Souvenir de mon séjour a Paris
SOMEI, Yuki Yuki Somei (1875-1957) was a Japanese painter who achieved recognition as an established artist and professor of arts at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts. During the years 1923-1925, he dedicated time to studying academic oil painting in Europe. The catalog, titled "My Stay in Paris," showcases his collection of woodcuts. This compilation is devoted to capturing the sketchy everyday life of a foreigner in Parislong stretches along the Seine River, book dealers on the bridges, café chantants, and more. Somei's artistic style can be characterized as a beautiful and unique fusion of two distinct traditions. Here, Japanese woodblock printing intersects with European expressionism, creating a composition where rustic monochrome volumes are complemented by thick, ragged contours and an almost photographic depth of shadows. No text. Very rare (only one copy in Waseda University Library). 2/200, limited edition. In folio. 33x26 cm. 8 linocuts. 9 pages. Spine detached. Paper wrappers slightly soiled and chipped to the top edge. Very good condition.- $275
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SACRED AND LEGENDARY ART. Volumes I & II.
Mrs. Jameson (Anna Jameson) London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1857. Third edition. Vol. I: xix + 394pp. PLATE P. 261 MISSING. Vol. II: xv + 8188pp. 8vo. Scarlet morocco, gilt and black embossed decoration. 5 raised bands. Gilt lettering on spines and dentelles. All edges gilt. Very good.- $100
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The Greville Memoirs. A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV. And King William IV.
GREVILLE, Charles C.F. 3 volume set, 8 1/2 inches tall. A most attractive Victorian half calf set with gilt raised bands, twin labels and dense gilt tooling to the panels. Some foxing to the preliminaries, then clean. From the library and with the bookplates of L. Rothschild. A handsome set of the the work of this great diarist who, at a later date, extended his journal to cover much of the reign of Queen Victoria.- $600
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The Lives of the Chief Justices of England.
CAMPBELL, John Lord 3 volume set, 8 1/2 inches tall. A very handsome Victorian half calf bound set in superb condition with gilt raised bands, twin labels and ornate gilt tooling to the panels. Armorial Bookplate. Originally published in 2 volumes this set comprises all 3 volumes published, 'from the Norman Conquest till the Death of Lord Tenterden'. A neat set of this classic history.- $600
- $600
The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England.
CAMPBELL, John Lord 7 volume set, 8 1/2 inches tall. In a really superb half Victorian calf binding in absolutely pristine condition. With gilt raised bands, ornate floral gilt tooling to the panels and twin labels, the volume labels being really striking. This title was originally published in three volumes and continued to a complete 7 volume set, 'from the earliest times till the reign of King George IV'. A splendid set of this great legal work.- $1,667
- $1,667
Essai de Cristallographie, ou Description des Figures Géométriques, Propres à différens Corps du Regne Minéral, connus vulgairement sous le nom de Cristaux.
ROMÉ DE L'ISLE, Jean-Baptiste Louis 8vo (190 x 121 mm), [7] viii-xxxii, 427, [3] pp. including initial and final blank, half title, 2 folding tables, 10 folding engraved plates, woodcut head- and tailpieces. Signatures: a-b8 A-2D8. Contemporary French marbled calf, spine with 5 raised bands gilt-tooled in compartments and gilt-lettered red morocco label, red-dyed edges, marbled endpapers (light rubbing to extremities). Text and plates bright and crisp throughout with only minor spotting in places, light ink soiling of final plate verso. Provenance: from a French private mineralogy collection. An exceptional copy. ---- FIRST EDITION. "The Cristallographie ranks as one of the great contributions to the science of crystals. In it Romé de l'Isle attempted to make a comprehensive classification of crystals. By the time he wrote this volume, he was extremely familiar with the subject, and this work greatly supassed all previous works in scope and detail. To apply his classification, he adopted a morphological approach in which he attempted to relate the diverse forms of crystals of the same substance. As a general morphological concept he introduced the idea of the "primitive form." All crystals of the same inorganic substance, no matter how different in appearance had a fundemental and common geometrical form-the primative form-to which their actual crystal shapes related. The justification for this idea was derived from the previous work of Carl Linneaus who had tried to expain the genesis of minerals by means of an analogy with the procreation of living creatures, and classified cystals by the similarities of their crystallized forms. In this first edition of the Cristallographie, Romé de l'Isle identifies 110 crystal forms by which minerals crystallize. Grouped under each of these shapes are described the minerals that exhibit similar habit, including the approximate angles between crystal faces. These forms were all derived form a common saline ingrediaent in every mineral that worked at a molecular level. Although he believes that these primitive forms existed, it is never made clear how they should be defined for any group of crystals" (Mineralogical Record Bibliography). Bibliography and references: Norman 1847; Wellcome 4, 553; Burke, Origins of the Science of Crystals, 1966: 69-71; Dana's 7th (Bibliography): 69; DSB: 11, 520-4 [by R. Hooykaas]; Freilich Sale Catalog: nos. 460-1; Hoover Collection: no. 691; Hooykaas, R., "De kristallografie van J.B. de Romé de l'Isle (1783)". - Visit our website to see more images!- $5,071
- $5,071
Nouveau Cours De Minéralogie Comprenant La Description De Toutes Les Espèces Minérales Avec Leurs Applications Directes Aux Arts.
DELAFOSSE, Gabriel 1858-1862. Four parts bound in four volumes (three of text and one atlas). 8vo (217 x 140 mm). Text volumes: [4], 546; [2], 486, [2]; [4], 628, 8 pp.; Atlas: [1-5] 6-16, [1] 14-24 pp., 40 double-page lithographed plates of crystal structures. Half-title and title to each volume; vol. I and II bound without final blank; 8 pp. of adverts in vol. III bound at end. Uniformly bound in 20th-century half green calf over marbled boards, spines with 4 raised bands each, silver lettering and tooling in compartments (silver of lettering partially gone). Several pages still uncut and unopened. Text little browned mostly to outer margins, some scattered foxing to text and plates (few pages and plates stronger), vol. I and atlas with light water-staining at lower margin of few gatherings and plates. Provenace: from a private collection of mineralogy books; traces of removed bookplates at pastedowns. Very good, complete and wide-margined set. ---- RARE FIRST EDITION of "Delafosse's most comprehensive work [. . .] drawn from his courses at the Ecole Normale, the Museum [Nationale d'Histoire Naturelle], and the Sorbonne, and published after he attained recognition as a major figure in mineralogy" (DSB). In The New Course of Mineralogy, the author concentrates his text on the practical use of minerals in industry. Gabriel Delafosse (1796-1878) was a French mineralogist, geologist and chemist who worked at the Natural History Museum in Paris and for sometime at the University of Paris. In the field of crystallography, he contributed to development of the idea of unit cells of crystals. Delafosse "considers that their chemical composition should be studied. It thus defines the difference between the 'integral molecule' (molecule) and the 'chemical molecule' (atom) of the crystals. By seeking the provision of the atoms inside the physical molecule, Delafosse is one of the first, in mineralogy, to apply the atomic theory. From this study on the chemical composition of minerals result from many work on the conditions of crystallization. Thus isomorphism and polymorphism with Eilhardt Mitscherlich (1794-1863) will be discovered, then will appear the concepts of dimorphism, homeomorphism, etc." (Schuh). References: Schuh's Annotated Bio-Bibliography, The Mineralogical Record, online resource; DSB 15 & 16 Suppl. I, p.115. - Visit our website to see more images!- $1,690
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Kant’s Theorie der reinmoralischen Religion mit Rücksicht auf das reine Christenthum kurz dargestellt. Riga: Johann Friedrich Hartknoch, 1796.
(KANT) REINER, G.L. First edition. Adickes 1629. Small 8vo, 190 pp., contemporary speckled boards, rubbed, paper spine label, inscription dated 1868 on title-page, pages fresh with isolated spots, a very good copy.- $147
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Oeuvres philosophiques et politiques de Thomas Hobbes. Tome premier, contenant les Elémens du citoyen, traduits en François, par un de ses amis. Tome second, contenant le Corps Politique & la Nature humaine. Neuchatel: Société Typographique, 1787.
HOBBES, Thomas First collected edition in French, containing De Cive and De Corpore Politico translated by Samuel Sorbière, and Human Nature translated by Holbach. 2 volumes, large 8vo, portrait frontispiece, xlviii, 452, [xxii]; iv, 292 pp., contemporary polished tree calf with triple gilt fillet, slight blemish to foot of first volume and lower cover of second volume, spines richly gilt with labels, slight wear to spine ends and lower corners, two wormholes in two joints, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, endpapers a little dampstained, a few bibliographical notes in neat pencil, otherwise internally clean with isolated spots, generally very good, an attractive set.- $871
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THE NORTHERN MINES: Factual Narratives of the Counties of Nevada, Placer, Sierra, Yuba, and Portions of Plumas and Butte.
