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aly2024Cambridge & London: the MIT Press 2001. First Edition. 8vo. pp. xvii 406. b/w illus. index. cloth. dw Cambridge & London: the MIT Press, [2001] hardcover
1355542111.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
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183117507<p>New Haven: Published by A.H. Maltby 1831 First edition of this collection of three long stories on American colonial life. Original light brown muslin with orange printed paper spine label. . Twelvemo. A good tight copy of the first book by an author who would later propose the Baconian theory of Shakespeare authorship. Delia Bacon 1811 – 1859 was an author playwright and Shakespeare scholar who during her lectures popularized the theory that Francis Bacon no relation was the true author of Shakespeare's works. In 1856 William Henry Smith became the first to publish work advancing the theory and Bacon published her first book on the theory The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakespeare Unfolded the next year. According to Bacon "Shakespeare" was actually a group of writers including Francis Bacon Sir Walter Raleigh and Edmund Spenser.</p> Published by A.H. Maltby,
2008167183New York: Gagosian Gallery 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Published in conjunction with a show at the Gagosian that ran from November 3 through December 13 2008.<br /> <br /> Fine and unread with no dust jacket as issued. Gagosian Gallery unknown
3731184<p>London: Lithographed by Bacon & Co. Map Publishers and Importers of American Maps and Books 1864. 27½ x 19 inches. Vibrantly hand-colored. Two closed tear expertly mended on verso with tissue. Housed in archival Mylar sleeve. Very good.</p> <p>An unusual 1864 Civil War map distinguishing territory controlled by the Federal Union from that remaining in possession of the Confederacy. Together areas tinted purple green and yellow show the claimed territory of the Confederate States at the beginning of the war basically all the slave states except Delaware most of it under Confederate military control.</p> <p>A closer reading of the map’s color key however reveals a shrinking Confederacy. Green areas emphasize territory reclaimed by the Union leaving the yellow portion to show the narrowing Rebel remains. Importantly the reclaimed Union territory includes areas of high slave concentrations now oases of Black emancipation. These comprise the Virginia Tidewater the Sea Island coast of South Carolina and Georgia and the Black Belts of Northeastern Mississippi and along the Mississippi River from Tennessee to New Orleans. A table below the title reporting free and slave populations shows that the number of slaves under Confederate control was reduced by ~38% as of January 1864.</p> <p>The depiction of the Rocky Mountain territories of the West is notable. Dakota Territory expands through present-day Montana to meet Washington State and “Idao†so spelled i.e. Idaho lacks its upper panhandle and includes today’s Wyoming. Other features of the West include the outline of “Indian Territory†now Oklahoma and the location and names of multiple forts and military camps there and in central and western Texas two “Camp Colorados†New Mexico and Arizona all areas formerly claimed as Confederate territory.</p> <p>Eberstadt: “The special feature which gives outstanding interest to this cartographical production is the inclusion of all that was hereafter to be Wyoming within the boundaries of Idaho and the naming of that Territory ‘IDAO.’†The map was issued with Massie’s America: The Origin of her Present Conflict; her Prospect for the Slave and her Claim for Anti-Slavery Sympathy…. See Sabin 46185. Coulter 318. Howes M-384. LCP Afro-Americana 6545.</p> unknown
166024612Amsterdam: Joannis Ravensteinii 1660. Second Printing. With an engraved titlepage featuring two sailing ships viewed from behind two columns 'Multi pertranfibunt de augebiteur scientia' and woodcut initials throughout. 12mo contemporary full vellum the spine lettered in manuscript edges yapped. xxiv 404pp. A very well preserved copy a bit age mellowed but proper and sturdy the vellum darkened and with some unobtrusive old staining. The second Amsterdam printing of Bacon’s important scientific works. There was no publication in England until 1676. Joannis Ravensteinii hardcover
