(Arkatov, James). Rich, Alan

Masters of Music: Great Artists at Work. Photographs by James Arkatov. Text by Alan Rich. Foreword by Isaac Stern. Preface by Nicolas Slonimsky

Santa Barbara, CA: Capra Press, (1990). (1990). Santa Barbara, CA: Capra Press, (1990). (1990). Very good. - Quarto [11-1/4 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide], cloth, in a dust wrapper. The covers are lightly rubbed with a small, light stain to the rear cover. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed with the top edges of the flaps darkened & the rear flap slightly chipped. 200 pages. Profuse black- and-white photographic illustrations. Very good. Very good .

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Book number: 12708

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: MUSIC; CONDUCTORS; MUSICIANS; PORTRAITS; MASTERS OF MUSIC; GREAT ARTISTS AT WORK; PHOTOGRAPHY; CELLIST; PHOTOGRAPHER; JAMES ARKATOV; ALAN RICH; ISAAC STERN; NICOLAS SLONIMSKY.

Arlin, Richard.

Libro de Horas de Santo Domingo de Silos: Gravyrer & Reflektioner Fran En Vinterresa Till Castilla la Vieja. (Facsimile).

Ahus, [Sweden]: Kalejdoskop, 1988. 1988. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY MATS B - Octavo, softcover bound in light gray pictorial wrappers. The bottom edges of the covers are slightly creased & chipped. xvi, 45 & [1] pages printed in red & black. Illustrated with reproductions of black-and-white engravings and music staves in red & black. Very good. A facsimile of the fine-press first edition published by Stigbergets Stamp och Press, Stockholm in 1987 in a numbered edition of 45 hand-printed copies. Inscribed in Swedish to Dick Higgins by Mats B on the front endpaper. Mats Birger Rindeskar [1951-2009], who took the name Mats B, was a Swedish artist, writer, art critic and curator. He was one of the first artists in Sweden to interest himself in conceptual art and Fluxus, two movements that, like pataphysics, influenced him throughout his career. Very good .

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Book number: 36954

Catalogue: Books-on-Books

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; FINE PRESS; FACSIMILE; STIGBERGETS STAMP OCH PRESS, STOCKHOLM; RICHARD ARLIN; LIBRO DE HORAS DE SANTO DOMINGO DE SILOS; ENGRAVINGS; MUSIC STAVES; MATS B; INSCRIBED; SIGNED; AUTOGRAPH; SWEDISH ARTIST; DICK HIGGINS.

Armbruster, Eugene L

Eastern Pioneers

New York: Published by the author, 1929. 1929. New York: Published by the author, 1929. 1929. Very good. - Tall octavo, softcover bound in printed gray wraps. The spine & edtremities are faded & the wraps are lightly bumped. There are 2 tiny chips out of the front edge of the rear wrap. [16] pages, partially unopened. The bottom page corners are lightly creased. There is a tiny crease to the front edge of each leaf with 2 tiny chips out of the front edges of each of the last 2 leaves. Very good.

Limited edition of 300 numbered copies. This copy is unnumbered. Very good .

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Book number: 31683

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; NEW ENGLAND; PIONEERS; SETTLERS; SEVENTEENTH CENTURY; 17TH CENTURY; LAND GRANTS; AFFILIATED FAMILIES; EUGENE L. ARMBRUSTER.

Armbruster, Eugene L.

The Indians of New England and New Netherland. (Cover Title)

(Published by the author}, (1918). (1918). - Octavo, softcover bound in printed light tan wrappers. The binding is lightly soiled & chipped with a small piece out of the bottom corner of the front cover. The bottom inch of each wrap is detached. 12 pages, including wraps. Good. First edition. Good .

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Book number: 37404

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; NATIVE AMERICANS; AMERICAN INDIANS; EUGENE L. ARMBRUSTER; THE INDIANS OF NEW ENGLAND AND NEW NETHERLAND; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Armbruster, Eugene L.

Montauk.

New York, 1923, 1923. - Small quarto, printed white paper wraps titled in black. The covers are very slightly soiled with a tiny chip to the top of the front cover. 8 pages. Near fine.

Limited edition of 300 copies. A lyrical description of Montauk and the journey to Montauk Point, whereby the visitor passes the four original houses and Camp Welsh, where soldiers were stationed during the summer. Very good .

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Book number: 36747

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; NEW YORK STATE; LONG ISLAND; MONTAUK; MONTAUK POINT; CAMP WELSH; LIMITED EDITION; EUGENE L. ARMBRUSTER; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY.

