prayers specifically addressed prisoners of war, wounded soldiers, and those mourning lost loved ones. Archdeacon James Walker arrived in Hawaii in 1919 from England and was a constant presence in the lives of Episcopalians in North and South Kohala until his retirement in 1948 and was in charge of the Kohala Missions for most of those years. Ill.: 0. 2.

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Book number: 001132

A Master

Crazygrams for Parties (a Card Game)

Brooklyn, NY: By the Author, 1920. Softcover. First edition presumed, n. d. (1920s [?]); 24 cards on orange card stock, with text and illustrations in black; lithographed card stock box; very minor wear to cards, near fine condition; directions on the back panel of the box; chips and cuts to edges, good to very good condition. A mystery card game, it was intended to be played at parties and gatherings and, according to instructions, "each crazygram should be given to the one the title on the crazygram signifies. After all have been read, the host or hostess should select the one who laughed the least and make him or her do as the crowd wishes." Although most of the cards are good-naturedely funny, some are slightly offensive, too, including: "To the Dumbest Girl! Will you accept a position as professor of Internal Trouble.." and "To the Gold Digger! I am proposing marriage to you. Am sending this craqzygram collect.. Ill.: 0. 2.

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Book number: 001946

A. J. Johnson & Sons Furniture Company

A.J. Johnson & Sons Furniture Company (Trade Catalog)

Chicago, A. J. Johnson & Sons Furniture Company, 1905. First Edition. Trade catalog, n. d. (ca 1905); oblong folio, 18 1/4 x 13; pp. [58], recto only; textured, olive wraps, 1/4 cloth, and large rivets (as published); a small cut to cloth on spine; wraps with a few spots to margins and nicks and cuts along edges of paper; faint vertical crease; numerous, sepia-tone illustrations; very good condition. A beautiful, lavish, trade catalog for the A. J. Johnson & Sons Furniture Company - established in 1869 and known for manufacturing luxury furniture. Each page featured an entire suite, ie. beds, bureau, chifforette, vanity, foot stool, etc. the materials the pieces were made of (Mahogany, Walnut), the style of the furniture (Queen Anne, Hepplewhite, William and Mary), and the dimensions. Very good .

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Book number: 002413

Catalogue: Furniture

Keywords: Furniture, Trade Catalog

Abbott, Maude; Belknap, Mrs. P. S.; et al

Fair & Chicken Pie Supper at the M.E. Church Parlors to-Night. Oyster Supper & Concert Friday Evening. Programme

S. l. (Royalton, Vermont), s. n. 1900. Small broadside, n. d. (ca 1900); 10 1/2 x 6; white stock, printed and ruled with an elaborate border in black; a tiny nick and a small, closed cut to bottom edge and corner; several faint crease lines; in about very good condition. A beautiful program for a Methodist Episcopal Church function in early 20th-century Vermont. Very good .

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Book number: 003687

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: Americana

Abraham Bell & Son

A Small Group of Bills of Landing of the Quaker Shipping Merchants Abraham Bell & Son

New York, By the authors, 1852. Three documents, printed and partially filled in manuscript; approx. 6 x 12; illustrated with small engravings; a few small nicks to edges and mild age-toning; in very good condition. Abraham Bell (1778 - 1856) was born in a prominent Quaker family in Northern Ireland. Immigrating to New York in 1797, he co-founded Abraham Bell & Company with several partners, of which he would become the sole owner and which would be renamed Abraham Bell & Son in 1844. A shipping firm and commissions merchant, it imported and exported a variety of commodities, though it specialized in the export of Southern cotton to the British Isles. During the potato famine of the 1840s, Bell transported thousands of immigrants from Ireland. The three current bills addressed the shipping, via various vessels, of bales of cotton to Liverpool, rosin to Glasgow, and embroideries to Richmond. Very good .

