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193789533CT: Ralston Society 1937. First edition of this classic bestseller which has sold over 100 million copies. Octavo original cloth. Boldly signed by Napoleon Hill on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. This is the first example of a first printing we have seen signed. Rare and desirable. Think and Grow Rich was written in 1937 by Napoleon Hill promoted as a personal development and self-improvement book. Hill writes that he was inspired by a suggestion from business magnate and later philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. While the book's title and much of the text concerns increased income the author insists that the philosophy taught in the book can help people succeed in any line of work to do and be anything they can imagine. First published during the Great Depression at the time of Hill's death in 1970 Think and Grow Rich had sold more than 20 million copies and by 2015 over 100 million copies had been sold worldwide. It remains the biggest seller of Napoleon Hill's books. BusinessWeek magazine's Best-Seller List ranked it the sixth best-selling paperback business book 70 years after it was published. Ralston Society hardcover books
1902181292New York: Anglo-American Authors Association 1902. A unique homage to the age of Napoleon An extraordinary extra-illustrated set produced at the turn of the 20th century in Napoleonic splendour including the autographs of Napoleon and 33 other luminaries of the age and 800 plates. The autographs are bound into a single volume and comprise letters documents and military orders. The Napoleon autograph is his bold "N" on a commercial license. Other autographs are those of his family members Lucien and Joseph his marshals Soult and Ney his nemesis Wellington and the financier Necker among many other military and civil figures. Extra-illustrating was a hobby of wealthy collectors and a profitable market for bookdealers - fill a prominent work with additional historic material and have it finely bound expanded to far more volumes than the original. The set was composed and bound by the Anglo-American Authors Association a dealership who specialized in such productions. It is styled as the "Monograph Copy" on the manuscript titles pages - such sets were often given such grandiose titles. This set merges Hazlitt's biography of Napoleon with the memoirs of Napoleon's contemporaries de Bourriene and Junot. The plates which date from across the 19th century comprise portraits of Napoleonic figures and views of prominent buildings and historical events. 33 vols octavo 219 x 144 mm. Extra-illustrated with 800 plates and with manuscript title pages. Contemporary pink morocco spines lettered in gilt gilt turn-ins enclosing doublures of colour-printed illustrations on glossy paper green silk free endpapers top edges gilt others uncut. Bindings fine; some loss and repairs to documents but generally in very good condition. unknown
1937132909Meriden Conn.: The Ralston Society 1937. Rare first edition of this classic bestseller which has sold over 100 million copies. Octavo original cloth. Boldly signed by Napoleon Hill on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with reinforcement to the verso. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare and desirable in the original dust jacket and signed. Think and Grow Rich was written in 1937 by Napoleon Hill promoted as a personal development and self-improvement book. Hill writes that he was inspired by a suggestion from business magnate and later philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. While the book's title and much of the text concerns increased income the author insists that the philosophy taught in the book can help people succeed in any line of work to do and be anything they can imagine. First published during the Great Depression at the time of Hill's death in 1970 Think and Grow Rich had sold more than 20 million copies and by 2015 over 100 million copies had been sold worldwide. It remains the biggest seller of Napoleon Hill's books. BusinessWeek magazine's Best-Seller List ranked it the sixth best-selling paperback business book 70 years after it was published. The Ralston Society paperback
1937133570Meriden Conn.: The Ralston Society 1937. Rare first edition of this classic bestseller which has sold over 100 million copies. Octavo original cloth. Boldly signed by Napoleon Hill on an official bookplate on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare and desirable in the original dust jacket and signed. Think and Grow Rich was written in 1937 by Napoleon Hill promoted as a personal development and self-improvement book. Hill writes that he was inspired by a suggestion from business magnate and later philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. While the book's title and much of the text concerns increased income the author insists that the philosophy taught in the book can help people succeed in any line of work to do and be anything they can imagine. First published during the Great Depression at the time of Hill's death in 1970 Think and Grow Rich had sold more than 20 million copies and by 2015 over 100 million copies had been sold worldwide. It remains the biggest seller of Napoleon Hill's books. BusinessWeek magazine's Best-Seller List ranked it the sixth best-selling paperback business book 70 years after it was published. The Ralston Society paperback
