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Fortum, UPM, Valmet partner to produce advanced biofuels
By Valmet Corp. | March 11, 2014
Fortum, UPM and Valmet have joined forces to develop a new, winning technology to produce advanced high value lignocellulosic fuels, such as transportation fuels or higher value bio-liquids. The idea is to develop catalytic pyrolysis technology for upgrading bio-oil and commercialize the solution.
According to several studies pyrolysis technology is seen as the most competitive route to produce advanced lignocellulosic biofuels, and is one of the most efficient routes for meeting EU2020 greenhouse gas emission reduction targets.
The five-year project is called LignoCat (lignocellulosic fuels by catalytic pyrolysis). The project is a natural continuation of the consortium's earlier bio-oil project together with the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, commercializing integrated pyrolysis technology for production of sustainable bio-oil for replacement of heating oil in industrial use.
In this project, the consortium aims higher and the target is to develop novel integrated technology to produce high value biofuels to replace fossil transportation fuels, and thereby create new business for the consortium companies.
"We will develop pyrolysis technology enabling improvement of bio-oil quality compatible for further refining to transportation fuels or intermediate products. This is a business opportunity for us, which will lead to new sustainable processes and products. We see a great potential in this project and look forward to continued cooperation," siad Jussi Mäntyniemi, director of technology and research and development at Valmet.
Successful project execution will help utilities and the forest industry sector in making investment decisions for entering advanced biofuel production.
UPM's knowledge of biofuels plays a key role in the project. "Our aim is to become a significant advanced biofuel producer. In accordance with our strategy, we will start production in Lappeenranta with crude tall oil residue as a raw material, and simultaneously we are looking for ways of producing biofuels out of solid wood biomass. Catalytic pyrolysis is one of the promising options we are looking into," said Petri Kukkonen, vice president of UPM Biofuels.
New technologies based on integration enable energy efficient production of advanced biofuels and is a way to maximize the value of Nordic biomass.
"Fortum is eager to continue this work towards higher value bio liquids based on the former successful co-operation with our R&D partners. This project is a straight continuation to our first CHP (combined heat and power) integrated bio oil investment in Joensuu and supports perfectly our strategy to increase total efficiency and value of our fleet of CHPs. The project's scope opens us the possibility to explore interesting new business opportunities and to define our role in the production chain of advanced biofuels," said Jukka Heiskanen, said of research and development at Fortum's heat business.
The LignoCat project is funded by Tekes - the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation. The outcome, when successful, will be a new sustainable product on the market. It will significantly reduce CO2 emissions in the transportation and heating sectors, and thus help in achieving national and international targets in greenhouse gas emission reduction. The project will create a knowledge cluster within biorefining for universities, research centers and consortium partners.
In addition to employment opportunities, final products will have a positive impact on the Finnish and European trade balance as the target market for second generation transportation fuels by 2020 is 10 million metric tons per year.
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Ola Electric declares 1100 Crore from sale in 2 days
This is unheard of not only for the Auto Industry but also one of the highest single-day sales for a single product in India's e-commerce history, Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal claimed.
On August 15, the company unveiled its Ola S1 electric scooter in the two variants S1 and S1 Pro priced at Rs 99,999 and Rs 1,29,999, respectively (ex-showroom including FAME II subsidy and excluding state subsidies).
Ola Electric had opened pre-launch bookings of its electric scooters in July for Rs 499 and had received 1 lakh orders in just 24 hours. The day1 sale of Ola Electric scooters saw four scooters being sold every second.
Bhavesh Agrawal of Ola Electric humbly said the excitement and enthusiasm customers showed for the products remained high throughout. He added, "The last 2 days have been exhilarating and humbling at the same time. We have done over INR 1100 crores in sales! This is unprecedented not just in the automotive industry but it is one of the highest sales in a day (by value) for a single product in Indian e-commerce history! We truly are living in a digital India".
The purchase window is now closed, reservations remain open on the Ola Electric website. The reopening of the purchase window is expected on November 1st, 2021, in time for Diwali. Deliveries will start from October 2021. Buyers will be notified of estimated tentative delivery dates within 72 hours of purchase.
Day 2 of EV era was even better than Day 1! Crossed ₹1100Cr in sales in 2 days! Purchase window will reopen on Nov 1 so reserve now if you haven't already.
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— Bhavish Aggarwal (@bhash) September 17, 2021
Ola is setting up a manufacturing plant spread across 500 acres in Tamil Nadu with an investment of Rs 2,400 crore. The company had stated that it would initially start with 10 lakh annual production capacity and then scale it up to 20 lakh, in line with market demand, in the first phase. Ola Electric had claimed that its plant - when fully completed - would have an annual capacity of one crore units, "that is 15 per cent of the world's entire total two-wheeler production."
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Ola bookings - If taken as cash flow - then it comes to 200 cr. We know that only 1 lakh have been booked, so I take it that Bhavish is referring to the value of scooters booked. And the assumption is that all the folks who have booked have paid up. Umm - difficult to digest. I know of one of my friends who has cancelled in the last week. Maybe they have also opened booking for European customers! In Euros it may be more palpable. And maybe Bhavish should focus more on Europe.
One thing that worries me: Scooter has been sold without test rides. How do we judge ergonomics, performance, real life range and after sales service by just looking at numbers? On the subject of range - would love to see what the S1 Pro actually delivers on road. Claim is 180 km. And that is what should set it aside from the Athers of the world. I would still want to wait and watch. On the face of it Ola seems to have worn the Ms Universe competition already. But we need to remember that the Nano had also got 1 lakh bookings - but it still turned out to be a flop.
Also delivery times in October - not seen any so far. January is the earliest that I have seen. But hey, even that's not too bad. There are a few pinches of salt that need to be taken with Bhavish's statements. You don't really require a very large factory for producing EVs. It's mostly assembly lines. Even if you have to make motors and battery packs in house, the space is much less compared to the machining lines required for IC engines. There is a lot of hype that is required to sell an IPO. All the best to Ola for that!
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Roster Move: #Eagles have acquired RB Jordan Howard from the Chicago Bears in exchange for a 2020 draft pick.
Don't love Howard but for a 6th I have no problem with it.
Why were Bears so anxious to dump him? I read somewhere he and Nagy weren't on same page but he's been very productive.
He's not good. Hopefully I'm wrong.
So are they still drafting a RB on day two?
Any RB who has a pulse > than Clement, Smallwood, Adams.
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At least two of those guys are getting hurt and going on IR.
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Texas Deputy Caught Raping 4-Year-Old Girl In Child Detention Facility
June 25, 2018 Baxter Dmitry News, US 4
A Texas deputy sheriff has been arrested on a felony charge after he was caught raping a 4-year-old girl in a child detention facility.
Sheriff Javier Salazar says the victim's mother is an undocumented immigrant, and the 47-year-old pedophile took advantage of the mother's fear of deportation.
According to CBS News, Nunez has been charged with super aggravated sexual assault — a charge applied when the victim is less than six years old.
Salazar says the victim, who just turned 4, cried out to her mother Saturday night. He said the mother decided to go to a local fire station to report the abuse. Investigators quickly stepped in and arrested the Bexar County Sheriff's Department deputy, around 3 a.m. Sunday.
Salazar said Nunez raped the girl, causing her intense pain. Investigators believe the abuse could go back months or possibly even years. Investigators are trying to determine whether the incident was an isolated case, or whether it followed a pattern of abuse at the child detention facility by Nunez.
The possibility that others may have been involved in similar criminal activity hasn't been ruled out by the Sheriff's Department, nor has the possibility that Nunez may be part of a wider child trafficking operation.
"When one person or persons individually demonstrate like they did in this case that they're not worthy to be part of this agency, then we're going to, quite frankly, get them out of here. Cut them out like cancer. And that's what's going to happen in this case," said Salazar.
Nunez has been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation. Internal affairs will also be conducting a separate, but concurrent investigation.
Salazar said he encourages undocumented immigrants to continue to report crimes. He said there could be more victims in Nunez's case.
"(We ask) victims of a crime or a witness to a crime to please come forward and report it. Just like we're doing in this case, we're filling out paperwork with this witness in question to make sure that she's given protected status pending the outcome of this case," Salazar said.
A pedophile was hired to run a child detention camp in Brownsville, Texas.
Pedophilia epidemic
The news follows reports that the Obama Administration had placed known pedophile in charge of a child's detention facility in Texas.
According to a bombshell exposé by Texas Monthly, a man with a history of arrest for child pornography charges was tasked to run a major child detention center located in Brownsville, Texas.
Pedophile Ernesto Padron was a Border Patrol agent before he was forced to resign from the agency in 2010 after being charged with a second-degree felony of possession of child porn.
After escaping the charges, Padron was awarded a high-level position at the facility, where he was in control of thousands of undocumented children, many of whom would regularly drop off the radar.
