OBSERVATIONS PHYSIQUES ET MATHEMATIQUES: POUR SERVIR A L’HISTOIRE NATURELLE & A LA PERFECTION DE L’ASTRONOMIE & DE LA GEOGRAPHIE: Envoyees de Siam a l’Academie Royale des Sciences a Paris, par les Peres Jesuites Francois Qui Vont a la Chine en Qualite de Mathematiciens du Roy.
Gouye, Thomas 8vo. (8),278,(6)pp. With the leaf of approbation and the 2 leaves of index at back. With 3 copper engraved folding plates, illustrating the author's dissection of a crocodile. Original mottled calf, gilt spine in six compartments. Spine extremities worn and front hinge starting, but quite sound. Front free endpaper lacking. Small paper repair on a blank portion of the title, likely removing the name of a previous owner, and a small repair at the bottom blank margin of pp. 33/34. Some occasional text foxing. This is the scarce first edition of Jesuit scholar Gouye's (1650-1725) first book, a report of his scientific observations made on his voyage and stay in Siam before traveling on to China. He makes observations on the animals of Siam, on eclipses, mathematical calculations of latitude & longitude, and geography. Currently there is no other copy for sale on-line. The last auction record was 2004 (2,160 GBP). There is one copy (2 listings but the same copy) of his second report of his observations published in 1692, a briefer work of 113pp., for $15,000. DeBaker & Sommervogel III, columns 1640-1641. Cordier. INDOSINICA 949.- $6,500
- $6,500
Ninety-Two in the Shade
McGuane, Thomas New York, 1973 First Edition, First Printing. Hard cover. Octavo. 197pp. Top edge stained red. Signed by author on title page and dated 1992. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. The author's third novel and the basis of a 1975 movie of the same name directed by him.- $250
- $250
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CRITICISMS ON THE ROLLIAD. [By Joseph Richardson and others]. The Ninth Edition, Corrected and Enlarged
Rolliad 2 parts bound in one. 164;iv,136,8pp. Engraved frontis. and large engraved vignette on title. Contemporary tree calf, ornately gilt spine with red calf spine label; extremities a bit rubbed. Part I is the ninth edition (1791) and Part II is the third edition (1790). A collection of Whig political satires directed against William Pitt and his followers. The two parts are usually found separately.- $150
- $150
The Raven, Le Corbeau
Poe, Edgar Allan New York, 1968 A facsimile of the 1875 edition of The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe with French translation (into English) by Stephane Mallarme and illusttrations by Edouard Manet. Copy number 119 of a limited edition of 1000 copies. Slim quarto. Hard cover. Unpaginated but 32pp. Fine in a fine dust jacket.- $225
- $225
Oölogy of New England: A Description of the Eggs, Nests and Breeding Habits of the Birds Known to Breed in New England with Coloured Illustrations of Their Eggs.
Capen (Elwin A.) Tall folio (10 1/2 x 14ins, 270 x 375mm). Text and plates loose and unbound (see below) in original black cloth box, small splits, a little rubbed, but very good. pp 116. "25 full page plates of eggs, representing several hundred, beautifully coloured. Notably complete and good". ( Bennett, American Nineteenth Century Colour Plate Books). The dramatic colour printed plates show 323 eggs, decoratively arranged on each plate with ruled border and captioned, most images far larger than usual, and printed on a straw-coloured or very light-green card stock. This has become a scarce book, and is the first copy I have seen in many years. Quite the largest format of its sort and the only one on American Birds Eggs. The Finest Possible Copy. " This magnificent volume. has long been out of print. Last Summer amongst the effects of the late E.A Capen a few copies of this valuable work, uncut, untrimmed and unbound, but each copy assembled and wrapped ready for the binder were unearthed, and. the undersigned secured them. The few copies I possess are being distributed among my old. friends." From the label affixed to the top of the box, in the name of Frank H. Lattin M.D., Albion. N.Y.- $2,026
- $2,026
Statutes of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire 1957. Together with: Service of Dedication in St Paul’s Cathedral, Wednesday 22 May 1974.
Order of the British Empire: 2 items folio (8 1/2 x 11ins, 215 x 285mm) original maroon stiff card covers, gilt and in fine condition. Statutes: pp67, 7 monochrome plates. 3 letters to Richard Gronow Hinks MBE from the Registrar of the OBE concerning fund raising and dedication of the chapel in St Pauls, signed receipt of One Pound's donation (the maximum permitted) to the funds of the chapel. Service: pp2 p printed red and black, coloured frontispiece and plate. With invitation and dress and transport instructions.- $109
- $109
New Year’s In Sokolniki
Kononov, A Moscow, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Ca 1954 Stapled in wraps. 11 1/4" by 8 1/2" Twelve pages including three full page b/w illustrations by N. Zhukov. Very good. A publication of the Soviet Children's Library For Tiny Tots which tells a story of V.I. Lenin visiting an orphanage outside of Moscow and delivering presents and good cheer. Propaganda in the form of a thinly veiled retelling of the Santa Claus folk tale.- $125
- $125
THE WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE. Edited by W. E. Henley
Shakespeare, William Folio. 10 volumes. Each volume with a fine frontispiece with tissue guard. Large vignette on each title. Finely printed in an edition of 1,000 copies, signed by the publisher, on fine paper, with deckle fore-edge. Bound in half dark green morocco over dark green cloth. Gilt spines with 5 raised bands. T.e.g. A very attractive set, but for a few covers being a bit bowed. This fine set is referred to as the Constable Edition or the Edinburgh Folio Edition.- $750
- $750
THE WORKS OF SALLUST, Translated into English. With Political Discourses Upon That Author. To Which Is Added, a Translation of Cicero’s Four Orations Against Catiline. By Thomas Gordon
Sallustius Crispus, Caius 4to. 2 parts in 1. xvi,xviii,202;viv,336,(10)pp. Index. Cont. half calf, spine decorated in blind & gilt, with brown calf spine label, over marbled boards (a bit darkened). Cont. inked signatures of 2 previous owners on title page. The scarce first edition of this translation. The title page is not dated (in all copies). The date of 1744 is assumed from "the evidence of" Sept. 3, 1743 printed at the end of the dedication of Volume 2.- $450
- $450
PICCADILLY IN THREE CENTURIES. With Some Account of Berkeley Square and the Haymarket
Dasent, Arthur Irwin 8vo. vi,(vi),318,(6)pp. The final 4 pages being ads. Index. Illustrated with 11 plates, and further "Extra-Illustrated" with 71 plates (5 in color); portraits, facsimiles and views, some inlaid or mounted. Fine copy in full tan polished morocco, with ornately gilt pine and two colored morocco spine labels. T.e.g. Bookplate of J. L. and E. B. Ketterlinus of Philadelphia. Binding signed by Riviere.- $650
- $650
DICTIONARY, PERSIAN, ARABIC, AND ENGLISH; With a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature and Manners of Eastern Nations. A New Edition, with Numerous Additions and Improvements by Charles Wilkins
Richardson, John. A. 2 volumes. Lg. 4to. xcvi,1157,(1);(4),xxiv,853,(3)pp. Double column text. With the leaf of ads at the back of Volume II (a tape repair to a blank portion of the leaf), and the half-title in Volume II (no half-title required in Volume I). Cont. calf boards, quite rubbed & worn, calf chipped along the edges and some corners. Both volumes nicely rebacked with red morocco spine labels. A number of old rubber stamps of the Mercantile Library New York, who sold off their books in the 1970s. Each volume with an old inscription of a preliminary blank from one Joseph Wolff to his friend J. King. Very scarce. The greatly revised "New Edition" with extensive revisions by the great orientalist Charles Wilkins (Richardson died in 1795). The work was originally printed in 2 folio volumes in 1777-1780 in Oxford. Richardson also wrote A SPECIMEN OF PERSIAN POETRY (1774), and both an Arabic Grammar (1776) and a Persian Grammar (1771). The first volume is Arabic and Persian words translated to English, and the second volume English words translated to Arabic and Persian.- $2,000
- $2,000
Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Ichtyologie. Dédié et présenté à M. Necker, Ministre d’Etat, & Directeur Général des Finances.
