CHILD MARRIAGES, by MARY E. RICHMOND.

SIGNED, INSCRIBED and DATED on the front free endpaper by Mary E. Richmond: "Louise (?) / 1925 / From Mary E. Richmond".

Published by Russell Sage Foundation, New York, 1925. First edition, with the date 1925 on both the title page and copyright page, with no indication of later printings.

Hardcover book, blue cloth covered boards with gilt titling on the front cover and spine, and a blind embossed emblem of the Russell Sage Foundation on both the front and rear covers, 5.5x8 inches, 159 pages including an Index at the rear.

VERY GOOD condition, a touch of wear to the cover's corner tips, spine ends and edges; internally, the pages are lightly toned, otherwise tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked.

SIGNED BOOKS by MARY E. RICHMOND are nearly impossible to find.

About MARY ELLEN RICHMOND (from Wikipedia):

******Mary Ellen Richmond, b.1861 d.1928, was an American social work pioneer. She is regarded as the mother of professional social work along with Jane Addams. She founded social case work, the first method of social work and was herself a Caseworker.

Richmond was raised by her widowed maternal grandmother, Mehitable Harris, and two aunts. Her grandmother was an active women's suffragist who was well known for being a spiritualist and a radical. She grew up being constantly surrounded by discussions of suffrage, political and social beliefs, and spiritualism.

In 1900, she became general secretary of the Philadelphia Society of Organizing Charity. While there she advocated for legislation for compulsory education, against child labor, and for requiring support for spousal desertion. In addition, Mary believed the government should create a children's bureau and a juvenile court system. These were all radical ideas in her time.

In 1909 she helped establish networks of social workers and a method by which they did their work. This all started when she became the director of the Charity Organizational Department of the Russell Sage Foundation in New York City. While director, Mary E. Richmond worked to improve record keeping, improved training for caseworkers, and helped implement new social works programs. She believed a firm cooperation between social workers, educators and the health care system was crucial to successfully helping those in need. Her career took off from charity organization leadership in Baltimore and Philadelphia to an executive position with the prestigious Russell Sage Foundation in New York City.

Some of the more notable contributions of Mary Richmond were her fight for legislation to help deserted wives, the founding of the Pennsylvania Child Labor Committee, her work to establish a juvenile court, and the creation of a Housing Association.

A large part of her work was dedicated to research in the field of social work. She created methodologies on how to establish contact and conduct information gathering conversations. She is considered to be the first to have established social work as a profession.******

CHAPTER THIRTEEN of the FIRST EPISTLE to the CORINTHIANS WRITTEN by PAUL the APOSTLE.

FINE PRINTING, DESIGNED, ILLUMINATED and PUBLISHED by MARY MOULTON CHENEY, [Chemith Press], Minneapolis, MCMIII (1903).

HAND SIGNED by MARY MOULTON CHENEY on the limitation page. One of only 500 copies: "This Book is number 137 of 500 copies which have been made".

Hardcovers, cloth covered boards with a color illustration by Mary Moulton Cheney on both the front and rear cover, 5.25x9.5 inches, 14 pages (7 leaves) printed on heavy stock watermarked paper (Strathmore). Each page is beautifully HAND ILLUMINATED with GOLD, GREEN, RED and BLACK. The colors are brilliant and the gold glitters.

From the Colophon page (the last page): "This book was printed by Hahn and Harmon, bound by A. J. Dahl & Co., published by Mary Moulton Cheney at Minneapolis, Minnesota". The illuminations and designs are by Cheney, her printed initials "M. M. Cheney" are on the covers and the Colophon page.

VERY GOOD Condition: The covers are toned, lightly soiled, have a few spots, and have slight wear at the corner tips and spine ends, but are solid and attractive; the inner pages are lightly toned, are cracked at the hinge at one or two places but holding well, the illuminated pages are BRILLIANT!

A gem with gorgeous illumination by Mary Moulton Cheney.

About MARY MOULTON CHENEY and her CHEMITH PRESS(from Wikipedia):

******Mary Moulton Cheney, b.1871 d.1957, was a Minneapolis based artist, designer, publisher and bookbinder associated with the Arts and Crafts movement. In 1897 she opened a printmaking shop with Mary Marsh Smith named The Artcraft Shop: Sign of the Bay Tree. It was one of the first all woman private presses in the United States, making books, pamphlets, and bookplates. In 1902 she expanded into bookbinding and founded The Chemith Press which produced uniquely designed and finely printed books and pamphlets.

