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19052Single sheet of fifty four-cent stamps signed by all of the Mercury Seven as follows: Malcolm Scott Carpenter; Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr.; John Herschel Glenn Jr.; Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom; Walter "Wally" Schirra Jr.; Alan B. Shepard Jr.; Donald "Deke" Slayton. The signatures of Shepard and Grissom are faded. Matted and framed opposite a copy of Life magazine featuring the Mercury Seven. Entire piece measures 20 inches by 26 inches. An attractive and desirable piece signed by all of the Mercury Seven astronauts. "The first seven American astronauts were an admirable group of individuals chosen to sit at the apex of a pyramid of human effort. They chose to lead by following the opportunity that chance circumstance technology and history had prepared for them" Swenson Grimwood & Alexander. NASA introduced the seven astronauts in Washington on April 9 1959. Although the agency viewed Project Mercury's purpose as an experiment to determine whether humans could survive space travel the seven men immediately became national heroes and were compared by TIME magazine to "Columbus Magellan Daniel Boone and the Wright brothers" TIME 1959. unknown books
45031CARPENTER Thomas comp. The American Senator or a Copious and Impartial Report of the Debates in the Congress of the United States: Including all Treaties Addresses Proclamations &c. Which Occur During the Present Session Being the Second of the Fourth Congress. Philadelphia 1796-97. Three volumes. 352 4; 3554; 4367-78713pp. plus folding table. Contemporary calf gilt morocco labels. Bindings scuffed and worn spines of second and third volumes chipped but sound withal. Profuse ink and pencil scrawlings on endpapers of first volume. Worming in lower margin of final two signatures in first volume barely touching text. Uniformly tanned. Good. In cloth boxes with leather labels. Evans 30165 31918 31919. Sabin 11006. Regular official reporting of the debates and proceedings of the United States Congress was not instituted until the 1840s with the CONGRESSIONAL GLOBE. Before that the work of covering Congressional debates was left to private reporters who compiled and published their accounts and Thomas Carpenter was one of the most prominent of these early Congressional reporters. Carpenter gathered his reports from personal attendance of the Congressional sessions from other printed sources and often by receiving copies of speeches directly from members themselves. He presents the debates and procedures in a straightforward non-partisan manner often quoting the speeches directly other times summarizing speeches and floor actions. The present set covers the second session of the fourth Congress from December 1796 to early March 1797 and includes John Adams' and Thomas Jefferson's inaugural speeches as President and Vice President. Also included are George Washington's 1796 State of the Union message debates on the establishment of the mint on the militia the sinking fund petitions from free blacks federal salaries taxes and scores of bills on a variety of other subjects. The table gives a detailed listing of state debts. The final volume contains a list of subscribers which includes the House of Representatives six copies the soon-to-be-impeached Senator William Blount printers Matthew Carey and John Dunlap. Albert Gallatin John Jay Andrew Jackson Secretary of State Timothy Pickering and several foreign ambassadors. Each volume carries a separate index. Evans notes that "further publication. unknown
1905WRCAM55252Mansfield Oh.: Melville A. Pollock 1905. 56pp. including ten full-page illustrations. Modern tan morocco gilt silk pastedowns lacks original wrappers. Recent bookseller's ticket on verso of rear free endpaper. Slight residue on endpapers from rubbing from pastedowns. Fine. An uncommon account of a two-week hunting excursion in the Sierras of Chihuahua in northern Mexico. Carpenter from Ohio was primarily hunting deer and his small group departed El Paso Texas on October 23 1905 headed for their base at Casas Grandes some 165 miles to the south. Carpenter's companions were brothers from El Paso: J.F. Bennett referred to as "the Treasurer" and Hilario F. Bennett "the Photographer". Carpenter describes their hunting experiences the deer and other animals that they shot life in camp an awful meal at a Chinese restaurant their first night in Chihuahua and the Mexican landscape and people he encountered. He devotes much space to the habits and abilities of his Mexican guide called Valentine and the final chapter is an appreciation of the Mexican people. The text was edited by Melville Pollock who is also the publisher. OCLC locates eight copies at Colorado State University Library of Congress New Mexico State University Mansfield-Richland County Public Library in Ohio DeGolyer Library Autry Museum and two at Yale. PHILLIPS SPORTING BOOKS p.71. HELLER 49. OCLC 22550271 166503162. Melville A. Pollock unknown books
