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147821Rare Javanese kris commonly used in the pencak silat martial art native to Indonesia from the collection of General William T. Sherman preserved in his military trunk. Ulysses S. Grant a close friend of Sherman’s went on a “World Tour†after his second presidential term had ended. It has been suggested that Grant collected a few souvenirs for his dear friend while visiting Asia. When the Grant family returned from their trip Sherman greeted Grant at a reunion held by the veterans of the Army of the Tennessee. In good condition with handle missing. The piece measures 14.5 inches. General William Tecumseh Sherman and General Ulysses S. Grant were key figures in the Union Army during the American Civil War forming a close personal and professional relationship that significantly influenced the war’s outcome. Grant known for his strategic leadership recognized Sherman’s military talents early in the war and the two collaborated on major campaigns including the Vicksburg Campaign 1863 and Sherman’s March to the Sea 1864–1865. Their coordinated efforts exemplified the Union’s strategy of total war aimed at crippling the Confederacy’s resources and morale. After the war their partnership continued with Sherman succeeding Grant as Commanding General of the U.S. Army in 1869 when Grant became President. Their mutual trust and shared military philosophy played a crucial role in shaping U.S. military strategy and post-war reconstruction efforts. unknown
1881261Grant3<p><strong>MILITARY HISTORY OF ULYSSES GRANT. </strong></p><p><strong>FIRST EDITION. </strong></p><p><strong>PRINTED IN 1881.</strong></p><p><br /><br /></p><p><strong>Complete with all fold out maps in the rear pockets. </strong></p><p><br /><br /></p><p><strong>Complete in 3 massive volumes. </strong></p><p><strong>10 inches tall. </strong></p><p><br /><br /><br /></p><p><strong>These are the original leather bindings. </strong></p><p><br /><br /><br /><br /></p><p><strong>This set precedes his personal memoirs that were not published until 1885. </strong></p><p><strong>Hinges are all fully attached and sound. Set has some light external shelf rubs and abrasions. Early name on second blank end paper. Some light generalized usage wear. Maps may have some minor splits as is to be expected. In remarkable and highly presentable condition. Leather still supple. These would make an excellent gift or addition to any fine library. </strong></p><p><br /><br /></p><p>Military History of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865 Leathe - Printed in 1881</p><p>by Badeau Adam</p><p>New York: D. Appleton and Company 1881. First edition as a complete set; First edition. Original bindings. Very Good or better. 3 vol. Large 8vo. 3 iv-xiii 3 1-683 1 4 pages of publisher's advertisements; 3 iv-x 3 2-591 1 2 pages of publisher's advertisements 2; 3 iv-ix 4 2-733 1 1-4 2 pages of publisher's advertisements pp. Half pebbled green leather over marbled paper boards spines lettered in gilt; all edges marbled. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns.</p><p>Volume one illustrated with a frontispiece and with 18 maps most of which are folding at the end of the volume with an additional map in the rear pastedown pocket of volume one.</p><p>Volume two illustrated with seven maps most of which are folding at the end of the volume and with one map in the rear pastedown pocket.</p><p>Volume three illustrated with eight maps most of which are folding and with three maps in the rear pastedown pocket.</p><p>Dornbusch 1994. Nevins I 22. Nicholson 51. Nevins lists this set as 1885 but each of our set's title pages states 1881. The true first edition of volume one was published independently in 1868. The first editions of volumes two and three were published in 1881. Our volumes two and three are first editions our volume one is the true first as a collected set and was published in 1881 uniformly with volumes two and three. Badeau worked for Grant as a military aide. Some rubbing to the boards' corners and to the leather else a lovely set. Highly worthy of gifting.</p><p><br /><br /><br /></p><p><strong>Each book will be individually wrapped and well protected for shipping. </strong></p><p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></p><p>26.1.i</p>
