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1961005732Washington D.C. 1961. In this letter dated Sept. 18 1961 Johnson is extending his personal invitation as Chairman of the National Advisory Council for the Peace Corps for the recipient to attend a regional Peace Corps Conference one of 14 scheduled to take place after the passage of the Peace Corps act. The 6 paragraph letter gives detailed reservation information and is SIGNED in blue ink "Sincerely Lyndon B. Johnson". The Peace Corps was established by Executive Order 10924 issued by President John F. Kennedy on March 1 1961 announced by televised broadcast March 2 1961 and authorized by Congress on September 21 1961. The Sargent Shriver letter dated Oct. 3 1961 thanks the recipient for serving as a member of the Host Committee for the Peace Corps Regional Conference held in Minneapolis MN. Robert Sargent Shriver Jr. was the first director of the Peace Corps 1961-1966 appointed by his brother-in-law President John F. Kennedy. In 1972 he was chosen to be the Democratic nominee for Vice President to run with George McGovern after Thomas Eagleton resigned from the ticket. The recipient of both letters was W. Carl Jackson who was then Chief Acquisitions Librarian University of Minnesota. Mr. Jackson later became Dean of Libraries at Indiana University and authored the book "The Log of the Carla Mia." about his solo sailboat crossing of the Atlantic in 1978. He was lost at sea and declared legally dead in 1981 attempting to sail from Europe to America after wreckage from his boat was found off the coast of Spain. Both letters are Fine folded twice for mailing. A unique archive early Peace Corps material is SCARCE. TYPED LETTER SIGNED. One Page. Fine. 8" x 10 1/2". Paperback books
1918004904Camp Custer Battle Creek MI: T.F Mock 1918. Original panoramic photograph 6 1/2" x 42 1/4" unframed rolled. Near Fine faint creases near ends scant light soiling rear of photo. Stamped in blue ink rear -"Passed by Intelligence Section Office Chief of Staff". Written in ink rear -" 355th Battalion Q.M.C. Camp Custer Mich. T.F. Mock Sept. 29 1918". Unclear whether this is in Mock's handwriting. Theodore F. Mock was listed as the Camp Custer Photographer in David V. Tinder's "Directory of Early Michigan Photographers" published by Clements Library 2013. Camp Custer at Battle Creek Michigan had over 100000 US Army troops pass through its doors between 1917-1919. Sept. 29th 1918 was the day in 1918 after a 56-hour-long bombardment Allied forces breached the so-called Hindenburg Line the last line of German defenses on the Western Front during World War I. SCARCE photograph of Negro troops during World War I with many interesting poses by the soldiers including a pair in boxing pose ! making this a unique piece of African-Americana and U.S. Military history !. First Printing. Photograph. Near Fine. T.F Mock Paperback books
1802008737London: Printed By A. Strahan for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies in the Strand 1802. Contains: The History of the Reign of Emperor Charles V. In four volumes with engraved frontispieces and 8 engraved plates ninth edition 1798. The History of America. In three volumes with engraved frontispieces and 9 engraved plates eighth edition 1800. The History of Scotland. In three volumes with engraved frontispieces and 6 engraved plates. fifteenth edition 1797. An Historical Disquisition concerning The Knowledge which the Ancients had of India. In one volume fourth edition 1802 no plates. There are no maps any any of the volumes. Bound in contemporary full polished calf floral gilt backs Very Good toning to end papers from binder's glue light edge wear to boards A handsome little set easy to the hand for reading. . Fourth Edition. Polished Calf. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Printed By A. Strahan for T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, in the Strand Hardcover books
1655423899s. n. 1655. Hardcover. Good. 12mo. Recent full calf. 24 372 pp. 6 A12-P12 Q6. All edges gilt. 12 engraved plates. Bookplate on front pastedown. Light bleedthrough to versos of plates some light soiling at fore-edges. Most of rear board discolored with some discoloration to the rear joint as well. Except as noted very good. The 1651 edition of the work was the first printed edition of Gulistan and was bilingual. [s. n.] hardcover books
1830007054Oxford London : Printed by G Schulze for J Skelton 1830. In original Three-Quarter Red Leather over Marbled boards. Bookplate of E. C. Converse Conyers Manor front paste downs both volumes. Very Good leather and marbled boards rubbed at the tips contents are clean tight unmarked light and scattered toning and foxing. A handsome First Edition set. This over-size and heavy 2 volume set will require additional postage charges- please inquire before ordering. . First Edition. Three-Quarter Leather. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Printed by G Schulze for J Skelton Hardcover books
