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5858xxxvi 366 pp. one leaf but lacking as is often the case the 12-page schedule of sale & the 80-page author index. 8vo cont. speckled calf two corners a bit worn joints a little cracked but strong flat spine gilt red morocco lettering piece on spine. Paris: Gogué & Née de la Rochelle 1785.<br/> <br/> The rare sale catalogue of the great library of books and early manuscripts many illuminated founded by Henri François d’Aguesseau 1668-1751 Chancellor of France a man of great learning. According to the preface of the catalogue he had acquired the collection of the poet Florent Chrestien 1541-1596 and his son Claude b. 1567. His library passed to his second son Jean Baptiste Paulin d’Aguesseau Marquis de Mannoevre 1701-84 who considerably enlarged it. Between the two generations they created a most remarkable collection. The father and son employed fifteen versions of their coat-of-arms on their bindings. The sale included 5583 lots and was sold over a 57-day period. Payne and the Marquis de Méjanes were major buyers.<br/> <br/> Very good copy with some minor foxing. Short tear due to a paper flaw to title but with no loss of text. Bookplate of the great French bookseller Georges Heilbrun. As mentioned above this copy lacks — as does the Grolier Club copy — the schedule of sale and index but it does have a final leaf in which the auctioneers promise to deliver the index at no charge by the end of May 1785 to anyone who requests a copy.<br/> <br/> ⧠Gustave Brunet Dictionnaire de Bibliologie Catholique col. 405–“cette vaste réunion d’ouvrages importants.†Grolier Club Printed Catalogues of French Books Auctions…1643-1830 318–lacking both the schedule of sale and author index. Guigard II p. 173. Peignot p. 76. unknown
1818369192Calcutta: Printed by Philip Pereira at the Hindoostanee Press 1818. Text in Persian in double columns. Title pages in Persian and English. Preliminaries in English with list of subscribers and Persian. 4 vi 10 4 subscribers; 1090 12 12 2 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Contemporary tan calf spine extra gilt boards with quadruple fillet border. Bookplate of Sir Gore Ouseley. Front joint repaired. Nice copy of a key work. Text in Persian in double columns. Title pages in Persian and English. Preliminaries in English with list of subscribers and Persian. 4 vi 10 4 subscribers; 1090 12 12 2 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Thomas Roebuck was a captain in the Madras Native Infantry and teacher of Hindustani Persian Arabic and other languages at the East India Company College of Fort William which subscribed for 40 copies of this dictionary. This copy with the bookplate of Sir Gore Ouseley 1770-1844 British ambassador to Persia who negotiated the Gulistan treaty between Russia and Persia which ceded to the Russians a first foothold in the Caucasus; his brother William 1767-1842 was a noted Orientalist.<br /> <br /> A monumental accomplishment of the early Calcutta press and the standard nineteenth-century dictionary.<br /> <br /> UNCOMMON AND WITH OUTSTANDING PROVENANCE. OCLC: 7538099 5 locations Printed by Philip Pereira, at the Hindoostanee Press unknown
16-6341Holland: 17th Century . Sanguine drawing on old laid paper. 12.5 x 9.7cm. Tipped on a support sheet. Provenance:Né en 1906 à Lezay Deux-Sèvres Jacques Cathy a exercé d’abord la profession de caricaturiste à l’hebdomadaire « Le Rire ». Il a rejoint vers 1927 l’équipe du Cabaret « La Vache Enragée » conduite par Roger Toziny. Jacques Cathy poursuit sa carrière de chansonnier après le décès de Toziny en 1939 et après la guerre il conduit parallèlement une carrière d’acteur dans le cinéma. Jacques Cathy était le 3ème Maire de La Commune Libre de Montmartre à partir de l’élection en 1949.Final provenance: Les Collections Aristophil - 164 bis avenue Charles-de-Gaulle 92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine. Holland: 17th Century unknown
19048792San Francisco: Whitaker & Ray Company 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Whitaker & Ray Company San Francisco 1904. First Edition. Covers reinforced at the outer edges and spine with white tape. First free end-paper missing. Front hinge separated from the text. Moderate foxing to a few pages most pages clean and bright. -- A Juvenile book of jingles characteristic of the west. Contains jingles on such subjects as the Chinaman Cliff House Golden Gate Park etc. Beautifully illustrated by 19 full page seven color litho-prints. -- One edition published in 1904 in English and held by 2 libraries worldwide. Size: Quarto. 39 pages not numbered. -- Condition:. Whitaker & Ray Company hardcover
