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List2845Sing Sing Ossining New York unknown year. Three approximately 8 x 10 inch pages. Excellent to near fine. An illustrated poem from an unknown sender to Miss Cornelia Marshall in Sing Sing New York. Sing Sing was the name of Ossining—which is home to the eponymous prison—until 1901. It was named for the Sint Sinck Wappinger people whose traditional territory lay east of the Hudson River in what is now Westchester County.<br /> <br /> The poem is chastely flirtatious telling the story of a man at church services who is so distracted by the beauty of one of the women in the church choir that he cannot report on the subject of that day’s sermon. The author describes the woman who wears a blue cloak: “Her beauty’s so great that it looked like the sun/ Or five handsome ladies all rolled into oneâ€. The illustrations appear to be ink and watercolor. A sweet piece of interest to folk art historians. unknown
176155398Vienna: Typis Georgii Ludovici Schulzii Typographi Academici 1761. Folio. 14 388 22 pp. Copper-engraved title vignette 3 copper-engraved maps in text 1 large folding copper-engraved map woodcut engraved decorated & historiated initials & tail-pieces. Contemporary mottled boards rebacked in brown calf minor bumping & wear to corners some scuffing & edgewear ex-lib markings on title w/ “Dupl.†annotation at foot of title†still a VG clean copy with wide margins and w/ ownership markings on front pastedown of Leo Szemere pseud. Peter Bolt and noted Austro-Hungarian bookplate collector dated 1920. First edition of this significant early history offering a broad comparative analysis of the movements and impact of the Huns Avars Sarmatians and other nomadic peoples across Asia Central Asia and into Europe from 210 A.D. to 997. Bolstered not only with many original documents from late antiquity and maps but also drawing upon the influential histories and researches of the French Orientalists such as Joseph de Guignes massive history of Central Asia drawing upon Chinese historical sources. The well-executed large folding map shows the Hun Empire stretching from northern China above the Great Wall northern Tibet and across the steppes of Central Asia into Central Europe. Pray 1723-1801 was an Hungarian Jesuit historian who was the imperial historiographer of Empress Maria Theresa whose collection of more than 2100 volumes manuscripts and documents was donated to the Empire and was rewarded by Emperor Joseph II with an allowance of 400 florins for supporting Hungary’s claims to lands lost to the Ottoman Empire. See: Graesse V 435; Wurzbach XXIII 225; Gabor Klniczay The Myth of Scythian Origin and the Cult of Attila in the Nineteenth Century Multiple Modernities: Ancient Histories in Nineteenth Century Cultures 2011 pp. 195-197. Typis Georgii Ludovici Schulzii, Typographi Academici, hardcover
1897List3137Custer South Dakota: E. P. Noll & Co 1897. Packet measuring 4 ½ x 7 ½ inches containing a forty-page booklet and fold-out map measuring 28 ½ x 31 inches. Map folded with very small tears at folds else Fine; booklet with staining from cover and staples; overall excellent to Near Fine. The Black Hills gold rush began with George Armstrong Custer’s expedition there in 1874 breaking the US government’s treaty with the Sioux and ultimately leading to the Great Sioux War and Custer’s death at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. The expedition and the discovery of gold in the hills led to a rush of Euro-American settlers to the area—and a surge in promotional pamphlets advertising the area’s richness often in ornate language and beyond what could be reasonably true.1 Offered here is a slightly more sober promotional booklet with a map of the region authored by mining engineer Samuel Scott. The booklet contains a detailed discussion of the region’s geology including descriptions of geologic formations and periods and of the types of rocks and minerals to be found. It also describes various tourist attractions such as hot mineral springs fishing and hunting and areas like Wind Cave and Sylvan Lake. On mining though Scott takes some liberties writing:<br /> <br /> “Mining investments with ordinary business precautions are the safest and best paying that can be made. There is no more risk in making a mining investment than in an investment of real estate if the investor will use some precaution in each case.â€<br /> <br /> The map is large and attractive containing an inset map of the famous Old West town of Deadwood and its surround. We find thirty-one copies of the booklet on OCLC.<br /> <br /> 1 Watson Parker “Booming the Black Hills†South Dakota History 11 no. 1 January 1980: 35–52. E. P. Noll & Co unknown