51-60971961-1969. 8 x 10 photographs all but one signed by the astronauts. Mostly black and white; in individual folders with manuscript biographies in French.This collection was put together by a French space enthusiast and contains manuscript details on the flights in French as well as printed ephemera. .Bassett 's photograph from NASA dated 1963 not signed. John Glenn's signature is on newspaper picture of a spaceship taking off. Frank Borman: 1 signed and 3 unsigned. 1961-1969 unknown
1906352487Mansfield Ohio: M.A. Pollock 1906. First edition with 6 in date corrected in ink. Frontispiece portrait of Governor Creel of California and 8 illustrations from photographs. 56 pp. Text printed in brown. 1 vols. 8vo. Original pictorial tan paper wrappers printed in brown and gilt. Near fine copy. Library of Congress duplicate with stamp "Two copies received Jan 13 1906" at head of portrait and date stamp on back flyleaf small trace of adhesion at foot. First edition with 6 in date corrected in ink. Frontispiece portrait of Governor Creel of California and 8 illustrations from photographs. 56 pp. Text printed in brown. 1 vols. 8vo. Interesting account of an early twentieth century hunt in northern Mexico after deer and wild turkey no luck on the turkey. Copies have been seen with the printer's date 1905 or as here with the last digit inked to indicate 1906. The Library of Congress date stamp indicates deposit copies were received on 13 January 1906.<br /> <br /> UNCOMMON. Phillips p. 71 dated 1906; Heller 1:49 dated 1905; OCLC: 22550271 M.A. Pollock unknown
19622307101Simon & Schuster 1962. first. hardcover. fine/near fine. SIGNED first printing as stated on copyright page. Signed by Carpenter Schirra Shepard and Cooper. Book fine. Dust jacket near fine indent along spine some tape residue along edges of vertical part of flaps. Simon & Schuster unknown
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157347259Parisiis, Iacobi du Puys, 1573. 4to. Bound in one near contemporary full vellum. Printers woodcut device to booth title pages. Ex-libris [Luigi Imolae, physician to Pope VII] pasted on to pasted down front free end paper. Title written in contemporary hand to upper part of spine. Names written in contemporary hand and crossed out, except for 'Livius' and 'Imolae', to first title page. Very light uniform browning to leaves. All in all a fine and clean copy. (87), 477, (11), 328, (4) pp.
157347259Parisiis Iacobi du Puys 1573. 4to. Bound in one near contemporary full vellum. Printers woodcut device to booth title pages. Ex-libris Luigi Imolae physician to Pope VII pasted on to pasted down front free end paper. Title written in contemporary hand to upper part of spine. Names written in contemporary hand and crossed out except for 'Livius' and 'Imolae' to first title page. Very light uniform browning to leaves. All in all a fine and clean copy. 87 477 11 328 4 pp. <br/><br/><em>First edition of Charpentier's famous comparison of Aristotle and Plato - one of the most thorough and important works of its kind - which came to influence the way that the Renaissance viewed the two great thinkers and their works. The work which is profoundly anti-Ramist and also as such drew great attention constitutes a fabulous determination of the joint legacy of Aristotle and Plato and is one of the works that best illustrates the nuanced basis of Renaissance scholarship and philosophy. It is a curious but generally accepted conception that with the rise of the Renaissance came the fall of Aristotle. It is a fact that with the recovery of many lost works of ancient literature the widening of the range of classical studies and the renewed interest in Plato Aristotle was no longer the sole authority on a huge number of fields as he to a certain extent had been viewed during the Middle Ages. That this should mean a total ignorance of the teachings of Aristotle must be considered somewhat of a myth though a very frequently repeated one and in fact with the grand humanists of the late 15th and early 16th century the study of Aristotle fits perfectly with the broader comprehension of scholarship. The idea of nearing the thought of Aristotle to that of Plato and vice-versa is something that understreams much original thought of the Renaissance and Charpentier's work which explicitly and thoroughly compares and reconciles the two great thinkers gives us a fabulous insight into Renaissance thought as it is rarely presented."It was published at Paris in 1573. Charpentier shows a knowledge of other writers in this tradition namely Boethius Bessarion George