![[MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS CATALOGUE]. Le Musee du Conservatoire National de Musique. Catalogue raisonne des Instruments de cette collection](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/623/051/919051623.0.l.2.jpg)
[MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS CATALOGUE]. Le Musee du Conservatoire National de Musique. Catalogue raisonne des Instruments de cette collection
by Chouquet, Gustave
Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1875. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Large 8vo. ix, [3], 145 pp. Bound in contemporary French half calf over comb-marbled boards, comb-marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges (minor wear along extremities; lower left corner of front cover a little scraped). ¶ Presentation copy from the author to M. Anatole Gruger ("hommage cordial de l'auteur"). This is the catalogue of the Musee du Conservatoire National de Musique, which describes an extraordinary array of musical instruments, including Paganini instruments, and... Read More
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![[INCUNABULA REFERENCE]. Aldus Manutius: A Legacy More Lasting than Bronze](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/060/048/1330048060.0.l.0.jpg)
[INCUNABULA REFERENCE]. Aldus Manutius: A Legacy More Lasting than Bronze
by Clemons, G. Scott and H. George Fletcher
New York: The Grolier Club, 2015. First Edition. Very good. Large 4to (285 x 210 mm). 351, [1] pp. Title-page printed in red and black, frontispiece portrait of Aldus Manutius. 141 works described, each with one or more accompanying illustrations in color. Original green cloth (trifle shelf-wear), Aldine dolphin and anchor on front cover printed in gold. Edition limited to 500 copies, now scarce in commerce. The indespensable monograph which accompanied the sensational exhibition "Aldus Manutius: A Legacy... Read More
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![[MEDICAL EPHENERA]. Eureka Cough Tablets. Will Cure Coughs, Colds, Sore Throat, Whooping Cough, Croup, Asthma [...]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/643/727/1167727643.0.l.3.jpg)
[MEDICAL EPHENERA]. Eureka Cough Tablets. Will Cure Coughs, Colds, Sore Throat, Whooping Cough, Croup, Asthma [...]
by [Ephemera]. Eureka Medical Co
South Bend, Indiana. Trade card, printed on blue paper on one side. With original mailing envelope. "This remedy also purifies the blood and cleanses and renovates the entire system, curing eruptions of the skin and pimples of the face.
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![[THE MOST IMPORTANT BIBLIOGRAPHY OF COSTUME]. Bibliographie generale du Costume et de la Mode](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/176/333/797333176.0.l.3.jpg)
[THE MOST IMPORTANT BIBLIOGRAPHY OF COSTUME]. Bibliographie generale du Costume et de la Mode
by COLAS, Rene
Paris: Librairie Rene Colas, 1933. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Very good. Two volumes (COMPLETE) bound in one. [viii] pp., 1412 cols., colonne 1412 (numeraz. continuata), 70 pp. (Table methodique) + iv pp. (Index to the Table). Bound for Martin Breslauer in contemporary German maroon half calf over maroon cloth, all original wrappers bound in (spine sunned and faded to chestnut brown), t.e.g., others untrimmed. Internally FINE. Beautiful Copy of the First Edition, limited to 1000 numbered copies (this one... Read More
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![[INCUNABULA REFERENCE / SWEDEN]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/668/273/1615273668.0.l.0.jpg)
[INCUNABULA REFERENCE / SWEDEN]
by Collijn, Isak (Gustav Alfred)
Uppsala and Leipzig: Alquist & Wiksell, 1907. First Edition. Very good. Small thick folio. 38 ff., 507, [1] pp. Original wrappers (somewhat worn, spine darkened), edges completely uncut (a few gatherings opened, in some instances hastily). IMPORTANT CATALOGUE OF THE INCUNABULA IN THE UPPSALA UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, with many detailed collations and extensive provenance information (with a separate provenance index!) ¶ From the famed bibliographical library of B.H. Breslauer, godson of Isak Collijn. With Breslauer's inventory on... Read More
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![[INCUNABULA REFERENCE / SWEDEN]. Sveriges Bibliografi intill År 1600 (3 vols.) - TOGETHER WITH: Sveriges Bibliografi, 1600-Talet. Bidrag till en bibliografisk Förteckning (1 vol.)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/050/048/1330048050.0.l.0.jpg)
[INCUNABULA REFERENCE / SWEDEN]. Sveriges Bibliografi intill År 1600 (3 vols.) - TOGETHER WITH: Sveriges Bibliografi, 1600-Talet. Bidrag till en bibliografisk Förteckning (1 vol.)