BONNATERRE, Abbé. Première édition, in-4; lvi, 215p.; 102 planches gravées en taille douce, en beau tirage, représentant 413 poissons. Jolie reliure moderne en demi-veau bronze, dos à nerfs orné de filets et roulettes dorées, et de petits fers à froid, plats et gardes marbrés. Traces de mouillures en marge extérieure du volume, n'affectant pas le texte ni la gravure, ayant entraîné une fragilisation du papier sur quelques cahiers. La partie "Ichtyologie" de l'Encyclopédie Panckoucke, qui forme un panorama descriptif des principales espèces de poissons alors recensées, remarquablement illustrée de 102 belles planches gravées en taille-douce.- $1,278
- $1,278
THE POETICAL WORKS OF LORD BYRON with Explanatory Notes and a Life of the Author, by Thomas Moore. Illustrated with Numerous Fine Steel Engravings Embracing the Principal Female Characters, Landscape and Historical Subjects. First Quarto Edition Complete in One Volume
Byron, George Gordon Noel, Lord Lg. 4to. (2),ii,xxviii,(5)-740pp. Double column text. Plus a frontispiece portrait, added engraved title and 38 steel engraved plates (each with a tissue guard). Bound in full 20th c. gilt decorated polished green calf. A.e.g. Some foxing of outer leaves and occasional light foxing of the plates (mostly in the blank outer margins). A lovely edition.- $200
- $200
Catalogo De La Coleccion De Codices
Glass John B. Mexico City, 1964 Hard cover. Grey publisher's cloth with silver lettering. Quarto. 237pp. plus 139 b/w plates. Marginalia consisting of cross referencing in pencil to the descriptions, and ink to the margins of the plates by a previous scholar. Very good.- $112
- $112
Meditations on Hunting
Ortega y Gasset, Jose New York, 1972 First American Edition. Hardcover. 152 pages. Gift inscription to front free end paper otherwise fine in a very good dust jacket. Translated by Howard B. Wescott, with an introduction by Paul Shepard and illustrated by Lewis S. Brown.- $200
- $200
The Charlie Chaplin Archives
Duncan, Paul (Editor) No.1068 of a limited first edition with a 12 Frame Strip from "City Lights" cut from an Original 35 MM Print in the Charlie Chaplin Archives. Hard cover. Oblong 16 1/2" by 12 1/4" 560 pages. Tiny blemish to one of the title letters on front cover otherwise fine. In original custom box. Three years in the making, and leaving no document unturned in the vast Chaplin archives, this XL tome follows the making of every one of Chaplin's films. Featuring personal letters and memos, sketches, storyboards, posters, on-set photos, and oral history from Chaplin and some of his closest collaborators, it reveals the impromptu invention as well as the meticulous planning that together made Chaplin the first international film star. - from the publisher.- $375
- $375
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THE ANTIQUARIAN BOOK MONTHLY REVIEW [name changed to: ANTIQUARIAN BOOK MONTHLY starting in 1993]
Volume I, No. 1 (February, 1974) -- Volume XXVIII, No. 11 (Dec - Jan, 2001-2002). 322 issues (of 324) lacking two issues; July 1990 (#195)and Oct. 1998 (#289). 4to. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white. Glossy wrappers. Just about a complete file of the very popular British trade journal covering all aspects of book collecting, and the world of books. There were name changes after this date, to ANTIQUARIAN BOOK REVIEW (to 2004), and RARE BOOK REVIEW (to 2009), which we are not offering.- $850
- $850
Codice Xolotl
Dibble, Charles E. Mexico, 1980 Two Volume set in matching slip case. Cloth bound hard covers with crest in gilt and black to front. Tall quartos. Vol. 1 (text) 164 pages. Vol. 2 Plates. Both volumes clean and unmarked with tight bindings and minor wear to covers. The Codicé Xolotl is a post-conquest cartographic Aztec codex, thought to have originated before 1542. It is annotated in Nahuatl and details the pre-conquest history of the Valley of Mexico, and Texcoco in particular, from the arrival of the Chichimeca under the king Xolotl in the year 5 Flint (1224) to the Tepanec War in 1427. The manuscript consists of six amatl boards measuring 17" × 19" with ten pages and three fragments from one or more pages. While it is unknown who did the binding of the manuscript, it is cast like a European book back to back. The Codex Xolotl has been an important source in giving detailed information on material, social, political and cultural changes in the region during the period. It is one of the few still surviving cartographic histories from the Valley of Mexico and one of the earliest of its type. - Wikipedia.- $350
- $350
THE BOTANIC GARDEN. A Poem, In Two Parts. Part I. Containing the Economy of Vegetation. Part II. The Loves of the Plants. With Philosophical Notes. The Second American Edition
Darwin, Erasmus and Elihu H. Smith and others] 2 parts in 1, each part with a separate title page. xviii,278;144pp. Index of pant names. Illustrated with a copper engraved frontispiece, 16 copper engraved plates (6 by William Blake, including 4 of the Portland Vase), and a copper engraved folding geologic stratigraphic column. Cont. tree calf, brown calf spine label, hinges & spine a bit rubbed but sound. General title page a bit browned and with an old paper repair to a blank portion (no text loss). Some offset browning to pages facing the plates. AMERICAN BIBLIOGRAPHY 1807, #12395.- $450
- $450
THE AMERICAN BOOK COLLECTOR
Thorsen, W. B. (ed.) Volume I, No. 1 (Sept. 1950) to Volume XXVI, No. 6 (July/August 1976), when publication ceased. 230 (of 233) issues published. This run lacking Vol. XVIII, No. 2 and Vol. XIX, No. 1 and No. 2. This important journal started in 1950 as "The Amateur Book Collector," until the summer of 1956. At that time (Volume VII, No. 1) it became THE AMERICAN BOOK COLLECTOR. The 6 first years were published in two different sizes, in a newspaper-like format, then switched to a uniform illustrated wrapper format. All of the issues from Volume VII to the final issue are housed in 6 big slipcases. It is very unusual to find a complete run of this journal. Particularly scarce are the issues of the first 6 years.- $950
