(Jerusalem Lodge Masonic Lodge No. 49).

Souvenir of the Fair Given by Jerusalem Lodge No. 49. F. & A.M. Ridgefield, Connecticut, July 12, 13, 14 Nineteen Hundred Six.

Danbury, Conn.: G.F. Allen, Printer, 1906. 1906. - Octavo, 9-1/4 inches high by 6-1/8 inches wide. Softcover, light green wraps titled and decorated in darker green on the front cover. There are two holes along the left edge of the book by which the book was once bound with a cotton cord. The cord now lacking, the covers and pages are now loose. The covers are soiled & stained with creases along the edges and corners and part of the location "field, Conn" stamped in black. There are a few small horizontal tears to the spine and a small piece chipped out from the bottom edge of the rear cover. [48] unnumbered pages, profusely illustrated in black & white throughout, including depictions of the "Bailey Avenue Stables", "Col. Hiram K. Scott", "Main Street, Ridgefield", a full page ad for a drawing of a "Fine Bred Scotch Collie" puppy, "an Ideal Country Home", etc. There is dampstaining to the bottom inner corner of the first few pages with some foxing to those pages, and a small piece chipped from the bottom edge of the last few pages. Fair. RARE. Fair .

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 97536

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; MASONIC LODGE; FREEMASONS; SOUVENIR OF THE FAIR GIVEN BY JERUSALEM LODGE NO. 49. F. & A. M. ; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; RIDGEFIELD, CONNECTICUT; HOUSES; SCOTCH COLLIE; BAILEY AVENUE STABLES.

(Uram, Lauren; Kelley, Gary; Keppler, Kathy L.; Sicangco, Eduardo; et al)

Stages Before the Curtain Rises: A Tribute to the New York Theater

(San Francisco, CA: Simpson Paper Company, 1987). 1987). (San Francisco, CA: Simpson Paper Company, 1987). 1987). Fine. - Oblong octavo [7 inches wide by 9-5/8 inches wide], softcover bound in color pictorial wrappers by Susan Greenstein. A "JB Papers" sticker is mounted on the rear wrap. [18] pages, including inside wraps. Six double- page illustrations & 2 full-page illustrations, overlaid with minimal text, each illustration printed on a different Simpson paper. Near fine.

The Simpson Paper Company notes that the contents came from interviews with actress and producer Eleanor Moseley. Each of the seven stages identified as coming together in the finished production is illustrated by a different artist on a different Simpson stock with two artists illustrating "Costume and Make-up". The artists are Lauren Uram, Gary Kelley, Kathy L. Keppler, Eduardo Sicango, Roger Boehm, Alan Klien, Robert Baker and Barbara Maslen with the cover illustration by Susan Greenstein. Media employed include color pencil, watercolor and paper collage, pastel, pen-and-ink, gouache and photography. Fine .

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 20046

Catalogue: Illustrated

Keywords: ILLUSTRATION; THEATER; THEATRE; STAGES BEFORE THE CURTAIN RISES: A Tribute to the New York Theater; ADVERTISING; SIMPSON PAPER COMPANY; ILLUSTRATORS; ARTISTS; LAUREN URAM; GARY KELLEY; KATHY L. KEPPLER; EDUARDO SICANGO; ROGER BOEHM; ALAN KLIEN; ROBERT BAK

(Chudzinski, Edward; Jasinski, Krzysztof; Miklaszewski, Krzysztof; et al)

Stu Theatre. (Cover Title)

Krakow: Stu Theatre, n.d. [circa 1973]. n.d. [circa 1973]. Krakow: Stu Theatre, n.d. [circa 1973]. n.d. [circa 1973]. Good. - Octavo, printed black-and-white wraps. The wraps are rubbed & lightly creased. 65 pages. The page corners are lightly creased. Black-and-white illustrations from drawings. Good.

A booklet, written in English, about the alternative theater company's 1972-73 season, including a history of the company, statements about the productions ["The Fall", "The Polish Dream-Book" and "Cataract"] and reviews. Stu Theatre was founded on February 20, 1966 by Krzysztof Jasinski, operating under the auspices of the Socalist Student's Union in Krakow.

Rare. Good .

