Tales of “The Trade”
Kipling, Rudyard Copyright edition, preceding the first appearance in book form. Stapled card-bound in three octavo parts (I: Some Work in the Baltic, II: Business on the Sea of Marmora, III: Ravages and Repairs). Near fine. Then as now, no comprehensive copyright agreement obtained between the two largest anglophone book-markets: the U.K. and the U.S. As a British citizen -- Henry James enjoyed the best of both worlds -- Kipling could not publish works in America that were protected by copyright unless they were published in America first (no relation to the current administration's modus regendi). Thus Kipling and his agent Watt contrived to publish limited runs, sometimes as few as eight copies, with Doubleday in order to secure the American copyright while having the trade edition come out first in Britain. Thus these are the true first editions (see our other items in this category) of many of Kipling's stories in the 1910's and beyond. Verses relating to the travels and travails of British submarines and submariners. Eventually published as the second of a trilogy of Sea Warfare, preceded by The Fringes of the Fleet and followed by The Destroyers at Jutland.- $550
- $550
The War in the Mountains
Kipling, Rudyard Copyright edition, preceding the first appearance in book form. Stapled card-bound in five octavo parts (I: The Roads of an Army; II: Podgora; III: A Pass, a King and a Mountain; IV: Only a Few Steps Higher Up; V: The Trentino Front). Near fine. Then as now, no comprehensive copyright agreement obtained between the two largest anglophone book-markets: the U.K. and the U.S. As a British citizen -- Henry James enjoyed the best of both worlds -- Kipling could not publish works in America that were protected by copyright unless they were published in America first (no relation to the current administration's modus regendi). Thus Kipling and his agent Watt contrived to publish limited runs, sometimes as few as eight copies, with Doubleday in order to secure the American copyright while having the trade edition come out first in Britain. Thus these are the true first editions (see our other items in this category) of many of Kipling's stories in the 1910's and beyond. A reflection of the British infantry effort in Italy, produced at the suggestion of the Ambassador Sir Rennell Rodd.- $650
- $650
The Fringes of the Fleet
Kipling, Rudyard Copyright edition, preceding the first appearance in book form. Stapled card-bound in six octavo parts (I-II: The Auxiliary Fleet, III-IV: Submarines; V-VI: Patrols). Near fine. Then as now, no comprehensive copyright agreement obtained between the two largest anglophone book-markets: the U.K. and the U.S. As a British citizen -- Henry James enjoyed the best of both worlds -- Kipling could not publish works in America that were protected by copyright unless they were published in America first (no relation to the current administration's modus regendi). Thus Kipling and his agent Watt contrived to publish limited runs, sometimes as few as eight copies, with Doubleday in order to secure the American copyright while having the trade edition come out first in Britain. Thus these are the true first editions (see our other items in this category) of many of Kipling's stories in the 1910's and beyond. Based on articles Kipling wrote for the Daily Telegraph, these survey the activities of the navy in World War I. Edward Elgar wrote a song cycle in the following year using these as the basis of the lyrics. Eventually published as the first of a trilogy of Sea Warfare, followed by Tales of "The Trade" and The Destroyers at Jutland.- $495
- $495
The Destroyers at Jutland
Kipling, Rudyard Copyright edition, preceding the first appearance in book form. Stapled card-bound in four octavo parts. Near fine. Then as now, no comprehensive copyright agreement obtained between the two largest anglophone book-markets: the U.K. and the U.S. As a British citizen -- Henry James enjoyed the best of both worlds -- Kipling could not publish works in America that were protected by copyright unless they were published in America first (no relation to the current administration's modus regendi). Thus Kipling and his agent Watt contrived to publish limited runs, sometimes as few as eight copies, with Doubleday in order to secure the American copyright while having the trade edition come out first in Britain. Thus these are the true first editions (see our other items in this category) of many of Kipling's stories in the 1910's and beyond. Accounts of the destroyers at the Battle of Jutland, based on very immediate (and somewhat confused) accounts. Eventually published as the second of a trilogy of Sea Warfare, preceded by The Fringes of the Fleet and Tales of "The Trade."- $550
- $550
A scene of Temperate Indifference (an excerpt from a novel in progress, WOMEN)
Bukowski, Charles Four pages of typescript (recto only), corrected throughout and signed on the fourth page by Bukowski and dated 1977. Paperclip residue to p. 1 along with a few spots of foxing. Faint transverse crease to the pages. Near fine. The novel was brought out by Black Sparrow Press in 1978. This section takes place before Harry Chinaski (Bukowski's alter ego; on p. 4, the editor identifies them, combining two separate lines of dialogue into one with the marginalium "Both Buk!") is to give a reading. It mentions William Burroughs living in the next apartment, and has Chinaski signing "an early book of poems, poems I had written while I was in the post office" with a drawing. Purchased at Sotheby's Allen Ginsberg and Friends auction in 1999. Presented in a ribbon-closure hard portfolio. [NB: these images have been digitally watermarked.]- $4,950
- $4,950
Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There
Carroll, Lewis; illust. John Tenniel Limited edition (numbered 28 of 1500 copies signed by "the original Alice," Alice Hargreaves (née Liddell)). Some chips and scuffs to the extremities, else fine. Presented in the publisher's original box, toned at the edges, without dust-wrapper (as issued). Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) was a student (i.e., a fellow) of Christ Church, Oxford. The Dean (head) of Christ Church, Henry Liddell, had a daughter, Alice, for whom Carroll told and wrote amusing and diverting tales. Many features of the books (low doors and Cheshire Cat trees) are to be found on the grounds of the college.- $1,750
- $1,750
District and Circle
Heaney, Seamus First American edition. Fine in a fine dust-wrapper. PRESENTATION COPY from Heaney to Jonathan Galassi, president and publisher of FSG, and Heaney's editor, inscribed: "for Jonathan -/ in the circle/ and holding the line -/ with great affection/ Seamus/ 9 June 2006/ Union Square Café" on the title-page.- $1,450
- $1,450
The New Army
Kipling, Rudyard Copyright edition, preceding the first appearance in book form. Stapled card-bound in six octavo parts ([I]: The Men at Work; II: The Quality of the Machine; III: Guns and Supply; IV: Canadians in Camp; V: Indian Troops; VI: A Territorial Battalion, and a Conclusion. Near fine. Then as now, no comprehensive copyright agreement obtained between the two largest anglophone book-markets: the U.K. and the U.S. As a British citizen -- Henry James enjoyed the best of both worlds -- Kipling could not publish works in America that were protected by copyright unless they were published in America first (no relation to the current administration's modus regendi). Thus Kipling and his agent Watt contrived to publish limited runs, sometimes as few as eight copies, with Doubleday in order to secure the American copyright while having the trade edition come out first in Britain. Thus these are the true first editions (see our other items in this category) of many of Kipling's stories in the 1910's and beyond. Based on articles Kipling wrote for the Daily Telegraph, these describe of training troops after Germany's invasion of Belgium in 1914.- $475
- $475
THE ORATORS, An English Study.