- $950
VITAE PONTIFICUM
Platina, Bartholomaeus Folio. Complete with 136 leaves including the final blank. A wide margined copy. Capital letters unrubricated. Original Italian oak boards, with later sheep spine with two black morocco spine labels, spine worn and lower 2 inches of front and back hinge cracked, but quite sound overall. Remnants of fore-edge clasps (clasps lacking). Last leaves with small inner marginal stains. Some occasional light dampstains or foxing. Title in a contemporary hand on rear oak board and fore-edge. Housed in a rust cloth folding box with morocco spine label. A very influential and popular reference work for centuries. Platina (d. 1481), the librarian of the Vatican, wrote the first medieval chronicle of the papacy, in effect, the official history of the Roman Pontiffs. It was first printed in 1479. Our edition is the third printed. The printer, Johannes Vercellensis, is usually associated with Venice, but he printed 9 books (per the ISTC) in Treviso, starting in 1480. This edition includes the biography of Pope Joan unexpurgated, on leaf gIII. Goff P770; BUC VI 897; HC 13048*. ISTC ip00770000. This edition includes the biography of Pope Joan unexpurgated, on leaf gIII. Goff P770; BUC VI 897; HC 13048*. ISTC ip00770000.- $6,000
- $6,000
The Magical Record of the Beast 666
Crowley, Aleister (John Symonds and Kenneth Grant, Editors) London, 1972 Limited edition number 233 of 250 signed on the limitation page by editors John Symonds and Kenneth Grant, the latter with the addition of his O.T.O. moniker. Green cloth over boards with gilt to spine Crowley's distinctive signature reproduced in gilt on the front cover. Marbled end papers. All edges green stained. Octavo. [xv] 326pp. In custom slip case. Some white marks to spine and slip case. The diaries of Aleister Crowley from 1914 to 1920 covering almost all of his time in America and the start of his time at Cefalu and travels in between. Including daily events and records of his occult practices.- $800
- $800
The Campus: University of California
Abell, Carl Oakland, 1919 Hard cover 10 1/2" by 8 1/4" String tied. Blue cloth spine, gold cloth over boards with a bear and lettering in blue. 43 full page b/w photographs of the campus of the University of California, each captioned on the page opposite. Previous owner's signature in ink with the inscription, Memories / of my / "Alma Mater" dated Feb 3, 1922 to front free end paper. Slight darkening and shelf wear to cover.- $109
- $109
Pen & Inklings
Herford, Oliver New York, 1893 Slim 12 mo. Unpaginated. Green cloth over boards with red initial and black lettering to front cover. A volume of poetry with b/w illustrations throughout. Bookplate of Frank Earle Hayward to the front fixed end paper and another smaller "property of " label of his to the front free end paper. Mr. Hayward had considerable connections to the revolutionary era-- he was a member of the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, and apparently of the Order of Washington, where he was the Deputy Vice-Commander-General for the state of New York. He was also a member of the Bibliophile Society of Boston. A copy of this bookplate resides in the William Augustus Brewer Bookplate Collection at the University of Delaware.- $150
- $150
Two Women in the Klondike
Hitchcock, Mary E. New York and London, 1899 Green cloth over boards with title in gilt and two colored design to front. 8vo. [xiv] 485pp [2] with fold out map of Alaska in rear pocket. 105 illustrations, primarily b/w photographs. Internal hinges split. Some rubbing to corners with slight loss to top front and top of spine Describes the adventures of Hitchcock and Edith Van Buren, a grandniece of President Van Buren, during a perilous and eventful journey taken in the summer of 1898. Owing to the waters of the Yukon River being low, the two women were delayed for some time at Dawson City where they located miner's claims and lived as squatters. Besides the interesting incidents of travel included, the book included graphic descriptions of the Klondike region, and accounts of local customs and superstitions, as well as mining methods. - wikipedia- $125
- $125
Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits
Fisher, Philip A. New York, 1958 Hardcover in dust jacket. 8vo. [xiii] 136pp. Book in very good condition. Dust jacket shows shelf wear with some chipping to edges and small loss at top of spine and front edge. Philip A. Fisher, widely regarded as one of the most successful investors of all time, was a pioneer in the field of growth investing. His book "Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits" has achieved almost legendary status in the investment community. "I sought out Phil Fisher after reading his Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits...A thorough understanding of the business, obtained by using Phil's techniques...enables one to make intelligent investment commitments." -Warren Buffet.- $300
- $300
Observations on the Brumal Retreat of the Swallow
Philochelidon. (Forster, Thomas) London, 1808 Sewn pamphlet. 8 1/8" by 6" 32pp. Gathering of pages 19-30 loose otherwise in very good condition. Although not the first, the author uses observation and research to provide evidence that swallows, and also martins and swifts, are "birds of passage" that migrate annually and do not hibernate or overwinter underwater as previously thought. Additional Remarks include a list of translations of the name "swallow" from several languages and also a list of different names, in English, for each particular species, many not now in common use. In 1808, under the signature 'Philochelidon,' he published 'Observations on the Brumal Retreat of the Swallow,' of which the sixth edition appeared, with a catalogue of British birds annexed, in 1817.- Wikisource.- $200
- $200
With The Colors From Montgomery County, Illinois U.S.A.
