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1981WRCLIT61012Chouduno Italy 1981. Whole number one. 12mo. Decorated wrappers. Illustrated. Fine. Edited and published by Gaspari Walter. An intended quarterly with multi-lingual contributions including Bataille Corman Samperi et al. unknown books
190165237Rampart Alaska: Alaska Forum 1901. Single sheet folded. 37.5 x 18cm. 4pp. Text printed in four columns. This issue is filled with information on gold mining strikes in the area around Rampart promoted as having "produced more gold in proportion to the amount of work done and the men to do it than the Klondike." Staining on edges chipping to upper margin of second leaf with loss to a few letters a few short tears to the brittle paper. The Alaska Forum newspaper began publication on Sept. 27 1900. A weekly paper its last issue was on August 4 1906. According to information from AAS: "The Alaska Forum is published every Thursday in the cabin in the rear of the Collins old store near Fornt sic- Front Street Rampart Alaska." OCLC lists 10 institutions as having holdings of the newspaper with at least Univ. of Washington and Yale mentioning some "extras." <br/><br/> Alaska Forum unknown books
1841166Washington D.C.: Blair & Rives 1841. Good. 423pp. Volume 6 Numbers 1:27 paginated continuously. Folio. Contemporary half sheep and marbled boards. Boards detached with tape repairs. Light dampstaining at upper corner; light tanning and foxing. A complete run of this 1840 Democratic campaign newspaper published weekly as an extra to the District of Columbia periodical the Globe during political campaign seasons. This run of the Extra covers the 1840 presidential election between William Henry Harrison and Martin Van Buren. Content includes speeches and testimonials for Van Buren and against Harrison as well as editorials and other articles and party-related material that address all the principal issues of the campaign. Harrison would go on to sweep the electoral college handily but famously died in office after only four weeks as president to be succeeded by John Tyler. This is the sixth such volume the paper having started the Extra in 1834. It ran to seven volumes ending in 1841. The present volume was published from May 16 1840 to October 26 1840 with the final issue appearing post-election on January 29 1841. The whole was advertised as costing $1 for six months. The editors Francis Blair and John Rives were Jacksonian Democrats initially brought to D.C. by Jackson to be the mouth of the party. Blair & Rives unknown books
1870D11031England 1870s. Hardcover. Very Good. England Kent and Norfolk counties: c. 1871-1874. 8vo 175 x 115mm; 61 numbered pages in the hand of Charles W. Prescott detailing his various hunting excursions around the Kent countryside. Prescotts ownership inscription on front free-endpaper is dated 1871. His entries are easily read and cover Prescotts adventures on hunting hares with a skulk of foxes writing Found another in the same field ran her straight back to Old Park round the pond and the pack hunted her beautifully . Dec. 16 1871. The hunts took place over sprawling village and countryside or as he describes hop-gardens hills and ploughs of land in the Herne Bay area of Kent England. Many entries are headed by recognizable locations; Stroud Park Broomfield Hilsborough Wolston Heath and Chislet Mill and are dated with month and sometimes year. Only a portion of the way full his entries span about three years the first dated: Oct. 19 71 Stroud Park and last March 25 1874. Contemporary black morocco marbled endpapers and marbled endpapers with original brass clasp faint splitting at lower hinge of first few leaves strengthened at endpapers corners rubbed otherwise in very good shape especially considering it was wielded around so much of the Kentish countryside. Prescott makes many personal anecdotes about his day noting things in his surroundings like scent moderate or adding his opinions we could not kill I think we should have but the sun was too hot. Prescott often ends the entries with jotting down the days weather as something like very indifferent but as good as could be expected with a very cold east wind or simply stating Frost. It is evident from Prescotts personal asides that he was a vigilant huntsman quite dedicated to the task. Further personal glimpses reveal a record of his horses charming names including Salt Fish and Molly Malone. At the time Prescott was taking these notes Herne Bay area and the Kentish villages would have been teeming with people. The Victoria era was one of prosperity when elite English folk flocked to popular destinations to partake in