Beston, Henry

As Apropos Today As It Was in 1946. Personal Greeting by Henry Beston

Hingham, Massachusetts, Henry Beston, 1946. Original autographed New Year's greeting and stamped envelope. Written, signed and addressed by Henry Beston to his long-time friend and photographer, Clayton Smith of Windsor, Ontario, Canada. On spending the holidays with his in-laws, away from Chimney Farm, he writes "Nobody could be more kind but oh! how I long for my own woodpile and my own hearth fire!". The naturalist's frustration with the state of the world and his love of the natural order foreshadows today's climate change concerns: "ALL OF US WHO LOVE AND HONOR THE EARTH MUST CLOSE RANKS NOW AND FIGHT TO THE LAST WALL. THE DESTRUCTIONISTS SHALL NOT HAVE OUR LOVELY AND MYSTERIOUS EARTH!" Attention admirers and collectors of Henry Beston and Elizabeth Coatsworth: Many more unique items from TBCL's private Beston Collection are now available. Please contact us to find out more. HENRY BESTON was an American writer and naturalist, and is considered one of the fathers of the modern environmental movement. His now classic observations of Cape Cod are captured in his classic, The Outermost House, written after Beston spent what he called "a year of life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod", and has been called one of the motivating factors behind the establishment of the Cape Cod National Seashore. Author Rachel Carson said that Beston was the only author who ever influenced her writing. Beston married writer Elizabeth Coatsworth in 1929. .

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Beston, Henry

Carved by the Last of the Ship's Figurehead Carvers" - "Merry Christmas & Happy New Year from the Farmer of Chimney Farm.

Hingham, Massachusetts, Henry Beston, 1944. Original autographed postcard, two (2) page letter and stamped envelope. Written, signed and addressed by Henry Beston to his long-time friend and photographer, Clayton Smith of Windsor, Ontario, Canada. The postcard features a photograph of the porch at Chimney Farm, along with the personal message. Beston's letter waxes poetic about the farm, "I am happiest with my own northerners, the deep snowfalls, the beauty of the burning nights, and the blessed silence of the farming land, that vast silence which is a pool of so many lesser silences." which he misses while spending the holiday in Massachusetts. But he is a victim of the times .. "Our good faithful farm lad, too, is in the midst of this terrible business on the western front, and the farm chores can take about every minute of one's time. So I am suburbanite, and a d-d bad one!" Attention admirers and collectors of Henry Beston and Elizabeth Coatsworth: Many more unique items from TBCL's private Beston Collection are now available. Please contact us to find out more. ------------------------------------- HENRY BESTON was an American writer and naturalist, and is considered one of the fathers of the modern environmental movement. His now classic observations of Cape Cod are captured in his classic, The Outermost House, written after Beston spent what he called "a year of life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod", and has been called one of the motivating factors behind the establishment of the Cape Cod National Seashore. Author Rachel Carson said that Beston was the only author who ever influenced her writing. Beston married writer Elizabeth Coatsworth in 1929. .

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Beston, Henry

Christmas Greetings During the Time of the Vietnam War. Signed Letter "How Nice to Feel a Friend's Hand Outstretched to One Across a World Full of Rockets and Violence!

Nobleboro, Maine, Henry Beston, 1958. Original autographed greeting card, note on Chimney Farm letterhead and stamped envelope. Written, signed and addressed by Henry Beston to his long-time friend and photographer, Clayton Smith of Windsor, Ontario, Canada. The greeting card features a Guinea Deer woodcut by Thomas Bewick and is signed "Henry and Betty" by Henry Beston. His letter decries the violence of the Vietnam war, and .. proudly proclaims his four grandchildren in California. His penmanship appears fragile, but his turn of phrase ever poetic. Attention admirers and collectors of Henry Beston and Elizabeth Coatsworth: Many more unique items from TBCL's private Beston Collection are now available. Please contact us to find out more. ------------------------------------- HENRY BESTON was an American writer and naturalist, and is considered one of the fathers of the modern environmental movement. His now classic observations of Cape Cod are captured in his classic, The Outermost House, written after Beston spent what he called "a year of life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod", and has been called one of the motivating factors behind the establishment of the Cape Cod National Seashore. Author Rachel Carson said that Beston was the only author who ever influenced her writing. Beston married writer Elizabeth Coatsworth in 1929. [22-33017]. .

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[Beston, Henry], MacDonald, Thoreau, illustrator

A Compelling Collaboration of Two Naturalists in Celebration of the Holiday Season. "with Warm Good Wishes from Chimney Farm in Maine.