Auden, W. H. W.H. Auden. THE ORATORS, An English Study. Auden's third book of poetry, published in London, by Faber & Faber Limited, in 1932. The book is in very fine condition in an exceptionally nice dust jacket (see scan of front panel) with slight chipping at the top of the spine, and a small triangular chip on the rear panel. Neither chip affects any of the text. There were only 1,000 copies printed. This first edition is particularly important because it is the only time that it was printed in this original text. Auden reprinted it a number of times, beginning in 1933, but each subsequent printing had significant alterations and omissions. Conn [Bloomfield and Mendelson A3.]- $650
- $650
Olive, Again
Strout, Elizabeth First edition, first printing. The faintest of scuffs to the peripheries of the dust-wrapper (as is so common with this matte coated paper); else fine. Signed by Strout on the title-page. The sequel to Strout's volcanically popular Olive Kitteridge (Pulitzer, NBCCA; adapted into a mini-series starring Frances McDormand) and written in the same form: thirteen interwoven short stories bringing Olive through to her eighties in various situations in Crosby, Maine and its environs.- $114
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True Grit
Portis, Charles First edition, first printing (stated) in book form, after serialization in The Saturday Evening Post. Very good in a good dust-wrapper. With price-sticker residue to the front paste-down. Spine lovely and bright, unusually. The recollection of Mattie Ross of Dardanelle, Arkansas, who seeks vengeance for the killing of her Daddy, accompanied by the U.S. Marshal "Rooster" Cogburn. The basis of two acclaimed films: 1969's Kim Darby/John Wayne picture and 2010's Coen brothers picture, starring Hailee Steinfeld and Jeff Bridges.- $424
- $424
Welcome to the Monkey House
Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr. First edition, first printing ("First Delacorte printing"). A light scratch through the author's name and a small closed tear to the rear of the dust-wrapper; else fine (unusually bright). Vonnegut's off-kilter Orwellian surrealism is in full late-60's flower (printed in August of 1968) in his second collection of short works. The dust-wrapper was designed by the legendary Paul Bacon (who also designed the wrapper of Slaughterhouse-Five).- $848
- $848
10:04. A novel
Lerner, Ben First edition, first printing. Faintest bumps to the dust-wrapper, else fine. Signed on the title-page by Lerner. Written in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, 10:04 sees a Lerner-like protagonist navigating life in death in a time of new uncertainty. Hari Kunzru in his Times review called it "frequently brilliant." Shortlisted for the Paris Review's Folio Prize. (There are several variants of the dust-wrapper (the present item featuring a reversed photograph looking northward from south of Manhattan), as well as another 2014 New York edition published by McClelland & Stewart; outs would seem to be the true first.)- $144
- $144
THE DELIGHT MAKERS.
Bandelier, Adolf F. THE DELIGHT MAKERS By Adolf F. Bandelier. A strikingly beautiful copy with both the book and the rare dust jacket in fine condition. There are no markings in the text, and no ownership notations. Published by Dodd, Mead in New York in 1918. 490 pages following xvii pages of introductory matter. With a photographic frontispiece portrait of the author and 16 photographic illustrations taken specifically for this edition.- $345
- $345
Theorie de la Perspective [with:] Nouvelle Theorie du Melange des Coulêurs. Tirée de l’Optique de M. Newton . [Paris, ca 1757]
LACAILLE, Nicolas-Louis, Abbé de (1713-1762) Folio (370 x 240 mm), ff [10], with one loose folded sheet of tables and one partsheet of astronomical observations (see below), ink on paper, with numerous diagrams and tables, text and tables with extensive revisions and corrections; in very good condition, unbound. A detailed manuscript on perspective and optics, with extensive tables for calculating the distance of objects, probably used in Lacailles courses on mathematics which he taught at the Collège Mazarin in Paris. The work begins with the Théorie de la Perspective. This is followed by Pratique de la Perspective. Five full-page and detailed tables follow, with the vertical columns titled Distances de lObject au Plan du Tableau, and the horizontal columns titled Distances de lObject au plan Horizontal ou au plan Vertical, containing 10,000 calculations. The next section is titled Regles pour trouver La Perspective des Objets dont les faces sont inclinées au Plan du Tableau, accompanied by another extensive table with 1700 calculations. The final perspective section is titled Sur Le Point de vuë, et le Lieu de loeil. The second part is devoted to Newtons theory of colours, and seems to be based upon the French edition of Brook Taylors work on perspective. The French translation appeared in Amsterdam in 1757 and was titled Nouveau Principes de la Perspective Linéaire, which contained Essai sur le Mêlange des Couleurs, par Newton. However, LaCailles text is not a translation of that of Taylors, and in fact a radical reworking of the basic geometric principles of perspective. The tables are unique, the result of a massive effort of computation, one of Lacailles noted skills. Many of these techniques are related to his observational skills in astronomy and in calculating astronomical positions and distances. The small astronomical manuscript relates to observations he made at the Mazarin: Par un milieu entre six observations dun coté deduites au 1 Jan 1748 du egard a la observation eu à la precéssion. LaCaille was an astronomer who was a prodigious observer and calculator, having observed over 10,000 stars in the Southern hemisphere, and named 14 of the 88 constellations. Initally he was assistant to Jacques Cassini and participated in a series of surveying projects, and in 1739 in remeasuring the arc of the meridian. Appointed professor of mathematics at the Collège Mazarin, he built his own observatory where he carried out astronomical observations. In 1752 he made an astronomical expedition to the Cape of Good Hope, where he built an observatory and carried out a prodigious series of observations, including the discovery and cataloguing of 42 nebulae. Lalande stated that he made more observations and calculations than all previous astronomers combined. Upon his return to Paris in 1754 he resumed his post and teaching duties at the Mazarin. His students included the great chemist Antoine Lavoisier- $7,500
- $7,500
Autograph letter signed to biologist Henry lee, concerning the identification of species of barnacles, dated 23 December 1871.
