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The Century MagazineBiblio.com

"Battles and Leaders in the Civil War" in the Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine. Vols. XXIX- XXXV New Series Vols. VII- XIII. November 1884 to April 1888.

Lisbet, L (active mid-19th century)Biblio.com

'Tänzer der Californischen Indianer' Californian Indian Ceremonial Dancer

1845009543Germany: Unknown 1845. Very Good. Illustrator: L. Lisbet. = An early European ethnographic depiction of a Native Californian ceremonial dancer produced in Germany in the mid-1840s prior to California statehood and the Gold Rush. The figure is shown in ritual dress with feathered headdress skirted regalia and ceremonial staff rendered in vivid hand-applied color. Works of this type circulated in illustrated ethnographic and geographic publications intended to introduce European audiences to Indigenous cultures of the Americas. Hand-colored wood engraving xylography. Image size approx. 9.5 × 6.25 inches 24.2 × 15.5 cm. German caption beneath image. Presented professionally matted and ready for framing. The sheet presents with strong well-preserved hand coloring and expected light age toning to the paper. A subtle indentation is present above the figure's head extending through the upper portion of the spear; this is shallow angle-dependent and does not break the paper surface. Minor impression from handling consistent with age. Right vertical edge slightly irregular as issued or trimmed. Overall a clean visually striking example. Iconography Note: Contains a 19th-century European representation of Indigenous ceremonial dress and practice. Presented as a historical artifact of its time and valued for its documentary and visual record not as an endorsement of period assumptions or interpretations. . The engraving is attributed to L. Lisbet and corresponds to an example held in the New York Public Library Digital Collections confirming period production and subject consistency. Such images are valued for their documentary role in early visual interpretations of Native Californian life while also reflecting 19th-century European perspectives and conventions. Subjects: Native Californians Indigenous Ceremonial Dress California History Ethnography European Views of the Americas Americana Western Americana Ethnographic Prints 19th-Century Illustration. Unknown unknown

Blind Horse Books [ABAA - FABA] · États-Unis65,00 $US≈ 55,00 €

(WOMEN'S POETRY, 19TH CENTURY AMERICAN). MILNE, FRANCES MARGARETBiblio.com

A COTTAGE GRAY AND OTHER POEMS

1895ST19567-179Buffalo: Charles Wells Moulton 1895. FIRST EDITION. No. 229 OF 600. 155 x 195 mm. 6 1/8 x 4 3/4". 79 1 pp. Publisher’s illustrated brown cloth binding edges beveled front board stamped in gilt flat spine top edge gilt. Photograph of the author mounted on page 6 facing the half title. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the limitation page; title page printed in red and black. Cloth with just the slightest hint of wear and soiling; internally fresh and clean. This is an excellent copy of a very personal collection of poetry by a female writer of the late 19th century offered in a signed limited edition. Born in Northern Ireland Frances Margaret Milne 1846-1910 spent most of her life in San Luis Obispo California where she worked as a librarian and volunteered tirelessly for social causes. Much of her writing was political in nature: the 1893 publication "A Woman of the Century" a collection of biographies of "leading American women in all walks of life" said she had "made a profound study of economic and political questions and with pen and voice . . . and had aided in extending the discussion of the relations of progress and poverty and of individuals and society." She also published a number of fictional and poetic works; this was her second collection of poems. They primarily deal with themes of love and loss and while the poems have some of the formulaic gentility one would expect from a writer of this period and background the genuine emotions behind them are clear. By turns ebullient and poignant the text has works—such as the poem "To My Beloved at rest May 11th 1804"—that reflect the grief and joy of Milne's intense personal experiences. Copies of the book are not so readily available especially in the condition seen here. Charles Wells Moulton unknown

Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts · États-Unis260,00 $US≈ 219,99 €