by Collijn, Isak (Gustav Alfred)
Uppsala: Svenska Litteratursällskapet, 1946. Very good. 3 vols., large 8vo. 1 f., 37, 383 pp., 38 plates, 5 folding reproductions (fig. 13, 22, 27, 47, 83, two of them in red and black) unpaged, 87 reproductions, numbered 1-92, many full-page and some in red and black, in the text, plus 5 supplementary illustrations; 1 f., 4, 528 pp., 2 unpaged folding plates (fig. 42 & 170), 188 reproductions in the text, numbered 1-190, some full-page, a few in... Read More
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![[TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY DENTON]. Vintage stereograph photo of Texas State College for Women (Old Main Building)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/318/262/1548262318.0.l.0.jpg)
[TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY DENTON]. Vintage stereograph photo of Texas State College for Women (Old Main Building)
by Keystone View Company
Mendville, PA (etc.): Keystone View Company, 1934. Good. Sterograph (176 x 85 mm), on gray card mount identified as "Tex 45" and "No. 34163." Ink number "9" on upper right corner. Scarce stereograph view "Texas State College for Women" as it became known in 1934 (the name was changed to Texas Woman's University in 1957). The photo depicts the Administrative Building, which is now known as the Old Main Building. The manufacturer, Keystone View Company, was a major... Read More
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![[INCUNABULA REFERENCE]. Incunables](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/183/585/1337585183.0.l.2.jpg)
[INCUNABULA REFERENCE]. Incunables
by Thomas-Scheler (Librairie / Bookseller) - Stephane Clavreuil (compiler)
Paris: Librairie Thomas-Scheler, 1994. First Edition. Very good. Folio. 50 items described and illustrated. Original wrappers. Price-list loosely inserted as issued. An extraordinary catalogue of 50 incunables which includes many great rarities, i.a. the first edition of Homer in Greek (Florence, 1488 -- Doheny copy). The price-list has been annotated by B.H. Breslauer: the published prices total FF 5,743,000 -- not including 9 items Prix Sur Demande which he estimated to be ca. FF 4,500,000 -- and thus... Read More
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![[INCUNABULA REFERENCE]. Index librorum saeculo XVmo impressorum quorum exempla possidet Bibliotheca Regia Hafniensis](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/377/875/1335875377.0.l.0.jpg)
[INCUNABULA REFERENCE]. Index librorum saeculo XVmo impressorum quorum exempla possidet Bibliotheca Regia Hafniensis
by [Copenhagen. Royal Library / Kongelige Bibliotek]. Bolling, Jorgen Andresen (original compiler) / H.O. Lange (preface)
Copenhagen ["Hafniae"]: Libraria Gyldendal, 1901. First Edition. Very good. 8vo. [6], 470 pp. Later neat blue buckram, red morocco lettering piece, top edges gilt, original wrappers bound in (short tear at top of front wrapper). NOT ex-library! Special edition, limited to 100 copies (sic) with a preface by H.O. Lange, of the catalogue of 2,562 incunables preserved in the Royal Library of Denmark, Copenhagen. The entries are listed in Hain order (i.a. alphabetical by author), many of which... Read More
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![[INCUNABULA REFERENCE]. Handlist of a Collection of Incunabula Illustrating the Progress and Development of the Art of Printing Prior to the Year 1500 by Specimens from over Three Hundred Different Presses](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/985/680/1329680985.0.l.0.jpg)
[INCUNABULA REFERENCE]. Handlist of a Collection of Incunabula Illustrating the Progress and Development of the Art of Printing Prior to the Year 1500 by Specimens from over Three Hundred Different Presses
by Copinger, Walter Arthur (owner and compiler)