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Black Friday online shopping is continuing to grow, and this Friday was another record-breaking day. According to a new report out this evening from Adobe, which has been tracking e-commerce transactions throughout the sales holiday, Black Friday is on track to set a new record by surpassing the $3 billion mark for the first time. It's also expected to become the first day in U.S. retail history to drive over a billion dollars from mobile sales.
With an estimated $3.05 billion expected by the day's close, Black Friday 2016 is up 11.4 percent from the same day last year, says Adobe.
It was clear earlier in the day that mobile was having a significant impact on the record e-commerce sales seen on Thanksgiving Day and on Black Friday. Major retailers, like Amazon, Walmart, Target and eBay, noted that mobile traffic and sales were on the rise. Amazon said that mobile orders on Thanksgiving topped Cyber Monday last year, for example, while Walmart said that over 70 percent of website traffic on Thanksgiving was mobile. Target said that 60 percent of Thanksgiving sales were from mobile devices.
This trend continued into Black Friday, as the sales event is currently tracking to bring in $1.13 billion in revenue, which is up 25 percent year-over-year. Walmart said that 60 percent of Black Friday orders on Walmart.com came from mobile devices, for example.
Mobile was also driving the majority of retail sites visits on Friday at 56 percent, Adobe noted. Most of that (47%) was from smartphones, as opposed to tablets (9%).
In addition, mobile accounted for 40 percent of sales, with 29 percent from smartphones, and 11 percent for tablets. By 3 PM ET, mobile alone had accounted for $680 million in online sales.
What's interesting, however, is that smartphones don't drive as many conversions as tablets and desktops. While conversions were up overall, smartphone conversations were at 1.9 percent, compared with tablets at 3.7 percent, and desktops at 4 percent. For comparison's sake, holiday averages are 1.3 percent, 2.9 percent, and 3.2 percent, for phones, tablets, and desktops, respectively.
In addition, iOS continued to drive larger sales than Android. The average order value on iOS devices was $144 compared with $136 on Android.
It still remains to be seen if Adobe's estimates of mobile sales topping $1 billion out of over $3 billion in total online sales will change when Black Friday finally wraps tonight, of course. But Adobe's sample is large enough for its numbers to be fairly close. Its report is based on aggregated data from 22 billion visits to retail websites, and includes 80 percent of all online transactions from the top 100 U.S. retailers.
Adobe also noted this year's top-selling electronics were Apple iPads, Samsung 4K TVs, the Apple Macbook Air, LG TVs, and Microsoft Xbox.
Combined with yesterday's $1.93 in online sales on Thanksgiving, the two days are expected to close out at nearly $5 billion in sales. Top-selling toys included Lego Creator Sets, electric scooters from Razor, Nerf Guns, DJI Phantom Drones, and Barbie Dreamhouse.
Despite the record numbers, the e-commerce industry is still recovering from the downturn it took following the election.


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Yesterday, MTV premiered its remake of Skins, the wildly successful British TV drama about a group of teenagers going through their daily lives, albeit in a more stylishly sexualized and drug-infused style than the average young person. While that salacious nature of the show is at least partially responsible for its popularity, the UK version has also won critical acclaim, especially for its exquisite writing and dialogue, as well as its makers' ability to create characters far more multifaceted and multilayered than those on virtually any other show for young people.
But on MTV, the network that gave us Jersey Shore and shows about snotty rich kids planning multi-million dollar birthday bashes, characters bearing anything more than the basest superficiality are rarer than displays of humility by Glenn Beck. Accordingly, fans of the original show were alarmed when that network announced a remake.
After viewing the initial episode, one can't help but wonder, "Why?" The show was an almost exact shot-for-shot remake of the 2007 Skins UK premier. The American entertainment industry has always been filled with xenophobia: after the slasher genre played itself out in the mid-1990s and creative content was sorely lacking in horror films, Japan and Korea were producing exciting new horror features back-to-back. But U.S. companies weren't content to simply import them; instead the produced inferior remakes (which were, nonetheless, a shot in the arm to the industry).
Still, Skins is British – it doesn't even require subtitles.
While the desire to make an American version is puzzling, it is refreshing to see MTV take young people with no experience (only one of the actors had ever been in a TV show or movie before) and give them scripts and a storyline – instead of putting them in a house with the people they're most likely to hate. And the youth perform well: without exception, the acting was believable, if a bit stilted.
Reportedly, both of the show's creators, Jaimie Brittain and Bryan Elsley, were originally against the American remake. Nonetheless, they eventually agreed, and though a number of cable networks pitched the idea, they went with MTV, saying that the former Music Television ("MTV," incidentally, officially stands for nothing now; it's not longer an abbreviation) was open to taking the most risk.
There seems to have been some risk-aversion, however, as Maxxie, the gay male youth from the original Skins UK has been replaced with "Tea," a lesbian played by Sofia Black D'elia. And while it's nice that there is at least an open LGBTQ character, it's too bad that MTV was still obviously uncomfortable with a likable gay male as a player.
"Cadie" (Britne Oldford) replaces Cassie, the girl with the eating disorder from the UK shows. Where Cassie was quirky and troubled but lovable – and the vessel for numerous messages eating disorders – Cadie is simply bizarre, scary and unlikable.
The rest of the characters are carbon copies of their British counterparts, though some of the names have been de-Anglicized. While, as mentioned above, they all do a good job, it is hard for anyone who's seen the original to rid oneself of the impression that they are simply doing impersonations of their favorite UK characters.
But it's impossible to judge the show based on its first episode alone. According to its producers, the show was to "initially" parallel the British version, but after that, the plotlines would begin to diverge. Can MTV produce something as well written as the original? Maybe. Elsley and Brittain themselves found the writers for the American version, and they apparently searched and searched until they found a team with whom they felt comfortable.
Will Skins USA be a well written counterpart to the original show, able to construct compelling characters, raise issues and push all the buttons of controversy that the original show did – or will it turn into Skins UK meets Snookie?
The show could go either way; it's too early to make a judgment. Meanwhile, we're keeping our fingers crossed, but not getting our hopes too high.
It is MTV after all.


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ROOSEVELT, Theodore. Winning of the West. New York and London, 1900. Four volumes.
Splendid Daniel Boone edition of Roosevelt's copiously illustrated historical masterwork, number 198 of only 200 finely bound copies with an original manuscript leaf tipped in from Roosevelt's account of the fate of different European nations in the New World. $18,500.
SIGNED BY MAURICE SENDAK: AN ORIGINAL LARGE DRAWING OF MAX AND A WILD THING
SENDAK, Maurice. Original drawing signed. No place, no date.
Original large pencil drawing of Max, dressed in his monster suit, playing with the wild thing "Moishe" from Where the Wild Things Are, signed by Sendak. $18,500.
"AFTER HAVING UNDERGONE A GREAT DEAL OF RIDICULE… WE WERE AT LENGTH CAST ADRIFT IN THE OPEN OCEAN"
BLIGH, William. A Narrative of the Mutiny on Board His Majesty's Ship Bounty. London, 1790.
First edition of Bligh's gripping account of "one of the most heroic sea voyages ever made," with folding plan of the H.M.S. Bounty and three charts (two folding). $17,500.
"AMONGST THE FATHERS OF ECONOMIC SCIENCE"
SAY, Jean-Baptiste. A Treatise on Political Economy. London, 1821. Two volumes.
First edition in English of this important contribution to the study of market economics, in contemporary calf. $17,500.
THE FIRST RUSSIAN CIRCUMNAVIGATION
KRUZENSHTERN, Ivan. Voyage Round the World. London, 1813. Two volumes in one.
First edition in English of Kruzenshtern's chronicle of the first Russian circumnavigation of the globe, with folding map and two hand-colored aquatint frontispieces. Handsomely bound in full morocco-gilt. $17,500.
INSCRIBED BY EMERSON TO HIS CLOSE FRIEND AND LONGTIME ADVISER
EMERSON, Ralph Waldo. Essays: Second Series. Boston, 1844.
First edition, presentation copy, of the second series of Emerson's essays including such important works as "Experience," "The Poet," and "Nature," usual mixed first and second printing but composed almost entirely of first printing sheets, inscribed in the year of publication to his close friend and trusted adviser: "Abel Adams from his friend, R.W.E. 15 October, 1844." $17,500.
"THE WORK OF ONE MAN AND A COMPLETELY NEW DEPARTURE"
PAVLOV, I.P. Lectures on the Work of the Principal Digestive Glands [in Russian]. Moscow, 1897.
First edition of Pavlov's groundbreaking work, with far-ranging implications in the fields of both physiology and psychology, substantially responsible for him being awarded the Nobel Prize in physiology in 1904. $16,800.
"AN EXTRAORDINARY RICHNESS OF COLOR"
PYNE, William Henry. The History of the Royal Residences. London, 1819. Three volumes.
First edition of this beautifully illustrated work on the design and history of eight royal residences, with 100 hand-colored aquatint plates after the works of Charles Wild, James Stephanoff and others, beautifully bound. $16,500.