DARWIN, Charles (1809?Äì1882) DARWIN, Charles (1809?Äì1882). Autograph letter signed to biologist Henry lee, concerning the identification of species of barnacles, dated 23 December 1871. Down, Beckenham, Kent, 23 December, 18718vo (2 pages on a single folded sheet, 200 x 259 mm) on printed letterhead Down, Beckenham, Kent?Äô, in ink, with original envelope addressed in Darwin?Äôs hand, stamped and postmarked; in very good condition, in a quarter-leather folding case. $18,500A fine and fascinating letter (with the original addressed envelope; these rarely survive), written in Darwin?Äôs scientific maturity but reverting to his early expertise in the anatomy of barnacles. Barnalces were the subject of his first major scientific monograph, published in two volumes by the Ray Society in 1851, 1854 (A monograph of the sub-class Cirripedia, with figures of all the species. The Lepadid? ; or, pedunculated cirripedes . ). Darwin undertook the anatomical investigation of barnacles both as a result of specimens he collected during the Beagle voyage and also to demonstrate his mastery of detailed anatomical and taxonomic investigation. His work established the nomenclature and classification criteria that became standard up to this day.The letter concerns specimens of gooseneck barnacles submitted to Darwin by Henry Lee for classification. Darwin replies in detail with his characteristic attention and kindness to any serious scientific correspondent, even while he was engaged in correcting proofs for the sixth edition of the Origin of Species. Darwin conducted microscopic anatomical examinations of Lee?Äôs specimens and writes: ?ÄòI have now looked at both lots of specimens, & I think both are the variable L. ?anatifera.?Äî I have disarticulated the right-hand scutal valve in both & the umbonal teeth are plain in both. This with position of the carina suffices, though the latter ought to be disarticulated and cleaned. But I have hardly any doubt that both are L. ?anatifera . ?Äô.?ÄòDarwin's work on barnacles (Cirripedia), conducted between 1846 and 1854, has long posed problems for historians. Coming between his ?transmutation notebooks ?and the ?Origin of species, it has frequently been interpreted as a digression from Darwin's species work. Yet when this study is viewed in the context of Darwin's earlier interests, in particular his studies of marine invertebrates carried out during his student days in Edinburgh and later on board the ?Beagle, the ?monograph on the Cirripedia ?seems less anomalous. Moreover, Darwin's study of cirripedes, far from being merely a dry, taxonomic exercise, was a highly theoretical work that addressed several problems at the forefront of contemporary natural history. Treating a group of organisms of considerable interest to mid-nineteenth century naturalists and approaching their classification using the most recent methods available, Darwin was able to provide a thorough taxonomic study that has remained a standard work in cirripede morphology and systematics. For Darwin personally, the barnacle work perfected his understanding of scientific nomenclature, comprising both theoretical principles and technical facility with the methods of comparative anatomy. It also provided him with an empirical means of testing his views on the species question (Crisp 1983) ?Ä Darwin's evolutionary interpretation of the meaning of classification explains why he readily adopted embryology as a methodological tool for revealing homologies?Äô (Cambridge University, Darwin On-line).Darwin exchanged several letters with Henry Lee.Henry Lee, naturalist, succeeded John Keast Lord (1818?Äì1872) as naturalist of the Brighton aquarium in 1872, and was for some time a director there. While at the aquarium he instituted important experiments on the migration of smelts, the habits of herring, and the nature of whitebait and crayfish. His Aquarium Notes (1875) for the use of visitors, was able and attractive. Lee was also author of The Octopus (1874), The White Whale (1878), Sea Fables Explained (1883), and Sea Monsters Unmasked (1883). The last two works were part of a series of handbooks issued in connection with the International Fisheries Exhibition in London in 1883. He also published The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary: a Curious Fable of the Cotton Plant (1887).?ÄòLee was also an energetic collector of natural history specimens, and a skilful worker with the microscope. On 5 April 1866 he was made a fellow of the Linnean Society, and he was founder of the Croydon Microscopical and Natural History Club established on 6 April 1870. He was also a member of the Geological and Zoological societies of London?Äô (ODNB).Darwin Correspondence Project n 8118B (partial transcript only)- $18,500
- $18,500
M? chanique analytique.
LAGRANGE, Joseph Louis (1736?Äì1813) LAGRANGE, Joseph Louis (1736?Äì1813). M? chanique analytique. Paris, La Veuve Desaint, 17884to (256 x 195 mm), pp xii, 512; a fine copy in contemporary French calf, gilt neoclassical panels on sides and gilt panels with wreaths and urns on spine.First edition of Lagrange's masterpiece, which has been described as ?Äòperhaps the most beautiful mathematical treatise in existence.?Äô This is the scarcest of Lagrange's major works.?ÄòIt was reserved for Lagrange to mould theoretical mechanics into a system, and by combining the principle of virtual velocities with D'Alembert's Principle, to derive fundamental mechanical equations which describe the motion of any system of bodies. These important results were set forth in Lagrange's masterpiece, the M? chanique Analytique (Paris, 1788), which laid the foundations of modern mechanics, and which occupies a place in the history of the subject second only to Newton's Principia. The two works differ in one essential respect, namely, whereas Newton derives his results purely geometrically, or synthetically, with the aid of figures, Lagrange, dispensing with diagrams, treats the subject in an entirely analytical manner. He followed the example of Euler in his analytical treatment and his efforts to find the most comprehensive formulae which should enable as many particular cases as possible to be treated on the same lines. In this sense Lagrange's work has been described by Mach as one of the greatest contributions to the economy of thought?Äô (Wolf, History of science. in the eighteenth century, pp. 69-70).Provenance: gilt arms of the ?âcole centrale du d? partement du Tarn on upper cover and stamp of ?âcole sup? rieure de commerce et d?Äôindustrie, Bordeaux, on title and one other leafDibner 112; En fran?ßais dans le texte 179; Horblit 61; Norman 1257; Parkinson p 216- $15,000
- $15,000
Magic Flute: Queen of the Night
SENDAK (Maurice) MAGIC FLUTE. 1980, original lithograph on stone, each drawn and fully signed in pencil by the artist Maurice Sendak, each example numbered in pencil lower left 9/10, dated 02 indicating when signed by Sendak but actually printed twenty-two years earlier by Ken Tyler at Tyler Graphics Ltd (New Bedford NY) on partially deckled-edged rag paper with the Tyler blind stamp insignia in lower right corner: Frank Corsaro (Producer of this version) as Queen of the Night 15-1/4 x 12-3/8 inches- $7,500
- $7,500
Three Boys (Child Spirits) and Mozart
