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189226913New York New York: Cassell Publishing Company 1892. xiii 417 pages. Black and white illustrated frontispiece & throughout; with color folding "Map Showing M. Bonvalot's Route" in pocket at front approx. 16 1/4" x 20" size. The Translator's Preface notes that ".Starting from the frontiers of Siberia and coming out at the other end of Asia on the coast of the new French colony of Tonquin M. Bonvalot and his companions traversed not only that portion of Thibet which several English travelers such as Dalgleish and Carey and the great Russian Prjevalsky had explored but going beyond the limits which their predecessors had reached forced their way over the table-lands and came out on the other side this journey being one which no European had ever accomplished." Title page with the small somewhat faint previous owner name stamp of collector George R. Brush M.D. U.S. Navy; he served as a surgeon & medical inspector from 1861-1894. Approx. 7" x 10" size; bound in the original light lavender-purple color illustrated and decoratively gilt-stamped & titled cloth gilt spine titles top edge gilt. A little edge tips wear and rubbing to the binding contents and map clean and in very good condition. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Cassell Publishing Company hardcover books
1711216118London: Printed for Eben Tracy at the Three Bibles on London-Bridge 1711. 1 vols. 12mo. Advertisement leaf laid down as backing of terminal leaf p. 191 with some old paper reinforcements obscuring part of the headline and a few letters. Book is bound in half calf worn with numerous contemporary signatures William Bliss Mary Rotten etc. and pen starts on verso of title and frontispiece. 1 vols. 12mo. Bookseller's Nostrum 'from Chili in America'. Advertisement<br/>There is lately brought from Chili in America a most excellent natural Balsam far exceeding that of Peru and Tokay in curing most Diseases in human Bodies. Tis a Remedy no Man under the Sun can compose as being a most Odoriferous and Natrual Balsam. It cures all Pains proceeding from Cold corroborates the Stomach creates an Appetite and strengthens the whole Body : It is a wonderful Remedy for all internal Sores Bruises Ulcers &c. and mightily helps all Asthmatical Distempers: 'Tis also a great Cephalick helping most Diseases of the Head and strengthening the Brain and Nerves : It kills the Worm provokes Urine and is good against the Stone; helps all Fluxes of the Belly is excellent in all Diseases of the Ears especially Deafness : It also cures all manner of green Wounds.<br/>Not It is only to be had of Eben Tracy at the Three Bibles on London-bridge at 1 S 6 d. the Ounce; the Bottles are Seal'd with the Balsam-tree. Printed for Eben Tracy at the Three Bibles on London-Bridge unknown books
25301969: Standard Brands Inc. Staplebound. Color illustrated wraps with elastic cord. Very good. Unpaginated. 12 pages 10 x 8 cm. Fully illustrated pamphlet utilizing American soprano Kate Smith known for her rendition of Irving Berlin's "God Bless America" - to peddle Chase & Sanborn Instant coffee designed by the advertising agency J. Walter Thompson. A pictorial reprint from an 1898 booklet featuring flags from America's past: The Bunker Hill Flag The Pine tree Flag of The Navy The First National Flag The Bunker Hill Flag The First Union Flag The Colonial Flag The Rattlesnake Flag. Pages lightly toned. <br/><br/> Standard Brands, Inc. paperback books
2314Orange Smile Syrup Company. Color illustrated cards. Near fine. 22 x 9 cm. Two- sided die-cut color illustrated cardboard. Kinda creepy but cute anthropomorphic Orange man/baby image used by the St. Louis based Orange Smile Syrup Company. Punch hole at top. <br/><br/> Orange Smile Syrup Company unknown books
