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Scott, Walter The Works of…
London, n.d. 48 vols., 8vo. . Three quarter red morocco
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Pettus, Sir John, of Suffolk, Knight of the Society for t... Fleta Minor. The Laws of Art and Nature, in Knowing, Judging, Assaying,Fining, Refining an Inlarging the Bodies of confin'd Metals. In Two Parts.The First contains Assays of Lazarus Erckern, Chief Prover ( oe Assay-Master General of the Empire of Germany)...The Second contains Essays onMetallick Words, as a Dictionary to many pleasing Discourses
London: Printed for and sold by Stephen Bateman, 1686 Pettus was deputy governor of the royal minesfor over thirty-five years. The first part is translated from the German of Erckern, but the second part is Pettus’ own contribution to the lexicography of metals — and wonderfully anecdotal and original it is as this from his entry on “DUNG”: “…among the Indians it was usual, that when they intended Homage to their Superiors, or welcome too their Friends, they did evacuate their Dung into their Hand, and so daub it on the Face of whom they intended to honour or pleasure, and was ever accepted by them, as the first and best of the Welcoming Ceremonies: for Agricola tells us of Mans-Dung made as sweet as Civit. But to return nearer home, when I remained in London, during the great Plague in 1666, Dr. Glisson (famous in his time) being my old Friend and Acquaintance, perswaded me to take a piece of his constant Antidote, which was only the Dung of one that had dyed of the Plague, dryed, and so kept in a foraminous Box, for the best Antidotical Perfume; but I thank God I escaped without it…” Engaging, too, are the delightful engravings which embellish the work Second Edition. Folio. Frontispiece & Illustrated with 44 sculptures. Contemporary quarter calf and boards, rebacked, later endpapers; corner of title-page torn away, first three leaves waterstained at lower edge. A good sound copy. Wing P-1907
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22 photographs of Italy and Italian antiquities from the Warren Delanofamily
Rome and Naples, feb. & april, 1870 Fine, large views of antiquities in Rome, Naples, Pompeii, Herculaneum, from the Warren Delano family; rach of the mounts is captioned and inscribed in a neat hand at the lower right corner “ALD from ED”(or “ED to ALD”) and dated either February or April, 1870 The views include: “Casa de Cornelio Russo” — Pompei; Strada della Tombe (Pompeii); Roman Forum; Rome - The Capitol; Temple of Minerva (Rome); Cypress trees at Tivoli near Rome; Temple of Vesta; Bath of Caracalla (Rome), etc (PHOTOGRAPHY) Most are 9-5/8 x 7-1/4 inches. . Mounted on folio cards. With one exception (the Coliseum, which is faded) most of the images are bright and clear
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Herrick, Robert Selections from the Hesperides
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1882 Inscribed from William Meritt Chase to his wife-to-be Alice "Pansy" Gerson on Xmas 1884. The two were family friends and eventually were married in 1886. Together they had 8 children. A great association Provenance: Directly from the Chase family First Edition thus. 4to. With drawings by Edwin A. Abbey. Original yellow stamped cloth, a.e.g. Spine rubbed and soiled, else very good
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A testimonial, hand-lettered in German in black, gold, red and silverinks, presented to Erzherzog Rainer and his wife Maria on the occasion oftheir 50th wedding anniversary, 21 February 1902, by the ChristlicherWiener Frauen-Bund
Vienna: produced by the studio of Brüder Nedomansky, 1902 An extremely attractive and well-producedartifact. The layout of the text is impeccable, the lettering faultless, while the binding was intended to be a showpiece, and succeeds. UNIQUE (BINDING) Folio. . Two hinged leaves on heavy stock, held with gilt metal cord in an elaborate fawn morocco binding with a central recessed panel containing a crowned monogram in red and white enamel, silver, and gilt metal of elaborate design, four cornerpieces in the same style bearing enameled dates, and other small enamelled silver devices, the whole enclosed in a moulded gilt metal frame surrounded by the volume's tooled leather border; suspended are two metallic tassels. Fine condition
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Dunne, Finley Peter “Mr. Dooley on the Convention” ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT of this humorous piececoncerning McKinley, TR, and the Convention of 1900
[New York], ca. 1900 Written at the time of the 1900 Presidential Convention, this amusing piece, in “Mr. Dooley's” Irish dialect, deals with the prospect of Theodore Roosevelt's nomination as McKinley's vice-president, which time has shown to be an epochal event in American history. Mr. Dooley lightheartedly notes that, “'Tis well known that Mack was agin Tiddy fi vice-president. Th' las' thing he said to Mark Hanna when he laid down his thrunk at th' deepo was: 'Above all things don't put Rosenfelt on th' ticket...I wudden't fi all th' money in th' wurruld have yr rip this bright an' gallant leader fim' th' sarvice in his native state an' condim him to a horrible existence in Washington fi four years an' give him no chanst fi further priomotion…'”. He continues discussing the appearance and attitudes of TR, and his reluctance to be nominated, ending with his strong suspicion that McKinley wanted him all the time. (A year later, of course, McKinley was assassinated and TR was President). Finley Peter Dunne (1867-1936) had a distinguished editorial career on a number of newspapers, including William C. Whitney's Morning Telegraph, which led the Whitneys to become his patrons, and subsidize him as they might a son. Most of his “Mr. Dooley” sketches appeared between 1893 and 1905, by which time, having received more than a million Whitney dollars, and no longer needing the income from his pen, he virtually ceased to write. A large factor in Dunne's success was his use of Irish dialect, behind which he could amusingly conceal his very real outrage at the wrongs of the times. He has been called America's greatest humorist after Mark Twain. A SIGNIFICANT MANUSCRIPT Written on 14 11 x 8-1/2 pages in pen and (mostly) pencil, with numerous corrections. . Light soiling to first and last page, a few bits of minor marginal fraying, else fine
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De Miskey, Julian Original version of THE NEW YORKER magazine cover for May 7, 1949, signedwith artist's initial M
n.p, 1949 Writing in The New Yorker of December 15, 1997, Lee Lorenz, the magazine's art editor from 1973-93 and subsequently cartoon editor, noted: “Julian De Miskey, the artist who signed his work M, was one of the most prolific and resourceful of the first wave of New Yorker artists. He did spots, cartoons, and covers, and helped create the decorative style of The Talk of the Town…” All New Yorker original covers and conceptuals are sought after, and the market is growing, especially for such quality work as De Miskey's (NEW YORKER) Image 15-1/2 x 10-1/2 inches, matted and framed to 27-1/2 x 20-1/4 inches overall. Watercolor on paper of three people inspecting old barn.