SENDAK (Maurice) SENDAK (Maurice0: MAGIC FLUTE. 1980, original lithograph on stone, each drawn and fully signed in pencil by the artist Maurice Sendak, each example numbered in pencil lower left 9/10, dated 02 indicating when signed by Sendak but actually printed twenty-two years earlier by Ken Tyler at Tyler Graphics Ltd (New Bedford NY) on partially deckled-edged rag paper with the Tyler blind stamp insignia in lower right corner: Three Boys (Child Spirits) and Mozart. Captioned Dragon Act 1 Scene 1 / Temple No. 1 Measures 15 x 12-1/4 inches- $7,500
- $7,500
Metreon: Watermelon Moon
SENDAK (Maurice) SENDAK (Maurice): METREON: Wild Things Watermelon Moon . 1996 Metreon Wild Thing Transformation Original Pencil study for Metreon installation in San Francisco Measures 5 x 9-3/4 inches on larger paper Signed in full at bottom center image of a Wild Thing Eating a Watermelon Moon Reference: Schiller Sendak Abrams 2013 (p. 74)- $12,500
- $12,500
Little Lulu and Friends
BUELL (Marjorie H "Marge")) BUELL (Marjorie H Marge), attributed [19041993] Little LULU with Friends. 1947. Watercolor and mounted cut-out figures. Cover design for McLoughlin Bros catalogue: Childrens Books 1947. The image was used for the last catalogue published by the firm. Measures 14-11/16 x 12-1/2 inches- $5,000
- $5,000
Vietnam War Hammer And Sickle Tank Tomi Ungerer
Tomi Ungerer Original vintage anti Vietnam War propaganda poster featuring a great cartoon illustration by the notable artist Tomi Ungerer (1931-2019) depicting a man wearing an Asian style hat sitting on top of a tank marked with an American army star on the side with a swastika as one of the wheel cogs on the track below, dangling a bamboo fishing rod in front of the cannon gun on the tank, using a red Soviet hammer and sickle of communism as bait. Good condition, restored tears, small restored paper loss, staining, backed on linen. Size: 68x53.5 cm- $1,008
- $1,008
Fair Land of Kent River Medway South Eastern Chatham Railway
Milner Gray Original vintage travel poster for the Fair Land of Kent featuring scenic artwork by Milner Gray (1899-1997) of The River Medway in South East England depicting people sitting on the river bank watching people punting on rowing boats on the calm water with houses behind the tall trees and a stone bridge in the distance, the stylised lettering and SE&CR logo on the black border below. Issued by The South Eastern and Chatham Railway (1899-1923). Printed by McCorquodale & Co Ltd London. Good condition, restored folds, restored tears, light staining, backed on linen. Size: 101.5x63.5 cm- $3,361
- $3,361
Geneva Geneve Switzerland Yachts
Geo Fustier Original vintage travel poster for Geneva / Geneve featuring great artwork by Géo Fustier (1892-1982) depicting a picturesque view of Lake Geneva in Switzerland showing boats sailing across the reflective water with green park gardens, flowers and tall trees in the foreground and buildings on the other side of the lake with the snow topped Alps mountains in the distance, the title text below in large white letters. behind tall trees in a garden in the foreground. Good condition, restored paper losses, restored tears, restored stains, backed on linen. Size: 100x66 cm- $3,697
- $3,697
Brazil Rio De Janeiro Christ The Redeemer Copacabana Beach Design
Original vintage travel poster for Rio de Janeiro in Brazil South America featuring the Christ the Redeemer statue on top of Mount Corcovado overlooking the city below with Sugarloaf Mountain and the sea leading to mist covered hills on the horizon, the Copacabana Beach Portuguese pavement wave design down the side with the title text in bold red letters above and bold yellow below. Issued by the Brazilian Government Trade Bureau in New York. Fair condition, restored pinholes, restored tears, tape marks, restored creases, restored folds, backed on linen. Size: 69.5x54.5 cm- $874
- $874
Scotland River Dee Invercauld Old Bridge James Porteous Wood
James Porteous Wood Original vintage travel advertising poster for Scotland Where You Are Always Welcome featuring a colourful scenic painting by the watercolour artist and designer James Porteous Wood (1919-2005) depicting The River Dee at Invercauld near Braemar featuring trees and shrubs lining the river with the arched stone Old Bridge of Dee glowing in front of the sun drenched mountains in the background. Located between Crathie / Balmoral and Braemar, the Old Bridge of Dee was built in 1753 by Major William Caulfeild as part of the the military road network in the Scottish Highlands. Addie & Co Ltd. Edinburgh. Good condition, restored paper loss, light staining, backed on linen. Size: 76x50.5 cm- $1,008
- $1,008
Colombia Medellin Flower Festival South America
Original vintage travel poster advertising the Medellin silleteros parade on August 14 in Colombia issued by the National Tourism Corporation / Medellin desfile de silleteros agosto 14 corporacion nacional de turismo-Colombia featuring a colourful illustration depicting a lady in a purple skirt, white shirt and yellow sun hat, smiling towards the viewer surrounded by a vast array of flowers against a dark blue background. The Medellin festival of flower sellers is a popular annual event held since 1957 that includes a variety of cultural events and ends with a parade; Medellin is located in the Aburra Valley in the Andes Mountains region of Colombia and is also known as the City of the Flowers. Good condition, restored tears, backed on linen. Size: 67x48 cm- $1,008
- $1,008
Malaga Spain Winter Sport Festival
Maria Elena Saraza Original vintage travel poster for Malaga featuring a great illustration of a sailing boat at sea and a seagull flying overhead holding a thermometer in its beak decorated with colourful flowers and reading 20 degrees Celsius with the stylised lettering below reading - Malaga Fiestas Deportivas de Invierno Del 15 de Enero Al 15 De Febrero, IX Concurso Hípico Nacional Xi Regata Nacional Tiro de pichon Golf Aeromodelismo Carreras de Motocicletas Ciclismo Tenis Opera Conciertos y Exposiciones / Malaga Winter Sports Festival from January 15 to February 15 IX National Horse Racing Contest Xi National Regatta Pigeon shooting Golf Aeromodelling Motorcycle Racing Cycling Tennis Opera Concerts and Exhibitions - with people taking part in the events depicted behind the bold red title text next to the coat of arms. Good condition, restored tears, restored creasing, light staining, backed on linen. Size: 45x25 cm- $370
- $370
Nice Cote d’Azur Matisse Museum The Creole Dancer
Henri Matisse Original vintage travel advertising poster published by and for the French Government and the General Committee for Tourism to promote the city of Nice on the French Riviera - France Cote d'Azur - and the Matisse Museum / Musee Matisse (opened 1963) featuring a colourful image by the renowned French artist Henri Matisse (1869-1954) of his 1950 La Danseuse Creole gouache paint and cut-out paper artwork against a white background, the text below in stylised black letters. Printed in France by Imp. Mourlot. Good condition, fold, cracks and creases. Size: 99x62.5 cm- $2,353
- $2,353
Philippines Pearl Of The Orient Rice Paddies
Original vintage Southeast Asia travel advertising poster for the Philippines Pearl of the Orient featuring a scenic image of rice farmers working in paddy fields below the shining sun with hills in the background, the stylised title above with the red star Caltex logo below. The Philippines became known as the Pearl of the Orient Seas / Perla del Mar de Oriente by the Spanish in the 18th century; the phrase was included in the Philippine national anthem in 1960. Issued by Caltex (Philippines) Ltd., lithographed in Philippines by Cacho Hnes line. Very good condition, faint staining in margins and minor pinholes in corners. Size: 61x46 cm- $471