Kinyon, Edmund. Original green cloth with gilt title, octavo, [14], 1-167, [5] pp. illustrations from photographs, folding map at rear. Signed by the author on blank leaf facing title page. Author was a Grass Valley journalist and historian of the Gold Rush. Lght wear to covers but overall very good- $100
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CONVERSATIONS ON THE SANDWICH ISLANDS MISSION. “By a Lady.” Revised by the Publishing Committee.
[Tuttle, Sarah]. 12mo, marbled boards, 216 pp., engraved frontispiece. Rare in commerce. OCLC/World Cat locates 12 copies. Forbes Hawaiian National Bibliography #822. A slightly shorter first edition was published in 1829. Complete but poor. Boards detached but present, spine perished, first gathering loose, first few pages detached, brown stain to last 25 pages (not obscuring text), scattered faint stains to text.- $150
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Goethes Werke. Illustrirt von ersten deutschen Künstlern. Band 1-5
Goethe, J.W. Five volumes in brown decorative cloth, illustrated. Undated ca. 1890. Previous owner's bookplate, clean internally, wear to corners. Nice examples. Size: Quarto (4to). 5-volume set (complete). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Literature & Literary; Inventory No: 048636.- $100
- $100
Commento di Ser Agresto da Ficarvolo sopra la prima ficata del padre Siceo; con la diceria de Nasi
Aretino, Pietro; Annibale Caro Early full parchment, wear at edges, modest soiling, some staining internally and worming in the lower right corners throughout not touching text, but quite close at times. Published as the last part of Aretino's Ragionamenti with a separate half title and introduction. 118pp A nice edition of Caro's licentious - the imprint is false (Bengodi is a fanciful place like Cocaigne) - sometimes identified as London, but more likely Lyons. Brunet I 1589 called it "fort licencieux". First published in 1539. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Erotica; Inventory No: 048641.- $750
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CARTA DECORATA XILOGRAFATA POLICROMA
c174 CARTA DECORATA XILOGRAFATA POLIOMA.Remondini,Italia,XVIII secolo. Stampa xilografica a più legni. Fondo non colorato. Motivo: fitto reticolo di piccole losanghe rosse con motivi geometrici blu e rossi. Dimensioni mm. 437x324ca.Piega centrale. Foglio intero, buone condizioni. c174 DECORATED XILOGRAPHIC PAPER Probably Remondini paper. Italy, XVIII century. Xilographic ( woodblock) print with more woodblockes. Decoration with Losengy diamond shapes decoration in red and blue ink on uncolored paper. Sheet dimensions 437x324ca. Previously folded in half. Full sheet,good condition.- $336
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CARTA DECORATA DORATA DECORATED GILT PAPER
C219 CARTA DECORATA DORATA Germania (?), Italia (?). Prima metà XIX secolo.Foglio dorato a pennello.Dimensioni mm 286x376 ca.Leggera piega centrale. Leggere tracce d'uso.Riutilizzato come legatura C219 DECORATED GILT PAPER Germany (?), Italy (?), First half of XIX century.Golden leaf brush.Sheet dimensions mm 286x376ca.Previously folded in half.Traces of use. Used as a binding.- $191
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CARTA DECORATA DORATA E GOFFRATA DECORATED DUTCH GILT PAPER
C216 CARTA DECORATA DORATA E GOFFRATA Probabilmente Germania. Primi anni del XIX secolo.Stampa dorata e goffrata su carta di colore blu dipinta a pennello.Disegno incavato in oro su fondo rilevato nel colore di base.Quattro file sovrapposte di nove edicole ciascuna contengono figure di santi con grande aureola a raggiera. Dimensioni mm 343x443 ca.Alcune bruniture e macchie scure.Leggera piega centrale. Foglio intero, buone condizioni C216 DECORATED DUTCH GILT PAPER Probably Germany, beginning of XIX century. A decorated paper - blue color - embossed.There are 4 rows each with 9 panels of gilt saints on a blue paper ground.Sheet dimensions mm 343x443 ca.Some browning and dark spots.Previously folded in half; fine condition.Full sheet- $617
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CARTA DECORATA DORATA E GOFFRATA DECORATED DUTCH GILT PAPER
C213 CARTA DECORATA DORATA E GOFFRATA Augsburg primi anni del XIX secolo da matrice settecentesca di Johann Carl Munck.Il laboratorio di Munck ha svolto l'attività fra il 1750 e il 1794.Stampa dorata e goffrata su carta di colore giallo; alternanza di superfici dorate incavate e superfici non dorate rilevate. Motivo: teoria di tralci con foglie e grossi fiori quali: peonie, garofani, tulipani, rose, campanule. Dimensioni mm 355x415 ca.Leggera piega. centraleFoglio intero, buone condizioni C213 DECORATED DUTCH GILT PAPER Augsburg , Germany, beginning of XIX century. Copy by Johann Carl Munck (second half of XVIII century ).A decorated paper - yellow color - embossed with big gold floral pattern.Sheet dimensions mm 355x415 ca.Previously folded in half; fine condition.Full sheet- $561
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CARTA DECORATA DORATA E GOFFRATA DECORATED DUTCH GILT PAPER
C212 CARTA DECORATA DORATA E GOFFRATA Augsburg primi anni del XIX secolo da matrice settecentesca di Johann Carl Munck.Il laboratorio di Munck ha svolto l'attività fra il 1750 e il 1794.Stampa dorata e goffrata su carta di colore arancione; alternanza di superfici dorate incavate e superfici non dorate rilevate.Motivo: teoria di tralci con foglie e grossi fiori quali peonie, garofani, tulipani, rose, campanule. Dimensioni mm 341x431ca.Leggera piega centrale.Foglio intero, buone condizioni C212 DECORATED DUTCH GILT PAPER Augsburg , Germany, beginning of XIX century. Copy by Johann Carl Munck (Second half of XVIII century ).A decorated paper - orange color - embossed with big gold floral pattern.Sheet dimensions mm 341x431 ca.Previously folded in half; fine condition.Full sheet- $561
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CARTA DECORATA DORATA E GOFFRATA DECORATED DUTCH GILT PAPER
C211 CARTA DECORATA DORATA E GOFFRATA Germania. Seconda metà XVIII secolo.Stampa dorata e goffrata su carta di colore rosa scuro dipinta a pennello; alternanza di superfici dorate incavate e superfici non dorate rilevate.Motivo: tappeto di piccoli rametti fogliati e fioriti con fiori e frutti: bacche, fiordalisi, melograni, grappoli d'uva, campanule. Bordo in fascia dorata.Dimensioni mm 344x400 ca.Leggera piega centrale.Foglio intero, buone condizioni, piccoli difetti. C211 DECORATED DUTCH GILT PAPER Germany, Second half of XVIII century. A decorated paper - pink color - embossed with gold floral and fruit pattern.Golden band on the border .Sheet dimensions mm 360X437ca.Previously folded in half; fine condition, light abrasions.Full sheet.- $561
- $561
CARTA DECORATA DORATA DECORATED GILT PAPER
C103C CARTA DECORATA DORATA Germania (?), Italia (?). Seconda metà secolo XVIII.Carta vergellata con filigrana non visibile.Foglio con applicazione di sottili lamine dorate. Le lamine possono essere in rame o ottone.Dimensioni mm 311x377 ca.Leggera piega centrale. Tracce d'uso. Presenza di ossidazioni e gora sul retro. C103C DECORATED GILT PAPER Germany (?), Italy (?), Second half of XVIII century.Sheet with application of thin gold leaf ( it's not real gold but copper or brass).Sheet dimensions mm 311x377 ca. Previously folded in half.Traces of use. Leaf oxided and water stains on the back.- $314
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CARTA DECORATA DORATA DECORATED GILT PAPER
C103B CARTA DECORATA DORATA Germania (?), Italia (?). Seconda metà secolo XVIII secolo.Carta vergellata con filigrana non visibile Foglio con applicazione di sottili lamine dorate. Le lamine possono essere in rame o ottone.Dimensioni mm 316x379 ca.Tracce d'uso. Leggera piega centrale. C103B DECORATED GILT PAPER Germany (?), Italy (?), Second half of XVIII century.Sheet with application of thin gold leaf ( it's not real gold but copper or brass).Sheet dimensions mm 316x379 ca.Previously folded in half.- $314
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CARTA DECORATA DORATA DECORATED GILT PAPER
C103A CARTA DECORATA DORATA Germania (?), Italia (?). Seconda metà secolo XVIII Carta vergellata con filigrana non visibile.Queste carte sono state prodotte sia in Italia che in Germania e non è possibile risalire all'area di provenienza.Foglio con applicazione di sottili lamine dorate. Le lamine possono essere in rame o ottone.Dimensioni mm 312x378 ca.Leggera piega centrale. Tracce d'uso. Presenza di ossidazioni e leggere gore sul retro. C103A DECORATED GILT PAPER Germany (?), Italy (?), Second half of XVIII century.Sheet with application of thin gold leaf ( it's not real gold but copper or brass).Sheet dimensions mm 312x378 ca.Previously folded in half; fine condition.Leaf oxided and light water stains on the back.- $314
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CARTA DECORATA DORATA E GOFFRATA DECORATED DUTCH GILT PAPER
C214 B CARTA DECORATA DORATA E GOFFRATA Probabilmente Germania. Seconda metà XVIII secolo.Stampa dorata e goffrata su carta di colore verde; alternanza di superfici dorate incavate e superfici non dorate rilevate.Motivo: Tappeto di piccoli tralci molto ravvicinati con fiori, frutti e foglie.Dimensioni mm 306x374 ca.Leggera piega centrale, Foglio intero rifilato alla battuta, buone condizioni. C214B DECORATED DUTCH GILT PAPER Probably Germany, second half of XVIII century.A decorated paper - green color - embossed with little gold floral and fruit pattern.Sheet dimensions mm 306x374 ca.Previously folded in half; fine condition.Full sheet trimmed at the margins- $426
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Game of Words and Sentences.
