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16191342857New York 1916 1934. Hardcover. 2 Large Quartos; 500 pp 800 pp; Fair; Both books bound in cloth with peeling leather corners; loss of material & chipping to all corners; Raised bands on spine; Cloth torn in spots especially on the spine of the 1916 volume; Some fraying/tearing to the pages though text is unaffected; some typical toning to the pages especially at the edges; City record/library stamps to both volumes; Title written in marker on front board of 1934 volume; 1934 volume states "Engine company 31" although the logs show that this volume is also for Engine Company 56. <br /> <br> <br> <br /> Volume one 1916 is written in a neat hand in both red and black ink and details the daily coming and going of the Engine Company. Volume two 1934 is a series of daily incident report forms which have been filled in in black ink. Engine Company 56 located on West 83rd street in Manhattan was formed in 1889 and disbanded 1960. Currently their firehouse is the home of Engine Company 74. 1342857. FP New Rockville Stock. hardcover books
1808CAT000653London 1808. First Edition. Hardcover rebound in cloth. Five volumes uniformly bound up in modern two toned cloth. Dating from 1802 Sugar Imports and Exports to 1847-48 3 vols: Sugar and Coffee Planting. Report of the Committee on the Distillation of Sugar and Molasses dated 1808. The Sugar imports is a variety of publications bound up together the latest dating to 1854 - it includes numerous folding plates and tables. The Sugar and Molasses report is 419pp continuously paginated relating in depth conversation regarding sugar distillation. The Sugar and Coffee planting comprise vols XXXV-XXXVII of the Sessional Papers of the House of Lords. They are paginated by reports as follows: Vol 35: 308 76 489pp v. 36: 181 274 171pp including a remarkable large folding chart of sugar prices from 1840-1843; v. 37:410 xlvi 198 44 191.<br/><br/>A huge collection of information on the sugar trade in the 19th century spanning the period where the transatlantic slave trade was banned though the sugar trade continued to be fueled by it and the Napoleonic wars threatened world supplies. All volumes are uncommon in libraries rare in commerce. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; Law & Criminal Studies. Inventory No: CAT000653. hardcover books
WALTER-FILM103279No binding. Very Good. Photo Set of three 3 vintage original 8 x 10"" 20 x 25 cm. black-and-white photos USA. One photo has diagonal creases near bottom and other signs of light handling VERY GOOD-. The other two photos are linen-backed keybook stills NEAR FINE. In the 1930s Dorothy Arzner was the only woman directing movies in the US. ""It was no secret that Arzner was a lesbian."" Mann p. 74. As in these photos she always appeared in ""mannish"" attire with a short haircut. unknown books
2006428721Cambridge University Press 2006. Hardcover. Very Good. 2006 reprints. 8 volume set. 8vo. Cloth. Minimal shelfwear. Slight soiling to top of textblocks. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown of each volume. Overall very good plus in very good plus jackets. Cambridge University Press hardcover books
198828351East Lansign MI: The Michigan Computer Consortium 1988. Wraps. Very Good. An incomplete run of the Michigan Computer Consortium Magazine ENERGY. Formats and issues listed below. All are stapled wrappers in various colors most with mailing labels Kruse Company Lansing MI on rear panel. 28 issues of the large format and 17 of the later smaller format issues 45 issues total. ISSN: 0740-2759<br/><br/>Format: 8 1/2 x 11 inches. Stapled self-wrappers pagination includes wrappers. Dennis C. Cullinan Editor<br/>Oct 1983 - 36 pages no price<br/>Nov 1983 - 24 pages Preston cartoon on cover $1 cover price starts<br/>Dec 1983 - 32 pages Preston cartoon on cover<br/>Jan 1984 - 28 pages Preston cartoon on cover<br/>Feb 1984 - 28 pages Preston cartoon on cover $1.50 cover price starts<br/>Mar 1984 - 32 pages Preston cartoon on cover<br/>Apr 1984 - 28 pages Preston cartoon on cover<br/>May 1984 - 40 pages Computer Faire issue<br/>Jun 1984 - 28 pages Preston cartoon on cover<br/>Jul 1984 - 28 pages Preston cartoon on cover stained<br/>Aug 1984 - 28 pages Preston cartoon on cover<br/>Sep 1984 - 20 pages Preston cartoon on cover<br/>Oct 1984 - 20 pages Preston cartoon on cover<br/>Dec 1984 - 24 pages Preston cartoon on cover<br/>Jan 1985 - 20 pages<br/>Feb 1985 - 16 pages<br/>Mar 1985 - 20 pages "jt" cover illustration<br/>Apr 1985 - 24 pages<br/>May 1985 - 24 pages<br/>Jul/Aug 1985 - 24 pages<br/>Sept 1985 - 24 pages<br/>Oct 1985 - 28 pages<br/>Nov 1985 - 28 pages<br/>Dec 1985 - 28 pages<br/>Jan 1986 - 28 pages Preston cartoon on cover<br/>Feb 1986 - 32 pages<br/>Mar 1986 - 28 pages<br/>May 1986 - 28 pages Mid-Michgan Computer Show<br/><br/>Format: 6 3/4 x 8 /12 inches. Stapled self-wrappers pagination includes wrappers. Erin Sweeney editor<br/>June 1986 - 20 pages.<br/>Jul 1986 - 20 pages.<br/>Aug 1986 - 20 pages<br/>Sep 1986 - 24 pages<br/>Oct 1986 - 20 pages. Cartoon by Ginny<br/>Nov 1986 - 24 pages.