190926971Paris France: Compagnie Des Eaux Minerales Economiques 1909. A photograph album composed of 29 heavy cardstock leaves each titled with a French hospital with a mounted photograph of the interns of 1908-09. On the mounts printed below the images are the surname-identification of the new doctors along with a quote from a famous medical personage. Photographic studio not identified aside from the printed notice in the surround of "Cliche Femina." Our research indicates that these albums were produced by the Compagnie des Eaux Minerales. as promotional devices; the cover titles are further personalized and include the name of one of the graduates A Monsieur Corylles actually Coryllos from the Hopital Cochin Paris. Dr. Coryllos 1880-1938 was an eminent thoracic surgeon and pioneer in the use of the mobile field hospital saving lives during military conflicts Every photograph black and white silver gelatin process; approx. 4 ¾" x 6" size is characterized by extraordinary clarity and very professionally taken; several of them presenting the graduating physician's candid expressions of humor - one posing with a monkey on his back another lugging a huge travel-box by a rope over his shoulders many with pet dogs & cats one with what appears to be a monstrous lizard; in another three men sit astride sheep and a goat; other portraits promoting expressions of extreme gravitas. The Hopital Des Enfants Malades with two women identified Mlle. Bouteil and Mme. Debre; the Hopital de la Pitie with Mme. Long; Mlle. Dechaux at Hopital Claude-Bernard Aubervilliers; two of the images from the Hopital Bichat & Hopital Beaujon with unidentified women posed with the groups. The images appear to have been taken on the grounds and building forecourts of these medical establishments including: Hopital Andral & Bastion 27 et 29; Beaujon; Berck Sur-Mer; Hospice de Bicetre; Bichat; Boucicaut; Bretonneau; Broca; Broussais; de la Charite; Claude-Bernard Aubervilliers; Cochin; Cochin Annexe; Maison Dubois; des Infantes Assistes; des Infantes Malades; Herold; Hotel-Dieu; Hospice D'Ivry; Laennec; Lariboisiere; La Maternite; Necker; de la Pitie; Saint-Antoine; Saint-Louis; Hospice de la Salpetriere; Tenon; and Hopital Trousseau. Heavy oblong format covers about 8 pounds shipping weight. Approx. 11" x 14" size; gilt titled green pebbled cloth & leather corners; binding damaged worn spine covering gone; all photographs in very good condition. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. Compagnie Des Eaux Minerales Economiques hardcover books
1810WRCLIT67042Japan 1810. Folio 33 x 27.5 cm. Late 19th or early 20th century marbled calf raised bands spine gilt extra gilt label a.e.g. with watercolor river scenes on paper onlaid as doublures. Binding extremities rubbed images offset a bit to interleaves occasional patches of darkening to backgrounds of a few images one corner of an interleaf creased and a bit torn but otherwise very good to near fine. A lovely collection of watercolor images on silk of birds moths and butterflies the artist unknown but the paintings executed with great skill. The twenty-two individual panels vary somewhat in size but approximate 24 x 20 cm to 20 x 16cm and each includes several specimens: in the case of the birds 2-4 in the case of the Lepidoptera 5-10. The individual panels are mounted to heavy stock via blue silk bordering. The birds are identified via manuscript captions next to each bird; the Lepidoptera are not captioned. A pencil note on the free endsheet in an early hand dates the paintings somewhat earlier 1700-1750 Shijo School than do those later in its most recent provenance: tipped in unidentified mid-20th century auction description dating the paintings to early 19th century - private collection. hardcover books
199725166East Hampton Long Island NY: Guild Hall Museum 1997. 28 pages; catalog for this exhibition; illustrated in color & black and white the installation artworks of Alice Aycock the centerpiece being a large motorized celestially-inspired sculpture. With text by curator Donna Stein; foreword by Henry Korn. With artist biography background to the complex piece. Approx. 8" x 10" size illustrated printed stapled softcover; light wear; in very good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Guild Hall Museum paperback books
200725231Southampton NY: The Parrish Art Museum 2007. 134 2 pages; color black and white illustrations of this exhibition. Foreword by Trudy C. Kramer Alicia G. Longwell; essays by Merrill Falkenberg Erick Fischl John Haskell. Catalog includes details and descriptions of the works sizes titles and media. Approx. 8" x 10" size; printed stiff paper over-wrap over illustrated softcover bound with a cloth spine. Light wear; cover with small spot; in very good condition. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. The Parrish Art Museum paperback books
