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1718159896Tokyo: Asahi shinbun. Showa 17. January 181942. 4 page broadsheet newspaper folded evenly browned. Maps black and white photographic illustrations very good copy. 54 x 41cm. Main headline: "Closing in on Singapore Vanguard: Rear-guard of Defeated British Army Cut Off; Battle of Annihilation in Johor". Other headlines include: "Occupation of Strategic Territory of Batu Anam; Australian 8th Division Crushed" followed by an account of fighting between Japanese and Australian forces in Malaya; "Main Enemy Position Cut Off: Battle of Annihilation on the Bataan Peninsula Heats Up"; "Steady Advance by Road: Imperial Army's Fierce Attack on West Coast" followed by account of Japanese advances in Malaya with map; "British Cabinet Restructured"; "US Said to Be Sending Troops to Northern Ireland". Front page has photos of Japanese soldiers standing in front of the monument to Jose Rizal in Manila and of a column of Japanese soldiers advancing by bicycle along a road on the Bataan Peninsula. Articles on the inside pages include discussions of plans to increase production of shipping to meet war needs and of a meeting of Latin American countries to discuss the world situation. Several articles on the back page emphasise material and spiritual preparations being made in Japan for a "long war". The back page also includes an interesting article criticizing US and British propaganda and "misreporting" of the war situation. All text in Japanese. . Asahi shinbun. unknown
1719176771東京. Tokyo.: 日本放送出版会社. Nihon Hōsō Shuppan Kaisha. Showa 17 1942. Colour folding map scale 1:14500000 55cm x 80cm naval warship photographic illustrations on reverse. The wartime paper is browned and friable but small closed tears along fold lines and edges have been neatly repaired with archival washi on the verso. 79 x 53cm This colour map of Asia and the Pacific was published as a supplement to a magazine Hoso 放送 on January 1942 less than one month after the Pearl Harbor attack by the Japanese Forces. The war had just started but amazingly the map accurately predicted where the fighting would take place throughout the war. An inset map on upper right shows Singapore Borneo Sumatra and Java where battles took place in the area in early 1942. An inset chart on lower left shows various resources and their location including coal tin and iron ore clearly showing that the war was fought over securing resources. On reverse eleven photographic illustrations of war ships from Germany Britain the US and Japan are shown including the Prince of Wales and Enterprise. . 日本放送出版会社. [Nihon Hōsō Shuppan Kaisha]. unknown
1719219230東京. Tokyo.: 日本放送協会. Nihon Hōsō Shuppan Kyōkai. Showa 17 1942. Colour folding map scale 1: 10000000 54.7cm x 79.5cm chronology of building the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere on reverse. Some light browning a little darker at folds and reverse washi repairs to folds on reverse. This colour map of Asia and the Pacific published on 30 January 1942—just one month after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor—offers a striking glimpse into wartime strategy and propaganda. Remarkably despite being produced at the war's outset it accurately anticipated key battlegrounds that would define the conflict. The main map is supplemented by two inset maps: one in the upper right highlighting Japan the Hawaiian Islands and Honolulu and another in the lower left focusing on Singapore with Darwin marked along the lower edge. <br> <br>The reverse side features a revealing chronological chart titled "Building Great East Asia" documenting Japan's military expansion from the 1931 Manchurian Incident through January 1942 as troops advanced across Southeast Asia. Notably two blank rows were intentionally left at the chart's end anticipating future victories to be recorded as the war progressed—a telling detail that underscores the map's dual role as both strategic document and propaganda tool. An interesting map which combines geographical precision with ideological messaging. . 日本放送協会. [Nihon Hōsō Shuppan Kyōkai]. unknown
1762PHO-1209Paris, Durand, 1762, 3 vol. in-12,plein veau moucheté, dos lisse richements ornés, tranches rouge, xliv-359pp,3ff-382pp,2ff-407pp-1f