London: Privately Printed and Not For Circulation, 1898. First Edition. Softcover. Fair. 4to. (28 x 20 cm). viii, 64 pp. Softcover, original paper wrappers (chipped and worn, spine defective), detached from textblock. Rare, privately printed catalogue of a collection of 499 Continental incunables formed by Walter A. Copinger. The catalogue is effectively a vehicle of sale. The collection is now at the Free Library of Philadelphia (Copinger-Widener Collection). It is hardly surprising that our copy is... Read More
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![[NUMISMATICS / CURRENCY REGULATIONS ~ 1680]. Nachdeme einem Wohl-Edlen/ Gestrengen/ Fursichtig: und Hochweisen Rathe dieser Stadt/ grundliche Nachricht eingelauffen/ dass ... verbottene allzuringhaltige/ dieser Tagen eine starcke Anzahl/ nicht bessere Muntzsorten ... unter dess Herrn Augusti Friderich Bischoffen zu Lubeck/ und Hertzogen zu Holstein/ [et]c. wie auch dess Herrn Carl Wilhelms Fursten zu Anhalt ... anhero gebracht worden seyen Decretum in Senatu den 6. Martii An. 1680](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/847/402/1701402847.0.l.0.jpg)
[NUMISMATICS / CURRENCY REGULATIONS ~ 1680]. Nachdeme einem Wohl-Edlen/ Gestrengen/ Fursichtig: und Hochweisen Rathe dieser Stadt/ grundliche Nachricht eingelauffen/ dass ... verbottene allzuringhaltige/ dieser Tagen eine starcke Anzahl/ nicht bessere Muntzsorten ... unter dess Herrn Augusti Friderich Bischoffen zu Lubeck/ und Hertzogen zu Holstein/ [et]c. wie auch dess Herrn Carl Wilhelms Fursten zu Anhalt ... anhero gebracht worden seyen Decretum in Senatu den 6. Martii An. 1680
by [Regensburg City Council?]
[Nurnberg?], 1680. Very good. Broadsheet (315 x 395 mm = 12.5" x 15.5") folded vertically. Fraktur and roman type, with 26 woodcuts of coins (very light toning, outer margins likely trimmed at a later date, small hole in lower blank margin, not effecting text). Preserved in a mylar L-sleeve supported by archival lig-free board. WARNING AGAINST FAKE AND DEBASED CURRENCY BEING BROUGHT INTO GERMANY, ILLUSTRATED WITH 26 WOODCUTS DEPICTING GENUINE COINS. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE COUNTERFEIT COINS... Read More
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![[SCOTTISH RESISTANCE 1682]. A serious expostulation with that party in Scotland, commonly known by the name of Whigs: Wherein is [...] plainly laid open the inconsistency of their practices](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/132/333/797333132.0.l.4.jpg)
[SCOTTISH RESISTANCE 1682]. A serious expostulation with that party in Scotland, commonly known by the name of Whigs: Wherein is [...] plainly laid open the inconsistency of their practices
by Craufurd (a.k.a. Crawfurd), James, fl. 1669-1682
London: Printed by J[ohn] D[arby] for Richard Chiswell, 1682. First Edition. Softcover. Very good. Small quarto. Collation: A-H4 (final verso blank), COMPLETE. Pagination: 63, [1] pp. Recent sympathetic wrappers. Small 19th-century printed booklabel on upper left corner of title-page ("1047"). Unobtrusive blind-stamp of the Theological Institute of Connecticut (now known as the Hartford Seminary) on first and least leaves. NB: in 1976 a collection of more than 200,000 books from the Hartford Seminary Library were sold to Emory... Read More
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![[MEDICINE - 16TH CENTURY SURGICAL ILLUSTRATION]. Della cirugia [...] libri sette: ne' quali si contiene la theorica et la vera prattica](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/667/727/1167727667.0.l.3.jpg)
[MEDICINE - 16TH CENTURY SURGICAL ILLUSTRATION]. Della cirugia [...] libri sette: ne' quali si contiene la theorica et la vera prattica
by Croce, Giovanni Andrea della
Venice: Giordano Ziletti, 1574. First Edition in Italian. Folio. [18] ff., 296 pp. Collation: *8 **6 ***4 A-Z6 AA10, COMPLETE. Ziletti's device on title, 5 large woodcuts showing operations (2 on the battlefield), numerous woodcut illustrations of surgical instruments and heads with incisions, occasional staining or soiling; title with outer corners extended; fol. f5 with marginal infill, gathering AA at end with old ink stain to top margin, extending perhaps 5 mm and not affecting text, N1-2 with old... Read More
