Hegisippus [pseudo-]; Josephus, Flavius; Ambrose, Saint, bishop of Milan (trans)
Folio. A8, a-n5 (lacks n6): [8], 77ff. Title and prologue each within elaborate historiated woodcut borders; large woodcut historiated initials at start of each book; printed marginalia. Lacks final page of the two-page parallel table of chapters with Josephus. Later polished calf (lightly worn at extremities); spine with gilt morocco lettering piece. Occasional marginal smudges or light stains. A very good copy, with crisp text. Early edition of this popular free translation of Josephus' The Jewish War by an anonymous fourth-century author (the name "Hegesippus" is a scribal error, being a corruption of "Josephus"). In the best manuscripts the translator is said to be Saint Ambrose (ca. 340-397), the Bishop of Milan. "The translator worked with great freedom, curtailing and abridging here and developing there. As a whole it suggests the work of a rhetorician. There are only five books, the first four corresponding to the first four of Josephus, but the fifth of Hegisippus combines the fifth and sixth books of Josephus, and a part of the seventh book. The language and style are preceptibly the same as those of St. Ambrose" (CE). The present work is not to be confused with the more literal translation of the the historian and theologian Tyrannius Rufinus (344/45-411), which has seven books corresponding the the original. The beautiful title border by Anton Woensam is copied after Holbein and shows the well-known portal with two groups of men and the reclining Cleopatra, with the added coat of arms of the printer Cervicornus. The border for the prologue contains the figures of Agrippina and Marcus Agrippa as a reference to the printing location in Cologne. References: Adams H-146; Cath. Enc., vol. VII, p.195; VD16 H-1253 Full title: Egesippi Historiographi Inter Scriptores ecclesiasticos uetustissimi, de rebus a Iudæor[um] principibus in obisidione fortiter gestis, deq[ue] excidio Hierosolymorum, aliarumq[ue] ciuitatu[m] adiacentium, libri quinq[ue]: diuo Ambrosio Mediolanensi episcopo interprete. Eivsdem Anacephaleosis fini operis adiecta est.
King, Martin Luther, Jr. and Clayborne Carson, Peter Holoran, Ralph E. Luker, Penny A. Russell
Green cloth, spine lettered in gilt. An ex-library set with rubber stamps on title page & bottom of text block and a library pocket on rear pastedown. Text derived from each volume's dust jacket mounted on front pastedown. Contents: Vol. 1:; Called to serve, January 1929-June 1951 --; Vol. 2:; Rediscovering precious values, July 1951-November 1955 --; Vol. 3:; Birth of a new age, December 1995-December 1956 --; Vol. 4:; Symbol of the movement, January 1957-December 1958 --; Vol. 5:; Threshold of a new decade, January 1959-December 1960 --; Vol. 6:; Advocate of the social gospel, September 1948-March 1963 --; Vol. 7:; To save the soul of America, January 1961-August 1962. "More than two decades after his death, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s ideas - his call for racial equality, his faith in the ultimate triumph of justice, and his insistence on the power of nonviolent struggle to bring about a major transformation of American society - are as vital and timely as ever. The wealth of his writings, both published and unpublished, that constitute his intellectual legacy are now preserved in this authoritative, chronologically arranged, multivolume edition. Faithfully transcribing the texts of his letters, speeches, sermons, student papers, and articles, this edition has no equal." "Volume II begins with King's doctoral work at Boston University and ends with his first year as pastor of the historic Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. It includes papers from his graduate courses and a fully annotated text of his dissertation. There is correspondence with people King knew in his years before graduate school and a transcription of the first known recording of a King sermon. We learn, too, of King's marriage to Coretta Scott." "Accepting the call to serve Dexter, King followed the church's tradition of socially active pastors by becoming involved in voter registration and other issues of social justice. In Montgomery he completed his doctoral work, and he and Coretta Scott began their married life." "King's early papers document the formative experiences of a man whose life and teachings have had a profound influence not only on Americans but on people of all nations."--Jacket.
[Kitchiner, William]
Duodecimo (7 by 3.75 inches). xviii, 545, [1, blank]pp. With bibliographical references and index. Later half polished calf over marbled boards, spine with raised bands and morocco lettering piece; endleaves renewed. Contemporary marbled edges. Some occasional staining, with no loss of text, else a very good copy. With an additional title-page facing the preface: The Art of Invigorating and Prolonging Life (as publisher's advertisment). Fourth expanded edition of the popular English cookbook, first published in 1817 as Apicius Redivivus, or, The Cook's Oracle. High standards for the day: "The whole being the result of actual experiments instituted in the kitchen of a physician."
Evans, Charles; Wroth, Lawrence C.