Cheney was also an influential figure in the development of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. In 1897 she organized the college's first course on design. She went on to become the principal of the college's design department, then the Dean of Women, and finally served as the college's president from 1917 to 1925.******

JOURNALISM VERSUS ART, by MAX EASTMAN. Published by Alfred A. Knopf, 1916. First edition, first printing, with the date 1916 on both the title page and copyright page with no indication of additional printings.

HAND SIGNED, PLACED, and DATED by MAYNARD DIXON on the verso of the half title page:

"MAYNARD DIXON / SAN FRANCISCO / 1917". Dixon added his small ICONIC 'THUNDERBIRD' DRAWING beneath his signature.

The book is also SIGNED by the AUTHOR, MAX EASTMAN, on the front free endpaper.

Hardcovers, blue cloth covered boards, yellow embossed titling on the front cover (for yellow journalism?), 146 pages plus [2] pages of Publisher's ads at the rear.

GOOD condition:The printing on the front cover is faded but legible, the rear cover has two lines of small pokes / indents (as if from a closed pen), and there is light wear to the cover corner tips and spine ends. Internally, light toning to the first and last few pages, otherwise just lightly used and still tight, bright, clean and clear. A solid, nice copy.

SCARCE and WONDERFUL with the SIGNATURE and DRAWING of MAYNARD DIXON.

METAL-CLAD BLIMP ZMC-2 One of Only 4 Metal Hulled Blimps Ever Built

One of Only 2 Metal Hulled Blimps Ever Flown

METALCLAD AIRSHIPS. Presentation book promoting the first Metal-Clad blimp, with photographs showing the development, production and test flight of the ZMC-2 "Metalclad". Includes THIRTY-FOUR (34) ORIGINAL, GLOSSY, LINEN-BACKED 8x10 PHOTOGRAPHS of the ZMC-2 "METALCLAD" BLIMP as it was being developed and tested as a prototype for the U.S. Navy, which was expected to order a fleet of ZMC-2 blimps for military purposes. However, only ONE ZMC-2 metal-clad blimp was ever built. This one.

Presentation book, flexible leather boards, with title page, information sheet, and 34 linen backed photographs bound in. Each photograph is stamped on the linen backing "KALEC INC. / DETROIT". Kalec was an early Detroit photography company.

An 8x10 inch metal sample of the "Alclad Sheet" used on the hull of the ZMC-2 is laid in loosely at the front (it was bound in at the front but became disbound at some point).

Published by the Detroit Aircraft Corporation, circa 1929 for the purpose of promoting its metalclad blimps.

GOOD Condition: A few of the photos and the title page have some soiling, the metal sample of the hull is disbound, as noted above, overall a complete and amazing look at the production stages of a metal clad dirigible.

About METAL-CLAD AIRSHIPS (from Wikipedia):

******Metal-clad airships are airships which have a very thin airtight metal envelope, rather than the usual fabric envelope. Only four ships of this type are known to have been built, and only two actually flew: Schwarz's aluminum ship of 1893 collapsed on inflation; Schwarz's second airship flew at Tempelhof, Berlin in 1897, landed but then collapsed; the ZMC-2 that was ever manufactured flew 752 flights between 1929 and scrapping in 1941; while the Slate City of Glendale, was built in 1929 but never flew.

From the Presentation Book's Information Sheet:

******U.S. NAVY ZMC-2 // The photographs which follow describe the progressive steps in the construction of the world's first METALCLAD AIRSHIP, built at Grosse Ile Airport, Detroit, Michigan, for the U. S. Navy by the Aircraft Development Corporation, division of Detroit Aircraft Corporation. This first successful application of all metal construction to rigid airships is the result of the cooperation of the Federal Government with private initiative.

The first rivet was driven in the bow section of the hull on March 7, 1928, and the ship was completed and inflated with helium seventeen months later. On August 19, 1929, the ZMC 2 made its first test flight of 49 minutes and 55 seconds.

Included with these photographs is a sample of the machine riveted ALCLAD sheet with which the hull of the ship is covered. The diffusion of helium through the riveted seams is considerably less than through goldbeater skin. Its resistance to fatigue from vibration has been successfully demonstrated.

The METALCLAD ZMC-2 is the first all American conceived, American designed and American built rigid airship. As an experimental unit, it has a displacement of only 200,000 cubic feet and is too small for extended military and commercial uses. In its larger sizes [which were in development by the Detroit Aircraft Corporation but later abandoned], it is destined to play an important role in the general advancement and prosperity of our country.

