Bedford, Sybille:Aldous Huxley a Biography Volume 2 - 1939 - 1963 -
- Taschenbuch 1988, ISBN: 9780002160148
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Emmaus PA: Rodale Press, 1984 + 1988. 5th printing + 2nd printing. Paperbacks, saddle-stapled.. Fine unmarked, both.. Book 1 includes: Painting Over Problems, Ceiling Lamps, Revamp Your… Mehr…
Emmaus PA: Rodale Press, 1984 + 1988. 5th printing + 2nd printing. Paperbacks, saddle-stapled.. Fine unmarked, both.. Book 1 includes: Painting Over Problems, Ceiling Lamps, Revamp Your Lamp, No-Sweat Soldering, Fixing Drips, Unclogging Drains, Toilet Repair, Concrete Patching, Hanging Wallpaper. Book 2 includes: Drywall Repair, Patching Plaster Ceiling, Door Problems, Tile Repair, Broken Window Pane, Patching Vinyl Floors, Vinyl Siding, Roof Condensation, Roof Repair, Sidewalk Repair. Both bright tight clean PB copies. both 8 x 10-3/4, 56 + 22 pp, b/w photos & illus., Rodale Press, 1984 + 1988, 5, NEW 73 Page Booklet. Early days in Nicollet County, Minnesota, which encompasses the present and/or past communities of Traverse, Traverse des Sioux, St. Peter, Rock Bend, Belgrade (formerly South Bend), Lake Prairie, Oshawa, Eureka, Swan City, Courtiano, Red Stone, Lafayette, Ridgely (Fort Ridgely), Brighton, Granby, New Sweden, Bernadotte are recalled through a mixture of colorful tales and factual data in this spiral bound booklet reprinted from a rare 1882 book: History of the Minnesota Valley, by the Rev. Edward D. Neill. The booklet is printed one-sided on 60# paper with the print enlarged for easier reading. A vinyl sheet has been added to protect the front cover. Among the many and diverse topics in the booklet are: Physical description of land; First officers of the county; Schools, Churches, and Newspapers; Controversy over County seat location; The St. Peter Company's attempt to make St. Peter the Territorial Capital; first birth, marriage, death; railroads and ferry boats; a Hotel and an Insane Asylum; Gustavus Adolphus College, founded by the Swedish Lutheran Church; Other churches and schools; Banks and Businesses; First settlers; Two Missionary Drownings; Excerpts from Rev. Riggs Diary; Treaty with Dakotas in 1851; Battle at Fort Ridgely in 1853; Death of Capt. William Dodd, a fearless pioneer; Why wooden jails don't work; Public Buildings; Detailed account of the Civil War Record of Nicollet County, and other interesting bits of history and trivia. An extensive list of Civil War soldiers is included. Here's a sample: Sixth Infantry. Company E. Private -- Louis Thiele, must. Oct. 5, '62, trans. to V.R.C. March 15, '65, dis Sep. 7, '65. Company G. Private -- E.E. Jones, must. Oct. 1, '62, dis. for disab'y Oct. 6, '64. Company I, mustered October 4, '62. Sergeant -- W.G. Gresham, pro. 2d lieut. June 5, '65, dis with regt. The booklet includes brief biographies on: Aadsen, Abraham, Adams, Anderson, Angle, Anthony, Arndt, Asher, Baberish, Bagge, Baker, Bartlett, Bauer, Bauman, Baumgarth, Bean, Becker, Benham, Benson, Bergstrom, Blake, Blessing, Block, Bode, Boethin, Bohnen, Boor, Bornemann, Boys, Brady, Brandt, Braun, Brown, Bruer, Burch, Burk, Burrill, Bushard, Carrier, Carter, Challstrom, Chilgren, Clark, Coffin, Collins, Compart, Cox, Cronen, Currier, Curtiss, Cutter, Dahl, Daniels, Dannheim, Davis, Delany, Dick, Diepolder, Dillion, Donahower, Door, Doty, Downs, Dryer, Dunn, Dunning, Durbahn, Eckberg, Ekber, Engesser, Erickson, Essler, Esvig, Evenson, Farrer, Felt, Fiene, Filler, Foot, Frank, Frederickson, Freitag, Frey, Galles, Gault, Georgius, Gerboth, Giefer, Gill, Girvin, Goodell, Grams, Gresham, Grussendorf, Hack, Hackerott, Hall, Hanscome, Hanson, Hegstrum, Hemes, Hendley, Hendrickson, Hermanson, Heymann, Hill, Hinderman, Hobert, Hodgson, Hodson, Hokanson, Holmquis, Holter, Horner, Hovland, Howard, Hughes, Ives, Jacobson, James, Jenson, Johnson, Jonason, Jones, Kastens, Keene, Kennedy, Klein, Kneeland, Koelfgen, Kohn, Kroplin, La