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1938426j1629Asheville North Carolina: Pelley Publishers. Very Good. 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. "Elmhurst has assembled and produced the data in a readable story which shows irrefutably that Communism is not merely a crackpot program for undermining the Christian governments of the world with unworkable socialistic theories carried into practice. The young man has scoured up the data in enthralling biographical form attesting that communism is world Jewry in action! I pride myself that I know something about Jews and Communism. In 1918 I found myself in Siberian Russia. I traveled 700 versts in that stricken country while Communism was 'coming in'. After coming home from Russia I spent five years in the fleshpots of Hollywood making moving pictures shoulder to shoulder with Jews. I served a stiff apprenticeship in Jewish psychology and temperament. I read the complete manuscript of this book in one evening - at one sitting - because it held my interest convincingly unflaggingly till the last page had been reached. The author and his co-helper Miss Theresa Holm scoured the libraries of the world and compiled therefrom the devasting sic data out of the mouths of the Sons of Jacob themselves. Good Christians seem to forget that Christ was the world's outstanding Jew-Baiter and that the sons of Jacob slew him for His Naziism!" - Introduction. "A major American work on the Jewish inspiration and support of communism." - Singerman 0476. 4 230 pp. Index of individuals. General index and bibliography. Errata slip bound in at page 202. Bright gilt lettering upon original red cloth. Clean tight and unmarked with light wear. No dust jacket presumably as issued. A rare and very well-preserved first edition example. 7 x 5.75" ; 12mo . Pelley Publishers hardcover
18544200Lindsay & Blakiston Philadelphia 1854 First edition. Original green cloth-covered boards gilt spine lettering still bright blind-stamped front and rear boards 9 x 5 7/8 inches 80 pp. 3 leaves of plates including frontispiece. Very good mild warp boards; modest edgewear and staining cloth; offsetting endpapers; focal mild foxing; small damp stain upper spine aspect of first few leaves; moderate pencil marginalia in a neat hand; otherwise pages clean and binding sound. A rare first edition. "Thomas Story Kirkbride July 31 1809 December 16 1883 was a physician advocate for the mentally ill and founder of the Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institutions for the Insane AMSAII a precursor to the American Psychiatric Association. In 1840 Kirkbride became superintendent of the Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane. In 1844 Kirkbride helped to found AMSAII becoming secretary and treasurer and subsequently its president from 1862 to 1870. Kirkbride pioneered what would be known as the Kirkbride Plan to improve medical care for the insane as a standardization for buildings that housed the patients. Kirkbride's influential work On the Construction Organization and General Arrangements of Hospitals for the Insane with Some Remarks on Insanity and Its Treatment was published in 1854 and again in 1880. Kirkbride's ideas brought about mixed feelings in both patients and peers. Some in the medical community saw his theories and ideas as stubbornly clinging to ideals that hindered medical progress while others supported his ideas and saw them change the treatment philosophy for the mentally insane. In his patients he sometimes inspired fear and anger even to the point that one attempted to murder him but he also believed that the mentally ill could be treated and possibly cured and in fact Kirkbride after the death of his first wife married a former patient. Kirkbride was an advocate of building hospitals for the mentally ill in a style which he believed promoted recovery and healing. This style was used on many late 19th century hospitals including St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington D.C. Many of these buildings designed by leading architects of the time are in ruins or decay. An estate now known as "The Village" previously Traverse City State Hospital was saved from destruction and beautifully restored." K073. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Lindsay & Blakiston, Philadelphia hardcover
1776M1486London: Charles Eyre and William Strahan 1776. Original Issue First Printing . paper wrappers. Fine. Folio. 'PROHIBITORY ACT' 215-244pp; Cap.V 1776. AN IMPORTANT ACT IN THE STORY OF AMERICA AND THE REVOLUTION. A fine example with clean fresh paper wide margins and a strong dark type impression. "It throws thirteen colonies out of the royal protection levels all distinctions and makes us independent in spite of our supplications and entreaties. It may be fortunate that the act of independency should come from the British Parliament rather than the American Congress" John Adams 'Regis Magnae Britanniae Franciae and Hiberniae Vicesimo. Decimo Secto. At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster .Anno Dom. 1775 in the fifteenth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith & c. being the first session of this present parliament'. Attractive general title-page with the Royal Crest. Decorative initial to the black letter with a drop title to the head of the page. A fine crisp fresh and clean complete copy. . .from an incomplete nonce volume. The final acts to crush the American Revolution by acts of Parliament sanctions. <br/> <br/> Charles Eyre and William Strahan unknown
