HAIKAI SHOKUGYO ZUKUSHI ä¿ è«§è æ¥å°½ 2 vols
Tachibana Shozan æ å°å±±, artist and Sessuiken/Chasei éªæ° è»'ï¼è é, ed Tachibana Shozan æ å°å±±, artist and Sessuiken/Chasei éªæ° è»'ï¼è é, ed. HAIKAI SHOKUGYO ZUKUSHI ä¿ è«§è æ¥å°½ 2 vols. Edo, Tempo 13 [1842] Two volumes 23.4 x 16.6cm string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji in original wrappers with printed paper title slips and housed in a modern clasped chitsu. Unusual and interesting haikai collection, with wonderful Edo Shijo-style illustrations, 30 double-page and 11 single page. The author is Inoue Seishichi, writing under his pen name, Sessuiken. Original woodblock prints, carefully printed in light colors, with Japanese text throughout. Portrayed are the "shokugyo zukushi" or "guide to the professions" of the title, such as fisherman, hunter, cliff moss gatherer and blade sharpener, accompanied by poems. The professions are divided by seasons, with Spring and Summer in Vol 1 and Fall and Winter in Vol 2. The printed title slip of Vol 2 missing and there is slight worming throughout, mainly confined to lower margins. Wear to and spots of soiling to wrappers. Overall good condition with excellent impressions and a wonderful demonstration of the variety of color shades possible using nothing but sumi ink. (Please see Mitchell pp. 282-3.). Quite a wonderful book to relax with for an evening in old Japan.- $2,850
- $2,850
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ZUE [TOKAI] åæå®å½ SOU-I, 7 vols in one
[SINO-JAPANESE PAINTING MANUAL] ZUE [TOKAI] åæå®å½ SOU-I, 7 vols in one. Edo, Suharaya Shimbei, Kyouho 20 [1735]. Oohon, 27.0 x 17.5 cm. Originally published as a series of artists's guides in a set in China in 1607, it was redone in Japan in 1702, then reprinted, as here, in 1735. Like the HASSHU GAFU å«ç ®ç"»è it had a large influence in Japan, particularly on Nanga style artists. Everything human, animal and vegetable is rendered in beautiful sumi-e woodblock prints. There are extracts from classic Chinese texts on painting technique, going back centuries. A vade mecum for the Edo artist interested in the techniques and theory of Chinese painting. The seven volumes of the original are here rebound into a single volume with the original worn cover and title label. This gappon volume is complete and has been cleaned internally to neutralize staining. There are some pages that remain stained but the book is still a remarkable work which is quite scarce. Most copies referenced online are incomplete or microfilmed. See Mitchell 566 for his information on the original Chinese edition. It should be noted that the copy he saw of the Genroku 1702 edition was incomplete. Not a common set. Mitchell misreads ZUE as ZUKAI in the title.- $3,500
- $3,500
SUI-UN RYAKUGA æ° é ç¥ç”»
[EHON] UEDA KOCHO ä ç"°å é [EHON] UEDA KOCHO ä ç"°å é (1788-1850). SUI-UN RYAKUGA æ° é ç¥ç"». Edo & Osaka, Yamashiroya Sahei, Kawachiya Kiyoshichi, Kawachiya Kihei. Kaei 3 [1850]. 23 x 17 cm, Blue-grey covers with printed paper title label, string- bound fukuro-toji. Designs from Ueda Kocho's work selected and published by his student, Tankatei, as a drawing guide to the "abbreviated style" [ryakuga]. The bottom of the title label is missing, some cover soiling, vg overall. See Mitchell p. 507 for more on this work. Ueda Kocho was a very important part of the late Edo era Shijo art movement in Kansai.- $1,250
- $1,250
KINSEI KIJIN-DEN
[EHON] Mikuma Katen, artist [EHON] Mikuma Katen, artist. KINSEI KIJIN-DEN, 5 vols. Kyoto, Hishiya Magobei, et al. Kansei 2 [1790]. String-bound Japanese-style fukuro toji, in textured blue-grey covers with printed paper title labels. 37 single page and 2 double page b+w woodcuts, largely depicting the subject matter of the title: TALES OF ECCENTRICS FROM RECENT YEARS. Originally printed, as here, in 1790, this is a deservedly famous and oft-reprinted work in Japan. This is probably a relatively early reprint. It has Wonderful thin paper. The KIJIN_DEN catalogues the eccentricities and eccentrics of the late 18th Century - a time of florescence of the "bunjin" literati ideal in Japan. The bunjin created an esthetically pure environment in the midst of the bustle (and corruption) of everyday life. The initial exemplars were those scholars and artists who withdrew from public life in China after the fall of the Ming Dynasty to the alien Manchus in the mid-17th Century. The KIJIN-DEN represents one of the efforts by the Japanese to domesticate a Chinese cultural import and find native representatives of the literati ideal. It should be noted that this guide came out just as the Kansei Reforms, with a decidedly Confucian, if not authoritarian, bent, had just been promulgated. The "kijin" or literatus might well chafe under such a "reform" agenda. This book even well be seen as a bit of cultural protest on behalf of the individual ideal. The KIJIN-DEN is interesting for its exploration of the art world in Japan- for example, there is a domestic scene of the painters Ikeno Taiga and wife Gyokuran, among others. (Unfortunately, it is the only torn woodcut with part of the image missing) Indeed, there are many women depicted in the KIJIN-DEN. (See JAPANESE WOMEN ARTISTS 1600-1900) Also see Ryerson 416, Mitchell 364, Hillier/Ravicz 22. The condition is good over all, the printings are fair to good. There was a second series done some few years later, but this first series is complete as issued in 5 volumes.- $975
- $975
CARTA DECORATA XILOGRAFATA POLICROMA
c174 CARTA DECORATA XILOGRAFATA POLIOMA.Remondini,Italia,XVIII secolo. Stampa xilografica a più legni. Fondo non colorato. Motivo: fitto reticolo di piccole losanghe rosse con motivi geometrici blu e rossi. Dimensioni mm. 437x324ca.Piega centrale. Foglio intero, buone condizioni. c174 DECORATED XILOGRAPHIC PAPER Probably Remondini paper. Italy, XVIII century. Xilographic ( woodblock) print with more woodblockes. Decoration with Losengy diamond shapes decoration in red and blue ink on uncolored paper. Sheet dimensions 437x324ca. Previously folded in half. Full sheet,good condition.- $336
- $336
CARTA DECORATA DORATA DECORATED GILT PAPER
C219 CARTA DECORATA DORATA Germania (?), Italia (?). Prima metà XIX secolo.Foglio dorato a pennello.Dimensioni mm 286x376 ca.Leggera piega centrale. Leggere tracce d'uso.Riutilizzato come legatura C219 DECORATED GILT PAPER Germany (?), Italy (?), First half of XIX century.Golden leaf brush.Sheet dimensions mm 286x376ca.Previously folded in half.Traces of use. Used as a binding.- $190
- $190
CARTA DECORATA DORATA E GOFFRATA DECORATED DUTCH GILT PAPER
C216 CARTA DECORATA DORATA E GOFFRATA Probabilmente Germania. Primi anni del XIX secolo.Stampa dorata e goffrata su carta di colore blu dipinta a pennello.Disegno incavato in oro su fondo rilevato nel colore di base.Quattro file sovrapposte di nove edicole ciascuna contengono figure di santi con grande aureola a raggiera. Dimensioni mm 343x443 ca.Alcune bruniture e macchie scure.Leggera piega centrale. Foglio intero, buone condizioni C216 DECORATED DUTCH GILT PAPER Probably Germany, beginning of XIX century. A decorated paper - blue color - embossed.There are 4 rows each with 9 panels of gilt saints on a blue paper ground.Sheet dimensions mm 343x443 ca.Some browning and dark spots.Previously folded in half; fine condition.Full sheet- $616
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CARTA DECORATA DORATA E GOFFRATA DECORATED DUTCH GILT PAPER
