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1819SS11081Paris:: Chez Belin-Leprieur 1819. 1819. Second Edition. Two volumes. 8vo. 4 xiv 2 316; 4 362 pp. Scattered foxing throughout not diminishing legibility. Extremely infrequent contemporary ink notations especially a page of notes at p. 356 Vol. II in an unknown hand. Quarter black leather over blue marbled paper-backed boards; bindings carefully repaired. Near fine. Deleuze 1753-1835 a prominent member of the "Mesmer movement" discusses in this work "aspects such as the magnetic fluid healing problems and dangers of mesmerism and personally observed phenomena" Alvarado 116. "Deluze sic is a central figure in the history of animal magnetism. . . He was impressed with the demonstration of somnambulism and began to pursue his own study of animal magnetism. . . The Histoire is Deluze's first work on animal magnetism and is one of the most important ever written on the subject. . . The Histoire is about as balanced a treatment as one could find from a man who was engaged in a daily practice of that art" Crabtree 267. / An excerpt trans.: "The magnetiser can communicate his fluid to many objects and these objects become either the conductors of his action or proper instruments of its transmission and produce magnetic effects upon persons with whom he is in communication" Deleuze 212 in Alvarado 121. REFERENCES: Alvarado Carlos S. "MESMERISM ONLINE: A BIBLIOGRAPHIC REVIEW." Australian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis. 36.2 2008: 115-29; Crabtree Adam. Animal Magnetism Early Hypnotism and Psychical Research 1766-1925. White Plains NY: Kraus International 1988; Crabtree 243 1818 edition; Caillet 2933; Tinterow Maurice M. Foundations of hypnosis From Mesmer To Freud 1970 p. 575. Chez Belin-Leprieur, 1819. hardcover books
1944266091Paris: Les Joies Secrètes 1944. First edition one of 1000 copies from an edition of 1053 this copy being number 200. 6 full page color illustarions 39 pp. 4to. Printed paper wrappers. First edition one of 1000 copies from an edition of 1053 this copy being number 200. 6 full page color illustarions 39 pp. 4to. Ilustrated throughout by De Hand. Les Joies Secrètes unknown books
1708M13627Paris:: Jacques Etienne 1708. 1708. Two works in one volume. 147 x 86 mm. 12mo. xviii 94; xiv 145 7 pp. Decorated initials headpieces; lightly water-stained. Contemporary full calf raised bands gilt spine brown leather spine label marbled end-leaves; rubbed head of spine lightly chipped. Early ms. inscription on half-title. Franco Crainz rubber stamp on title. Very good. FIRST EDITION. Title translates as: "ON THE INDECENCY OF MALE PHYSICIANS ATTENDING TO WOMEN IN CHILD-BIRTH." In this work the pious French physician and theologian Philippe Hecquet argued that it is immodest and indecent to have male accoucheurs deliver their children and that a woman had a "natural right" to have a female midwife deliver their baby. In the second part of this two-part work Hecquet argues that it is a woman's duty to nurse her infant. He documents the problems of producing milk for nursing and concerns about the health of the mother. Philippe Hecquet was "M.D. of Reins 1684 and physician to Port-Royal 1688-93. . . Hecquet . . . had to enter the Paris Faculty as a student in 1694 obtaining the license two years later and the 'bonnet de docteur' in 1697. He was made dean in 1712 and physician to the Charite in 1710." Bibliotheca Osleriana p. 262. See: Blake NLM p. 202; Hirsch III p. 105; Osler 2922 1744; Waller 4176 Paris 1744; Wellcome III p. 232. Jacques Etienne, 1708. hardcover books
196816591New York: Viking Press 1968. cloth. Fine/Fine. Octavo quarter bound in black cloth with purple cloth covered sides. Fine in a fine dust jacket protected by a plastic sleeve. Inscribed on the half-title page with an extremely elaborate pen drawing in the style of the period Jullian loved. An inflential book in Jullian's long list of important books. His literary efforts helped usher in the revival of interest in Symbolism and Art Nouveau. Viking Press hardcover books
18438783Paris: Firmin Didot Freres Editeurs 1843. 1st Edition. Half morocco. Very good. 45253pp. Double column text. Publisher's woodcut device on title. Illustrated with 86 plates and 3 large folding maps found following the text. 19th century red morocco gilt over red pebbled cloth. Light faded water stain at fore-edge of last ten plates. Part of the publisher's series "L'Univers Histoire et Description de Tous les Peuples." Firmin Didot Freres, Editeurs unknown books
