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1863135130Philadelphia: Frederick Leypoldt 1863. Hardcover. Good Ex-lib. label at spine bookplate inside front cover pocket inside back usual markings; Some light toning and scattered foxing and pencil markings; Still very readable. Green cloth library binding; 471 pp.; BW frontispiece. Translated to English from the original German by Charles Godfrey Leland. Frederick Leypoldt hardcover books
18822308292New York: Henry Holt and Company 1882. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Minor loss to spin head ink name and date on second blank. 1882 Hard Cover. ix 273 pp. CONTENTS: Translator's Preface; The Romantic School: First Book--German Literature to the Death of Goethe; Second Book--The Romanticists: The Schlegel Brothers - Ludwig Tieck - Schelling's Influence upon the Romantic School - Hoffman and Novalis; Third Book--The Romanticists continued: Clemens Brentano - Achim von Amim - Jean Paul - Zacharias Werner and De la Motte Fouque - Ludwig Uhland; The Suabian Mirror; Introduction to "Don Quixote. Henry Holt and Company hardcover books
1873WRCLIT25889New York: Holt & Williams 1873. White cloth stamped in black. First edition of these translations by Simon A. Stern with a prefatory essay issued in the "Leisure Hour Series." Cloth lightly soiled otherwise a very good copy with the endsheet ads in the earliest form. Holt & Williams hardcover books
189915499Leipzig: Adolf Titze 1899. n.ed. Red muslin with gilt borders gilt titles and beveled boards. Top edge gilt. Decorated endpapers. A good copy with outer hinges split but not loose spine ends frayed otherwise still tight and clean. Fold-out facsimile manuscripts crisp. Frontis vi 347 pp. plates 6. Illus. with b/w photos and drawings 6 folding facsimile plates. Sm. 4to. Adolf Titze hardcover books
189926678Paris: Gauthier-Villars 1899. First edition. 8vo. iv 31 pp. illustrated from b&w photographs drawings and diagrams. Printed paper wrappers which are moderately soiled; with a splatter stain and lightly edge-chipped. SIGNED presentation from the author on the half-title page. Very good. At the head of the title: Enseignement supérieur de la photographie. Conférences de la Société Française de Photographie.<br/><br/>Roosens and Salu No. 614. OCLC locates fourteen copies. <br/><br/> Gauthier-Villars unknown books
1856272375New York: Sarony & Co 1856. unbound. Color Lithograph. Image measures 6" x 9".<br/><br/> This beautiful view of Hong Kong shows a busy harbor. The foreground includes stonemasons carving stone with the British colony of Honk Kong in mid-ground a small yet thriving town and port at the time. To the right Kellett Island is visible in the right of the view in Victoria Harbor. Victoria Peak is seen in the background looking over the town.<br><br>This view drawn from nature by Wilhelm Heine with figures by Eliphalet Brown Jr. appeared in Francis Hawk's 'Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan Performed in the years 1852 1853 and 1854 under the Command of Commodore M. C. Perry'. The view is in good condition with minor foxing.<br><br>Dr. Francis Lister Hawks 1798 - 1866 was an American priest of the Episcopal Church and a politician in North Carolina.<br/><br/> Sarony & Co unknown books
18756056031875. "Faithfully yr friend Joaquin Miller Nov. 2 1875" in black ink on small leaf 4 7/8" x 2 1/2". Very good old tape in top margin from previous mounting. Together with a vintage sepia photograph. 3 3/4" x 5 1/4". Signed by Authors. No Binding. Very Good. unknown books
189447140Wien: Verlag von Sigmund Bensinger n.d. ca. 1894. Illustrirte Pracht-Ausgabe. Large octavo 25.5cm.; publisher's red pictorial cloth elaborately tooled in black and gilt all edges gilt moiré endpapers cream printed dust jacket card slipcase with printed label affixed to upper panel; 6232pp.; portrait frontispiece illus. throughout many full-paged text printed within red rule throughout. Jacket a bit dust-soiled spine a shade toned with tiny dampstain and short split at bottom inch of upper spine edge contemporary gift inscription to front flyleaf dated 1894 else Fine in a Very Good and fresh copy of the scarce jacket. Verlag von Sigmund Bensinger unknown books