1/40. Large quarto (10.75 by 8.5 in.). 22, vii-xvi, 446pp. 49 leaves from printed works described in the catalogue tipped-in throughout. Deckled edges. Publisher's pale blue buckram backed in crimson morocco (skillfully rebacked, with original spine laid-down), ruled and lettered in gilt; t.e.g. Spine darkened with light rubbing at extremites, else a fine copy. Housed in red cloth clamshell box, with gilt-lettered spine. Limited edition of this seminal bibliography describing 3244 colonial American imprints, including a selection of sample leaves. Highlights from among the leaves include the following works: John Eliot: Indian Bible (Cambridge: printed by Samuel Green and Marmaduke Johnson, 1663); Nathaniel Morton: New-England's Memoriall (Cambridge: printed by Samuel Green and Marmaduke Johnson, 1669); William Hubbard: Narrative of the Troubles with the Indians in New-England (Boston: printed by John Foster, 1677); Increase Mather: A Confession of Faith (Boston: printed by John Foster, 1680) -- Discourse Concerning Comets (Boston: printed by Samuel Green, junior, 1683); John Buryan: Pilgrim's Progress (Boston: printed by Samuel Green, junior, 1681); Cotton Mather: Memorable Providences Relating to Witchcrafts (Boston: printed by Richard Pierce, 1689) -- Wonders of the Invisible World (Boston: printed by Benjamin Harris, 1693); Acts and Laws of Massachusetts-Bay (Boston: printed by Bartholomew Green and John Allen, 1699); Massachusee Psalter (Boston: printed by Bartholomew Green and James Printer, 1709); Benjamin Wadsworth: The Well-Ordered Family (Boston: printed by Bartholomew Green, 1712); Nathaniel Ward: The Simple Cobler of Agawam in America (Boston: printed for Daniel Henchman, 1713); The Laws of His Majesties Colony of New-York (New York: printed by William Bradford, 1719); Robert Barclay: An Apology for the True Christian Divinity (Newport: printed by James Franklin, 1729). Clarence Brigham of the American Antiquarian Society supplied sets of unbound sheets of the first volume of American Bibliography which Evans had bequeathed to the Society on his death in 1935. The Americana specialist at Goodspeed's, Michael J. Walsh, made selections from the company's large collection of imperfect copies to supply the printed leaves, for which the bibliographer Lawrence Wroth provided a table of contents, along with a general introduction to the work.
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Elephant folios (16.5 x12 in.). 36 issues, comprising three complete years (1931; 1933; 1935), each with 12 issues, including the well-known "The Fearless Soviet Parachutists Issue," which highlights a fearless Soviet canine paratrooper, as well! (Dec., 1935). Illustrated wrappers, in various bright colors. Text in Russian. Old library buckram backed in red pebbled cloth (lightly stained, with mild wear at extremities). Fore-edge of 3 leaves frayed (1/4 in.), else about fine. Each issue is profusely illustrated throughout with countless gorgeously-rendered large b/w and sepia-toned photogravures, depicting and promoting manufacturing, industrial and construction projects taking place across the Soviet Union, and documenting the rapid economic, social, infrastructural and industrial transformation of the county during the period. Done in a generally "socialist realist style", the publication also features some interesting examples of photomontage. Each issue focuses on one or a few different projects or industries and features striking images taken by many of the most notable Soviet photographers of the era, including Arkady Shaikhet, Max Alpert, Georgy Petrusov, and Boris Ignatovich. Also features contributions from Alexander Rodchenko. In addition to these original Russian-language issues publication was famously also issued in French, German, English and later in 1938 in Spanish. During this time (1931) acclaimed photographer John Heartfield was working on and advising in the production of this publication.
(Holocaust: Yellow Star; Tunisia)
Five-pointed yellow cloth star sewn onto plain beige cloth (7.3 by 9 cm). Yellow dye somewhat faded, else in fine state of preservation. Specimen of the yellow star imposed on the Jewish population of Tunisia in March 1943 as a mark of the slave laboror. Tunisia was the only Islamic country to come under Nazi rule (at first indirectly, through the Vichy regime in France) between 1940 and its liberation by Allied forces on May 7, 1943. In response to the Allied invasion of Algeria and Morocco, German and Italian forces invaded Tunisia on November 9, 1942. By the end of November the Germans took the first anti-Jewish move by arresting four of the community leaders, including Moïse Borgel, the president of the Jewish congregation. "In addition to the governor-general's sympathetic attitude -- and, in some degree, to the pro-Jewish attitude of Bey Sidi Mohammed al-Mounsaf -- the Italians also, in practice, interfered with the application of the anti-Jewish laws" (E.H.). The dignitaries were released after a week following the intervention of the mayor of Tunis and the Italian consul. Because of objections by the Italians, the edict to wear the star does not appear to have been generally enforced with rigor, and was only formally imposed in two cities, Sfax and Tunis. While 5000 Jews had originally been put on forced labor in thirty locations and camps along the front line, "[at] the time of the collapse and surrenter, in early May [1943], only sixteen hundred Jews were employed on forced labor" (E.H.). Given the relatively small labor force, and the lack of zeal in imposing the anti-Jewish ordinances, it is clear why so few of these yellow badges have survived. References: I. Gutman (ed.), Encyclopedia of the Holocaust, vol. 4, pp. 1521-23.
