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188717969Berlin: R. Gaertners Verlagsbuchhandlung. Very Good. 1887. Hardcover. Maroon half cloth with marbled paper over boards. There is very light wear at head and tail of spine. An orange label with "Lord Acton" written in ink has been applied to the spine. Binding sound pages clean and unmarked. Translation and preface by J. Imelmann; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 60 pages . R. Gaertners Verlagsbuchhandlung hardcover
1895003377Leipzig: Moritz Ruhl 1895. Paperback. Very Good -. 14 leaves accordian-style: color illustrations; 19 cm. Plain wrappers; front wrapper printed in black reproducing title page. There is no date of publication but Moritz Ruhl issued a number of works on European uniforms and armies in the 1890s. First and leaves attached to wrappers; first leaf blank. Series title at head of front wrapper and title page: Ordre de Bataille der Heere Europa's II. Text is in German. In Very Good- Condition: wrapper is lightly soiled; chipping along fore-edge and lower edge of front wrapper; minor loss at lower corner of both front and back wrapper; two approx. 1-cm. tears from upper edge of title page without loss; illustrations are clean and intact. Moritz Ruhl paperback
18710007700Leipzig: Wilhelm Baensch Verlagshandlung 1871. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Quarto; xvi 400 pages full embossed red cloth gilt bevelled edges raised patterns of lozenges on top cover lacks bottom 2 inches of spine; Inked inscription in 1874 on flyleaf in Deutsch all edges gilt. Very Scarce: WorldCat reports no copies outside of Europe. <br/><br/>Dozens of German poets writing about the Franco-Prussian War the Krieg of 1870. Original woodcuts by Louis Hutschenreuter: Hutschenreuter illustrated a number of works by Hans Christian Andersen after this work. Wilhelm Baensch Verlagshandlung hardcover
1880013908Leipzig: Verlag von Bernhard Schlicke 1880. Very Good condition. Professional-quality repair to small chip at top of title page. A few text pages wrinkled in the margin but NOT affecting the text. Appears to be collected essays on the political history of Iceland by Konrad Maurer Professor of Nordic History of Law der Nordischen rechtsgeschichte at University of Munich. Black cloth spine and corners over black paper-covered boards. With the bookplate and signature of Hans Spellmann. Also has the small ink-stamps of Arthur Biber and Robert B. Sosman. A geophysicist and physical chemist Robert Browning Sosman received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1907 at the age of 26. By 1908 he had joined the Geo-Physical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution. Dr. Sosman worked at the Geo-Physical Laboratory for 20 years serving 8 years as Assistant Director. During World War I his contributions there were instrumental in establishing America's capacity for manufacturing optical glass. In 1928 he left to join the United States Steel Corporation as Assistant Director of Research. Following his retirement from U.S. Steel in 1947 he became visiting professor of Ceramics at Rutgers University. Dr. Sosman was a past president of the American Ceramic Society. In his honor the Society established The Robert B. Sosman Award "the highest recognition of scientific accomplishment given by the Basic Science Division. in recognition of outstanding achievement in basic science of an area that results in a significant impact to the field of ceramics.". First Edition 1. Auflage. Hardcover. Very Good condition. 8vo. xi 318pp. Verlag von Bernhard Schlicke Hardcover