Trebizond Giovanni Pico della Mirandola Symphorien Champier and Fox Morcillo among others." Riccardo Pozzo "The Impact of Aristotelianism on Modern Philosophy" p. 20. Jacques Charpentier 1521-74 Professor of medicine and philosophy Charles IX's physician taught mathematics at the Collège de France and philosophy at the Collège de Bourgogne and was later appointed Rector of the University of Paris. He passionately defended Peripateticism and was renowned for his philosophical and religious intolerance. Despite his remarkable merits he is today perhaps best known for his feud with Petrus Ramus French humanist and protestant convert with a liberal approach to Aristotelian teaching. In Ramus Charpentier saw the impact of Lorenzo Valla's criticism or Aristotle: "He thought that with Ramus the true idea of knowledge was in danger of eclipse" as expressed in the present work. Charpentier is often referred to as a Anti-Ramist due to his many - often fierce and personal - attacks on Ramus's teaching:"More intellectual provocative were three attacks by Jacques Charpentier. In 1551 as rector of the University Charpentier ruled that because Ramus did not teach the Aristotelian logic required by the statutes his pupils could not enjoy the privileges of Paris university students. Rasmus appealed first to the assembly of regents of Philosophy and later to the Parliament of Paris. Before the Parliament Ramus outlined a programme of study in which grammar rhetoric and dialectic led first to natural and moral philosophy and later theology or law. He argued that his method of teaching avoided wasting time on scholastic technicalities and produced graduates who were better prepared for practical life. The effectiveness of this speech and the support of his patron helped him to avoid censure and obtain a royal lectureship." Mack A History of Renaissance Rhetoric 1380-1620 Pp. 153-4."by 1565 he was leading opposition to the naming of Jacques Charpentier no relation a long-time adversary to the royal chair of mathematics. Charpentier who had by then succeeded Ramus as the Cardinal de Lorraine's protégé and who enjoyed Jesuit support kept his chair; and Ramus ever more threatened in 1567 again fled Paris taking refuge with the Prince de Condé." DSB. </em> hardcover
198291151Picard Editeur; Et Al. New. 1982. Hardcover. 2708400843 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- Text in French and English. 424 pages. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works La Vie Et L'uvre Oeuvre Life and Work Raisonnee Picard Editeur; Et Al hardcover
0222QL0ANFDLeather Bound. Retired. Fair. Fair only The Retir'd Gardener. . Carpenter Joseph. Place: London. Publisher: J. Tonson. Date: 1717. With an early U.S. Gardener's Calendar bound-in in back including dates for meetings of early U.S. courts. Full leather. Front board detached. Please see our photos. Hand written gardening directions for U.S. planting of Beets Lettuces -- perhaps in the same contemporary pre-revolutionary hand of W. S. Jackson whose name appears at the last page. Numerous gardening plans. Several pages moderately foxed and creased. unknown
19432694Paris, Rombaldi, 1943-1944. 4 Volumes, complet. In-folio - 33 x 26,5 cm. Reliures signées Legendre en plein maroquin (noir, sapin, bordeaux et brun), dos ornés de 5 nerfs, roulette dorée sur les coiffes, filet doré sur les coupes, quintuple filet doré en encadrement des contreplats, vélins incrustés au centre des contreplats, étui et chemise assortis. Edition en partie originale établie par Henry Charpentier d'après les manuscrits de Mallarmé, dont il était l'exécuteur testamentaire.Tirage limité à 140 exemplaires pour Le Réveil du Faune, celui-ci non numéroté, et à 220 exemplaires pour Gloses et Offrandes à divers du Faune, celui-ci exemplaire B, imprimé spécialement pour René Gas, qui dirigea cette publication. L'Après-Midi d'un faune est enrichi de 2 dessins originaux, le premier signé Demeurisse, le second non signé, et Prélude à l'Après-midi d'un Faune est également enrichi de 3 dessins originaux, tous signés et datés de 1943 par Demeurisse. Cet exemplaire exceptionnel comprend : 6 suites de 21 planches chacune pour L'Après-midi d'un Faune, 7 suites de 16 planches pour Prélude à l'Après-midi d'un faune, 3 suites de 21 planches pour Le Réveil du Faune et enfin, 6 suites de 19 planches pour Gloses et Offrandes à divers du Faune. Ce qui fait un total de 24 suites et de 415 planches.Pour parachever l'ensemble, le dernier volume, Gloses et Offrandes à divers du Faune contient une affiche d'annonce de parution des éditions Rombaldi in fine, ainsi qu'une lettre autographe signée d'Henry Charpentier à René Gas, lui indiquant qu'il pourra conserver cet autographe et qu'il lui confie l' "épreuve du Mallarmé", ce qui explique cet exemplaire hors normes.