Donne, John; John Donne (the younger)
Small quarto. Collation: [pi]1, (*)2, A(italic)4, A-Ee2 (= 117 leaves). [14], 192, 191-218pp. Title in red and black with ornamental letterpress border; text within single border, with printed marginal glosses. Recent half morocco over marbled boards, spine lettered and ornamented in gilt. First several leaves with marginal erosion; title skillfully repaired and reinforced. Mild (mostly marginal) embrowning throughout. A good, crisp copy. Second edition of one the first treatises on the subject of suicide. "Written in 1608 and published, contrary to Donne's command, by his son" (Grolier). Divided into three main sections, The Law of Nature, The Law of Reason, The Law of God, this long essay by the celebrated Elizabethan era poet "discusses with wonderful subtlety and learning the question whether under any conceivable circumstances suicide might be excusable" (DNB). The present version consists of the sheets (except sig. S, p. 137-144) of the original undated edition, probably published in 1646. The present copy sadly lacks the "Epistle Dedicatory" addressed by the son to Phillip Harbert [Philip Herbert], first earl of Montgomery and fourth earl of Pembroke (1584-1650), a very wealthy and noted patron of the arts. Provenance and annotations: Note at recto front endleaf which references James Gurnhill's The Morals of Suicide (London, 1900), followed by owner entry William [.gate] 20 South Frederick St. Edinburgh; another hand at the verso notes the purchase of this book for six shillings from a London bookseller [Jonathan Tupling?], this being the second copy of the book in his possession. A single leaf has been laid in which appears to transcribe two letters by John Donne found within two other copies of the book, one of which is located at a university library known to the writer of the entry. ESTC R13916; Grolier, Wither to Prior, 294; Wing D-1859; Keynes, Bibl. of John Donne; 48; McAlpin II, p. 560.
Gilbert, William; Silvanus Phillips Thompson (trans.)
1/250. Two parts, folio. [16], 246, [2, colophon & blank]; iv, 67, [1, blank]pp. With bibliographical references and index; separate title for the Notes (dated 1901); decorative initials and ornaments; diagrams throughout (1 folding). Full limp vellum, spine lettered in gilt; green silk ties. Offsetting at endleaves from ties; a few pages with touches of mild to light foxing. A nearly fine copy. First edition (limited to 250 copies) of this English translation of the author's De Magnete, Magneticisque Corporibus et de Magno Magnete Tellure (London, 1600), reproducing the woodcut illustrations and diagrams of the original edition. The physician and natural philosopher William Gilbert (1544?-1603) "provided the first comprehensive and satisfactory explanation of the behaviour of the nautical magnetic compass." The present work, and the only one published in his lifetime, secured the author's enduring significance as it announced a new science of the earth. His rejection of the Aristotelian-Galenic theory of matter, along with the traditional division by Christian Aristotelians of the cosmos into a superior celestial world and an inferior terrestrial one was influenced by Bernardino Telesio and Francesco Patrizi, and especially the vitalist, infinite universe described by Giordano Bruno. Along with Francis Bacon, Gilbert "pioneered the iconoclastic modern positions that knowledge progressed, and that science needed to begin anew on empirical and experimental foundations" (ODNB). References: S. Pumphrey, "William Gilbert" [in:] ODNB. Full title: William Gilbert of Colchester, Physician of London. On the Magnet, Magnetick Bodies Also, and on the Great Magnet the Earth; a New Physiology, Demonstrated by Many Arguments & Experiments. London: Imprinted at the Chiswick Press Anno MCM.