432884New York: Robert Guinn / Galaxy Publishing / Universal Publishing & Distributing 1979. Softcover. Very Good. Magazines. Digests 12mos. Perfectbound in illustrated wrappers. Overall very good with moderate wear some toning and contemporary tape reinforcement to the spine ends of the early issues. A nearly complete 30-year run of Galaxy Science Fiction totaling 246 issues lacking only eight of this important and influential science-fiction anthology. Starting with its first year Galaxy set the standard for science fiction by offering authors top rates and providing a less ridged definition of science fiction that could incorporate sociology psychology and satire. The result was a stable of top writers such as Ray Bradbury Robert A. Heinlein Jack Vance Harlan Ellison Robert Silverberg Alfred Bester Philip K. Dick George R.R. Martin Frank Herbert James Blish Theodore Sturgeon. Larry Niven Ursula K. Le Guin Roger Zelazny and many others. In the first few year alone Galaxy publisher several important stories: Damon Knight's “To Serve Man†which was adapted into the classic Twilight Zone episode; Bradbury’s “The Fireman†which was expanded into the dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451; and Heinlein's The Puppet Masters. The magazine’s stature lead to the publication of a number of Hugo and Nebula Award-wining stories and novellas such: Bester’s “The Demolished Man†Fritz Leiber’s “The Big Time†Ellison’s “ ‘Repent Harlequin!’ Said the Ticktockman†Herbert's "Dune Messiah" Silverberg’s “Nightwings†and Zelazny's “Damnation Alley.†A wonderful nearly complete run of this important and influential science-fiction anthology. Robert Guinn / Galaxy Publishing / Universal Publishing & Distributing unknown
171858200Various places including Camp Sprague Camp Brightwood and Douglas Hospital Washington D.C. July 10 1861 - June 7 1862. Fine original condition; postage clipped from envelopes. 8vo. The first letter is written from Hopeville Connecticut prior to enlistment. Subsequent letters describe the trip to Washington D.C. the camp there R.I. prisoners taken at Bulls Run; the capture of a spy bad news from "Missouria" entrenchment work rumors of the death of Jeff Davis passing within 30 ft. of Lincoln "He looks just like the pictures I have seen of him" and many other interesting details. Green had become a hospital orderly by early 1862 and describes hospital conditions sightseeing in wartime Washington and news from the battlefields. unknown
6509Title within typographical border shaved at foot. 2 p.l. 14 pp. one blank leaf. Small 4to attractive antique panelled calf some shaving to bottom line or catchwords on several pages spine gilt red morocco lettering piece on spine. London: Printed by J.C. 1651.<br/> <br/> First edition. “The Reformed Husbandman…is sometimes attributed to Speed although it was probably written by Cressy Dymock…It is a pamphlet of some 16 pages and full of moral reflections a melodious exhortation to industry.â€â€“Fussell I p. 45.<br/> <br/> “The most visible impact of Hartlib’s circle lay in the numerous pamphlets that he published…They comprised letters and treatises solicited or received from individuals in his circle upon a particular subject which had then been circulated for additional comments the results edited and then launched upon the public often without the express consent of the original author anticipating utility and inviting comment and amendment…His treatises spread a solvent of new ideas in a variety of contexts but they were particularly successful in husbandry. He publicized the advantages of planting new leguminous crops experimenting with fertilizers and manures and using seed drills and new ploughs and advocated the possibilities of apiculture rabbit farming fruit-tree propagation and silk cultivation in Virginia. His network included a group of innovative farmers willing to experiment. But his pamphlets should also be read as ideas models or patterns as to how the processes of reformation would occur. “–ODNB.<br/> <br/> Very good copy. Small rust-hole on one leaf. unknown
196010179Place of publication unknown: Self Published 1960. Deluxe Limited Edition. Very good . Oblong Folio 20" by 16". Heavy plastic overlay with title "Hilton Paints the Desert" stiff rear board. -- Introduction page with limitation inscription at the bottom in the author's hand: and his signature; "Number 52 of a deluxe edition of 350 for Leo and Irene Moore with best wishes". -- Condition. Twenty Seven Prints some duplicates twenty-five signed two not signed. Some prints signed in silver and some in regular ink. --: Hills of Home 3 - Joshuas in the Moonlight 2 - Oasis Mara 3 - Papago Dawn 3 - Power and Glory 3 - Red Mountain 2 - Smoke Trees and Thunderheads 2 Superstition Spring 1 - Sands of Tim 3 - San Jancinto Sunrise 3 - Wickenburg Yuccas 2. Self Published unknown