<br/>Dec 1986 - 20 pages. Cartoon by Ginny<br/>Feb 1987 - 16 pages.<br/>Mar 1987 - 24 pages.<br/>Apr 1987 - 20 pages.<br/>May 1987 - 24 pages<br/>Jun 1987 - 24 pages.<br/><br/>Format: 6 3/4 x 8 /12 inches. Stapled self-wrappers pagination includes wrappers. Wendy Spencer editor<br/>Sep 1987 - 24 pages<br/>Nov 1987 - 24 pages<br/>Jan 1988 - 32 pages<br/>Mar/Apr 1988 - 22 pages.<br/><br/>Format: 6 3/4 x 8 /12 inches. Stapled wrappers. Tom Eddy editor<br/>May 1988 - 20 pages plus wrappers. cover price still $1.50. Wraps. It is nearly impossible to provide a comprehensive flavor for this monthly magazine's contents in today's computer terms. These magazines go back to an era when the internet as we know it wasn't access to shared online data was through free local or costly long-distance bulletin boards modems supported 45.5-300 and if you were lucky 1200 baud speeds and information about what was happening in the personal computer field was pretty fragmented. Much of the discovery learning happened in local user groups who shared ideas enthusiasms hacks and techniques among themselves. Computers were new and exciting. Businesses providing support new software and hardware and supplies were blinking into existence every day all over the country as this new phenomenon took hold of everyone's imagination and blinking out just as quickly if they didn't stock the right stuff. It was a heady time to be a techie.<br/><br/>What follows is a fairly detailed look at the contents of the first issue in this grouping Oct 1983 to give you a flavor of what they are. The production values of both articles and advertisements varies wildly throughout. It is quite fun having lived through this time period myself to recognize certain dot-matrix printers amateur layout techniques and references to computers I've not seen in many many years. <br/><br/>The issue explains that "we are now in a combined format with CMTUG and M3G. This did not happen overnight! The planning began last May 1982 after the Computer Faire. We first formed the Michigan Computer Consortium MC2. This was intended as an umbrella organization for any existing club that wanted to join. The two primary functions of this umbrella are to provide a basis for planning the next Computer Faire and to share a bulk email permit. In an effort to bring about more cooperation between clubs and to disseminate additional information about computers it was decided that the three founding members of MC2 would move toward the production of a joint newsletter. Last month Sept 1983 CMTUG and M3G produced a joint newsletter. This month you will note that CHAOS has joined this great effort. It should be noted that each club has the option of printing their own newsletter at any given time if this newsletter ceases to meet the needs of its members." The President's Report by Ike Hudson goes on to discuss the mechanics of needing articles from member clubs the suggested editorial / submission process etc.<br/><br/>Contents include attempts much like speculation on Apple computers today to predict what Atari's next move is and notes that CP/M "is coming soon from Atari" and talks about the Atari 400 through 1400XL. It also includes a 2 1/2 page article introducing word processing reports on a fundraising auction hardware reviews Seikosha AT-100/GP-100 printer The Atari-Forum a new tollfree CHAOS dial-up bulletin board "What is a computer Part III" hacking a floppy disk drive to fix a warping problem and much else including a number of pages of advertising. TARICON 83 has a full page ad: "The largest Atari only computer show ever held" and billed as the "First Major Consumer Computer Convention Devoted Exclusively to Atari Home Computeres and related Support Products." with some 50 exhibit booths and 50 seminars and workshops. In addition to Atari news there is TRS-80 Heath/Zenith and other content.<br/><br/>One issue we looked at discussed networking. One of the most prevalent ones Sneakernet. Yes you guessed it. Taking diskettes machine to machine to transfer data. Another lists Current Versions of Apple II software as of Jan 1987. Apple LUG News. Claris tackles a game plan. AppleFest '87. A writer's tool 2 page review of new software from Optimized Systems Software Inc OSS. OSIG : Patching Wordstar. An explanation of "In the Public Domain" and what it means. You get the idea. Lots of great history.<br/><br/>We've been dealing in computer related material for years and this is one of the few chances we've had to purchase this sort of early computer group newsletter. While many advertisers remain over the timespan covered the contents change significantly and are a great source of material for anyone studying this time period in personal computers. The Michigan Computer Consortium unknown books