1930008349New York: Horace Liveright 1930. RARE. With the ownership signature of F. W. Rueckheim 1846-1937 German immigrant and entrepreneur who is credited with inventing Cracker Jack and who became the target of anti-German sentiments in 1917 when he was reported to the Secret Service for insulting the Illinois Militia. He was later cleared of those charges having established his loyalty to the US. Near Fine two pages toned from old paper apparently laid in at one time in a Very Good dust jacket small chips at spine ends 2 small corner creases to flaps 1" closed tear bottom edge front panel. xiv one leaf 3-327 pp. profusely illustrated. With fantastic dust jacket designed by Alfred Maurer. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Horace Liveright Hardcover books
27983folio two pages of a four page bi-folium some splits along folds remains of sealing wax on integral address leaf docketed "Jo Whipples Letter." In very good clean and legible condition. Joseph Whipple collector of customs at Portsmouth brother of General William Whipple 1730 - 1785 revolutionary War General and Signer from New Hampshire writes to John Langdon 1741 - 1819 Senator and first President pro-tem of the Senate thanking Langdon for his help and influence in obtaining a post in the new government and comments upon the recent establishment of the Federal court and judicial system. Langdon a Portsmouth native was the right person to ask as he was also a friend of the President George Washington. "Dear Sir I have the Honour this moment to receive your favour of the 5th & am much obliged by your kind assurances of attention to my business and also for having seasonably lodged my name with the President - I should have wrote now to him agreeably to your intimation but am discouraged from the consideration of his having no personal knowledge of me and that it might on that account appear and interested application which might operate to my disadvantage - and I conceive also that your influence with the President on which I have rested my expectation is such as I need wish no other. - But if you conceive that it would be of use to hand my name with your recommendation to Mr. Vice President to Mr. Morris Mr. R H Lee Mr. Dalton your Colleagues or others as you may think proper I should consider myself further & greatly obliged - but I think your interest requires no aid - as it will of course be represented by you that I am in the office of Colltr. - To some of the names that I have mentioned I am known - others of them were formerly either officially connected or intimately acquainted with my Brother on which account I should have applyd to them for their influence - I imagine also that all appointments will be completed tin a few days if not by this. - You will hear that the Judiciary bill is not relishd this way I have not seen it but think that the plan of one Judge to the District Court would be an objectionable one to most people in the Northern states - and the joining the Prov of Maine to N. H. districts no less so to N. H. - However the Acts may be finishd I hope & trust they will terminate in a system that will insure Peace and a happy Government." John Langdon brother of Woodbury Langdon was a merchant Delegate and Senator from New Hampshire. He was active and prominent supporter of the revolutionary movement member of the Continental Congress 1775-76 participated in the Battle of Bennington and commanded a company at Saratoga and in Rhode Island. Member of the State senate 1784 President of New Hampshire 1785 1788; again a member of the Continental Congress 1787 delegate to the Federal Constitutional Convention in 1787; member of the state ratifying convention elected to the United States Senate and served from March 4 1789 until March 3 1801. He was elected the first President pro tempore of the Senate on April 6 1789 in order that the Senate might organize to count the electoral vote for President and Vice President of the United States. American National Biography vol. 13 pp.138-139 Dictionary of American Biography vol. 5 pt. 2 pp. 587-588 <br /><br /> books
1964006069Bruxelles Belgium: Culture et Civilisation 1964. A lovely four volume set bound in red buckram gilt titles at spine text in Latin. A reprint of a 1737 History of the Church of England. All four volumes are Fine. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. This set is oversize and quite heavy- please contact for extra shipping charges. Please no international orders. . First Edition Thus. Buckram. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Culture et Civilisation Hardcover books