198725172East Hampton Long Island NY: Guild Hall Museum 1987. Folding 6 panel brochure for this exhibition; illustrated in color. With text by Judith B. Sneddon & Helen A. Harrison; with a list of their works in this exhibition and titles sizes media and occasional provenance details; the works were from the Phillips Collection and the East Hampton Collections & Guild Hall Museum Collection. Approx. 8 1/2" x 10 7/8" size printed & folded softcover; light wear; in very good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Guild Hall Museum paperback books
199422738Nairobi: United Nations Development Programme 1994. 6 19 pages; the resource persons include: Justo Z. Mabenge - Zimbabwe Janet Mutiso - Kenya Sharmala Naidoo - S. Africa Portia Segomelo - Botswana Vusumuzi F. Simelane - Swaziland Krispin Wafula - Kenya Pathias Muhwanga - Zambia; ".attempts to provide broad guidelines to help African countries integrate environmental concerns in their National Development Strategies NDS through appropriate political social and economic structures."; with attempts to ".capture those elements peculiar to Africa."; printed stapled paper wrap covers; little cover wear staple residue; in very good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. United Nations Development Programme Paperback books
10582Ancient Lamp from Judea circa 2nd century AD and later. 3" x 2". Lamp has a molded design in discus a sheep among other objects with dark red to brown slip. The lamp is inside a plastic display box with a wooden base. Oil lamps were made of common pottery in the ancient world people did not have much light at nights most homes would contain several oil lamps because olive oil was in abundance and therefore not expensive. There was also an oven that provided a little bit of light but the oil lamps were the main source of light in every home. In excellent condition.<br/><br/>Lamps appear in the Torah and other Jewish sources as a symbol of "lighting" the way for the righteous the wise and for love and other positive values. While fire was often described as being destructive light was given a positive spiritual meaning. The oil lamp and its light were important household items and this may explain their symbolism. Oil lamps were used for many spiritual rituals. unknown books
13293A "slipper" lamp from the Byzantine period in coarse pink-tan ware with heavy earthen patinas. Plus uncertain Near East likely Late Antique Period 3 Century B.C. to 3 Century AD in reddish terra cotta an amusing figural handle. Handle of a stylized boar with beady eyes straddling the topmost portion of the incise-decorated lid. Lengths: 3" - 3-3/4 unknown books
188427017Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1884. 226 pages. The material in the reports and papers includes updates from: Ship Island the country's first quarantine station; the Sapelo refuge station; a report on the origin of the yellow fever epidemic in Pensacola Florida in 1882 which is illustrated with a folding architectural plan of medical care facilities along with a Map of Pensacola that shows locations disease spread in red among the neighborhoods with ship names personnel names and various local populace; another folding chart shows ship locations in the harbor and docking facilities at the time. Also reports on New Orleans & Memphis operations; immigrant-inspection services in several large U.S. cities; laws relating the National Board of Health; consular and miscellaneous reports including on cholera in Japan distoma ringeri and parasitical haemoptysis in Hong Kong China; Filaria disease; probabilities of cholera in Europe in Shanghai; the epidemic of typhoid in Liege; treatment of leprosy at Maracaibo; Beri-beri in Ceylon; chemical treatment of sewage in Berlin; and other reports. A folding map offers the General Track of Epidemics in Eastern Asia; another folding map printed in tints shows the course of the epidemics of 1877 & 1879 in Japan and ".the Severity of the Epidemic." compiled by D.B. Simmons M.D.; folding charts printed in red and black track meteorological data during the epidemic and other charts depict filaria data and parasite illustrations. Title page with the small very faint owner name-stamp of collector George R. Brush M.D. U.S. Navy; in service as a surgeon & medical inspector from 1861-1894. Approx. 6" x 9 1/4"size; bound in the original sober governmental dark brown cloth; bronze-gilt spine titles. Some edge tips wear and dustiness to the boards; contents clean and in very good condition. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Government Printing Office hardcover books