1719206642New York. May 171905. Colour lithograph on a single newspaper leaf 23 x 20.5 cms image; 32.5 x 22.8 cms sheet issued as the front page of "Puck" magazine May 171905 related text on the verso; short repaired marginal tears not affecting the image lower left corner with faint creases in very good condition. A caricature from the American satirical journal "Puck" depicting the fear that struck European powers following the Japanese victory in the Russo-Japanese war of 1904-1905. The head of an armed Japanese soldier emerges as a rising sun over the horizon as a group of European leaders huddles below. Uncle Sam is nowhere to be seen. The tone of the related text on the verso strikes rather a different note: <br> <br>"France has deliberately permitted the enemies of Japan to use her territory as if it were their own and has thus invited trouble of far-reaching possibilities and of a kind highly inimical to the general peace of the world. All of which should make Uncle Sam wary in his dealings with these foreign powers that regard international agreements and ententes cordiales with contempt." <br> <br>The "When" of the caricature equally queried an end to American isolationism as well as the European fear of the rise of Japan. . unknown
1779223744Providence 1779. unbound. 2 pages front and back 4 x 6.5 inches Providence Rhode Island June 23 1779 -- a payment voucher-receipt payable to a physician who had placed a bill for services rendered to the Continental Army possibly rations for a field hospital. In full: "Then personally appeared the within named James Pelliseur and made oath to the truth of the within amount before me Sam. Chase Jus Peace." With an additional endorsement by a semi-illiterate Major Fairchild Rhode Island Militia quote: "Pleas to pay the with in to Major Fairchild. James Polliseor the within contents in full recieved by Major Fairchild 40 dollars and 52 cents." On the back is an autographed document signed "John Cooke" -- Regimental Quartermaster for the First Rhode Island Regiment 1778 - 1780 attesting that the invoice is correct. In part: "UNITED AMERICAN STATES.I do certify the above is due Dr. James Pelliseur to the best of my knowledge." Contains a list of rations received and the price determined in Pounds Sterling. Natural folds; some toning and rough spots along the edges. Very good condition.<br/><br/> unknown books
1766WRCAM47802Paris 1766. 2220pp. plus large folding map. Large folio. Stitched. Minor soiling and foxing. Very good. Defense of the Comte de Lally for his actions in India during the Seven Years' War. This is one of two versions authored by him. Lally head of the French expedition to India reached Pondichery in 1758. Though capable he was incredibly unpopular and fell into a series of events which proved fatal to his career and his person. He was unsuccessful in the Siege of Madras beaten at the Battle of Wandiwash and eventually capitulated from the siege of Pondichery. Taken prisoner by the British he returned to France on parole and was imprisoned for two years before being put on trial and executed. This is his last defence published shortly thereafter or perhaps immediately preceding. A publisher's note is dated April 14 and Lally was executed May 6. The map shows the Indian subcontinent and Madagascar. unknown books
17916424A Paris, Chez F. Buisson, Imprimeur-Libraire, rue Hautefeuille, n°20. (1791). 1791 2 vol. in-8° (200 x 125 mm.) de : I. [2] ff. (titre, f. t.), viii, 466 pp.; II. [2] ff. (titre, f. t.), 486 pp. Initiales manuscrites à l'encre "L R" surles faux titres. Demi-basane dépoque, dos lisses ornés et titrés à l'or, coins de parchemin, plats recouverts de papier à la colle bleu.
1715PHO-1389A La Haye : chez les frères L'Honoré, & compagnies, 1715 2 volumes in-12° (163x100 mm). 9ff-280-2ff-222-9ff., illustré d’un frontispice et 1 planche (sur 23), avec un dictionnaire de la langue des Algonkins et quelques mots de Hurons , reliure refaite , dos conservé avec ses manque , plats en cuir noir, coloriage sur la planche, ex-libris manuscrit sur la page de garde .
1786PHO-1261Paris, Prault, 1786; 2 volumes in-8 demi-basane époque, dos lisses ornés avec titre et tomaison illustré de 2 cartes et 3 planches , déchirure sans manque sur la première carte et petite mouillure à la deuxième , petits défauts à la reliure.
1800PHO-1932Paris, de l’imprimerie de Guilleminet, 1800, 2 tomes en 1, in-8, xvi-303pp,1f-319pp., demi basane, dos lisse avec pièce de titre rouge et date verte, tranches mouchetées, illustré de 8 planches dont 2 dépliantes, étiquette en page de garde « Marquis de Civille » et ex-libris manuscrit au titre, quelques écritures en marge, frottements aux plats et coupes. A été relié avec, écrit à la plume, la table des volumes ainsi qu’un texte fustigeant le coté révolutionnaire de l’auteur considéré comme un espion de Bonaparte désirant conquérir la Grèce.