1937140940541Meriden CT: The Ralston Society 1937. First Edition. Very Good. First edition first printing. Signed by Napoleon Hill on the front free endpaper and inscribed to a former owner. Bound in publisher's maroon cloth stamped in gilt lacking the dust jacket. Very Good. Damage to cloth at the top spine end toward the rear; otherwise cloth lightly rubbed at spine joints and lightly frayed at corners and spine ends with a long light scuff to the spine panel. Gilt darkened. Pages toned with several instances of light underlining. Inner rear hinge exposed. A scarce first printing of a book Hill claimed was inspired by a suggestion from Andrew Carnegie. While first editions of this title with signed bookplates a Frankenstein of a collector's item which can be conjured up as late as today are more common first editions signed directly by Napoleon Hill are not. The Ralston Society unknown books
191363108Grenoble France: Jules Rey 1913. 4to. 4 9-158 pp. Illustrated from photographs engravings portraits facsimiles etc. plates including frontispiece. History of Napoleon's military campaigns in Egypt and Syria 1798-1801 and his occupation of the former country. Later sheep rubbed front joint cracking from spine ends leather title labels on spine and upper board. Fragile joints else very good all of the documents and other added illustrations very good. 9873. Richly extra-illustrated with 30 autographs letters documents portraits prints and a plan of the city of Alexandria most described below as they appear through the text:<br/><br/>1 Bonaparte Napoleon 1769-1921; French statesman and military leader Emperor of the French 1804-1814. Military order to General Rampon signed 13 Messidor 1798 July 1st in Egypt the day Napoleon arrived there with his army; 2 Barras Paul 1755-1829; Leader of the Directory 1795-1799. Document signed; 3 Barras Paul. Document signed 1799; 4 Plan of the cities of Alexandria vetus and New Alexandria or Scanderia; with the old and new ports: also Lower Egypt and the Bay of Aboukir 21 x 33 cm. on a sheet 34 x 43 cm. London: Engraved & published Novr. 5th 1798 by John Luffman 1801 hand-colored; inset of Bay of Aboukir includes brief description of the Battle of the Nile July 1798. OCLC locates three copies Library of Congress Cambridge British Library the National Library of Australia also holds a copy; 5 Kleber Jean-Baptiste 1753-1800; commanded a division under Napoleon in Egypt leading the victory at Mt. Tabor left in command in Egypt on Napoleon's return to France in 1798 assassinated there in 1800. Letter signed from Alexandria 1798; 6 Leclerc Charles V.O. 1772-1802; brother-in-law to Napoleon and general in command of a division and corps in Germany 1798-1801 oversaw the disastrous campaign in Saint-Domingue 1801-1804 and died there of yellow fever. Document signed 1797 concerning the "safety of his holiness" after the French occupation of Rome; 7 Sartelon Commissary-General and paymaster for Napoleon in Egypt. Document signed in Egypt to Dominique Jean Larrey 1766-1842 Chief Surgeon of the French army there; 8 Kleber Jean-Baptiste and Nicolas-Antoine Sanson 1756-1824; chief engineer for Napoleon in Egypt. Document signed by Kleber as commander-in-chief of the French army in Egypt and by Sanson as commander-in-chief of engineers 1799; 9 Kleber Jean-Baptiste. Document signed as commander-in-chief of the French army in Egypt 1799; 10 Smith Sir Sidney 1764-1840; Commodore in the British campaign against Napoleon in Egypt instrumental in defeating the army he left behind eliciting Napoleon's assessment "That man made me miss my destiny". Autograph letter signed to the flagship in Egypt 1801 thanking the admiral for ammunitions and other aid; 11 Clarke Henri Jacques Duc de Feltre 1765-1818; charismatic Franco-Irish general and Napoleon's chief topographical officer Minister of War under Napoleon 1807-1813. Letter signed from Paris 18l6 the year he was promoted to Marshal; 12 Berthier Louis-Alexander 1764-1815; chief of staff to Napoleon in Egypt a Marshal from 1804. Document signed as "Chef de L'Armee" undated but mid 1790s; 13 Kleber Jean-Baptiste. Autograph note signed as division commander to General Guillaume Philibert Duheme i.e. Duhesme requesting they meet at headquarters 1795; 14 Bessieries Jean-Baptiste 1768-1813; Chef de Brigade in Egypt winning distinction at Acre and Aboukir promoted to Marshal in 1804. Letter signed to a brigade commander on the Moselle 1794; 15 Rampon Antoine-Guillaume 1759-1842; commanded a division in Egypt. Autograph note signed 1820; 16 Carnot Lazare 1753-1823; French politician engineer Member of the Directory 1795-1797 Minister of War 1800. Document signed as Minister of War 1800; 17 Cambaceres Jean-Jacques 1753-1824; Minister of Justice in 1799 co-author of the Napoleonic Code. Document signed as Minister of Justice to the Minister of Finance 1799; 18 Andreossy Antoine-Francois 1761-1828; commanded the French flotilla on the Nile during the Egypt campaign later a division commander and diplomat. Document signed as an artillery division commander 1802; 19 Saint-Hilaire Etienne Geoffrey 1772-1844; French naturalist who established the principle of "unity of composition" member of Napoleon's scientific expedition to Egypt in 1798. Autograph note signed 1826. 