1612ST13801London: printed by Thomas. Snodham. for Iohn Stepneth and are to be sold at his shop at the west-end of Paules Church 1612. FIRST EDITION. 205 x 155 mm. 8 x 6". 18 p.l. 611 1 pp. 601-08 misnumbered 561-68 8 leaves. <br/> New unlettered limp vellum by Courtland Benson in imitation of the original binding. STC 1896; ESTC S124314. ◆Half a dozen gatherings a little browned occasional mild foxing or small rust spots additional trivial imperfections otherwise an excellent copy clean and very fresh in a pleasing new binding.<br/> <br/> This conversation manual by an Italian teacher based in London offers an intriguing glimpse into the lives and concerns of the wealthier classes in 17th century Europe. An early effort to teach language through dialogue the book is part cultural history part guide to better health and it is clear evidence of the importance of the study of Italian in Elizabethan and Jacobean England. The seven dialogues cover subjects from health to travel to servants with Italian and English text on facing pages. Many of the dialogues begin with phrases that will be familiar to all beginning language students: greeting others selecting items of clothing asking prices or directions ordering food. As the conversations progress they explore various topics that one might expect to encounter in polite society. An early morning exchange between master and servant evolves into a discussion of the importance of sleep the optimal amount of sleep for good health and the significance of dreams. A dialogue that begins with ordering meals leads to an involved colloquy about the benefits and disadvantages of fasting and abstinence; the virtues and defects of bread butter meat dairy and eggs; diet recommendations for the healthy and the sick; the best diet for each season; and the importance of a walk after dinner. Other dialogues include advice for travellers observations on the political situation and life at court and finally a discussion of that most eternally fascinating topic: love. This work is of continuing interest and value to linguists as it documents the Benevento Italian dialect which is in need of preservation. It's an extraordinarily rare book probably because it was the sort of volume subjected to hard use: in addition to ours we could trace only two copies in ABPC and RBH since 1948. printed by T[homas]. S[nodham]. for Iohn Stepneth, and are to be sold at his shop at the west-end of Paules Church unknown
1505000423bGENOA ITALY. Good with no dust jacket. 1505. Original Vellum. One hundred and eighty four hand numbered pages in this remarkable 500 year old handwritten manuscript ledger journal and diary : " 1505 Gendenze di Saviz - gnano" as stated on the cover. The first page begins: "Libro de tuto _____ quale so tato asan__giano ala venuta mia. To Alexandro salueto schrise e soto schrise de mia gnovia mar." Not written by a scribe this is a working journal and ledger containing hundreds of business entries purchases loans and repayments. There are long lists of foods and prices for what is assuredly shopping lists for parties and feasts. There are also what appears to be observations and business maxims and poetry in a number of entries. Certainly this fascinating book requires more research. The original vellum cover is in somewhat rough shape with tears rubbing and bumping and is barely attached to the text block though still held by the rear binding cords. Interior is in excellent shape save for the odd and to be expected ink blot age-toning and light soiling. Please email for pictures of this rare manuscript.; Italian Spanish Latin; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF ANCIENT ITALIAN GENOA VENICE MANUSCRIPT COMMERCE HANDWRITTEN HAND WRITTEN JOURNAL LEDGER MEMOIR PERSONAL LOG HOLOGRAPH AUTOGRAPH SPAIN SPANISH DIARY DIARIES ANCIENT ANTIQUE MEDIEVEL RENAISSANCE antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito papel. . hardcover
95220The Radfords were born in Devon emigrated to South Australia in October 1838 and lived in the Barossa Valley from the mid-1840s until their death. From the perceived ages of the subjects these images would appear to date from the 1850s. Other later images of the Radfords are held in the State Library of South Australia. They substantiate the identification and confirm that these daguerreotypes by an anonymous photographer are of rural South Australian origin as the Radfords did not leave the colony after they arrived here in 1838. Both images are in excellent condition with the original brass mats one a little tarnished preservers and glass but uncased as found. Any daguerreotype of Australian origin is rare rural South Australian ones excessively so in our experience. 2 items. unknown
