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1846046001London: The Percy Society 1846. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition. Original brown cloth bookplate of De Guinzbourg from his proverb library on the front pastedown. Modest foxing; a very nice copy. The first of Denham's tracts published between 1846 and 1859. Scarce. iv 73pp. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Language & Linguistics; History. Inventory No: 046001. <br/><br/> The Percy Society hardcover books
1878423037J. A. & R. A. Reid 1878. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. 8vo. Panel-stamped blue cloth. 314 pp. With tissue-guarded frontispiece and additional b/w plates. Light rubbing to head heel and corners with a touch of fraying to head and heel of spine. Light shelfwear. Light spotting to top edges. Slight toning to page edges. Very good with faults as noted. J. A. & R. A. Reid hardcover books
192825024Denmark: Aarhus 1928. 226 pages 2 pages of the 'Gyldendals Bibliotek 1928 - 30' publisher's listings at back. Illustration of an early Danish manuscript at front; Danish text throughout. Previous owner name of Hans Hizberg on the front endpaper. Volume approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" size; bound in marbled paper covered boards light tan leather spine and corners spine decorated in blind and with contrasting dark brown and gilt title labels marbled endpapers to match top of text block tinted deep red. A little edge tips wear to the binding; text block clean and in very good condition. First Edition. Leather. Very Good. Aarhus books
190523064Kobenhavn: Det Schonbergske Forlag 1905. 261 pages; Danish text throughout; original printed orange paper wraps bound-in; approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" size; in full polished fine-grain caramel-brown morocco leather; gilt cover titles surrounded by a laurel wreath back cover with gilt illustration of a crab claws extended; gilt spine titles and rules with a continuation of the laurel motif in a vertical pattern gilt stars at top and bottom of spine top edge gilt gilt star-pattern roll-tool on the turn-ins white watered-silk endpapers brown silk page-marker; front endpaper with presentation 'Til Otto fra Vincent 23 Februar 1906" and the following endpapers with hand-written inspirational quotes from Goethe Horace and with a small lightly colored initial letter; slight wear little bit of color change to leather on the covers; in very good condition and a very pleasing binding with a natural-history motif. First Edition. Leather. Very Good. Det Schonbergske Forlag books
193523506Denmark: Various 1935. 'Soya' Carl Erik Martin Soya 1896 - 1983 Danish author epicure playwright and social-satire moralist. " Soya's works are a mixture of primitiveness with refinement uncertainty & intransigence with forbearance courage with compassion A Rabelais-like character comedian and fabulant who is constantly haunted by a misanthropy akin to Guy de Maupassant His countless publications extend into a majority of genres and forms: newspaper journalism reviews poetry children's books school plays librettos aphorisms pamphlets Among numerous honors received were the Holberg Medal in 1947 Henrik Pontoppidan Memorial Fund 1949 Gyldendals Herman Bang scholarship 1950 Oehlenschlæger scholarship in 1961 Johs. Ewald scholarship in 1968 and the Danish Academy's highest award in 1975." see the third edition of the Danish biographical dictionary published 1979-84 The collection was formed due to the close and enduring friendship of Soya with Valdemar Bruun with most of the titles warmly inscribed and signed by Soya to Valdemar. exceptions noted Many of the books also have the illustrated bookplate of Dr. Bertel Bruun 1937 - 2011 Danish-American naturalist international conservationist and neurologist author of several birding guides and a descendant of the original recipient the distinctive 'bird" plate which was designed by Dr. Bruun is usually found on the front endpaper. Several of the books are signed and inscribed to Dr. Bruun and are described as such. Including: Kvinderne I Persien Og Andre Aeventyr. 1923 Steen Hasselbalchs Forlag Denmark. 169 pages; inscribed and signed on the front endpaper to Valdemar Bruun from Carl Erik Soya; bound in contemporary patterned-paper covered boards; spine ends wear and rubbing good condition. Parasitterne Skuespil I 5 Akter Med Tegninger af B. Biilmann Petersen. 1929 Teatrets Skuespilserie Levin & Munksgaard Kobenhavn. 