Posts in Category: Antiquarian & Collectible
6 Issues The American West Magazine of Western History Association From 1967 1968 And 1969
You are viewing 6 vintage issues of The American West that I have posted in my Ebay Store, they were published by the Magazine of Western History Association.
The issues are May 1967, August 1967, November 1967, March 1968, March 1969 and May 1969.
They are in good vintage shape please zoom in and view all pictures to see all of the great details.
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6 Issues The American West Magazine of Western History Association 1967 -68 -69
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The Chinese Garden by Maggie Keswick 1980 Second Impression Hardcover
You are viewing a rare copy of The Chinese Garden by Maggie Keswick that I have posted in my Ebay Store.
This is the Second Impression Hardcover from 1980.
After reading Maggie Keswick’s sensitive study one is tempted to run off to Suzhou using The Chinese Garden as a spiritual guidebook.
Chinese gardens are high among the wonders of Chinese art, but they do not receive the attention they deserve.
The late Maggie Keswick’s well-received original volume of the same title was a tour-de-force of insight.
Twenty-five years ago, at the prompting of her husband, Charles Jencks, British designer Maggie Keswick set about explaining to Western readers the ancient logic and symbolism of Chinese gardens.
She did it with rare empathy.
The only child of Sir John Keswick, chairman of a trading company with roots in the Orient going back to the Opium Wars, she had spent much of her childhood in and out of China.
The Chinese Garden was so enlightening it was reissued…giving Keswick a crack at a new generation.
Her introduction to this strange and beautiful world was so good, her touch so light, one could only nod, smile and turn the page for a fresh delight.
Keswick shows, in a complex and even exhilarating argument, how the gardens are contrived with enormous subtlety to look like accidental snatches of nature.
The Chinese Garden by Maggie Keswick 1980 Second Impression Hardcover
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Short Story Classics Vol 4 1905 William Patten American Hardcover Illustrated
You are viewing a copy of “Short Story Classics” Vol 4 by William Patten that I have posted in my Ebay Store.
This old vintage American hardcover is Illustrated and is book Volume 4 of a series.
The back cover is partially loose from spine.
The first 2 cover pages are loose. Otherwise in fair shape for a 110 year old book.
Short Story Classics Vol 4 1905 William Patten American Hardcover Illustrated
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Ride The Big Red Cars, The Pacific Electric Story, Spencer Crump Hardcover
You are viewing the hard cover book, that I have posted in my Ebay Store, titled “Ride The Big Red Cars, The Pacific Electric Story”.
This book was published by Trans-Anglo Books.
Spencer Crump is the author.
Book is the Sixth Edition, Summer 1983
ISBN is 0-87046-047-1
Book has 256 pages, including the index.
Book contains numerous black and white photographs from the history of the Pacific Electric.
“Ride the Big Red Cars” takes its name from the famous slogan of the Pacific Electric, whose comfort-able and speedy interurbans linked Southern California’s mountains, beaches, orange groves, and cities for more than half a century.
The P.E., at its peak, had 1,164 miles of track and operated 6,000 scheduled cars daily.
The Pacific Electric boasted that it was the “world’s greatest electric railway,” and it provided rapid transit in an era when autos were primitive and there were few roads.
Author Spencer Crump tells how and why the trol ley era began and ended. He shows how the Pacific Electric was responsible, more than any other single factor, for Southern California’s growth into virtually one big city of many communities instead of a single compact city.
Added to this edition is a listing of every major Pacific Electric interurban line, including details of the exact routes followed (you can retrace them, if you wish) and when and how frequently the electric cars operated.
The 75,000 word text reports the dramatic battles that came when Henry E. Huntington, planning in the early 1900s to use electric interurbans to break the monopoly of steam railroads in California and possibly the nation, clashed with tycoon E.H. Harriman.
The fervor of competition to build trolley lines was matched only by the eagerness of boosters in virtually every Southern California village to obtain an electric car link to start a local boom.
The more than 200 illustrations range from a rare sketch of the first Mrs. Henry Huntington (whose divorce made newspaper headlines) to informative maps from the early days.
And, of course, there are many photographs o: early-day streetcars, interurbans, and other trolley equipment as they were used throughout the Southern California area served by the Pacific Electric.