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Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Letters Written by the Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earlof Chesterfield, to his Son, Philip Stanhope, Esq; Late EnvoyExtraordinary at the Court of Dresden: Together with several other pieceson various Subjects
London: Printed for J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall, 1774 First Edition, with half-titles. 2 vols., 8vo. Published by Mrs. Eugenia Stanhope, from the Originals now in her Possession. Later Nineteenth century 3/4 tan calf over marbled boards, with red and green title labels; half-title repaired, else a fine copy, in cloth slipcase. Rothschild Catalogue 596
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[Armitage, Joshua Charles] “Ionicus” The Untold Adventures of Santa Claus: 30 original line illustrations forthis Odgen Nash title: pen and india ink on bristol board, one signed“Ionicus”
n.p, ca. 1965 Armitage (born 1913) is a noted English painter and illustrator; his work has been described as “meticulously executed drawings incised with pellucid linearity”, and these amusing drawings are very nice indeed (NASH, OGDEN) The drawings average about 4 x 6 inches. . Fine condition. Dictionary of British Cartoonists and Caricaturists 1730-1980, p. 6
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Byrd, Richard 5 Typed Letters Signed (“Dick”) to the wife of his mentor and old friend,Adam C. (“Kit”) Carson
Washington, D.C., Boston, and New York, may 8 - december 8, 1941 When Richard Byrd was just twelve years old in 1900, Adam (“Kit”) Carson, a friend and associate of his father’s in the family’s law firm, invited the young Byrd to visit him in the Philippine Islands. Young Byrd, characteristically, accepted immediately and enthusiastically, displaying the curiosity and yearning for adventure that marked his later life. But the relationship with Carson grew and deepened, and in this sequence of letters to Carson’s wife, written over forty years later, Byrd’s reverence for his aged and dying friend is apparent. In the first letter, from Boston, dated May 20th, Byrd writes: “Dear Eleanor, Will it be too late to come to Riverton next Tuesday?…Don’t forget that I am going through this with you. I know how tough it is.” Then, on June 2, “I am writing this letter to let you know that I am with you constantly in thought and spirit. I have Kit’s photograph in my room and I cannot feel that he is gone. Indeed, he can’t be absolutely gone because he will be as he has always been a real factor in my day to day life…” Again, on July 9, “I want to tell you again please not to think that I am not constantly thinking of you and the children and, as for old Kit, he is so much in my thoughts that I have had several dreams about him lately. He is not non- existent for me because he is still a real factor in my life as he has always been…” 8-1/2 x 10 inches. Each one page. Final letter is torn and tape-repaired, with no loss of text; others are very good to fine
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Hamilton, Anthony Memoirs of Count Grammont. ..A New Edition. To Which are Prefixed, ABiographical Sketch of Count Hamilton, and a Translationof the Epistle toCount Grammont
London: Printed for James Carpenter and William Miller, 1811 A spectacular copy of the Hamilton classic in its Zaehnsdorf dressing, with exceptionally fine impressions of the engravings LARGE PAPER COPY, with all plates in proof state. 2 vols., 4to. Illustrated with 64 portraits engraved by Edward Scriven and others, after portrait by Rembrandt, Lely, and others. Full crimson levant morocco gilt, raised bands, gilt spines, marbled endpapers, edges gilt, by Zaehnsdorf. BEAUTIFUL COPY, each volume with the bookplate of Paul Bechet
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Photogravure Portrait of Thomas Edison
New York: Waller Scott Shinn, photographer, n.d. [c. 1920] Inscribed beneath the photo: “In memory 1847-1937” “To Mr. Ludwig F. Ott / from / Mina M. Edison Hughes [Edison’ daughter] Ludwig Ott was a lifelong employee of Thomas Edison (EDISON, THOMAS ALVA) 7 x 9 inches. . In the original studio mat and folder
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Fantastic illustrations: three finely executed original drawings in penand brown ink on paper, two signed with the monogram J [or T] G I
n.p, ca. 1860s-70s Three fine, professional-quality drawings, evidently used as book illustrations:on the back of one is lightly inked, “comes at the end of Vol [I?] or beginning of Vol [II?]. Illustration of story told me by young lady the clergyman's daughter”. Another drawing bears the faint inscription “see p. 271” and the third, “see p. 291”. An intriguing set of drawings indeed, their style suggesting an English origin (FANTASY ART) The drawings measure approximately 6 x 9 inches. One drawing shows a rustic interior with a group of demonic cats cavorting around a man who sits inside a white circle holding a pair of scissors; another shows a bedroom with a group of 15 goblins sleeping beside a couple's bed; the third shows a troll with her tail caught in a split log as an axe-holding woodsman looks delightedly on. Originally mounted, with adhesions on the backs, else fine
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Rubinstein-Bloch, Stella Catalogue of the Collection of George and Florence Blumenthal, New-York.Compiled by Stella Rubinstein-Bloch
Paris: Privately Printed: Editions, Albert Levy, 1926-1930 (BLUMENTHAL COLLECTION) First edition, No. 9 of 200. 6 vols., Folio. Illustrated. Bound in full brown french levant, t.e.g. , rest uncutby Durand-Pinard, some wear at joints but not bad, dampstaining in volume 3 throughout on the upper half of the page, worse at back, some dampstaining in volume 5
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Drake, Edward Cavendish A New Universal Collection of Voyages and Travels, from the EarliestAccounts to the present time
London: Printed for J. Cooke, 1770 Folio. Illustrated, one map needs repair. Bound in full calf, front joint almost off
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Hunnewell, Hollis H. (Ed.) History and Anecdotes of the New York Branch of the Office of NavalIntelligence
New York: New York Office of Naval Intelligence, Ca.1919 The New York Branch Office of Naval Intelligence was formed by Spencer Eddy, along with a number of other Ivy League, well-connected socially prominent young men recruited byAssistant Navy Secretary Franklin D. Roosevelt into his Naval Reserve Force. In 1916 Eddy set up a clandestine branch intelligence section in New York City, and by December they had been recognized as Voluntary Agents of the ONI. With America's entry into the war on April 6, 1917, the office was formalized, undergoing a considerable expansion of quarters, personnel and responsibilities, including such activities as monitoring thousands of overseas cables; maintaining surveilance over the personnel and facilities of every plant doing Navy work in the Tri-Sate area and beyond; monitoring thousands of firms and individuals to prevent trading with the enemy, an operation aided by close ties with all New York financial institutions; overseeing cables and suspicious activities emanating from Mexico and Latin America; “corraling” leaders of the I.W.W. and similiar radical groups; keeping records on suspect firms and individuals, which grew to some 350,000 file cards; and, most significantly, maintaining a counter-espionage department handling all matters pertaining to espionage, sedition, and secret service