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171373hardcover. 8vo cloth; spine lightly soiled. London: Imago 1947.<br/><br/> unknown books
164283hardcover. map. 8vo cloth d.w.; d.w. with small tears. Baltimore: Logan Enterprises 1983.vg Recollections of Thaddeus Logan a Baltimore cab driver. Signed by Logan and inscribed by Marion Bonaparte.<br/><br/> unknown books
19541334675New York: Basic Books 1954. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo; G/G; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine blue with white print; DJ has small tears at spine ends and flap corners short tear to front bottom edge light soiling to rear shelfwear; Boards in blue cloth with gold print light wear to spine caps light toning to spine and peripheral toning else clean and strong; Text block has slight spotting to edges slight toning to endpapers else clean and tight; xi 486 pages. 1334675. FP New Rockville Stock. Basic Books hardcover books
181513508Philadelphia: John Conrad & Co. pr. by J. Maxwell 1815. 12mo. Vol. I of II. 285 1 pp. lacking pp. 73-96. <br><br>First American edition with the text translated by the Rev. S. Butler and the Rev. Francis Hodgson. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 34160. 19th-century library half-sheep with paper-covered sides rubbed and worn with back joint starting covers pressure-stamped by a now-defunct institution spine with paper shelving label. Title-page and several others stamped. Vol. I only with pp. 7396 lacking. John Conrad & Co. (pr. by J. Maxwell) unknown books
195336750New York: IUP 1953. First American Edition. Octavo 22cm. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 225pp. Tight Near Fine copy in slightly edgeworn dustwrapper; Very Good or better with text clean and unmarked. IUP unknown books
1836276373New York: Harper 1836. hardcover. very good-. 176pp. and 42pp. plus ads 12mo brown cloth with paper spine label; ink stamp inside front cover and flyleaf text heavily foxed covers worn. New York: Harper & Borthers 1836. A very good - copy.<br/><br/> Harper unknown books
194573697London: The Pushkin Press 1945. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. An early reprint. Psychoanalytic tale of the effects of a dog on its owner. Translated from the French by Princess Eugenie of Greece. Small octavo: 79 p. with 8 photographs. Original cream paper-covered boards with gilt titles. The dust jacket is price-clipped with some very mild fading and wear along the extremities; else very good or better. The Pushkin Press hardcover books
188065419Philadelphia PA: Porter & Coates 1880. Popular edition" first published Philadelphia 1828. Thick 4to 27 cm. Three volumes bound as one: 2 v-vi ix-cxxxii xvi 1-214; 2 v-viii 9-390; 2 vii-viii 9-426 pp. 27 plates each illustrating multiple species. A good solid copy. Original gilt and black-stamped rust cloth rear board discolored spine ends frayed. 11247. <br/><br/> Porter & Coates hardcover books
18381335804London: John Van Voorst 1838. Hardcover. Thin Octavo; G; pp 67; navy blue spine without text; no jacket; cloth has staining to front and rear toward head edge; slight sun fading to exterior; gilt lettering to front; minor wear to corners; strong boards; text block shows slight age toning toward edges; age toned endpapers; slight cracking to front hinge otherwise intact interior; light paperclip offset to half title page and pastedown; illustrated. 1335804. FP New Rockville Stock. John Van Voorst hardcover books
1944009170M.C.A.S. Goleta California to Armed Guard School Gulfport Mississippi 1944. Unbound. Very good. This two page letter is written on U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Santa Barbara stationery is dated "Jan. 25 - 44." It is enclosed in a free-franked Marine Corps envelope and postmarked at Goleta California on January 26 1944. It was originally addressed to the naval station at Great Lakes Illinois but forwarded to the Naval Advance Base Depot in Gulfport Mississippi; directory assistance handstamps from both installations have been applied to the envelope. The letter and envelope are in nice shape. A transcript is included. In this letter probably to a brother John Bonaparte vents his disgust with the Marine Corps especially relating to broken promises of training preferential treatment of younger marines "kids between the ages of 17-25" and rapid promotions for