"AN EPIC STUDY OF THE PHYSICAL STATE OF THE NATION DURING THE DECADES OF THE WESTWARD MOVEMENT"
DRAKE, Daniel. A Treatise on the Diseases of North America. Cincinnati and Philadelphia, 1850-54. Two volumes.
First edition, presentation copy, of Drake's groundbreaking study of North American diseases, with 19 maps (one folding) and numerous in-text tables, inscribed on the title page of Volume I in the year of publication to his friend Dr. Alfred Stille, a leading Philadelphia doctor known for his work differentiating typhus and typhoid fever and his landmark text on pathology: "To Dr. Alfred Stille with the regards of his friend, Cincin[nati]. May 11th, 1850, Dan Drake," and with an additional pencil inscription on the dedication leaf reading: "To Dr. Stille with the respects of the author." Complete two-volume sets of this work are quite rare, particularly in contemporary calf. $16,500.
SIGNED BY ABRAHAM LINCOLN AS PRESIDENT
LINCOLN, Abraham. Document signed. Washington, April 7, 1864.
Splendid Lincoln Civil War document appointing Randolph Monteith as Second Lieutenant in the Second Regiment of Artillery, countersigned by Edwin Stanton, Secretary of War, with fragile paper seal present, beautifully framed. $16,500.
"WHEN YOU PLAY A GAME OF THRONES YOU WIN OR DIE"
MARTIN, George R.R. A Song of Ice and Fire (i.e., Game of Thrones: Set of 5 novels). Burton, Michigan, 2006-15. Ten volumes.
Richly illustrated signed limited editions of the first five novels in "A Song of Ice and Fire"—"one of the best fantasy series ever written"—each number 56 of 500 numbered copies boldly signed on the limitation page by George R.R. Martin and by its illustrator. $16,000.
"INVALUABLE LEGACY OF GOOD ADVICE"
WASHINGTON, George. Farewell Address. Hartford, 1800.
1800 broadside printing of the first president's final address to the young nation, issued upon Washington's death. $16,000.
"A SUPREME NOVELIST IN AN AGE OF GREAT NOVELISTS"
ELIOT, George. Collection of 12 first editions, uniformly bound. London, 1858-84. Thirty volumes.
Beautiful set of Eliot first editions, comprising all of her major works, including the scarce Scenes of Clerical Life (1858), Silas Marner (1861), Middlemarch (1871) and Mill on the Floss (1860), with a first edition of her husband's George Eliot's Life, beautifully bound in three-quarter morocco-gilt by Birdsall. $16,000.
"PURCHASE ALL THE GOOD RIFLES YOU CAN MEET WITH"
WAYNE, Anthony. Autograph letter signed. Philadelphia, February 24, 1776.
Exceptional February 1776 autograph signed letter from "Mad" Anthony Wayne to Captain John Lacey, ordering that Lacey—his longtime adversary—recruit men and round up enlistees in Bucks County; arrange for a commissioned officer to train those men at Darby; and purchase good rifles in preparation for marching toward New York in the build up for the Battle of Trois-Rivières. $15,500.
"IT IS ALMOST INCREDIBLE FOR ANY BODY TO BELIEVE IN WHAT STATE AND POMP THESE PRINCES LIVE, AND WITH WHAT GOOD ORDERS THEIR PEOPLE ARE GOVERNED"
(CHINA) NIEUHOFF, John. An Embassy from the East-India Company… To the Emperor of China. London, 1673.
Second edition in English, splendidly illustrated with frontispiece portrait, engraved title page, double-page engraved map, 18 full-page folio copper-engraved plates (including one double-page plan) and 94 in-text copper engravings. $15,000.
ELEGANTLY BOUND "STANDARD EDITION," 1762, OF THE KING JAMES BIBLE
BIBLE. The Holy Bible. Cambridge, 1762. Two volumes.
1762 "Standard Edition" of the King James Bible, with engraved allegorical frontispiece, distinctively bound in contemporary, elaborately gilt-tooled morocco. $15,000.
"IN MEMORY OF THE LANDING OF THE FATHERS AT PLYMOUTH"
ADAMS, John. Autograph letter. WITH: Oration Delivered at Plymouth. Boston, 1802.
Autograph letter by John Adams, penned by him shortly after his tenure as America's second President and dated December 22, 1802, expressing regret at being unable to attend "the Anniversary dinner in memory of the landing of the Fathers and Plymouth" at which his son John Quincy was speaking, tipped into a first edition copy in original uncut wrappers of the Oration delivered by John Quincy at the event. $15,000.
INSCRIBED BY SOLZHENITSYN
SOLZHENITSYN, Alexander. Odin den' Ivana Denisovicha. Moscow, 1963.
First edition in book form of the Nobel Prize-winner's first published work, inscribed by Solzhenitsyn in Cyrillic "With respect to Tamara Pavlovna" with his signature and a date of 1969. $15,000.
"MENACED BY A BRISTLING WALL OF ICE-AXES AND ALPENSTOCKS"
TWAIN, Mark. Tramp Abroad. Hartford, Connecticut and London, 1880.
First edition of Twain's wonderful account of his walking trip through the Black Forest and the Alps, profusely illustrated, with a tipped-in autograph manuscript leaf from the work in Twain's hand. $13,500.
"AN ORIGINAL SOURCE OF THE FIRST CLASS"
LA ROCHEFOUCAULT-LIANCOURT, (Francois Alexandre). Travels Through the United States of North America. London, 1799. Two volumes.
First edition in English of "an original source of the first class for American history at the close of the 18th century" (Larned), with three engraved folding maps of North America and six folding tables. A desirable copy in handsome contemporary calf. $12,500.
LARGE FRAMED PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING TRUMAN HOLDING UP THE ICONIC ISSUE OF THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE BEARING THE HEADLINE "DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN," WARMLY INSCRIBED BY TRUMAN
TRUMAN, Harry. Photograph inscribed. No place, August 12, 1956.
Large photographic print showing Truman smiling and holding up the famous issue of the Chicago Daily Tribune in which his loss to Dewey was erroneously predicted based on incomplete returns, inscribed: "To Courteney Darber with happy memories! 8/12/56 Harry Truman." $12,500.
STUNNING COLLECTION OF 69 EXHIBITION-SIZE 19TH CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHS OF EGYPTIAN TEMPLES AND MONUMENTS
SEBAH, J. Pascal, DITTRICH, P., PERIDIS, Pappa, and BECHARD, H. Collection of 69 Photographs. Cairo, circa 1880.
69 Striking exhibition-size photographs, circa 1880-1890, of Egyptian temples and monuments, by J. Pascal Sebah and other pioneering photographers in the early trade in images of Egyptian antiquities, including photographs from many of the most iconic temples and locations in Egypt, including the Temple of Amun-Ra at Karnak, the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir-el-Bahri, the Temple of Hathor at Dendera, the Temple of Amon at Luxor and the Great Temple of Rameses II at Abu Simbel. $12,000.
"THE UNDISPUTED BIBLE OF ECONOMIC DOCTRINE"
MILL, John Stuart. Principles of Political Economy. London, 1848. Two volumes.
First edition of Mill's important and influential work on political economy, "the undisputed bible of economic doctrine" (Roll, 353), a beautiful copy in original cloth. $12,000.
BOLDLY SIGNED BY LEE
LEE, Robert E. Carte-de-visite photograph signed. Washington, 1866. Original Alexander Gardner carte-de-visite photograph of Robert E. Lee, boldly signed by Lee. $12,000.
"NONE HAVE SURPASSED HIM"
REMINGTON, Frederic. Drawings. New York, 1897.
Signed limited first edition of Remington's works, number 231 of only 250 copies, signed in pencil by Remington and in ink by R.H. Russell on the mounted limitation label, with 61 splendid full-page halftones of sketches, finished drawings and paintings. $11,800.
BOLDLY INSCRIBED BY DISNEY
(DISNEY, Walt) FEILD, Robert D. The Art of Walt Disney. New York, 1942.
First edition of this early evaluation of Disney's art and "culture"—"presumed to lie outside the range of legitimate art criticism"— with 237 images on 59 plates (many in color) showing the development of Disney's technique and style. Presentation/association copy inscribed by Walt Disney on the dedication page to a long-term Disney employee, "To Carl Nater with all best, Walt Disney." $11,000.
WITH 24 SUPERB HAND-COLORED FOLIO ACKERMANN AQUATINTS OF SCENES ALONG THE RHINE, 1820
(ACKERMANN, Rudolph) GERNING, Baron Johann Isaac von. A Picturesque Tour Along the Rhine. London, 1820.
First edition, first issue, of one of Ackermann's wonderful Picturesque Tours, beautifully illustrated with 24 hand-colored folio aquatints and large folding map. A lovely copy. $11,000.
"FUTURE TRAVELERS WILL DO WELL NOT TO THINK THAT THEY ARE SETTING OUT UPON A MERE PROMENADE"
(AFRICA) BURTON, Richard F. Lake Regions of Central Africa. London, 1860. Two volumes.