20 Kleber Jean-Baptiste. Signature and seal from a wrapper; 21 Kleber Jean-Baptiste. Letter signed to General Francois-Severin Marceau 1769-1796; army commander killed on the Rhine in 1796 as a division commander on the Meuse 1796; 22 Kleber Jean-Baptiste. Note signed in Egypt as commander-in-chief of the French army 1800; in addition there are a number of extra portraits and prints bound in one of the prints picturing the assassination of Kleber in 1800.<br/><br/>All of the military figures and politicians represented in this extra-illustrated volume were involved in some way with Napoleon's expedition to Egypt with the exception of Generals Leclerc and Clarke who were intimately involved in the November 1799 coup that boosted the future emperor into the role of France's ruler. Generals Kleber Sanson Berthier Bessieries Rampon and Andreossy all held important commands; Kleber "undoubtedly one of the greatest generals of the French revolutionary epoch . as a second in command he was not excelled by any general of his time" Encyclopedia Britannica; Sartelon was responsible for provisioning the army; Barras Carnot and Cambaceres helped lead the Directory through this period; Commodore Smith led the British forces to important land and sea victories especially in Syria; and Saint Hillaire was one of the important members of the scientific efforts that were the expedition's lasting contribution. Especially remarkable is the seven-item archive of Kelber autographs including three as commander-in-chief of French forces in Egypt more than have appeared at auction in the past 40 years ABPC 1976-2017 shows four sales during the period. The beautifully hand-colored plan of Alexandria is rare in trade with no copies recorded at auction for the past 40 years ABPC 1976-2017; RareBookHub.<br/><br/>Following his successes in northern Italy 1796-1797 Napoleon pondered a move father east furthering a decades old discussion of the possibility of annexing Egypt as a French colony suggesting that such a move would protect French trade interests and undermine British influence there particularly as potential disruptions to its commerce and access to India and the East Indies; in addition France might establish scientific and other intellectual examinations of culture in the region. Although the military efforts eventually failed the scientists who accompanied Napoleon's army discovered the Rosetta Stone creating Egyptology as a field of study and recorded many other important previously unknown aspects of life history archaeology etc. concerning the Near East. The military expedition started off successfully with the occupation of Malta in May 1798 and eluding the British navy landed successfully in Egypt in early July routed the opposition and established headquarters in Cairo by the end of the month. Despite the near destruction of the French fleet in the Bay of Abukir by Admiral Nelson and his fleet and persistent uprisings in the native population Napoleon consolidated his power and had full control of Egypt in the fall. Early in 1799 the Ottomans sent several armies into the near east and Napoleon continued his offense there chalking up wins in Jaffa Haifa and Mount Tabor but was unable to take Acre after a two-months' siege declared victory and returned to Egypt to earn his greatest victory of the expedition defeating local armies at Giza in late July. Having restored his reputation an not particularly liking what he saw of the political situation either in Egypt or France he returned home in late August 1799 leaving Gen. Jean-Baptiste Kelber in command of the expedition forces. Kleber defeated his opponents mostly local troops again at the battle of Heliopolis in March 1800 and then suppressed an insurrection in Cairo but in late June he was assassinated by a Syrian student Gen. Jean-Francois de Menou taking his place as commander. Following a disastrous battle of Alexandria in March 1801 and siege of that city by the British Menou capitulated the terms allowing the French army to return to France. <br/><br/> Jules Rey hardcover books
1925140947492Cleveland OH: Napoleon Hill 1925. First Edition. Near Fine. Incomplete. First edition of the incredibly rare 1925 version of Napoleon Hill's Law of Success. An incomplete set with three volumes only of 15 according to Wikipedia; other sources mention 16 including Lessons 11 13 14. Bound in publisher's original black pebbled semi-flexible boards. Very Good with relatively uniform wear to each volume light soiling and heavy rubbing to lettering. Light tanning to contents occasional corner crease and slight waviness to Lesson 13. Prior to the 8-volume 1928 expanded edition Hill self-published this work as found here in fifteen volumes. It is rumored that only 118 sets were originally printed. Volumes from these 1925 sets are extremely rare to market. Napoleon Hill unknown
