AUDSLEY, GEORGE ASHDOWN

The Art of Organ-Building (Two Volume Set) a Comprehensive Historical, Theoretical, and Practical Treatise on the Tonal Appointment and Mechanical Construction of Concert-Room, Church, and Chamber Organs

New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company, 1905. Limited Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This edition limited to 250 numbered copies signed by the author. This is copy 109. The two volume set is in Near Fine condition and was issued without dust jackets. The volumes are half vellum with green cloth and gilt lettering and decorations to the spines of the books. The text pages are clean and bright. There are previous owner's bookplates on both front pastedown pages. T. E. G. (Top Edge Gilt) Foredges and bottom edges of the text block are untrimmed. The spines of the books have some ground-in dirt. "Audsley's interest in the pipe organ was largely sparked by early experiences hearing W. T. Best at St. George's Hall, Liverpool. Audsley wrote numerous magazine articles on the organ, and as early as the 1880s was envisioning huge instruments with numerous divisions each under separate expression, in imitation of the symphony orchestra. The Los Angeles Art Organ Co. (successors to the Murray M. Harris Organ Company) had Audsley design the world's largest organ they were building for the St. Louis Exposition of 1904, and included him on the paid staff. This instrument was produced just as his book on The Art of Organ-Building was being published This great pipe organ eventually was purchased for the John Wanamaker Store in Philadelphia, PA, where it is today known as the Wanamaker Organ. In 1905, Audsley published the monumental two-volume The Art of Organ Building as an attempt to position himself as the pre-eminent organ designer in the US. The lavish work includes numerous superb drawings done by Audsley and is still consulted today although organ fashions have evolved in many directions in the ever-fluid, passion-driven world of music. He was an early advocate of console standardization and radiating concave pedal keyboards to accommodate the natural movement of human legs. Unfortunately, his plan to develop the profession of "organ architect" as a consultant to work in consultation with major builders in achieving a high-art product was short-lived." (from Wikipedia) Due to the extreme weight of this book, postage will have to be determined at time of ordering. ; Signed by Author. Near Fine .

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Book number: 42525

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: Music Limited Editions George Ashdown Audsley Organs Organ Building Architecture Signed Edition

AUEL, JEAN M. (JEAN MARIE UNTINEN)

The Clan of the Cave Bear Earth's Children

New York, NY: Crown Publishers, Inc, 1980. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0517542021. Illustrated by Hiroko. Cover Art; SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by the author on the half title page. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean, with the exception of some very beginning wear to the spine spine ends. "In 1977, Auel began extensive library research of the Ice Age for her first book. She joined a survival class to learn how to construct an ice cave, and learned primitive methods of making fire, tanning leather, and knapping stone from the aboriginal skills expert Jim Riggs. The Clan of the Cave Bear was nominated for numerous literary awards, including an American Booksellers Association nomination for best first novel. It was also later adapted into a screenplay for the film of the same name. After the sales success of her first book, Auel has been able to travel to the sites of prehistoric ruins and relics, and also to meet many of the experts with whom she had been corresponding. Her research has taken her across Europe from France to Ukraine, including most of what Marija Gimbutas called Old Europe. In 1986, she attended and co-sponsored a conference on modern human origins at the School of American Research, Santa Fe. She has developed a close friendship with Doctor Jean Clottes of France, who was responsible for the exploration of the Cosquer Cave discovered in 1985 and the Chauvet Cave discovered in 1994. " (from Wikipedia) ; Signed by Author. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 45953

Catalogue: Science Fiction and Fantasy

Keywords: 0517542021 Science Fiction And Fantasy Jean M. Auel Ice Age Hiroko Pre-historic Europe Neanderthals Cro-magnon Signed Edition

AUEL, JEAN M.