First edition of Burton's account of his journey to Lake Tanganyika, with folding map, 12 full-page tinted plates and additional in-text woodcuts. A very desirable copy in the rare first-issue plum cloth. A lovely copy. $10,500.
NISHIKAWA, Joken. Commerce with China and with Barbarian Countries. No place, 1708. Five volumes bound as one.
First edition of this early description of Japanese knowledge of the West, illustrated with some of the earliest Japanese images of Indians, the Dutch, Western ships, a map of the known world including the Americas (with California labeled as both an island and part of the continent), and a detailed map of China. $9800.
"IF EVERYTHING ELSE IN OUR LANGUAGE SHOULD PERISH, IT WOULD ALONE SUFFICE…": 1727 OXFORD KING JAMES BIBLE, WITH CONTEMPORARY BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, ILLUSTRATED WITH 260 ENGRAVINGS BY JOHN STURT AND SIX FOLDING MAPS, IN HANDSOME FULL CONTEMPORARY "COTTAGE ROOF" BINDING
BIBLE. Holy Bible. Oxford, 1727. Two volumes.
Impressive 1727 Oxford quarto edition of the magisterial King James Bible, illustrated with six folding maps of "sacred geography" and 260 fine engravings by John Sturt "from designs of the greatest masters," beautifully bound together with a 1726 Book of Common Prayer, concordances and metrical psalter in a stunning elaborate morocco binding gilt-tooled in a "cottage roof" design. $9200.
"THE MOST IMPORTANT TEXT EDWARDS WROTE IN THE STOCKBRIDGE YEARS, AND THE ONE OFTEN USED TO MARK HIS PLACE IN THE HISTORY OF IDEAS"
EDWARDS, Jonathan. Careful and Strict Enquiry into… Freedom of Will. Boston, 1754.
Rare first edition of the famous 18th-century American theologian's treatise arguing for the centrality of freedom of will. $9200.
WITH 24 LOVELY HAND-COLORED FOLIO AQUATINT ENGRAVINGS
(FRANCE) (ACKERMANN, Rudolph) SAUVAN, [Jean-Baptiste-Balthazar]. Picturesque Tour of the Seine. London, 1821. First edition of this lovely tour of the Seine from Paris to Havre de Grace, with hand-colored vignette title page and 24 beautiful folio aquatint views of the river and surrounding countryside after drawings by Augustus Charles Pugin and John Gendall, very finely and vividly hand-colored. $8800.
"GREETINGS TO YOU… FROM MR. WILLY WONKA!"
DAHL, Roald. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. New York, 1964.
First edition, first issue, of Dahl's deliciously delightful tale of magic and morality, with numerous in-text illustrations by Joseph Schindelman, in elaborate pictorial morocco clamshell box. $8500.
"THIS WAS THE NOBLEST ROMAN OF THEM ALL"
SHAKESPEARE. The Tragedie of Julius Caesar. London, 1632. Scarce 1632 printing of Julius Caesar from the rare Second Folio of Shakespeare's plays, only the second printing of one of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies. $8500.
"HIS THEORIES UNDERLAY THE THINKING WHICH LED UP TO THE AMERICAN AND FRENCH REVOLUTIONS… THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION IN PARTICULAR IS A LASTING TRIBUTE TO THE PRINCIPLES HE ADVOCATED" (PMM)
MONTESQUIEU, Charles Louis de Secondat. De L'Esprit Des Loix. Geneva [i.e., Paris], 1749. Two volumes.
Second edition—first French edition, published one year after the Geneva first—of Montesquieu's influential masterpiece. $8500.
WITH A LOVELY ORIGINAL ETCHING SIGNED BY MATISSE
MATISSE, Henri. Cinquante Dessins. Paris, 1920.
First edition, number 865 of only 1000 copies with a lovely original etching by Matisse of a woman's face, entitled "Mlle. M.M," signed by him. $8500.
"IN THE PRIMITIVE AGES OF THE WORLD… THERE WAS NOT EVEN SO MUCH AS BARTER"
(ANDERSON, Adam). Historical and Chronological Deduction of the Origin of Commerce. London, 1764. Two volumes.
First edition of this important authoritative history of commerce, with a global authority that includes a focus on Britain's acquisition of "new American markets," as well as the greater consequences of "the very extraordinary actions of the year 1720" when the South Sea Bubble burst (Sabin), complete with three large folding maps, handsome in contemporary calf. $8500.
MUIRHEAD BONE'S 120 LARGE FOLIO ILLUSTRATIONS OF OLD SPAIN, SIGNED BY BONE AND HIS WIFE
BONE, Muirhead. Old Spain. London, 1936. Together, three volumes.
Signed limited first edition of this monumental collection of Spanish landscapes, cityscapes and interiors, number 24 of only 265 sets, with 120 large full-page illustrations in various media (three double-page, many in color) by Muirhead Bone and descriptions by Gertrude Bone, signed by both, with the additional portfolio of two original drypoint etchings, each signed by Muirhead Bone. With a presentation inscription from artist W. Russell Flint and two related signed autograph letters, one from Muirhead to Flint and one from Mary Bone to John Moore, the recipient of this copy. $8500.
"ANSEL ADAMS HAD A GREATER IMPACT UPON CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY THAN ANY OTHER PERSON IN THIS CENTURY"
ADAMS, Ansel. Images 1923-1974. Boston, 1974.
Signed limited first edition, number 387 of 1000 copies, of Adams' award-winning "ideal book, comprising his personal choice of pictures," containing 115 superb photolithographs of images personally selected by Adams, this scarce deluxe edition issued with the accompanying exhibition-size mounted gelatin silver print, "Fern Spring, Dusk," signed by Adams in pencil on the mount. $8500.
SPLENDIDLY BOUND COLLECTION OF POE'S WORKS IN STUNNING ART NOUVEAU VELLUM BINDINGS
POE, Edgar Allan. Works. Chicago, 1894-1895. Ten volumes.
Limited large-paper edition of Poe's complete works, with only 250 sets printed for America, this set unnumbered, out of series. illustrated with 19 full-page engravings by Albert Edward Sterner and with 10 portraits of Poe, in elaborate publisher's vellum-gilt. $8500.
"ONE OF THE WORLD'S LITERARY MASTERPIECES"
CONRAD, Joseph. Lord Jim. Edinburgh and London, 1900.
First edition, first issue, of Conrad's brilliant exploration of morality and the torment of guilt, "second only to Heart of Darkness in renown," unusually bright in the original cloth. $8000.
INSCRIBED BY RICHARD YATES
YATES, Richard. Revolutionary Road. Boston and Toronto, 1961.
First edition of Yates' explosive debut novel, named "the Great Gatsby of our time" by Vonnegut, inscribed in the year of publication, "For N— G— with best wishes Richard Yates Bread Loaf—8/24/61." $7800.
"I BELIEVE IN THE EQUALITY OF MAN; AND I BELIEVE THAT RELIGIOUS DUTIES CONSIST OF DOING JUSTICE, LOVING MERCY, AND ENDEAVORING TO MAKE OUR FELLOW CREATURES HAPPY"
PAINE, Thomas. Age of Reason. New-York, 1794.
First American edition of Paine's landmark Age of Reason, "his great work of this period" (ANB). This very scarce and important 1794 New York edition was "the first edition printed in our country" (Gimbel-Yale), copyrighted and published only a few months after the Paris and London first editions; all early editions in English are highly desirable. $7500.
"BOVARY C'EST MOI"
FLAUBERT, Gustave. Madame Bovary. Paris, 1857. Two volumes.
Rare first edition, first issue in book form, of Flaubert's literary masterpiece, "the definitive model of the novel" (Émile Zola) and the work that "ushered the age of realism into modern European literature," finely bound in morocco-gilt by Creuzevault with the exceptionally rare original wrappers bound in. $7500.
SIGNED BY MATISSE
JOYCE, James and MATISSE, Henri. Ulysses. New York, 1935.
First illustrated edition of Joyce's landmark Ulysses, number 1436 of 1500 copies signed by Matisse, with 26 illustrations by him, one of the 20th-century's most desirable illustrated books, combining the work of two great modern artists. $7500.
INSCRIBED BY IRVING FISHER
FISHER, Irving. Stock Market Crash. New York, 1930.
First edition of Fisher's important work tracing the causes and the immediate aftermath of the 1929 Stock Market Crash, inscribed by him, "Compliments of Irving Fisher," in original dust jacket. $7500.
"IT WAS SO MUCH TO KNOW, THAT TWENTY-FOUR LITTLE HOURS WOULD RESTORE TO MY EMBRACE, MY OLD, WORN, EXILED BROTHER"
BARTON, Clara. Autograph letter signed. Flying Hospital Army Corps [Aiken's Landing, Virginia], 1864.
