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Description: Modern fables for modern readers on today's world and its problems. Includes stories such as: The Conceited Minnow, The Tycoon and the Architect, The Conversation between the Bulldozer and a Mouse, and How God Bested the Devil.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: [1966]
Call number: 491540
Creator: Mandel, Oscar (1926-)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Kotkin, July 1987. Inscribed on front free endpaper: "Love and chuckles to my sweet, charming Virginia. [J Carr?] 1/12/67".
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Clippings of unattributed reviews and articles from The Builder, probably by Esdaile (some are annotated in pencil with Esdaile's initials). Articles consist of: "Modern Fables XIII: The Two Painters" (January 8, 1915) "Cant" (February 5, 1915) "The London Topographical Record" [Book Review] (March 12, 1915) "No. 40 Threadneedle Street, EC" (April 2, 1915) "Roman Decorative Paintings: Papers of the British School at Rome, 1914" [Book Review] (April 2, 1915) "Modern Fables XIV: The Idle Apprentice" (April 9, 1915) "The Religious Origin of Art" [Book Review] (April 9, 1915) "The Red Cross Sale at Christies" (April 23, 1915) "A Ministry of Arts: An Art Lover's Standpoint" (May 28, 1915) "Modern Fables XVI: The Critics" (June 4, 1915) "Hick's Hall, Clerkenwell Green, the Sessions House for the County of Middlesex" (June 18, 1915) "Architecture and Peace" (September 3, 1915) "The Architecture of the Imagination" (September 10, 1915) "The Draughtsman Ineffective" (December 10, 1915) "The Influence of Oriental Architecture in England" (December 31, 1915)

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Image of an advertisement for The Devil and the Deep Sea by Rudyard Kipling featuring several men on a small sailboat off the coast of an island with huts and palm trees.

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Edward J. Bing letter to Bernard M. Baruch

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Clippings with autograph notes. Sending copies of two of his essays published in the American Mercury, "Divided Loyalties in the Near East" and "Modern Science Discovers God;" also encloses newspaper clipping about himself. (17 pages total)

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[Annual Catalog] : Theosophical University Press 1985

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"Today's theosophic movement in a modern presentation of this universal tradition and seeks to promote the brotherhood of humanity based on shared bonds of understanding and a higher view of life. To this end, our Press--the published activity of the Theosophical Society with international headquarters in Pasadena, California--focuses on producing and distributing quality theosophical literature."

491990:113

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American food : the gastronomic story : including a personal treasury of more than 500 distinctive regional, traditional and contemporary recipes

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A culinary history of the United States from colonial times to the present includes traditional recipes adapted to today's kitchens and tastes.

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The 26 letters

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"Beginning with the earliest man (35, 000-15,000 B.C.), his implements and his culture, this ... book traces through the centuries the development of writing from the earliest cave drawings in northern Spain to the modern linotype."

608521

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American food : the gastronomic story : including a personal treasury of more than 500 distinctive regional, traditional and contemporary recipes

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