189726487Berlin: Schuster & Loeffler 1897. First Edition. Illustrated by Thomas theodor Heine Fidus E.R. Weiss F. Vallotton H. Rauchinger Jules Cheret. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in originla art nouveau decorated cloth printed in green. Fine. Heine T.T. First Edition. Illustrated by Thomas theodor Heine Fidus E.R. Weiss F. Vallotton H. Rauchinger Jules Cheret. 1 vols. 8vo. Schuster & Loeffler unknown books
1876List820Chicago: Jansen McClurg and Co 1876. 8vo finely bound in ornate polished calf with all edges gilt 258 pp. A finely bound copy of one of Miller's best-known works bound in perhaps early 20th century fine polished calf. Affixed to the preliminary page is an effusive letter from Miller written to the Roberts Brothers complaining about their treatment of him. Jansen, McClurg and Co books
184015122617Stuttgart: Franz Heinrich Kohler 1840. Hardcover. Very good. Octovo size 93 pp. all text in German. "First description of acute anterior poliomyelitis which Heine separated from other forms of paralysis; he described the deformities arising from the disease. He also called attention to congenital spastic paraplegia which following Little's classic description No. 4691.1 was termed 'Little's disease' " Garrison-Morton 4664.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Cream colored boards with title and publishing information in black to the front board; octovo size approximately 10 1/2" tall pagination i-vi 1-78 i-II index i-vii plates. Please note that all text is in German.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: Very good overall. Heavy soiling to the boards first layer of paper missing on portions of spine corners bumped and worn through. Textblock is sound scattered foxing throughout the volume not affecting the readability of text. A few vintage words in prior owner's hand to front free endpaper.<br/><br/>___CITATION: Garrison-Morton 4664.<br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover actual shipping charges; we are happy to ship at cost please contact us for details.<br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Franz Heinrich Kohler hardcover books
1836220168Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe 1836. First edition. Pp. ii-viii 1-348. Bound without half title. 1 vols. 8vo. Later patterned boards morocco spine label. Fine. Half morocco slipcase and chemise. First edition. Pp. ii-viii 1-348. Bound without half title. 1 vols. 8vo. Goedeke VIII 561 8 Hoffmann und Campe unknown books
1833220167Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe 1833. First edition. Pp. ii-xxvi 1-408. Bound without half title. 1 vols. 8vo. Later nineteenth-century boards morocco spine label. A few leaves of prelims with short lower margins improperly folded title a bit soiled else Fine. First edition. Pp. ii-xxvi 1-408. Bound without half title. 1 vols. 8vo. Goedeke VIII 557 41 Hoffmann und Campe unknown books
1891008218London: William Heinemann 1891. Eight volumes published 1891-1893 finely bound in unsigned contemporary half brown morocco over marbled boards the backs gilt marbled end papers tops gilt. Florentine Nights V. I; Pictures of Travel Vols. II and III; The Salon V. IV; Germany Vols. V and VI; French Affairs Letters from Paris Vols. VII and VIII. Small labels of period San Francisco book sellers D.P. Elder and Morgan Shepard rear end pages. Very Good Plus contemporary gift inscription Santa Monica CA dated 1900 in pencil front end page Vol. II. Scattered underlining in pencil mostly in Vol. II but noticed in half the volumes prior owner name in pencil. The bindings showing the faintest of wear a quite lovely set overall and exceedingly SCARCE as a set. Worldcat locates 4 holdings. A heavy set please be advised added shipping charges will be requested for international orders and priority mail. . First Edition Thus. Half Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. William Heinemann Hardcover books
