The viaLibri website requires cookies to work properly. You can find more information in our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.

Displayed below are some selected recent viaLibri matches for books published in 1920

        Über Polymerisation (pp.1073-1085).

      Chem. Ber., 53/1. - Berlin 1920, 8, 1123 pp., feiner Halbleinenband der Zeit. Erste Ausgabe seiner ersten grundlegenden Arbeit über Polymerisation! "Mit seiner berühmten Arbeit "Über Polymerisation", in der er die Ansichten Schroeters über polymeren Ketene wiederlegte, beginnen seine grundlegende Arbeiten über Polymere. Staudinger vermutet richtig, das polymer aufgebaute Kunststoffe und Naturstoffe aus vielen über kovalente Bindungen verknüpfte Atomen bestehen müßten und beweist diese Ansicht durch polymeranaloge Umsetzungen." Neufeld pp.141 Mit seinen fundamentalen Arbeiten und Erkenntnissen wird Hermann Staudinger (1861-1965) zum Begründer Makromolekularen Chemie, zunächst muß er aber seine Ergebnisse jahrelang gegen massive Widerstände behaupten. 1953 erhält er dann den Nobelpreis für Chemie für seine Entdeckungen auf dem gebiet der makromolekularen Chemie.Ferner finden wir in diesem Band folgende Arbeiten vpn. H. Staudinger: Ketene, 30.: Darstellung eines Keten-imid-Derivates aus dem Diphenyl-keten. Mit Jules Meyer (pp.72-76). Ketene, 31.: Über Cyclobutandion-Derivate und die polymeren Ketene (pp.1085-1092). Ketene, 32.: Cyclobutan-Derivate aus Diphenyl-keten und Äthylen-Verbindungen. Mit E.Suter (pp.1092-1105). Ketene, 33.: Versuche zur Herstellung von optisch-aktiven Ketenen. Mit S.Schotz (pp.1105-1124).siehe - Rolf Mülhhaupt, Hermann Staudinger and the Origin of Macromolecular Chemistry, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Volume 43, Issue 9 (pp.1054-1063)

      [Bookseller: MedicusBooks.Com]
 1.   Check availability:     booklooker.de     Link/Print  


        Der Weltbaumeister. Architektur-Schauspiel für symphonische Musik. Dem Geiste Paul Scheerbarts gewidmet.

      Hagen, Folkwang 1920. - Kl.-4°. 2 weisse Bll., 32 S. Mit 28 Tafeln. Orig.-Pappbd. (etwas fleckig und berieben, Rücken mit kleiner Fehlstelle). Erstausgabe. - Mit eigenhändiger Widmung von Bruno Taut:"Leopoldine Schmidt zur Freude und Erinnerung an Bruno Taut. 3.7.20". - Architektur-Schauspiel mit Bühnenbildern, kurzen Texten und Regieanweisungen. Mit abschliessendem Text Bruno Tauts:"Über Bühne und Musik; Nachwort zum Architekturschauspiel". - Stellenweise minimal fleckig. - Bolliger II, 32. Lang de [Attributes: First Edition]

      [Bookseller: Buch + Kunst + hommagerie Sabine Koitka]
 2.   Check availability:     ZVAB     Link/Print  


        The Works, ten volumes,

      William Blackwood and Sons,, no date, probably 1920's,. Hardcover,. 8vo, matcing half green calf with cloth boards, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers, photogravure frontices to each volume, slight offsetting to title page, here and there one or two spots on title pages text otherwise very clean, each volume having the bookplate of James Stevenson, Baronet, and also the bookplate of Sir Malcolm Fraser BT., G.B.E., a very attractive set in near fine condition,

      [Bookseller: Crouch Rare Books]
 3.   Check availability:     Biblio     Link/Print  


        The Prince of Wales' Book. A Pictorial Record of the Voyages of H.M.S. 'Renown'. 1919-1920.

      London For St. Dunstan's by Hodder and Stoughton Ltd 1920 - First edition, 4to., signed and dated by the Prince of Wales on the Honolulu page, April 1920, (traces of paper-clip rusting to top edge, not affecting signature), black and white portrait frontispiece and various photogravures, slight age-toning, the odd bit of offsetting, else very good, publisher's red, printed cloth, one corner bumper, pictorial dust-jacket, toned, a little chipped and creased on lower, outside corner of upper panel, otherwise very good-plus. An account of the then Prince of Wales' tour of Canada, the U. S. A. and Australasia; [together with] a T.L.s. from H.R.H's Private Secretary on St. James's Place letterhead to Miss Mildred L. Clemens F. R. G. S., in response to her letter requesting the Prince to sign the book: 'With reference to your letter of the 4th instant, I am desired by the Prince of Wales to inform you that it is not His Royal Highness's practice to comply with requests for his autograph; but he has been pleased to make an exception in your case in view of his recent visit to Honolulu. His Royal Highness has signed his name on the page of the book dealing with Honolulu.' [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: Shapero Rare Books]
 4.   Check availability:     ZVAB     Link/Print  


        Dadaistische Fox-Trot" - Original Sheet Music

      Berliner Bohème-Verlag K. Brüll, Berlin 1920 - Dada, dadaistischer Fox-trot für Trottel und Solche - die es noch werden Wollen. Worte von DaDa Beda. Musik von Ober-DaDa Hajós. ("Dada, dadaistic foxtrot for fools and those who want to become fools. Words by DaDa Beda. Music by Arch-DaDa Hajos.") An extremely rare song parodying the Dada movement, with music by the Hungarian composer Karl Hajos and lyrics by Fritz Löhner-Beda, one of the most famous Viennese songwriters of his time, and graphically striking illustrated wrappers by Wolfgang Ortmann. The nonsense lyrics poke fun at the absurdist use of language in Dada and at the movement's cult status: the beginning of the chorus translates as "Dada, O holy Dada, O loudmouthed Dada, hear my prayer." Published in 1920, coinciding with the First International Dada Fair in Berlin, the song must have appealed to Berliners who found the movement's gatherings and publications bizarre and amusing. Upright folio. 6 pp. Toned, spine reinforced internally with paper tape, two small early tape repairs to inside front cover with resultant staining, lower edges lightly chipped. Very scarce; WorldCat displays only one copy, at the National Gallery of Art Library, Washington DC. The Austrian librettist, lyricist, and writer Fritz Löhner-Beda was an important voice in 1920's Vienna. He wrote and produced several operas with Franz Léhar, including Das Land des Lächelns and Giuditta. He was arrested by Nazi forces in 1938 because of his Jewish background, and held in Dachau, Buchenwald, and finally Auschwitz, where he was beaten to death in 1942. He is particularly remembered for his Buchenwaldlied, the anthem of the Buchenwald camp, with its line "Wir wollen trotzdem Ja zum Leben sagen" ("We still want to say yes to life.")Hungarian-born composer Karl Hajos worked in Vienna, where he founded the "Pierrot" publishing house, before emigrating to the United States in 1924. In Hollywood, he composed music for over 100 films in the late silent era.

      [Bookseller: Schubertiade Music]
 5.   Check availability:     AbeBooks     Link/Print  


        (Broadside): Requiescat in Pace. Ald. Terence McSwiney (Lord Mayor of Cork)... Died in Brixton Prison, October 25th 1920 After a Hunger Strike Lasting Seventy Four Days. Age 40. His Last Words "God Save Ireland, Fight On! Fight On!