- $471
Philippines Zamboango Colorful Moroland
Original vintage Southeast Asia travel advertising poster for Zamboango in Southern Philippines Colorful Moroland featuring a man in traditional clothing hoisting a colourful sail on a decorated wooden sailing boat next a fishing village with buildings on stilts above the sea and palm trees in front of hills in the background, the stylised text above and the title below with the red star Caltex logo. Issued by Caltex (Philippines) Ltd., lithographed in Philippines by Cacho Hnes line. Very good condition, faint staining and minor creases in margins. Size: 61x46 cm- $397
- $397
Tourist Map of South Africa Ullmann
Ullmann Original vintage travel poster featuring a colourful and detailed illustrated Tourist Map of South Africa with pictographs of transport, safari animals and farming, mountains and natural wonders such as Victoria Falls, activities such as sunbathing and water sports as well as ruins and other places of interest with rivers and railway routes connecting cities and towns in the colour coded areas including the Cape of Good Hope, South West Africa, British Protectorate of Bechuanaland, Southern Rhodesia, Orange Free State, Swaziland Natal Zululand, Basutoland, Trans Vaal and Portugese East Africa with images of boats, ships, planes, wildlife and a decorative compass with the South Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean marked, the title above with "Information relative to South Africa. Issued by the publicity and travel department, Union of South Africa" in a banner style box and an image below of the artist drawing the map at his easel. Horizontal. Fair condition, restored tears, tape marks, staining, restored folds and creases, backed on linen. Size: 55x69 cm- $370
- $370
Bogota Colombia Bullfighting Braniff Airways
Original vintage travel poster for Bogota Columbia issued by Braniff International Airways featuring a colourful image of a bullfight with the torero / bullfighter wearing a traditional gold and green uniform and using a pink and blue cape as the bull charges towards him horns first, a white horse and rider visible in front of the spectator stand on the other side of the arena. Bogota was founded as the capital of Colombia in 1538, located in South America in the Andes; the Santa Maria bullring / Plaza de Toros Santamaría was built in 1931. Braniff Airways was an American airline that operated national and international services from 1928-1982; named as Braniff International Airways from 1948-1965. Good condition, restored tears, staining, backed on linen. Size: 67x50 cm- $739
- $739
Congo Africa Elephant
Jean van Noten Original vintage travel poster for the Congo featuring a great design by Jean van Noten (1903-1982) of a plane flying over a rainforest jungle with hills on the side and in the distance, a lake of calm reflective water and a herd of elephants behind the trees and plants in the foreground framing the scenic view, the stylised title text below in yellow decorated with white stars in the letters. The Congo is located in Central Africa and the Congo River (formerly named the Zaire River), which runs through to the Atlantic Ocean, is second longest river in Africa. Fair condition, restored tears, staining, trimmed edges, backed on linen. Size: 97x62 cm- $1,008
- $1,008
Holland Via Harwich Fred Taylor
Fred Taylor Original vintage LNER London and North Eastern Railway poster for Holland via Harwich daily and nightly services featuring a great design by Fred Taylor (1875-1963) showing a city view over the historical buildings, trees, parks and boats moored in a harbour with the title and information text below. Printed by the Dangerfield Printing Co London. Horizontal. Large size. Good condition, restored folds, restored tears, minor stains and tape marks in margins, backed on linen. Size: 102x127 cm- $1,680
- $1,680
Aquarium Zoological Garden Barcelona
Original vintage advertising poster for the Zoological Garden aquarium and terrarium park of the citadel Barcelona / Jardín Zoológico acuario y terrario parque de la ciudadela Barcelona featuring a colourful illustration of three seahorses on green reeds in front of two fish swimming past against the blue shaded water background, the stylised text in black and coat of arms below. Created in 1877 as the first major park in Barcelona, Catalonia, the Parc de la Ciutadella encompasses 70-acres that includes the City Zoo (opened in 1892), the historic Palau del Parlament de Catalunya (built 1717-1727), a lake, museums and a fountain waterfall designed by the Spanish architect Josep Fontsere (with Antoni Gaudi); the aquarium was reopened in 1909 and the formation of a Zoological Garden was started in 1931. Very good condition, small restored paper losses on margin, light browning on margin, backed on linen. Size: 47x33 cm- $471
- $471
Motoring in Germany Ludwig Hohlwein
Ludwig Hohlwein Original vintage travel poster promoting Motoring in Germany featuring a great illustration by the notable German poster artist Ludwig Hohlwein (1874-1949) of a classic car in front of trees and gothic and traditional German architecture in shades of orange and brown including a cathedral and historic ruins with a mountain range in shades of blue across a lake in the background, the title in bold black text above and information below with the logos. Printed in Munich. Issued by RVD. Fair condition, restored paper loss, tears and creases, staining, trimmed margins on sides, backed on linen. Size: 100x65 cm- $1,277
- $1,277
Back Them Up WWII RAF Royal Air Force Knapsack Germany
James Gardner Original vintage World War Two poster - Back Them Up! - featuring dynamic artwork by Leslie James Gardner (1907-1995) depicting RAF Royal Air Force Bristol Blenheim aircraft dropping bombs during a raid on an industrial facility near Cologne / Koln in August 1941 with a British Union Jack flag visible on the plane in the foreground as it flies over explosions on a building by a railway line with the title and slogan in the border below: The bombing in daylight of the power station at Knapsack, Germany, by the Royal Air Force. Printed in London, England, by Chromoworks Ltd. Good condition, restored tears, restored folds, restored paper loss, backed on linen. Size: 76x50.5 cm- $1,277
- $1,277
Your Country Worth Fighting For Recruitment WWI UK
Original antique World War One recruitment poster published by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee - Your country's call Isn't this worth fighting for? Enlist Now - featuring a great image depicting a Scottish soldier in the foreground wearing his hodden grey kilt uniform and holding a gun in one hand, pointing with his other hand towards an idyllic rural landscape with thatched cottage houses bordering a small country road with flowers in the gardens and cows in the hilly fields leading to a cloud in the blue sky on the horizon, the text above and below in bold white letters against the brown border. Printed by Jowett & Sowry, Leeds. Very good condition, waving, faint creases and minor tears in margins. Size: 75x50.5 cm- $1,277
- $1,277
Hurricane Pilots WWII UK