matters, with a team of 25 special agents--precursors of the Office of Stragetic Services (OSS) and the eventual CIA. This volume, prepared as a memento after the war, consists of some 50 single-sided 12 x 9-1/2 pages reproducing typewritten text which includes a history of the organization before and during the war, its various operating departments, a listing of officers and staff, a page of 17 autographs, 7 6x8-1/4 inch original mounted photographs one of which is of a typical, involved investigative chart linking various people and groups under study, a frontispiece of Commander Eddy, signed by him, and pages of largely humorous anecdotes, several embellished with small marginal drawings reproduced in color. A typical anecdote reads: “Everyone who enters the Office of Naval Intelligence is required to take a solemn Oath, part of which is that he will not divulge the fact that he is a member of the O.N.I. to any but his superior officers. Immediately after the ceremony is over, an agent comes to him and gives him an investigation to be made. Having been very much impressed with the Oath he has just taken, he naturally inquires, "How am I going to get the desired information if the party refuses to give it willingly?" To this question he gets the reply: "Why, show your O.N.I. badge, you boob.” Accompanied by a letter from editor Hunnewell to a recipient, stressing the confidentiality of the volume and ending, “[This is] not in any way to be made public, and should be treated as strictly private and confidential. Under no circumstances should your copy pass into other hands.” A RARE BEHIND-THE-SCENES GLIMPSE OF U.S. INTELLIGENCE IN WWI (NAVAL INTELLIGENCE WWI) First Edition. 4to. With seven original photographs, and reproduced drawings. 3/4 tan pigskin over brown paper- covered boards, hinges cracked, slight chipping at head and foot of spine, internally fine. Dorwat, The Office of Naval Intelligence, pp. 106 et seq
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Memoirs Concerning the Affairs of Scotland, from Queen Anne's Accession tothe Throne to the Commencement of the Union of the Two Kingdoms…
London: J. Baker, 1714 An interesting history, made especially so by an appendix which gives the names of those who are identified only by initials in the text. A SUPERB ASSOCIATION COPY (STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS) 8vo. . Contemporary calf, front hinge cracked but holding, lower cover detached, internally fine. ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON'S COPY, WITH HIS PRINTED SKERRYVORE BOOKPLATE ON FRONT PASTEDOWN
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Lowry, Malcolm Under Der Vulkan [Under the Volcano]
Stuttgart: Ernest Klett, [1947] Inscribed by Lowry to his sister-in-law, her husband Dr. Bert Woolfan ("brother") and their mother: “Zu meinem hubschen schwestern Priscilla y distinguado brotherin Bert y gnaidiges Mutter — Ich kann nicht deutsch sprechen, but love anyhow from Malcolm.” Lowry inscriptions are uncommon First German Edition. 8vo. . Orange cloth. Near fine copy in very good dust jacket with small waterstain at foot of spine. In cloth slipcase with chemise
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Poe, Edgar Allan The Bells and Other Poems
London: Hodder and Soutghton, n.d. [1912] (DULAC, EDMUND) Deluxe Edition, No. 491 of 750 copies numbered and signed by Dulac. 4to. Title portrait of Poe in black ink over tan background, 28 full-page color plates mounted on white paper, and 10 black ink headpieces on tan backgrounds, all after drawings by Edmund Dulac. Original full vellum, gilt with Dulac design, t.e.g., others uncut, small split at top joint, slight browning, else fine
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[Grimaldi, Stacey] A Suit of Armour for Youth
London: for the Proprietor, 1824 A collections of homilies for youth on the traditional virtues (Patience, Wisdom, Modesty, Valour, etc.), each symbolically represented by an item of armor and underlying vignette — each is hand-colored — with an accompanying description of the history and nature of the piece. An attractive and unusual item (ARMOUR) First Edition. 8vo. Engraved hand-colored frontispiece and 11 hand-colored engraved plates, each with an overlay flap shwoing a symbolic piece of armour. Full polished calf, gilt spine with contrasting leather labels, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, a.e.g. Slight rubbing to joints, else fine. Halkett & Laing (1929) V, p. 387
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Brown, Lancelot (“Capability”) Autograph letter signed (“Lancelot Brown”), to the Archbishop of Canterbury
Hampton Court, "Saturday Evening”, c. 1773 Brown writes at half past five that he has only just received His Grace's note, due to his servant taking a roundabout way home, and will therefore be unable to accept the Archbishop's invitation, which he very much regrets. He hopes “your Grace has received no hurt by the over turn to Day”, evidently referring to a carriage accident, and again reiterates his sorrow over the missed connection. Brown (1715-1783) architect and pioneering landscape gardener, changed the face of the English country- house landscape, turning away from the geometric style of André Le Nostre at Versailles and perfecting instead the enhancement of the undulating lines of the natural terrain. One of the great geniuses in this field, his work was enormously influential on his successors: it gave the viewer the feeling of visiting a place of great natural beauty when, in fact, every inch of His Lordship's estate (at Kew, Bleinheim, Stowe, and elsewhere) was carefully planned and man-made. He became wealthy, and, notes one source, “by his amiable manners and high character he supported with dignity the station of a country gentleman.” He was high sheriff of Huntingdonshire in 1770, a few years before this letter was written, and it is not surprising to find the Archbishop among his many highly-placed friends 2 pp., with integral blank. 8-7/8 x 7-1/8 inches. Faint old folds, else fine
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Steinbeck, John Autograph Letter Signed (“John”) to Burgess Meredith and Paulette Goddard,regarding his departure for Europe, his discharge from the hospital, etc
175 East 78 St., New York City, june 4 [1947] Fine, quick personal note from Steinbeck to his closefriends, Meredith and Goddard. Just after his release from the hospital (after falling out of his window), and on the eve of his departure for a European tour, he writes: “…I got sprung from the hospital the day before yesterday a little wan and weak. I'll have to walk with a stick for some time but otherwise allright. We kind of plan to go to France about the 15 - 20 of June. We'll be at Hotel Lancaster wherever that it - that is if we make it. So much can happen. Everything else seems to be going pretty well. We're going to have our troubles but I'11 tell you about that when I see you. Love to you both…John” UNPUBLISHED 10 x 7 inches. One page, in red ink, on recto of one sheet of personal stationery. Slightly faded. From the Estate of Burgess Meredith
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Steinbeck, John Autograph Letter Signed (“John”) to Burgess Meredith, on Steinbeck’sfrustrating attempts to reach him by phone