1963C1436a<p>48 pages with photographs and diagrams. Octavo 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" bound in original publisher's spiral binding in blue felt wrappers with black and silver Piatigorsky Cup stamped to cover. Included 10 first day tickets for the cup. Signed or inscribed by all the contestants. First edition.<br /><br />The Piatigorsky Cup was a triennial series of double round-robin grandmaster chess tournaments held in the United States in the 1960's. Sponsored by the Piatigorsky Foundation only two events were held in 1963 and 1966. The Piatigorsky Cups were the strongest U.S. chess tournaments since New York 1927. Jacqueline Piatigorsky nie Rothschild was married to cellist Gregor Piatigorsky. One of the strongest woman chess players in the U.S. and a regular competitor in the U.S. Women's Chess Championship she designed the cup and was the primary organizer of the tournament. The prize funds were among the largest of any chess tournament up to that time. Every player was guaranteed a prize and all traveling and living expenses were paid.</p><p>The First Piatigorsky Cup was held in The Ambassador Hotel Los Angeles in July 1963. The tournament field of eight included players from five countries. The Soviet representatives Paul Keres and World Champion Tigran Petrosian finished equal first to share the cup with a score of 8½/14 receiving more than half of the $10000 prize fund $3000 for first. Since dollars brought back to the USSR were exchanged by the Soviet government for rubles at an unfavorable rate Keres and Petrosian were reported to have bought automobiles Ramblers with their winnings. Keres won the most games in the tournament six but lost twice to Samuel Reshevsky. The Cup was Petrosian's first tournament since winning the 1963 World Championship match with Mikhail Botvinnik and was one of two first prizes he shared in his six-year reign as champion. He was the first reigning champion to play in an American tournament since Alexander Alekhine at Pasadena 1932. After losing in the second round to Svetozar Gligoric Petrosian was never in danger the rest of the tournament. The remainder of the tournament field included two Americans Reshevsky and Pal Benko two Argentinians Oscar Panno and Miguel Najdorf and two Europeans Gligoric Yugoslavia and Fridrik Olafsson Iceland. U.S. Champion Bobby Fischer declined an invitation after his demand for a $2000 appearance fee was refused by the tournament organizers. Gligoric led halfway through the tournament with 4 1/2/7 but he scored only three draws in the last seven games and finished fifth behind Najdorf and Olafsson. Petrosian finished the strongest with 5/7 in the second half. Before the last round Petrosian led with 8 points followed by Keres with 7 1/2 and Najdorf and Olafsson with 7. Both Petrosian and Keres had Black in the final round. Petrosian drew his game against Reshevsky but Keres beat Gligoric to result in a tie for first place with 8 1/2 points each.<br /><br /><strong>Condition: </strong><br />Spiral spine small split at center else a better than very good copy.</p> Piatigorsky Cup Committee paperback
6126Engraved frontis. viii 47 pp. 8vo later wrappers title a little browned uncut. London: Printed for W. Parker… 1777.<br/> <br/> First edition of “an important milestone in the early literature of gas analysis…Magellan 1722-90 was an Augustinian prior who emigrated to England and Protestantism in 1764. Elected F.R.S. 1774 he published this account of his researches on gases addressed to Joseph Priestley. The glass apparatus for impregnating water with fixed air carbon dioxide is described in detail. Newly improved by ‘Mr. Parker’ the apparatus was superior to that used by Priestley and described by him in 1772. Carbon dioxide was prepared by dissolving marble calcium carbonate in dilute sulphuric acid. Magellan also describes three new types of eudiometer he had designed; these and the apparatus for making carbonated waters are illustrated in the frontispiece.â€â€“Neville II p. 125.<br/> <br/> Very nice copy inscribed by Magellan at the head of the title-page: “Comte de Castelbourgh par L’Auteur.†The attractive frontispiece depicts 24 figures of apparatus.<br/> <br/> ⧠D.S.B. IX pp. 5-6. unknown