Fascinating Civil War signed autograph letter written entirely in Clara Barton's hand warmly expressing her gratitude to Major General Benjamin F. Butler for his decision to take her ill brother, imprisoned behind enemy lines, into his own regiment to allow a transfer to Barton's nursing care. $7500.
FIRST EDITION OF THE ETHICS OF LIBERTY, INSCRIBED IN THE YEAR OF PUBLICATION BY MURRAY ROTHBARD
ROTHBARD, Murray. Ethics of Liberty. Atlantic Highlands, N.J. 1982.
First edition of Rothbard's "second magnum opus… a pillar of the Rothbardian system" in its bold pursuit of principles introduced in Man, Economy and State, inscribed in the year of publication by Rothbard, the father of libertarianism: "To L— & L— F— Warmest regards to two genuine and uncompromising radical (i.e. genuine) libertarians. Murray Rothbard." $7200.
"TO SEEK THE TRUE, TO GLAD THE HEART, SUCH IS OF LIFE THE HIGHER LAW"
[BURTON, Richard F.]. The Kasidah. London, 1880.
Very rare first edition, first issue, of this distillation of Sufi thought, generally considered to have been written by Burton, rather than just translated by him, as claimed on the title page. Penzer speculates that the entire first edition, including first and second issues, did not exceed 200 copies. "Very few of these copies were sold, and the remainder were returned to Burton" (Penzer). Desirable in the original yellow wrappers. $6800.
SIGNED BY TEDDY ROOSEVELT
ROOSEVELT, Theodore. Typed essay excerpt signed. No place, no date.
Typed excerpt from a 1900 article by Theodore Roosevelt called "The American Boy," signed by Roosevelt, handsomely matted and framed with a photographic print of Roosevelt taken by acclaimed photographer Pirie MacDonald. $6800.
"SO WE BEAT ON, BOATS AGAINST THE CURRENT, BORNE BACK CEASELESSLY INTO THE PAST"
FITZGERALD, F. Scott. Great Gatsby. New York, 1925. First edition of this landmark of 20th-century fiction, Fitzgerald's haunting tale of "empty elegance and impossible love" in the Jazz Age (Julie Bosman) and one of America's greatest novels. $6800.
"…WE CAN HAVE LOTS OF GOOD FUN THAT IS FUNNY!"
SEUSS, Dr. Cat in the Hat. New York, 1957.
First edition of this rare and important children's classic, in the scarce original dust jacket. $6600.
FIRST EDITION OF APPEAL IN FAVOR OF… AMERICANS CALLED AFRICANS, INSCRIBED BY LYDIA MARIA CHILD
(SLAVERY) CHILD, Mrs. [Lydia Maria]. Appeal in Favor of… Americans Called Africans. Boston, 1833.
First edition of the revolutionary 1833 antislavery work that made abolitionist Lydia Maria Child "one of the first Americans to speak out against the institution of slavery," an especially distinctive copy inscribed by her, "To The Rev. Doctor Sharp. With the best respect of The Author. " Complete with three steel engravings, including the iconic frontispiece of an enslaved woman, the full-page engraving of slave manacles and torture devices, and the full-page engraving of Mungo Park and African woman. $6500.
AMERICA'S FIRST SUFFRAGIST COOKBOOK
BURR, Hattie A. The Woman Suffrage Cook Book. Boston, 1886.
First edition of this cookbook intended as a fundraising tool for Massachusetts suffragists, in original pictorial boards. $6500.
"IT IS A TRUTH UNIVERSALLY ACKNOWLEDGED, THAT A SINGLE MAN IN POSSESSION OF A GOOD FORTUNE MUST BE IN WANT OF A WIFE"
AUSTEN, Jane. Novels and Letters. Edinburgh, 1911-12. Twelve volumes.
Winchester edition of Austen's writings, beautifully bound. $6200.
LIMITED FIRST EDITION OF BAKST, 1927, ONE OF ONLY 600 COPIES WITH 20 PLATES HAND-COLORED IN POCHOIR AT THE ATELIER OF DANIEL JACOMET
BAKST, Leon. Bakst. New York, 1927.
Limited first edition of this work on Bakst, one of 600 copies, with 20 photo-type plates of costumes exquisitely hand-colored en pochoir at the atelier of Daniel Jacomet (the leading exponent of pochoir printing at the time), five mounted color-printed plates, and five black-and-white plates, and also featuring four important essays on Bakst. $6200.
THE FIRST DICTIONARY OF SOUTH AFRICAN ENGLISH
MANDELA, Nelson. A Dictionary of South African English. Oxford, 1996.
Limited first edition, number 10 of only 100 copies signed by Nelson Mandela. $6200.
HAYEK'S CONSTITUTION OF LIBERTY, INSCRIBED BY HIM
HAYEK, Friedrich A. Constitution of Liberty. Chicago, 1971.
First edition, fourth printing of Nobel laureate Hayek's groundbreaking work on monetary theory and economic fluctuation, inscribed, "To Bill Eager III with best wishes F.A. Hayek. 12/22/77." $6000.
"THE GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SPANISH LITERATURE SINCE DON QUIXOTE"
GARCIA MARQUEZ, Gabriel. Cien Anos de Soledad. Buenos Aires, 1967.
First edition of "one of the preeminent literary achievements of the century," in original pictorial wrappers. Text in Spanish. $5800.
"A COMPREHENSIVE AND WIDE-RANGING VIEW INTO AMERICAN BREWING IN 1901"
WAHL, Robert; HENIUS, Max. American Handy-Book of the Brewing, Malting and Auxiliary Trades. Chicago, 1901.
First edition of this scarce guide to brewing by the founders of the Wahl-Henius Institute of Fermentology in Chicago. Considered one of the two most important pre-prohibition texts on beer and brewing from that time due to its encyclopedic scope and numerous detailed wood-engraved illustrations. A desirable copy in nicely restored original wallet-flap morocco binding. $5800.
"SETS THE STANDARD AND THE LIMITS OF LITERATURE"
SHAKESPEARE. Works. London, 1937. Ten volumes. Later edition of the Bard's histories, comedies, tragedies and poems, limited to 100 sets for distribution in fine bindings by Rivière & Son. $5600.
SIGNED BY MALCOLM X
(MALCOLM X) HALEY, Alex. Carbon typescript signed. No place, circa 1962.
Rare carbon typescript page with Alex Haley's transcription of a 1962 Playboy interview with Malcolm X, sent to Malcolm X for his review, signed in the bottom margin as confirmation of the interview's accuracy by Malcolm X. $5500.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S OWN COPY WITH HIS OWNER SIGNATURE, LATER BELONGING TO PREEMINENT ROOSEVELT COLLECTOR DONALD S. CARMICHAEL
HEDGES, F.A. Mitchell. Battles with Giant Fish. London, 1939.
First edition, fifth printing, of this collection of tales about high-stakes angling in exotic locales. From the library of President Roosevelt, a known fishing enthusiast, signed: "Franklin D. Roosevelt Hyde Park 1941," later belonging to distinguished Roosevelt memorabilia collector Donald S. Carmichael. $5500.
"HUMAN LIFE… SOMEHOW LARGER AND BRIGHTER THAN THE REALITY"
DICKENS, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. London, 1838-1839. Twenty parts in nineteen.
First edition, mixed issue, in original parts of one of Dickens' most popular works, illustrated with 39 engraved plates by Hablot K. Browne ("Phiz"). $5500.
"PLAYED A PART IN THE INDICTMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN, IN THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, IN THE COMING OF THE REVOLUTION, AND IN THE CREATION OF A CONSTITUTION WITH A BILL OF RIGHTS": TRENCHARD'S LETTER FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE ARGUMENT AGAINST A STANDING ARMY, 1697
(AMERICAN REVOLUTION) (TRENCHARD, John). Letter From the Author of the Argument Against a Standing Army. London, 1697.
First edition of British radical John Trenchard's influential warning against standing armies, ranking them with absolutism—"capable of destroying all right, law and liberty that stood in their way"—pivotal in turning America toward revolution with Trenchard's writings regularly "quoted in every colonial newspaper from Boston to Savannah." $5500.
"I AM IN HOPES THAT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR WILL BRING WITH IT A PERMANENT CLOSE TO THE REBELLION"
(CIVIL WAR) WILLSON, George. Civil War diary. Alstead, New Hampshire, 1863-65. Three volumes.
Interesting Civil War diary written in pen and pencil from 1862 to 1864 by a soldier in the 9th New Hampshire volunteers, tracing his service from enlistment in 1863 to the summer of 1865, offering glimpses of many of the major battles of the war including the Battle of the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Appomattox, and noting important historical events including the assassination of President Lincoln. $5500.
URRY'S 1721 ILLUSTRATED FOLIO EDITION OF CHAUCER, IN CONTEMPORARY CALF BOARDS
CHAUCER, Geoffrey (URRY, John, editor). The Works. London, 1721.