48820Paris.Rue Dauphine.Chez Jombert.1751.In-folio relié.3ème édition.212 p.15 planches rempliées.Figures pleine page.Complet. Veau raciné d'époque.Bon état.Tranches rouges.2 coins légèrement émoussés.Dos à 6 nerfs avec pièce de titre.Caissons ornés.
15434Journal manuscrit, circa 1892-1894. Grand in-4, non paginé, demi maroquin vert émeraude à coins, dos à nerfs élégamment orné et mosaïqué, initiales du propriétaire en bas du dos, tête dorée, sous étui, reliure signée Champs (dos insolé avec petits frottements, étui abimé).
56563Thomas 1657-1729 from 1719 1st Earl in his engaging hand in the first thanking him for offering "your interest for my standing at Webly" Weobley in Herefordshire "My reason for desiring time was in order to disengage my self handsomely at the Burrough I now serve for. None in the Country know any thing of it from me but my Cozen Tom Carpenter who will. write me whatever you shall order him" he describes how the bursting of the South Sea Bubble has affected other prospective candidates "Many who have made great offers to severall Corporations. are render'd unable to performe what they may have propos'd for great numbers who out of unbounded avarice have bought great sums of South Sea Stock for time at very high prizes without means or even a possibility of paying for it. are by this sudden fall of the stock entirely ruin'd not contented with gaining 1 2 or 300000 l. severall are at present worse than nothing by good fortune I have not engag'd in those desperate bargains. but am. only troubled for some of my Frends some Men of Quality are unable to performe their contracts and several Bankers are gone of part of them by lending more Money on the security of stock than twill answere and the borrowers not being able to pay them they cannot answere their own bills which has occasion'd such a pannick fear that paper Credit except that of the Bank begins to be refus'd and South Sea Equipages may be bought at reasonable rates" and reporting that "A Generall Court of the Bank have this day empower'd their Directors to settle matters with the South Sea for preserving publick Credit and to open a Subscription for that purpose to circulate South Sea Bonds which has already given a little rise to all Frends." 22nd September 1720 in the second he is disturbed by Coningsby's reply Carpenter is "oblig'd. for some expressions of kindness. but have not deserv'd the reproaches. As for joyning in thanks to the Directors of the South Sea I then knew nothing they had done to ruin their Country; for at that time no Man was a looser by the Company. nor did I say above five words and twas to second a Nobleman that I had an esteem for. for the generall Court were at that time unanimous in their opinion that they had behav'd well. As to the other Person I never. heard but by your Lordships letter of his behaviour to you therefore could not know of his being sent to insult you" as to Weobley he had applied to Coningsby as "a piece of respect" but still has "severall frends there. Tis my native country" though he is "offer'd to be chosen in another place. I intreat a line in answere to know your resolution" 1st October 1720 together 3 sides 4to Hanover Square and no place 22nd September - 1st October Transcriptions My Lord When your Lordship was pleas'd kindly to offer me your interest for my standing at Webly I desir'd a little time to consider of it and you said there was no hast I might take as long as I would. My reason for desiring time was in order to disengage my self handsomely at the Burrough I now serve for which I have done and shall hold my self under very great obligations to your Lordship for your favouring my Election at Webly. How far it may be proper to keep it a secret your Lordship is the best judge but whenever you think I should appear in it no time shall be lost. None in the Country know any thing of it from me but my Cozen Tom Carpenter who will follow such directions as your Lordship is pleas'd to give him and will write me whatever you shall order him. Many who have made great offers to severall Corporations without being nam'd are render'd unable to performe what they may have propos'd for great numbers who out of unbounded avarice have bought great sums of South Sea stock for time at very high prizes without means or even a possibility of paying for it thinking twould rise considerably higher and they should make mighty fortunes by taking the difference are by this sudden fall of the stock entirely ruin'd not contented with gaining 1 2 or 300000 l. severall are at present worse than nothing by good fortune I have not engag'd in those desperate bargains and shall get something tho' short of what I expected but am satisfy'd as to my self and only troubled for some of my Frends some Men of Quality are unable to performe their contracts and several Bankers are gone of part of them by lending more Money on the security of stock than