The Mammoth Hunters

New York: Crown Publishers, 1985. 1st Trade Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0340349344. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "In 1977, Auel began extensive library research of the Ice Age for her first book. She joined a survival class to learn how to construct an ice cave, and learned primitive methods of making fire, tanning leather, and knapping stone from the aboriginal skills expert Jim Riggs. The Clan of the Cave Bear was nominated for numerous literary awards, including an American Booksellers Association nomination for best first novel. It was also later adapted into a screenplay for the film of the same name. After the sales success of her first book, Auel has been able to travel to the sites of prehistoric ruins and relics, and also to meet many of the experts with whom she had been corresponding. Her research has taken her across Europe from France to Ukraine, including most of what Marija Gimbutas called Old Europe. In 1986, she attended and co-sponsored a conference on modern human origins at the School of American Research, Santa Fe. She has developed a close friendship with Doctor Jean Clottes of France, who was responsible for the exploration of the Cosquer Cave discovered in 1985 and the Chauvet Cave discovered in 1994. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 39252

Catalogue: Modern Fiction First Editions

Keywords: 0340349344 Modern Fiction First Edition Jean M. Auel Earth's Children Series Prehistory Prehistoric America Modern Fiction Firsts

D'AULAIRE, INGRI & EDGAR PARIN

Book of Greek Myths

New York: Doubleday & Company, 1962. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Ingri & Edgar Parin D'Aulaire. B&W and Color Illustrations; Stated First Edition. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Good dust jacket. The book covers are generally clean and bright, but there is a strip of ground-in dirt to both front and rear bottom panel edges. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has sevearl edge tears, nicks, spots of rubbing, one medium sized chip to the top rear panel and one chip to the bottom rear spine joint. There is some black residue to the very edges of the dust jacket (likely from an old dust jacket cover that used a dark tinted glue). "Ingri d'Aulaire (December 27, 1904 – October 24, 1980) and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire (September 30, 1898 – May 1, 1986) were American writers and illustrators of children's books who worked primarily as a team, completing almost all of their well-known works together. The couple immigrated to the United States from Europe and worked on books that focused on history such as Abraham Lincoln, which won the 1940 Caldecott Medal. They were part of the group of immigrant artists composed of Feodor Rojankovsky, Roger Duvoisin, Ludwig Bemelmans, Miska Petersham and Tibor Gergely, who helped shape the Golden Age of picture books in mid-twentieth-century America." (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 45905

Catalogue: Young Adult

Keywords: Youth Fiction Illustrated Ingri & Edgar Parin D'Aulaire Ingri D'Aulaire Edgar Parin D'Aulaire Greek Gods Greece Myths & Legends

AULT, PHIL

This Is the Desert the Story of America's Arid Region

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1959. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Leonard Everett Fisher. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The price clipped dust jacket has noticeable toning to the spine and top edge of the front panel. There are a couple of small edge nicks and tears along with one small triangular chip from the top rear panel. The dust jacket front flap has a small inked price from a previous owner. "Leonard Everett Fisher (born June 24, 1924) is an American artist best known for illustrating children's books. Since 1955 he has illustrated about 250 books for younger readers including about 88 that he also wrote. Fisher was born in the Bronx borough of New York City in 1924. Raised in the Sea Gate section of Brooklyn, he began his formal art training with his Brooklyn-born father, Benjamin M. Fisher, a designer of naval vessels, who contributed to the construction of Simon Lake submarines in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and such US Navy fighting ships as the USS Arizona, USS Honolulu, and the USS North Carolina" -- all designed, built, and commissioned at the Brooklyn, New York Navy Yard (1913-1937).". Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 35253

Catalogue: Western Americana

Keywords: Western Americana

AURAND, JR., AMMON MONROE

Little Known Facts About the Amish and the Mennonites a Study of the Social Customs and Habits of Pennsylvania's Plain People

Harrisburg, PA: Aurand Press, 1939. Trade Edition. Pamphlet. This is a trade sized pamphlet with cardstock covers and a stapled binding. This pamphlet is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The pamphlet and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is a vertical crease to the entire pamphlet (it appears the pamphlet was folded and stuck in a back pocket). There is some toning to the spine joints and corners of the covers along with some light ground-in dirt to the covers as well. The text pages are clean and bright. "Isn't it true that the average person likes to know something odd or curious about the other fellow, while assuming that there is little or nothing odd about himself? Isn't it true that neither the Red Man, nor the Black, nor any other in America, present social studies as interesting or entertaining as the Germans settled in Pennsylvania - so-called Pennsylvania Dutch...". Very Good .