1899111095London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1899. Very Good. London Macmillan and Co. Limited 1899. Octavo xx 671 pages with 12 unnumbered line illustrations of churingas a map and 130 illustrations mainly after photographs plus 2 folding maps 3 folding charts 4 folding chromolithographic plates and an erratum slip tipped in at page 1 noting that on page 570 the tassel should be 'pubic' not 'public'. Olive-green gilt-pictorial buckram a little flecked and rubbed with the spine a little sunned; all edges uncut; scattered light foxing; minimal chipping to some uncut leading edges; an excellent copy. The head of the title page is signed in ink by both authors as 'W. Baldwin Spencer' and 'F.J. Gillen'. Inscribed in indelible pencil before the signatures in an unknown hand is 'With Kindest Regards from'. <p>The 'Australian Dictionary of Biography' makes short work of the significance of the book and by extension this signed copy in its entry on Sir Walter Baldwin Spencer 1860-1929: 'The 1894 Horn scientific exploring expedition to central Australia recruited Spencer as zoologist and photographer. Because of friction between members and their sponsor Spencer later combined mediation with editorship of all four volumes of reports. His own seminal contribution included his classic biogeographic interpretation of Australian faunal distribution. This expedition rekindled his anthropological interest when he met F.J. Gillen the Alice Springs postmaster Francis James Gillen 1855-1912 ethnologist. What began as his offer to assist in publishing Gillen's ethnological notes matured into an enduring partnership and a landmark in anthropological history. <p>In 1896 Spencer joined Gillen for the most intensive field-work then attempted in Australia. "The Native Tribes of Central Australia" 1899 which resulted was to influence contemporary theories on social evolution and interpretations of the origins of art and ceremonial. It impressed Sir James Frazer author of "The Golden Bough" who developed a lifelong friendship with Spencer'. Macmillan and Co. Limited unknown
1905140504North Adelaide: The Photographer 1905. Very Good. North Adelaide The Photographer circa 1905. A collection of 87 stereo-microphotographs comprising original gelatin silver photographs with the pairs of images printed as one plate approximately 65 × 120 mm mounted on stiff card approximately 88 × 178 mm in various shades of grey. There are 21 with printed labels captioned 'Wm. P. Dollman John St. N. Adelaide S. Aus.' with numbered manuscript captions the numbers range from 2 to 228; there are 14 with unnumbered manuscript captions on plain labels; the remaining 52 are on plain cards. There are only six duplicates and none of them are an identical matching pair. Minimal signs of age and use; overall in excellent condition. The literature on the photographic history of Australia is singularly quiet on the life and work of William Parmeter Dollman 1846-1908. He is not to be found in Davies and Stanbury or Photohistory SA the pioneering research work of Robert Noye now on the website of the Art Gallery of South Australia. However he was definitely recognised in his own time. His obituary appears in the 'Evening Journal' on 7 October 1908: 'The death is announced from heart failure at the age of 63 of Mr. William Parmeter Dollman of North Adelaide. The deceased gentleman came to South Australia from England in 1853 and for about 30 years had been in the service of the proprietors of "The Register" and its associated journals as a printer and reader. He was sub-overseer of the newsroom for several years but relinquished that position to return to the reading room. Mr. Dollman was held in the highest respect for his integrity and ability and was much esteemed by his intimate friends. He was a member of the microscopical section of the Royal Society and conducted a great deal of microscopical research. He was an authority on the instrument itself a student of electricity and a skilful photographer'. <p>We have traced a number of newspaper references to his photography not least in a list of prize-winners in connection with the 14th annual exhibition of the SA Society of Arts reported in the 'South Australian Register' on Thursday 15 December 1870. 'Six entirely untouched stereoscopic views . by W.P. Dollman' were awarded a cash prize of £1 1s. Given that the other prize-winners in the photography section were Bernard Goode and Townsend Duryea this is high praise indeed. <p>An article by Dollman appeared in the 'Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society' in June 1906: 'A Simple Method of producing Stereo-Photomicrographs sic' 3 pages plus a full-page illustration of one of the stereo-microphotographs present in this collection 'Polyzoa Idmonea radians'. It was 'Read February 21 1906'. Dollman states 'I have made a hobby of stereoscopic photography since 1865 and as well have handled many Microscopes optical work being always an attraction to me. Some twelve or more months ago a friend called my attention to an article on stereo-photomicrography in the "British Journal of Photography Almanac" for 1894 by the then-editor . who therein explained several methods of producing stereograms of microscopic objects. I adopted what I thought the simplest method that of obscuring by a semicircular shield half of the objective in use. <p>A good deal of my apparatus is makeshift - that is diverted from other uses - but is effectual. My optical outfit is the best both in low and high powers condensers etc.'