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The lost steps
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Translated into twenty languages and published in more than fourteen Spanish editions, The Lost Steps, originally published in 1953, is Alejo Carpentier's most heralded novel. A composer, fleeing an empty existence in New York City, takes a journey with his mistress to one of the few remaining areas of the world not yet touched by civilization -- the upper reaches of a great South American river. The Lost Steps describes his search, his adventures, and the remarkable decision he makes in a village that seems to be truly outside history. Amazon review.
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The Greene and Greene Collection contains a wide variety of materials, from Greene and Greene ancestor, architect/engineer James Sumner's "Memo of the Timber wanted for the Steeple in Providence," dated 1775, and a diary of a European grand tour from 1829 to 1931 by an English ancestor of Charles Greene's wife, Alice, to drawings and photographs of Greene and Greene works from the time of construction through the close of the 20th century. The bulk of the collection dates from 1889 to 1975. Photographs comprise most of the records documenting their architecture. There is a small number of architectural drawings; most of the firm's drawings are housed at the Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library at Columbia University, New York City, with a smaller collection of drawings from the estate of Charles Greene at the Environmental Design Archives, University of California, Berkeley. The collection is organized into four series: I. Personal papers, II. Office records, III. Job (project) records (including furniture), and IV. Related research materials. In general, the papers and records of both brothers have been kept together for the periods in which they were living together as students and young men, and for the period when they were partners in the firm of Greene and Greene. Within each series, the organization follows the separate lives and works of each brother from the dates at which they diverge. Although the collection has been assembled from many different sources, most items have a unique accession number identifying the donor, so that the researcher can easily identify the source of most documents.
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The writing reader : comprising in the different handwritings of the present day, selections from standard authors, with a specimen of French, German, Spanish and Italian commercial penmanship ; designed for the use of schools & families
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"The present work has been prepared more especially for the use of our Schools, to supply a want which has long been felt, viz. the difficulty which young men on leaving school experience, in reading with facility, the hand-writing of others, and on account of which their usefulness in business situations has often been retarded ; The reason is obvious,--they have never been taught to read writing, and are left till the practice of after life make them perfect"--From "The Design of the Book."
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Le Colonie Unite dell America Settentrle. di nouva projezione Ass;ee li Signori Riformatori dello studio di Padova
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Kashnor notes, " A rare map, locating all the old Colonies, Canada and the back settlements W ith the country to the Mississippi. A particularly interesting map of the Ohio country, locating, among other places, the present position of Cleveland under the name of GW ahago." Bound right edges, W ith an additional map by Lotter. This is a copy of John Mitchell's map first published in 1755. This Zatta map is published in equal size sections on 11 sheets. Each sheet is numbered. See Huntington Library ref. 130453 Anal. for further information. Appeared in information from RLIN record.
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[Color plate book : collection of two series of chromolithographically printed designs]
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"...[C]ontaining two series of chromolithographically printed designs. The first, apparently English, consists of 40 plates, and shows designs for friezes, etc. The second, probably German, gives the name of the lithographer as Fr. Moises, and consists of a series of tessellations. Neither series bears a title page, nor any text, and there is no evidence of these having been present. There is no identification given on the binding. Judging by appearances alone, these plates were produced before 1860. ... [W]e have not been able to find more about them"--From bookseller's description.
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Map of the city of San Marino, Los Angeles County, California / compiled from county records by William Chalmers - City Engineer
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Library has been built, so about 1920. See 251107 for another edition, reduced in size. "The City of San Marino was incorporated as a City of the Sixth Class on the 25th day of April 1913 with the following City Officials: George S. Patton, President, Trustees: William L. Valentine, R. H. Lacy, E. G. Hart, E. H. Groendyke, H. F. Stewart, City Treasurer, W. B. Rees, City Clerk." Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Blue line print. Verso Text: MS notes: City of San Marino.
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