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Book number: 003868

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: Americana

Abramov, Fedor

Vokrug Da Okolo

London: Flegon Press, 1963. First edition thus; 6 1/2 x 9 1/2; pp. 29; stapled yellow wraps; mild foxing along margins of covers; small nick to fore-edge of front cover; previous owner's name stamp to corner of front cover and title page; one large b&w illustration; very good condition. Fedor Abramov was a Russian author and literary critic known for his affinity for writing about the hardships of the Russian peasants. His essay "Around the Bush" also centered on the difficult kolkhoz lives. The publisher of the essay, Alec Flegon, was the owner of "Flegon Press" and a controversial figure in the samizdat publishing circles in London in mid-20th century. He was the first to publish Mikhail Bulgakov's 'Heart of a Dog' and Alexander Solzhenitsyn's 'One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich' as well as various versions of Pasternak's 'Doctor Zhivago.' He did not pay royalties to the authors under the pretext of helping them more than enough with just promoting their works. For that he was resented by many immigrants and was sued by Solzhenitsyn for piracy. He was also rumored to have had strong KGB ties as he was most successful smuggling manuscripts, phone directories, etc. from Russia to England. On the other hand, for his affordable editions and hard work, Flegon had numerous admirers and grateful readers. Ill.: 0. 2.

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Book number: 000921

Abramova, Ia. V.

V. Franklin. Ego Zhizn, Obshchestv. I Nauchnaia Dieiatelnost

S.-Peterburg, Tipografiia tovarishchestva "Obshchestvennaia Polza, 1891. First Edition. First edition; 7 1/4 x 4 3/4; pp. [5], 6-79, [1]; beige wraps, printed in black; illustrated with portrait frontis of Benjamin Franklin; previous owner's personal stamp and manuscript note to front wrap; some loss of paper from head of spine (text block solid); in about very good condition. A well-written biography of Benjamin Franklin, it covered his childhood, his contributions to the American society and to the world before and after the Revolutionary War, his founding of the first public library in the US, etc. Very good .

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Book number: 003532

Catalogue: Russian-Americana

Keywords: Russian-Americana

Adams, Amos (Compiler)

Journal of the Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual Session of the California State Grange, Held at Grangers' Hall, Sacramento, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, October 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th, 1884

San Francisco, California, Carlos White Printing Co. Steam Printers, 1884. First Edition. First edition; 8 3/4 x 5 3/4; pp. [1], 4-71; off-white wraps, printed and ruled with an elaborate border; chips to tips of spine; faint spotting and foxing to wraps (not affecting readability); in good condition. A scarce work from an illusive San Francisco publisher, it documented the proceedings of the California branch of the Grange - officially named The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry. The social organization, being the oldest American agricultural advocacy group with a national scope, was founded after the Civil War - in 1867. It would claim credit for the ideas of rural free mail delivery, the Farm Credit System, etc. What was most unusual of the organization at the time was that women and teenagers, "old enough to draw a plow," were encouraged to participate in it. Furthermore, it was mandatory that four of the organization's elected positions could be held only by women. Many local granges were established, including the California State Grange, which was founded in 1873 in Napa. Good .

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Book number: 003685

Catalogue: California

Keywords: California

Adams & Elting Co.

Two Advertising and Sample Brochures for 'Hygienic Kalsomine'

Chicago, Adams & Elting Co. 1909. Two brochures, ca 1909; four-fold and tri-fold, 8 1/2 x 3 1/4 and 6 1/4 x 3 1/4 folded; one illustrated with drawings, the other lithographed; 18 color paint chips laid on in each; generally mild wear to edges and margins; in very good condition. Beautiful advertising brochures, they showcased various shades of 'Hygienic Kalsomine' - a sanitary wall finish in brilliant, uniform colors. Very good .