. <p>In addition to the 87 stereo-microphotographs there is a stereophotograph captioned on a plain label 'Photo-microscopic Apparatus' depicting an impressive set-up in Dollman's studio as described in the journal article. This card and two others with hand-written captions on plain labels have the following inscription in ink on the verso: 'Not for competition. Wm. P. Dollman North Adelaide'. Also included with the collection is a slightly damaged unmounted single microphotographic print 74 mm square. 89 items. The Photographer unknown
1697ABC_47615Amsterdam 1697. 8vo. widow of Gijsbert de Groot Later greyish-brown wrappers. With a large woodcut illustration of a Dutch merchant ship on the title page three woodcut illustrations in the text including 1 repeat of the title page illustration and one large decorated woodcut initial. 1 1 blank 4 42 pp. Very rare 17th-century edition in the original Dutch of the history of the famous Dutch privateer Claes Compaen 1587-1660. He was born at Oostzaan in the Netherlands and started his career as a merchant but soon became undoubtedly the most daring and notorious Dutch pirate of his day especially active around 1620. For three years he hijacked ships in the English Channel the Mediterranean the Caribbean and off the coasts of Africa America and the West-Indies. The present story was first printed in 1659 and ran through more than a dozen editions to 1803 all with the main text set in a textura gothic type in the later editions a sign that it was a popular book for a lower-class audience. All editions are quite rare but especially the 17th-century ones thus a very rare edition of one of the most famous pirates.With the bookplate of Buijnsters-Smets on the inside of the front wrapper. The spine is somewhat damaged internally somewhat browned foxed and water stained the paper of some leaves is quite thin leaving some holes not affecting the text. Otherwise in good condition.l STCN 104026774 2 copies; WorldCat 1230938838 1 copy 966965894 1 copy; cf. Buisman 114; Muller America 2131; Scheepers II 1026; Waller 218 all ed. 1662; Muller 839/840 other eds. unknown
1661372198Cologne: Kinchium 1661. Mallinckrot: Engraved additional title dated 1639. 20 125 11pp. Kortholt: 8 56pp. Fritsch: 6 74 2pp. 4to. Early drab paper boards alla rustica binding on three cords manuscript title on spine text uncut. Foxing and heavily toned. Provenance: Princes of Liechtenstein armorial bookplate. Mallinckrot: Engraved additional title dated 1639. 20 125 11pp. Kortholt: 8 56pp. Fritsch: 6 74 2pp. 4to. Mallinckrot's monograph published on the occasion of the celebration of the second centenary of Gutenberg's invention is the first thorough investigation of the early testimonies to the discovery of printing with the author in favor of Mainz against Haarlem. The work contains the first use of the word "incunabula" in connection with printing. The additional title engraved by Loeffler includes portraits of Gutenberg Faust and Shakespeare and a scene in a printing shop. <br /> <br /> The second work here bound following Mallinckrot is Protestant theologian Kortholt's study on the origins of mathematics and astronomy asserting the Greeks were taught by Chaldeans and Egyptians. Bigmore & Wyman 2:16 Kinchium unknown
2002238j1617Fort Lee New Jersey: Barricade Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. 1569802351 . Signed and inscribed by Lenni Brenner upon verso of of half-title. "Brings to light through historic documents the approaches that Zionists made to the Nazis before and during the Holocaust. Some were published in English decades ago and are unknown to the general public. Others are completely translated into English for the first time. The documents were selected so the true historic picture emerges. The evidence proves that Zionism betrayed the Jews in their hour of desperation." - dust jacket. xii 342 pp. Glossary. Index. "Born into an Orthodox Jewish family in 1937 Lenni Brenner formerly known as Leonard Glaser or Lenny Glaser is an American Trotskyist writer. In the 1960s he was a prominent civil rights movement activist and vocal opponent of the Vietnam War. Since the 1980s his activism has focused on anti-Zionism." - Wikipedia. Tight and unmarked with light wear and light foxing to edges and endpapers. Dust jacket now in glossy new archival protection. A high-quality signed example of this stunning compilation of "explosive information historians ignore." - dust jacket. ; 8vo; Signed by Author . Barricade Books hardcover