(OREGON - 19TH CENTURY HISTORICAL ACCOUNTS). GRAY, W HBiblio.com

A HISTORY OF OREGON 1792-1849 DRAWN FROM PERSONAL OBSERVATION AND AUTHENTIC INFORMATION

1870ST20532Portland Oregon: Harris & Holman 1870. FIRST EDITION in Book Form. 235 x 150 mm. 9 1/4 x 6". 624 pp. Publisher's black cloth flat spine with gilt lettering. With a frontispiece etching depicting Astoria in 1811. Errata slip tipped onto final page. A 1980 newspaper article from The Springfield News about William H. Gray's descendants. Graff 1630; Howes G-342; Sabin 28416. Head of spine with minute fraying slight soiling to back cover isolated minor foxing chosen paper stock not as bright as it could be but still a really excellent copy the text clean and fresh and the binding with few signs of use. Originally published as a series of articles in the "Astoria Marine Gazette" between 1865-66 the contents of this volume include chapters on religious proselytizing encounters often of a violent nature with indigenous peoples mountain men the formation of an early government and commercial interests in the area. Originally a carpenter from Utica William Henry Gray 1810-89 joined the party of fellow missionaries Marcus Whitman 1802-1847 and Henry Spalding 1803-1874 and their respective wives Narcissa 1808-1847 and Eliza 1807-1851 on a seven-month 3000-mile journey overland from their homes in upstate New York to Fort Vancouver. Narcissa and Eliza were the first white women to cross the Rocky Mountains. Gray gives a long absorbing account of that trip in the text here. He was later involved with efforts to create a provisional government among settlers of the area. As an historian Gray was widely censured even as he was acknowledged as an important source: Howes says the present work is "undependable and biased but as the product of a pioneer of 1838 it cannot be ignored." This book is easy enough to find but it is normally encountered in rough shape. Harris & Holman unknown

Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts · États-Unis182,00 $US≈ 153,99 €

(AMERICANA - 19TH CENTURY ILLINOIS HOMESTEADING). [BURLEND, REBECCA]Biblio.com

A TRUE PICTURE OF EMIGRATION; OR FOURTEEN YEARS IN THE INTERIOR OF NORTH AMERICA; BEING A FULL AND IMPARTIAL ACCOUNT OF THE VARIOUS DIFFICULTIES AND ULTIMATE SUCCESS OF AN ENGLISH FAMILY WHO EMIGRATED FROM BARWICK-IN-ELMET NEAR LEEDS IN THE YEAR 1831

1848ST20861London: G. Berger 1848. FIRST EDITION. 180 x 110 mm. 7 x 4 1/4". 2-62 pp. 6 blank leaves. The original printed paper wrappers bound in early 20th century green crushed half calf over marbled paper boards monogrammed "F. O. L." in gilt on leather corner at lower right of upper board raised bands spine compartments gilt with floral sprig gilt lettering marbled endpapers. Engraved bookplate of Frank O. Lowden on front pastedown. Howes B-992; Sabin 97133. Spine evenly sunned to a medium brown small early repair to upper edge of paper wrapper but a fine copy the binding with virtually no wear and the contents extremely clean and fresh with only trivial defects. This is an excellent copy from the library of an important Illinois politician of the scarce memoir of a female Illinois homesteader. Our author Rebecca Burlend 1793-1872 and her husband John a farmer and schoolteacher made the choice in August of 1831 to leave their Yorkshire home and travel with five of their children to Illinois. They arrived in New Orleans two months later and began an arduous journey up the Mississippi to their land claim in Pike County across the river from Hannibal Missouri. The author's description of the trip and their subsequent difficult first few years in the United States provides an unvarnished picture of frontier life. Burlend candidly recounts hardships caused by such things as weather fire and squatters and critically discusses the people she met many of whom she disliked--writing that "ignorance was the predominant feature of Western character." While she apparently felt the adversity had been largely worthwhile she intended the present narrative as a realistic guide for other prospective British emigrants. The book concludes with the practical sentiment that "if the account I have given of our proceedings adverse and successful does not allure the reader's fancy with ideas of visionary prosperity as the invariable result of crossing the seas it may perchance tend to make him a little better satisfied with his present condition though it should only be a snug little cottage in the land where his childhood was reared." Her memoir was published anonymously in London in 1848 after she had composed it on a return visit to England with the help of her son. She was not formally identified as the author of the piece until 1936. The present copy is distinguished by its connection to another figure in Illinois history: Frank Orren Lowden the "F. O. L." on the front cover 1861-1943 represented Illinois' 13th district in the U.S. House of Representatives and later served as governor of Illinois from 1917-21. G. Berger unknown

Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts · États-Unis494,00 $US≈ 417,97 €

(TRAVEL - 19TH CENTURY ENGLISH). (BIBLICAL HISTORY IN ASIA MINOR). ARUNDELL, V JBiblio.com

A VISIT TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES OF ASIA; WITH AN EXCURSION INTO PISIDIA; CONTAINING REMARKS ON THE GEOGRAPHY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THOSE COUNTRIES. A MAP OF THE AUTHOR'S ROUTES AND NUMEROUS INSCRIPTIONS

1828ST20535-01London: John Rodwell 1828. FIRST EDITON. 217 x 138 mm. 8 1/2 x 5 1/4". iv 339 1 pp. Contemporary diced russia raised bands spine attractively gilt in an arabesque style gilt-rolled turn-ins pink moiré endpapers all edges gilt. With a folding map of the travel routes and 23 pages reproducing inscriptions three of these folding. Front flyleaf inscribed in ink: "Juliana Calvert / from A. C. / 1838." Blackmer 48; Weber I 159. Joints and extremities a little rubbed tiny crack just beginning at top of front joint two tiny chips to foot of spine very minor offsetting and foxing to map a couple of patches of marginal foxing but INTERNALLY AN ESPECIALLY FINE COPY--unusually clean fresh and surprisingly bright--in a good-looking well-preserved binding. In especially desirable condition this is quite a scarce travel account by the English antiquary explorer and clergyman Francis Vyvyan Jago Arundell 1780-1846 who visited the so-called Seven Churches of Asia also called the Seven Churches of the Apocalypse and the Seven Churches of Revelation locations in present-day Turkey of central importance to St. John and the Book of Revelation. In that book John who was a threat to Roman officials as leader of the new Christian religion in Asia had been banished to Patmos where he was visited by an apocalyptic vision directing him to write to the churches at Ephesus Smyrna Pergamum Thyatira Sardis Philadelphia and Laodicea commending their successes pointing out their failures and prevailing upon them to repent. These seven Turkish churches reflect a surprisingly significant role in the region's early Christian history with some scholars maintaining that as many as 18 of the 27 New Testament books were written there--and Arundell's narrative would have helped to raise the popular understanding of this importance. Following his marriage to the daughter of the British consul-general at the Levant Company in Constantinople Arundell became chaplain to the company's trading center in Smyrna now Izmir in 1822. From there he embarked on a series of tours through Asia Minor including places that according to DNB "until then had for the most part not been described by any European traveller." The present work is the product of the author's first tour which included two separate excursions between March and September of 1826. Despite being a clergyman Arundell's interest in these sites was primarily archaeological and historical and this work includes his firsthand descriptions of the ruins he encountered facsimiles of Greek inscriptions found there and narratives of the arduous journeys between sites that were well off the beaten path. This work is surprisingly scarce in commerce suggesting that copies were often read with avidity. John Rodwell unknown

Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts · États-Unis884,00 $US≈ 747,95 €