females. It reads in part: "Can't say that much for the Marine Corps. I think the Corps has forgotten about me. All those promises that the fucking sgt. gave me in Milw. Is full of that well know brown-stuff. In plain English Shit. Giving me a line about sending me to . . . Navy Pier Machinist School. . . . . All the boys in Sta. Hqdr. Sqd. feel like I do. . . . Aviation overseas is suppose to be a good deal. . . . the only way I can work myself into . . . more cash. I believe that's what we are all looking forward to. What a fuck-up Marine Corps getting no place fast. . . . The more I think of the dirty dealings we older ass-holes are getting the more I think of going over the hill. . . . About 25 of us older bums were put into Officers Mess. . . . The work is like being a slave. I thought Abe Lincoln freed the slaves. . . . The cooks & bakers are "Bams" female marines. Most of them are Cpl. & Sgt. only three months out of boot camp. Bosses as all hell. I think most of them need a good piece of ass. Maybe they wouldn't be so tough then. Right now there are 200 'Bams' at the air station that is one reason we have to sleep in tents." BAM is a derogatory marine acronym for women marines; it stands for Broad Assed Marine. Bonaparte and his "boys" at Marine Air Station Santa Barbara seem to give lie to the "few good men" propaganda and the content of this letter makes one wonder how common such sentiments were among the Marine Corps at large. unknown books
220732Paris: Librairie Ch. Delagrave. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. Illustrated; Sold as a 2 volume set. Professionally rebacked. Volume I and Volume II each have a fold-out map. Previous owner's name at top of title page of volume I. No pencil or ink markings in text. Text in French. Red cloth bindings. Corners of both volumes bumped. Bottom of both boards of volume 1 are bumped with some tearing to the cloth; Mylar Covers. near Very Good binding. Librairie Ch. Delagrave unknown books
180953226Paris: Gabriel Warée 1809. 8vo pp. 2 279 1; parallel text in Italian and French; slightly later quarter tan calf over marbled boards red and black morocco label on gilt-paneled spine; very good. Translation of the author's Ragguaglio storico del sacco di Roma dell anno 1527 of which Gamba Serie dei testi di lingua says: "Non è che un plagio impudente tolto della Storia di Francesco Guicciardini dalle Vite del Giovio e dal Sacco di Roma di Luigi Guicciardini" i.e.: It is nothing but an impudent plagiarism taken from the History of Francesco Guicciardini from the Vite del Giovio and from the Sacco di Roma by Luigi Guicciardini. <br/><br/> Gabriel Warée hardcover books
19501286736London: Imago Publishing 1950. Ex-library copy with pocket attached to rear pasteboardcard on front end papers. Volumes missing. Set 3 of 1000. Octavo; VG-/no-DJ hardcover; Blue spine with gold text; Boards strong minor rubbing to corners few faint marks across boards; Textblock slightly age-toned. <br /> <br /> Additional shipping may be necessary due to size/weight restrictions for international/expedited orders. 1286736. Rockville Non-Retail Listings. Imago Publishing unknown books
1818221443London: Henry Colburn 1818. hardcover. very good. Translated from the French. Frontispiece portrait. 2 volumes in 1 thick 8vo red cloth backed marbled boards spine chopped rubbed and slightly soiled. Scattered foxing on the first few pages. London: Henry Colburn 1818. A clean tight copy with ample margins.<br/><br/> Henry Colburn unknown books
195048368London: Imago 1950. First Limited Edition. 4 octavo volumes. Original green cloth with gilt spine titles; 284396416329pp; illustrations & facsimiles some folding. Limited to 1000 sets; this is set no 250. A fifth volume containing full facsimiles of the handwritten copy books was issued later and is not included here. Bit of sunning to spines else a tight Near fine set. Classic of juvenile psychology by Princess Marie Bonaparte 1882-1962 the prominent French psychologist popularizer of psychoanalysis disciple and patron of Sigmund Freud. Imago unknown books