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 9804

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATER; THEATRE; EXPERIMENTAL THEATER; ALTERNATIVE THEATER; AVANTGARDE THEATER; POLISH; STU THEATRE; KRZYSZTOF JASINSKI; THE FALL; THE POLISH DREAM-B00K; CATARACT; REVIEWS; 1972-73 SEASON; ILLUSTRATIONS.

(Dali, Salvador; Ernst, Max; Picasso, Pablo; De Chirico, Andrea; et al).

Surrealismo.

Milano: Levi Arte Moderna, (1974). (1974). - Quarto [11-1/4 inches high by 9 inches wide], light tan buckram titled in gilt on the spine, in a dust wrapper. The covers are lightly bumped. The dust jacket is chipped & lightly rubbed & soiled. cxxv & [8] pages [text] plus 138 pages of color illustrations & folding color plates, with a folding chronological chart in the rear. Also with black-and-white illustrations in the text. Very good. The text is in Italian. Very good .

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 95668

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; SURREALISM; SURREALISTS; SURREALISMO; ITALIAN; ILLUSTRATIONS; FOLDING PLATES; CHRONOLOGICAL CHART; ARTISTS; PAINTERS; BIOGRAPHIES.

(Lincoln, Abraham; and Hugo, Victor)

Symposium Lincolniana: Patriotic Speeches by Abraham Lincoln and Poems by Victor Hugo in French and English. Various Display Prints in Denby Type

New York City: Coq d'Or Press, Inc. (1942). (1942). New York City: Coq d'Or Press, Inc. (1942). (1942). Very good. - Quarto, red cloth titled in gilt on the front cover & spine. The covers are rubbed. 48 & [2] pages printed in colors with several illustrations and plates as well as numerous facsimiles depicting the various Denby typefaces. There is a tiny stain to the bottom edge of a few leaves and some occasional offsetting to this otherwise internally bright & near fine copy.

Limited edition of 300 De Luxe copies. This copy is unnumbered on the colophon page. Very good .

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 29900

Catalogue: Books-on-Books

Keywords: TYPOGRAPHY; BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; ART OF THE BOOK; TYPE SPECIMEN; DISPLAY PRINTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; PLATES; VICTOR HUGO; POETRY; POEMS; AMERICANA; HISTORY; ABRAHAM LINCOLN; LINCOLNIANA; PATRIOTIC SPEECHES; LIMITED EDITION; REFERENCE.

(Arnaboldi, Tiziana; di Leonardo, Salvatore; Galeone, Rosario; et al)

IL Teatro E IL Sapere Dell'Occhio: Scritti 1981-1984. / Mutus Liber

(Torino: I Llibri di Marginalia, 1985). 1985). (Torino: I Llibri di Marginalia, 1985). 1985). Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial black-and-white wraps. The binding is very slightly soiled. 108 pages. There is light foxing to the front endpaper. Black-and-white illustrations. Very good.

Inscribed to Dick Higgins of Something Else Press by the members of Mutus Liber [Tiziana Arnaboldi, Salvatore di Leonardo and Rosario Galeone] and signed "Mutus Liber 8/3/86".

The group states that the writings in this book accompanied their theatrical and visual researches and activities from 1981-1984. "Mutus Liber" [from the Latin Wordless Book] was an alchemical text published in France in the second half of the 17th century. It claimed to outline, through a series of mystical illustrations, a method of manufacturing the Philosopher's stone.

Rare. Very good .

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 12733

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; ALTERNATIVE THEATRE; AVANTGARDE THEATRE; PERFORMANCE ART; ITALIAN; MUTUS LIBER; TIZIANA ARNABOLDI; SALVATORE DI LEONARDO; ROSARIO GALEONE; IL TEATRO E IL SAPERE DELL'OCCHIO: SCRITTI 1981-1984; INSCRIBED; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; ILLUSTRA

(Byrd, Admiral Richard E.; Cotlow, Lewis N.; and MacDonald, H.B., &c.).

Through Africa Unarmed" by Lewis N. Cotlow, [Published in]: The Log of the Circumnavigators Club, Vol. 26, No. 3, Summer 1938.