1799biblio153a1-42 binders direction8 subscribers4c-4204 additional subscribers pages with 7 maps 5 folding and 6 plates. Quarto 11 3/4" x 9 1/2" with new spine in six compartment with red label in gilt over original decorative blind stamped calf boards. Ferguson 329; Sabin 104.633 First edition first printing.<br /><br />Captain James Wilson 1760–1814 brought the first British missionaries to Tahiti on ship Duff in 1797. Wilson was a deeply religious man. The missionaries he brought were from the London Missionary Society. There were thirty men six women and three children. Wilson on the Duff also explored and visited many islands in the Pacific some of which had never had any recorded visit by a European. Among these the most important are Mangareva in the Gambier Islands and Pukarua in the Tuamotus. Duff Paid a visit as a missionary ship to Tahiti during 1796 as a result Missionary Society has first been established in Tahiti. Three years after the establishment the directors of the Society appointed a committee to consider a suitable memorial for presentation to Wilson for his services in helping to establish the first mission in the South Seas.<br /><br />Wilson fought with the British army during the American War of independence and then served nine years with the East India company. While in India he was captured by Hyder Ali and after a daring bid for escape was imprisoned in the black hole of Seringapatam. After his release he continued service as a captain and despite illness and further dangerous missions accumulated sufficientr esources to retire. throughout it all Wilson remained fast in his irreligious opinions. While living in England with his niece however he was converted to an evangelical faith. he felt called to volunteer for missionary service after reading the Evangelical Magazine. Haweis did not know Wilson before receiving a letter volunteering his services in the Pacific. his skills and newfound devotion seemed perfectly suited to the situation and Haweis saw him as "God's man." the Duff arrived at Tahiti on march 5 1797. the settlement at Tahiti of twenty of the missionaries five of them with wives and two children gives further examples of the role of the missionary captain. A pattern of intercourse had already been established by other voyagers according to which the captain of a vessel would take the leading role in meetings. It is therefore not surprising that the focus of the chapter describing the arrival is on meetings between significant island figures and Captain Wilson. For example Manemane a "high priest" Frommo'orea sought Wilson as a tayo or friend not Jefferson the president of the missionaries.<br /><br />The official account of the first mission appeared in 1799 under the lengthy title A missionary voyage to the southern Pacific Ocean performed in the years 1796 1797 1798 in the ship Duff commanded by Captain James Wilson compiled from thejournals of the officers and the missionaries; and illustrated with maps charts and views drawn by Mr William Wilson.it was placed firmly within the tradition of the voyages ofdiscovery by an introduction compiledby samuel Greatheed that described previous european contacts with the islands and anappendix "including details never before published of the natural and civil state of otaheite." the main narrative was taken from Wilson's journal with additions from his son and a journal kept by the missionaries during the period when the Duff was away from Tahiti at Tonga. Wilson dominated the events recorded in the narrative.<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />Some offset toning from maps occasional foxing water mark to upper margin on some leaves two leaves miss-bound at back re-backed with contemporary blind stamped calf boards. S Gosnell for T Chapman hardcover books
192644099New York: Stevens & Wood Incorporated 1926. 1st Edition. Leather binding with title gilt stamped to front cover. Brown marbled paper eps. Edgewear. Minor chipping at spine ends. Very Good. 83 numbered leaves. Typed text recto only on onionskin paper with red rule border. Leaves 71 through 83 with 26 b/w captioned photographs 2 per leaf on recto. Of the 26 photographs 3 show rolling stock e.g. 'Class "B" Passenger Car No. 310' with the remainder showing divers buildings etc e.g. 'Passenger Station - Village of Westfield' & 'Signal Tower at Pennsylvania R.R. Crossing in Mayville'. 11" x 8-3/8" <br/><br/>This report 1 volume of 3 submitted on March 10 1926 in New York by Stevens & Wood to George L. Maltby General Manager of the Jamestown Westfield & Northwestern Railroad Company is an inventory and appraisal of the property of the railroad including: 1 the electric railway line located in the County of Chautauqua NY owned and operated by the railroad including roadways tracts paving bridges culverts fences signs signals telephone lines poles and fixtures distribution and transmission system; 2 railroad lines located in Chautauqua County NY known as the Chautauqua and Falconer Branches of the railroad which have not been electrified and have been abandoned including roadways tracks bridges and culverts; 3 cars and their electrical equipment; 4 substation buildings and equipment in Westfield and Mayfield; 5 feeder lines interconnecting the distribution system along the right of way of the railroad with the Chautauqua Traction Company’s substation at Stow and in Mayville; 6 all stations waiting rooms and miscellaneous buildings and structures identified as the property of the railroad; 7 Midway Park owned by the railway company. Not present are Volumes II & III with "inventory summaries showing quantities prices and extensions grouped according to Tax Districts and by accounts and the Cost References." An excellent source of New York local history for the mid-1920s. Stevens & Wood, Incorporated hardcover books