Armitage, Merle

Accent on Life. Foreword by John Charles Thomas

Ames, IA: The Iowa State University Press, (1964). (1964). Ames, IA: The Iowa State University Press, (1964). (1964). Very good. - Octavo, black cloth, in a price-clipped dust wrapper. The covers are lightly rubbed. There are some light stains to the tail of the dust jacket spine. xv & 386 pages plus colophon. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper.

First edition. Very good .

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Book number: 30051

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: MUSIC; OPERA; BALLET; MANAGER; IMPRESARIO; BOOK DESIGNER; TYPOGRAPHER; MERLE ARMITAGE; MEMOIR; AUTOBIOGRAPHY; JOHN CHARLES THOMAS; ACCENT ON LIFE; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

(Smith, Gavin; and Jameson, Richard T. editors). Armour, Nicole; Arthur, Paul; Chang, Chris; Horton, Robert; Jones, Kent; Kennedy, Harlan; Stephens, Chuck, et al.

Film Comment. Published by the Film Society of Lincoln Center. Volume 36, Number 1-6 with the Index. [6 Issues Plus Index. ]

New York: Film Society of Lincoln Center, 2000. 2000. New York: Film Society of Lincoln Center, 2000. 2000. Very good. - Quarto, 10-3/4 inches high by 8-1/8 inches wide. Softcover, 6 issues bound in pictorial stapled wrappers. There is a mailing label on the front covers of 3 issues. 80 pages per issue profusely illustrated in color & black and white together with an 8 page index. The front bottom page corners of the September/October issue are creased. Very good. The subjects incuded in these issues are Abbas Kiarostami, The Farrellys, John Waters, Valerio Zurlini, Raul Ruiz, Nagisa Oshima's "Gohatto", Max Schreck, Soviet New Wave, The Coen Brothers, Elisabeth Subrin, "Beau Travail" and Claire Denis, Alain Resnais, Jane Campion, Werner Herzog, Clara Bow, Manny Farber, John Ford and Black Americans, Monte Hellman, Lars von Trier, Jean Eustache, Edward Yang and Cameron Crowe among many others. The supplement by Linda Batty indexes the issues by "Film Titles", "Subjects", "Authors" and "Book Reviews". Very good .

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Book number: 98478

Catalogue: Film

Keywords: CINEMA; MOVIES; CRITICISM; Abbas Kiarostami; The Farrellys; John Waters; Valerio Zurlini; Raul Ruiz; Nagisa Oshima; Max Schreck; Soviet New Wave; The Coen Brothers; Elisabeth Subrin; Claire Denis; Alain Resnais; Jane Campion; Werner Herzog; Clara Bow

Armstrong, Cecil Ferard

A Century of Great Actors 1750-1850

London: Mills & Boon, Limited, (1912). (1912). London: Mills & Boon, Limited, (1912). (1912). Good. - Octavo, olive green cloth titled in gilt on the spine with a circular black-and-white illustration mounted on the front cover. The binding is bumped & lightly rubbed with heavier rubbing to the illustrationl. Half- title, title, [2] leaves & 412 pages. Illustrated with 16 black-and-white plates. There is staining to the endpapers. Good.

First edition. Good .

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Book number: 15893

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATER; ACTORS; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; 18TH CENTURY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; ILLUSTRATIONS; PLATES; PORTRAITS; CECIL FERARD ARMSTRONG; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; A CENTURY OF GREAT ACTORS 1750-1850.

Armstrong, Cecil Ferard.

A Century of Great Actors 1750-1850.

London: Mills & Boon, Limited, (1912). (1912). - Octavo, dark green cloth titled in gilt with a gilt-framed medallion portrait of David Garrick on the front cover. The binding is lightly rubbed & bumped. The spine is slightly faded with its head & tail lightly chipped. [viii] & 412 pages plus 32-page publisher's catalog. Illustrated with 16 black-and-white portrait plates, including a frontispiece with a tissue guard. The tissue guard is foxed with its bottom corner creased. There is offsetting to the front endpaper. There is scattered, mostly light foxing to the margins of the pages. Good. First edition. Good .

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Book number: 95158

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; STAGE; ACTORS; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; 18TH CENTURY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; A CENTURY OF GREAT ACTORS 1750-1850; CECIL FERARD ARMSTRONG; PLATES; PORTRAITS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

(Mexican Revolution). Armstrong, James H.

The Mexican Revolution. A 6-Page Autograph Letter Signed. A First Hand Account of an Attack on the Village of Zimapan by "Rebels" [Zapatistas].