1931328c6774Paris: Editions R.I.S.S. 1931. First Edition. Paperback. Fair. 225 pages. "Beneath the great westward flow of our civilization there are undercurrents moving eastward. These are impelled by a spirit which looks back to the east to the days of tyrant and slave of luxury and misery and incidentally to the suppression of western culture. The following pages are designed to cast light on these eastern undercurrents which have undermined western states." - Preface. Black and white photographic portrait of Sergius A. Nilus who "published the first complete version of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion in Russia in 1905." - Wikipedia. In this work "the genesis of the Protocols is traced to Asher Ginzberg better known by his Hebrew pen name Ahad ha-Am who supposedly wrote the Protocols in Hebrew in 1880 while in Odessa." - Singerman 0221. Erratum list affixed inside front cover. Unmarked. Above-average wear. Age-yellowing to card covers and contents. Covers nearly detached. Binding tender.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion Zionism Israel Balfour Declaration Jacob Brafmann Russia Asher Ginzberg Political Zionism Ahad ha-Am . Editions R.I.S.S. paperback
1918833j0216Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. Fair. 1918. First Edition. Hardcover. "Shortly after I retired from teaching I picked up Conant's 1959 book-length essay 'The Child the Parent and the State' and was more than a little intrigued to see him mention in passing that the modern schools we attend were the result of a 'revolution' engineered between 1905 and 1950. A revolution He declines to elaborate but does direct the curious and the uniformed to Alexander Inglis's 1918 book 'Principles of Secondary Education' in which 'one saw this revolution through the eyes of a revolutionary.' Inglis 1879-1924 for whom a lecture in education at Harvard is named makes it perfectly clear that compulsory schooling on this continent was intended to be just what it had been for Prussia in the 1820s: a fifth column into the burgeoning democratic movement that threatened to give the peasants and the proletarians a voice at the bargaining table." - John Taylor Gatto. "Gatto 1935-2018 taught school for nearly 30 years and was named New York City's Teacher of the Year in 1989 1990 and 1991. In 1991 he retired saying he no longer wished to 'hurt kids to make a living.' He went on to author books on education including 'Dumbing Us Down' and 'The Underground History of American Education'" - Wikipedia. "I moved heaven and earth as it took years to find a copy of this book." - John Taylor Gatto. xvi 3-741 1 10 ads pp. Index tables references graphs footnotes problems for further consideration. Prior owner's name and date upon front free endpaper. Binding tender but intact. Occasional light pencil underlining and markings. Above-average wear to original red brick cloth lettered in gilt upon backstrip. No dust jacket presumably as issued. A rare surviving copy of this profoundly historic documentation.; 12mo . Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover
18615032Hong Kong : London Mission Society Press c1861 ; Shanghai : Shanghai Shangye Yingshuguan n.d. 1861. Hardcover. Very Good. 1 298 378 pp. ; bound in Chinese fashion with folded sheets right to left in a western-style mid-nineteenth century cloth board cover binding with decorations ; James Legge the famous Scottish sinologist and missionary of the London Missionary Society was born in Huntly Aberdeenshire Scotland on Dec 20th 1815. He graduated from Highbury Theological College in 1837 joined the London Missionary Society in 1838 and went to Malacca in 1839 as a missionary. In 1843 Legge arrived in Hong Kong and remained there until 1873 except for three short trips back to Scotland. In 1876 Legge became the first professor of Chinese at the University of Oxford and died in 1897 ; This is the first volume of Legge's monumental translation of nine sacred books of Chinese literature in a very probable 1st edition 1st Chinese printing with mixed asian and western binding materials and containing the texts of the da xue or Great Learning zhung yong Moderation or Doctrine of the Mean lung yü The Analects of Confucius and meng zi Mencius ; with Chinese text printed at top translation in the middle and commentary at bottom ; while this is clearly Legge's text the author's name is given in Chinese fashion as Gu Lu or loosely translated "Watchman Deer" which more probably and properly should be rendered "Lu Gu" for "Leg-ge" ; The difficulties of printing this first volume were recounted by the author's daughter: "The printing office being under his control he had to superintend the publication and binding of his works and to send to England for paper printing ink etc. Among his minor worries was the fact that the volumes of Classics had to come out in various bindings. Uniformity of binding could not be secured because materials were scanty in Hong Kong. Also owing to the lack of English booksellers he had to get the storekeepers to sell the Classics on commission among their other wares. On one occasion the ship containing all his printing paper and ink struck upon a rock and went down within sight of her anchorage in Hong Kong harbour. Her masts sticking up above the sea were visible from his verandah. 