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1824WRCAM26137New York 1824. Folding map 51 x 51 inches Backed on linen as issued. Significant foxing. Original portfolio of boards with roan spine expertly rebacked. In a cloth clamshell box leather label. Styled "second edition." Handsome large- scale early map of New York State and part of Pennsylvania and New Jersey and Canada. Boundaries outlined in color with notes on roads forts ironworks and Indian villages. Lay was one of the most important cartographers working in New York and Pennsylvania at the time. hardcover books
1828WRCAM36145New London: Lay and Hussey 1828. 168pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf spine label lacking. Top and bottom of spine worn. Contemporary ownership inscription on rear free endpaper: "Dartmouth the 22 day 1832. Alma Bullou her book." Browning and foxing one signature starting a few minor marginal tears including one in titlepage not affecting text of titlepage but loss of a few letters on verso. Front free endsheet excised. Good. An important firsthand narrative of one of the most infamous mutinies in American naval history compiled by two of the few survivors of the event itself and its aftermath. The Globe was taken over near the Line Islands four of the officers were murdered and the remainder of the crew were forced by pain of death to join the mutineers. The crew then proceeded to the Marshall Islands and thence to the Mulgrave Islands where the leader of the original mutiny was killed and some of the party escaped to Valparaiso. Lay and Hussey remained on the Mulgrave Islands and were the sole survivors of an attack on their party by natives. They were eventually rescued by a war vessel sent in pursuit of the mutineers. HOWES L158. SABIN 39467. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 3386. HILL 990. FORBES 697. Lay and Hussey unknown books
1954138659Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1954. Revised Final Draft script for the 1955 film. <br/><br/>The 8th and final collaboration of James Stewart and Anthony Mann and the second film to be released in VistaVision. "Dutch" Stewart is a professional baseball player and an ex-pilot who fought during WWII who is recalled to service with the US Air Force. <br/><br/>Many speculate that the film was inspired by true-life baseballer and Hall-of-Famer Ted Williams a WWII veteran who was recalled for service during the Korean War. <br/><br/>Nominated for an Academy Award. <br/><br/>Self wrappers noted as FINAL WHITE on the front wrapper printed production No. 11510 dated February 20 1954 with credits for screenwriters Davies and Lay. Title page present noted as FINAL WHITE production 11510 with credits for screenwriters Davies and Lay producer Briskin and director Mann. 139 leaves with last page of text numbered 127. Mechanical duplication including pages with annotations and revision pages throughout dated variously between 3/3/54 and 4/21/54. Very Good plus overall side-stapled. <br/><br/>Davenport US. Paramount Pictures unknown books
182840609New London: Wm. Lay and C.M. Hussey 1828. 168 pp. <br /><br />First edition. This important narrative relates the bloody mutiny and murders perpetrated by harpooner and boatsteerer Samuel Comstock who was himself murdered by natives on Mili Atoll. Lay and Hussey were the only survivors of this incident and were later rescued by Lieut. Paulding of the U.S. schooner "Dolphin." Pages evenly tanned. Water stain in lower corner of first third of book. Bound in original calf rebacked to match with red spine label. For a detailed account of this wild adventure I hope you will read my book "Demon of the Waters" now available as a Kindle read on Amazon. Wm. Lay and C.M. Hussey books
182810636812mo. New-London: Lay and Hussey 1828. 12mo i-v vi-x 11-168 pp. Contemporary sheep neatly rebacked with gilt-ruled backstrip and red morocco label boards a little scraped foxing throughout light dampstaining scattered annotations in pencil and occasionally contemporary ink. Early ownership inscription on front free endpaper. § First edition of the first hand account of “one of the goriest mutinies in Pacific History†Hill lead by Samuel Comstock aboard the Nantucket whaling ship the Globe. Four officers were brutally murdered and the rest of the crew forced on pain of death to join the mutineers. After a failed attempt to conquer Mili Atoll in the Marshall Islands the crew sailed to the Mulgrave Islands where Comstock was killed by his fellow mutineers part of the crew escaped in the ship to Valparaiso and the rest were killed by the locals but for Lay and Hussey who were rescued by a U.S. schooner. Concludes with “A Vocabulary of Words and Phrases Used by the Mulgrave Islanders. Rare in good condition. Forbes 697. Howes L-158. Hill p.176. Sabin 39467. Lay and Hussey hardcover books