Original vintage World War Two poster featuring a black and white photo of Hurricane pilots in uniform standing in front of a fighter plane with the caption reading - Pilotes Allies D?une Escadrille De ?Hurricanes? De Gauche a Droite: Americain, Australien, Canadien, Indien, Belge, Ecossais, Anglais et Tchecoslavique / Allied Pilots of a "Hurricane" Squad From Left to Right: American, Australian, Canadian, Indian, Belgian, Scottish, English and Czechoslovakian. Horizontal. Very good condition, creasing. Size: 38x51 cm- $504
- $504
Waste the Food Help the Hun Fougasse WWII
Fougasse (Cyril Kenneth Bird) Original vintage World War Two poster - Waste the Food and Help the Hun - from the wartime propaganda series issued by the Ministry of Information. Artwork by the notable British cartoonist and illustrator Fougasse (Cyril Kenneth Bird; 1887-1965) featuring an image of a smiling Hitler holding up his arm up resembling a Nazi salute to say thank you with the stylised lettering below set within a red border. Very good condition, restored paper loss on corner, backed on linen. Size: 37.5x25 cm- $1,008
- $1,008
Volkswagen Beetle Hole In The Roof
Original vintage car dealer showroom advertising poster for Volkswagen Beetle - Our most expensive option: A hole in the roof - featuring a great design showing a smartly dressed man wearing a suit and looking up to the viewer through the open sun roof of a VW Beetle with the VW logo and text below explaining the price of $1,675 that includes benefits of added extras such as a heater and de-froster with an optional $90 extra for the hand-fitted sunroof option that will bring sunshine and fresh air and a view of nothing but sky. The German automobile maker, Volkswagen ("people's car") was founded in 1937; the company's Type 1 two-door models were first manufactured in 1938, achieving a peak growth in sales and popularity during the 1960s hippie era. Very good condition, staining, creasing, backed on linen. Size: 104.5x77 cm- $2,353
- $2,353
India Elephant
S. Hall Original vintage travel poster for India featuring a colourful illustration depicting a regal elephant with a brightly coloured howdah carriage being ridden by two men in robes in front of traditional Indian architecture with a man walking in the foreground and the stylised title text above the sun and domes against the pink shaded sky. Good condition, restored tears, restored paper losses, backed on linen. Size: 95x65.5 cm- $1,008
- $1,008
Odessa USSR Intourist Black Sea
Original vintage Intourist travel poster for Odessa printed for the Soviet State travel company Intourist (founded 1929) featuring great artwork depicting people on the grand staircase leading from the city to the harbour below, the Potemkin Steps / Potemkin Stairs (opened 1841), looking towards ships at port on the calm sea with trains on a busy railway track and a large red Soviet flag with a hammer and sickle and star on it flying over the scene in the foreground, the ropes leading down to the bold stylised Art Deco lettering below, the Intourist logo and text in the border. Located on the Black Sea in Ukraine, the historic port city of Odessa ("the pearl of the Black Sea") is a popular tourist destination and major maritime hub. Printed in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Russia). Good condition, small restored tear, some creases, light staining, backed on linen. Size: 75x50 cm- $4,705
- $4,705
Yugoslavia Croatia Rab Island Beach
Prelse Sirok Original vintage travel poster for the island of Rab Jugoslavija / Yugoslavia (1921-1991; now part of Croatia) featuring a stylish young lady relaxing on a towel with a beach ball under a tree on the coast with a sandy beach leading towards the churches and bell towers in the historical town centre of Rab and a sailing boat on the calm blue Adriatic Sea in front of hills in the distance. Excellent condition, faint creases. Size: 69x48.5 cm- $1,008
- $1,008
Air France South America Lucien Boucher
Lucien Boucher Original vintage travel poster advertising flights to South America / America Del Sur by Air France featuring a colourful stylised design by Lucien Boucher (1889-1971) depicting historic buildings and city skyscrapers, jungle forests, palm trees, Sugarloaf Mountain, the Amazon River and the Andes mountain range on a map of South America with clouds and a large white bird wing in the same shape above marked with the airline's seahorse (pegasus / hippocampe aile) logo and a propeller plane flying over the white waves on the blue ocean background, the title text above and below. Very good condition, foxing, restored tear in margin, backed on linen. Size: 100x63 cm- $1,680
- $1,680
Observations diverses sur la sterilité, perte de fruict, fecondité, accouchements, et maladies des femmes et enfants nouveaux naiz .
BOURGEOIS [BOURSIER], Louise (1563-1636) 8vo (167 x 95 mm), ff [12] 12 [recte 3, without terminal blank], with fine engraved allegorical title and two engraved portraits (the author and Marie de Medici, Queen of France); a fine copy, in nineteenth-century French brown morocco, panelled in blind with gilt corner ornaments, spine gilt, slightly worn. First edition, first issue, very rare, of the first obstetrics book written by a woman to be published, and a work that founded obstetrics as a science. It was one of the most popular and influential textbooks of its day, and was credited by Jean Astruc with greatly advancing French midwifery. 'She was one of the pioneers of scientific midwifery; her Observations was the vade mecum of contemporary midwives' (Garrison and Morton).Louise Bourgeois became interested in midwifery after the birth of her first child, with the result that she studied medicine and obstetrics practice under her barber-surgeon husband, Martin Boursier, and his teacher the great Ambroise Paré. The guild of midwives tried to oppose her application for a licence, fearing her increasing reputation amongst Paré's circle of surgeons. Their opposition was of no avail, however, and she was summoned to attend the confinement of Marie de Medici, Queen of France, for the birth of the future Louis XIII. She thus became midwife to the French court for 27 years, and delivered all the children of Marie de Medici. The death by puerperal sepsis of the child of the Duchess of Orléans, the princess Marie de Bourbon-Montpensier, in 1627 brought an end to her reign at the age of 64, and as a result Louis XIV required that at all future royal births a surgeon should be present.Bourgeois drew on the practice of Paré and Guillemeau. She 'advocated the induction of premature labor for contracted pelvis and gave original descriptions of prolapsed umbilical cord and face presentation and their management' (Speert).The collation of this work is a8 e4 A-P8, Q4, with I8 cancelled, with numerous errors in foliation and two in signatures (D3 and E3); the work was reset correcting these errors in the later issue, which can be distinguished by having Q4 blank (or absent)Provenance: presentation inscription on front flyleaf 'Au Docteur L. Santé Amicitior memoria sacrum Langres 1915 Paris [infinity sign] Georges Grappe'; Georges Grappe (1897-1947) was an art historian and curator of the Rodin museumGarrison and Morton 6145; Cutter and Veits pp 73-76; Speert Iconographia gyniatrica pp 72-73; Krivatsy 1625 (imperfect); Waller 1365; OCLC records NLM, UCLA, Yale, Kansas, Johns Hopkins, Duke, Philadelphia College of Physicians, and UBC for North America (both issues, mostly the second)- $9,500
- $9,500
Gabinetto mineralogico del Collegio Nazareno descritto secondo i caratteri esterni e distribuito a norma de’ principi constitutivi.
