POLKS NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, CITY DIRECTORY for 1930. Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Private Citizens, a Street and Avenue Guide...and a Complete Classified Business Directory.

Published by Soards Directory Co., NEW ORLEANS, 1930. This is the Original, Vintage Directory.

Original hardcovers, printed cloth covered boards and spine, gilt lettering to the spine, 7x10.5 inches, thick volume, 1590 pages.

Contains numerous advertisements of the day. These directories were published as advertising vehicles so ads are everywhere, including the covers and stamped on the page edges.

GOOD CONDITION: The cover corner tips are bumped, the spine gilt is faded but still completely legible; internally just lightly used and still tight, bright, clean and unmarked. A solid, nice, presentable copy.

A COMPLETE, ORIGINAL 1930 DIRECTORY of every RESIDENT and BUSINESS in NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana.

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ANUARIO DE LA ARQUITECTURA EN COLOMBIA 1971. (Yearbook of Architecture in Colombia 1971.) Edited by Rene Caballero Madrid, et al.

Published by Sociedad Colombiana De Arquitectos, Bogotá, Colombia, 1971.

Hardcover Book in Dustjacket, 9.5x12 inches (24x30 cm), 384 pages.

Illustrated throughout with b&w photographs and architectural renderings of major commercial and residential buildings. Full index of the projects and their architects at the rear.

Condition: VERY GOOD book, just lightly used, still tight, bright, clean and unmarked; in a GOOD dustjacket that has a 1 inch closed tear at the top rear spine fold (repaired with clear tape on the backside), a bit of chipping to the top of the spine, and light edgewear; else the dj is bright, clean and clear. A solid, attractive, presentable copy.

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BIBLIOGRAFIA DE VARNHAGEN, by Armando Ortega Fontes. A bibliography of the influential Brazilian historian Francisco Adolfo de Varnhagen.

TEXT in PORTUGUESE

Published by Ministério das relações exteriores, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1945. First edition.

Softcovers, 42 pages plus 4 plates reproducing title pages from four of his books.

GOOD condition: there is the stamp of "LIMA LIBRARY / Catholic University / Washington D.C." (from where the booklet was deaccessioned) on the front cover, but no other library stamps or marks; the covers are toned at the margins and have some light foxing; internally, light toning to the margins, otherwise tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked. A solid, presentable copy.

An interesting and important bibliographical reference for anyone interested in the history of Brazil.

About Francisco Adolfo de VARNHAGEN (from Wikipedia):

******Francisco Adolfo de Varnhagen, Viscount of Porto Seguro, b.1816 d.1878, was a Brazilian diplomat and historian. He is the patron of the 39th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters. He is considered the father of modern Brazilian historical scholarship. He published the first volume of his masterpiece, História Geral do Brasil, in 1854. Its second volume was published in 1857.******

CATÁLOGO de las LENGUAS INDÍGENAS NACIONALES : VARIANTES LINGÜÍSTICAS de MÉXICO con sus Autodenominaciones y Referencias.

Published by the Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas, 2009. ISBN 10: 6077538086 / ISBN 13: 9786077538080.

Hardcover Book, illustrated covers, no dustjacket as issued, 8.5x11.5 inches (21x28.5 cm), 371 pages. TEXT IN SPANISH.

"La diversidad lingu?i?stica de origen indoamericano presente en Me?xico se encuentra registrada en el Cata?logo de la siguiente manera: 11 familias lingu?i?sticas, 68 agrupaciones lingu?i?sticas y 364 variantes lingu?i?sticas."

(The linguistic diversity of Indo-American origin present in Mexico is registered in the Catalog in the following way: 11 linguistic families, 68 linguistic groupings and 364 linguistic variants.)

GOOD condition, the covers have some shelf rubs, the inner pages have a bit of waviness that I believe was a result of the printing, i.e. as normal, the front free endpaper has an circular area of creasing in its center, otherwise tight, bright, clean and unmarked. A solid, presentable copy.

A comprehensive and important reference to the languages of Mexico.