[Games]. The Game of Words and Sentences is a sort of fast-paced combination of a pattern matching game and Scrabble. The instruction sheet directs players to draw letter tiles from the box at random and arrange them on a tabletop in alphabetical order. Any player can 'steal' letters from the pool on the table and rearrange them into words, but players can also steal from other players to make new words and sabotage their competitors. The present game would be a useful tool in teaching children spelling, vocabulary, and quick thinking in a competitive environment. Instruction sheet (4 x 7 Ó, 4 pp.), plus about 150 stiff paper game tiles ( x Ó), each printed with a letter. With the original color-printed top panel of box (6 x 4 Ó). Lacking the rest of the box. Contemporary pencil writing on verso of box lid (seemingly scorekeeping). Tiles are clean. A good copy of a rare item. The Game of Words and Sentences was first published by the Milton Bradley Company in the 1870s. All editions are rare. OCLC records no copies of any edition. Scrabble was invented in 1938 by Alfred Mosher Butts as a variation on Lexiko, another word game he invented in 1931. The Game of Words and Sentences does not seem to have any direct tie to Scrabble aside from both games being distributed by the Milton Bradley Company, but the similarities in gameplay are clear. Conceptually, the Game of Words and Sentences can be seen as a less structured and more child-friendly precursor to Alfred ButtsÕ word games.- $375
- $375
Concert Program, Harrogate Concert Society. Season 1981-82, Tuesday, 17 November, 1981, Lounge, Hall, Harrogate, at 8.00 p.m. SIGNED BY GARY KARR AND BY HARMON LEWIS.
KARR, Gary [LEWIS, Harmon] 4 pp. Very Good. First Edition. SIGNED BY GARY KARR AND BY HARMON LEWIS. Gary Karr does not need an introduction as a player of the double bass. Quoting from Wikipedia: "After 40 years as a concert artist he [Karr] retired in 2001 to Victoria, British Columbia, where he lives with his dog Shin-Ju, and his dear friend and companion, fellow musician Harmon Lewis." Copy of Dr. B. C. [Bernard Clive] Nicholson, with his initials "BCN" on the first page. Dr. B. C. Nicholson was a member of the Committee of the Harrogate Concert Society (see p. 4 for members of the committee). Besides being a medical doctor, Nicholson played the violin (I have seen programs of concerts in December 1936 by the Oxford and Cambridge Music Club in which he played the violin).- $100
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Sepia Cabinet Photograph of Elie Metchnikoff by Paul Nadar, Signed in Cyrillic by Elie Metchnikoff. The photo is mounted on a card 4 1/4″x6 1/2″.
METCHNIKOFF, Elie [MECHNIKOV, Ilya] [NADAR, Paul] Very Good. Metchnikoff signed his name in Cyrillic in the margin beneath his photo. "P. Nadar" is printed at the top of the card. "Nadar Paris" is printed at the bottom of the card. The two addresses of Nadar are printed on the verso: 51 Rue d'Anjou, 53 Rue de Mathurins. Printed at the top of the verso is "1900 Exposition". This was the world's fair in Paris, "Exposition Universelle". The photograph is not dated, but because of the reference to the Exposition, it cannot be earlier than 1900. Comparing the image to dated photographs of Metchnikoff, he looks in his 50s, making the date of the photograph ca. 1900. P. Nadar is Paul Nadar (1856-1939), son of Nadar, the pseudonym of Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (1820-1910), the celebrated portrait photographer in France from 1854-1895. Elie Metchnikoff shared the Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology in 1908 with Paul Ehrlich "in recognition of their work on immunity."- $2,950
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“The Development of Quantum Mechanics.” Conferenza tenuta il 14 April 1972.
DIRAC, Paul A. M. 11 pp. Original wrappers. Near Fine. First Edition. Author's offprint. Kragh (1974f). Paul Dirac shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1933 with Erwin Schrödinger "for the discovery of new productive forms of atomic theory."- $300
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The Fifth Head of Cerberus by Gene Wolfe (First UK Edition) File Copy
Gene Wolfe The Fifth Head of Cerberus by Gene Wolfe (First UK Edition) File Copy A tight bright unread copy with bumped upper corner. "Archive Copy" stamp to title page. A bright dust jacket with a half-inch scrape to upper cover and rubbed corner tip. Not price-clipped. Not price-clipped. Publisher's File Copy. First UK Edition. Three novellas.- $100
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The Fifth Head of Cerberus by Gene Wolfe (First UK Edition) File Copy
Gene Wolfe The Fifth Head of Cerberus by Gene Wolfe (First UK Edition) File Copy A tight bright unread copy with bumped upper corner. "Archive Copy" stamp to title page. A bright dust jacket with a half-inch scrape to upper cover and rubbed corner tip. Not price-clipped. Not price-clipped. Publisher's File Copy. First UK Edition. Three novellas.- $100
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The Fifth Head of Cerberus by Gene Wolfe (First Edition)
Gene Wolfe The Fifth Head of Cerberus by Gene Wolfe (First Edition) A sharp tight copy. Bright gilt to spine. Pictorial dust jacket. Very minor edgewear. Not price-clipped. First Edition. No later printings listed. A collection of three novellas.- $100
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The Girl Hunters by Mickey Spillane (First Edition) Signed
Mickey Spillane The Girl Hunters by Mickey Spillane (First Edition) Signed Firm square copy. Minor wear to edges and spine ends with 2 inch tear to bottom front cover. Not price-clipped. In clear protective cover. Stated first edition. Mike Hammer mystery. Hardboiled mystery and action. Filmed from Spillane?s script and starring the author himself and Shirley Eaton. Signed by author on plate pasted onto half title page.- $150
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In an Unpublished Letter, President Thomas Jefferson Manages the Expense of his Presidential Household and his Estate in Monticello (He seeks to stretch his funds for months in an attempt to avoid borrowing against future earnings)
Thomas Jefferson Among the recipients were his servants, chef, coachman, and others, during a time when Meriwether Lewis was living with him?A remarkable letter showing the fragile nature of the former President's and founding father's personal financial state and how he juggled funds?This letter, unpublished and whose content was not known till now, was last sold in 1929 through the firm of Thomas Madigan in New York City. It was acquired by us from the heirs of that buyer.https://vimeo.com/973483379?share=copy?Thomas Jefferson lived with his debt throughout much of his life, inheriting debt from his father and living beyond his means with large projects and lavish lifestyle. Eventually this would lead to the sale of his property and land. And his Presidential salary did little to alleviate this. His personal household expenses were such that he was essentially paying bills paycheck to paycheck, a sharp contrast to how we imagine the personal finances of an American president today.John Barnes emigrated from England to America about 1760. He was a tea merchant and grocer in New York and Philadelphia, relocating to the latter city when the federal government moved there in 1791. Barnes remained in Philadelphia until 1800, when he moved to Washington to serve as a contractor with the Treasury Department. Jefferson had known him for many years and appointed him customs collector at Georgetown in 1806, a position Barnes held until his death. He was during much of this time also Jefferson's banker and commission agent, helped him manage the investments of Tadeusz Kosciuszko and William Short, and supplied him with groceries from 1795 until Jefferson's retirement. Barnes kept his personal house running during his time in Washington at the Presidential Mansion.In May 