17943026FBBerlin, Im Verlag des Übersetzers, 1794. Klein-8°. 18 x 11 cm. [6] Blatt, XXX, 240 Seiten, [4] Blatt. 23 Falttafeln. Ganzlederband der Zeit mit goldener, floraler Rückenprägung und Rundum-Rotschnitt. [3 Warenabbildungen]
1783303187Minorca 1783. Two single sheets. Folio. Very good copies a little toned old folds. Two single sheets. Folio. Signed in full by every officer. The first is titled: "No. 26 Pay List for additional Subsistence etc to the officers in st. Philips Castle from 25 Dec. 1781 to 23 Feb. 1782." The second has written on the verso: " No. 136 Pay List to make up Subs. to Brevet Officer etc equal to the Rank where in they respectively serve in The Garrison of Fort St. Philips during the Siege Decemb. 24 1781 - Dollars 4350-50." These two officer pay lists are signed by each of the 36 and 44 listed officers. They're a wonderful souvenir of the siege and with a sample of every officer's signature a valuable source for further research. <br/><br/>The five month Siege of Minorca August 19 1781 - February 5 1782 was a vital victory over England in the European theatre of the Revolutionary War. Throughout most of the eighteenth century English possession of the island was of real strategic importance from its deep-water harbor the Royal Navy could launch attacks against the Mediterranean fleets of Spain France and Italy. unknown books
1783303187Minorca 1783. Two single sheets. Folio. Very good copies a little toned old folds. Two single sheets. Folio. The first is titled: "No. 26 Pay List for additional Subsistence etc to the officers in st. Philips Castle from 25 Dec. 1781 to 23 Feb. 1782." The second has written on the verso: " No. 136 Pay List to make up Subs. to Brevet Officer etc equal to the Rank where in they respectively serve in The Garrison of Fort St. Philips during the Siege Decemb. 24 1781 - Dollars 4350-50." These two officer pay lists are signed by each of the 36 and 44 listed officers. They're a wonderful souvenir of the siege and with a sample of every officer's signature a valuable source for further research. <br /> <br /> The five month Siege of Minorca August 19 1781 - February 5 1782 was a vital victory over England in the European theatre of the Revolutionary War. Throughout most of the eighteenth century English possession of the island was of real strategic importance from its deep-water harbor the Royal Navy could launch attacks against the Mediterranean fleets of Spain France and Italy. unknown
17766209A Paris De l'Imprimerie de Guillaume Desprez, Imprimeur ordinaire du Roi & du Clergé de France, rue Saint-Jacques., 1776 - MDCCLXXVI. AVEC APPROBATION ET PRIVILEGE DU ROI. XXII, 2 S. Liste des Souscripteurs., 505 (2) S., mit 9 Kupfern (davon einer ganzseitig als Frontispiz), zusätzlich 11 Aufmarschpläne (planche) auf 9 ausfaltbaren Tafeln. - 505 (2) Pages, avec 9 estampes (dont le frontispice occupant une page entière), et de surcroît 11 plans de déploiement sur 9 planches dépliables au format 2° (47x33 cm), volume cartonné, relié. Gr. 2° (47x33cm), Pappbd., geb.
179223286(Paris), (Poincot), 1792. In-8°. Avec 1 gravure frontispiece et 6 gravures sur planches. 444 p. (= Oeuvres completes. Nouvelle édition, classée par ordre de matieres, et ornée de 90 gravures. Tome 18). Reliure plein chemin bibliophile, pièces dorées et bicolores de titre sur le dos, encadrement doré sur le plat, gardes marbrées très belles, tranches dorées. - Contient: Narcisse ou l'amant de lui-même, comédie. Fragmens d'Iphis, tragédie. La Découverte du nouveau monde, tragédie. Les Prisonniers de Guerre. Comédie. Les Muses galantes, ballet. L'Engagement téméraire, comédie en trois actes et en vers. Le Devin du villager, intermede. Pygmalion, scene lyrique. Courts fragmens de Lucrece, tragédie en prose. Poésies diverses. Reliure un peu abimée aux margins. Des gardes brunies. En tout en bon état.