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SIX original hand-colored flower prints from Curtis's Botanical Magazine 1840 - each one matted and with accompanying letterpress texts
by Curtis, Samuel
London: For the Proprietor Samuel Curtis, 1840. First Edition. Very good. A quantity of 6 hand-colored engravings, matted, stained at the tape hinges in the upper margins (SEE IMAGES), each print with accompanying descriptive text loosely laid in (some foxing as commonly), pl. 3769 matte with staining to left margin, not affecting print. With defects as described, and priced accordingly. Attractive collection of hand-colored engraved prints from the famed "Curtis's Botanical Magazine," vol. 66 (1840). CONTENTS OF... Read More
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![[POST-INCUNABLE ~ 1508]. [Opus in evangelium Ioannis]. Opus insigne beati patris Cyrilli patriarche Alexandrini in euangelium Ioannis](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/822/402/1701402822.0.l.0.jpg)
[POST-INCUNABLE ~ 1508]. [Opus in evangelium Ioannis]. Opus insigne beati patris Cyrilli patriarche Alexandrini in euangelium Ioannis
by Cyril, Archbishop of Alexandria, Saint (Cyrillus, Georgius)
Paris: Printed by Wolfgang Hopyl for himself, Jean Petit and Thielmann Kerver, 1508. First Complete Edition. Very good. Folio. a-o8 p3 A10+1 B-G8 H10 q-z8 A-C8 D4, COMPLETE. Inconsistent foliation: 115, 64, 116-223 (i.e. 222) ff. With Wolfgang Hopyl's elegant title-page woodcut (Sylvestre, Marques typographiques 1066) depicting two eagles displayed, in their beaks a circle crowned with letterpress title in the center, in their claws a second circle (early ownership canceled, evidence of what may have been MS... Read More
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![[INCUNABULA REFERENCE]. Catalogo degli Incunabuli della Biblioteca Ugo da Como di Lonato. [Biblioteca di bibliografia italiana; XXV]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/180/585/1337585180.0.l.0.jpg)
[INCUNABULA REFERENCE]. Catalogo degli Incunabuli della Biblioteca Ugo da Como di Lonato. [Biblioteca di bibliografia italiana; XXV]
by Da Como, Ugo (collector). Baroncelli, Ugo (cataloguer)
Florence: Leo S. Olschki Editore, 1953. First Edition. Very good. Small 4to. 172, [4] pp. With 15 full-page plates, including frontispiece portrait of Ugo da Como. Original printed wrappers (slightly dust-soiled), uncut and unopened. Catalogue of the incunabula in one of the most important private libraries in Northern Italy, a "Citadel of Culture" in Lonato. The volume describes 400 incunables plus an Appendix containing an additional 4 incunables. The most coveted incunabula owned by Ugo Da Como were... Read More
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![[COLLECTION OF 8 JEANNE D'ARC / JOAN OF ARC PAMPHLETS, IN FRENCH, 1886-1956]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/872/442/1449442872.0.l.0.jpg)
[COLLECTION OF 8 JEANNE D'ARC / JOAN OF ARC PAMPHLETS, IN FRENCH, 1886-1956]
by Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc)
1956. Fair. All in original wrappers, conditions vary from fair to very good (some wrappers chipped and worn; some textblocks browned and brittle on account of the WWI paper supply). One pamphlet is ex-Harvard (duplicate) with associated markings, another is a presentation copy. Small collection of 8 French pamphlets celebrating the patron saint of France, Jeanne d'Arc (1412-1431). Reflects the continued fascination and scholarly interest with this remarkable young woman, her courage and her leadership, and how inspiring... Read More
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![[GONE POSTAL, 1892]. Death in The Mail. A Narrative of The Murder of a Wealthy Widow and The Trial and Conviction of The Assassin, Who was Her Physician, Attorney and Friendly Adviser](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/795/262/1407262795.0.l.0.jpg)
