Comments on: About http://rarebookfinds.com Learn about rare books from the experts Fri, 08 Jul 2011 23:52:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: robert http://rarebookfinds.com/about/#comment-35656 robert Tue, 29 Mar 2011 04:39:26 +0000 #comment-35656 In 1952 the american bullfighter from brooklyn by sidney franklin was publish by Prentice-Hall, Inc. In my possesion i have one of the rough draft ether to the book or too the movie that they where going to make on it on the envenlope say columbia broadcasting system, inc. Would you know more info on it and i have pictures upon request i would like to sell it In 1952 the american bullfighter from brooklyn by sidney franklin was publish by Prentice-Hall, Inc.

In my possesion i have one of the rough draft ether to the book or too the movie that they where going to make on it on the envenlope say columbia broadcasting system, inc. Would you know more info on it and i have pictures upon request i would like to sell it

]]> By: Bauman http://rarebookfinds.com/about/#comment-21479 Bauman Mon, 24 May 2010 15:38:15 +0000 #comment-21479 Thank you for your interest. To clarify, we use “luminous” here as an adjective that describes Adams’ skill with light, i.e. the image’s luminosity. “Print” can and often is used (throughout the industry) to describe a halftone plate. We only use the term “gelatin-silver” print to refer to a print that has been created with gelatin-silver printing process. These, as you correctly note, are not “gelatin-silver prints” and that is why we do not describe them as such. We describe them as halftones. We apologize for any confusion. Thank you for your interest. To clarify, we use “luminous” here as an adjective that describes Adams’ skill with light, i.e. the image’s luminosity. “Print” can and often is used (throughout the industry) to describe a halftone plate. We only use the term “gelatin-silver” print to refer to a print that has been created with gelatin-silver printing process. These, as you correctly note, are not “gelatin-silver prints” and that is why we do not describe them as such. We describe them as halftones. We apologize for any confusion.

]]> By: Mary Street Alinder http://rarebookfinds.com/about/#comment-21291 Mary Street Alinder Mon, 10 May 2010 21:52:01 +0000 #comment-21291 Hi, Read your ad for the Ansel Adams Sierra Nevada: John Muir Trail - original edition from 1938. I believe the ad is misleading when it states that the book contains "50 luminous prints" - these are not gelatin-silver prints made by Adams from the original negatives. They are letterpress reproductions printed in Chicago and then varnished to a high gloss and tipped onto the page. A magnifying glass will verify the dot pattern of the repro. I think your ad misleads people into thinking they are fine prints. I went to your website and there was no further explanation. I love books and old books and what your store represents. Sincerely, Mary Street Alinder, former assistant to Ansel Adams, co-author with Adams of his autobiography and author of his biography. Hi, Read your ad for the Ansel Adams Sierra Nevada: John Muir Trail – original edition from 1938. I believe the ad is misleading when it states that the book contains “50 luminous prints” – these are not gelatin-silver prints made by Adams from the original negatives. They are letterpress reproductions printed in Chicago and then varnished to a high gloss and tipped onto the page. A magnifying glass will verify the dot pattern of the repro. I think your ad misleads people into thinking they are fine prints. I went to your website and there was no further explanation. I love books and old books and what your store represents. Sincerely, Mary Street Alinder, former assistant to Ansel Adams, co-author with Adams of his autobiography and author of his biography.

]]> By: Jack Wedge http://rarebookfinds.com/about/#comment-20212 Jack Wedge Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:34:58 +0000 #comment-20212 We have acquired a copy of Thoreau's "Walden" printed in 1886 by Walter Scott, London. The only editions we have found listed are bound in blue or green cloth with ads. Ours is bound in half leather with gilt edge pages, without ads but with excerpts from "A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers". A private owner's inscription show the date of Feb 11, 1896. We suspect it is a binding for a private library. How do we find a value for this book? We have acquired a copy of Thoreau’s “Walden” printed in 1886 by Walter Scott, London. The only editions we have found listed are bound in blue or green cloth with ads. Ours is bound in half leather with gilt edge pages, without ads but with excerpts from “A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers”. A private owner’s inscription show the date of Feb 11, 1896. We suspect it is a binding for a private library. How do we find a value for this book?

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