(Bellow, Saul; Vonnegut, Kurt; et al).

Proceedings of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. Second Series, Number Thirty-Three.

New York: American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, 1982. 1982. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed grayish green wrappers. The wraps are very slightly bumped with a small area of rubbing to the rear wrap. [viii] & 93 pages. There is some very light foxing to the fore-edge and to the top & bottom edges. The wrappers are slightly bowed. Very good.

Among the contents are commemorative tributes to John Cheever by Saul Bellow, to Archibald MacLeish by Howard Nemerov, to Marcel Breuer by I. M. Pei and to William Saroyan by Kurt Vonnegut. Very good .

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Book number: 20067

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; ARTS; PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY AND INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND LETTERS; COMMEMORATIVE TRIBUTES; SAUL BELLOW; JOHN CHEEVER; ARCHIBALD MACLEISH; HOWARD NEMEROV; MARCEL BREUER; I. M. PEI; WILLIAM SAROYAN; KURT VONNEGUT.

(Cowley, Malcolm; Edel, Leon; Wilbur, Richard; Kunitz, Stanley; Barber, Samuel; Schumann, William; Commager, Henry Steele; et al)

Proceedings of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. (May 19, 1976). Second Series, Number Twenty-Seven

New York: American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, (1977). (1977). New York: American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, (1977). (1977). Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed blue wrappers. [viii] & 74 pages. There is some very light foxing to the fore-edge and to the top & bottom edges. Near fine.

Among the contents are speeches presenting medals to Leon Edel by Malcolm Cowley, to Samuel Barber by William Schumann and to Allen Tate by Stanley Kunitz, with brief acceptance speeches by Edel and Barber. There are commemorative tributes to Samuel Eliot Morison by Henry Steele Commager, to Walter Lippmann by George F. Kennan and to Thornton Wilder by Leon Edel. An address by Henry Steele Commager is titled "Recreating the Community of Culture". Richard Wilbur gives the opening introduction. Very good .

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Book number: 22625

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY AND INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND LETTERS; SPEECHES; ADDRESSES; COMMEMORATIVE TRIBUTES; LEON EDEL; RICHARD WILBUR; MALCOLM COWLEY; STANLEY KUNITZ; HENRY STEELE COMMAGER; GEORGE F. KENNAN; MUSIC; COMPOSERS; SAMUEL BA

(Sullivan, Arthur [of Gilbert & Sullivan fame]; German, Edward; and Hood, Basil).

Prof. Bunn / Elocutionist / Mesmerist / Ventriloquist / Illusionist / and / Entertainer / Children's Parties a Specialty": An Original Broadside Promoting Performances by One of the Characters in the Comic Opera "the Emerald Isle".

Early 1900's. [1901]. [1901]. - A 13 inch high by 8-1/8 inch wide broadside printed in black on pink paper, proclaiming "Prof. Bunn, Elocutionist, Mesmerist, Ventriloquist, Illusionist, and Entertainer. Children's Parties a Specialty". The broadside's proclamation is much the same as that by which the character of Professor Bunn identifies himself in Arthur Sullivan's comic opera "The Emerald Isle". The broadside is folded horizontally and vertically with creases and a couple of short tears to the edges. Good. With a libretto by Basil Hood, the two-act comic opera "The Emerald Isle" was composed by Arthur Sullivan shortly before his death. Though he had only finished two musical numbers, he had left substantial notes and sketches for the voice part for much of the musical. The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company commissioned Edward German to complete the work which had its premiere at the Savoy Theatre on April 27, 1901. The musical follows the efforts of Irish patriots who resist the "re-education" program imposed on them by the British. Professor Bunn, a "Professor of Elocution" who was hired by the British, switches sides and supports the Irish patriots and their resistance movement. Needless to say, the story contains comic romance and tales of Irish fairy folklore. Good .