1938864H5065New York: Prentice-Hall Canada Inc. Fair. 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. "Professor Abel went directly to the source of Hitler's power - the German people - for the truth and by an ingeniously contrived literary contest secured this collection of simple and eloquent life histories. The direct testimony of eye witnesses and participants in the revolutions riots and coups ushering in the most powerful of modern dictatorships gives this book a stirring and realistic validity." - dust jacket not included. xi 3 322 pp. Index. Chronology of the Hitler movement. Statistical tables. Rebound former library copy with usual markings and above-average wear. Binding intact. Includes replica dust jacket preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A fascinating study all the more in view of what was soon to come. Stachura p.209 Laska 93 Kehr & Langmaid 129 Madden p.153 Wiener Library Cat. 2 - 905 Rees G-461.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Nazi Party - history Adolf Hitler Politics - Germany Germany - Interwar Period NDSAP . Prentice-Hall Canada Inc. hardcover
515j113713 Canadian Field Regiment RCA. Good. N.D. First Edition. Hardcover. "This story is written with two objects in mind; first that of providing the men who have served in the regiment with a memento of their army days; second that of recording accurately a history which will be of use in the future and which will place the artillery branch of the service in its recognized place." - Introduction. "Approximately seven hundred men from all walks of life united in a common cause lived in perfect harmony for about five years. When the battle came and men died we found with somewhat of a shock that it is possible to love another man. From the early days the regiment was a happy one. It went through difficult times but on the 6th day of June 1944 when the final test came all those who remember are proud of the gallant skillful and efficient work of the unit. Until the 8th of May 1945 with the exception of a few days the regiment was continuously in action. Without fear of contradiction I say that the men of this unit had no superiors. No history of this regiment could be complete without reference to "C" Troop of the 69th Battery 4th LAA Regiment RCA. From the early days of the invasion until the final knockout blow they lived and deployed with us." - Foreword. 12-185 pages. Nominal Rolls. Numerous black and white photos maps and cartoons. Contents toned with age. Minimal markings. Rubber stamp to each free endpaper. Average wear to original black cloth with corners rubbed open. Binding intact. No dust jacket presumably as issued. A sound and rare example of the proud and precious history. 10.4" x 7.1". Dornbusch 477 Cooke 3rd Edn p. 219. ; Cartoons / Maps; Sm 4to . 13 Canadian Field Regiment, RCA hardcover
1823046784London: Benbow 1823. First Edition. Hardcover Half Leather. Very Good Condition. Early half red leather mild wear and rubbing to boards marbled endpaper loose some offsetting from frontis onto title page scattered very light foxing very clean overall bound with the half title. x 240 xvi 58pp.<br/><br/>Benbow was an interesting character a political reformer pamphleteer pirate publisher he published a well circulated edition of Queen Mab in 1812 he was in and out of trouble for most of his working career. Crimes of the Clergy is a collection of pamphlets he had written started in 1821- it was much condemned and no doubt destroyed as few copies seem to circulate. In it Benbow details a host of heinous crimes pederasty abuse drunkenness theft etc etc. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Religion & Theology; History. Inventory No: 046784. Benbow hardcover
182528390Ave-Maria-Lane London: Geo. B. Whittaker 1825 Book. Near Fine. Rebound Copy. First Edition. Narrative of a Second Visit to Greece including facts connected with the last days of Lord Byron extracts from correspondence official documents &c. By Edward Blaquiere Esq. Author of "The Origin and Progress of the Greek Revolution" &c. Blaquiere reports on his activities in Greece on problems and progress up to 1824 in the Greek War of Independence eyewitness descriptions of Byron's death at Missolonghi transcripts of original documents relating to those activities.Part I: Introduction -- Personal narrative of the author's arrival i-iv 167p. Part II: The last days of Lord Byron -- Funeral oration -- Account of the author's visit to Anatolico -- pages 1-47 Extracts from correspondence - items I-I-XLV pages 47-175 on total 340p. frontispiece inserted facsimile letter.Printed for Geo. B. Whittaker Ave-Maria-Lane London 1825. Overall a clean tight text slight foxing to preliminaries to the frontispiece and to pages i-ix. Nicely rebound in half cloth with marbled boards by the Hitchcock Bindery at Colby College A few light pencil notes on the end paper by a previous owner about Blaquiere's writings Else fine. Blackmer 150. Geo. B. Whittaker hardcover