1757289779Frankfurt & Leipzig.: Stock Erben Schilling und Weber. 1757. Contemporary half calf over speckled boards raised bands gilt spine decorations red edges title page printed in red and black. Good plus light wear to covers lacking free endpapers owner’s pencil notes to pastedowns some pencil underlining. 8vo. 16.5x10.2 cm. . German text. Scarce. 5 titles in one volume: 1. Güldene Rose 2. Brunn der Weisheit 3. Blut der Natur 4. Vorbothe der am philosophischen Himmel hervorbrechenden Morgen-Röthe 5. Vitulus aureus. weight: 0.5 lb. Five engraved frontispieces engraved tailpieces. Stock Erben Schilling und Weber. hardcover books
19033754Various 1903. Octavo with eleven pamphlet volumes mostly in original wrappers bound together in blue cloth with handwritten spine label featuring seven of the eleven titles. Text is predominately in French with two volumes in English. These are rare volumes that cover topics related to viticulture and oenology specifically wine production but also include a report on federal protection to American commerce and a French price guide to historic coins and medals. Blue cloth with some rubbing small white mark to the cover and mild foxing to the end pages otherwise very good. ~ 1. Manning J.F. Federal Protection to American Commerce. New York: Evening Post Job Printing Office 1882. 48 pages. Lacking back wrapper. 2. "Congrès de Reims Les 23 24 25 et 26 Juillet 1903". Bulletin de l'Association des Chimistes No. 3-Tome XXI Septembre 1903. 1903. 27 pages paginated 145-172. With fourteen illustrated figures. Text in French. Because this is just a section of the bulletin there are no wrappers. 3. Salleron J. Notice sur les Instruments de Précision Appliqués A l'Oenologie. Paris: Chez L'auteur 1887. xvi 182 pages. Second edition. Illustrated with numerous figures and two plates. Text in French. Lacking back wrapper. 4. Duclou Georges. De l'Epamprement ou Écimage de la Vigne en Gironde: Effets qu cette opération semble produire sur le cep et le vin. Paris/Bordeaux: Les Libraires Associes/Feret et Fils 1896. 8 pages. Text in French. In orange wrappers. OCLC locates one copy at UC Davis Shields Library. 5. Barbet M.E.A. Concours Relatif a la Rectification des alcools. Paris: Imprimerie Noizette 1892. 19 pages. Illustrated with figures. Text in French. In heathered blue wrappers. OCLC locates no copies 6. Bouffard A. La Loi Griffe et le Platrage. Montpellier: Aux Bureaux du Progrès agricole et viticole 1890. 12 pages. Text in French. In blue wrappers. OCLC locates no copies. 7. Marès M.H. Du Prix de Revient Des Vins dans Le Departement de l'herault. Montpellier: Imprimerie Typographique de Gras 1866. 18 pages. Text in French. In blue wrappers. OCLC locates just one copy at Bibliothèque nationale de France. 8. Andrieu Pierre. Nouvelle Mèthode de Vinification de la Vendange par sulfitage et Levurage: Ses application en 1900 et 1901 dans diverses contrees viticoles de la France. 1902. 22 pages. Text in French. In blue wrappers. OCLC locates one copy at the University of Chicago Library. 9. Salleron J. Notice ser les Instruments de Précision appliqués a l'oenologie. Paris: Chez L'auteur 1882. 82 pages index. Illustrated throughout. Text in French. Lacking front wrapper. OCLC locates no copies of this edition. 10. Administration des Monnaies et Médailles. Catalogue et Prix de vente des Medailles de la Monnaie: Prix de vent des Medailles de administrations de l'etat: Tarif des frappes sur coins particuliers des inscriptions en creux et end relief etc. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale 1902. 31 pages. Text in French. In green wrappers. OCLC locates no copies of this edition. 11. Grazzi-Soncini G. Appendix E to the Biennial Report of the Board of State Viticultural Commissioners for 1891-92: Wine. Classification-Wine Tasting-Qualities and Defects. Translated by F.T. Bioletti. Sacramento: State Office 1892. 57 pages. Lacking wrappers. OCLC locates no copies of this edition. hardcover books
1924175512Washington DC: Phillips Memorial Gallery 1924. VG in VG blue cloth slipcase slightest of wear to lower front outer hinge and one small abrasion at top of spine faint odor from being in storage will dispate over time. Blue levant leather.with triple gilt border on covers 5 raised-bands with gilt title. T.e.g. ages untrimmed viii 98 48 pp. 5 color 53 bw plates and one color drawing tucked in at rear. This subscriber's edition is 43 out of 50 numbered copies and is signed by the artist. Contains an original color drawing by the artist specially mounted with tissue guard located in a special pocket on inside back cover. Includes preface foreword 7 essays and a biographical sketch. The text is followed by a section of illustrations one to a page with tissue guards. A lovely copy with a lovely drawing. Phillips Memorial Gallery hardcover books
1975149497Mexico: Various 1975. Collection of 19 vintage Mexican posters for films released between 1961-1975. <br/><br/>The posters feature full color illustrations in a variety of styles as the films represented include Westerns comedies thrillers horror and action films. Directors whose films are represented in the collection include Rene Cardona Miguel M. Delgado and Roberto Rodriguez while actors featured include Julissa Antonio Aguilar Fernando Casanova Lucha Villa Sara Garcia and Sylvia Pinal. <br/><br/>Most posters approximately 27 x 36 inches with minor variations in size. Posters generally Very Good with expected toning chipping and starting to folds. Folded as issued. <br/><br/>For details please inquire. Various unknown books