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Book number: 36826

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: MUSIC; OPERETTA; COMIC OPERA; MUSICAL THEATER; THE D'OYLY CARTE OPERA COMPANY; ARTHUR SULLIVAN; GILBERT & SULLIVAN; BASIL HOOD; PROF. BUNN ELOCUTIONIST MESMERIST VENTRILOQUIST ILLUSIONIST AND ENTERTAINER CHILDREN'S PARTIES A SPECIALTY; ORIGINA

(Stevens, Wallace; Seferis, George; Moore, Marianne; Coover, Robert; Duncan, Robert; Merrill, James; Hughes, Ted; Simpson, Louis; Plath, Sylvia; et al)

Quarterly Review of Literature. Twenty Fifth Anniversary Double Poetry Issue. Volume XVI. Numbers 1-2. Editors T. Weiss, Renee Weiss

(Princeton, NJ: Published in affiliation with the Creative Arts Program of Princeton University, 1969). 1969). (Princeton, NJ: Published in affiliation with the Creative Arts Program of Princeton University, 1969). 1969). Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed blue & white wraps. The wraps are bumped & soiled with the spine & extremities darkened. The tail of the spine is chipped. [iv] & 267 pages plus ads. There are a few pencil check marks & a very few ink & pencil underlinings. Good.

Among the contents is an interview with Marianne Moore by Grace Schulman. Good .

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Book number: 12642

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; POETRY; PERIODICAL; QUARTERLY REVIEW OF LITERATURE; TWENTY FIFTH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE; DOUBLE POETRY ISSUE; RENEE WEISS; THEODORE WEISS; POEMS; POETS; INTERVIEW; MARIANNE MOORE; WALLACE STEVENS; GEORGE SEFERIS; ROBERT COOVER; ROBERT DUNCAN; JAMES

(Louis-Combet, Claude; Buttard, Alain; Auerbacher, Dominique; Caroly, Claude; Davies, John; Deneyer, Marc; Fastenaekens, Gilbert; Hannappel, Werner J.; Laguillo, Manolo; Levin, Mikael; Meynen, Christian; Tulane, Marc; and Birsinger, Bernard)

Les Quatre Saisons Du Territoire: L'Automne. Preface de Claude Louis-Combet. Reflexions de Alain Buttard. Photographies de Dominique Auerbacher, Claude Caroly, John Davies, Marc Deneyer, Gilbert Fastenaekens, Werner J. Hannappel, Manolo Laguillo, Mikael Levin, Christian Meynen, Marc Tulane. Monuments: Photographies de Bernard Birsinger

(Belfort): Editions de l'Est, (1990). (1990). (Belfort): Editions de l'Est, (1990). (1990). Fine. - Oblong quarto, 9-3/4 inches high by 11-3/8 inches wide. Black cloth titled in blind with a green device on the front cover and in blind and green on the spine, in a printed black dust wrapper. There are a couple of scratches to the dust jacket. 157 & [2] pages, with full-page photographic illustrations of Fall by each of ten photographers. Near fine.

The Fall volume of a projected work depicting the four seasons of the Territoire of Belfort, France. Other volumes were published in the preceding and following years.

"The Four Seasons of the Territoire: The towns of the Territoire de Belfort have been divided among the photographers. The project requires each of the photographers to produce, over a period of four years, one season per year, a body of photographic work concerning the landscape of the towns attributed to him." . Fine .

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Book number: 21517

Catalogue: Photography

Keywords: PHOTOGRAPHY; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; PHOTOGRAPHS; LES QUATRES SAISONS DU TERRITOIRE; L'AUTOMNE 1990; FALL; PHOTOS; PHOTOGRAPHERS; TERRITOIRE DE BELFORT; FRANCE; ALAIN BUTTARD; DOMINIQUE AUERBACHER; CLAUDE CAROLY; JOHN DAVIES; MARC DENEYER; GILBERT

(Canova, Maria; and Pagella, Enrica; editors).