1827279853Brussels 1827. Map. Lithograph with original hand coloring. 18" x 21".<br/><br/> Beautiful depiction of Western Mexico with a focus on elevation from Mazatlan to Manzanillo -Mexico's busiest Pacific port. Phillippe Marie Vandermaelen 1795-1869 was a Belgian cartographer and publisher. His Atlas universal was both the first lithograph atlas and the first atlas to map the world on a uniform scale. The maps were meant to join together to form a huge globe. This map is a fine example of his work.<br/><br/> unknown books
179713300331797. An engraving by French artist Jacques Philippe Levilly active 1780-1800. Condition: good. Light age toning and some age spots; several small closed tears and holes in margins. Several small creases around the edges and one faint central crease. Some faint water staining to right edge particularly in margin. Matted but not framed.<br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> Dimensions<br /> <br><br /> mat w 19 5/8 in x h 17 5/8 in<br><br /> print w 15.25 in x h 13.25 in. 1330033. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. unknown books
CA06A-00460apud fratres t'Serstevens. Collectible - Acceptable. Brussels: apud fratres t'Serstevens 1710. Volume 1. 2nd Revised & enlarged Edition. First published 1693 in Louvain. 30400pp. frontis copper plates 40 folding copper plate engravings. 4to. Contemporary calf with red morocco spine label and raised spine bands. Joints repaired printed on poor paper as was the entire edition with the sheets browned and with the plates extremely browned gouge to the right edge of about 40 leaves including a few of the plates overall VG but without the second volume. Title-page in red & black. Weight: 2 pounds 2.0 ounces = 968 grams. Size: 8.4 x 6.6 x 1.8 inches = 21 x 16.5 x 4.5cm. With Walter Dandy's bookplate under and slightly obscuring an 18th century book label reading "No // Samuel M'Croskey's // Philadelphia." on which an 18th century hand wrote "Bought of"; "2" after the printed "No."; and "1767" after the "Philadelphia." Inquire if you need further information. Gach. apud fratres t'Serstevens unknown books
1961WRCLIT70974Milan: Galerie Schwarz 1961. Original monochrome etching plate size 11 x 14.5 cm on 26.5 x 19.5 cm sheet. Mounted in stiff board and acetate mat with printed caption on verso. Fine. One of sixty numbered copies in addition to twenty-five copies numbered in Roman signed and dated in the margin by the artist. Printed in Paris in the Atelier of Georges Leblanc on hand made paper from Papeteries de Rives. Hiquily b. 1925 in Paris studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris from 1948 to 1953 and he attended the workshops of sculptors Jean Tinguely and Germaine Richier devoting himself almost exclusively to kinetic metal sculpture. He exhibited for the first time in 1955 at the Palms Gallery in Paris and at the Contemporaries Gallery in New York in 1959. This print was published as an element of Galerie Schwarz's series L'AVANGUARDIA INTERNAZIONALE. Galerie Schwarz unknown books
1944018565NY: Farrar & Rinehart. 1944. A novel of Haiti by these two Haitian brothers which won a prize in the Second Latin American literature contest sponsored by Farrar & Rinehart. Inscribed by Thoby-Marcelin to Barbara Howes in 1971. Poet Barbara Howes edited From the Green Antilles one of the first anthologies of Caribbean literature to appear in the U.S. in 1966. She was married to the poet William Jay Smith. This book has the Howes/Smith bookplate on the front pastedown. Translated by Edward Larocque Tinker who designed and illustrated the book and who provides an introduction to it entitled "Haitian Background" explaining both the history and the metaphysics of Haitian religious beliefs. Fine in a good price-clipped dust jacket threatening to split at the flap folds. An important book and especially scarce signed. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Farrar & Rinehart hardcover books
189429750Paris: Paul Huard et Guillemin 1894. First edition 8vo pp. vii 1 516 3; title and pp. 1-2 printed in red and black 37 full-p. facsimiles and numerous illus. in text throughout; 20th-c. green linen lettered in gilt on spine with the original printed wrappers bound in and the text margins ample; the spine very slightly darkened with small tear and minor wear to top end overall a very good copy. The standard reference for this important early French printer and pioneer in the use of italic type. <br/><br/> Paul, Huard et Guillemin unknown books