17601530London: A. Millar J. & R. Tonson W. Strahan P. Davey and B. Law 1760. Seventh Edition. Hardcover. Orig. calf rebacked. Very good. 384 pages - 24 ind. First published in 1747 the book was reprinted within its first year of publication - 20 editions in the 18th century followed. It was not uncommon for a female scribe to keep her identity hidden but by using the title "A LADY" erroneous claims of authorship flourished. Unfortunately for Glasse her financial situation was never secure and she filed for bankruptcy and even spent some time in debtors prison. OXFORD 77 BITING 189. Expertly rebacked portions of the original backstrip preserved. Interior crisp. <br/><br/> A. Millar, J. & R. Tonson, W. Strahan, P. Davey and B. Law hardcover books
1790CAT000091Paris: Hotel de Bouthillier 1790. First Edition. Hardcover Quarter Leather. Very Good Condition. Later 1/4 morocco over boards. light wear at corners. Slight offsetting to text otherwise quite clean internally. xxxvii 121 5 109 3. Vicaire 348-9.<br/><br/>Scarce tract on the history trade use and chemical properties of coffee. At the end is a rather charming long poem on coffee translated from the Latin of Abbé Massieu. Size: 8vo octavo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; History. Inventory No: CAT000091. Hotel de Bouthillier hardcover books
185249636Franklin N.H.: Published by Peobody & Daniell 1852. 1st printing of this issue Wheat Maps of the Gold Rush 212. Cf Drake 4698 for the 1797 first edition. Printed self-wrappers stitched by owner with hanging cord to top left corner of text. Publisher advert to rear wrapper. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Expected age-toning extremity wear & foxing. Trimmed lower corner of text-block. Overall a respectable all-original VG copy of this rare survivor. 48 pp including wrappers untrimmed. CA descriptive text p. 39 providing details on local gold rush municipalities: San Francisco "principal port of entry" Sacramento City "near the celebrated Sutter's Fort where the first discoveries of gold in California were made" Stockton "third city of note in the state . it is the great depot for all the southern mines" Vallejo "capital of the state" Benicia "navy station and arsenal here" San Jose "a very beautiful and desirable place of residence" Mayrsville "a place of growing importance" & Mariposa City "it was near this place that the first vein mine was opened and machinery put up for crushing the ore.". Front wrapper with pastoral oval woodcut. Other cuts throughout text. Map p. 38 depicting San Luis Obispo to the south to Shasta in the north; the CA coast with San Francisco in the center to the west and east to Calveras 42.5W from Washington. 8vo. 7-3/4" x 5" <br/><br/>Leavitt begain publishing his almanack in 1797 and in this issue's introductory remarks he states "Within a few past years the tide of emigration has been so great from the New England States to the shores of the Pacific that at the present time there is scarcely a family in our midst but what is represented by some one or more of its members or relatives in the golden region. We have judged it not inappropriate to insert in this number of the Almanac a new correct and reliable map of California drawn and engraved expressly for this work showing the principal cities and towns distances between which may be found by the scale on the map and trust it may be of service to many." <br /> <br />A map infrequently seen on the commercial market with the last auction appearance per ABPC coming in 1996 with RBH recording just one prior occurence: 1959. Published by Peobody & Daniell unknown books
185249402Boston: Edward Livermore 5 Cornhill 1852. 1st printing of this issue Wheat Maps of the Gold Rush 212. Cf Drake 4698 for the 1797 first edition. Printed self-wrappers stitched with hanging cord to top left corner of text. Publisher advert to rear wrapper. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Expected age-toning & foxing. Two small semi-circular pieces from top edge of front wrapper. 3 stab holes along spine. Some slightly dog-earred leaves at bottom. Overall a respectable all-original VG copy of this rare survivor. 48 pp including wrappers untrimmed. CA descriptive text p. 39 providing details on local gold rush municipalities: San Francisco "principal port of entry" Sacramento City "near the celebrated Sutter's Fort where the first discoveries of gold in California were made" Stockton "third city of note in the state . it is the great depot for all the southern mines" Vallejo "capital of the state" Benicia "navy station and arsenal here" San Jose "a very beautiful and desirable place of residence" Mayrsville "a place of growing importance" & Mariposa City "it was near this place that the first vein mine was opened and machinery put up for crushing the ore.". Front wrapper with pastoral oval woodcut. Other cuts throughout text. Map p. 38 depicting San Luis Obispo to the south to Shasta in the north; the CA coast with San Francisco in the center to the west and east to Calveras 42.5W from Washington. 