184358240Albany: published by George Jones Museum Building. Burgess and Stringer and M.Y. Beach New York. Redding and Co. Boston: G.B. Zeiber i.e. Zieber Philadelphia. Wm. Taylor Baltimore 1843. 8vo pp. iv 116; original printed green wrappers; neatly rebacked; small piece missing from the front of the front wrapper else very good. Printed by Joel Munsell Albany. This is the first separate publication by Squire who became a prominent archaeologist and a prolific author. Lust citing the London edition of the same year which was published without the Squire contribution: "Good deal of observation firm believer in the superiority of "Graeco-Hebraic" civilization for a free opium market." Lust 48; Cordier Sinica 77. <br/><br/> published by George Jones, Museum Building. Burgess and Stringer, and M.Y. Beach, New York. Redding and Co. Boston: G.B. Zeiber unknown books
0436<br/><br/>Lay-Tek. Moyens de locomotion en pays khmer. Dans la legende et dans la realite. Illustrations executees par le lekhanuvat Lay-Tek. Hanoi: Institut Bouddhique Imprime par G. Taupin & cie. 1930. Oblong Octavo. 4pp. l. 2-62pp. incl. 31 col. pl. 16 x 24 cm. Three quarter blue morocco. A fanciful look at the historic means of transportation of the Khmer people which includes flying serpents an elephant on wheels horses ridden by the gods but also rickshaws ballons and carriages of many sorts including ceremonial. Western conveyances used in the regions are also pictured. unknown books
2001115208New York: HarperCollins Children's Books 2001. First edition of this moving book of verse detailing the story of a young Vietnamese girl who is forced to flee Vietnam before the fall of Saigon. Octavo original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Zdenko Basie and Manuel Sumberac. Jacket photograph by Sloane Bosniak. "In this poignant funny and unforgettable novel Thanhha Lai shares in verse how her family escaped Vietnam before the fall of Saigon. American and Vietnamese characters alike leap to life through the voice and eyes of a ten-year-old girl - a protagonist so strong loving and vivid I longed to hand her a wedge of freshly cut papaya. This tenderly told tale transports readers to the time immediately after the Vietnam War and also opens hearts to newcomers displaced by war today" Mitali Perkins. HarperCollins Children's Books hardcover books
191258574Warsaw MO: Warsaw Times 1912. First edition thus Lay's contribution was first published in 1876. 8vo. 2 134 pp. Illustrated. Howes L-157 for the earlier publication. Eberstadt 110 183 for the earlier edition: "Discovery and explorations Indians first settlement townships and early courts Warsaw Slicker War Kansas War etc." OCLC locates seven copies of this edition Pomona Public Iowa State Historical Society Kansas City Public Springfield County Public State Historical Society of Missouri Truman State Lubbock Public. Poor quality paper browned but a very good copy. Later black-stamped green cloth. #5887. <br/><br/> Warsaw Times hardcover books
185335219NY: General Protestant Episcopal Sunday School Union and Church Book Society 1853. 12mo. 65 pp. Original printed cream wrappers some wear at extremities. Very good. Fourth edition revised and enlarged. The author was a native of Madison County Alabama and is described on the title page here as a "Presbyter of Alabama." This edition is scarce; OCLC locates two copies Transylvania Virginia. Not in Owen two other works by Lay are described. <br/><br/> General Protestant Episcopal Sunday School Union and Church Book Society unknown books
1949002551Paris: Nicolas. Societe Anonyme au capital de 1 milliard 50 millions. Printed by Draeger Freres a Montrouge. 1949. First Edition. Wraps with spiral. Fine/Very Good. A catalog that is itself a work of art with this issue drawing inspiration from Japanese woodblock imagery. Harada the artist captures the simplicity elegance and understatement of the Japanese aesthetic in his panoramas and images of birds insects flowers etc. 8vo. 33 1 pp. Nicolas a leading French wine distributor that is still very much in business excelled at producing beautiful books and other printed material over the decades. This copy but for light edge toing on the cover made of a heavy card is close to pristine and the original glassine is preserved although it has moderate wear an one inch or so closed tear and a few other trivial closed tears. Also included is a price list insert. <br/><br/> Nicolas. Societe Anonyme au capital de 1 milliard 50 millions. Printed by Draeger Freres a Montrouge. paperback books
199772192Hong Kong/Oxford/NY: Oxford University Press 1997. First edition. xxvi 873 pp. Very near fine in like dust jacket. Hong Kong/Oxford/NY: Oxford University Press, unknown books
1973244743Seattle: University of Washington Press 1973. First. hardcover. near fine/near fine. Ch'i Pai Shih. Illustrated throughout some in color. 209 pages. 8vo red boards d.w. Seattle: University of Washington Press 1973. First edition. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper.<br/><br/> First book in the English language to tell the story of Ch'i Pai Shih sometimes called China's Picasso.<br/><br/> University of Washington Press unknown books