Le Raccolte D'Arte Del Museo Civico Di Modena.

(Modena): Franco Cosimo Panini Editore, (1992). (1992). - Quarto [12 inches high by 8-3/8 inches wide], cloth, in a dust wrapper. The covers are lightly bumped & rubbed. The dust jacket is rubbed & the tops of the folds are creased & slightly chipped. There is a price-sticker on the rear panel. 237 pages plus colophon. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper.

The text is in Italian. Very good .

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Book number: 11554

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; PAINTING; SCULPTURE; DECORATIVE ARTS; TAPESTRIES; POTTERY; SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS; MUSEUM; MODENA; ITALY; LE RACCOLTE D'ARTE DEL MUSEO CIVICO DI MODENA; MARIA CANOVA; ENRICA PAGELLA; TILES; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS.

(Denholm, Jeannette; et al. Project Direction).

Regenerative Agriculture Technologies for the Hill Farmers of Nepal: An Information Kit. (Cover Title).

Lalitpur, Nepal: Nepal Rural Reconstruction Association / Cavite, Philippines: International Institute of Rural Reconstruction, (1992). Lalitpur, Nepal: Nepal Rural Reconstruction Association / Cavite, Philippines: International Institute of Rural Reconstruction, (1992). (1992). Very good. - Small quarto [11-1/4 inches high by 8-3/8 inches wide], softcover. The contents are bound between pictorial maroon stiff paper cover sheets with a brown plastic binder. The cover sheets are rubbed with some light creasing to the top & bottom edges. The rear cover sheet is unevenly faded with some small pieces of paper adhering to its lower half. Unnumbered pages printed on variously colored stocks. Profuse textual illustrations, charts & diagrams. The stamp of the Institute of Forestry Project is on the contents page. The last leaf is lightly creased with some small stains. Very good.

A series of workshops was held from April 16 to 25, 1992 for the purpose of producing this information kit. The workshops were titled Regenerative Agriculture in the Hills of Nepal, Cropping Systems and Post-Harvest Technologies, Vegetable and Fruit Production, Natural Resources and Their Enhancement, Livestock and Fodder, Soil Fertility Composting and Manuring, and Pest Management.

Scarce. Very good .

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Book number: 15399

Catalogue: Himalayas

Keywords: HIMALAYAS; NEPAL; REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE HILL FARMERS OF NEPAL; INFORMATION KIT; WORKSHOPS; JEANNETTE DENHOLM; REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE IN THE HILLS OF NEPAL; CROPPING SYSTEMS AND POST-HARVEST TECHNOLOGIES; VEGETABLE AND FRUIT PRODU

(Johnston, John W.; Chairman; et al)

Report of the Commission Created in Accordance with a Joint Resolution of Congress, Approved March 3, 1881, Providing for the Erection of a Monument at Yorktown, Va. , Commemorative of the Surrender of Lord Cornwallis

Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1883. 1883. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1883. 1883. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed blue wraps. The wraps are bumped, soiled & chipped. The backstrip is perished & the spine has been reinforced with gray cloth tape. The tape is split along the rear joint with a large piece out at the tail of the spine, & the lower third of the front wrap is detached. 169 pages. Some bottom page corners are creased & the bottom corner of the last leaf is darkened & chipped. Illustrated with a black-and-white plate depicting the proposed monument. Ex-library with the remnants of a library label on the rear wrap and a numeral & "discarded" stamp on the verso of the title. Good.

First edition.

Among the contents of this report on the celebration of the Centennial Anniversary of the surrender of Lord Cornwallis to American and French forces at Yorktown are a Centennial Ode by Paul H. Hayne of South Carolina, remarks by John W. Johnston, and a number of orations, including one by Robert C. Winthrop of Boston recounting the events surrounding the surrender. Good .