179599578<p>Angers France: De L'Imprimerie de Jahyer et Geslin imprimeurs-libraires rue Milton 1795. 1795. Very good. - Octavo 7-5/8 inches high by 4-3/4 inches wide. Softcover bound in printed self-wraps. Once likely bound with other pamphlets the book has been removed with remnants of a paper spine. There is a small purple stamp at the bottom of the front wrapper: "Kraus Oct. 11 1948". The cover page is slightly soiled & darkened with a crease to the bottom corner and a previous owner's name is penned at the top of both title pages. 88 pages including the cover pages. There is some minor faint foxing. Very good.</p><p>RARE First edition WorldCat locating only a single copy in the Bibliotheque nationale de France.</p><p>Pierre Chaux de Champeaux 1755-1817 was a member of the Revolutionary Committee of Nantes formed by Jean-Baptiste Carrier in October of 1793 during the Reign of Terror which set in motion the notorious drownings at Nantes. Chaux also played an important role in the barbaric act of sending 132 Nantais to Paris under cruel conditions. On September 3 1794 Carrier was put on trial before the Revolutionary Tribunal. He was found guilty and was executed in December. Pierre Chaux was arrested in July of 1794 for the role he played in the drownings. He appeared before the Tribunal in October 1794 and was convicted. He was the beneficiary of the amnesty of October 26 1795 decided by the Thermidorian Convention. The two pamphlets at hand were published in order to present his case to the convention. The first is signed in print by Chaux at Angers and dated September 19 1795. The second is dated September 26 1795. The pamphlets includes numerous statements by participants in the French revolution including Carrier General Lamberty Foucher and Villers Herault-Sechelles etc. At the head of No. 5 is the statement "L'habitude des bonnes actions exclut l'idee du crime." At the head of No. 6 is "Qui fit la revolution.Le Peuple les patriotes ardens; ils sonnerent le tocsin contre la tyrannie."</p> [Angers, France]: De L'Imprimerie de Jahyer et Geslin, imprimeurs-libraires, rue Milton, [1795]. paperback
1902002846London: Longmans Green and Company 1902. An historical account of the reconquest of the Soudan. Second edition revised first one volume edition. The text had been revised considerably and a new chapter added describing the ultimate destruction of the Khalifa and the end of the war. Scarce. 8vo pp xiv 381pp. Original red cloth gilt titles and pictorial gilt riverboat decoration to both spine and front board. With frontispiece maps and plans. All 14 color maps present - most are fold-out maps. Spotting and shelf wear to cover and spine . Only library markings are a Navy library sticker U.S.S. Leviathan inside front cover and an embossed Navy seal on the title page. Otherwise a tight clean book. Revised Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. Longmans, Green and Company hardcover
17781001488vo period calf rebacked with modern calf and new endpapers 3 202pp. Wear to covers; ink name to top of title page and some foxing and darkening within. Otherwise very good. The contents provide coverage of the important proceedings before the Declaration of Independence on July 4th 1776.This commentary reflects the efforts of the Second Continental Congress which was headed by John Hancock. A good portion of the contents focus on correspondence between Washington who had taken command of the Continental Army in May 1775 and Congress election of delegates form each of the Colonies and funding the war with Great Britain. Some remarks actually give insight into the pay that soldiers received privates got $5 per month. Also some information on printing of paper money and what denominations would be used. While the title page indicated this was a reprinted work Sabin only lists the London edition. Reprinted For J. Almon
