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#1 The Fifth Seal by Mark Aldanov Jewish Russian Story 1943 HC/DJ
Charles Scribner's Sons, New York: 1943.
First Edition. 482 pages Hard Cover & Dust Jacket Fine 5 ½ x 8 gold gilt to front cover and spine. Uncut side leaves
Mark was a Russian emigrant writer, known for his historical novels.
Mark Landau (Aldanov) was born in Kiev in the family of a rich Jewish industrialist. He graduated the physical-mathematical and law departments of Kiev University. He published serious research papers in chemistry. In 1919 he emigrated to France. During 1922-1924 he lived in Berlin and during 1941-1946, in the United States.
Fine 5 ½ x 8 NO writing, NO foxing, NO markings..
#2 All Night Long: A Novel of Guerrilla Warfare in Russia 1942 HC/DJ by Erskine Caldwell,
He and his daring comrades, with the support of the Red Army, wreck trains, ambush trucks, and pick off sentries. " A novel of Guerilla Warfare in Russian WWII".
Published by Duell, Sloan and Pearce 2nd Printing
When Erskine Caldwell returned in 1941… Leer más

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Eating in: From the Field to the Kitchen in Biosphere 2 - 1st EditionISBN 1-882428-04-8Format PaperbackPage Count 106Language EnglishCountries United StatesPublisher Biosphere PressImprint Biosphere PressDimensions:Weight:
NEW CONDITION NEVER USED PAGES ARE TIGHT AND FLAT I PULLED BACK GENTLY TO PHOTO COPYRIGHT PAGE I PURCHASED IN 1993 AT THE BIOSPHERE
This has to be one of the strangest cookbooks ever published, Eating in: From the Field to the Kitchen in Biosphere 2 Author Sally Silverstone was the food systems manager during the much hyped and ultimately disastrous Biosphere "mission" that began in 1991 What could be more challenging than preparing 2 meals a day, every day, for eight people for two years During her two years inside, Silverstone wrote a cookbook with the fantastic title, Eating In: From the Field to the Kitchen in Biosphere 2, which contains forty-eight recipes from the biospherian diet, along with the story of how the crew planted, grew, processed, and… Leer más

Carmen. Toreador's Song, for Voice and Piano First line: To your toast I will drink with pleasure senors, senors No covers not sure all pages are there I count 12 front and back 1878
Photo of first page and last page
Carmen (Vocal score) [French / English]
Carmen is an opera in four acts by French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on a novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first performed by the Opéra-Comique in Paris on 3 March 1875, where its breaking of conventions shocked and scandalized its first audiences.

12 METROPOLITAN SEMINARS IN ART, PORTFOLIOS 1 – 11 + PORTFOLIO A by John Canaday 1st Ed
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1958/1959.
First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover.Each volume contains color prints and publisher's notes neatly laid in; color plates are in Fine condition. Original binding. includes all 12 color prints & all the Inserts.
Portfolio 1 - What is a Painting?
Portfolio 2 - Realism
Portfolio 3 - Expressionism
Portfolio 4 - Abstraction
Portfolio 5 - Composition as Pattern
Portfolio 6 - Composition as Structure
Portfolio 7 - Composition as Expression
Portfolio 8 - Fresco
Portfolio 9 - Tempera and Oil
Portfolio 10 - Watercolor, Pastel and Prints
Portfolio 11 - The Artist as a Social Critic
Portfolio A – Glory and Grandeur
Each book contains full color plates in a separate pouch that are discussed within each book. Beautiful set of books that outlines and discusses timeless full color plates
Well illustrated work covering the techniques of water color, pastels, and print… Leer más