PETRINI, Giovanni Vincenzo] (1725-1814) Two vols, 8vo (218 x 145 mm), pp LII 384 [2, errata and blank]; XXXIX [1, blank] 387 [1, blank]; some faint marginal waterstaining to first leaves of second vol, some corners of prelims crumpled, really a very attractive, fresh, and unpressed copy in contemporary Italian patterned boards (differing but both vols with the same provenance), slightly worn. First edition of this extensive catalogue of the mineralogical museum in the Collegeo Nazareno in Rome, founded by the author, Father Petrini and arranged by Scipione Breislak.'Rare. Extensive descriptive collection catalog of the mineral specimens held in at Nazareno College in Rome at the end of the 18th century. The preliminaries of the first volume provide some history of the formation of the collection and a synopsis of the new chemistry of Lavoisier. The catalog then commences, classifying the specimens into a standard structure of salts, earths, bitumens and flammable bodies, and metals. Volcanic objects and fossils are given their own classifications and are treated at the end of volume two' (Curtis Schuh, Biobibliography of Mineralogy online). The organiser of the collection, Scipione Breislak (1750-1826) was '. one of the founders of volcanology in Italy, Breislak was the first to determine that basaltic rocks were of extrusive origin; he also emphasised that the tufaceous deposits of Campania originated under water, and he reconstructed the evolution of Vesuvius' (DSB). He was the author of Introduzione alle Geologia (Milan, 1811).'Antiquarians and polymaths in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries pursued del Riccio's interest in the geological and geographic origins of marble with even greater scientific rigor. The secretary of the papal nephew Francesco Barberini, Cassiano del Pozzo, assembled a vast collection of drawings of the objects, buildings, and other material remains of the ancient world. This corpus of drawings, known as the paper museum (museo caraceo), included a catalogue of stones painted on paper. Dal Pozzo worked with the Venetian painter Jacopo Ligozzi and the director of the opificio fiorentino, Matteo Nigetti, in painting and compiling the samplings. Painted compilations such as Dal Pozzo's became the actual marble-sample panels of the eighteenth century: to this end Father Giovan Vincenzo Petrini (1725-1784) founded a mineralogical museum in the Collegio Nazareno in Rome' (Radical Marble, Architectural Innovation from Antiquity to the Present, J. Nicholas Napoli and William Tronzo, eds)Provenance: early ownership inscription 'C. Guicciardi' on both endleavesWard and Carozzi 1754; OCLC records Smithsonian, Chicago, Illinois, Oklahoma, McGill, and Cornell in North America- $3,250
- $3,250
Alcuni opuscoli filosofici . Al serenissimo, e reverendiss. principe il sig. cardinale de’ Medici.
CASTELLI, Benedetto (1578-1643) 4to (224 x 160 mm), pp [viii] 79 [1, blank], title with large vignette of the arms of the Medici dedicatee, engraved by Pietro Tedeschi, and five woodcut optical diagrams in text; a fine copy on thick paper, unpressed, in nineteenth-century calf-backed boards, minor wear to spine. First edition of this rare posthumous publication, containing Castelli's most important contributions to the field of optics. The text comprises miscellaneous pieces, including the first publications of two letters to Galileo (dated 27 June 1637 and 2 August 1638, pages 47-79) detailing experiments on the absorption and transmission of radiant heat by differently coloured surfaces.'Castelli's optical investigations were continued in a treatise sent to Giovanni Ciampoli in 1639 and published in 1669 [in the present work]. Included are many observations and conclusions with respect to the persistence of optical images, by which Castelli explained the perception of motion, the illusion of forked tongues in serpents, and other phenomena. In the same treatise he recommended the use of diaphragms in telescopes to impede transverse rays, anticipating Hevelius. His discussions of the camera obscura, the inversion of images on the retina, and of cataract (from which Galileo had recently lost his sight), although less novel, are not without interest.'More celebrated is Castell's discussion of heat in a series of letters to Galileo (1637-1638) and particularly his experiments with the absorption of radiant and transmitted heat by black and white objects. Two of these letters, in which the pursuit of experimental science is even more clearly described than in Galileo's work on bodies of water, were published in 1669 [in the above]' (DSB).In a treatise on the preservation of grains (pp 39-46) Castelli suggests keeping wheat in sealed containers so that pathogens are kept out, anticipating later discoveries by Francesco Redi in microbiology and the discrediting the theory of spontaneous generation.Carli and Favaro 322; Riccardi I 291 n 3; OCLC records Cal Tech, Huntington (Burndy), Yale, American Philosophical Society, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, and UC Berkeley for North America- $16,500
- $16,500
De viribus vivis dissertatio .
BOSCOVICH, Ruggero Giuseppe] (1711-1787) 4to ( 221 x 164 mm), pp XLIX [1, blank], with folding engraved plates; a very faint occasional marginal spotting, a very good copy in plain wrappers.First edition, first issue of Boscovich's earliest published work on his dynamic point theory, and which was the precursor to his great Philosophiae naturalis theoria redacta ad unicam legem virium in natura existentium (1758), a work considered as the 'birth of atomic physics' and praised by Faraday, Maxwell, and Heisenberg. Boscovich stated in the Philosophiae naturalis theoria that his work originated in this 1745 publication.Boscovich's dynamic point theory 'was not only the first general mathematical theory of atomism . but more specifically it was the first scientific theory: to treat all the ultimate constituents of matter as identical; to employ finite numbers of point particles; to eliminate Newtonian mass as a primary quantity, substituting a kinematic basis; to postulate a relational basis for the mathematical treatment of inertia and of all space and time observations; to propose to derive all physical effects from a single law; to eliminate the scale-free similarity property of the Newtonian law, introducing natural lengths into continuous laws so as to determine unique equilibrium positions and other scale-fixed properties; to employ a power series to represent an observable.' (L. L. Whyte in Roger Joseph Boscovich . Studies of his life and work, London, 1961).'The Theory of Natural Philosophy is now recognized as having exerted a fundamental influence on modern mathematical physics . As the title of his book implies, he considered that a single law was the basis of all natural phenomena and of the properties of matter; that the multiplicity of physical forces was only apparent and due to inadequate mathematical knowledge' (PMM).Boscovich's 'heterodoxy in mechanics began to be apparent at least as early as 1745, when he published an important discourse on the subject of living force (vis viva) . This discourse contained the first statement of Boscovich's universal force law.'That law was inspired partly by Leibniz's law of continuity and partly by the famous thirty-first query with which Newton concluded the fourth edition of his Opticks. There Newton raised speculatively the question whether there might not exist both attractive and repulsive forces alternately operative between the particles of matter. From this idea Boscovich proceeded by way of an analysis of collision of bodies to the enunciation of a "universal law of forces" between elements of matter, the force being alternately attractive or repulsive, depending upon the distance by which they are separated. As that distance diminishes toward zero, repulsion predominates and grows infinite so as to render direct contact between particles impossible. A fundamental role is played by the points of equilibrium between the attractive and repulsive forces. Boscovich called such points "boundaries" (limes, the Latin singular). Some of them are points of stable equilibrium for the particles in them and others are points of unstable equilibrium. The behavior of these boundaries and the areas between them enabled Boscovich to interpret cohesion, impenetrability, extension, and many physical and chemical properties of matter, including its emission of light.Extended description upon requestThere are two issues of this publication, an academic one as here, and a commercial one, the latter containing a differing imprint and also naming Boscovich as the author. A comparison of the two makes clear that both were printed from the same standing type, apart from the title page. The commercial issue has the imprint 'Sumptibus venantii Monaldini bibliopole', and also a different title ornament.Manuscript corrections to the text on pages V, IX, and XXXIX, as in the BSB copyRiccardi I.1 174 n 21; Sommervogel I 1832 n 22; OCLC records Huntington, Smithsonian, American Philosophical Society, Harvard, Princeton, and Brown for North- $9,000
- $9,000
Flora: Seu, DeFlorum Cultura. Or a Complete Florilege, Furnish with All Requisites Belonging to a Florist.