WALTER-FILM004052No binding. Very Good. Fine Art Print Collection of eleven 11 vintage original 27 x 13"" 69 x 33 cm. locandina posters Italy. Mostly with one horizontal center fold as issued one poster has notes on screening in blank area NEAR FINE. Lina Wertmüller has had a distinguished career both as director and as screenwriter. She was one of the preeminent female voices that emerged in European cinema with her first feature and the first woman nominated for Oscar as Best Director. This archive contains the quite scarce posters for her first four features as well as most of her best known subsequent movies. -- I BALISCHISI THE BASILIKS 1963 -- QUESTA VOLTA PARLIAMO DI UOMINI LET'S TALK ABOUT MEN 1965 -- RITA LA ZANZARA RITA THE MOSQUITO 1966 -- NON STUZZICATE LA ZANZARA DON'T STING THE MOSQUITO 1967 -- MIMI METALLURGICO FERITO NELL'ONORE THE SEDUCTION OF MIMI 1972 -- FILM D'AMORE E D'ANARCHIA LOVE AND ANARCHY 1973 -- TRAVOLTI DA UN INSOLITO DESTINO NELL'AZZURRO MARE D'AGOSTO SWEPT AWAY 1974 -- TUTTO A POSTO E NIENTE IN ORDINE ALL SCREWED UP 1974 -- FATTO DI SANGUE FRA DUE UOMINI.BLOOD FEUD 1978 -- UN COMPLICATO INTRIGO DI DONNE VICOLI E DELITTI CAMORA A STORY OF STREETS WOMEN AND CRIME 1985 -- NOTTE D'ESTATE CON PROFILO GRECO.SUMMER NIGHT WITH GREEK PROFILE 1986 unknown books
1900009646The <i>Virginia's</i> guest register is a bound leather book measuring approximately 8.5" x 10.5" with approximately 250 gilt-edged pages. About 75 of those pages are filled with notes signatures and drawings by visitors and passengers. The cover is adorned with enameled metal ornaments in the shape of New York and Manhattan Yacht Club burgees. The frontispiece appears to be hand-painted and shows the same two burgees with text reading "Steam Yacht Virginia". All of the entries are in ink. In nice shape.<br /><br /> The <i>Virginia </i>was an incredibly luxurious 441-ton steam yacht built in 1899 at Bath Maine for the New York department store magnate Isaac Stern. <br /><br /> Entries in its guest book begin in February of 1900 and contain messages from about 400 people from around the world. I noticed notations from Belgium Cyprus Egypt England including the Isle of Wight Germany Greece India Turkey and the U.S. East Coast in a variety of languages including Arabic English French German Greek and Japanese. <br /><br />Some signatures are from diplomats consuls foreign ministers military officers and no doubt quite a number of wealthy businessmen financiers and socialites. <br /><br />Many of the entries refer to attendance at specific events like the Hudson-Fulton Celebration including its Naval Parade the International Yacht Race of 1903 and Yale-Harvard Races. The last entry in the guest book is dated September 25 1910 just before Stern's death. <br /><br /> The accompanying first edition book <i>Ten Thousand Miles in a Yacht</i> chronicles a trip on the <i>Virginia</i> organized by "Commodore" E. C. Benedict a New York financier who chartered the vessel from Stern to make the cruise with ten friends and a crew of 33 officers and men between November 1904 and January 1905. Benedict felt his own yacht was not up to the voyage. Apparently Stern retained the guest book during the voyage as no entries were made during that time. <br /><br />Contemporary newspaper articles suggest that following Stern's death Benedict purchased the vessel after first chartering it once more from Stern's estate to undertake a second Amazon River voyage. He in turn sold the vessel to F. K. Vanderbilt the grandson of Cornelius. During World War One it was acquired by the U.S. Navy on a free-lease renamed the <i>U.S.S. Vedette</i> and deployed on patrol duty escorting convoys in the Atlantic where it rescued survivors from a torpedoed Greek ship as well as a disabled French seaplane and its crew. Following the war the yacht was returned to Vanderbilt.<br /><br /> Isaac Stern and his brothers sons of German-Jewish immigrants opened a one-room dry goods store in Buffalo New York in 1867 and moved their operation to New York City not far from Washington Square Park the following year. They relocated to 22nd Street near Madison Square Park and continually enlarged their business until it became an enormous and elegant six-story department store known for selling a wide range of goods from working-class merchandise to elegant Parisian fashions coveted by New York's wealthiest women. After the business was purchased by the Allied Stores Corporation Stern's acquired a number of defunct Gimbles and Gertz stores throughout the region. Allied Stores was in turn acquired by Federated Department Stores which in 2001 converted most Stern's stores into Macy's or Bloomingdale's and closed the rest. <br /><br /> A unique first-hand testament to the life of the ultra-rich in the early pre-World War One years in New York City. hardcover books