First edition of Urry's folio edition of Chaucer's works, the first collected Chaucer in the easier-to-read Roman typeface, with three previously unpublished tales, beautifully illustrated with fine copper-engraved portraits, one of Chaucer by Vertue and one of Urry by Pigue, as well as a handsome title page vignette and numerous in-text copper engravings of the various Canterbury pilgrims. A handsome copy. $5200.
"THE GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SPANISH LITERATURE SINCE DON QUIXOTE"
GARCIA MARQUEZ, Gabriel. One Hundred Years of Solitude. New York, 1970.
First edition in English of "one of the preeminent literary achievements of the century," a splendid copy in scarce first-issue dust jacket. $5000.
(ALI, Muhammad) LEIFER, Neil. Photograph signed (portrait in tuxedo). No place, November 1993.
Splendid poster-size color photograph of Muhammad Ali in a tuxedo smiling, number 81 of only 350 copies signed by photographer Neil Leifer, one of only 35 signed by Ali. $4800.
"ONE OF THE BEST ILLUSTRATED ENGLISH TRAVELS ON CHINA"
(CHINA) BARROW, John. Travels in China. London, 1804.
First edition of this early attempt to "show the extraordinary Chinese people as they really are," with five full-page hand-colored aquatints (including frontispiece) and three engraved plates (two double-page) by William Alexander. $4500.
A VOYAGE UP THE MEDITERRANEAN, WITH 42 HAND-COLORED AQUATINTS
(MEDITERRANEAN) (MIDEAST) (NAPOLEONIC WARS) WILLYAMS, Cooper. A Voyage up the Mediterranean. London, 1802.
First edition of this "intelligent and useful" narrative of the Mideast, quarto issue, "a finely produced book" with engraved dedication page and 42 splendid finely hand-colored aquatint plates, including a double-page folding map of the Mediterranean with insets and a full-page "Plan of the Battle of the Nile," along with wonderful views of Alexandria, Gibraltar, the Rock of Scylla, Venice and more, attractively bound. $4500.
ENDER'S GAME, SIGNED BY ORSON SCOTT CARD
CARD, Orson Scott. Ender's Game. New York, 1985.
First edition of the provocative first book in Card's science-fiction "Ender Saga," winner of both the Nebula and Hugo awards, boldly signed by Card on the half title. $4300.
WITH AN AUTOGRAPH NOTE AND AN ORIGINAL DRAWING LAIN IN
(DULAC, Edmund) QUILLER-COUCH, Arthur. The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales. New York and London, 1910.
Limited first American edition, number 150 of only 150 copies for sale in the United States, with 30 beautiful mounted color plates, handsomely bound in full morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe/Zaehnsdorf. This copy with an autograph postcard initialed by Dulac and an original pencil drawing possibly by Dulac laid in. $4200.
"TO JUSTICE DOUGLAS, WITH GREATEST RESPECT": PAPERS ON THE WAR, INSCRIBED BY DANIEL ELLSBERG TO SUPREME COURT JUSTICE WILLIAM O. DOUGLAS
(DOUGLAS, William O.) ELLSBERG, Daniel. Papers on the War. New York, 1972.
First edition of the signal work that further established Ellsberg "as one of our most refined analysts of that awful war," inscribed by him, "To Justice Douglas, With greatest respect, Dan Ellsberg," published the same year Justice Douglas, a fierce defender of free speech, issued the landmark stay in the trial of Ellsberg and co-defendant Anthony Russo—"the first trial ever to be blocked by a Supreme Court Justice after the jury was sworn in"—an especially important presentation/association copy given Justice Douglas' role in the Supreme Court decision in the Pentagon Papers case, where he noted: "Open debate and discussion of public issues are vital to our National Health." $4000.
"I OUGHT NOT TO HAVE SUSPECTED YOU OF TREACHERY"
PAINE, Thomas. Letter to George Washington. Philadelphia, 1796 [i.e. 1797].
First edition of Paine's controversial public attack on George Washington, handsomely bound in full crushed morocco. $3800.
HANDSOME LARGE CALLIGRAPHIC PORTRAIT LITHOGRAPH OF LINCOLN CREATED FROM THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
LINCOLN, Abraham. Emancipation Proclamation. Iowa, 1865.
Original large calligraphic portrait lithograph of Abraham Lincoln created from the text of the Emancipation Proclamation, with portions of the text highlighted to create a portrait of Lincoln clearly visible within the text, designed by W.H. Pratt. $3800.
"SOMEWHERE IN THIS FAVOURED LAND THE SUN IS SHINING BRIGHT…"
THAYER, Ernest. Casey at the Bat. Chicago, 1912.
First separate edition in boards, and the first edition to be illustrated, of this classic of American popular poetry, with 13 full-page line-cuts. $3500.
"AFTER ALL, HE SAID TO HIMSELF, IT IS PROBABLY ONLY INSOMNIA. MANY MUST HAVE IT"
HEMINGWAY, Ernest. Winner Take Nothing. New York, 1933.
First edition of arguably Hemingway's finest collection of short stories, in original dust jacket. $3300.
FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST MICKEY MOUSE BOOK FOR A MASS AUDIENCE, 1931
DISNEY STUDIOS. The Adventures of Mickey Mouse. Philadelphia, 1931. Beautiful first edition of only the second licensed Mickey Mouse book published—the first to be published for a national audience, and essentially the earliest obtainable Mickey Mouse title. $3200.
"TO MAKE A POET BLACK, AND BID HIM SING!": COUNTEE CULLEN'S FIRST BOOK OF VERSE, COLOR
CULLEN, Countee. Color. New York and London, 1925.
First edition, early printing of Cullen's first book of verse, with 73 poems by this "central figure in the Harlem Renaissance," including "Yet Do I Marvel," "Heritage" and "Incident," a wonderful presentation/association copy inscribed to Edward Perry, his close friend and likely lover, "Edward, May these poor rhymes when read by you borrow light from the greater glory of that perfect poem which is our friendship. Sincerely, Countie. New York, June 4, 1927." $3200.
IRISH SCENERY: HANDSOME ILLUSTRATED SET
(IRELAND) HALL, Samuel Carter and HALL, Anna Maria. Ireland: Its Scenery, Character, etc. London, 1841-43. Three volumes.
First edition, with 46 steel-engraved plates of landscapes and scenery, 18 engraved maps of the counties of Ireland, and numerous wood-engraved in-text illustrations, beautifully bound. $3200.
"NUMBERS AMONG THE GREATEST WORKS OF WORLD LITERATURE"
(TURGENEV, Ivan) TOURGHENIEFF, Ivan. Russian Life. Edinburgh, 1855.
First edition in English of Turgenev's first major work, Russian Life (aka Sportsman's Sketches), first issued in Russian in 1852, the pivotal translation of a groundbreaking masterpiece by the writer who "introduced Russian literature to Europe and America" and would spend most of his life in exile. Uncut and partially unopened in original cloth. $2900.
"THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE… IS WRONG, THE PLAIN REMEDY LIES IN THE SUBSTITUTION OF INDEPENDENCE FOR DEPENDENCE, EQUALITY FOR SUBJECTION"
(WOMAN SUFFRAGE) HICKOX, George. Legal Disabilities of Married Women. Hartford, 1871.
First edition of the extensively-researched and often blunt 1871 work by attorney George Hickox, a Vice President of the Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association, opposing "crippling legal disabilities" in marriage law and calling for legislation to "sweep away all existing barriers," in fragile original self-wrappers. $2800.
EXQUISITE MINIATURE PORTRAIT ON IVORY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN IN A JEWEL-ENCRUSTED GILT-FILIGREE FRAME
LINCOLN, Abraham. Portrait on ivory. No place, circa 1860s.
Beautiful watercolor-on-ivory miniature oval portrait of Abraham Lincoln, wonderfully framed in gilt-filigree with inset semi-precious stones. $2800.
Aquatint Copperplate process by which the plate is "bitten" by exposure to acid. By changing the areas of the plate that are exposed and the length of time the plate is submerged in the acid bath, the engraver can obtain fine and varying shades of gray that closely resemble watercolor washes. Although the name contains the word "tint", this is a black-and-white printing process; aquatint plates can often be hand colored, however.
Armorial Used to describe a binding bearing the coat of arms of the original owner, or with bookplates incorporating the owner's arms.
Association Copy copy that belonged to someone connected with the author or the contents of a book.
Boards Hard front and rear covers of a bound book which are covered in cloth, leather or paper. "Original boards" refers to cardboard-like front and back boards, from about 1700 to 1840, used as temporary protection for books before their purchasers would have them bound. Of particular value to collectors as evidence of a very early form of the book.
Book-Plate Label, generally affixed to the front pastedown, identifying a book's owner.
Broadside Sheet printed on one side, typically for public display, usually larger than folio size (a folio being a broadside-size sheet printed on both sides and folded once, to make four pages).
Calf Binding material made from cowhide—versatile, durable, usually tan or brown in color, of smooth texture with no or little apparent grain. Readily marbled ("tree calf"), mottled, diced, colored, polished, tooled in gilt or blind, even scented (known as "russia"). Reverse calf, with a distinctive suede-like texture, is occasionally used.