1928140945092Meriden CT: The Ralston University Press 1928. First Edition. Very Good. First Edition. Complete eight volume set bound in dark blue variant cloth decorated in blind and stamped in gilt. Ranging from Very Good to Near Fine with light soiling and light wear to covers light worming to textblock edges former owner name to front endhseet of several volumes marking to text in several volumes though pages mostly clean one long tear to top edge of page 21/22 in Volume 3. A rare set which has become increasing hard to obtain. The Ralston University Press unknown
1937150615Meriden Conn.: The Ralston Society 1937. Rare first edition of this classic bestseller which has sold over 100 million copies. Octavo original cloth. Boldly signed by Napoleon Hill on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with various original ephemera relating to the original release of this title. Rare and desirable in the original dust jacket and signed. Think and Grow Rich was written in 1937 by Napoleon Hill promoted as a personal development and self-improvement book. Hill writes that he was inspired by a suggestion from business magnate and later philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. While the book's title and much of the text concerns increased income the author insists that the philosophy taught in the book can help people succeed in any line of work to do and be anything they can imagine. First published during the Great Depression at the time of Hill's death in 1970 Think and Grow Rich had sold more than 20 million copies and by 2015 over 100 million copies had been sold worldwide. It remains the biggest seller of Napoleon Hill's books. BusinessWeek magazine's Best-Seller List ranked it the sixth best-selling paperback business book 70 years after it was published. The Ralston Society paperback
1937140943908Meriden CT: The Ralston Society 1937. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition first printing. Bound in publisher's maroon cloth stamped in gilt. Near Fine with slight dulling to spine cloth slight rubbing to gilt slight wear to extremities. Light pencil marking throughout text and repair to rear inner hinge. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light edge wear. The Ralston Society unknown
1928140938609Meriden CT: The Ralston University Press 1928. First Edition. Very Good. First Edition complete eight volume set bound in dark blue variant cloth with volumes ranging from Very Good to Near Fine. Rubbing to gilt stamping and to cloth at tips. Foxing to edges heaviest at top edge; pages toned. Several volumes show faintly soiled cloth. A beautiful set. The Ralston University Press unknown books
1937126722Cleveland: The Ralston Society 1937. Rare first edition of this classic bestseller which has sold over 100 million copies. Octavo original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket ownership name to the front free endpaper. Rare in the original dust jacket. Think and Grow Rich was written in 1937 by Napoleon Hill promoted as a personal development and self-improvement book. Hill writes that he was inspired by a suggestion from business magnate and later philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. While the book's title and much of the text concerns increased income the author insists that the philosophy taught in the book can help people succeed in any line of work to do and be anything they can imagine. First published during the Great Depression at the time of Hill's death in 1970 Think and Grow Rich had sold more than 20 million copies and by 2015 over 100 million copies had been sold worldwide. It remains the biggest seller of Napoleon Hill's books. BusinessWeek magazine's Best-Seller List ranked it the sixth best-selling paperback business book 70 years after it was published. The Ralston Society paperback
1927150488London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd. 1927. Elaborately bound Cosway style first edition in English of Emil Ludwig's biography of Napoleon Bonaparte. Octavo bound by Bayntun-Riviere in full Cosway style scarlet morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands inset ivorene hand-painted portrait of Napoleon depicting him with medals to the front panel gilt fleuron corner-pieces withing double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels all edged gilt gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles red watered silk endpapers illustrated with engravings. In fine condition. During the 1920s German-Swiss author Emil Ludwig became achieved international fame for his popular biographies of historical "greats" which combined historical fact and fiction with psychological analysis. As Ludwig's biographies were popular outside of Germany and were widely translated he was one of the fortunate émigrés who had an income while living in the United States. George Allen & Unwin, Ltd. unknown