187125433Philadelphia: Porter & Coates 1871. Text only: 3 volumes octavo 10 3/16 x 6 5/8 inches. Small format errata slip at the start of the 'introduction' in vol.I. Occasional illustrations. Lacks the section title to Bonaparte. Contemporary brown half morocco over dark maroon morocco-grained cloth-covered boards spines in six compartments with raised bands lettered in gilt in the second and fourth compartments the others with simple repeat decoration in blind gilt edges.<br/> <br/>The revised text to this late edition of Wilson and Bonaparte's important work without the two folio volumes of plates.<br/> <br/>Alexander Wilson was the first ornithologist to undertake a systematic study of the birds of America. Wilson who was born in Scotland turned to the study of American ornithology full time in 1802 under the tutelage of William Bartram. At the time of the appearance of the first part of his grand work in 1807 no similar study in any branch of natural science had yet been undertaken in America and only one colour-plate book of any scope had been published in the infant nation Birch's Views of Philadelphia. Between 1808 and 1813 Wilson managed after overcoming innumerable difficulties to travel over much of the United States collecting material whilst also managing his ambitious publication. He died in 1813 exhausted by his task and the final parts of the first edition of his work were eventually seen through the press by his friend George Ord. Ord went on to issue a well-regarded reprint published in 1828-1829. After the defeat of Napoleon various members of the Bonaparte family took refuge in America including his nephew Prince Charles Lucien Bonaparte. The young Bonaparte proved to be an ornithological prodigy and undertook the writing of a supplement to Wilson which was completed in 1833. Frank L. Burns in his bibliography of Wilson writing of the present edition notes that it is "a reprint of Ord's fine 1828-29 edition with the interpolation of Baird's Catalogue of North American Birds reprinted from the 8vo edition of 1858 and the addition of Bonaparte's work."<br/> <br/>Cf. Anker 533; Frank L. Burns "Alexander Wilson. Part VII: Biographies Portraits and a Bibliography of the Various Editions of his Works" copy 'q' in The Wilson Bulletin Vol. XXI No. 4 December 1909 pp.184-5; Nissen IVB 997; cf. Wood p.631. Porter & Coates unknown books
1812125247Londres: Chez Guillaume Miller 1812. Hardbound. VG with the following exceptions: Exlibrary with perforation stamp to title page accession number at base of first page of the catalogue; every single plate of the 142 present has a small circular inked stamp in a lower corner of it making this an excellent utility copy of this rare title. Black library buckram with simple spine title and call number. 4 7 p. 142 leaves of plates. Includes mythological and biblical scenes sceneries views naval scenes and genre scenes plays still lifse and portraits. This collection was dispersed at auction in 1834. Chez Guillaume Miller hardcover books
195242941Paris: Presses Universitaires de France 1952. First Edition. Octavo 23cm.; publisher's pink pictorial card wrappers yapp edges; 194pp. Light shelf wear spine rather toned some soiling to rear cover small chip at spine foot; a Near Very Good unopened copy. Warmly inscribed and signed to fellow-psychiatrist Heinz Hartmann "Pour Heinz Hartmann ces pages écloses au cours des ans - en amicale pensée - Marie Bonaparte" "For Heinz Hartmann these pages hatched through the years - with warm regards - Marie Bonaparte." Forms part of the series "Bibliothèque de Psychanalyse et de Psychologie Clinique. Presses Universitaires de France unknown books
1804249527Paris 1804. Signed with a flourish in pen and ink on a manuscript document with brief addition in Louis Bonaparte's hand. 4to. Old fold faint marginal soiling one trace of old paper clip. Fine. Signed with a flourish in pen and ink on a manuscript document with brief addition in Louis Bonaparte's hand. 4to. Excellent autograph of Louis Bonaparte 1778-1846 brother of Napoleon I named by him King of Holland in 1806 and the father of Napoleon III. This document informs the recipient that the Emperor has already filled a position and that accordingly his request to return to active dury is declined. The blow is sweetened by acknowledging that a request for admission to the Légion d'honneur would be accepted with a note in Louis Bonaparte's hand "auquel j'a déjà fait la demande". unknown books
1877000182New York: J. W. Bouton 1877. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo. 3 volumes "Bouton Edition" of Wilson/Bonaparte work a combination of the earlier works of each ornithologist. This 1877 edition features chromolithographic versions of Lizars engravings. 103 chromolithographs in all. VG condition. <br /><br /> J. W. Bouton hardcover books