1783005905Siena: Presso Vincenzo Pazzini Carli e Figli 1783. First Edition Presumed. Hardcover. Half patterned paper. Very Good. Scarce with no copies located on OCLC First Search. Given ambiguity of the title search terms were broadly "Pazzini Carli" and "Poesie" which should have picked up any copies. We have found copies of a collection of sonnets relating to the same event but this work issued in octavo format is clearly different than the one on offer here. 4to. 30.5 by 21.5 cm. 10 LXXIII 78 pp. An anthology created in honor of a wedding the work contains 28 poems many of which are accompanied by a finely rendered copper engraved illustration and a few also decorated with lovely tailpiece vignettes. The event being celebrated is the marriage between Anton-Giulio Brignole Sale patrician of Genoa and Anna Maria Pieri patrician of Siena. Title page heavily soiled. Otherwise quite clean with linen rich paper stock. Later binding has decorative paper on spine and corners but is otherwise an unadorned thick cardboard and unprepossessing. <br /><br /> Presso Vincenzo Pazzini Carli e Figli hardcover books
1866008746France: Eleutheropolis aux devantures des libraires Ailleurs dans leurs Arrière-Boutiques 1866. Frontispiece engraved by Félicien Rops on China in double proof in black and bistre. Fine and finely bound by A. Bertrand stamp-signed in half crushed gold morocco over marbled boards the back with five raised bands and gilt lettering marbled end papers top gilt. With the excellent provenance; FEP the bookplate of Charles Reginald Dawes 1879-1964 noted British collector of erotica whose library was left to the British Museum library now the British Library. This title not found in the Sotheby auction of 1965 titled "Property of a Gentleman". . First Edition. Half Morocco. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Eleutheropolis, aux devantures des libraires Ailleurs dans leurs Arrière-Boutiques Hardcover books
262980Album. Painting/poem cards measure 7" x 6 1/4". Overall measurements are 10 1/8" x 8 3/4".<br/><br/> Beautiful 18th century collection of paintings and poems bound together in concertina style binding. Included are seven small paintings ink and color on paper of various subject matter and signed by different Kano School artists. Six of these paintings are accompanied by poems by famous poets written in calligraphy over marbled paper each labeled with the names of the calligraphers. The cover is made of gilt brocade fabric and the inside end papers are of shita-e further embellished with gold flecks.<br/><br/> unknown books
1769355<i>The Merry Droll or Pleasing Companion. Consisting of a Variety of Facetious and Engaging Stories; and Familiar Letters. In Which Several Entertaining Adventures are truly related; and Divers Instances of Love and Gallantry Elegantly Displayed. Including also Some Poetical Recreations; Being a Collection of Merry Tales Diverting Fables Pleasing Pastorals and Other Select Pieces. The Whole Moral Instructive and Entertaining. London: </i>Printed for C. Parker the Upper Part of New-Bond Street M DCC LXIX 1769. First edition. 17 cm. In-12 vii; 184 pages two concluding original blanks Page 97 mis-paginated as 73. Bound in modern quarter sprinkled calf marbled board sides a small blank piece torn from the inner corner of the title-page; repair to sewing of initial pages text slightly browned with a few minor creases. Traces of an old signature on the title page now illegible. "1769" has been pencilled at the foot of the title page. One of the entries is the text of a letter from then Princess Elizabeth to her younger brother Edward VI noted as having been in the Cotton Library at the time the Cotton Library burned in 1731. Lowndes II p. 1205. Winsor 1779. C. Parker, the Upper Part of New-Bond Street hardcover books
1848009684Various locations 1848. Card. Very good. There are six stampless folded letters in this archive. Three letters from Butler's wife one from 1847 and two from 1848 regarding family matters and the management of their Louisiana sugar plantation an 1848 letter-order from the War Department Adjutant General appointing Butler to investigate General Winfield Scott's charges against Major General Gideon Pillow an 1848 letter from General John E. Wool regarding occupation duty in Mexico and an 1848 post-war letter informing Butler that he is to be presented with a General Officer's Sword for his performance as the regimental commander of the 3rd U.S. Dragoons and subsequent appointment as the Major General of the Louisiana Militia<br /> <br /> The letters Butler's wife Francis Park Lewis sent from Dunboyne their large sugar plantation in Louisiana's Iberville Parish contain a total of about 15 text pages. All are unfranked and un-postmarked suggesting they were likely sent by military courier as all are addressed to "3rd Dragoons U.S.A / Mexico" two in "Care of Major Eastland" at Brazos Santiago Texas. The text is cross-hatched faint and difficult to read although Photoshop manipulation of scans makes it much easier. They concern family news Butler's health and safety "On Thursday I had the happiness of receiving your kind welcome letters . . . and rejoice to find you well although Peace is not yet certain." and Francis's management of Dunboyne during Edward's absence "Write me a letter. . . authorizing me in your name . . . to borrow 20 to 30000$. . . At 6 years what a blessing it would be for we could pay all due and buy negros besides and easily pay principal and interest."