Chromolithograph Lithograph printed in colors, typically three or more.
Collation Process by which the contents of a book are inspected for completeness, checking against internal evidence, the table of contents and/or plate list, and reference works. Also a shorthand bibliographical description of a book's composition by its leaves and signatures, rather than its pages. A-C, for example, would indicate a quarto volume composed of three signatures or gatherings of eight pages each for a total of 24 pages.
Colophon Printed note at the end of a text containing information about the printing of the book.
Doublure Pastedowns made not of paper but of leather, for decorative purposes.
Duodecimo (12MO) Smaller than an octavo, typically less than six inches tall; smaller formats, such as 24mo and 32mo, are uncommon.
Edition Print-run from a single setting of type without substantial change. Depending on demand, any number of printings can be made from a setting of type For example, a first printing might consist of 1000 copies, followed by a second printing of 2500 copies; in which case the book would have a first edition, first printing of 1000 copies, and a first edition, second printing of 2500 copies.
Endpapers Extra leaves—plain, colored or decorated—with which a bookbinder covers the insides of the book's boards, therefore not part of the actual text block. The part of the leaf pasted to the inside of the front board is the front "pastedown," while the other part of the leaf that forms the first page of the book is the "front free endpaper"; the same applies to the rear pastedown and rear free endpaper.
Engraving Illustration produced by carving lines into a metal plate. This is an intaglio process, in which ink is poured over the plate, then wiped from the surface, leaving ink only in the recesses made by the engraver's tools. The image is then transferred by pressing thick dampened paper against the metal plate with great force—requiring engravings to be printed on a separate stock and separate press from any text.
Errata List of mistakes and corrections noted after printing, often compiled on a separate sheet or slip and inserted into the text block.
Flyleaves Additional blank leaves following or preceding the endpapers.
Folio Book composed of sheets that are folded once and printed on both sides, making two leaves and four pages. Typically above 14 inches tall. Oblong folios are produced the same way but bound at the short edge, producing a book typically more than 14 inches deep.
Fore-Edge Edge of the book furthest from the spine. Occasionally the text of a book will be put into a specialized book press and painted, often with a scene from the book or a landscape, so that the painting is invisible when the book is closed but visible when somebody bends the text and fans the pages—known as a fore-edge painting.
Foxing Light brown spots that naturally appear on some papers due to oxidation as they age.
Frontispiece An illustration facing the title page of a book.
Gathering Single sheet of paper that has been printed and folded to form the pages required by the book's format. A single gathering of a quarto book, then, would be a sheet folded twice, containing four leaves, eight pages of text.. Gatherings are identified by a letter, symbol or number in the lower margin of the first page (the "signature") to make it easy for the printer to stack them in proper order for sewing.
Gilt Edges The three exposed edges of a book have been smoothed and gilded.
Half Title Leaf preceding the title page that bears the book's title, originally used to identify the unbound text block. The book's binder would often remove and discard the half title at the time of binding. Remaining half-titles are therefore of interest to collectors.
Illuminated Decorated by hand. Typically early printed books and especially manuscripts.
Imprint Satement of place, publisher and date of publication on a book's title page.
Incunable From the cradle of printing, i.e., any book printed before 1501.
Issue A group of books issued by the publisher as a discrete unit. At times, issue refers to timing, such as the "first issue" being offered to the public at an earlier date than the "second issue." At other times, it refers to specially planned different batches, such as the "trade issue" (widely available) in opposition to a "signed limited issue" (limited to a small amount of copies differing somehow from the trade issue and not widely available).
Japanese Vellum Expensive handmade paper often used in deluxe editions.
Lithograph Illustration produced by transferring an image drawn on a carefully prepared stone to paper. The process allowed illustrations to more closely resemble the original drawings, paintings or sketches, as it gave the lithographer a freedom of line impossible to achieve in earlier intaglio and relief processes. It does not require the same sort of pressure as an engraving to transfer the image, but still has to be printed on separate stock from the text
Marginalia Handwritten notes made in the margins by a previous owner.
Mispaginated Printer's error in pagination, typically skipping, transposing or repeating page numbers. Not uncommon in older, larger books, it is not considered a defect, so long as all integral leaves are present.
Modern Recently accomplished, when used to describe a book's binding that is not the original casing. Some books bound recently are bound using techniques, tools and styles of the period of the book's original issue; when done well this is called a period-style binding, a term that implies "modern" as well.
Morocco Binding material made from goatskin—versatile, durable, with a distinctive pebbled texture and visible grain. Readily stretched ("straight-grain"), crushed (flattened smooth), tooled in gilt or blind, inlaid with leathers of different colors. So-called because much of the raw material originally came from the tanneries of North Africa (other types of goatskin bindings denoting regions of origin include levant, turkey, niger).
Offset The unintended transfer of ink from one printed page to an adjacent page.
Period-Style binding executed with materials, tools and techniques to approximate the look of a contemporary binding from the period of the book's publication. The term implies that the binding is modern, or recent, unless otherwise specified.
Plate Full-page illustration printed separately from but bound with the text.
Point Variation in text, illustration, design or format that allows a bibliographer to distinguish between different editions and different printings of the same edition, or between different states or issues of the same printing.
Presentation Copy Book given as a gift by its author, illustrator or publisher. Sometimes refers to a volume given by a notable donor.
Provenance History of a particular copy of a book.
Raised Bands Horizontal protruding strips found on the spine of a book.
Reback To supply a worn binding with a new spine, usually made of the same material as the rest of the binding and decorated to match. When feasible the binder may preserve the original spine and affix it to the new material, described as "rebacked with the original spine laid down."
Recase To reattach a text block to its binding when it has become loose from its covers.
Recto The front side of a leaf. The back side is known as the "verso."
Trade Edition Printing or printings of a book made available for purchase by the general public on publication day (as opposed to a limited edition, often available only by subscription).
Uncut When the edges of the text block (most apparent at the fore and lower edges) have not been trimmed to a uniform size, and are therefore characterized by a ragged or deckle edge. A book may be uncut but opened—i.e., with a paper-knife—but all unopened books (see below) are by nature uncut as well.
Unopened When the folds of the sheets of paper making up the text block have not been trimmed away or opened with a paper-knife. While this makes it impossible to read all of the pages, it also indicates a probability that the text block has not been altered since leaving the printer.
Vellum Binding material made from specially treated calfskin—durable, with a distinctive ivory color and smooth appearance. Can be tooled in gilt or blind. So-called Japan vellum (or Japon) is a type of thick paper that has been polished smooth and given a glossy finish to resemble vellum.
Verso The back or reverse side of a leaf or page. (See "recto.")
Woodcut Illustration or textual decoration made by cutting away from the surface of a block of wood until the reverse of the image is left in relief; this is then inked and pressed to the paper to leave the image. The woodblock, or multiple blocks, can be fit into the page along with the type, allowing text and illustrations to be printed in the same print run and share the same page (not possible with engravings, which require thicker, damp paper and much more force; nor with lithographs, which require a different printing process altogether). Woodcuts preceded moveable type and are the earliest known printing technology.
Wood-Engraving Engraving made with the graver or burin on the cross-section of a piece of boxwood; the harder wood and finer tools allow for more delicate, finely detailed images, while the block can still be set in the page alongside text and printed on the same stock as the text. While much older, wood engravings enjoyed an important renaissance in the late eighteenth century through Thomas Bewick and continued in popularity thorugh the nineteenth century.
Wormhole Tiny pinhole-sized trails left by bookworms as they eat through a text block. Much more common in older books printed on handmade papers with a high rag content than in books printed on manufactured papers made from wood pulp with a higher acidic content.
Wrappers Paper coverings—plain, marbled or printed—attached by stitches, staples or glue to a text block to identify it and afford it some protection (though much more fragile than a binding in plain, cloth or leather-covered boards). More typical of slim and/or inexpensive volumes such as pamphlets. "Self wrappers" are leaves, blank or printed, that are integral to the text block, conjugate with other leaves and from the same stock. "Original wrappers," those attached at the time of issue, are scarce and extremely desirable to most collectors.
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Q: Swift - NSURLSession downloading in background? I'm creating an iOS app by swift that is as same as the AliExpress iOS app.
This App has ability that connect to our site and download all of data from JSON api online.
Now, I wanna download the images of the icons and banner slider from our site by JSON api in main page. But I don't know how i can do it. Do I use queues or background functions like in android? Also, I'm an android developer and i know how i can do this in android. You can guide me by this way ,too. please guide me by sample codes or description of its logic.

A: Please refer following link for tutorial
http://www.raywenderlich.com/51127/nsurlsession-tutorial
Apple documentation can be found on following link
https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/ios/documentation/Foundation/Reference/NSURLSession_class/
Swift example can be found here
http://jamesonquave.com/blog/making-a-post-request-in-swift/
I have also created a demo for the same
https://github.com/Gagan5278/SessionDownload
Let me know if you want more on this.

