ESSAYS BEFORE A SONATA
Ives, Charles E. Hardcover. Octavo. 124pp. Maroon cloth with spine title in gilt. Spine ends and corners (lightly) rubbed. Toning to front endpaper (from newspaper clipping?) with coin sized remnant of paper. Solid book with nice clean interior. "Ives wrote these essays as a (very big) set of program notes to accompany his second piano sonata. Here, he puts forth his elaborate theory of music and what it represents, and discusses Transcendental philosophy and its relation to music. The essays explain Ives' own philosophy of and understanding of music and art. They also serve as an analysis of music itself as an artform, and provide a critical explanation of the "Concord" and the role that the philosophies of Emerson, Hawthorne, Thoreau and the Alcotts play in forming its thematic structure."-fulltextarchive.com.- $600
- $600
ANTIQUE WORKS OF ART FROM BENIN
Pitt Rivers, Lieutenant-General Hardcover. Quarto. 12.5" x 10.25" 100pp. plus 50 plates illustrating 389 works, collected by Pitt Rivers. Each piece described. Blue cloth with decorative gilt stamping shows light wear. t.e.g. Coated paper end-papers. Front hinge a bit tender, cracking just a little. Light foxing to fore-edge with an occasional spot within. Title page a toned. Very nice early book on Benin Art. "Pitt Rivers was a soldier and archaeologist, hugely influential in the development of modern archaeology.He began carrying out excavations while still serving in the army, but his chance to indulge in excavation on a grand scale came in 1880 when he inherited the 27,000 acre Cranborne Chase estate in Dorset, which contained many archaeological sites. He had a meticulous approach to excavation and was interested in recording all the finds on a given site - not just the most spectacular - as well as their contexts. He kept detailed records of the position of all finds and of the excavation in general.his ethnographical collections form the basis of the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford.- $300
- $300
THE WORKS OF GEORGE INNESS: An Illustrated Catalogue Raisonne
Ireland, LeRoy (Compiled with an introduction by) Hardcover. Catalogue Raisonne. Quarto. 475pp. Color frontispiece. 1540 works fully described, most (almost 1000) with a b&w illustration. Additional list of undated, previously unrecorded pieces, some of which may be listed in the main catalogue. Includes chronology and exhibition list. SIGNED by Leroy Ireland. Green cloth has light rubbing to edges in pictorial dust jacket. Dust jacket is lightly faded on spine, rubbed and has edge wear and small edge tears.- $750
- $750
Beyond the Rainbow
Kluckhohn, Clyde 271pp. Octavo [20.5 cm] Black cloth with title gilt stamped on the front board. Backstrip stamped in gilt and red. Map endsheets. Previous owner's name neatly crossed out on front free endsheet. Text block just beginning to crack at the beginning. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Uncommon work. Farquhar 122. Anthropologist Clyde Kluckhohn recounts his travels through the Navajo country of northern New Mexico and Arizona, and his sojourn at Wild Horse Mesa in Utah. Kluckhohn was a professor of anthropology at Harvard University, most known for his continuous ethnographic work among the Navajo people and his contributions to the development of theories of culture within American anthropology. He had a lifelong interest in the Navajo Indians which was sparked in 1922, when for health reasons, he was sent to live on a ranch near Ramah, New Mexico, where he mastered the Navajo language and observed their customs.- $1,000
- $1,000
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum.
Abraham Ortelius Ortelius A. Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. Opus nunc ab ipso Auctore recognitum multisque locis castigatum, & quamplurimis novis Tabulis atque Commentarijs auctum. Antwerp, Chr. Plantin, 1592. Three parts in one vol. Folio, 46 x 35 cm, Latin text. Engraved allegorical title, engraved portrait and 134 double-page maps, all finely coloured and heightened in gold by a contemporary hand, with a monogram of the colourist (HVS) in gold on the title page. Contemporary Dutch vellum binding. Beautiful atlas printed on large, heavy paper in superb luxe colouring. Origin: from a German noble family. Ref.: Van der Krogt III.A 31:041- $319,569
- $319,569
Le sinus carotidien et les autres zones vasosensibles réflexogènes. Leur role en physiologie en pharmacologie et en pathologie. SIGNED BY CORNEILLE HEYMANS.