175 East 78th St., [New York], [may 7, 1946] Colorful note from Steinbeck to his friend Burgess Meredith: Dear Buzz: I've tried to call you several times but your line is either busy or you are out. This devotion has been carried on a coin booth which is little better than the back seat of a packard. We have no phone yet but hope to have one tomorrow or the next day. Mother Marie is building a nest for her new offspring and I am hard at work which immobolizes both of us pretty much. I am going to have lunch with Charlie Lytle (remember the Pixie of Park Lane) tomorrow May 8 at 21. Maybe you could drop in or maybe you'll be there anyway. I have to ask you something…Meanwhile I'll call you if we get a phone. The hell with the coin box business. John UNPUBLISHED 14 x 8-1/2 inches. One page in ink on recto of a single sheet yellow ruled note paper. Very good. From the Estate of Burgess Meredith
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[Steinbeck, John ?] Typescript of short story entitled “The Story of Juan Diego”
N.p., n.d Possible Steinbeck piece — or collaborative effort — intended for broadcast by Burgess, who has carefully noted the pronounciation of the Indian names in the text 11 x 8-1/2 inches. 8pp., with manuscript corrections and notes in pencil in the hand of Burgess Meredith, who has struck through the typed signature “by John Steinbeck”. Very good. From the Estate of Burgess Meredith
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Christy, Howard Chandler The Christy Book of Drawings. TOGETHER WITH; The Artists' Own Palette,WITH two original photographs of Christie
New York: Moffit, Yard, 1908 Howard Chandler Christy (1873-1952) had a long and colorful career, not unlike that of his contemporary Charles Dana Gibson, creator of “The Gibson Girl”. Christy was also famous for depicting women (his expertise brought him the pleasant task of judging the Miss America beauty contests at Atlantic City), and, in addition to his Christy Girl, he created the Christy Man, utilizing as his model Joseph E. Murray. Murray, tall, square- jawed, handsome, was also a fine athlete and had taught boxing at Princeton and Annapolis; he subsequently ran the gym of the famed New York Athletic Club. Murray's daughter Gertrude was 16 in 1910, when Christy inscribed his book of drawings to her. In January, 1910, he also presented her with two photographs of himself (each inscribed, “with the friendship of Howard Chandler Christy”), one of which shows him sitting next to a painting posed by her father. Around that time he also gave Murray or his daughter his palette, the dried oil paint displaying his characteristic range of colors, mostly mid-range tones. In addition there is a photograph (with some losses) of a Christy painting of a Civil War scene featuring a Southern Colonel-type, presumably modeled by Joseph Murray. A FINE COLLECTION OF MEMORABILIA OF GREAT ASSOCIATION INTEREST First Edition. 5 items in total vols., Book 12 x 17 inches; palette 11 x 16 inches, photos 4 x 6 and 5 x 7 inches. . Book in original colored pictorial boards, brown cloth spine, titled in gilt, cover stained, two pages loose but present, else very good. INSCRIBED on title: “Gr [Gertrude] Murray / With the warmest and best friendship of / Howard Chandler Christy / Jan. 20th 1910”. The palette has sustained a horizontal split, but is imperceptibly repaired, and the photos are in fine condition. Reed, The Illustrator in America, pp. 94, 112
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Pyne, W.H The Costume of Great Britain
London: Printed for William Miller by Howlett and Brimmer, 1804 [but c. 1825] Noted in three statesby Tooley: “with uncoloured background, with partially backgrounds and fully coloured backgrounds, the last state being the most desirable.” Abbey notes three variant dates 1804, 1808, and 1804 with watermarks 1819. This copy, with the variant printer (corresponding to the Colas entry) “Howlett and Brimmer,” has fully colored backgrounds, but watermarks dated “1825” — a later issue to be sure, unremarked by the bibliographers, but beautifully and fully colored, in an exquisite binding of the period First Edition. Folio. Designed, engraved and written by W.H. Pyne. 60 hand- colored engraved aquatint plates. Full contemporary straight-grained burgundy morocco, wide gilt greek key borders, gilt spine, a.e.g. Beautiful copy. Abbey Life 430; Tooley 388; Colas 2447
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Hudson, W.H The Purple Land that England Lost. Travels and Adventures in the BandaOriental, South America
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1885 Praised by Borges, The Purple Land is a loosely structured memoir chronicling the wanderings of Richard Lamb in the Banda Orientál (now Uruguay). The book is populated with a cast of startling originality: very macho Gaucho revolutionaries, ardent and headstrong women, crazed patriarchs, beautiful children, renegade Britons (noble and ignoble). If this seems to be the stuff of latter-day Latin American novels, Hudson did it first, and wrote with a flair for describing landscapes and nature. The Purple Land is clearly the first work of magic realism, all the more remarkable for its Latin American setting, for Hudson’s graceful prose, and for being published forty years before the Germans began to use the term First edition, First Issue of the author's first book, without half-titles but with the ads in Volume II dated October, 1885. 2 vols., 12mo. . Bound in 3/4 blue morocco and cloth. Fine
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Tennyson, Alfred The Princess: a Medley
London: Edward Moxon, 1853 A fine ASSOCIATION COPY, inscribed on the flyleaf by Tennyson: “Eleanor Locker | ATennyson”. Eleanor Locker was the first child of poet Frederick Locker-Lampson (by his first wife Lady Charlotte Bruce), who was a friend of Tennyson. Eleanor Locker later married Tennyson’s younger son, Lionel, in 1878; she was probably an enfant when this book was inscribed Fifth Edition. 8vo. . Full green morocco, marbled endpapers. With the bookplate of ELEANOR LOCKER on the front pastedown
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Corrida de Toros
Madrid: Baronat y Satorre, n.d. [c. 1870?] Large, dramatic images, in the highly stylized fashion of Spanish lithography, illustrating the entire course of the fight, from the roundup of the bulls (“Encierro de Los Toros”) to the death of the bull and his removal by the mules (“Las Mullilas Sacando al Toro”) (BULLFIGHTING) Oblong 4to, 13-3/4 x 17 inches; image size, 7-3/4 x 11-3/4 inches. Chromolithographed title-page and 14 chromolithographed plates after paintings by D. Perea. Contemporary cloth-backed boards. Boards a little scuffed, head of spine torn and frayed, plates very good
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Melville, Herman Narrative of a Four Months' Residence among the Natives of a Valley of theMarquesas Islands; or, A Peep at Polynesian Life
London: John Murray, 1846 First printing of the first edition of Melville's first book, preceding the American edition of the same year, which appeared a month later under its now more familiar title, TYPEE. This London edition was set from Melville’s manuscript, whereas the New York Wiley & Putnam edition was set from proof sheets of the Murray edition. “Murray’s first printing consisted of 4,048 copies (2,500 of them in wrappers), priced at five shillings in cloth and half a crwn in wrappers; the book became a rpofitable one for Murray, with further printings required, but Melville’s earnings did not go up with increased sales, since Murray had purchased the copyright from Melville for £100…” — Howe Library *Recent bibliographers (v. Thomas Tanselle, The Writings of Herman Melville, vol. I, p. 307) have cast doubt on BAL’s characterization of the two states of sheet C as “issues”, and Blanck himself admits that “no wholly satisfactory publication sequence has been esablished for the London issues of this book…” First Edition, BAL’s second issue (with “Pomare” at line 1 of p. 19)*. 8vo. Map of the Marquesas at p. [xviii]; half-title at p. [i]; 16pp. publisher’s catalogue at rear, dated ‘March 1846’. In publisher’s red cloth, BAL binding variant B. Covers are soiled and a little rubbed at corners and spine tips, some minor soiling and browning to text. Overall, very good. BAL 13652; Howe Library HM 1