      London: Printer Burgess, 1920. Near Fine. Souvenir broadside or napkin. Approximately 13.5" x 13.5". Printed in black and purple on thin Japanese paper or tissue. Contemporarily mounted on buff-colored cardstock. Slight bleedthrough from the glue used in mounting, near fine. A commemoration of the death due to a hunger strike by the Sinn Fein Mayor of Cork, giving the order of the funereal procession. McSwiney was an Irish playwright, poet and pamphleteer. A leader of the Irish Nationalists in Kerry and Cork, he was arrested in Cork for possession of seditious articles and documents, while serving as Mayor. He immediately went on a hunger strike. His death focused world attention on the Irish Question, and his processions in both London and Cork drew huge crowds. Souvenir napkins survive to some degree, but seldom in nice condition, because of the thin material and they were usually stored folded. We acquired a few napkins where the owner had the forethought to mount them, probably almost immediately.

      [Bookseller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABA]
 6.   Check availability:     Biblio     Link/Print  


        [Drop-title] Playwrights and Amateurs

      (np, 1920. First edition, First printing (with "asking": on the first line only, one of 100. (28 x 15.5 cm). 1 vols. First edition, First printing (with "asking": on the first line only, one of 100. (28 x 15.5 cm). 1 vols. Laurence A157

      [Bookseller: James Cummins Bookseller ]
 7.   Check availability:     ABAA     Link/Print  


        IL BOLSCEVISMO. COM'E' NATO, CHE COS'E', RESULTANZE

      SONZOGNO, MILANO 1920 - ITALIANO Brossura editoriale morbida, con titoli marroni, ingiallita, con fioritura, aloni e tracce d'inchiostro, usura ai bordi ed al dorso con strappetto al piede, pagine brunite, con fioritura e molte libere dalla legatura

      [Bookseller: Biblioteca di Babele]
 8.   Check availability:     AbeBooks     Link/Print  


        THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER In Seven Parts

      George G. Harrap, London 1920 - Deluxe edition. Stunning work of art. Quarto. 9 3/4 in (25 cm) tall; unpaginated. No date, circa 1920. Printed by H. & J. Pillans & Wilson, Edinburgh. Fine binding in olive green morocco with bright gold-stamped ornamentation, lettering and jewel-toned accents to front cover; bright gold-stamped illustrations and letters to spine. Hand sewn headbands. Top edge gilt; others untrimmed. As befitting Coleridge's dramatic epic poem, Willy Pogany has extensively gilt tooled the spine and front cover with pictures including a ship of color leather inlays and has fully decorated every page. To paraphrase Vadeboncoeur, "Willy Pogany's art nouveau masterpiece. The large format allowed Pogany to pull out all the stops. Each page is at least two colors, sometimes with a gilt plate and usually an intricate border added. Extra-elaborate initials started each page, with simply ornate capitals for the beginning of each line. An illuminated title page, 20 tipped-in color plates, the second color added to the black and white plates, the flowing calligraphic text, and the numerous pen & ink drawings throughout make this special." Tight binding. Square corners. Fine tipped-in plates. Heavy stock, cream pages largely clean and unmarred with no bookplate, writing, salient marks, or tears; no loose pages. Clear protective cover. Crown and top corners chafed, rear cover with minor scratch, pastedowns with outer edges glue-toned, blanks foxed, pages and edges with intermittent light foxing, opening pages with light crease. Well-preserved, finely bound, epic poem lavishly illustrated by Willy Pogany. Vadeboncoeur, bpib online. Rarebookhub online. Very good+. No Jacket as issued [Attributes: Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: EXCELSA SCRIPTA Rare Books]
 9.   Check availability:     AbeBooks     Link/Print  


        Zionism. Handbook prepared under the direction of the Historical Section of the Foreign Office - No. 162.

      London H.M. Stationary Office January 1920 - 14 x 21.5 cm; 48 pp., original printed wrappers. Spine slightly sunned and rubbed. A fine copy. A "Zionism handbook" published by the British Foreign Office created to educate British Delegates to the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. "In the spring of 1917 the Foreign Office, in connexion with the preparation which they were making for the work of the Peace Conference, established a special section whose duty it should be to provide the British Delegates to the Peace Conference with information in the most convenient form - geographical, economic, historical, social, religious, and political - respecting the different countries, districts, islands, &c., with which they might have to deal. In addition, volumes were prepared on certain general subjects, mostly of an historical nature, concerning which it appeared that a special study would be useful." This work was originally published for internal use of British diplomats, as part of a large series of books on the various regions and colonies. Towards 1920, as "the Peace Conference nearly completed its task" these series were issued for public use. Contents include: a chronological summary of Zionism, starting in 720 B.C.; Zionism in the bible; Zionism under the various rulers of the Holy Land; anti-Semitism and modern Zionism; and other chapters. The last chapter contains statements and speculations in regards to "The Future of Palestine", in reference to the Balfour declaration. This last chapter included phrases, such as "Arabs are not jealous of Zionist Jews and intend to give them fair play", which sound especially intriguing when taking into account the big Arab Riots in Palestine in April of 1920, which began already in 1919, initiated by Haj Amin el-Husseini. [Attributes: Soft Cover]

      [Bookseller: Shapero Rare Books]
 10.   Check availability:     ZVAB     Link/Print  


        IL CAVALIERE DELLO SPIRITO SANTO STORIA DI UNA GIORNATA

      R.BEMPORAD & FIGLIO, FIRENZE 1920 - ITALIANO Brossura editoriale incartoncino morbido, grigio, con titoli rossi e neri, con fioritura ed usura ai bordi, dorso ingiallito, con fioritura e strappetti al piede ed alla cima, pagine brunite da fattore tempon con fioriture sparse e gore, alcune libere dalla legatura

      [Bookseller: Biblioteca di Babele]
 11.   Check availability:     AbeBooks     Link/Print  


        DECORATED WOODEN CEILINGS IN SPAIN A COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND MEASURED DRAWINGS WITH DESCRIPTIVE TEXT

      New York & London: G. P. Putnam. Very Good. 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in original tan cloth. Folio folder contains 256 loose pages. ( 222pp + 4 color + 52 Monochromatic plates. Gilt titles on spine and front cover. 1st edition. Text is Intact and clean. Small cloth tear at spine heel. First 3 pages have an curled edge. Two torn cloth ties. Floral decorated paper inside covers has rub marks. Old wooden ceilings are more numerous in Spain than other European Countries. Architecture, Spain; Monochrome & Color Plates; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 256 pages .

      [Bookseller: Nick Bikoff, Bookseller]
 12.   Check availability:     IOBABooks     Link/Print  


        Männerportait - Öl auf Leinwand

      ohne 1920 (um 1930). Maße: ca. 80 cm x 100 cm, unsigniert, im vergoldetem Stuckrahmen mit floral ausgearbeiteten Elementen in den Ecken, (Gebrauchsspuren) - Georg Lührig war Professor für Malerei, Zeichnung, Grafik und Naturstudium an der Dresdner Kunstakademie. 1932/33 Rektor der Akademie - Versand D: 5,90 EUR originale Kunst/ Grafik/ Plakate

      [Bookseller: Celler Versandantiquariat]
 13.   Check availability:     buchfreund.de     Link/Print  


        Die Kunst des Radierens. Ein Handbuch.

      Berlin: Cassirer. 1920 Vierte vermehrte und verbesserte Auflage. 279 S. Mit 6 Original-Grafiken. Pappband mit Goldprägung im Schuber. Schuber und Rücken etwas verblichen, Rückenfalz unten minimal eingerissen, schönes und fleckenfreies Exemplar. Mit den Originalradierungen von Max Liebermann (Amsterdamer Judengasse), Edvard Munch (Landschaft), Hermann Struck (Alter Jude aus Jaffa), Hans Meid (Der Maler in der Landschaft), Paul Baum (Aus Sluis) sowie der Originallithographie von Max Slevogt (Der Bildermann). Auf der Pan-Presse hergestellt. Versand D: 4,80 EUR

      [Bookseller: Antiquariat am St. Vith]
 14.   Check availability:     buchfreund.de     Link/Print  


        Photographic Archive chronicling the life of Arturo Toscanini

      NBC, etc, Milan, New York etc 1920 - [100 photos] Substantial collection of vintage photographs of the Italian-American conductor, Arturo Toscanini. In a variety of formats, many of the photographs with press stamps and annotations to the verso explaining the circumstances of the images. Toscanini is shown on and off the podium, travelling to Capri in 1929, arriving in New York City; with friends, family and dignitaries, on tour at home, indefatigable and finally 'laying in state' in 1957. Some of the most moving photographs come from a sequence of smaller images showing the maestro rehearsing in old age, taken from behind the orchestra as the old man studies his score and exhorts his players to ever great efforts. Toscanini's long career brought him to a worldwide audience especially after the NBC Symphony Orchestra was created as a vehicle for his talents in 1937. This collection conveys some sense of the range and scope of a remarkable life. Please contact Christian White at Modernfirsteditions if you would like more details.