HEYMANS, Corneille 121 pp, 1 leaf; 51 text figures. Contemporary cloth-backed marbled boards, with original wrappers bound in. Good. First Edition. SIGNED BY CORNEILLE HEYMANS (on the front wrapper; see photo). Copy of Cecil K. Drinker, with his ink name stamp on the front pastedown, front flyleaf, and front wrapper. This monograph should not be confused with Heymans's later book published in 1933 with a similar title. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded in 1938 to Corneille Jean François Heymans "for the discovery of the role played by the sinus and aortic mechanisms in the regulation of respiration." Quoting from the website of the Nobel Foundation: "Corneille Heymans received his Nobel Prize one year later, in 1939. During the selection process in 1938, the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine decided that none of the year's nominations met the criteria as outlined in the will of Alfred Nobel. According to the Nobel Foundation's statutes, the Nobel Prize can in such a case be reserved until the following year, and this statute was then applied. Corneille Heymans therefore received his Nobel Prize for 1938 one year later, in 1939."- $750
- $750
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The Monthly Jubilee Published By an Associatiopn of the Daugthers and Sons of toil (Vol. III, No. VII, June, 1853)
Denny, John Jay (editor) Octavo. 31 pages.(i.e. 293-322(3) pp.) One of the earliest radical publications calling for freedom of labor to determine their own wages, Warns of European and big banking interests against the rights of the common man. Bound in yellow printed wrappers (stitched), lower corner with chipping. A very good copy.- $113
- $113
The Story of the Heavens
Ball, Sir Robert Stawell Octavo. frontispiece, 551pp., Illustrated in color and in black and white. In 1874 the position of Royal Astronomer of Ireland and Professor of Astronomy in Trinity College Dublin became vacant. Ball applied and was appointed Royal Astronomer of Ireland and to the Andrews Chair of Astronomy of Trinity College Dublin after successfully submitting a seven-page printed application for these positions. This position he held for 18 years. Later, after the Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry at Cambridge died, Ball applied for the position and was chosen. This was considered the highest scientific chair in England, if not in Europe. He published several books on the heavens. A very nice copy bound in 3/4 red morocco over marbled paper covered boards with matching endpapers and all edges in matching marble, raised bands gilt, lettered and decorated in gilt, small chip to head occasional spots of foxing, no names or book plates.- $232
- $232
Histoire et recherches des antiquités de la Ville de Paris
SAUVAL, Henri 3 volumes(6)-11-784 Paris, chez Charles Moette & Jacques Chardon, 1724, in-folio, 3 volumes(6)-11-784 [chiffrées 1 à 728 et 617 à 672] + (2)-8-759 + (2)-4-682-40-82) pp, veau marbré, dos à nerfs cloisonnés et fleuronnés avec pièces de titre et de tomaison rouges et fauve? tranches rouges. Reliure de l'époque, Édition originale de cet ouvrage incontournable qui demeure l'une des sources essentielles sur l'histoire de Paris. Avocat au Parlement de Paris, Henri Sauval (1623-1676) consacra vingt ans à ses recherches sur de Paris, compulsant un très grand nombre de sources dans les archives publiques et religieuses, pour certaines aujourd'hui disparues, étudiant les monuments civils et religieux, publics et particuliers, les institutions et les corporations, les processions, spectacles, foires, etc.) Sauval mourut avant d'avoir terminer son travail de mises en forme et l'ouvrage fut achevé par son collaborateur Claude-Bernard Rousseau, auditeur à la Cour des comptes qui y apporta d'importants ajouts, notamment sur l'histoire des maisons religieuses et des collèges. Un des exemplaires comportant l'annexe intitulée « Amours des rois de France sous plusieurs races », ici reliée à la fin du dernier volume Tome I : Situation et agrandissements de Paris. Portes, rues, fontaines, quais et ports. Églises, monastères, hôpitaux. Boucheries, halles, marchés et foires. remparts et promenades.Tome II : Palais et édifices publics. Monuments antiques et modernes. Universités et collèges. Justice et cours souveraines. Finances, domaines et redevances. Corps des marchands, hôtel de ville et assemblées. Académies. Manufactures. Prodiges, serments, duels, tournois; cérémonies. Ordres de chevalerie. Enseignes et étendards. Tome III : Curiosités, tontines et loteries. Preuves des antiquités. Comptes de la ville" Brunet V, 151. Bourgeois et André, 295 ; Dufour, 486 ; Bibliothèque Mareuse, 12158. Bel exemplaire à grandes marges. Quelques frottements, travail de vers superficiel sur un plat, quelques rousseurs.- $2,243
- $2,243
Le microscope. Coup d’oeil discret sur le monde invisible
ADAN, H.-Ph II-301, 10 planches gravées Bruxelles, C. Muquardt, 1873, in-8, II-301, 10 planches gravées, demi-toile noire de l'époque, dos lisse, titre doré, Première édition de cet ouvrage de microscopie par un micrographe-amateur destiné à vulgariser cette science, l'ouvrage sera augmenté et édité sous d'autres titres plusieurs fois. Henri-Philippe ADAN ( Bruxelles, 1802 ~ Ixelles, 1891 ), savant et botaniste, était le Directeur général des contributions directes, douanes et accises ainsi que le Président de la Société Malacologique de Belgique en 1866-1867, conservateur de la section malacologique du Musée de Sciences naturelles de Bruxelles. Il fut un "amateur des plus distingués d'objets microscopiques" (Henri-Ferdinand Van Heurk, hommage dans la troisième édition de 1878) dont il possédait une magnifique collection. Exemplaire de l'abbé V. Fernique (cachets ex-libris). Avec un portrait de l'auteur contrecollé au faux-titre (épreuve au charbon), un envoi manuscrit et 4 pages manuscrites à l'encre noire. Il s'agit de deux lettres réponses de l'auteur adressées à l'abbé Victor Fernique, datées du 10 janvier et du 18 mars 1873. Dans ces lettres l'auteur revient sur la génèse de son ouvrage et ses vingt de recherche sur le monde de l'invisible, ses relations avec certains savants et leur apport sur le sujet, il remercie l'abbé pour avoir divulgué son ouvrage auprès de la presse. Émouvant exemplaire. Reliure d'usage, fatiguée. Cachets annulés de l'Institut catholique de Paris.- $247
- $247
Hospice de la Salpêtrière. Clinique des maladies du système nerveux. Professeur Charcot. Compte rendu du service ophtalmologique de M. le Dr Parinaud pour l?année 1888, par M. Morax, externe du service. (Extrait des Archives de Neurologie, n°31, 1889.)