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The LETTERS OF LUCIFER and LEADING ARTICLES from "THE BLACKSHIRT". A compilation of articles published in issues of The Blackshirt, a publication supporting fascists and fascist ideals. Though the articles were written anonymously, it is known that many were written by William Edward David Allen, who also supported The Blackshirt financially.

Published by BRITISH UNION OF FASCISTS / BUF Publications, 1933. First Thus Edition.

The articles promote FASCISM as the only means of saving the British Economy, keeping Britain free of Immigrants, solving urban strife and urban unrest, and achieving harmony in the world. Sound familiar?

Printed paper wrappers, side stapled, small format 5x7 inches, 116 pages.

FAIR condition: Clear tape repair and reinforcement to the spine, handwriting on the front cover noting that the item should be kept because it is out of print; the front cover has edgewear including a tear along its bottom edge; the inner pages have some edge and corner wear here and there; otherwise complete, tight, bright, clean and unmarked.

About THE BLACKSHIRT (from Wikipedia):

******The Blackshirt was the official newspaper of Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists (BUF). The paper first appeared in 1933. From June 1939 it became the British Union News. It ceased the same year.******

About WILLIAM EDWARD DAVID ALLEN (from Wikipedia):

******William Edward David Allen, b.1901 d. 1973, was a British scholar, Foreign Service officer, politician and businessman. He was closely involved in the politics of Northern Ireland, and had fascist tendencies. He was a close friend of Mosley helping him to pursue his fascist ambitions from behind the scenes, by supporting him financially and by contributing anonymous articles to The Blackshirt, including THE LETTERS OF LUCIFER.******

Fihrist-i nuskhahha-yi khatti-i Kitabkhanah-'i 'Umumi-i Hazrat-i Ayat Allah al-'Uzma Najafi Mar'ashi.

Catalog of the Persian and Arabic manuscripts in the library of Ayat Allah al-'Uzma al-Mar'ashi al-Najaf, with 600+ photographic plates of Persian and Arabic manuscripts.

First THREE VOLUMES comprising Volumes 1, 2 and 3. Published in Qum, Iran.

TEXT IN PERSIAN.

Hardcovers, original bindings, cloth covered boards, 7x10 inches. Pagination: 444 pages plus 100 unnumbered pages of photographic plates; 484 pages plus 220 unnumbered pages of photographic plates; 430 pages plus 310 unnumbered pages of photographic plates.

GOOD CONDITION: Ex the University of California Berkeley Library, with a UC Berkeley ink stamp (and a UC Berkeley Withdrawn stamp over it) on the front pastedowns, a label on the blank verso of the title pages, some pencil marks, and remnants of a shelving label on the spines. Ex-lib aside, the gilt titling on the front covers is legible but the gilt titling on the spines has completely faded away, the covers have a couple bumped corners and a bit of edge wear, otherwise the covers are sturdy and doing their job well; internally, one page has a strip torn away from its front edge, not affecting text, there are some small closed tears, some mildly creased pages, and corner creases here and there, otherwise the inner pages and all the plates are tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked. Solid, nice, presentable copies.

A great resource for anyone interested in early Islamic manuscripts.

About the MAR'ASHI NAJAFI LIBRARY (from Wikipedia):

******The Ayatollah Marashi Najafi Library, in Qom, is the third largest library in Iran, after the Central Library of Astan Quds Razavi, and the Library of Parliament, as well as being the world's third largest Islamic library, with more than 250,000 books.

The library began as the personal library of the founder, Ayatollah Marashi Najafi, a prominent Islamic scholar known for his dedication to religious scholarship and education throughout his life, who began collecting rare texts as a student, partly to keep them from being possessed by the British colonial authorities. Marashi Najafi died shortly after laying the foundation stone of a new library building in 1989. His will states: Bury me at the entrance of the library so that the feet of the researchers of Islamic sciences step beside my grave.