'It gave me quite a turn he said my first thought was that the fates were fighting against my getting oin with the publication of my volumes. I have since been able to look the event in the face. There must be some delay in the commencement of printing but I shall be so much more advanced with my manuscripts that we can start with five men instead of three. I had engaged Sow-lung and two other men to begin printing on the first of June. If he begins now in November or December with four other men we shall be in six months nearly as far as we should have been. In the meantime I telegraph by the mail--Replace invoice immediately sending one half by Suez Canal and one half round Cape--this will divide the risk.' After printing the books in Hong Kong he had to write to England for cases to be sent out in which to pack them and send them to England to his bookseller. 'Four hundred cases for one volume ought to be here any day and four hundred for the other volume next month. Those cases will cost me about fifty pounds.' .Another time certain cases of his books.arrived after having been for a long time under water in the hold. 'I insured them for £250--I shall claim for at least £80. Meantime the ruin of many books and the spoiling of others is a great vexation.' He sent several of his books to a friend to sell in Amoy and received the following letter: 'Alas for your Classics. Macgregor delivered them in the condition he got them out of the wreck. I had them put in the sun and thoroughly dried but I could not offer them to subscribers. The mould has got into the inside and even if rebound they will never be sightly. It is a sad loss.' ; after Legge's death in 1897 in a sermon given by Dr. Edkins at Shanghai Legge's work was described as: "His object was to unf <br/> <br/> [Hong Kong : London Mission Society Press, c1861] ; ??????? [Shanghai : Shanghai Shangye Yingshuguan, n.d. hardcover
1988655j2566London: Kegan Paul International. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 0710300530 . Signed and inscribed by Uri Davis upon front free endpaper. "Outlines the legal and political history of the Jewish National Fund since its founding including its activities in the territories Israel has occupied since 1967. The Fund was establshed in 1901 as one of the instruments of the World Zionist Organization in implementing its objective - the establishment in Palestine of a Jewish state. The role of the Fund in this enterprise was the acquisition and development of territory for Jewish colonization. The Fund has been virtually ignored in the voluminous literature on the conflict over Palestine. Of the few book-length studies available all are the Fund's own productions. To date this is the only detailed study of the Fund by independent researchers." - dust jacket. "The JNF has faced numerous criticisms for its role in the displacement of Palestinian Bedouins the construction of Israeli military installations the construction of Israeli settlements in the West Bank - considered illegal under international law - and its refusal to lease to non-Jews." - Wikipedia. In 2024 the Canada Revenue Agency revoked the charitable status of the JNF Canada. Born a Palestinian Jew Uri Davis b. 1943 is an academic and civil rights activist who has written numerous books and articles on the question of Palestine. xx 390 p. Index. Extensive bibliography and footnotes. Facsimiles of documents. Book clean tight and unmarked with light wear. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket now in glossy new archival-grade protection. A quality example of this important and rare exposé all the more signed. ; 8vo; Signed by Author . Kegan Paul International hardcover
1939237H1210London: Hurst & Blackett Ltd. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1939. Second Printing. Hardcove. 223 16 ads pp. Index. "The problem of the Jews in Britain and the power they wield in public affairs is a matter of the most absorbing interest in these days when propaganda has clouded the issue and made it almost impossible for the ordinary man to see the subject in its true perspective. This book is a critical but strictly impartial analysis written by a well-known Fleet Street journalist who has studied the whole problem for a number of years in the light of events since the Great War." - from dust jacket. Unmarked with moderate wear to publisher's orange cloth. Binding intact. Small contemporary Buenos Aires bookseller's sticker inside front board. Above-average wear to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. Singerman 494.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; Britain's Jewish Problem Question Anti-Semitism Palestine Problem Trade Monopolies Gold Commercial Morality Public Morals Communism . Hurst & Blackett, Ltd. unknown