185625141New York: GP Putnam & Company 1856. Folio. 20 1/4 x 14 1/4 inches. 12 ff. letterpress text. 10 lithographic prints one tinted portrait of Perry on india paper mounted from a daguerreotype by P. Haas nine hand finished views by Heine two of these chromolithographed seven printed in two colours on india paper mounted all printed by Sarony & Co. Expertly bound to style in half purple morocco over period purple cloth covered boards.<br/> <br/>An important work recording Commodore Perry's expedition to Japan.<br/> <br/>William Heine was the official artist on Commodore Matthew C. Perry's expedition to Japan in 1853-54. On returning to the United States he produced several series of prints commemorating the trip. A group of six elephant-folio prints appeared in 1855 and the following year the present volume was issued in a smaller format with different images and with explanatory text. Both projects employed the New York lithographic firm of Sarony among the best lithographers in the United States at that time. "As artistic productions the pictures speak for themselves . none superior to them have been executed in the United States and they have no cause to shun comparison with some of the best productions of Europe" Introduction. Copies were produced tinted though with some plates with several colors on regular paper as in the present copy and a deluxe hand-coloured issue on card. The plates are numbered and titled as follows 1. portrait of Perry; 2. Macao from Penha Hill; 3. Whampoa Pagoda; 4. Old China Street Canton; 5. Kung-kwa at On-na Lew-Chew; 6. Mia or road side chapel at Yokuhama; 7. Temple of Ben-teng in the harbor of Simoda; 8. Street and bridge at Simoda; 9. Temple of the Ha-tshu Man-ya-tshu-ro at Simoda; 10. Grave yard at Simoda Dio Zenge. Bennett describes the plates as "many times finer than those in the regular account of the Perry expedition." His remarks on the work's great rarity are confirmed by its absence from both of Cordier's Japanese bibliographies.<br/> <br/>Bennett p.53; McGrath American Color Plate Books 123. GP Putnam & Company unknown books
185620647New York: GP Putnam & Company 1856. Folio. 20 1/4 x 14 1/2 inches. 12 ff. letterpress text. 10 lithographic prints one tinted portrait of Perry from a daguerreotype by P. Haas nine hand finished views by Heine two of these chromolithographed seven printed in two colours on india paper mounted all printed by Sarony & Co. 20th-century maroon half morocco over paper-covered boards titled in gilt on spine original wrappers bound in<br/> <br/>An important work recording Commodore Perry's expedition to Japan.<br/> <br/>William Heine was the official artist on Commodore Matthew C. Perry's expedition to Japan in 1853-54. On returning to the United States he produced several series of prints commemorating the trip. A group of six elephant-folio prints appeared in 1855 and the following year the present volume was issued in a smaller format with different images and with explanatory text. Both projects employed the New York lithographic firm of Sarony among the best lithographers in the United States at that time. "As artistic productions the pictures speak for themselves . none superior to them have been executed in the United States and they have no cause to shun comparison with some of the best productions of Europe" Introduction. Copies were produced tinted on regular paper as in the present copy and hand-coloured. The plates are numbered and titled as follows 1. portrait of Perry; 2. Macao from Penha Hill; 3. Whampoa Pagoda; 4. Old China Street Canton; 5. Kung-kwa at On-na Lew-Chew; 6. Mia or road side chapel at Yokuhama; 7. Temple of Ben-teng in the harbor of Simoda; 8. Street and bridge at Simoda; 9. Temple of the Ha-tshu Man-ya-tshu-ro at Simoda; 10. Grave yard at Simoda Dio Zenge. Bennett describes the plates as "many times finer than those in the regular account of the Perry expedition." His remarks on the work's great rarity are confirmed by its absence from both of Cordier's Japanese bibliographies.<br/> <br/>Bennett p.53; McGrath American Color Plate Books 123. GP Putnam & Company unknown books
