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1804WRCAM37730London 1804. Bifolium consisting of one unaccomplished broadside form and one broadside advertisement 19 1/2 x 12 inches. Copper- engraved scene 5 3/4 x 7 inches at head of form. Woodcut emblem 3 x 4 1/2 inches at head of advertisement. Two vertical and three horizontal folds. Contemporary manuscript inscription "June 1804" in left margin beside engraving in first leaf; contemporary manuscript inscriptions dated November 8 1804 on blank verso of first leaf referring to policy rates in Charleston. Half-inch tear at gutter of first leaf repaired with tape on verso. Portion of upper corner at fore-edge and portion of margin at gutter lacking from second leaf supplied in later paper. Second leaf somewhat faded. Else near fine. Bifolium of two broadsides for the Phoenix fire insurance company of London at the time of the opening of its first agency in New York. The Phoenix Assurance Company still operating today as Phoenix Life Ltd. was founded in 1782 by a consortium of sugar refiners in London seeking more reasonable rates for the insurance of their risky holdings against fire. By the mid-1780s Phoenix had established itself as a successful fire insurer across the whole of Great Britain for a wide array of businesses and homes. In 1785 the Phoenix Company sold its first North American policy at Charleston and the first policy in New York was accepted two years later. It was not until 1804 however that Phoenix began establishing actual agencies in the New World breaking ground in New York with the appointment of Theophylact and Andrew Bache as agents there. <br> <br> The first leaf is a printed policy form for the Phoenix Company in New York never filled in. The second leaf is an advertising broadside for the company containing a table of rates for New York subscribers and a detailed list of conditions for new policies. The handsome copper engraving at the top of the form leaf depicts a helmeted goddess presumably Athena on a pedestal bearing a shield stamped with the word "PROTECTION" and the image of a phoenix rising from ashes. Behind the figure is a nighttime scene of the burning remains of a building and a family of victims spilling onto the street. A team of firefighters is extinguishing the flames with a pump-operated hose and behind them is a scaffolded building under repair. The engraved caption reads: "PHOENIX FIRE OFFICE LOMBARD STREET and CHARING CROSS." A similar illustration in woodcut is included at the head of the "Proposals" broadside. Here the goddess is the only figure depicted. On her left are both the burning building and the new construction; on her right is a ship at sea engulfed in flames. The hooks and axes of the firefighter adorn the sides of the cut. <br> <br> The Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature at Harvard lists a copy of the Boston variant of the advertising broadside. The only located institutional holding of this New York issue however is at the Connecticut Historical Society. No records of the printed form in any issue have been located. A rare and interesting pair of documents from the early history of international insurance. KRESS B4839 variant. Clive Trebilcock PHOENIX ASSURANCE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF BRITISH INSURANCE VOLUME I 1782-1870 Cambridge University Press 1985 pp.184-201. unknown books
1930263869London: Chatto and Windus 1930. pocket size 12mo. Various colours of cloth. Many in red decorated dustjackets with phoenixs repeated priced 3s 6d net or later 4s net. Some signed R.F. Ashley-Montagu London. VG generally. pocket size 12mo. Including Julian Huxley Aldous Huxley Richard Aldington Jane Austen Marcel Proust. Chatto and Windus unknown books
195626001Boston MA: Privately Published 1956. Hardcover. VG. Navy blue cloth. xviii 108 pp. 30 bw illus. Beginning with Johannes De Peyster traces the family through seven generations; This is NOT a print-on-demand copy. Privately Published hardcover books
185613819New York: D. Appleton and Company 1856. First Edition. Very Good. 7.75x5.5in; 274 pp. 14 advertisements frontispiece illustration of John P. Squibob; Publisher original Brown cloth covers with blind stamped borders designs and gilted illustration of Squibob gilt lettering and designs on spine all edges trimmed light blue end papers; Some self wear to covers edges and corners with rubbing and several spots on covers gilt tarnished corners bumped and fraying on bottom top and bottom of spine frayed two worn spots near top of rear joint minor fox spots and age toned text. Wheat Books 63. George Horatio Derby 1823-1861 also known as John Phoenix or John P. Squibob or just Squibob was an 1846 West Point graduate. As a Lt. in the U.S. Army Corps of Topographical Engineers he participated in the Mexican-American war and was assigned to California in 1849. Under General Riley Military Governor he explored and mapped of California and Oregon during the early years of the Gold Rush. To supplement his army income he wrote humorous articles and this book on the irreverent side of California life. This book contains Derby's pieces as "Professor John Phoenixiana" and "Squibob" poking fun at such topics as military surveyors and explorers; contemporary travel accounts of the Mission Dolores Benecia Sonoma San Francisco and San Diego; literary societies and women's clubs; astronomy; and Army life. Derby is described in Wheat Books "The lighter side of the Gold Rush by "father of the native American school of Humor" who was also an eminent topographical engineer. Derby also wrote "The Squibob Papers" and prepared several notable early maps of California areas. D. Appleton and Company unknown books