10539Glass "Pitcher" with Vivid Iridescence. Persia Iran c. 8th to 12th century AD. Height: 4-1/4". Most glass pitchers from this very early period have not survived intact. This beautiful antique glass pitcher was recomposed may have been from pieces of several glass pitchers from that era. The pitcher exquisite in colors of aqua azure and deep emerald green is crafted in very thick glass with areas of exceptionally fine and intense iridescence. An unique and beautiful piece of antiquity. unknown books
193826142Long Island New York: Nassau Division of the Long Island Association 1938. 88 pages; illustrated in black and white throughout. Neighborhoods and locales in Nassau County pictured: Garden City Oyster Bay Williston Park Manhasset Westbury Jones Beach New Hyde Park Mineola others; extolling the importance of Roosevelt Field and Long Island's aeronautic industry and more. In addition to promoting the beauty and valuable investment opportunities Long Island real estate offers the parklands sporting activities transportation political and government figures and advertisements for businesses are portrayed throughout. Approx. 11" x 14" size orange and black illustrated paper covers metal spiral binding. Some edge tips wear and corner chipping to covers contents clean and in good condition. Our research indicates this was the only issue published of this pictorial periodical. First Edition. Spiral Bound. Good. Nassau Division of the Long Island Association paperback books
164922920Auctore Io. Bapt. Suttinger 1649. Map approx. 10 3/4" x 11 3/4" approx. 27.5 x 30 cm size; margins add 1 1/2" or more all around; old fold line wrinkling to paper darkening; in good condition. Not Bound. Good. Auctore Io. Bapt. Suttinger Paperback books
1993212848New York: Rizzoli 1993. hardcover. very good/very good. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white. 339pp. folio cloth dust wrapper; d.w. edge-worn with small tears. New York: Rizzoli 1993.<br/><br/> Rizzoli unknown books
175834566Madrid: The Author 1758. 16mo. ca. 150 x 103 cm. Full contemporary vellum with manuscript titling to spine leather ties. 1f. recto title verso blank 1f. "Al Lector i privileges dated July 2 9 and 10 1737 iii "Advertencia" 72 pp. text 20 engraved plates of choreographic notation of dances including those by Feuillet and Pecour with music with alternate rectos and versos blank as issued. With one folding plate of engraved music between pp. 35 and 37.<br/><br/>With charming woodcut depictions of both male and female dancers one with an accompanying musician illustrating positions of the arms and feet and dance etiquette including bowing and managing one's hat. Diagrams and choreographic notation within text. <br/><br/>The final textual section "Explicacion del Danzar a la Española" offers detailed definitions of 46 steps used in Spanish dance followed by descriptions of "Danzas a la Española ." including the pabana the gallarda the españoleta the villano the impossibles and the hermosa. <br/><br/>Plates include:<br/>- Explicn. de la Chorographia<br/>- Movimentos de los Brazos Codos etc.<br/>- Demonstracion de la Bretaña<br/>- Rigodon ô Allegro de la Bretaña<br/>- El Amable con otra Chorographia<br/>- La Pastoril demonstda. redonda y larga<br/>- La Diligenta delinda. â lo largo ô larga<br/>- La Cortesana Cont. quadrada ô en quadro<br/><br/>Free front endpaper with elaborate contemporary paraph verso with contemporary inscription: "Soy de la Libreria de Dn. AntonÃo de Hozes Ferñz de Cordova."