Litchfield. Ill, 1919 Hardcover quarto. 190pp. Fully indexed with six engraved color plates. Very good. With The Colors From Montgomery County. An Honor Roll of members of the armed forces and Red Cross nurses from Montgomery County, Illinois, each with a portrait photograph, who gave their lives in the First World War.- $150
- $150
Prohibition Punches
Doran, Roxana B. Philadelphia, 1930 Stated first printing. Hard cover. Octavo. 93pp. Pale purple cloth over boards with gilt lettering. Slight fading at spine otherwise very good. "Several years into the noble experiment (prohibition) Roxana B. Doran wife of James M. Doran, the Commissioner of Industrial Alcohol, earned fleeting fame with the publication of Prohibition Punches (Philadelphia: Dorrance, 1930), the result of a nationwide campaign to popularize fruit drinks. Her own recipe for "1930 Cocktail" was composed of grapefruit juice, pineapple juice, limes and ginger ale, garnished with fruit and a sprig of mint. "Mrs. Doran Introduces New Cocktail at Dinner"- Baltimore Sun [2nd January 1930]. P.2 So that's the background to Harry Craddock's cheekily named "Prohibition Cocktail" in the Savoy Cocktail Book. This one, at least if enjoyed outside the US, was legal, delivered a kick and actually tasted nice. It was everything other prohibition cocktails were not. Even more cheekily, it's almost exactly the same as Craddock's Charlie Lindbergh cocktail: the sole difference is that this recipe calls for a single dash of apricot brandy, not two (the Lindbergh also specifically calls for the proprietary brandy Pricota).- $425
- $425
Selected Readings Translated From Traditions and Myths of the Taiwan Aborigines
Baudhuin, R.F. Hard cover. Red cloth over boards with gilt design and lettering to front cover and spine. 10 1/2" by 8 1/2" [13] 732pp. Partial tanning to end papers. Very good. Manuscript translation of an unspecified Japanese work by Ogawa [Takuji?] and Asai [Susumu?] published c. 1930.- $300
- $300
The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns and Fairies.
Kirk, Robert. comment by Andrew Lang Stirling, 1933 Hard cover. Octavo. Publisher's purple cloth with lettering in black to front cover and spine. Bookseller's label from Hartman's Books, Inc. Seattle inside back cover. Two previous owner's names inside front cover. Dust jacket faded and tanned around spine with small closed tears to head. Very good in a good dust jacket. The Secret Commonwealth is a curious book, the bibliography being extremely obscure. Written in 1691 the work apparently existed in MS, only until its publication in 1815, with Sir Walter Scott as editor.- from the dust flap.- $250
- $250
El Salteador, roman de cape et d’épée. Bibliothèque Diamant (sur la couverture d’origine).
DUMAS, Alexandre. Edition originale, 2 volumes in-32; déposé selon le voeu de la loi, propriété des éditeurs. T.I: 225p. T.II: 196p. Cartonnage bradel ivoire d'époque, dos orné d'un fleuron doré avec pièce de titre en maroquin vert et date en pied, couvertures d'origine en papier jaune conservées (en partie doublées et très défraîchies). Tache claire au premier plat du second volume, gardes refaites, quelques feuillets restaurés en coin ou effrangés avec petits manques de papier, quelques taches ou salissures occasionnelles. Très rare édition originale de ce roman historique situé en Espagne, d'abord publié en feuilleton dans le journal "Le Mousquetaire" de Dumas, en 1854, puis publié à Bruxelles par Pierre Jules Hetzel pendant son exil de 1851 à 1859. Né en 1814, le jeune Hetzel fonda sa maison d'édition en 1837 à Paris. Contraint à l'exil après le coup d'Etat du 2 décembre 1851, il poursuivit en Belgique son travail d'éditeur. Défenseur de la propriété littéraire dans un pays où la contrefaçon était endémique, il entreprit d'éditer des ouvrages français en achetant aux auteurs leurs droits pour l'étranger. Jules Hetzel ne vendait pas ces livres au détail, mais à divers éditeurs avec leur propre nom imprimé sur la page de titre. C'est ainsi que l'on trouve des exemplaires "édités" par Hachette, Michel Lévy, Méline, Kiessling. (Voir Vicaire III, 707). Un seul exemplaire au CCFR. Talvart et Place, 127A. Vicaire II, 718.- $710
- $710
A Dissertation on the Antiquity and Use of Seals in England. Collected by **** 1736.
LEWIS, Reverend John] Scarce first edition. In hard back neat burgundy coloured library cloth. Ex-library copy. With one full-page engraved plate showing seals, plus other engravings in text. Lovely deep impressions. [2],31,[1]pp. 255 x 195 mm (10 x 7¾ inches). Has expected library stamps, new endpapers. Tipped-in handwritten note to back of plate reads: This Tract is written by John Lewis author of the History of the Abbey of Faversham etc. Another small insert tipped-in to title page states: Purchased out of a donation of £250 given by George William Palmer Esq. to the Reading Free Public Library. One or two pages have been reinforced towards the spine edge. Light foxing, but overall in very good shape.- $251
- $251
Sous La Colline
BEARDSLEY, Aubrey First edition. One of a thousand copies (not numbered) on Velin paper. Grey boards with minimalist titles to the spine and front board. There is a little rubbing to the edge of the spine. Front board is a little bowed. Contains 2 portraits, 11 plates by Beardsley and 2 cul de lamp. Internally a very nice clean copy. 129 pages. Plates have glassine guards. The spine is darker than the boards and has possibly been neatly re-laid. 26cm x 20cm.- $108
- $108
Souvenir De Voyage 1895-1899
ANON] A lovely album, containing 74 large original photographs from five trips. These are Berlin 1895, French alps & Nancy in 1896, Trier in 1897, Interlaken and the Swiss Alps in 1898 and the Tirol in 1899. The photographs were purchased from prominent commercial photographers of the time. The French photographs are largely from ND Phot, the Swiss from Schroeder & Cie of Zurich and Edition Photoglob. The majority of the prints are either albumen or early silver gelatin prints. As the early silver gelatin were so similar to albumen it is difficult to tell. There are a number of colourised prints. Most of the prints are quite large, with quite a few as large as 21cm x 27.5cm Most are printed one to a page, but a couple of the smaller prints are printed two to a page. One of the images is a double / folding photograph. Album size 27cm x 36cm- $570
- $570
Home Thought’s and Home Scenes in Original Scenes. And pictures by A.B. Houghton, engraved by the Brother’s Dalziel
INGELOW, Jean et. al. 1st Edition. The finest feature of this work is the 35 engravings after works by Houghton. Contemporary Morocco with gilt designs and titles. A little rubbed, but still attractive. All edges gilt. Marbled end papers. A variety of poems, author's include Jean Ingelow, Dora Greenwell, Mrs Tom Tailor, The Hon Mrs Norton, Amelia B. Edwards, Jennett Humphreys and the author of "John Halifax Gentleman". Internally in a sound state, but with moderate foxing to most of the pages Unpaginated but 70 leaves printed to recto only. 26cm x 21cm- $289
- $289
A Collection Of Hand Coloured Lithographs.
ANON] An attractive work. A collection of 20 hand coloured lithographs, numbered 1-20, showing scenes of life in the Low Countries. For example, the first shows the progress of a young man, accompanied by his dog and monkey. There is no title page, and no clue about artist or printer to any of the plates. The covers of the album bear the word "Album" surrounded by blind stamped designs. The text is somewhat rubbed. Cloth spine. The first lithograph has a reference 656 to it, which presumably indicates a series, but we have been unable to identify it. 20 leaves printed and hand coloured to recto only. 21.5cm x 32cm- $216
- $216
Montaigne’s Essays.