The library was founded in 1963, with further expansion in 1974 and 1988. It is situated one hundred yards from the Fatima Masumeh Shrine in Qom, where Marashi Najafi was a cleric. The cost of the library was at first personally financed by its founder and his descendants; but, beginning in 1997, the library began to be funded as a governmental institution with its operation still overseen by Marashi Najafi's family but in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance. Ayatollah Khomeini once remarked that, "the library of Ayatollah Marashi Najafi is an unparalleled library and perhaps unrivaled in Iran".

As of 2003, manuscripts, rare books, and lithographs amounted to 60,000 in number, with 65% in Arabic, and the rest in Persian, Turkish, Urdu, and other languages. Among these volumes are unique texts of many famous Islamic authors. The most ancient of these treasures show the history of the Qur'an from the late 2nd and 3rd centuries A.H.; including the oldest two component version of the Qur'an in Kufic script, of Ali bin Hilal, also known as Ibn Abolhasan Ali Ibn Hilal, as well as two volumes of interpretation; the Nahj al-Balagha of Sharif Razi; the Gospel in Latin; and copies of the Avesta.******

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PAPERS from the FILES of the NAZI GERMAN AMBASSADOR TO ROME - HANS GEORG VON MACKENSEN. Rare early photocopied papers of the original archive.

Approximately 600 photocopied 8x12 inch pages, printed on one side only.

Includes numerous letters, telegrams, reports and related documents. ALL ARE IN GERMAN, except for one or two in Italian, and the cover page which is in English and states:

"The following papers are from the files of the German Ambassador von Mackensen in Rome (1938-1942). They were sent to Berlin for safe-keeping in April, 1943, and were opened at Marburg Castle on 27 August 1945."

No information about where this old photocopied archive was made or came from, possibly by and from the U.S. State Department - Documents Unit, but I have no idea. What I do know is this is the only copy I have, or have ever seen.

Complete copy. Each page has a number stamped on the bottom margin (not stamped directly on this photocopy but on the original documents that this copy was made from). The numbers run consecutively from 64273 to 64865 (592 pages), plus there are approximately 10 pages that repeat the preceding page's number (e.g. 64423, 64424, 64424, 64425), plus one page number, 64319, that was skipped. I have examined each of the 600 pages.

In addition to the hundreds of letters and telegrams, the archive has 10 pages that list all the documents in chronological order. There are also some blanks, pages with holographic writing, etc.

This photocopied archive is contained in an old wooden file box that has a hinged lid and a great old metal spring clamp on the inside.

GOOD Condition: The pages all have early photocopy machine marks, lines, spots, gray areas and smudges; they are lightly age toned; some of the pages have tears, creases and edgewear, but all are complete and fully legible. The box has some fraying to its edges and is splitting at a couple of the folds, but is still sturdy and doing its job well.

RARE look at Italy in its Nazi period, from the eyes of the German Ambassador stationed in Rome at the time.

About HANS GEORG VON MACKENSEN (from Wikipedia):

******Hans Georg von Mackensen, b.1883 d.1947, was a German diplomat who served as Secretary of State at the Foreign Ministry, German ambassador in Rome, and a SS senior Group Leader.

In May 1933 von Mackensen became a member of the NAZI Party. In December 1933 he became Germany's senior diplomat in Budapest. Four years later he was recalled to Berlin where he took over as first Secretary of State at the Foreign Ministry. He was then appointed Ambassador to Rome. The Rome embassy was an exceptionally important posting. On 30 January 1942 he was appointed an SS Group Leader (Gruppenführer) on the staff of Reichsführer SS Heinrich Himmler.

The Anglo-American invasion of Sicily in July 1943 brought forward various crises for Mussolini, including a crisis in his relationship with Hitler. The German ambassador in Italy, Hans Georg von Mackensen, was naturally involved, and suggested that Marshal Rommel be given military command over Italy. The crisis culminated in a hastily arranged meeting at Feltre between Hitler and Mussolini which took place on 19 July 1943, less than a week before Mussolini's dismissal by his king.

On 2 August 1943, following a talk with Hitler, von Mackensen was relieved of his post. He nevertheless retained his position as a general in the SS.