Zimapan, Hidalgo, Mexico, August 7, 1935. 1935. - sc - Six pages consisting of over 1,000 words penned on both sides of 3 sheets of 10-1/2 inch high by 8-1/8 inch wide buff-colored paper. In a lengthy letter James H. Armstrong, the author of this account, responds after reading a book which Mrs. McDougall has sent him. The book, Rosa E. King's "Tempest Over Mexico" which had just been published that year, has stirred up Armstrong's memories and feelings. He doesn't view the "rebels" (The Liberation Army of the South, known as the Zapatistas) with as much fondness "She rather idealizes Zapata, though strangely she makes no mention of his brother who accompanied him all the time, and glosses over the terrible cruelty of the Zapatists.." He goes on to describe, at length, an attack by the Zapatistas "When the town was attacked by the rebels for the first time, I had advance information from one of the rebel sympathizers who worked for us, so was not surprised when a group surrounded the town and demanded that the small garrison surrender or else the place would be taken by 'sangre y fuego' - 'blood and fire!' The town authorities decided to resist and the women and children of the principal families were gathered into the big house.." He goes on to describe that night and the "all-day attack" which followed until "through their scouts the rebels received word that a relief column was coming, so they retired and that unpleasant spell was over." Describing a subsequent attack, he writes of joining the "Jefe Politico, a very good friend" who'd organized a little band of volunteers to escort the women as they would all try to reach the next town. The group was overtaken and, to protect the women, surrendered to the Zapatistas. "As a foreigner, I was deputed to approach with a white flag and arrange terms. One of the women gave me her white petticoat to flaunt and up the hill I went.." Signed "Jas. H. Armstrong". The pages are folded once horizontally and twice vertically for mailing. There is some minor soiling with creasing to the right edge. Very good.

A very entertaining first hand account of an event during the Mexican Revolution.

The writer, James H. Armstrong was an American superintendent of the Hidalgo Copper Mining & Smelting Company in Zimapan, Hildago. Very good .

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Book number: 35352

Catalogue: History

Keywords: HISTORY; MEXICAN REVOLUTION; JAMES H. ARMSTRONG; AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED; AUTOGRAPH; SIGNATURE; HIDALGO COPPER MINING & SMELTING COMPANY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; ZAPATA; ZAPATISTAS; MEXICO; REBELS; ZIMAPAN; LIBERATION ARMY OF THE SOUTH; JEFE POLITICO; ATTA

(Armstrong, Samuel T.)

Result of an Ecclesiastical Council, Held at Sandwich, May 20, 1817

Boston: Published by Samuel T. Armstrong, 1817. 1817. Boston: Published by Samuel T. Armstrong, 1817. 1817. Good. - sc - Octavo, contemporary homemade tan paper stitched wraps. The edges of the covers are chipped and creased with the first word of the title penned in an early hand at the top of the front cover. 7 pages, illustrated with the publisher's wood engraved pictorial advertisement. A previous early owner's name is penned inside the front cover. The pages are creased with some dampstaining and a couple of ink markings. Good.

From the library of the Reverend Noble Everett (1747-1819), signed by him along the inner edge of the title page. The Rev. Noble Everett is included in the list of those present at this Council.

Born in Woodbury, CT in 1747, Noble Everett graduated from Yale in 1772 and served as Chaplain in the Revolutionary Army. He was present at the Battle of White Plains. He was ordained in Wareham, Massachusetts in October of 1782. Noble Everett, together with the Reverend Jonathan Burr, organized the South Congregational Church or Third Church of Barnstable. He instructed the Bristol lawyer Timothy G. Coffin for college. The name "Coffin", preceded by an illegible first name or word, is written on the inside of the front wrap.

[Shaw & Shoemaker 42051].

This pamphlet is illustrated with the publisher Samuel Armstrong's attractive pictorial ad, which depicts 3 domed pillars, each supported by a Holy Bible bracing shelves of books between them. Lists of religious figures and authors, including Luther, Calvin, Watts, and Mather, among many others, are printed in rows on the columns. Banners advertising the publisher "Samuel T. Armstrong, Printer and Bookseller" are held aloft by domes topping the pillars. Text advertising the work "The Platform of Church Discipline" is printed below.