C213 CARTA DECORATA DORATA E GOFFRATA Augsburg primi anni del XIX secolo da matrice settecentesca di Johann Carl Munck.Il laboratorio di Munck ha svolto l'attività fra il 1750 e il 1794.Stampa dorata e goffrata su carta di colore giallo; alternanza di superfici dorate incavate e superfici non dorate rilevate. Motivo: teoria di tralci con foglie e grossi fiori quali: peonie, garofani, tulipani, rose, campanule. Dimensioni mm 355x415 ca.Leggera piega. centraleFoglio intero, buone condizioni C213 DECORATED DUTCH GILT PAPER Augsburg , Germany, beginning of XIX century. Copy by Johann Carl Munck (second half of XVIII century ).A decorated paper - yellow color - embossed with big gold floral pattern.Sheet dimensions mm 355x415 ca.Previously folded in half; fine condition.Full sheet- $560
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CARTA DECORATA DORATA E GOFFRATA DECORATED DUTCH GILT PAPER
C212 CARTA DECORATA DORATA E GOFFRATA Augsburg primi anni del XIX secolo da matrice settecentesca di Johann Carl Munck.Il laboratorio di Munck ha svolto l'attività fra il 1750 e il 1794.Stampa dorata e goffrata su carta di colore arancione; alternanza di superfici dorate incavate e superfici non dorate rilevate.Motivo: teoria di tralci con foglie e grossi fiori quali peonie, garofani, tulipani, rose, campanule. Dimensioni mm 341x431ca.Leggera piega centrale.Foglio intero, buone condizioni C212 DECORATED DUTCH GILT PAPER Augsburg , Germany, beginning of XIX century. Copy by Johann Carl Munck (Second half of XVIII century ).A decorated paper - orange color - embossed with big gold floral pattern.Sheet dimensions mm 341x431 ca.Previously folded in half; fine condition.Full sheet- $560
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CARTA DECORATA DORATA E GOFFRATA DECORATED DUTCH GILT PAPER
C211 CARTA DECORATA DORATA E GOFFRATA Germania. Seconda metà XVIII secolo.Stampa dorata e goffrata su carta di colore rosa scuro dipinta a pennello; alternanza di superfici dorate incavate e superfici non dorate rilevate.Motivo: tappeto di piccoli rametti fogliati e fioriti con fiori e frutti: bacche, fiordalisi, melograni, grappoli d'uva, campanule. Bordo in fascia dorata.Dimensioni mm 344x400 ca.Leggera piega centrale.Foglio intero, buone condizioni, piccoli difetti. C211 DECORATED DUTCH GILT PAPER Germany, Second half of XVIII century. A decorated paper - pink color - embossed with gold floral and fruit pattern.Golden band on the border .Sheet dimensions mm 360X437ca.Previously folded in half; fine condition, light abrasions.Full sheet.- $560
- $560
CARTA DECORATA DORATA E GOFFRATA DECORATED DUTCH GILT PAPER
C214 B CARTA DECORATA DORATA E GOFFRATA Probabilmente Germania. Seconda metà XVIII secolo.Stampa dorata e goffrata su carta di colore verde; alternanza di superfici dorate incavate e superfici non dorate rilevate.Motivo: Tappeto di piccoli tralci molto ravvicinati con fiori, frutti e foglie.Dimensioni mm 306x374 ca.Leggera piega centrale, Foglio intero rifilato alla battuta, buone condizioni. C214B DECORATED DUTCH GILT PAPER Probably Germany, second half of XVIII century.A decorated paper - green color - embossed with little gold floral and fruit pattern.Sheet dimensions mm 306x374 ca.Previously folded in half; fine condition.Full sheet trimmed at the margins- $426
- $426
Seek My Face – 1st Edition/1st Printing
Updike, John A handsome first edition/first printing in unread Very Fine condition in alike dustjacket. SIGNED by author John Updike directly on the front flyleaf. De Bellis/Broomfield A186a; John Updike's twentieth novel, like his first, The Poorhouse Fair (1959) , takes place in one day, a day that contains much conversation and some rain. The seventy-eight-year-old painter Hope Chafetz recapitulates, through the story of her own career, the triumphant, poignant saga of postwar American art. (From the dustjacket); 8vo; [x], 276, [2] pages; Signed by Author- $169
- $169
PEARLS OF GREAT PRICE. Grace
[ROOSEVELT, Franklin] LEAR, H. L. Sidney (editor) Miniature book (2-1/4" x 3-1/2") in original drab olive cloth with gilt floral decoration and lettering on the front cover; 92, (3) pages. Franklin Delano Roosevelt's copy SIGNED by him on the front endpaper "Franklin D. Roosevelt/Hyde Park/1927." On the front pastedown is the paper label used in Franklin Roosevelt's miniature book collection, this numbered "1232." Light foxing to endpapers with little effect on FDR's signature; slight separation between pages 32 and 33. Near Fine- $1,563
- $1,563
THE HAPPY WARRIOR. ALFRED E. SMITH. A Study of a Public Servant
ROOSEVELT, Franklin D Cloth in dustwrapper. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the future President on the front endpaper: "Inscribed for Garrett A Roach/with all good wishes from/Franklin D. Roosevelt/October 31 1928." Below his inscription his son, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. has also INSCRIBED and SIGNED the book "To Albert A. Roach/With best wishes,/Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr." with the date "1-29-49" below in another hand. In his foreword, Roosevelt states: "It is difficult, in the tumult of a political campaign, to set forth facts without bias, but I have tried, in the first part of this little book, to analyze fairly some of the causes that make Alfred E. Smith one of the most interesting Americans of this generation. In no way is this written as a partisan plea. The excuse lies in the deluge of letters coming to me from men and women in every circumstance of life, and from every part of the United States, asking every conceivable kind of question about him." Alas, Smith lost to Herbert Hoover in a landslide a few months later, and the following year the longest and deepest downturn in the history of the United States and the modern industrial economy occurred: The Great Depression. Near Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper with edgewear and a closed split along the spine crease- $7,500
- $7,500
SALOME
WILDE, Oscar Two quarto volumes (8" x 11"), copy #1485 of 1500 numbered copies. The first volume in black wrappers is the French original illustrated by Andre Derain with gouache drawings on black paper reproduced through the pochoir process and SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. The other volume, in gilt-decorated red cloth, is the English translation by Lord Alfred Douglas with illustrations from the first edition by Aubrey Beardsley including four omitted from the original. Darkening to the text pages opposite the plates by Derain, as usual. Slight sunning to the spine of the hardcover volume. Near Fine with glassine on the wrappers volume only in a Very Good slipcase with minor splitting and edgewear- $625
- $625
RAWDON’S ROOF
LAWRENCE, D. H Decorated paper boards with matching dustwrapper. Copy #221 of 530 SIGNED by the author of this short story issued as number 7 of the publisher's Woburn Books series. Minor bump to upper corner of front board; splitting to spine edge of dustwrapper neatly hidden by mylar protector. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper- $625
- $625
FAMOUS CASTLES AND TEMPLES IN JAPAN
OGAWA, K[azumasa] Oblong folio (14-7/8" x 10-1/2") in original pink and green floral silk cloth over thin boards, two purple cord ties, green and gilt speckled finish inside the covers and on the facing free pages, all edges gilt. Illustrated with 35 hand-colored captioned collotypes with tissue guards of various Japanese temples and castles. Quite scarce. Minor fading and foxing to covers; bottom right corner lightly bumped throughout not affecting images. Near Fine- $2,500
- $2,500
Il Roccolo ditirambo di Valeriano Acanti Acc. Olimpico Vicentino.
