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1888JMW003Philadelphia: The Athletic Publishing Company 1888 First edition. Publisher's olive cloth decorated in black to front board and spine and in blind to rear board lettered in gilt to front board yellow-coated endpapers. An exceptional copy with mild rubbing to the spine and corners else fine. Overall a lovely copy with a bright interior. Housed in a custom folding box. Smith 7017. This comprehensive guide to baseball was written by John Montgomery Ward 1860-1925 a Major League player and the first president of the Brotherhood of Professional Base Ball Players. With a chapter for each position in the game the book includes strategies and methods used by the players aimed at fans seeking to better understand the game as well as players seeking to improve their skills. Notably the book contains one of the first detailed descriptions of the game's history and origins. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. Philadelphia: The Athletic Publishing Company hardcover books
1888JMW004Philadelphia: The Athletic Publishing Company 1888 First edition. Publisher's yellow wrappers lettered in black. Near fine with light toning to spine very light soiling to wrappers black marker line to fore edge of text block light chipping to spine ends top left corner of rear wrapper missing and some tears to top corners of a few pages at back of book small closed tear to bottom of rear panel and gift inscription to verso of frontis. Overall an exceptional copy of a very scarce book. In Base-Ball: How to Become a Player baseball Hall of Famer John Montgomery Ward explains the history theory and positions of the game. The book is notable for being one of the first instructional baseball books. As a player Ward's most notable achievement was pitching the second perfect game in major league history in 1880. Yet his playing career was just a one part of his illustrious baseball career - he was also a manager executive author and union organizer. A passionate supporter of player rights Ward spearheaded the creation of the first sports labor union the Brotherhood of Professional Base Ball Players in 1885 primarily as a reaction to the NL and AA's restrictive reserve clause. Ward also founded the Players' League in 1890 as a way of combatting the reserve clause but the league only lasted a year. . First Edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine. Philadelphia: The Athletic Publishing Company paperback
1811236052London.: Printed for Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown. 1811. First edition. . Gilt decorated hard cover. Professionally rebound in leather. Top edge gilt. . Fine copy. Very tight copy. Folio. . Zebulon Pike's landmark account of early American exploration. Exploratory Travels Through the Western Territories of North America details Pike’s 1805–1807 expeditions up the Mississippi and into the American Southwest including one of the earliest American descriptions of the Spanish borderlands. A foundational work of Western Americana. Large folding map. Very scarce in this condition. Edges trimmed not affecting text. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown. hardcover
1915135042Boston: The Page Company 1915. First edition first printing of the third title in Montgomery's beloved Anne of Green Gables series with all first issue points including stated first impression on copyright page 1915 date in roman numerals on title page. Octavo original cloth decorated in gilt tissue-guarded frontispiece and mounted cover illustration in color by H. Weston Taylor 16 pages of publisher’s advertisements bound at rear. Near fine in a later issue dust jacket with a few small closed tears. The story of the red-haired orphan Anne Shirley Anne of Green Gables “is the most popular and enduring of a host of girls’ stories published in the United States and Canada in the first years of the 20th century†Carpenter & Pritchard 25-26. “Montgomery began writing about Anne as a serial for a Sunday school periodical in the spring of 1904. The character became so real that she eventually decided to develop the idea into a full novel. Much as she would later with readers Anne took hold of her creator developing into a feisty imaginative little being who demanded to be noticed and loved†Keeline 41. The Page Company hardcover
1936187103Naini Tal: privately printed 1936. A granular record of the First World War in East Africa and Persia First edition one of 30 copies only. These minutely detailed accounts of Colonel Routh's service form part of his War Memoirs of Eastern Campaigns a multi-volume continuously paginated series also covering his service in Mesopotamia and Waziristan. Written to share vital lessons learned in these theatres the memoirs are also invaluable records for military historians. Commissioned into the Royal Garrison Artillery in 1900 Routh 1882-1962 transferred to the Indian Ordnance Department in 1908. He served in East Africa 1914-16 Mesopotamia 1916-18 and in the final months of the war as Deputy Assistant Director of Ordnance Services for "Dunsterforce" and the South Persia Field Force. Fluent in Arabic Persian and Urdu he was an active member of the Royal Central Asian Society. Concerning East Africa Routh reproduces letters to the Director of Ordnance Stores in Simla quotes from his war diary and