      [Bookseller: Modernfirsteditions Ltd ABA/ ILAB/ PBFA]
 15.   Check availability:     AbeBooks     Link/Print  


        AN EYE FOR AN EYE. Signed and inscribed by Clarence Darrow.

      New York: Duffield & Company, 1920. [iv], 213 pages of text. Original tan cloth binding is moderately to heavily soiled and rubbed, with minor fraying to the spine extremities, and minor bumping to the corners. No dustjacket, but protected in custom stiff archival mylar. Signed and inscribed by the author on the front endpaper "Only the sinner knows that there is no sin [signed] Clarence Darrow To Chas Mason Chicago Oct 13th 1920." Inscribed to Bishop Charles Harrison Mason, founder of the Church of God in Christ, the largest Pentecostal church denomination and one of the largest predominantly African-American Christian denominations in the United States. Reprint edition of Darrow's only novel, first published in 1905 by Fox, Duffield & Company. The inner hinges are weakened; many pages have small spots of soiling or staining, and a few pages have tiny tears or creases or other small and minor defects. Several pages with pencil notes that are initialed "JSH." The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) developed a file on C.H. Mason because of his pacifism and interracialism. In 1918 some white followers of Mason in Los Angeles were identified as being of German extraction. Mason was jailed at Lexington, Mississippi, for allegedly preaching against the war, although he sold bonds to help the war efforts. William B. Holt, one of the white brethren targeted by the FBI for suspicion, was a lawyer and former Nazarene preacher who traveled to Lexington to post a two-thousand dollar cash bond for Mason's release.. Signed. Reprint edition. Hardcover. Good+ condition. Octavo (8vo).

      [Bookseller: Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA) ]
 16.   Check availability:     ABAA     Link/Print  


        One Man's Initiation

      George Allen & Unwin, London., 1920. First edition. Precedes the U.S. edition by two years. Second state, with the type corrected at page 35, line 32. Octavo. 128 pages. The author's experiences in the First World War.Spine faintly faded. Very good indeed in near-fine, very slightly nicked dustwrapper darkened at the spine. Lovely copy.

      [Bookseller: Peter Ellis bookseller]
 17.   Check availability:     Biblio     Link/Print  


        Photo Album]: Wisconsin Girls. 1917-1920

      Wisconsin 1920 - Oblong octavo. Measuring 11.5" x 7.25". String-tied flexible cloth with "Photographs" in gilt on top board. Very near fine, images with some occasional fading but overall well-composed and very good or better. Contains 327 gelatin silver images. Various sizes, mostly some variation of 4.25" x 2.75". Mostly captioned in white album ink, some of the cations are rubbed, but they remain largely readable. Album maintained by a young Wisconsin woman documenting her school days, friends and travel. She was likely from Chilton, Wisconsin where the album begins in here later school years in 1917 and 1918 including shots of her girls' basketball team. Additionally there are groups of images from Appleton, Milwaukee, Menomonie, Oconto, Kaukauna, Peshtigo River, and Riverside, Wisconsin, where she traveled to visit relatives. There are a few images in Minnesota and in Escanaba, Michigan where she attended an Evangelist Revival Meeting. Additionally there are a few photos of uniformed men in France from 1918, sent from a school acquaintance or family member. She likely then taught grammar school children in Goodrich, Kansas, where she records images of young students, teachers, and others related to the school. One image near the end of the album is of the eight coffins of the Wolf Family who were murdered in 1920 in Turtle Lake, North Dakota. The image is a snapshot, but is a close variant of the images of the coffins that circulated in newspapers.A generous selection of vernacular photographs of young women that is almost exclusively geographically specific to Wisconsin.

      [Bookseller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA]
 18.   Check availability:     AbeBooks     Link/Print  


        [Photo Album]: Wisconsin Girls. 1917-1920

      Wisconsin, 1920. Near Fine. Oblong octavo. Measuring 11.5" x 7.25". String-tied flexible cloth with "Photographs" in gilt on top board. Very near fine, images with some occasional fading but overall well-composed and very good or better. Contains 327 gelatin silver images. Various sizes, mostly some variation of 4.25" x 2.75". Mostly captioned in white album ink, some of the cations are rubbed, but they remain largely readable. Album maintained by a young Wisconsin woman documenting her school days, friends and travel. She was likely from Chilton, Wisconsin where the album begins in here later school years in 1917 and 1918 including shots of her girls' basketball team. Additionally there are groups of images from Appleton, Milwaukee, Menomonie, Oconto, Kaukauna, Peshtigo River, and Riverside, Wisconsin, where she traveled to visit relatives. There are a few images in Minnesota and in Escanaba, Michigan where she attended an Evangelist Revival Meeting. Additionally there are a few photos of uniformed men in France from 1918, sent from a school acquaintance or family member. She likely then taught grammar school children in Goodrich, Kansas, where she records images of young students, teachers, and others related to the school. One image near the end of the album is of the eight coffins of the Wolf Family who were murdered in 1920 in Turtle Lake, North Dakota. The image is a snapshot, but is a close variant of the images of the coffins that circulated in newspapers.A generous selection of vernacular photographs of young women that is almost exclusively geographically specific to Wisconsin.

      [Bookseller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABA]
 19.   Check availability:     Biblio     Link/Print  


        Carte Blanche. Articles parus dans Paris - Midi du 31 Mars au 11 Aout 1919.

      - Paris, aux Editions de la Sirene, 1920. Prima edizione della tiratura di "Cinquante exemplaires sur papier de Corée, numérotés de 6 à 55". Allegato cartoncino autografo di Jean Cocteau con la scritta a penna stilografica: J&#146;aime la belle franchise de Gide - Jean Cocteau. In 16mo; copertina originale con sovraccoperta; pp. 117, (3). Piccoli strappi con leggere mancanze alla sovraccoperta e dorso brunito. Axs

      [Bookseller: LIBRERIA PAOLO BONGIORNO]
 20.   Check availability:     AbeBooks     Link/Print  


        ORIGINAL SKETCH, A DRAWING OF THE STAGE SET IN A THEATRICAL PRODUCTION

      Circa 1920 - Signed by Nielsen at the foot of the drawing. an original pen and pencil drawing with wash on heavy cream coloured stock. The stock roughly 360 by 265mm, signed at the bottom, the image itself roughly 270 by 175mm, now matted in blue boards and with protective plastic sleeve. A RARELY ENCOUNTERED DRAWING BY ONE OF THE FOREMOST ILLUSTRATORS OF THE EARLY PART OF THE 20TH CENTURY. The Nielsen drawing is quite an interesting piece. It seems possible that it might have been intended for use as a set design, but it is also a rather accomplished drawing which has very finished elements such as the figure at the far left and the figure facing. These incorporate Nielsen's best traits as an artist. The figure to the far right seems also to have a wash applied as the artist might have done while beginning his water colour work. A working figure underlies one of the finished ones, and the drawing is signed by Nielsen at the bottom of the plate. [Attributes: Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: Buddenbrooks, Inc. ABAA]
 21.   Check availability:     AbeBooks     Link/Print  


        THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS of Mirth and Marvels

      Dent 1920 - Beautiful copy in the rare publisher's special leather binding. Original brown/black morocco with gilt lettering and vignette. Top edge gilt. 4to. A fine copy. Twenty Four mounted colour plates under captioned tissue guards, twelve tinted colour plates and many line drawings. One plate has a slight abrasion. A book of folk tales and legends, mostly in verse, including The Jackdaw of Rheims and The Babes in the Wood. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: Jonkers Rare Books]
 22.   Check availability:     AbeBooks     Link/Print  


        Commercial Airships.