MONTAIGNE, Michel De / STEWARD, J.I.M. (Editor) Two volumes. These copy # 160 of an edition limited to 900 copies. In the original morocco bindings with Que Scay-Je? (What do I know?) gilt stamped to green leather on both of the front boards. Green endpapers. Gilt top page edges. Other edges rough-cut. Boards a little darkened / stained. Inside tight and virtually spotless. Volume I: xxxviii, 724 pp. Volume II: vi, 708 pp. 21.5 x 13.5 cm. Originally in French, this work cover diverse subjects; from Drunkennesse to Smels and odors, Friendship, and Cruelty, plus education of Children.- $289
- $289
The Soft Ashes Of Berlin Snowing On Hans Falladas Nose
CHILDISH, Billy Published on the occasion of Billy Childishs first exhibition at Neugerriemschneider, Berlin. This hardback catalogue contains paintings, placards, studio photos and source materials made for, and used in, the run up to the exhibition. Introduction by Harold Rosenbloom (aka Steve Lowe). Orange spine with pictorial inlay to front board. The catalogue is in Fine condition with no significant flaws. 176 pages. 24.3 x 21.5 cm- $289
- $289
Photos In And Out City Limits: New York C.
Rauschenberg, Robert White slipcase with white cloth covered hardback with silver titles and facsimile signature. Both in Fine condition, with a touch of handling to the slipcase only. With 70 well produced black and white photographs, mainly New York street scenes (street details and imagery), a few portraits. The first of a planned series on American cities. In fact Rauschenberg only got to New York and Boston. (we also have the Boston photobook available if you are interested in the pair). Publisher's initials stand for 'Universal Limited Art Editions' 70 numbered leaves / photographs. Nicely reproduced. "The photos make no attempt to totally document, moralize or editorialize the specific locations. They are a collection of selected provocative facts (at least to me) that are the results of my happening to be there." (Rauschenberg in the preface). 33cm x 25.5cm- $130
- $130
A Travel Photograph Album Of England, Germany, South Tyrol And Austria
ANON] A lovely large format photograph album of a tour of England and Wales in 1893. There was also a tour of Bavaria, Salsburg and Innsbruck in 1895. The album starts in 1893 and has 38 photographs (mostly Albumen) of England and Wales. These are mostly large (24cm x 32cm) images. There are some smaller (18.5 cm x 23.5cm). They appear to be commercially purchased photographs. There are also a further 9 smaller (17cm x 22cm and 12cm x 18cm) images of cottages with descriptions on the back. These seem to be personally taken photographs? The trip began with the Needles on the Isle of Wight, (24cm x 32cm) and continued with similar photographs of the Isle of Wight, Tennyson's house, Southsea & Portsmouth, Tintern Abbey. The tour then moved on to Wales, and there are photographs of North and South Wales, with quite a few of Betws-y-coed, and some bridges in the area. The trip moved on to Chester, with a number of photographs of Eaton House in Chester, and Hatfield house. A second part of the album covers a trip in 1895, comprising 23 photographs of Bavaria, Salzburg and Innsbruck. The photographs are all of good condition, still bright, with a touch of fading only. A few have light creasing, or the odd tear where they have come away from the album at some point, but overall a very presentable and attractive album of English and European topography from the 1890's. The album itself is black buckram with leather spine and corners. There is some rubbing to the boards, and some scuffing. A tape repair (with black tape) to the spine. The album measures 37cm x 45 cm. The photographs have hand written annotations below describing the view. There is some staining to the inside boards of the album and a few of the cardboard backing sheets are wavy, but this doesn't really affect the photographs.- $685
- $685
C. Julius Caesar’s Commentaries of His Wars in Gaul, and Civil War with Pompey.
CAESAR, C. Julius. - BLADEN, Martin (Trans.) Full title: "C. Julius Caesar's Commentaries of His Wars in Gaul, and Civil War with Pompey. To which is added, a Supplement to his Commentary of his Wars in Gaul; As also, Commentaries of the Alexandrian, African, and Spanish Wars. By Aulus Hirtius, or Oppius, &c. With the Author's Life. Adorn d with Sculptures from the Designs of the Famous Palladio." Fourth Edition Improv'd. Recent blind stamped soft brown morrocco with border embossed patterns. Gilt titles to the spine. Excellent condition. 11 plates (including frontis). Maps of France, Spain and the Roman Empire. One of the plates is only half present (the other half has been torn away). Another has a significant part missing. A couple of chips to some other plates. Frontis portrait / engraved title, engraved by Mvd. To the recto of this is a contemporary owner's florid signature, now feint. The frontis is half detached, but still holding well. The text block is clean, with just a touch of darkening. Overall a decent copy. A-A8, a-a8, 1-432, [viii], (=B-FF4) pp. 20cm x 13cm.- $325
- $325
Culture and Anarchy: An Essay in Political and Social Criticism
ARNOLD, Matthew. First Edition. In an attractive Zaehnsdorf binding. Three quarters blue calf and marbled boards. Raised bands and gilt to spine. Bookplate of Lord Battersea (Cyril Flower) to front pastedown. This book of social and political criticism was, at its time, seen as quite controversial. Binding is a little rubbed. Foxing to front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and not foxed. lx + 272pp. 21 x 15 cm.- $361
- $361
Pompei e la Regione Sotterrata dal Vesuvio nell’anno LXXIX.