provides a special section on Smuts's advance in 1916. The Persia section analyses the inception of Dunsterforce comments on Dunsterville and his staff and explains how he drew on his experiences in East Africa to "visualize the cure for many of the anxieties now threatening to overwhelm the hopelessly inadequate staff attempting to administer the Force" p. 294. A 20-page section describes his dealings with the intelligence officer Gerard Leachman Sir Arnold Wilson and Gertrude Bell. The second part covers September-October 1918 when the two brigades at Bushire were organized to open a cart road to Shiraz on the Central Persian Plateau. Provenance: Humphrey Winterton the major travel collector with his book label on the inside of the custom box. This was number 587 in Maggs Catalogue 1343 From the Abyssinian Expedition to the Mau Mau Insurrection: The African Library of Humphrey Winterton 2003. Octavo. With 5 folding mimeographed maps mimeographed diagram laid down on p. 266 6 folding letterpress forms and tables tables in text. Original black cloth printed labels on spine and front cover. Housed in black quarter morocco custom box. Binding lightly worn split at foot of front joint front inner hinge starting maps toned blank leaf with tipped-in map of East Africa now loosely inserted: very good. hardcover
184520343Clermont 1845. First Edition. Modern Half Morocco. Cloth over boards. Flaps within to contain plates. Montgomery Livingston. Scarce suite of Hudson River lithographic views with no copies listed on OCLC First Search. With no publisher's or printer's name given on any of the prints it is believed by art historian Kenneth W. Maddox who studied these prints and the career of Livingston that these prints were distributed exclusively among members of the wealthy and influential Livingston family and were not intended for commerce. However lest one think that the artist was a mere dilettante he approached his art career with total dedication and did have some success as a professional artist even if ultimately he was overshadowed by the flashier Hudson River School whose paintings were flashier but also frequently improving upon nature so to speak. N.d. but almost certainly the early1840s. Oblong folio 49.5 by 31.5 cm. Including the title page five lithographs of the Hudson River by Clermont the Livingston family homestead outside of Rhinebeck in Dutchess County New York State. Plus four pages or leaves the same size as the prints with blank versos of Maddox's overview of the prints and his chronology of Livingston's life his exhibition record etc. The artist grew up at Clermont and as an adult lived in another smaller house on the property until he was forced to sell because of financial troubles. Clermont still stands and it is today a house museum and while there has been much change along the river's banks the stretch of river in that area remains often scenic. As to the quaity of the lithographs they come as close as possible to passing as actual pencil drawings. Title page has numerous repaired closed tears and small chips -- the repair effectuated by mounting it onto another sheet. unknown
1842ABC_45539Delhi: Gazette Press by Kunniah Lall 1842. Contemporary half red roan with gold-tooled title on spine marbled sides. 8vo. With a loosely inserted letterpress printed "Note by the publishers" declaring that in hindsight the publisher would have preferred this edition in larger dimensions and in 2 volumes but the printer lacked understanding of "the art of book printing". Also included is a manuscript note with bibliographical information relating to Indian printing. First edition of one of the first titles published by the Gazette Press in Delhi and printed by Kunniah Hall. The content is a collection of articles that were previously published in the Delhi Gazette written by Brigadier-General Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence. He was an advocate for the independence of Punjab and died while defending that in Lucknow earning the nickname "Lawrence of Lucknow". The book offers a wealth of information on the Punjabs in the form of fictionalised memoirs of Colonel Bellasis providing many hardly known details about the region and people to the Western reader. Therefore it is of great importance. The present first edition is very rare WorldCat only offers 3 copies worldwide and we traced 2 more copies in Oxford and the British Library.From the library of Edward Thornton 1799-1875 with his owner's inscription on the front paste-down. Thornton was East India House Officer and author of The History of the British Empire in India 1842. Spine restored with the original spine label laid onto backstrip. Covers slightly rubbed. Otherwise in very good condition.l WorldCat 3 copies; for the author: Riddick p. 211. Gazette Press, by Kunniah Lall, unknown