Compliments of DETROIT AIRCRAFT CORPORATION [no relation to the Detroit Aircraft Company incorporated in 2011].******

MODERN UTOPIAN: COMMUNES, JAPAN. By Richard Fairfield, with Photographs by Consuelo Sandoval, Sankichi Nomoto & Mamo Kato.

"Material on Japanese communes was compiled from personal experience and interviews in the communes themselves with added material and insights from other writers and visitors, including Meyer Steinbach, M.D.; Noboyoshi Tezuka, Michael Howden, and staff of the Japan Kibbutz Association."

Japanese Communes in this book include: Itto-en Community; New Village; Ohoyamato Ajisai; Shinkyo Commune; Yamagishi-kai Association; Hokkaido Yamagishi-ism; The Tribe; and more. (I wonder if Haruki Murakami based the commune in his book 1Q84 on one of these?)

Published by Alternative Foundation, San Francisco, 1972. First Edition. ISBN: 0912976020

GOOD condition, the covers have some light toning and corner creases; internally just lightly used, tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked. A solid, presentable copy.

RARE and interesting look at the Japanese Utopian Communes of the early 1970s.

MOUNT OMEI. A NEW EDITION of the OMEI ILLUSTRATED GUIDE BOOK by HUANG SHOU-FU and T'AN CHUNG-YO A. D. 1887-1891, with an English Translation by Dryden Linsley Phelps.

ILLUSTRATED with WOODBLOCK PLATES redrawn from the ORIGINAL PLATES by YU TZU-TAN.

Published by West China Union University - Harvard Yenching Series, CHENGTU, SZECHWAN, 1936. First edition, first printing of this English translation.

Wrappers, lacking front wrapper, sewn binding, 454 pages (227 double leaves), 7.25x12.75 inches (18x32 cm). Bound in sewn-on contemporary silk covered boards with a silk brocade decoration on the front cover, and partial of the front wrapper (title portion) glued to the inside front cover.

Condition: The front and rear silk covered boards that are sewn on over the original work are coming loose, hanging on with just a few threads, and the silk brocade on the front board has some loose threads; the front original wrapper is only partially present as noted above, the rear wrapper is present and has a few inch closed tear and some edge chips, the blank front free endpaper has creases, chips, and a previous owner's lovely bookplate (Hazel Rhodes), otherwise the inner pages are very nice, just a bit of corner and edge wear here and there, overall complete, tight, bright, clean and unmarked. The illustrations are gorgeous.

RARE and BEAUTIFULLY BOUND COPY of the 1936 FIRST ENGLISH EDITION.

THE HUMAN USE OF HUMAN BEINGS - CYBERNETICS AND SOCIETY, by Norbert WIENER.

ASSOCIATION COPY. From the library of PAUL A. BARAN, with his signature, date and place on the front free endpaper: "Paul A. Baran / September 1950 / Stanford". Paul Baran was a noted STANFORD UNIVERSITY ECONOMICS PROFESSOR. From 1951 until his death in 1964 he was the only tenured Professor of Marxist Economics in the United States.

Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1950. First edition, as indicated by the date 1950 on the title and copyright pages, with no statement of additional printings

Hardcovers, cloth covered boards with embossed design on the front cover and titling on the spine, 5.5x8 inches, 241 pages, lacking dustjacket.

VERY GOOD condition: The spine is sunned, otherwise the covers are sharp, bright and clean; internally, there are a few margin marks noting passages (presumably by Professor Baran), otherwise the pages are tight, bright, clean and clear.

Unique ASSOCIATION COPY of the first edition of Norbert Wiener's CYBERNETICS AND SOCIETY.

NOTIZIE ISTORICHE DEI CONTORNI DI FIRENZE - Dalla Porta Al Prato Fino Alla Real Villa Di Castello, Raccolte Dall'abate DOMENICO MORENI Socio Colombario. (Historical Notices Around Florence, from the Porta al Prato to the Villa di Castello, gathered by the Abbey DOMENICO MORENI.) SIX VOLUMES in SLIPCASE - Complete in these SIX VOLUMES. Originally published in Florence in 1791-1795, this lovely FACSIMILE EDITION was published in ROME, ITALY, by the SOC. MULTIGRAFICA EDITRICE, 1972. TEXT IN ITALIAN. LIMITED EDITION of only 300 copies, this being an unnumbered copy. Six Hardcover Books, red cloth covered boards, gilt titling to the spines, 5.5x8.5". 146, 183, 224, 234, 264 and 276 pages. All six volumes in a single, custom