<br /> <br /> The two-page War Department letter appointing Butler as a member of a court of inquiry with regard to the infamous Scott-Pillow dispute is datelined "Adjutant General's Office / Washington January 13 1848 / General Orders: No. 2". It is unaddressed and without postal markings. The inquiry investigated charges that Pillow - appointed as a Major General by his long-time friend President James K. Polk - published an anonymous letter proclaiming that he was personally responsible for the army's victories at Contreras and Churubusco. When his intrigue was exposed General Scott had him arrested and court-martialed. Although all concerned believed him guilty Pillow escaped conviction and punishment when an associate Major Archibald W. Burns claimed that he had written the anonymous letter. Still Pillow was discharged from the Army following the trial. Interestingly Pillow later served as a general in the Confederate Army where he was widely reviled as cowardly and incompetent. See Sifakis's Who Was Who in the Civil War.<br /> <br /> The two-page letter from General John E. Wool Butler's commander during the subsequent occupation of Mexico and one of the most respected and capable commanders of the war is datelined "Monterey / 2d March 1848". It was no doubt hand-delivered as it bears neither an address nor any postal markings. In it Wool apologizes for being too busy to write a formal letter but assures Butler that he approves of "the course you have pursued toward General Garnales and the Mexicans" and clarifies that the reason he issued an "order of amnesty" was "in consequence of the disappearance of the guerrillas. . ." He also assures Butler that he will deal with the Quartermaster's reluctance to provide needed horses for the dragoons.<br /> <br /> The final one-page letter in this group was sent to Butler after the 3rd Dragoon Regiment was disbanded and he had returned home to his plantation where he was appointed as a Major General in the Louisiana Militia. It was from a committee representing Butler's "affectionate friends" and datelined "Bayou Goula Aug the 30th 1848." It too was hand-delivered as it bears no postal markings. In it the committee informed Butler that he was to be presented with a sword recognizing that it was through his actions "that Genl Ganalis the Robber and Assassin was driven day after day from Rancho to Rancho until he could find no rest in his own native mountains . . . thereby preventing much loss of valuable lives and property." Butler's sword a M1840 General Officer's Sword was recently sold at Michael Simens' Historical Antiques. Edward George Washington Butler a ward of Andrew Jackson graduated from West Point in 1820. After spending ten years on active duty he returned to Dunboyne his large Louisiana sugar plantation and continue to serve in the Louisiana militia. During the Mexican-American War Butler returned to active service and commanded the 3rd Regiment of U.S. Dragoons. He campaigned in Central Mexico fighting at the Siege of Vera Cruz the Battle of Churubusco and the Battle of Molino del Rey. The dragoons were later assigned to General Joseph Lane and ordered pursue General Santa Anna and eliminate of the Jarauta guerillas. Following the war Butler returned to his plantation. At the onset of the Civil War he refused an offer of a senior command in the Confederate Army. <br /> <br /> For more information see Plater's The Butlers of Iberville Parish Louisiana: Dunboyne Plantation in the 1800s "3rd U.S. Dragoons" online at Wikipedia "Wool John Ellis 1784-1869 online in the Handbook of Texas and "Gideon J. Pillow" online at the American Battlefield Trust.<br /> <br /> A unique collection of personal letters and documents relating to a prominent though little remembered commander during the Mexican-American War and his wife's life at their Louisiana sugar plantation during his absence. At the time of listing there are no General Butler or Dunboyne Plantation letters or documents for sale in the trade. There are no auction records of General Butler materials at the Rare Book Hub or Worthpoint. OCLC shows only one General Butler item held by an institution; it is a letter to Butler from General Zachary Taylor reporting on the Battle of Buena Vista and discussing Taylor's possible Presidential candidacy See William Reese Co.'s Catalogue 300: One Hundred Rare Americanum. unknown books