1802, Jefferson wrote a letter with dire news of his finances. "I received yesterday your favor of the 10th. and am sincerely concerned at the disappointment at the bank of Columbia [which evidently would not supply him with needed funds]. This proves farther the propriety of my curtailing expenses till I am within the rigorous limits of my own funds, which I will do. in the mean time I must leave to your judgment to marshall our funds for the most pressing demands, till I can be with you."In June, Jefferson wrote to Barnes explaining what the main outstanding bills would be that they might trim. These were the prime recurring bills of his household presidency during this time. "Th: Jefferson has been taking a view of his affairs, and sends mr Barnes a statement of them. if it should be possible to get through the month of July without the aid of the bank, by my giving a new note there on the 4th of August for 2000. Doll. we should on that day be almost completely relieved, and the receipt of the 4th. of October will take up the note, and leave me entirely out of debt. Perhaps we may not be able to squeeze down the houshold expenses to 600."LeMaire?s bills @ 75. D a week would be 337.Dougherty?s are per month about 70.groceries about 120.servant?s wages 152"Lemaire was his steward and helped with meal preparation. Doughtery was his coachman and servant. Among the other servants were former slaves, including James Hemings. There were white and free black servants, some remaining for long periods of time and living there or close; others would come and go and performed specific tasks.Money was also paid for ad hoc expenses and money sent home to Monticello and to his daughter. Jefferson evidently felt that the largest chunk and perhaps where he could trim expenses was his domestic situation.Interestingly during this time Meriwether Lewis was serving as Jefferson's secretary and living in the presidential mansion.He evidently provided that note in late Summer to the bank and hoped that it would last a while, a point on which Barnes evidently had some concern. Jefferson did his own tally and explained the situation to Barnes in this letter, explaining that he calculated it would last him through the winter.Autograph letter signed, Washington October 15, 1802, to John Barnes. ?In answer to my letter which had mentioned that I should be obliged to go again into the bank, you were so kind as to say, the balance then being between $1700 and $1800, that from this balance you could accommodate yourself for 2 or even 4 months rather than take it from the bank. I have taken an exact view of all the calls which will come to me through the winter and send you a statement of them and of the times they must be answered with the immediate sums of compensation to be received and applied to meet them. By this it appears that the balance due from me will always be under $1700 and will be completely surmounted March 4. This is longer than you had contemplated, and I therefore propose that the moment you find any inconvenience from it, now or any time hence, you accept my note to be discounted at the bank, which I shall always be ready to give you. Accept assurance of my affectionate esteem??The Papers of Thomas Jefferson notes that "A letter from TJ to Barnes dated 15 Oct. is recorded in SJL but has not been found."This letter, unpublished and whose content was not known till now, was last sold in 1929 through the firm of Thomas Madigan in New York City. It was acquired by us from the heirs of that buyer.- $40,000
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Woodrow Wilson Says ?General Prosperity Lies Always in the Direction of High Wages and Low Prices? (The Progressive Wilson also feels, ?Wages, while apparently drawn from capital and dependent upon capital, are primarily the product of labor; hence it is practically true that labor produces its own wages)
Woodrow Wilson Likely a unique document, as we?ve never seen another anything like thisThe turn of the 20th century was a time in which there was much interest in political economy, and those working in that field were often polled to determine whether a consensus on questions of interest could be had. For example, in 1908 the American Economic Association Quarterly, based in Princeton, N.J., polled political economists, trying to elicit from them a consensus upon certain definitions and statements of principle, touching land, value, and land taxation. The result was published in an article entitled ?Agreements in Political Economy? A similar poll, likely from the same source in Princeton, was taken in 1901, with the political economists receiving a set of questions on which they might agree on a form headed ?Possible Agreements? One of the political economists included in the survey was Woodrow Wilson.In 1901 Woodrow Wilson was a professor at Princeton, holding that position from 1890-1902, after which he became President of Princeton University. He had written a number of books on politics and government, so was an obvious choice for inclusion in the poll. Among the positions taken by Wilson were that wages are primarily the product of labor; labor produces its own wages; the normal price of a labor product is fixed by cost of production of that portion of the supply whose total necessary cost is greatest; and general prosperity lies always in the direction of high wages and low prices.Document signed, headed ?Possible Agreements?, the questions relating to political economy drafted by the publisher, the responses written out by Wilson, Princeton, December 1901.1. ?Wages," while apparently drawn from capital and dependent upon capital, are primarily the product of labor; hence it is practically true that labor produces its own wages. Wilson says ?Yes.?2. ?Ground rent" is what land is worth for use. Wilson writes, ?Yes, though generally in practice less than the use is worth.?3. Public franchises" are exclusive free privileges granted to one or several persons incorporated, and from which the mass of citizens are excluded. These franchises usually pertain to land, including, as they do, (to use the language of the New York Legislative Ford Bill,) all & rights, authority or permission to construct, maintain or operate, in, under, above, upon or through, any streets, highways, or public places, any mains, pipes, tanks, conduits, or wires, with their appurtenances, Wilson responds, ?Yes, though I do not understand the use of the word ?free? by way of depiction in the first line.?4. A tax upon ground rent is a direct tax and cannot be shifted. Wilson says, ?Yes.?5. The selling value of land is, under present conditions in most of the American States, reduced by the capitalized tax that is laid upon it. Willson replies, ?Yes, so far as I understand the statement.?6. Hence the selling value of land is, to the same extent, an untaxed value, so far as any purchaser, subsequent to the imposition of the tax, is concerned. Wilson says, ?Yes.?7. The normal price of a labor product is fixed by cost of production of that portion of the supply whose total necessary cost is greatest. Wilson writes, ?Yes.?8. General prosperity lies always in the direction of high wages and low prices. Wilson answers with a strong ?Yes.?The document is signed ?Woodrow Wilson, Princeton, N.J.?A fascinating insight into Wilson?s opinions on matters of political economy, especially his belief that general prosperity lies in the direction of high wages and low prices. It is also likely unique, as we?ve never seen another document anything like this.- $2,500
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Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant?s Original Battle and Casualty Report for Action Around Petersburg, Addressed to Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton (Amidst the Battle of Hatcher?s Run, during the latter stages of the Petersburg siege, he reports to Stanton, “The enemy attacked a port of the 2d Corps and were handsomely repulsed.?)