twill answere and the borrowers not being able to pay them they cannot answere their own bills which has occasion'd such a pannick fear that paper Credit except that of the Bank begins to be refus'd and South Sea Equipages may be bought at reasonable rates. Your Lordship has been too wise to engage in this high gaming which I am very glad of he who has a good Estate and ventures either to double or loose it all deserves little pitty if undone. A Generall Court of the Bank have this day empower'd their Directors to settle matters with the South Sea for preserving publick Credit and to open a Subscription for that purpose to circulate South Sea Bonds which has already given a little rise to all Frends for all were also very low. I am My Lord Your Lordships most humble and obedient Servant Carpenter Hanover Square Sept: 22 1720 Rt. Honble. the Earle Coningsby My Lord I am oblig'd to your Lordship for some expressions of kindness in the first part of your letter but have not deserv'd the reproaches in the other part of it. As for joyning in thanks to the Directors of the South Sea I then knew nothing they had done to ruin their Country; for at that time no Man was a looser by the Company; they have indeed been very much blam'd since and I am convinc'd tis with good reason; nor did I say above five words and twas to second a Nobleman that I had an esteem for: so twas very innocent and not materiall for the generall Court were at that time unanimous in their opinion that they had behav'd well. Hitherto I have preserv'd a Character of loving my Country as well as any Man and you know have serv'd it in a double Capacity with perfect truth and zeal nor have I ever err'd except in my judgement which no Man is infallible in. As to the other Person I never eat or drank with him nor are wee familiarly acquainted so never heard but by your Lordships letter of his behaviour to you therefore could not know of his being sent to insult you. In returne to your Lordships proposing my standing at Webly and promising me your interest I thought it a piece of respect to apply to you and should be very glad of your favour in it but if I am not so happy to obtain it I must do the best I can having severall frends there. Tis my native country and on what your Lordship said to me have disengag'd my self at the Burrough I now serve for on purpose to stand there which I designe to do: tho' am offer'd to be chosen in another place. I intreat a line in answere to know your resolution. I am My Lord Your Lordships most humble and obedient servant Carpenter Oct. 1: 1720 Both Carpenter and Coningsby had lands in Herefordshire Coningsby at Hampton Court both had served in Ireland in 1690 and both had been awarded Irish Peerages which did not disbar them from sitting in the English Commons thus Coningsby till 1716. Coningsby had been very prominent in Irish affairs; Carpenter had served in Spain. In 1715 Carpenter was given the command of Northern England and diverting the Old Pretender's troops from Newcastle was responsible for their defeat at Preston. The following year he was made Commander-in-Chief Scotland. In the event Carpenter retained his seat at Whitchurch Shropshire 1715-1722 and then sat for Westminster 1722-1727. The South Sea Company was a government-private partnership floated in 1711 intended to help manage the national debt by trading with South America once the war of the Spanish Succession should end. During 1720 by various devices the public was induced to continue converting government bonds and annuities especially long-term irredeemable ones into South Sea stock and to speculate on a rise in price. A 'South Sea Equipage' was a set of coach and horses bought without regard to taste or price by a speculator flaunting his gains. By August 1720 £100 nominal was being traded at nearly £1000 before the bubble burst as described in the present letter. The stock price fell to £150 by the end of September and back to about £100 by the end of the year. A massive inquiry was set up government officials were indicted and wealthy speculators forfeited their profits. The company itself continued its dual role with greater or less success till the mid-nineteenth century. unknown