slipcase that has a printed paper covering. Condition: VERY GOOD books, some sunning to the spines, otherwise near fine, tight, bright, clean and unmarked; in a VERY GOOD slipcase that has a bit of rubbing and soiling, a bit of chipping to the paper on the rear of the slipcase, and some minor separation at the seams. A lovely set. A fascinating look at 18th century Florence by way of its historical notices. About DOMENICO MORENI (from Wikipedia): ******Domenico Moreni ( Florence , August 12 1763 - Florence , March 13 1835 ) was a priest , scholar and Italian bibliophile. He was the founder of the Biblioteca Moreniana that collects volumes mainly related to the history of Florence.****** International Buyers Please Note: This Six Volume Set will require additional postage. Thanks!

STEWARDS MANUAL, 1904. History of Its Foundation, Aims and Purposes, Portraits and Biographies of Members, Famous Recipes and Instructions by Prominent Stewards.

PUBLISHED by the STEWARDS ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK CITY, Club Room, 49 East Twenty-Eighth Street, New York, 1904. FIRST EDITION.

A guide to the organization and practices of New York Stewards. Includes a history of the Stewards Association of New York, its members, and the RECIPES and SERVING TIPS of some of New York's most prominent stewards.

Hardcover book, red cloth covered boards, black title and design on the front cover (including the emblem of the Stewards Association of New York), 7x10.5 inches, 144 pages. Includes ads here and there throughout for items that Stewards at places such as the Ritz might need, e.g. Champagne, Vichy Water Spritzers, Porcelain Fine Tableware, etc.

ASSOCIATION COPY: "George Pratchett / New York Stewards Association / N.Y.", is hand-written on the front free endpaper.

LAID-IN is an official envelope of the Stewards Association of New York, with its printed emblem and address on the envelope's return address corner. The letter is postmarked 1903. It is addressed to "THE GORHAM MFG. CO. / Broadway & 19th Street / N.Y. / HOTEL DEPT." The Gorham Manufacturing Company was one of the largest American manufacturers of sterling and silverplate. GORHAM MANUFACTURING has an ad on page 3 of this 1904 book. The actual letter is lacking, so you'll just have to imagine the fancy silverware being ordered by a steward at a high-end fraternal members-only very exclusive New York club..

Condition: The covers have spotting and are worn at the corner tips and spine ends, but are still doing their job well; the page edges are foxed (page edges of the closed book); internally the pages are nice, tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked. A solid, presentable copy.

RARE, ORIGINAL 1904 FIRST EDITION of the NEW YORK STEWARDS MANUAL. Quite special with the association to a New York Steward, and the laid-in 1903 Stewards Association of New York envelope addressed to Gorham Manufacturing.

FOUNDATIONS OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS, by PAUL A. SAMUELSON. Facsimile of the First Cambridge Edition, LIMITED to only 500 SIGNED and NUMBERED COPIES. This is copy number 23.

This limited facsimile edition is HAND SIGNED by PAUL A. SAMUELSON on a prelim page.

Published together with a Vademecum / Companion Book with commentary on Foundations of Economic Analysis by Jurg Niehans, Paul A. Samuelson, and Carl Christian von Weizsäcker. Some of the tributes to Samuelson are in English, otherwise the text is in German, including Samuelson;s essay titled: "How Foundations Came To Be" which has been translated into German for this edition. The Vademcum has Paul A. Samuelson's facsimile signature at the beginning of his contribution.

DÜSSELDORF: Verlag Wirtschaft und Finanz, 1997.

Both volumes are in FINE condition, they look and feel unused, tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked.

About PAUL A. SAMUELSON (from Wikipedia):

******Paul Anthony Samuelson, b.1915 d.2009, was an American economist who was the first American to win the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. When awarding the prize in 1970, the Swedish Royal Academies stated that he "has done more than any other contemporary economist to raise the level of scientific analysis in economic theory". Economic historian Randall E. Parker has called him the "Father of Modern Economics", and The New York Times considers him to be the "foremost academic economist of the 20th century".******

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AT RANDOM on WBBM-TV, Channel 2. TV Photographs of the Initial Telecast that was broadcast on Saturday, Midnight, Feb 14, 1959.