[New York: The Circumnavigators Club], 1938. 1938. - Octavo, 10 inches high by 6-3/4 inches wide. Softcover, bound in stapled white wraps, titled and decorated in indigo blue with a black & white illustration of the "Al Fresco Dining Hall in Sequoia National Park" pictured on the front cover. The covers are slightly rubbed with a small stain to the bottom right corner of the front cover and the name "Byrd" penciled at top right. 62 & [2] pages, with black & white textual and full-page illustrations. Very good. This issue includes an essay based on the minutes taken at the "Dinner to Circum Admiral Richard E. Byrd", illustrated from photographs. Included is a full-page illustration picturing all the members, attired in formal wear, who attended "The Dinner to Rear-Admiral Richard E. Byrd, May 18, 1938". Also included is H.B. MacDonald's 12-page essay "Among the Sequoias". Of particular note is the 12-page essay "Through Africa Unarmed" by Lewis N. Cotlow, illustrated with 5 photographs. The explorer, author and filmmaker Lewis Cotlow (1898-1987) served with the United States Merchant Marine during the First World War. He went on to pursue studies at George Washington University before participating in 30 expeditions which included travel to Africa, South America, Indonesia, the Arctic, the Amazon, Australia and New Guinea. From the 1930's through the 50's, Cotlow filmed many of his travels and expeditions. His first technicolor film, co-produced with wildlife photographer Armand Dennis, was filmed on location in Africa. Cotlow was awarded the Explorers Club Medal and the Order of Magellan. RARE. Very good .

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 96409

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: ADMIRAL RICHARD E. BYRD; LEWIS N. COTLOW; CIRCUMNAVIGATORS CLUB; LOG OF THE CIRCUMNAVIGATORS CLUB; H.B. MACDONALD; TRAVEL; EXPLORATION; THROUGH AFRICA UNARMED; AFRICA; SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK; ARCTIC; AMAZON AUSTRALIA NEW GUINEA.

[Marsh, Anne; and Kingsley, Charles]

The Triumphs of Time. The Previsions of Lady Evelyn; with the Conclusion. By the Author of "Two Old Men's Tales," Emilia Wyndham," &C

London: Simms and M'Intyre, 1849. 1849. London: Simms and M'Intyre, 1849. 1849. Very good. - 348 pages bound in with the floral-decorated series title for "The Parlour Library XXVI. The Triumphs of Time by the Author of 'Two Old Men's Tales,' &c."

First edition of the Third part.

Parts 1 and 2 of "The Previsions of Lady Evelyn" by novelist Anne Marsh [1791-1874] were first published in 1844 as part of "The Triumphs of Time". The third, and concluding, part was published here (in 1849) for the first time. [See Wolff #4557].

Together with: YEAST: A Problem. By the Author of Alton Locke. Copyright Edition. Leipzig: Bernh. Tauchnitz Jun. 1851. x &337 pages with the series title: "Collection of British Authors. Vol. CCVII. Yeast by the Author of Alton Locke. In One Volume."

The first Continental edition of Yeast, the first novel by Charles Kinsley, published in the same year as the first English edition.

2 books bound in one volume.

12mo, three-quarter dark brown leather & cloth titled in gilt with raised bands on the spine. The covers & leather are rubbed & scuffed. Some occasional scattered foxing, else quite good. Very good .

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 1259

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; NOVELS; FICTION; ANNE MARSH; CHARLES KINGSLEY; BRITISH NOVELISTS; THE PREVISIONS OF LADY EVELYN; YEAST; FIRST NOVEL; FIRST EDITION; COPYRIGHT EDITION; TAUCHNITZ; PARLOUR LIBRARY.

(Dowley, Peter; and Wells, Edward)

A True Copy of a Letter Lately Written by Mr. Dowley to Dr. Wells, and Now Published by Dr. Wells, Together with the Doctor's Answer

Oxford: Printed at the Theater for Jo. Stephens, 1706. 1706. Oxford: Printed at the Theater for Jo. Stephens, 1706. 1706. Very good. - Small octavo, 6-1/4 inches high by 4 inches wide. Softcover, unbound self-wraps removed from a larger collection of pamphlets at some time in the distant past with some remnants of leather still adhering to the spine. 54 pages. There is some very minor occasional foxing and slight darkening. Very good.