Toegel, Stanislaw
Elephant Folio (17.5 by 13.5 in.): 4pp., 12 color plates, 4pp., 10 color plates. Main text in Polish. Publisher's yellow/red color-illustrated wrappers, lettered in black. Plates tipped onto gray boards with light gray captions in Polish, English and French. Both wrappers with tears at backstrip and bottom margin (all expertly repaired/ reinforced with japan paper); second part with some light stains; front and back wrapper separated along spine. Fine plates on nearly fine boards, with some faint traces of wear, in good wrappers. Hitleriada Furiosa, 12 plates: 1. "Germania furiosa" 1943; 2. To-day Germany, to-morrow the world; 3. His Master's Voice; 4. The day of reckoning; 5. The Old Glory; 6 The dream of power 1941; 7. My name is Meier if one British bomb falls on Berlin; 8. The May Day fool; 9. Germany will never surrender; 10. The Three German Gods; 11. Deutschland, Deutschland über alles - Über Deutschland R. A. F.; 12. The little innocent. Hitleriada Macabra, 10 plates: 1. The Butcher; 2. "Preliminary investigations"; 3. Strength through Joy; 4. A sharpshooter; 5. What make them smile; 6 Guard by the wall of the Ghetto; 7. "Investigations" on a 16 year old girl; 8. Hanging by the nose. The 8-day torture of Jan Blazejowski; 9. "Science" gives hand; 10. The conquerors of Warsaw get their trophies. Toegel worked as a caricaturist in his birthplace Lemberg before World War II. Captured and deported to a forced labor camp in Göttingen, in 1944 during the suppression of the Warsaw uprising, where he worked for the Pergamentpapierfabrik Rube & Co. Here he secretly drew caricatures of the Nazis. After the war Toegel was liberated by the British forces and moved to a camp for Displaced Persons in Osnabrück and here he completed his two cycles of caricatures which were published by Antoni Markiewicz in Celle in 1946. Toegel's work is arguably the most powerful and vivid color documentation and indictment of the Nazis in the immediate postwar period. While studying law at the University of Lemberg Toegel made a name for himself as a caricaturist. He was a regular at the bar "The Star" where leftist Jewish, Polish and Ukrainian young people met. Here he met Karol Kuryluk and Stanislaw Pietak from the Lemberg newspaper "Sygnali." Toegel produced drawings of some of the visitors of the bar and in 1932 published his first portfolio with 16 printed caricatures in gray tones. Limitation stated in Polish and English: 1450 numbered copies of each.
Schäffer, Johann Gottlieb
Small quarto. Collation: )(4, A-N4 (= 56 leaves). [8], 104pp; 2 folding engraved plates. Title in red and black. Recent full brown morocco, embossed in blind, spine with raised bands and gilt ornaments. Dampstain at fore-margin final four leaves (affecting margins of plates, just extending into images). Else a fine copy, crisp and clean on very heavy stock. Third edition of this detailed treatise on the tobacco-smoke enema, first published in 1757. "It was the author's intention to popularize the use of tobacco-smoke clysters in the treatment of various diseases. In 1752 he completed a machine which met his requirement,s and he has used it successfully since then" (Arents). Despite the dangerous character of the tobacco-smoke therapy, its use increased in the XVIIIth century, largely through the influence of English and German physicians. Schaeffers work became a textbook on the subject and passed through several editions. At the verso of the title-page appears a quote attributed to the physician Giorgio Baglivi (1668-1707): Necessitas medicinam invenit, experientia perfecit (Medicines are produced out of necessity, but perfected by experience.) Second plate signed J.N. Maag of Ratisbon (draughtsman and engraver). References: Arents III, 807; Blake 405 (only later eds.); Immensack 1547; Neu 3694.
Richardson, Terry
1/1000 (unnumbered copy). Quarto. Publisher's black boards, dust jacket. Fine in nearly fine dj, with slight wear at spine ends, and some faint rubbing at extremities; The Clown puzzle fine, in original shrinkwrap. Housed in publisher's photo-illustrated box with some light rubbing at the edges. This first book by Terry Richardson was published in conjunction with an exhibition for the Japanese fashion purveyors Hysteric Glamour. A notoriously decadent work, but one which nonetheless blacks-out the (human) genitalia for Japanese aficionados: revelry, cats and dogs, clowns, selfies (when they used to be pretentiously referred to as "self portraits") -- what more could you want? Signed by the photographer at the title-page. Offered with the companion jigsaw puzzle which depicts a portrait of Toe Jam the Clown, also signed, at the bottom corner. References: A. Roth (ed.), The Open Book. (Göteborg, Sweden: Hasselblad Center in association with Steidl Verlag, Göttingen, Germany, 2004); M. Parr & G. Badger, The Photobook: A History, Volume 2.
Glasse, Mrs. [Hannah]
Octavo. xl, 419, [1, blank]pp. With a copious 21-page index. Contemporary tree calf, skillfully rebacked to style (endleaves renewed), spine elaborately tooled in gilt with morocco lettering pieces. Mild wear at corners; occasional touches of light marginal foxing; clean 3-inch tear leaf b (no loss of text), else a very good copy. A New Edition of this classic English cookbook written by the costumier and writer on cookery Hannah Glasse (bap. 1708-1770). A groundbreaking aspirational work and a precursor to The Joy of Cooking, Mrs. Glasse offers in twenty-eight chapters basic instruction in preparation and techniques along with a grand panoply of recipes, including seasonal menu planning for three course meals; main courses; side dishes; sauces; soups; desserts; pickling; canning and preserves. With some notable chapters: "Directions for the Sick," "For Captains of Ships," "Receipts for Perfumery (and toiletries)." First published in 1746, Mrs. Glasse's Art of Cookery, in revised and expanded editions, remained a best-seller for nearly a century. References: Bitting, p.190; Simon 772; Vicaire 414.
Sicard, Maurice-Ivan (director); Émile Bougère (copy ed.); Jehan Teisseire (photo ed.)