1957223h6042London: Macmillan. Fair with no dust jacket. 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. "For a period of three years - from the summer of 1941 to the summer of 1944 - large parts of the Soviet Union were under German occupation. For another year thereafter until the capitulation of the Third Reich several millions of former Soviet citizens were under German control as soldiers prisoners labourers and refugees. For the Soviet Government the German invasion constituted a crucial test of its ability to control its people at a time of crisis. To the Germans the same events represented a unique challenge - militarily politically morally economically. German policy in the invasion occupation and retreat from Russia is the subject of this book." - Preface. "A treasure trove for serious study of crimes by either Hitler or Stalin. A carefully documented scholarly work it is also readable for the general public." - H.S. Cunningham. Recipient of the 1957 George Lewis Beer Prize as the best book on European International history. p. xx 695. Index maps charts glossary. Former library copy with usual markings. Rebound in red cloth lettered in gilt. Binding intact. Somewhat above-average wear. Includes new replica dust jacket preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound reference copy of this very informative and highly-regarded study. Enser p.386 Kehr & Langmaid 5431 Laska 141 Weiner Lib. Cat. 7 1978 #1021.; 8vo . Macmillan hardcover
1750050320Paris: De Bure 1750. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. 16mos. 391; 579; 559 13 pages. Small books measuring just over 6 1/2 inches tall by 4 inches wide. Hardcovers bound in full tan mottled leather with red and brown label pastedowns on spines. Five raised spine bands. Bindings are scuffed rubbed; headcaps are fraying. Gilt tooling on spines which are worn and bumped. All edges of text blocks are red. Marbled endpapers. Prior owner's names on recto of front flyleaf and verso of second front flyleaf includes an early owner's name of Gallatin Sellon and a mid-20th century signature of Algie Newlin who was a professor of History at Guilford College in Greensboro North Carolina. Ribbon bookmarks. Bumping to the fore edge of the rear of the text block of Volume II and with some bumping at the fore edge of the front of the text block on Volume III. Text is toned occasional foxing. Text is in French. Publisher's book list 13 pages at the end of Volume III. <br/> <br/> De Bure hardcover
1962454j0983New York: Twayne Publishers Inc. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. "Author was the last of a procession of uniformed rabbinical U.S. Army chaplains to serve in Japan. He came to wonder how the hundred or so Jewish families in the Tokyo area came to live in this remote corner of the world and was intrigued by their backgrounds in Manchuria and China before they reached Japan Here he tells the story of how the Jews in the Far East survivied WWII not only as human beings under duress but as aware proud Jews." - paraphrased from Introduction. 207 pages. Map. Bibliography. Index. Black and white photographic plates. Map endpapers. Clean tight and unmarked with light wear to original green cloth. No dust jacket. A sound example of this fascinating study.; 8vo . Twayne Publishers, Inc. hardcover
19742091202133206208Hyogo prefecture 1974. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 24 Hyogo prefecture paperback
1910CA01065 volumes: volume 1 Texto: xx607 pages with frontispiece portraits illustrations facsimiles maps and plates; volume 2 Documentos: 552 pages; volume 3 Vida de Ercilla: 337 pages with portraits illustrations and index; volumes 4-5 Illustrations: 512 pages with facsimile titles to the first publications; 559 pages with facsimile signatures plates and index. Folio 15" x 10 3/4" with original wrappers bound in to cloth binding. Compiled and arranged by Jose Toribio Medina. First edition.<br /><br />La Araucana is an epic poem in Spanish about the Spanish conquest of Chile by Alonso de Ercilla; it is also known in English as The Araucaniad. It was considered the national epic of the Kingdom of Chile and one of the most important works of the Spanish Golden Age Siglo de Oro. The poem consists of 37 cantos that are distributed across the poem's three parts. The first part was published in 1569; the second part appeared in 1578 when it was published with the first part; the third part was published with the first and second parts in 1589. The poem shows Ercilla to be a master of the octava real the complicated stanza in which many other Renaissance epics in Castilian were written. A difficult eight-line unit of 11-syllable verses that are linked by a tight rhyme scheme the octava real was a challenge few poets met. It had been adapted from Italian only in the 16th century and it produces resonant serious-sounding verse that is appropriate to epic themes. The work describes the initial phase of the Arauco War which was born as a Spanish conquests attempt not at all comparable in importance to those of Hernán Cortés who helped conquer the Aztec empire and Francisco Pizarro who initiated the overthrow the Inca empire. Contrary to the epic conventions of the time however Ercilla placed the lesser conquests of the Spanish in Chile at the core of his poem because