RUGGIERO, M. (Editor) A very attractively illustrated volume with 18 documents on items removed from Pompeii and Vesuvius "Memorie e notizie pubblicate dall'Ufficio " 7 chromolithographic plates (Of which 1 double page), 1 fold-out card, 1 fold-out plate, 3 double-page plates and 7 other plates. Ex-library with label removed from the free front cover and several discreet stamps. Some very incidental light spots. All edges uncut and a bit dusty otherwise content very clean Publisher's printed paper covers shelves and old spine repairs. Copac finds 9 copies in the UK. (6), 291, (1); 243, (5). (320 x 225). pp 410 by 320mm (16¼ by 12½ inches).- $469
- $469
Glossarium antiquitatum Britannicarum, sive syllabus etymologicus antiquitatum veteris Britanniae atque Iberniae temporibus Romanorum
BAXTER, William Second edition. Full-Leather. Mainly Latin text. Boards rubbed on edges, both have gilt crests of the Society of Writers to the Signet (Scottish Law Society). Spine has five raised bands and green label with gilt lettering. Engraved frontispiece portrait by George Vertue. Some typographical embellishments throughout. Eduardi Luidii's [Edward Lhuyd] appendix on the signification of British place names and Index at rear. (this in English). Inside generally clean and bright. Copperplate writing on flyleaf. This edition contains a posthumous contribution from Edward Lhuyd: De Fluviorum, Montium, Urbium, & c. In Britannia Nominibus. The list of subscribers to the first edition (not printed here) included such luminaries as Sir Isaac Newton, Edmund Halley, John Evelyn, William Wootton and Sir Hans Sloane. Dedication, xii, (4) + 277 pp, index. 20cm x 13cm- $216
- $216
Illustrated London Almanack 1865-1876
BREEN, James (Editor) A bound collection of issues of the Illustrated Almanack. The full title states that this "contains astronomical diagrams of remarkable phenomena, printed in Tints, under the superintendence of James Breen FRAS. Ferns and Butterflies of the months, printed in colours by Leighton brothers with descriptive letterpress by Mrs Lankester, fine art engravings, original designs heading the calendar and a variety of useful information." Half brown leather, with gilt decoration and titles. brown buckram boards. Both are a little faded and rubbed, but still attractive. Marbled end papers. Internally in good, if slightly darkened condition. Pagination is: 1865, 58 pages; 1866 54 pp; 1867 - 1874, 56pp; 1875 & 1876, 48pp. there are a total of 69 full colour chromolithographs. Subjects include court circulars, information about government expenditure, Army & Navy movements, notable deaths and happenings in London &c. &c. 28cm x 21cm- $260
- $260
An Essay on the Variation of the Compass, shewing how far it is influenced by a change in the direction of the ship’s head, with an exposition of the dangers arising to navigators from not allowing for this change of variation. Interspersed with Practical, Observations and Remarks.
BAIN, William Scarce First Edition. This is an ex-library of the copy from the Literary And Philosophical Society in Newcastle. In brown / green cloth hardback boards. Complete; including frontis folding chart entitled "Exhibiting the Variation of the Compass agreeable to the position of the Ships Head at the time of Observation. Also the track of His Majestys Ships Sybille & Princess Carolina in a Cruize to East Greenland in 1814." 140 pages. 220 x 140 mm (8¾ x 5½ inches). Boards are darkened, and have some very small spots of soiling. Fold-out has small tear to very edges. Unfortunately, aside from the expected library stamps at the front and on verso of fold-out, the book has some damage from damp. Several of the pages have obviously stuck together at some point, and been forcibly opened, leading to loss of text. Most of the tables are still in a good condition, but towards the back the condition is worse. Only in a fair condition. See photos.- $123
- $123
Table de l’Ordre des Chiens
BUFFON, Comte de Beautiful hand coloured engraving from Table de L'Ordre des Chiens produced by Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon (1707-1788). This table of dog genealogy was a fold-out plate found between pages 228 and 229 of Volume 5, published in 1755 (Volume 1 published 1749). 290 x 400 mm (11½ x15¾ inches). Centre fold, with nice deep impression and very clean. Blank to verso.- $115
- $115
Illustrirter Katalog der Ornamentstichsammlung des K. K. Österreich. des K. K. Österreich. Museums für Kunst und Industrie
ANON] Very scarce. First edition. In half leather hardback, with red mottled boards. Contains many fascinatingly detailed b/w illustrations. Text in German. 271 pages. 265 x 185 mm (10½ x 7¼ inches). Spine is sun faded and rubbed, with some splitting begining to top front of spine. Otherwise boards show minimal handling. Internally the book does have some foxing, mainly to edges of the pages. Slight curl to both FFEP and RFEP. This book was issued on the day the new museum building was opened - November 4, 1871.- $108
- $108
Cruising Paradise (Signed Copy)
Shepard, Sam First Edition. A Fine copy in Fine Dustwrapper (as new) Black cloth backed grey boards, spine lettered in silver. 40 short stories by the winner of a Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play Buried Child, 1979, and Nominated for an Academy Award for his role as Chuck Yeager in the 1983 Film, The Right Stuff.- $195
- $195
![THE AMERICAN BOOK COLLECTOR. NEW SERIES. [see annotation below]. Vol. 1](https://rarebookinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/30810367205.jpg)
THE AMERICAN BOOK COLLECTOR. NEW SERIES. [see annotation below]. Vol. 1, No. 1 (Jan/Feb 1980) — Vol. 8, No. 6 (June 1987, when it ceased). Edited by Anthony Fair
Fair, Anthony (ed.) Bi-monthly. 54 issues. Complete. The original AMERICAN BOOK COLLECTOR began in Sept. 1950 to July/Aug. 1976, when it ceased. For the next 4 years a similar journal started, 1976-1979, which was called BOOK COLLECTOR'S MARKET, then in 1980 began THE AMERICAN BOOK COLLECTOR. NEW SERIES, a third iteration, but stands alone.- $450
- $450
Allegorical print depicting European interests in America in 1782
American Revolutionary War]. Satirical print on the American Revolutionary War. Strasbourg, c. 1780. Oblong engraving, single sheet, 286 x 218 mm, A Strasbourg in ink at foot; some spotting and staining, ink mark to upper right corner; mounted on glossy white card. 2,800 $ Uncommon variant, with explanatory text in German and seemingly printed in Strasbourg, of this print satirising the defensive alliance against Britain during the American Revolutionary Wars. It first appeared in the Westminster Magazine (Issue 6, p. 66) and was then reissued, in various forms, in America and the Netherlands (sometimes with the title A picturesque view of the state of the nation for February 1778). The use of a milk-cow was a familiar one in satirical print (as used by, say, Richard Gaywood in 1666); here, it represents British commerce, whose horns are being sawn off by the US Congress; the Dutch are cheerfully milking the cow, while the Spanish and French wait with their bowls. In the distance, we see HMS Eagle laid up near Philadelphia, with the rest of the fleet who-knowswhere, and in the foreground the British lion sleeps and is urinated on by a pug while an Englishmen tries in vain to rouse it. The image appeared in several forms, sometimes with accompanying text (and a numbered key) as here (reproducing the text in the Westminster Magazine), sometimes without. This is the only example we are aware of with the text in German. See BMSat 5726 and 5727 for related prints.- $2,800
- $2,800
Curiosa dissertacao, ou discurso fysico-moral sobre o monstro de duas cabeças, quatro braços, e duas pernas, que na cidade de Medina Sidonia deo á luz Joanna Gonsalves en 29. de Fevereiro de 1736
Monsters] Feijo, Benito Jeronymo (Fray). Unrecorded in OCLC; Portuguese work on a two-headed monster. 1737. Lisbon. Officina de Miguel Rodrigues. 8vo. [4], 23 pp., one engraving in text. Unbound. Lower margin a little creased, overall fine. 3,000 $ First edition (?), a rare illustrated Portuguese publication on a two headed and four-armed monster which appeared in Medina Sidonia Aguilar Piñal, 1953. Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal, two copies with different pagination.- $3,000
- $3,000
BIBLIOGRAPHIE DU ROMAN EROTIQUE AU XIX SIECLE.