In May 1945 he was captured by French forces, held as a prisoner of war till April 1946. Following his release he remained in the French occupation zone, dying in a Konstanz hospital on 28 September 1947.******

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GUTENBERG BIBLE AT BRIDWELL.

Catalog published by the Bridwell Library, Southern Methodist University, Dallas Texas, in conjunction with the exhibition that took place at the Elizabeth Perkins Prothro Galleries titled: JOHANNES GUTENBERG: MAN OF THE MILLENNIUM. The exhibition took place from 21 September - 21 December, 2000.

Thin Exhibition Catalog / Booklet, 16 pages including covers. The catalog contains a discussion of the 31 consecutive leaves of the Gutenberg Bible held at Bridwell (the largest consecutive fragment in the United States), a history of the Gutenberg Bible, a Chronology of Gutenberg, and the location of all the known complete copies of the Gutenberg Bible. A lot of information in these 16 pages!

HAND SIGNED by Eric Marshall White, Curator of Special Collections, on the last page at the end of his essay and above his printed name. While not quite as nice as a Gutenberg signature, it still adds a nice touch.

VERY GOOD condition, just lightly used, still tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked. A special and unusual little item.

MUSICA & CINEMA : IL NEORALISMO ITALIANO / MUSIC & CINEMA : ITALIAN NEOREALISM / Introduction by Carlo Lizzani

BOOK on ITALIAN NEOREALISM CINEMA & MUSIC with TWO CDs in holders on the inside rear cover. Introduction by Carlo Luzzani.

The two CDs contain music from some of the great Italian Neorealism Films (e.g. Vittorio De Sica's Bicycle Thieves). The music is symphonic, composed by various Italian composers, including Nino Rota.

Published by CAM Recording Studios, Milan, Italy. TEXT in ITALIAN, ENGLISH and JAPANESE.

Hardcover Book with two CDs at the rear, 8x10 inches (19.5x25 cm), 57 pages. Illustrated throughout.

Condition: VERY GOOD book, a crease to the rear cover, some light edge wear, otherwise bright, clean, clear and unmarked. The CDs are in GOOD working condition, they have some superficial scratches, but I have played both all the way through and they played fine.

"Carlo Lizzani, b.1922 d.2013, was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Lizzani worked on such films of as Roberto Rossellini's Germany Year Zero, Alberto Lattuada's The Mill on the Po (both 1948) and Giuseppe De Santis' Bitter Rice (1949) for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Story." - Wikipedia

"Italian neorealism is a national film movement characterized by stories set amongst the poor and the working class, filmed on location, frequently using non professional actors. Italian neorealism films mostly contend with the difficult economic and moral conditions of post World War II Italy, representing changes in the Italian psyche and conditions of everyday life, including poverty, oppression, injustice, and desperation." - Wikipedia

DER MUSIKFEIND : EIN NACHTSTÜCK (The Enemy of Music: A Night Piece), by Gustav Nicolai.

A novel about a fictional young musical genius who is poisoned by a jealous colleague. It is a dark and moody tale, loosely based on the idea that Mozart was poisoned by fellow composer, Antonio Salieri.

Published by Otto Wigand, Leipzig (Germany), second edition, 1838.

Half leather (leather spine and corners) and marbled paper covered boards, 4.5x7 inches (11x17 cm), 294 pages. TEXT in GERMAN FRAKTUR (i.e. hard to read!)

GOOD condition: The covers are rubbed along the edges, corners, spine ends and spine folds, but are still sturdy and attractive; internally, there is a previous owner's name on the front free endpaper and bookplate on the front pastedown, light foxing and age spots to the pages, otherwise the pages are tight, bright, clean and unmarked. A solid, presentable copy of this unusual novel.

RARE in its true 1838 printing.