154 pages; inscribed on the half-title page to Valdemar Bruun " mein brofarbe Kammerat og Kritikur fra Carl Erik"; original illustrated paper wraps bound in contemporary patterned-paper covered boards bright red-orange crushed morocco leather spine and corners floral ornament in compartments on spine gilt titles; light wear and rubbing to boards; in very good condition. Ganske Almindelige Mennesker Skitser Og Fortaellinger Tilegnet Forfatterer af "Hans Og Grethe" 1930 Leven & Munksgaard Kobenhavn. 163 pages; warmly inscribed on the front endpaper "Kari Valemar .Carl Erik"; original buff-color plain wraps with black spine titles; some edge tips wear and soiling to covers; contents in very good condition and clean. Ganske Almindelige Mennesker another copy also inscribed and signed dated 1944 from Carl Erik & Agnes; original illustrated paper wraps bound in contemporary patterned-paper covered boards bright red-orange crushed morocco leather spine and corners floral ornament in compartments on spine gilt titles; light wear and rubbing to boards; in very good condition. Jeg Kunde Nemt Ta' 100 Kroner! Fortaelling Omslagstegning af Kai Mottlau 1931 Leven & Munksgaard Kobenhavn. 100 pages; inscribed & signed on the half-title; bound in contemporary patterned-paper covered boards bright red-orange crushed morocco leather spine and corners floral ornament in compartments on spine gilt titles; light wear and rubbing to boards; in very good condition. Fire Bornerim Tekst af Soya Musik af Kai Rosenberg. 1931 Vald. Pedersens Bogtrykkeri Kobenhavn; 14 pages; inscribed & signed on the half-title; bound in contemporary patterned-paper covered boards small title-lines in gilt on front cover; some edge tips wear to binding; in very good condition. Fire Bornerim another copy this copy inscribed & signed on the half-title to the Bruun family from the Soya family; bound in gray paper wrap covers side-string bound with the title "Juleaften 1931"; some edge tips wear and soiling to wraps; in very good condition. Hvem er Jeg Eller Naar Fanden Gi'r et Tilbud Komedie i et Forspil nogle Mellemspil et Efterspil og 11 Billeder Med Illustrationer af B. Biilmann Petersen. 1932 Det Kobenhavnske Forlag Nordlundes Bogtrykkeri. 80 pages; inscribed & signed on the half-title; black and white illustrated contents; original illustrated paper wraps bound in contemporary patterned-paper covered boards small title-lines in gilt on front cover; some edge tips wear to binding; in very good condition. Lord Nelson Laegger Figenbladet eller En Nat I et Vokskabinet Historisk Skuespil I 2 Bind Og 16 Kapitler Omslagstegning af Mogens Zieler. 1934 Teaterforlaget Kobenhavn. 34 pages; example No. 128 of 500 signed by Soya; printed double-column; original illustrated paper wrap covers; some tips and spine ends wear & fading; in very good condition. Avner for Vinden Trargikomedie I 7 Billeder Omslagstegning af Freddie Dansk Undulag-Obdroetter Klub D.U.K. tilegnet. 1937 Teaterforlaget Kobenhavn. 44 pages; inscribed and signed on the half-title page; printed double-column; original illustrated paper wrap covers; some tips and spine ends wear & fading; in very good condition. Den Leende Jomfru Skuespil I 5 Akter Omslagstegning af Karl Larsen 1934 example # 6 pf 500 signed 54 pages; bound with Lord Nelson Laegger Figenbladet same as above example No. 137 signed by Soya and additionally inscribed & signed on the half-title; with Fristelsen Skuespil I 3 Akter Omslagstegning af Sikker Hansen de trofaste Venner Kai og Karen Rosenberg tilegnet. 1935 26 pages example No. 40 of 500 signed; with Avner for Vinden same as above example No. 16 signed; bound with Maalet Troen og Synspunktet Det Nye Spil om Enhver Omslgstegning of Soya III 11Aar Paa dette Blade n Tak til Ingeborg og Sven Clausen for Godt Kammertskab unservejs. 1938. 63 pages; example No. 164 signed; with Min Hoje Hat eller Tryllekunstens Triumf Aeventyrkomedie I to Afdelinger omslagstegning af Ungermann Tilegnet de Dame rog herrer der uddeler Forfatterunderstottelserne paa Finansloven. 1939. 126 pages; example No. 128 signed and additionally inscribed and signed on the half-title "Kare Valdemart!.Din gamle Ven C.E. Sept. 39."; All these plays published by Teaterforlaget Kobenhavn; with their original illustrated stiff paper wrap front covers bound in light gray hardcover boards gilt spine titles; some wear an soiling to binding; contents in very good condition. Den Leende Jomfru same as above example No. 409 signed additionally inscribed and signed on the half-title; bound with Lord Nelson Laegger same as above example No. 319 signed additionally inscribed and signed on the half-title; with Fristelsen same as above example No. 297 signed additionally inscribed and signed on the half-title; with Handlingen Foregaar I Danmark Skitser og Fortaellinger Omslagstegning af helge Refn Tilegnet Guy de Maupassant. 