Framboise, Ladd, Lange, Larsen, Lilljengren, Lind, Lindill, Linstrom, Lippmann, Lohmann, Lord, Lorenz, Ludcke, Magner, Malmborg, Malmo, Mans, Martindale, McAfee, McDermid, McFadden, McLeod, McMaster, McQuat, Meier, Melzer, Miesen, Miller, Moll, Montgomery, Moore, Morton, Murnan, Nelson, Nereson, Newton, North, Norwood, Nutter, Oberg, Olson, Ort, Ostrom, Pederson, Pehearson, Pehrson, Perry, Peterson, Pettijohn, Picker, Poehler, Poncin, Putman, Quinn, Quist, Rabe, Randall, Revier, Ritz, Roberts, Rogers, Ronnseville, Rood, Rosenquist, Rounseville, Sackett, Sakariasen, Schaffer, Schimmel, Schlender, Schlumpberger, Schrader, Schroeder, Schulze, Searles, Severance, Shonbeck, Simmons, Smedberg, Smith, Snyder, Sondag, Spiess, Sporing, Stark, Stege, Steizer, Stempel, Stolt, Stone, Struckmann, Stutz, Swanson, Swenson, Tammany, Tewksbury, Thingestad, Thorson, Tori, Torrey, Treadwell, Volk, Vrooman, Wager, Wahlstrom, Walin, Wall, Watts, Webster, Whitcomb, White, Williams, Wilson, Zieske, Zimmermann, Zins. . Limited Edition Reprint. Spiral/Comb . New/No Jacket. 8.5" x 11". Private Press., 6, 1952. This new 220 page booklet is quirky, but interesting and a genealogical goldmine for the Covington Oklahoma area! Early days in the Covington area of Southeastern Garfield County Oklahoma are captured in this unusual book written by the daughter of a pioneering family. Reprinted complete with typos, misspellings and quirky footnotes -- the book gives a close-up view of pioneer life along the Cherokee Strip around the turn of the 20th Century. The original book, entitled A History of Covington, Garfield County, Oklahoma and Surrounding Territory was written in 1952 by Mrs. Fannie Eisele. Our edition is called simply Covington, Okahoma USA -- it fits easier on the 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 front cover, which is printed on 80# card stock and protected with a vinyl sheet. The text is printed on 60# paper. Besides Covington, area towns mentioned are: Douglas, East Covington, Fairmont, Garber, Hayward, Lucien, Marshall and West Covington. After a personal account of the struggles and delights of pioneer life -- from chinch bugs and sod houses to pet prarie dogs and taffy pulls -- Mrs. Eisele names the early settlers in Marshall, Otter, Reed, and Wood townships. The Sale of town lots brought a lot of spectulors, and -- eventually -- some businesses. These are listed -- but what might otherwise be a boring list, is spiced up by Biblical quotes and footnotes. For instance, a note that a Mr. Goode "stopped his car...then in a hurry to get away, forgetfully started without reversing and shot inside through the front door" and a tale of a lad who bought two hamburgers on credit and saved for a year to pay off the 10 cent debt. Information on public buildings, utilities and town officers follows. Various church histories are related, followed by a paragraph or more on various clubs, often including the names of members. Apparently Mrs. Eisele requested each group to send her information because she writes in a footnote that ... some accounts were written with pencil on most anything from napkins to wall paper, in dim script somewhat short of Spencerian perfection, and more like the scratches of a rheumatic chicken...but with thanks to our helpful contributors, and apology to any victims of typographic error, we will "proceed to proceed"... A section on the Covington-Garber Oil Field mentions "the black Gold bubbling up out of the ground resembled an old fashioned kettle of boiling soap." This is followed by information on Bus Lines and Covington schools, and sections on the smaller towns. A list of additional homesteaders is followed by a brief essay comparing the Oklahoma settlers to Adam and Eve, the followers of Moses, and the Plymouth pilgrims! Mrs. Eisele's work was illustrated, and against our better judgement we have included copies of these photographs. But the orginal pictures were terrible and as my mother used to say "you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear." Nonetheless, despite its shortcomings, this book should prove a valuable resource to anyone interested in the history and genealogy of the area. . Limited Edition Reprint Leavenworth. Spiral/Comb. New/No Jacket. 