Complete Inventory Listing for Albany Public Library

Blake, William. Ideas of Good and Evil. Yellow Springs, Ohio. Kahoe & Spieth. 1927. 74 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy in good dust jacket. Hand-written number "#211" of a limited edition of 510 copies. Beautifully-designed book in fine shape; 30 plus poems by the master poet, including "Love's Secret." Dust-jacket shows slight darkening and some minor tears. Text is handset in Garamond Oldstyle by Antioch Press. $50.00 Book #3 from Friends of the Albany Library, Albany, CA

Henderson, W. J. Soul of a Tenor. New York. Henry Holt. 1912. 366 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. very good copy with no dust jacket. Contains beautiful full-color frontispiece by George Gibbs. Written by a well-known opera expert of the time, chronicles the glamour and intrigue of the NY Met of nearly a century ago. $70.00 Book #2 from Friends of the Albany Library, Albany, CA

Mozino, Jose Mariano. Noticias de Nutka: an account of the Nootka Sound in 1792. Seattle. Univ. of Washington. 1970. 142 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. fine copy in fine dust jacket. This fascinating, beautiful book is signed and inscribed by translator and editor, Iris Higbie Wilson. Spanish botanist Jose Mozino served on this 18th century expedition to what's now Vancouver Island. His detailed notes on the language, customs, and religion of the Sound natives are remarkable. Includes 24 pp of plates of drawings, maps, index, appendices, and dictionary. $50.00 Book #4 from Friends of the Albany Library, Albany, CA

Steinmetz, Charles Proteus. Four lectures on relativity and space. New York. McGraw Hill. 1923. 126 pps. 8vo. First edition. Hardcover. fine copy with no dust jacket. Relativity was still in its boyhood when this work appeared, reflecting the great excitement and enthusiasm of that period. Also contains 7 images for stereoscopic viewing in back-cover pouch: 3-D models of the universe then being first proposed. No dustjacket was issued with this book. $50.00 Book #5 from Friends of the Albany Library, Albany, CA

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