NORTHERN FARM, MAINE, Beston, Henry, 1948. Original autographed, stamped Christmas postcard. Illustration from Henry Beston's NORTHERN FARM; A CHRONICAL OF MAINE. MacDonald Thoreau. Original autographed, stamped Christmas postcard. Illustration from Henry Beston's NORTHERN FARM; A CHRONICAL OF MAINE. Published in 1948, NORTHERN FARM featured cover and chapter illustrations by renowned Canadian artist, Thoreau MacDonald. This illustration appears on page 57 as the introduction to chapter XI as can be seen on the attached image from the book. The "Book" is not included. This card is personally addressed to long-time friend and photographer Clayton Smith "With Merry Christmas, too, to house and household! Henry and Elizabeth Beston". Postmarked from Chimney Farm in Nobleboro, Maine. While undated, likely 1952 (based upon postage stamp). ---------------------- This is a compelling collaboration of two naturalists in celebration of the holiday season. HENRY BESTON was an American writer and naturalist, and is considered one of the fathers of the modern environmental movement. His now classic observations of Cape Cod are captured in his classic, THE OUTERMOST HOUSE, written after Beston spent what he called "a year of life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod", and has been called one of the motivating factors behind the establishment of the Cape Cod National Seashore. Author Rachel Carson said that Beston was the only author who ever influenced her writing. Canadian artist THOREAU MACDONALD was also considered a designer, calligrapher, writer, publisher, farmer, naturalist, nature lover and conservationist. Thoreau MacDonald was self-taught but worked with his father, Group of Seven member J.E.H. MacDonald. Colour blindness forced him to work mainly in black and white. Thoreau MacDonald contributed illustrations to some 150 journals, novels and books of poetry, and he was a founding member of the Canadian Group of Painters. His graphic work and paintings can be found in many important public and private collections, including the McMichael Collection, the Art Gallery of Ontario, Hart House at the University of Toronto and the National Gallery of Canada. Ill.: MacDonald Thoreau.

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Beston, Henry

Five Bears and Miranda. Inscribed

New York, The MacMillan Company, 1939. 1st Edition. Frank Dobias. 1st Edition. Signed By Author. First Edition beautifully Inscribed by Henry Beston on the front free endpaper. "Dear Lindsay - this book was written by a friend of your father's who likes bears. Merry Christmas! Henry Beston" Square 8vo. Unpaginated. 64 pp. A near fine copy of this timeless Henry Beston children's classic featuring five bears as precocious as Michael Bond's Paddington Bear and A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh in blue cloth, brown titles and decorations in a bright, fresh illustrated dustwrapper with some light use. Wonderful illustrations by Frank Dobias. Ill.: Frank Dobias.

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Beston, Henry

Northern Farm. A Chronicle of Maine. Inscribed and Signed. A Well Loved Edition

New York, Rinehart, (1948), 1948. First Edition. First Edition. Signed by Author Henry Beston. Beston, Henry. NORTHERN FARM. A CHRONICLE OF MAINE. Signed. New York: Rinehart, (1948). First Edition Inscribed by Henry Beston to his long-time friend and photographer, Clayton Smith of Windsor, Ontario, Canada on the front free endpaper. "For Clayton Smith, Esq. with the warm good wishes of his friend the Northern Farmer..Henry Beston." A very good copy in emerald cloth with some minor imperfections as can be seen on the photos, silver titles to the spine in a bright, fresh pictorial dustwrapper with some chips on the header as per the photo. Dustwrapper and interior illustrations by Thoreau MacDonald. 8vo. 246 pp. A chronicle of a year in the life of Henry Beston's Maine farm written with the same intuitive elegance as his now classic, The Outermost House. .

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Book number: 33135

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Beston, Henry

The Outermost House. A Year of Life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod. Inscribed

New York, Doubleday Doran, 1928. First Edition. First Edition. Signed by Author. Beston, Henry. THE OUTERMOST HOUSE. A Year Of Life On The Great Beach Of Cape Cod. Presentation Copy. New York: Doubleday Doran, 1928. First Edition, neatly Inscribed by Henry Beston on the front free endpaper. "Inscribed for Frederick E. Tupper Esq. with the best wishes of his old friend and neighbour, Henry Beston". Additionally with the dedicatee's later neat gift inscription, 'a different book for my good friend Frank G. Duffy with kind regards from Frederick E. Tupper, April 1936'. A very good copy in blue cloth, (off-setting to the front and rear pastedowns likely from old newsprint paper clippings, tear to front hinge expertly closed, gilt titles, the spine faded as is usual). Illustrated with 31 original photographs by William A. Bradford, A.C. Bent, G.A. Whiting, D.B. MacMillan and others. 8vo. 222 pp. A very nice example of Henry Beston's now classic observations of Cape Cod in the tradition of Henry David Thoreau. .