PARINAUD, Henri] MORAX, Victor 27-(1) p. Paris, bureau du progrès médical | Lecrosnier et Babé, 1889, in-8, 27-(1) p, broché, sous couvertures vertes d'attente, Première publication par le Progrès médical d'un texte fondateur pour l'ophtalmologie. Victor Morax (1866-1935), externe de Charcot durant l'année 1888, rend compte ici des observations de son maître, pionnier de l'ophtalmologie française : le docteur Henri Parinaud (1844-1905), ophtalmologue et neurologue. Suite à son travail de thèse sur "le nerf optique et la méningite chez l'enfant", Jean-Martin Charcot l'engagea comme collaborateur à l'Hôpital de la Salpêtrière. Interne en 1889, il devient chef du ?service ophtalmologique? de la clinique des maladies du système nerveux de la Salpêtrière, il sera nommé oculiste des Hôpitaux de Paris en 1900. Victor Morax le suivra dans sa clinique privée, et profitera de son enseignement pendant dix ans, de 1889 à 1899. C'est à la Salpêtrière, au cours de ses consultations hebdomadaires, que Parinaud "se frotte à la neurologie et à l'hystérie"*. Dans la présente étude, les troubles oculaires de 79 "hystériques" (49 femmes et 30 hommes) sont observés, et pour la première fois le syndrome de Parinaud, qui se manifeste par une paralysie de la verticalité du regard, est décrit. Référence bibliographique : *Jacques Poirier: « Henri Parinaud (1844-1905): pionnier de l'ophtalmologie française », in: Pratiques en Ophtalmologie, Septembre 2011, vol. 5, numéro 4, p.2-7. Exemplaire non coupé, cachets ex-libris du Dr Albert Carrier de Lyon.- $135
- $135
Mémoire historique et physique sur les chutes de pierres tombées sur la surface de la terre à diverses époques
BIGOT DE MOROGUES, Pierre Marie Sébastien (4), IV, 360pp. Orléans, imprimerie de Jacob Ainé, 1812, in-8, (4), IV, 360pp, Demi-basane havane, dos lisse orné, pièce de titre verte, tranches jonquille. Reliure de l'époque, Edition originale, très rare, c'est l''un des premiers écrits sur les météorites. Bigot de Morogues (1776-1840), géologue, agronome et économiste fut élève de Vauquelin et Haüy. POGGENDORFF, I, 189. Dos frotté, petit accroc à 1 mors supérieur. Cachet humide de l'institut catholique de Paris, étiquette au dos.- $2,018
- $2,018
Mémoires historiques sur les affaires des Jésuites avec le Saint Siège, où l’on verraque le Roi de Portugal, en proscrivant de toutes les terres de sa domination ces religieux révoltés, & le Roi de France voulant qu’à l’avenir leur société n’ait plus lieu
PLATEL, Pierre Parisot, dit Père Norbert, dit Abbé 7 volumes, 8 planches (sur 9) Lisbonne, Ameno, 1766, in-4, 7 volumes, 8 planches (sur 9), Basane marbrée, dos à nerfs orné, pièces de titre fauve et tomaisons vertes, tranches rouges, Seconde édition très augmentée et la première sous ce titre, de cet ouvrage constituant une violente attaque des jésuites et leur activité missionnaire. Illustré, d'un frontispice, 3 portraits dont un de Joseph I Roi du Portugal, une grande carte dépliante (côtes de Malabar et de Coromandel) et 3/4 figures h.-t. L'ouvrage fut d'abord publié sous le titre de "mémoires historiques sur les missions des Indes." Les deux premiers volumes concernent exclusivement la mission jésuite à Malabar. Le troisième volume expose l'animosité entre les jésuites et les capucins. Le quatrième volume traite des "rites Malabar". Le cinquième volume décrit la "rébellion" des jésuites contre le pape Benoît XIV. Les deux derniers volumes publient les lettres écrites par les jésuites pendant leurs missions en Chine, au Japon et en Inde justifiant leur action missionnaire. Presque toutes ces lettres sont en latin avec une traduction en français ou en italien. Bon exemplaire. Quelques coupes frottées, coiffes supérieures abîmées au tome VII, avec manque de cuire sur les mors supérieurs, 1 mors usé au Tome IV, quelques mouillure, plus importante au Tome III.- $1,121
- $1,121
Réflexions sur une théorie moderne
[MANUSCRIT.] BECQUEREL, Henri 8 ff. Paris, 1907, in-4, 8 ff, en feuilles sous chemise et étui moderne, Rare manuscrit autographe, avec additions et corrections de la main de l'auteur de cette destinée à être lue dans la séance publique annuelle des cinq Académies le 25 octobre 1907. C'est l'un des derniers textes du physicien qui meurt en 1908. Becquerel tisse ici un lien entre la théorie de la matière des anciens d'Héraclite à Descartes, et celle toute moderne de la physique nucléaire. Il est joint, le texte imprimé : Paris, Typographie de Firmin Didot, 1907, 15 pp. Broché sous couverture imprimée (en partie détachée.)- $5,046
- $5,046
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An Academy for Grown Horsemen . [and] The Annals of Horsemanship . By Geoffrey Gambado
[Bunbury, Henry W.] Rowlandson, Thomas. Second Rowlandson Edition. 29 hand-colored plates by Thomas Rowlandson. 140, [2] pp. W. Wilson, Printer, St. John's Square. 1 vols. 8vo. WITH ROWLANDSON ILLUSTRATIONS. Podeschi 90; Wells pg. 39 Calf backed marbled boards with gilt title label. Rubbed, front board detach. Henry Wakeman bookplate on upper pastedown. Illustrations are bright with vivd colors. Good 29 hand-colored plates by Thomas Rowlandson. 140, [2] pp. W. Wilson, Printer, St. John's Square. 1 vols. 8vo- $750
- $750
The American Angler’s Guide; or, Complete Fisher’s Manual, for the United States: Containing the Opinions and Practices of Experienced Anglers of Both Hemispheres; With the Various Modes Adopted in Ocean, River, Lake, and Pond Fishing; the Usual Tackle [etc.]