Heavy black board covers, plastic spiral bound, holding 6 heavy card stock boards, each 11x14 inches, each board with glossy b&w photographs showing actual television images of the first broadcast of the influential late night talk show AT RANDOM on WBBM-TV Channel 2, Chicago, Illinois. This first broadcast took place on Saturday at Midnight on February 14, 1959. The photographs are on one side only of the six inner boards. The first board has a large tv image that includes Sidney Poitier. The other 5 boards each has 12 tv screen shaped photos of various guests on the set. Four of the boards have unique images, the 5th and 6th boards are duplicates of the 4th board.

Guests on the initial telecast were actors Sidney Poitier and Ruth Roman, singer/actor Sammy Davis Jr., and Senator Wayne Morse, among others.

GOOD condition, some of the plastic spirals are missing and some others are cracked but they still function well, the boards have a bit of edge and corner wear but are overall solid, with images that are bright, clean and clear.

An unusual item related to the history of WBBM-TV Chicago, AT RANDOM, Late Night Talk Shows, and television broadcasting.

About AT RANDOM:

******AT RANDOM was a late night talk show seen on Saturdays in Chicago, hosted by Chicago Sun Times columnist Irv Kupcinet. The show was a pioneer program, receiving a Peabody Award and 15 Emmys during a 27 year run that grew to include a 50 station national network. Premiering on Chicago's WBBM in February of 1959, AT RANDOM was one of the few places a serious minded audience could watch Mortimer Adler, the world's foremost Aristolean, exchange views with teamster Jimmy Hoffa. Kupcinet liked odd couplings and would keep watchers awake until the early morning hours, in unrehearsed discussions that ranged from three to four hours. Many Chicagoans got into the habit of going to bed early and rising when the show came on. Authors, filmmakers, scientists, sports figures, politicians, industrialists, and labor leaders were drawn to this frank and full discussion.******

REAL ESTATE ATLAS of PRINCETON, N.J. Published by FRANKLIN SURVEY COMPANY, Philadelphia, PA, 1930. Hardcovers, large folio volume, 20x25 inches. Contains 4 double-page linen backed, hand colored maps. VERY GOOD condition, some soiling to the covers, otherwise a solid, bright, clean copy. The maps are very nice, my photos do not do them justice.

SANBORN INSURANCE MAPS of PRINCETON, NJ. Published by SANBORN MAP COMPANY, Pelham, New York, 1927. Hardcovers, large folio volume, 22x25 inches. Front cover disbound but present (i.e. laid on loosely). Contains 24 large, hand-colored maps, printed on both sides of 12 large leaves. The maps are all dated 1927, when this volume was printed, but there are a few later tipped on and pasted on addendums on the Index map (the first map). FAIR condition, the front cover is disbound as noted above and both covers have soiling, scrapes and water stains; internally the maps all have waviness and stiffness, age toning to the margins, and some offsetting here and there, but remain bright, clean and clear. A nice set of these Princeton Sanborn Insurance maps. As in the other volume, my photos do not do the maps justice.

These maps of Princeton, New Jersey, have become almost impossible to find. I can't find any held copies of the Franklin Survey Real Estate Atlas of Princeton. Princeton University holds some Sanborn Insurance Maps (see"Sanborn Maps of New Jersey: Princeton").

About SANBORN MAPS (from the Princeton University website):

******The Sanborn Map Company is the oldest mapping company in the United States. Founded in 1866, the company created detailed building maps of cities and towns all across the country, primarily for use by insurance companies. These maps also have been used extensively by local government agencies for over a century in conducting their daily operations efficiently. Approximately 12,000 American cities and towns are chronicled in the company's collection of over one million maps. As a result of its history, the name "Sanborn" has become synonymous with this kind of map. Genealogists, local history buffs, city planners, architects, and countless others have been drawn to the quality of detail found in them.******

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TINTAS DE IMPRENTA - NATIONAL PAPER & TYPE CO., NUEVA YORK - E-U-A. SUCURSALES en AMÉRICA del SUD, MÉXICO Y LAS ANTILLES.

SAMPLE TRADE CATALOG of PRINTING INKS Manufactured by GEORGE H. MORRILL CO. and Distributed to Spanish speaking countries in the Western Hemisphere by the NATIONAL PAPER & TYPE CO. through its Branches in SOUTH AMERICA, MEXICO and THE ANTILLES.

Contains 100 PRINTED SAMPLE PAGES with GORGEOUS ILLUSTRATIONS using various INKS, each sample printed on its own leaf.

