EISENSCHIML, Otto, and NEWMAN, Ralph G.

The American Iliad: The Epic Story of the CIVIL War As Narrated by Eyewitnesses and Contemporaries

Indianapolis, The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1947. Hardcover. 8vo. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering. (10pp), 720pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, maps. Very good. Spine lightly sunned. Tight, handsome first edition of this thick anthology, signed by both compilers: On the front flyleaf, Eisenschiml pens "Sincerely, / Otto Eisenschiml" in black ink, and below this his co-compiler adds "And / Ralph Newman" in blue ink. Scholar E.B. Long, who compiled a "Pictorial Chronicle" volume to accompany a 1956 Grosset & Dunlap edition of this title, reviewed this first edition as "One of the first of the modern 'readers;' composed largely of eyewitness accounts of military events.." NEVINS II, 12. .

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Book number: 38930

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Keywords: Civil War

EISENSCHIML, Otto, and NEWMAN, Ralph

The CIVIL War: The American Iliad As Told by Those Who Lived It

N.p. The Blue and Grey Press, 1985. Hardcover. Introduction by Bruce Catton. Small 4to. Grey cloth spine with gilt lettering and blue paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 719pp. Near fine/near fine. A tight and handsome reprint edition of this thick 1947 anthology, which scholar E.B. Long (who compiled a "Pictorial Chronicle" volume to accompany a 1956 Grosset & Dunlap edition of this title) reviewed as "One of the first of the modern 'readers;' composed largely of eyewitness accounts of military events.." This copy with choice autograph addition: Tipped to front pastedown is an original mailing envelope containing a lengthy Typed Letter Signed from Newman (1911-98), 2pp, 8½" X 11", Chicago, IL, 1986 August 5. Addressed to noted Lincoln and Civil War scholar Arnold F. Gates (1914-93). Near fine. Superb chatty content catching up -- Newman discusses "completing my work as executor of the [Carl] Haverlin estate" in depth, his new "very rare book and manuscript business here in the John Hancock Center" since selling off the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, and other interesting Lincoln matters. Signed simply "Ralph" in black fineline. NEVINS II, 12. .

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Book number: 38994

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Keywords: Civil War

Eisenschiml, Otto & Ralph Newman

The Civil War: The American Iliad As Told by Those Who Lived It (2 volumes in box)

Gebonden, hardcover; 1956; New York : Grosset & Dunlap, Inc.; Some foxing. -- Conditie: Goed; 2 uniform original clothes in pictorial slipcase; illustrations/maps in b/w, 719+240p., 8vo.; Engels

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Book number: 300949-KA19

Catalogue: Geschiedenis/Noord-Amerika

Keywords: Geschiedenis Noord-Amerika

Otto Natzler; Peter Clothier; Louis Newman Galleries

Otto Natzler: Recent Ceramics. (Invitation Card for Reception on September 24, 1992)

Beverly Hills, CA : Louis Newman Galleries, 1992. 7 x 11.5 inches. Very Good. Single sheet, printed both sides, and folded into 2 panels. Minor wear. Color plate. Extremely Scarce. Provenance: From the estate of Gerald Nordland (1927-2019). Nordland was a museum director, art critic, educator and author. Dean of the Chouinard Art Institute (1960-64), Director of the San Francisco Museum of Art (now SFMoMA (1966-73), Milwaukee Art Museum (1977-85), and the UCLA Wight Art Gallery (1973-77). He is the author of over 60 publications, including books on Lachaise, Nakian, Diebenkorn and Frank Lloyd Wright. .

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Book number: 70-3365

Catalogue: Ephemera

NEWMAN, Otto.

Gambling: Hazard and Reward.

The Athlone Press, 1972. Hardcover. Some wear to dj, o/wise good condition. 266pp. ISBN 0-485-11133-0.

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Book number: 56480

Keywords: 20th twentieth history historical century social sociology science gamblers gambling psychology britain british

Wagner, Richard (1813-1883) - Related Names: Singer, Otto (1863-1931) ; Newman, Ernest (1868-1959)

Tannhauser : a dramatic poem

London : G. G. Harrap. [1911] 1911. 1st Edition in this form. Very good copy bound in gilt-blocked decorative cloth. Gilt and colour-illus. front panel. Spine bands somewhat worn. Panel edges dulled and rubbed. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong. ; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; Physical description: [108] leaves of plates : illus. (some col. part. mounted) ; 29 cm. Subjects: Wagner. Richard -- Tannhauser -- Operas -- Librettos. Notes: Illustrated end papers. Text of printed in black and red (in several colours on t.p.) on tinted paper. Text in handwritten cursive hand. Col. illus. (relief halftones) mounted.

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Book number: 199383