Brown, John J. Centennial Edition. Fifth edition. Illustrated throughout. 428 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bruns B253 Recent half black morocco and marbled boards, t.e.g. Minor rubbing at extremities. A fine copy Illustrated throughout. 428 pp. 1 vols. 8vo- $275
- $275
Eleventh Annual Report of the New-England Female Medical College
20pp. 8vo. Originially called the Boston Female Medical College, the New-England Female Medical College was founded in 1848 as the first school to train women in the field of medicine. Among the graduates noted in this report was Esther Hill Hawks, class of 1857, who after being denied a position as an army doctor or nurse went on to volunteer anyway in South Carolina during and immediately following the Civil War, with a particular focus on treating and educating African Americans.- $650
- $650
Notes on the State of Virginia
Jefferson, Thomas [5], 8-344pp. 12mo. Includes an account relative to the Logan family, as well as Jefferson's 1801 inaugural address. Shoemaker 21053; Verner 1825B; Sabin 35907 Contemporary calf, front joint cracked, worn. Provenance: Samuel Clement (early signature)- $350
- $350
Ladies’ Indispensible Assistant. Being A Companion For The Sister, Mother And Wife.Directions For Managing Canary Birds.Instructions For Ladies Under Various Circumstances.Valuable Recipes, Forming A Complete System Of Family Medicine.Enabling Each Person To Become His Or Her Own Physician: To Which Is Added One Of The Best Systems Of Cookery
[vi], [7]-72, [1]-48, [12])-136. 8vo. Publisher's original brown cloth, gilt spine, small chip at back joint. Very nice copy [vi], [7]-72, [1]-48, [12])-136. 8vo- $300
- $300
Beneath the Sky. A novel of love and murder among the poor whites and Negroes of the deep South
Jarrette, A[lfred] Q. 151 pp.; ffep and half-title tipped in on endpaper stub (as issued?). Squarish 8vo. Bitter melodrama set in Greenville, South Carolina, about the resentment and violence of both poor and rich Whites against their Black neighbors. Alfred Q. Jarrette was an educator and journalist who reported on the Civil Rights movement; he put the bulk of his research into the 1964 educational text, Politics and the Negro (Boston: Vinjano Educational Publishers, 1964). OCLC 11 copies. Shraufnagel, Noel, From Apology to Protest: The Black American Novel (pp. 66-67); Moses, Norton, Lynching and Vigilantism in the United States An Annotated Bibliography, 4049 Blue leatherette covers, lightly rubbed around corners, 151 pp.; ffep and half-title tipped in on endpaper stub (as issued?). Squarish 8vo- $1,000
- $1,000
The Rod and Line, or Practical Hints and Dainty Devices for the Sure Taking of Trout, Grayling, etc.in Five Parts
Wheatley, Hewett 9 hand-coloured plates of flies. 137pp. 12mo. Jhgalf period morocco and marbled, t.e.g. Bookpate of Donald Gardner 9 hand-coloured plates of flies. 137pp. 12mo- $450
- $450
The Story of American Golf: Its Champions and Its Championships
Wind, Herbert Warren First Printing. Profusely illustrated with photos. 564 pp. 1 vols. 4to. INSCRIBED. Inscribed on ffep to Louis Newell from the author with additional presentations. Publisher's green cloth. Fine in Very Good dj in slightly worn printed sliupocase Profusely illustrated with photos. 564 pp. 1 vols. 4to- $350
- $350
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[Gauchos. Untitled watercolor sketch]
Holiday, Gilbert Watercolor and grisaille on paper, signed in pencil lower right. 1 vols. 11-1/2 x 9 inches. Watercolor sketch of gauchos, with the central figure riding a white horse on the turn, dropping a lasso over the head of a dark horse with white blaze. For an unidentified magazine commission. Gilbert Holiday (1879-1937) artist, soldier, and keen horseman, was a prolific illustrator for The Graphic, Tatler, and the Illustrated London News, and a talented artist of the sporting life. Mitchell, Dictionary of British Equestrian Artists, pp. 270-271, "one of the outstanding artists of the twentieth century" Watercolor and grisaille on paper, signed in pencil lower right. 1 vols. 11-1/2 x 9 inches- $500
- $500
The Art of Angling, greatly enlarged and improved; containing directions for fly-fishing, trolling, bottom fishing, making artificial flies, &c, &c
Bowlker, Charles Tenth Edition. Engraved frontispiece, text illustrations. 154pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Westwood & Satchell, p. 39-40; Heckscher 257 Bound in full 20th century blue morocco by Gehnrich. Fine Engraved frontispiece, text illustrations. 154pp. 1 vols. 12mo- $300
- $300
The Story of Little Black Sambo
Bannerman, Helen 16mo, 52 pages; first issue of the first American edition, with title printed in green on front board; tan cloth spine. Illustrated with 27 color plates; text printed on one side of leaves throughout. Wear at extremities, neat owner name and date on front pastedown. Internally clean, with no markings of any kind. A very good copy.- $1,400
- $1,400
Mark Twain’s Raft Passage
Twain, Mark One of 75 copies, signed by Carol Cunningham (designer, printer and binder) at the Sunflower Press; 16mo (2 7/8" x 2 5/8"); a deluxe copy, bound in full black leather with Twain's likeness in gilt on front panel; red end papers; 27 pages, the colophon reads "A portion of the original story has been deleted." The Raft Passage appears in the 1876 original manuscript of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, following the second paragraph in Chapter XVI. The Raft Passage does not appear in authorized editions of Huck Finn, however Twain inserted it into Life on the Mississippi, following paragraph 6 in Chapter III. Housed in a handsome gray clamshell box, with leather lable on spine, printed in gilt.- $425
- $425
REPORTS OF EXPLORATIONS AND SURVEYS to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Volume XI, the Maps Volume