Small folio. 12 x 10 1/2". Unpaginated. 48 double-sided leaves (approx. 100 pages). Illustrated lithographic cover with photo-montage and text in black and yellow. A French right-wing collaborationist and anti-Communist publication issued during the Nazi-occupation. This massive publication was quite lavishly produced for a piece of propaganda, and is profusely illustrated throughout with hundreds of striking images (some full-page) including b/w and cyan tinted photogravure, as well as drawings, photo collage, photo-montage, reproductions of original documents and artwork and political caricatures. Also included are a few charts and statistical tables. The text is divided into more than 20 different sections (or articles) written by a large number of prominent French collaborationist and right-wing political figures, journalists and writers of the period. These include Maurice-Ivan Sicard (1910-2000, also the director/ editor), Maurice Laporte (1901-1987), Émile Bougère (1903-1964), Lt. Colonel Paul Gamory-Dubourdeau (1889-1963), Jacques Ploncard d'Assac (1910-2005), Armand Bernardini (1895-1972), artist and cartoonist Ralph Soupault (1904-1962), Cardinal Alfred Baudrillart (1859-1942) and others. Many contributors to this publication were involved in the infamous right-wing and anti-Semitic periodical Le Cahier Jaune (1941-1943), published by André Chaumet. The content throughout include tirades against the Soviets, International Communism, Jews, and many other entities. Numerous specific figures of the Soviet State are singled for direct attack. There are constant praises for the Nazis, Fascism, and the Franco regime, as well as discussions of the Russian Revolution and the Spanish Civil War, among other related topics. Notable sections include a detailed analysis of prominent Jewish communists and Jewish Soviet figures (including photo portraits), and an analysis of so-called "Bolshevik Art", which in a similar way to the Nazi concept of "Degenerate art", labels works of the modern art and the 20th century avant-garde, as being instruments of International Communism, and the plots of nefarious Jewish art dealers to steal patrons' money. Shown are photogravure reporductions of works by Picasso, Leger and others (no credits). The text of the title refers to the infamous Katyn Massacre (1940) in which more than 20,000 members of the Polish military and intelligentsia where executed by the soviet NKVD, under the orders of Stalin. The dead were then buried in mass graves in the Katyn forest, and later uncovered by the Nazis in 1943. News of the discovery was effectively used by the Germans as anti-Soviet propaganda in publications such as this, warning against the dangers of Bolshevism. The final section of this publication addresses the massacre specifically, and includes images of the mass graves. The back cover is a striking photographic image showing crosses in silhouette accompanied by a quote from French poet and essayist Charles Peguy. The interior front cover contains a full-page visual diagram showing the organization of the International Communist party inside France. Text throughout in French. Wrappers with some light rubbing, creasing and chipping to extremities. Small residue from tape along the spine. Wrappers overall quite clean and vibrant. Save for the most minor age toning to the edges of the pages, the interior is clean and vibrant throughout. Wrappers in very good-, inteiror in near fine condition overall. Quite scarce. Protected in modern mylar.
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Small Folio. Vol. I: iv, 116, xxi, 8pp.; Vol. II: 56pp.,26pp. Both volumes bound in orange cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Bound in are original brown wraps with black lettering and color plate depicting fireplace pasted to cover. Two light brown endpapers. The title page with decorative initial, publisher's device and double framing, printed in black. Volume two with gray wraps in black lettering with publisher's device and triple framing. Title page here with alphabetical and numerical indices bound in following the illustrated part with offset reproductions of products. Catalogs introducing a comprehensive selection of reproductions of antique brass work, plated on copper goods, cut glass copper goods, lead garden ornaments, sundial pedestals, etc., pointing out the great care taken with the finish of the goods, alerting customers to indicate the variant kinds of finishes. Vol. 1: With alphabetical index following title page of part one. The main part with illustrations of the items offered from chestnut roasters, door knockers, candlesticks, candelabras, ladles and forks, lanterns, plaques, jardinieres, scoops and coal hods, door porters, brass fenders, stands, hand bells,water clocks, trays and boxes, sundials, old English cut glass, figures and fire bracks, mahogany furniture and China tea sets, among others. Vol. 1, part 2: Catalog printed for S. P. Skinner, Representative for the United States and Canada. Contains alphabetical and numerical indices and only eight pages with illustrations of products, showing forks, knockers, stands, trays, electric standards, book ends and electric wall brackets, jardinieres, stands, a log box, and brass andirons. Verso of title page with typed price corrections glued onto verso of title page Vol. 2: This catalog, with title page and indices bound in at rear offers box chestnut roasters and skimmers, hanging pots and trays, door knockers, brass candlesticks and candelabras, lanterns, wall and lantern brackets, brass plaques, vases, jardinieres, copper boilers, fenders, ashtrays and ink stands, brass boxes, hooks and ornaments, brass bellows, grandfather clock faces, lead garden ornaments, iron dog grates, fire backs, etc. Laid in are four pieces of business correspondence with California clients, one with elaborate design of the Mission Inn, Riverside, one with Pearson-Page letterhead, a plain, typed letters, one from the Cloister Art Shop. In addition, three pages with extensive list of items to be purchased, penciled to verso of The Antique Reproduction Co., Hollywood. Binding with minor wear along edges. Wraps in both volumes with very light creasing. Both blocks with light age-toning. Title page in volume one with address of representative S. P. Skinner inked to top margin of title page. Two leaves in section on of volume one with two inch closed tears in top and bottom margins. Four leaves in section 5 of volume one with four inch chips in lower margins affecting only repetitive manufacturer's info. Two inch closed tear in same section of section 8. Two by one inch chips in two leaves of upper margins in section 14, only affecting black framing. Several brief pencil notes and markings mostly in volume one.