3726634<p>Np c.1920s–1930s. Sepia-tone photograph. 5 x 3½ inches. Ink manuscript caption on verso. Lower corners slightly bumped; trimmed at bottom edge; very good.</p> <p>Snapshot photograph of Native American Bacon Rind c.1860–1932 Osage tribal leader and keeper of traditional customs and costume. The photo depicts Rind in native dress and wearing his traditional otter-skin cap. He is accompanied by two indigenous members in Western-styled attire. </p> <p>A caption on the back of the photo references the oil and natural gas wealth of the Oklahoma-based tribe; in full: “Osages. richest Indians in the world all of them have an oil well. The one with his Indian Dress is Chief Bacon Rind.â€</p> <p>Bacon Rind—also known as Wah-she-hah “Star-That-Travelsâ€â€”was born in Kansas. In the 1870s during the Osage removal from Kansas he moved to the Osage Nation Indian Territory located in what is today Osage County Oklahoma. He held several tribal leadership positions and was elected principal chief in 1912 but was deposed in 1913 over a 1906 bribery incident. Despite this Bacon Rind remained recognized as a leader by some tribal members. Bacon Rind The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture</p> <p>The plight of the Osages is documented in David Grann’s Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI 2017 later made into a move.</p> unknown
1605008068London Graies Inne Gate in Holborne: Henrie Tomes 1605. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. A Very Good example of Bacon's First published works. Better known under title: Advancement of learning. In attractive full calf c1818 decorative gilt tooling edges rubbed. Spine raised bands gilt tooling & titles. Internally 2 45 ff 70 70-71 1 70 21 89-97 8 106-118 ff 2 blanks signatures A-M2 Aa-3H1 small burn hole Pp3-Qq2 slightly affecting text occasional light spotting & soiling the fep & the last 2 blanks have been substituted with blanks watermarked 1817 although ESTC states that most copies were issued without these this was probably when the book was rebound in its attractive calf a.e.g. ink names to tp Isabella Douglas; Montrose; & P Rutherford. The variant copy with C4r line 5 reading maniable rather than amiable. Erratic pagination but complete. 181131 mm. ESTC 1164; Gibson 81; Pforzheimer 36 Thomas Purfoot the elder printed book 1 and 2K-2R of book 2; Thomas Creede printed 2A-2I 3E-3H; another unidentified printer or compositor set the rest. Cf. STC <br/> <br/> Henrie Tomes hardcover
183975819New York:: Published by S. Colman 1839. First edition. publisher's blue-green embossed cloth with printed paper label on spine. Tiny 19th c. retailer's ticket on front pastedown; faint 1840 pencil inscription; some inoffensive age-toning and scattered spots not foxing to text; spine and spine label a little tanned; a very attractive copy. . 12mo. Published by S. Colman, hardcover
172162778London:: Printed for A. More 1721. disbound. Some light spotting to first and last page. 8vo. Title in 17 lines. Printed for A. More, unknown
1995927BB1995. June 1995. Paris ADAGP 1995. 21cm x 27cm. 70 2 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Includes for example: A Works re-reading / Just the essential / Twinned Violence / A salvo of shifting lines / A mixture of reserve and intensity / The Painter of decerption / The clouds of Despair / Art Circumstance and true values: Four Parisian Galleries confronting the crisis / Sharing Hardships / Merkado's Planetarium/ hardcover
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199070912AB1990. Köln Dumont Buchverlag 1990. 33 cm x 25 cm. 148 Seiten mit 40 Farbabbildungen. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector's mylar. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur geringen Gebrauchsspuren / Excellent condition of this masterpiece publication on painting in the 60's. Includes for example the following essays: Abstrakter Expressionismus / Neue konstruktive und konkrete Kunst / Mediative und monochrome Malerei / Fotorealismus / Magischer Realismus / Maler als Grafiker und Zeichner etc etc. hardcover
19168868Barbados Bermuda Antigua St. Lucia and other islands 1916. Very good . 7¼†x 10¼â€. Cloth over flexible thin card. 100 pages with 84 photographs pasted down. Most photos measure around 4†x 6†or 5†x 7†and three quarters are captioned. Very good plus: light overall wear; most photos a bit wavy with minor dark patches at edges where adhesive has bled through. <br /> <br /> This is a collection of vivid well-composed and neatly captioned photographs taken in Bermuda and several islands in the Caribbean. <br /> <br /> The album seems to have been compiled on a steamer trip and portrays a handful of white visitors and some apparent residents of the islands with a few hints as to their purpose there. Bermuda's the site for 16 of the shots; we see white women at “Mrs. Curtis' House at Sommerset†“Mr. Daws' House and Lilly Farm†the hotels “Princess†and “Frascati†and a local driver enabling “A Carriage Ride.