A: You have the seed of your answer in the title of your question. You want to create an NSURLSession and add NSURLDownloadTasks to it. That class does all the work for you.
A quick search on Github reveals this repository that claims to offer an async download queue in Swift:
https://github.com/Gurpartap/Cheapjack
(I haven't used that one. You can either build it into your project or look at the code and use it to implement your own download sessions.)
There is also AlamoFire, another swift library that has built-in JSON support.

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Dr. Bryan Slinker in Marsabit, Kenya where Allen School scientists are studying MERS.
When Paul Allen visited East Africa, he saw how people's daily lives could be improved and the desire for local institutions to better serve people in need. His experience motivated his generosity, and today the reach of his namesake Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health and its service to people has expanded even more than its founders could have imagined.
On a recent trip to Kenya, I visited the University of Nairobi. From Vice Chancellor Peter Mulwa Felix Mbithi's conference room, I look out over Nairobi. It is a bustling city of about 3.5 million people from which WSU global health programs radiate across the region to study many important issues ranging from Zika virus to malnutrition. Key partnerships with the Centers for Disease Control in Kenya, the Kenya Medical Research Institute, and the University of Nairobi foster the collaborations needed to accomplish our missions.
Because Vice Chancellor (i.e., President) Mbithi is a veterinarian and former dean of the University of Nairobi's Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, he understands and supports our One Health approach, especially as it relates to collaboration between our universities. Together we foster development of their faculty through research and joint training grants for graduate education and mentoring of their health professions faculty to write grants and research papers. Such capacity building conjointly with this university partner is a long-term investment to sustainably improve people's lives by building the research capacity of Kenyans to help Kenyans.
Then, for something completely different, our travels took us to Marsabit in the sparsely populated arid expanse of northern Kenya, where new programs are developing to help the pastoralists of that region whose livelihood and success depends on camels. These camels are at risk for a variety of diseases, including Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS, virus and brucellosis, both of which can infect humans. Throughout Marsabit County in northwestern Kenya the camel is the most commonly owned livestock (cattle, sheep, and goats are important sources of income and food as well). Eighty percent of the county's economy depends on livestock, of which camels are the most numerous, and yet almost nothing is known about the prevalence or consequence of these two diseases in camels, nor in the people to which these diseases can be transmitted.
When I visit our programs in country I come back truly inspired. The scope of the problems and opportunities, the desire of all I encounter to improve, and the talent and commitment of our collaborators are apparent in ways not possible from reading the printed word or looking at pictures. What our team has built, and the purposes that motivate their work, make me proud.
Marsabit, Kenya. (l–r) Diba Denge, animal health assistant; Arithi Mutembi, MERS study field veterinarian; Millicent Minayo, MERS study nurse; Tom Kawula, director of the Allen School; Isaac Ngere, Allen School adjunct faculty and physician co-coordinator of MERS project; Bryan Slinker, dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine; Boru Wato, undergraduate MERS study intern; Peninah Munya, CDC veterinary epidemiologist and MERS project co-coordinator.
The view of Nairobi from the University of Nairobi.


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Can the Sleeker — But Still Pricey — Kindle2 Change Publishing?
Publishing hotshots show up to check out Amazon's device — and glimpse their possible future.
Sara Nelson | February 9, 2009 @ 10:39 AM	Last Updated: February 10, 2009 @ 5:55 PM
What a difference fourteen months makes. When Amazon introduced its first wireless reading device, back in fall 2007, there was a press conference, but little fanfare. On Monday, the introduction of the new Kindle2 was a major publicity event: formal press lists (strictly enforced), packed room at the Morgan Library – I even heard it mentioned on the local New York NBC news affiliate in the morning.
And it was a star-studded event: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos conducted the press conference – and introduced his Kindle-loving friend, author Stephen King, who read from a story, "Ur," that he specially wrote about a Kindle with mysterious powers. He also showed off the one-of-a kind versionBezos gave him – it's hot pink – but that's not going to be available to the public.
King was the only bona fide celebrity in attendance – but what was striking to me was the number of publishing "celebrities" in attendance. Such agents as Sterling Lord Literistic's Ira Silverberg, publishers David Shanks (Penguin) and Carolyn Reidy (Simon and Schuster) and foreign scout queen Maria Campbell were there – as was new Random House CEO Markus Dohle (with handlers.)
Is the Kindle really that important? Most estimates put all downloadable books at at most 1% of the market, and the Kindle is only one device. The company is and remains very close-mouthed about how many they've sold, though Bezos is happy to tell you that in 14 months, they've gone from having 90,000 titles available in the Kindle-ready format to having 230,000. Yet somehow, even though some publishers have said privately that they prefer the Sony reader over Kindle, version 1 – their attendance at the kind of event that used to be the province of geeks and publishing reporters (sometimes in the same persons), suggests that a shift is upon us.
It's no secret that publishers have more complicated, love-hate relationships with Amazon, which still commands less than half of the bookselling market, than, say, Barnes and Noble. But its "mind share" is huge – Amazon feels to bookselling what Xerox was to copiers in the 70s – and its power increasing. And there are plenty of traditional publishers who worry just how that power will be used: to demand special terms that cut into publishers' profits is one real concern. So are such Amazon programs as BookSurge, which virtually gives the Seattle-based behemoth a shot at becoming a publisher. You couldn't quite shake the feeling that all these New York publishing hot-shots were there at least partly to gauge the speed and extent to which Amazon might take over their world.
The new device itself seemed cool enough. Version 2 is sleeker, 25% thinner, Bezos said, than the size of the #1 bestselling phone (probably an iPhone, but of course, Bezos doesn't name a product from his rival, Apple.) Its buttons are less obtrusive and more easily manageable – removing the Fisher Price See-and-Spell feeling of the original. It offers improved graphics and more storage – up to 1500 books, Bezos says. And the battery – which seemed weak in the old version – will reportedly hold its charge for two weeks.
The biggest advance, without doubt, however was the audio feature. Apparently now, "when you're cooking in the kitchen," as Bezos said, you can push a button and have the book that you were just reading read itself to you. (Unstated, but likely: This development surely has something to do with the fact that fact that Amazon recently bought Audible, the leader in downloadable audio books. Don Katz, the journalist who founded Audible in the late 90s, was one of the machers present.)
Predictably, Bezos didn't take any questions from the audience – you could elbow your way to the tables afterwords, and touch a sample of the Holy Grail, and make discreet inquiries of the Amazon folk. And many in the publishing firmament did. But cool as it is, and as scared as some publishers are of digitized books in general and Amazon in particular, it remains to be seen whether the new gizmo will be the boon or the bane of BookLand.
For one thing, it costs $359, which is a tidy sum when you consider that the average American reader, according to many studies, reads between two and six books a year. (Never mind the videos of "regular folk" testifying about their love for Kindle. Even at $25 a book, most readers will get off easier ordering the paper and ink version…) Isn't it a truism that as sure as the stock market will someday go back up, the cost of technology is supposed to go down?
Then again, Amazon has spent the last 14 years making a fortune by bucking the common wisdom.


In this card project, I used the Stamparatus. Because I wanted to set up the Stamparatus to quickly stamp all of the different images of this card, I had to get the Stamparatus ready for this. Hop on over to read how to set up your stamparatus to stamp multiple images for one card here. In this blog post, I'm going to walk you through how I assembled the Making Christmas Bright Christmas card.
There are few steps I used to create this card and I'll be going over them here. You can view the entire video below if you would like. I also have the dimensions of this card if you would like to recreate this card for yourself. Fill out the form below and I'll get you access to my resource library where I store all of my tutorials.
The paper I used for this project was the Festive Farmhouse Designer Series Paper and these are the colors that coordinate with this DSP.
I wanted to use the Mossy Meadow to color in the lights on the top stamped image. Mossy Meadow is a new color in the current catalog. (Actually it is a returning color from some time ago). I didn't have the color yet, so I decided to try something out. I used my Blender Pen to lift some color off the ink pad and it worked!
One I was finished coloring, then I just scribbled on the grid paper to use up the color so the pen would go back to neutral. So it was a perfect hack!
I used Crushed Curry and Cherry Cobbler to color in the remaining lights.
Next you will adhere the DSP to the bottom on your front Very Vanilla card panel.
Use mini glue dots to adhere the ribbon to the card.
Then create a knot bow by just tying a knot around the ribbon with a shorter piece.
Be sure to trim your ribbon edges. I like trimming them at an angle.
Next you will want to adhere the front panel to the cardbase making sure to center it. Then you can use the dimensional dots to adhere your circle sentiment the the front card panel.
I like to jazz up the insides of my cards and I love using up scrap DSP. So on this card, you will use the snail glue to adhere the DSP to the bottom of the card panel.
Finally adhere the inside card panel to the inside of the card base. Make sure to center it.
Would love for you to join me in my Christmas card swap that is taking place November 11, 2018. It's a mail in swap. You can get details here.
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