16-51401949. Gouache and papier collé maquette for the dust-jacket of "Les Fauves. Braque Derain Van Dongen Dufy Marquet Matisse.Georges Duthuit. Published by Editions des trois collines. Genève 1949. 46 x 65cm. Fold marks along spine and where a French fold would be. Thick white paper on a brown support sheet.Provenance: Sophie Renard Chateau-Thierry. 02400 Brasles France. 1949 unknown
19170064001917. Full Morocco. Very Good. Oblong 21 by 30 cm. 92 numbered leaves with content with log entries more or less statistical on all the versos and pictures and/or original drawings mostly mounted on 58 rectos with some additional loose material. 129 numbered leaves in all. Several of the log pages have mounted photos obscuring the log as it is clear that this game book was at some point re-purposed to be a more general album with some emphasis on sports including also fishing foxhunting and sailing but also there are two pages of photos from South Africa with photos of native tribesmen ostriches a hut Cecil Rhodes house etc. 13 original works of art -- watercolored pencil pen and ink -- in addition to numerous painted fish hook and fly vignettes these sometimes done directly onto the page. Most charming are the comical illustrations of anthropomorphic foxes. Sepia photos are of the country estates their stately homes and rural settings of the hunts as well as the people involved -- the hosts and guests during these country weekends. Many but by no means all of the photos have captions helpfully identifying the participants or the locations. And the log proper provides the names of those participating in the shooting and often what would now be regarded as obscenely large kills. Among the many aristocrats and wealthy in the photographs and/or logs are Lady Randolph Churchill Jennie Churchill Arthur Balfour Lady Minto Mary the famous 4th Countess Henry Lascelles the 5th Earl of Harewood the 5th Earl of Carnavon of King Tut fame as well as the owner of the castle used in Downton Abbey Baron Rothschild Lord de Grey Lord Ashburton Prince Murat the Duke of Buccleuch Prince Duleep de Singh Lord Rosebery and on and on. Country homes include Longleat Greystoke Castle the Hirsel Highcliffe Castle etc. Alexander McDonnell was a son of the 5th Earl of Antrim and a clerk in the House of Lords. Obviously he was very well connected and surely very popular among the upper echelons of English society back then. And we would note that many of the most illustriously titled have frequent entries here; what we have here is a window into a cohesive social network it is our sense. Condition: morocco binding has moderate to heavy wear along edges some scuffs on the boards and spine. The leaves can have a waviness the result of the interaction of the mounted material upon the leaves. A few photos are loose. There is a little bit of a scrappy quality to the book as befitting a log book that was partially turned into something much more and this quality is part of its charm as well. unknown
172878892Paris: Chez Briasson 1728. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Text in French. 52pp. Bound in old but probably later unprinted wrappers. An ink blot on the inside of the front wrap slight foxing to the pages a near fine copy. An Italian-style comedy play. Very scarce. OCLC locates no copies of this edition and only three copies of a 1729 printing. Chez Briasson unknown
1797006602Keuth an der Crassen 1797. Full Blindstamped Calf. Good. A fine Folk Art manuscript prayer book from the late eighteenth century. 8vo. 17.5 by 10.5 cm. 3 516 13 1 pp. With eight full page paintings plus vignette decoration throughout. Besides the ubiquitous floral ornamentation all pretty accents the vignettes include a serpent a basilisk a skull etc. Most writing is a neat now archaic cursive but headings and the like rendered in an easily readable ornamental Fraktur Gothic. The paintings are the highlight most will find. Their subject matter is quintessential -- Momento Mori Saint Michael slaying the dragon Saint John in the desert Saint Sebastien the Christ child King David playing a harp etc. But while the subject matter may not be unusual the execution is done with uncommon flair even though it is resolutely naive or Folk Art. And the artist who we assume is one or both of the writers may be illustrating popular subjects there are original elements in his/her imagery or imagining of the subject. The authorship is stated but also a tad confusing. Our interpretation is that a Konrad Mueller created the book for Margaretha Pfaden-Hauerin. Condition: moderate wear to contemporary full calf binding. Unusual is a 13 page "Register" or Table of Contents in the rear. By unusual we mean for such a manuscript prayer book. Also a page of handwritten genealogical notes written on a prior blank leaf and written much later in the mid to late 19th Century. Moderate sometimes heavy soiling to margins of leaves. Corner cut out of front endpaper. Some loose gatherings. unknown