7512Large silk-screened poster 270 x 412 mm. printed on recto only median horizontal fold. Amsterdam: 1978.<br /> A rare poster in fine condition produced for Ulises Carrion's performance at Ecart gallery in Geneva. Artists John Armleder Patrick Lucchini and Claude Rychner all Geneva-based founded Ecart in 1969. By 1972 the group managed a space on 6 rue Plantamour as a bookshop and gallery where they hosted numerous artists for exhibitions and performances. For this event on 10 May 1978 Carrión performed a five-part program: 1. "Hamlet for 2 voices"; 2. "3 Spanish Lessons"; 3. "45 Revoluciones por minuto"; 4. "Videotape A Book"; and 5. "Clinch." Nos. 1 and 3 were featured on The Poet's Tongue a 1977 cassette tape recorded by Carrión. He was a lifelong aficionado of boxing and a number of his works refer to the sport.<br /> An excellent copy of a famous poster that links Carrión Other Books and So and Armleder Ecart who both spearheaded intrepid artist-run spaces in the 1970s. Designed by Tom Gravemaker who collaborated with Carrión on several occasions. Unknown edition size.<br /> ⧠Guy Schraenen ed. Dear reader. Don't read. 2016 p. 145. L. Bovier & C. Cherix eds. Ecart: Geneva 1969-1982 p. 101 pictured. unknown books
1876500753as President of the United States Washington April 6 1876; directing the Secretary of State Hamilton Fish to affix the Seal of the United States to "a warrant for the pardon of John R. Bolton" 4to 1 page engraved with secretarial additions. The case of John R. Bolton involved a man convicted in the territory of New Mexico for failure to pay a retail liquor dealer's tax sentenced to be imprisoned for thirty days and to pay a fine of $100.00. Both the judge and the U.S. attorney believed that Bolton had no criminal intent and it was on the basis that Grant issued the pardon. Grant 1822-85 Ohio-born Civil War general; 18th U.S. President 1869-77 noted for the campaign victories at Vicksburg July 1863 and at Richmond March 1865; conferred general of the armies 1865-67 and secretary of war after Stanton until the Senate restored Stanton; administration noted for corrupt officials and the Credit Mobilier scandal; spent final year sin poverty only to be restored by the success of his "Personal Memoirs." books
500754as President of the United States Washington October 20 1875; directing the Secretary of State Hamilton Fish to issue a warrant "Authorizing Francis M. Richey to receive into custody James T. Burnett a fugitive from the justice of the United States." 4to. 1 page engraved with secretarial additions. Uncommon in this form. James T. Burnett was charged with the crime of murder in the first degree. He was charged in Iowa and was then a fugitive in the dominion of Canada. Grant 1822-85 Ohio-born Civil War general; 18th U.S. President 1869-77 noted for the campaign victories at Vicksburg July 1863 and at Richmond March 1865; conferred general of the armies 1865-67 and secretary of war after Stanton until the Senate restored Stanton; administration noted for corrupt officials and the Credit Mobilier scandal; spent final year sin poverty only to be restored by the success of his "Personal Memoirs.". Signed by Authors. F. Soft cover. paperback books
1885265621New York: Charles Webster 1885. hardcover. very good. Illustrations with some folding. 2 Vols. Thick 8vo publisher's 3/4 brown morocco with gilt decoration spines a bit worn marbled edges. New York: Charles Webster 1885 1886. First Edition. Very good.<br/><br/> A tight bright set. Both spines are lightly worn. Volume I has a light damp staining on some top margins.<br/><br/> Charles Webster unknown books
1885002632Charles L. Webster & Company. No DJ as issued. Bright gilt lettered and decorated cover and spines. Gilt stamped portrait medallion of Grant on front covers. Nice bright set. Foldouts fine. Includes the printed inscription by Grant that " These volumes are dedicated to the American Soldier and Sailor. New York City ~ May 23 1885 " Damp stain boards vol 2 front hinge starting. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1885. Charles L. Webster & Company hardcover