Published jointly by the Ink Manufacturer GEORGE MORRILL COMPANY, Norwood, Massachusetts; and the Distributor NATIONAL PAPER & TYPE COMPANY, New York; undated but likely c.1920.

Hardcovers, cloth covered boards, printed titles and design on the front cover and devices of George H. Morrill Company and National Paper & Type Company on the rear cover, printed endpapers, 5.5x9.5 inches, 112 pages of which 100 are sample pages printed using various inks of George Morrill Co.

TEXT ENTIRELY IN SPANISH, including the captions of the sample pages, the introduction, etc.

There is a stamp on the front free endpaper that states: "Cataloga de Tintas de Imprenta, Numero 868", indicating this is copy #868 of an unstated limited edition.

GOOD Condition: The covers are worn through at the corner tips, rubbed at the edges, have some soiling, a few small stains, and the cloth hinge of the front cover has completely split but is holding. Internally, the front and rear inner hinges are split but holding, the endpapers have a couple spots, there are a few spots to the bottom of the first few plates, otherwise the inner pages and all the plates are tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked.

A wonderful look at printing inks used by publishers in South America, Mexico and the Caribbean in the early 1900s. Though English language Morrill printing ink catalogs are not difficult to find, Morrill Spanish catalogs aimed at South America, Mexico, and the Caribbean are quite scarce.

About GEORGE H. MORRILL COMPANY (from the Norwood Historical Society):

******George H. Morrill Company made ink for the printing industry. Founded in 1845 in Massachusetts by Samuel Morrill who invented and produced a superior ink compared to what had been on the market. The company grew rapidly, new products were added, and sales expanded. By the early 1900s they had offices in New York, San Francisco, Philadelphia and Chicago. Their product line had grown as well. They started out making just black ink, around 1874 they began to make colored ink. By 1890, the company had enlarged its Norwood facilities to fourteen buildings. By 1910 it was said they were the largest producer of printing ink in the United States.******

THE PRECEPTS OF JESUS - The Guide to Peace and Happiness, Extracted from the Books of the New Testament Ascribed to the Four Evangelists. - To Which Are Added, The First, Second, and Final Appeal to the Christian Public in Reply to the Observations of Dr. Marshman, of Serampore. BY RAMMOHUN ROY (aka Raja Ram Mohan Roy), of CALCUTTA.

Published by B. Bates, New York, 1825. First American Edition.

Hardcovers, paper spine title label, 6x9.5 inches (15x23.5 cm), xix + 318 pages.

LAID-IN is a HANDWRITTEN LETTER, SIGNED and DATED by RAMMOHUN ROY, written on both sides of a 5x8 inch (12.5x20 cm) piece of paper. The letter reads:

"My dear Sir / Nothing can give me greater pleasure than receiving your note accompanied by two other letters and a parcel of books from America and I beg you will accept my sincere thanks for your kind remembrance of me and for your kind wishes for my health and that of my son. / I hope I shall be able to do myself the pleasure of calling upon you and spending a few happy hours in conversation with you. / With my best compliments to Mr. Foster I remain / Yours very Sincerely / Rammohun Roy / May 2nd 1829."

ASSOCIATIONS in the LETTER and the BOOK:

MR. FOSTER, to whom the LETTER is written, is most certainly REV. JOHN FOSTER, the noted BRITISH ESSAYIST and MINISTER who, in his later years lived in Stapleton, Gloucestershire, making him a neighbor of Raja Ram Mohun Roy who, in his later years, lived at Stapleton Grove. John Foster and the Raja became close and had many discussions. John Foster, along with Rammohun Roy, became involved in the Serampore missionaries controversy. John Foster was one of a small group of mourners invited to the private funeral of Rammohun Roy that took place on October 18, 1933, on the grounds of Stapleton Grove. (See "John Foster Essayist" on Wikipedia.)

The BOOK has the ownership SIGNATURE of SAMUEL JOSEPH MAY on the rear pastedown, and that of his son JOSEPH MAY on the front pastedown. Samuel Joseph May's signature is florid, bright and clear, Joseph May's signature on the front pastedown has been inked out but is still legible. SAMUEL JOSEPH MAY was an important American Abolitionist, Women's Rights Advocate, Supporter of Universal Education, and Unitarian Minister. In America he championed many of the same causes that Rammohun Roy advocated. (See "Samuel Joseph May" on Wikipedia.)