ACANTI, Aureliano (CANATI, Valeriano). Quarto (255 x 190 mm.), xxiv, 67 pages with allegorical vignette on title page, two more vignette in the text and a folding table, all engraved by Cunego. Two small defects on spine but a very good copy in ontemporary boards with manuscript title on spine. First edition of the earliest account of wines from the Veneto region, containing the first mention of Prosecco. One of the most important and rare works on the history of Italian wine, Il Roccolo ditirambo disguises itself as a dithyrambic poem in honour of Dionysus to sing the praises of Venetian enology. The work is dedicated to Count Gelio Ghellini, patriarch of one of the most powerful families of Vicenza, on the occasion of the marriage of his daughter Elena to Count Simandio Chiericati and it is illustrated with a a fold-out engraving of a pastoral scene including vineyard plantations from count Ghellini's villa, as well as two small bucolic scenes at the beginning and end of the poem, engraved by Domenico Cunego from Verona.Publishing under the pseudonym and anagram Aureliano Acanti, the author Valeriano Canati (1706 - 1787) was an Italian priest of the Theatines order, as well as a poet, member of the Venetian Accademia Olimpica. Lyrically, Canati recounts the emergence of ?the son of Bacchus' from a subterranean cloister and his discovery of the idealistic rural scenery he encounters. Soon enough he encounters vineyards and plunges into a passionate and playful discovery of different wines, producing vivid descriptions of their colour, flavour, fullness as well as their effects on the drinker. Of note is the mention of Prosecco as a sweet and cloudy, but pure and healthy wine: ?Con quel melaromatico Prosecco.//Di Monteberico questo perfetto//Prosecco eletto ci dà lo splendido//Nostro Canonico. Io lo conosco//Egli è un po' fosco, e sembra torbido;//Ma pur è un balsamo sì puro e sano' (p.29). Il Roccolo ditirambo is a fascinating work, both as a commemoration of late eighteenth century Italian enology and a historical record of colossal academic value.Extremely rare, only four copies have been auctioned in the past twenty-five years, and WorldCat records only three copies: The British Library, Staatsbibliothek Berlin, and Biblioteca intercomunale di Fiera di Primiero. Three facsimiles have been published, in 1971 by the Accademia italiana della cucina, Milan, in 2003 by Provincia di Vicenza, and in 2011 under ?La modernità del pensiero vitivinicolo di Aureliano Acanti nel Roccolo ditirambo (1754)? by Antonio Calò and Angelo Costacurta (Biblioteca La Vigna, Vicenza). Morazzoni 211.- $6,008
- $6,008
La reale medicide, esponente nella morte di Don Garzia i fatti piu? speciali di Cosimo Duca II. di Firenze . Tragica festa teatrale, illustrata di rami e d’istoriche annotazioni.
CATANI, Francesco Saverino. Quarto (240 x 180 mm.), 190 pages with 9 full pages illustarion engraved by Matteo Carboni: two allegory of the Medici family, one view of Palazzo Pitti and six portraits ( Cosimo, Eleonora, Francesco, Giovanni, Garzia and Ferdinando de'Medici). A very fine copy in contemporary boards with manuscript title on spine. First edition of Francesco Catani's (1755-1789) first published work, a tragic theatrical representation of the Medici family's history. The stage play was based on Garzia de' Medici's (1547-1562) death from Malaria when travelling to Spain, along with his brother Giovanni di Cosimo's and mother Eleonora of Toledo's death in the surrounding weeks. Each member of the family is presented through portraits engraved by Matteo Carboni, consisting in total of six illustrations: Cosimo I, Eleonora di Toledo, Francesco I, Giovanni di Cosimo I, Garzia di Toscana and Ferdinando I. The work includes further engravings by Carboni, being two allegorical tables with a motto and a view of Palazzo Pitti in Florence. It is dedicated to Marquis Vincenzo Capponi, a Florentine patrician.La reale medicide was structured in five acts joined by cantatas, dithyrambs and dances which pertain very little to the solemnity of the piece. It was the first in a projected series of seven tragic theatrical festivals, of which only a second work was written the following year, the Bianca Capello. Both pieces were heavily criticised in the press, particularly in Catani's own journalistic publication Giornale fiorentino istorico-politico-letterario, a periodical ran in collaboration with Modesto Rastrelli, author of Morte di Alessandro de' Medici (1780). In particular, the play's contrived nature, lack of creativity and artificiality were emphasized, even advising the author to "change profession " (Catani, Francesco Maria Xaverio in Dizionario Biografico). Catani did not pursue further a career in theatre, focusing his energy on the publication of Giornale fiorentino with Rastrelli. The periodical contained roughly four themes: extracts from works, literary varieties, political reflections, and poetry. To this journalistic enterprise C. tried to associate various personalities including Benjamin Franklin, to whom he wrote on the 2nd of January 1778, inviting him to collaborate in a casual manner. Catani's later publications followed the previous political thematic, and were printed in his own house, in collaboration with Girolamo Betti with who he also carried out a trade in books. Melzi, III, p. 394.- $3,605
- $3,605
Three Hearts and Three Lions
Poul Anderson (author), Edward Gorey (illustrator) New York: Doubleday Science Fiction, 1961. Approximately 5 1/2 x 8 1/2". First Edition. Illustrated dust jacket by Edward Gorey, some creases, small nicks mostly to spine ends, minor rubbing, original price of $3.95 intact, in very good + condition. Red cloth over boards with gold stamped design on cover and gold/black stamped lettering and designs on spine, top edges red, really minor edge wear, slight corner bumping,small pen marks on rear cover, otherwise, in very good + condition. (Toledano D-Anderson)Poul Anderson (1926 - 2001) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He was awarded three Nebula Awards and seven Hugo awards. This book is listed in Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels by Pringle as number #25. Dust jacket is illustrated by Edward Gorey (1925 - 2000), an American artist and writer, best known for his eccentric imagery and stories, often set in Victorian and Edwardian settings- $200
- $200
THE PERFECT MEDIUM, PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE OCCULT
(PHOTOGRAPHY). CHEROUX, CLEMENT AND ANDREAS FISCHER New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 2005. Large 4to.Hard Cover. 280 pp. Catalogue of an exhibit that took place at the Metropolitan Museum of Art . Fine condition. ISBN 10: 0300111363 ISBN 13: 9780300111361- $400
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The Brothers Dalziel, 1840-1890. A record of 50 years work in conjuction with many of the most distinguished artists of the period.1840-1890
Dalziel, George and Edward Edward Dalziel (1817-1905), George Dalziel (1815-1902).Compilation of the works of several contemporary book writers and illustrators richly illustrated. 4to. xiii + 369pp. TEG. A presentation copy signed and dedicated to William F. Dalziel from George and Edward Dalziel in pen on title page. Bound in full green morocco with gold title on the spine. Illustrated throughout by Sir J.E. Millais, Sir. E. J. Poynter, Holman Hunt, Dante G. Rossetti, Sir John Tenniel, Sir E. Burne-Jones, John Ruskin, Arthur Hughes, Birket Foster, and many others. Library of Congress NE1217.D3 A3 Bound in full green morocco with gold title on the spine.- $500
- $500
Allgemeine Relativitätstheorie und Bewegungsgesetz. Offprint from Sitzungsbericht der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. (THE PROBLEM OF MOTION IN GENERAL RELATIVITY). 6 January 1927, pp. 2-13