Davis, Jefferson; Secretary of War & Humphreys, A. A.; Warren, Gouverneur Volume XI only, the maps volume; complete with all 32 folding maps and text as follows:Letter of Captain A. A. Humphreys, Corps of Topographical Engineers, to the Secretary of War, transmitting Lieut. Warren's Memoir; Memoir of Lieut. G. K. Warren, Corps Topographical Engineers. Upon the Material Used and Methods Employed in Compiling the General map to Illustrate the Reports of Surveys for Railroad Routes From the Mississippi River to the Pacific ocean; Topographical Maps, Profiles and Sketches, to illustrate the Various Reports of Surveys. Quarto, the Senate issue. Original cloth binding, lacking the spine. Light foxing to most of the text - maps are very good to fine. Library stamp on ffep and location number on lower fore-corner of title page.- $1,500
- $1,500
A History of the Valley of Virginia (William F. Cody’s Copy, “Buffalo Bill” and Signed By Him
Cody, William F. "Buffalo Bill" [Kercheval, Samuel] "Buffalo Bill's copy, signed by him "W F Cody / 2932 Lafayette St - 1916" on front pastedown. This address is Mr. Cody's sister's address in Denver Co, and the place where he died in 1917. William Frederick Cody, b. Feb. 26, 1846, d. Jan. 10, 1917, at age 14 joined the Pony Express, answering an ad for "skinny, expert riders willing to risk death daily." Later he served in the Civil War, served as an Army scout (Chief of Scouts) and was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1872. He supplied buffalo to feed construction crews building railroads. In 1883 Cody founded "Buffalo Bill's Wild West" show, which toured for 3 decades in the United States and later in Europe. The show starred himself, Annie Oakley and for one season, Chief Sitting Bull. Buffalo Bill was one of the most famous people in the world, at the time of his death in 1917. Eighteen thousand mourners visited at the Colorado State Capitol building.- $1,500
- $1,500
NARRATIVE OF THE EXPEDITION OF AN AMERICAN SQUADRON TO THE CHINA SEAS AND JAPAN, Performed in the Years 1852, 1853, and 1854 – Volume 2 Only But with the Illustrations from Volumes 1 and 3
Perry, Matthew Calbraith [Commodore] Small Folio. House issue, of this most important expedition, led by Commodore Perry, which opened Japan to the West. original cloth, volume 2 only, but with the illustrations from volumes 1 and 2, unbound; lacking the "suppressed" NUDE BATHING PLATE. Vol. II shows minor wear at extremities, small loss at spine ends and small stain at lower margin of first 100 pages, not affecting text; cloth darkened at lower front board. Overall very good. Lacks chart showing tracks of hurricanes at page 354. Plates are very good to fine. Neat owner name and date on title page. Folding maps bound in at rear.- $600
- $600
Orlando: A Biography.
WOOLF, Virginia. First edition, signed by the author in her distinctive purple ink on verso of half title, number 107 of 861 copies; small royal 8vo (235 x 160 mm; illustrated with 7 plates (including 3 showing Vita Sackville-West as Orlando), a couple of minor spots to preliminary leaves, else near-fine; publisher's black cloth boards, gilt lettering and patterns on spine protruding on to upper and lower boards, upper board with gilt publisher's device depicting a ram, spine and head of rear board very slightly faded and bumping to spine head, otherwise a near-fine and very attractive copy. Nigel Nicholson, Vita Sackville-West's son, famously declared Orlando to be 'the longest love letter in literature.' This is the true first edition, preceding the Hogarth Press edition by nine days. Kirkpatrick A11.- $8,033
- $8,033
Discours dv Bon et Loial Subiet de la Grande Bretagne, a la Reyne de ce Pays tovchant la Paix & affaires d’iceluy. A la Gloire de Charles Premier, Roy de ce Royaume séant en son Parlement, distingué en tous ses Ordres selon la volonté des Roys & Reynes, et representé par Figures en Tailles douces.
[CIVIL WAR PAMPHLET]. First edition; 4to (22 x 17.5cm); 3 folding plates (each approx. 35 x 26 cm), 2 engraved portraits, woodcut initials and decorations throughout the text, engraved armorial book-stamp to last leaf verso displaying motto 'light in darKines lumiere dans les tenebres'; one integral blank leaf, title page stained and browned, some marginal staining and browning throughout, creasing to corners, one small wormhole affecting 4 leaves; side-stitched contemporary marbled wrappers, worn and soiled with extensive loss to upper wrapper; [16], 39, [1]pp. A curious and rare anonymous English Civil War pamphlet published in Paris by Michel Mettaier (sometimes spelt Mettayer) in 1648 following the capture of Charles I by parliamentarian forces the previous year. The first part of the work consists of three large folding plates depicting the House of Lords, the House of Commons and the Convocation of Canterbury, with explicatory notes explaining the history and function of these bodies in the English parliamentary system. The latter part of the book contains an original address to Henrietta Maria, Queen of England illustrated with facing engraved portraits of the Queen and the Prince of Wales, and signed simply 'le bon et loyal svbiet'. It introduces a short statement in both English and French, allegedly translated from an original Latin version, which purports to be the words of Liudolf (c.930-957), an Ottonian Duke of Swabia and grandson of the German king, Henry the Fowler (919-936). The text claims that Liudolf did not die in 957, but rather feigned his death to take exile in Mantua in the hope that his descendants would one day regain his power and prestige. The tale was likely intended by the royalist author to offer hope to the exiled queen and her son, who were soon to become widow and orphan to the executed king.- $1,785
- $1,785
L’Egyptienne (The Egyptian Woman)
MIRO, Joan Etching, aquatint and cut-out shapes in colours, 1977, on Arches paper, signed in pencil and numbered from the edition of 50 (there were also 12 Hors Commerce impressions in Roman Numerals), printed by Morsang, Paris, published by Maeght, Paris, 140 x 96.5 cm. (5½ x 38 in.) Dupin, J. No. 970.- $33,320
- $33,320
The Mammals of Australia.