5.5" x 8.5". Private Press., 1952, 6, 1895. A history of Douglas County KS, may sound rather ho-hum -- until you learn that "Lawrence" is the County Seat. Lawrence, Kansas -- suddenly images of old Western films and Quantrill's Raiders flash across the mind. Similar images also flash across the pages of this 269-page book, reproduced from Richard Cordley's 1895 first hand account A History of Lawrence, Kansas from the First Settlement to the Close of the Rebellion. Amazingly detailed and well-written, the book is a rich source of data for Civil War buffs, genealogical info for those with Douglas County ties, and insights into American history in general and Kansas history in particular. This new spiral bound book is printed on 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 60# bond paper with the front cover protected with a vinyl sheet. Since the original book was darkened with age the print is a little light. The sufferings of these first Kansas pioneers rival those of the pioneers who founded Jamestown and Plymouth -- but for different reasons. Hoping to prevent the spread of slavery into Kansas after passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854, many of these settlers left the comforts of their northeastern homes to live on a prairie beset with hardships and ruffians, in order to cast their votes for freedom. But pro-slavery factions had other ideas. This book covers an unusual part of American history. Often skimmed over in text books, it is more often found in the movies, where fact is mingled with fiction. But here we have a true account, an account stranger than fiction -- peace-loving citizens, rigged elections, corrupt officials, heroes and villians, wild speculations, underground governments, escaped slaves, a young Jesse James, and an old John Brown. All leading up to the actual raid itself -- vividly woven memories of the author and other survivors bring to life brutal murders, unwarranted cruelty, helpless onlookers, and narrow escapes as the bushwackers go door to door, street by street, looting, killing and burning. There's a lesson to be learned about letting your guard down, and another about the determination to survive. There are several pictures and drawings of early Lawrence (some better than others), and individual pictures of some of the early residents: Rev. Richard Cordley, Amos Lawrence, Gen. James Lane, Wilson Shannon, Charles Robinson, Sam Walker, Abram Wilder, Oliver Barber, Lyman Allen, Wesley Duncan, Col. James Blood, A.D. Searle, George W. Collamore, Dr. Alonzo Fuller, D.W. Woodward, Paul Brooks, J.G. Sands, Robert Frazer, Gen. George Deitzler, Col. O.E. Learnard, Major Edmund Ross, Col. John Rankin, Edmund Whitman, Franklin Haskell, Samuel Reynolds, John Ross, George Leis, Thaddeus Prentice, George Hutchinson, John Shimmons, John Haskell, Dudley Haskell, Frank Bailey, Charles Smith, R.C. Dix, E.A. Smith, Rev. John S. Brown, C.S. Duncan, Gurdon Grovenor, James Horton, Mrs. O.E. Learnard, Mrs. R. Cordley, Mrs. H.M. Simpson, Mrs. Charles Robinson, Mrs. Sarah Mack-Pinkston, Mrs. Sam Walker, Mrs. S.B. Prentiss, Mrs. O.A. Hanscom, Mary Brooks, Sarah Brown, Lizzie French, Lucy Woodward, Dr. J. F. Griswold, H.W. Baker, Josiah Trask, S.M. Thorpe, William Crutchfield, John L. Crane, O.A. Hanscom, George Ford, Forest Savage, Joseph Riggs, Samuel Kimball, Joseph Savage, R.W. Ludington, P.D. Ridenour, Fred Read, Col. S. W. Eldridge, George Smith, H. M. Simpson, Samuel Riggs, James Emery, Dr. S. B. Prentiss, Dr. Albert Newman, Lathrop Bullene, Charles Edwards, Rev. S. V. Lum, Rev. William Bishop, Rev. Charles Reynolds, Robert Elliott, T. Dwight Thacher, Josiah Miller, J.B. Abbott, John Speer, and William Phillips. . Limited Edition Reprint. Spiral/Comb . New/No Jacket. 