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1890J27B8I5YM3EWPalestine Cairo Athens Venice 1890. Contemporary brown half morocco buckram boards. Oblong album 41.5 x 31 cm containing 62 albumen prints mostly 23 x 28 cm with 2 smaller prints of ca. 16 x 28 and 5 large prints of 35.5 x 27 cm. Most of the photographs are numbered and captioned on the negative in French and sometimes also in English. Interesting photo album probably compiled as a souvenir of a journey through the Holy Land Egypt Athens and Venice in the 1890s. Complete souvenir albums were sold by photographer's studios and dealers alike. However the fact that the current album has several blank pages at the end lacks a binding title and contains photographs showing several different countries suggests that it was compiled by an individual traveller. Among the photographs of Athens is an image of the statue of Themis excavated in 1890 in Rhamnous and subsequently transported to Athens. The inclusion of this photograph suggests the album was compiled in or soon after 1890.The largest part of the album contains photographs of Egypt and Jerusalem. After a view with numerous watermelons at the market of Jaffa it shows views of Ramlah Bethany al-Azariya Khan al-Ahmar "scene of the good Samaritan episode" and the convent Mar Saba. Before the views of Bethlehem on Christmas day are two photographs showing local inhabitants: a single rider with his horse before the river Jordan and a Bedouin camp near Jericho. All the major sites of Jerusalem are present including the Mount of Olives Wailing Wall Solomon's Stables and the Jaffa Gate with more watermelons. A misplaced image of the coppersmiths of Cairo appears before images of the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The images of Egypt mostly show the river Nile and the Pyramids but also a busy market in the garden of Gezireh the interior of the Mosque of Muhammad Ali and a mummy. Typical images of Athens and Venice follow with the final image showing a gentleman and two ladies feeding the pigeons on the Piazza San Marco.With the captions of several of the photographs transcribed in pencil or ink. Binding worn at the extremities. Paperboard album leaves with a few spots and several tears most of the header corners damaged and several repaired. Photographs in excellent condition a few with some spots and light damage at the sides. hardcover
153816626Paris, Yolande Bonhomme pour Jean Petit, 1538-1539. In-8 gothique (16 x 10 cm) de (8)-CLXX-(1) ff., (sign. A8, A-X8, Y3), maroquin brun, dos à nerfs, dentelle intérieure, tranches dorées (Petit).
183688741Paris: Charpentier 1836. Fine. First edition of these extremely scarce memoirs Charpentier Paris 1836 13.2 x 21 cm 4volumes reliés First edition of these extremely scarce memoirs cf. Bourquelot V 374. Tulard 1007. Bertier de Sauvigny 720.Contemporary bindings in brown half sheep flat spines decorated with gilt Romantic rolls and black floral tools red morocco labels for volume numbers and titles marbled paper-covered boards marbled endpapers and pastedowns some corners worn marbled edges.Spine of volume four damaged restorations to the spines two lower caps rubbed occasional foxing.The Countess Merlin was born Maria de las Mercedes de Santa Cruz y Montalvo 17891852 in Havana.Her memoirs offer valuable anecdotal insight into society life in Cuba the Peninsular War and more. Charpentier hardcover
183688741Charpentier | Paris 1836 | 13.2 x 21 cm | 4volumes reliés
236770Paris, Charpentier, 1836 4 vol. in-8, maroquin prune à grain long, dos lisse orné en long, large bande de filets dorés en encaddrement sur les plats, fleurons en écoinçon, fer doré dans les angles, monogramme P. F. de P. au centre des plats, tranches dorée, roulette intérieure, gardes de moire blanche à décor floral (Simier r. du Roi).