1968128881Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1968. Final Script for the 1969 film. Originally set to be made by maverick director Joseph Strick who actually did some location shooting in Tunisia. However Strick ran into disagreements with Fox executives and was replaced with George Cukor who shot the remainder of the film in Hollywood. <br/><br/>Set in Alexandria in 1938 a young British schoolmaster named Darley meets Pursewarden a British consular officer. Pursewarden introduces him to Justine the wife of an Egyptian banker. Darley befriends her and discovers she is involved in a plot against the British the goal of which is to arm the Jewish underground movement in Palestine. <br/><br/>Partially shot on location at Ennejma Ezzahra a palace at Sidi Bou Said in Northern Tunisia. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers noted as Final on the front wrapper and production No. 842 dated July 2 1968. Title page present dated July 2 1968 noted as Final with credit for screenwriter Marcus. 152 leaves mimeograph duplication with blue and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between 7-15-68 and 11-22-68. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine internally bound with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
186237034Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co 1862. 1st US edition. Original publisher's green pebbled cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. Boards stamped in blind. Square & tight. Upper tips spotted. Period poi to front paste-down of one "C. McChord / Capt 15th U S Inf." A VG copy. 144 pp. Illustrated with 34 intratextual figures & numerous charts. 12mo. 5-5/16" x 3-3/8" <br/><br/>"Translated from the latest edition of General Le Louterel's Aide-mémoire des Officers Généraux et Supérieurs et des Capitaines d'Infanterie." Preface. Not in Broadfoot though two other such Coppee works are noted. J. B. Lippincott & Co hardcover books
1953WRCLIT59938Location: New Orleans: Philippe Halsman 1953. Original b&w silver print oblong 27.5 x 32 cm 10.75 x 12.5 inches with extended right border. Old coffee ring mark in blank right border a few minor creases but very good. A fine portrait of the Broadway director from a sequence of photographs Halsman took for LIFE during the pre- Broadway tryout in New Orleans for KIND SIR by Norman Krasna. Halsman's credit/copyright stamp appears on the verso along with pencil identification of the subject and the play. Philippe Halsman unknown books
1829RW1519Paris:: Bachelier 1829-1834. 1829. 3 volumes. 8vo. xxviii 508; xiv 2 504; xxi 3 563 1 57 3 pp. Light foxing. Contemporary gilt-stamped half dark brown morocco raised bands brown cloth by E. Watson of Paddington Street London with his binder's ticket; extremities worn. Bookplate of St. Edmund's College Library; library markings. Very good. First edition of Pontecoulant "great work." - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. "In his Theorie analytique du systeme du monde Pontecoulant successfully made the Mecanique Celeste of Pierre de Laplace more accessible to a popular audience in France and England and via translation in Germany. This work included Pontecoulant's calculation that the perihelion of Halley's comet IP/Halley would occur on 31 October 1835 within 3 days of the actual event. Pontecoulant was a member of several scientific societies; a lunar crater at latitude 58°.7S and longitude 66°.0 E is named in his honor." – Marvin Bolt within: Hockey The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers I p. 686. A fourth volume appeared in 1846. / Pontecoulant had a career serving in the military when upon retirement he devoted himself to the pursuit of mathematics and astronomy. He was able to predict with reasonable accuracy yet not perfect the return of Halley's comet in 1829. He was a member of the French Academy of Sciences and the Royal Astronomical Society. Bachelier, 1829-1834. hardcover books
1849421001849. Reference to the Treaty of Utrecht. Reference to the Treaty of Utrecht. Controversy Regarding Succession to the Spanish Throne Montpensier Antoine Marie Philippe Louis d'Orleans Duc de 1824-1890. Further Considerations on the Marriage of the Duc de Montpensier With Reference to the Treaty of Utrecht. With a Postscript. London: James Ridgway 1849. i 293 3-72 pp. Octavo 8-3/4" x 5-1/2". Contemporary textured cloth paper spine label. Moderate rubbing with some wear to spine ends and corners some fading to spine front hinge starting rear hinge cracked but secure rear free endpaper lacking. Two partial splits near center of text block numerous unopened signatures. Light foxing to a few leaves interior otherwise fresh. $350. This was one of several publications inspired by the controversy surrounding the claims of Montpensier's children to the Spanish throne. Some argued that the Treaty of Utrecht which ended the War of the Spanish Succession annulled this claim. For them the treaty clearly stated that the crowns of France and Spain remain separate. The anonymous author of the present book does not agree. He supports his claim with an ingenious argument. The final section entitled "Postscript to the Montpensier Marriage" was also published separately. Not in the British Museum Catalogue. unknown books