<br/><br/>Binding slightly worn; ties partially lacking; endpapers slightly worn; free front endpaper slightly stained. Minor internal wear and soiling; some leaves browned; occasional foxing; several small virtually invisible professional archival repairs. Rare third edition of the work demonstrating the foundations of dancing in the French style considered of greater elegance than the Spanish first published in 1737. Derra de Moroda 1856 edition of 1758. Malkin 79 edition of 1737. Niles & Leslie pp. 360-361 edition of 1758. Waterloo p. 144 RISM Écrits p. 587 editions of 1758 and 1768. All with variant titles no recorded copies with this title. <br/><br/>Minguet's manual incorporates material from two other important early 18th century dance treatises Feuillet's Chorégraphie Paris 1700 and Rameau's Le Maître de danser Paris 1726.<br/><br/>"A compilation of Feuillet Rameau and De la Cuisse. His engravings however are superior to the originals of the fore-mentioned and make his Arte de Danzar perhaps the most important treatise in 18th century Dance literature in Spanish." Niles & Leslie<br/><br/>"Spain was one of the first countries to record its social dances in a system of dance notation and notation was to be an important element in dance manuals of the eighteenth century. The first Spanish book devoted entirely to dance was Discursos sobre el arte de danzado 1642 by Juan de Esquivel Navarro dancing master to Philip IV. The next dance book by Bartolemé Ferriol y Boxeraus did not appear until a century later in 1745. Pablo Minguet e Irol a famous engraver as well as an author and translator published works on a wide range of subjects; his dance books included several important works which incorporated the French dance notation of Raoul-Auger Feuillet." International Encyclopedia of Dance 5 p. 670. <br/><br/>"A particularly lovely set of illuminations can be found in Pablo Minguet e Yrol's Arte de danzar à l a francesca." op. cit. 6 p. 124. <br/><br/>Antonio de Hoces Fernández de Córdoba 1722-1782 was a "Master of Seville" and served as mayor of Cordoba. [The Author] unknown books
196725089New York NY: The Cooper Union 1967. 23 pages; illustrated throughout in black and white. Articles including Cooper Union's stance and attack on air pollution in cooperation with the state and City of New York & the engineering & science dept. of the school; plans for a new building; photographs by Art Kane; artists at Green Camp; biography of a Cooper graduate police lab scientist alumni news & other information pertinent to Cooper Union; published quarterly. Previous subscriber mailing address on back panel; approx. 8 1/2" x 11" size; black and white illustrated stapled covers; little nicks to the paper edges edge-darkening; in good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. The Cooper Union paperback books
186926497New York New York: Allen Brothers 1869. 260 pages 4 pages of Allen Brothers' Catalogue of Choice Juvenile Books at back. Tissue-guarded frontispiece woodcut and illustrated title page followed by a printed & illustrated title. With small woodcuts throughout; short inspirational stories & poetry with a moral 'application' section following many of the tales. Laid-in are a few periodical clippings with poetry & prose of the time; front endpapers with decorative owner stamps of Sarah A. Tyson and nicely-accomplished calligraphic name of Annie Willets in Red and pink inks. Volume approx. 4 1/2" x 7" size; light purplish-brown decoratively blindstamped cloth gilt spine titles and decoration dulled. Some edge tips wear and fraying to the spine ends of the boards front inner endpaper split about 1"; some spotting and foxing in the text some signatures loosened. Overall in good condition. Later Edition. Hard Cover. Good. Allen Brothers hardcover books
16536Autograph album given to female student in Walnut Hill KY. The Forget Me Not Album. New York: Published by Leavitt & Allen 1857. Original red leather boards. 8 ½ x 7 in. Embossed front and back cover gilt-edge pages and gilt detail on front cover and spine. 48 pages. Includes 4 portrait engravings under tissue of ladies identified as Nanette The Duke's Daughter Beatrice Katharina; as well as 1 engraving on the title page. Inscribed to Miss Virginia Holby on the front end page "as a reward of merit." Includes 17 other handwritten inscriptions from fellow students. Some foxing and toning on engraving pages. Very good condition. <br/><br/>Signature album kept by young woman Virgina Holby during the end of the 1857 school year. All of the inscriptions are dated to June 1857 as the academic year was coming to a close and students were dispersing for the summer. Virginia's classmates affectionately address her as "Jennie" throughout the album and while some write poetic verses such as "Forget me not Forget me never till yonder sun shall set forever" others leave a simple "good bye" or requests to "Write me first would you." Jennie's classmates signed their names along with their respective hometowns--some places hundreds of miles away from Walnut Hill--in Illinois or western Kentucky. At this time in the southern United States it was not uncommon for girls and young women from wealthier classes to be sent away to private institutions modeled after the English finishing school. Secondary and higher education became a symbol of class as poor or working class people could not afford this training. An album of quotes and well-wishes amongst female classmates in June 1857 as they were dispersing for the summer months. unknown books
1861605660<p>"W.A. Buckingham" in black ink on bifold pictorial leaf State of Connecticut Executive Department Norwich letterhead February 5 1861. 5 1/4" x 8" 2 pages. Very good. To Gideon Welles: In part: ". . .I have been solicited to appoint commissioners to the convention which is to be held in Washington on the 4th inst but have not done so. . .I have received no intimation from Virginia that a representation from Conn. is desired except what I have seen in the newspapers. I telegraphed you this noon inquiring your views but as I have received no reply. . ." Welles 1802-1878 born July 1 1802; died February 11 1878; was the United States Secretary of the Navy from 1861 to 1869 under Lincoln and Johnson. A proposed convention of all states to try and adjust differences between the north and the south. Seven states had declared their secession from the Union and established the Confederated States of America on February 4 1861 the day before this letter was written.</p> unknown books
2221848<p>"Ike" 3 pages to wife Mamie no date but ca. 1944. 9" x 6". Fine.</p><p>Eisenhower pens a heartfelt letter to Mamie while in the depths of war: "The Russian fight continues to stir me to the depths of my soul. They're hitting so hard that no one can fail to admire them. I hope they kill a million Huns -- even more! And I wish we could be hammering at the d--- Germans this instant just as hard and on as big a scale as the Russians."</p><p>Dwight D. Eisenhower 1890-1969 was the 34th President of the United States from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United State Army during World War II and served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe.</p> unknown books
243692 pp. of a bifolium. Quarto ca. 198 x 161 mm. Dated Philadelphia January 28 1824. In black ink. With integral address panel with remnants of original seal. On wove paper. With minor autograph corrections. <br/><br/>A charming piece of American social history evidently written by a schoolboy to his mother pleading for permission to take dancing lessons: "for it is very unpleasant for! to see people all knowing how to dance." Cousin Abbey had come to town to attend dancing school for half a quarter and the young boy writes: "if I begin the first of February I shall have a quarter but if you thing! a quarter will cost to! much permit me to go half a quarter. Sister Francis says I better go now this winter and then subscribe next winter to the cotillion parties wich! will be but a dollar and a half. I wish you would let me know so that I can get a pair of shoes for it. I want to go very much."<br/><br/>Somewhat worn and browned; creased at folds with minor loss to blank areas; small portion of upper edge of second leaf corresponding to seal lacking. unknown books
18742221880<p>"Anna E. Dickinson" in black ink on stiff card. 2 1/4" x 3 3/4". 1874. Very good.</p><p>Signed and inscribed:</p><p>"Above all things Liberty</p><p>Anna E. Dickinson</p><p>8.15 1874."</p><p>Dickinson 1842-1932 devout Quaker; her father who was a staunch abolitionist died from a heart attack after giving an agitating anti-slavery speech in 1844 when Anna was only two years old; In 1860 Anna made her first speech on Womans rights and Wrongs before the Association of Progressive Friends; probably the greatest honor of her life was an invitation to speak in the Hall of Representatives.</p> unknown books