Einstein, A. [Albert]; Grommer, J. [Jakob] FIRST EDITION, OFFPRINT ISSUE IN ORIGINAL PAPER WRAPS, VERY GOOD CONDITION. "Einstein and Grommer's work [treats] the particle as a singularity in the field, and attempts[s] to obtain the equations of motion by imposing conditions on the exterior field in the neighborhood of the singularity" (Stachel, Einstein from â??B' to'Z', pp. 507). Weil 155. In 1927, Einstein's research "concentrated on a new approach to the problem of the motion of particles in a general field theory" (Mehra, The Golden Age of Theoretical Physics, 997). He presented his work, conducted with Jakob Grommer in this report. Einstein and Grommer here show that â??in the case of a pure gravitational field the mechanical behavior of singularities can be derived,' a result which in Einstein's opinion â??opened the possibility to obtain, on the basis of the field equations, a theory of matter characterized as discontinuities in space' (ibid, 997; Einstein and Grommer, 1927). "After Einstein had tried for years to obtain a theory of material particles in a generalized field theory by describing these objects with the help of continuous functions, Einstein and Grommer now proposed â??to consider elementary particles as singular points or singular world lines, respectively,' motivated by the observation â??that both the equations of the pure gravitational field and the equations augmented by Maxwell's electromagnetic field possess simple spherically-symmetric solutions which contain a singularity' (ibid). Finally they arrived at the result: In the approximation of the gravitational field obtained by solving linearized equations, the equation of motion for a singularity is completely determined - at least in the case of equilibrium - and corresponds to the law of a geodetic line" (ibid). CONDITION & DETAILS: Berlin: Verlag der Akademie der Wiss. Pp. 2-13. Offprint in original wraps. (10 x 7.25 inches; 250 x 181mm). Toning at the edges & bearing the ownership stamp of "Friedrich Wilhelm Ritter" (W. F. Ritter) 1839-1929. Ritter had a large library. Very good condition.- $200
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The Meaning of Relativity, Princeton University Press: Princeton, 1950
Einstein, Albert FIRST PRINTED OF THE THIRD & EXTENDED EDITION, COMPLETE WITH ORIGINAL DUST JACKET of four lectures Einstein delivered at Princeton University in May 1921. The lectures, intended as further explanation of Einstein's famous theory of relativity and its developments, were titled 'Space and Time in Pre-Relativity Physics,' 'The Theory of Special Relativity,' The General Theory of Relativity,' 'The General Theory of Relativity II.' "This edition contains both an appendix discussing certain advances in the theory of relativity since 1921 and a new appendix on his generalized theory of gravitation. According to the Weil bibliography of Einstein's works, this is Weil 124a. CONDITION & DETAILS: Large 12mo (7.5 x 5.25 inches, 187 x 131mm). [8], 145, [3]. The dust-jacket is not price-clipped; small closed tear at the foot of the front wraps and head of rear wraps, both small and minor. Very good condition, safe in archival mylar. Bound in tan cloth, gilt-lettered at the spine; the binding is tight and solid. Bright and very clean inside and out. Very good condition.- $200
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Esperienze Intorno alla Generazione Deglinsetti Fatte da Francesco Redi Accademia della Crusca, e scritte in una letters, 1674 [MASTERPIECE REFUTING SPONTANEOUS REGENERATION; 39 COPPERPLATE ENGRAVINGS]
Redi, Francesco THIRD EDITION OF FRANCESCO REDI'S MASTERPIECE REFUTING SPONTANEOUS REGENERATION, first published in 1668. "A milestone in the history of modern science," Redi's book outlines the first series of experiments to disprove 'spontaneous generation' -- "a theory also known as Aristotelian abiogenesis" (Wikipedia). Francesco Redi was an Italian physician, naturalist, and poet. Redi's seminal work includes 39 particularly gorgeous copperplate engravings. "At the time, [the] prevailing wisdom was that maggots arose spontaneously from rotting meat"; in other words, that nonliving matter could generate the production of living organisms" (ibid). In his experiments, Redi captured maggots and waited for them to metamorphose, becoming flies. "Also, when dead flies or maggots were put in sealed jars with dead animals or veal, no maggots appeared, but when the same thing was done with living flies, maggots did" (Wikipedia). Redi compared two groups of meat: "the first left exposed to insects, and the second group covered by a barrier of gauze. In the exposed meat, flies laid eggs, which quickly hatched into maggots. On the gauze-covered meat, no maggots appeared, but Redi observed fly eggs on the outer surface of the gauze" (Benecke, A Brief History of Forensic Entomology). Knowing full well the terrible fates of out-spoken scientists like Giordino Bruno and Galileo Galilei, Redi was careful to express his new views in a manner that would not contradict to theological tradition of the Church; hence, his interpretations were always based on biblical passages, such as his famous adage: omne vivum ex vivo ('All life comes from life')" (Wikipedia). CONDITION & DETAILS: Florenz: Onofri. 1674. Quarto (9.5 x 7 inches; 238 x 175mm). Complete. [4], 136, [39], 1. 39 copperplate engravings in near fine condition (29 numbered; 10 unnumbered; 3 large folding). Vellum bound with the title written on the spine in an early hand. A large section of the vellum has been cut from the rear board and is missing. The binding and its stitching, however, remain very solid. Vellum has some creasing, but is still handsome. Two early ownership signatures; see photos. Consistent with its age, slight toning within.- $1,300
- $1,300
Abhandlung über die Venerische Krankheit. EA.
Girtanner, Christoph: XVI, 459 S. Mit gest. Titelvignette und einem Faltkupfer (Astragalus exscapus). 8°. HLeder d. Z. mit etwas Rückenvergoldung. Garrison/M. 1599; Walleriana 18433. Im Folgejahr erschienen noch 2 weitere Bände mit einer Bibliographie; vorliegender 1. Band, in sich abgeschlossen, enthält die Geschichte der Krankheit. Gering berieben bzw. bestoßen; Rückenschild entfernt; ab S. 401 Wurmloch im unteren weißen Rand; auf hinterem Vorsatz Tintenglosse von 1790. DE- $167
- $167
Appendix Deß Fünfften Theils Opervm Theophrasti, In welchem folgende Bücher begriffen: I. Außlegung primae Sectionis Aphorismorum Hippocratis. II. Der Modo Phlebotomandi, dz ist Vnderricht vom Aderlassen. III. De Vrinis, de Pvlsibus, & de Physignomia medica. IIII. De Modo Pharmacandi.
Paracelsus, Philippus Bombastus von Hohemheim: 179 S., 16 nn. Bll. (Index). Mit einigen figürlichen Holzschnitt--Initialen und einer Falttafel (Schematismus) zur Urin-Diagnose. 4°. Gebunden in lat. Pergamenthandschrift des Mittelalters mit marm. Papierrücken des 19. Jhdts; Rückenschild. Vgl. VD16 P373. Der Text ist entnommen der maßgeblichen Paracelsus-Ausgabe von Joh. Huser und entspricht 5.2, S. 695-786; jedoch mit neuer Seitenzahl und eigenem Index, nach dem hier ein Gedicht von Paul Linck folgt: "Naturae geminae qui NOVA prospero". Linck, Mitherausgeber der Werkausgabe, hatte noch Zugang zu den Paracelsus-Autographen und verfaßte insgesamt 3 Gedichte zum Lobe des Paracelsus. Die Pergamenthandschrift des Einbandes in einer (karolingischer?) Minuskel ist schwer lesbar (klein, voller Abbreviaturen und Ligaturen) und für mich nicht entzifferbar; sie stammt wahrscheinlich aus dem Beginn des 14. Jhdts und enthält einen Kommentar zum Neuen Testament (mit Dank für den Hinweis an Ingo Fleisch von manuscryptum, Berlin). Einband berieben und fleckig; obere Kante des Vorderdeckels mit Wurmfraß; Rückenschild mit Fehlstelle; zeitgenössischer Besitzeintrag auf Titelei, dort auch kleiner Wasserrfleck, der sich bis S. 15 fortsetzt; papierbedingt gebräunt; zu Beginn mit schwacher Knickfalte in der Ecke; auf vorderem Spiegel zeitgenössischer Bibl.-Eintrag, dann unleserliches Bibl.-Papiersiegel mit Rundstempel, dann kl. Bibl.-Schild des 19. Jhdts, schließlich das Bibl.-Exlibris eines Dr. Maximilian Joseph Pfeiffer, Deutscher Gesandter in Wien, 1921-1926. DE = Appendix zum 5. Band der Werkausgabe, hg. von Joh. Huser.- $1,671
- $1,671
Der schwangeren und kreistenden Weibs-Personen Allerbeste Hülff-Leistung. Das ist: Wahrer und gründlicher Bericht / wie denenselben / mit gutem und füglichem Vortheil / in ihrem so wol natürlichen / als unterweilen auch wider die Natur lauffenden Kind-haben glücklich beyzustehen. Titelauflage der EA (von 1687 im selben Verlag). 3 Teile in 1 Band.