GOULD, John. 3 vols, folio, (55 x 37 cm); 182 fine hand-coloured lithographic plates, most heightened with gum-arabic, by Gould and Henry Constantine Richter, printed by Hullmandel & Walton, subscriber's list, scattered light foxing affecting some text leaves and plates, some offsetting, very light marginal browning and occasional trivial finger-soiling; publisher's green morocco gilt, spines richly gilt in six compartments with raised bands, gilt lettering to second and third compartments, all edges gilt, yellow endpapers, corners slightly rubbed; overall an extremely handsome copy. One of the most important works ever attempted by Gould. Gould's interest in Australia was piqued by specimens sent back by his wife's brothers who had settled there. He soon realized that 'the "natural productions" of the country were untapped' (ODNB) and set out there in 1838, spending 18 months in the country. 'It was not until I arrived in Australia, and found myself surrounded by objects as strange as if I had been transported to another planet, that I conceived the idea of devoting a portion of my attention to the mammalian class of its extraordinary fauna' (Preface). In his Analytical Index to Gould's works, his long-time assistant, R. Bowdler Sharpe described The Mammals as 'One of the most important works ever attempted by Gould.' He had known 'that this work was never going to be remunerative on the same scale as his ornithological ones, but his motive was purely as a contribution to science - for which, on reflection, he thought he might have deserved more praise.' The Mammals was issued, as with all Gould's great natural history monographs, in parts. The first appeared on 1 May 1845 and the final 13th part on 1 May 1863. Each of the first 12 included 15 plates, a cleverly balanced mixture of the exciting with the more prosaic, each of them accompanied by descriptive text, the final part was made up of just two plates, but provided the preliminary titles, text and indices. As with all of Gould's publications the completed work is a sumptuous production, which contributed much to the history, documentation and illustration of Australia's numerous unique species, all too many of which are now sadly extinct. BM(NH) II,p.701; Nissen ZBI 1661 & 1662; Sauer 11 & 14; Wood p.365.- $136,850
- $136,850
Opuscula huius codicis. Cyprianus martyr De cruce Domini, Damasus papa De laudibus Pauli Apostoli, Severi Sulpitii Epistola ad Paulinum, Sibylla De signis extremi iudicii. Laurentii Abstemii Hymnus de sancto Nicolao.
ABSTEMIUS, Laurentius (editor). First edition thus; 12mo (16.5 x 11 cm); deleted ink inscription to front free endpaper, Greek marginalia to a2, light dampstaining to terminal leaves, inner hinges reinforced, scattered light spotting; later vellum over boards, MS lettering to spine, light soiling to boards, lower edge rubbed, red speckled edges; collation: a-c8 d4. A collection of, for the most part, previously unpublished Latin poems of Christian interest. This work was the first published by Hieronymus [Gershom] Soncino after a pause of five years following his relocation to Fano, preceding the publication of the first Hebrew book by his press by just nine months. USTC 857787.- $20,825
- $20,825
Doolittle’s Tokyo Raiders
GLINES, Carroll V. Seventh impression. 8vo. xiv, 4471, (1) pp. Publisher's black cloth, red lettered to the spine, dust jacket, signed by General James H. Doolittle himself on the front free endpaper and inscribed by one of the members of his crew, Brigadier General Richard A. Knobloch, above, also signed by the author on the title page. Black and white photographic illustrations. Sunning to the jacket spine with a little mild edge rubbing, else very good. An authorised account of the first US bombing mission over Japan in the Second World War, led by Doolittle and his crew in April 1942.- $191
- $191
Delhi Diary. (Prayer Speeches from 10-9-’47 to 30-1-’48)
GANDHI, M.K. [Mohandas Karamchand] 8vo. xxiv, 406, (2) pp. Publisher's linen backed pale blue-grey boards, printed text to the upper cover, contemporary compliments slip of "The All-India Scheduled Castes Federation" loosely inserted. Frontispiece photographic portrait. Mild dampstaining to the lower edges of the covers plus some other minor wear to the extremities, the contents generally very good.- $381
- $381
Reach for the Sky. The Story of Douglas Bader
(BADER). BRICKHILL, Paul Fourteenth impression. 8vo. 384 pp. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket, inscribed by Bader on the front free endpaper "Good luck John! Thanks for a splendid and agreeable interview. London 15/9/65", with a typed letter signed on headed paper from Bader to the same recipient presenting this book also enclosed. Black and white photographic illustrations Mark to the title page, else very good.- $191
- $191
La Redemption Par Les Bettes by Henry De Montherlant
Bonnard, Pierre (Illustrator) 113 pages. Folio, 33 x 25 cm. Copy 227 of 280 on velin de Rives. 39 black and white lithographs. Illustrated by Bonnard in 1928 and printed later here by Fernand Mourlot. Interior contents bright and fresh. Test in French. Contents loose as issued in white wrappers. Fine in very good board chemise in slightly rubbed blue cloth slipcase- $395
- $395
The Virgin Kills
WHITFIELD, RAOUL Original mustard colored cloth, stamped in dark brown and blue. Octavo - 270 pp. Minor soiling to the boards. The jacket shows some moderate rubbing and chipping to the spine ends. The "Virgin" is a yacht and murder and mayhem occur aboard during a Regatta. "First Edition" statement to the copyright page. Very good / very good.- $2,000
- $2,000
They Found Atlantis