1936 61 pages; inscribed and signed on the half-title; with Avner for Vinden same as above example No. 17 signed and additionally inscribed and signed on the half-title; with Maalet Troen og Synspunktet same as above example No. 338 signed additionally inscribed and signed on the half-title; bound with Min Hoje Hat same as above example No. 235 signed additionally inscribed and signed on the half-title; All these plays published by Teaterforlaget Kobenhavn; with their original illustrated stiff paper wrap front & back covers bound in contemporary patterned-paper covered boards bright red-orange crushed morocco leather spine and corners floral ornaments in compartments on spine gilt titles; light wear and rubbing to boards; in very good condition. To Kassered Horespil en transmission Hvis Holberg. 1935 Teaterforlaget Kobenhavn. 32 2 pages; laid-in is the illustrated postal announcement card for the book addressed by hand from Soya to V. Bruun; with postal cancellation; fragile brilliantly-colored paper wraps bound in contemporary patterned-paper covered boards small title-lines in gilt on front cover; some edge tips wear to binding; short closed tear to wrap at edge; postal card & book in very good condition. Horespilafdelingen. 1939 Teaterforlaget Kobenhavn. 16 pages; original printed paper wraps bound in contemporary patterned-paper covered boards small title-lines in gilt on front cover; some edge tips wear to binding; in very good condition. NOTE: This title is not signed by Soya. Brudstykker Af et Monster et Skuespil I 6 Skuespil 1940 Nyt Nordisk Forlag - Arnold Busck Kjobenhavn. 90 pages; inscribed and signed on the half-title from Agnes & C.E. Soya; original illustrated paper wrap covers bound in contemporary patterned-paper covered boards bright red-orange crushed morocco leather spine and corners floral ornament in compartments on spine gilt titles; light wear and rubbing to boards; in very good condition. La Chaine et la Trame To Traade Piece en Cinq Actes Trauduit du danois par Gilles Gerard-Arlberg. 1941 Les Editions Borgen Copenhague. 79 pages; inscribed and signed on the half-title to Ebba & Valdemaar from Agnes & Carl Erik in 1952; original illustrated paper wrap covers design by Bjorn Wiinblad; some edge tips wear and chipping to covers little soiling; in good condition. Smaa venlige Smaafisk Fortaellinger og Humoresker Med Forord af Tom Kristensen. 1941 Poul Carit Andersens Forlag Kobenhavn. 167 pages; inscribed and signed on the half-title from Agnes & Carl Erik Soya dated 1940; original illustrated paper wrap covers bound in contemporary patterned-paper covered boards bright red-orange crushed morocco leather spine and corners floral ornament in compartments on spine gilt titles; light wear and rubbing to boards; in very good condition. En Gaest Fortaelling. 1941 Carit Andersens Forlag Kobenhavn. 126 pages; signed "Soya" on the half-title; laid-in couple of photo-copied reviews of a timeline of Soya works at this period of his accomplishments in Danish; original illustrated paper wrap covers bound in contemporary patterned-paper covered boards bright red-orange crushed morocco leather spine and corners floral ornament in compartments on spine gilt titles; light wear and rubbing to boards; in very good condition. Poul Reumert Med Forord af Axel Kjerulf. 1942 Grafisk Forlag Kobenhavn. 64 pages; a photographically illustrated biography of this Danish stage and film actor; original printed paper wraps bound in contemporary patterned-paper covered boards small title-lines in gilt on front cover; some edge tips wear to binding; in very good condition. NOTE: This title is not signed by Soya.To Traade et Skuespil I 5 Skuespil. 1943 - 1944 Nordiske Landes Bogforlag Fredericia. 144 pages; inscribed and signed on the half-title from Agnes & Carl Erik Soya; original printed paper wrap covers bound in contemporary patterned-paper covered boards bright red-orange crushed morocco leather spine and corners floral ornament in compartments on spine gilt titles; light wear and rubbing to boards; in very good condition.Min Farmors Hus et Tidsbillede. 