1675407229North & West Ridings Long Island New York 1675. Unbound. Good. Manuscript document. A single paragraph possibly removed from a larger document Signed at the conclusion by Matthias Nicolls. Approximately 8" x 3". Old fold some age-toning and small nicks and tears a little fragile but good. The document reads in full: "The above is a computacon made at a meeting of some of ye Councell & ye Justices of ye North & West Ridings in New York. Decembr. ye 30th 1675. Matthias Nicolls. secr." Matthias Nicholls 1626-1687 was the Provincial Secretary of New York. Born in Plymouth England he was selected to serve as secretary by Samuel Maverick who was one of the Royal Commissioners investigating conditions in New England. Accompanying the commission to New England which was headed by appointed Governor Richard Nicolls they were assigned the task of wresting the province of New York from the Dutch. Matthias held the position of provincial secretary continuously until 1680 except for the short period of 1674-75 when the Dutch briefly reoccupied New York. He was the Secretary of the Commission that accepted the Dutch surrender of New York. He served as the sixth Mayor of the city of New York in 1672-73. He is widely known as “the principal author of the legal code known as the 'Duke’s Laws'." He was at least partially responsibility for religious tolerance in New York and founded the town of Plandome around his estate of the same name. unknown
4876Six folding engraved plates. 1 p.l. xvi 322 pp.; 1 p.l. 238 pp. Two vols. 8vo cont. marbled boards orange & pale blue lettering pieces on spines. Lausanne: J. Mourer 1789.<br/> <br/> First edition. Razoumovsky 1759-1837 a wealthy Russian aristocrat spent most of his life in Switzerland Austria and Italy and wrote many noteworthy works on geological and mineralogical subjects see Zittel pp. 91 & 119. <br/> <br/> “Very scarce…First and only edition of an illustrated account of the fauna and geology of the Swiss Jura in the vicinity of Neuchâtel Murten and Biel northwest of Bern…The first volume describes the fauna according to the Linnean system. The second includes a geological description with notes on mining minerals fossils etc. The illustrations cover zoology especially reptiles entomology and geology including fossils.â€â€“Schuh Mineralogy & Crystallography: A Biobibliography 1469 to 1920 4045. <br/> <br/> Fine and attractive set. <br/> <br/> ⧠Poggendorff II 578-79. unknown
16-6340Versailles: circa 1675-1682. . Sanguine drawing with old manuscript text on attached sheet. 16.5 x 12.5cm. 17th Century watermarked paper : chalice on an urn."L’Afrique: StatueMR 1792;inv. 1850.9446;.:Inventaire de 1707 : « Une statue en pied de marbre blanc représentant l’Afrique sous la figure d’une femme la teste couverte d’une trompe d’éléphant ayant une draperie pendante au millieu du sein laquelle passe autour des deux bras et couvre une partie du bas de la figure qui a le bras droit levé tenant un bout de bâton dans sa main et la gauche baissée dont elle relève sa draperie. Au bas est un lion couché qui laiche le pied gauche de laditte statue qui a sept pieds un pouce de hauteur. Faite par Cornu en 1682. Le bras droit est raporté au-dessus du coude ». .Historique: Paiements mentionnés par les sources comptables à Georges Sibrayque pour une figure pour le parterre d’Eau d’avril 1675 à octobre 1682 travail explicitement mentionné en cours d’avril 1675 à août 1680.Parfait paiement à Jean Cornu le 6 juin 1694 pour deux figures dont l’une « commencée par Sibraique … représentant l’Afrique ».Modèle en plâtre représenté sur la gravure d’Israël Silvestre datée de 1682 disposé au bosquet de la Renommée avant décembre 1680 date d’approbation du guide de Combes et vraisemblablement retiré en 1683 afin d’être remplacé par la version en marbre."Provenance:Né en 1906 à Lezay Deux-Sèvres Jacques Cathy a exercé d’abord la profession de caricaturiste à l’hebdomadaire « Le Rire ». Il a rejoint vers 1927 l’équipe du Cabaret « La Vache Enragée » conduite par Roger Toziny. Jacques Cathy poursuit sa carrière de chansonnier après le décès de Toziny en 1939 et après la guerre il conduit parallèlement une carrière d’acteur dans le cinéma. Jacques Cathy était le 3ème Maire de La Commune Libre de Montmartre à partir de l’élection en 1949.Final provenance: Les Collections Aristophil - 164 bis avenue Charles-de-Gaulle 92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine. Versailles: circa 1675-1682. unknown