1933002281Tiantszin Shanghai and Riga: Various 1933. First Edition. Very good. A small collection of publications by the Rossnatsionalistov - an influential albeit very short-lived politico-religious party especially active among Russian emigres in the Far East. During its initial years at the head of the party was Ivan Matveevich Zaitsev 1879 - 1934 - commander of a regiment of the Orenburg Cossack Army and later author and publicist in China. The motto of the party was in part: "Spirit over Matter." and their somewhat naive and idealized vision of the perfect existence of the country was described in those publications. Three publications in several parts; bound together in black and red leatherette over boards; minor wear and rubbing to edges; very good condition. - Deklaratsiia Dalnevostochnago Otdela Rossiiskoi Vsenarodnoi Partii Natsionalistov Rossnatsi; in 5 parts - Introductory "Ideologicheskaia" "Istoricheskaia" "Podgotvitelnaia" and "Administrativnaia;" pp. 90 altogether; each part except Part 1 with its own title page on thin colored paper; published in Tianjin in 1934 place and date in Parts 3 to 5 only; illustrated with a glossy color plate depicting the official badge of the party and their slogan. - A circular announcing the release of the above-mentioned publication and describing the goals of the party; single thin rice-paper sheet; folded; 8 1/4 x 5 1/4; published in Shanghai by "informatsionno-agitatsionnoe biuro dalnotdela partii Rossnatsionalistov" in 193_ 1933 . -Konspekt Programmy Rossiiskoi Vsenarodnoi Partii Natsionalistov Rossnatsi; a small book with salmon-colored wraps; pp. 23; published in Riga by "Globus" in 1933. Various hardcover books
1974272858Fribourg: Office du Livre 1974. First. hardcover. near fine/very good. Profusely illustrated throughout with color and black & white plates. 12 volumes. Large 4tos gilt-lettered blue cloth d.w. top edge gilt. Fribourg: Published for the National Trust by Office du Livre 1967-1996. One volume is lacking the wrapper and spine is a bit scuffed but all others are in near fine to fine condition some with partially sunned dust wrappers; 7 volumes also have the publisher's board slipcase. Quite scare as a complete set.<br/><br/> Paintings 1967. Sevres Porcelain 1968. Sculpture 1970. Meissen and other European Porcelain & Oriental Porcelain 1971. Arms Armour and Base-Metalwork 1974. Furniture Clocks and Gilt Bronzes 1974. Gold Boxes and Miniatures of the Eighteenth Century 1975. Illuminated Manuscripts 1975. Glass and Stained Glass Limoges and Other Painted Enamels 1977. The Savonnerie 1982. Architecture and Panelling 1996.<br/><br/> Office du Livre unknown books
197024038various: various 1970. Three Ring Binder. Good. We offer a large archive of fireworks labels dating to the 1970s including 175 labels collected from various manufacturers and countries mostly India and China but with a few from Japan and even America. The archive is contained in two binders labeled "FIREWORKS LABELS ALBUM NO. 3" containing 82 labels mostly of Indian origin and "FIREWORKS LABELS ALBUM NO 4." 99 labels mostly of Chinese/Macau origin with a few from Japan and America.<br/><br/>The archive was collected in the 1970s presumably by someone in the fireworks business and placed in old photograph albums with the "magnetic glue" format which has unfortunately transferred to the backs of many of the labels and in some cases is visible on the front of the labels. We've left the labels in the albums as is partly because there are some penciled notes on some pages indicating a date or in album 4 "PGII CONV" presumably for the Pyrotechnics Guide annual conventions. They are easily removable but we feel the choice of what storage to transfer them to was best left to the next owner.<br/><br/>Label artwork ranges from very ornate to very plain. Names are as varied as the marketers could make them - and the graphics vary from beautiful girls as often on the Indian labels to "American themes" reflecting the marketing target. The names are as creative as the images and evoke their use: "Mines" "Aerial Colored Flares" "Flower pots" "Flash Ray Gun" "Crackers" "Square Bombs" "V-2 Rocket "Neptune Rocket" "Cable Car" "Electric Sparklers" "Flaming Torches" etc. Three Ring Binder. These labels represent a wonderful piece of American Cultural History and conjure images of kids with family bright smiles and loud booms on the 4th of July a uniquely American phenomena. The fact that someone collected these is a boon. By definition after the BOOM the rest of the packaging isn't very useful to most. And some of the labels in Album #4 show the results of use with occasional charring. Checking various online auction sites we find labels selling from a few dollars for modern labels to many hundreds for earlier ones. A more detailed listing is available upon request to interested purchasers. <br/><br/>A highly visual collection this archive would provide a nice basis for a larger collection in the area. various unknown books
