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123845n.d. Illustrated card menu portfolio food menu not present but wine menu laid in. § A charming bit of San Francisco history from The Shadows a "Bit of Bohemia on Telegraph Hill" featuring German-Swiss cuisine faux chalet decor and superb views of the Bay Bridge. Located at 1349 Montgomery St the restaurant opened in 1932 and was a fixture of the local fine dining scene for decades. unknown books
1709CA1100viii24412 pages with engraved map folding plan and four engraved illustrations in text and index. Quarto 9 ¾" x 7½" bound in period calf with modern rebacking original gilt spine leather laid down and ruled gilt edges to cover. Translated by Joh Stevens. First English Edition.<br /><br />This is a highly regarded chronicle of the conquest and colonization of Peru by Spaniards in the latter part of the 16th century and is lauded for its at the time objectivity. Cieza de Leon's Chronica was to appear in 4 sections this translation being the first part only all that was available of the history until the latter part of the 19th century.<br /><br />Pedro Cieza de León was a Spanish conquistador and chronicler of Peru. He is known primarily for his history and description of Peru Crónicas del Perú. He wrote this book in four parts but only the first was published during his lifetime; the remaining sections were not published until the 19th and 20th centuries. Cieza de León was born to a family of Jewish conversos1 around 1520 in Llerena a town in southeastern Extremadura less than 60 mi from Portugal. Although recently converted from Judaism to Catholicism the family enjoyed good social standing in the region because of their networks and business dealings. His father Lope de León was a shopkeeper in the town and his mother Leonor de Cazalla was a native of Llerena. There is scant documentary evidence of the young Cieza de León’s childhood and little is known of his early life before his voyage to the Americas. Given the fact that he left home at 13 it is unlikely that Cieza de León received more than a rudimentary education. In 1536 in Córdoba at 16 Cieza de León was greatly surprised to learn of the discovery of the land of the Incas and so decided to go to Seville to embark on his journey to South America to see for himself the artifacts of precious metals which had been brought to Spain from Cajamarca. In light of the prohibition of entry into the Spanish colonies for Jews and Jewish converts to Catholicism Alonso López and Luis de Torres attested for Cieza de León that he was not prohibited. Jewish converso Pedro López de Cazalla secretary of Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro conqueror of the Incan Empire was also his first cousin. He returned to Seville Spain in 1551 and married a woman named Isabel López de Abreu. Here he published in 1553 the first part of the chronicles of Peru Primera Parte. He died the following year leaving the rest of his work unpublished. His Second Part of Chronicles of Peru describing the Incas was translated by Clements Markham and published in 1871 for the Hakluyt Society. In 1909 the fourth part of his chronicle focusing on the civil wars among the Spanish conquerors was published under the title Third Book of the Peruvian Civil Wars. The third part of Cieza de León's Crónicas del Perú which examined the discovery and conquest of Peru by the Spaniards was considered by historians to be lost. The document eventually turned up in a Vatican library and historian Francesca Cantù published a Spanish version of the text in 1979. Though his works are historical and narrate the events of the Spanish conquest of Peru and the civil wars among the Spaniards much of their importance lies in his detailed descriptions of geography ethnography flora and fauna. He was the first European to describe some native Peruvian animal species and vegetables.<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />Expertly rebacked some light rubbing to extremities foxing old book plate on front pastedown else very good. unknown hardcover books
1952003618Chicago: Classical Philology Journal 1952. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front wrapper. Near Fine slight age-toning to wrappers. 5 pages paginated 214-218. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Reprint. Stapled Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Classical Philology Journal Paperback books
1909252369London: Longmans Green and Co 1909. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Gray cloth binding titled in gold on the spine; shelfwear to the extremities including some light fraying at the corners and spine ends; bit of fore-edge foxing; neat previous owner name on the front free endpaper else contents clean and binding sound; digital images can be made available upon request. Very Good binding. Longmans, Green, and Co unknown books
1974252194Totowa NJ: Rowman and Littlefield 1974. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. 301pp. No pencil or ink markings in text; hard cover cloth binding; top and side edge of text block is slightly spotted; very light edge wear to dust jacket extremities; dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket. Rowman and Littlefield unknown books