their favorite pastimes. From 1873 on in the journal Prescott notes he was hunting with Pytchley by writing their name in parentheses. The Pytchley hunt is an organization originally based in Northamptonshire in formation as early at the 1630s. The organization is still active today. Pytchleys website notes that from 1819-1873 right as Prescott began with Pytchley for one year the Althorp and Pytchley countries were hunted by one pack with a second pack established at Brigstock. Prescott was part of the famous hunt organization at a time when it was amid significant change and expansion. His notes may keep further clue of such growth. While the huntsman himself may be unknown to history the anecdotal evidence in Prescotts diary gives us a glimpse of the Victorian man fond of his sport. <br/><br/> hardcover books
12703DAVAR Hebrew historic newspaper 1 July 1948 LABOUR DAILY TEL-AVIV with in headline the proclamation of the Ene of British Mandate in Palestine Eretz-Israel the last British soldiers left yesterday - Israel Jewish Navy entr in the Port of Haifa. This complete newspaper includes 4 large pages size: 17" x 23" twice folded. Very good condition minor cuts in the middle fold. unknown books
200125544Frederic Michigan: George A. Emerson 2001. 16 pages; with some black and white illustrations usually small and embedded within articles or as part of paid advertising. With pieces concerning constitutional rights in Michigan and U.S. citizens concerned with various causes. Letters including one regarding U.S. government occupational authority from Daniel Miller President of the Republic of Texas Provisional Government and others writing their reaction to 9/11; articles in the newspaper quote Ted Nugent the Mackinac Center for Public Policy the 666 found in all bar codes revealed as a sign of the imminent end of the world Free Militia pieces on property rights anti-Muslim rants Right Way L.A.W. of Akron OH concerning the fraudulent law profession; McGuckin and Christine Updates by Edgar J. Steele "Ruth Christine vs. the Reptiloid NWO Baby Snatchers"; a piece by Betsy McCaughey ex-lieutenant governor of NY on biological warfare; various conspiracy theories a maritime advisory concerning invasion fears across the Great Lakes region; "Land Lords of the World by Joseph Adam Gondek; Joe Dougherty on Gun Rights Compared to Civil Rights; also with more innocuous and placid articles for children town meeting notices bowling team standings church listings and various classified and page advertisements for area products and services. Approximately 11 1/2" x 17" size; newspaper format light wear old fold lines; in very good condition. Newspaper. Not Bound. Very Good. George A. Emerson paperback books
1952104990San Francisco: The San Francisco-Oakland Newspaper Guild 1952. 4p including covers 5.5x8.5 inches illustrated ad on rear cover very good in original self-wraps with light wear and soiling. Fund-raising event for the bay Area newspaper union which featured entertainer Danny Thomas with Afro-Cubans the Four Jokers and Benito "Pat" Moreno along with 18 local performers from such clubs as Bimbo's Forbidden City Club Shanghai etc. The San Francisco-Oakland Newspaper Guild unknown books
1642EPL71London 1642. Paperback. Good. Published between 1628-1642. Based on the Common Debates of 1628. Including An act to prevent Extortions in Sheriffes Under-Sheriffes and Bayliffes of Franchises and Liberties in cases of Execution and An act for the better suppressing of unlicensed alehouse keepers. Upon question passed. Some contemporary inscriptions in English. Some pages remargined intermittent browning or chipping but a rare piece. Size: 260 x 180mm. <br/><br/> paperback books
1314848New York: The American Heritage Foundation n.d. Softcover. Quarto; unpaginated; Fair/paperback; red comb spine without text; blue text to covers; covers have soiling to exterior; rubber corners; text block shows age toning to exterior edges; frontispiece; interior slightly toned; previous owner's name inside front covers; profusely illustrated; copy of U.S. Constitution laid in at front. 1314848. FP New Rockville Stock. The American Heritage Foundation unknown books
D17552Autograph diary written in pencil signed by Miss Elizabeth Woods of Bowling Green Kentucky. 135 pp. Well educated wealthy American woman's account of seeing Europe; mostly Paris France. Her Southern sensibilities were shocked at seeing a white woman at the same table with a black man. Turns out he was a minister from Haiti and the lady was his wife. Miss Woods saw the Paris Exposition several times; saw Sarah Bernhardt perform; saw President Kruger of South Africa; saw a street where Jews were not allowed to come out after 6pm; describes fancy balls and dinners; shopping for clothes.much of interest. Worn oil cloth binding. Numerous accounts of "charming" or "lovely" people. <br/><br/> hardcover books