185646791New York: G. P. Putnam & Co 1856. Large folio approx. 20½ x 15" consisting of a title page and introduction leaf and 10 leaves of descriptive text to accompany each of the 10 plates of which one is a lithograph portrait of Commodore Perry from a daguerreotype by P. Haas 2 chromolithographs 7 lithographs printed in 2 colors on India paper and mounted as issued original pictorial wrappers with the title enclosed by 8 vignette scenes and an American eagle at the top the wrappers backed in blue cloth; the whole in the publisher's quarter green morocco lettered in gilt on upper cover; some soiling of the front wrapper and title page a little spotted but over all very good or better. Heine 1827-1885 was the official artist on Perry's expedition to Japan in 1853-54. The sketches he produced of the places he visited and the people he encountered there together with the daguerreotypes taken by his colleague Eliphalet Brown Jr. formed the basis of the official iconograhy of the American expedition to Japan which remains an important record of the country as it was before the foreigners arrived in force. Upon his return to New York in 1855 he published several books: a collection of prints entitled Graphic Scenes of the Japan Expedition; and the 400 sketches which were included in Perry's official report as well as his memoirs Reiss um die Welt nach Japan Leipzig 1856. Bennett p. 53: "The plates are very beautiful Japanese scenes and places of special interest many times finer than the plates in the three-volume regular account of the Perry Expedition." McGrath American Color Plate Books 123. <br/><br/> G. P. Putnam & Co hardcover books
185634436New York: G.P. Putnam & Company 1856. Folio. 20 x 14 inches. 12 ff. letterpress text. 10 lithographic prints one tinted portrait of Perry on india paper mounted from a daguerreotype by P. Haas nine hand-coloured views by Heine two of these chromolithographed seven printed in two colours on india paper mounted all printed by Sarony & Co. all mounted on thick card with smooth glossy backings. Text in the original yellow pictorial wrappers expertly rebacked to style with purple cloth the plates loose as issued with the text within a half purple morocco and period purple cloth portfolio yellow pastedowns and flaps cloth ties. All within a black morocco backed box.<br/> <br/>An important work recording Commodore Perry's expedition to Japan: the very rare deluxe hand coloured issue on card.<br/> <br/>William Heine was the official artist on Commodore Matthew C. Perry's expedition to Japan in 1853-54. On returning to the United States he produced several series of prints commemorating the trip. A group of six elephant-folio prints appeared in 1855 and the following year the present volume was issued in a smaller format with different images and with explanatory text. Both projects employed the New York lithographic firm of Sarony among the best lithographers in the United States at that time. "As artistic productions the pictures speak for themselves . none superior to them have been executed in the United States and they have no cause to shun comparison with some of the best productions of Europe" Introduction. Copies were produced tinted though with some plates with several colors on regular paper and a very rare deluxe hand-coloured issue on card like the present example. The plates are numbered and titled as follows 1. portrait of Perry; 2. Macao from Penha Hill; 3. Whampoa Pagoda; 4. Old China Street Canton; 5. Kung-kwa at On-na Lew-Chew; 6. Mia or road side chapel at Yokuhama; 7. Temple of Ben-teng in the harbor of Simoda; 8. Street and bridge at Simoda; 9. Temple of the Ha-tshu Man-ya-tshu-ro at Simoda; 10. Grave yard at Simoda Dio Zenge. Bennett describes the plates as "many times finer than those in the regular account of the Perry expedition." His remarks on the work's great rarity are confirmed by its absence from both of Cordier's Japanese bibliographies. Two distinct issues of Heine's work were published: a regular issue with hand coloured plates on thick card; and the deluxe issue like the present with more elaborate hand coloring and on thick cards with glossy paper backings. The deluxe issue is considerably more rare than the regular issue.<br/> <br/>Bennett p.53; McGrath American Color Plate Books 123. G.P. Putnam & Company unknown books