1945441j1322New York: Didier Publishers. Good in Good dust jacket. 1945. Second Printing. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed by author upon title page. "The story of the writer's experiences in the Nazi concentration camp of Sachsenhausen the experimental laboratory where the Nazis perfected the techniques in extermination later applied to victims from all over Europe. It was also the training ground for the personnel recruited from the dregs of Germany's prisons. Shows how human fortitude ingenuity mutual loyalty and the will to live can enable men to survive unbelievable degradation; or if they must die to die like men." - dust jacket. "The impact of your memoir is terrific. I think this book is an achievement equalling Zola's J'Accuse." - Manfred George Editor. "We ought to have these stories preserved. The whole race suffers when such things happen." - Pearl Buck Nobel laureate. "Leon Szalet 1892-1958 made a daring attempt to escape Germany in 1939 but was sent back by the British. On September 13th 1939 he was arrested by the Gestapo in Berlin and sent to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp along with another five-hundred Polish Jews who lived in Germany." - Wikipedia. iv 284 p. Second printing of the 1945 first edition. Black and white reproduction of the Alien's Order 1920 which caused Szalet's expulsion to Berlin from England. Inscribed in New York on July 31st 1947 to I. Z. Melup presumably Irene Melup 1925-2016 of the Crime Prevention & Criminal Justice Branch of the United Nations. She joined the U.N. in 1946 shortly after its founding and established a reputation as a defender of victims' rights the world over. Sources: The International Society of Criminology Online obituary. Tight and unmarked with average wear to original red cloth. Average wear to complete dust jacket now in archival protection. A special copy. Kehr & Langmaid 6239 Weiner Library Cat. 7 1819. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author . Didier, Publishers hardcover
19912091202133213041Hanayama Bungei Publishing Company 1991. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 40 books in total Hanayama Bungei Publishing Company paperback
19892080202104501989Miyazaki Agata 1989. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 32 books in total Miyazaki Agata paperback
1965047125<p>Military Publisher of the Defense Ministry of the USSR 1965. Hardcover. Very Good. VOLUMES 1-4 PUBLISHED IN 1961 VOLUME 5 PUBLISHED IN 1963 VOLUME 6 PUBLISHED IN 1965. TEXTS ARE UNMARKED EXCEPT FOR SMALL STAMP STATING PRINTED IN USSR OR PRINTED IN SOVIET UNION. DUST JACKETS ON VOLUMES 2 AND 3 LOOK DIFFERENT THAN THE OTHER 4 VOLUMES. GREEN BOARDS WITH GILT LETTERING AND DESIGNS WITH AN EMBOSSED DESIGN ON FRONT. TEXT IN RUSSIAN. NOT EX-LIBRARY. ALL VOLUMES IN CARDBOARD SLICASES WITH VOLUME 2 SLIPCASE COMING APART EXTREMELY SCARCE. MANY FOLD-OUT MAPS BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS. PICTURES AVAILABLE.</p> Military Publisher of the Defense Ministry of the USSR hardcover
1838021038London: T. McLean D.& P. Colnaghi and John F. Lewis 1838. 1838. Book. Illus. by John F. Lewis. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio approx. 55 x 36.5cm. Complete with all Lithographic plates as called for; tinted frontispiece tinted title-vignette further 27 tinted views on 25 leaves all by Lewis after Coke Smyth. A very clean bright copy. Finely bound in modern brown morocco to style with gilt lettering to the spine and gilt bands to the top and bottom of the spine. Contents clean and tight new light brown endpapers in keeping with the new binding two blank leaves to the front and rear all pages have been professionally cleaned and restored by a paper conservator minimal and unobtrusive water staining remains to some pages and plates mostly confined to the margins and blank areas most plates unaffected new archival paper guards to all plates no inscriptions. A fine complete copy beautifully rebound. References -. Abbey Travel II 394; Atabey 722; Blackmer 1015; Contominas 413; RIBA 1886. T. McLean, D.& P. Colnaghi and John F. Lewis [1838]. Hardcover
1862140418Adelaide: Printed and published at the 'Advertiser' and 'Chronicle' Offices 1862. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide Printed and published at the 'Advertiser' and 'Chronicle' Offices 1862. Octavo 78 xxii advertisements pages plus advertisements on both sides of the rear wrapper. Original green wrappers with the title page details repeated within a different border on the front cover; wrappers a little marked and creased with some slight wear at the corners affecting also the bottom corner-tip of the last few leaves; spine a little cracked but sound with minimal loss at both ends; minor signs of age and use but overall an excellent copy of a rarity seldom found in any condition - let alone as pleasing as this - now housed in a fine mid-green morocco Solander box by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Descriptions 'are given of most of the most important vineyards and of some of the less important of them having due regard to age extent and quality of produce. South Australia will without doubt become one of the most important Wine countries of the world. The experiments of the past twenty years have proved the advantage of its soil and climate and enough practical knowledge has been acquired to enable its Vignerons to guard against the common errors which so frequently produced discouragement in the earlier days of the Colony'. The original articles are here supplemented 'by revision and some trifling annotations'. <p>Ferguson 18189 noting only green cloth boards. Printed and published at the 'Advertiser' and 'Chronicle' Offices paperback