First edition.

Peter Dowley was "a dissenting teacher of the Presbytarian or independent persuation."

Edward Wells, D.D. (1667-1727) was an eminent classical scholar, mathematician and theologian. Very good .

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 31363

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: RELIGION; PRESBYTARIANISM; PETER DOWLEY; EDWARD WELLS; OXFORD IMPRINT; FIRST EDITION; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; 18TH CENTURY; DISSENTING TEACHER; INDEPENDENT PERSUASION; 1ST EDITION; MATHEMATICIAN; THEOLOGIAN; A TRUE COPY OF A LETTER LATELY WRITTEN BY MR. DOWLE

(Abels, Pio; von Berg, Helga; Ermert, Udo; et al). (Berche, Axel; Bulkowski, Hansjurgen; Glaser, Peter; et al)

Tympan: Literatur/Grafik. (Cover Title)

(Leverkusen, Germany): Tympan, circa [1978]. [1978]. (Leverkusen, Germany): Tympan, circa [1978]. [1978]. Good. - sc Octavo. Unbound sheets. The contents are laid into a maroon stiff paper case printed in white. The case is rubbed with a crease & tear to the top edge. Unnumbered, unbound sheets of cream stock printed in black, including texts and graphic contributions. The contents are very good.

Tympan publishes poems, short prose pieces, essays, photos and graphic art. The editors of this issue were Wolfgang Heyder, Bernd Kilian, Jens Pruss, Ulli Schoenwald and Ernst Specks. The text is in German. Good .

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 26643

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; ART; GRAPHIC ART; POETRY; POEMS; PERIODICAL; GERMAN; TYMPAN; WOLFGANG HEYDER; BERND KILIAN; JENS PRUSS; ULLI SCHOENWALD; ERNST SPECKS; WRITERS; ARTISTS; PETER GLASER; AXEL BERCHE; HANSJURGEN BULKOWSKI; PIO ABELS; HELGA VON BERG; UDO ERMERT.

(Hoover, Chris; Leung, Simon; Beblo, Deborah; Navarro, Raymond; et al).

[Untitled].

(New York: Independent Study Program of the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1989). 1989). - Octavo, softcover bound in decorative red, white & black wraps. The wraps are lightly rubbed, bumped & soiled with light creasing to the top corner of the front wrap & the top edge of the rear wrap. 152 pages. Profuse black-and-white illustrations. Very good. This untitled first Whitney Museum Independent Study Program student publication includes contributions from writers and artists--articles, conceptual art pieces, photography, visual poetry, collage, etc. Very good .

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 95716

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; CONCEPTUAL ART; EXPERIMENTAL; PHOTOGRAPHY; VISUAL POETRY; WHITNEY MUSEUM INDEPENDENT STUDY PROGRAM; STUDENT PUBLICATION.

(Rachmaninoff, Sergei; Nemirovich-Danchenko, Vladimir; et al). (Stalin, Joseph; Tolstoy, Alexei; Pogodin, Nikolai; Glebov,Ivan; et al; Kemenov, Vladimir; Editor-in-Chief)

Voks Bulletin 5-6

(Moscow): U.S.S.R. Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries, (1943). (1943). (Moscow): U.S.S.R. Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries, (1943). (1943). Good. - Small quarto [approximately 10 inches high by 7-3/4 inches wide], softcover bound in printed cream wrappers with a vignette in black on the front wrap. The wraps are soiled & darkened around the edges. The head & tail of the spine are torn. 62 & [2] pages. Black-and-white illustrations, including 2 pages reproducing World War II drawings by Nikolai Zhukov. There is a light vertical crease to each wrap & each leaf where the bulletin has been folded. Good.

From the Stefansson Collection of the Dartmouth College Library with a library stamp & a discard stamp on the front wrap.

Among the contents of this issue are an article on Rachmaninoff by Ivan Glebov and one on Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko by Nikolai Pogodin; a May 1st 1943 address by Stalin; a piece "On the Fundamentals of Modern Tactics by M. Galaktionov, and "How the Trilogy, The Road to Calvary Came to Be Written" by Alexei Tolstoy. The last page describes a game in the May 1943 Sverdlovsky Chess Tournament [Botvinnik vs. Konstantinopolsky]. Good .

