Search Results: Books from Henry Berry, books/ephemera

MILFORD ZORNES by Gordon T. McClelland and Milford Zornes, published by Hillcrest Press, 1991, hardcover with jacket, 8-1/2" x 11", 69 pages, color ills., chronology; CONDITION: book fine condition / jacket fine, like new copy, unused.

CITIZENS' MILITARY TRAINING CAMP, Camp Devens, Mass., 1923, no author, published by Camp Devens, Mass., 1923, softcover/paper wraps, 9" x 12-1/2", 40 pages, photographs including frontispiece photo of General John J. Pershing, commanding officers, and military units, illustrations, lists of names; CONDITION: very good-condition, light edgewear to cover including 3 small chips, light transparent dampstaining in margins of most pages, loss of a few letters at tops of a few pages where paper was pulled off at one time when pages stuck together were separated (mostly for names of units not affecting identification of these), overall relatively well-preserved copy of this rare item with light wear as noted.

FAR EASTERN CERAMIC BULLETIN, published by the Far Eastern Ceramic Group, Ann Arbor, MI, March 1949, stapled binding, typescript text on right-hand pages/recto only numbered 37-47, followed by 3 original b+w photographs tipped-in inside back cover, 2 articles (i) "So Gen No Toji" by Junsei Ozaki, translated by Robert T. Paine, Jr., (6 pp.), (ii) "Ku Yueh Hsuan [followed by three Chinese characters handwritten in blue ink]" by F. St.G. Spendlove (4 pp.), softcover, 8-1/2" x 11", early issue; CONDITION: well-preserved with minimal light normal age-wear including fading at edges of covers.

[AMERICANA; CIVIL WAR MEMORABILIA; MEMORIAL/DECORATION DAY MEMORABILIA; PATRIOTIC MANUSCRIPT POEM] THE SOLDIERS MONUMENT, 3-stanza, 36-line handwritten/manuscript poem over three 5" x 7-1/2" pages written for Decoration Day with note "For The News" in upper left corner of first page by a Danbury, Connecticut, teacher whose last name was Cannon, date is sometime before 1880 since Decoration Day didn't become known as Memorial Day until the 1880s (wikipedia); the poem is written in the sentimental, idealized style of the late Victorian period, sample lines are, "Friends, whose dear ones died…We grant to you a sacred pride…Their life-blood drenched the Southern soil…And while we call the heroes ours…Our grief shall make more real…Our holiday emotion…This steadfast column that we raise…Let this soldier-figure stand…"; the poem is enclosed with a 2 page/about 180 words letter dated May 14, 1903, from Martha Stokes Hodge of Plumtree, Bethel (Connecticut) to Mrs. Samuel Miller of Cannon,… Read More

SPORTS – Heroics and Hysterics by John R. Tunis, Illustrated by Johan Bull, published by John Day, 1928, first edition/first printing, "First published, October, 1928" (stated), light blue cloth hardcover with black lettering/no jacket, 5-1/2" x 8", x+293 pages, vignettes/small illustrations at the heads of chapters and ends of some chapters; CONDITION: very good-plus, line of light rippling of cloth on back cover, hinges firm, text block tight, overall well-preserved copy with light normal wear.

FAR EASTERN CERAMIC BULLETIN, published by the Far Eastern Ceramic Group, Ann Arbor, MI, June 1950, No. 1064-93, stapled binding, typescript text on right-hand pages/recto only numbered 40-63, 3 articles (i) "Early Blue and White Wine Pot Excavations in the Philippines by Kamer Aga-Oglu (8 pages followed by 1 page of 2 b+w photos with captions, Plate I; (ii) "An Annotated Bibliography of Ming Blue and White" by John A. Pope (17 pp.); (iii) "Celadon and Chun Type Glazes" by Fong Chow (4 pp, followed by 7 b+w photos on two pages, Plates II and III); CONDITION: well-preserved with minimal light normal age-wear including fading at edges of covers, brief note on front cover by previous owner.

FAR EASTERN CERAMIC BULLETIN, published by the Far Eastern Ceramic Group, Ann Arbor, MI, January 1949, stapled binding, typescript text on right-hand pages/recto only numbered 28-36 followed by 2 original b+w photographs tipped-in inside back cover, two articles (i) Two Chinese Rectangular Pottery Blocks of the T'ang Dynasty, One with Silver Mounting, Representing miniature Chests Made for the Furnishings of a Tomb" by Robert Paul Dart (2 pp.), (ii) "An Analysis of Three Chun [Chinese character] Type Shards" by Walter Donald Ering (4 pp.), followed by letters, softcover, 8-1/2" x 11", early issue; CONDITION: well-preserved with minimal light normal age-wear including fading at edges of covers.