Perceau, Louis 8vo. 2 volumes. 400,(2);415,(3)pp. Indices. This set (# XXIII) is one of 40 special sets printed on "verges d'arches" paper. The total edition was 1050 sets. Original printed (red & black) wrappers. Fine. Very useful reference with full bibliographical descriptions, many of which are annotated.- $200
- $200
Failure Is Not An Option
Kranz, Gene New York, 2000 First edition, first printing. Hard cover in dust jacket. Octavo. 415pp. SIGNED on title page by author and dated 4/21/00. Fine in fine dust jacket. Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Eugene Francis Kranz is a retired NASA Flight Director and manager. He served as NASA's second Chief Flight Director, directing missions of the Gemini and Apollo programs, including the first lunar landing mission, Apollo 11. He is best known for directing the successful efforts by the Mission Control team to save the crew of Apollo 13 and bring them safely back to earth after part of the Service Module exploded.- $250
- $250
Harry Truman TLS Re: Firing Gen’l. Douglas MacArthur
Harry S. Truman Washington DC, April 17, 1951 Harry Truman TLS Re: Firing General Douglas MacArthur. Single page typed letter signed on White House stationary letterhead. Dated "April 17, 1951", and signed by President Harry Truman as "Harry Truman". Framed with visible area of the letter by sight 8.25" x 5.5". Framed to 13.5" x 16". Fine condition, not examined out of frame. Truman writes to Dwight Palmer of New York, thanking him for his "telegram expressing approval of my recent action in the Far Eastern situation" (alluding to dismissal of MacArthur). In one of the most controversial civilian-military events of the 20th century, on 11 April 1951 President Truman fired General Douglas MacArthur, then in command of the U.S. forces in Korea, and replaced him with General Matthew Ridgeway. In 1951, the scars of World War II across the world were still fresh. The fear of having to engage in another world war was very real. A mere two years after the end of WWII, the Cold War began. The United Nations, which was formed to provide a forum to prevent future wars, included the membership of the Soviet Union, the United States, the United Kingdom and 57 other countries. The US adopted a firm stance to contain the spread of communism, which was being aggressively promoted by the USSR. The Korean War began when the North Korean People's Army (NKPA) crossed the 28th parallel into South Korea. Adhering to its policy of containment, the United States could not ignore the threat of communism in Asia, but neither the president nor the public wanted a long, drawn out war. President Truman hand selected General Douglas MacArthur to lead the U.S. troops in South Korea. MacArthur arrived at his post a World War II hero, having successfully led multiple troops through the war. Following his victories in WWII he had become the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers in Japan. MacArthur was revered and highly praised in the United States. The general assured the president that the Korean War would be short-lived and that the American troops would be home by Christmas. MacArthur was initially successful in driving back the North Korean forces over the 38th parallel. He made a controversial move, however, when he continued to push the North Koreans further north and suggested bombing cities in China that were thought to be aiding the North Korean troops. In pushing for a larger conflict, MacArthur downplayed the risk of inciting a massive war in Asia. President Truman's main concern was saving as many lives as possible, even if that meant signing a ceasefire along the 38th parallel. General MacArthur did not think a ceasefire was an appropriate solution. The two men clashed. For Truman, the war represented an opportunity to stop the spread of communism into South Korea. For MacArthur, the war was an opportunity to liberate the North from communist control, and aggressive action was required. MacArthur thwarted Truman's attempt to negotiate a ceasefire when the general ordered his troops to invade North Korea and push the NKPA up past the 38th parallel. This was not the first time the general had ignored direct orders from his Commander in Chief. On April 11, 1951, President Truman officially relieved Douglas MacArthur of his command. Word of his firing spread quickly, and the American public found the news upsetting. Truman felt that his decision was just, because MacArthur had overstepped his authority, defied direct orders from his superior and interfered with Truman's hope of ending the Korean War quickly. Accompanied by a certificate and receipt from EAC Gallery, New York reporting this item purchased on Sothebys.com, 2002. WE PROVIDE IN-HOUSE SHIPPING WORLDWIDE!- $2,400
- $2,400
Albert Einstein TLS re: The Bomb
Albert Einstein Princeton NJ, April 19, 1950 Einstein and the Bomb: "the moral, social and political implications inherent in the construction and use of a Hydrogen Bomb" 1p TLS signed by physicist Albert Einstein (1879-1955) as "A. Einstein" at lower left. Signed in Princeton, New Jersey on or soon after April 19, 1950. On "Didier, Publishers / 660 Madison Ave., New York" letterhead. Accompanied by the original transmittal envelope with "The Institute for Advanced Study / School of Mathematics / Princeton, New Jersey" letterhead. The letter is lightly creased and folded, else near fine, 8.25" x 11.25". Company president J.D. Didier wrote Einstein expressing interest in reproducing a televised speech that the physicist had delivered against the use of the Hydrogen Bomb in a short book the firm was preparing on the same subject. On February 12, 1950, Einstein had appeared on Eleanor Roosevelt's television program, and warned that: "The armament race between the U.S.A. and the U.S.S.R., originally supposed to be a preventive measure, assumes hysterical character. On both sides, the means to mass destruction are perfected with feverish haste -- behind the respective walls of secrecy. The H-bomb appears on the public horizon as a probably attainable goal. If successful, radioactive poisoning of the atmosphere and hence annihilation of any life on earth has been brought within the range of technical possibilities ..." The letter from Didier Publishers was addressed to Einstein, signed by him in Princeton, and mailed back to the publishing firm the following day. "The H-Bomb" was published in September 1950, with Einstein's speech appearing as the book's introduction. Hans Bethe, Leo Szilard, and Dr. Sietz were also contributors. Albert Einstein was a German-Swiss born theoretical physicist internationally recognized as one of the greatest physicists of all time. He enunciated the general theory of Relativity, a law explaining the relationship between the speed of light and its consequence, and the equivalence of mass and energy (E=MC2). For his work in theoretical physics—largely for his 1905 paper on photons and photo-electricity—Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics (announced in November 1922, retroactive for 1921). Working on a unified field theory, he then attempted to explain gravitation and electromagnetism within one set of laws. After Hitler's rise to power and the subsequent expulsion of Jewish scholars from Germany, Einstein joined the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey (1933), which became the most celebrated research center in the world. In 1939, he signed a letter written to President Franklin Roosevelt warning him of the possibility of Germany developing a nuclear bomb. He urged the U.S. to begin uranium research, thus beginning the top secret "Manhattan Project." Later, at Princeton, he tried to develop a unified field theory and to refute the accepted interpretation of quantum physics, both unsuccessfully. Einstein received U.S. citizenship in 1940. This item comes with a Certificate from John Reznikoff, a premier authenticator for both major 3rd party authentication services, PSA and JSA (James Spence Authentications), as well as numerous auction houses. WE PROVIDE IN-HOUSE SHIPPING WORLDWIDE!- $14,000