166555379Leiden: J. van Meurs 1665. First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. Folio. 6 10 290 1 134 1pp. 35 plates including engraved half-title and frontispiece. Bound in three-quarter brown leather over brown textured paper-covered boards. Half-title engraving. Frontispiece engraving. Missing China folding map. The title page printed in red and black with framed engraved vignette. Historiated and decorative initials head- and endpieces. All but one folding plate engraving Ceremonies du Marriage are double-paged and bound in butterfly style. In addition the volume is profusely illustrated with 110 in-text engravings 4 1/4 x 6 1/8" placed at the top of pages. Part II is an illustrated general description of the Chinese Empire. <br /> <br /> Account of the first Dutch embassy from 1655-1657 by Messrs. Pierre de Goyer and Jacob de Keyser. It is illustrated with a highly accurate description of China and enriched with outstanding copperplate engravings. Compiled by Jean Nieuhoff steward of the embassy translated into French embellished and supplemented with a wealth of fascinating details by Jean le Carpentier historiographer. The goal was to establish a trade agreement on behalf of the Dutch East India Company providing a very accurate description of the cities towns villages seaports and other notable places in China.<br /> <br /> Text in French. Binding with some wear along edges more pronounced at tail of spine and along half of bottom edge of front cover. Very lightly starting at half-title engraving. Few minor notations in margins. Plate bound in between pp 98/99 with 4 1/4 x 1 3/4 chip at lower foredge not affecting image. Block very lightly age-toned. Binding in fair condition. J. van Meurs hardcover
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1797List2527Cincinnati 1797. Cincinnati 27th June 1797. Folded stampless letter 12 ½ x 6 ½ inches. Some tape repairs and tearing at folds fair to good but legible. With twenty five cent manuscript rate on cover. Good. Joseph Carpenter 1774-1814 was born in Massachusetts and emigrated to Cincinnati in the Northwest Territory eventually publishing the first regularly printed journal in the city the “Western Spy and Hamilton Gazette†which he first published in 1799. The journal had 1200 subscribers at the time of Carpenter’s death in 1814. He held several posts in the city including Coroner and commanded a company of militia in the War of 1812 eventually dying due to exposure to extreme cold in a march from Fort Meigs to Urbana in 1814. <br /> <br /> Offered here is a significant letter from Carpenter to Irish-American publisher Mathew Cary in May of 1797 asking for Cary’s assistance in the opening of a stationary shop and printing press roughly two years before he would eventually publish the first issue of Western Spy and Hamilton Gazette. Carpenter writes to Cary <br /> <br /> “The probability is that I should in a short time be able to pay you Sir as my prospect is very good. There will be an edition of the Laws of the territory to print soon. If I get an office I shall have the job; otherwise it will be . to Freeman & Son. Mr. McCullagh seems to incline to . in the business however should you Sir make it convenient to assist me I have friends who would help me to pay part of it. If I had a small assortment of Books & Stationery they would fill very well. I would thank you if you would write me respecting the matter as soon as convenient. I am very anxious to know if I am to do anything in this country. If I cannot succeed in getting an office I intend to go to my father’s. I however hope for the best.â€<br /> <br /> The first book printed in Cincinnati was William Maxwell’s edition of In 1796 The Laws of the Territory of the United States North-West of the Ohio published a year earlier. <br /> <br /> Overall the letter should be of interest to scholars of American territorial printing history and is also philatelically significant as an early postmark originating from the Northwest Territory. <br /> <br /> Full transcription follows:<br /> <br /> We have no Book or Stationery Store in this town. Could I be so fortunate as to procure a small office & a small assortment of Books & Stationery I should be in a fair way for making a very handsome living. I have advised a number of gentlemen of the town respecting it assure me they think it would answer a very good purpose they also assure me of all the support in their power. Some of them have offered to assist me in getting in an office. <br /> <br /> Having no other friend to write to but yourself in Philadelphia I beg you would pardon the liberty I take in writing you on this occasion The distance from my friends puts it out of their power to assist me; if this should be in your power to assist me in getting an office without embarrassing yourself you would confer an obligation on your humble servant that time never could wear off. The probability is that I should in a short time be able to pay you Sir as my prospect is very good. There will be an edition of the Laws of the territory to print soon. If I get an office I shall have the job; otherwise it will be . to Freeman & Son. Mr. McCullagh seems to incline to . in the business however should you Sir make it convenient to assist me I have friends who would help me to pay part of it. If I had a small assortment of Books & Stationery they would fill very well. I would thank you if you would write me respecting the matter as soon as convenient. I am very anxious to know if I am to do anything in this country. If I cannot succeed in getting an office I intend to go to my father’s. I however hope for the best. <br /> <br /> I saw Mr. McCullagh yesterday. He is well carries on business very briskly. He desired to be remembered to you. <br /> <br /> I am Sir with respect your most obedient and humble Servant <br /> Joseph Carpenter jun.<br /> <br /> to M. Cary. unknown