1818664Leghorn Italy 1818. 4to. 250 x 210 mm. 9 ¾ x 8 ½ inches. 6pp. approximately 1000 words.  Autograph letter signed written in ink in very legible hand folded. Remnants of an impressed seal paper stock a bit browned edges frayed with a few small holes and cuts at folds all expertly reinforced with Japanese paper.  Confidential and quite rare letter written by Thomas Appleton U. S. Consul in Leghorn Italy to Thomas Aspinwall the American Consul in London requesting Aspinwall's assistance in publishing the manuscript written by Louis Bonaparte entitled Documens historiques et réflexions sur le gouvernement de la Hollande.  " I am in possession of the original manuscript which I have received from the hands of the author a work of about 1800 pages.by the late King of Holland.it contains all the important events of his life comprising all the documents relative to his reign.his letters to and from the Emperor Napoleon". Appleton expresses the importance of the work and how it will be avidly received by the world being "the most important work offered to the press during the revolution". Appleton cautions confidentiality repeatedly "although it does not contain a sentence that would cause the slightest umbrage" and says that Napoleon will pay for the printing but that it may be advisable to try more than one printer "in order to excite a competition". The letter goes on to stipulate that the author requires "one hundred copies such as shall be printed for sale and twenty-five other copies to be handsomely bound & printed on 'grand et beau papier velin'. . . The author gives his sacred word of honor that on other person but myself is in possession of the work nor shall it be given to any one but to the person whom I may dispose of it who shall when paid for by him be the compleat & sole proprietor of this work." It continues with mention of compensation to Aspinwall and other details The first edition of Louis Bonaparte's three volume work appeared in Paris in 1820 followed quickly with editions printed in Ghent Brussels and Bruges the same year. Thomas Appleton 1763-1840was appointed by George Washington as the first U. S. Consul to Livorno Italy. He honed his skills as a diplomate in the 1780's while living in Paris and associating with Thomas Jefferson then Ambassador to France. He became a lifelong friend and correspondent of Jefferson and over the years acted as Jefferson's agent in France and Italy. To supplement his income as consul general Appleton became an art dealer and was one of the first to ship sculpture and paintings to Boston and was instrumental in establishing a taste for the classical style of  European for an American audience.  Thomas Aspinwall 1786-1876 a Harvard lawyer had been appointed consul to London by President James Madison a position he held for 38 years from 1815 to 1853. His distinguished career was highlighted began with his participation in the War of 1812 where he lost an arm at the battle of Lake Eire and promoted to the rank of Colonel.  He was also an important collector of Americana while in Europe and a catalogue of his collection was published in Paris in 1833. Much of the collection which included a Columbus Letter was purchased en-bloc by Samuel Barlow and can be found listed in the noted Bibliotheca Barlowiana published in 1864 and again in 1889. Napoleon proclaimed his brother Louis King of Holland in 1806. From the first the emperor reproached him for being too easy on his subjects. By 1809 Napoleon was considering annexing Holland in order to arrest the trade the Dutch secretly conducted with England. In 1810 failing to negotiate successfully with either England or Louis the Emperor dispatched French troops against the Dutch capital. Louis abdicated and fled his kingdom which on July 9 Napoleon annexed to France. Styling himself the Comte de Saint-Leu Louis lived for some time in Bohemia Austria and Switzerland. He spent his later life in Italy largely occupied with literary pursuits.  Carl Canon American Book Collectors pp. 66 103. See biographical references to Appleton online-database American National Biography and for Aspinwall there is a short notice in Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography I p. 111.  . unknown books