Rajasthani School, 19th centuryBiblio.com

A woman in jewels and a gossamer sari churns butter for ghee

189013411890. Ink and gouache with gold heightening on fibrous brown laid paper with a Jaipur Court Fee tax stamp in purple ink on the recto 13 1/4 x 8 7/8 inches 336 x 226 mm. Toning handling creases and minor scattered surface soiling throughout. There are scattered coeval inscriptions in ink on the recto and verso. A traditional Indian butter churn is operated by rapidly pulling a rope which turns a paddled spindle. The paddles churn cows milk inside a large jar until milk solids form. Ghee is made from cow milk butter which is treated with low heat until the water evaporates leaving behind milk solids. The solids are skimmed off or strained if needed. Ghee is a staple food on the Indian subcontinent and as a cooking oil it is the most widely used food in India apart from wheat and rice. Because of its exalted status at Hindu weddings ghee is expensive and in high demand. Male wedding guests are expected to compete with each other to see who can eat the most of it; consuming two pounds or more at a sitting is considered a proof of virility. On the stamp: The first revenue stamps in India were issued in the mid-nineteenth century during the Raj and they are still being issued to this day. Apart from issues for the whole of India many princely states provinces and other states also had or still have their own revenue stamp issues. Before independence Indian revenue stamps were closely modeled on similar designs from Great Britain as is the case with this carriage motif stamp from Jaipur. The stamps were issued to denote various denominations including rupees and annas. An anna or Änna was a currency unit formerly used in British India equal to 1â„16 of a rupee. It was subdivided into four old Paisa or twelve pies thus there were 192 pies in a rupee. When the rupee was decimalized and subdivided into 100 new paise one anna was therefore equivalent to 6.25 paise. This particular stamp was used as evidence of court taxes remitted for property dealings. unknown

Rob Zanger Rare Books LLC · États-Unis650,00 $US≈ 549,97 €

19th Century Black PhotographyBiblio.com

African American Life After Emancipation Early Photographs of Black Men and Railroad Labor in the Reconstruction and Jim Crow Era 1870s-1890s

1870202721870. Early photographs of African Americans produced during the decades following emancipation provide important visual documentation of Black life during the Reconstruction and early Jim Crow eras. Portrait photographs and vernacular images from the late nineteenth century capture African Americans navigating newly won freedoms while confronting the economic and social constraints that defined the post slavery United States. Such photographs often record moments of labor travel and self presentation reflecting both the aspirations and realities of African American life during a period of profound social transformation. This small photographic archive dating from the 1870s through the 1890s preserves rare images of African American men during the generation immediately following the end of slavery. Archive of four original photographs including two tintypes and one albumen print measuring approximately 2.25 x 3.25 inches to 4.5 x 6.5 inches. The most visually complex image an albumen photograph dating from the late 1890s depicts a Black man and a young boy standing on railroad tracks behind a caboose where four white men are also present. The African American man wears a hat and carries a large sack across his back while the boy holds a basket filled with produce suggesting a scene connected to travel commerce or railroad labor in the expanding transportation networks of the late nineteenth century. The presence of the caboose and railroad workers situates the photograph within the rapidly developing rail infrastructure that reshaped the American economy during the post Civil War period. The remaining photographs consist of tintype portraits of African American men dressed in the formal attire of the late nineteenth century including bowler hats vests and tailored suits. One sitter is photographed wearing a three piece suit and holding a cane while another poses beside a table while holding his hat in hand. Portrait photography played an important role in African American communities during the decades after emancipation as newly freed individuals asserted dignity respectability and personal identity through formal portraiture. At the same time vernacular photographs such as the railroad scene record the economic realities and labor environments in which many African Americans worked during the late nineteenth century. Together these photographs document African American presence within both public labor landscapes and private studio portraiture during a formative period in the history of Black life in the United States. Four original photographs including tintypes and an albumen print measuring approximately 2.25 x 3.25 inches to 4.5 x 6.5 inches. One photograph with clipped corners; otherwise images clear and well preserved. Overall condition very good. unknown

Max Rambod Inc. · États-Unis950,00 $US≈ 803,80 €