29746New York: Phoenix Bookshop Various. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Stapled wrappers. Sold here together are twelve miscellaneous book catalogs published by Robert Wilson of the renowned Phoenix Bookshop in New York. They include Catalog 71 100 128 146 173 174 175 176 195 203 209 and 210. Spanning the years 1981 through 1988. All in good to very good condition. Most have the mailing label still retained to artist Nell Blaine. Several have printed notes on them which may in fact have come from Nell herself. A marvelous look at pre-internet book prices Faulner's Mosquitos in original dustwrapper for $800!. Phoenix Bookshop paperback books
200722883ELos Angeles: Warner Bros 2007. Original World Premiere Movie Invitation for the film Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix dated July 8 2007 to be screened at Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood. The invitation is a single sheet folded to measure 7†x 5â€. Illustrated on the front panel with images of the principle actors. In fine condition. The fifth of the Harry Potter series the film was directed by David Yates with a huge ensemble cast including Daniel Radcliffe Emma Watson Rupert Grint Robert Pattinson Ralph Fiennes Gary Oldman Maggie Smith Bonnie Wright Michael Gambon Tom Felton and Brendan Gleeson. Warner Bros unknown books
1856228902New York D. Appleton 1856. 1856. First edition. 8vo. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Derby with facsimile signature. 1/14 page preface by John Phoenix. Original brown cloth stamped in gilt on the spine and stamped in gilt and blind on the covers with gilt vignette on the front cover; brown coated endpapers gilt faded; rubbed; spine ends frayed; foxing; one signature starting; small stain top edge of several pages at end. Good. 274 pages 14 pages of publisher's advertisements at end. No bookplates. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. New York, D. Appleton, 1856. hardcover books
19037277New York: D. Appleton and Company 1903 First of this edition with comic illustrations throughout by E. W. Kemble the introduction by John Kendrick Bangs and the decorative pictorial binding. xvi 332 4pp. Yellow pictorial cloth stamped in gold red and black. Spine a bit darkened just a few pages with rough edges else a fine and clean copy. Phoenixiana consists of humorous sketches of California by John Phoenix or John Squibob the pen names of U.S. Lieutenant George H. Derby. BAL: 762 under entry for John Kendrick Bangs; also listed as an entry for Derby's writings. D. Appleton and Company hardcover books
18657544New York: Carleton 1865 First edition first issue. With comic illustrations by the author. Pp. 247 6 ads. Frontispiece 11 plates 17 text illustrations. Publisher's brown cloth. Slight wear to foot of spine corners lightly worn fading to spine. Overall a fine copy internally fine with very little of the usual heavy foxing. Another comic title by the author of "Phoenixiana". John Phoenix or John Squibob were the pen names of U.S. Lieutenant George H. Derby. This work was edited by the author's widow. Signed on end by the late Wells Fargo historian Bob Chandler. BAL: 4651 state A; Cowan: p. 167;. Carleton hardcover books
1938WRCLIT70925Woodstock NY: The Maverick Press 1938. Volume one numbers one through three. Bound up in roughly contemporary gilt blue buckram original wrappers bound in. Spine quite bleached from humidity internally fine. Although unmarked from the library of poet/publisher James Laughlin Miller's and some of the contributors' principal U.S. publisher of the time with a pencil comment in his hand on the upper wrapper of the first number. Edited by J.P. Cooney with Henry Miller serving as the European editor for the first two issues. An interesting periodical for the interrelations of some of its contributors its strong opposition to WWII and for its devotion to the world-view of D.H. Lawrence. Contributors to these numbers include Lawrence posthumously Miller Fraenkel Nin Everson Kay Boyle et al. HOFFMAN et al p.342. The Maverick Press hardcover books
19917865Salt Lake City UT: Gibbs Smith 1991. first. Hardcover. VG/VG tiny tear in lower left front dj. Navy cloth. 304 pp. 130 color 360 bw plates. Written by Dean A. Porter this weighty tome is lavishly illustrated throughout. Includes a 42-page selected catalogue six pages of notes a lengthy bibliography and an index. This exhaustive monograph presents Higgins as one of the two best painters with Georgia O'Keeffe of the people and places in the American Southwest. Gibbs Smith hardcover books