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Buntrock, Arthur Zeitschrift für Farben- und Textil-Chemie
Berlin: Braunschweig, 1902-1913 (TEXTILES) 12 vols., 4to. Illustrated with hundreds of examples of mounted fabric samples. 20th-century green buckram (slightly rubbed but sound and attractive), spines lettered in gilt
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Balzac, Honore de The Memorial Edition of the Comedie Humaine
Philadelphia: George Barrie & Son, Printed Only for Subscribers,1895-1900 Incomplete: missing: Parisian Life vol 6 (#6 of 53) and Philosophical Studies vol. 1 (#42 of 53) The Memorial Edition of which there have been printed 100 Copies; Lettered A to Z and 1 to 74. Issued in the Interest of La Société des Gens de Lettres for the Prix Barrie-Balzac, No. 33. PRINTED THROUGHOUT ON JAPANESE VELLUM. 53 vols., Octavo. Over 400 Plates in 2 States, Frontispieces COLORED and UNCOLORED, Plates in text in 2 states as well, Remarqued on Japanese vellum and Unremarqued on tissue tipped onto Japanese vellum Etchings after Paintings by Adrien Moreau, Louis-Eduard Fournier, etc. Bound in original gray cloth, with paper title labels identifying this as the "Definitive Edition", minor wear. (53)
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Shaw, George Bernard Too True To Be Good, Village Wooing & On the Rocks
London: Constable & Co, [1934] Inscribed on the half-title: “to William Maxwell / from Bernard Shaw/ 8th Feb, 1934.” Laurence gives the publication date as Feb 15, 1934, fully a week after this inscription First Edition. 4 vols., 8vo. . Original red cloth, lettered in gilt on spine. Fine copy, with the bookplate of the printer, WILLIAM MAXWELL (see inscription, below). Fine in quarter green morocco clamshell box with black leather spine labels. Laurence A216
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Nixon, Howard M., editor Broxbourne Library. Styles and Designs of Bookbindings from the Twelfth tothe Twentieth Century…with an Introduction by Albert Ehrman
London: Pu7blished for the Broxbourne Library by Maggs Brothers, 1956 Limited to 300 copies. Folio.Illustrated. [x], [251] ;;. Quarter vellum ofer blue cloth, gilt blue morocco spine label, t.e.g. Label a bit chipped, otherwise a fine, clean copy with the original prospectus laid in. Preserved in a blue cloth slipcase
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[Herbert, Henry William] The Warwick Woodlands…By Frank Forester [together with] My Shooting Box
Philadelphia: G.B. Zieber & Co., and Carey & Hart, 1845, 1846 First editions of Forester's famous novels, two of the most sought-after works of American sport. Both were originally issued in wrappers, of which only fragments survive, and both are rare in any condition. This is a most unusual contemporary combination of these titles, the only one we have seen or are aware of First Editions. 12mo. The second title illustrated with pictorial title page and three engravings, including the oft-missing “Tom Draw” plate. The two titles bound together, without wrappers, in contemporary olive calf over purple cloth; some binding wear, contents, apart from the usual foxing, are fine; preserved in a green cloth folding box. Van Winkle, pp. 13-17
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Shoberl, Frederic (Ed.) The World in Miniature: Turkey
London: R. Ackermann, Repository of Arts, [1824] Part of this celebrated work, consisting of descriptions and plates “to increase the store of knowledge concerning the various branches of the great family of Man, not only for adults, but…the instruction and amusement of the juvenille student.” (TURKEY) 6 vols., 12mo. With 73 hand colored plates. Bound in full green morocco. Bookplate of Julia Parker Wightman. Very fine. Abbey, Travel 6
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Cather, Willa Death Comes for the Archbishop
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1929 No. 21 of 170 copies SIGNED BY CATHER. 4to. Illustrated by Harold von Schmidt. Limp vellum with yapp edges. Custom cloth slipcase. Crane A16.b.i
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Hemingway, Ernest Autograph Note Signed (“Ernie”) on Christmas Card to his friend GeorgeBrown, personal friend and trainer
[Finca Vigia, San Francisco de Paula Cuba, december, 1951] To his good friend Brown, Hemingway writes beneath the image of an old mill: “Brown this is an old book factory where I work. Mary sends her love and I send all the best for 1952. Thanks very much for writing (?) about my mother. Your pal Ernie” 4-7/8 x 7-1/2 inches. In ink on lower and outer margins of printed pictorial card “Isla de Cuba Pintoresca Año 1852”. Very good in custom morocco-backed protective folder
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Hemingway, Mary 4 Typed Letters Signed (“Mary”), and one Autograph Postcard Signed (“MaryH. ) to George Brown, Ernest Hemingway’s boxing coach and personal trainer
Finca Vigia, San Francisco de Paula, Cuba (3), Sun Valley, Idaho (1) , and Nairobi, Kenya (1), 1959-1962 Interesting letters from Mary to their good friend, sportsman, and trainer, George Brown, who was a pallbearer at Ernest’s funeral. The earliest letter, dated October 30, [1959], from Finca Vigia, talks of the Cuban Revolution: “Outside the Finca, the problems of the island seem not so easy to solve. But, good or bad, the fact is tha thte cuban people like their Revolution, and are, from warm (not lukewarm) to hot in favor of Fidel and his various programs here…the people are proud of that…and of the hoesty of the government, so far — the only honest government they’ve had…and as for the new anti-American campaign, it may be too bad for the big U.S. companies, but it doesn’t bother us here at the Finca. For once, the Cuban people have hope…” In and undated letter also from the Finca Vigia, written while Ernest was still alive (pre-July, 1961), she writes. evidently enclosing 2 photograph (included herein): “Here you are — not half as handsome as you are in true life, either of you — but a p[retty good looking pai…Papa wrote Peter Viertel [who wrote the script of THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA], reminding him that he’s going to make himself useful to you - and he better do it if he wants to keep on being our friend…I keep on trying to promote Papa’s swimming and exercising and cutting down on the hard liquor, but I’ll never be as good at it as you are.” In a letter of September 4, 1961 (only two months after Ernest’s suicide), she writes to their old friend from Idaho: “Thanks so much for your sweet note. Everybody at the Finca was so pleased to know that you had been up here with me. They are all doing fine but who knows what will happen to them now. Rene [their longtime servant] is going to work in a beer factory because he can’t stand the idea of being at the Finca without Papa. I gave the Cubans the whole shebang so our life there is really formally finished now. It was pretty nice while it lasted…” Various sized. In all 5pp. Generally very good to fine. With two accompanying snapshots of George Brown and Ernest Hemingway together