CONDITION:

The LETTER is in VERY GOOD condition, it has a couple horizontal folds and a couple associated folds likely made to fit it into an envelope (no envelope is present), there are remnants of several pea-size hinge tags on the rear left margin where the book was hinged onto the first "Preface" page (the hinges look like they could be removed with care but I have left them as is), overall the letter is solid and clean with writing that is bright and clear.

The BOOK is in FAIR condition, the covers are disbound but present, the boards have scrapes and are worn through along the edges, the spine cloth covering is toned, peeling and worn at the ends, and has scrapes and creases, the title label is chipped and worn; internally, the front pastedown has white paper remnants likely from a removed bookplate and the signature of Joseph May that has been inked out but is still legible, there is a loose and edge chipped front and rear blank endpaper, the frontispiece and title pages are coming loose at the top 2 inches but holding, the pages have lightly toned, many sections are cracked at the binding but not split (i.e. the text block is shaky but holding), there are scattered pencil margin check marks and lines noting certain passages, and a few relevant pencil margin notes (perhaps by Joseph May?), overall the text is complete with printing that is bright, clean, clear and legible throughout.

RAMMOHUN ROY HANDWRITTEN LETTER in a nearly impossible to find 1825 edition of his book PRECEPTS OF JESUS together with important ASSOCIATIONS.

ILLUSTRATED CATALOG of RARE BOOKS - COLLECTION of NATIONAL CULTURAL PROPERTIES in TENRI CENTRAL LIBRARY.

Hardcover Book, cloth covered boards, gilt titles (in Japanese) on spine, 10x10 inches (25x25 cm), 202 pages. Illustrated with 89 color photographic plates.

Each of the 89 rare items held in the Tenri Library Collection is fully described on its own page and beautifully illustrated on the facing page.

Published by the Tenri Central Library, Tenri, Nara Prefecture, Japan, 1997. TEXT ENTIRELY in JAPANESE, except for an English title page and Preface page.

VERY GOOD condition, there is a small pea size scrape / tear to the cloth near the top of the spine, and a touch of edge wear, else fine, tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked. A solid, very presentable copy.

An amazing book illustrating and describing 89 rare Japanese books of cultural and historical importance.

About TENRI CENTRAL LIBRARY (from Wikipedia):

******Tenri Central Library is the library of Tenri University. It has notably extensive collections in antiquarian material, including original manuscripts from 13th century Japan, and artifacts of European exploration and early visits to Japan. Dating to 1926, the library predates the University itself. It has its origins in the private collection of the family of the foundress of Tenrikyo, Oyasama.

The library specializes in religion, Oriental studies, Near Eastern studies, anthropology, ethnology, topography, language, and Japanese literature. Among the valuable Japanese materials in its rare book collection are six volumes designated as national treasures (such as the Oyo Bunchuko Shu) and over seventy volumes designated as important cultural properties.******

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RELACIONES ENTRE JUÁREZ Y EL CONGRESO, by Martin Quirarte.

Published by Camara de Diputados, México, 1973. "Derechos Reservados por la XLVIII Legislatura de la Camara de Diputados Del H. Congreso de la Union." (Rights Reserved by the XLVIII Legislature of the Chamber of Deputies of the H. Congress of the Union.)

Hardcover Book in Dustjacket, 8.5x11 inches (21x28 cm). Pagination: cxxxvii, 420 pages including an Index. TEXT in SPANISH.

Limited edition, 1 of only 2,000 copies, as stated on the Colophon page (the last page).

Condition: GOOD book, the front and rear inner hinges are split but holding well, there is a crease to the bottom corner of the inner pages, otherwise the book is just lightly used and still tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked; in a GOOD dustjacket that has some soiling, a couple closed edge tears, shelf rubbing and signs of handling, but is still bright and doing its job well.

True FIRST EDITION of this important work on JUAREZ and MEXICO'S CONGRESS / GOVERNMENT.

About BENITO JUAREZ (from Wikipedia):

******Benito Pablo Juárez García, b.1806 d.1872, was a Mexican lawyer and politician, who served as the 26th president of Mexico from 1858 until his death in 1872. He was the first president of Mexico who was of indigenous origin. Juarez fought against foreign occupation under the emperor Maximilian and sought constitutional reforms to create a democratic federal republic. He is a Mexican national hero and many landmarks bear his name.******

About the author MARTIN QUIRARTE (from Wikipedia):

******Martin Quirarte was a Mexican historian, and Professor of Philosophy and Letters at UNAM / National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City.******

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1942-1944 / MEMORIES OF CHILDHOOD. ROGER SHIMOMURA, ARTIST'S BOOK.