      London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1920. [Aviation]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17 cm), pp.xiii; [1]; 235; [1]. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, in typographic dust-jacket. Colour frontispiece, 27 black and white photographic plates, folding chart of prevalent winds in summer. Some dustiness to edges, some offsetting to endpapers, small label and 'file copy' stamp to front free endpaper, number 29 written on cloth at spine and with pen on dust-jacket at the same location. Dust-jacket shows well with some closed tears, some chipping and nicking, a few small marks and some toning to spine. A very good copy of a scarce book, devilishly so in the dust-jacket. An excellent early work written by the Chief Airship Engineer at Vickers, where he helped designed the R9 and R80 airships alongside Barnes Wallis.

      [Bookseller: Adrian Harrington]
 23.   Check availability:     Direct From Seller     Link/Print  


        At zije zivot! Volne uvahy o novem umeni. Uvodni slovo napsal Vaclav Nebesky. Se ctrnacti obrazky Josefa Capka [= Edice cervna, svazek VIII]

      Praha: Fr. Borovy 1920 - Erstausgabe, Umschlag von Josef Capek, OBrosch. (Interimseinband), durchsichtige Schutzfolie, 247 Seiten mit Abb. von Josef Capek, 11 x 17,5 cm, innen und außen gebräunt, insgesamt sehr guter Zustand. Book Language/s: cz [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: Antikvariat Valentinska]
 24.   Check availability:     AbeBooks     Link/Print  


        The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism.

      George Allen & Unwin, London., 1920. First edition. Small octavo. 188 pages. Four pages of adverts at rear. Cloth-backed boards with title label on front cover. Russell initially had great sympathy with the revolutionaries, but a visit to the Soviet Union immediately alerted him to the dangers inherent in Lenin's system.Spine creased. Edges spotted. Very good in the scarce dustwrapper which is very good, a little chipped and nicked at head and tail of spine.

      [Bookseller: Peter Ellis bookseller]
 25.   Check availability:     Biblio     Link/Print  


        Bildnis einer jüngeren Frau in weißem Kleid in Polster gelehnt; Dreiviertelfigur en face.

      - Radierung, um 1920, auf chamoisfarbenem Velin, signiert und als &#132;Probedruck" bezeichnet. Darstellungsgröße 43,5.37,5 cm, Blattgröße 52,5.42,5 cm. &#150; Mit einer kleinen Druckstelle innerhalb der Darstellung rechts unten sowie kleiner Einriß im Unterrand. Ganz vorzüglicher Abdruck mit viel Grat des sehr seltenen Blattes. Um wen es sich bei der Dargestellten handelt, konnte bisher nicht ermittelt werden. Der später als Maler, Radierer, Holzschneider und Lithograph tätige Eggeler studierte als Sohn eines Hofbeamten zunächst an der Universität Wien Jura und war als Dr. phil. Rechtsberater der Gemeinde Wien. Es schloß sich ein Studium an der Akademie der bildenden Künste bei Ferdinand Schmutzer (1870 &#150; Wien &#150; 1928) und Rudolf Bacher (1862 &#150; Wien - 1945) sowie an der Graphischen Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt bei Ludwig Michalek (1859-1942) an. Nachdem er bis 1925 Zeichnungen, Graphik in mehreren Techniken und Mappenwerke geschaffen hatte, ging mit diesem Jahr seine künstlerische Tätigkeit abrupt zu Ende. Er war Mitglied des Künstlerhauses, Wien und erhielt 1919 den Dumba-Preis, gen. Nach dem österreichischen Kunstmäzen Nikolaus Dumba (1830-1900). Eggeler war ein Vertreter der frühen österreichischen Phantastik.

      [Bookseller: Galerie Joseph Fach GmbH]
 26.   Check availability:     ZVAB     Link/Print  


        MASKEE: A SHANGHAI SKETCHBOOK.

      - [Shanghai 1920's, Schiff]. Red silk covers, accordion folded album, 21 hand colored charming sketches, 19.5 x 27 cm., bit of minor corner wear, else a very clean & solid copy. * * FIRST & ONLY AUTHOR'S SIGNED LIMITED NUMBERED COPY * * *** *** *** . . A GREAT CARAIATURE OF SHANGHAI LIEF IN THE LATE 1930'S . . . DEPICTING INTERACTIONS BETWEEN . . . FOREIGNERS, CHINESE DANCE HALL GIRLS & PROSTITUTES . . *** WHO WAS THE ARTIST & AUTHOR FRIEDRICH H. SCHIFF [1908-1968]: Schiff was an Austrian-Jewish artist. He was a keen observer of the Chinese spirit, showing the more fascinating visual insights to Shanghai life. . Schiff arrived from Austria in Shanghai in 1930 when he was 22 years old, and lived there until 1947. His charming cartoons captured the foreign community's interest and many were also published in local newspapers and journals such as the China Journal & the North China Daily News. . He also illustrated several books on China, a suite of Shanghai postcards, and was attributed to decorating the walls of the Cercle Sportif Français and other clubs. . After receiving an invitation to visit Shanghai from a cousin Schiff lived there for 17 years, becoming known as one of the city's great cartoonists between the two world wars. . Schiff's importance lies, first of all in the fact he depicted indelible characters that manifest what it meant to dwell in Shanghai, then an international City. . "He manipulates his works as a form of attack. Socially marginalized groups, such as prostitutes, 'taxi-girls' and beggars, are all subjects of his scrutiny." . *** Gerd Kaminski, author of a chronicle and geographical study of the artist, described the opus of Schiff as extensive, ascertaining that cartooning was the genre that prodded him into telling stories from the point of view of a spectator on the street. See below. . * "Schiff's opus goes beyond cartoons and illustrations for newspapers. Artistically, he was equally excellent in landscape and portrait oil paintings, gouache and watercolor works," Kaminski said. . * "Schiff, from the very beginning of his residency in China, had already developed sharp eyes -not only in face-reading Chinese physiognomy, but also the social realities in which Chinese and foreigners were being subjected to." . *** THE SETTING: The setting is the "Roaring 1930's Shanghai" scene. Sketches depict the Free-Wheeling, "Anything Goes" wild attitudes of "why not" war torn Shanghai. . * THE SKETCHES: TWENTY-ONE HAND-COLORED DRAWINGS: . The first page shows a beautiful, slinky Chinese girl in Cheongsam: "Miss Shanghai: "Me no worry-me no care ! Me go marry millionaire ! If he die me no cry ! Me go marry other guy !!" . Followed by 19 other full-page hand-colored drawings. Some with and with out captions, the meanings obvious ! . These fascinating color-drawings shows how Occidentals inter-relate with the Chinese & western [mostly Russian] girls, Shanghai Party time English style, "Having a Ripping Time," American sailors caress and dance with their willowy Chinese girls wearing sexy Cheongsam split up to their hips. . Also stunningly beautiful, blond & blue-eyed Russian prostitutes with their Chinese sisters competing for the Yankee dollar. "Taxi-girls, "sing-song girls," bar girls, lonely and hungry house wives. . *** THE MEANING OF "MASKEE:" The tile "MASKEE" is a very old China coast Pidgin English corruption of the Portuguese word meaning "Never Mind." This and other Pidgin English was commonly used by both Chinese and foreigners along the treaty port cities on China's east coast since the 1820's. . *** THE HAND-COLORED ART WORK: Schiff drew the illustrations, then had the book printed in black-outline, after which he hand-colored each page and signed the title page, adding a hand-written number on the last page. . *** BINDING: The work was bound in various colors of silk [red, maroon, green, blue], with brocade designs, such as bamboo, or the dragon. There may have been other variant colors, we do not pla