1812HALCSZKGO2PHAmsterdam 1812. 8vo. Cornelis Timmer colophon: printed by A. Breeman & Co. Contemporary gold-tooled half calf with a red morocco title label on the spine. With 3 engraved folding maps: the first two showing the interior of Louisiana and the third the Mississippi River. 2 volumes. VIII 327 1; 4 374 pp. First and only edition of the Dutch translation of a well-known account of the two expeditions of the United States soldier and explorer Zebulon Montgomery Pike 1779-1813: searching for the sources of the Mississippi River and exploring New Mexico and the western parts of Louisiana. "For several years he Pike served with the frontier army restlessly awaiting an opportunity to distinguish himself. At length it came when Gen. James Wilkinson directed him to lead an exploring party to the source of the Mississippi. Afterwards The young lieutenant was dispatched upon a longer and more important expedition setting out from St. Louis on July 1 1806. He was instructed to explore the headwaters of the Arkansas and Red rivers and to reconnoitre the Spanish settlements of New Mexico After returning to the United States Pike found his name coupled . with the Burr-Wilkinson scheme for empire in the Southwest" DAB.The folding maps are reinforced in the gutter and the second half of the second volume browned and with some foxing otherwise in good condition only slightly trimmed preserving the tranchefiles. Front hinge cracked but the front board still attached spine chipped and some other general wear.l Sabin 62840 2 maps; Streeter Texas 1047B; cf. DAB XIV pp. 599-600; Howgego 1800-1850 P27-28. unknown
1911138111911. FIRST EDITIONS. Bound together in black buckram. Ex-library Scripps Institution for Biological Research. A compendium of Montgomery’s papers on cytology and zoology. Montgomery 1873-1912 was a distinguished professor and chairman of the Department of Zoology at the University of Pennsylvania. Although he only lived to age thirty-nine he was a prolific researcher and produced more than eighty papers between 1894 and his death in 1912. His work focused on cytology morphology and taxonomy though he also made contributions to the fields of phylogeny animal distribution and ecology.<br /> <br /> DSB describes his conclusions from the celebrated work “A study of the chromosomes of the germ cells of metazoa†included in this collection as “containing the essentials of the chromosomal basis of biparental inheritance . . . announced just prior to the rediscovery of Mendel’s laws of segregation and recombination. Despite what seems in retrospect an unimaginative and narrow interpretation it appears undeniable that the speed with which Sutton Wilson and others subsequently established the correlation with the rediscovered laws of inheritance was due in large measure to Montgomery’s masterly analysis – not the least aspect of which was its clarifying terminology.â€<br /> <br /> The papers herein contain other considerable contributions. In addition to Montgomery’s work which was basic to the theory of sex determination other papers “brought order to the rather chaotic views of the nucleolus by clearly distinguishing “chromatin nucleoli’ among which were the heterochromosomes from the plasmosomes or true nucleoli. Noteworthy in his 1911 paper was Montgomery’s confirmation of observations on fixed material by examining cells teased out in a physiological fluid. This degree of sophistication was not attained by other cytologists for nearly two decades†DSB.<br /> <br /> DAB XII pp. 99-100; DSB IX pp. 495-497; Hughes A History of Cytology p. 84<br /> <br /> Papers include:<br /> “A study of the chromosomes of the germ cells of metazoa.†Offprint from the American Philosophical Society January 1901. 4to. pp. 154-236. With 4 plates. Original printed front wrapper signed with “author’s compliments.†<br /> <br /> “Peculiarities of the terrestrial larva of the urodelous batrachian plethodon cinereus green.†Offprint from the Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia August 1901. 8vo. pp. 503-508. With 1 plate. Original printed front wrapper signed with “author’s compliments.â€<br /> <br /> “Studies on the habits of spiders particularly those of the mating period.†Offprint from the Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia January 1903. 8vo. pp. 59-149. With 2 plates. Original printed front wrapper.<br /> <br /> “On the morphology of the rotatorian family flosculariidæ.†Offprint from the Proceedings of The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia May 1903. 8vo. pp. 363-395. With 4 plates 3 folding. Original printed front wrapper.<br /> <br /> “Supplementary notes on spiders of the genera lycosa pardosa pirata and dolomedes from the Northeastern United States.†Offprint from the Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia October 1903. 8vo. pp. 645-655. With 1 plate. Original printed front wrapper.<br /> <br /> “On floscularia conklini nov. spec. with a key for the identification of the known species of the genus.†Offprint from the Biological Bulletin September 1903. 8vo. pp. 233-238. Sewn as issued.<br /> <br /> “The main facts in regard to the cellular basis of heredity.†Offprint from Proceedings American Philosophical Society read January 1904. 8vo. pp. 5-14. Sewn as issued.<br /> <br /> “Descriptions of North American araneæ of the families lycosidæ and pisauridæ. Offprint from the Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia March 1904. 8vo. pp. 261-323. With 3 plates. Original printed front wrapper.<br /> <br /> “Chromosomes in the spermatogenesis of the hemiptera heteroptera.†Offprint from the Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 1906. 4to. pp. 97-173. With 5 plates. Original printed front wrapper.<br /> <br /> “The development of theridium an aranead up to the stage of reversion. Offprint from the Journal of Morphology July 1909. 