- $14,000
Benjamin Disraeli ALS Offering Business Advice to Newspaper’s Editor
Benjamin Disraeli Disraeli Offers Business Advice to His Newspaper's Editor "If the journal is carried on with spirit & success till the meeting of Pt, you will be able to command support...." This interesting letter by Benjamin Disraeli, a key leader in the House of Commons, urges the editor of The Press newspaper that Disraeli had established to continue editing carefully until the meeting of Parliament, when they can raise more support for it from fellow Conservatives. BENJAMIN DISRAELI, Autograph Letter Initialed, to Samuel Lucas, October 29, 1853. 4 pp., 4.5" x 7.25". Expected folds; hole in top left corner, not affecting text. Complete Transcript Private [W?] Oct. 29, 53 My dear Sir, In the present difficult position, you must concentrate all yr resources on articles of joint necessity. A good leader, a good inner page, & the mechanism of the paper efficient—these are what you must now rely upon. If the journal is carried on with spirit & success till the meeting of Pt, you will be able to command support, wh: now you must, & unsuccessfully, solicit. I had read the letter you sent me in print: in the "Sentinel" a Dublin "Protestant Jack" paper under the direction of the notorious Tresham Gregg No paper conducted in such a vein cd find any support in England, or it wd be tried. Even Bibles wd not venture on it. The gentry of England are in general indisposed to Low Church, & the low chief Tresham Gregg is the "sword of the Lord & of Gideon." Yrs sincerely D. Historical Background: Early in 1853, Disraeli worked to establish a weekly newspaper that would raise the level of Conservative journalism and propagate his own Tory Democratic ideas. He initially considered Daniel O. Maddyn, who had served on the Morning Chronicle, for editor, but settled on Samuel Lucas, who had for many years been a well-known writer for The Times. In March 1853, Lucas began collecting his staff under Disraeli's inspiration. The first issue of The Press appeared on May 7, 1853. It was published every Saturday morning, and was both a newspaper and a review. It included a short report of Parliamentary proceedings, common news items, leading articles on home and foreign politics, and critical essays on literature and the arts. The Rev. Tresham Dames Gregg (1800-1881) was born in Ireland and received his BA degree in 1826, his MA degree in 1830, and his Doctorate of Divinity in 1853. From 1837, he served as chaplain of Swift's Alley Free Church in Dublin. He was a prominent and controversial figure in both religious and political matters. As a militant Protestant clergyman, he spent much of his career campaigning against Catholicism. In May 1854, Lucas resigned as editor of The Press, apparently at Disraeli's urging. Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881) was born in London into a Sephardic Jewish Italian mercantile family. His father had his four children baptized into the Church of England in 1817, which opened the possibility of a political career. Disraeli was brought up as an Anglican, "the blank page between the Old Testament and the New," as he described himself. He first stood for election in 1832 as a Radical, but lost. In 1835, after running as a Tory and again losing, he began writing for the Tory Party. In 1837, he won a seat in the House of Commons, his campaign funded in part by his writing of novels. He married widow Mary Anne Lewis (1792-1872) in 1839, who was wealthy and a dozen years his senior. Disraeli hoped to forge a paternalistic alliance between Tories and Radicals, and while he developed a personal relationship with radical John Bright, he was unsuccessful in establishing an alliance. During the repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846, Disraeli led the protectionists who battled repeal. In the late 1840s, Disraeli purchased Hughenden Manor, in Buckinghamshire. Disraeli served as Chancellor of the Exchequer and Leader of the House of Commons under the Earl of Derby as Prime Minister in 1852, from 1858 to 1859, and again from 1866 to 1868. He served as Prime Minister in 1868 and again from 1874 to 1880, succeeded each time by Liberal Party leader William Gladstone. Disraeli maintained a close relationship with Queen Victoria, and in 1876, she appointed him as Earl of Beaconsfield. He published his last completed novel shortly before he died at the age of 76. Samuel Lucas (1811-1865) was born into a Quaker family. In 1839, he married Margaret Bright (1818-1890), a younger sister of reformer John Bright (1811-1889). From 1845 to 1850, Lucas lived in Manchester, where he had an interest in a cotton mill and supported public schools. He and his wife were abolitionists and reformers who fought for the industrial middle class by participating in the Anti-Corn Law League, founded in 1838 by Richard Cobden and John Bright. They represented what Benjamin Disraeli called the "Manchester School" of economics that advocated a free market with only minimal government regulation. Back in London, Lucas served for one year as the inaugural editor of The Press (1853-1858), a weekly newspaper begun by Disraeli. Six years later, Lucas became the editor of the Morning Star (1856-1869), an abolitionist newspaper begun by Cobden and Bright in 1856 that was the only national British newspaper to support the Union side in the American Civil War. In 1859, Lucas also became the editor of the newly established Once A Week literary magazine (1859-1880). This item comes with a Certificate from John Reznikoff, a premier authenticator for both major 3rd party authentication services, PSA and JSA (James Spence Authentications), as well as numerous auction houses. WE PROVIDE IN-HOUSE SHIPPING WORLDWIDE.- $400
- $400
Norman Rockwell Signed Artist Proof
Norman Rockwell Norman Rockwell Signed Artist Proof for the Nov. 1931 Cover Illustration for The Saturday Evening Post "Trumpeter" Stunning fine condition, November 7, 1931 Cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, the "Trumpeter" (Sour note). Signed by Norman Rockwell in graphite in the lower right corner "Norman Rockwell". The initials of A/P are in the left lower corner (Artist's Proof). A large and vibrant piece on Arches paper with a deckled edge, 21" x 26.5". Originally created for the November 7, 1931 edition of the Saturday Evening Post, Trumpeter was hand proofed and printed by Circle Gallery. This full color lithograph measures 27 by 21 inches and the edition consists of 320 impressions. A set of 200 were numbered. Another set of 35 were A/P's numbered with Roman numerals. A set of 60 were unnumbered; another set of 25 were unnumbered and printed on Japon paper. All of the prints made were signed in pencil by Norman Rockwell. Norman Rockwell published over 300 original covers for the Saturday Evening Post from 1916 to 1963. While at first glance this cover seems to be a period study of a nineteenth-century bandsman, it is in fact the depiction of a twentieth-century grocer rehearsing for his part in the local marching band. If the dog's expression is any indication of how skilled this musician is, then the trumpeter's abilities are strictly those of an amateur. A similar artist proof is available at the Norman Rockwell museum store (one of the numbered artist proofs), which is listed for $4,000. An image of the final cover drawing is shown in the listing for review only and will NOT accompany the piece for sale. WE PROVIDE IN-HOUSE SHIPPING WORLDWIDE!- $1,500
- $1,500