the author was a participant in the conquest and the story is based on his experiences there. On scraps of paper in the lulls of fighting Ercilla jotted down versified octaves about the events of the war and his own part in it. These stanzas he later gathered together and augmented in number to form his epic. It was the first poem of its kind written by a participant in the course of the events narrated and the first to immortalize the beginnings of a modern country. In the minds of the Chilean people La Araucana is a kind of Iliad that exalts the heroism pride and contempt of pain and death of the legendary Araucanian leaders and makes them national heroes today. Thus we see Ercilla appealing to the concept of the "noble savage" which has its origins in classical authors and took on a new lease of life in the renaissance - c.f. Montaigne's essay Des Canibales and was destined to have wide literary currency in European literature two centuries later. He had in fact created a historical poem of the war in Chile which immediately inspired many imitations.<br /><br />La Araucana is deliberately literary and includes fantastical elements reminiscent of medieval stories of chivalry. The narrator is a participant in the story at the time a new development for Spanish literature. Influences include Orlando furioso by Ludovico Ariosto. Also features extended description of the natural landscape. La Araucana's successes—and weaknesses—as a poem stem from the uneasy coexistence of characters and situations drawn from Classical sources primarily Virgil and Lucan both translated into Spanish in the 16th century and Italian Renaissance poets Ludovico Ariosto and Torquato Tasso with material derived from the actions of contemporary Spaniards and Araucanians. The mixture of Classical and Araucanian motifs in La Araucana often strikes the modern reader as unusual but Ercilla's turning native peoples into ancient Greeks Romans or Carthaginians was a common practice of his time. For Ercilla the Araucanians were noble and brave—only lacking as their Classical counterparts did the Christian faith. Caupolicán the Indian warrior and chieftain who is the protagonist of Ercilla's poem has a panoply of Classical heroes behind him. His valour and nobility give La Araucana grandeur as does the poem's exaltation of the vanquished: the defeated Araucanians are the champions in this poem which was written by one of the victors a Spaniard. Ercilla's depiction of Caupolicán elevates La Araucana above the poem's structural defects and prosaic moments which occur toward the end when Ercilla follows Tasso too closely and the narrative strays from the author's lived experience. Ercilla the poet-soldier eventually emerges as the true hero of his own poem and he is the figure that gives the poem unity and strength. The story is considered to be the first or one of the first works of literature in the New World cf. Cabeza de Vaca's Naufragios—Shipwrecked or Castaways for its fantastical/religious elements it is arguable whether that is a "traveler's account" or actual literature; and Bernal Díaz del Castillo's Historia verdadera de la conquista de Nueva España The Conquest of New Spain. La Araucana's more dramatic moments also became a source of plays. But the Renaissance epic is not a genre that has as a whole endured well and today Ercilla is little known and La Araucana is rarely read except by specialists and students of Spanish and Latin American literatures and of course in Chile where it is subject of special attention in the elementary schools education both in language and history. La Araucana makes Chile the only American country that was founded under the lights of an epic poem. <br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />Bound in red cloth with original wrappers bound in. Volume one first 15 pages closed tear at heal repaired back page fore edge repaired. A very good set. Imprenta elzeviriana hardcover
19642090202120201075Geibi Local History Research Society 1964. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 10 Geibi Local History Research Society paperback