1895031182Worcester: Charles Hamilton 1895. Pamphlet. Good . Ex-library with stamp to cover and title page. Inscribed by Green on cover. Green was an important intellectual and a crucial figure in the founding of the public library movement. 59pp; from the proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 0 oz. Category: History; Americana; Signed by Author. Inventory No: 031182. <br/><br/> Charles Hamilton unknown books
1864008965Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons 1864. Two volumes bound in half calf over marbled boards by Henderson & Bisset. Top edges gilt x 328 384 pages. Very Good light rubbing to calf at edges and corners prior owner bookplate and inscription front end pages both volumes. SCARCE in the First Edition and in fine binding. The author is best known for his earlier work "The Book-Hunter". . First Edition. Half Calf. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. William Blackwood and Sons Hardcover books
187821002San Francisco: Henry Keller 1878. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair to Good. 8vo pp 240 1 with one plate and a few additional illustrations in the text. Publisher's green cloth decorated in gilt and black. Boards heavily rubbed and somewhat soiled small stain to margin of ca. 100 pages staining to rear endpapers rear hinge wobbly large penciled ownership signature "George R. Furman Los Angeles May 14 1878" on front pastedown. Cowan: "Contains sketches of the odd characters in Nevada with local narratives frontier sketches Indians Chines life in Austin NV etc. The author was for several years the editor of the Austin ''Reveille.'" Henry Keller hardcover books
19612166Norman OK: University of Oklahoma Press 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. xiii 217 pp illustrations with maps bibliography index contemporary newspaper article laid in. Light shelf wear to boards; internals clean and sound. Dust jacket shows light shelf wear and creasing. Hoig investigates the events leading to the massacre of Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians who had come to Fort Lyon to make peace and tracing the growth of the Indian-white conflict in Colorado Territory. University of Oklahoma Press hardcover books
19112419Providence R.I. : Department of Home Economics of the Rumford Company c. 1911. Staplebound wraps. Brown illustrated wraps punch hole with string. Good. 47 pages. Recipes terms and instructions. Recipes for preparing and cooking meats fish poultry vegetables and food for the sick; instructions for preserving and pickling; the making of ices beverages and confections. Interior toned at spine. BROWN 4125 <br/><br/> Department of Home Economics of the Rumford Company paperback books
1850245661Exeter: Henry Besley 1850. A New Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Original cloth with gilt decoration. Four folding maps or plans as called for plus an additional folding plan of Torquay; illustrated with 26 steel engraved plates in vignette. Some moderate wear to spine with minor loss at; front hinge repaired with Japanese tissue. While this edition is undated Cambridge University dates it at 1850. Just a bit of old tape residue at the top of front pastedown and endpaper. Very Good binding. Henry Besley unknown books
251773London: Cassell Petter Galpin & Co. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. 379pp. Dampstaining to the endpapers. Previous owner name label on the front endpaper. Decorated cred cloth with some fade to the titling and the decorations but a sturdy and serviceable copy. All edges gilt. near Very Good binding. Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co unknown books
1912007918London: Printed for James Ridgway 1912. Handsomely bound in contemporary full polished calf the back ornately gilt double gilt rules to covers matching marbled end papers and edges. Near Fine scattered light toning covers rubbed a bit at tips. . Later Edition. Polished Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Printed for James Ridgway Hardcover books
1900008178London and Boston : Grant Richards / L. C. Page & Co. 1900. SCARCE First Edition of his first published book. Herbert H. Munro would go on to write under the pen name of Saki or just H.H. Munro becoming well-known for sardonic writing on Edwardian society generally in the form of short stories. Very Good in original yellow cloth the cloth lightly soiled small rubs at spine ends and corners. slight toning to end pages the name stamp of Rawson Bennett front gutter and at p.143. Rawson Bennett was "Head of Electronics Design Division from 1943 to 1946. He was awarded the Legion of Merit 'for exceptionally meritorious conduct' during his tour of duty in the Bureau of Ships. The citation further states: 'he also designed sonic and supersonic underwater sound apparatus so urgently required by the Fleet for the destruction of Axis submarines and Japanese shipping"." He retired from the Navy as a Rear Admiral.Naval History and Heritage Command website. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Grant Richards / L. C. Page & Co. Hardcover books