      [Bookseller: RARE ORIENTAL BOOK CO., ABAA, ILAB]
 27.   Check availability:     ZVAB     Link/Print  


        Address of the President of the United States Delivered at a Joint Session of the Two Houses of Congress April 2, 1917

      WOODROW WILSONAs President he signed and dated this hardbound copy of his speech to a joint session of congress requesting a Declaration of War on Germany.Book signed: "Woodrow Wilson/1 August, 1920" as President on first flyleaf, 16 pages, 8x12¼, hardcover. Address of the President of the United States Delivered at a Joint Session of the Two Houses of Congress April 2, 1917, privately printed in 1918. The complete text of President Wilson's speech requesting that Congress declare war on Germany and her allies. On April 6, four days after Wilson delivered this "War Message", Congress overwhelmingly passed the War Resolution that brought the U.S. into WWI. In part: "The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty. We have no selfish ends to serve. We desire no conquest, no dominion. We seek no indemnities for ourselves, no material compensation for the sacrifices we shall freely make. We are but one of the champions of the rights of mankind. We shall be satisfied when those rights have been made as secure as the faith and the freedom of nations can make them...." Accompanied by printed card, 4½x7 of the book's provenance: "This privately printed copy of President Wilson's address of April the second, 1917 presented to Oscar R. Ewing by Charles Williston McAlpin". An exceptionally rare and important signed book. Signature page is lightly creased with minor pinhead-size stains. Cover is slightly faded and worn with slight stains, ½x¼-inch tear at upper right corner (mostly intact). Internally sound.

      [Bookseller: HistoryForSale]
 28.   Check availability:     Biblio     Link/Print  


        Collection of photographs of Theodor Herzl. Serie: Herzl-Grabgang.

      Vienna and Israel n.d. 's 1920 - Three landscape photograph albums. stationary with stamp of Karen Kajemeth Lejisrael Judischer Nationalfond/Jewish National Fund serves as title-page, 78 original black-and-whiter original photographs (mostly 13.5 x 8.5 cm approx) arranged on 37 leaves, "Photo Benedikt, Wien" embossed on most images, original brown cloth. First album: 26 photographs and postcards of Herzl, his family and fellow Zionists. Second album: Photographs, postcards, clippings from magazines, 2 small brass reliefs and one embroidery of Herzl, his family, the zionist congresses and related scenes arranged in an album (65 items in total). Third album: Scenes from a memorial service for Theodor Herzl. Zionist-Socialist youth organizations (Kartell Zionistisch-Sozialistischer Jugendverbande) and their leaders, some with flags, in uniforms and insignia, pass by the graves of Herzl and his parents in the Doblinger Cemetery. A few scenes captured on the streets of the city. This album offers a unique insight into European Zionist culture with its use of social clubs for different age groups organized in military fashion. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: Shapero Rare Books]
 29.   Check availability:     ZVAB     Link/Print  


        The Elements of Style

      New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1920. Rare, beautifully preserved First Trade Edition of this revered guidebook of essential rules of the English language. Small 8vo: 52pp. Publisher's original slate-blue paper-covered boards titled in black, black linen spine, former owner's name and address to front fly leaf. Binding strong, hinges undamaged, pages clean and bright with mild foxing restricted to front fly leaf. An exemplarily example. Time 100 (Nonfiction), 83. ¶ Strunk wrote The Elements of Style in 1918 and privately published it, in 1919, for in-house use at Cornell University, where he was professor of English. Harcourt, Brace published this first trade edition in 52-page format. "Strunk and White [E. B. White (Charlotte's Web), one of Strunk's first students and greatest admirers, who, in 1957, updated and revised the "Little Book," adding an introduction and a chapter on style] waded through the totality of our vast and complicated language and boiled it down to a terse 105 pages, including a glossary and index. No exhaustive explanations or sentence diagrams here--just 22 style rules and principles of composition, followed by 'a few matters of form,' a conclusive list of misused words and phrases and an all-encompassing 'guide to style.'" . . . The Elements of Style is a timeless reminder of the simplicity of proper writing and is likely to remain a useful tool for years to come." (Time 100) N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, carefully preserved in archival, removable polypropylene sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. Fine-.

      [Bookseller: Fine Editions Ltd]
 30.   Check availability:     Direct From Seller     Link/Print  


        Collection of 14 political flyers distributed during the 1919 and 1920 elections in Bavaria

      Various: German Political Parties, 1920. Hardcover. fair to vg. Various sizes. Original printed flyers on various papers and in various colors.&#11;&#11;An extraordinary mirror of the political climate in Bavaria two years after the end of W.W.I exhibited in 9 letter size and 4 smaller size election flyers. The tenor of all flyers reflects the extremely agitated atmosphere of the time warning the voters in drastic language to beware of corruption and profiteering of the Hoffmann government and its followers on one hand, and of the Jewish population, bolshevism and socialism as administered by the representatives of the Räterepublik on the other. The content of the flyers varies from patriotic to educational and propaganda bids to expose the true nature of the Räterepublik.&#11;&#11;Among the parties and institutions responsible for the distribution of the flyers are the Bayrische Mittelpartei claiming that no Jewish citizens are members and belaboring the failure of the current system, the Deutsche Demokratische Partei boldly announcing election fraud. Appeals by the Bayrische Volkspartei to vote for their candidates and the Deutsche Volkspartei calling for unity against Bolshevism and "Red Terror." A flyer by the NSDAP printed on both sides with an appeal to duplicate and distribute points out a "Times" exposure on the Jewish world program to enslave the peoples of the world under Jewish rule. The Bayrische Volkspartei addresses women and girls in warning against radical leftist elements, militias (Einwohnerwehr, Wachregiment and Reichswehr) attacking the Räterepublik, a flyer by private citizens warning against the communist social democrat party (KPD and USP), a flyer by the publisher "Staatspolitischer Verlag" with caricatures taunting various political factions pointing out the Deutsche Volkspartei as the best choice for the elections, and an "unclaimed" small flyer attacking Jews, the stock marketeers, communists and traitors.&#11;&#11;Texts in German. The letter size flyer all have filing punch holes on the left side. There are small tears, one flyer with six inch closed tear, chips, creasing and some age toning. Flyers mostly in good to very good condition.

      [Bookseller: Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller ]
 31.   Check availability:     ABAA     Link/Print  


        VIEUX PIGNONS FLAMANDS TABLEAU IMPRESSIONNISTE

      1920 - A. VICTOR COLBRANT VIEUX PIGNONS FLAMANDS Circa 1910-1920, Huile sur toile impressionniste signée au coin inférieur droit et au dos sur étiquette Cadre stuc doré avec lacunes Format de la toile : 58 x 74 cm environ Format du cadre : 77 x 93 cm environ Peintre belge actif au début du XXe siècle appartenant à l'école belge de Mons, participa au salon de Charleroi en 1911 et salon d'automne de 1913 Etat : de belles couleurs, bonne technique, agréable tableau (Remise en main propre ou expédition sur demande, ask for a quote shipping worldwide)

      [Bookseller: Librairie KPMA]
 32.   Check availability:     AbeBooks     Link/Print  


        [Loose Photographs]: Native American Market

      Arizona, 1920. Very Good. A collection of four black and white gelatin silver photographs measuring 5" x 8" two of which are hand colored. Very good photos with slight curling and creasing. The photos show candid scenes of a Native American market in Navajo County, Arizona in the 1920s with people leaning on stalls, talking, and a mother holding her baby. One photo shows the Navajo pueblos of the village Chimapovi in Toreva Polacca. The only captioned photo has the name Clyde H. Saloftoche who was most likely a Hopi chief.