8vo. pp. 297-352 with 8 plates. Original printed front wrapper; pp. 350-352 and 8 plates misbound after next offprint “Differentiation of the human cells of sertoli.†2 misbound plates from “On the dimegalous sperm. . . .†directly follow “The development of theridium. . . .â€<br /> <br /> “Differentiation of the human cells of sertoli.†Offprint from the Biological Bulletin November 1911. 8vo. pp. 367-388. With 5 plates. <br /> <br /> “Are particular chromosomes sex determinants†Offprint from the Biological Bulletin. June 1910. 8vo. 17 pp. <br /> <br /> “On the dimegalous sperm and chromosomal variation of euschistus with reference to chromosomal continuity.†Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann 1910. Offprint from Archiv für Zellforschung. 8vo. i pp. 120-145. With 1 text figure and 2 plates. Original printed front wrapper; 2 plates are misbound and follow “The development of theridium. . . .â€. unknown
FORT847610McClelland and Stewart Ltd. Used - Acceptable. Signed by L.M. Montgomery on front free endpaper reads "yours sincerely L.M. Montgomery". First Canadian Edition. Octavo. Blue cloth covered boards with tipped-on illustration and title to front board shows a colour image of a girl in brown jacket blue hat and pink skirt with decorative border. Gilt lettering on spine. Full-colour frontispiece. Many of the pages are coming detached along with some staining and soiling; The backstrip is partially detached and there is also cracking at the front hinge. McClelland and Stewart, Ltd hardcover
1950324443London: Victor Gollancz 1950. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Red cloth spine titled in black. Very good plus copy in worn dust jacket faded flapfolds split old cello repairs to verso. Ticket of Mitchell's English Book Store Buenos Aires. Signed at the back Jorge Luis Borges Adrogué 1950. With another family signature at front. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Borges was an attentive and discriminating reader of detective fiction and in April 1952 lectured on "The detective novel from the origins to the present day" at the Asociación Argentina de Cultura Inglesa. Victor Gollancz unknown
18115236London: Longman Hurst et al. 1811. First British edition. . Quarto pp. xx 436. Two maps one of which is folding. Pike made the first American exploration of the Southwest under US government auspices: it is consequently the foundation of any collection on that area. Most of this region was Spanish territory at the timewhich led to Pike's arrest with his entire party above Santa Fe; he was sent to Chihuahua for trial. After considerable delay and the confiscation of all his notes maps etc. he was escorted through Texas back to Louisiana. Pike called attention to the weakness of the Spanish defenses and the importance of the Santa Fe trade. The American first edition came out in 1810 in a very confused textual state; the British edition is much clearer due to the editor Rees who "undertook to brink something like cosmos out of this chaos . by weaving as much as he could of the matter of the Appendixes into the main text or into the footnotes thereto thereby greatly reducing the bulk of the appendicial texts." Coues quoted in Wagner-Camp. The folding map shows some minor foxing common with this map; otherwise the text is quite clean and fresh. The binding is 19th century 3/4 calf over marbled boards. There is a bookplate on the inside front board otherwise no markings. Very nice copy. <br/><br/> Longman Hurst [et al.] hardcover books
1929132582D. Appleton & co 1929-01-01. hardcover. Very Good. 4x0x7. Signed by Author. Signed by author Roselle Mercier Montgomery in blue ink just months before her death on front free endpaper under the inscription "Awarded to Miss Jean Foster March 14 1933. Contributor of greatest number of acceptable verses for Poetry Contest sponsored by Mason St. and Havemeyer P.T.A. Judged by: Roselle Mercier Montgomery signature".Rare FIRST edition FIRST printing denoted by a 1 on last page of text. NOT A REPRINT. Black cloth covered boards with gilt lettering and design on front cover. Spine is faded and worn at top edge. Text block is clean except for two small x's on the table of contents. Pages are tanning especially around the edges but show no sign of foxing. No tears corner creases or other defects noted. Unconditional money back guarantee. D. Appleton & co hardcover
1936167956Naini Tal: privately printed 1936. I was able to visualize the cure for many of the anxieties now threatening to overwhelm the hopelessly inadequate staff First edition of this scarce minutely detailed account of two important and underreported campaigns to protect British interests from German influence in Persia and Afghanistan written by an intelligent and observant officer. We have traced a single institutional copy only Imperial War Museum. Commissioned into the Royal Garrison Artillery in 1900 Colonel Routh 1882-1962 subsequently served in India transferring to the Indian Ordnance Department in 1908. He served in East Africa 1914-16 Mesopotamia 1916-18 and in the final months of the war as Deputy Assistant Director of Ordnance Services for "Dunsterforce" and the South Persia Field Force. His distinguished military career in India ended on his retirement in 1936. Fluent in Arabic Persian and Urdu he was an active member of the Royal Central