[GONE POSTAL, 1892]. Death in The Mail. A Narrative of The Murder of a Wealthy Widow and The Trial and Conviction of The Assassin, Who was Her Physician, Attorney and Friendly Adviser
by Day, Martin C.
Providence, RI: The Providence Journal Print, 1892. First Edition. Very good. 8vo. 421 pp., with numerous illustrations. Recent wrappers. THE FIRST MURDER IN U.S. HISTORY COMMITTED THROUGH THE POSTAL SERVICE. THE SENSATIONAL TRIAL OF DR. THOMAS THATCHER GRAVES FOR THE MURDER (BY POISONING) OF JOSEPHINE A. BARNABY. DENVER, COLORADO, 1891, ILLUSTRATED WITH CURIOUS PORTRAITS. The trial lasted for six weeks, the longest murder trial in the United States up to that time. As we... Read More
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![[CRIME]. Murder Will Out. The First Step in Crime Leads to the Gallows. The Horrors of Queen City. Being an Account of the Two Soldiers Who Were Executed at Old Fort Washington [and many other crimes]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/508/776/1032776508.0.l.4.jpg)
[CRIME]. Murder Will Out. The First Step in Crime Leads to the Gallows. The Horrors of Queen City. Being an Account of the Two Soldiers Who Were Executed at Old Fort Washington [and many other crimes]
by De Beck, William L.
Cincinnati: s.n., 1867. FIRST EDITION. Softcover. Good. Original publisher's printed pale green wrappers (chipped). 128 pp. 8vo. 8-1/4" x 5-1/2". Some general wear & soiling. A touch of foxing. Unsightly abrasion to rear wrapper, resulting in some loss. OHIO CRIMEWAVE NARRATIVES "FOR THE FAMILY." Herein are described, in graphic detail, over 100 murders in Cincinnati and environs. This highly curious volume represents a genuinely early American work in the literary genre now known as "True Crime," about which... Read More
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Illuminated Manuscripts (The James A. de Rothschild collection at Waddesdon Manor)
by Delaisse, L.M.J., James Marrow, and John de Wit
London and Fribourg, Switzerland: The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, Office du Livre, 1977. Hardcover. Very Good/Very good. Quarto, 608 pages, original cloth with dust jacket. Illustrated in black and white and color. ¶ DELAISSE'S MOST IMPORTANT ESSAY IN CODICOLOGY, STILL ESSENTIAL. This is the majesterial catalogue to the preeminent collection held at Waddesdon Manor, representative of the most prominent artists of the late Middle Ages. 46 color plates and many more black... Read More
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![[PROTEST BROADSIDE AGAINST CONSERVATIVE EXTREMISM]. What About the Hate Books](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/353/879/1607879353.0.l.0.jpg)
[PROTEST BROADSIDE AGAINST CONSERVATIVE EXTREMISM]. What About the Hate Books
by [Democratic National Committee 1964]. Bailey, John M. (chairman). Price, Margaret (Vice-Chairman)
Washington DC: Democratic National Committee, 1964. First Edition. Very good. Broadside (8 1/2" x 14"), printed on both sides on slightly tan-tinted paper, folded horizontally as issued (two corners slightly curled). In very fresh state, suitable for exhibition and study. AN UNPRECEDENTED BROADSIDE ISSUED BY THE 1964 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE, DENOUNCING THREE PUBLICATIONS DISTRIBUTED FREELY BY SUPPORTERS OF FAR-RIGHT EXTREMIST PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BARRY GOLDWATER. THIS BROADSIDE IS TANTAMOUNT TO A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS DEEMED MOST DANGEROUS TO THE... Read More
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The Marks in the Fields: Essays on the Uses of Manuscripts
by Dennis, Rodney G. and Elizabeth Falsey
Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Houghton Library, 1992. Softcover. Very Good/Very good. Quarto, 200 pages, illustrated in black and white. ¶ Essential collection of brief essays from a group of international scholars, illustrating the evidentiary usefulness of manuscripts as well as their complexities. Early and recent manuscripts from the collections of the Houghton Library illuminate the subject.