†Five photos in Antigua reveal the “Lunatic Asylum†and “Lepper Hospital†as well as great images of natives amid a “Street Scene.†There are 28 shots from Barbados showing “School Children†natives on “Broad Street†“Cutting Sugar Cane†and “The Old Water Works.†We also see “Dr. Messiah House at the Hospital†“A Sunday Meeting at Mr. Manning's House†and natives assisting with “Mildred Bowler taking a Donkey Ride.â€<br /> <br /> Three of the eight photos at Dominic reveal a group “On Board the S.S. Caraquet†and there are lovely images “In the Rossau Valley†and “In the Garden on the Island.†The Caraquet was a Royal Mail Line ship sailing from the West Indies to Canada from the 1910s until it wrecked off Bermuda in 1923. Another image claims to show the “S.S. Guiana at St. Kits with Roosevelt on Board†a trip the former president made in 1916 which led to our date attribution. There are clipped images lauding the SS Vestris a luxury steamer that sailed from 1912 to 1928 shots of natives “Coaling at St. Lucia†views of “Monserat†and the “Island of Martinique.â€<br /> <br /> We think it's possible that these photos were taken by noted architect designer and world traveler Francis H. Bacon as the initials FHB appear in the corner of each shot. After graduating from MIT in 1877 Bacon worked on important archaeological excavations in Asia Minor and became the leading designer for renowned furniture firm A.H. Davenport and Company the namesake of the sofa. He also designed the shrine that holds the Declaration of Independence and United States Constitution in the Library of Congress. The American School of Classical Studies at Athens holds a collection of photo albums he compiled on his travels from 1895 to 1919 which included steamer trips to the Mediterranean Vienna Paris and London. Some of the images are online and while we didn't see any with an imprint that matches ours we did find an archivist's blog post that shared that Bacon's architectural designs were “easily identified by his signature initials: FHB.†We also note that Bacon bears a strong resemblance to a man seen in two of the present photos. <br /> <br /> A great collection of images from Bermuda and the Caribbean certainly worthy of and useful for further research. unknown
162524374London: Printed by John Haviland for Hanna Barret and Richard Whitaker 1625. Hardcover. First issue of the first complete edition of the Essays and the last edition to appear during Bacon's lifetime. It "contains fifty-eight essays and is the text most commonly reprinted today. For this reason the present edition ranks in importance with the first of 1597" Pforzheimer. Small quarto somewhat closely trimmed at upper margin; text block measures 18 x 13 cm. In an unsigned 19th century full red leather binding with purple satin ribbon bookmark bound in gilt floral borders spine gilt in six compartments all edges gilt gilt inner dentelles and marbled endpapers unfortunately marred by some uneven darkening to boards and top edge see accompanying images. Lacking original front blank but with added engraved portrait of Bacon by Alexander Bannerman created c. 1784 as frontispiece. Collation matches Pforzheimer 30 in all other respects. Ownership signature dated 1839 on front blank;small area of damage to leaf A3 no loss of text; dampstain visible--primarily on the first and last ca. 15 leaves--at gutter near the base of the spine; otherwise clean. Written in a concise aphoristic style the Essays take both a pragmatic and a philosophical approach to questions of civic and private life morality and the human condition and "can be read as his final comments on the contemporary world of politics" ONB. Printed by John Haviland for Hanna Barret and Richard Whitaker hardcover
007260Edinburgh: Otto Schulze & Co. n.d. First Edition thus. Hardcover. Some soiling to spine and edges; internally clean. Very Good. Quarto 9-1/4" x 11-3/4" in cloth-backed boards. The third in the series of Early English Prose Romances attractively illustrated by Harold Nelson. One of only 500 copies. <br/><br/> (Otto Schulze & Co.) hardcover
167663144London:: Printed by W. G. for R. Scot T. Baffet J. Wright R. Chiswell and J. Edwyn 1676. old full calf; both covers are detached and the spine label is absent. Both covers detached; old engraved armorial bookplate; calf rubbed and worn. Folio. Engraved frontispiece. . Printed by W. G. for R. Scot, T. Baffet, J. Wright, R. Chiswell, and J. Edwyn, unknown