WHEATLEY, DENNIS Original red cloth, lettered in black to the front panel and spine. Octavo -339 pp - 5 pages of Wheatley ads, then 40 pp publisher's catalog, dated "Spring 1936." The complete jacket with 7/6 to the spine. The jacket shows some rubbing and a few shallow closed tears. There is chipping to the foot of the spine with some loss. Cover art by Pat K. Verso of jacket shows signs of damp-staining but it is not visible from the out-side. Warmly inscribed and signed by Wheatley to the title page. Near Fine / Very Good.- $2,500
- $2,500
The Tragedy Of Y. A Drury Lane Mystery
[QUEEN, ELLERY] ROSS, BARNABY In original black cloth, stamped and lettered in gilt. Octavo - 344 pp. In a clean and bright example of the illustrated dust jacket. Floor plan is present. The boards are solid and the corners true. Minor offsetting to both the front and rear free endpapers. Small previous book shop sticker to the rear paste-down. Small piece of cellotape at the verso of the spine head. Very small burn hole to the bottom margin of the front panel. Shallow closed tears. A Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone. Near Fine / Very Good.- $3,750
- $3,750
The Fortunes Of Captain Blood
SABATINI, RAFAEL Original black grained cloth on boards, with lettering in red to the front panel and spine. 8vo - 240pp. A really sharp copy, with a solid binding and true corners. A very well looked after volume. A slightly larger format than either Captain Blood or Captain Book Returns. Previous owner book-plate to the front paste-down mostly hidden by the flap. The bright dust jacket presents very well indeed with only a few chips and some rubbing to the spine. There are four areas of clear tape present on both front and rear panel. Their presence make no sense and are barely visible. The dust jacket is complete. A 39 B, Knight and Darley. Near Fine / Very Good.- $1,750
- $1,750
The Happy Return
FORESTER, C. S. Original green cloth boards, lettered in silver to the spine. 8vo - 287pp. A really lovely copy. The boards are clean, the corners true and the text as new. The bright dust jacket has a few very shallow chips and one closed tear. The red Michael Joseph logo on the spine has faded by half. The book that started it all. Fine / Near Fine.- $1,500
- $1,500
The Man With Two Left Feet And Other Stories
WODEHOUSE, P. G. Original red cloth, lettered in black to the front panel and spine. McIlvaine A21A. Bertie Wooster and Jeeves first appear in a story contained within, "Extricating Young Gussie." The book is solid and tight with some spotting to the top edge. The jacket has edge wear and closed tears and a pea size hole to the front panel. Near Fine / Good.- $200
- $200
Captain Blood Returns
SABATINI, RAFAEL Original black grained cloth, with lettering in red to the front panel and spine. 8vo - 296 pp. The lettering on the spine is rubbed. Illustrated endpapers. Small, and likely original, previous bookseller sticker to the front free endpaper. The dust jacket is price-clipped. There is some foxing to the white background at the top of the front panel. The book does show wear but it remains solid. The dust jacket and endpaper art is by Dean Cornwell. The illustrated endpapers are an unusual touch for Houghton Mifflin. A 32 B, Knight and Darley. Very Good / Very Good.- $1,750
- $1,750
The Last Hero
CHARTERIS, LESLIE Original black cloth, lettered and decorated in red. 8vo - 311pp. An early Saint volume. The boards are clean with true corners. There is a crease running vertically along the spine. Top edge stained red. "First Edition" statement to the copyright page. The bright dust jacket shows some minor edge-wear and a few very shallow closed tears. Near Fine / Very Good.- $600
- $600
Margery Of Quether
BARING-GOULD, S. (SABINE) Original maroon cloth, stamped and lettered in gilt. Octavo - 295 pp, 16 pages of publisher's catalog, dated February 1892. Corners slightly bumped. Minor edge-wear to the spine ends. Head and foot of spine slightly pushed. Endpapers slightly toned. Early previous owner signature to the front free endpaper. A clean, tight and solid example of this important text, said to have provided some inspiration to Bram Stoker as he was creating Dracula - published six years later. For more information on Sabine Baring-Gould I recommend reading "The Moor" by Laurie R. King. She paints a fascinating picture of this brilliant and eccentric man. Very Good.- $1,600
- $1,600
Back To Treasure Island
CALAHAN, H. A. Original light blue cloth, lettered in dark blue to the front panel and spine. Offsetting to the front and rear endpapers due to the jacket flaps. Illustrated throughout and on the dust jacket by L. F. Grant. Some minor creasing and edge-wear. An extremely clean, bright and pleasing copy. Near Fine / Near Fine.- $225
- $225
Murder In The Night
GASK, ARTHUR Original navy cloth, stamped in light blue. Octavo - 255 pp. Cream endpapers with some offsetting from the jacket flap. Internally the book is very solid and clean. The jacket is very bright and clean though it is price-clipped. Vivid and compelling jacket art. A murder mystery set in Adelaide, Australia. Now quite scarce. Near Fine / Near Fine.- $900
- $900
Uncharted Seas
WHEATLEY, DENNIS Original black cloth, lettered in gilt. Octavo - 408 pp, then 8 pages of Wheatley ads, then 24 pages of publisher's catalog. Illustrated map endpapers. Dust jacket art and endpapers drawn by Diana Younger. A very clean, bright and solid copy in the very scarce dust jacket. Inscribed and signed by the author to the title page. 8/6 price present to the spine of the jacket. A few shallow closed tears. Some minor foxing to the front free endpaper. A "lost civilization" novel set in the South Atlantic. Very good / Very Good.- $2,000
- $2,000
Logic, or the Art of Thinking; in which besides the Common, are contain’d many excellent New Rules, very profitable for directing Reason . . .In Four Parts. . . To which is added an Index to the whole Book