1907698Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 2 volumes large 8vo. 2 x 4 504; 2 iv 2 538 pp. With numerous full-page photographic plates. Bound in original publisher's black cloth rebacked and recornered in very handsome dark brown morocco marbled endpapers top edges gilt. BEAUTIFUL COPY. ¶ This vast and comprehensive work covers the region of the State of Texas South and West of the Guadalupe River with particular emphasis on the Borderlands with biographical accounts of local leaders and early settlers to the region. Includes but is certainly not limited to accounts of the establishment of missions Spanish occupation Austin's colony LaSalle's colony the Alamo and Goliad San Jacinto the Republic of Texas Annexation and the new State of Texas the Civil war era the cattle industry the railroads and much more. ¶ Provenance: From the library of Rudolph L. Biesele author if the still-indispensable "History of the German Settlements in Texas" 1930 and numerous scholarly articles on the early development of the State of Texas. ¶ Rare such attractive condition as here. ¶ Suitable for exhibition and study. Lewis Publishing Company hardcover books
1976145543Spain: Various 1976. Collection of 30 vintage posters for Spanish or Spanish co-productions released between 1961-1976. <br/><br/>The posters predominantly feature full color illustrations but also include photo-illustrations and other techniques showcasing the variety of graphic design techniques which evolved over the decade-plus covered by the collection. Even among the illustrated posters a variety of styles can be found as the films represented include comedy horror crime exploitation and other genres of film. <br/><br/>Directors whose films are represented in the collection include Jesus Franco Carlos Aured Jose Luis Merino Jose Maria Elorrieta and Julio Coll while actors featured include Maximillian Schnell Nadiuska Paul Naschy Maria Perschy Carlos Quiney Elsa Martinelli and Francisco Rabal. <br/><br/>Most posters approximately 27.5 x 39 inches with minor variations in size. Posters generally Very Good with expected toning chipping and starting to folds. Folded as issued. <br/><br/>For details please inquire. Various unknown books
1996046729New York: Visionaire 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition. 1606 of 2500 in a leather handbag slipcase. Small tear to the paper wrapper enclosing the contents otherwise fine. One of the harder to find issues it reportedly sold out in just 3 weeks. Size: Quarto 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Art & Design; Inventory No: 046729. Visionaire hardcover books
196825043Nishinomiya: Kansei Gakuin University Zengakukyotokaigi Shuppankyoku 1968. Fine in plain black wrappers near fine photo-illustrated wraparound card jacket very lightly edgeworn with a tiny nick at the top of the front panel. First Edition. Oblong octavo. 96 pages photographs in letterpress. Collection of excellent Japanese protest images shot by uncredited photographers in and around Kansei Gakuin University. One of the rarest and most dynamic Japanese protest books of the era. Heiting and Ryuichi 222. Nishinomiya: Kansei Gakuin University, Zengakukyotokaigi Shuppankyoku unknown books
20139673Charlottesville VA: Virginia Arts of the Book Center 2013. Limited Edition. Stiff Boards Wraps etc. Fine in Fine Archival Box. Tight bright and unmarred. Various bindings and materials; boxed in cream box with printed paper onley. 32mo. Var pag. Illus. Numbered limited edition this being 15 of 15. <br/><br/>"This collection of 15 miniature books was created by 27 local artists employing a variety of printing styles including letterpress lithography etching and giclée. The books also showcase several binding styles such as Coptic stiff board accordion and non-adhesive. And believe us “miniature” is no exaggeration! At only 2 wide and 3 long these books evidence the artists’ clear precision and attention to detail. The books are packaged in a handsome collector’s boxed set." publisher's statement <br />While 20 to 50 copies of each book were available for individual sale only 15 sets of this complete collection were created. This is the last of the run. Includes: <br />3Q15 The copper scroll / Garrett S. Queen -- <br />Prime of life / Addeane Caelleigh -- <br />How to draw a cloud / Dean Doss with others -- <br />A map to-- <br />/ Stacey Evans -- <br />These ancient mountains a poem by Barney Brown / Bonnie Bernstein & Yolanda Merrill -- <br />Poison sisters / Lana Lambert & Frank Riccio -- <br />Trees are the answer / Janet Eden -- <br />Lost & found / Jennifer Wingard -- <br />Temps perdu lost time / Michael Swanberg Mary MacNeil Alysin Lake & Jennifer Wingard -- <br /> Emily Dickinson XXIV / Kirsten Miles & Holly Odom -- <br /> The gray goo problem / Kriston Adolfson -- <br /> Mother> Bear / Angie Hogan & Roger Williams -- <br /> Anticism! Manifesto cries / Kevin McFadden & Katherine McNamara -- <br /> Jefferson reappraised / Kevin McFadden & Amber Karnes -- <br /> Where are you from / Jennifer Billingsly & Matthew Gibson. Virginia Arts of the Book Center hardcover books
1776264830London 1776. hardcover. very good. 12 vols. small 8vo old calf re-cased with new 19th century spines. London: Various publishers 1776 -1777.<br/><br/> 60 plays in all which were performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury Lane or in Covent Garden by Dryden Congreve Beaumont & Fletcher Henry Fielding Otway Colley Cibber etc. Each with a separate title page and the notation " Marked with the Variations in the Manager's Book".<br/><br/> unknown books