1872007330Boston: Little Brown and Company 1872. Association Copy SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR to his brother Henry on Sept. 28 1872 - " Henry K Frothingham Esq. with the regards of Richard Frothingham". Also with two 20th century prior owner names in ink same front end page one that of noted historian John K. Alexander. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED copies of Frothingham's works are RARE and this one especially so with the family association. In original rust colored cloth with gilt titles 640 pp. Very Good Plus cloth lightly rubbed at edges small bookseller's label rear paste down. An excellent American history. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy. Little, Brown and Company Hardcover books
19292221670<p>INSCRIBED TO ACTRESS BEBE DANIELS</p><p>W. D. Boyce Company. First edition. 8 1/4" x 5 3/4". Full original limp green gilt stamped suede wallet edges. No jacket. Good. 94 pages.</p><p>Signed and inscribed in front free endpaper: "To Bebe Daniels whose sincerity may make her appreciate even a humble effort. Wm French."</p> Privately Printed unknown books
1805008130London: John Murray 1805. Fold-out letter in facsimile facing page 369 in volume 3. Three frontispiece portrait engravings. Three volumes bound in contemporary mottled calf later 19th c. reback with gilt rules and decorations blind tooled decorations plain brown end papers. Very Good Plus Vols. I and II with volume label missing Vol III label with chip to top corner. Internally clean and bright a very well-bound set. Bonaparte family. . Third Edition. Mottled Calf. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. Small 8vo. John Murray Hardcover books
1944030463New York: American Museum of Natural History 1944. 23p. plus 16 b/w plates original stiff wrappers. American Museum of Natural History unknown books
2004226932Honolulu Hawaii U.S.A.: City and County of Honolulu 2004. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. contents clean and binding sound. Very Good binding. City and County of Honolulu unknown books
195121152Glencoe IL: The Free Press 1951. Hardcover. Very good. First America n edition. pp. xi 308 with index and glossary. Blue cloth covers sunned at the spine tiny bit of rubbing to extremities previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Classic text describing Confucianism and Taoism in China and how they affected economic and political development of China. The Free Press hardcover books
192845379Los Angeles: Printed at the Abbey San Encino at Garvanza Oldtown by Clyde Browne Master Printer 1928. 1st Edition "for Private Distribution". Original marooon cloth spine over drab boards printed in red. Shelf-wear with staining to boards. Board showing at tips. Offest to free eps. About Very Good. 47 1 blank pp. Illustrated with 3 b/w half-tone portraits. 8vo.10-1/8" x 6-5/8" <br/><br/> Printed at the Abbey San Encino at Garvanza Oldtown, by Clyde Browne, Master Printer hardcover books
198920170College Station TX: Friends of the Sterling C. Evans Library 1989. Friends of the Sterling C. Evans Library Keepsakes Numbers 18 and 20. Rules and Regulations 35 pp; Jeff C. Dykes 48 pp. Both fine copies in original stapled wrappers. The first booklet is a facsimile reprint with new introduction of an 1832 book of which only two original copies are known to exist. It was in the collection of Jeff Dykes which now resides at Texas A. & M. University. Friends of the Sterling C. Evans Library unknown books
1906WRCLIT18241London 1906. Printed wrappers. Very good accompanied by two related documents. A defense by the Times Book Club against the publishers' efforts to restrict the sale by the club of circulating copies at less than the net prices set by the publisher. Accompanied by a t.l.s. from the manager of the club asking the recipient to boycott Macmillan Rivers Bell Constable Arnold and Smith Elder as well as a brief list of questions for subscribers. unknown books
191641779Philadelphia: Edward Trust Publisher. Press of International Printing Company 1916. 1st edition thus. Brick red cloth binding with black stamping. Square & tight. Spine sunned with modest extremity wear. Very Good Plus. ii front paste-down - xx 295 with rear paste-down paginated pp. Adverts first 20 pages & last 3 pages. Lower margin adverts in text. Adverts illustrated with cuts. 8vo. <br/><br/>A relative short-lived ~ 1910 - 1918 annual publication that documented those working in the medical communities of Philadelphia & surrounding environs though research suggests this the only one of the series to include nurses on the t.p. Uncommon on the market. Edward Trust, Publisher. Press of International Printing Company hardcover books
1971002514Seattle WA: Seattle Genealogical Society 1971. 467 pages plus Surname Index and Places Subjects etc. Index. A SCARCE and valuable sourcebook for the genealogical researcher. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Fine in Wraps as Issued/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Seattle Genealogical Society Paperback books