Geburtshilfe - Mauriceau, Frantz: 7 nn. Bll., 607 S. Mit gest. Frontispiz, 22 Kupfertafeln (9 gefaltet) und 3 Textholzschnitten. Kl. 8°. HPergament d. Z. mit hs. Rückentitel. Walleriana 6359 (Ausgabe von 1687). Berieben bzw. bestoßen und angeschmutzt; papierbedingt gebräunt und teils (braun-)fleckig; zu Beginn am Fuß wasserrandig; einige Tafeln mit kl. Einrissen (2 geklebt), alter Namenseintrag auf Vorsatz und Namensstempel verso Frontispiz; insges. etwas knapp beschnitten (ohne Text- oder Bildverlust). DE- $947
- $947
Two New Tragedies: The Black Prince, and The Tryphon. The first Acted at the Theatre-Royal, by His Majestie’s Servants; The Other By His Highness The Duke Of York’s Servants. Both written by the Right Honourable The Earl Of Orrery
BOYLE, ROGER, [EARL OF ORRERY] Folio, now rebound in 3/4 morocco with marbled paper insets. pp, [ii], 61, [1], [v], 57, [ii]. The spine has six compartmets with two lettered in gilt on a red backing. A very solid copy of this very scarce early edition. On the verso of the title page is a long hand-written quote from the Diary's of Samuel Pepys where he discusses seeing the plays in question and offers some insights. This quote is signed by James Reid. Some of this writing is visible from the title page. Two pages later there appears the "Dramatis Persona" listing the characters, as well as the actors who appeared at the Theatre-Royal production of "The Black Prince." The lead female role was played by Nell Gwynn (spelled here as Guinn) famously known as a mistress of King Charles II. A secondary actress in the list is that of Mary Knepp (spelled here as Nepp), who was a mistress of the afore mentioned Samuel Pepys. There are very brief marginal notations in the same hand as the above mentioned Pepys quote, next to the actors names, providing the amorous details. "The Black Prince" is notable as being one of the earliest plays to be written in heroic rhymed couplets. Wing - 502.- $1,250
- $1,250
The Big Windows
O'DONNELL, PEADAR Original light blue boards, lettered in dark blue to the front panel and spine. 8vo - 222pp. In a complete and bright example of the dust jacket. Dust jacket art by Robin Jacques. With a warm signed dated inscription on the front free endpaper in the author's hand in the year of publication. Now considered by many to be O'Donnell's finest novel. A really sharp copy. Fine / Near Fine.- $450
- $450
The New Regionalism in American Literature – Signed 1930
McWILLIAMS, Carey A near fine copy in green French wraps. A chapbook in a series by the University of Washington. McWilliams would later be a leading voice for liberalism during the Depression years and editor of The Nation magazine. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. An uncommon book signed by the author.- $203
- $203
THE LIFE AND POSTHUMOUS WRITINGS OF WILLIAM COWPER (TWO VOLUMES COMPLETE)
Hayley, William Two matching volumes: Quarto, 10.5 in.x 8.2 in., pp. 413, 422. Gorgeous full tree calf. Gilt title on red & black title panels to spine. Surface chipping on spines. Clean pages. Volume I: pp. 413. Illustrated with frontis. Front cover nearly detached. 1.5 inch chip at head of spine; tail of spine missing headband. Front free endpaper detached but present. Previous owner's signature, dated 1830, and previous owner's inscription with a four-line handwritten quote of Camus to front pastedown. Volume II: pp. 422. Missing headcap to spine. Previous owner's signature, dated 1830, previous owner's ink stamp, and bookseller's sticker to front pastedown. Hayley, a close collaborator, was the principle biographer of the poet Cowper, who suffered intermittant attacks of madness and meloncholia. Valuable for the preserved correspondence. William Cowper (pronounced Cooper) was the foremost poet of the generation betweenAlexander PopeandWilliam Wordsworth. For several decades, he had probably the largest readership of any English poet. From 1782, when his first major volume appeared, to 1837, the year in which Robert Southey completed the monumentalLife and Works of Cowper, more than 100 editions of his poems were published in Britain and almost 50 in America. (Poetry Foundation).- $275
- $275
The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication.
DARWIN, CHARLES London John Murray 1868, 1868. 2 volumes. First edition, First issue, with five-line errata in Vol. I and seven-line errata in Vol. II, advertisements and 43 engraved illustrations. tall 8vo, original green cloth gilt lettered and decorated on the spines, decorated in blind on the covers. viii, 411, publisher's catalogue; viii, 486, ads. A very bright and clean copy. "This represents the only section of Darwin's big book on the origin of species which was printed in his lifetime and corresponds to its first two intended chapters. It contains, in Chapter xxvii, his provisional hypothesis of pangenesis; one which he thought was new, buthas a long back history" (Freeman 877). The second part of his 'big book' was not published until 1875, under the title Natural Selection. It was in this work that Darwin attempted to finalise the understanding of pangenesis and an explanation of acquired characteristics and hereditary resemblance. These subjects were near to impossible to explain in Darwin's time as scientific methodology and technology had simply not developed to the point at which finite and provable studies on genes and chromosomes could be explored. Freeman 877- $3,379
- $3,379
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The Magic Snowman [Everybody Knows a Snowman] (Original screenplay for the 1987 film)
Spela Rozin, Frano Lasic, Dragomic Stanojevic (starring); Stanko Crnobrnja, C. Stanner (directors); Dennis Maitland, Jovan Markovic, Kyle Morris (screenwriters) Early Draft script for the 1987 film, seen here under the working title "Everybody Knows a Snowman." A family movie shot in prewar Yugoslavia and New York, about a friendly snowman who comes alive and helps out a young boy whose fishing family is struggling to recover after a drought. Red titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers, issued for use in the New York shooting sequences of the film. Title page present, with credits for screenwriters Dennis L. Maitland and Kyle Morris, with copyright date noted as October 1972. 100 leaves, with last page of text numbered 99. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound with two gold screw brads.- $400
- $400
EXCERPTS FROM THE ANONYMOUS DIARY OF A NEW YORK YOUTH
Mead, Taylor Third printing of the Factory superstar's first book of poetry, fondly inscribed to "sweetie-pie" and fellow New York poet Kenward Elmslie. Mead's first book was originally published in 1961, just after his appearance in the underground Beat film The Flower Thief but before his association with Andy Warhol. "In fact," he would later remind interviewers casually but firmly, "I was famous before I met Andy." A rare association copy from a legend. 8.5'' x 5.5''. Original black and white saddle-stapled wrappers. 42, [2] pages. Inscribed by Mead on front free endpaper: "To Kenward (sweetie-pie) from Taylor Meadie." Light edgewear and chipping to wrappers.- $800
- $800
DIE PSALMEN ÜBERSETZT UND ERLÄUTERT. 2 Teile in einem Band. Komplett.
Hirsch, Rabbiner Samson Raphael (ed.) 2 Teile in 1 Band (KOMPLETT) 3. Aufl. . ca. 620S. hebräischer und deutscher Text. Einige leichte Gebrauchsspuren am Einband. Schnitt teils leicht gebräunt. Hebräischer alter Besitzername auf Vorsatz. Innen frisch.- $100
- $100
Ducatus Wurtenbergici cum Locis limitaneinis, iapote maxima parte Circuli Suevici praesertim Utroq. Marchionatu Badnsi et Sylva vulgo Nigra.