Besides the detailed route information, the appen-dix includes charts comparing the population from 1850 to 1950 of cities served by trolleys, numbers of passengers carried annually by the Big Red Cars, financial reports, and the Pacific Electric’s articles of incorporation, which detailed routes and engineering data.
Author Spencer Crump’s research for “Ride the Big Red Cars” included many interviews with those associated with the Pacific Electric and Henry Huntington, the use of yellowing newspaper files, engineering studies, court records, and early day documents.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Spencer Crump, born in San Jose, California, earned his undergraduate and both graduate degrees at the University of Southern California. He has been a newspaper reporter and editor and now is a college professor. He is a member of the California Historical Society, the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society, National Railway Historical Society, and the Orange Empire Railway Museum. He also is a member of the American Association of University Professors and Sigma Delta Chi Professional Journalism Society.
The Backward Behavior of Ballet Mothers and Their Budding Ballerinas 1957 Signed
You are viewing a signed copy of the 1st edition 500 copy run of The Backward Behavior of Ballet Mothers and Their Budding Ballerinas that I have posted in my Ebay Store.
by James W. Barnes
Published in 1957 by Oak Brook Press
The Poetry Of Alexander Pope: A Selection By Harlan Davidson M H Abrams A Crofts Classics Book
You are viewing a copy of “The Poetry Of Alexander Pope: A Selection” that I have posted in my Ebay Store.
It as published in New York by Harlan Davidson in 1954.
This book is softcover and in very good shape.
Year Volume 5 Sep 1951 to Sept 1952 Ralph Bunche Your Lifetime In Pictures
You are viewing an original copy of the book “Year, Your Lifetime In Pictures, Volume 5, September 1951 to September 1952” that I have posted in my Ebay Store.
It has over 1,000 photographs and is fully indexed.
The foreword is by by Nobel Peace Prize Winner Ralph Bunche.
It is soft cover.
Published by Your Lifetime In Pictures.
The dramatic picture-history of the year from September 1951 to September 1952 is covered inside, including all important world, national events.
You are getting a wonderful nostalgic review of events between September 1951 and September 1952.
The Baby’s Song Book Elizabeth Poston Illustrated William Stobbs Beautiful Rare
Thank you for viewing The Baby’s Song Book by Elizabeth Poston that I have posted in my Ebay Store.
Published in 1971 by Thomas Y. Crowell in Great Britain. Illustrated by William Stobbs.
There are beautiful, large-scale full-color art images on nearly every page.
To introduce the very young to the joy of making music, here is an enchanting collection of the worlds most beloved nursery songs.
Internationally known musician Elizabeth Poston, with a scholar’s regard for detail, has sought out the most authentic versions of all of these traditional songs.
Her original piano accompaniments are extremely simple, designed to be played easily by the nonexpert child or adult; they are primarily just guided to the tunes, for the songs are really meant for fun and singing.
In addition to songs of American and English origin,there are many from other countries, including France, Spain, Italy, and Germany.
There are funny songs and tender lullabies, Mother Goose rhymes and marching tunes—the whole gamut of songs passed down from generation to generation.
Distinguished British artist William Stobbs, principal of the Maidstone College of Art in Kent, has provided charming gouache illustrations in full color for every page of this sumptuous collection of those earliest nursery songs which are every child’s birthright.
Elizabeth Poston lives In Hertfordshire, England, whore she was born.
She was educated privately, at the Royal Academy of Music, and in Europe.
During her poststudent years, she was once locked up with a goat in a prison cell in southern Europe, but was released when she proved to be carrying not code but folk songs.
Returning to England, she joined the BBC’s staff. She resigned later to pursue her own work, but acted as adviser, producer, and composer at the inception of the BBC’s famed Third Programme.
She has traveled widely, distinguishing herself in almost all fields of music, and has covered unusually wide ground creatively in both words and music in the concert hall, theater, church, films, radio, television, and records, as well as in the field of music education.
William Stobbs has had an equally distinguished career as artist, illustra-tor, and educator.
He shares Elizabeth Poston’s meticulousness in research and her pleasure in introducing traditional beauty to children.
He has illustrated many books for young people and has been awarded the Kate Greenaway Medal for his work.
Principal of the Maidstone College of Art in Kent, Mr. Stobbs lives with his wife, who is also an artist, and their children in a lovely old half-timbered house not far from the college.