8vo. 7-3/4" x 5" <br/><br/>Leavitt begain publishing his almanack in 1797 and in this issue's introductory remarks he states "Within a few past years the tide of emigration has been so great from the New England States to the shores of the Pacific that at the present time there is scarcely a family in our midst but what is represented by some one or more of its members or relatives in the golden region. We have judged it not inappropriate to insert in this number of the Almanac a new correct and reliable map of California drawn and engraved expressly for this work showing the principal cities and towns distances between which may be found by the scale on the map and trust it may be of service to many." <br /> <br />A map infrequently seen on the commercial market with the last auction appearance per ABPC coming in 1996 with RBH recording just one prior occurence: 1959. Edward Livermore, 5 Cornhill unknown books
1749E0529<p>2 volumes. 182 pages with fold out frontispiece map and three additional folding engravings; 319 pages with seven folding engravings. half-titles in each title pages improperly marked first volume as second and vice versa. Duodecimo 6 1/2" x 3 1/2" bound in original publisher's full uniform contemporary French sponged calf with gilt-tooled spines. First French edition after the 1748 English edition.<br /><br />Henry Ellis was a traveler hydrographer and colonial governor returned from Italy in 1746 just in time to find an expedition to search for a north-west passage on the point of sailing. He appears to have been in easy circumstances; his name stands in the list of subscribers to the north-west expedition and he had sufficient interest to get attached to it nominally as agent for the committee and really as hydrographer surveyor and mineralogist the expedition consisting of two vessels the <i>Dobbs</i> galley of 180 and <i>California</i> of 150 tons left Gravesend on 20 May 1746 joined the Hudson's Bay convoy in Hollesley Bay and finally sailed from Yarmouth on the 31st. They parted from the convoy on 18 June made Resolution Island on 8 July and after a tedious passage through Hudson's Straits rounded Cape Digges on 8 August and on the 11th 'made the land on the west side the Welcome in latitude 64° N.' Bad weather drove them to the southward and prevented their doing anything more that season. They wintered in Hayes River in a creek about three miles above Fort York where a quarrel with the agent of the Hudson's Bay Company gave an unwonted piquancy to the dark and weary days. They suffered much from scurvy the prevalence of which Ellis attributes to their having got two kegs of brandy from Fort York for their Christmas merrymaking and in a minor degree to the 'governor' not permitting the Indians to supply them with fresh provisions. On 29 May 1747 the ice broke up and they were able to warp to the mouth of their creek; on 9 June they got down to Fort York. There they were allowed to get some provisions and stores and on the 24th cleared the river and 'stood to the northward on the discovery'. On 1 July each of the two ships sent away her long-boat but owing apparently to some ill-feeling between the two captains without any prearranged plan for working in concert. The consequence was that they separately went over the same ground discovering naming and examining the several creeks and inlets on the west side of Hudson's Bay the double examination perhaps compensating for the confusion arising from the double naming. Before the season closed in they had satisfied themselves that the only possible exit from Hudson's Bay on the west must be through the Welcome and that very probably there was no way out except that on the east by which they had come in. The result may not seem much; but as it served to put an end to the idea that the passage must lie through Hudson's Bay it was at least so much gain to accurate knowledge. After 21 August the weather broke and they decided in council 'to bear away for England without further delay.' On the 29th they entered Hudson's Straits passed Resolution Island on 9 September and arrived at Yarmouth on 14 Octivwe. Ellis's share in the work of the expedition had really been very slender but the reputation of it has been commonly assigned to him by reason of the narrative which he published the following year under the title <i>A Voyage to Hudson's Bay by the DobbsGalley and California in the years 1746 and 1747 for Discovering a North-West Passage</i> 1748; a work which with many valuable observations on tides on the vagaries of the compass and on the customs of the Eskimos a people then practically unknown mingles a great deal of speculation on the certain existence of the passage on magnetism on fogs on rust and other matters all more or less ingenious but now known to be wildly erroneous. Such as it was the book commended its author to the scientific workers of the day and on 8 February 1748-9 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society. Possibly in acknowledgment of his scientific labors but more probably by some family interest he was afterwards appointed successively governor of Georgia and of Nova Scotia from which employment he retired about 1770. He seems to have spent his later years as a wanderer on the continent was at Marseilles in 1775 and died at Naples on 21 January 1806.