1772178R58Printed by W. Strahan Jun. for T. Becket and Co. and T. Cadell in the Strand T. Davies in Russel Street and T. Evans in King Street London: . 1772 pp. 8 540 2 22 56 57 65 32 33 A handsome bust portrait engraved by Basire after Cipriani. Portrait offset on to the unusual title page. Some old foxing. Large 4to. 295 mm. x 240 mm. Modern plain full leather binding. Hardbound. Very good. WITH AMERICAN CIVIL WAR ERA 1863 MANUSCRIPT NOTES AND ANNOTATIONS. Edited by the great 'Republican' Thomas Hollis with additions and corrections by Joseph Robertson this edition includes: Memoirs of the Life of Algernon Sydney; Discourses Concerning Government; Letters of Algernon Sydney taken from Thurloe's State Papers; The Protector's Advice to Algernon Sydney; Letters of Algernon Sydney taken from the Sydney papers; Letters of A. Sydney to Henry Savile Ambassador in France; The Trial of A. Sydney; The Apology of A. Sydney in the Day of his Death; and A General view of Government in Europe. This is an important book in the history of the ideas that founded the American republic but what is perhaps most interesting about this copy are the manuscript notes and annotations written in a careful small hand in America during the Civil War 1863. A few of these struck our eye and we're glad to reproduce a few selections here: "I have lately undertaking to read Algernon Sydney on government. There is great difference in reading a book at four and twenty and at eighty eight. As often as I have read it and fumbled it over it now excites fresh admiration that this work has excited so little interest in the literary world. As splendid an edition of it as the art of printing can produce as well as for the intrinsic merits of the work as for the proof it brings of the bitter sufferings of the advocates of liberty from that time to this and to show the slow progress of moral philosophical political illumination in the world ought to now be published in America" - John Adams to Thomas Jefferson 17 September 1823. ".the danger in America. arises from 1 the indifference of the people to the character of their deputies; 2 the disinclination of good men to go as deputies; 3 and the inclination of bad men to go as such. The rottenness of our law making bodies has reached such a point that if it shall not soon be cured it can not longer endure." - 1863. "Among the causes which have brought the USA to their present unhappy condition may be reckoned as a leading one the predominance in their councils of mere municipal lawyers. The low morals and the crass ignorance of these are not equal to the work of government filched by them from a blindly confiding people. A profession proverbially selfish and dishonest can not produce statesmen however fecund it may be of politicians. The conduct of government is the work of statesmen - of unselfish honest high-hearted great-minded men = that class has disappeared and has given way to small country lawyers whose minds exercise only upon petty squabbles of the neighborhood incapable of grasping the vast concerns of a nation. Bad as this is there is something worse. and that is that the profession of the law is every year sinking lower in ignorance and in contempt while at the same time it is rising in power." - 1863. These manuscript annotations make this copy UNIQUE and very worthy of further study. W150. PRICE JUST REDUCED! Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good. Printed by W. Strahan Jun. for T. Becket and Co. and T. Cadell in the Strand, T. Davies in Russel Street, and T. Evans in King S hardcover
1756AQ26625London: Printed for J. Payne 1756. 2 xiii 1 56pp. Modern buff paper boards contrasting red morocco lettering-piece to spine. Title page browned. An anthology of letters addressed to the heads of state from numerous county officials occasioned by the conquest of the British controlled Mediterranean island of Minorca by French forces in 1756. The naval battle was the opening maritime engagement of the Seven Years' War in the European theatre. The failure of the Royal Navy to defend the territory led to the court-martial and execution of commanding officer Admiral John Byng. The defeat led to nationwide consternation that the French would press their advantage to capture British possessions in America and perhaps countenance an invasion of England. ESTC T50978. First edition. 8vo. Printed for J. Payne hardcover
177803373London, J. Mount, T. Page and W. Mount. in-12 (17 x 11 cm), 5 ff. XII, 270 pp., veau fauve, dos muet à 4 nerfs, tranches jaspées (reliure anglaise de l'époque. Nombreux tableaux dans le texte et 4 planches dépliantes. XII pages of Maritime Dictionary or explanation of the most useful SEA-TERMS digested into alphabetical ORDER. (Bon état intérieur mais reliure usagée à restaurer, premier plat presque détaché). Rare
