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1981351NY: Oxford University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1981. Hardcover. 0195028872 . First edition. About fine in a near fine dust jacket with an impressionon on the front panel where a sticker was removed. . Oxford University Press hardcover books
200324113NY: Seven Stories Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2003. Hardcover. 1583226214 . First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Seven Stories Press hardcover books
19362198Washington DC 1936. Staplebound. Illustrated wraps. Very good. Unpaginated 8 pages. 23 x 16 cm. A charming Program celebrating Eleanor Roosevelt by the Seventy Three Club on March 25 1936 at the Mayflower Hotel; the wives of the members of the Seventy-third Congress. The 73rd Congress 1933-1935 passed an extraordinary burst of legislation to combat the immediate economic chaos of the Great Depression during President Franklin D. Roosevelt's first 100 days in office. This Program features a poem "The Woman's Part" by Willard Webb the Menu; featuring Broiled Filet Mignon the entertainment; with an address by Eleanor Roosevelt a poem "The Lady Eleanor" written by John Steven McGroaty a poet and California congressman music dance The Swift Sisters; listing of Officers of the club the Committees and a full list of members. Black and white photograph by the firm Harris & Ewing adorns the cover. Closed tears to head and tail of spine. Light creasing on bottom corner. Interior clean. <br/><br/> paperback books
605116<p>"John M. Harlan" in black fountain pen ink on paper tipped to a larger sheet. 5 1/4" x 3"; very good; fresh. Together with a vintage halftone photograph by G.W. Buck; 4 1/4" x 6 1/8"; very good; ready for framing. The would mat up nicely.</p> unknown books
18861742York England 1886. Loose_leaf. Folded folio. Very good. 32 x 20 cm. This menuwritten by Halliwell a local master of ceremonies and freemason was made to accommodate and service the 3rd and 4th battalions' officers of the West Riding Regiment formerly known as the Duke of Wellington's Regiment. The officers were lodged in the De Grey Rooms neo-classically designed and constructed by architect George Townsend Andrews in the 1840's. The building was originally built to house the Yorkshire Hussar Regiment. The menu describes breakfast luncheon and dinner with served dishes that include tea coffee bacon and eggs kidneys cakes salad soups sweets ices and more. Menu also informs the officers of prices to pay per diem for services and the charges the guests and live-in servants must pay for board and food. The second page lists the sums for individual drinks. Delightful acquisition for a connoisseur of English military history. Light fold marks with some toning. <br/><br/> unknown books
200150841NY: Scribner 2001. First edition first prnt. Signed by Halberstam on the title page. Spine topedge wrinkled; otherwise an unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket witrh an archival cover. Signed by Author. First Thus. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Scribner Hardcover books
1774ME1081London:: Printed and Sold at No. 76 Fleet-Street 1774. 1774. 4to. iv xv 1 68 pp. Original full calf gilt spine; neatly rebacked to style preserving original endsheets. Inscribed by an early owner "This Book belonging to Monsieur Pierre Monneron." Extremely rare. This is the first edition in English of the ghazals of Hafez translated by one of the leading Persian orientalists of his day John Richardson FAS of Wadham College Oxford and famous for his seminal work written in conjunction with Sir William Jones the work being A Dictionary Persian Arabic and English 1777. / Hafez was previously unknown to the western world until Count Karl Emerich Reviczky von Revisnye 1737-1793 the Hungarian Orientalist and bibliophile 'discovered' him and brought his poetic classic to Europe with this Vienna printing. The work features an extensive text on Hafez and a translation of selected ghazals . Reviczky von Revisnye also issued in 1784 1794 a catalogue of his Greek and Latin library using the pseudonym of "Periergus Deltophilus". In the prefatory essay for that volume he shows an interest in the printing of Nicolas Jenson Aldus Manutius and the Estiennes. / Hafez was born in Shiraz Persia and lived approximately from 1325/26–1389/1390. He is considered a mystic and poet. His life and poems are the subject of much analysis commentary and interpretation influencing post-fourteenth century Persian writing more than any other author. FULL TITLE: A Specimen of Persian Poetry; or Odes of Hafez With an English Translation and Paraphrase. Chiefly from the Specimen Poeseos Persicae of Baron Revizky Envoy from the Emperor of Germany to the Court of Poland. With Historical and Grammatical Illustrations and a complete Analysis for the assistance of those who wish to study the Persian language. Printed and Sold at No. 76, Fleet-Street, 1774. unknown books