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Album of 73 mounted photographs of Rome, in 1886
Rome, 1886 Wonderful assemblage of period photos of the Eternal City, assembled by a tourist in 1886, comprising portraits, views of the city and surroudning landscapes, architecture, works of art, antiquities, street scenes, etc. Signed on the flyleaf by the original owner-compiler, and dated “Margaret Willing Chisholm. Rome January 9th/86” (ROME) Most of the photographs measure approximately 10 x 8 inches. . Each photo is mounted to the recto of a leaf of the album, bound in green pebble cloth of the period, lettered in gilt on the upper cover “Roma”, neatly captioned beneath by the traveller who assembled them, often with pertinent remarks and historical observations
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[Gordon, Charles George] Banknote issued by Gordon Pasha in Khartoum, dated 25 April 1884. Twenty-piaster note printed in Arabic with Gordon's blue ink Arabic stamp andsignature in English (“C G Gordon”) in lower left corner
[Khartoum, Sudan], april 25, 1884 British soldier of fortune Charles George Gordon took command of a militia in China in 1860, at the age of 30, and suppressed the Taiping rebels, for which he was rewarded by the emperor and given the title of mandarin. “Chinese” Gordon, as he was thereafter known, entered the employ of the Khedive of Egypt in 1873 as governor of the province of Equatoria. He attempted to discharge his mission, which included suppression of the slave trade, but the government in Khartoum was deeply involved in that trade, and resisted his efforts. Gordon resigned and left Africa for a time. He was appointed governor of the Sudan in 1877, but ill-health forced him to return to England. In 1884, he returned once more to the Sudan at the head of a British force sent to relieve the garrison in Khartoum. Once in that city, he found the administration in disarray; the sum of £100,000 intended to pay officials and troops had been embezzled. Gordon issued his own provisional banknotes in varying denominations, all bearing the date April 25, 1884. He signed about half of these notes himself. Gordon was besieged in Khartoum by the forces of the Mahdi and managed to hold out for months. In November 1884, a British force led by Wolseley reached the Sudan, and entered Khartoum on January 28, 1885, to find that the fortress had fallen two days earlier, and Gordon had been murdered. During the sack of the city, these banknotes were burned or discarded in the streets; possession of a note was severely punished. Some banknotes were nevertheless brought to Cairo, where they were for the most part repudiated 2-3/8 x 4-1/8. Crudely printed in Arabic on one side. Ink stamp of Figari, Cairo, on verso. Light soiling, else a very good specimen of a rare financial document from the siege of Khartoum
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Lawrence, T.E An Essay on Flecker
Garden City, N.Y: Doubleday, Doran, 1937 According to O'Brien, it was “written in 1925 with the intention of publication in a periodical, [and] did not appear in print until 1937 when it was [first] issued in [a] very limited edition of 30 copies [by the Corvinus Press in London]. The poet James Elroy Flecker had been a friend of Lawrence's in Beirut before the war. None of the three appearances of this essay have been in trade editions.” First American Edition, one of 56 copies to secure copyright. 8vo. 4pp. Original wrappers, fine copy. O'Brien A199
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Lodge, Edmund, Esq., F.S.A Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain. Engraved fromauthentic pictures in the Galleries of the Nobility and the PublicCollections of the Country with biographical and historic memoirs of theirlives and actions
London: Printed for Harding and Lepard, 1835 An imposing set of volumes, each portrait accompanied by a short history of its subject 12 volumes in 6 vols., 4to. With 240 engravings by various hands after Hoppner, Van Dyke, Holbein, Kneller, Lawrence, Gainsborough, Copley and others. Contemporary full red morocco, blind outside borders, gilt inner borders of floral devices, panelled spines gilt, a.e.g. fine
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Bartlett, W. H [Works] Forty Days in the Desert on the Track of the Israelites [with] TheNile Boat or Glimpse of the Land of Egypt [with] Gleaning, Pictorial andAntiquarian, on the Overland Route [with] Footsteps of Our Lord and HisApostles in Syria, Greece and Italy [with] Pictures from Sicily [with] ThePilgrim Fathers [with] Jerusalem Revisited
London: Arthur Hall, Virtue, 1851-1861 An attractive set of the later works of the prolific author-illustrator William Henry Bartlett (1809-1854) 7 vols., 8vo. Numerous steel engravings and woodcuts. Uniformly bound in nineteenth century full brown calf, spines gilt, gilt filet borders to boards, morocco spine labels. Some tenderness to joints, else very good
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Lemp, Hermann Archive of more than 200 Patents and Miscellaneous Writings of Hermann Lemp
[V.p., v.d] Hermann Lemp, Swiss-born inventor (1862-1954) with more than 200 patents, was an early associate of Edison and later worked at General Electric, where he was responsible for the design of electrical devices, electric welding processes, and early automotive propulsion, steering, and braking. Most significantly, Lemp's work with internal combustion locomotives after 1910 led to the perfection of control mechanisms that made diesel-electric engines efficient enough to compete with steam engines in power and economy. In 1917, an early prototype was tested but proved to be underpowered; Lemp's continued work on the control system resulted in 1923 in the first truly successful prototype. The first diesel locomotive was delivered to the New York Central in mid-1924 and to other railroads soon afterward. The new technology also found application in marine diesel-electric engines (G.E. would later be a big supplier to the U.S. Navy during World War II). In 1951, Lemp was awarded the George R. Henderson Medal for Invention in Railway Engineering by the Franklin Institute. The Lemp Archive comprises Lemp's compendium of his own patents (many with illustrations) with a family gift inscription dated December 25, 1953; his own assessment of his most significant patents, among which are the snap switch (1887), internal expanding automotive brakes (1902), and a fuel injector for Diesel engines (1915); correspondence and articles concerning automotive and diesel-electric technology; Lemp's copy of the illustrated price-list of telegraph apparatus (Neuenburg, 1880) manufactured by the Swiss electrical firm of Mathias Hipp where Lemp worked before he emigrated to the U.S.; a portrait photograph; and various autobiographical materials. Lemp recounts an incident during his association with Edison: On a cold morning in January 1882, Mr. Edison and his assistants were trying the first electric locomotive in snowdrifts. Mr. Edison allowed me to crowd onto the locomotive (although it was none of my business) when in going backwards I was thrown off. I rolled over the rail as quickly as possible, and can yet see Mrs. Edison looking from the cab, saying “Are you killed yet?” A Unique collection of material relating to the history of modern technology (INVENTORS) 3 vols., 4to; 8vo. . Thick quarto volume of patents bound in polished calf (covers detached); black three-ring binder with various printed, typed, and manuscript writings; printed price-list in original cloth backed boards, spine chipped