[KENTUCKY GOVERNOR NED BREATHITT SIGNED PHOTO 1967; KENTUCKY DERBY ASSOCIATION; CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER] EDWARD T. BREATHITT / NED BREATHITT, KENTUCKY GOVERNOR 1963-67, Kentucky Derby association signed photograph 1967, inscribed "To Betty and Vern, With Best Wishes, Edward T. Breathitt, Gov. of Ky., Derby 1967", taped on typed slip on back "At the Ky. Derby 1967, Breakfast with the gov. of Kentucky", black-and-white photograph, 8" x 10", group of 5 persons with Breathitt standing in the middle /// POINTS OF INTEREST: "Edward Thompson Breathitt, Jr. (November 26, 1924 – October 14, 2003) was an American politician from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. A member of one of the state's political families, he was the 51st Governor of Kentucky, serving from 1963 to 1967…His major accomplishment as governor was the passage of the Kentucky Civil Rights Act, the first desegregation law passed by a southern state…Breathitt was one of three [Southern] governors to oppose George Wallace's proposed constitutional… Read More

FAR EASTERN CERAMIC BULLETIN, published by the Far Eastern Ceramic Group, Ann Arbor, MI, March 1950, No. 9, stapled binding, typescript text on right-hand pages/recto only numbered 40-63, 2 articles (i) "The Earliest Blue and White Wares of China" by Shinzo Shirea and Warren E. Cox (10 pages, followed by 4 pages of 10 b+w photos with captions, Plates I-IV), (ii) "The White Wares of Fukien and the South China Coast (second half) [first half in Sept.1949 issue], by Malcolm F. Farley (1896-1941) ( 12 pp., followed by 4 pages of b+w photos, 6 per page with captions); CONDITION: well-preserved with minimal light normal age-wear including fading at edges of covers, brief note on front cover by previous owner.

CERAMICHE ITALIANE MINORI DEL CASTELLO SFORZESCO by Costantino Baroni, Introduzione di Giorgio Nicodemi, published by Edizioni D'Arte Emilio Bestetti, 1934, dark green cloth cover with gilded lettering and decoration, 6-1/4" x 9-1/4", 239 pp., ills., index, RARE in US market /// CONDITION: hardcover in very good-plus condition, light normal wear, previous owner's name at top of title page.

[1930 TURF CLUB CAIRO 2 HANDWRITTEN LETTERS TO THERON DAMON, CONSTANTINOPLE TURKEY] Two handwritten letters/ALS signed from an executive with the Vacuum Oil Company in Cairo, Egypt, (as confirmed by other correspondence acquired by the seller) to Theron Damon in Constantinople, a noted 20th century figure
on "Turf Club Cairo, Cables Turf Cairo" light blue stationary, 4-1/2" x 7", 2 letters of 2 pages each— (1) dated January 20, 1930, about 260 words, "Dear Mr. Damon…Mr. Huntingdon…in Syria or Palestine…leaving myself for Palestine for 10 days…We were most interested in the establishment of your New York shop [for Middle East antiquities]…changes here — Mr. Henry left for New York last week and Mr. Fitzgerald for India…[son born at the Anglo American Hospital in Cairo]…[wife] contracts 'dengue' fever, S. Leigh"; (2) dated Feb. 23, 1930, about 260 words, "the 'Turkish Towels" arrived safely…my Palestine trip extended to Syria…back in Cairo a few days ago…I am hoping to manage a… Read More

[HARVEY PARRY STUNTMAN promo items Don's Place Burbank CA RARE] HARVEY PARRY, 1900-85, famed stuntman who worked with Harold Lloyd, Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, and other stars, his career spanned the era of silent movies of the 1920s to popular movies of the 1970s, ca. 1970s, 4 items total, including 2 rare Harvey Parry promotional items (a) 8-1/2" x 11" flyer on heavy paper for the popular Don's Place burger joint in Burbank, CA with "Congratulations ARCHIE MOORE - AL BAFFERT and HARVEY PARRY at the top, on the reverse article "The (Reel) Life Story of Harvey Parry (In How Own Words)" with 6 black-and-white photos from his career, (b) 6" x 9" 4-page brochure for Parry's character "Millionaire's Bum" with b+w photos on front and back and across the two inside pages "Also Plays Millionaires 'Bum' for sale"…Harvey Parry", a character he apparently played for parties and other gatherings…and also 2 black-and-white 8" x 10" promotional photos (a) scene from the 1940 movie "City for Conquest" with… Read More

The Story of the Stamford Hospital 1896-1971, Seventy-five Years of Service, with more than 100 photographs, by Marie Updegraff, published by Stamford Hospital, 1971, illustrated hardcover, no jacket as issued, 7-1/2" x 10-1/2", 97 pages, black-and-white photographs; CONDITION: near fine, touches of edgewear to cover, minimal normal wear, hinges firm, text block tight, exceptionally well-preserved copy.