About the author GUSTAV NICOLAI:

******Gustav Alexander Wilhelm Nicolai, b.1795 d.1868, was a German writer and composer. His friends included the composers Adolf Bernhard Marx, Gaspare Spontini and Carl Loewe, for whom he wrote the oratorio libretto Die Zerstörung von Jerusalem, set to music by Loewe in 1833. Frederick William III of Prussia rewarded Nicolai with a golden box for the same libretto. The king was one of his main supporters, giving him the Gold Medal for Art and Science. Nicolai became widely known for his writing, especially his travelogue on Italy. Nicolai corresponded with Robert Schumann and wrote several books including Der Musikfeind: Ein Nachtstück.******

HISTOIRE DES INSTITUTIONS KHMÈRES, par Jean Imbert. (History of KHMER Institutions, by Jean Imbert).

Published in PHNOM-PENH, Cambodia, as Volume II of the Annales de la Faculté de Droit de Phnom-Penh, 1961. First edition. (When he wrote this book Jean Imbert was the Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Phnom-Penh.)

Wrappers / Softcovers, 6x9.5 inches (16x24 cm), 207 pages. Text in French.

Wrappers / Softcovers, 6.5x9.5 inches, 207 pages.

GOOD condition, the paper spine covering has some tears, creases, and is splitting at the folds, but still present; the front and rear inner hinges are cracked and a bit tender but holding well; there is foxing to the page edges (page edges of the closed book); the pages are lightly toned at the margins but otherwise are bright, clean, clear and unmarked. Overall a complete and presentable copy.

About the Author JEAN IMBERT (from Wikipedia France)

******Jean Imbert, né le 23 juin 1919 à Calais et mort le 13 novembre 1999 à Paris, est un enseignant et un juriste français.

En 1939, il entreprend des études de droit à la faculté de Toulouse, puis les poursuit à Paris ou il obtient sa licence et, en 1944, son doctorat, puis l'agrégation des facultés de droit. Sa carrière d'enseignant débute à la faculté de droit de Nancy, jusqu en 1958. Il est ensuite nommé professeur à la faculté de droit de Paris avant d'être détaché auprès du ministère des Affaires étrangères afin d'exercer les fonctions de doyen de la faculté de droit de Phnom Penh, au Cambodge.******

PROCEEDINGS of the NATIONAL MEETING on MANNED SPACE FLIGHT (Unclassified Portion). Published by the Institute of the Aerospace Sciences, New York,1962.

The meeting took place in St. Louis, Missouri, on April 30 - May 2, 1962. It was cosponsored by the Institute of the Aerospace Sciences and National Aeronautics and Space Administration "NASA". (In 1963 the Institute of the Aerospace Sciences merged with the American Rocket Society to form the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics "AIAA")

A collection of 34 technical papers and reports related to early manned space flight, many illustrated with b&w drawings, photographs, charts and graphs. The reports include: Design for Manned Space Flight, The X-15 Program, Mercury Spacecraft Systems, Control Systems for Manned Earth-Lunar Spacecraft, The Restricted Three Body Problem, Survival Aspects of the Lunar-Landing Mission, Meteoroid Effects on Space Exploration, and Many More.

Of special note is the PILOT'S FLIGHT REPORT, by JOHN H. GLENN, JR. It is his report on the famous February 20, 1962 Mercury Flight that circled the earth. The report is 14 pages long, consisting of 8 pages of double column text and 6 pages of b&w photographs. The report is on pages 296-309

Softcovers, 8.5x11 inches, 318 pages.

FAIR condition: Ex the LOCKHEED MISSILE & SPACE COMPANY (LMSC), Palo Alto, California, with the Company's ink stamp on the inside front cover and title page, an ink stamp on the front cover that says: "Discarded from LMSD Library" (Lockheed Missile & Space Division Library), a checkout label, shelving numbers and some other library marks here and there. Ex-lib aside, the covers have 1 inch of splitting at the bottom of the spine, creased corners, and some edge wear; internally there is a light crease to the upper corner of the pages, otherwise they are tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked. A complete, solid, used copy with a cool ex-library provenance.

Note that among the four people whose names are handwritten on the checkout label is Gevarter, likely William B. Geverter, NASA engineer and author of several books on Artificial Intelligence, who checked out the book in 1964. The other three last names are Plaskett, Douman, and (N?) D. Alexander. Might be interesting to research those individuals.