      [Bookseller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABA]
 33.   Check availability:     ABAA     Link/Print  


        Das Plakat. Zeitschrift des Vereins der Plakatfreunde e. V. für Kunst und Kultur in der Reklame. Elfter Jahrgang 1920 vollständig mit den Heften 1 bis 12 Heften.

      Berlin Charlottenburg, Verlag \"Das Plakat\", 1920. 610 Textseiten, insgesamt 128 Blätter, insgesamt 122 Werbeseiten, privates Halbleinen, 23x29cm, Zustand: 3 Mit sehr vielen teils farbigen Abbildungen im Text und auf Tafeln, etlichen montierten Abbildungen und mehrfach gefalteten farbigen Tafeln. Die Hefte mit den folgenden Beiträgen. Heft 1: \"Hannoversche Reklamekunst\" von Johann Friedrich Temming, \"Das ungarische Plakat der Revolutionszeit\" von Carl Tobler und \"Malerei und Plakatkunst in ihrer Wechselwirkung\" von Adolf Behne. Heft 2: \"Schwabenheft\". \"Karl Sigrist\" von G.E. Pazaurek und \"Die Württembergischen Gebrauchsgraphiker\" von Hermann Missenharter. Heft 3: \"Sonderheft: Maschinenindustrie\". \"Carl Strohmeyer\" von Wilhelm Haase-Lampe und Mode-Industrie und Reklame\" von Joachim von Bülow. Heft 4: \"Jupp Wiertz\" von Hans Sachs und \"Bahnbrecher der deutschen Plakatkunst. 8. Die Steglitzer Werkstatt. Eine Erinnerung.\" von Fritz Helmuth Ehmcke. Heft 5: \"Mayer Lukas\" von Hanns H. Josten und \"Der Wettbewerb für neue deutsche Briefmarken\" von Hans Sachs, \"Bahnbrecher der deutschen Plakatkunst. 9. Vor fünfundzwanzig Jahren\" von Walter von Zur Westen und \"Das Plakat im Kampf um die Nordmark\" von Fritz Fuglsang. Heft 6: Sonderheft Baukunst. \"Die Baukunst im Dienste der kaufmännischen Werbetätigkeit\" von Hermann Muthesius. \"Die Plakate von Theo Matejko\" von Stella Kramrich und \"Plakatkleben, Plakatformate, Endlos-Plakate\" von F. Rudolf Uebe-Münster. Heft 7: \"Karl Michel\" von Max Osborn, \"Deutsche Spielkarten\" von Heinrich Höhn, \"Wege zum Entwerfen künstlerischer Spielkarten\" von Werner Jakstein und \"Über das Durchbilden einer Druckschrift\" von Rudolf Koch. Heft 8: \"Sonderheft Verkehrsreklame.\" Deutsche Stadt, Deutsches Land im Künstlerplakat\" von Fritz Blum, \"Künstlerische Ansichtspostkarten\" von Richard Braungart und \"Die Werbemittel des Luftverkehrs und der Flugveranstaltungen\" von Walter F. Schubert. Heft 9: \"Sonderheft Die Packung\". \"Josef Emanuel Margold\" von Robert Corwegh, \"Buntpapier. Seine Geschichte, Technik, Art und Verwendbarkeit\" von Paul Kersten, \"Bahnbrecher der deutschen Plakatkunst 10: Knut Hansen\" von Max Osborn und \"Willensskelette in der modernen Malerei. Kritische Studie vom Standpunkt der modernen Plakatkunst aus\" von Karl Rapp. Heft 10: \"Sonderheft Film\". \"Das deutsche Filmplakat\" von Walter F. Schubert, \"Filmreklame und Reklamefilm\" von Herbert Tannenbaum, \"Kunst und Suggestion\" von Karl Fleischhack, \"Lichtbild und Umrahmung\" von Rudolf Bleistein und \"Der Film als Werbemittel\" von Karlernst Knatz. Heft 11: \"Sonderheft Schweizer Plakatkunst\". \"Neue Schweizer Plakate\" von Rudolf Bernoulli, \"Vom Leipziger Messezeichen\" von Hermann Behrmann, \"Der Humor in der Reklame und im Plakat\" von Herbert Hillmann und \"Der Wettbewerb \"Marke Ampere\"\" von Hans Meyer. Heft 12 : \"Stephan Krotowski\" von Lothar Brieger, \"Quousque Tandem\" von Johann Cicero, \"Reklamegraphik und Statistik\" von F. Rudolf Uebe, \"Der Wettbewerb der Firma J. Plinik & Co für Zigarettenpackungen\" von Gustav E. Pazaurek, \"Druckschriften, ihre Künstler, Giesser und Verleger\" von J. A. Beringer, \"Die Plakatreklame der russischen Sowjetregierung\" von Hugo Eberlein, \"Die Plakate der ungarischen Reaktion\" von der Redaktion als Antwort auf einen Vortrag von Ladislaus Onody im Verein und \"Warum haben wir noch keine neuen Marken\" von Karl Stahlbusch. Alle Hefte mit der Beilage \"Die Kultur der Reklame\", wobei zum Beiheft zu Heft 2 der Beitrag von Paul Zech \"Reichspropaganda. Eine ketzerische Studie\" hervorzuheben wäre. Ebenfalls alle Hefte mit den farbigen und sehr plakativen Deckblättern auf festem Karton. Die eigentlich zu Heft 2 gehörenden Werbeseiten I-VIII befinden sich am Ende von Heft 1. Schmuckloser privater Halbleinenband mit goldener Rückenbeschriftung. Heft 1 mit Eckabschnitt im Randbereich in der rechten unteren Ecke. Die Einbandkanten und Rückenenden sind beschabt, wenige kleine Einrisse, wenige Eselsohren. Exlibris für Karl Gassmann auf dem vorderen Einbanddeckel innen. Insgesamt aber durchaus ordentlich und sauber erhalten Versand D: 7,00 EUR

      [Bookseller: Antiquariat Drummer]
 34.   Check availability:     buchfreund.de     Link/Print  


        The Tanjur and The Kanjur: A Dissertation on Sanskrit, the Language of Antiquity, and on the corollary question, "Where was the Cradle of the Aryan race?"

      Freeport, N.Y.: La Casa Amaraca, 1920. Near Fine. First edition. Oblong octavo. Printed wrapper: 7, [1]pp., photographic frontispiece portrait and unpaged (approximately forty-one) gelatin silver photographs of the Sanskrit manuscripts. Contemporary custom binding by the Atelier Bindery in full pale brown morocco with four raised bands and black morocco spine label with title and decorations of dragons and swastikas in gilt, dentelles in elaborate gilt floral pattern, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Top corners slightly bumped, very near fine in custom cloth slipcase. One of 500 numbered copies, this copy unnumbered. Brief dissertation about the author's copies of rare Tibetan Sanskrit manuscripts. Apparently issued as an eight page pamphlet, this copy has been enhanced with the photographs and seems likely to have been the author's own copy. Attractive and beautifully bound volume. OCLC locates two copies of the pamphlet, but nothing with accompanying illustrations. (Yale and NYPL).

      [Bookseller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABA]
 35.   Check availability:     IOBABooks     Link/Print  


        AMs - Laborbuch: Tuberkulose-Laborbuch 1919/20. Laborbuch, (Frankfurt a.M.) 28.6.1919 - 17.9.1920.