1675371490London: Printed by J. Darby for Robert Morden . and William Berry 1675. Second issue with the added Postscript. 26 2 blank 4pp. Tables. 4to. Disbound. Trimmed close minor soiling. Second issue with the added Postscript. 26 2 blank 4pp. Tables. 4to. This second issue with the added Postscript dated 1675 in which the author defends himself from criticism by John Flamsteed. The work is an early use of the term "planetary system" in the title and includes a 12-line poem on the solar system on the final page.<br /> <br /> Streete 1621-1689 Irish-born astronomer is best known for his 1661 work Astronomia Carolina a new theorie of Coelestial Motions which was read and praised by Halley Newton Flamsteed and others. A follower of Kepler Streete argued that the Earth's velocity in its annual revolution around the sun was not uniform and increases in velocity as it approaches the Sun and decreased as it moves away. ESTC calls for a plate but we find no reference to one in other extant copies. Scarce. ESTC R606; cf. Wing S5955 Printed by J. Darby, for Robert Morden ... and William Berry unknown
682128 folding engraved plates. 74; 86; 60; 35 folding leaves. Four vols. Oblong 8vo orig. patterned wrappers orig. block-printed title labels on upper covers new stitching. Tokyo: Government Publication issued under the Author’s name Yosoda Masayoshi a pen name for Tanabe 1869.<br/> <br/> First edition in Japanese translated from an unidentified French text which according to the Preface was issued in 1863 with a sequel in 1867. Tanabe also states that this work includes information gained from the French military mission of 17 men four officers ten non-commissioned officers and two soldiers led by staff captain Charles Sulpice Jules Chanoine who came to Japan in early 1867 at the request of the Japanese Shogunate for training in Western warfare. Several of these men became deeply involved in Japanese politics unsuccessfully fighting on the side of the Shogunate.<br/> <br/> Tanabe wrote several works on military subjects including military formations 1865 a glossary of French military terms with Japanese translations 1867 military gymnastics and training exercises 1868 and our work.<br/> <br/> This is a complete work on infantry drills and tactics including training of new soldiers how to form tactical units and deploy them effectively how to operate a variety of weapons etc.<br/> <br/> The fine copper-engraved plates depict military formations tactical positions military stances etc.<br/> <br/> Fine set. unknown
198933763Westminster Maryland U.S.A.: Villard Books. As New. 1989. Hardcover. 0394571800 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AVOID WEEKS OF DELAY ELSEWHERE. -- 323 pages; clean and crisp tight and bright pages with no writing or markings to the text. -- DESCRIPTION: Anxiety. Whether it manifests itself in panic attacks phobias or chronic worry it's the number-one mental health disorder in America today. But for the twenty to thirty million people whose lives are being disrupted and destroyed by crippling fear there is new hope. In The Good News About Panic Anxiety And Phobias renowned medical authority Mark. S. Gold M. D. author of the landmark book The Good News About Depression explores the emerging science of biopsychiatry and the latest breakthrough in the diagnosis and treatment of these devastating disorders. -- with a bonus offer-- . Villard Books hardcover
19220002248KAMPONG INDONESIA SINGAPORE 1922. On offer is a super original 1922 manuscript diary of a woman who we believe is named Margaret or Mary Discon. While she has not identified herself she does seem to refer to herself at some point in the third person. The diary describes her time spent in Kampong Singapore near Saribue Dolok. Using 8½ x 14 inch sheets of paper folded but loose she describes her time over 17 pages with some photos as titled: "A Day at _____gale." While the first part of the place name is difficult to read we are sure that local researchers and historians will no doubt uncover the location especially given the detailed clues leading up to the spot. Here are some snippets: "It was with gay hearts that we sat in the lamplight making the best breakfast we could with nerves thrilling in anticipation of the days jaunt while the boy and his wife saw to the storing of baskets of provisions; lemons soda waters etc. etc. We stepped into the car as the sun was lighting the east and a cool breeze making coats very necessary. Our days outing had been looked forward to for weeks and the visit of a fellow passenger brought the journey to completion. The jungle sounds were ceasing and domestic animals of all specimens were beginning to stir. First