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Dryden, John, translator The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English verse byMr. Dryden, and several other eminent hands. Together with the Satires ofAulius Persius Flaccus
London: printed for Jacob Tonson, 1693 First edition. Folio. . Bound in full contemporary blind-panelled calf, covers gilt-stamped with central coat of arms, red leather spine label. Binding generally worn and rubbed, joints cracked but cords still sturdy; half-title creased and starting to detach; otherwise a tall, clean copy. With the armorial bookplate of A. Russell Pollock on the front pastedown. Wing J1288; Macdonald 30a
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Goldsmith, Oliver The Deserted Village, A Poem
London: Printed for W. Griffin, 1770 The quarto edition is now believed ther be the true first edition, preceding the several unauthorized duodecimo printings, demonstrated to have been later piracies by William B. Todd (v. Rothschild 1032 ‘Notes’) and Studies in Bibliography, vi, 1953) First Edition. 4to. Title-page with engraved vignette. [viii], 24pp. Full brown morocco gilt by Rivière. Half-title with neat repairs, small stains, other expert paper restoration throughout; overall a very handsome copy, in a quarter morocco slipcase with chemise. Rothschild 1032; Iolo Williams, p. 147; Hayward 185 (2)
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çrni Magnússon, [Arnas Magnaeus] Incerti auctoris (qui vergente Seculo XIII. vixisse videtur) ChronicaDanorum, & praecipuè Sialandiae. Seu, Chronologia rerum Danicarum ab annoChristi MXXVIII ad ann. MCCLXXXII cum Appendice Chronolog. usqve ad ann.MCCCVII. ex veteri membrana eruit, primusque edidit Arnas Magnaeus
Lipsiae: apud Joh. Ludovicum Gleditsch, 1695 çrni Magnússon (1663-1730) was the foremost collector of Old Icelandic manuscripts of his day, who swept Iceland clean in his search, and whose surviving collections form the basis of two scholarly institutions in Iceland and Denmark. Born in Iceland, he came to study in Copenhagen in 1683, where he soon gained the patronage of Thomas Bartholin the younger, on whose Antiquitatum Danicarum … (1689) he worked. After Bartholin's untimely death, the impoverished Icelander found another prominent patron and continued his scholarly work. He was the first professor of Icelandic birth appointed to the University of Copenhagen and the first professor of Danish Antiquities. Early in his career, çrni Magnússon spent two and a half years (1694-6) in scholarly libraries in Germany, “transcribing whatever he thought to make use of for his antiquarian studies … the basis for the bibliographical knowledge from which he was to draw as archivist, librarian and collector. The time in Leipzig, which was his headquarters for the trip, he employed also in having a small pamphlet printed, the oldest part of the so-called Sjælland Chronicle, which he had copied from a manuscript in the University Library in Copenhagen before he set out. On the other hand he had to abandon having printed an Icelandic Saga fragment, because the German printing establishments protested too much about the special Icelandic type” (Bekker-Nielsen). Bekker-Nielsen also notes that his work as librarian and archivist was characterized by a thoroughness that ultimately impeded his activity as an author. The Sjælland Chronicle (named for Denmark's largest island) begins during the reign of Canute and covers a period of more than 250 years. The first book by the legendary çrni Magnússon, dedicated to his patron, Matthias Moth, and one of only a few that were published during his lifetime (SJÆLLAND CHRONICLE) First edition. Small 8vo. [15], 100, [1, errata] pp. Nineteenth century boards, shelf worn, ex-library with Oxford college bookplates and release stamp on pastedown. Internally clean and bright. Islandica XIV (1922), p. 69; Bekker-Nielsen, Arne Magnusson (1972), pp. 19- 20. Only six copies located (OCLC/RLIN) in the U.S
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Burton, Isabel The Life of Captain Richard F. Burton … With numerous portraits,illustrations, and maps. In Two Volumes
London: Chapman & Hall, 1893 Highly desirable presentation set of Lady Burton's biography of her husband, the famed explorer and linguist. The inscription reads “To Mrs. Frederic Chapman, With Isabel Burton's best regards. 1893” (BURTON, SIR RICHARD F.) First Edition. 2 vols., 8vo. . Original black cloth, spine titles gilt, gilt vignettes on boards and spines. Inscribed card from Isabel Burton presenting the work to the wife of publisher Frederic Chapman tipped in at pastedown of Vol. 1. Loosely inserted is a contemporary advertisement for a bronze medallion of R. F. Burton by Henry Page. Light rubbing to volumes, faint sunning to spines and wear at ends
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Evelyn, John Memoirs Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, Esq.F.R.S.…Comprising His Diary, from the Year 1641 to 1705-6…to which issubjoined The Private Correspondence between King Charles I and HisSecretary of State, Sir Edward Nicholas…
London: Printed for Henry Colburn, 1819 A man whose interests ranged from numismatics to gardening--he was also the author of the aboriculture classic Sylva, 1664 -- Evelyn (1620-1706) was educated at Balliol, Oxford, held a number of offices under Charles II, and was a founding memberand secretary of The Royal Society. His varied interests and activities, and his political participation in the events of the day, make his Diary of particular interest and importance Second Edition (and the "best quarto edition, " as per Lowndes). 2 vols., 4to. With eight engraved plates, two folding, and one folding chart. Contemporary blue straight grained turkey morocco with an outer border, t.eg.., rest uncut, pink moire endpapers. Minor foxing. With the bookplate Sarah Penny. In custom made blue cloth drop boxes. 1
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Zanten, Laurens van Treur-tooneel der Doorluchtige Vrouwen, of Op en Ondergang derVorstinnen, en andere Beruchte Vrouwelijke Personagien. Behelzende eenkort en bondig verhaal, van 't jammerlijk en Ellendig Eynde dervoornaamste, en Treffelykste Vrouwen. Beginnende met de Assyrischemonarchie, en vervolgende tot aan het Eynde deser Eeuwe … mit curieuseFiguuren, (door J. Luyken gemaakt)
Amsterdam: By Jan ten Hoorn, boekverkooper, 1699 Compendium of short biographies illustrating the rise and fall of princesses, women martyrs of the church, and other notable women from history. With eleven “curious” plates by Luykens depicting murders, executions, and other violent deaths (WOMEN) First Edition. In four parts, each with half-title and separate pagination and signatures. 4to. Engraved pictorial title and eleven plates by J. Luyken. [16], 192, [4], 128, [4], 159, [1, blank], [4], 198 pp. Contemporary vellum. Minor soiling to covers, engraved title with contemporary repair to lower margin, one gathering loosened, lower corner of one page torn with loss of one letter in marginal gloss, else a fresh, fine copy
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Noël, F [Histoire naturelle]
Paris: Chez F. Noel [and also as Noel ainé et Cie], n.d. [ca. 1870's] Among the animals depicted are the kangaroo, rhinoceros, bison, alpaca, tapir, maiba, tiger, sheepdog, black gibbon monkey, ostriches, lion, elephant, giraffe, gnu, mandril, polar bear, hippopotamus , beaver and camel as well as more domestic animals. Identifications of the animals and their habitats are printed under the image.