1943 Nordiske Landes Bogforlag Alfred Christensen Fredericia. 349 pages; inscribed and signed on the half-title from Agnes & Carl Erik Soya; original illustrated paper wrap covers bound in contemporary patterned-paper covered boards bright red-orange crushed morocco leather spine and corners floral ornament in compartments on spine gilt titles; some wear and rubbing to boards; text block paper browned; in very good condition. Orla Lundbo. 1944 Nordiske Landes Bogforlag Alfred Christensen Fredericia. 98 pages; with black and white illustrations from the production; Danske Forfatterbiografier Nr. 4.; inscribed and signed on the half-title to Valdemaar from Carl Erik; useful 2- page chronological list of Soya works at back; original illustrated paper wrap covers; some edge tips wear and chipping to covers little soiling; in good condition. Eventyr af Soya Hr. Mands Hemmelighed Tegninger: Jacob Skjodsholm. 1944 Knud Th. Mollers Bogtrykkeri Ringkjobing. 24 pages; limited edition No. 17 of 300; signed by Soya Jacob Skjodsholm & Knud Th. Moller at the introductory sheet; color illustrations; original paper wraps bound in contemporary patterned-paper covered boards small title-lines in gilt on front cover; some edge tips wear to binding; in very good condition. Smil Saa! Udvalgte Humoristiske Fortaellinger Med Forord af Kaj Munk. 1944 Nordiske Landes Bogforlag Alfred Christensen Fredericia. 264 pages; inscribed and signed on the half-title from Agnes & C.E. Soya in the year of publication; original illustrated paper wrap covers bound in contemporary patterned-paper covered boards bright red-orange crushed morocco leather spine and corners floral ornament in compartments on spine gilt titles; some wear and rubbing to boards; in very good condition. 30 Aars Henstand et Skuespil I 4 Skuespil. 1944 Nordiske Landes Bogforlag Alfred Christensen Fredericia. 189 pages; inscribed and signed on the half-title from Agnes & Carl Erik; original printed paper wrap covers bound in contemporary patterned-paper covered boards bright red-orange crushed morocco leather spine and corners floral ornament in compartments on spine gilt titles; some wear and rubbing to boards; in very good condition. 33 Kunstnerportraetter tekst af Soya tegninger af Yvonne de Ripperda. 1945 Nordiske Landes Bogforlag Fredericia. 89 pages; black and white portrait illustrations; original printed paper wrap binding edge tips wear and chipping old damp-discoloration at top edge in good condition. NOTE: This title is not signed by Soya. Brudstykker Af et Monster et Skuespil I 6 Skuespil. 1946 Nordiske Landes Bogforlag Fredericia. 148 pages; inscribed and signed on the half-title from Agnes & Carl Erik in the year of publication; original printed paper wrap binding edge tips wear and chipping in very good condition. Festskrift til Soya Paa Halvtredsaarsdagen 30. Oktober 1946. 1946 Nordiske Landes Bogforlag Fredericia. 120 pages; color frontisipiece portrait of Soya by Johannes Nielsen; black and white illustrations of places people of importance in Soya's life; original illustrated paper wrap binding edge tips wear and chipping in good condition. NOTE: This title is not signed by Soya. Fire Komedier in two volumes: Vol. I: Vogelfeder Umbabumba with Vol. II: Chas Hvoffer Skaend's VI 1946 Nordiske Landes Bogforlag Fredericia. 276 327 pages; original printed paper wrap covers bound in contemporary patterned-paper covered boards bright red-orange crushed morocco leather spine and corners floral ornament in compartments on spine gilt titles all text block edges tinted black both volumes contained in a matching paper-covered cardstock boards slipcase; additionally titled in gilt on the front boards of both volumes "Valdemar 26- 9 - 46 fra Agnes og Carl Erik"; some wear and rubbing to boards; in very good condition. NOTE: This title is not additionally signed by Soya. Love Med Korset Skuespil I Een Akt. 1950 Borgens Forlag Jarl Borgen Kobenhavn. 91 pages; limited edition of 750; inscribed and signed on the half-title from Carl Erik & dated in the year of publication; original illustrated paper wrap covers; some edge tips wear and darkening; in very good condition.Slaraffenland Bornebog for Born - Alle Aldre Tegninger Af Arne Ungermann. 1950 Wilhelm Hansen Forlag Kobenhavn. 44 pages; inscribed and signed on the title page from Carl Erik & dated in the year of publication; nice lithographed color illustrations by Ungermann; original illustrated paper covered board pink cloth spine; some edge tips wear and rubbing darkening to binding; in very good condition. Hvis Tilvaerelsen Keder Dem - Udvalgte fantsier. 