Homann, Johann Baptist Engraved double page (23 1/2" x 20 1/2 "), partially hand colored, large title uncolored cartouche in upper right corner. One sheet of a two-sheet map, but has a complete appearance. Expert tape repairs on verso at centerfold, slight aging and browning; otherwise about near fine with a strong impression. Johann Baptist Homann (1663-1724) was considered the father of German mapmaking, and in 1715 was actually appointed the Geographer to the Emperor. He founded his mapmaking business in 1702, and he would produce several major atlases between 1707 and 1716. This is a detailed and attractive map of part of the southwestern part of Germany that includes Wuerttemberg. While the map is one sheet of a two-sheet map, it has a complete appearance, and an elaborate title cartouche. Our inventory includes both sheets but as seperate maps. Van De Gohm: Antique Maps. Bagrow: History of Cartography.- $225
- $225
Original Vintage Poster WRAC Why Not You Territorial Army
Original vintage British military recruitment poster for the Women's Royal Army Corps (1949-1992) Territorial Army - Why not You? Join the WRAC (TA) and make your spare time worth while - featuring a young lady in army uniform smiling to the viewer against a shaded blue background with space for information below - You nearest unit is at: - next to the TA badge. Prepared for The War Office by The Central Office of Information. Printed for H.M. Stationery Office by Jordison & Co Ltd, London and Middlesbrough. Excellent condition, punched holes on the top edge with string. Size: 38x25- $357
- $357
Rand’s Little Giant, Slugger and Economizer Rock Drills, Improved Air Compressors, Air Hose, Steam Hose, Air Receivers, Pipe and Fittings, Engines, Boilers, Drill Steel.
(TRADE CATALOG: MINING) First edition. Oblong quarto (12 x 9 1/4 inches). [40] pp. and with numerous very high quality engravings of men and machinery throughout. Publisher's pale yellow wrappers with the front cover bearing an image of en working a mine and the back with an image of a rock drill. Very old central fold (perhaps for mailing), front cover with three old and small taper repairs. A very clean copy of this scarce trade catalog. OCLC only locates one copy.The Rand Drill Company, established in the 1870s by brothers Jasper and Addison Rand and the first to see the benefits of Ingersoll's pneumatic drill, became a significant name in the development and manufacturing of pneumatic drills and other mining equipment. Simon Ingersoll was an American inventor who created the steam-powered percussion rock drill, which replaced the hand drill and was a major advancement in the mining and construction industries. Simon Ingersoll founded Ingersoll Rock Drill Company in 1871 in New York, and in 1888, it combined with Sergeant Drill to form Ingersoll Sergeant Drill Company. In 1905, Ingersoll-Sergeant Drill Company merged with the Rand Drill Company to form the mega-corporation Ingersoll Rand. Ingersoll himself died penniless.- $225
- $225
The Absent-Minded Beggar Copyright in England and the United States by the Daily Mail Publishing Co.,
KIPLING, Rudyard. 'This souvenir is presented by Mrs. Langtry on the occasion of the 100th performance of the "Degenerates" at the Garrick Theatre. For permission to use Mr. Kipling's poem Mrs. Langtry has made to the "Daily Mail" a contribution of £100 for the benefit of the wives and children of the Reservists fighting in South Africa.' Kipling wrote 'The Absent-Minded Beggar' to assist the Daily Mail's 'Soldiers' Families Fund', established to raise money for comforts such as tobacco, cocoa, and soap for the troops, and clothing and postage for parcels from home for their families. Many of the men mobilised were ex-soldiers in permanent employment for whom returning to military duty meant a significant cut in their income, and there was no legislation to protect Reservists' employment. Poverty hit many families when the lifestyle maintained comfortably on a workman's wage of twenty shillings could not be kept up on the infantryman's 'shilling a day': When you've shouted "Rule Britannia" when you've sung "God Save the Queen" When you've finished killing Kruger with your mouth Will you kindly drop a shilling in my little tambourine For a gentleman in kharki ordered South? The poem was first published in the Daily Mail on 31 October 1899; both Kipling and the artist Richard Caton Woodvillethe image of a defiant Tommy was commissioned to accompany Kipling's poem, and endlessly reproducedcontributed their fees, and the Fund raised £100,000 in three months. While not rare in commerce, this is a particularly nice example, well preserved. Folding cream silk 'triptych' (287 × 588 mm; 287 × 200 mm when folded), printed in green, the poem in manuscript facsimile, portrait of Kipling on the front and Richard Caton Woodville's 'A gentleman in kharki' inside printed in sanguine; the silk stitched over three pieces of card, as issued; in very good condition.- $376
- $376
NATIONAL UNION TICKET. FOR PRESIDENT, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, OF ILLINOIS. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, ANDREW JOHNSON, OF TENNESSEE. FOR ELECTORS, SAMUEL BRANNAN, OF SAN FRANCISCO. J.G. McCALLUM, OF EL DORADO. W.W. CRANE, OF ALAMEDA. CHARLES MACLAY, OF SANTA CLARA. J.W. OLIVER, OF SISKIYOU. FOR CONGRESS, THIRD DISTRICT, JOHN BIDWELL, OF BUTTE. SUPERVISOR FIRST DISTRICT, J.C. PRUED. FOR COUNTY TREASURER, HENRY MOLINEUX
[Election of 1864] Broadside ticket, 2-3/4" x 3-7/8." Small mounting remnants on blank verso. Very Good. "Sierra County Republican ticket for the election of 1864, in which the national Republican Party temporarily adopted the name National Union Party. Henry Molineux was treasurer of Sierra County, Calif. (of which Downieville is the seat); see N.Z.R. Molyneux, History, genealogical and biographical, of the Molyneux families (Syracuse, N.Y.: C.W. Bardeen, 1904), p. 99-102." [OCLC entry.] OCLC 78931206 [Brown, BYU] as of July 2024. The Lincoln Financial Foundation also owns a copy.- $450
- $450
TRIAL OF HENRY WIRZ. LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR AD INTERIM, IN ANSWER TO A RESOLUTION OF THE HOUSE OF APRIL 16, 1866, TRANSMITTING A SUMMARY OF THE TRIAL OF HENRY WIRZ
[Wirz, Henry] 850pp. Bound in contemporary Congressional sheep [rubbed, chip at spine, hinges starting, gilt-lettered morocco spine labels]. Preceded by an XXXVIII-page Index of House Executive Documents at this Session of Congress. Text clean and Fine. Responsible for Sumter Prison at Andersonville, Wirz was blamed for its horrendous conditions. He was tried after the War for atrocities. Andersonville had a high mortality rate, lacked food and medical supplies, was severely overcrowded and utterly unsanitary. In mid-1865 Harper's Weekly published photographs of the Union prisoners, stimulating calls for the punishment of those responsible. Wirz was found guilty of conspiring to injure Union prisoners, and of eleven counts of murder. He was hanged November 10, 1865, the only man tried and executed for war crimes during the Civil War. The Wirz case was a precedent, cited after the First and Second World Wars, for individual responsibility of soldiers in wartime; and for the invalidity of a claim that due execution of an order absolved the soldier of accountability for his actions. This enormous record is the most complete report of the charges, evidence, testimony, and arguments. II Harv. Law Cat. 1228. Marke 977. Not in McDade.- $500
- $500
Interlunio. Aguafuertes de Lino Spilimbergo.