1938WRCLIT70926Woodstock NY: The Maverick Press 1938. Volume one number two. Pictorial wrappers. Spine faintly sunned else about fine. Edited by J.P. Cooney with Henry Miller serving as the European editor for the first two issues. An interesting periodical for the interrelations of some of its contributors its strong opposition to WWII and for its devotion to the world-view of D.H. Lawrence. Contributors to this number include Lawrence posthumously Miller Fraenkel Nin et al. HOFFMAN et al p.342. The Maverick Press unknown books
1856212652New York: Appleton 1856. First. hardcover. very good. Frontispiece woodcut. 274 pages 14 pages of advertisements. 12mo blind stamped blue cloth with a heavily gilt spine and front cover extremities of spine chipped. New York: Appleton 1856. First Edition. Very Good.<br/><br/> Appleton unknown books
19377278San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press 1937 Limited to 550 copies. Edited and with an introduction by Francis P. Farquhar. 240pp. Illustrations facsimile sketches etc. Cloth-backed pictorial boards paper spine label. Corners slightly jammed; 2 just showing paper spine label a bit ragged. A near fine copy. Humorous sketches of California by John Phoenix or John Squibob the pen names of U.S. Lieutenant George H. Derby. Draws upon original sources for its material and contains many hitherto uncollected nuggets of humor as well as familiar favorites. The sequence of "hunting scenes" is here published for the first time. Grabhorn: 277. The Grabhorn Press hardcover books
19034450New York: D. Appleton & Co 1903. 1st edition thus BAL 762. Yellow decorative cloth TEG. VG some faint soiling to cloth/bright frnt cvr gilt & decoration/minor shelf wear. 332 pp adverts illustrated by E. W. Kemble 8vo. <br/><br/>Derby 1823-61 famous for his wit and practical jokes; his humorous periodical writing collected by his friends & published in this volume 1855 first publication and follwed by Squibob Papers 1865. D. Appleton & Co hardcover books
018868Phoenix May 1918: Phoenix Union High School. Octavo. 231pp. The earliest recorded copies in the Arizona Newspaper Project and OCLC are in the 1930's. Much on this item dedicated to those classmates who had gone to fight in World War I. The opening poem is dedicated to the 28th. Besides giving accounts of the different departments there is a nice description of Jefferson Street when it was poorly lit in the first decade of the 20th Century. A later patriotic poem which notes that the Patriots of Phoenix High have "jacked old "Uncle Sammy" to bring justice "to the Hun". It goes on to say they did this by buying liberty bonds. It lists 185 of their older classmates who served in World War I four of whom died in the conflict. The school did not open in the Fall until December 16 because of the influenza crisis. Also there are large ads for some of the well-known Phoenix business some with a patriotic note such as Donofrios which suggests that while "you are thinking about that soldier Boy send him a box of their Cactus Candy." Bound in original pictorial wraps light finger soiling. Phoenix Union High School unknown books
025507Phoenix; 2010: City of Phoenix. First Edition. Oblong Quarto. 2nd printing. 255 pages bibiography credits. The explosive growth of Phoenix which had barely over 65000 residents in 1945 to more than 789000 in by 1975 also had remarkable architecture including the original Cine Capri the Celebrity Theatre Veterans Memorial Coliseum and many other famous buildings in a close relationship between architects builders and civic as well as major business leaders. Besides the many photographs there are drawings close ups of famous street signs of the era as well as many businesses that were legendary but began to be close with the phenomenal growth of one of the Sun Belt's largest cities. Much of the text and ideas comes from Don W. Ryden; Donna Reiner and Larfy Mishler. A fine bright copy bound in black cloth lettered in silver spine lettering silver in fine pictorial dust jacket. City of Phoenix unknown books
1910025217Phoenix: Phoenix Union High School 1910. Quarto. 100 pages plus 20 pages of ads Laid in is Phoenix Union High School Commencement with list of dignitaries and names of the 40 graduates. Very early with Clarence Tolleston in graduating class.Bound in black "snakelike" black paper lettered in gilt. Rear cover detached but present spine chipped. Phoenix Union High School unknown books