1945145872Los Angeles: The Willing Publishing Company 1945. First edition of Napoleon Hill's classic work. Octavo original cloth. Boldly signed by Napoleon Hill on a half-title page. Very good in a good dust jacket name to the half-title page. Rare and desirable signed. Based on the Andrew Carnegie's formula for money-making The Master Key To Riches describes in step-by-step detail today's greatest practical philosophy of success. This philosophy culled from the success experiences of hundreds of the world's most powerful and wealthy men will show you how to succeed in any walk of life. The Willing Publishing Company hardcover
1928140940868Meriden CT: The Ralston University Press 1928. First Edition. Very Good. First edition. Complete eight volume set bound in light blue variant cloth stamped in dark blue. First edition. Very Good with sunning to spines light mottling to cloth heads and tails a little worn and frayed. Scratch to spine of Vol. 1 binding error with front free endpaper pasted onto paste down penciled gift inscription on page facing copyright page another to Vol. VIII front hinge a little over-opened. A classic of the self-improvement genre. The Ralston University Press unknown books
1939448h6114Meriden Conn.: The Ralston Society. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Rare first edition copy of this magnificient Napoleon Hill title. "Includes a complete analysis of the stupendous achievements of the man who has 'sold his way' into more millions of dollars than any other man who ever lived." - subtitle. One-page black and white photo of Hill's famous "Castle-On-The-Hill" overlooking Lake Dora Florida. p. 4 2-371 1 2 ads. Bright gilt lettering and decoration upon publisher's blue cloth. Clean tight and unmarked with light external wear. No dust jacket. Bonus: Laid-in is an original 7.5" x 5.3" two-color promotional advertising slip for this book. A superior copy.; 8vo . The Ralston Society hardcover
1945ST17640qWaltham St. Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press 1945. No. 412 OF 500 NUMBERED COPIES. 317 x 190 mm. 12 1/2 x 7 1/2". 422 2; 78 2 pp. Two volumes bound in one. Translated and edited by Somerset de Chair. <br/> HANDSOME RED MOROCCO BY BAYNTUN RIVIERE stamp-signed in gilt on rear turn-in covers with double gilt rule surrounding a field of alternating gilt tools a bee and the letter "N" encircled by a wreath upper board with inset WATERCOLOR OVAL PORTRAIT OF NAPOLEON with two flags a gun and a saber outlined in gilt appearing to cross behind it lower cover with large gilt armorial device raised bands compartments ruled in gilt with bee or "N" tool at the center gilt lettering thick turn-ins with gilt rules and decorative cornerpieces blue watered silk endleaves top edge gilt others untrimmed original map endpapers bound in. Volume I with a frontispiece portrait of Napoleon volume II with a black and white photograph of a modern sculpture of the general title page of each volume with a woodcut design of an eagle clutching a flag among other accoutrements of war. Title page of volume one SIGNED BY THE EDITOR in ink. Chanticleer 167; Cave & Manson 167. Small nick to head of spine and some minor damage along the tail two small stains and a couple of dings to covers but still a beautiful binding in very pleasing condition. Small repair to edge of one of the map endpapers one or two isolated trivial smudges elsewhere but the contents nearly pristine.<br/> <br/> This is a finely bound copy of an innovative version of the memoirs that were based on conversations between Napoleon and Emmanuel-Augustin-Dieudonné-Joseph Comte de Las Cases 1766-1842. The count accompanied the defeated emperor into exile on Saint Helena as an informal secretary took a great many notes about Napoleon's life inserted his own impressions colored his account to the point of favorable misrepresentation and published the work as the celebrated "Mémorial de Ste. Hélène" from which he made a substantial amount of money. Our translator and editor Somerset de Chair has turned the text into a first-person narrative and rearranged the pieces so that events are recalled in chronological order. The first volume covers the general's career from Corsica to Marengo and the second is devoted to Waterloo. The so-called "Cosway" binding featuring handsome morocco inset with one or more painted miniatures apparently originated with the London bookselling firm of Henry Sotheran about 1909. It was in that year that G. C. Williamson's book entitled "Richard Cosway" dealing with the British miniature painter of that name 1742-1821 was remaindered by Sotheran and presumably given this special decorative treatment. The name "Cosway" was then used to describe any book so treated whoever its author. Other prominent binderies chiefly Sangorski & Sutcliffe and Bayntun produced their own versions of the popular style. The Bayntun firm founded in Bath in 1894 is now the last of the great Victorian trade binderies still in family ownership. Among the great English workshops of the Edwardian "golden age" of lavish