267079London: Thomas Worlidge mid-18th century. Engraved portrait of James Ashley in cartouche flanked by ornate pedestals supporting two punch bowls with engraved caption as above by Thomas Worlidge. 7-9/16 x 5-3/4 in. A strong impression with very slight rubbing and discoloration. Engraved portrait of James Ashley in cartouche flanked by ornate pedestals supporting two punch bowls with engraved caption as above by Thomas Worlidge. 7-9/16 x 5-3/4 in. Scarce trade card of James Ashley proprietor of the London Coffee House and Punch-House 1731-1776 who was "London's leading purveyor of Punch in the eighteenth century" Wondrich Punch p. 65 and "the world's first celebrity mixologist the first man to become famous for compounding and selling a mixed drink" ibid p. 172. Ashley a former cheese merchant opened his Punch-House in 1731 in Ludgatehill London. Extensive advertising in London papers as well as the distinct ornate pedestals surmounted by iron punch bowls which flanked its entrance made the London Punch-House one of the most well-known drinking establishments in the city. Clientele included Hogarth Boswell Oliver Goldsmith and Benjamin Franklin. A large sign outside of the Punch-House echoes the caption on this trade card "Pro bono publico. James Ashley in 1731 first reduced the price of punch raised its reputation and brought it into universal esteem." Ashley did indeed reduce the price of punch - from 8 shillings for punch made from a quart of arrack to 6 shillings - but his great innovation was to offer punch in smaller portions in servings as small as two ounces. These small servings made to order for the customer were the precursor to the modern cocktail. <br /> This trade card is engraved by Ashley's friend Thomas Worlidge 1700-1766 dubbed "the English Rembrandt" who also engraved portraits of Ashley's wife and one Mrs. Graywood the bar-keep at the London Punch-House. Not in ESTC Thomas Worlidge unknown
1923000435Berlin: Propyläen-Verlag. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1923. Leather Spine Tips. A MASTERPIECE OF BOOK DESIGN ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL FINE PRESS BOOKS AND A HIGH POINT OF GERMAN AND FRENCH LITERARY AND ARTISTIC TRADITIONS Number 117 of 400. No copies in 30 years in the American auction records. 17 Original Lithographs signed twice by Max Liebermann and numbered. Book: HEINE Heinrich. DER RABBI VON BACHERACH. Propyläen-Verlag Berlin 1923. Folio. With 17 ORIGINAL Lithographs by Max Liebermann. 1/2 Black Morocco and boards. This copy SIGNED TWICE as usual on limitation and additionally not in all copies on frontispiece lithograph. Minor spotting and soiling to beige boards otherwise a HANDSOME AND FINE COPY and internally clean. This book is a wonderful combination of two Jews one who brought to France German literary tendencies and the other who brought to the Germans French artistic tendencies. Heinrich Heine has been called 'the first modern intellectual' and became one of the greatest and most respected writers of the 19th century. Leibermann was the Great German artist that led the Berlin secession group and introduced French impressionism to Germany. This fine press book a magnificent combination of typography design and illustration is often lauded as among the most beautiful of Jewish fine press books if not all fine press books. Liebermann demonstrates a refined sensitivity in his artwork that parallels the emotive text. The Rabbi of Bacherach includes a lovely and romantic description of a Passover- the earliest and most expressive of the essence of the festival in modern Jewish literature. The story here recounts that in trans. and referring to the Haggadah " It was an old heirloom with ancient wine stains. It had come down from the days of her grandfather. The book contained many boldly and brightly colored pictures. As a little girl she had often looked at it so eagerly on Passover evenings." ; German Language; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; JUDAISM HEBREW LANGUAGE Jewish Literature Kabbalah Judaica Jewish Studies Hebrew Talmud ; Signed by Illustrator . Propyläen-Verlag hardcover
1801079699London: T. Cadell Jun. & W. Davies 1801. First edition. Leather Bound. 4to. 20th century fine leather binding. Folding maps with expert repairs. Wagner-Camp notes that 'Mackenzie discovered the river that now bears his name and descended it to the Arctic Ocean in 1789. In 1793 he became the first European to cross the North American continent north of Mexico'. Peel 55: "After the preface there follow 132 pages on the history of the fur trade in the North West. Some authorities think this was written by his cousin Roderick MacKenzie. According to the Dictionary of National Biography Voyages 1801 was compiled by William Combe from Mackenzie's notes. Includes vocabularies of the Knisteneaux Algonquin Chepewyan Nagailer and Atnah Indian languages." Sabin 43414 calls this the "first and finest edition T. Cadell, Jun. & W. Davies unknown