143753Mexico: Joaquín Mortiz 1970. First edition and only edition number 533 of 3000 copies of Carrión's second book a collection of six short stories employing the interior monologue by "perhaps Mexico's most important conceptual artist" Torre. Uncommon on the market: we were unable to trace any other copies for sale or at auction. Ulises Carrión 1941-1989 wrote De Alemania after his language and literature studies in France and Germany. In 1972 Carrión left Mexico and moved to Amsterdam where he founded the legendary Other Books and So bookstore and event space. He remains best known for his decisive role in defining and conceptualising the artistic genre artists' book through his manifest The New Art of Making Books 1975 "in which he extols the virtues of the book as a three-dimensional medium and convincingly refutes the idea of its being an accidental container of literature: 'A book is not a case of words nor a bag of words nor a bearer of words.' Arguing that if in the 'old art the writer writes texts . in the new art the writer makes books' Carrión urged writers and artists to take advantage of the possibilities that new printing technologies such as the mimeograph had to offer to bypass the market and to form alternate distribution networks by fostering communities of like-minded practitioners" Torre. Octavo. Original pictorial white wrappers printed in purple and black titles to spine and front cover in black and white. Extremities a little rubbed vertical creasing to spine the binding otherwise firm and unfaded slight spotting to top edge internally clean and fresh; a very good copy indeed. Mónica de la Torre "Ulises Carrión's The Poet's Tongue" in BOMB January 2013. unknown
193211253Paris, Les Exemplaires, 1932 ; in-8, broché, étui orange ; 74 [75], (1 bl.), (2) pp., couverture beige clair rempliée, imprimée en rouge et noir, 8 pointes sèches de Jean-Louis Boussingault (1883-1943).
7516Large illustrated poster 424 x 300 mm. unfolded offset-printed in violet printed on recto only median horizontal fold. Lund Sweden: 1979.<br /> An iconic poster promoting Ulises Carrion's two lectures at Jean Sellem's Galerie S:t Petri Archive of Experimental and Marginal Art in Lund. It depicts a King Kong-like gorilla facing a city while a bird with a letter secured in its beak flies above.<br /> The first of these lectures "Mail Art and the Big Monster"one of the artist's most celebrated essays was delivered on 14 February 1979. This paper was originally prepared for the April 1978 Artists' Meeting at the Remont Gallery in Warsaw and was eventually republished from Brazil to the United States to Serbia in several languages. The following night Carrión presented "Names and Addresses: Write Clear" related to his 1978 bookwork and exhibition of the same name.<br /> In near fine condition; faint browning to the edges and small creases to the corners. Designed by Tom Gravemaker who collaborated with Carrión on several occasions. Unknown edition size.<br /> ⧠Juan J. Agius Ulises Carrión & the Big Monster 2014 pp. 57-61 where the text of "Mail Art and the Big Monster" is reproduced. A detail from this poster is used for the cover. unknown books
9675105 6 pp. Small 4to 200 x 146 mm. orig. printed pictorial softcover minor wear to spine title on spine. Mexico: Ediciones Era 1966.<br /> <br> <br> First and only edition of Carrión’s first published book. In 1966 Carrión 1941-89 was one of Mexico’s emerging literary talents. A number of his short stories had been published in leading journals and his first play El Gran Espectáculo was performed at the Casa de la Cultura de Tlacotalpan Veracruz to rave reviews. Following his studies in philosophy and letters at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México he spent time in France and Germany 1964-65 learning both languages. La muerte de Miss O consisting of six short stories — La muerte de Miss O Y el olvido… Las palabras Graciela y yo El asalto and Como la serpiente — was lauded in an effusive review published in El Colegio de México’s Diálogos: Artes Letras Ciencias humanas.<br /> <br> <br> “La muerte de Miss O. 1966 a collection of six stories in which he fluctuates between psychological and realistic prose is perhaps his most well-known and highly acclaimed work. Skillfully employing the interior monologue somewhat reminiscent of both Marcel Proust and William Faulkner Carrión creates vivid and engaging characters whose psychological self-expression is tinged with realism.â€â€“–Eladio Cortés ed. Dictionary of Mexican Literature 1992 p. 147.<br /> <br> <br> In very good condition; small crease to corner of the upper cover and minor shelfwear to edges. Price sticker to recto of first blank leaf. Housed in a cloth clamshell box.<br /> <br> <br> ⧠Juan J. Agius & Ricardo Ocampo eds. Ulises Carrión: Books & More Catalogue Raisonné 2013 pp. 22-23.<br /> <br> <br> Reviewed in Diálogos: Artes Letras Ciencias humanas Vol. 2 No. 6 12 October-November 1966 p. 31. unknown