bindings Bayntun has the distinction of being the only one located outside London's West End to be sought after by bibliophiles. In 1939 Bayntun took over the esteemed Riviere firm founded in 1829. The oval portrait on the present work is especially pleasing because it communicates something of Napoleon's character: he appears smug and in control yet expressing some of the famous charisma that contributed to his success. The miniature bears the monogram "WMB" quite likely the initials of William Mineard Bennet 1778-1858 a painter and miniaturist who studied under Thomas Lawrence. According to Benezit he went to Paris in 1835 "where he was extremely well received enjoying the patronage of both the Duke de Berry and King Louis-Philippe.". Golden Cockerel Press unknown
19529122St Helena: Unpublished 1952. An extensive collection of diaries photographs blueprints letters and documents - and even a painted sample sheet of Longwood's famous wallpaper from the 1920s - which together record the rescue and rebuilding of Napoleon Bonaparte's dilapidated home on St Helena. Longwood housed Napoleon from December 1815 to his death in 1821 was bought by the French government but fell into disastrous disrepair by the time Basil Lennox Hart took charge of its renovation in the 1950s. His - this - archive includes his St Helena personal diaries blueprints and plans for the building works and a large number of his photographs of Longwood before during and after its semi-demolition and rebuilding. Informing this process is a series of otherwise unknown copy photographs from the 1850s which were given to Hart by a grandson of his predecessor as Commissioner on St Helena John Charles Mellis. These otherwise unknown images add significantly to the visual record of Longwood. The decision to rebuild Napoleon's last home was prompted by the visit of King George VI to the island; he summoned the French Ambassador on his return to London prompting a joint effort by Britain which controlled St. Helena as a Crown Colony and France which had owned the French Domains of Saint-Helena since 1858 to restore the buildings. The archive includes reports on the disastrous state of Longwood House with further plans made for reconditioning the residence of the French Consul and the area around Napoleon's Tomb. Hart's pocket diaries from 1952 1953 and early 1954 c10000 words record his arrival in St Helena in February 1952 and the process of surveying producing plans hiring workmen and the minutiae of the reconstructive works: 'Longwood started stripping Old House Roof Library & dining R.' 'Longwood all day men cutting concrete curb away around rafters Library & Dining R. & concrete gutters & East Dormer down had consul up about concrete trusses' 'Longwood pulling down N. wall Library completed & new concrete foundations to be put in.' Hart records delays to wages endless rain and the liberal application of Rentokil to combat termites. Most revealing are Hart's photographs of the process which have been mounted on sheets as if for display purposes; alongside these is a small group of photographs from a century earlier which were submitted to him by John Charles Mellis's grandson. One final evocative item is a painted replica of the wallpaper inside Longwood reproduced by a French official in the 1920s and submitted to Hart to help inform his restoration project. Are we looking at an image of the wallpaper that killed Napoleon Alongside these items are copies of monthly accounts with tabulated material costs rates of pay and day-to-day expenses towards final reopening in 1955. The archive comprises: 1. Application and Acceptance Letters 1951: Correspondence between Hart and the Crown Agents for the Colonies. 2. Collection of 10 Government Publications 1951- 1952: Documents on passport application inoculation insurance and living conditions in St. Helena. 3 Diaries 1952-1954: Written on an almost daily basis documenting his work on the project detailing the progress incidents visits and problems as the work progressed. 4 Employment Agreement 1952: Copy of the employment agreement between Hart and the ViceConsul of St. Helena. 5 Reconstruction Report April 1952: Report on the work necessary for the reconstruction of Longwood 'Old House. 6 Letter from H.J. Melliss 1952: Enclosing copies of photographs taken of Longwood House in 1858 when his father as consul handed the site over to the French government. 7 RSVP Group 1952-1954: A collection of RSVP responses from various islanders tickets to events press cuttings and releases. 8 Brochures and Documents on Termites 1953 and later: A collection of brochures and advice documents on killing and preventing termites. 9 7 Extensive Typed Copies 1954: Addressed to Mons G.E. Peugent the French Vice-Consul at St. Helena detailing the progress of ongoing work payments for materials subsistence costs weekly employment of local workmen together with their names and countersignatures on receipt of their wages. 10 2 Blueprints 1952: Blueprints of the 'French Domain St. Helena Island New House adjacent to Emperor Napoleon's tomb 11. Sample Sheet of Wallpaper: Reproduced from fragments of the original by the French Government in the 1920s. 12. Collection of 11 Income Tax Documents 1952-1954: Related to St. Helena and the United Kingdom. 13. 56 Postcard-Size Photographs 1952-1954: Mounted on album sheets depicting various views of the work being carried out on the site captioned in French. These were possibly produced for official and important visitors to the site to help explain the ongoing work. Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item 1952 Unpublished unknown