TEN HAND PAINTED AND HAND PRINTED COLOR LITHOGRAPHS in a HANDMADE BOOK - EDITION OF 30.

SIGNED, NUMBERED and DATED by the ARTIST, ROGER SHIMOMURA, on the Colophon Page (the last page). This is Copy #4 of 30.

The ten color lithographs are printed on 10x12 inch Somerset, Soft White and Japanese Goyu paper, the images are 7x10 inches.

Published by the Steinbaum Krauss Gallery, New York City and The Lawrence Lithography Workshop, Sundland Park, New Mexico, 1999.

From the Colophon Page: "This book of lithographs by Roger Shimomura is a co-publication project of the Steinbaum Krauss Gallery, New York City and The Lawrence Lithography Workshop, Sundland Park, New Mexico. The images are derived from a series of paintings about the artist's experience as a child in Minidoka Concentration Camp in Hunt, Idaho, during World War II. The key line images were drawn by the artist on mylar and exposed to positive working plates. The color plates were hand painted under the artist's direction...The prints were hand printed by Michael Sims at The Lawrence Lithography Workshop on a direct pressure flatbed press...The binding and cover assembly were done by Priscilla Spitler at Hands on Bookbinding in Smithville, Texas. There are 30 books in the edition."

Artist's Statement: "Because I was so young at the time, the memories I have are very few, but those that I have maintained are still quite vivid. This series of works represents nearly all of those memories, that is, all of them except for one. As wonderful as it had seemed to live close to most of my friends and relatives, I remember never fully understanding exactly why we moved, and wondering if we were ever going to go back home."

When originally published in 1999 the book was priced at $8,000.

Condition: There is a bump to the bottom of the spine affecting the bottom blank spine corner of the inner pages, and a slight bump to the top of the spine only affecting that corner of a few preliminary pages. Otherwise bright, brilliant, and very scarce.

WORKING WITH ROOSEVELT, by SAMUEL I. ROSENMAN. WARMLY INSCRIBED, SIGNED and DATED on the front free endpaper by SAMUEL ROSENMAN: "For Edith Lehman / With affectionate / greetings from / Samuel I. Rosenman / 12.25.63". A nice association to Edith Lehman (see about her at the end of the listing). Published by Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1952. First U.K. edition. Hardcover Book, no dustjacket, 5.5x8.5 inches, 510 pages. VERY GOOD condition: The spine is slightly faded, the front cover has the ghost from the removal of a dime size label, overall the covers are solid and doing their job well. Internally, there is a bit of foxing to the endpapers, otherwise the inner pages are tight, bright, clean and unmarked. A solid, very nice copy. About SAMUEL I. ROSENMAN (from Wikipedia): ******Samuel Irving Rosenman (b. 1896 d. 1973) was an American lawyer, judge, Democratic Party activist and presidential speechwriter. He coined the term NEW DEAL, and helped articulate liberal policies during the heyday of the New Deal coalition. He was the first person to hold the position of White House Counsel. Rosenman was a senior advisor to presidents Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman. Under their administrations, he was a leading figure in the war crimes issue. He was also the first official White House Counsel, then called Special Counsel. He was a speechwriter under both presidents, helping Roosevelt with his speeches from his days as governor. Rosenman was responsible for the term "New Deal", a phrase in the conclusion of FDR's acceptance speech at the 1932 Democratic National Convention. While he was not heavily involved in speechwriting during Roosevelt's first term, he started traveling to Washington to help out with important talks during the 1936 campaign and was a key speech aide for the remainder of Roosevelt's life. He submitted his resignation as Special Counsel upon Roosevelt's death but Truman asked him to stay on, initially through V-E Day, then through V-J Day, and finally into 1946. Even after leaving the White House, he would periodically return to aid the president with major speeches, including his acceptance speech to the 1948 Democratic National Convention.****** About EDITH LEHMAN (to whom the book is inscribed): ******Edith Lehman (Edith Louise Lehman) was the wife of Herbert H. Lehman who was the first Jewish Governor of New York and later a Democratic Senator from New York. During his tenure as Senator, Herbert Lehman was one of the most liberal Senators in the Senate. As Governor, he and his wife Edith Lehman, were strong supporters of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Both Herbert and Edith Lehman were major philanthropists, sometimes assisting and accompanying Eleanor Roosevelt in her charity endeavors.****** (An amazing woman. You can find photos of her with Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt on the Internet.)