1895003032Berlin: Schall & Grund 1895. Hardcover. Near Fine -. xi 1 690 4 p.: frontispiece portrait of Kaiser Wilhelm I 21 additional leaves of illustrations including 3 folded leaves of maps many in-text portraits maps and other illustrations; 29 cm. Publisher's light grey cloth with black-and-gilt-stamped spine title and decoration; black- gilt- and green-stamped cover title and illustration. Back covers have blind-stamped border with binder's mark: Gustav Fritzsche Kgl. Hofbuchbinder Leipzig. All page edges red. Gilt-and-black patterned endpapers. Contents: Vorgeschichte und Vorbereitung des Krieges -- Militärische Geschichte des Krieges -- Politische Geschichte des Krieges -- Kulturgeschichte des Krieges. A well-illustrated history of the Franco-Prussian War from the German perspective. A heavy book; for international shipping it will have to be sent by priority international. In Near Fine- Condition: corners very lightly rubbed; cover very lightly soiled; a few margins lightly soiled; otherwise clean and tight. Schall & Grund hardcover
1883001532Berlin Germany: Friedrich Luckhardt 1883. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 96 p.; 23 cm. Contemporary maroon pebble-grain cloth spine with marbled paper over boards. Gilt-tooled spine title: Über Bewaffnung und Ausbildung der Reiterei. All page edges marbled. Bookdealer's label on verso of front free endpaper for Gustav E. Stechert New York. Former owner's label on front fixed endpaper: Captain Wm. C. Rawolle 2nd U.S. Cavalry. William Charles Rawolle born in Prussia in or about 1841 joined the Union Army in June 1862 and was commissioned as a captain. He distinguished himself at the battles of South Mountain and Antietam in Sept. 1862 while serving as aide-de-camp to Brigadier-General Samuel D. Sturgis commander of the 2nd Division 9th Army Corps. Sturgis praised Rawolle: "He was invaluable at all times carrying orders placing the artillery in favorable positions bringing up ammunition and making himself useful in every department." Rawolle accompanied Sturgis out west and then to Tennessee and participated in the fighting in Jan. 1864 around Dandridge Tenn. again garnering high praise from Sturgis. On 6 June 1868 Rawolle was commissioned a 2nd Lieut. in the 2nd Regiment U.S. Cavalry and by 1876 he held the rank of 1st Lieut. Co. B 2nd Cavalry but was transferred that month to Co. K 2nd Cavalry. He participated in the Souix Wars and by 1880 he was married and stationed at Fort Custer Montana. He died on June 10 1895 at Brooklyn NY. In Very Good Condition: edges lightly rubbed; small nick out of marbled paper over front board along lower edge; shadow in upper right-hand corner of title page from bookdealer's label on facing page; small pencilled checks in margins of a few pages; otherwise pages are clean and tight. A very scarce book on the German cavalry by military writer Fritz Hoenig with an interesting American military provenance. Friedrich Luckhardt hardcover
1827002137Lancaster Pa: Johann Bär 1827. Hardcover. Very Good. xii 13-394 2 p.; 16 cm. Contemporary full speckled calf with five spine compartments between raised bands. All page edges lightly speckled. Front free endpaper inscribed in English by Elizabeth King Manheim Lancaster County Pa. 1881. First Cent. of Ger. Language Printing in the USA 2873. A scarce copy of a work associated with the Herrite branch of the Mennonites in Pennsylvania the Reformed Mennonite Church concerning the Sermon on the Mount. In Very Good Condition: lacking clasp; lightly rubbed; front joint more heavily rubbed but solid; light foxing throughout; pages are otherwise clean and tight. Johann Bär hardcover
1813002389Philadelphia: Conrad Zentler und George M. Mentz 1813. Hardcover. Very Good -. Title continued: "Welchem noch ein tägliches Gebetbüchlein für Schwangere Gebärende und Unfruchtbare das den 5ten und 6ten Theil dieses Handbuchs ausmacht beygefügt ist." Zweyte verbesserte Amerikanische Auflage. 8 566 132 2 p.: frontispiece portrait of the author and 4 additional leaves of copperplates; 18 cm. Full leather original boards with modern rebacking; lacking clasps. Woodcut headpieces. "Tägliches Gebet-Büchlein für Schwangere Gebärende und Sechswöchnerinnen" has separate title page and pagination. Shaw & Shoemaker 29857; Bötte & Tannhof German Printing 1990. This work of daily devotions and hymns by the Lutheran theologian Johann Friedrich Starck was very popular among German immigrants to Pennsylvania. In Very Good- Condition: sensitively rebacked; lacking clasps; foxing throughout; otherwise clean and tight. Conrad Zentler und George M. Mentz hardcover