      192 Seiten + 2 eingehängte Blätter. Halbleinenband der Zeit mit handschriftlichem Titel- und Rückenschildchen und eingedruckter Paginierung (vollständig). Einband leicht berieben, Block am Fuß durch Feuchtigkeitseinwirkung leicht wellig. Vermutlich Vorarbeiten zu Kolle's und Schlossberger's Tuberkulosestudien II + III. - Ueber die thierpathogenität des Friedmann'schen so genannten "Schildkrötentuberkelbazillus" und "Ueber die Beeinflussung der experimentellen Meerschweinchentuberkulose durch die Friedmannschen "Schildkrötentuberkelbazillen" (1920). Wilhelm Kolle (1868-1935), Bakteriologe, 1917 Nachfolger Paul Ehrlichs als Direktor des Staatsinstituts für experimentelle Therapie und des Georg-Speyer-Hauses. "Tuberkulose Stämme II". - Labor-Protokolle zahlreicher Reihenuntersuchungen mit unter-schiedlichen Stämmen, Dosen und Darreichungen an Kaninchen, Meerschweinchen und Mäusen, oft mit Sektionsbefunden.Überschriften: "Virulenzprüfung an Meerschweinchen", "Tuberkulinprüfungen", "Nachweis von TB-Bac. im Mäuseorganismus ... Nach verschied. Zeiten getötet, Ausstriche gefärbt nach Gram & Ziehl", "Pathogenitäts-Auswertung von TB 11 / Loefflerkultur vom 16.6.19", "Perkutane Infektion von Meerschweinchen ... Tb 7", "Prüfung auf Tuberkulinempfindlichkeit", "Kalium jodatum an Kaninchen ... Jodspeicherung im Gewebe bei Tuberkulose", "Inhalations-Versuche", "Pathogenität des Stammes Tb.7 / Fallende Mengen", "Gewöhnliche 4% Glycerin-Bouillon in verschiedenen Mengen an Meerschweinchen i.v. und sk.", "Fälle von phlyktäneartigen Erkrankungen (Prof. Igersheimer - Göttingen" (hierzu die beiden eingehängten Blätter), etc. - Es lassen sich mehrere Handschriften deutlich unterscheiden.

      [Bookseller: MedicusBooks.Com]
 36.   Check availability:     booklooker.de     Link/Print  


        Le Roman de la momie -

      F. Ferroud 1920 -, Paris - 1 volume. In-8. 218 pp. Reliure demi-maroquin rouge à coins, dos à nerfs orné de caissons mosaïqués aux fleurs de lotus, couv. illustrée en couleurs conservée. Reliure signée CANAPE. Illustrations de G. ROCHEGROSSE composée d'eaux-fortes dans et hors texte gravées par E. Decisy et de bandeaux, lettrines et culs-de-lampe d'inspiration égyptienne mises en couleurs au pochoir et gravées par Charles Clément. Magnifique reliure. TIRAGE LIMITÉ. Celui-ci un des 1000 exemplaires numérotés sur beau vélin d'arches avec un état des gravures. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: Librairie KOEGUI]
 37.   Check availability:     AbeBooks     Link/Print  


        La guirlande des mois. Cinquième année, 1921.

      Paris : Meynial, 1920. Duodecimo, pictorial silk, paper dust jacket, illustrated card slipcase (short split to top edge, otherwise very good), all edges gilt, patterned endpapers, pp 137, colour title page, 6 pochoir plates by Barbier; a fine copy. The final year of issue of the annual almanac, exquisitely illustrated by the master of art deco design, Georges Barbier.

      [Bookseller: Douglas Stewart Fine Books]
 38.   Check availability:     Direct From Seller     Link/Print  


        Deposizione.

      1920 - Orazio Gaigher nasce a Barco di Levico (TN) nel 1870. Studia a Cortina d&#146;Ampezzo, a Bressanone e a Innsbruck, seguendo il desiderio del padre medico che lo indirizza agli studi di medicina. Laureatosi, apre una clinica a Salisburgo. Coltiva la passione artistica con grande intensità, affascinato dal clima culturale della Secessione austriaca. Alla morte del padre, a 31 anni, decide di dedicarsi esclusivamente alla pittura. E&#146; il 1901. Parte per Londra, dove rimane fino al 1904, per studiare ritratto con Hubert von Herkomer. I suoi riferimenti sono legati al Simbolismo e al movimento Arts and Crafts di William Morris, ma la sua tensione più intima è sollecitata dal fascino del naturalismo della pittura preraffaellita, come mostrano le opere intitolate Notturno, Autunno e i Nudi, realizzati intorno al 1908, lavori nei quali la ricerca formale è fortemente intrisa di significato allegorico. Successivamente si reca in Spagna per conoscere le opere degli artisti spagnoli di corte; diventa amico di Gioacchino Sorolla. E&#146; affascinato dai ritratti di Velasquez. Nel 1906 è a Parigi, dove conosce Roberto Fleury e Eugenio Carrière. Incontra Romualdo Prati, giunto a Parigi nel 1905 per frequentare l&#146;Accademia delle Belle Arti. Si specializza nel genere del ritratto e inizia a viaggiare per l&#146;Europa e l&#146;America eseguendo più di cinquecento commissioni. Nel 1914 realizza i ritratti di Pio X, Benedetto XV e Pio XI. L&#146;anno seguente partecipa all&#146;Esposizione Internazionale di San Francisco dove è premiato. A Trento ritrae l&#146;Arcivescovo Celestino Endrici. Del 1924 è la pala di San Taddeo per la chiesa di Barco. L&#146;anno seguente realizza per la chiesa di Pieve Tesino una Santa Maria Assunta e un San Sebastiano. Nel 1926 è a Buenos Aires, in Argentina. Nel 1928 esegue un San Bartolomeo per la chiesa di Torcegno, Nello stesso anno si reca in Patagonia dove si dedica al genere del paesaggio. Ritornato in Italia nel 1930, si stabilisce a Merano. Esegue per la chiesa rivana di Santa Maria Assunta una Santa Lucia. Di questi anni si ricordano Maternità, Signora con il gatto, Vendemmia in Trentino, opere nelle quali si incontrano lo spirito moderno e secessionista. E&#146; nominato Presidente degli Artisti della Provincia di Bolzano. Muore a Merano il 17 maggio 1938. Firmato in basso a sinistra, si vende in cornice. Formato: Tecnica mista di cm 16,5x27 (dimensione foglio). Buono, ordinari segni d&#146;uso e del tempo.

      [Bookseller: Studio Bibliografico Adige]
 39.   Check availability:     AbeBooks     Link/Print  


        THE LURE OF THE PAST ..

      London: Stanley Paul &amp; Co, [1920].. Octavo, pp. [1-7] 8-256, original tan cloth, front panel ruled in blind, spine panel stamped in black. First edition. "A weird horror novel about a Londoner who is drawn back, partly through the use of drugs, into his former lives in Egypt and Rome, a process that exhausts his vitality and attachment to the present until it kills him. Commercial fiction, to be sure, but a notch above the pulp turned out by Wright & Brown, Jenkins, etc., and, though not as rare as his THE WINE OF DEATH (1925), a scarce book as well. Only one holding given by OCLC (at UCLA, in the Nitka Collection -- as is the sole OCLC holding of THE WINE OF DEATH). This is not your grandmother's vaporous reincarnation romance." - Robert Eldridge. Bleiler (1978), p. 10. Reginald 00493. Early owner's signature on front paste-down. Cloth a bit rubbed at spine ends, corner tips and along outer joints, free endpapers tanned with some offset on first and last leaves of text, but overall a solid, clean, very good copy of an uncommon book. (#149336)

      [Bookseller: L. W. Currey, Inc.]
 40.   Check availability:     Biblio     Link/Print  


        (Broadside): Requiescat in Pace. Ald. Terence McSwiney (Lord Mayor of Cork)... Died in Brixton Prison, October 25th 1920 After a Hunger Strike Lasting Seventy Four Days. Age 40. His Last Words "God Save Ireland, Fight On! Fight On!