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Book number: 31008

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: Religion Ammon Monroe Aurand Jr. Amish Mennonite communities Communities Pennsylvania Dutch Plain people Religion

AUSTER, PAUL

Sunset Park a Novel

New York, NY: Henry Holt and Co, 2010. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0805092862. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Following his acclaimed debut work, a memoir titled The Invention of Solitude, Auster gained renown for a series of three loosely connected stories published collectively as The New York Trilogy. Although these books allude to the detective genre, they are not conventional detective stories organized around a mystery and a series of clues. Rather, he uses the detective form to address existential questions of identity, space, language, and literature creating his own distinctively postmodern (and critique of postmodernist) form in the process. According to Auster, "...the Trilogy grows directly out of The Invention of Solitude." " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 45912

Catalogue: Modern Fiction First Edition

Keywords: 0805092862 Modern Fiction First Edition Paul Auster Brooklyn , NY 2008 Economic Collapse

AUSTIN, MARY

Isidro

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1905. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Eric Pape. Color Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some light wear, rubbing and nicking to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. There is some beginning fraying to the spine ends and corners and some rubbing to the front and rear panels. The spine of the book cover has some darkening / toning. The text pages are clean and bright. The front and rear free pages have heavy toning. "Mary Hunter Austin (September 9, 1868 – August 13, 1934) was an American writer. One of the early nature writers of the American Southwest, her classic The Land of Little Rain (1903) describes the fauna, flora and people – as well as evoking the mysticism and spirituality – of the region between the High Sierra and the Mojave Desert of southern California. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good .

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Book number: 42271

Catalogue: Modern Fiction First Editions

Keywords: Modern Fiction First Edition Mary Austin Western Americana Californiana Spanish America

AUSTIN, MARY

Isidro

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1905. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Eric Pape. Color Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some light wear, rubbing and nicking to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. There is some beginning fraying to the spine ends and corners and some rubbing to the front and rear panels. The text pages are clean and bright. The front and rear free pages have heavy toning. "Mary Hunter Austin (September 9, 1868 – August 13, 1934) was an American writer. One of the early nature writers of the American Southwest, her classic The Land of Little Rain (1903) describes the fauna, flora and people – as well as evoking the mysticism and spirituality – of the region between the High Sierra and the Mojave Desert of southern California. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .

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Book number: 47004

Catalogue: Modern Fiction First Editions

Keywords: Modern Fiction First Edition Mary Austin Western Americana Californiana Spanish America Eric Pape

AUSTIN, MARY

The Man Jesus Being a Brief Account of the Life and Teaching of the Prophet of Nazareth

New York, NY: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1915. Early printing. Hardcover. Early printing with code B-Q on the copyright page. This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some beginning rubbing and wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. There is one smallish spot of discoloration to the to the front spine joint. The text pages are clean and bright. "Mary Hunter Austin (September 9, 1868 – August 13, 1934) was an American writer. One of the early nature writers of the American Southwest, her classic The Land of Little Rain (1903) describes the fauna, flora and people – as well as evoking the mysticism and spirituality – of the region between the High Sierra and the Mojave Desert of southern California." "She moved to the art colony at Carmel-by-the-Sea, California about 1907. There Austin was part of the cultural circle that included: Jack London, Ambrose Bierce, Harry Leon Wilson, George Sterling, Nora May French, Arnold Genthe, James Hopper, Alice MacGowan, Gelett Burgess, Sinclair Lewis, and Xavier Martinez. She was one of the founders of the local Forest Theater, where in 1913 she premiered and directed her three-act play Fire. Austin was reportedly involved in all aspects of Carmel’s Bohemian society, which included contributing an essay to the village magazine in 1909 as well as unencumbered sexual and “homoerotic attachments. ” In July 1914 she joined William Merritt Chase, the distinguished New York painter who was teaching his last summer class in Carmel, at several society “teas” and privately in his studio, where he finished her portrait. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .

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Book number: 44911

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: Religion Mary Austin Metaphysics Esoteric Biography Jesus

SCOUT ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA

Targets and Challenges and Personal Record Book

Alexandria, Nsw, Australia: Scout Association of Australia, 1973. 2nd Edition; 1st Printing. Booklet. This is a small format booklet (4" x 5") with heavy cardstock covers and a side stapled spine. The book cover has noticeable generalized toning to the white portions. The text pages are clean and bright. This copy has not been used by a former owner.. Very Good .

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Book number: 46926

Catalogue: Boy Scouts

Keywords: Boy Scouts Scout Association Of Australia Australian Scouts Handbook Personal Record Book

AUTHOR, UNKNOWN

Explorer Manual, 1955 Revision

New Brunswick, NJ: Boy Scouts of America, 1955. Revised Edition. Paperback. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and wear. The text pages are clean and bright.. Very Good .

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Book number: 47760

Catalogue: Boy Scouts

Keywords: Boy Scouts Boy Scouts Of America Explorer Scouting

AUTHOR, NO

The Sunbonnet Twins Painting and Drawing Book. Fun and Instruction for Little Folks.

New York, NY: Cupples & Leon Company, 1917. Trade Edition. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. This is an original Sunbonnet Twins painting book. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some rubbing, bumping and wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean, but a number of the pages have been colored in / painted in. There is a previous owner's name and date inked on the front inside cover. (Dated 1927) "Sunbonnet Babies were created by Bertha Corbett Melcher (1872–1950). Melcher was born in Denver and moved with her family to Minneapolis in the 1880s. Melcher attended art school in Minneapolis with plans to become a commercial artist. She may have also studied with Howard Pyle. By the 1920s, Melcher had moved to Topanga, California. Melcher started drawing the Sunbonnet Babies in 1897. The origin of the signature style of the faces being covered by sunbonnets is contested by different members of Melcher's family and by Melcher herself. In an interview, Melcher's brother said their mother suggested Bertha avoid the difficulty of drawing faces by covering them with sunbonnets. Melcher herself said that covering faces allowed her to communicate with body position. Melcher has also said that the design came about in "answer to a friend’s challenge to convey emotion without a face." " (from Wikipedia). Very Good- .

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Book number: 47313

Catalogue: Young Adult

Keywords: Young Adult Cupples & Leon Company Art Drawing Book Painting Book

AUTHORS, VARIOUS & GEORGE R. R. MARTIN (EDITOR)

Aces High

New York: Bantam Spectra, 1987. 5th Printing. Paperback. ISBN: 0553264648. Mass Market PB. This is a mass market paperback book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is some light rubbing and edge wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The spine of the book has a couple oflight creases. The text pages are clean and bright, but there is a bit of generalized toning.. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 43264

Catalogue: Science Fiction and Fantasy

Keywords: 0553264648 Science Fiction And Fantasy George R. R. Martin Wild Cards Series Short Stories

VARIOUS AUTHORS (KURZ & ALLISON)

Battles of the CIVIL War - a Pictorial Presentation 1861 - 1865

Little Rock, AR: Pioneer Press - Civil War Publications, Inc, 1960. 1st Trade Edition; 1st Printing. Spiral bound. Illustrated by Kurz and Allison. Color Illustrations; First Trade Edition. This is an oversized Book (Oblong, spiral binding - elephant folio - approx. 18" x 26") The book covers are heavy cardstock with a spiral binding. The book is in Near Fine condition and comes with a very large cardboard case in Very Good condition. The case has several spots of discoloration and fading, along with several small punctures to the top cardboard cover. The book contains 36 full color plates (lithographs) , each having a partial page of description preceding the illustration, of battle scenes reproduced from original chromolithos by Kurz and Allison. "In 1880, Kurz joined with Alexander Allison to form the firm of Kurz & Allison. Notable works include the series of chromolithographs of Battles of the Civil War produced between 1883 and 1894. It is unclear when their partnership dissolved; the latest-known prints with the Kurz & Allison credit line date from 1907; Kurz continued to produce prints with only his name up until 1911." (from American Historical Prints Society).. Near Fine .

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Book number: 43274

Catalogue: CIVIL War

Keywords: Civil War Kurz & Allison Civil War Lithographs Pioneer Press Art Illustrations