we went through rubber then a long street of palm shaded road through a struggling and picturesque Kampong ." Their car gets stuck in the mud and they have to have the village people dig them out: " .we reached Saribue Dolok which seemed to consist solely of a large store and a missionary's house but they usually have been native Kampong's hidden in the hollows here and there for we saw numerous parties of Balaks silently following each other to the market in Indian file ." They are now on their way to a volcano. Also describes the natives clothing. Back to Kampong. "The Kampong of Harring all lies just above the shore guarded by banyan trees. The rest house is a pleasant little bungalow provided by the Dutch government for visiting officials and lent for a small fee to any traveler. Here we found contrary to repost that a well supplied table was provided .We crossed a small stream the stream was small but gully was broad by a bridge consisting of two thin tree trunks on one side of which was a low rattan rope which gave us help and hardly any confidence ." They finally board a boat and she mentions how the crowds of people started gathering to watch them and has a photo showing just this scene. They finally return to the rest house. The diary pages were folded actually misfolded and the edges of the pages are a bit brittle and chipped with some little loss but overall Fair. . Fair. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Manuscript. hardcover
52173<p>London printed for J. Johnson 1784 reprinted and published by Sanders Cones and Co. Mission Row Calcutta 1848. TITLE CONTINUED: General of ten thousand men in the army of the Mogul Empire and formerly Commander-in Chief the artillery of Hyder Ali and of a body of European troops in the service of that Prince. English edition translated from the French. 1848 first published in 1784. Tall 8vo approximately 240 x 160 mm 9¾ x 6½ inches 3 hand coloured portraits and 1 black and white engraving of the Throne of the late Tippoo Sultaun pages: vi 1-388 4 extra pages 253-256 marked with an asterisk no duplication of text and 4 extra leaves in the Appendix unnumbered between pages 376 & 377 making a total of 400 pages bound in full Victorian morocco gilt lettering and decoration to spine and gilt decoration to covers marbled endpapers narrow gilt dentelles all edges gilt. Binding rubbed and rebacked using original spine shelf wear to edges of covers thin black stain to lower cover top margin of title page repaired with the loss of one word "THE" pale stains and spotting to Hyder Shah colour plate and pale offset to facing text page thin pale stain to outer edge of the colour plate of Tippoo Sultaun and final 2 leaves minor foxing to endpapers front and rear and first few pages pale browning to pages 136-137 all text legible and small brown stain to the inner margins of pages 268-269 not affecting text otherwise a very good copy. See: Early Writings on India edited by H. K. Kaul page 273 No. 3183 listing a variant edition dated 1848 our edition with the colour plates is not listed. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.</p> London, printed for J. Johnson, 1784, reprinted and published by Sanders Cones and Co., Mission Row Calcutta, 1848.
160152944<p>Imprinted at London by Peter Short dwelling at the signe of the Starre on Bredstreet hill 1601. SECOND EDITION 1601 first edition published in 1600 divided into 8 chapters the running title: The new found arte of setting corne printed signature H. Plat Esquire on final page. Small 4to approximately 175 x 130 mm 7 x 5 inches woodcut vignette on title headpiece and large initial to first page 32 unnumbered pages signatures: A-D4 plus 70 blank cream pages as padding at rear modern full speckled calf green gilt lettered title label to spine authors name in gilt an hilt rules and date to spine new brown endpapers. All inner margins have strip of tape for some reason as there appears to me no damage to paper brown stain to leaves A2 and D3 all text readable tips of top corners of 4 leaves neatly repaired nowhere near text. Fair copy only. Another issue of STC 19993.5 according to ESTC quires A and C reset. See: ESTC S114898; Luborsky & Ingram English Illustrated Books 1536-1603 page 633 No. 19993; Mary S. Aslin Catalogue of the Printed Books on Agriculture 1471-1840 page 103; G. E. Fussell Old English Farming Books Volume 1 page 15; Blanche Henrey Volume 1 British Botanical and Horticultural Literature before 1800 page 155: "New and admirable arte of setting of corne a treatise in which this author advocates growing corn by setting the seed at regular distances apart the usual method of sowing corn at that time being by broadcast. On the title-page is a woodcut of a growing plant of corn over which is a spade lying in a scroll bearing the words 'Adam's toole revived'; Donald McDonald Agricultural Writers 1200-1800 page 58 with illustration opposite. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST AND ALL PARCELS SENT FULLY TRACKED AND FULLY INSURED.</p> Imprinted at London, by Peter Short, dwelling at the signe of the Starre on Bredstreet hill, 1601. hardcover