1495SAV133Venice: Lazarus de Suardis 1495. Paperback. Very Good . Venice: Lazarus de Suardis 21 March 1495. 8vo 173 x 116 mm. 284 leaves. Collation: 1-84 a-H in 34 gatherings of 4. Woodblock monogram printers device on colophon leaf. 48 lines double column Gothic type with printed guide letters. Stamp of the St. Charles Borromeo Seminary Library deaccessioned and two library shelfmarks pasted in Q83 and K30. Contemporary limp vellum; lightly soiled with some dampstains backstrip partly perished with partial ms. title and light edgewear; lower outer corner of l5 and D2 torn affecting a few words but in remarkable shape given its extensive use; cloth folding case. Title extensively inscribed in Latin with two columns of a subject index for sermons. The annotator was interested in indexing themes like heaven paradisus and hell infernus or Virgin Mary and Evangelists and easily being able to locate sermons for certain medieval virtues and vices or sins like luxury patience love anger and justice. Early biographical inscriptions on rear blank date to probably to the mid-sixteenth century and venetis gives this book a probable Venice home at one point. There are further scattered annotations notes and references to the index which reflect on sermons of interest. This book likely once belonged to preaching Franciscan monk from northern Italy. This monastic association is further evident with an ownership inscription in the lower margin of a1 Iste Liber est fratus dominici. Preaching was most closely associated with the Franciscans who also traveled extensively to reach audiences. The compact octavo format and lightweight wrappers of this volume would have made transportability much easier. Incunable edition of Johannes Gritschs register of medieval sermons called the Quadragesimale with an interesting period index of subjects probably added by a Franciscan scribe. Johannes Gritsch of Basel himself a Franciscan monk delivered his sermons in German and translated them in simple Latin ready for translation and adaptation to the vernacular. He used scriptural passages supporting texts from classics and fables and exemplary stories to prove moral grounds. Two main themes have been recognized to dominate the medieval sermon: the awareness of death and the need for contrition. Preachers would have relentlessly implored their audience to come to repentance. Brother Dominic the early modern friar who heavily used this book was no exception. He leaves evidence of his moral preaching interests throughout the book. The preliminary subject index is an invaluable glimpse into a composing preachers mindset at the dawn of the sixteenth century. This is the twenty-first edition of Gritschs Quadrigesimale which included fifty numbered sermons and additional sermons for specific church feasts; the first appeared in 1468 and a succession of printings appeared well into the sixteenth century. In fact a Lyons edition of the "Quadragesimale" was produced just one month later after this one in 1495 by Joannes Treschel. Printed sermon compilations were especially popular in monastic communities where volumes of model sermons would have enjoyed wide circulation. ISTC ig00506000. <br/><br/>Incunable edition of Johannes Gritschs register of medieval sermons called the Quadragesimale with an interesting period index of subjects probably added by a Franciscan scribe. Johannes Gritsch of Basel himself a Franciscan monk delivered his sermons in German and translated them in simple Latin ready for translation and adaptation to the vernacular. He used scriptural passages supporting texts from classics and fables and exemplary stories to prove moral grounds. Two main themes have been recognized to dominate the medieval sermon: the awareness of death and the need for contrition. Preachers would have relentlessly implored their audience to come to repentance. Brother Dominic the early modern friar who heavily used this book was no exception. He leaves evidence of his moral preaching interests throughout the book. The preliminary subject index is an invaluable glimpse into a composing preachers mindset at the dawn of the sixteenth century. This is the twenty-first edition of Gritschs Quadrigesimale which included fifty numbered sermons and additional sermons for specific church feasts; the first appeared in 1468 and a succession of printings appeared well into the sixteenth century. In fact a Lyons edition of the "Quadragesimale" was produced just one month later after this one in 1495 by Joannes Treschel. Printed sermon compilations were especially popular in monastic communities where volumes of model sermons would have enjoyed wide circulation. ISTC ig00506000. Lazarus de Suardis paperback books
193623642Hull England: Hull Little Theatre 1936. 4 album sheets with tipped-on souvenirs from this theater company; with identifications neatly written-in and decorated in white ink; shows including Promise After October Love from a Stranger The Unguarded Hour Astonished Heart Fumed Oak; including 6 black and white photographs of sets and shows snapshots approx. 2 1/4" x 3 1/4" format; players mentioned include Jean Moncrieff Peter Robinson Enid Hewit Patrick Parsons Barbara Williams Margaret MacDonald Brown Colin Morris Ambrosine Phillpotts Edna Hazell William Mervyn John Roderick others; album sheets approx. 9 1/4" x 13" size; some edge-wear and a bit of darkening to paper items; in very good condition; interesting British provincial theater ephemera from before WWII. First Edition. Not Bound. Very Good. Hull Little Theatre paperback books