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Book number: 003741

Catalogue: Paint

Keywords: Paint

Adelson, Albert

A Letter to President Roosevelt, Related to His 1934 Devils Lake Speech

Oakland, CA, By the author, 1934. Typed letter, signed in ink; 12 x 8 1/2; single sheet, text to recto only; mild, uniform age-toning; old, horizontal fold lines; in very good condition. Albert Adelson (1850 - 1943) was a Russian-American resident of the San Francisco Bay Area, allegedly claiming to be one of the founders of the Russian Republic and author of their constitution. Known for his crusades against social injustices and for his relentless letter-writing to US presidents, senators, and other political figures, in this particular letter he addressed "His Excellency, President of the United States," in connection with President Franklin Roosevelt's 1934 visit to Devils Lake in North Dakota. The president's campaign against the drought and the desperate economic situation in the midst of the Great Depression prompted Adelson to offer a "genious invention, titled: Overhead-Irrigation and Fire-Extinguisher Wizard." According to him, it could cover the whole country and "120 million souls in the United States of America, will surely be saved ALIVE!!!" Begging for the Government's backing, Albert ended his letter with: "I remain, the best U. S. officially qualified citizen." . Very good .

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Book number: 003637

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: Americana

Admoni, V. G.

Puti Razvitiia Gramaticheskogo Stroia V Nemetskom Iazyke

Moscow: Vysshaia Shkola, 1973. First edition; 5 x 8; pp. 3-175, [1] including text to last page; bright fuchsia wraps printed in white; small chips to head and tail of spine and some rubbing to edges; internally clean; signed and inscribed by author; very good or better. An authoritative work on the development and the changes in the German language from the beginning of the 18th century to the present. OCLC lists copies in European institutions only. Ill.: 0. 2.

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Book number: 000710

Akhmatova, Anna

Rekviem 1935-1940 [Requiem 1935-1940] (Interesting Association Copy)

New York, Tovarishchestvo Zarubezhnykh Pisatelei, 1969. Softcover. Second revised edition; 5 1/2 x 7 1/2; pp. 24; textured white wraps printed in black; light rubbing to tips of spine, else minor wear; small handwritten "Akhmatova" to spine; near fine condition. Signed and inscribed by Russian poet and literary historian Gleb Struve, who also wrote the postscript to the current book, to Russian-born American physicist and author Iakov Lvovich (Alpert): "Iakov Lvovich, with thanks for your review of recent scientific publications. G. S. April 1970." Universally hailed as Anna Akhmatova's masterpiece, the lyrical cycle of poems "Requiem" was written between 1935 and 1940 but because of its explicit condemnation of Stalin's Terror - it was not published until the leader's death in 1963 and then only in Germany. The book was not printed in Russia until 1987. Most of the poems reflected her grief for her son Lev Gumilev's 18-years-long imprisonment in various hard labor camps. Gleb Struve (1898 - 1985) - a literary historian, critic, poet, translator, and scholar - joined the anti-Bolshevik resistance after the October Revolution, was imprisoned for a short time, and managed to escape Russia by crossing into Finland with a fake passport. Between 1919 and 1921 he studied at at Oxford University. From 1921 to 1924 and from 1924 to 1932, respectively, he worked as a journalist in Berlin and Paris. In exile, Struve met and became very close to some of the most notable Russian literary figures in exile including Ivan Bunin, Marina Tsvetaeva, and Vladimir Nabokov. In fact, he would become one of the very first critics to write of Nabokov's works in French and English. Gleb Struve would come to UC Berkeley as a Visiting Lecturer in 1946 and would stay on as a full-time Professor until his retirement in 1967. He also taught as a Visiting Professor at Harvard University, University of Washington, University of Colorado, University of Toronto and Indiana University. His generosity and wiliness to help students remain legendary to this day.Furthermore, as admired as he was in the West, Struve also had a solid underground following in the Russia all through the Soviet Era. In his postscript of "Requiem" he wrote he had met Anna in London in 1965 and she had made the corrections for the second edition on his own copy of the book. Iakov Lvovich Alpert (1911 – 2010) was a renowned physicist who would be refused entrance to the Ukrainian Polytechnic Institute because his father was a common worker. His attempts to emigrate began in 1973. Though his wife and he were "formally allowed" to apply for exit visas, the application would be denied..as were the next 26 of them the family filed in the following 12 years. They finally received their visas in 1987 and emigrated to the US. For the reminder of his career Struve worked as a Senior Staff Scientist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. During his lifetime he would publish 19 books in Russian and English and over 200 scientific papers. Ill.: 0. 2.