(Arnauld, Antoine and Pierre Nicole) London, 1685 London: Printed by T. B. for H. Sanbridge, 1685. 8vo. 185 x 120 mm., [7 ¼ x 4 ½ inches]. [8], 250 [i.e. 240], 247, [9]. Bound in 19th century leather-backed marbled paper boards, paper title label; edges rubbed, a crack at joints, but a sound copy. Text block filled with contemporary annotations in ink in the margins; some highly legible and some blurred and smudged. For the most part a readable text written in Latin with some English notes in a separate hand. First English edition, originally published in Paris in 1674 under the title La Logique, ou l'art de penser. The text, originally written by Antoine Arnauld and Pierre Nicole is organized in four parts. The first on the operation of the mind. Part II is consideration of men about proper judgement making; part III on various kinds of reasoning; and finally on the ways of demonstrating truth. Logic, or the Art of Thinking was published in numerous edition and is not a rare book, although the first English edition is not common in the market. The importance of this copy is found in the annotations. What is exciting about the manuscript notes is the sheer amount of "thinking" that went into the comments, criticisms, and new information that the note maker made in his frenzy of explicating Arnauld and Nicole's work. One might think that the notes being written in Latin is a problem, but in fact it demonstrated the erudition of the note maker and his reliance on classical writings to emphasize his positions on the 'new rules' and ways of kindling 'judgment' expressed by Arnauld and Nicole. A remarkable survival and a guide to the ways of philosophical thinking in during the last quarter of the 17th century. Wing. Short title catalogue of books, 1640-1700, A-3721, .- $1,751
- $1,751
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Kyuba Shinron. [A New Theory on Raising Horses]
Ryuzando Shujin Japan: Suharaya, and others, Kaei 7 (1854). Fascinating and scarce account of a samurai's son whose personal determination led him to rise above the family's financial poverty, to properly care for his horse, build his own stables, and breed additional horses, all by learning the ancient long-forgotten ways of the ancient samurai. 8vo. 1 volume, 78 pages, including 9 full-page illustrations, two of which are hand coloured. Woodblock print. All text is in Japanese. Postscript records the first edition being published in 1806. Traditional karitoji paper binding string-stitched at spine, fukurotoji style ("bound-pocket" with folded leafs bound into spine), and opening from left to right. Natural paper covers, with manuscript title label to front. Together the volumes measure approximately 18 x 25,5 x 1 cm. Negligible creasing to boards and age-toning to upper margins, otherwise in very good and original condition, a pleasing and uncommon work. Based primarily on contemporary descriptions of the financial distress felt by the long-standing prestigious samurai class, such as the present account, it is accepted, without dissent that the ruling samurai class suffered increasing poverty during the Tokugawa (Edo) period. Seifu Murata (1746-1811) wrote: "For years now, the samurai have suffered from poverty and their minds have been occupied by making a living. Buy this, sell that and pawn this to pay for that has become all of their lives. Even for those dedicated to their duties, it was inevitable to debase themselves and to engage in unsavory conduct (i.e., engage in trading)". Even the wives of those who were earning as much as 200 koku busied themselves in trading and in shops. This is the hero's journey, imparted firsthand, of a brilliant young samurai born into poverty but wide-eyed and unrelentingly in pursuit of mastering the skills of a samurai and honouring his destined status in this class of nobility. Young Ryuzando Shujin began by learning the equestrian warrior traditions with a borrowed horse, and was eventually able to convince his father to buy him a horse of his own, despite of the family's economic situation. When the cost of caring for the horse became a burden no longer bearable, and he was told the horse would be sold, he fixated on finding a solution. Immediately, he began conducting extensive research into the ancient methods employed when most samurai were farmers who held the role of warrior in the event of a battle. The solution to combating the costs was breeding and selling. He began the process, while being scrutinized, mocked and judged by others, in particular jeering his rudimentary (cost-effective) hand-made stables. But he did not let any outside opinions pierce his confidence. After repeated trial and error, it was not long that he possessed six horses. Surely too, he had solved the challenges of the household finances. Shujin championed horsemanship as a duty of all samurai. With the belief that all samurai should therefore possess their own horse, in part to best perform archery, spearmanship, and swordsmanship, and owing to the fact that this was an era where some samurai families were poor, he published his methods for others to follow, and ultimately uphold their rights and responsibilities that their title suggests. The volume includes instructions for building horse stables by hand, without incurring high costs. He describes the breeding process, his training methodology, and proper feeding. His own experiences with horses falling to sickness and how he treated them back to health are also shared. Clearly a man with a charitable and honest heart, he concludes by stating that all of this aside, the single most important thing for a healthy and happy horse is "aishin" (affection).- $975
- $975