192223552South Shields England: Frank & Sons 1922. Photograph depicts this cable maintenance steamship underway; identified in the plate at lower left margin; Built in 1922 by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. for the Commercial Cable Company and based at Halifax Nova Scotia on Atlantic repair duties see History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications online source; image approx. 10" x 13 1/2" size; studio stamp of Frank & Sons Marine Photographers South Shields on back; edge tips wear chipping including some small chips in the image creases at corners; in about good condition. Photograph. Not Bound. Good. Frank & Sons Paperback books
19302522124 Ryder Street S.W. 1. London UK: Kenneth N. Collins 1930. Photo shows the interior of the church; not dated circa 1930; Kenneth N. Collins photographic studio stamp on back along with pencil description. Signed in black ink at the lower right margin front of image by the photographer in London. Approx. 6" x 8" size; some soiling light edge-wear; in good condition. . Signed by Photographer. Photography. Not Bound. Good. Kenneth N. Collins paperback books
1751D11029Prague: Typis Universitatis Carolo-Ferdinand. Societat. Jesu ad S. Clem. 1751. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Very rare Czech Jesuit imprint of Gottschlich’s ‘Viator per Fidem’ incorporating his dissertational work on dogma and exercising faith and published by Prague’s Clementinum Jesuit College in 1751. 8vo 165 x 100mm. 2 342 2 index. Title spreading over three pages with the dated Prague imprint below the line on first. Dedicated to Prokop Adalbert Count Czernin of Chudenices 1726-1777 head of one of the oldest and most influential Bohemian noble families. Woodcut initial and frieze at p. 1 vignette at p. 342 of angel holding bannered trumpet inscribed AD MAIOREM DEI GLORIAM. Contemporary calf spine with five raised bands; light edgewear faint foxing mostly in hinges and margins not severe and otherwise a clean copy. First edition of this extremely rare Czech Jesuit title Viator Per Fidem. which literally translates to “Traveler’s Faith.” One copy located in the National Library of the Czech Republic and digitally available through GoogleBooks. Another copy in the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek classified as a theology dissertation. By explanation of the unusually lengthy title the book was written by Carolus Gottschlich as a part of his University research; the dogmatic work examined faith issues and their resolutions. Gottschlich was a Jesuit and university professor of humanities philosophy and theology. Little is known about his connection to the Clementinum although it can be surmised that he spent some part of his teaching career here which gained him access to the Jesuit College press. Gottschlich and his research contributors are almost all but forgotten to history. <br/><br/>Prague University was put under Jesuit administration in 1620 and eventually merged with the Clementinum in 1653 to form the Karl-Ferdinand University. From at least the middle of the 17th century the Jesuits kept a stronghold on higher education and the publishing industry in Prague. University rectors at Karl-Ferdinand University ruthlessly controlled the written word and imposed strict censorship on books which lasted well into the reforms of Joseph II in the 1780s. Gottschlich’s title is a rare survival given the fraught 18th-century publishing arena of Bohemian lands. The Viator per Fidem represents the lasting effects of Catholic patriotism and the significance of Jesuit influence on book publishing a significant part of Czech literary heritage. Typis Universitatis Carolo-Ferdinand. Societat. Jesu ad S. Clem. hardcover books
19111460New York: Kendis & Paley 1911. Sheet_music. Orig. color illustrated wraps. Good. 5 pages. 33 x 27 cm. Closed tears to cover. Partially disbound. <br/><br/> Kendis & Paley paperback books
200530738London: Greenhill Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2005. Hardcover. 1853676446 . Book club edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Greenhill Books hardcover books
17039Girls Education Memory Album with 24 handwritten entries from friends and classmates of a Young Woman in Hillsboro IL from 1853-1862. A memorabilia recording many aspects of the first major movement of women's education in the United States brings depth to a movement that was groundbreaking in its time but today is largely at risk of disappearing from the historical record. 24 entries in various hands dated 1853-1862. Memory albums held autographs sentiments and reminiscences of friends and schoolmates similar to yearbooks today. "To Hettie Oh! do not say Farewell We we are going to sever Tis like sudden passing bell of Friendship gone forever. Oh seek some other language than the mournful truth to tell Say parting friends may meet again but do not say farewell." Red cloth boards with a gilt motif of a girl scattering flowers in center. 7 3/4 x 6 in. Gilt edges. 130 pages. Album includes one frontispiece engraving and 5 color illustrations of flowering plants and birds. 2 hand-drawn pictures of flowers and a hand-drawn pencil illustration of a young woman cut out into a paperdoll. Most entries from Hillsboro IL but include other location such as St. Louis. Young women particularly those finishing their time at a female academy and preparing to leave their school friends tended to be the ones to create friendship albums. Boards faded. Good to very good condition. unknown books