1967WRCLIT82622New York: The Photographer 1967. Original black & white silver print photograph 35.5 x 28cm including thin border 14 x 11". Tiny crease to one extreme corner but about fine. With the Halsman copyright estate stamp on the verso along with penciled identification in a florid unknown hand. An original photo of the 1967 New York production at the Music Box Theatre of Pinter's play featuring Vivian Merchant Paul Rogers Ian Holm Michael Craig et al. The Photographer unknown books
192708303N.P. 1927. ALS Octavo 6 pages to a friend "Christian." With three caricature drawings in the text - written in blue ink. Philippe Swyncop 1878 - 1949 was the older brother of Charles Swyncop both were accomplished artists. Philippe lived in Spain for 12 years produced valuable works in oil watercolor and prints. <br/><br/> unknown books
164828716Leiden: Chez les Elzeviers 1648. First Elzevier edition. 24 765 19 pp complete with final blank leaf; old calf gilt a.e.g. rebacked preserving original backstrip corners and edges worn corner dampstain through p. 48. Bookplate of Nils Gyldenstolpe. <br/><br/> Chez les Elzeviers unknown books
1949WRCLIT84381New York: Philippe Halsman 1949. Original b&w silver print 35 x 28cm 14 x 11 inches with extended upper border. About fine. A striking photo of an opera rehearsal tentatively identified by a former owner as the 1949 production of Mozart's DON GIOVANNI starring Marguerite Piazza and James Pease. Halsman's credit/copyright stamp appears on the verso and the photo may have been shot to accompany an article about New York opera that appeared in LIFE 11 April 1949 XXVI:15. From the 1984 Halsman estate sale. Philippe Halsman unknown books
1959WB16624New York: Simon & Schuster 1959. Second printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Small slim quarto. Warmly inscribed by Philippe Halsman in English and French to a pair of his close friends signing both his name and his wife's dated Dec. 1959 the year of publication. Nice copy in a worn and spotted dustjacket with a number of small chips and tears. <br/><br/> Simon & Schuster hardcover books
187122250Paris 1871. unknown books
2005252237San Francisco / Paris: Alex R. Arthur early nos. / Primedia Inc. later 2005. Magazine. Very fine copies commencing from "Issue I - March 1994" in a run to and through "Volume III - Number 4 - Spring 1997" the first dozen perhaps more consecutive thereafter a slightly broken run up to and through the "Spring/Summer 2005" issue which has a variant titling that reads "English Art Tribal Traditional Arts from Africa Asia Oceania and the Americas". This magazine began as a quarterly but variation is the rule and we cannot quite figure out a precise sequence; as stated all are fine no excisions nor any other sort of defacement. Included are a half-dozen related brochures and cards from same publishers. We are close to the subscriber/consigner a circumstance that consolidates our confidence und vee know vare he liffs. So to confirm: 36 unduplicated numbers unmolested and fine. Postscript: we catalogued 34 such items then two more turned up from the same lot still unduplicated so we have added these 35 36 both 21st century "for the pot" without changing the price. Alex R. Arthur [early nos.] / Primedia, Inc. [later] unknown books
1869WRCAM54043Paris 1869. viii334pp. Publisher's printed wrappers. Wrappers and spine chipped front wrapper detached 20th- century bookplate on verso of front wrapper light occasional foxing. Good. A unique association copy of Louis Philippe d'Orléans' work in favor of trade unions inscribed by him to former Union General George B. McClellan. Prince Philippe volunteered for the Union Army during the Civil War and served on McClellan's staff for almost a year. His friendly inscription reads "Au General McClellan souvenir de son ancien aide de camp Louis Philippe D'Orleans." <br> <br> Prince Philippe a historian and author wrote several works of history including the present example and a multi-part history of the Civil War titled A HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. His experiences on the staff of Gen. McClellan greatly informed Prince Philippe's work generally considered a standard text on the War. The present work is a nice association copy between Prince Philippe and his one-time boss during the early years of the conflict. unknown books
1937908Paris: G.L.M. 1937. First Edition one of 1200 on offset from a total issue of 1270. 8vo. Handsomely bound in 3/4 green morocco and marbled paste-paper boards gilt fillets four raised bandsauthor and title gilt top edge gilt marbled paste-paper doublures original wrappers and spine bound in. The complete works from the surrealist period of this important poet and novelist one of the original surrealist triumvirate. G.L.M. unknown books