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![[TEXTILES - JAPAN, 1920s-1940s]. A lavish bridal kimono featuring lobsters](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/377/499/1664499377.0.l.0.jpg)
[TEXTILES - JAPAN, 1920s-1940s]. A lavish bridal kimono featuring lobsters
by Anonymous Japanese Designers
Japan, 1930. One uchikake kimono. Measurements: collar to hem = ca. 163 cm; sleeve hem to sleeve hem = ca. 125 cm. With original price tag: "PRICE 176 着物 (打掛)" (Price, 176, Kimono / Uchikake," the meaning of which is unclear: an old price, shop item number, or perhaps a reference to the size of the kimono). Some seams coming undone, overall in surprisingly good condition, the fabric very shiny and bright. Preserved in a Hollinger Window Display Box... Read More
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![[CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR 1933 CRIME EXHIBITION]. Crime and Thrills. Crime House. Thrill Theatre](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/429/056/1500056429.0.l.0.jpg)
[CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR 1933 CRIME EXHIBITION]. Crime and Thrills. Crime House. Thrill Theatre
by Northwestern University School of Crime Detection
Chicago, 1933. First Edition. 8vo. 3 pp. (1 sheet folded once to produce 4 pages, final page blank). 1" tear in fore-edge of both leaves, otherwise very good. CRIME AND CRIME DETECTION EXHIBITION AT THE 1933 CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR. From a contemporary Guidebook "World's Fair Suvenir" (sic) published by Unk Ebenezer's Tiny Weekly: "Sponsored in part by Northwestern University School of Crime Detection. Actual displays of guns and photographs of many gang killings which are horribly convincing arguments that... Read More
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![[ASTRONOMY AND PHOTOGRAPHY]. Beitrage zur Fixsternenkunde [3 scholarly papers extracted from the 1846 Abhandlungen der Koniglichen Bohmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/461/222/1743222461.0.l.jpg)
[ASTRONOMY AND PHOTOGRAPHY]. Beitrage zur Fixsternenkunde [3 scholarly papers extracted from the 1846 Abhandlungen der Koniglichen Bohmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften]
by Doppler, Christian
Prague: Gottlieb Haase & Sons, 1846. First Edition. Very good. 4to. Together 3 papers in one volume. 1) Methode, die scheinbaren Durchmesser sammtlicher Fixsterne in Bogenmass zu bestimmen (pp. 623-634). 2). Gedanken uber die Moglichkeit, die absoluten Entfernungen und absoluten Durchmesser der Fixsterne auf rein optischem Wege zu bestimmen (pp. 635-641). 3). Methode, die Geschwindigkeit, mit der die Lichtmolekel bei der Wahrnehmung der Fixsterne am Orte des Beobachters schwingen, zu bestimmen (pp. 642-646, with one full-page diagram). Minor... Read More
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