<br /><br /><b>Condition:</b><br /><br />Some dark spot to spine else a very good copy.</p> Ballard Fils hardcover books
1782263934London: J. Stockale; R. Faulder 1782. First Edition. Half Leather. Very Good binding. Ritson's first book in which he attacks Thomas Warton's History of English Poetry in such vitriolic tones -- Warton is a preternder a cheater and a liar -- as to cause quite a contretemps in late 18th century English literary circles. One assumes this actually pleased Ritson as he went on the next year to attack Samuel Johnson and George Steevens. Eventually Ritson went complete mad barricading himself in his rooms at Gray's Inn and setting fire to a pile of manuscripts. In an attractive later binding in red half-goat over marbled board with raised bands. We assume the binder was charged with binding a group of different books to a uniform size -- the title page is trimmed and mounted and all the other leaves are folded neatly to fit the bottom edge and then the leading edge over it. Rather astonishing actually. Very Good binding. J. Stockale; R. Faulder unknown books
1611044067Venice: Alessandro Vecchi 1611. Early Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Good Condition. Full contemporary vellum lacking the front endpaper and inner joint cracked a few mild creases and tears light to moderate foxing scattered light damp staining to bottom margin four pages in early or contemporary manuscript apparently a printing error pages 114 115 126 and 127. 27 366 2 296pp 175 leaves. With 26 full page woodcuts with a few repeated and numerous in text woodcuts. The first book is festooned with cuts with a few in the second and smaller vignette illustrations in the third book. A very attractively illustrated work - it went through a number of editions with similar illustrations from 1604 to the late 17th century. Size: Quarto 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 044067. <br/><br/> Alessandro Vecchi hardcover books
1844046060New York: Nafis & Cornish 1844. Third Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. Rebound in recent black buckram front blanks retained. Old signature to endpaper occasional browning and foxing light dampstain to final 10 pages frontis trimmed to plate edge but with no loss of image"Edward Stiff" inked in on title. The frontis is the earliest view of Austin. 2 blanks frontis title vii-xxii 23-275pp. Streeter I 344 1st ed. Howes L 154 Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Americana; History. Inventory No: 046060. <br/><br/> Nafis & Cornish hardcover books
1665045383Madrid: Pablo de Val 1665. First Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Good Condition. Full contemporary vellum with remains of ties endpapers replaced title penned to spine and old pen notation to top page edge text block loose from binding title with old ink annotations and a large repair to the right edge - it is repaired by pasting an old original drawing of a villa to the verso small tear to first page of dedication with an old repair. Foxing mostly minor browning some worming in the margins with old paper repairs touching a letter or two in the bottom margin and touching the gloss in a few spots in the inner gutter but minor and contained overall one old marginal note mostly clean. 32 372pp. Nuñez de Castro was the official chronicler of Philip IV of Spain the second to last of the Castilian kings. Size: Quarto 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 045383. <br/><br/> Pablo de Val hardcover books
189920577Hongkong Shanghai Yokohama and Singapore: Kelly & Walsh 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 130 pp in original blue cloth boards with titles in red. Light soiling to boards corners bumped one signature loosening; good to very good overall. With the 1918 ownership signature of West China medical missionary J.C. Humphreys on the front free endpaper and a brief gift inscription on the title page. A native of England William Stanton served as a policeman in Hong Kong from 1873 to 1897 when he was caught up in a gamblibng bribery scandal and dismissed and was fluent in Cantonese. This book includes his translations of three plays and two poems that had previously appeared in the China Review but also a very useful 18-page introduction on "Chinese Theatrical Affairs" not previously published. This introduction provides considerable detail on the construction of theaters staging and scenery makeup and costumes how plays are selected how productions are funded and scheduled the pay of actors "those who personate female characters are the highest paid" the members of a typical theatrical company and the stock characters they play orchestra transportation of theatrical troupes and productions from city to city and other interesting technical information. The dramas included are The Willow Lute; The Golden-Leafed Chrysanthemum; and The Sacrifice for the Soul of Ho Man-sau. Kelly & Walsh hardcover books