Ulysses S. Grant The Confederates, Grant updates Stanton, ?were leaving a part of their dead for us to bury, our losses were three officers & eighteen men killed, eleven Officers & ninety-two men wounded and twenty-two men missing.?Grant writes: ?In front of one Brigade of Mott?s Div. he buried thirty-one of the enemy and counted twenty two graves besides some of which were large enough for five or six bodies each. Gen. Smythe estimates the loss of the enemy in his front at two hundred. Our captures for the day were about one hundred men, half of them taken by the Cavalry and the rest by the 5th & 2d Corps. This afternoon the 5th Corps advanced and drove the enemy back on to this Artillery, probably into his entrenchments, beyond Dabney?s Mill. The casualties for to-day I will report as soon as learned.?Unique in our experience, this being the only battle and casualty report from Grant we have ever seen.By February 1865, the stalemate around Petersburg had entered its eighth month. Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant planned a Union offensive to deprive the Confederates of supplies, and also hasten the fall of Petersburg. The Union objective was to send Brig. Gen. David McM. Gregg's cavalry out to the Boydton Plank Road to destroy all the Confederate supply wagons they could find, while the V Corps and II Corps provided support and kept the Confederates occupied to the north and east. Pursuant to plan, Union forces began to stretch their battle lines to the west in an attempt to get Gen. Robert E. Lee's under-strength army to do the same.On February 5th, Union Brig. Gen. David Gregg?s cavalry division rode out to the Boydton Plank Road via Reams Station and Dinwiddie Court House in an attempt to intercept Confederate supply trains. Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren with the Fifth Corps crossed Hatcher?s Run and took up a blocking position on the Vaughan Road to prevent interference with Gregg?s operations. Two divisions of the Second Corps under Maj. Gen. Andrew A. Humphreys shifted west to near Armstrong?s Mill to cover Warren?s right flank. Late in the day, Confederate Maj. Gen. John B. Gordon attempted to turn Humphreys' right flank near the mill but was repulsed. During the night, the Federals were reinforced by two divisions.On February 6th, Gregg returned to Gravelly Run on the Vaughan Road from his unsuccessful raid and was attacked by elements of Brig. Gen. John Pegram?s Confederate division. Warren pushed forward a reconnaissance in the vicinity of Dabney?s Mill and was attacked by Pegram?s and Maj. Gen. William Mahone?s divisions. Pegram was killed in the action. Although the Union advance was stopped, the Federals extended their siege works to the Vaughan Road crossing of Hatcher?s Run. On February 7, Warren launched an offensive and drove back the Confederates, recapturing most of the Union lines around Dabney's Mill that had been lost the day before. Thus, the Confederates kept the Boydton Plank Road open, but suffered attrition and were forced to further extend their thinning lines.Autograph letter signed ?U. S. Grant, Lt. Gen.,? two pages, Head Quarters Armies of the United States letterhead, City Point, Virginia, February 6, 1865, amidst the battle, to Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, about the first day?s fighting and plans of the next day: ?In the affair of yesterday when the enemy attacked a port of the 2d Corps and were handsomely repulsed, leaving a part of their dead for us to bury, our losses were three officers & eighteen men killed, eleven Officers & ninety-two men wounded and twenty-two men missing. In front of one Brigade of Mott?s Div. he buried thirty-one of the enemy and counted twenty two graves besides some of which were large enough for five or six bodies each. Gen. Smythe estimates the loss of the enemy in his front at two hundred. Our captures for the day were about one hundred men, half of them taken by the Cavalry and the rest by the 5th & 2d Corps. This afternoon the 5th Corps advanced and drove the enemy [Grant strikes through ?inside this intrenchment?] back on to this Artillery, probably into this entrenchments, beyond Dabney?s Mill. Here the enemy was reinforced and drove Warren back. Our troops are still out and will not be returned to their old position unless driven to it by the difficulty of supplying them. The casualties for to-day I will report as soon as learned.?This is a true piece of history - the original report on the Battle of Hatcher?s Run, completely in the hand of Grant, as sent to Stanton. And considering the amount of time Lincoln spent at Stanton?s office, quite likely he would have seen or learned details of the report. It?s the only the battle and casualty report from Grant we have ever seen on the market.- $32,000
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NATO Head Dwight D. Eisenhower Announces That He is Going to Turkey for the Official Reception of Turkey into NATO (He also expresses gratitude for information on a new offshoot of the Atlantic Union, designed to promote peace by federating member states)
Dwight D. Eisenhower Justice Owen J. Roberts resigned from the Supreme Court to advocate for a Federal Union of democracies, and to unite one group favoring world government and the other favoring Union of the DemocraciesFrom 1951-52, Eisenhower was the Allied Supreme Commander in Europe, which title included the post of head of NATO. In 1952, Turkey joined NATO, and Ike traveled to Ankara, Turkey, to seal with his presence the membership of Turkey in Europe.Justice Owen J. Roberts resigned from the Supreme Court in 1945, and was afterwards instrumental in forming the Atlantic Union, which would advocate for a Federal Union of Democracies, but with a gradual approach to final world union by way of regional unions. Two million people signed a petition that the U.S. and Great Britain unify, others wanted to start with the U.S. and Canada. Roberts said that although he approved of NATO, he thought it was a fine tradition but could not prevent war, and that permanent peace required a federation of likeminded peoples. Nor could the UN be relied upon, with the power the Soviets had in that body. In 1952, a new group was formed whose members agreed with Roberts? views, the Atlantic Citizens Congress, whose members were drawn partly from the Atlantic Union Committee, and partly from outside.Typed letter signed, on his letterhead, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, 1 March 1952, to Justice Owen J. Roberts, saying he is departing for Turkey and that he is grateful for receiving information on the new Atlantic Citizens organization. ?Dear Mr. Justice: Although my schedule is extremely rushed by last minute preparations before departing on a trip to the Mediterranean area, I want you to know of my appreciation of your furnishing me a copy of Atlantic Citizens Congress. I am having it placed aboard the airplane with the hope that the long journey to Ankara on Monday will permit me an opportunity to read the booklet thoroughly. Please convey my gratitude to your distinguished associates for the compliment implicit in their request for my views on this project.?Eight months later, Eisenhower is elected President of the United States.- $3,000
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in Accordance with Article II of the U.S. Constitution, Formally Seeks the ?Advice and Consent? of the Senate to an International Treaty (The war-date agreement had to do with telegraph, radio, and telephone communication)
Franklin D. Roosevelt ?To the end that I may receive the advice and consent of the Senate to ratification of the revised regulations, I transmit herewith a certified copy of the revision of the General Radio Regulations annexed to the International Telecommunications Convention???A rare letter of any president to the U.S. Senate, and the first seeking the Constitutionally required ?Advice and Consent? that we have ever seenThe International Radiocommunication Conference was the first of the administrative radiocommunications conferences. It dealt with telegraph as well as telephone issues and was held simultaneously with the Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference in Cairo in 1938, under the banner of the International Telecommunication Conferences. The Telegraph Consultative Committee (CCIT) was reorganized and would function similarly to the Telephone Consultative Committee (CCIF). The CCIT would, from now on, be charged with the study of rate questions submitted to it by a plenipotentiary or administrative conference.The unification of code and plain language rates for telegrams within the European regime was adopted. The new fixed rate for coded telegrams was changed to 92% of the existing rate of plain language telegrams. The Telephone Regulations were modified to include the establishment of ?reversed-call charges? and ?urgent aircraft calls.? Urgent aircraft calls would be given priority over all other types of calls except urgent government calls.Participants agreed to use English as a supplementary language in conferences and meetings. The United States offered translating services for both of the conferences and compiled unofficial English translations. A vote determined that the Bureau would be responsible for future translations. A committee was created to resolve issues related to voting and to establish a recommendation for the next conference. A report was compiled and was approved for future voting at conferences.The increased demand and need for frequencies on intercontinental air routes was recognized. It was also decided that higher technical standards for transmitters through improved tolerance and band tables would be established. Limits were placed on the use of spark sets and maritime use was restricted to three frequencies. In addition, modifications were made to the regulations of the Maritime Mobile Service.The Radio Consultative Committee (CCIR) was reorganized. It would now be charged with the study of both technical and operations questions. Interval meetings would be held every three years.Changes were made to the Additional Radio Regulations with the establishment of a maximum charge of 20 centimes for radiotelegrams in the aeronautical service and the adoption of detailed regulations for new radio maritime letters.The Final Protocol to the General Radio Regulations was adopted and the agreement was ready to be ratified by the nations involved.A treaty is a binding agreement between nation-states that forms the basis for international law. Thus the agreement that resulted from this Conference was a form of treaty, and treaties signed by the United States must be ratified by the U.S. Senate to become law. Article II of the United States Constitution provides that the president "shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two-thirds of the Senators present concur.? President Roosevelt formally sought the Advice and Consent of the Senate to the Conference agreement.Typed letter signed, The White House, Washington, January 27, 1939, ?TO THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES? ?To the end that I may receive the advice and consent of the Senate to ratification of the revised regulations, I transmit herewith a certified copy of the revision of the General Radio Regulations annexed to the International Telecommunications Convention, signed at Madrid on December 9, 1932, adopted on April 8, 1938 by the International Telecommunication Conferences which convened at Cairo, Egypt, on February 1, 1938 to revise these regulations as well as the Additional Radio Regulations and the telephone and telegraph regulations also annexed to the Madrid Convention but which were not signed for the United States.Accompanying these revised general radio regulations is a certified copy of the Final Protocol to the General Radio Regulations, in which reservations thereto made by certain governments are recorded. The attention of the Senate is invited to the accompanying Report by the Secretary of State and to the Report of the Chairman of the Delegation to the Cairo Conference relating to the General Radio Regulations.?Letters of presidents to Congress are rarities.- $9,000
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18th Century Letter Ladies Pocket Book, on red velvet, embroidered with silvered threads and sequin appliqués, red silk and leather lining, 10cm by 7cm
Ladies Pocket book Early 18th Century Pocket Book, on red velvet, embroidered with silvered threads and sequin appliqués, red silk and leather lining, 10cm by 7cm Lucy Locket lost her pocket, Kitty Fisher found it; Nothing in it, nothing in it, But the binding round it. Kitty Fisher" was the well-known British courtesan, Catherine Maria Fisher, who boasted assignations with many affluent 18th century gentlemen and was known for her flair for publicity. The "pocket" lost in the child's nursery rhyme refers to an 18th century purse. This fashion accessory came in several styles, one being the pocket case or letter case. They convey the dazzling opulence of affluent 18th century fashion and accessories. The elegantly worked carry-case was a smaller and more convenient adaptation of a ladies' pocket. These small pocket cases were used to hold bank notes , letters, pencils, and other small implements. They worn around a lady's waist and were accessed through slits in the skirt. Pockets were almost always decorated, this pocketbook is a particular grand example- $2,523
- $2,523
End of 18th/early 19th Century Green Silk Pocket Book, embroidered overall with pink and cream flower heads, on silvered stems, pale pink silk lining edged with silvered thread enclosing several pockets, 15cm by 10cm.
Jane Austen (time of) Green Silk Pocket Book, embroidered overall with pink and cream flower heads, on silvered stems, pale pink silk lining edged with silvered thread enclosing several pockets, 15cm by 10cm. Lucy Locket lost her pocket, Kitty Fisher found it; Nothing in it, nothing in it, But the binding round it. Kitty Fisher" was the well-known British courtesan, Catherine Maria Fisher, who boasted assignations with many affluent 18th century gentlemen and was known for her flair for publicity. The "pocket" lost in the child's nursery rhyme refers to an 18th century purse. This fashion accessory came in several styles, one being the pocket case or letter case. They convey the dazzling opulence of affluent 18th century fashion and accessories. The elegantly worked carry-case was a smaller and more convenient adaptation of a ladies' pocket. These small pocket cases were used to hold bank notes , letters, pencils, and other small implements. They worn around a lady's waist and were accessed through slits in the skirt. Pockets were almost always decorated, this pocketbook is a particular grand example- $2,242
- $2,242
Imaginary Gardens; A Study of Five American Poets
(Moore, Marianne) Sprague, Rosemary 8vo, 237pp; cloth. Com,prises chapters on Emily Dickinson, Amy Lowell, Sara Teasdale, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Marianne Moore. This copy has been inscribed and signed by Moore in a shaky hand on the half-title page. Fine in a lightly marked dust jacket with a couple of short tears- $125
- $125
Margarita Philosophica Nova & Appendix
Reisch, G. Smith, Rara arithmetica p 82 and Maggs, Science Catalogue, 1929, both the 1504 Strasbourg edition) In quarto. In contemporary blindstamped pigskin over wooden boards.Titel in manuscript on spine.Text rubricated in red all through.2 engraved title pages.7 full page engraved chapter title pages (trivium and quadrivium).1 folding, woodcut map of the world, watermark bulls head.1 folding table (music)Abundant woodcut text engravings.Most initials and all woodcuts in straight, contemporary colour.The hundreds of woodcuts that illustrate the text are all in contemporary color. We have found only one other copy of this book in original colour. Our book is an extremely rare example of an early overview of all sciences at the turn of the XVI century, the age of Discovery.The Margarita Philosophica is an overview of the liberal arts (science) at the break of the Renaissance, here about 1490. It was the first modern encyclopaedia to appear in print (Smith). The original text was finished in 1496. It stands in line with earlier encyclopaedias like the Ethymologia by Isodorus Hispalensis (VII century, includes an OT worldmap, first printed in 1472) Jacobus Magnus' Sophologium (early XV century, first printed around 1470, and Bartolomeus Anglicus' De proprietatibus rerum (1470).Gregor Reisch (1467-1525) was professor at Heidelberg University, where he also taught Waldseemüller. He is part of a circle of scientists/publishers, that include Walter Ludd; Ringmann, professor of cosmology in Basel, Johann Grüninger in Strassburg (printer) , Schott and Amerbach. Between them information flowed freely. Partly under the meacenate of Rene II, Duke of Lorraine, the Cosmographia Introductio was published (1507); wall map of the world naming America (1507); gores of a globe showing & naming America (1507) and later the Carta Marina (1516).Most fields of sciences are preceded by a full page, metaphorical woodcut, showing and representing the field of science to be discussed. In this 1512 edition after the 12 chapters comes a detailed index and an important Appendix on Greek and Hebraic languages, on the Astrolabe and geographical composition; perspective and other issues.The folding map is almost always wanting (Maggs, 1929). It is so rare Harrisse had never seen it. It is a Ptolemaic worldmap where the Southland encloses the Indian Ocean. Here are written the words: " hic non terra sed mare est in quo mirae magnitudes insulae sed Ptlomeo fuerunt incognitae" (this is not land but sea wherein a multitude of islands that were unkown to Ptolemy")The book is also important as an early text on music (Leclerc), on mathematics (Smith).Finally in medicine the book is considered a "graphic incunable" with most famously the oldest, printed depiction of the human eye (G 3) (Flamm, 2013) and the open skull showing centres of brain activity (H2) "one of the earliest representations of this kind" (Maggs, 1929)- $47,223
- $47,223
Verhael van de eerste Schipvaert. by t Noorden om
De Veer, Gerrit Joost HartgensAmsterdam, Adriaan Roest, 1650Tiele, Memoire nr 102 65 pp (last blank)Pp 1&2: Title page with woodcut plate6 original text engravings on copper plateSmall in quartoXIX century cut and rebound in half brown moroccoTitle in gilt on the spineHole in title page in old restoration, probably when rebound. Cut short just affecting a few of the headings.Pp 3-46: The story of the three voyages by the Dutch to find the north-east passage to Cathay (China) in 1594; 1505 and 1596 under Willem Barentszoon and Jacob van Heemskerk. This well-known text, published in 1598 is followed by a summary of Pp 46&47:the fourth voyage North for the Dutch, the third by Henry Hudson in 1609. This includes the exploration of North America's East coast about 40 degrees North motivated by letters and maps sent to him by Captain Smith and his exploration of what later became the Hudson river. Pp 48-52: Isaac Massa's description of Siberia, Samojeda en TingoessaPp 52-60: Isaac Massa's description of the roads and rivers going east from MoscoviaPp 60-64: Johannes Pontanus: Plea to discover a NE or NW passage based on the history up till 1586Second Hartgens imprint (first 1648). All Hartgens editions of the early Dutch voyages to the East are rare.Bibliography:Muller, Samuel. Detectio Freti Hudsoni, Amsterdam, Muller 1878S.P l' Honore Naber. Hessel GerritszBeschrijvinghe the Hague, Nijhoff 1924S.P l' Honore Naber. Reizen van Willem BarentsNoorden, the Hague, Nijhoff 1917. 2 VolsAsher, G.M. Henry Hudson de Navigator, London, Haykluyt Soc. , 1860Beke, Charles T, True description of the three voyages by the NE towards Cathay and China London, Hakluyt 1853- $5,397
- $5,397
Terrae SanctaeScondiae doctissima descriptio
Ziegler, Jacob Argentorati (Strasbourg) , Rihelium (Rihel). 1536Terra Sancta: Laor mapas 866-700 A; Scondia (Scandia, Scandinavia) : Ginsberg, 2006, map 8; Ehrensvard, 2006, pp 49-51; Burden 1996, Map 9Small in folio (29x19 cm)Contemporary embossed pigskin over wooden boardsTwo original clasps. Raised bands, Title in contemporary manuscript on the spineContemporary paper library label : Terre Sancte descriotio quam palestinam nominant auctore Jacobo Zieglero C 83148 leaves; 14 non numbered leaves; 8 double page woodcut maps;2 nn leaves.Waterstain upper quarter of the book throughout, mostly light. Title page upper blank 2 cm added. Overall a fine atlas in its original, nearly 500 year old constitution and binding.Middle East; Terra Sancta; Arabia lvs 1-74First printed atlas of Terra Sancta, Palestine (1532). Fine maps of the Middle East (A II) ; Palestina (A IIII); Samarium; Judea; Palestina (BIIII); Aegypta ; Crossing of the Red Sea and (C II) mapsSchondia. Plinius: Scandia, Scandinavia lvs 85-103The oldest surviving map of Scandinavia seems to be the manuscript copy of 1427 of the map by the Danish mathematician Claudius Clavus. The earliest printed maps derive from the manuscript map of the region as designed Donnus Germanus around 1470. A new and better design was drawn and printed in 1532 by Jacob Ziegler. Ziegler, a German scientist, worked in Rome between 1521 and 1525, living in that famous St Brigitta hospital, a base for Nordic pilgrims (Ehrensvard) where he received new information from Scandinavian priests. He also worked there with Johannes Magnus and Peder Manson. His map embraces the Northern Atlantic, Greenland and New Foundland, and shows Scandinavia in a very appropriate way.Bibliography: Ginsburg, W: Printed maps of Scandinavia and the Arctic. Septentrionalium Press. 2006Laor, E. Maps of the Holy Land, New York, Liss 1986Sigurdson, Haraldur, Landmarks in Icelandic Cartography in Arctic, Vol 37, December 1985- $17,990
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No title but: Mappa Mundi
Sanuto, Marino Mappa Mundi in Bogars, J.Gesta Dei per FrancosIn second part: Liber Secretorum Fidelium CrucisHannover, Wechsel, 1611Shirley 276; Norderskiold Fig 28Copperplate engraving, diameter 34x35 cm.Oriented to the topMappa mundi, possibly by Pietro Vesconte, circa 1320 and reproduced in print by Johannn Bongars in 1611. His book was a manual for true crusadersMedieval circular worldmap, the land mass surrounded by oceans, Jerusalem at the centre. Notable are the rhumb lines, crossing the earth from 16 points at the horizon.- $4,722
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Relaciones universales del mundo
Botero Benes Primera y segunda parteValladolid, Diego Fernandez de Cordoba. 1603Palau 33704; Vindel, 1955 pp 56-59; JCB, Europ Americana: 603/17; JCB 1922: III pp 20 ; Sabin 6809; Medina: BHA 468; Mapas: Shirley 242; Burden, 129; En folio, 28,5 x 20 cm. Pleno cuero del XVIIILomo con título y adornos grabados en oroDos libros (partes con enumeración propia) en un solo tomoPrimer libro: 4 hojas; 24 folios; 207 folios; 5 mapas plegadosSegundo libro: 1 blanco; 110 foliosLibro reencuadernado en el XVIII en cuero. Lomo compartimentado con adorno en oro. Titulo impreso sobre el lomo. Danos menores e los dos partes extremos del lomo. Texto en impecable condición. Mapas impresos en papel grueso.Segunda edición de la traducción en castellano de la obra famosa de Giovanni Botero, 1544-1617. La edición en castellano es más buscado por su juego de mapas españoles, el mapamundi y los continentes de 1598. Palau menciona una primera edicion de 1600 que difiere únicamente en la fecha en la portada. Otros bibliografos no han visto esta edición. El colofón del libro dice 1599 y la portada 1603.El primer libro trata en cinco partes la geografía de los continentes y sus países. La sexta parte, a partir de la hoja 158, se dedica a las islas del mundo en la tradición de los "isolarios". El segundo libro compara las características los Reynos de Europa con los imperios del pasado como los Romanos y con los Imperios no Europeas como el Turco; el de Persia; El de los Mogoles; la China y el Japón.Los mapas son cinco, grabados nuevos hechos por Hernán de Solis y Ribadeneira en base a los mapas de Ortelius. El de las Americas esta fechada en la plancha, Valladolid 1598.El mapamundi (Shirley 242) copia el deseno geográfico del mapamundi de Ortelius de los años setenta con bastante precisión, cambiando toponimias en Castellano donde estuvieron en Latín, especialmente en España y en las Américas. El borden decorativo del mapa contiene un dibujo de los cuatro continentes.El mapa de las Américas (Burden 129) también cambia los topónimos en castellano. En el Pacifico al Oeste de Nueva Guinea el mapa muestra las Islas de Salomon, como parecen en el mapa Ortelius a partir de 1587. En Tierra Australis dice " esta Costa Austral fue descubierta por un piloto Castellano, región comúnmente llamada de Magellanes, que asta agora no está bien conocida. El borden decorativo tiene el título del mapa y los retratos de Colon y de Vespucio. Mapas españoles del siglo XVI son escasos y raros. Los unicos que preceden a este son el famoso mapa de Pedro Martir (1511) , los mapas de Pedro Medina en su arte de navigar; el pequeno de Chavez (1554) y el otro de Cieza de León (1554).Sobreviven pocos ejemplares del libro completos con sus 5 mapas. Según el Patrimonio Bibliografico Espanol por ejemplo sobreviven en España 39 ejemplares del libro. Sin embargo de los 7 que figuran en el inventario de la Biblioteca Nacional solo uno tiene los 5 mapas. Otros ejemplares por ejemplo de la biblioteca del Palacio; de la Real Academia y de la Complutense todos son faltos de sus mapas. Entre 2000 y 2020 no fueron ofrecidos ejemplares completos en el mercado mundial.Note in EnglishGiovanni Botero aspired to become a Jesuit which to his frustration never occurred. Still he spent his life as a full time intellectual in the circles of power, the first part as a counter-reformation person. Opposing himself to Machiavelli he maintains in his various books that political power can only be successful if it rests on Christian ethics and behavior. This attitude is shown in essays like On the causes of Greatness and Magnificence of Cities (1598) and The reasons of State (1597). The Relaciones universales del Mundo is no longer only descriptive and far less dependent on the classics. Botero drew on the existing travel literature, accounts of merchants and missionaries and especially the reports Venetian Ambassadors were required to submit upon returning form their embassies. His Cosmography is not Eurocentered (like for e- $39,352
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Historia general y natural de las Indias, Islas y Tierra Firme del Mar Oceano
Oviedo y Valdes, Gonzalo Cotejado con el codice original por Jose Amador de los RiosMadrid, Imprenta Audiencia de la Historia 1851-1855Palau 89532; Sabin 579904 Vols in large, thick quartoModern, red, grained morocco; spine, raised bands and gilt titles Vol I: Frontis with Coat of Arms; 56 lvs Life and works of Oviedo; 632 pp; 5 plates. 1 Leaf: errataVol II: 4 lvs; 512 pp; 1 plate and two (one folding) mapsVol III: 4 lvs; 652 pp; 1 plate; one mapVol IV: 4 lvs; 620 pp; 4 plates, one folding and colored mapComplete set. Browning of the lithographed plates as usual. Maps and text are fine.Oviedo spent 20 years in the New World, mostly in Colombia and Hispañola. He arrived in 1505. He was the first to write a natural history of the Indies, Oviedo de la natural hystoria published in 1526. He was also the author of an early history of the Americas, la La historia general de las Indias. The first 19 parts of his historia were published in 1535 by Cromberger in Sevilla, part 20 appeared for the first time in Ramusio in 1551. The following 30 parts are published for the first time here, in 1851-55.Magnifica edicion en todos conceptos, tanto por el merito historico y literario, como por la presentacion nitida (Palau)- $2,698
- $2,698
Oost en West Indische Voyagieand l’ Hermite, JacquesVoyagie om den gantschen Aerdtcloot
Spilbergen, J van Amsterdam, Joost Hartgens. 1648(Tiele Memoire nr. 71 and nr 77)In small quarto. Modern half calfTwo books in one volumeSpilbergen: pp 3-62, six woodcut plates in the textL' Hermite: pp 3-60, ten woodcuts and seven copper plate engravings in the text.Lacking the two title pages.Spilbergen's was the fifth circumnavigation ever after Magellan; Drake; Cavendish and van Noort. The voyage took place between 1614 and 1618. Spilbergen was an accomplished admiral who had sailed for the VOC to the Indies (Ceylon) before. He was sent again by the VOC to discover new territories, chart the Magellan's Straits and damage Spanish interests in South America and the Philippines where possible. He landed in Brazil, mapped Magellan's Strait, fought Spanish settlements in Chile, Peru and Mexico and sailed to the Philippines. Once in Batavia he picked up le Maire and the rest of his crew who had been arrested in Batavia for breaching VOC laws by sailing to the Indies without VOC consent. Le Maire denied this as he did not sail through Magellan's Straits (as specified in the VOC laws) but around Cape Horn!! The Schouten version of his voyage with le Maire is no part of our volumes. Instead the voyage around the world by l' Hermite is added, apparently to unite Dutch circumnavigations.Jacques l'' Hermite was sent out to attack the Spanish possessions and frustrate the Spanish dominance in the Pacific, considered by Spain a Spanish lake. Spain and the Netherlands had just finished a 12 years truce (1609-1621) in a war of independence that took 80 years (1568-1648). L'Hermite sailed in May 1623 and returned in January 1626.In 1625 two letters were published in Holland, translated from Spanish, that recount the information of the first parts of l' Hermite's voyage given by a Dutch sailor, taken prisoner of war in Lima. The first full publication was by Gerritszoon and Wachter in Amsterdam in 1626. That book had 9 plates. A second edition of that book forms part one of another publication by Wachter in 1643. In 1646 a third edition is included in the Commelin series of Dutch voyages. In this 1646 edition a description of Peru is added plus a letter by de Quiros. Ours, the fourth edition is complete in itself, missing the 1646 description of Peru (pp 61-70) and Keyes description of Guyana.So the book we offer here contains the full text and all the plates of the fifth circumnavigation of the world (Spilbergen) and the sixth circumnavigation of the world (l' Hermite) missing only the two title pages.- $3,148
- $3,148
MICA PUBLICITATE. 32 DESENE DE AUREL JIQUIDE.
Jiquidi, Aurel Folio. Black and white drawings by Jiquidi with text for each 2 or 3 lines on the lower part of the page. Printed in 1000 copies. First page lower edge with some wear. Very decorative cover. (with slight wear on back and covers. Each illustration with very small faded owner's stamp. Small unobtrusive stamp on inside of back cover. A good copy. RARE ITEM OF THIS WELL KOWN ROMANIAN ARTIST. (1896-1962)- $200
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PSYCHISCHER KONTAKT UND VEGETATIVE STRÖMUNG. Ein Beitrag zur Affektlehre und charakteranalytischen Technik.(Nach einem Vortrag am 13. Int. Psychoanalytischen Kongress in Luzern 1934).
Reich, Wilhelm - RARE FIRST EDITION Abhandlungen zur personellen Sexualökonomie, Nr. 3 . 61pp. Wrappers with 2 tiny reinforcement repairs on front wrappers ( done with Neschen archival tape, please see photos) . Inside with some yellowing. Otherwise very good. Owner's name in Hebrew on title handwritten. VERY RARE FIRST EDITION.- $120
- $120
BETHLEHEM – DE OBSTAL VAN HET GANSCHE GEBOUVE DES KLOOSTERS VAN BETHLEHEM (from Dutch:” Drawing of the Whole Building of the Monastery in Bethlehem”)
BETHLEHEM - CHURCH OF NATIVITY - ORIGINAL ANTIQUE ETCHING - FIRST EDITION Beautiful depiction of the complex of the CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY IN BETHLEHEM. Original antique etching (copper plate) by the Dutch topographer OLBRECHT DAPPER. DATED 1677. First edition (Dutch) . Size of image: 14,2 x 11,3 inch (36 x 29cm) + legend and margins. Some occasional light age toning. Untrimmed full margins. Crisp and strong paper , clear imprint. - Airmail shipping incl.- $220
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Desert Solitaire: a Season in the Wilderness
Abbey, Edward First Peregrine Smith edition from 1981, originally published in 1968. Inscribed by Abbey on the front free endpaper, dated 1983 in Gallup, New Mexico. Light orange boards with black lettering on cover and spine. Slight rubbing to edges; minor wrinkling to back joint. Orange pictorial dust jacket with black lettering on cover and spine. Jacket is wrapped in mylar and is not price clipped. Spine is faded; minor chipping and wear to edges; a bit of scratching. Rear hinge is cracked but binding is still fairly tight. Interior is clean. This edition features drawings by Abbey as well as an additional four-page author's introduction. Also includes black-and-white photos by Gibbs Smith on a small section of plates and the endpapers. Edward Abbey (1927-1989) was an acclaimed writer and cantankerous environmentalist. This is one of his classic books, a collection of meditations on Utah's canyon country drawn from the two seasons that Abbey worked as a park ranger in what was then Arches National Monument. The book blends a profound love for wilderness and a bitter abhorrence for those who would desecrate it. Signed copies of this edition are uncommon. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 269 pp; Signed by Author- $1,150
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Cyprus
Mercator, Gerardus Cyprus. "Cyprus". Orig. copperplate engraving from Mercator's Atlas Minor. Published by J. Hondius in Amsterdam, 1609. With ornamental title cartouche, another cartouche with the scale of map and 6 inset maps of Aegean Islands (Lemnos - 'Stalimini', Chios - 'Chius', Lesbos - 'Mitilene', Euboea - 'Negroponte', Kythira - 'Cerigo' and Rhodes - 'Rhodus'). 14:19 cm (5 1/2 x 7 1/2 inch.) on paper sized 17,5:21 cm. Koeman III, map 8130:351, ed. 351:21 (1609 Atlas Minor [Ger.]). - A miniature map of Cyprus and the Aegean Islands.- $375
- $375
Aeneae Troiani Navigatio
Mercator, Gerardus Eastern Mediterranean. "Aeneae Troiani Navigatio". Orig. copperplate engraving from Mercator's Atlas Minor. Published by J. Hondius in Amsterdam, 1608. With ornamental title cartouche and title above the map ('Profectio Aenae Ex Virgillio Quoad eius Fieri potuit varie descripta. Aeneas loquitur'). 15:19 cm (6 x 7 1/2 inch) on paper sized 18:21,5 cm. Koeman III, map 0311H:351, ed. 351:11 (1608 Atlas Minor [Fr.]). - A miniature map map of Aeneas' travels in the Eastern Mediterranean - Italy, Sicily, Greece, Crete, Cyprus, Turkey.- $131
- $131
Deutsches Theatrum Chemicum
Roth-Scholtz, Friedrich Roth-Schlotz, Friedrich (Editor; 1687-1736). Chemie, Alchemie. "Deutsches Theatrum Chemicum, Auf welchem der berühmtesten Philosophen und Alchymisten Schriften, Die von dem Stein der Weisen, von Verwandelung der Schlechten Metallen in bessere, von Edelgesteinen, von Kräutern, von Thieren, von Gesund- und Sauer-Brunnen . Vorgestellet werden durch . Roth-Scholtzen". Nürnberg: Felsecker (Erben), 1732. 12mo. 960 S., 2 Kupferporträte (John Dee; 1527, London - 1608, Mortlake-Surrey - ein englischer Mathematiker, Astronom, Astrologe, Geograph und Mystiker vor der Seite 1 und Edward Kelley, auch Kelly; 1555, Worcester - 1597, Most, Tschechien - war ein englischer Alchemist und Spiritist vor der Seite 561), 3 Holzschnitt-Wappen. OLdr. aus der Zeit mit Titelschild auf der Rücken. Enthält alchemistische Schriften von Roger Bacon, Edward Kelley, Antonio de Abbatius und anderen, u.a. über den Stein der Weisen und die Goldherstellung, erschienen bei Felsecker, 1731: XXXI. Rogerii Baconis . Chymisch- und Philosophische Schrifften: Radix Mundi oder Wurtzel der Welt. Medulla Alchimiae, darinnen Vom Stein der Weisen, und von den vornehmsten Tincturen des Goldes, Vitriols und Antimonii, gahandelt wird. Tractat vom Golde. Tractat von der Tinctur und Oel des Vitriols. Tractat von . des Animonii. Send-Schreiben . von der Richtigkeit der falschen Magiae . XXXII. Gloria Mundi, Sonsten Paradeiß-Taffel. Alethopili Philosophische Betrachtung Von Verwandlung Der Metallen. Warnungs-Vorrede wider die Sophisten und Betrüger. Johannis Ticinensis . Johannis Ticinensis eines Böhmischen Priesters Chymische Schriften. Anthonii De Abbatia . ausgefertigtes Send-Schreiben von dem Stein der Weisen. . Anthonii De Abbatia Epistolae Duae, Scrutatoribus Artis Chymicae Mandatae. Edouardi Kellaei . Buch von dem Stein der Weisen. Edouardi Kellaei . Via Humida. Aula Lucis, Oder: das Hauß des Lichts durch S. N. ***. - Einband mit kl. Wurmlöchlein, sonst sauber und sehr gut erhalten.- $1,406
- $1,406
THE DEBAUCHED CAVALLEER: Or the English Midianite. Wherein are compared by way of Parallel, the Carriage, or rather Miscarriage of the Cavalleeres, in the present Reigne of our King Charles, with the Midianites of old. Setting forth their Diabolicall, and Hyperdiabolicall Blaspemies, Execrations, Rebellions, Cruelties, Rapes, and Robberies.
(LAWRENCE, george and Christopher Love.) G.L. and C.L. pp. 8. Smal 4to. Modern boards with front board label, new endpapers. With the bookplate of Fox Pointe Collection. Library of Dr & Mrs H.R. Knohl. Wing 656.Wing lists copies in 5 libraries.- $1,103
- $1,103
ARNALDO; GADDO; and other unackowledged poems, by Lord Byron, and some of his contemporaries; collected by Odoardo Volpi.
(SHANNON, Edward N). Bound with THE COMEDY OF DANTE ALIGHIERI: translated by Odoardo Volpi. pp. xiv, 296, xxxiv, 66, errata leaf. 8vo. Quarter cloth, original boards, spine relaid, new endpaper. With the bookplate of Nottingham Free Reference Public Library on the front board and a few stamps throughout. Chew p.178 and p.405. Chew devotes over 4 pages to this work and says' Arnaldo is the longest and most ambitious of all the pseudo-Byronic poems. BL- $2,206
- $2,206
MAN’S PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE.
WALLACE, Alfred R. A Study of the Results of Scientific Research in relation to the Unity or Plurality of Worlds. pp. viii, 341, (i) of adverts. 1 plate folded. 8vo. Original cloth, spine relaid. New endpapers. Some foxing. 4th edition. Retains the original front free endpaper which is inscribed by Wallace " To his old Friend Arabella B. Buckley (Mrs Fisher) With the Author's very best wishes. January 20th 1905" This leaf is of very poor quality paper so very browned and frail. Arabella Burton Buckley's bookplate is retained on the inside of the front board. ODNB. Arabella Burton Buckley (1840 - 1929) was a writer and populariser of science. Her first book A Short History of Natural Science was published in 1876.- $1,765
- $1,765
LES PROPHETIES DE M. MICHEL NOSTRADAMUS. Reueues et corrigees sur la copie Imprimee a Lyon par Benoist Rigaud en l’an 1568.
NOSTRADAMUS, Michel. 3 parts in 1. 64, 64, 64 leaves (A-H8, A-H8, A-H8). 8vo. Vignette on title page. Last 2 leaves of third part in facsimile. Reverse calf. COPAC University of Oxford Libraries.- $588
- $588