186949063Paris: Chez L'Auteur 1869. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. First Special Edition. 4to. Pp. vii 144 followed by 75 engraved plates total of which 6 are chromolithographs special to this edition with 4 being on double sheets with tabs 2 to a sheet all with tissue guards; 7 are double sheets on tabs and 17 are folding. Recently rebound in full red morocco with black leather spine label lettered in gilt with gilt-outlined bands and date stamp to the spine foot red green and white marbled endpapers and club-and-spike-like dentelles. Original blue illustrated wrappers bound in upper and lower. Interiors in fine condition and the plates also in fine condition. Housed in a new red cloth slipcase. Very neat small inscription by the author at the head of the title page: "Exemplaire sur papier vergé avec 6 chromolithographies. A mon bon ami M. Geureau père hommage et souvenir d'un ancien disciple R. Merlin." This important work is one of the earliest serious investigations into the origins and development of playing cards with critical attention given to Tarot Naibis and Eastern traditions. Merlin's rigorous historical approach and the breadth of his visual documentation have made this a foundational reference for scholars of gaming history iconography and the early European printed arts. Chez L'Auteur hardcover
1825LRLpeMER44Paris: Bertin Et Daniel & Garnery 1807-1825. 1825. 18 Volumes. 4to. with half-titles. text in double columns. 19th century quarter roan with arms of the Law Society of Upper Canada stamped in blind on front covers rubbed spinal extremities chipped scattered coloured pencil ms. notations few holes in text affecting several words institutional lettering on spines Vol. IV rebacked embossed institutional blindstamps some foxing. Third Corrected and Enlarged Edition of this important index to French law revised and updated by the noted legal reformer and politician Merlin of Douai. He was one of the many noted jurisconsults involved in the preparation of the first two editions of the Répertoire Universel published by Guyot in 1775 and 1784-85. cfCamus-Dupin 2556. Brunet III 1653-54 n. Hardcover. Good. Paris: Bertin Et Daniel & Garnery, 1807-1825. Hardcover
201197111Sternberg Press. New. 2011. Paperback. 1934105600 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 208 pp. ; approximately 300 illus. -- with a bonus offer-- . Sternberg Press paperback
200233937Scranton Pennsylvania U.S.A.: W W Norton & Co Inc. New. 2002. Paperback. 0393323196 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - BRAND NEW FLAWLESS COPY NEVER OPENED -- 371 pages -- DESCRIPTION: In this masterful rebuttal to the prevailing neuroscientific arguments that seek to explain away consciousness Merlin Donald presents "a sophisticated conception of a multilayered consciousness drawing much of its power from its cultural matrix" Booklist. Donald makes "a persuasive case.for consciousness as the central player in the drama of mind" Peter Dodwell as he details the forces both cultural and neuronal that power our distinctively human modes of awareness. He proposes that the human mind is a hybrid product interweaving a super-complex form of matter the brain with an invisible symbolic web culture to form a "distributed" cognitive network. This hybrid mind he argues is our main evolutionary advantage for it allowed humanity as a species to break free of the limitations of the mammalian brain. -- with a bonus offer-- . W W Norton & Co Inc paperback
200134522Scranton Pennsylvania U.S.A.: W W Norton & Co Inc. New. 2001. Hardcover. 0393049507 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY PRISTINE NEVER OPENED -- with a bonus offer-- . W W Norton & Co Inc hardcover
2016120987König Books. New. 2016. Hardcover. 3863359682 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - 96 pages. Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened. -- with a bonus offer-- . König Books hardcover
2016121415König Books. New. 2016. Hardcover. 3863359682 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - 96 pages. Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- with a bonus offer-- . König Books hardcover
199575772Lund Humphries Publishers. New. 1995. Paperback. 0853316791 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- Text in English. 72 pp. With 42 ills. 8 col. . 27 x 22 cm. -- with a bonus offer-- . Lund Humphries Publishers paperback
201192758Scala Publishers. New. 2011. Hardcover. 1857596692 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 352 pages; 200 illustrations 150 in color. Description: "During the twentieth century there was an unprecedented transfer of property in Britain from private ownership into the hands of a single charitable institution the National Trust. In 1945 the Trust owned 112000 acres and had a membership of 7850. Fifty years later when celebrating its centenary it had a membership of 2 million and the area of land it owned had increased more than fivefoldOnly recently has the significance of this transfer begun to attract the serious interest of political and social historians. The National Trust and its donors have tended to be diffident about their generosity. The reasons for such generosity prove to be varied and surprising. A Noble Thing which focuses on the period since 1940 sheds new light on the motives of some of the Trust's most important donors. It is accompanied throughout by rare and unusual illustrations." -- with a bonus offer-- . Scala Publishers hardcover
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158145085Venetiis Venice Venise Venice: Apud Horatium de Gobbis 1581. Fine. Apud Horatium de Gobbis Venetiis Venice Venise Venice 1581 8 x 15 cm relié New edition after the first collected edition published in Venice in 1564. Illustrated with 27 woodcut title vignettes. It contains Zanitolla the 25 books of Baldus the Moscheide on the battle of flies against ants epistolarum. Contemporary full limp vellum binding. Smooth spine. Later title label. One hole at tail. Title page and p.7 restored in margin with antique paper. Three wormholes from title page to p.70. The macaronic genre created by the author himself is a burlesque and fantastical poetry written not in Latin but in low Latin a slang Latin mixing the dialect of Mantua and Italian. The author's pseudonym means Merlin the cook and the macaronicorum is a dish of macaroni. This defrocked monk tells us the story of Baldus and his nomadic adventures. The episode of the giant Fracasse and the rogue Cingar probably served as a source of inspiration for François Rabelais who was notably inspired by the life of the monk Folengo and his burlesque style practicing excessive enumeration and generalized mockery. Folengo died in 1544. Folengo's works form one of the most original creations of Italian Renaissance literature. Apud Horatium de Gobbis hardcover
158145085Apud Horatium de Gobbis | Venetiis (Venise) 1581 | 8 x 15 cm | relié
54527, Paris, Garnery 1812-1825, 17 vol. in-4, demi-veau fauve, tit. et tom. doré sur pc. de cuir grenat, dos lisse orné de frises et fleurons dorés, tr. mouchetées, imp. en double colonne, (plats frottés avec mq. de papier sur certains vol., coins émoussés, rares et légères rousseurs, t.XV: important mq. de papier sur le plat sup., t.II, IV, VI, XVI et XVII : assez importantes épidermures et mq. de cuir, t.II et IV: mors partielt fendus, t.XIV: mouillures sur qq. pages), int. frais.