A rare collection of technical papers relating to early manned space flight, including the John Glenn report.

HEBREW PRINTING AND BIBLIOGRAPHY. "Studies by Joshua Bloch and others, reprinted from the publications of The New York Public Library on the occasion of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the establishment of the Jewish Division of The New York Public Library. Selected and with a Preface by Charles Berlin, Lee M. Friedman Bibliographer in Judaica, Harvard College Library."

Published by The New York Public Library and KTAV Publishing House, New York, 1976. ISBN: 9780871045157.

Hardcovers, blue cloth covered boards with gilt titling to the front cover and spine, 518 pages.

VERY GOOD condition, there is a bump to the bottom corner of the front cover, a bit of wear to the spine ends, overall tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked. A solid, very nice copy.

EXPLORATION AND MAPPING OF THE NATIONAL PARKS, edited by Jenny Marie Johnson. Contains essays on the early exploration and mapping of some of America's most notable National Parks.

Published by the Speculum Orbis Press as Occasional Paper No. 4 for the Map and Geography Round Table of the American Library Association, 1993. ISBN: 9780932757043.

Hardcover, blue cloth covered boards with gilt titling to the spine, 6x9 inches, 285 pages. Illustrated with some b&w maps.

NEAR FINE condition: sharp, bright, tight, clean and unmarked.

Contents:

THE MAPPING OF ACADIA NATIONAL PARK, by Nancy A. Kandoian;

FOLLOWING THE RIVER THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS : MAPPING BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, by Robert Sidney Martin;

AN UNDERGROUND ODYSSEY : THE DISCOVERY AND MAPPING OF CARLSBAD CAVERNS NATIONAL PARK, Heather F. Rex;

REVEALING THE SAPPHIRE SECRET OF THE CASCADE RANGE : EXPLORATION AND MAPPING OF CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK, by Peter L. Stark;

THE MOST SUBLIME OF ALL EARTHLY SPECTACLES: EXPLORATION AND MAPPING OF THE GRAND CANYON, by Charles A. Seavey;

KEEPING TRACK OF PARADISE : MAPS OF THE HAWAIIAN NATIONAL PARK, by Riley Moffat, Karen Stockton, and Mabel Suzuki;

ISLAND WILDERNESS : ISLE ROYALE NATIONAL PARK, by Nancy J. Edstrom;

YELLOWSTONE PARK : THE FIRST OF MANY, THE GRANDEST OF ALL, by Jim Walsh.

Out of Print and Hard to Find.

THE ECONOMICS OF BUDGET DEFICITS Volume I and II. Edited by Charles K. Rowley, William F. Shughart II, and Robert D. Tollison. The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics.

Contains 58 critical works by noted economic experts originally published between 1940 and 2000. The works are divided into the following parts: The History and Measurement of Budget Deficits; Classical Public Debt Theory; Keynesian Public Debt Theory; The Burden of Debt Re-Examined; Ricardian Equivalence in the Dock; Public Choice and Public Debt Theory and Evidence; Deficit Finance in Constitutional Perspective.

Published by Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, Massachusetts, 2002. First Edition. ISBN-10: 1858987989.

Two Volume Set, hardcovers, blue cloth covered boards titled in gilt on the front cover and spine, 6.5x9.5 inches, xlvii + 465 pages and xi + 564 pages. Each volume has a Name Index at the rear.

VERY GOOD condition, a pea size scrape to the front fold of the front cover, otherwise both books are sharp, tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked. A solid, very nice, two volume set.

An important work for anyone interested in economics and especially budget deficits.

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MUSIC IN JEWISH LIFE, by Rev. Nathan Stolnitz. A book about Canadian and American CANTORS and their MUSIC. Text in YIDDISH with a lesser amount in ENGLISH.

Self Published, printed by the Morris Printing Company, Toronto, Canada, 1957. First (and presumed only) edition.

Hardcover Book, green cloth covered boards, gold lettering on the covers and spine, 6.5x10.5 inches, 266 pages in YIDDISH, 62 pages in ENGLISH. Laid in is a 16 page booklet containing reviews and endorsements of the book and its author.