1881047104New York: Richard K. Fox Proprietor Police Gazette 1881. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. Browned cover and first blank lacking bottom right corner rear cover and last few pages with loss at bottom edge few bfore that with small tape repair. - minor edge chips and creasing. Scarce in libraries and commerce even though later editions claimed 95000 copies sold. 23 illustrations not including ads. 76pp with 6 pages of ads at rear.<br/><br/>A cautionary volume of sirens muggings honey pots and the myriad vagaries of street life. No doubt like many similar volumes used as a guide as well as for titillation. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Inventory No: 047104. Richard K. Fox, Proprietor Police Gazette unknown books
1748BOOKS00585324548 pages with three folding engraved maps present southern part of South America; part of the Pacific Ocean and the track of the Centurion round the world. Octavo 8 1/4" x 5 1/2" bound in full leather with five raised spine bands with red label to spine in gilt lettering with decorative blind-stamped ruled edges. Compiled from papers and other materials of the Right Honourable George Lord Anson and published under his direction by Richard Walter M.A. Chaplain of his Majesty's Ship the Centurion in that expedition. Hill I pp 317-138. Third edition.<br /><br />"This is the official account of Anson's voyage. England at war with Spain in 1739 equipped eight ships under the command of George Anson to harass the Spaniards on the western coast of South America for the purpose of cutting off Spanish supplies of wealth from the Pacific area. Lord Anson who was a friend and patron of Benjamin Robins after returning from the voyage around the world in the Centurion appears to have entrusted to Robins for revision the account of the voyage which had been compiled from the journals by his chaplain Richard Walter. It is probable that Robins revised and edited the work wrote an introduction and added dissertations." Hill. Perhaps the most popular account of maritime adventure of the eighteenth century. Anson's account of harrying the Spanish of South America and the taking of the Manilla galleon with treasure with a contemporary value of $800000 and his circumnavigation has long enjoyed a distinguished place as a masterpiece in descriptive travel.<br /><br /><b>Condition:</b><br /><br />Some small closed tears at the edges of the maps. Rebound in tooled leather with raised bands. Over all a very good to fine copy. John and Paul Knapton hardcover books
1798008675London: Printed for T. H. Longman 1798. Three volumes in contemporary full calf expertly rebacked late 19th c. in gilt with fresh end papers late 19th c. engraved bookplate. Very Good map of Russia foxed calf rubbed at edges calf lacquered a quite sturdy and well-bound set. . Second Edition. Full Calf. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Printed for T. H. Longman Hardcover books
1807008502Londini: Oxford: at the Clarendon Press 1807. 3 volumes bound as 6 in contemporary full diced calf the backs gilt with mottled calf labels the covers with blind tooled border inside gilt rule border. plain brown end papers small stamp of R. Parker. Very Good Plus scattered light toning boards lightly rubbed bindings solid. A quite handsome set . New Edition. Full Diced Calf. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Oxford: at the Clarendon Press Hardcover books
1889008246London Paris & New York: Cassell Petter & Galpin 1889. Vols. I - II by Walter Thornbury Vol. II dated 1889 title page. Vols. III-VI by Edward Walford. Vols I and III-VI undated. Six volumes bound in contemporary half pebbled morocco over marbled boards black morocco labels with gilt lettering back marbled end papers tops gilt ribbon markers. The bookplates of George Clifford Thomas American golf course architect botanist and author front paste downs. Numerous illustrations some full-page of maps plans portraits views buildings etc. Very Good Plus morocco rubbed at corners and edges bump to fore edge rear board Vol. I. A quite handsome set in lovely bindings. Additional shipping charges will be requested for international and priority mail due to weight and volume of this set. Please inquire. . New Edition Revised and Corrected . Half Pebbled Morocco. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. Imperial 8vo . Cassell, Petter & Galpin Hardcover books