Rea, John Brown call, re-backed. Engraved title-page and 16 (garden) plans on 8 plates. Sales receipt dated 1934 tipped onto front endpaper. Bookplate of former owner on front paste-down. Intermittent light imperfection (spotting, light dampstaining (not offensive), age toning to page perimeters, etc. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall- $1,800
- $1,800
Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening
Repton, Humphry 1/2 maroon morocco, maroon cloth. Complete with all plates - several with overlays. Bookplate on front paste-down and former owner's name and date in pencil on front endsheet. An exceptional copy of this seminal work on landscape architecture. Size: Folio- $10,000
- $10,000
The Theory and Practice of Gardening: Wherein is Fully Handled All That Relates to Fine Gardens, Commonly Called pleasure-Gardens, Groves, Bowling–Greens, Etc.
James, John (Trans.) Handsomely bound in 1/4 brown morocco, marbled boards, gilt ornaments in panels. First English Translation. Complete with 32 folding and double-page plates. Cuts-in-text. Some minor spotting and age-toning to page perimeters. Bookplate of former owner on front paste-down. Very scarce. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall- $2,750
- $2,750
Entartete Kunst. Austellungsführer
KAISER (Fritz) (Degenerate Art). KAISER (Fritz): Entartete Kunst. Austellungsführer. Führer durch die Austellung Entartete Kunst zusammengestellt von der Reichspropagandaleitung, Amtsleitung Kultur. Berlin: Verlag fur Kultur und Wirtschaftswerbung [1938]. 8vo., 30[2] pp.; printed pictorial wrappers, stapled spine (vertical crease where once folded in the middle, light soiling, otherwise in very good condition). The cover illustration The New Man by Otto Freundlich. This illustrated guide, written by Fritz Kaiser, an official in the Reich Propaganda Ministry, was issued as a souvenir of the vicious and defamatory 1937 show of modern art.- $1,200
- $1,200
WEEK SPENT IN A GLASS POND
EWING, JULIANA HORATIA (ANDRE,R.)illus. A WEEK SPENT IN A GLASS POND by the Great Water Beetle by JULIANA HORATIA EWING. London: Wells Gardner Darton, no date [1883]. 4to (7 1/4 x 9 1/8"), cloth backed pictorial boards, 32p., edges rubbed and some finger soil, VG+. Beautifully illustrated by Andre with detailed chromolithographs on every page plus there is a stunning pictorial cover. Osborne p.984.- $440
- $440
SHIP THAT SAILED TO MARS
TIMLIN, WILLIAM TIMLIN,WILLIAM. THE SHIP THAT SAILED TO MARS. London: Harrap, no date [1923]. Large 4to (9 1/2 x 12 1/4"), gilt decorated vellum-backed boards, spine slightly darkened some tip and edge wear, a clean and VG+ copy. An incredible fantasy - science fiction tale. Every page of calligraphic text is individually mounted on heavy gray paper (47 pages of text). There are 48 mounted color plates by Timlin that are really magnificent. Timlin was born in England in 1893 but grew up in South Africa. A most fabulous and desired book.- $1,375
- $1,375
De inaequalitatibus quas Saturnus et Jupiter sibi mutuo videntur inducere praesertim circa tempus conjunctionis. Opusculum ad Parisiensem Academiam trasmissum et nunc primum editum .
BOSCOVICH, Ruggero Giuseppe] (1711-1787) 4to (200 x 127 mm), pp xxiv 187 [1], with woodcut ornament on title, woodcut initials and headpieces, and four folding engraved plates; a fine copy in contemporary Italian vellum, labelled in gilt on spine. First edition of Boscovich's work on the aberrations observed in the orbits of Saturn and Jupiter from the predicted Newtonian paths. Taking into account the Earth, this was a version of the classic three-body problem of determining the paths of three moving bodies which affect each other's gravitational field, and which has no rigourous algebraic solution, and requires approximation techniques.Isaac Newton had suggested in the second and third editions of his Principia (1713, 1726) that the observed perturbations in the motions of Jupiter and Saturn were a consequence of gravitational interaction, but neither he nor Flamsteed could devise equations to solve the problem. As a result the Paris Académie des Sciences had proposed a competition on solving the problem in 1748, 1750, and 1752, with Clairaut and d'Alembert acting as judges. They awarded the prize to Euler for the years 1748 and 1752, but the 1750 prize remained unassigned. Boscovich had submitted a paper on a proposed solution, which received an honourable mention and was considered for publication in the Mémoires of the Academy, but he wasn't awarded the prize. He decided to expand his paper, the result of which was the present work.Boscovich's approach arose from his study of comets and his method for determining parabolic orbits which, as DSB remarks, 'comes close to the classic method of H.W. Olbers (1797). An interesting treatise of 1749 concerns the determination of an elliptical orbit by means of a construction previously employed for resolving the reflection of a light ray from a spherical mirror. Boscovich employed this method again in 1756, in a treatise discussing the reciprocal perturbations of Jupiter and Saturn, which he entered in a competition on the subject set by the Academy of Sciences in Paris.'Riccardi I.1 179 n 9; Sommervogel I 1840 n 61- $5,000
- $5,000