BABES IN THE AFRICAN WOOD, with 69 illustrations and a map, by the Hon. R. Gorell Barnes, published by Longmans, Green and Co., 1911, 5-1/4" x 7-3/4", red cloth cover,, xv+247 pages, photographs (all present as listed in front), fold-out map, appendix; CONDITION: very good-minus condition, spine faded, cover lightly soiled, foxing on first few pages, previous owner's inscription inside front cover, small loss at lower left corner of back cover, hinges firm, text block tight.

[1867 BRITISH INSURANCE DOCUMENT, 2 RELATED DOCUMENTS] 1867 ATLAS ASSURANCE COMPANY, 2 related documents concerning life insurance policy for John Watkins Freeman, (i) letter dated 16th Nov. 1867 with letterhead Atlas Assurance Office, Life Department, London, typescript with blanks filled in by hand pinned to (ii) handwritten notice to the Atlas Assurance Office from the "Solicitors of said Mary Ann Freeman"; NOTES: ATLAS ASSURANCE COMPANY was a British life and fire insurance company established at the beginning of the 19th century in England. Its headquarters were in London, and it had several branches around the world…." (wikipedia) /// CONDITION: well-preserved, light normal wear. keywords: business history, 19th century British insurance company, insurance policy historical document

BRAZIL AND ITS COLUMNAR CACTI by Dr. E, Werdermann, translated by R. W. Kelly, published by Abbey Garden Press, 1942 (reprint of 1933 German edition),red cloth cover with gilded lettering, 7" x 10", 120 pages, frontispiece map, photographs, footnotes, index; CONDITION: very good-plus condition, faint age-toning of endpages, a few light age-spots on back pages, overall solid clean copy with minimal wear.

FOUR GENERATIONS – My Life and Memories of New York for Over Eighty Years by Frances Nathan Wolff, second printing 1987, originally published by author, 1939, New York, inscribed by the author's granddaughter on the half-title page, dark blue softcover, 5-1/2" x 8", x+193 pages, photographs and illustrations (all present as listed in front), 3 fold-out genealogical charts (all present) /// CONDITION: near fine, a couple of faint creases to front cover, scuffing to back cover, hinges firm, text block tight, over clean solid copy.

[1943 UNITED STATES POWER SQUADRONS WWII U. S. NAVY ASSOCIATION / TYPED LETTER SIGNED BY CHIEF COMMANDER] WILLIAM L. SAYERS, Chief Commander, U. S. P. S., typed letter hand-signed/TLS, about 130 words, 8-1/2" x 11" with letterhead, Office of the Chief Commander naming Sayers, New York City address, dated January 18, 1943, with envelope addressed to recipient, "To all members in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th United States Power Squadrons District" giving notice that area "yachting organizations and the Coast Guard" are looking for instructors for high school students on seamanship and signaling eventually to expand "to cover the entire Naval District"…with copy of January 16, 1943 letter from Percy S. Weeks, Chairman, National Seamanship Training Corps (typed copy enclosed, no hand signature) that prompted Sayers letter to the power squadrons by informing him that high schools of the greater New York area are "introduc[ing] our course in practical seamanship [as an extra-curricular activity], in order to… Read More

OPTIMIZATION OF STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS - Computer Aided Optimum Design of Structures III by S. Hernandex and C. A. Brebbia, editors, Elsevier, 1993, hardcover, 8" x 5-1/2", 680 pp., diagrams, formulas, index; CONDITION: hardcover in fine/near fine condition/no jacket as issued, small bump at lower right front cover, otherwise book like new.

[ENGLISH ARTS & LITERATURE; 20th CENTURY] LEWIS HIND, 1862-1927, [Charles Lewis Hind] was a British journalist, writer, editor, art critic, and art historian, 2 short autograph letters dated 1889, 4-1/2" x 7", with The Art Journal dark brown oval logo in the upper left corner and address 294, City Road, London, E. C. to the right: (1) July 18, [18]89, 1 p. of 4 pages as folded/about 25 words, writing to unidentified "Dear Sir" that Hind will be "here between 10 and 11 am" on Friday and Saturday if the recipient wants to come by to see him; (2) Sep. 21, [18]89, 2 pp., front and back of single sheet, writing to unidentified "Gentlemen" [plural]…We are just going to press with that portion of our Paris Exhibition Supplement dealing with you exhibit. I enclose proof and rough pulls of illustrations" and asking that these be reviewed for correctness and returned; HISTORICAL NOTE: the "Supplement" and the exhibit referred to are related to the Exposition Universelle world's fair in Paris in 1889;… Read More