1952 Borgens Forlag Jarl Borgen Kobenhavn. 185 pages; inscribed and signed on the half-title page from Soya; original illustrated paper wrap covers; some edge tips wear and soiling; in very good condition. Soya II Tanker Om Kvinder Kaerlighed Og Det Med Tegninger af Soya III. 1953 Borgens Forlag. 21 pages; inscribed and signed on the endpaper from Agnes & C.E. & dated in the year of publication; black and white illustrations and red leaf-ornaments in the printing; plain paper wraps with 'Soya' on the cover; some wear and soiling to the over-wrap; in very good condition. Lomme Uld 344 Indfald Og Udfald af Soya. 1955 Borgens Forlag Jarl Borgen Kobenhavn. 53 pages; inscribed and signed on the half-title page to Bertel Bruun from Soya in the year of publication; original paste-paper covers printed in yellow in red; some light edge-wear and darkening in very good condition. Blodrodt og Blegrodt Gamle nye fantasier. 1955 Borgens Forlag Jarl Borgen Kobenhavn. 123 pages; on the half-title is "Dedikationen se Side 5 November 1955" in Soya's handwriting; the printed foreword dedication is "Kaere Valdemar." evidently for his old friend Valdemar Bruun; laid in is a newspaper-clipping of a review of the book with a portrait of Soya; with laid-in Tak for venligheden Den 30. Oktober 1956 signed Carl Erik - Soya on the cover 4 pages No. 99 of 250 and signed by the publisher Rasmussens on the limitation page; a small paper wrapped pamphlet; the "Blodrodt."volume in the original printed paper wraps bound in red patterned-paper covered boards in a modernist style red leather spine and corners gilt spine titles; both publications with light wear and soiling in very good condition. Blindebuk Eller Sadan Kan det Ga! En Tratralogi for Teatret. 1956 Borgens Forlag Jarl Borgen Kobenhavn. 365 pages; inscribed and signed on the half-title page to Bertel Bruun from Agnes & C.E. - Soya in the year of publication; original printed paper wraps; some edge-wear paper splitting along spine edge; in very good condition overall. I Den Lyse Nat Skuespil I to Akter. 1956 Borgens Forlag Jarl Borgen Kobenhavn. 67 pages; inscribed and signed on the half-title page to Ebba og Valdemar from C.E. in the year of publication; original illustrated paper wrap covers; some edge tips wear and rubbing to the binding; in very good condition.Vilhelms Bibel 586 Indfald Og Udfald af Soya. 1957 Borgens Forlag Jarl Borgen Kobenhavn. 80 pages; inscribed and signed on the half-title page to Bertel from Soya in the year of publication; original illustrated paper wrap covers; some edge tips wear and rubbing to the binding; in very good condition.With related ephemera:Hilsener til Soya 7 page booklet with commentary from various Scandinavian writers regarding Soya. Light wear in very good condition.Soya: Afdode Jonsen: 4 Akter. 23 page small playbill booklet for this production 1957 - 1958 with a portrait frontispiece of Soya and other illustrations within of the players; small inscription on front cover good condition.1996 Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten newspaper clipping regarding "Moralisten og satirikeren Soya" by Hans Andersen with a portrait of Soya; old fold lines darkened in very good condition.A loose endpaper excised from an unknown publication inscribed and signed from Agnes & Carl Erik - Soya in 1953 to Bertel Bruun; light wear and darkening very good. Overall the collection is in very good condition and especially interesting for the personal dedication and signing for most of the volumes. NOTE: This is a large group of material; shipping will be figured at time of purchase. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Leather. Very Good. Various books
20639New York: Voluntary Parenthood League. Softcover. Very good. Undated ca. 1920. 4 pp ca. 6 x 8 inches self wrappers. Some old creasing general handling wear; very good. Social reformer Mary Ware Dennett 1872-1947 founded the Voluntary Parenthood League in 1919. The organization's main goal was to change the Comstock Laws so information about birth control would not be deemed obscene and could legally be distributed by mail. In this pamphlet Dennett argues that just as humans eat for pleasure as well as from necessity and just as they chose stylish clothes rather than the simplest thing that will keep them warm so there are "similar emotional mental moral and spiritual values to be derived from this function sexual relations." Getting "the Birth Control question straightened out" she argues "is the first imperative step. It will open the way for all the rest. And presently it will be as natural to apply science and art to sex relations as it is now to the matters of food clothes and shelter." Voluntary Parenthood League paperback books