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Book number: 001260

Akhmatova, Anna; Blok, Aleksandr; Burliuk, David; Pasternak, Boris; et al

Vesennii Salon Poetov (Spring Salon of Poets)

Moskva, Zerna, 1918. First Edition. First edition; 7 1/2 x 5 1/4; pp. [4], 7-190, [1]; color lithographed wraps with a Futurist design by Georgii Yakulov; rebacked, with some repairs to upper left margin of front wrap and corners; ffep a bit brittle along hinge; in good to very good condition. The most important poetry anthology of the Silver Age, it embraced Symbolism, Acmeism, and Futurism, and gathered the works of almost all of the most famous figures of the early twentieth-century Russian poetry. Some of the 48 contributors included Anna Akhmatova, Konstantin Balmont, Aleksandr Blok, Valery Bryusov, Ivan Bunin, David Burliuk, Andrey Belyi, Maximilian Voloshin, Zinaida Gippius, Nikolay Gumilev, Sergey Esenin, Ryurik Ivnev, Vasily Kamensky, Mikhail Kuzmin, Osip Mandelshtam, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Boris Pasternak, Fyodor Sologub, Igor Severyanin, Vladislav Khodasevich, Marina Tsvetaeva, and Ilya Ehrenburg. Of the 184 poems - 50 appeared here for the first time, including several of Pasternak's, Balmont's, Tsvetaeva's, and others. Intended to be published on a regular basis, the almanac was conceived as a review and exhibit of all poetic achievements. However, this first issue would also be the last, as such a tremendous project would prove impossible to sustain under wartime conditions. Arguably, this publication would mark the beginning of the end of the Silver Age. Its editor, also founder of the Zerna publishing house, was Mikhail Tsetlin (1882 - 1945), better known under his pen name Amari. He was a poet, dramatist, revolutionary, and translator, who would be persecuted and eventually would emigrate to the US in 1940. The stunning wraps of the book were designed by Georgii Yakulov (1884 - 1928) - graphic artist, stage designer, and painter, who was closely associated with many of the major art figures of the time and their various artistic movements, however, he maintained his own unique style and was never a member of any of the art groups. Good .

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Book number: 003602

Catalogue: Silver Age

Keywords: Poetry, Silver Age

Akishina, A. A.; et al

Zhesty I Mimika V Russkoi Rechi. Lingvostranovedcheskii Slovar (Gestures and Facial Expressions in the Russian Language. A Linguistic, Colloquial Dictionary)

Moskva (Moscow), Russkii iazyk, 1991. First Edition. First edition; 7 3/4 x 5; pp. [1], 4-144; bright-orange wraps, printed and illustrated in black and red; light wear along edges and tips of spine; minor age-toning to margins of pages; illustrated with numerous drawings; very good condition. A first-of-its-kind dictionary in Russian lexicography, it describes gestures, body movements, and facial expressions and examples of them in literature and everyday life. Very good .

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Book number: 002442

Catalogue: Dictionary

Keywords: Dictionary, Gestures

Aksakov, Sergei

Semeinaia Khronika I Detskie Gody Bagrova-Vnuka [a Russian Gentleman and Years of Childhood]

St. Petersburg: Tipografiia M. M. Stasiulevicha, 1911. Hardcover. Second edition; 6 x 9; pp. 492; textured blue cloth over boards; title and decorations in gilt and black; a few rubbed spots to tips of spine and corners; handwritten note indicating the book was purchased in 1928 to endpaper verso; small personal stamp to title page; marbled page edges; text clean; overall very good. Sergei Timofeevich Aksakov (1791 - 1859) was a Russian author best known for his semi-autobiographical tales of family life and his books on fishing and hunting. He began writing and publishing in the 1830s after meeting Gogol and recognizing what he claimed to be "a purely Russian genius." It was Gogol who would encourage Aksakov to create his works based simply on everyday life. His two works collected in the current book - "A Russian Gentleman" and "Years of Childhood" respectively published in 1856 and 1858 and meticulously describing the everyday life of the Russian nobility would bring him the fame of a literary artist of the highest order. Ill.: 0. 2.

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Book number: 001261