Asian Society. These two parts belong to Routh's War Memoirs of Eastern Campaigns a multi-volume continuously paginated series also covering his service in East Africa Mesopotamia and Waziristan. In the first concerning Dunsterforce Routh analyses the inception of the campaign comments on Dunsterville and his staff and explains the changing operational role that required his logistical expertise: "Dunsterville a fine Russian scholar of the Indian Army arrived in Basra en route to North Persia in Jan. 1918. His choice of staff had naturally fallen mainly on Colonials whose ribbons indicated a high degree of gallantry but complete ignorance of the east and its tongues and methods of working. There were so many points of similarity with my past campaign in East Africa that I was able to visualize the cure for many of the anxieties now threatening to overwhelm the hopelessly inadequate staff attempting to administer the Force. Knowing Persia and the Persians it seemed to me that an urgent need was an organized system of equipping the growing military personnel" pp. 292-4. In his narrative of operations an appealing 20-page section "Circumstances leading up to the appointment of D.A.D.O.S." describes his work in Persia with the intelligence officer Gerard Leachman Sir Arnold Wilson and Gertrude Bell. "It was one of Miss Bell's foibles to despise the shallow soldier in his superficial outlook on life" p. 327. Part II on South Persia covers September-October 1918 when the two brigades at Bushire were organized to open a cart road to Shiraz on the Central Persian Plateau. Routh recounts the ordnance situation on his arrival and provides extracts from his diary and other materials. Octavo 239 x 157 mm. With 3 mounted folding mimeographed maps 2 with hand colouring tipped-in letterpress form for local purchase of stores; tables in text. Original brown cloth recently rebacked and re-cornered in dark half calf front board with title in gilt on red label cream endpapers. Binding a little rubbed and marked contents toned one map and first and last leaves with a little browning: very good. hardcover
1857CRTeMART11<p>London & New York: The London Printing and Publishing Company 1851-1857. 1857. 6 Volumes in 12 preliminary matter for the six volumes bound in at end. 4to. engraved title 32 engraved portraits & views the portrait of Banks supplied & 39 double-page Tallis maps with outline hand-colour drawn & engraved by J.Rapin. text in double columes. original blind & gilt-stamped cloth some fraying to corners & joints & chipping to spine ends 2 covers with modest stains plates with significant foxing & some with marginal dampstaining the maps clean. "A work of extraordinary research reference and completeness upon colonial matters and policy." Hocken The volumes provide information on the history topography geology government population industry and trade of Australia New Zealand British India South Africa the West Indies Gibraltar Hong Kong Canada with separate chapters on Canada East and West Nova Scotia New Brunswick Prince Edward Island Newfoundland Vancouver's Island and Hudson's Bay Territory &c. TPL 3009. Mendelssohn III 269-70. See Sabin 44908 Hocken p. 56 & Ferguson 12306. Hardcover. Good.</p> London & New York: The London Printing and Publishing Company, [1851-1857?]. hardcover
1949mon0000055505comet books 1949T. paperback. Good. 0.5000 in x 6.9000 in x 5.2000 in. Digest size pb with nice cover art. comet books paperback
1960157365N.p.: N.p. 1960. Archive of 19 photographs of mid-century jazz and blues icons by noted jazz photographer Burt Goldblatt all but one with his credit stamp on the verso.<br /> <br /> Included are photographs of Wes Montgomery Woody Herman 4 Ron Carter Dexter Gordon Lionel Hampton 2 Johnny Hodges Milt Jackson 2 "Cannonball" Adderley Maxine Sullivan Nat Adderley 2 Bud Freeman Monk Montgomery Buddy Montgomery Phil Woods and others.<br /> <br /> Goldblatt is known for his photographic work for album covers from the late 1950s to 1960s. His credits include photo artwork for LPs by Billie Holiday Herbie Mann Carmen McCrae and others.<br /> <br /> 18 of the photographs with Goldblatt's stamp on the verso in various stamp formats over a 30-year period all from his archive. <br /> <br /> 18 of the photographs approximately 8 x 10 inches 2 approximately 5 x 7 inches.<br /> Very Good to Near Fine one with a vertical crease Phil Woods.<br /> <br /> Please note: copying for re-sale is illegal and no commercial rights are included in the sale of these vintage prints. Copyright remains with cBurt Goldblatt/CTSIMAGES. N.p. unknown
1850145271London: The London Printing and Publishing Company nd. 1850s. Hardcover. Very good. 6 vols. in 3 books: xxiv 744; ii 384 ii 188; 564 ii 172 p. 29 cm. Engraved title in vol. 1. 32 engraved portraits and views. 39 double-page Tallis maps with outline hand-colour drawn and engraved by J. Rapin. Text in double columns. Rebound in half brown leather with brown cloth by Keith Felton. Marbled endpapers and text block edges. 4 raised bands on spine gilt trim. Some rubbing and scratches to cloth. Corners worn. A few scuffs to leather spines and a few small black marks. Former owner's bookplates on front pastedowns. Vol. I has repaired edge to frontispiece. Some light dampstains to edges of book 2's frontispiece. <br/><br/>These volumes provide information on the history topography geology government population and industry of the Empire. I. British North America. Vol. II. Australia. Vol. III. New Zealand Tasmania Etc. Vol. IV. Africa and the West Indies. V. British India. VI. Ceylon East India and Mediterranean Settlements. Montgomery was a civil servant who served as Colonial Treasurer of Hong Kong from 1844 to 1845. He was a founding member of the Statistical Society of London 1834 the Colonial Society 1837 and the East India Association 1867. TPL 3009. Mendelssohn III 269-70. See Sabin 4498 Hocken p. 56 & Ferguson 12306. The London Printing and Publishing Company hardcover