162228847London: printed by W. Stansby for Matthew Lownes and William Barret 1622. Mixed edition small folio pp. 4 248; engraved portrait frontispiece by John Payne with moderate dampstain pervading about a third of it title within an elaborate architectural woodcut border text within ruled borders throughout early ownership signature on the front free endpaper of "Jer. Milles de Duloe" almost certainly the antiquary Jeremiah Milles 1714-1784 of Duloe Cornwall -- see DNB for a 3-column account and with numerous underlinings and occasional notes in the margins in his hand; dampstain at the bottom quarter of C1-D2 all else very good in contemporary full speckled paneled calf speckled edges; edges a little rubbed the whole very nicely rebacked and preserving the original red morocco label. See Gibson 116a and 116b for distinctions in the many errata: "There is . no certain means of determining their priority. printed by W. Stansby, for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret unknown
1744303734London: J. Worrall. Good. 1744. Second Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library copy with label removed from spine and ink stamp on title page. Gift book plate on front endpaper. Newer cloth library binding not buckram. Upper margin of title page has been trimmed away. Small stain to upper edge of a few leaves in front. Pages are slightly or lightly browned. Spine has slight wear to upper end. Spine labels are scraped. . J. Worrall hardcover
164752110London: Printed for Mathew Walbancke at Grayes-Inne-Gate 1647. First edition 8vo xvi 323 13 pp. Engraved second title showing a map of Britain light damp staining to the first 5 leaves. Booklabel of Kimbolton Castle Library to the paste down. Contemporary speckled calf spine dull joints recently repaired with a new maroon label. "Bacon's greatest service to anti-Stuart causes. probably written using notes collected by John Selden. Published. to justify the Long Parliament's war against Charles I with a continuation appearing in 1651 the work has been referred to as 'the English Francogallia'. it argued with unrelenting force an anti-royalist ideology of enormous persuasive power. This was the radical ancient constitution which. was first fully articulated during the civil wars by polemicists such as William Prynne and Bacon himself. Early a mainstay of the Long Parliament's cause the ideology consisted of the following propositions: first while government in general was from God the particular form came from the people. Writing a summation of his work in 1651 Bacon re-emphasized the continuity of an elective and contractual monarchy and a parliament which oversaw its proper functioning. With a salute to both past and present he wrote at the very end of his tract: 'as I found this nation a commonwealth so I leave it and so it may be forever'" ODNB. Wing B348B. The true first edition as opposed to the 1872 reprint with "Grayes-Inn-Gate" in the imprint second state with the publisher's name spelt "Walbancke. London: Printed for Mathew Walbancke at Grayes-Inne-Gate unknown
1659021560London: Simon Miller 1659. First Edition. Hardcover. Minor foxing pencil notes on endpapers; small chip to head of spine. Near Fine and very scarce. Small duodecimo 3-1/8" x 5-1/2" bound in early calf with gilt-ruled covers and gilt decoration and lettering on the spine; xii 51 7 - ads pages. First separate printing and First English Edition of Roger Bacon's letter to William of Paris that first appeared in Dee's BACON'S EPISTOLAE published in Hamburg in 1618. Bacon begins this long essay denying the existence of magic but concludes showing how to create a "Philosophers Egg." He writes about optics gunpowder Bacon is believed to have introduced gunpowder--a Chinese invention--to the West and petroleum in warfare. Bacon makes some bold futurist statements such as admirable Artificial Instruments of locomotion It's possible to make a Chariot move with an inestimable swiftnesse and this motion to be without the help of any living creature of flight It's possible to make Engines for flying a man sitting in the midst whereof by turning onely about an Instrument which moves artificiall Wings made to beat the Aire and diving A man may make an Engine whereby without any corporal danger he may walk in the bottome of the Sea or other water. Bookplate of Lord Northwick on front pastedown. <br/><br/> Simon Miller hardcover
1902971685Cambridge University Press 1902. Reprint. hardcover. Used-Good. Cloth octavo 212 pp. Original brown cloth with gilt stamped spine. Previous owner's stamp on endpapers and a couple of other times in volume; some extensive pen notes on several pages including title page. Otherwise there's a small dent to cloth on spine. Overall very bright. Good. Cambridge University Press unknown