1795312011Philadelphia: by and for Colerick & Hunter 1795. First American Edition. a2 B-Z6 Aa-Kk6 Ll4. 399pp. 12mo 6 1/2 x 3 3/4 inches. original sheep both boards detached ex libris George Vaux with his signature on pastedown and first leaf of preface. First American Edition. a2 B-Z6 Aa-Kk6 Ll4. 399pp. 12mo 6 1/2 x 3 3/4 inches. by and for Colerick & Hunter unknown books
200324114Santa Barbara: East Beach Press. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2003. Hardcover. 0970270534 . First printing. Review copy with slip laid in. Stamped "Review Copy" on top edge else fine in a fine dust jacket. . East Beach Press hardcover books
200633971Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2006. Hardcover. 0226293491 . Color and black and white photographs throughout. First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . University of Chicago Press hardcover books
1844WRCLIT73337New York: Stanford & Swords 1844. vii3319pp. Octavo. Full publisher's plum pebbled morocco gift binding gilt extra a.e.g. Text rather foxed with offset from long ago laid in floral specimen and a few ink spatters in the terminal catalogue; the binding apart from some minimal rubbing at the edges and a bit sunning to the spine is very good or better. Denoted the 12th edition. The binding is unsigned but is highly characteristic of New York gift bindings of the period. Stanford & Swords unknown books
200224639Boston: Little Brown. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2002. Hardcover. 0316299235 . Illustrated by Erik Ronnberg and Gary Tonkin. A book club edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Little, Brown hardcover books
19201595Morton Illinois: Getz Power Washer Co. c.1920. Paper. Folded color illustrated pamphlet. Very good. Color illustrated advertisement for washer/ringer. Before the enclosed electric washing machines homemakers battled the dangerous washing tub/wringer device. This particular porcelain model claims to be "Silent as a kitten's purr" with "quick action.churning up millions of soap bubbles that are forced through every mesh of the fabric." 1 cm. rubbed spot on front cover. <br/><br/> Getz Power Washer Co. unknown books
184624208Clausthal Germany: Schweiger 1846. 408 112 96 112 pages for the second title bound-in; devotional hymnal in German language; with ephemera: tipped-on three-dimensional heart-wreathwith tine color floal & leafy surround flanked by two golden die-cut kneeling angels on front inner cover also a German love-poem with illustration of 2 cupids pastorla scene cloral surround approx. 3 3/4" square central oval loose; several lines of German genealogical notes on blank endpapers; volume approx. 4 1/2" x 7" size; bound in original full green decorative & gilt covers central gilt medallion of head-portrait of Christ back cover with biblical quotation gilt ornaments at corners back and front and date of 1847 and front cover with initials J.D.C.K. and H.W.S.; spine with gilt decorations dulled all edges gilt light blue polished-paper endpapers; some edge tips wear and rubbing to the boards; in very good condition. . First Edition. Leather Binding. Very Good. Schweiger books
187023957Heidelberg Germany: L. Meder 1870. Lithograph with hand coloring heightened with gum arabic; approx. 4 1/4" x 6 1/4" size 11 x 16 cm; with the L. Meder in Heidelberg imprint on the back; a little tips wear to the paper; colors good; in very good condition. Art. Not Bound. Very Good. L. Meder Paperback books
193825557Munchen Germany: Zentralverlag Der NSDAP Franz Eher Nachf. 1938. 103 pages 1 page of publishers' list at back; text in German language throughout. Approximately 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" size; printed beige paper covers. Some dustiness spine wear; edge tips wear to the binding; one small 1/8" scorch-mark in text; in good condition. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. Zentralverlag Der NSDAP Franz Eher Nachf. paperback books
190625324Steglitz Berlin Germany: Neue Photographische Gesellschaft NPG 1906. A group of 42 images of this ancient town in southern Germany in the Franconia region of Bavaria known for its medieval old town. Photographs of exterior interior views of town buildings including: Portal im Rathaushof; Portal I am Kgl. Gymnasium; Blick I.d. Herrengasse n.d. Brugtor; the Burgtor; Klingentor; Spitalter; Baumeisterhaus; St. Jackobskirche Hochaltar; Toplerschloss; Mauerpartie am Klingentor; St. Jacobskirche Marienaltar von Tiolmann Riemenschneider; Rodertorturm; Partie am Stoberleinsturm; Markusturm u. Roderbogen v.d. Hafengasse aus.; Hof der Marien-Apotheke; and many others. Each image with the studio imprint date title and plate number of the NPG; silver gelatin process in black and white developed on heavy photographic paper with matte finish. Images are about 7 1/2" x 9 1/2" size overall. A few of the images with a little edge-chipping; one image with title bar trimmed away a few with some silvering of the process evident at the edges. In the original terra-cotta-colored cloth portfolio covers with a paste-down photo-illustration. The portfolio is very worn broken flap pieces loose; overall the photographs are in very good condition very sharp and well-taken photographic imagery. . Photography. Portfolio. Very Good. Neue Photographische Gesellschaft NPG hardcover books