9935Black & white illus. throughout. 16 pp. incl. wrappers. 4to printed wrappers staple-bound. Warsaw: Galeria Remont 1976.<br /> <br> <br> An extremely scarce exhibition catalogue published for Carrión’s first exhibition at Henryk Gajewski’s Galeria Remont. Gajewski b. 1948 the Polish artist and filmmaker founded this contemporary art space in a dormitory student club at the Warsaw University of Technology. The gallery operated from April 1972 to November 1979 hosting performance art exhibitions of photography stamp art and bookworks and many other events.<br /> <br> <br> This catalogue contains the artist’s celebrated manifesto “The New Art of Making Books†which had been published for the first time the previous year in Plural no. 41 in Spanish and Michael Gibbs’s Kontexts nos. 6-7 in English. Galeria Remont became one of Carrión’s most important international connections in the vast network of collaborators he formed. Following this show he curated another exhibition at the Warsaw space — Inne Ksiazki 8-30 May 1977 — and gave lectures and performances there related to mail and stamp art. <br /> <br> <br> Most of the text in the catalogue reproduces Carrión’s characteristic bold script. In a very frank artist’s statement he elucidates his pivot from Mexican literary wünderkind to avant-garde language artist: “After extensively publishing short stories and theater plays in Mexico U. C. began using language outside the mould of what is usually called literature. Since then rather than writing poems ‘in the form of’ an advertisement or a dictionary old literature under new masks he situates dictionaries phone-books ads or any other manifestations of language as autonomous structures. His aim is to reveal the beauty and richness of these structures regardless of their referential content. U. C. is still a writer — and he insists on calling himself such — who writes very little or doesn’t even write at all. This is a radical shift in attitude which enables U. C. to concern himself not only with verbal languages but also with any system of symbols he may come across. He presents such systems either in the form of a book or as a display on a wall.â€<br /> <br> <br> A fine copy but for faint browning to the wrappers.<br /> <br> <br> ⧠Juan J. Agius & Ricardo Ocampo eds. Ulises Carrión: Books & More Catalogue Raisonné 2013 p. 116. unknown
11413Black & white illus. throughout. 24 leaves printed on rectos only. Small 4to 210 x 152 mm. orig. pictorial wrappers. Amsterdam: Cres Publications & Agora Studio July 1978 but 1979.<br /> <br> <br> First edition of this scarce bookwork. Conceived by Ulises Carrión 1941-89 it was the "July-Special" edition of Cres a bi-monthly publication and produced in an edition of 400 copies. Although it is dated "July 1978" on the upper wrapper a correction slip in this copy states that it is correctly dated July 1979.<br /> <br> <br> "In Alphabetical Order consisted of a set of twenty-four black-and-white photographs of a small wooden index card holder with a label saying 'a-z.' In each photograph some of the cards are placed vertically so that they stand out from the others. They are clearly different each time. The type and size of the card holder suggests that the index cards record personal details. It could be the file of Ulises Carrión's friends although all the friendships are obviously not considered equal nor do they all belong to the same social group or cultural scene. The series showed the wide range of possible categories of a single human group that has been sorted in alphabetical order."-Javier Maderuelo "An Archive Is an Archive Is an Archive Is an Archive" in Guy Schraenen ed. Dear reader. Don't read. 2016 p. 58.<br /> <br> <br> Near fine copy; some minor creasing to the spine internally pristine. Photographs by John Liggins; layout by Thomas Gravemaker. unknown