1937140946381Meriden CT: The Ralston Society 1937. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition first printing. Bound in publisher's maroon cloth stamped in gilt lacking the dust jacket. Near Fine with trivial wear and light soiling to cloth. Light foxing to all edges contents tanned minor offsetting to endsheets and a small pinhole to the front free endpaper. A great copy of this hugely popular self-help book. The Ralston Society unknown
1937140947305Meriden CT: The Ralston Society 1937. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition first printing. ii 381 pp. Bound in publisher's maroon cloth stamped in gilt. Near Fine with light wear to cover extremities and light soiling foxing and shallow nicks to textblock edges. Contents tanned endsheets foxed. A scarce first printing of a book Hill claimed was inspired by a suggestion from Andrew Carnegie with unusually bright and clean covers. The Ralston Society unknown
1910ABC_487091910. All postcards ca. 9 x 14 cm. In a 20th-century ring binder with the title "Postzegelmapje van Nederland" lettered in gold on the spine and the front underneath a gold embossed coat-of-arms of the Netherlands. The postcards are loosely inserted in 21 translucent plastic covers. With 81 hand-coloured or black-and-white photographic picture postcards including 9 duplicates. Three remarkable sets of early 20th-century French picture postcards which form a large image of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte 1769-1821 when laid side-by-side. This type of photographic collage is known as "instalment puzzle postcards". The three sets consist of 12 10 and 12 postcards respectively and are partly coloured by hand. They show Napoleon Bonaparte in a classic pose with bicorne hat and one hand in his waistcoat surrounded by various scenes from his domestic and military life. Also included are nearly 40 postcards composed of scenes with actors and montaged reproductions of historical engravings relating to Napoleon.Two of the puzzle postcard sets are published in the series "Croissant" referring to the address "Rue du Croissant" in Paris where the publisher Charles Fontane was located at the beginning of the 20th century. Fontane is also known as director of the French magazine "Le Cartophile" and president of the "Cartophile-Club".Two sets with "carte postale" printed on the verso the third set with "made in France" printed on the verso. A fourth set of Napoleon puzzle postcards is incomplete missing one postcard. All postcards are unused with only signs of minor wear. Overall in very good condition. unknown
1937140941529Meriden CT: The Ralston Society 1937. First Edition. Very Good. First edition first printing. Bound in publisher's maroon cloth stamped in gilt lacking the dust jacket. Very Good. Cloth a bit frayed at extremities and lightly stained. Light stain to top textblock edge. Pages toned a paperclip impression to several leaves and several are edge-worn. A scarce first printing of a book Hill claimed was inspired by a suggestion from Andrew Carnegie. The Ralston Society unknown books
1937140946430Meriden CT: The Ralston Society 1937. First Edition. Very Good. First edition first printing. Bound in publisher's original maroon cloth stamped in gilt lacking the dust jacket. Very Good with soiling to cloth wear fading to spine and light wear at the extremities. Offsetting to endsheets contents tanned and with light sporadic stains. A scarce first printing of a book Hill claimed was inspired by a suggestion from Andrew Carnegie. The Ralston Society unknown
1937140946657Meriden CT: The Ralston Society 1937. First Edition. Very Good. First edition first printing. Bound in publisher's original maroon cloth stamped in gilt lacking the dust jacket. Very Good. Fading to spine cloth with lettering dulled and wear at spine ends mottling to cloth. Former owner rubber address stamp to front free endpaper and contents tanned. A scarce first printing of a book Hill claimed was inspired by a suggestion from Andrew Carnegie. The Ralston Society unknown
1937140946752Meriden CT: The Ralston Society 1937. First Edition. Very Good. First edition first printing. Bound in publisher's maroon cloth stamped in gilt lacking the dust jacket. Very Good. Cloth lightly worn at corners and spine ends spine dulled gilt rubbed tiny white speckling to top edge. Contents tanned contemporary former owner name to front pastedown and foxing to preliminary and terminal sheets A scarce first printing of a book Hill claimed was inspired by a suggestion from Andrew Carnegie. The Ralston Society unknown