      London: Printer Burgess, 1920. Near Fine. Souvenir broadside or napkin. Approximately 13.5" x 13.5". Printed in black and purple on thin Japanese paper or tissue. Contemporarily mounted on buff-colored cardstock. Slight bleedthrough from the glue used in mounting, near fine. A commemoration of the death due to a hunger strike by the Sinn Fein Mayor of Cork, giving the order of the funereal procession. McSwiney was an Irish playwright, poet and pamphleteer. A leader of the Irish Nationalists in Kerry and Cork, he was arrested in Cork for possession of seditious articles and documents, while serving as Mayor. He immediately went on a hunger strike. His death focused world attention on the Irish Question, and his processions in both London and Cork drew huge crowds. Souvenir napkins survive to some degree, but seldom in nice condition, because of the thin material and they were usually stored folded. We acquired a few napkins where the owner had the forethought to mount them, probably almost immediately.

      [Bookseller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABA]
 41.   Check availability:     IOBABooks     Link/Print  


        The Letters. Edited by his son Henry James. In two volumes. Illustrated.

      Boston: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1920 - 2 volumes, octavo. Original blue cloth, paper label to spines lettered and ruled in gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. With the dust jackets. Spines of dust jackets a little faded and a few minor nicks to spine ends, one small archival repair to jacket spine of vol. II; a fine set in excellent dust jackets. Photographic frontispieces with tissue guards, 13 plates and tailpiece illustrations. Small bookplate to front pastedowns and contemporary ownership inscription of Josephine B. Crane to front free endpapers. First edition, first printing, of a selection of James's correspondence, published to "throw the strongest light" on the celebrated philosopher's life and writings. A contemporary reviewer for The North American Review judged that the letters were "rich in their concise and accessible condensations of James's profounder convictions" (Gilman, p. 415). This set was given to American socialite and patron of the arts, Josephine B. Crane, by a friend for Christmas, 1920. Crane is remembered primarily as a co-founder and original trustee of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. She was also a key benefactress of the elite Dalton School, which derived its name from the Crane family estate located in Sugar Hill, Dalton (the address which appears on the bookplates). McDermott 1920&#150;1. See Lawrence Gilman, "The Book of the Month: The Letters of William James", The North American Review, vol. 213, no. 784, 1921, pp. 411&#150;16. [Attributes: First Edition]

      [Bookseller: Peter Harrington. ABA member]
 42.   Check availability:     ZVAB     Link/Print  


        Peking. A Historical and Intimate Description of its Chief Places of Interest.

      Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Hankow, Kelly & Walsh, Limited, 1922. 8vo. Original orange cloth, lettered in black, I,age of pagoda blocked in gilt on front cover, original dust-wrapper printed in orange and black; pp. [2], x, [4], 523, highly illustrated with plates after photographs and folding plans, wrappers with small flaws at head and tail of spine, light offsetting from endpapers, a few light spots here and there, otherwise a very beautiful copy with the rarely seen wrappers. Second edition (first, 1920), considerably enlargedand revised. The writer Juliet Bredon (c. 1881-1937) was the daughter of Sir Robert Edward Bredon, Bt (1846-1918), Deputy Inspector-General Imperial Maritime Customs, China, (1898-1908) and Acting Inspector-General of Customs with rank of Provincial Lieutenant-Governor (1908-1910). She spent much of her life in China, marrying Charles Lauru of Beijing, and she published a number of works on the country, including the present work, Chinese Shadows (Beijing: 1922), The Moon Year. A Record of Chinese Customs and Festivals (Shanghai: 1927), and a biography of her uncle, the famous inspector-general of customs in China, Sir Robert Hart Bt -- whose abilities and service were so highly regarded by the Chinese that 'his Chinese honours excelled in number and distinction those bestowed on any other European' (DNB) -- which was published in 1909. In her preface, Bredon explains that, 'Several books have been written about Peking by foreigners, but among these only two are comprehensive - Monseigneur Favier's monumental work Peking and Father Hyacinth Bitchurin's Description of Peking. This paucity of accurate accounts is chiefly due to the obstacles in the way of collecting precise information. The more one studies the fascinating old city, the more one realises the tantalising difficulties of learning, even from the Chinese themselves, anything but the merest outline of its history and monuments. A proper appreciation of Peking is not, I believe, in the power of a Westerner to give - certainly not of one single person - since it pre-supposes a thorough knowledge of China's past, an infinite sympathy with Chinese character and religions, an intimate sympathy with Chinese character and religions, an intimate familiarity with the proverbs and household phrases of the poor, the songs of the streets, the speech of the workshop, no less than the mentality of the literati and the motives of the rulers' (p. vii). Therefore, her book intends to provide a fuller description of the city than a conventional guide-book that will be of interest to the general reader: 'it aims at nothing original, - is simply a gathering up of the information of others, a gleaning from what has already been given to the world in a far better and fuller but less portable form. Its purpose is simply to play the part of a friend to resident and visitor alike - a friend (in whose taste you perhaps have confidence) to take you by the arm for a stroll through the city and its suburbs' (pp.viii). However, Bredon's book has subsequently become a very useful source on life in Beijing during the early twentieth century (and especially its architecture), and is widely cited in later literature on the period.

      [Bookseller: Henry Sotheran Ltd.]
 43.   Check availability:     Direct From Seller     Link/Print  


        History Of "Billy The Kid" [Signed First Edition]

      Chas. A. Siringo, Santa Fe 1920 - 142 Pp. + List Of Three Other Siringo Books At End. Softcover, Title Printed On Spine In Black, Photo Of Pat Garret On Rear Cover With Four Line Comments Beneath, Front Cover Lacking But With A Good Facsimile Scan Of The Front Cover And Inside Front Cover (With Author's Name Misspelled "Sirinco"). This Example Inscribed ""To Mr. Charlton E. Ames / With Compliments Of The / Author, Chas. A. Siringo/ Hollywood, Calif. / May 14Th, 1925". Spine Chipped Away 1/2" At Bottom, Lettering Strong, First Page With Faint Dampstaining 1/2" Deep Around Lower Spine Corner, And Rear Cover With Faint Dampstaining To 2" Deep At Lower Edge But Mostly Just 1/2" Deep. [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Soft Cover]

      [Bookseller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA]
 44.   Check availability:     AbeBooks     Link/Print  

______________________________________________________________________________


      Home     Wants Manager     Library Search     562 Years   Links     Contact      Search Help      Terms of Service      Privacy     


Copyright © 2018 viaLibri™ Limited. All rights reserved.
https://www.vialibri.net/years/1920/400
www.vialibri.net
crawl=CC-MAIN-2018-43
163872
application/http; msgtype=response
sha1:F2DK7IUVLKLF4T7WOOIVMDQUR5QUQZ6U
<urn:uuid:761f38b5-d404-4617-aa89-b627a195c3ac>
2018-10-19T10:13:46Z
72.52.142.111
application/xhtml+xml
sha1:7TIWUPSL735QIXUK3FVWSAAG5EYKKYUY
<urn:uuid:a1a1ae28-4c8c-4a34-a649-dd34fec7b723>
https://www.vialibri.net/years/1920/400
response
<urn:uuid:eae2222b-0f0c-4850-95be-0b6ac6c4dd03>
isPartOf: CC-MAIN-2018-43
publisher: Common Crawl
description: Wide crawl of the web for October 2018
operator: Common Crawl Admin (info@commoncrawl.org)
hostname: ip-10-69-127-157.ec2.internal
software: Apache Nutch 1.15 (modified, https://github.com/commoncrawl/nutch/)
robots: checked via crawler-commons 0.11-SNAPSHOT (https://github.com/crawler-commons/crawler-commons)
format: WARC File Format 1.1
conformsTo: http://iipc.github.io/warc-specifications/specifications/warc-format/warc-1.1/