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Book number: 13322

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; REVOLUTIONARY WAR; YORKTOWN; GEORGE WASHINGTON; LAFAYETTE; CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION; MONUMENT; REPORT OF THE COMMISSION CREATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH A JOINT RESOLUTION OF CONGRESS, APPROVED MARCH 3, 1881, PROVIDING FOR THE ERECTION OF A

(Schuyler, Philip; Watson, Elkanah; and Banyar, Goldsbrow).

The Report of a Committee Appointed to Explore the Western Waters in the State of New-York for the Purpose of Prosecuting the Inland Lock Navigation.

Albany: Weed, Parsons & Co. [1850]. [1850]. - Quarto, 11-1/2 inches high by 9 inches wide. Softcover, bound in plain white wrappers with the title penned in black on the front cover. The covers are soiled and creased along the edges with some chipping to the front edges and a tiny hole to the front cover. 12 pages consisting of the title and pages [661] through 670. The top and front edges of the pages are darkened and there is dampstaining along the inner edges of the pages.

Extracted from "The Documentary History of the State of New York: Arranged Under Direction of the Hon. Christopher Morgan, Secretary of State" Volume 3, Number 19.

This report of the committee to explore Western Waters was originally printed in Albany by Barber and Southwick in 1792. .

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Book number: 35962

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; THE REPORT OF A COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO EXPLORE THE WESTERN WATERS IN THE STATE OF NEW-YORK FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROSECUTING THE INLAND LOCK NAVIGATON; THE DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; ARRANGED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE HON. CHRI

(Silber, Irwin, editor; Seeger, Pete; and Silverman, Jerry; associate editors)

Reprints from Sing out!

(New York: Sing Out, Inc. 1959). 1959). (New York: Sing Out, Inc. 1959). 1959). Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial black-and-white wrappers. The binding is lightly rubbed & bumped. There is an owner's ink name on the front wrap with a tiny tear to the front edge of the wrap. The rear wrap is darkened around the edges. 66 pages. There is light creasing to the top corners of the first 24 pages. Illustrated with black-and-white vignettes & music staves. Good.

A collection of songs that had appeared in "Sing Out" magazine over the ten years prior to 1959. Good .

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Book number: 20357

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: MUSIC; FOLK MUSIC; FOLKSONGS; SONGS; PERIODICAL; MAGAZINE; SING OUT; PETE SEEGER; JERRY SILVERMAN; IRWIN SILBER; REPRINTS FROM SING OUT.

[Taylor, Jane; and Taylor, Ann].

Rural Scenes; or, a Peep Into the Country. For Children.

Philadelphia: Wm. G. Wardle, 1845. 1845. - 12mo. 5-7/8 inches high by 4-3/4 inches wide. Green cloth, titled & decorated in gilt on the spine with decorations in blind on the covers. The covers are rubbed and stained with wear to the corners. The head and tail of the spine are chipped and the cloth is split along the rear joint. viii & 136 pages, illustrated a full-page frontispiece and 87 mostly half-page engravings, one for each activity described. A child's blue & gray graphite scribbles have been partially erased from the front blank. The front hinge is cracked and the front endpaper is lacking. There is foxing throughout and several page corners corners are creased with occasional tiny tears to the edges. Fair. First American edition of Harvey and Darton's "New Edition" which was originally published in London in 1845. RARE. Fair .

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Book number: 95768

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN'S BOOK; ILLUSTRATED; RURAL SCENES; A PEEP INTO THE COUNTRY; FOR CHILDREN; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; 1ST U.S. EDITION; ANN TAYLOR; JANE TAYLOR; ILLUSTRATIONS; FRONTISPIECE; ENGRAVINGS; ACTIVITIES; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; WILLIAM G. WAR

(Archer, John). (Lydenberg, Harry Miller; Bennett, Paul A.; Melcher, Frederic G.; et al)

Sagittarius: His Book. Gathered for John Archer by His Friends

New York: The Typophiles, 1951. 1951. New York: The Typophiles, 1951. 1951. Fine. - Small octavo [7-1/4 inches high by 4-5/8 inches wide], gray cloth titled in gilt on the spine with a vignette in gray on a black ground on the front cover. [ix] & 93 pages plus colophon. Black-and-white portrait frontispiece & illustrations in black, white & tan. The spine is sunned, else near fine.