2021x-3030383881Springer Nature 2021. Hardcover. New. 1163 pages. 9.25x6.10x2.70 inches. Springer Nature hardcover
182858920Bruxelles : H. Tarlier 1828-1830. 230x145mm. reliure demi-basane. Auteur titre tomaisons et filets dors au dos plats papier marbr reliure de lÕpoque. Bel exemplaire. 10000 H. Tarlier unknown
1518BIBLIO-27569Benjamin Duprat Paris auction catalogues for the sales commencing on 8 April 1843 6 April 1846 and 15 November 1847. 3 vols half-morocco and boards 8vo 23 cm. 12 lxiv 434 2 xxiii. 4142 xxxi. 471 1 7 62 1 pp. 6022 364 lots. Contents : Vol. I. Philosophie Théologie Sciences Naturelles. Vol. II. Sciences Médicales et Arts Utiles Psychologie; Sciences Morales; Linguistique Littérature et Beaux-Arts; Histoire Littéraire. Vol. III. ptie. 1 Imprimés:Sciences Sociales; Sciences Historiques; Polygraphie and ptie 2 Manuscrits. This fine sale catalogue of over 6000 items contains notes on many of the large number of rare works; it also includes a biography of Sacy and notices of his works. Brunet Manuel du libraire t. 5 enthused: "C'est une véritable bibliographie de la littérature orientale et particulièrement des langues hébraïque arabe et persane. Les titres des livres y sont rendus avec une grande exactitude et plusieurs sont accompagnés de notes fort intéressantes." Catalog of books 6022 titles by R. Merlin; mss. 364 titles by G. de Lagrange. An association copy with a presentation inscription on the half-title of Vol II from Romain Merlin who prepared the catalogues to the famous French bibliophile le Marquis du Roure. Subsequently in the library of the Athenaeum with its bookplate on the front pastedown endpapers and gilt device on the spines and front boards small blindstamp on each title-page and small library stamp on verso of each title-page white ink callnumbers on the spines internally a very good clean set. Covers rubbed with wear to extremities top edges darkened. Would rebind well with just the small title-page stamps as evidence of library provenance. Benjamin Duprat, Paris, auction catalogues for the sales commencing on 8 April 1843, 6 April 1846, and 15 November 1847 hardcover
2000SL-3540672230Springer 2000-08-24. hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Springer hardcover
2000Q-3540672230Springer 2000-08-24. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Springer hardcover
1952418186New Jersey 1952. Unbound. Near Fine. A collection of 94 letters and 1 photograph to Mary Stack between 1947 through 1952 from various men serving during the Korean War. Letters are very good or better many with their original envelopes which have tears from opening.<br /> <br /> A collection of letters most written to Mary Stack from soldiers during the years leading up to the Korean War and during. Many of the men are interested in Mary romantically and express their feelings for her throughout their writings. One of these men Merlin Neal appears to have been her actual beau but was not the only man she was sending intimate messages to. Letters from 1948 and 1949 also include letters from Henry A. Berens whose bunkmate overseas was a friend of Mary's. He writes in his first letter "I guess by this time you are wondering who is writing you this letter I got your address off of one of Eddie's letters. He doesn't know I'm writing so I hope you don't mind." Over 11 letters Henry befriends and "falls in love" with Mary although it seems they never met. Henry was stationed in Ongjion Korea and discusses his time there in his letters to Mary. In a letter from May 1948 he writes "Well I'm here with the Russians again. Yesterday we had a little trouble. One of our men got shot 4 times. He sure was an awful mess. He had 1 hole in his back and 3 in his leg. They claim he will have to lose his leg because the bullet almost tore it off." In June of that year he wrote from a hospital in Seoul after a bridge collapsed he was driving over. The letters all include romantic sentiments even though Mary was involved with another soldier Merlin Neal whom she eventually married. One letter from Henry reads "in your letter you asked me what I would do when I saw you. Well first I would grab you and kiss you I guess. You would probably slap me afterwards but I wouldn't mind at all. It would be worth a slap to kiss you. After that we would go some place and talk. Then the rest is up to you." The last letter written by Henry is dated March 1949 roughly a year after the first letter and asks why she hasn't written in a while. "Darling I prayed for us in church today. I sure hope my prayers are answered. I'll be home in a few month and I want to meet you so bad."