86229hardcover. Vol. VI No. 1-Vol. VII No. 25. April 5 1905-December 15 1907. 4to modern buckram; ex-lib. Habana 1905-1907.<br/><br/> unknown books
1863WRCAM48378ASt. Louis: Wiebusch und Sohn 1863. Four volumes bound in one. 2208; 200 of 208; 4208 lacks pp.137-144; 2200pp. Vol. 17 lacks issue 26. Vol. 18 lacks issue 18. Folio. Half morocco and marbled boards. Spine and corners heavily worn front cover detached. Titlepage of first volume torn; second and third leaves heavily torn with some minor loss. Light to moderate foxing and wear. Else good. Lutheran German-language newspaper founded in 1844 by Carl Ferdinand Wilhelm Walther 1811- 87. The paper and its founder were key components in introducing the idea of an umbrella church for Lutherans in America and the Midwest founding in 1847 the German Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri Ohio and Other States. In the 1840s and '50s Germans were the largest immigrant group in America settling heavily in the Midwest. Wiebusch und Sohn hardcover books
178126991Paris: Chez Mr. Bailleux 1781. 5 volumes. Folio. Full contemporary mottled brown paper with red morocco title label with "Mme. Pictet. Pictet" gilt and secondary manuscript label to upper. Engraved. <br/><br/>Series title: "Journal d'ariettes italiennes des plus célèbres compositeurs avec les paroles italiennes et françoises la basse sous le chant e toutes les parties séparées pour la facilité de l'éxécution. "<br/><br/>- Score for Basso continuo Voice and Violino primo. 6 issues bound in 1 nos. XLIX-LIV. 6 pp. each several with blank sixth page. Text in French and Italian. Includes the following 6 pieces 1 per issue each with a printed note about who sang it and where:<br/>- Issue XLIX: Giovanni Paesiello 1740-1816. "Quell' amante che non è." "Rondeau chanté par Mme. Todi au Concert de Mrs. les Amateurs."<br/>- L: Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi 1728-1804. "Chi signor una parola." "Air Chanté par Madame Todi au Concert de Mrs. les Amateurs."<br/>- LI: Paesiello. "Care donne sventurate." "Duo de la Frascatana." <br/>- LII: Pasquale Anfossi 1727-1797. "Non fugge il buon guerriera."<br/>- LIII: Guglielmi. "Fanciulina tenerina." Air Chanté par Madame Todi au Concert de Messieurs les Amateurs."<br/>- LIV: Ferdinando Bertoni 1725-1813. "Scioglio cara un dolce riso."<br/><br/>- Score for 2 oboes. 17 issues bound in 1 nos. XLIX LII LIV LVI-LVIII 60-64 66-70 72. Each with 1 2 or 3 pp. of music. Includes several of the aforementioned pieces as well as others by Paesiello Guglielmi Antonio Sacchini 1730-1786 Carlo Monza ca. 1735-1801 Gennaro Astarita ca. 1745-1805 Joseph Schuster 1748-1812 Domenico Cimarosa 1749-1801 Niccolo Piccinni 1728-1800 Giuseppe Sarti 1729-1802 Matteo Rauzzini 1754-1791 Giuseppe Colla 1731-1806 Giuseppe 1743-1798 or Tomasso Giordani ca. 1730-1806 and Luigi Gatti 1740-1817. Manuscript label "Arriettes Flauto. " indicates that two flutes may have performed from the present copy.<br/><br/>- Violino primo. 12 issues bound in 1 nos. XLIX-60. Each with 1-3 pp. of music followed by 1 of 2 different catalogs by Bailleux the second in Johansson facs. 8. Includes the aforementioned pieces and composers with an additional piece no. 59 by Paesiello. <br/><br/>- Violino secondo. 12 issues bound in 1 nos. XLIX-60. Each with 1-3 pp. of music. Includes the aforementioned pieces and composers. <br/><br/>- Alto. 12 issues bound in 1 nos. XLIX-60. Each with 1-3 pp. of music. Includes the aforementioned pieces and composers.<br/><br/>Spine partially or completely lacking; tender at gutter. Moderate to heavy foxing and minor to moderate dampstaining to some leaves; several leaves folded; occasional light soiling; occasional tears to blank margins not affecting music. BUC p. 774. RISM BII p. 205. <br/><br/>Bailleux published 393 bimonthly issues of the Journal d'ariettes italiennes between 1779 and 1795. Chez Mr. Bailleux unknown books
1931KC15863Utrecht Netherlands 1931. Paperback. Very Good. April 1931 47pp. 7.25 x 9.75. This progressive Catholic cultural and literary journal was published between 19251941 and partly responsible for introducing modernist aesthetics to Netherlands alongside well-known avant-garde journals such as De Stijl and International Review i 10. Cover design and photomontage by Piet Worm 1909-1996. Very good with light soiling to the white covers with chips and small tears with tape repair to the spine mostly to the 1" split at the head of the spine. Binding tights with light wear throughout. DUTCH LITERARY JOURNAL <br/><br/> paperback books
