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Hermann Weyl. Emmy Noether. Offprint: Scirpta Mathematica, vol III, No. 3, July 1935. 20pp. Fine copy. $75
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Hermann Weyl. In Memory of Emmy Noether, Visiting Professor of Mathematics, Bryn Mawr College, 1933-April 1935. Address delivered by Professor Hermann Weyl of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, N.J. April 26, 1935. In original wrappers. Very good copy. 20pp. $75
HABERT-DYS, J[ULES-AUGUSTE] - Fantaisies Decoratives. Documents pour servir a la decoration des Faiences, Meubles, Tissus, Bijoux, appartements, etc. .... Quarante-huit planches renfermant environ deux cents motifs.
Paris, Librairie de l'Art, n.d. [1887] . 48 superb chromolithograph plates by Gillot, greatly influenced by the Japanese style and in a very accomplished art nouveau air, all heightened with gold, on cream paper, mounted on heavy white paper. Folio, (4) pages, title and list of plates.
This copy bound in library cloth (the original issued in parts in portfolio), with each plate mounted on cloth tabs. The spine of teh book has been damaged with tears on the upper portion, but the plates are FINE. $1750.
The following description of the lithographs from the Fantisies Decoratives at the Tides Institute and Museum of Eastport (Maine, seen here) from 2009:
"By 1886, Habert-Dys was a well-respected designer and illustrator, but the main problem for him, in terms of posterity, is his subtle style. Without seeing the originals, his work is not striking enough to attract attention and no reproduction can do justice to the delicate, beautiful, details and colors that he incorporates into his designs. The Fantasies Decoratives, published in 1886, was a one-year project with forty-eight lithographs issued in twelve parts. The colored gravures, many containing gold, were printed on “papier du Chine” by noted lithographer, Charles Gillot (1853 – 1903), whose work was so respected that his lithographs were called “Gillotypes”.
"The intricate patterns, featuring birds, animals, flowers, fish, insects, shellfish, and frogs, were designed for ceramics, plates and dishes, textiles, wallpaper, vases, and jewelry. In these exquisite creations, Habert-Dys adopted many elements of Japanese influence (Japonisme), which reflect the late nineteenth century’s fascination with Japanese art. The Fantasies Decoratives also contain elements of line and curve that later became an intrinsic characteristic of the next major movement in the art world, Art Nouveau.
RAYMUND, Alexander. ALTTURKISCHE KERAMIK In Kleinasien und Konstantinopel. Munich: Bruckmann, 1922. Folio, 28pp, 40 color plates. Rebound in heavy library cloth, ex-library, each of the lovely plates having a small. circular library stamp in the bottom right of each image. Wonderful plates, and scholarly work. Difficult to find effort on 13th to 17th century Turkish tile work, with chromolithographic color in high detail. Also includes a bibliography. Nice copy. $395
N.P. Sireitschikoff and D.K. Treneff, Ornements sur les Monuments de l'Ancien Art Russe. [Text in Russian and French.] 2 volumes. Volume 1: 16 1/2x11 1/2 inches, 7 pp descriptive text of plates (in double columns) followed by 25 chromolithographic plates Volume 2: 16 1/4 x 11 1/4 inches, 1910. 4pp text, 16 chromolithograph plates.
All together, 2 volumes, 1904-1910: 41 plates.
[This is only half of one plate.]
Library copies, rebound in stout cloth, with all plates mounted on tabs. Ex-library perforated tamp on title pages; plates have a small stamped number on the reverse, not affecting images whatsoever. Text and plates are all fresh, bright and clean.
This seems to be a scarce set, fewer than a dozen copies of either can be found in WorldCat/OCLC. There was a third volume published in 1916 that is not present.
[Detail of one quarter of the image, above.]
Freeman J. Dyson. "Heisenberg Operators in Quantum Electrodynamics, I." Offprint: The Physical Review, vol 82, no 3, pp 428-439, May 1, 1951. Fine copy in the original wrappers. $225
Ludwik Silberstein. "Contribution to the Quantum Theory of Spectrum Emission: Spectra of Atomic Systems Containing a Complex Nucleus." Offprint: Philosophical Magazine, vol xxxix, January 1920.
Original printed wrappers.pp 46-66. Inscribed, "with the author's best regards, 21.I.1920". $125
Silberstein was as we all know an interesting thinker, working early and with some elegance in relativity, though he did run into a spot of bother with Einstein in which the good Dr. Silberstein fared not so well. I've always rather "liked" Silberstein for his early work.
Collection of Police-Sponsored Anti-Crime, Bunko-Squad Pamphlets, published by the Boston Better Business Bureau. All in the same format, printed via offset on 8.5x11 inch sheets. [Title in pencil: "Pamphlets on Fraudulent Business Methods and Schemes".] 1936. There are 34 in all, stapled sheets at left-top, each about 10pp long (making for about 350 leaves), with each having an example of a conversation between the consumer and the grifter. These are ex-library with the occasional stamp from the Library of Congress ("Pamphlet Collection"), via the U.S. Copyright Office. Good condition, if a bit dusty. $350 (If you were writing period crime novels of the 1930's, this would be prime resource material fo rcrimes of confience.)
They include: Bait Advertising (Window); Free Permanent Wave Scheme, Smuggled Goods Scheme, Bait Advertising Scheme, Business Opportunity Scheme, the Re-load Scheme, A Switch and Sell Scheme, Bucket Shop Scheme, Tipster Sheet Scheme, Sewing Machine Scheme, Memorial Park Cemetery Scheme, Heir Scheme, Bait Advertising Scheme, Song Writing Scheme, Is It Bait?, Action Sale Scheme, Stuffed Plate Scheme, Stuffed Flats (Furs), Buy Wholesale Scheme, Insurance Association Scheme, Partner Wanted Scheme, Long Distance Tailoring Scheme, Bait Advertising (T.C. System), Free Lot Scheme, Home Work Scheme, Furniture Club Lottery Scheme, Charity Merchandise Scheme, Suit Club Scheme, Picture Enlargement Scheme, Puff Sheet Scheme, Territorial Rights Scheme, Obesity Cure Scheme, Territorial Rights Scheme, Cash Bond Scheme, Unordered Merchandise Scheme.
These do describe crimes and there were victims involved, but the description of it all is quite delightful.
Reissner, Hans. Jet Propulsion. A Systematic Analysis of Thermal Jet Propulsion. Written from January to October, 1945.
1) original typed mimeographed sheets. 8vo, 36 leaves. In the original off-the-shelf binder, and titled in Reissner's hand. Dated October, 1945. Stamped "Confidential".
2) "Systematic Analysis of Thermal Jet Propulsion" 17 leaves (16 of text and 1 full-page illustration). Offset printed from typed originals. Many mathematical notations in Reissner's hand.
This is an extremely early American analysis of a working jet engine. $950
Hans J. Reissner was a leading German pioneer in aeronautics and aeronautical engineering. He was appointed to the chair vacated by Arnold Sommerfeld at the Technische Hochschul at Aachen, where he established the aerodynamics laboratory. He also designed the great experimental wind tunnel at Aachen and was its second director (after T. von Karman). He went on to the University of Berlin where he remained until 1938, when he left Germany for the United States. Reissner held a chair at the Illinois Institute of Technology and in 1944 joined the faculty at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. He became a U.S. citizen in 1944. Van Karman spoke very highly of Reissner and attributed his work in aerodynamics to be as important as those advances made by Prandtl (see von Karman’s Wind and Beyond). Reissner was also celebrated with two anniversary volumes of Applied MAthematiics for his 60th and 75th birthdays (in 1934 and 1949).
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