46524By Montgomery Martin Esq. late Treasurer to the Queen at Hong-Kong; and member of Her Majesty's Legislative Council in China. London and New York : The London Printing and Publishing Company J. & F. Tallis circa 1851. Six volumes bound in twelve which are labelled as 'Divisions' quarto publisher's original gilt-lettered and decorated red cloth each volume skilfully rebacked some loss to the cloth on the spines the title pages to the six volumes i. British North America; II. Australia; III. New Zealand Tasmania etc.; IV. Africa and the West Indies; V. British India; VI. Ceylon East India and Mediterranean Settlements bound at the rear of Division XII so that the owner can bind the set into six volumes to their style publishers printed advertisement on the pastedown of Division I announcing that the set would be 'completed in eight Divisions' in fact there were twelve publisher's advertisements; paginated as follows: Division I : ii - publisher's advertisements; engraved frontispiece portrait of Queen Elizabeth; engraved title page; engraved portraits of Sir Walter Raleigh and Francis Bacon; tissue guards pp. xxiv; 168; with four fine steel engraved double page maps of The World; British America; East Canada and New Brunswick; and West Canada each with outline hand colouring light scattered foxing. Division II : iv - publisher's advertisements; engraved portraits of Queen Anne Prince Rupert William Pitt Sir Francis Drake; tissue guards pp.169 - 360; with two fine steel engraved double page maps of North America; Nova Scotia and Newfoundland each with outline hand colouring light scattered foxing. Division III lettered on spine 'Australasia' : viii - publisher's advertisements; viii - advertisements for emigrants packet ships to Australia Australian banks and general retailers; engraved portraits of Captain Cook Sir Joseph Banks William Pitt; tissue guards pp. 361 - 568; with three fine steel engraved double page maps of Eastern Hemisphere; Australia; and New South Wales each with outline hand colouring light scattered foxing. Division IV lettered on spine 'Australia' : viii - publisher's advertisements; engraved portraits of Horatio Viscount Nelson; Richard First Earl Howe; John Locke; tissue guards pp. 569 - 744; with three fine steel engraved double page maps of Western Australia Swan River; Part of South Australia; Victoriaor Port Phillip each with outline hand colouring light scattered foxing. Division V lettered on spine 'N. Zealand &c.' : xiv - publisher's advertisements and notice on the Abolition of a Duty on Paper; engraved portraits of Admiral Lord Hawke; Samuel First Viscount Hood; Augustus Viscount Keppel; tissue guards pp. 1 - 192; with three fine steel engraved double page maps of Van Diemen's Land or Tasmania; New Zealand; Polynesia or Islands in the Pacific Ocean each with outline hand colouring light scattered foxing. Division VI lettered on spine 'British Possessions in Pacific' : xvi - publisher's advertisements; engraved portraits of King Charles the Second; Lucius Carey Viscount Falkland; tissue guards pp. 193 - 384; with four fine steel engraved double page maps of Western Hemisphere; South America; Falkland Islands and Patagonia; and The World on Mercator's Projection shewing the voyages of Captain Cook round the world each with outline hand colouring light scattered foxing. Division VII lettered on spine 'British Possessions in Africa' : xii - publisher's advertisements; engraved portrait of Sir Ralph Abercromby; tissue guard pp. 1 - 208; with five fine steel engraved double page maps of Africa; Cape Colony; Natal and Kaffraria; Western Africa; Islands in the Atlantic each with outline hand colouring light scattered foxing. Division VIII lettered on spine 'British Possessions in the W. Indies' : xii - publisher's advertisements; engraved portrait of George Lord Rodney; tissue guard pp. 1 - 188; with five fine steel engraved double page maps of West India Islands; Jamaica; Central America; British Guayana; Isthmus of Panama each with outline hand colouring light scattered foxing. Division IX lettered on spine 'British Possessions in Asia' : xii - publisher's advertisements; engraved portraits of Robert First Lord Clive; Sir William Jones; Charles Marquis Cornwallis; tissue guards half-title title page pp. 1 - 180; with three fine steel engraved double page maps of Asia; British India; Cabool The Punjab and Beloochistan each with outline hand colouring light scattered foxing. Division X lettered on spine 'British Possessions in Asia' : x - publisher's advertisements; engraved portraits of a statue of The Duke of Wellington; a statue of The Marquis of Wellesley; George Clifford Earl of Cumberland; tissue guards pp. 1 - 180; with three