5.5" x 8.5". Private Press., 1895, 6, New York: Whittlesey House,mcgraw Pub. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1952 verso. First Edition?. Hardcover. 8x6". VERY GOOD CONDITION IN FAIR CLIPT(NOPR ICE) DUST JACKET..book has minor sun fade along top edge, and wear, chips, clear tape to same are of mostly complete DUST JACKET. BOOK AND DJ ARE NOT MARKED UP. ; Black titles on red cloth spine with 3x4" line drawing of boy,flute & christmas star to front cover of book. DJ has cover art in various colors WISEMEN AT DOOR, YOUNG BOY & STICK CRUTCH to Greet them. ..AUTHOR 2X6' PHOTO PORTRAIT & BIOG TO BACK PANEL DJ..***************WOULD LOOK BETTER IN PROTECTIVE VINYL PROTECTOR...ASK!...******** ; 89pg pages; ..New Christmas music in NARATIVE FORM..by AUTHOR & POET, FRANCES FROST.. Exact dialogue of the opera... ., Whittlesey House,mcgraw Pub, 1952 verso, 3, 1987. A M RECORDS 393911 12" LP VINILO DISCO NM FUNDA VG+ Lista de Títulos A1 Pointer Sisters Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 3:21 A2 Eurythmics Winter Wonderland 3:34 A3 Whitney Houston Do You Hear What I Hear? 3:31 A4 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band* Merry Christmas Baby 4:51 A5 The Pretenders Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas 4:40 A6 John Cougar Mellencamp I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus 2:38 A7 Sting Gabriel's Message 2:10 B1 Run-DMC Christmas In Hollis 2:59 B2 U2 Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) 2:19 B3 Madonna Santa Baby 2:34 B4 Bob Seger And The Silver Bullet Band The Little Drummer Boy 3:29 B5 Bryan Adams Run Rudolph Run 2:42 B6 Bon Jovi Back Door Santa 3:52 B7 Alison Moyet The Coventry Carol 3:24 B8 Stevie Nicks Silent Night 4:36, 1987, 0, London: Chatto & Windus In Association Eith Collins London, 1974. Assumed First Edition . Hard Back. Very Good/Good. 6 1/2" X 8 1/2. 378 Pages Indexed. There are three inked lines on the front endpaper with the date 28-3-75. No other marks. Dust jacket is protected with a vinyl covering. There can't be any serious doubt, wrote C. P. Snow, reviewing the first volume of Sybille Bedford's biography of Aldous Huxley, that the complete work will rank - and rank high - among the classics of its kind. She has, what is most essential of treatment of all for this present enterprise, an instinct for truth. Her treatment of his character is as masterly as anyone alive could have managed. In the second half of his life Aldous Huxley became ever more deeply concerned with the condition of man in the twentieth century, his power to multiply and to destroy himself, his relation to nature, to society, to the planet on which he must live and to the values he must live by. Yet as before Huxley is presented not only as a writer and thinker, but as a private man. We see him in his day-to-day life, in the free and easy world of Hollywood or at his isolated house in the arid beauty of the Nevada desert, his ventures into the world of films and the theatre, in the anxieties of the Second World War and the trials of bereavement as well as in the gaiety and happiness of his family relationships. These were the years of Grey Eminence, a historical biography that offers insight into the mysticism with which he was increasingly preoccupied; of Time Must Have A Stop and The Perennial Philosophy, The Doors if Perception, his controversial book on the use of hallucinogenic drugs; of Island, the 'good' Utopia that complements the satire of Brave New World. However his achievements are rated, Huxley was an exceptional human being. So it isn't altogether surprising that his life should exemplify to an exceptional degree the contradictions of the human condition. How does one reconcile, for instance, Huxley's devotion to his first wife with his seeming blindness to the stresses his dependence imposed upon her, and his renaissance after her death?, Chatto & Windus In Association Eith Collins London, 1974, 2.75<