1862280305Richmond: Richmond Examiner 1862. unbound. very good. 2 pages of text on a single sheet 23 inches x 16 inches. Folded down the center and twice across the sheet. Richmond: Richmond Examiner 1862. Very good<br/><br/> On the front page is an extensive article on the Confiscation Act of 1862 and its passage by Congress. Included in the article is the text of Abraham Lincoln's Message on the act's constitutionality. The Confiscation Act gave legal authority to courts to implement the legal seizure of land and property from citizens who aided the Confederacy. Also in the act was a clause allowing emancipation of slaves in the Confederacy that lived in areas of Union occupation. Most of the rest of the text on both pages are small articles on Civil War battles and political news in the Confederacy. The publisher of the Richmond Examiner became anti-Jefferson Davis' political and military actions as the Civil War progressed.<br/><br/> Richmond Examiner unknown books
1888224763Vicksburg Miss 1888. FACSIMILE. 1p. printed on verso of floral wallpaper. Folio. Stamped copyright applied for Jan. 1888 on lower margin. Some splitting at old folds. FACSIMILE. 1p. printed on verso of floral wallpaper. Folio. Wall-Paper Newspaper Facsimile. A facsimile of a Confederate wall-paper newspaper printed on the verso of a sheet of wallpaper due to the scarcity of paper. "Compelled to print on one side of the paper only and frequently shorn of advertisements the editor gave to his readers only the military information the local news and occasional quotations from other journals" Brigham.<br/>This issue is famous for the note added July 4th at the bottom of the page by just victorious Union soldiers: "Two days bring about great changes. The banner of the Union floats over Vicksburg . this is the last wall paper edition and is excepting this note from the type as we found them. It will be valuable hereafter as a curiousity". Clarence Brigham "Wall-Paper Newspapers of the Civil War unknown books
1903WRCAM43317Juneau 1903. 4pp. Folio. Chipped and browned at edges. Two leaves separated at fold. Good. Daily Alaskan newspaper containing news of William Sulzer's speech in support of the territory an idyllic word-portrait of prospecting and numerous advertisements. Sulzer a Democratic Congressman from New York argues that Alaska deserves to be a full-fledged territory rather than just a district owing to its beauty and vast natural resources. Sulzer would later serve as New York's governor and hold the record as the only governor of that state to be impeached; his brother Charles was an Alaskan politician. Alaska would not become a territory until 1912. unknown books
1910402041Philadelphia and New York: Lea & Febiger 1910. First edition. Binding broken; library stamps on title/From the Collection of Allan B. Kirsner M.D. 8vo. Original cloth. Includes: CUSHING Harvey Williams. "The functions of the pituitary body." Pp. 473-84. G-M-N 1161. BRILL Nathan Edwin. "An acute infectious disease of unknown origin. A clinical study based on 221 cases." Pp. 484-502. G-M-N 5382. <br/><br/> Lea & Febiger hardcover books
1830M11919Philadelphia:: L. Johnson 1830. 1830. "4th improved edition." 8vo. 385-90 381 pp. Foxed throughout not hindering legibility. Original red cloth spine paper title label; front cover detached but present ffe loose extremities worn spine chipped. Rear free endpaper early ownership signature. As is. RARE. The first volume of a pioneer American health journal published from 1829-33. It features a selection of fascinating perspectives on medicine including analyses of the effects on health of headwear wine and malt liquor consumption mealtimes and water drinking among other things as well as considerations of race and longevity quacks mothering and more. On tobacco: "'A Victim of the Weed' is desirous of knowing whether he can at once abandon his pipe and segars or must part company in a gradual manner. Our advice is to desist immediately and entirely from the use of tobacco in every form and in any quantity however small" 220. On race: "The differences in this respect are primitive in the different races; the mucous body or varnish which constitutes the layer between the true skin beneath and the outer covering or cuticle being white or nearly so in the European or Caucasian races; yellowish in the Mongul or African; and black in the African" 146. On the education of girls: "Under twelve years of age it should be an invariable rule that the hours of close application should never exceed those of amusement and exercise" 267. Contains nos. 1-24: September 9 1829 through August 25 1830. L. Johnson, 1830. hardcover books