Limited edition of 640 copies.

Typophile Chap Books XXV. Fine .

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Book number: 4945

Catalogue: Books-on-Books

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; PRINTING; BOOK BINDING; PRINTER; JOHN ARCHER; NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY; TYPOGRAPHY; TYPOPHILES; TYPOPHILE CHAP BOOKS; PAUL A. BENNETT; FREDERIC G. MELCHER; HARRY MILLER LYDENBERG; LIMITED EDITION.

(Vossnack, E.; Crone, G. L. E.; et al)

Schip En Schoonheid. Prisma Der Kunsten No. 6 1937. (Cover Title)

(Amsterdam: Nederlandsche Kunstenaars Vereenigingen (VANK), 1937). 1937). (Amsterdam: Nederlandsche Kunstenaars Vereenigingen (VANK), 1937). 1937). Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial orange & dark blue wraps. The spine & extremities are faded & the spine is chipped with a small piece out of the tail. There are stains to the wraps. Pages 141-185. Black-and-white illustrations. The top edges of the leaves are lightly dampstained with heavier staining to 2 leaves & a piece out, affecting 1 of the illustrations. There is occasional light foxing & spotting. A good working copy.

This issue of Prisma der Kunste, the journal of Nederlandsche Kunstenaars Vereenigingen (V.A.N.K.) is on ship design. The contents listed on the inside front wrap are apparently a misprint. The text is in Dutch. Good .

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Book number: 11447

Catalogue: Naval & Maritime

Keywords: PRISMA DE KUNSTEN; NEDERLANDSCHE KUNSTENAARS VEREENIGINGEN; V.A.N.K.; PERIODICAL; ILLUSTRATIONS; DUTCH; MARITIME; SHIPS; SHIP DESIGN.

(Polkinhorn, Harry; Rosenberg, Marilyn; Blaine, Julien; Baroni, Vittore; And, Miekal; et al)

Score 5 (Visual Poems)

Oakland, CA: Score, n.d. [1980s]. n.d. [1980s]. Oakland, CA: Score, n.d. [1980s]. n.d. [1980s]. Fine. - Quarto, soft cover bound in pictorial tan & green wraps. Title plus [32] pages of black-and-white visual poetry. Near fine. Fine .

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Book number: 5188

Catalogue: Visual Poetry

Keywords: VISUAL POETRY; CONCRETE POETRY; CONCEPTUAL ART; HARRY POLKINHORN; MARILYN ROSENBERG; JULIEN BLAINE; CRAG HILL; VITTORE BARONI; MIEKAL AND; PERIODICAL; SCORE.

(Atthill, Catherine; Elphick, Judith; Fitton, Mary; et al; translators)

The Simon and Schuster Book of the Opera: A Complete Reference Guide -- 1597 to the Present

New York: Simon and Schuster, (1978). (1978). New York: Simon and Schuster, (1978). (1978). Very good. - Quarto [10-5/8 inches high by 8 inches wide], cloth, in a dust wrapper. 512 pages, printed in double columns. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white. Near fine.

First American edition, translated from an Italian edition. Very good .

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Book number: 25706

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: MUSIC; OPERA; HISTORY OF OPERA; REFERENCE; THE SIMON AND SCHUSTER BOOK OF THE OPERA; COMPOSERS; CONDUCTORS; SINGERS; SYNOPSES; CASTS; LIBRETTISTS; PERFORMERS; MUSICIANS; PERFORMANCES; THEATERS; THEATRES; OPERA HOUSES; ILLUSTRATIONS; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION