Where Are We At? How Did We Get Here? And the Way Out. An Outline of the Rise and Progress of American Moral and Enlightened Civilization. Founded on the Natural Distinctions of Race, and the Methods Employed by Foreign Influence to Destroy It, and Compel a Return to European Arbitrary Rule by the Artificial Distinctions of Privileged Class
Anti-Tory, pseud. [Arthur Moulton Allen, 1876-1950] 84, 24, 20p. Softcover in original wrappers. 20cm. Backstrip reglued at top. Small chip out of bottom of front wrapper and first two leaves. Modest waterstain in lower left corner on quite a few pages. Includes Washington's farewell address, The Declaration of Independence and The Constitution of the United States," as well as Allen's thoughts on the need for extensive revision of the Constitution and a lengthy appendix of material supporting his views on a variety of subjects (anti-Black, anti-Chinese, anti-Indian, anti-Mormon, anti-English, anti-Darwin, pro-slavery, etc., etc.). One of Allen key's to fixing things was repealing the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments to the U. S. Constitution. The first edition of this work appears to have been published in 1902. Allen, a Providence lawyer, was a classmate (at Brown University) and good friend to John D. Rockefeller, Jr. His second wife (Martha Baird) married Rockefeller in 1951 a year after Allen's death.- $275
- $275
Autograph Letter. Addressed to Mr. H. E. Young. Dated Feb. 8, 1893
Flegler, S[antania] F. 1 page. 28 cm. Small hole through one crossed out word. One horizontal and two vertical folds (for mailing). Written on lined stationery identifying Flegler as Presiding Elder of the Marion District (in South Carolina) of the AME Church. Flegler asks Young to act on his behalf in recovering $175 for a parcel of land whose title appears to have remained in doubt in Summerville, S.C. Flegler was a "Back to Africa" advocate. He actually went with a band of people to live in Liberia in 1878 under the auspices of the Liberian Exodus Association, a short-lived group. Flegler returned to South Carolina within a few years or less. Of his emigration to Liberia, Flegler said in an address to the AME's South Carolina Conference in 1890 in support of AME missionary efforts in Liberia: "I would not be here today,if I could have induced my family to join me when I was in Africa. I have too much soul in me to be satisfied with the condition that presents itself here. I recognize no man to be my superior, nor any race to be naturally in advance of ours." Flegler High School in Marion, South Carolina was named for Rev. Flegler when founded in 1882.- $200
- $200
The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Translated by Mrs. Edgar Lucas
Brothers Grimm [Jacob and Wilhelm] 39 (of 40) tipped-in color plates (including frontis) with captioned tissue guards, xv, 325p. Recently resewn and recased in its original vellum binding. 30 cm. Small binder's label on rear endpaper. We don't know whether the endpapers are original although uneven toning on the free endpapers suggests that they are as does the presence of a former owner's armorial bookplate and an English bookseller's small rectangular label on the pastedown portion of the front endpaper. This copy lacks "Blow blow, little breeze, And Conrad's hat seize," the color illustration which should face page 72. The captioned tissue guard and cream mount are also absent, almost as if they were never there. Contents otherwise sound and clean. The vellum cover has some soiling and spotting, mostly on backstrip, and only a few short threads remain of the ribbon ties. A yellow ribbon page marker is present but looks new. The deluxe limited edition of 750 numbered copies signed by Arthur Rackham and for sale in Great Britain and Ireland.- $1,500
- $1,500
Plantation Reminiscences, by Page Thacker. [cover title]
Thacker, Page, pseud. [Letitia M. Burwell, 1831-1905] 69p. Softcover in original wrapper. 23cm. Chip at lower right corner of front cover. Backstrip chipped. Some cover soil. Modest dog-earing at lower right corner. No title page in this book (as published). Burwell, a supporter of the Confederacy, appears to have written this account of life on her family's Virginia plantation partly to refute the notion that all slave owners were cruel.- $375
- $375
The Progress of Colonial Reform; Being a Brief View of the Real Advance Made since May 15th, 1823, in Carrying into Effect the Recommendations of His Majesty, the Unanimous Resolutions of Parliament, and the Universal Prayer of the Nation, with Respect to Negro Slavery. [cover title]
49p. Softcover pamphlet. Stitched. No separate wrapper. 23 cm. Partially unopened. "Drawn from the Papers printed for the House of Commons, prior to the 10th of April, 1826." [printed statement on title-page].- $400
- $400
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM OF MANJUI, LENGUA AND CHULAPI INDIAN TRIBES IN FILADELFIA, PARAGUAY, 1973
[BROWN FAMILY - MISSIONARIES] 12" x 10" photograph album containing 58 photographs, most black and white and most sized 3 1/2" x 5," that were taken by missionaries to Filadelfia, Paraguay, in 1973. Album begins with 4 black and white photos showing missionaries Judy (?), Harry (?), and Meril, Ruth and Dwight Brown. Fourteen photos of typical scenes around Filadelfia to include cattle, horses tied to posts, horse-drawn carts, city street scenes, market scene, etc. Seven photos of typical scenes of a Chulapi Indian Village showing homes, children playing in dirt streets and even a nurse at the Chulapi Indian village. At bottom of this grouping of pictures states, âThe Mennonites in Filadelfia have been working among the Chulapi Indians for many years. Because of the savage Moro Indians of the North the Chulapi and other Indians found safety where the Mennonites had settled. There are over 8,000 Indians who have taken refuge at Filadelfia and other near by Mennonite colonies. In the last eight years the Moro Indians have been in contact with civilization and there are three missionary families working among them.â Four photos of Lengua Indians including a home, a Lengua woman spinning wool and a Lengua Indian family. Twenty-nine 3 ½ x 5" black and white photographs of a Manjui Indian village to include working in the field, spinning , children, men and women working, cooking, an oven, a group shot of a large group of children (what appears to be a school photo), homes, a woman who appears to be caring for an elderly man, women caring for children, an old woman carrying a huge sack on her back, etc. Of the 58 photographs, 42 include pictures of the natives. The Chulupi Indian Mission (Mennonite Brethren), located in the Mennonite Colony Fernheim in the Paraguayan Chaco, had its headquarters in the town of Filadelfia of the same colony. The Chulupi (Nivacle) first came to Fernheim in 1934 from the Pilcomayo River area, southwest of the Mennonite settlement. As more Indigenous arrived the Fernheim churches felt the need for a mission to them and in 1946 the first missionaries were sent to Fernheim by the Mennonite Brethren Board of Foreign Missions of North America, to assist the local churches in this undertaking. The Lengua are one of many nomadic tribes inhabiting the lower Gran Chaco of western Paraguay. With the introduction of Mennonite settlements in the central Chaco in the 1930s, many nomadic tribes semi-settled near the Mennonites. The Mennonites established Missions to many of these tribes, often grouping linguistically similar tribes nearby. The Lengua were settled on La Esperanza mission, southeast of Filadelfia. The Manjui people are an ethnic group belonging to the Mataguayo language family. Traditionally, they made a living by hunting, fishing, gathering herbs and fruits, and small-scale farming. All photos with great detail. A wonderful collection of photographs.- $1,200
- $1,200
SEARIGHT CATTLE COMPANY
[WESTERN BANK NOTE COMPANY, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS] 11.25" x 7.875" unissued stock certificate. Great center vignette of cattle bearing the YM brand. The Searight Cattle Company of Texas was originally established by Gilbert A. Searight who arrived in Burnet County, Texas in 1859. By the 1870's he had established a cattle company in partnership with his brothers. The Searight brothers decided to expand their operations to the Wyoming Territory and in 1877 drove 20,000 head of cattle from Texas to Wyoming where they established the Searight Brothers Cattle Company on the Goose Egg Ranch 10 miles west of Casper. In 1883 Gilbert filed a homestead claim for 640 acres along Poison Spider Creek. According to the report of the Secretary of the Interior in 1883, the Searight Cattle Company was one of the biggest cattle raising operations in Wyoming and in 1886 Dunn's Register listed the assets of the company at over $1,000,000. The expansion of the Searight enterprises in Texas also continued with the establishment of the Dolores Land and Cattle Company with properties in Dimmit and Kinney Counties in 1886. However, the company was overextended and closed down by the end of 1887. The Searight holdings in Wyoming were also reduced and by 1889 its assets were sold to the Penn Cattle Company. Exceptionally fine engraving and printing by the Western Bank Note Company. An exceptionally attractive, unissued stock certificate, in Fine condition (11.25"x7.875").- $100
- $100
Staffordia. Stafford
HERMANNIDES, Rutger. Amsterdam: Aegidius Janssonius Valckenier, c.1661. Coloured. 110 x 130mm. Stitch holes to right margin. An early miniature plan of Stafford showing the outline of the streets and churches but without naming any features. The plan was published in Hermannides's 'Magna Britannia' which contained thirty townplans mostly copied from the insets of John Speed's county maps.- $159
- $159
Hierusalem.
VALEGIO, Francesco. Venice: Donato Rasciotti, c.1598. 80 x 125mm. A well engraved miniature town plan of Jerusalem, engraved by Valegio after the Braun & Hogenberg plan of 1572 and published in 'Raccolta di le piu illustri et famose Città di tutto il Mondo'. Of the 322 plans in this series, 112 are signed by Valegio, six were reissues of plates engraved by Martin Rota in 1572, and the rest were anonymous. This plate is more commonly seen in the later 1713 'Universus terrarum orbis' by Raphael Savonarola (also known as Alphonso Lasor a Varea). LAOR: 1141; KING: Miniature Maps, pp.76-7.- $510
- $510
An account of the Imprisonment and Execution of poor Dennis An Irishman, Who was Hung for Robbery, and afterwards restored to life by his Friends, and is now living in America!!! With an account of a highwayman whom he employed to rob his master
[POOR DENNIS] 24pp. Woodcut on title page. Disbound. A sensationalist chapbook account of the life of Irish brigand 'Poor Dennis', who, sentenced to death for robbery, managed to survive the gallows and flee to Baltimore. Size: 12mo- $159
- $159
The history of the Ancient savoy palace, (built by the duke de savoy, A.D. 1245,) now the scite of the waterloo bridge
BRUCE, J[ohn] 18pp. With an engraved folding frontispiece. Uncut in original publisher's printed powder blue wrappers. A trifle marked and creased, price on upper wrapper struck through. Internally clean and crisp. The sole edition, in original state, of a succinct history of the Savoy Palace from its foundation in 1245 to its destruction during rioting in the Peasants' Revolt of 1381. Size: 8vo- $319
- $319
The laws and customes of scotland, In Matters criminal. Wherein is to be seen how the Civil Law, and the Laws and Customs of other Nations do agree with, and supply ours
MACKENZIE, George [16], 272, 271-581pp, [1]. With initial order-to-print leaf. Title in red and black. Recent red morocco-backed red pebbled cloth boards, tooled and lettered in gilt, all edges red. Lightly rubbed and marked. Book-label of Lord Aitchison to FEP, scattered spotting, occasional early manuscript notes. Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh (1636/38-1691), Scottish lawyer and essayist, his Laws and Customs of Scotland in Matters Criminal was the first systematic and detailed exposition of Scots criminal law. To begin what would be a prestigious and influential career, Mackenzie assisted in the Midlothian Trials for witchcraft in 1661, providing defence for one of the alleged. Later, during his tenure as Lord Advocate, Mackenzie became the minister responsible for the persecuting policy of Charles II against the Presbyterian Covenanters, thereby being held accountable for the deaths of hundreds due to maltreatment following the Battle of Bothwell Bridge - thus earning him the monicker of 'Bluidy Mackenzie'. The tenth article is devoted entirely to the identification and punishment of practitioners of witchcraft, including determining 'whether a witch can cause any person be possest', whether transformation be possible', 'whether they can procure love by their potions', and 'whether Witches may kill by their looks'. ESTC R217758, Wing M167. Size: Quarto- $1,595
- $1,595
The English Theophrastus: or the Manners of the Age. Being the Modern Characters of the Court, the Town, and the City
[ENGLISH THEOPHRASTUS] [14], 384pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary panelled calf, calf lettering-piece. Extremities worn, upper joint split, lower joint starting, loss to head-cap. Endpapers browned, scattered spotting, early inked ownership inscription of George Leslie to REP. Armorial bookplate to FEP of Scottish advocate and philosopher, Henry Home, Lord Kames (1696-1782). An extended edition of an early eighteenth-century work of moral philosophy, sometimes attributed to lexicographer and journalist Abel Boyer (1667?-1729). First printed in 1702, the book collects aphorisms and observations on contemporary character types and traits, social institutions and behaviour, drawn from the writings of La Bruyere, La Rochefoucauld, and others. ESTC T85463. Size: 8vo- $957
- $957
The tea-table miscellany: a collection of choice songs, scots and english
[RAMSAY, Allan] xxi, 224; [3], 226-448pp, [8]. Later blind-tooled calf, morocco lettering-piece, all edges red. Rubbed. Marbled endpapers, typed bookseller's description of armorial bookplate of antiquary Adam Sim Coulter (1829-1887) to FEP, blind-stamps of Alexander Strathern to head of title page and first leaf of glossary, browned and spotted, very occasional early manuscript notes to text. A Kilmarnock-printed edition of The Tea-Table Miscellany, which, first published in three volumes in 1723, 1726, and 1727, includes Allan Ramsay's (1684-1758) own compositions as well as the poetry of prominent contemporary Jacobites and traditional ballads of the seventeenth century. ESTC T75738. Size: 12mo- $319
- $319
Rules of The Bannatyne Club. Instituted February, MDCCCXXIII
[BANNATYNE CLUB] 11pp, [1]. Disbound. Stab-stitch holes and chipping to gutters. An early, if indeed not the first, issue of the rules and regulations governing the Bannatyne Club, such as; limiting the numbers of members at any one time to thirty-one; that an annual general meeting shall be held on the fourth Tuesday of November; and that the impression of any work printed by the Club shall never exceed eighty-four copies. The Bannatyne Club was founded in Edinburgh in 1823, with Sir Walter Scott as first president, for the purpose of promoting the study of Scottish history and literature. The club was named in honour of George Bannatyne (1545-1607/8), compiler of the Bannatyne manuscript (1568), an anthology of Scottish poetry. The club was dissolved in 1861. Size: 8vo- $159
- $159
Trial of miss madeleine h. smith, before the high court of justiciary, edinburgh, june 30th to july 9th, 1857, for the alleged poisoning of m. pierre emile l’angelier, at glasgow
[POISONING] iv, [1], 4-126pp. With two plates. Original publisher's brown cloth. Rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Later newspaper clippings relating to the trail pasted to front endpapers, pencil sketch to RFEP, a trifle dusty. A contemporary account of the trial of Madeleine Hamilton Smith (1835/6-1928), a Glasgow socialite accused of the murder of her former lover Pierre Emile L'Angelier through the use of arsenic. Smith was ably defended by John Inglis who contended that L'Angelier had either destroyed himself deliberately (citing his suicidal tendencies) or accidentally, as he was a hypochondriac with a tendency to incautious self- medication. Ultimately the circumstantial evidence proved tenuous, and the jury returned a majority verdict of not guilty. In later life Smith married George Young Wardle (1836- 1910), foreman-manager of William Morris. She is the subject of Emma Robinson's novel Madeleine Graham (1864). Size: 8vo- $191
- $191
Memoirs of the lord viscount dundee and the highland clans, &c. together with an account of the massacre of glencoe.
[MASSACRE OF GLENCOE] [4], 112, 52pp. Later gilt-tooled red half-morocco, marbled boards. Rubbed, spine dulled. Marbled endpapers, very occasional light spotting, book-label of Dr. Charles Waterhouse to REP. A Regency reprint of two tracts, originally published in 1711 and 1704 respectively, concerning the Jacobitism in the late seventeenth-century. The first is a memoir of Jacobite army officer John Graham, Viscount Dundee (1648-1689), known primarily for his bloody suppression of the Presbyterian Covenanters in Scotland and his leadership of the Jacobite uprising of 1689. The biography has been doubtfully attributed to Charles Leslie, likely due to his authorship of Gallienus redivivus, or, Murthere will out, which here appends Dundee's life. The second pamphlet, commonly attributed to journalist and pamphleteer George Ridpath (d. 1726), provides a succinct account of the Massacre of Glencoe - the slaughter in 1692 of members of the MacDonald clan of Glencoe for failing to promptly abandoned their allegiance to James II and pledge oaths of fealty to William III. Size: 8vo- $159
- $159
Notices of the most remarkable fires in edinburgh, from 1385 to 1824, including an account of the great fire of november, 1824
CHAMBERS, Robert iv, 74pp. [Bound with:] PERKINS, Rev. Erasmus [translator]. Manual of the theophilanthropists; or, adorers of god and lovers of mankind. London. Published by J. Griffin, 1822. First edition. 35pp, [1]. 12mo. Contemporary calf-tipped marbled boards, later naively rebacked in sheep. Extremities worn. Several leaves working-loose. The first edition of a succinct survey, by publisher Robert Chambers (1802-1872), of notable conflagrations throughout the history of Scotland's capital, including a detailed account of the Great Fire of Edinburgh that began on 15th November 1824 and raged for five days, decimating the area surrounding Parliament Square. The fire began at the premises of engraver James Kirkwood and ultimately engulfed 400 homes, killing at least 10 people.- $319
- $319
A history and description of the town of inverness; its principal buildings, public institutions etc. With a guide to the various objects of interest in its neighbourhood; also, a statistical sketch of the county of inverness
[CAMERON, George] 160pp. With a half-title. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt to upper board. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Internally clean and crisp. The first edition â" in original state - of a succinct history of, and guide to, Inverness. The latter half of the text, devoted to the primary structures of the Highland city, includes a brief notice on local libraries: 'The principal Circulating Library is kept by Mr Douglas, and consists of upwards of 6000 volumes', and a passage on municipal printers: 'Inverness possesses several excellent printing offices. The principal are the newspaper offices; but there are others which, although they do not command such a variety of types, are, notwithstanding, good jobbing offices. Much inconvenience has occasionally been felt for the want of a copperplate and lithographic press in the town. Work of this description has to be sent to Glasgow, Edinburgh, or Aberdeen'. Size: 8vo- $159
- $159
A list of the lords Spiritual and Temporal; Together with the Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses Of this Present parliament: Begun and Held at dublin, On Wednesday, the Twenty Fifth of November, 1713. Before His grace charles Duke of Shrewsbury, Lord Lieutenant General and General Governor of ireland
[IRISH PARLIAMENT] 12pp. Disbound. Stab-stitch holes to gutter. Browned and creased, recent paper label to head of title, occasional early manuscript notes to text. A rare survival of the first London edition of a register of the members of the Parliament of Ireland in 1713. The Parliament was convened on 25th November and was prorogued without voting supply beyond the end of the year. ESTC records copies at locations in the British Isles (BL, Cambridge, NLS, and Oxford), and two further in North America (California and Huntington). ESTC T41043. Size: Quarto- $319
- $319
Abridgement of the acts of sederunt of the lords of council and session, from the institution of the college of justice in may 1532 to the present time.
ALEXANDER, William xvi, 544pp. Unopened in original publisher's dark green cloth, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Rubbed and marked. Internally clean and crisp. From the recently dispersed family estate (by descent) of George Cranstoun, Lord Corehouse (1770-1850), Scottish jurist, satirist and friend of Walter Scott and Lord Monboddo, with his armorial bookplate to FEP. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of half-title: 'The Honble. Lord Corehouse from the Author'. The first edition of Writer to the Signet William Alexander's (1794-1859) summary of the particulars of Acts of Sederunt; the secondary legislation made by the Court of Session, the supreme civil court of Scotland, to regulate the proceedings of Scottish courts and tribunals hearing civil matters. Size: 8vo- $159
- $159
A New Bannatyne Garland; Compylit Be Doctor Jehan of the Hall Ryal
[BANNATYNE CLUB]. [JAMIESON, John] 8pp. Original green paper wrappers. Lightly rubbed. Internally immaculate. The sole edition of antiquary and philologist John Jamieson's (1759-1838) ballad commemorating the 1828 meeting of the Bannatyne Club. The Bannatyne Club was founded in Edinburgh in 1823, with Sir Walter Scott as first president, for the purpose of promoting the study of Scottish history and literature. The club was named in honour of George Bannatyne (1545-1607/8), compiler of the Bannatyne manuscript (1568), an anthology of Scottish poetry. The club was dissolved in 1861. Size: 8vo- $159
- $159
The trial of John Donnellan, Esq. (Late master of the ceremonies at the pantheon in Oxford-Street) at the assizes holden at warwick, On Tuesday the 27th of March, 1781, before francis buller, Esq. On of the judges of the court of king’s bench, for the wilful murder of Sir Theodosius Boughton, Bart.
[DONNELLAN, John] 43pp, [1]. Later gilt-ruled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Extremities a trifle marked. Stab-stitch holes to gutter, scattered spotting, slight loss to upper corners of leaves F1-2, manuscript mathematical calculations to blank verso of final leaf. The sole edition of a pamphlet relating the proceedings of the trial of Captain John Donnellan for the murder of his brother-in-law Sir Theodosius Boughton, seventh baronet of Lawford. (1760-1780). In August of 1780, Boughton had taken ill. His mother brought him a beverage to soothe his malady; he had complained that it tasted foul, but imbibed nonetheless. He died soon after. After his funeral, suspicions arose surrounding the cause of Boughton's death. The body was exhumed and examined. A coroner's inquest ruled that Boughton was poisoned and returned a verdict of murder against Donellan. Despite the preponderance of circumstantial evidence, and Donellan's claims of innocence, he was convicted, condemned and executed on 2nd April 1781. ESTC T92907. Size: 8vo- $255
- $255
Notes on the law of arbitration in scotland
PARKER, John xxxiv, 341pp, [1]. Uncut and unopened in original publisher's two-tone paper board, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. A trifle rubbed and marked. Internally clean and crisp. From the recently dispersed family estate (by descent) of George Cranstoun, Lord Corehouse (1770-1850), Scottish jurist, satirist and friend of Walter Scott and Lord Monboddo, with his armorial bookplate to FEP. The second edition, in original state, of Principal Extractor in the Court of Session John Parker's authoritative survey concerning arbitration agreements in Scotland from the early seventeenth-century up to 1828. The first edition is apparently unrecorded. Bell and Bradfute issued a 'second', enlarged edition in 1845. Size: 8vo- $128
- $128
Observations concerning the distinction of ranks in society.
MILLAR, John [4], xxii, 312pp. With a half-title. Contemporary calf-backed marbled paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Extremities worn, joints split. Occasional marginal ink-spotting. From the recently dispersed family estate (by descent) of George Cranstoun, Lord Corehouse (1770-1850), Scottish jurist, satirist and friend of Walter Scott and Lord Monboddo, with his armorial bookplate to FEP. The expanded edition of Scottish jurist John Millar's (1735-1801) pioneering attempt at a historical sociology of social authority, covering, familial relations, class distinction, the history and condition of women, and political and martial leadership. The final chapter 'Of the condition of servants in different parts of the world' demonstrates both Millar's support of the American cause and his opposition towards slavery. First published in 1771, the work influenced the developing field of anthropological studies and historical jurisprudence. ESTC T113111. Size: 8vo- $957
- $957
The lives of the scotish poets; with preliminary dissertations, on the literary history of scotland, and the early scotish drama
IRVING, David In two volumes. [8], 447, [1]; [6], 507pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-tooled red half-morocco, marbled boards. Rubbed, lower joints split, spine sunned. Armorial bookplates of Sir Marcus Somerville to both FEPs. The first edition of literary scholar and librarian David Irving's (1778-1860) comprehensive and authoritative survey of the literary history of Scotland, with specific attention paid to influential Scottish poets, including David Lindsay, James VI, and, naturally, Robert Burns. Size: 8vo- $128
- $128
The guardian
[THE GUARDIAN] In two volumes. [6], 334, [8]; [4], 346pp, [10]. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, morocco lettering-pieces. Lightly rubbed and sunned. Internally clean and crisp. The sole Foulis edition of The Guardian, a short-lived periodical, originally published in 175 daily numbers, March 12 to October 1, 1713. It was founded by Richard Steele and featured contributions from Joseph Addison, Thomas Tickell, Alexander Pope and Ambrose Philips. Steele and Addison had previously collaborated on the Tatler and The Spectator. ESTC records copies of this Glaswegian edition at six locations in the British Isles (Birmingham, BL, Edinburgh, Mitchell, NLS, and St. Andrews); and a further five in North America (Boston, McGill, California, Chicago, and Oklahoma). ESTC T130131. Size: 12mo- $319
- $319
His Majesty’s coronation fleet: containing the whole particulars of the novel sailing match, which takes place this day, wednesday, june 30th, 1824.Given by Members of His Majesty’s Coronation Fleet.The whole under the direction of edward nettleford, esq. commodore of the coronation fleet
[CORONATION FLEET] [8]pp. Single unopened folded sheet, edges uncut. A trifle creased and dusty. The second known copy of a pamphlet advertising the second annual Thames sailing match organised by His Majesty's Coronation Fleet (i.e. the Cumberland Fleet) held in commemoration of the ascension to the throne of George IV. Following a list of regulations for the match, and a list of participants, the pamphlet provides details of an evening's entertainment at Vauxhall Gardens open to members of the Fleet, including a concert, a series of cosmoramas, and a fireworks display. OCLC records a single copy (Claremont Colleges); COPAC adds no further. Size: 8vo- $478
- $478
Report of the auchterarder case, the earl of kinnoull, and the rev. r. young, against the presbytery of auchterarder
ROBERTSON, Charles In two volumes. [4], 408, 36[4], 451, [1], 16pp. With tipped-in errata slips. Uncut and unopened in original publisher's cloth-backed buff paper boards. A trifle rubbed and marked, spines sunned. From the recently dispersed family estate (by descent) of George Cranstoun, Lord Corehouse (1770-1850), Scottish jurist, satirist and friend of Walter Scott and Lord Monboddo, with his armorial bookplate to FEP. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of Vol. I FFEP: 'With Mr. Charles Robertson's Compts.' The sole edition, in original state, of an extensive and authoritative survey of the Auchterarder case, a legal dispute that proved to be the first in a series of events that ultimately led to the 1843 schism in the Church of Scotland. In 1834, following the recent passing of the Veto Act, the parishioners of Auchterarder unanimously voted to reject their patron's nomination of a new minister, Robert Young, and the Presbytery duly refused to proceed with his ordination and induction. Young appealed to the Court of Session which, in 1838, concluded that in passing the Veto Act the Church had acted ultra vires, and infringed the statutory rights of patrons. A supplement was issued in 1839. Size: 8vo- $255
- $255
La guerre aux papiers *
RAMUZ Charles Ferdinand : Broché, sous couverture chine décorée rempliée. Édition originale. L'un des 20 exemplaires de tête numérotés sur Chine, avant 75 Hollande et 2500 vergé. Bel ouvrage en rarissime premier papier, d'une exquise fraîcheur. Habituellement on le trouve en feuilles, ici il a du être broché par un relieur? [Bringolf 68] > En cas de problème de commande, veuillez nous contacter par notre page d'accueil / If you have any problems with your order please contact us via our homepage- $3,721
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[HÉRITIER Robert] LANDRY Charles-François : Carré de soie 80 x 80, bords faufilés, impression tricolore. Édition ô combien originale. Compositions de Robert Héritier. Probable mouchoir de tête de circonstance sollicité par l'Hôpital pour son centenaire à l'éditeur qui a battu le rappel de ses troupes ; Landry pour le texte (une fois n'est pas coutume assez copieux puisque courant sur 22 lignes ? Avec le fac-similé manuscrit du "Passage du poète" de Ramuz, le plus bavard des foulards), Héritier pour l'imagerie et Emmanuel Bosshart pour la calligraphie. > En cas de problème de commande, veuillez nous contacter par notre page d'accueil / If you have any problems with your order please contact us via our homepage- $186
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Träume *
QUEVEDO Francisco de : En feuilles 30 x 23 sous couverture de vélin d'Arches imprimée en noir. L'un des 100 exemplaires numérotés en arabe, outre quelques romains, signés par l'artiste sur vélin d'Arches. 6 eaux-fortes et aquatintes originales d'Antonio Saura, tirées par Druckerei H.Kätelhön à Wamel-Möhnesee. Ces songes d'un auteur baroque espagnol, personnage à l'humour grinçant voire féroce qui chevauche les XVI et XVIIe siècles, ont inspiré à l'artiste ce premier livre illustré. [Weber-Caflisch/Cramer 49-54] > En cas de problème de commande, veuillez nous contacter par notre page d'accueil / If you have any problems with your order please contact us via our homepage- $1,861
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Le troupeau à l’abreuvoir *
VALLET Edouard : Eau forte et pointe sèche sur zinc 35 x 32 (feuille 45 x 41) monogrammée en bas à gauche dans un cercle, tirée par l'artiste qui l'a titrée en dessous et signée en bas à droite à la mine de plomb, sous cadre de bois à fine baguette teintée. Une variante héliographique de cette gravure en procédé photo mécanique existe.[Giroud 56] > En cas de problème de commande, veuillez nous contacter par notre page d'accueil / If you have any problems with your order please contact us via our homepage- $4,962
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TRAVELS, RESEARCHES, AND MISSIONARY LABOURS; during an Eighteen Years’ Residence in East Africa. Also a loose slip promoting Dr Vogel’s book: Scientific Exploration in Central Africa.
KRAPF J Lewis. FIRST EDITION, 8vo, pp liii, 566, portrait frontispiece, plates (2 folding), 12 tinted lithographs, folding maps, light spotting to portrait frontispiece, contemporary morocco, gilt, slight rubbing to spine, handsome. "Krapf was the first to sight Mount Kenya, in 1849, his companion Rebmann having sighted Kilimanjaro the previous year. They were the earliest European explorers of the Kilimanjaro and Kamaba regions." Neate Neate MOUNTAINEERING LITERATURE K47- $1,403
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EXPLORATION AND HUNTING IN CENTRAL AFRICA 1895-96.
GIBBONS A St H. FIRST EDITION, 8vo, pp xi, 408, advertisements, folding map, frontispiece, 25 illustrations, original blue decorative cloth, re-backed, corners rubbed, small wear to top edge, new endpapers. "A well-written account of the author's journey up the Zambesi into Barotseland and into the country of the Marotse. He ably describes the region, with attention paid to the area around Lake Victoria, Gibbons relates episodes of hunting buffalo, lion, roan, eland, hartebeest, and wildebeest in the region. His frontispiece portrait reveals Victorian mustachios to die for." p62 Czech- $383
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Bruce Postle : the image maker
POSTLE, Bruce Melbourne : Elm Grove Press, 2011. Oblong folio, illustrated laminated boards in slipcase, light handling marks, pp. xxvi; 374, extensively illustrated. Limited to 1000 numbered copies signed by the photographer. A fine copy. The definitive collection of photography by one of Australia's leading and most accomplished photo-journalists. Bruce Postle's archive is held in the State Library of Victoria. 'Bruce Postle is a multi-award winning photojournalist. He began his career at Queensland Country Life, moving on to Brisbane's Courier Mail and then to The Age in 1969.In 2007 Bruce was awarded a Quill Lifetime Achievement Award by the Melbourne Press Club. In September 2014 he was made an Honorary Fellow of the Australian Institute for Professional Photography (AIPP) 'for his outstanding contribution to the photographic industry' and in October 2014 he was inducted as one of the foundation members of the Victorian Media Hall of Fame.' - SLV website. Scarce.- $173
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[FRONTIER WARS] Letter written by a worker on Keepit Station, near the Namoi River, New South Wales, dated March 1839.
WOODFORDE, E. H. [Entire letter]. Manuscript in ink on laid paper with Britannia watermark, foolscap folio (320 x 200 mm) bifolium written on 4 sides, cross-written on the first two (6 pages in total); headed Keepit, Namoi River, March 4th /39, and signed at the foot 'Your affectionate son &c. E. H. W.'; the outer side is addressed to Mrs J. Woodforde, No. 40 Union St. Plymouth, Devonshire, England,with Sydney Ship Letter stamp in red dated 16 March 1839, and London arrival stamp dated 21 July, endorsed by Mrs Woodforde with the date of her reply,Sepr. 1839; remains of red wax seal, a few short tears along the original folds; complete, clean and legible (the cross-writing difficult to decipher in a few places, leaving a few words in doubt). An important, previously unpublished letter written by one of the earliest white settlers in the Namoi River district on the Liverpool Plains of New South Wales. Its author, E. H. Woodforde, was a twenty-year-old shepherd working on Keepit Station, a 6500 hectare property near the Mooki River (a tributary of the Namoi). Keepit had been established in 1837 by William Sims Bell(1796-1875), who is credited with earlier bringing the first cattle overland from theHawkesbury to the Hunter River. (Reference is made in the letter to Bell's other property at Cheshunt Park in the Upper Hunter). In a lengthy account, Woodforde describes for his mother back home in Devon what his life is like in this remote region inhabited by "dreadful rogues" and "unhung fellons", in a time of severe drought. Nevertheless, he asks his mother to encourage his sister and brother-in-law to emigrate and join him in his adventure. He divulges his schemes for making his fortune in the "Wild Bush of Australia", and his plans for quitting the country and returning to England as soon as possible after this has been accomplished. In 1818 John Oxley was the first European to explore the Namoi River catchment on the Liverpool Plains, to the west of the Upper Hunter, which was part of the country occupied by the Gamilaraay (Kamilaroi) people. Oxley was followed by both Allan Cunningham and Sir Thomas Mitchell. From the time squatters began to settle in the region around 1826-27, there was frequent armed conflict between the white settlers and the Indigenous population, which was to persist into the early 1840s. Between1832 and 1838 several massacres of Gamilaraay people were perpetrated by whites, including the Waterloo Creek and Myall Creek massacresin 1838 - two of the most infamous episodes in the so-called Frontier Wars. Since it was written in the midst of this tragic period of white-black conflict, the conspicuous absence in Woodforde's letter of any reference to relations - either friendly or hostile - with thelocal Indigenous population at Mooki (or Mocai) River is somewhat surprising. We would expect, had there been an incident of any significance, that Woodforde would have made mention of it, as in his letter he refers to many other interesting (but comparatively mundane) matters such as a gruesome hand injury, collecting bird skins for taxidermy and his enjoyment of the wild melons that grow in abundance, and he takes the time to enumerate the types of game for which he hunts. It is only through the analysis of primary source documents of this type, however, that we can begin to form an accurate picture of what actually took place on the Liverpool Plains during the 1830s. Full transcript of the letter: [Page 1, vertical] 'My dearest Mother,the last letter I sent you was unfinished on account of the Newsman arriving and could not wait for me to finish, it was written at Cheshunt Park, Hunter's River. I am now two hundred miles above that, at Mr Bell's sheep station, who is a great friend of Mr Mathew's. You will see its in the map above Liverpool Plains to the Northward a little in alining [sic] to the west, close to the Mocai [i.e. Mooki] River. There is not Post up as far as this, I am obliged to wait till somebody is going down else I should have written to you before. I received your last [letter] about a week back dated the 16th of September and a most welcome letter it was. By the time you receive this I shall be one and twenty. I hope you will give a good party of young Ladies on that day, but be sure and let them quarrel about me, for I do not mean to marry yet. I hope I shall be able to get my money out as soon after that time as I can. I intend after I have purchased my supplies and things to buy Bank Shares and get ten per cent for my money and Rent about two thousand sheep for a few years which will give me a very good start. We are in a dreadful state now for want of Rain, all our crops have failed this year and flour is now very high indeed, 27£ a tun [sic] and rising every week. I do not know what we shall do if God does not send us some Rain. Soon all our Stocks will die of starvation, this is the Rainy month but as yet there is no appearance of it, but we must live in hopes. I hope in a few years to be able to afford a hundred pounds to have your likeness taken which I am determined [to do], first money I safe [sic] it shall be for that. I daresay you will laugh at my talking of a hundred pounds but I assure it is impossible for me to notso make money. [Page 2, vertical] If I am industrious and work hard it will be only for three or four years and then (as the phrase is here) I shall get money in spite of my Teeth, and besides we shall have steam vessels here in another two years and then I shall be able to come home in six weeks and stay a month or two and then go back again. I wish very often my dearest Mother that I could help you [with] some of the bills, but the Fates have decreed otherwise. We are to be parted for a few years but I hope not for ever. I have to make my fortune in the Wild Bush of Australia, but I hope it will not take long, and then I will return once more to my patrrnal roof, there to end my days in happiness and have a few lively children to sit on my knee- $1,245
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[NEW SOUTH WALES] Manuscript letter written by a young female convict, Elizabeth Morris, sent to her father from Chester Gaol while awaiting transportation for life. 5 November, 1833; [and] a letter from the Governor of the Gaol, advising Elizabeth’s father on how he should present two petitions to have his daughter pardoned to his local MP. 24 January, 1834.
MORRIS, Elizabeth I. Folded letter sheet. Small quarto bifolium (207 x 160 mm), laid paper watermarked 'Dewdney & Tremlett 1832'; manuscript in ink, [2] pp; headed 'Chester, Nov 5th', the letter is written in the hand of Elizabeth Cheatham (Morris), whilst in the Chester City Gaol where she was being held pending removal to the hulks prior to transportation. Elizabeth writes: 'My dear Father & Mother, I am sorry to afflict your tender hearts with my misfortunate Destiny after all the good advice you have boath given me. I was taken up for taking some money and sentenced to be Transported for Life and expect to go of every day and should be very happy to see you boath for the Last time and to hear from my Brothers and Sisters and hope the[y] will take warning by my unfortunate Fate, and if you will be so kind to send me a Little Money to get some little things for my Journey . [I] solemnly declare I never received one penny of the Money I am going Abroad for but had I taken your good advice I should not have come to this unfortunate End. May God Almighty Bless you all from your unfortunate Daughter. Elizabeth Cheatham, Chester City Gaol. Pleas to come as soon as possable and bring a few of my Cloaths with you.'; the third side is occupied by a short note addressed to Mr Cheatham by a Gaol official, who advises: 'If you wish to see your daughter you must be at Chester before Friday next. On that morning she will leave Chester City Gaol for Woolwich. She goes by the name of Elizabeth Morris.'; the panel on the outer side is addressed in Elizabeth's hand to 'John Cheatham, Bagley near Elismere (i.e. Ellesmere), with speed', and is postmarked 'CHESTER NO 5 1835'; original folds with several old tape repairs (but no loss of content), toning, remnants of black wax seal; complete. II. Folded letter sheet. Small quarto bifolium (205 x 160 mm), laid paper with Britannia and crown watermark; manuscript in ink, [1] page; headed 'Chester, Jany. 24th 1834', an autograph letter by George Jepson, Governor of the House of Correction & City Gaol, addressed to Elizabeth's father: 'Mr Cheatham, Herewith you will receive the petition for your Daughter together with the one you got signed and you must get some respectable individual to give the two petitions to the Member for Salop for them to present them to the Secretary of State, and then I think there will be a chance; but why should they call her Chestwood while her name is Cheatham; but if you will get them presented regularly I have not a Doubt all will be well. When you write please pay the postage as your Daughter has no money and I have to pay it out of my own pocket. I am, Yours Truly, Geo. Jepson, Govr. of the the House of Correction & City Gaol'; the panel on the outer side is addressed 'John Cheatham, Bagley, nr. Ellesmere'; original folds, toning, complete. This pair of unpublished letters shines a light on the tragic story of a young woman from the small rural village of Bagley in north Shropshire. In August and September 1833, at the age of 21, Elizabeth Cheatham had twice been arrested for being a common prostitute, but was found not guilty on each occasion.On 15 October 1833 she was arrested along with two men and charged with assaulting William Hesketh on the King's Highway and stealing 9 shillings. Of this crime she was found guilty, and sentenced to death on 25 October. Her sentence, however, was commuted to transportation for life. As we learn from these letters, two petitions pleading for Elizabeth to be pardoned were organised by her father and by the Governor of the Chester Gaol himself, George Jepson, while Elizabeth was still incarcerated there. Despite Jepson'sglibly optimistic remark that 'all will be well', the petitions clearly failed to impress the authorities: Elizabeth was duly taken from Chester to the hulks at Woolwich, and on 3 July 1834 - under the name Elizabeth Morris - she wasput on board the convict transportGeorge Hibbertalong with 143 other female convicts, bound for New South Wales, where she was to serve a life sentence. The George Hibbert arrived at Sydney Cove on 1 December 1834, and as early as January 1835 some of the prisoners were already in trouble. The Sydney Herald reported: 'The female prisoners who lately arrived per George Hibbert, seem fully equal to the task of rivalling in bad conduct those renowned damsels who arrived in the Colony a few years ago by the Roslin Castle and Lucy Davidson, and who were so noted at the time for their bad behaviour. Scarce a day passes without a batch of George Hibberts being placed at the bar of the Sydney Police.' Once in New South Wales it appears Elizabeth abandoned the use of her father's surname Cheatham altogether - perhaps out of fear it would shame her family. Her convict record gives her name as Elizabeth Morris, alias Chepwood, alias Chatter. George Jepson had already questioned why some petitioners knew her as Chestwood (a misreading of Chepwood on his part?), and not Cheatham. Elizabeth was sent to the Hunter Valley region, first to Patrick's Plains (Singleton) and later on, Newcastle, where she spent periods in the Gaol and in Female Factory. She was assigned at various times to Job Harris, John Smith and Major Sullivan. (Several extracts from her convict record are provided below). In June 1839 she married ex-convict Roger Cook Gofton (1789-1872) at Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle. (Ex-convicts and free-settlers were encouraged to visit the female convict factories in order to choose a wife, as it was considered that marriage usually had a reformative effect on women convicts; the husband was responsible for his wife's upkeep from that point on, lessening the burden on the colonial purse).Gofton had been convicted at the York Assizes in 1816 and, like Elizabeth, was sentenced to transportation for life, arriving in Sydney on the Fame in 1817. He was granted a conditional pardon in 1836. Around the time of her marriage - it is not clear whether a few days before or afte- $1,902
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Stephen Owen, officer in charge of the commissariat at the Moreton Bay Penal Settlement, New South Wales : autograph letter, dated 11 July 1834, carried ‘per favor’ to London.
OWEN, Stephen (1801-1880) Entire letter headed 'Moreton Bay, New South Wales, 11 July 1834', addressed to a close acquaintance of Owen's, 'Mr. Charles Hudson, to the care of J. O'Neil Esq., Quarter Master General's Office, Horse Guards, London'; manuscript in ink written in a neat hand on 2 sides of a quarto bifolium, on wove paper watermarked 'C. Wilmot 1832'; the letter is signed at the foot 'Very faithfully yours, Stephen Owen'; the address panel on the outer side has an intact red wax armorial seal with initials 'S.O.' and lion rampant; there are no postal markings, as the letter predates the official postal service (which commenced in 1838) and would have been carried 'per favor' by an unidentified party; original folds, short tear at edge of address panel, otherwise clean and legible. A previously unpublished and unrecorded letter, possibly the earliest extant item of private outwards correspondence from Moreton Bay. Stephen Owen, an officer of the Commissariat Department, arrived in Sydney as a cabin passenger on the female convict transportPrincess Royal in May 1829, accompanied by his wife Rachel (née Fletcher), whom he had married in London in 1827. Their first born child had died during the voyage. After working briefly in various locations in New South Wales, including Liverpool, Emu Plains and Bathurst, in January 1834 Owen was appointed officer in charge of the commissariat at the notorious Moreton Bay Penal Settlement, where he would be stationed until 1839. The settlement at Moreton Bay was the feared destination for the most violent, hardened and recidivist convicts in New South Wales, infamous for its rates of death and disease, the sadistic brutality of its convict overseers, and the prisoners' punishing daily regimen. We can only surmise that Owen, whose father was secretary of theBritish and Foreign Bible Society, and who was described by the Quaker James Backhouse, whom he met during his 1837 visit to Moreton Bay, as a 'very interesting and pious man', was a remarkably resilient character, forced (along with his family) to witness great human suffering and deprivation in this remote hell on earth. Owen and Rachel's second child Charlotte had been born in Liverpool, New South Wales (1831), while Stephen, junior (1835), Marion (1837), and John Henry (1839) were all born at Moreton Bay. Rachel died at Moreton Bay in August 1839, within a month of giving birth to John Henry. Faced with the prospect of raising four children alone, in May 1840 Stephen married Rebecca Crook (b. 1817, Tahiti), daughter of missionary William Pascoe Crook, in Scot's Church, Sydney, following his recall from Moreton Bay. Rebecca would bear him nine more children, the last born in 1857. In October 1836, following her shipwreck ordeal and rescue, it was to Stephen Owen's house at Moreton Bay that Eliza Fraser was brought to make her initial recovery, and a letter written by Owen and sent to his brother-in-law William Wilberforce, junior, contained perhaps the first account of her experience in her own words. That letter was published in John Curtis' Shipwreck of the Stirling Castle . (London, 1838). In his retirement in Tasmania Owen wrote an autobiography, which he completed in 1873 (the original manuscript is now in the State Library of Victoria). It was published in the year of his death asMemoir of Stephen Owen (Launceston, 1880). Transcript of the letter: 'My dear Charles, With much pleasure was received Anne's letter of December 1833, and I take the earliest opportunity of replying to it. I fear from Anne's account that you have suffered much hardship since we left England, but it is a great mercy that Anne has been so wonderfully supported in all her trials. My memory is very defective but to the best of my recollection I wrote several times to you after our arrival in this Colony - and I think you only wrote once in reply. However, Anne has certainly in her last letter given a full account of the circumstances in which you have been placed since we left you, and although it is painful to read of the troubles & afflictions of those who are dear to us, still it would have been far more distressing to us to have remained in a state of uncertainty. The length of time that is occupied in the passage from England to this Colony and back is so considerable, that possibly this letter may find you in different circumstances from those in which you were placed when Anne wrote to us, so that I scarcely know how to advise you. As regards our own circumstances, we have been fighting against difficulties, since we arrived in the Colony, but by the great mercy of God, we have been enabled to stand our ground, and our worldly affairs, as well as the concerns of our souls I trust, are beginning to prosper. Life under any circumstances is very uncertain, and such is the inferior state of my health, that my life is peculiarly precarious. I repeat therefore that I scarcely know how to advise you. I do not feel myself justified in recommending you to come out to this distant Colony, but if you were here, Anne would of course find a home with Rachel so long as we have a home ourselves, and I would strive to find you employment, although this Colony is beginning to to be overstocked by those who are looking for employment. Rachel has so great an objection to letter writing that she has neglected writing to her family; and I am not free from blame, as I ought to have written to them, both on Rachel's account and my own. I purpose writing to them. We have been travelling about very much since we arrived in the Colony - this is our sixth station. I think that the fatigue has impaired Rachel's health. She is not nearly so strong as she was. Our little Charlotte [b. 2 Feb 1831,Liverpool, New South Wales] is very well in health. Rachel sends her love to Anne and with our united best wishes, for the happiness of both of you. Believe me, very faithfully yours, Stephen Owen'. The Moreton Bay Penal Settlement: Following Oxley's survey of the Mor- $4,842
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Drames d’amour et d’amitié. Le vieil homme: pièce en cinq actes.
Georges de Porto-Riche First edition. ONE OF ONLY 20 NUMBERED COPIES PRINTED ON EXTREMELY FINE ARCHES WOVE PAPER FOR "Les XX". vi, 402 pp. Justification SIGNED in ink by the author. Laid in is a signed autograph letter by Georges de Porto-Riche, in his stunning calligraphic hand, on Bibliothèque Mazarine stationery. 4to. Beautifully bound by Paulhac (signed) In quarter morocco and marbled boards. Entirely uncut. Both sets of wraps and both backstrips preserved (those of Les XX and those of Emile-Paul--the former are printed in color with a delicate floral pattern on wonderful Japanese rice paper). FINE AND BRIGHT, LIKE NEW, WITH NO DEFECTS. Likely the best surviving copy.- $750
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Les cinq sens. Voir ouïr, sentir, goûter, toucher. (The Five Senses)
Ettore Tito A portfolio of FIVE OUTSTANDING ART DECO POCHOIR PLATES BY ETTORE TITO (1859-1941), FINISHED BY HAND, PRINTED ON EXTREMELY FINE WOVE PAPER. Five loose leaves, each measuring 25 x 32 cm (three horizontal, two vertical) in the original paper envelope. FINE AND BRIGHT, WITH THE COLORS EXTREMELY FRESH. Envelope separated at fold. A RARE SURVIVAL, WITH ALL PLATES IN PRISTINE CONDITION. Printed in a very small edition.- $975
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Unique archive of correspondence between Robert Motherwell, Odette Lazar-Vernet, and Philippe Lepatre relating to Motherwell’s printmaking
Robert Motherwell AN OUTSTANDING ARCHIVE OF LETTERS RELATING TO ROBERT MOTHERWELL'S PRODUCTION OF PRINTS FOR ODETTE LAZAR-VERNET (publisher of "Paroles Peintes", among other things). In this correspondence we discover that Motherwell had no compunctions about having others retouch and even execute the plates from which "his" etchings were to be printed. The archive includes four letters from Motherwell (two typed, one manuscript, and one typed and heaving annotated in pen), all of which are SIGNED by Motherwell (Two "RM", one "Robert M", and one "Robert Motherwell".) Three are on stationary with the letterhead of his house at 173 East 94th St in New York, and the fourth from the "Sea Barn" in Provincetown. In one of the letters Motherwell refers to Helen Frankenthaler. Also present are three carbon copies of the responses: two from Odette Lazar-Vernet and one from Philippe Lepatre (i.e., Philippe Lazar). A fascinating collection, giving a behind-the-scenes view of Motherwell's production of prints. In very good condition throughout.- $1,950
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Les Maîtresses. Comprenant 100 dessins en couleurs.
Ferdinand Bac (Félicien Champsaur, introduction) ONE OF TEN NUMBERED COPIES ON IMPERIAL JAPANESE PAPER. XI pp + 100 humorously-captioned reproductions of drawings by Bac (1859-1952), Napoleon's illegitimate nephew. The drawings depict the role of women in Parisian society of the Belle Époque. From the collection of noted bibliophile Robert Masson, with his bookplate and ownership signature. 8vo. Attractively bound in quarter cloth and marbled boards by Léon Lemardeley (signed). Top edge gilt, other edges uncut. Original wraps preserved. Light wear to extremities of binding, else FINE AND BRIGHT. COPIES ON JAPANESE PAPER ARE OF THE GREATEST RARITY.- $275
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Poemes de Sapho, illustres de 23 eaux-fortes par Marie Laurencin (The Poems of Sappho)
Sapho (Sappho, translated by Edith Beaumont) (Marie Laurencin, illustrator) THE GREATEST FEMALE POET ILLUSTRATED BY THE GREATEST FEMALE FRENCH BOOK ILLUSTRATOR. A gorgeous edition of Sappho's poems, illustrated with 23 ORIGINAL ETCHINGS BY MARIE LAURENCIN. In this book, Laurencin's etchings are considerably freer--in both technique and subject matter--than in the other books she illustrated. Edition limited to 160 numbered copies. Beautifully printed on fine Lana wove paper. 8vo. Loose as issued in original wraps and publisher's folding case. Light wear to folding case, else FINE AND BRIGHT. Very rare.- $950
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La bascule. Comédie en quatre actes. (Couverture par Sem)
Maurice Donnay (cover by Sem) First edition. ONE OF 15 NUMBERED COPIES PRINTED ON FINE MARAIS WOVE PAPER, THE ONLY LARGE-PAPER COPIES. vi, 303 pp. Beautiful color-printed cover by Sem. 8vo. Elegantly bound by V. Champs (signed) in three-quarters morocco and marbled boards. Top edge gilt, other edges uncut. Origiinal wraps and backstrip preserved. A bit of light scuffing to extremities of binding, else FINE AND BRIGHT.- $275
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Group of six vintage Iran travel posters
Six posters, each depicting a unique and iconic scene from Iran, including the Shah Mosque, the Zurkhaneh sports club, and the Shrine of Shah Nematollah Vali. Some edgewear to each, minor creasing to few. (Each measures 39 by 26 1/2 in.; 991x673mm).- $288
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An Essay on the Law of Bailments. Boston, 1796
Jones, Sir William Boston: Samuel Etheridge, for John West, 1796. First American Edition of Jones on Bailments Jones, Sir William [1746-1794]. An Essay on the Law of Bailments. Boston: From the Press of Samuel Etheridge, for John West, 1796. 178, [1] pp. 12mo. (6-1/2" x 4"). Recent quarter cloth over marbled boards, gilt title and author name to spine, colored (renewed) endpapers. Light browning to interior, occasional light foxing, faint dampstaining to fore-edge of first 70 pp., light soiling to a few leaves, ownership signatures (of Ben Hazard and Sibyl Horne? Amery, the latter dated 1899) to front endleaf, additional signature (Ben Hazard) to head of title page. $150. * First American edition, a reprint of the first London edition, 1781. One of the first significant books to use principles derived from Roman and civil law sources, this influential treatise played an important role in the introduction of their ideas into Anglo-American jurisprudence. Kent admired this work, as did Marvin, who praised its "artistic and scholar-like finish" (Marvin). Sir William Jones was a distinguished Orientalist and a brilliant jurist. A friend of Johnson, Gibbon and Burke, he was a judge of the High Court at Calcutta from 1783 until his death. Marvin, Legal Bibliography 428-429. Hoeflich, Roman & Civil Law and the Development of Anglo-American Jurisprudence 38-39. Cohen, Bibliography of Early American Law 2419.- $150
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13 Year Books of Henry VI, Years 1-20