1920517H3277Halifax Nova Scotia: Royal Print and Litho Limited. Good. 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. 362 pages. Fold-out map inside back board indicates operations of the Battalion. Twenty-one black and white photographic plates including one at page 56 not included in List of Illustrations. Lists of: Service Dates; Engagements of the Battalion; Wastage in France; Casualties; Honours and Awards. Also includes Nominal Roll of Officers including name address and record of service and Nominal Roll Other Ranks including number name address and record of service. "Being a history of the justly famous 85th Canadian Infantry Battalion Nova Scotia Highlanders in the various theatres of the war WWI together with a Nominal Roll and synopsis of service of Officers Non-Commissioned Officers and Men who served with the Battalion in France." - subtitle. Gilt lettering and decoration upon forest green cloth-covered boards. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this important Canadian military history. Enser p. 88. Cooke p. 130. Dornbusch 426. Amtmann H523; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; The Eighty-Fifth 85th Canadian Infantry Battalion / Nova Scotia Highlanders in France and Flanders First World War I One C.E.F. Canadian Expeditionary Force Witley Camp Vimy Ridge Passchendaele Electric Light Station Ontario Trench Eleu Dit Leauvette Am . Royal Print and Litho Limited hardcover
19792091202133202230Taira shiyakusho 1979. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 8 Taira shiyakusho paperback
1938110343Arbeiter in der UdSSR Moskau: Verlagsgenossenschaft Auslandischer 1938 Book. Very Good -. Cloth. INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. This copy is "Fur Ernst Block" as handwritten and SIGNED by Becher on the flyleaf. Block was a German Marxist philosopher influenced by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and Karl Marx. This RARE copy is thus made even more rare by this association with Block. This collection of poems is on the culture of Nazi Germany just when they were getting much more aggressive in the late 1930s - with themes of the search for happiness suffering and the human condition. 153 pages. The author was a German politician novelist and poet who was affiliated with the Communist Party of Germany KPD before World War II. In 1935 Becher emigrated to the Soviet Union as did other members of the central committee of the KPD. In Moscow he became editor-in-chief of the German émigré magazine Internationale Literatur-Deutsche Blätter. Condition: the cover has some fading minor soils light wear except for a 1 1/2" split on the spine edge; the interior is in very good condition with just some age-toning of the front endpapers. Verlagsgenossenschaft Auslandischer hardcover
18694093New York: Harper & Brothers 1869. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. First edition first printing with title page dated 1869 matching the 1869 copyright date. Publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt lettering on the spine. Brown endpapers. 414 pages followed by six pages of publisher's ads. In NEAR FINE condition. Very bright very clean tight and square with very little wear. Just slight shelf wear at the spine ends and corner tips. Gilt on the spine is extraordinarily bright and unworn. Excellent interior with just some sporadic light foxing. Previous owner's signature in fountain pen on front flyleaf. . Harper & Brothers Hardcover
272849James Clarke & Co. Hardcover. Fine. Fifteen volumes 8vo 3/4 pebbled morocco patterned paper-covered boards marbled endsheets t.e.g. untrimmed. No date but peresumably circa 1900. A remarkable set unhesitatingly called Fine. Please request a shipping quote before ordering. James Clarke & Co. hardcover
24430Original color woodblock print. Sheet size 19 1/4 x 13 1/4 in. printed area 17 7/8 x 12 3/8 in. Mounted with removable tape to cloth covered mat measuring 25 1/2 x 17 1/4 in. Pencil signed at lower right. One small splash stain noted at lower edge otherwise very good condition. Keith 1887-1956 was a celebrated Scottish-born printmaker watercolorist and writer whose work centered on depictions of Asian life and culture. This print is undated but several museums put it at ca.1925. unknown
30826The only child of George Washington's long-time personal secretary Tobias Lear was actually born in the early "White House" in Philadelphia and Washington was his godfather; his mother died when he was two Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton were among her pallbearers and he went on to become a successful attorney in Washington DC; Gilbert Stuart painted a well-known portrait of him. Outstanding AMS 2pp recto and verso 7 3/4" X 12 3/4" Portsmouth NH 1817 August 20. Very good. Three light horizontal original folds; mild age toning and slight edgewear. This attractively and boldly penned document is titled "Christmas Hymn" and contains the full text of a Christmas song whose original we have not been able to determine. Begins "Hail holy morn upon whose beams / A thousand radiant Seraphs rode / Bright from the Sapphire throne of God. / Bursting upon the Shepherd's dreams.