1856WRCAM54032New York: Eliphalet M. Brown Jr. 1856. Six lithographs with integral descriptions and titles to the six plates all within an elaborate decorative border including vignettte scenes and portraits of places and people encountered on the expedition six lithographic plates printed in colors and finished by hand by J. Sarony & Co. 4 Boell & Lewis 1 and Boell & Michelin 1 all after Heine. Title leaf not present as usual. Elephant folio. Individually matted and framed. One print with repaired closed tears slightly affecting image. Occasional faint marginal foxing and dust soiling. Very good. Magnificent and very rare example of Heine's elephant folio-sized lithographic record of six lithographs illustrating the opening of Japan under Commodore Matthew Perry. In scale scope and quality of execution this is arguably the finest lithographic work ever produced in the United States and is among the rarest of all American color plate books. <br> <br> William Heine was the official artist on Commodore Matthew C. Perry's expedition to Japan in 1853-54. On returning to the United States he produced several series of prints commemorating the trip the first the greatest and the rarest of which is the present group consisting of a titlepage and six plates. These were overseen by the expedition's daguerreotypist Eliphalet Brown who was also an excellent artist and lithographer - he designed and drew the spectacular titlepage. The total number of sets of printed is not known but it is recorded that Brown gave 100 sets to Commodore Perry for distribution to members of the expedition. The number of sets sold to the public has not been established but was undoubtedly small. One of the reasons for the rarity of the complete set is that the plates were printed over two years by three publishers. Individual prints are occasionally encountered particularly the four printed in 1855 by Sarony of New York but the two other plates are much scarcer and were accomplished by different lithographers Boell & Lewis and Boell & Michelin. <br> <br> A secondary reason for the rarity of this set is the initial cost. It was significantly more expensive than Heine's GRAPHIC SCENES OF THE JAPAN EXPEDITION a much smaller folio published in the same year as the final plate: the popularity of this smaller set ensured that only very few of the magnificent larger sets were ever sold. The set consists of the following prints: <br> <br> 1 "Passing the Rubicon. Lieut. S. Bent in the 'Mississippi's' First Cutter Forcing his way through a Fleet of Japanese Boats while Surveying the Bay of Yedo Japan July 11th 1853." Printed by Sarony & Co dated 1855. <br> <br> 2 "First Landing of Americans in Japan. Under Commodore M.C. Perry at Gore-Hama July 14th 1853." Printed by Sarony & Co dated 1855. This print is the most dramatic of the series showing the first landing of Perry on Japanese soil. Through a flotilla of American landing barges with the ships' complement of Marines drawn up on the beach Perry proceeds to meet a Japanese delegation while Japanese troops ring in the Americans. In the foreground are two Japanese official launches and two Japanese officials stand in the right foreground. Perry's steamboats can be seen lying under steam in the left corner. <br> <br> 3 "Landing of Commodore Perry Officers & Men of the Squadron to Meet the Imperial Commissioners at Yoku-Hama Japan March 8th 1854." Printed by Sarony & Co dated 1855. <br> <br> 4 "Landing of Commodore Perry Officers & Men of the Squadron to Meet the Imperial Commissioners at Simoda Japan June 8 1854." Printed by Sarony & Co dated 1855. <br> <br> 5"Return of Commodore Perry Officers & Men of the Squadron from an Official Visit to the Prince Regent at Shui Capitol of Lew Chew June 6th 1853." Printed by Boell & Lewis dated 1855. <br> <br> 6 "Exercise of Troops in Temple Grounds Simoda Japan in Presence of the Imperial Commissioners June 8th 1854." Printed by Boell & Michelin dated 1856. <br> <br> This set of the Heine prints belonged to Major Robert Smith John Rodgers son of Commodore John Rodgers of War of 1812 fame and hung in his fine mansion on a hilltop outside of Havre de Grace Maryland. PETERS AMERICA ON STONE pp.98 352-53. Samuel Eliot Morison "OLD BRUIN": COMMODORE MATTHEW CALBRAITH PERRY 1794-1858 Boston 1967 p.463. Eliphalet M. Brown Jr. unknown books