fine steel engraved double page maps of Northern India; Southern India; Overland Route to India; each with outline hand colouring light scattered foxing. Division XI lettered on spine 'British Possessions in Asia' : xii - publisher's advertisements; engravings of Lord George Russell; a group of portraits of nobility; The Siege of Mooltan 1849; The surrender of two sons of Tippoo Sultan; tissue guards pp. 373 - 564; with two fine steel engraved double page maps of Tibet Mongolia and Mandchouria; Independent Tartary each with outline hand colouring light scattered foxing. Division XII lettered on spine 'British Possessions in the Mediterranean' : xii - publisher's advertisements; engravings of Gibralter; Valletta; Corfu; tissue guards pp. 1 - 172; six title sheets bound at rear; six leaves of indices for the six volumes; with three fine steel engraved double page maps of Ceylon; Malay Archipelago or East Indian Islands; British Possessions in the Mediterranean each with outline hand colouring light scattered foxing. A fine complete set of Martin's encyclopaedic survey of The British Empire at its height in the Victorian era with portraits engraved scenes and 40 highly detailed hand coloured steel engraved maps by Rapkin. Provenance : Several volumes are inscribed with the previous owner's name 'Richard R. Montgomery' dated 1953 who we can assume is a relation of Robert Montgomery Martin. hardcover
195823711London: Collins 1958. Montgomery Bernard Law The Memoirs of Field-Marshal Montgomery Collins 1958. First Edition and dual signed by Montgomery of Alamein and Spike Milligan the latter with a lengthy inscription and occasional text annotations. Red cloth boards with gilt lettered spine and the supplied dust wrapper. Minor rubbing to base of spine and chipping to extremities of jacket. Internally occasional minor spotting. A very good copy. A fascinating and unique dual signature example of the biography of the man who won the second world war. Signed 'Montgomery of Alamein FM November 1958' and below 'I wrote- enclosing this book. Saying- I had done his bidding during the war. Would he now do mine and sign this book. Within 48 hours it was signed and returned. S Milligan'. In addition to Milligan's inscription he has also annotated the first photo page opposite p.40 which depicts a young Montgomery his father and his mother. He writes beneath the image of Montgomery's father 'A cnt' his mother 'A monster' and next to an image of a child Montgomery 'Ok->'. Cunt has been drawn over in purple pen possibly by the recipient of the book who didn't enjoy Milligan's use of language. Additionally on page 152 where Montgomery has published a letter written to him by a private attached to 8th army in Libya which is gushing over Montgomery's message to the troops a while before. Milligan has written 'Grovel Grovel'. Milligan had seen significant action during the second world war fighting both in the North Africa Campaign as a signaller and was appointed lance bombardier. He was wounded at the battle of Monte Cassino and saw out the war playing jazz guitar and performing comedy for the troops. He wrote several autobiographies of his time during the war including Monty: His Part in My Victory and the humorous annotations and irreverent inscription regarding Montgomery are very much in keeping with Milligans life. An amazing association Collins hardcover
19390209271939. Framed Art. Not examined out of frame but appears to be Fine. James Montgomery Flagg. Fine ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR Self-Portrait depicting Flagg wearing a trenchcoat and a fancy women's Easter hat while holding a flower with the pencil caption by Flagg in the right margin: "Ap. 9 1939. I JOIN THE EASTER PARADE ON 5th." Visual image size is 8-1/4" x 10-1/2" matted and framed to an overall size of 14-1/2" x 16." A striking self-deprecating portrait of the artist. Not signed but in Flagg's inimitable style and from the archive of Willis Birchman: author illustrator and friend of Flagg's with whom he had an extensive correspondence. Birchman and Flagg worked together on the book FACES & FACTS BY & ABOUT 26 CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS. <br/><br/>Flagg the epitome of the bohemian artist was a master of portrait studies and incisive caricatures. He created many posters for the government and is best known for his famous "I Want You" Uncle Sam recruiting poster an American icon. He was elected to the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame in 1980. unknown
500196pencil and charcoal portrait of actor Michael Whalen ca. 1931 boldly signed and captioned "Joe Shovlin." 16" x 12" matted. Signed by Authors. F. Soft cover. paperback books