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Square octavo. [2] 4, 4, [26], 56pp. Lustrous silver and red textured paper boards. Housed in the original cardboard slipcase, with black lettering on the front and spine. Missing the original illustrated dust jacket. This extremely scarce work is a memorial publication in honor of the recently deceased Japanese photographer and photo-journalist Koroku Okubo (1900-1936), and a posthumous retrospective on his life and work. Okubo worked for the famous The Asahi Shimbun newspaper, and was involved with the paper's pictorial magazine Asahigraph, from it's inception in 1923. The book was published privately by Okubo's three brothers, in a small limited run and not for sale. Printing was overseen by Asahi Printing Co., the photographer's former employer. Okubo's impressive photography ranged from documentary photo reportage to pictorialism and the avant-garde. The full range of the photographer's work is represented in this book. Initial text is comprised of a preface by Japanese reporter and journalist Sugimura Sojinkan (1872-1945), who was a friend of the photographer, and introductory text by Okubo's three surviving brothers who published the book. Following this is a selection 40 b/w reproductions after original images of the the photographer's work, divided into three categories: a) art photography (pictorialism), b) photo-journalism, and c) special avant-garde images and techniques for special effects. This third category of his work shows his experimentation with different lenses, photomontage, photograms, and negative images, as well as other types of distortions and trick photography used to produce satirical images of public figures. All images are captioned. Following this is an extensive section containing text memorializing Okubo's life and praising his work, written by colleagues and friends. Another short section of photographic images shows photo-collages of issues of Asahigraph, and of other publications which featured the photographer's work. It should be noted that his only published book during his lifetime is shown here, the very scarce "Asahi Camera Series. No. 8, Torikku shashin no tsukurikata" ("How to Make Trick Photos", Asahi Shinbunsha, 1934)* co-authored with Japanese filmmaker and film theorist Norimasa Kaeriyama. Also shown are photographs of Okubo himself, including portraits and images of the photographer traveling on assignment. The final pages include a section of text containing Okubo's thoughts and words from the period shortly before his death, and an editor's postscript. This exceptionally rare work offers an important glimpse into the life and work of a distinctive and often neglected photographer, who's images represent the intersection of modern photo-journalism, art photography and emerging avant-garde trends in prewar Japan. Although often forgotten in the years since his death, Okubo's work has started to appear in a number of Japanese photographic exhibitions, starting in the 1980s. This book along with the previously mentioned 1934 publication, is the only known publication solely dedicated to Okubo's photography. Text in Japanese. Slipcase with some staining, rubbing and some light chipping at the front. Binding with some light rubbing to covers and extremities. Endpapers and interior covers with some damp stains and rippling due to moisture exposure. Text and images throughout extremely clean. Binding tight. Slipcase in good, binding in very good-, interior in very good+ condition overall. No copies on OCLC worldwide. Alternate translation: Posthumously Published Works by Okubo Koroku Bibliography references: Heiting, Manfred. The Japanese Photobook: 1912-1990. Steidl, 2017. p.120 (#56) *ã¢ãµãã«ã¡ã å¢æ . ç 8, ããªãã åçã®ä½ãæ .