1848007782London: John Murray 1848. RARE in the 1848 First Edition. Near Fine in contempoary half calf over buckram edges of spines in gilt top edges gilt marbled end pages.End pages uniformly browned light rubbing at edges small bookseller's label front paste down bottom edge. c 530 pp errata publisher's ad xiv 555 pp. errata. Each volume with 5 maps 2 fold-outs in Vol. I one in Vol. II all maps are Fine. Color frontispiece Vol. II. Both volumes profusely illustrated with wood engravings. With 2 pages of errata and a page of advertisements. RARE Worldcat shows 12 institutional holdings all in Europe. Rare Book Hub shows no First Editions have been auctioned. . First Edition. Half Calf Over Buckram Boards . Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. John Murray Hardcover books
1851008728London: Longman Brown Green & Longmans 1851. Three volumes finely bound by Zaehnsdorf of London stamp-signed in half black morocco over marbled boards gilt lettering and five raised bands back marbled end papers tops gilt. Very Good front joint Vol. I is worn and starting to open shallow crease to edge of fold-out map light toning primarily at end papers. A handsome set. . First Edition. Half Morocco. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans Hardcover books
1902501024<p>"January 31 1902 Yours Truly - Chauncey M. Depew." 3 3/4" x 2 1/4" with holograph envelope postmarked Washington D.C. February 1 1902. Very good.</p><p>Depew 1834-1928 American lawyer; attorney for the Vanderbilt railroad interests from 1866; president of New York Central Railroad 1885-99 and chairman of the board 1899-1928; U.S. senator 1899-1911.</p> unknown books
1783045309Lisbon: Simão Thaddeo Ferreira 1783. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Full contemporary elaborately gilt red morocco densely tooled with an array of fleur de lis and other fleurons. Light wear and rubbing mostly at the corners. Minor worming to endpaper minor stains to title and a few other spots. Lacking one signature pages 177-192 otherwise very good internally; sold as a fine binding example. A fine example of 18th century Portuguese bookbinding - more similar to fine 17th century French bindings. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Biography & Autobiography. Inventory No: 045309. <br/><br/> Simão Thaddeo Ferreira hardcover books
1990253483London: Barrie & Jenkins 1990. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Dust jacket price-clipped; no markings of any kind; dust jacket protected in a mylar cover; digital images can be made available upon request. Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket. Barrie & Jenkins unknown books
1947004475Cedar Rapids Iowa: Mississippi Valley Historical Review 1947. Reprinted from the Mississippi Valley Historical Review Vol. XXXIII No. 4 March 1947. Paginated 622-628. . Reprint. Pamphlet. Fine in Wraps as Issued/No Jacket As Issued. Mississippi Valley Historical Review Paperback books
200321765NY: Knopf. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2003. Hardcover. 037541181X . First edition. Fine in an about fine dust jacket. . Knopf hardcover books
1800E0068viii514 pages with frontispiece map. Quarto 10 1/2" x 8 3/4" housed in a custom slipcase. Translated by Maurice Keatinge. First English edition.Bernal Dïaz del Castillo was a conquistador who wrote an eyewitness account of the conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards under Hernan Cortes himself serving as a rodelero under Cortes. Born in Medina del Campo Spain he came from a family of little wealth and he himself had received only a minimal education. He sailed to Cuba in 1514 to make his fortune but after two years found few opportunities there. Much of the native population of the island had already been killed by epidemics and forced labor and in 1517 an expedition was sent to the smaller Caribbean islands to find alternative sources of labor. Dïaz joined this group under the command of Francisco Hernandez de Cordoba. It was a difficult venture and although they discovered the Yucatan coast by the time the expedition returned