11417110 pp. Tall 8vo 230 x 109 mm. orig. printed thick paper covers title on spine. N.p.: Verlaggalerie Leaman 1978.<br /> <br> <br> One of Ulises Carrión's scarce bookworks printed in an edition of 300. It is a fine example of the artist's interest in plagiarizing found texts in order to recast them as new original artworks and books. The artist has recreated the genealogy of the Muxlow family of Yorkshire whose family bible he discovered while he was studying at the University of Leeds. The birth dates marriages and death dates for the members of this family have been documented and preserved through the minimalist layout of the text.<br /> <br> <br> Carrión lays out the intent of the present bookwork in this way: "The list of names dates and places divided in 5 sections: Parents Children Marriages Deaths and Other Events does not lend itself to lyricism it contains nothing more than facts. However when one reads names dates and places one after another these become interchangeable: individuality space and time united in one single flow of sounds become a pure rhythm a primitive chanting. And then again this rhythm composed of the most essential events of life brings us back to earth and ourselves."-G. Schraenen ed. Dear reader. Don't read. 2016 pp. 20-21.<br /> <br> <br> In excellent condition.<br /> <br> <br> J. J. Agius & R. Ocampo eds. Ulises Carrión: Books & More Catalogue Raisonné 2013 15. unknown
1865146695New York: W. J. Widdleton 1865. Early printing of this anecdotal history of eatery; from the library of the eighteenth President of the United States. Octavo bound in contemporary three quarter calf over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands morocco spine labels all edges marbled marbled endpapers. Ulysses S. Grant's bookplate to the front pastedown. In very good condition. Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States 1869–77. As Commanding General of the United States Army 1864–69 Grant worked closely with President Abraham Lincoln to lead the Union Army to victory over the Confederacy in the Civil War. He implemented Congressional Reconstruction often at odds with Lincoln's successor Andrew Johnson. Twice elected president Grant led the Republicans in their effort to remove the vestiges of Confederate nationalism and slavery protect African-American citizenship and supported unbridled nationwide industrial expansionism during the Gilded Age. W. J. Widdleton hardcover
1981469525New York: Anvil Press Poetry 1981. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Chosen and introduced by Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard. Translated by Edmund Keeley George Savidis Philip Sherrard John Stathatos and Nanos Valaoritis. Fine in fine dust jacket. Signed by Elytis on the title page and with both a flyer for a reading and a publisher's order form laid in. A lovely copy. Elytis won the 1979 Nobel Prize for Literature. Anvil Press Poetry hardcover
10001London: Anvil Press Poetry 1981. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Thin octavp. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. xiv 114 pp. Fine in original black cloth-backed boards and fine pictorial dust jacket. Signed on the half-title by Odysseus Elytis. The great Greek romantic poet won the Nobel Prize in literature in 1979. Very scarce signed. Anvil Press Poetry hardcover
333098London: Anvil Press Poetry 1980. First English edition. 103 pp. 8vo. Blue cloth stamped in gold fine in fine dust jacket with publisher's band the band a bit soiled with one short creased tear. First English edition. 103 pp. 8vo. Inscribed by Odysseus Elytis to Michael Curtis on the title page. Laid into the book is an announcement by the Arts Council Shop in London for a 1980 reading by Elytis and an advertisement for the Anvil Press printing of Selected Poems and The Axion Esti. Elytis won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1979.<br /> <br /> Michael Curtis was editor of the liberal News Chronicle at the age of 34. His opposition to the Suez Invasion led to the paper taking a significant hit in popularity. His attempts to modernize the paper fell afoul of the owners the Cadbury family and he resigned in 1957 after three years. He then worked as executive press aide to the Aga Khan founding the Daily Nation which played a major role in helping smooth Kenya's transition to independence in 1963. He worked for the Aga Kahn's social welfare institution until his retirement. Anvil Press Poetry unknown