ILLUSTRATED throughout with b&w photographs, primarily individual and group portraits of Canadian and U.S. Cantors throughout history.

VERY GOOD condition, the covers have a bit of wear to the spine ends and corner tips, the gold lettering on the covers has faded but is legible; internally tight, bright, clean and unmarked. A solid, nice copy. The laid in booklet is in FAIR condition, it is creased and worn along the front edge where it stuck out from the book, otherwise it is bright and clear.

An interesting history and genealogy of CANTORS, primarily in Canada and the U.S.

Cantor Nathan Stolnitz 1969 obituary (from the Jewish Telegraph Agency website):

******Nathan Stolnitz, the dean of Canadian cantors and author and contributor to Yiddish, American-Jewish and Argentine-Jewish newspapers, died in Miami Beach where he was vacationing. He was 75. Cantor Stolnitz was born in Vilna, Russia and settled in Toronto in 1926. He founded the Ontario Cantors Association and was associated with Yivo, the Canadian Jewish Congress and the Toronto Jewish Public Library. He was the author of "Music in Jewish Life," published in 1957 and "On Wings of Song", published in 1968. He was Toronto correspondent for the Day Journal, the New York Yiddish daily, under the pseudonym of A. Vilensky.******

THE CLIMB: TRAGIC AMBITIONS ON EVEREST, by Anatoli Boukreev, Head Everest Expedition Guide, and G. Weston DeWalt.

Published by St Martin's Press, New York, 1997. First Edition, First Printing, with "First Edition" stated and the number line starting at 1.

SIGNED, INSCRIBED, and DATED by ANATOLI BOUKREEV and G. Weston DeWalt. Both signatures and inscriptions are on the title page.

Anatioli Boukreev inscribed the book as follows: "For Steve / Enjoy the life. / NAMASTE from the Himalaya! / Anatoli Boukreev / 11.13.97". DeWalt wrote: "For Steve / G. Weston Dewalt / 11.13.97". The previous owner to whom the book is inscribed, Steve Mueller, has signed his name at the bottom of the front free endpaper and wrote "Return to Steve Mueller" at the bottom of the last page.

A MONTH AFTER ANATOLI BOUKREEV INSCRIBED THIS BOOK HE WAS KILLED IN AN AVALANCHE WHILE MOUNTAIN CLIMBING IN NEPAL. His death occurred on Christmas Day, 1997.

Hardcover Book in Dustjacket, 6.5x9.5 inches, 255 pages plus 16 pages of color photographs.

Condition: VERY GOOD book, a bit of very light foxing to the top page edges (page edges of the closed book), overall just lightly used, still tight, bright, clean and clear; in a VERY GOOD dustjacket that still retains its original $24.95 price at the top of the front flap. A solid, very nice copy.

THE CLIMB is the story of the worst disaster in the history of Mount Everest and Anatoli Boukreev's first person account of what really happened. Boukreev was the head climbing guide for this West Seattle based Mountain Madness expedition. The book disputes the account given by Jon Krakauer in his book Into Thin Air.

About ANATOLI BOUKREEV (from Wikipedia):

******Anatoli Nikolaevich Boukreev, b. January 16, 1958 d. December 25, 1997, was a Russian Kazakhstani mountaineer who made ascents of 10 of the 14 peaks above 8,000 m (26,247 ft) without supplemental oxygen. From 1989 through 1997, he made 18 successful ascents of peaks above 8000 m.

Boukreev had a reputation as an elite mountaineer in international climbing circles for summiting K2 in 1993 and Mount Everest via the North Ridge route in 1995, and for his solo speed ascents of some of the world's highest mountains. HE BECAME EVEN MORE WIDELY KNOWN FOR SAVING THE LIVES OF CLIMBERS DURING THE 1996 MOUNT EVEREST DISASTER (as described in his book THE CLIMB, St. Martin's Press, 1997).

In 1997, Boukreev was killed in an avalanche during a winter ascent of Annapurna in Nepal. He was 39 years old.******