<br /> <br /> By 1949 Mary is almost exclusively writing to Merlin L. Neal making up the majority of the archive including a few from Mary to Merlin. The early letters are flirty and friendly while Merlin often referred to as "Mer" was training with the Signal Corps at Fort Monmouth New Jersey and was part of the 64th AAA Gun Battalion. The letters discuss Mer's schooling missing Mary and encouraging her to enroll in a nursing program which she eventually does. By the end of 1949 he was sent to Seattle awaiting overseas orders which he writes "Monday the next ship for Japan leaves and I think we will be on the next ship." By January of 1950 Merlin had been promoted to sergeant writing "I went to my 1st Sgt. meeting and boy everybody there was calling me Sgt." Many of his overseas letters discuss the daily routine of the army his missing her and attempts to figure out how to be discharged. He often discusses marriage and calls Mary his "future wife." Merlin also tells her about the people he meets and things he buys while in Japan. "Honey those Gods I sent you I just happened to buy them. Those seven gods the Japanese worship buy honey these people are all crazy. Those houses are what the Japanese live in." Most of the letters involved Merlin reassuring Mary he's not being unfaithful. In one he writes "I was out walking around with two of my buddys and Mary they picked up two girls an wanted me to find a girl and go with them I told them no Mary I told you in my other letters I've been a good boy here and Mary I'm saying it again." He continues "I don't know whats the matter with some of these guys here some of them are married and I don't know boy I don't understand them."<br /> <br /> Throughout 1950 while serving in Japan Merlin writes to Mary frequently often daydreaming about their life after he returns from service. He tells her they'll get married have children go dancing and he repeatedly tells her he wishes he was holding and kissing her. Being separated from her makes him want to "cry and cry" because he's never missed someone so much. "Darn this Army boy they gave me my job but they really put me far away from you." When he isn't working or missing Mary he goes to the G.I. shows and movies that the camp puts on and occasionally visits Japanese cities when on furlough. In June of 1950 he writes "Honey I've been in the Army 26 mos today 10 more mos is my discharge date but if I don't get a discharge before then I'll leave Japan in March. I wish I would have only joined the Army for two years like I was going to instead of 3 years."<br /> <br /> 1951 saw some trouble in the relationship with Merlin writing less and Mary being worried and hurt by the lack of communication. A long typed letter from Merlin repeatedly tells her he's hurt by her accusations of him not loving her. One letter reads "Mary I'm beginning to understand why you don't write me and how easy love has been thrown away!" He continues discussing a possible deployment to Korea "so many soldiers are dieing sic over there Mary. I hope and pray I can go and help the other G.I.s I'm no hero Mary but I want to go. I guess Mary when guys get lonely like me they probably feel different than me." Mer continues to write her even though it appears she stopped or was slow to respond. In these letters he sends her photos of a Japanese fishing boat and its crew tells her he's on the list of Korea and begs her to write him. The final letter is from March of 1952 and is typed by Merlin after receiving an angry letter from Mary. It appears to have been a break up "Dear John" letter and he is devastated by the news. He writes "tonight Mary I'm going to go and drink all the whiskey I can hold that's the kind of mood I'm in." Despite the tragic turn of events in their relationship the two were eventually married and according to their obituaries stayed together until Merlin's death.<br /> <br /> An interesting collection of love letters detailing the interpersonal relationships that developed during war time. unknown