175535632London: Scots Magazine 1755. First Edition. Leather bound. Defective. Octavo. 12 monthly issues bound in one volume. 648 pages 16 pages partial index. No illustrations in this volume. Brown calf leather binding with red leather title labels on the spine. Defective. Missing all the preliminary pages. Missing index pages and rear end papers after the name "Stuart". Leather covers are rubbed and edge worn. Outer joints and inner hinges are cracked. Covers are loose but attached. Title page has light damp stains and a small scuff. Pages 159 160 have an edge tear resulting in minor loss of print. The first page is present in the January issue. Defective.<br /> <br /> A sampling of subjects covered in this volume include East India Company Mutiny Bill; Sir Isaac Newton on the ancient year; Affairs in Spain Barbary and France; An Account of Mr. Johnson's English Dictionary; Improvements of the musket and of church-music; 'Pensylvania' German Protestants; Importance of British Plantations; Gov. Dinwiddies Speech to the assembly of Virginia; Gov. Dobb's message to the assembly of N. Carolina; Affairs in the United Provinces and the Plantations; General Braddock's defeat with the lists; Further accounts of the fatal action in America; Affairs in France and the Plantations; Different accounts of General Braddock's defeat; An Examination of the Edinburgh Review; A New History of 'Pensylvania'; Of the French 'incroachments' in America; Gov. Glen's interview with the Cherokee Indians; Speeches of Indian Chiefs and several more articles. Contents also include European history public affairs parliament acts births deaths marriages poetry book reviews and more. Interior contents are mostly in good condition. Volume published during the French Indian War era in America. Scots Magazine unknown
1740WRCAM43159London 1740. Engraving with hand-coloring 14 x 8 3/4 inches. Minor soiling. Color quite bright and fresh. Very good. A satire against French Cardinal Fleury Chief Minister to Louis XV published during the frenzy of celebrations over Admiral Vernon's victory over the Spanish at the Battle of Porto Bello - an enthusiasm which the Cardinal apparently did not share. Fleury was an ally of Robert Walpole whose power was in decline and had reluctantly agreed to hostilities with Spain. Fleury is seen here seated reaching out toward a medallion of Admiral Vernon and holding a scroll which reads "His iron will get ye better of my gold" and "G-d he'll take all our acquisitions in America." On the wall behind him are several small crude illustrations one of which appears to be a portly Walpole hanging from a gallows above the slogan "No matter if he is longer than ye gallows." A head sits atop a pole perhaps alluding to the fact that many people would be pleased to see Walpole's head positioned thus. Engraved by George Bickham. Only one copy located in OCLC at Northwestern University. BRITISH LIBRARY CATALOG 2454. OCLC 43946235. unknown books
1764AMO-1480THE OPERATIONS OF THE ALLIED ARMY, UNDER THE COMMAND OF HIS SERENE HIGHNESS PRINCE FERDINAND, DUKE OF BRUNSWIC AND LUNEBERG, during the greatest Part of SIX CAMPAIGNS, beginning in the year 1757, and ending in the Year 1762. By an officer, who served in the British Forces. Illustrated with Maps and Plans. London, Printed for T. Jefferys, Geographer to the King, M. DCC.LXIV. [1764] 1 volume in-4 (25,5 x 21 cm) de 2 feuillets non chiffrés (titre et Advertisement by the Publisher placement des cartes et errata), 288 pages chiffrées (erreur de pagination) et 10 feuillets non chiffrés d'index topographique. 12 cartes et plans dépliants (sur 13 - la carte de la bataille de Minden a été arrachée). Une grande carte est déchirée coupée en deux morceaux. Petites déchirures à quelques cartes (plis, bords). La plupart des cartes sont de grande dimension (notamment les 4 cartes reliés à la fin du volume). Reliure de l'époque plein veau brun, dos orné de fleurons dorés (reliure anglaise) usagée. Le premier plat est presque détaché, le deuxième plat se détache, manque aux coiffes et aux coins, l'intérieur du volume est frais avec quelques rousseurs sans gravité. FIRST PRINTING. ÉDITION ORIGINALE. Provenance : George S. Bailey, 1843 et L. George P. Bailey (ex libris manuscrit répété et calligraphié avec note autographe). A noter également 3 petites notes manuscrites en anglais et signées B. H. (écrites par quelqu'un qui a pris part aux batailles). Cet important ouvrage, des plus rares, contient le récit militaire des six campagnes menées par le Duc Ferdinand, de 1758 à 1762. Batailles de Crevelt, Bergen, Minden, Warburg, Vellinghausen, Wilhelmstall, Hesse, etc.
175931823London: The London Chronicle 1759. First Edition. Newspaper. Very good. Approx. 11" x 8.5" newspaper. Pages 193-200. Three columns. Light wear and toning. Page 197 includes a half-column "Extract of a Letter from New York July 6" reporting on General Amherst's impending assault on Fort Ticonderoga. The London Chronicle unknown
1755WRCAM40158London 1755. 2pp. extracted from an unkown source. Folio. Spine edge chipped old fold lines. Good. Parliament's response to King George's speech in November of 1755 on the eve of the French and Indian War. Parliament affirms their unwavering support of the Crown in going to war with France in North America. Followed by George II's brief response of thanks. unknown books
175943917D. Henry & R. Cave Softcover London 1759