184658406Paris: J. Dumaine 1846. 4to 1 volume only of 6 - the second volume wasn't published until 1851 and volumes 3-6 weren't published until 1862-71; pp. xxviii 387 1; 10 engraved plates of weapons and equipment of war; contemporary full green morocco elaborate gilt rules on covers enclosing the Napoleonic crown with the letter 'N' beneath gilt-decorated spine in 6 compartments gilt-lettered direct in 2 a.e.g. inner dentelles; extremities a bit rubbed small crack starting at the bottom of the front joint all else very good. This copy inscribed "Lord William Lennox souvenir de la part de l'auteur Napoleon Louis B" part of the 'B' lost to the binder's knife. Lord William Pitt Lennox 1799-1881 was a British Army officer and writer of bad novels. He preferred sport horseracing literature and other entertainments to military life - a life cut short by blindness in one eye. <br/><br/> J. Dumaine unknown books
1815008240London: Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown 1815. SCARCE. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at half-title page -" ministre des Etats Unis de la de l'auteur. Rome Avril 1819 author's initials". Two volumes rebacked in 20th c. quarter leather with gilt lettering over original paper covered boards. Eight page publisher's catalogue at front of Vol. I frontispiece portrait of bust of author xl 2 388 frontispiece map of Plan of Rome Vol. II 419 pp. Very Good 1st signature Vol. ! loose but holding boards worn at edges and lightly soiled end pages browned light spotting throughout both volumes some pages yet uncut. Lucien Bonaparte Prince of Canino 1775-1840 was a younger brother of Napoleon and a French statesman who played an indispensable role in Napoleons rise to power. He wrote this heroic poem on Charlemagne while living in exile in England where he was forced to stay after attempting to obtain a passport to go to America. SIGNED copies of his books are quite uncommon and this copy with its intriguing inscription is unique. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Quarter Calf. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Presentation Copy. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown Hardcover books
183335614Philadelphia: Samuel Augustus Mitchell vol I; Carey Lea & Carey vols II & III; Carey & Lea vol IV 1833. 4 volumes folio. 15 x 12 inches. 27 hand-colored engraved plates by Alexander Lawson 11 after Titian R. Peale 15 after A. Rider and 1 after J.J. Audubon and A. Rider. Vol. 4 uncut. Some foxing browning and offsetting as ususal. Contemporary half red morocco and marbled paper covered boards rebacked.<br/> <br/>First edition first issue of this important American ornithological work: the first book appearance of any engraving after John James Audubon.<br/> <br/>Bonaparte's important continuation of Wilson's American Ornithology describes 60 birds not in the original work. "A love for the same department of natural science and a desire to complete the vast enterprise so far advanced by Wilson's labors has induced us to undertake the present work" Bonaparte writes in the preface "in order to illustrate what premature death prevented him from accomplishing as well as the discoveries subsequently made in the feathered tribes of these States." "The work which had been performed by Wilson's hands alone now gave employment to several individuals. Titian R. the fourth son of Charles Wilson Peale not only collected many of the birds figured while on the Long expedition which were credited to Thomas Say who originally described them in footnotes scattered through the report; or in a subsequent private trip to Florida during the winter and spring of 1825 under the patronage of Bonaparte; but also drew the figures engraved for the first and two plates for the fourth and last volume. A German emigrant by the name of Alexander Rider of whom little is known beyond that he was a miniature painter in 1813 and a portrait and historical painter in 1818 was responsible for the remainder of the drawings with the exception of the two figures of plate 4 of volume I." Frank L. Burns On Alexander Wilson. That plate the Great Crow Blackbird is notable as being the first book appearance of any engraving after John James Audubon. Perhaps the most influential artist involved with the work however was Bonaparte's master engraver Alexander Lawson