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Beston, Henry

A Rare Find - from Tbcl's Private Beston Collection. Early 1929 Drawing and Personal Greeting by Henry Beston!

Hingham, Massachusetts, Beston, Henry, 1929. Signed by Author. Original illustration, New Year's greeting and autograph, dated the year following the 1928 publication of his landmark book, THE OUTERMOST HOUSE. Beston sketched his beloved Fo'castle on the Cape Cod shoreline, and wrote .."SHIP AHOY! A RISING TIDE AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO BOB AND FLORENCE AND BOBBY JR. FROM THEIR OLD FRIEND OF THE OUTERMOST PALAZZO. - HENRY. NEW YEARS 1929." Henry Beston donated Fo'castle to the Audubon Society in 1959. In 1964, Beston returned one last time to dedicate Fo'castle as a National Literary Landmark. The dedication plaque reads: "WHEREIN HE SOUGHT THE GREAT TRUTH AND FOUND IT IN THE NATURE OF MAN." He urged young visitors to the site to keep a reverence for nature in their hearts. The house was washed away by a hurricane in February 1978, but pilgrims still come each year to see the place where it stood.  Attention admirers and collectors of Henry Beston and Elizabeth Coatsworth: Many more unique items from TBCL's private Beston Collection are now available. Please contact us to find out more. HENRY BESTON was an American writer and naturalist, and is considered one of the fathers of the modern environmental movement. His now classic observations of Cape Cod are captured in his classic, The Outermost House, written after Beston spent what he called "a year of life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod", and has been called one of the motivating factors behind the establishment of the Cape Cod National Seashore. Author Rachel Carson said that Beston was the only author who ever influenced her writing. Beston married writer Elizabeth Coatsworth in 1929. .

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Bing, Samuel

Collection S. Bing. Objets D'Art Et Peintures Du Japon Et de la Chine. 6 Magnificent Volumes Complete / Portfolio

Paris, Durand-Ruel, 1906. First Edition. First Edition. Bing, Samuel. COLLECTION S. BING. Objets d'art et peintures du Japon et de la Chine. 6 Magnificent Volumes Complete / Portfolio. Paris: Durand-Ruel, 1906. Folio. In French. A fine exceptional example. Plates sharp & crisp with tissue guards present. Very Scarce. Catalogue de vente in folio comportant les six chemises/ Netsuke: 1- sculptures (32) et masques de nô (13), 2- laques (74), inrô (17) et peignes (18), 3 - céramiques (Chine, Corée et Japon, 333), 4 - bronzes et armes (Chine et Japon, dont tsuba (47)), 5 - netsuke (77), étuis de pipes (4), éventails et étoffes, 6 - peintures (138). One of the finest sale calalogues / publications in the field & in remarkable condition after over 100 years. $2800. .

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Bonnard, Pierre. [1867 - 1947]. French Painter & Lithographer

Excellent 1937 Als to Monsieur Walter

Paris, Bonnard, 1837. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Signed by Author. Bonnard, Pierre. [1867 - 1947]. French Painter & Lithographer. 1937 ALS To Monsieur Walter. 1 page, April 11th, 1937. Good content -the artist at work. Trans. "I sent you the cylinder today and you will probably receive it at the same time as this letter. I forgot the final corrected proof. I am including it here. I have a few corrections that I indicated. Generally speaking, the reproduction is more yellowish and heavy than the original, but the ratios remain and thats what's important. My corrections are fragments and I think easy to do." "The engraving made after my gouache of a workshop can be sent to print. Subject to my corrections showed on the proof." In very good condition, the page was three hole punched with 2 distint tears, a very interesting letter to his print maker. Orig. "Monsieur Walter / Je vous ai envoyé le rouleau aujourd'hui et vous l'aurez probablement en même temps que cette lettre. J'ai oublié le bon à tirer. Je le mets ici. Je vous réserve des quelques corrections que j'indique. En général, la reproduction est plus jaunâtre et lourde que l'original mais les rapports sont conservés et cest le principal. Ma correction est fragmentaire et je pense facile à réaliser. / Croyez Mr. en ma considération / Bonnard / Le 11 avril 37 / Bon à tirer pour la gravure fait d'après ma gouache représentant un atelier. Sous réserve de la correction indiquée sur l'épreuve. / Bonnard". Original Autographed Letters & Documents. .