Paul Louis Oudart, 1796- 1860 is best known for his work on Bonaparte's "Iconographie des Pigeons" ( 1857) and also Viellot's "Gallerie des Oiseaux" (1834). Oudart's plates appeared in Duperrey's. "Voyage autour du Monde." Felix Edouard Guérin Méneville ( 1799-1874), the naturalist , was especially known for his silkworm studies and his 9 volume work "Dictionnaire pittoresque d'histoire naturelle" (1833-9) (NATURAL HISTORY) Oblong 4to (13 1/4 x 10 inches). 41 colored lithograph plates finished by hand by F. Noël after [Felix] E[douard] Guerin [Méneville] and P[aul Louis] Oudart, imprint on plate 11 not printed fully. Contemporary half red morocco over marbled boards, spine lettered"Animaux Curieux," manuscript paper label listing contents on upper cover. No printed text or title other than manuscript label on upper cover, rubbed, some tearing of corners on binding, first three and last two plates loosened and creased with some short marginal tears, some foxing of plates, else very good
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Torniello, Francesco The Alphabet of Francesco Torniello da Novara. Followed by a comparisonwith the Alphabet of Fra Luca Pacioli. Introduction by Giovanni Mardersteig
Verona: G. Mardersteig, 1971 First edition combining the original Italian of 1517 with English translations of Mardersteig's essay and Torniello's text. The Torniello alphabet appears side by side with the Pacioli alphabet (OFFICINA BODONI) One of 160 copies. 4to. xxviii, 104, [2] pp. Bound in full black morocco with multicolored inlays of red and green to form initials T F on upper and lower boards, a beautiful, but unsigned binding. Fine in custom yellow tray case. Schmoller 170
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Pinkerton, John A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels… Europe
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808-1809 (TRAVELS) 6 vols., 4to. Frontispieces. Recently bound in half brown calf and marbled boards, spine labels gilt. Ex-library with small stamp on title page, some browning of leaves. A very attractive set
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Miller, Francis Trevelyan The World in the Air The Story of Flying in Pictures
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1930 Copy No. 318 of 500 sets signed by Miller and various pioneers of aeronauts of the United States, France, Great Britain and Germany, including: Louis Bleriot, Homman, Glenn Curtiss, A. Whitten Brown, G. Herbert Swift, et al. 2 vols., 4to. . Publisher's half art vellum, spine labels. Some red staining to vellum on lower rear cover of Volume I, otherwise very good
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Stein, Gertrude Have they attacked Mary. He giggled. (A Political caricature), by …
New York: [Printed by Horace F. Temple, West Chester, Pa.], [1917] Very scarce and early Stein pamphlet, published in the June, 1917 issue of Vanity Fair, and reprinted separately here in an edition of 200 copies. This copy has an important provenance, as it comes from the library of her friend, the art critic HENRY McBRIDE.* Not only is McBride the subject of this playful “portrait” by Stein with her text and by Pascin with his woodcut, but it was McBride himself who intereceded with Vanity Fair to get the piece published in the first place. *According to biographer James Mellow, Henry McBride, along with Carl van Vechten, was one of Stein’s most important friends in the building of her American reputation. McBride was an art critic for the New York Sun whom Mellow calls “the most astute and entertaining art critic of his generation.” From the time that they met in 1913, McBride became a powerful promoter of Stein’s work in the States, “he mentioned her frequently and favorably in his columns for the Sun, often quoting her at length. His promotion of her work and her her reputation during the years of World War I kept her name before the public…” A REMARKABLE ASSOCIATION COPY Copy No. 3 of 200 printed. 8 x 7 inches. [2], 14 pp., including one full- page woodcut portrait of Henry McBride, by Jules Pascin. Stiff red wrappers printed in black. Upper wrapper detached and slightly faded at edges, else very good. With a book ticket on the inside front wrapper which reads: “From the Collection of Henry McBride Art Critic.”. Wilson A4
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Reiset, Marie Antoin de,Vicomte Marie-Caroline, Duchesse de Berry 1816-1830
Paris: Goupil, 1906 Limited edition, one of 80 copies printed on Japon paper with plates in two states, with hand-colored frontis portrait. 8vo. . Contemporary full blue polished morocco, elaborately gilt-tooled with royal seals on covers and royal emblems on spine, raised bands, marbled endpapers, gilt dentelles, top edge gilt. Fine condition. From the collection of Julia Parker Wightman, with her bookplate
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Four bound volumes containing 49 satirical political tracts
London: Various publishers, 1776-1821 Includes: Fairburn’s Edition of Magna Charta…[1810]; With colored portrait of Sir Francis Burdett by George Cruikshank. Cohn 281 — PRICE, Richard. Observations on the Nature of Civil Liberty…and the Justice and Policy of the War with America…the eighth edition. London, Dilly, 1776. 40 pp. — The Spirit of Despotism…Sixth EditionLondon, William Hone, 1821. 94 pp — The Political House that Jack Built… with 13 cutsTwenty-ninth Edition. — PHIPPEN, Francis. An Authentic Account of the late Mr. Whitbread. Consisting of Facts and Anecdotes…— The Political House that Jack Built. Sixteenth Edition — The True Political House that Jack Built. — The Real or Constitutional House that Jack Built. Fifth Edition — The Theatrical House that Jack Built. Second Edition — The Old Black Cock…Second Edition — The Financial House that Jack Build — Kouli Khan; or, the Progress of Error. Fifth Edition — The Kettle Abusing the Pot. A Satirical Poem. By the Black Dwarf. Second Edition — Plenipo and the Devil! Second Edition — Playfair, Philip. The Queen and Her Pawns against the King and His Pieces. Hand-colored folding plate — The Radicals Unmasked and Outwitted. Aquatint frontispiee by Cruikshank. Cohn 684 (CRUIKSHANK, GEORGE) 4 vols., 8vo. With numerous illustrations, some hand- colored, by Cruikshank and others. Three volumes bound in full nineteenth- century polished calf, covers detached, spines defective; other volume in contemporary quarter calf and boards. Internally, condition is generally very good. Bookplate of Harrison Horblit and John Trotter Brockett (in 2 volumes), Thomas Cooke in another
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Garber, Daniel 6 Autograph Letters, signed, to Austin M. Purves Jr, plus one addressed to[E.H.] Blashfield introducing Purves
v.p, 1920-1922 An interesting and rather heartening correspondence between an established artist, the American impressionist Daniel Garber, and his pupil and protégé, Austin Purves. It includes a letter from Garber to the even more established artist Edward Howland Blashfield, decorator of the Great Central Dome of the Library of Congress, introducing the younger man: “Austin M. Purves Jr., a young blood who has been courting the Muse of Mural Decoration...one of my best students.” To Purves, Garber writes encouragingly over the space of two years, commiserating on the lack of success in a competition, easing his way into the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation (from which he writes), and mentioning an illness “in spite of or as a result of” Garber's winning the Corcoran Gold Medal in Washington. Apropos of the Foundation, Garber, who had previously recommended another of his students, writes, “nothing would please me better than to have you think of the Phila end of this place and try your best to be a credit to it”, and his letters end with one congratulating Purves on the progress he has made. Daniel Garber (1880-1958) was born in Indiana of Mennonite farming stock, moving east in his teens to pursue a career in art. He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, where he later taught for over 40 years, and in Europe, before settling for good in the Bucks County village of Lumberville--an area, centering around New Hope, which attracted a number of noted American artists. Best known for his landscapes, of which one critic wrote, “Out of the realism of the Bucks County countryside he created an ideal, almost mystical world”, Garber's work was characterized by superb draftsmanship and vibrant colors. Along with the older landscapist Edward Redfield, he was “one of the most important painters of New Hope's second generation.” And, as can be seen from this correspondence, a supportive and inspiring one as well 8vo and 12 mo. With the originals of the Purves envelopes. Old folds, and some wear to envelopes, else near fine
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