1798WRCAM43166Boston 1798. 4pp. Folio. Expertly silked on both sides. Small losses along old folds affecting a few lines of text. Some light foxing and soiling. Contemporary ownership inscription at top of first page. About very good. This issue of this long-running Boston paper contains the "Petition of J.J. Rousseau to the French Convention" as well as many notices for celebrations of George Washington's birthday. The COLUMBIAN CENTINEL was a later incarnation of THE MASSACHUSETTS CENTINEL an influential Federalist newspaper called by some the most enterprising newspaper in the state. The paper's publisher Benjamin Russell was a thorough-going Federalist and made his paper the leading Federalist organ in New England. unknown books
1809WRCAM8213Boston 1809. Vol. XL No. 2048 and Whole No. 2633. Two issues 4pp. each. Folio newspaper. Tanned old folds old ink signature and some wrinkling. Good. The earlier issue includes a brief biography of Lucien Bonaparte and various political notices most importantly regarding the negotiations for the Louisiana Purchase its constitutional ramifications for the United States and the reluctance of Spain to recognize the sale of the territory by France to the U.S. News of the purchase had become public on Oct. 17. On Nov. 30 Spain formally delivered the colony to the French colonial prefect who transferred the territory to William Claiborne and Gen. Wilkinson the American commissioners on Dec. 20. BRIGHAM I pp.277-79. unknown books
18982200908Harper & Brothers 1898. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition. Ink name on front endpaper. 1898 Hard Cover. 374 1 pp. 8vo. A collection of anecdotes partially taken from personal experiences and partially gleaned from books and stories heard from others. Originally published in the Manchester Guardian the previous year. The author George William Erskine Russell was a British biographer memoirist and Liberal politician. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
192240955Various Hollister San Francisco Sacramento & Jamestown CA: Grand Lodge of California International Order of Good Templars 1922. Buff printed paper wrappers. Modest wear to newspapers age-toning soiling and rubbing/chipping apparent. Withal an About VG collection. 4 periodicals of various pages each. Two copies of "The Rescue" stapled together in pamphlet form. <br/><br/>Includes: Weekly Rescue Vol. X No. 37 Sacramento June 20th 1873; The Rescue Vol. XI No. 2 San Francisco February 1905; The Rescue Vol XIII No. 23 Hollister CA July & August 1910; Mother Lode Magnet Vol. XXVI No. 3 Jamestown Tuolumne County California February 1st 1922. Articles within newspapers include: Band of Hope Religious Intelligence Good Templars' Home for Orphans Weekly Rescue 1873; California Fruit Through the Smoke of Cattle Grand Chief Templar's Department & Water May be Used for Toasts in Germany The Rescue 1905; Roosevelt on the Saloon Business Action of Alcohol on the Stomach Thoughts and Suggestions for Good Templar Workers The Rescue 1910; Seven Sonora Lads Make Pleasant for Aged Man Popular Young Man Meets Death by Electrocution Death of Wm. Shutze Found Dead in Her Bed I'm noticing a trend here. Mother Lode Magnet 1922. Grand Lodge of California, International Order of Good Templars unknown books
19082921New York & Chicago 1908. Thick quarto. 12 issues of this professional journal for the ice trade. Profusely illustrated with ads for all business connected to the trade. Contents include articles on large scale refrigeration installations various technical matters regional association activities trade conventions etc. Text block very good but three quarter brown morocco binding is split at the hinges and quite rubbed. Scarce in the trade. unknown books
1865018675Clarion PA: Clarion Extra 1865. Book. Very good- condition. Unbound. First Edition. Quarto 4to. Issued the day President Lincoln died as he succumbed to the assassin's bullet. A one-sheet publication no place of publication listed but thought to be Clarion PA issued in haste as it has numerous typographical errors. Folded into fourths moderately foxed with one corner torn off affecting a few letters of text. It reads: CLARION EXTRA. FROM WASHINGTON. Pres. Lincoln Assassinated! Sec. Seward Assassinated! Seward's Son Dangerously Wounded! THE NATION MOURNS. Curiously the final line of text reads: The latest despatch states that Booth the supposed assassin has been captured. - Ed. Measures 5.5 inches width by 12.75 inches height. . Clarion Extra Paperback books