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Borland, Hal

Twelve Moons of the Year with 2 Signed Note Cards, Envelope and Letter by Hal Borland

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1979. First edition 1979 Alfred A.Knopf. A near-fine copy by Hal Borland of TWELVE MOONS OF THE YEAR in a near-fine jacket unclipped with the woodcuts by James Grashaw in the original black cloth and beige boards with gold stamping on the spine. Dust jacket has some wear and slight tear on top left front and protected in mylar protector. Included are 2 note cards inside an envelope and one letter from his Connecticut farm in1973, signed and addressed by Hal Borland to his friend Ruth Tinker discussing gardening, the environment and cooking. A few excerpts: "Thanks for your thoughtful letter about the environmental problems and the stuff we eat. The farther we get from the land, the worse off we are. But try to tell those who are in charge! "Get away from the land! You are underprivileged there!" And such rot.But as you say, even the birds turn beggar after being hand-fed long enough. Maybe we don't deserve more than what we've got." "Dear Ruth Tinker! Thanks for your good letter. have the Scully book, and several others on weeds, wild plants and edibles, but not the Fernald-Kinsey, though those names ring very familiar I must have something by them, individually. Anyway. We had some top-bunching onions, given to us by my mother in Colorado, but they died out. Winter killed, we thought. And we had a small stand of Jerusalem artichokes, which also died out -- I didn't know they could die out, or even be killed out. Anyway, we would be grateful for a few of each, if you can spare them, and whenever. Incidentally, we have used Jerusalem artichokes in place of water chestnuts in Chinese food. Work splendidly. One other thing -- don't try to peel Jerusalem artichokes. Boil them first, and the skins slip off easily." A beautiful small archive from the New York Times writer/naturalist. .

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Book number: 33541

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Bradshaw, Tony

A Bloomsbury Canvas. Reflections on the Bloomsbury Group. Inscribed by Tony Bradshaw

Hampshire: Lund Humphries, (2001). 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition Signed by Tony Bradshaw on the title-page. A pristine copy in the publisher's grey cloth covered boards, stamped silver on the spine in a fine pictorial dustwrapper depicting Duncan Grant's, Matisse Poster (1971) on the front panel an d Duncan Grant's painting, Vanessa Bell Painting At Charleston (1918) on the back panel. 4to. 111 pp. A sumptuous production indeed with stunning colour plates of paintings, drawings and decorations representative of Bloomsbury Group artists intersp ersed with moving portraits of Bloomsbury members by Angelica Garnett, Julian Bell, Anne Olivier Bell, Quentin Bell, Nigel Nicolson, Tony Bradshaw, Frances Partridge, Bloomsbury art historian, Richard Shone and Bloomsbury biographers, Jane Hill, Her mione Lee, Frances Spalding and S. P. Rosenbaum. /Dust Jacket Included.

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Brenan, Gerald

The Face of Spain. Signed

London, Turnstile Press, 1950, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. First Edition Inscribed by Gerald Brenan on the front free endpaper. "Isobel Henderson/from Gerald Brenan/"with admiration and appreciation" written in Spanish. 8vo. 268 pp. Black and white photographs throughout. A near fine copy in red cloth, gilt titles to the spine oxidized in a bright, fresh pictorial dustwrapper. Brenan and his wife, American poet Gamel Woolsey returned to Spain in 1949 thirteeen years after the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. An exceptional account of Brenan's return to Spain gleaned from his daily journals while travelling in Spain. "A brilliant interpreter of Spain to the rest of the world". The Times. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Brockhaus, Albert

Netsuke

Leipzig, F. A. Brockhaus, 1909. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. NETSUKE. Versuch einer Geschichte der japanischen Schnitzkunst. Second Improved Edition. [First edition published in 1905]. Thick 4to. Gilt stamped, decorated & lettered mottled grey calf with a bit of rubbing at the spine & tips. Some rubbing on the inside marble boards. TEG. 482pp. with numerous black & white illustrations throughout. 53 full page colour illustrations - each [one] majestic example, centred on a single page of high quality paper stock, the impressions very crisp with striking colour definition. All printed 53 tissue guards present & in excellent condition. The pages bright & free of blemish. A striking example of this Cornerstone Volume of Netsuke. NUC locates 5 copies. .

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Book number: 33452

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De Brunhoff, Laurent

Babar's World Tour. Signed

New York: Harry Abrams, (2005). 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Signed by Author(s). From TBCL's Children's Bookcase. First Edition Signed by De Brunhoff to the title-page of this classic, starring one of the most beloved pachyderms in children's literature. 4to. 44 pp. Unpaginated. Special foldout poster at the rear. Accompanied by exuberant colour illustrations, Babar takes armchair travelers of all ages on a whirlwind tour of Italy, Germany, Russia, Japan, Thailand, Peru, Mexico, Egypt, Antarctica and other fabulous locales. TBCL. .

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