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 17704

Catalogue: History

Keywords: HISTORY; SOVIET UNION; U.S.S.R.; CHESS; SVERDLOVSKY CHESS TOURNAMENT; BOTVINNICK; KONSTANTINOPOLSKY; ARTS; CULTURE; MILITARY; MUSIC; SERGEI RACHMANINOFF; THEATRE; VLADIMIR NEMIROVICH-DANCHENKO; ALEXEI TOLSTOY; THE ROAD TO CALVARY; IVAN GLEBOV; NIKOLAI POG

(Xu Bing; Mori, Mariko; Appleby, Anne; Ott, Sabina; Min-ha, Trinh T.; Kelley, Mike; Rollof, Ulf; et al)

World Art: The Magazine of Contempory Visual Arts. Number 14

G+B Arts International, 1996. 1996. G+B Arts International, 1996. 1996. Very good. - Small quarto [10-3/8 inches high by 9-5/8 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. The binding is lightly rubbed & bumped. 84 pages. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white. Very good.

Among the contents of this issue are articles on the work of Mike Kelley, Ulf Rollof, Xu Bing, Mariko Mori, Anne Appleby, Sabina Ott and Trinh T. Min-ha. Very good .

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 23655

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; PERIODICAL; WORLD ART: The Magazine of Contempory Visual Arts 1996; Mike Kelley; Ulf Rollof; Xu Bing; Mariko Mori; Anne Appleby; Sabina Ott; Trinh T. Min-ha; ILLUSTRATIONS.

(Kroetz, Franz Xaver; Chaikin, Joseph). (Brustein, Robert; Yankowitz, Susan; Auletta, Robert; et al)

Yale/Theatre. Volume 6, Number 1. Fall 1974

New Haven, CT: Yale School of Drama, 1974. 1974. New Haven, CT: Yale School of Drama, 1974. 1974. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial red, white & blue wraps. The wraps are lightly rubbed & soiled. 106 pages plus ads. Black-and-white illustrations. Very good.

Among the contents of this issue are "The Land of Milk and Funny or Portrait of A Scientist as a Dumb Broad", a film scenario by Susan Yankowitz; "Walk the Dog, Willie", a play by Robert Auletta; "The Theatre of Franz Xaver Kroetz by Dragan Klaic; and Eileen Blumenthal on the Robert Montgomery/Joseph Chaikin "Electra". Very good .

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 14698

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; PERIODICAL; YALE/THEATRE; LAND OF MILK AND FUNNY; FILM SCENARIO; SUSAN YANKOWITZ; PLAYSCRIPT; PLAYWRIGHT; ROBERT AULETTA; GERMAN; FRANZ XAVER KROETZ; DRAGAN KLAIC; EILEEN BLUMENTHAL; ROBERT MONTGOMERY; JOSEPH CHAIKIN; ELECTRA; DAUMIER.

(Bowles, William Augustus; Callot, Jacques; Flamsteed, John; Wood, Grant; et al)

The Zeitlin & Ver Brugge Portfolio No. 1: Prints, Drawings, Paintings and Sculpture. Spring 1965. (Cover Title)

(Los Angeles, CA: Zeitlin & Ver Brugge, Booksellers), 1965. 1965. (Los Angeles, CA: Zeitlin & Ver Brugge, Booksellers), 1965. 1965. Good. - Quarto [12-3/4 inches high by 9-1/2 inches wide], softcover. 8 plates are laid into printed green wrappers. The wraps are bumped with the extremities & the top section of the front wrap faded & with some light creasing. 8 black-and-white prints with informational text on the versos. The prints are lightly bumped. Good. Good .

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 30079

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; SALE CATALOG; ZEITLIN & VER BRUGGE, BOOKSELLERS, NEW YORK CITY; THE ZEITLIN & VER BRUGGE PORTFOLIO NO. 1: Prints, Drawings, Paintings and Sculpture. Spring 1965; WILLIAM AUGUSTUS BOWLES; NATIVE AMERICANS; JACQUES CALLOT; GRANT WOOD; JOHN FLAM