The pamphlet begins with the "Results" of its meeting "By letters missive from the Congregational Church of Christ in Sandwich, under the pastoral care of the Rev. Jonathan Burr, and ecclesiastical council was convened, at the house of William Fessenden, Esq. in said town, on Tuesday 20th May, 1817; and continued by adjournments until Friday the 23d.." Listed among those present were the Rev. Joseph Lyman, representing Hatfield; the Rev. Noble Everett and Deacon Barnabus Bates, representing Wareham; the Rev. Thomas Andros and Brother Samuel Toby, representing Berkley; the Rev. Daniel Dana and Brother Benjamin Wyatt, representing Newburyport; the Rev. Samuel Worcester and Brother Thomas Needham, representing Salem; and the Rev. Oliver Cobb and Deacon Jesse Haskell, representing Rochester. The pamphlet makes mention that Reverend Burr (i.e. Jonathan Burr, 1757-1842) had sent the missive offering mutual council to the Church of the Rev. Goodwin (Ezra Shaw Goodwin, 1787-1833). The offer, rebuffed by Rev. Goodwin, concerns the council as there seems to be a conflict over who is the legitimate first or ancient Congregational Church in Sandwich. Good .

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Book number: 26894

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: RELIGION; SAMUEL T. ARMSTRONG; PUBLISHER; RESULT OF AN ECCLESIASTICAL COUNCIL, HELD AT SANDWICH, MAY 20, 1817; MASSACHUSETTS; 19TH CENTURY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATION; PICTORIAL AD; EPHEMERA; REV. JONATHAN BURR; EZRA SHAW GOODWIN; REVER

Armstrong, D. Hercules; Brecht, Bertolt.; et al. Smith, Jessica; editor.

Soviet Russia Today. (Vol. 11, No. 10) February,1943. (Cover Title).

(New York: S.R.T. Publications, Inc.), 1943. 1943. ISSUE CONTAINING A POEM BY AFRICAN AMERICAN POET HERCULES ARMSTRONG - Quarto [approximately 11-3/4 inches high by 8-3/4 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial red-and-white wrappers. The binding is lightly rubbed with some minor soiling. The corners of the front wrap are slightly bumped & there is a light paper-clip mark to the bottom edge of the rear wrap. 34 pages. Black-and-white illustrations. The bottom page corners are lightly bumped. Very good. There are two items of special literary interest in this issue. On pages 26-27 is a one-and-a half page poem, "O! Soviet Land!" by little-known African American poet D. Hercules Armstrong. Genevieve Taggard writes a note on Armstrong below the poem. He was born in Georgia in 1919. He was attracted to poetry by the writing of Langston Hughes and Countee Cullen and had poems published in a several magazines. Pursuing his interest in writing for choral groups, he wrote "O! Soviet Land!" for a group of young people who rehearsed the chant and provided feedback. He felt that the writing benefited from its preparation for group production. On page 27 is an unusual translation by Roy Temple House of Bertolt Brecht's poem "The Soldier's Wife" ["Ballad of the Soldier's Wife"]. Very good .

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Book number: 94890

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: HISTORY; SOVIET UNION; AMERICAN PERIODICAL; SOVIET RUSSIA TODAY; JESSICA SMITH, EDITOR; ILLUSTRATIONS; AFRICAN AMERICAN POET; D. HERCULES ARMSTRONG; O! SOVIET LAND! CHORAL CHANT; BERTOLT BRECHT; BALLAD OF THE SOLDIER'S WIFE; UNUSUAL TRANSLATION; ROY

Armstrong, Eva V.; curator.

The Story of the Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Collection in the History of Chemistry.

(Philadelphia, PA): University of Pennsylvania, 1937. 1937. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed blue wrappers. The top corner of the front wrap is creased. The edges of the wraps are darkened & lightly creased. 21 pages. Illustrated with 4 black-and-white plates, including a portrait frontispiece. The contents are near fine. Very good .

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Book number: 35535

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: SCIENCE; CHEMISTRY; THE STORY OF THE EDGAR FAHS SMITH MEMORIAL COLLECTION IN THE HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY; EVA V. ARMSTRONG, CURATOR; PLATES; PORTRAIT; PROVOST OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA; COLLECTOR; SCIENTIFIC BOOKS; EARLY HISTORY OF AMERICAN CHEMISTRY

(Department of the Army)

Civilian in Peace Soldier in War... A Bibliographic Survey of the Army and Air National Guard

(Washington, DC: Headquarters, Department of the Army, 1967). 1967). (Washington, DC: Headquarters, Department of the Army, 1967). 1967). Good. - Quarto, printed wraps. Soiled with the edges darkened. 192 pp. with folding map & charts. Page edges slightly darkened. Good. Good .

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Book number: 23982

Catalogue: Military

Keywords: MILITARY; NATIONAL GUARD; ARMY; AIR FORCE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; REFERENCE; MAPS; CHARTS. (Military). (National Guard). CIVILIAN IN PEACE SOLDIER IN WAR...A Bibliographic Survey of the Army and Air National Guard.