GIRONDO, Oliverio In-4° menor.- (82) p.- Ilustrado con 11 aguafuertes originales de Lino SPILIMBERGO, tiradas por el propio artista.- UNO DE LOS 4 EJEMPLARES FUERA DE COMERCIO, idénticos a los XIV de la tirada de cabecera, impresos en papel Fabriano y acompañados por una suite de las aguafuertes, firmadas por el artista.- DEDICATORIA MANUSCRITA DEL AUTOR, estrictamente contemporámnea: "A Pablo Díaz, por su desinteresada, eficaz y estoica colaboración en este libro, con nuestra gratitud y nuestra amistad", firmada conjuntamente por Oliverio Girondo y Lino Spilimbergo, datada "Bs. As., 31-12-1937".- Al pie de la mención "fuera de comercio" del colofón, nota manuscrita del autor puntualizando "que no se menciona en el Testimonio por estar destinado a la imprenta. Propiedad de Pablo Díaz. [fdo.] Oliverio Girondo".- Impecable encuadernación jansenista en marroquí negro, lomo liso, títulos dorados, cubiertas y lomo originales conservados; estuche bordeado de interior afelpado (Lucie Weill). Prístino estado. PRIMERA EDICIÓN. EJEMPLAR PRECIOSO. COLOMBO, 65.- $9,000
- $9,000
Palissy in Prison and other verses
Strange (Edward Fairbrother). One of 200 copies signed and numbered by the author and with printed date "June" crossed through b him and changed to "November 1892" Lower wrapper, upper hinge repaired, wrappers somewhat soiled and frayed, pieces missing from spine, otherwise a very good copy; errata-slip tipped in at end. Presentation Copy, inscribed on the fly-leaf "Julian Marshall Esq., Edward F. Strange", text with a few typographical corrections in his hand Scarce and fragile, perhaps Uranian, only the British Library, Cornell and the Australian National University recording copies. Strange was an assistant keeper at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Original dark brown wrappers lettered in black, uncut- $170
- $170
Flower of Cities, a Book of London; studies and sketches by twenty-two authors
London. Plates and illustrations Minor damage to free end-papers, otherwise a very nice copy in slightly edgeworn, price-clipped dust-wrapper designed by Barbara Jones; inscription on half-title Contributors to the text include John Betjeman, Christopher Sykes, Elizabeth Bowen, Nicolas Bentley, Leonard Woolf and Stevie Smith, the artists Augustus John, Wyndham Lewis, Felix Topolski and Osbert Lancaster. Original green cloth, map end-papers- $128
- $128
Our Men in Korea
Linklater (Eric). Slight wear to wrappers, but a nice copy. Together with by the same author: The Northern Garrisons, 1941; The Defence of Calais, 1941, and The Highland Division, 1942, all published by HMSO, The Army at War series, wrappers with a little wear but nice copies. Together four volumes Our Men in Korea was the first official account of the Commonwealth part in the campaign.- $199
- $199
Children of Hertha and other poems
Whistler (Laurence). Title and illustrations by Rex Whistler One of 300 numbered copies Very slight wear to wrappers and a little cockling, but a very nice copy; numbers in ink on inner lower wrapper Original wrappers decorated with stars with printed label- $497
- $497
Fasciculus homileticarum dispositionum, annis circiter XXVII seorsim editarum: videlicet CCXX in textus sacros poenitentiales. Et V in totidem textus sollenn. grat. act. Accedunt nunc quoque XIII homiliæ juridicæ: auctoribus b. Johanne Gezelio patre, et Johanne Gezelio j.f.
GEZELIUS, JOHANNES d.ä. & GEZELIUS, JOHANNES d.y. Åbo, J. Winter, 1693. 4:o. (16),136,136-41,141-51,151-353,336-37,356-796,(38) pp. Contemporary vellum, soiled, with old handwritten title on spine. Red edges. Ink stains on front cover. Insert loose at front hinge, where a brochure has been cut out. Rear hinge also a little weak. Some foxing in margins. Multiple underlinings and margin notes. Index leaves at the end with dampstains in upper margin. Contemporary latin dedications on pastedowns.Collijn Sveriges bibliografi 1600-talet 318. "Svenskt biografiskt lexikon" writes: "As vice-chancellor at Åbo akademi G took a special interest in the theological faculty and in making the teaching there more effective. For a number of years he held lectures in homiletics and supervised preaching exercises. He attached great importance to the morning service sermon and published outlines for sermons that were frequently used by the clergy, to the benefit of the preaching within the diocese". [Our translation.] Johannes Gezelius the elder (1615-90) died before the present work was published and it was finished by his son, Johannes Gezelius the younger (1647-1718), who succeeded his father as bishop in Åbo.- $1,006
- $1,006
Rules of Discipline of the Yearly-Meeting, held on Rhode-Island, for New-England. Printed by Direction of the Meeting
New England Yearly Meeting of Friends 21x13 cm. Contemporary full calf, front board detached. Water stain at bottom in the first half of the book, light soiling and foxing throughout. xvi, 156 pp. First published by Abraham Shearman in 1809 and re-printed by direction of the Meeting by B. Lindsey & Co. in 1826. Shaw & Shoemaker 24639, OCLC 191256156 & 9460557, AAS 259471.- $125
- $125
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Regiones sub Polo Arctico [Map of the North Pole]
Willem and Johannes Blaeu Original hand-colored engraving from Willem and Johannes Blaeu's Toonel des Aerdrycks ofte Nieuwe atlas, dat is Beschryving van alle Landen. the Dutch edition of Theatrum Orbis Terrarum . Early state with Groenlandia not yet labeled. Text to verso (see image). The page measures approximately 23.5 x 20 in (60 x 51 cm), with the map measuring 20.75 x 16.25 in (53 x 41 cm). Minor creature damage to the lower margin, along with paper repair (see image).- $1,200
- $1,200
Le chiffre de la peinture. L’oeuvre de Valerio Adami
Michel Onfray - Valerio Adami in 8 broché, non coupé, 16 illustrations couleurs, hors-texte de Valerio Adami. Édition originale tirée à 60 exemplaires enrichis d'une sérigraphie en couleurs de Valerio Adami, signée et numérotée par l'artiste. On joint un exemplaire du tirage ordinaire.- $227
- $227
L’oeil constant
André Verdet - Jean Miotte In folio en feuilles. Poème d'André Verdet illustré de quatre lithographies en couleurs pleine page, signées deJean Miotte. Tirage limité à 90 exemplaires, celui-ci un des 15 exemplaires d'artiste, enrichi d'un dessin d'André Verdet. Quelques rousseurs.- $397
- $397
General Hugh Mercer’s WillNoting the Plantation he Purchased from George Washington (Ferry Farm, Washington’s Boyhood Home), and Instructions to Executors to “hire negroes” to Work the Plantation for the Benefit of his Wife and Children
REVOLUTIONARY WAR. SLAVERY. GEORGE WASHINGTON. HUGH MERCER Manuscript Document, Contemporary Copy of Last Will and Testament, March 20, 1776, Fredericksburg, Virginia. 4 pp., 7 1/2 x 11 5/8 in. "I direct that after my decease my dear Wife Isabella (if she survive me) and my children do reside on my plantation in King George County adjoining to Mr James Hunter's Land which Plantation I purchased from General George Washington and that my Executors hereafter named out of my personal Estate purchase or hire negroes as they shall think best to work the said Plantation.""I further direct my Books Drugs surgical Instruments shop utensils and Furniture to be sold and also such Household Furniture Negroes or stocks of Cattle and Horses as may appear to my Executors hereafter named to be for the benefit of my Personal Estate."Written shortly after Hugh Mercer became the colonel of the 3rd Virginia Regiment of the Virginia Line, his last will and testament disposed of his real and personal property, including slaves among his wife Isabella Gordon Mercer and children, including one yet to be born.After playing a key role in the Battles of Trenton, in January 1777 at the Battle of Princeton, Mercer's horse was shot from under him, and he was mortally wounded. Vastly outnumbered and mistaken by the British for George Washington, he was ordered to surrender. Instead, he drew his sword, and was bayonetted seven times. He died nine days later. Historical BackgroundGeorge Washington's family moved to Ferry Farm, outside of Fredericksburg, in King George County, Virginia, in 1738, when he was six years old. His father died in 1743, while they lived there, and George Washington eventually inherited the farm and lived there with his mother and siblings until his early 20s. His mother lived there until 1772, when she moved to a house in Fredericksburg. After leasing the tillable and pasture lands of Ferry Farm for two years, George Washington sold it in April 1774 to Scottish physician and fellow French and Indian War veteran Hugh Mercer for £2,000 Virginia currency, due in five annual payments plus interest.Mercer was appointed colonel of what became the 3rd Virginia Regiment of the Virginia Line in January 1776. Both future President James Monroe and future Chief Justice John Marshall served as officers under his command. By June 1776, the Continental Congress had appointed him as a brigadier general in the Continental Army, and he left for New York to oversee the construction of Fort Lee on the New Jersey side of the Hudson River.Mercer played major roles in the First and Second Battles of Trenton on December 26, 1776, and January 2, 1777. While he was leading a vanguard of soldiers to Princeton on January 3, Mercer's horse was shot from under him. British soldiers mistook Mercer for Washington and ordered him to surrender. Instead, Mercer drew his saber and attacked though heavily outnumbered. The British troops bayonetted him seven times and left him for dead. General Washington rallied Mercer's men, pushed back the British regiment, and continued the attack on Princeton. Despite medical attention from Dr. Benjamin Rush and local Quakers, Mercer died nine days later from his wounds.In 1791, Painter John Trumbull used Mercer's son Hugh Tennent Weedon Mercer, who was five months old when his father died, as a model for the large painting, The Death of General Mercer at the Battle of Princeton, January 3, 1777, on which Trumbull worked for many years.Hugh Mercer (1726-1777) was born in Scotland as the son of a minister in the Church of Scotland. He studied medicine at the University of Aberdeen's Marischal College and graduated as a physician in 1744. He served as an assistant surgeon under Bonnie Prince Charlie and was present at the army's defeat at the Battle of Culloden in April 1746. He went into hiding and fled to America in 1747, settling in Pennsylvania, where he practiced medicine. During the French and Indian War, he joined a Pennsylvania regiment as. (See website for full description)- $12,500