to Cuba they were in disastrous shape. Nevertheless Dïaz returned to the coast of Yucatan the following year on an expedition led by Juan de Grijalva with the intent of exploring the newly discovered lands. Upon returning to Cuba he enlisted in a new expedition this one led by Hernan Cortes. In this third effort Dïaz took part in one of the legendary military campaigns of history bringing an end to the Aztec empire in Mesoamerica. During this campaign Dïaz spoke frequently with his companions in arms about their experiences collecting them into a coherent narration. The book that resulted from this was Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva Espana English: The True History of the Conquest of New Spain. In it he describes many of the 119 battles in which he claims to have participated culminating in the fall of the Aztec Empire in 1521.As a reward for his service Dïaz was appointed governor of Santiago de los Caballeros present-day Antigua Guatemala. He began writing his history in 1568 almost fifty years after the events described in response to an alternative history written by Cortes's chaplain who had not actually participated in the campaign. He called his book the Verdadera Historia True History in response to the claims made in the earlier work. Dïaz died in 1585 without seeing his book published. A manuscript was found in a Madrid library in 1632 and finally published providing an eye-witness account of the events often told from the perspective of a common soldier. Today it is one of the most important sources in understanding the campaign that led to the collapse of the Aztec Empire and the Spanish conquest of Mexico.Condition:Spine renewed with new period spine label and original boards which the corners and edges are heavily rubbed some foxing to early pages. Frontispiece map repaired. Custom made red slipcase with Japanese toggles and leather spine label in gilt lettering else about a very good copy in a near fine case. Printed for J Wright by John Dean hardcover books
1813227638London: Printed for the Proprietor By Joseph Hartnell 1813. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Frontispiece; No pencil or ink markings in text. Full brown leather binding. Archivally rebacked. Very light edgewear to boards. Very Good binding. Printed for the Proprietor, By Joseph Hartnell unknown books
19481558glsNew York: Alfred A. Knopf 1948. Octavo green cloth gilt letters & decorations to spine xix 374 pp xxv pp. Residue to fep. otherwise Very Good with light rubbing to edges. Alfred A. Knopf, 1948. hardcover books
1991001464Stanford CA: Stanford Univ Press 1991. "In almost every case the topics of the individual papers are treated here for the first time in English." Important and scarce scholarly work. Small closed tear top edge of dustjacket and spine of dj lightly faded. Prior owner name and chop mark front endpage that of noted China scholar Lynn Struve. First American Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Stanford Univ Press Hardcover books
1940045372Madrid: Espasa-Calpe 1940. First Edition. Hardcover Quarter Leather. Very Good Condition. 9 volumes in quarter brown calf over pebbled brown cloth 1940-1946 - spines gilt in compartments. Light rubbing to spines and hinges a touch of edgewear and a few corners bumped slight dampstain to rear board and page edge of volume 3 - bright overall and unmarked internally. Illustrated. Vol. 1: El Victorial. Crónica de Pero Niño conde de Buelna por su alférez Gutierre Díez de Gámes. LXXXII 397 pp Vol. 2: Crónica de Álvaro de Luna Condestable de Castilla LXIV 484 pp Vol. 3: Hechos del condestable Miguel Lucas de Iranzo. Crónica del siglo XV LVI 507pp Vol. 4: Memorial de diversas hazañas. Crónica de Enrique IV ordenada por Mosén Diego de Valera XCII 413pp Vols. 5 y 6: Crónica de los Reyes Católicos por su secretario Fernando del Pulgar CLX 456pp 523 pp Vol. 7: Historia del Emperador Carlos V por Pedro Mexia XCV 618 pp Vol. 8: Crónica del Halconero de Juan II Pedro Carrillo de Huete XV 561 pp Vol. 9: Refundición de la Crónica del Halconero por Lope de Barrientos CCIII 328 pp Size: Octavo 8vo. 9-volume set complete. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: History; Inventory No: 045372. <br/><br/> Espasa-Calpe hardcover books