1868301Grant General Ulysses S. Grant. <i>RICHMOND / 1865 / Vicksburg / Fort Donelson / GENERAL U.S. GRANT / "I WILL FIGHT IT OUT ON THIS LINE." </i>Woven white silk campaign ribbon probably created for Grant's presidential campaign of 1868. A Stevengraph woven bust-length portrait of General Grant in uniform appears above his famous declaration: "I will fight it out on this line." Above the flags and eagle. Colors used are red white and blue with black silk used for the portraiture. 13.5 cm x 4 cm without red tassel of 4 cm. Woven by Thomas Stevens Coventry woven signature "T. Stevens" on the back. Godden 632. Condition fine. Called a Stevengraph after Thomas Stevens 1828-1888 the inventor of a loom that produced examples of this fine mechanical weaving at his factory in Coventry. Thomas Stevens books
18722221603<p>"U. S. Grant" 1 page Washington D.C. September 28 1872. 11 1/4" x 9" tipped on left to album leaf. A warrant for the pardon of Louis Zellner for an unspecified crime. Fine fresh.</p><p>Grant 1822-85 Ohio-born Civil War general; 18th U.S. President 1869-77 noted for the campaign victories at Vicksburg July 1863 and at Richmond March 1865; conferred general of the armies 1865-67 and secretary of war after Stanton until the Senate restored Stanton; administration noted for corrupt officials and the Credit Mobilier scandal; spent final year sin poverty only to be restored by the success of his "Personal Memoirs."</p> unknown books
188610906New York: Charles L. Webster & Co 1886. First Edition. Full leather. Fine. First edition of the Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant in modern fine binding. Octavo two volumes 584pp Vol. I 647pp Vol. 2. Full black morocco raised bands gilt titles over red labels. Marbled endpapers with new flyleaves. Resewn cloth headband solid text block. Light toning to leaves as expected. Housed in cloth slipcase lined in felt. Frontispiece portraits of Grant with tissue covers. Over 50 illustrations maps. Eicher 492 Dornbusch II 1986 A handsome set of the Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant in an attractive modern binding. Published shortly after his death the Personal Memoirs of President Grant are held in high regard by historians and general readers alike. Grant was initially opposed to writing his memoirs but wished to leave his family financially stable after his death. The books were sold in multiple formats ranging in price from $3.50 to $12.00 in 1885. Charles L. Webster & Co unknown books
19212114Paris, Les Amis des livres, 1921; in-8, broché sous étui muet en papier bleu avec motifs géométriques ; (7) ff., 99 pp., (3) ff. ; 37 eaux-fortes in et hors-texte d'Armand Berton, la plupart en couleurs, protégées par des serpentes ; couverture beige imprimée à rabats.
1795000130Paris Imprimerie de Crapelet 1795
19523538Paris Creuzevault 1952 in-4 en feuilles Paris, Creuzevault, 1952. 32,5 x 22 cm, in-4, 32 ff. n. ch., 14 bois originaux en noir par Henri Laurens dont un sur la couverture, un au titre, un hors texte et onze dans le texte, en feuilles sous couverture de papier floqué gris pâle rempliée et illustrée, chemise et étui.
188370888Paris: A. Quantin imprimeur-éditeur rue Saint-Benoît 1883. 16mo pp. 4 vi 220; 14 oval cul-de-lampe vignette engravings in the text by Méaulle printed in color after watercolors by Meyeré; text within chromolithograph border contemporary and likely original full blue morocco by Kauffmann gilt rules on covers with fleurons in the corners smooth gilt-decorated spine laid out in 3 compartments gilt-lettered direct in 1 t.e.g.; fine throughout. Bookplate of B. Franklin and Helen G. Hadduck. Issued as no. 10 in the publisher's Petits Chefs-d'Oeuvre Antiques series. Laid in is a one-page autograph letter signed dated May 7 1911 from Henry C. Folger to "Dear Dr. Furness -- Emily and I hope the little Horace sent in a separate package has escaped your drag-net; or if you have a copy you will keep this for its condition." Mills College Check List 1874a. A. Quantin, imprimeur-éditeur, rue Saint-Benoît unknown
