Siegl, Nicholas (Translator) a Fable of Bidpai West Burke, VT: the Janus Press, 1974
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Dust Jacket has minor chip at rear bottom edge, minor sunning to spine, price clipped and in mylar cover. Cover board has slit running along gutter at front board that was repaired at some point in the past and is barely noticeable. Gift inscription in ink by previous owner on first free endpaper. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Hard Cover. Signed by Pearl S. Buck on half-title page in black marker. (#17669) $125.00 2 Eisenhower, Dwight D. The White House Years: Mandate for Change, 1953-1956; Waging Peace, 1956-1961 (2 Volumes) Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1963. Limited Edition. xvii, [1], 650, xxiii, 741 pp. 8vo. Both volumes in exceptional condition with original clear mylar dust jacket. Light olive cloth covered boards with Presidential Seal embossed in gold on cover boards, titled in gold on spine within a larger, darker olive green title block. 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This album may have been made from photographs taken by Harrie Victor Schieren, son of Charles A. Schieren, who took over his father's business and was an active photographer, according to the obituary pasted to the rear pastedown. Fascinating documentation of Briarcliff Lodge, its architecture, and grounds. Built by Walter W. Law in 1902, designed by architect Guy King of Philadelphia in what has been referred to as "pseudo- Medieval" style, with grounds by the firm of Frederick Law Olmsted's sons John Charles Olmsted and Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., Briarcliff Lodge was the place to be seen on the Hudson River in the early 20th century. U.S. Olympic Swimming trials were held there in 1924, and also was reputed to be a training site for Olympic swimmer and actor Johnny Weismuller. The hotel began to decline during the depression and by the mid 1930s was being used as a Lodge in the summer months and Edgewood Park School during the school season. After the 4 school closed in 1954, The King's College purchased the property in 1955 and operated it as a liberal arts college until 1984. The buildings sat vacant after that and in 2003 a fire destroyed most of the building.