19230007012ASEA ABOARD THE S.S. MONGOLIA EUROPE. Good. 1923. On offer is a fascinating original manuscript travel journal of a young woman's ocean cruise from New York to Europe and a month-long tour of the continent. What makes this journal particularly interesting for the reader should they be researchers or historians of America's post World War I ascendancy is the specific regard the author has for America's social construct in the era of the Roaring 20s. The author is Virginia L. Montgomery writes very well though with a certain air of haughtiness or arrogance to her writing as examples below will illustrate. In some respects it is an unabashed cry of American exceptionalism exemplifying the term 'Ugly American'. In the 19th century Mark Twain wrote about The Innocents Abroad and perhaps it is no coincidence that Montgomery refers to herself and her 2 travelling companions as "the Innocents' " p. 8 Montgomery travels with her sister Maude and a girlfriend Vergue Criswell. They are referred to in the journal as M and V but are identified from the passenger manifest included within. From the very limited information available about Criswell we may suppose that they are in their mid-to-late 20's and living in the Providence RI area. In her opening 'Introduction' she maintains that they will have a right to "crow over our less fortunate neighbours". In the 2nd paragraph she states "There is more Tradition behind the rising curtain of civilization in America than in any other country in the world. . Was there not more Tradition in the valiant little band of Pilgrims . than in the mighty efforts of Alexander.' She ends the Introduction with this exclamation: Tradition backed by the principles of right and justice has made America the greatest country in the world. No wonder it will be hard to judge Europe by American eyes and morals. And so the perspective of this journal is cast. She describes in detail their journey across the Atlantic on board S.S. Mongolia. Their descriptions are colourful and include a significant amount of commentary not flattering about crew and other passengers. Our especial cabin steward a little sawed off wizened she-man named Pierre or Harry was most solicitous. p. 6 The Captain appeared today and I wasn't particularly impressed. So did the ship's doctor a broken down rummy effect and the purser a sissy looking fellow as full of conceit as the ocean is swells. Germans and English! Ye Gods What a mixture! Thank God I was born in America! With the American complex p. 13 Although her language gets rather florid in many places her descriptions of countryside in Europe are quite colourful: The fields were a riot of color. Poppies added their crimson splashes to the gold of ripened wheat . p.26 Descriptions of museums palaces cathedrals and other points of interest are well described and can leave the reader with a sense of what conditions were like there 5 years after the WWI. This is especially so when she describes the lingering destruction from that conflict. From mid-July through mid-Aug their travels took them through France Switzerland Germany Belgium The Netherlands and finally England. The exact itinerary is included in the handwritten notes. A historian would find this an excellent first-hand account of sights and scenes in the immediate postwar years. It also gives an insight into one particular aspect of the American character especially vis-avis new or unusual people incidents or experiences. There is a typed transcription secured in a 2-ring binder. The handwritten notes are 8" by 5 inches and secured by a lace. They number 142 handwritten pages. The typed notes are secured in a hard cover 2-ring binder and amount to 85 pages. The journal is in good condition although the spine is cracked. Most pages are completely attached. The pages are 100% complete.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF VIRGINIA MONTGOMERY; MAUDE MONTGOMERY; VERGUE CRISSWELL; S.S. MONGOLIA; POST WWI EUROPE; TRAVELLING THROUGH EUROPE ROARING 20S ROARING TWENTIES AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM AMERICAN ASCENDANCY ON THE WORLD STAGE POST WWI UGLY AMERICAN INNOCENTS ABROAD AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . hardcover
1960346279No place: no publisher 1960. Unbound. Near Fine. A collection of 25 decorative title cards for a range of motion pictures released between 1952 -1960. Each measures approximately 14" x 11". There is some wear to the extremities a few scattered creases and a bit of rubbing but overall near fine with surprisingly bright colors. Each card has been screenprinted on the verso of a large movie poster that was cut into sections to match the dimensions of a typical lobby card. Movie theaters would occasionally commission local sign makers to produce lobby cards for display. The production symbols on many of the cards indicate they were created in the same years as the films they represent. Among the most notable titles in the collection are: From Here to Eternity Shane Duel in the Sun Stalag 17 and Gidget. An attractive set of mid-century film memorabilia. A complete list is available upon request. no publisher] unknown
1836222555London : John Murray 1836-1840 1836. First Edition. Hardback. Bookplate to the front paste-down. Very good copies all in the original full aniline calf. Raised bands with gilt cross-bands; contrasting red & burgundy Morocco gilt-blocked labels; very impressively finished. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dulled as with age. Remains a particularly well-preserved set overall; tight bright clean and strong.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; Physical description; 6 volumes including the scarce final volume xvi712xii760xli677viii682xvi457p. lxix197 : ill fronts map fold. plan fold. ; 23cm. Notes; Vols 2-5 published by W.H. Allen and Co. Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects; India - History - British occupation 1765-1947. London : John Murray 1836-1840 hardcover