1827008657London: Saunders and Otley 1827. With the scarce suppressed 48 page chapter at end following p.328 "Castrations from the Private Memoirs of Sir Kenelm Digby". Bound in contemporary full chocolate polished calf the back gilt with black morocco label marble end pages and edges. Very Good covers rubbed at edges crease at edge of title page small edge tear final 2 end pages five pages of Introduction with tidy early marginal corrections to the text. "Now first published from the original manuscripts with an introductory memoir." . First Edition. Full Polished Calf. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Saunders and Otley Hardcover books
1992TB01869New York: Harper Collins Pub 1992. First Edition. First printing Fine In a fine dust jacket. Harper Collins Pub unknown books
1993217132Las Vegas Nevada U.S.A.: Sunset Bookstore 1993. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Very Good dust jacket. Previous owner bookplate; DJ protected with Mylar Cover. Near Fine binding / Very Good dust jacket. Sunset Bookstore unknown books
21412Shanghai: North-China Daily News & Herald. Hardcover. Very good. Compiled and translated from the latest and most authoritative surveys and records by the staff of the Far Eastern Geographical Establishment." Second edition undated but 1917 or 1918. Large folio 21.25 x 15.25 inches pp 12 xi 1 88 187 xxxiii 18 with index 25 attractive colored maps in English and Chinese and many colored charts and graphs. Original embossed black cloth with beveled edges and gilt titles. Some chipping the the cloth at the spine ends and on raised bands corners rubbed through but a very good copy internally sound and clean. A fascinating and comprehensive reference providing extensive statistics on all aspects of Chinese manufacturing industry agricultural production natural resources and trade imports and exports broken down by province and city as well short write-ups on the history and principal commodities of dozens of cities and on the climate geography and mineral resources of China as a whole. There is a lengthy and most interesting list of "Commodities of the World's Commerce Compilied with Special Reference to China" that provides information on the sources and uses of such items as buffalo horns coprolites dragon's blood Ignatius beans kukui oil mangrove bark sea slugs and silkworm gut. A list of public companies in China detailing their capital profits etc. is included as an appendix and this is followed by 39 pages of ads for manufacturers shipbuilders and shipping lines insurance companies banks and import/export firms. The author was an English journalist and fellow of the Royal Geographical Society who lived in Asia for nearly two decades traveling in China India Tibet and Burma. In 1920 this book was advertised as "the only work of the kind every produced for and about China." Other works of this nature have undoubtedly been produced in the ensuing century but it is hard to imagine any could be as impressive a production as this one. North-China Daily News & Herald hardcover books
1606044957Hanau: Typis Wechelianis Apud Claudium Marnium & haeredes Ioan. Aubrii 1606. Early Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Good Condition. Full contemporary vellum with gilt decoration soiled and worn hinges split but binding sound. With two library and one earlier bookplate internally and a spine label but no other library markings; wear to endpapers. One contemporary inscription in Greek to an endpaper scattered foxing age toning to page edges a few minor paper flaws scattered pages more heavily browned mostly quite clean; printed in two columns Greek and Latin. viii 1054pp 38 1. With the printer's mark at the rear. Graesse v2 393. Cassius Dio's Roman history covered 1000 years in 80 books. The original Estienne edition 1548 collects a fragment from a 15th century manuscript that covers books 36-60. This covers 36-80 with brief remarks at the rear on the other books. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 044957. <br/><br/> Typis Wechelianis, Apud Claudium Marnium & haeredes Ioan. Aubrii hardcover books
19722411Lafayette LA: City of Lafayette Lousiana 1972. Softcover. Very Good. 8.5 x 11 inches 84 pp photographis illustrations; spiral binding. Light soiling and shelf wear to wrappers and edges; contents clean. A history of the city of Lafayette LA including sections on Attakapas Vermilionville Civil War Reconstruction Growth of Lafayette and then present-day Lafayette. City of Lafayette, Lousiana paperback books
195209016Dallas: Taylor Publishing Company 1952. Hard Cover. Very Good. Quarto. A very good copy with cover edge wear. <br/><br/> Taylor Publishing Company hardcover books