arguably the most talented ornithological engraver in America at that time. Multiple issues of the first edition of Wilson's continuation have been identified. This fine set is comprised of the rare first issue of vol. 1 with the Mitchell imprint and containing an early issue of plate 6 in that volume with the Latin name given as Pyrrhula Erythrina; see Ellis/Mengel; and with first issues of volumes two through four published by Carey Lea & Carey or Carey & Lea and printed by William Brown. Carey & Lea would reissue the first volume with their own imprint after purchasing the rights to the publication from Mitchell in 1828 and all the volumes would be reprinted by T.K. and P.G. Collins with their imprint replacing that of William Brown for Carey & Lea with unchanged dates on the titles but actually printed in about 1835.<br/> <br/>Anker 47; Bennett 16; Coues 1:609; Ellis/Mengel 312a-b; Fine Bird Books 1990 p. 78; Nissen IVB 116; Sabin 6264; Wood 247; Zimmer p.64. Samuel Augustus Mitchell [vol I]; Carey, Lea & Carey [vols II & III]; Carey & Lea [vol IV] unknown books
183334816Philadelphia: Samuel Augustus Mitchell vol I; Carey Lea & Carey vols II & III; Carey & Lea vol IV 1833. Four volumes small folio 15 x 12 inches vols. 2 and 4 and 14 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches vols. 1 and 3. 27 hand-colored engraved plates by Alexander Lawson 11 after Titian R. Peale 15 after A. Rider and 1 after J.J. Audubon and A. Rider. Foxing to the text particularly in vols. 3 and 4 though the plates clean throughout. Vols. 2 and 4 uncut. Publisher's half red morocco and marbled paper covered boards<br/> <br/>First edition first issue of this important American ornithological work with the plates beautifully hand colored.<br/> <br/>Bonaparte's important continuation of Wilson's American Ornithology describes 60 birds not in the original work. "A love for the same department of natural science and a desire to complete the vast enterprise so far advanced by Wilson's labors has induced us to undertake the present work" Bonaparte writes in the preface "in order to illustrate what premature death prevented him from accomplishing as well as the discoveries subsequently made in the feathered tribes of these States." "The work which had been performed by Wilson's hands alone now gave employment to several individuals. Titian R. the fourth son of Charles Wilson Peale not only collected many of the birds figured while on the Long expedition which were credited to Thomas Say who originally described them in footnotes scattered through the report; or in a subsequent private trip to Florida during the winter and spring of 1825 under the patronage of Bonaparte; but also drew the figures engraved for the first and two plates for the fourth and last volume. A German emigrant by the name of Alexander Rider of whom little is known beyond that he was a miniature painter in 1813 and a portrait and historical painter in 1818 was responsible for the remainder of the drawings with the exception of the two figures of plate 4 of volume I." Frank L. Burns On Alexander Wilson. That plate the Great Crow Blackbird is notable as being the first book appearance of any engraving after John James Audubon. Perhaps the most influential artist involved with the work however was Bonaparte's master engraver Alexander Lawson arguably the most talented ornithological engraver in America at that time. Three issues of the first edition of Wilson's continuation have been identified. This set is comprised of the rare first issue of vol. 1 with the Mitchell imprint and containing the first issue of plate 6 in that volume see Ellis/Mengel and with first issues of volumes two through four published by Carey & Lea and printed by William Brown. Carey & Lea later reissued the first volume with their own imprint after purchasing the rights to the publication from Mitchell in 1828. The third issue includes volumes reprinted by T.K. and P.G. Collins with their imprint replacing that of William Brown for Carey & Lea with unchanged dates on the titles but actually printed in about 1835 after the completion of the final volume.<br/> <br/>Anker 47; Bennett 16; Coues 1:609; Ellis/Mengel 312a-b; Fine Bird Books 1990 p. 78; Nissen IVB 116; Sabin 6264; Wood 247; Zimmer p.64. Samuel Augustus Mitchell [vol I]; Carey, Lea & Carey [vols II & III]; Carey & Lea [vol IV] unknown books