- / While poised upon the glittering wing / A thousand choral voices sing / Glad tidings of great joy we bring / Be peace proclaimed on Earth / And Heaven's high arch with rapture ring." Goes on for several more stanzas closing with: "Thus for the gift that thou hast given / Hereafter we shall learn to rain / On days of everlasting Praise / Tun'd to the Gold en Harps of Heaven." He then concludes "Written from recollection for my Dear Cousin Miss Mary Storer" boldly dated and signed. Storer was the given name of Lear's mother Mary "Polly" Lear the first of Tobias Lear's three wives who was related to the Washington family. There were a great many prominent Storers in early Portsmouth history among them a Mary Storer born around 1785 who might well have been the recipient of this keepsake. Whether Lear's "recollection" of this hymn refers to him recalling a hymn he himself had written years before or to a hymn written by another is not clear and certainly warrants further research. A most unusual and extremely interesting document. unknown
1959653h5497USA: Time Inc. Good. 1959. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Iconic color cover illustration of the Dalai Lama by Boris Chaliapin. Cover story 'The Escape That Rocked The Reds' describes the Dalai Lama's dramatic two-week flight from the Red Chinese as he travelled from Lhasa to the sanctuary of northern India. Included is a map of the escape route and three photos. An additional article entitled 'Buddhism - The Dalai Lama's Faith' includes a map showing Buddha's hold on Asia. Also of interest is an article on the marriage of Japan's Prince Akihito to the commoner Michiko Shoda which includes two photos. Complete and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy of this special issue.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Dalai Lama Royal Wedding - Japan Dalai Lama - Escape Michiko Shoda Prince Akihito Kensetsu Nakayama . Time, Inc. unknown
1900223161900. Early twentieth century Mexico documented in photographs and real photo postcards depicting rural life Indigenous labor archaeological sites and urban landscapes during the decades surrounding the Mexican Revolution. The images record scenes of everyday activity alongside monumental remains of ancient Mesoamerican civilizations illustrating the cultural landscape of Mexico during a period when tourism archaeology and national identity formation increasingly emphasized the country's Indigenous heritage. Photographs of markets domestic work agricultural labor and village life provide visual evidence of social conditions and cultural practices within rural communities during the early twentieth century.<br /> <br /> Archive of thirty nine black and white real photo postcards and photographs dating from approximately the 1900s through the 1920s. Many images contain captions printed in the negative in English or Spanish identifying locations and subjects. Several photographs depict well known archaeological sites including views of the Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacan and detailed images of the carved serpent heads of the Temple of Quetzalcoatl. Other photographs document rural environments and community life including images labeled "Xochimilco Mex." showing canal traffic and canoe riders navigating the waterways near Mexico City. One real photo postcard captioned "Haciendo tortillas" depicts Indigenous women preparing tortillas over open fires surrounded by cooking vessels and firewood. Additional photographs show thatched roof dwellings agricultural labor including men harvesting agave plants and scenes of local marketplaces. A group portrait depicting Mexican soldiers alongside women and children suggests the presence of military or political activity during the revolutionary era.<br /> <br /> The photographs reflect a period when Mexico's archaeological monuments and Indigenous communities were increasingly photographed by travelers ethnographers and publishers producing visual material for both domestic and international audiences. After the Mexican Revolution of 1910-1920 intellectual and political movements promoting indigenismo emphasized Indigenous heritage as a central component of Mexican national culture while archaeological research at sites such as Teotihuacan gained international attention. Real photo postcards circulated widely during this period and served both as souvenirs and as documentary images of landscapes monuments and local communities. Photographs and postcards generally measure approximately 3 x 5 inches and remain preserved as loose prints. Minor edge wear and surface toning visible with occasional curling at the corners; most images retain strong contrast and clarity. Overall very good condition. The archive provides a varied photographic record of Mexican cultural life Indigenous communities and archaeological sites in the early twentieth century. unknown