1836WRCLIT81698Oxford: Printed by W. Baxter . 1836. 18pp. plus blank. Sewn printed wrapper. Edges a bit dust tanned small sliver chip from fore-edge of last leaf otherwise very good. First edition. With the faint round former ownership stamp of Oxford bibliographer and collector Falconer Madan. The '3' in the imprint date at a glance resembles an '8' thus resulting in entries under both 1836 and 1886 in OCLC. The printer died in 1871 and the copies at Oxford Cambridge etc are catalogued under the earlier and almost certainly correct date. COPAC notes: "Published in response to the massive programme of 'Waterloo' church building controlled by the Commission for Building New Churches between 1818 and 1857." OCLC: 244986768. Printed by W. Baxter ... unknown books
2002282596Boulogne: ETAI 2002. hardcover. fine/fine. Many color illustrations. 159 pages with text in French. Slim 4to glossy black pictorial boards. Boulogne: ETAI 2002. Fine.<br/><br/> ETAI unknown books
196945692Mobile: National Society of the Colonial Dames 1969. Hardcover. Very Good. ix 417pp. Light foxing to prelims some superficial damage to boards else a very good hardback bound in publisher's red cloth. <br/><br/> National Society of the Colonial Dames hardcover books
1996140253Hong Kong: Art Top Movie Productions 1996. Vintage Hong Kong poster for the 1996 film. <br/><br/>With early appearances for many actors who would go on to become stars in the Hong Kong film scene Lau's adaptation of the popular comic book series "Teddy Boy" follows a group of Triad members as they struggle to maintain loyalty and friendship in the face of manipulation and betrayal. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Hong Kong and Macau. <br/><br/>28.5 x 38 inches. Near Fine. Art Top Movie Productions unknown books
2003186360Jonathan Cape 2003-09-01. Hardcover. Good/Good. Hardcover with rubbed slightly worn dust jacket. Internally the book is clean unmarked and with sound binding. Due to size/weight we can only ship media within the continental US. Jonathan Cape hardcover books
19111341933Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh Civic Commission 1911. Hardcover. Larger Thin Octavo; VG-; burgundy spine with gilt text; cloth has slightly sunned spine; modest exterior wear otherwise; mildly bowed boards; text block exterior edges show slight toning; frontispiece; interior clean; tight binding; illustrated; pp 169. 1341933. FP New Rockville Stock. Pittsburgh Civic Commission hardcover books
197347171Hong Kong: Wing Tai Zhang Printing CW 1973. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Hong Kong: Wing Tai Zhang Printing CW 1973. Numerous b/w and full color illustrations. 209 pp. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth. All edges dyed red. Spine heel slightly bumped. Front board stained on bottom. Front and back board slightly bowed. Bottom edge lightly stained. Gilt lettering on front board and spine. Light sunning on top edge. Dust jacket has wear on top edge and light staining on inside of top edge. Very good/Very good. Wing Tai Zhang Printing CW hardcover books
2012174930Taichung: National Taiwan Museum of Art 2012. Softcover. VG--shelf wear & light scratches to white covers. light markings/scratches to bottom text block. white glued wraps w/ chinese lettering & illustrations w/ english printing. 340 pgs w/ b&w and color illustrations. In Chinese & English. a beautifully illustrated catalogue for an exhibition held at National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts Taichung 28 July - 16 Sept. 2012. National Taiwan Museum of Art paperback books
37658Leiden and Boston: Brill 2019. Hardcover. 9.5" x 6.25". xii 199 pp. Several illustrations throughout text. Cream illustrated glossy boards. Fine. ISBN 9789004394117 . LikeNew. Hardcover . Brill [2019] hardcover books
1981144185Hong Kong: University Book Store 1981. 2nd Reprint of 2nd edition. Softcover. VG- Spine has tanned slightly; interior is good; one mark from previous library owner. White & red figured wraps French flaps 134 pp. few BW illus. Text is in English and Chinese. "This is probably the first time that a collection of Chinese couplets has been translated and published." intro 200 such couplets appear here in both languages. Translated and annotated by T. C. Lai with an introduction by Ma Meng. Scarce. University Book Store paperback books
190090465New York: Abbey Press 1900. Reprint of original New London edition of 1828. Hardcover. Very Good. 163 30p. Original Turquoise cloth. 20cm. Some cover spotting. Gift inscription dated 1901 on front endpaper. No jacket. Reprint of the 1828 edition. The Globe was a whaling ship from Nantucket. Lay and Hussey were the only survivors among the nine mutineers who had become stranded on these islands now known as the Mili Atoll -- the other seven were killed by the local inhabitants. <br/><br/> Abbey Press hardcover books
1991145021Pacific Cultural Foundation 1991. First edition. Softcover. 60 pages. Catalog for a show that ran April 1-14 1991 in New York and then traveled to three other locations for additional dates. Text in Chinese and English. Includes numerous color illustrations. A near fine copy in French style wrappers. Uncommon. Pacific Cultural Foundation unknown books