1937SB1238San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press 1937. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Derby George H. John Phoenix pseudonym. One of 550 copies printed unnumbered octavo size 240 pp. John Phoenix alias John P. Squibob or George H. Derby 1823 - 1861 was an early California humorist who used several pseudonyms to write his anecdotes and burlesques. This edition was printed by the Grabhorn Press one of the most highly renowned private presses in America run by brothers Edwin and Robert Grabhorn. <br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Bound in blue and brown pictorial boards with tan cloth spine blue paper label with black lettering on spine title printed in black and sepia cut on title page and thirty-three coloured headpieces reproduced from contemporary type specimen book; coloured drawing of Squibob two on blue paper one on brown paper and fascimile newspaper numerous small sketches within text; hand-set in Oxford type on machine-made paper 240 p. unnumbered limited edition of 550 copies. <br/><br/>___CONDITION: Near fine condition with some minor wear to the label on the spine and one very small mark on the front cover. <br/><br/>___CITATION: Heller & Magee no. 277. <br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please contact us for details. <br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. The Grabhorn Press hardcover books
19614019Phoenix: Arizona State University 1961. Hardcover. VG slight wrinkling of a few pages. Brown cloth. 72 pp. 8 color 46 bw plates. Text written by Harry Wood. The work is more or less abstract with some figurative work included as well. Inscribed by the artist. Arizona State University hardcover books
190359669New York: D. Appleton and Company 1903. Hardcover. Near Fine. A New Edition Illustrated by E.W. Kemble. With an Introduction by John Kendrick Bangs. First edition thus. A lifelong wag and practical joker Derby 1823-61 was a West Point graduate serving with the U.S. Army Corps of Topographical Engineers assigned in San Francisco and San Diego during the 1850s. These burlesques of the local citizenry written under the guise of his pseudonyms "John Phoenix" and "John P. Squibob" were the state's first published humor. Octavo. Original yellow cloth binding with pictorial black red and gilt stamping. Internally crisp and clean. The spine is lightly faded; otherwise near fine. D. Appleton and Company hardcover books
188527883Boston: Forbes Lith. Mfg. Co. Boston & New York 1885. Business card 3" x 5" printed on white card stock on both sides using several different typesettings. Front of card has detailed engraving of the Phenix Iron Foundry buildings with people and carriages along the streets surrounding the foundry and water and ships in the background. Quite clean. Very attractive Near Fine.<br/><br/> The Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Company moved to Chelsea Mass. in the early 1880s. This business card was probably engraved and printed within the several years preceding that move. The Phenix Iron Company was established in 1830 and incorporated as a stock company in 1832. The foundry produced some of the earliest American textile-printing machines including the first American-made calico printing machine. Forbes Lith. Mfg. Co., Boston & New York unknown books
1986WRCLIT69451Np: Printed for Phoenix Editions during the black spring of 1986. Folio broadside 63 x 47.5 cm. Printed on rectos only of rough-textured "antiqued" tan stock. A couple creases and smudges closed tear in top margin; a good copy. "Printed . in an edition of ten copies & dedicated to Beatrix Boelens love's answer to ecstasy." A bibliographically mysterious undertaking - OCLC locates copies at Brown and in the Koninklijke Bibliotheek in the Netherlands. An immediate connection with the song-writer seems unlikely as the song had been released as a single two years earlier. Printed for Phoenix Editions during the black spring of unknown books
1921025218Phoenix: Phoenix Union High School 1921. Quarto. 196 pages. The growing student body now is involved not only in far more sporting events but producing plays. Page 88ff show the Department for Colored children where a class of thirty-four African American children are taught separately with three seniors graduating. James Benton signed under his photograph. There are several other autographs throughout. He is listed as member of the Latin club and playing basketball but this was probably restrict to other African Americans in his rather small class. The Arizona Republican of May 21 1921 proudly noted there were three "colored" graduating whereas the highest number in previous years was one. Bound in brown pictorial wraps with yapped edges lettered and decorated in gilt short tears or small chips to edges. Phoenix Union High School unknown books
1968WRCLIT51237Belfast and later: Manchester 1968. New Series Nos. 1-4. Four issues. Bound up in library buckram original wrappers bound in. Edges a bit spotted bookplate ghosts and "Poetry Room" stamped on each wrapper else very good. Edited by Harry Chambers. Published initially beginning in 1959 from Liverpool through a transition in editorship and a 12th number in Winter 1964. Chambers reassumes editorship for this new series projected as a quarterly then as three issues per year. The first three issues have manuscript corrections to the frequency of publication as well as to the editorial address and distributors as it moved about and got established in its new series. It continued well into the next decade under the auspices of the North West Arts Association. The first number is a special "Arts in Ulster" number and contributors throughout include Heaney Mahon Longley Montague Redgrove et al. hardcover books