Year Books; Henry VI 13 Year Books of Henry VI, Years 1-20 [Year Books]. Henry VI [1421-1471], King of England. De Termino Michaelis Anno Regni Regis Henrici Sexti Primo. [London: Imprynted.In Fletestrete within Temple barre at the signe of the Hand and starre, by Rychard Tottyl, Anno. 1570]. viii ff. [Bound with] [12 Year Books of Henry VI, Years 2-20]. [London: Richard Tottell, 1567-1574]. Collates complete. Contemporary paneled calf, central blind arabesques, holes for ties or catches at fore-edges, rebacked and recornered in period style with raised bands, blind fillets and lettering piece to spine, endpapers renewed. Light rubbing, scuffing, faint dampstaining and a few small holes to boards, moderate rubbing to board edges, corners bumped and lightly worn, (illegible) ink annotation to fore-edge of text block, hinges cracked, faint offsetting to endpapers, later owner name (William Humfrys) and ink and pencil "4" to front pastedown. Moderate toning to interior, annotations and underlining in ink in a (likely single) early hand to most leaves, very light foxing and soiling in a few places, small holes or missing corners to a few leaves without loss to text or annotations. An impressive collection. $8,500. * It is difficult to overestimate the importance of the Year Books. As a series of notes on debates and points of pleadings in Norman England they are of crucial primary sources for our knowledge of medieval common law. They also provide a richly detailed portrait of contemporary English life, customs and manners. The origin of the Year Books is unknown. Some scholars believe the earliest volumes were notes transcribed by law students for study and for the use of lawyers in later cases while others maintain they were made by lawyers. Though it is not known when the first manuscript volumes were compiled, the cases date from the 1270s to 1535. Printed editions of the Year Books were first issued by William de Machlinia between 1481 and 1482. The present titles belong to the so-called "Quarto Edition." Not a set or edition in the conventional sense, these volumes were issued separately with various dates and impressions between 1522 and 1619. The extensive annotations to our volume, primarily case and statutory citations, indicate detailed review by an early reader and demonstrate the utility of the Year Books to legal schola.- $8,500
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Le Tierce Part des Reportes del Edward Coke Lattorney Generall.
Coke, Sir Edward [London]: In aedibus Thomae Wight, 1602. First Edition of the Third Part of Coke's Reports Coke, Sir Edward [1552-1634]. Le Tierce Part des Reportes del Edward Coke Lattorney Generall le Roigne, de Diuers Resolutions & Iudgements Donnes auec Graund Deliberation, per les Tresreuerend Iudges, & Sages de la Ley, De Cases et Matters en Ley, Queux ne Fueront Vnques Resolue, Ou Adiudges par Deuant, Et les Raisons et Causes des Dits Resolutions et Iudgements, Durant les Tresheureux Regiment de Tresillustre et Renomes Roigne Elizabeth, Le Fountaine de Tout Iustice, Et la Vie de la Ley. [London]: In aedibus Thomae Wight, 1602. [18] pp., 91 ff. Lacking final leaf, a blank; text complete. Folio (10-1/2" x 7"). Recent calf, blind fillets and lettering piece to spine, endpapers renewed. A few minor scuffs and scratches to boards. Light toning to interior, faint dampstaining to lower corner and right margin not affecting text, very light foxing and soiling to a few leaves, clean tear to bottom-edge of leaf C3 not affecting text, occasional annotations, underlining and manicules in two early hands (most in a single hand). $1,500. * First edition. Contains the cases of the Marquee of Winchester, Heydon, Dowtie, Sir William Harbert, Boraston, Walker, Butler and Baker, Ratcliffe, Boyton, Sir George Browne, Rigewaie, Lincoln College, Pennant, Westbie, Deane and Chap. de Norwich, Fermor, Twine and The Case of Fines. Coke's Reports are not reports in the conventional sense, but highly detailed anthologies of precedents organized according to the cases they consider. In each instance Coke assembled a large body of cases, outlined their arguments, and explained the reasons for the judgment, using it as a basis for a statement of general principles. Taken together, the Reports form the most extensive and detailed treatment of common law pleading that had yet appeared. A work of immense authority, it was often cited as The Reports, there being no need to mention the author's name. The annotations to our copy are brief glosses and case citations. English Short-Title Catalogue S469030.- $1,500
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De Criminibus ad Lib XLVII et XLVIII Dig Commentarius, Utrecht, 1644
Matthaeus, Antonius (II) First Edition of a Classic Treatise on Roman Criminal Law Matthaeus, Antonius (II) [1601-1654]. De Criminibus ad Lib. XLVII. et XLVIII. Dig. Commentarius. Adjecta est Brevis & Succincta Juris Municipalis Interpretatio, Cum Indice Triplici; Titulorum, Rerum & Verborum, Nec non Legum, Qua Strictius, Qua Fusius Explicatarum. Utrecht: Typis Ioannis a Waesberge, 1644. [xiv], 994, [44] pp. Quarto (8" x 6-1/4"). Contemporary vellum, faint early hand-lettered title to spine, speckled edges. Negligible light rubbing, corners and spine ends bumped, pastedowns loose, some crinkling to fore-edges of endleaves. Title page printed in red and black. Owner inscription of Margaret L. Hewitt to front endleaf, brief early annotation in tiny hand to rear endleaf, light toning to interior. $450. * First edition. Matthaeus was the second in a line of noted Dutch jurists. De Criminibus is a commentary on Books 47 and 48 of Justinian's Digest with an additional treatise on the municipal law of Utrecht. Distinguished by its critical use of original sources, rather than later commentaries, it was one of the first modern commentaries on Roman criminal law. It went through several edtions and remained a standard work into the nineteenth century. Hewitt [1934-1922] was a notable South African scholar of Roman-Dutch law. Dekkers, Bibliotheca Belgica Juridica 111.- $450
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The Power Elite
Mills, C. Wright New York, 1956 New York: Oxford University Press, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. C. Wright Mills' (1916-1962) sixth book and one that is still relevant today. Mills posits that political, military, and economic elites "share a common world view; that power rests in the centralization of authority within the elites of American society." A remarkably scare book. Fourth Printing, 1957. 423 pp. 8vo. Wear and scuffing to dust jacket, small chips and losses at edges, closed tear at upper left corner of front panel, now in mylar cover. Black cloth boards with silver and blue titling to spine. Very clean within.- $125
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Visiting Green Mountain
Owen, Sara G. H. Crown Ring Press, 2006. Limited Edition. Wraps. Fine. Owen, Sara G. H.. Printed at the University of Alabama by writer and illusrtator, Sara G.H. Owen. Signed by her on the colophon. Unpag. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with pamphlet stitched binding, terracotta paper wraps. Large, folding four-color illustration at center. Card of printer laid in.- $100
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Early Days Amond the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians
Seger, John H.; Vestal, Stanley Norman, OK, 1934 Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First Printing. 155 pp. 8vo. Dust jacket has chips, tears, and losses, now in mylar cover. Dark orange cover boards with light sunning at head of spine where dust jacket is missing. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown, minor foxing to prelims, clean within.- $100
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Wooden Architectural Detail
Japan Institute of Architects Tokyo, 1961 Tokyo: Zhang Guo, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. A fascinating book in Japanese of the details in the design of wooden structures. Measured drawings and photographs illustrate 95 different structures. An important volume for anyone interested in Japanese domestic architecture. 4to. Original clear plastic dust jacket has light wear small tear at bottom edge of front panel. Red cloth boards with embossed titling in white and red. Interior very clean, text in Japanese.Paper covered slipcase has some staining and wear, in Very Good condition.- $150
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