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California Constitution First Printing in Book FormOne of Earliest Printings in San Francisco
CALIFORNIA Constitution of the State of California. San Francisco: Office of the Alta California, 1849. 16 pp., 5 3/4 x 9 5/8 in. "We, the People of California, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, in order to secure its blessings, do establish this Constitution." (p3)Art. I, "Sec. 18. Neither slavery, nor involuntary servitude, unless for the punishment of crimes, shall ever be tolerated in this State." (p4) Historical BackgroundIn January 1848, a carpenter first found gold at a sawmill owned by John Sutter on the South Fork American River northeast of Sacramento, launching the California Gold Rush. As news of the discovery spread, prospectors flocked to the new U.S. territory of California, 81,000 arriving in 1849 and another 91,000 in 1850. Over the next seven years, approximately 300,000 people came to California seeking gold or supplying prospectors. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the Mexican War in February 1848 made California, Nevada, Utah, and Colorado and parts of New Mexico and Arizona American territory.On June 3, 1849, Brigadier General Bennett C. Riley (1787-1853), the ex officio governor of California under U.S. military rule, issued a proclamation calling for a constitutional convention and the election of delegates to it on August 1. Voters elected 48 delegates, who convened in Monterey for six weeks in September and October 1849. William E. Shannon (1822-1850) of Sacramento proposed a section declaring that neither slavery nor involuntary servitude "shall ever be tolerated in this State," which was unanimously adopted and made part of the bill of rights in the first article. The constitution also guaranteed the right to vote to "every white male citizen of the United States, and every white male citizen of Mexico, who shall have elected to become a citizen of the United States" who was also at least twenty-one years old. The office of the Alta California newspaper in San Francisco printed this pamphlet for California's citizens to review before casting their ballots. Voters ratified the new state constitution on November 13. On December 1, 1849, the issue of the Alta California for the Steamer Unicorn reported early results on the ratification of the constitution and election of state officers: "From every precinct yet heard from, the meagerness of the vote is accounted for by the fact that the rain fell in torrents. Some complaint is also made that the printed copies of the Constitution were not properly circulated, and that is said to be one reason of the large vote against it in the Sacramento District." According to the precincts reporting from the Sacramento District, 5,002 voted in favor of the constitution and 603 against it. The final vote of the state was 12,061 for the constitution, and 811 against it.The rapid expansion of California's population inspired discussions of its status within the Union. In his annual message to Congress in December 1849, President Zachary Taylor noted the constitutional convention recently held and his expectation that California would soon apply for statehood, which he encouraged. Two months later, President Taylor submitted this California Constitution and a proposal to admit California as a new state to Congress. Taylor's death on July 9, 1850, elevated Millard Fillmore to the presidency. Fillmore supported the Compromise of 1850, engineered by Senator Henry Clay of Kentucky. One of the five acts that composed the Compromise of 1850 was "An Act for the Admission of the State of California into the Union." On September 9, 1850, Fillmore signed the act into law, and California became the 31st state in the Union.The Alta California began publication on January 4, 1849, as a weekly newspaper. Edward C. Kemble, Edward Gilbert, and George C. Hubbard were the first publishers. The newspaper became a daily in January 1850 and continued publishing until 1891.Condition: Small accession number stamped in margin of upper cover; scatt. (See website for full description)- $17,500
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J.E.B. Stuart Writes to Legendary Confederate Spy Laura Ratcliffe
J.E.B. STUART Autograph Letter Signed "S", to Laura Ratcliffe. April 8, 1862. 3 pp., 3 7/8 x 6 in. Full of braggadocio, Confederate cavalryman J.E.B. Stuart gives early mistaken reports of the Battle of Shiloh to an informant, the famous Confederate spy Laura Ratcliffe."We are here quietly waiting for the yankees and if they ever come we will send them howling." Complete Transcript Rappahannock April 8 1862My Dear Laura - We are here quietly waiting for the yankees and if they ever come we will send them howling - through Fairfax again. We have won a glorious victory in New Mexico, capturing the whole Federal command 5000 - under Genl Canby. We have also won a glorious victory near Corinth on the Tenn. Captured 3 genls Smith McClernand & Prentiss, & six thousand prisoners, all [2]their artillery & camp equipage & rumor says we are sure to bag the remainder who are in full retreat, A.S. Johnston was killed. Beauregard & Bragg were there - I have thought of you much, & hope soon to see you all again. Before another week we expect to win another glorious victory. Hurrah! Hurrah!! I wish I could see you read this -- [3] My regard to your folks - The bullet-proof is all right. Yours ever truly S__[envelope:] Miss Laura Ratcliffe / Beauty's Bower Historical Background Laura Ratcliffe lived in Fairfax, Virginia, and her home was sometimes used as headquarters by the ranger John Singleton Mosby. Ratcliffe used to hide messages and money for Mosby, and once hid him from a search party of Federal troops. Among other Confederate officers to whom she offered various types of support was J.E.B. Stuart, who corresponded with her and occasionally even sent her poetry.Stuart rapturously recounts a recent series of Confederate victories and anticipates others. "We are here quietly waiting for the Yankees and if they ever come we will send them howling through Fairfax again." Apparently dependent on early newspaper reports, Stuart is mistaken about the Battle "near Corinth." On April 4 and 5, 1862, after near-victory on the first day, General Albert S. Johnston's Army of Tennessee was defeated by Ulysses Grant at the Battle of Shiloh. Stuart was correct in noting, however, that Johnston was killed at this battle.The envelope for the letter bears the engraved address of "Head Quarters Cavalry Brigade, Army of the Potomac." The Confederate Army of the Potomac was commanded by P.G.T. Beauregard, but in June 1862 it was renamed as the First Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia when Robert E. Lee assumed command. Beauregard had been sent west to be second-in-command to Albert Johnston, and led the Army of Tennessee on the second day of Shiloh. Stuart's cavalry was soon transferred from north central Virginia (this letter is dated "Rappahannock") to the Peninsula, where Union General George McClellan had landed his Army of the Potomac in an attempt to advance on Richmond from the southeast with the help of Union Navy transport vessels.Laura Ratcliffe (1836-1923) was a legendary Confederate spy who operated a safe house in Fairfax County, Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C. She met cavalrymen J.E.B. Stuart and John S. Mosby early in the war, when she and her sister were nursing wounded soldiers, and soon began providing information on Union troop activity as the Confederate Army was forced south. In 1862 and 1863, when Stuart commanded Robert E. Lee's entire cavalry corps, he made several raids on the Fairfax County area, often visiting Laura at her home. In the winter of 1862, Mosby was granted permission to stay with Ratcliffe and nine soldiers. There was a rock at the top of Squirrel Hill on her property where she would leave messages for Mosby or Stuart. She was never charged with a crime.James Ewell Brown ("Jeb") Stuart (1833-1864) was the most famous Confederate cavalryman and one of General Lee's principal lieutenants in the Army of Northern Virginia. A Virginian, he graduated from West Point in 1854 and gained use. (See website for full description)- $7,800
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