Three works bound in one volume: an amulet and two devotional manuals printed in the late 17th/early 18th century. Contemporary calf. Well-thumbed with two clean horizontal tears at leaves B6 and B7 in the third work (affecting one of the woodcuts). A good, complete set of scarce ephemeral works: [1] A-B12 (= 24 leaves). [48]pp. Geistlicher Schild gegen geist- und leibliche Gefährlichkeiten allzeit bey sich zu tragen, darin sehr kräftige Segen und Gebethe, so theils von Gott geoffenbaret, von der Kirchen und h. h. Vätern gemacht, und von Urbano VIII. Röm. Papst approbiret worden: zum Trost aller Christglaubigen, sonderlich deren, so zu Wasser oder Land reisen, damit sie durch die Kraft dieses bey sich tragenden Schilds, vor vielen Gefahren erhalten werden. Cum licentia Ord. Cens. Trevir ibidem An. 1647. impressum. Gedruckt zu Maynz. A note on the final page suggests this was printed in 1674 or later: "Ex libello de effectu Numismat. S. Bened. Fuldae impress. A. 1674." This work is plainly advertised to offer protection by means of "powerful blessings and prayers" against mental and physical dangers, especially for travelers. [2] A-B12 (= 24 leaves). 48pp. Andächtige Weis dem Amt der H. Mess nützlich beyzuwohnen. In Betrachtung des bittern Leidens und Sterbens unsers Herrn und Seeligmachers Jesu Christi. Samt beygefügten Morgen- und Abend-Gebetlein. Das thut zu meiner Gebächtnus, Luc. 22. [no place or name of publisher; undated]. Contemplation of the Passion of Christ, with morning and evening prayers. [3] A-C12 (= 36 leaves). [72]pp; 24 woodcut vignettes (including the first title-page) [Main title:] Geistliche Schild-Wacht, darinnen der Mensch ihm für eine jegliche Stund, sowohl des Tags als bey der Nacht einen besonderen [besondern] Patron aus den Heiligen Gottes auserwehlet. Welchen er mit einem Gebetlein anruffet, daß er in der Stund seines Absterbens gleich aufstehen und wachen wolle, damit er nicht von den arglistigen Anfechtungen des bösen Feindes überwunden werde. Gedruckt im Jahr Christi 1705 [no place or name of publisher]. A briefer title precedes, with a large woodcut vignette in a format similar to the illustrations appearing throughout the rest of the work. The 24 woodcut illustrations of saints provide the chance for prayer at each hour of the day. The first work has been attributed to Martin of Cochem (1630-1712), who worked with plague victims and was a professor of theology and priest in the Archdiocese of Trier who worked with plague victirms and wrote many popular religious books in German on church history, the lives of saints and contemplation during the mass. A discussion appears on A11v and A12r of the first part in which the Blessing of Saint Zacharias in the form of symbols (cross) and letters which represent the lines of the blessing, is said to prevent the plague when worn on the body.
Octavo. 10 volumes (final vol. is the bibliography & index). Brown cloth, spines lettered in gilt. A facsimile edition limited to 500 sets. Illustrated throughout. Endpaper maps of the fur country of the U. S. far west. A fine, as new set with 8 of the 10 volumes still in publisher's shrink wrap. Contents: Vol. I. A brief history of the fur trade of the far West. Background: furs and frontiers -- Fur trade advance on the Upper Missouri and in Oregon -- Trade ventures in the Southwest -- Ashley enters the mountains: the rendezvous of 1825 and 1826 -- Smith, Jackson, and Sublette, 1826-1830 -- Rivals in the Rockies, 1830-1833 -- The passing of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company, 1833-1836 -- End of the rendezvous: decline of the fur trade -- The mountain men. Manuel Alvarez / by Harold H. Dunham -- Abel Baker, Jr. / by Janet Lecompte -- Jean Baptiste Charbonneau / by Ann W. Hafen -- Francis A. Chardon / by Ray H. Mattison -- Henry Chatillon / by Wilbur R. Jacobs -- James Clyman / by Charles L. Camp -- Alexander Culbertson / by Ray H. Mattison -- Jimmy Daugherty / by Harvey L. Carter -- Job Francis Dye / by Gloria Griffen Cline -- Thomas Eddie / by Frederic E. Voelker -- Gabriel Franchere / by Carl P. Russell -- Mark Head / by Harvey L. Carter -- Charles Larpenteur / by Louis Pfaller, O.S.B. -- Joseph L. Meek / by Harvey E. Tobie -- George Nidever / by Margaret E. Beckman and William H. Ellison -- Hiram Scott / by Merrill J. Mattes -- Isaac Slover / by Andrew F. Rolle -- Pinckney W. Sublette / by John E. Sunder -- Solomon P. Sublette / by John E. Sunder -- Charles Town / by Janet Lecompte. Vol. II. The mountain men. John D. Albert / by LeRoy R. Hafen -- Charles Bent / by Harold H. Dunham -- Thomas Biggs / by Janet Lecompte -- Francis Ziba Branch / by John E. Baur -- Calvin T. Briggs / by Janet Lecompte -- Lewis T. Burton / by John E. Baur -- John Pierre Cabanne, Sr. / by Ray H. Mattison -- Moses Carson / by Harvey L. Carter -- Jacques Clamorgan / by A. P. Nasatir -- Auguste Clermont (August Claymore) / by Harvey L. Carter -- William Craig / by Frederick Mark -- John Day / by Kenneth L. Holmes -- Jacques D'Eglise / by A. P. Nasatir -- Warren Angus Ferris / by Lyman C. Pederson, Jr. -- Johnson Gardner / by Aubrey L. Haines -- Hugh Glenn / by Harry R. Stevens -- Antoine Godin / by Aubrey L. Haines -- Miles Morris Goodyear / by Eugene E. Campbell -- Mathew Kinkead / by Janet Lecompte -- James Kipp / by Ray H. Mattison -- Lancaster P. Lupton / by Ann W. Hafen -- Kenneth McKenzie / by Ray H. Mattison -- Stephen Hall Meek / by Harvey E. Tobie -- David Dawson Mitchell / by Ray H. Mattison -- Antonio Montero / by Edgeley L. Carter -- Albert Pike / by Harvey L. Carter -- William Pope / by Andrew F. Rolle -- Nathaniel Pryor / by Raymond W. Settle -- Nathaniel Miguel Pryor / by Raymond W. Settle -- John Baptiste Richard / by John Dishon McDermott -- Osborne Russell / by Aubrey L. Haines -- Isaac Sparks / by John E. Baur -- Louis Vasquez / by LeRoy R. Hafen -- Walkara, Ute Chief / by Gustive O. Larson -- William Wolfskill / by Iris Higbie Wilson -- John Work / by Ray M. Reeder -- Ewing Young / by Harvey L. Carter. Vol. III. The mountain men. Marcelino Baca / by Janet Lecompte -- James Baird / by Rex W. Strickland -- / James Baker / by Nolie Mumey -- Henry A. Boller / by Ray H. Mattison -- Michel Bourdon / by Merle Wells -- John J. Burroughs / by Janet Lecompte -- Richard Campbell / by John E. Baur -- Joseph Dickson / by Frank H. Dickson -- William Doughty / by Harvey E. Tobie -- Joe Doyle / by Harvey L. Carter -- John Thomas Evans / by A.P. Nasatir -- Jacob Fowler / by Raymond W. Settle -- Henry Fraeb / by LeRoy R. Hafen -- Isaac Graham / by Doyce B. Nunis, Jr. -- James A. Hamilton (Palmer) / by Ray H. Mattison -- William Laidlaw / by Ray H. Mattison -- Antoine and Abraham Ledoux / by Janet Lecompte -- Stephen Louis Lee / by David J. Weber -- Jacob Primer Leese / by Gloria Griffen Cline -- William Morrison / by Richard E. Oglesby -- Henry Naile / by Doyce B. Nunis, Jr. -- Peter Skene Ogden / by Ted J. Warner -- Pierre Chrysologue Pambrun / by Kenneth L. Holmes -- Daniel T. Potts / by Gerald C. Bagley -- Rufus B. Sage / by Ann W. Hafen -- Marcellin St. Vrain / by Harvey L. Carter -- Thomas L. Sarpy / by George M. Platt -- George Semmes Simpson / by Harvey L. Carter and Janet Lecompte -- William Tharp / by Janet Lecompte -- David Thompson / by Alvin M. Josephy, Jr. -- Philip F. Thompson / by LeRoy R. Hafen -- Courtney Meade Walker / by Jo Tuthill -- Seth E. Ward / by Merrill J. Mattes -- Caleb Wilkins / by Harvey E. Tobie -- Dick Wootton / by Harvey L. Carter. Vol. IV. The mountain men. Charles Autobees / by Janet Lecompte -- George Bent / by Harvey L. Carter -- Robert Bent / by Harvey L. Carter -- Joseph Bissonette / by John Dishon McDermott -- Alexander K. Branch / by Janet Lecompte -- George Douillard / by M.O. Skarsten -- George Wood Ebbert / by Harvey E. Tobie -- Robert Fisher / by Harvey L. Carter -- Moses "Black" Harris / by Jerome Peltier -- Alexander Harvey / by Ray H. Mattison -- John L. Hatcher / by Harvey L. Carter -- John Hawkins / by Janet Lecompte -- Theodore Hunt / by E. Lee Dorsett -- Thomas James / by Frederick E. Voelker -- Charles Kinney / by Janet Lecompte -- Antoine Leroux / by Forbes Parkhill -- James Makcay / by A.P. Nasatir -- William F. May / by Adrienne T. Christopher -- Archibald Charles Metcalf / by Janet Lecompte -- Gervais Nolan / by David J. Weber -- James Ohio Pattie / by Ann W. Hafen -- Joshua Pilcher / by Ray H. Mattison -- Antoine Robidoux / by Willaim S. Wallace -- John Rowland / by David J. Weber -- Peter A. Sarpy / by John E. Wickman -- Alexander Sinclair / by LeRoy R. Hafen -- Prewett F. Sinclair / by LeRoy R. Hafen -- Thomas L. (Peg-Leg) Smith / by Alfred Glen Humphreys -- Milton G. Sublette / by Doyce B. Nunis, Jr. -- Pierre Tevanitagon (Old Pierre, The Iroquois) / by Merle Wells -- Tom Tobin / by Harvey L. Carter -- Elbridge Trask / by Jo Tuthill -- Jean Baptiste Tru