1938047122Easton Pa: Institute Of The Aeronautical Sciences 1938. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. Vi 463-504 Ii 36 Pp Ads At Rear. Two Issues. Original Green Wrappers Lettered In Black. Light Wear; Ownership Signature Of Aeronautical Engineer John Stack Part 1 And Aeronautical Engineer Richard Q. Bourn Part 2; John Stack 1906-1972 Won The Collier Trophy In 1947 And 1951 He Worked At Langley Research Center From 1928 To 1962 And Republic Aircraft Corporation From 1962 To 1971. He Gave The Eighth Wright Brothers Lecture "Compressible Flows In Aeronautics" 1945. Quotation: "Let's Try The Damn Thing And See If We Can Make It Work." He Worked On Transonic Flight. He Was Part Of The Bell X-1 Team. He Worked With The Variable Density Tunnel On Compressible Airflow. Qian Xuesen Or Hsue-Shen Tsien Chinese: ; 11 December 1911 - 31 October 2009 Was A Chinese Mathematician Cyberneticist Aerospace Engineer And Physicist Who Made Significant Contributions To The Field Of Aerodynamics And Established Engineering Cybernetics. Recruited From Mit He Joined Theodore Von Kármán's Group At Caltech. During Wwii He Was Involved In The Manhattan Project Which Ultimately Led To The Successful Development Of The First Atomic Bomb In America. Later On Under The Pressure Of Deportation For Suspicions Of Association With Communists He Would Eventually Return To China Where He Would Make Important Contributions To China's Missile And Space Program. During The Second Red Scare In The 1950S The Us Federal Government Accused Him Of Communist Sympathies. In 1950 Despite Protests By His Colleagues He Was Stripped Of His Security Clearance. He Decided To Return To China But He Was Detained At Terminal Island Near Los Angeles. After Spending Five Years Under House Arrest He Was Released In 1955 In Exchange For The Repatriation Of American Pilots Who Had Been Captured During The Korean War. He Left The United States In September 1955 On The American President Lines Passenger Liner Ss President Cleveland Arriving In China Via Hong Kong. Upon His Return He Helped Lead The Chinese Nuclear Weapons Program. This Effort Ultimately Led To China's First Successful Atomic Bomb Test And Hydrogen Bomb Test Making China The Fifth Nuclear Weapons State And Achieving The Fastest Fission-To-Fusion Development In History. Additionally Qian's Work Led To The Development Of The Dongfeng Ballistic Missile And The Chinese Space Program. For His Contributions He Became Known As The "Father Of Chinese Rocketry" Nicknamed The "King Of Rocketry". He Is Recognized As One Of The Founding Fathers Of Two Bombs One Satellite. In 1957 Qian Was Elected An Academician Of The Chinese Academy Of Sciences. He Served As A Vice Chairman Of The National Committee Of The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference From 1987 To 1998. He Was The Cousin Of Mechanical Engineer Hsue-Chu Tsien Who Was Involved In The Aerospace Industries Of China And The United States; His Nephew Is Roger Y. Tsien The 2008 Winner Of The Nobel Prize In Chemistry. Introductory Material From Wikipedia Prefacing The Full Article. <br/> <br/> Institute Of The Aeronautical Sciences paperback
1937047127Easton Pa: Institute Of The Aeronautical Sciences 1937 1938 1937. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Complete Volume Numbers 1-12 Bound Without Wrappers But With The Complete Index To Volume 5 Bound In At Front. Black Cloth Spine Gilt Over Boards Ownership Stamps Of Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau; M. O. D. Adastral Library; And Central School Of Aircraft Recognition / 11 Jan 1955 / Royal Air Force Ownership Paper Label Of British Air Staff Intelligence Headquarters. Includes Two Articles By Von Karman Including One Co-Authored With Tsien One Co-Authored With W. R. Sears And Von Karman's Letter To The Editor On Aerodynamics; One Article By Frank J Malina Coauthored With A. M. O. Smith "Flight Analysis Of The Sounding Rocket"; One Article By Tsien "Supersonic Flow Over An Inclined Body Of Revolution" And Another Co-Authored With Von Karman "Boundary Layer In Compressible Fluids". <br/> <br/> Institute Of The Aeronautical Sciences 1937 1938 paperback