1888NY4<p><strong> HISTORY OF PUBLISHING </strong><strong>– NATURALISM – EMILE ZOLA </strong></p><p><strong> UNPUBLISHED CORRESPONDENCE OF GEORGES CHARPENTIER </strong></p><p>-</p><p>CHARPENTIER Georges</p><p><strong><em>35 autograph letters from the publisher Georges Charpentier to Eugène Fasquelle</em></strong><strong><em> about literary & editorial affairs Emile Zola & various writers</em></strong></p><p>Paris 1888 to 1892. 129 pp. autographs various formats</p><p><strong>Georges Charpentier 1846 - 1905 was a publisher who became known as a champion of naturalist writers especially Émile Zola Alphonse Daudet Gustave Flaubert and Guy de Maupassant.</strong> He also promoted Impressionist painters. Eugène Fasquelle the recipient of the letters also a famous publisher was at this time the associate of Charpentier – and soon his successor. <strong>In these letters it is frequently question of Zola flagship author of the house.</strong> For example : <em>"I am not of the opinion to publish the </em>Soirées de Médan<em> in fascicules. It seems to me that it is a very bad way of publication" ;</em> <em>"I have received a letter from Zola but he does not speak to me about the </em>Vœu d'une morte".<em> "<strong>He is working hard on </strong></em><strong>La Bête Humaine<em> and we will appear in volume in the first days of January</em></strong><em>. It will still be a good deal."</em> Many letters concern the choice of illustrators for books – as <em>Le Rêve</em> de Zola. <strong>There is also talk of exchanges with foreign publishers: for example Charpentier mentions a meeting with the representative of Cassell & Co of New York.</strong></p>
17681219501768. LOMONOSOV Mikhail Vasil'evich. Jean-Baptiste CHARPENTIER. Elemens de la langue russe ou Methode courte et facile pour apprendre cette lanuge conformement a l'usage. 16 368 pp. 8vo. contemporary sheep smooth spine with gilt fleurons red morocco lettering-piece "Grammaire Russe". St. Petersburg: Academie Imperiale des Sciences 1768. First Edition. A key publication in the modernization of Russia and the first significant work on Russian grammar in a Western European language. Charpentier's work is based the book Rossiskaia grammatika published in 1755 and written by the "father" of modern Russian literature Mikhail Vasil'evich Lomonsov. Lomonsov 1711-1765 was one of the greatest minds in St. Petersburg during the middle of the eighteenth-century learned also in science and math and one of the founders of the University of Moscow. Elemens de la langue russe was published by the renowned St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences considered the leading publisher of secular works in Russia at the time. Before the publication of this title western visitors had no printed means to learn Russian. Aside from some slight worming through the lower margin of the front pastedown through the title-page a fine unsophisticated copy. Russia Engages the World 40 51. unknown books
17681219501768. LOMONOSOV Mikhail Vasil'evich. Jean-Baptiste CHARPENTIER. Elemens de la langue russe ou Methode courte et facile pour apprendre cette lanuge conformement a l'usage. 16 368 pp. 8vo. contemporary sheep smooth spine with gilt fleurons red morocco lettering-piece "Grammaire Russe". St. Petersburg: Academie Imperiale des Sciences 1768. First Edition. A key publication in the modernization of Russia and the first significant work on Russian grammar in a Western European language. Charpentier's work is based the book Rossiskaia grammatika published in 1755 and written by the "father" of modern Russian literature Mikhail Vasil'evich Lomonsov. Lomonsov 1711-1765 was one of the greatest minds in St. Petersburg during the middle of the eighteenth-century learned also in science and math and one of the founders of the University of Moscow. Elemens de la langue russe was published by the renowned St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences considered the leading publisher of secular works in Russia at the time. Before the publication of this title western visitors had no printed means to learn Russian. Aside from some slight worming through the lower margin of the front pastedown through the title-page a fine unsophisticated copy. Russia Engages the World 40 51. unknown
197532518Baltimore: William & Wilkins Company. As New. 1975. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - -269 pages -- with a bonus offer-- . William & Wilkins Company paperback
176897868A Saint-Pétersbourg : De l'Imprimerie de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences, 1768, in-8, 363 pp, Dos de basane havane marbrée orné de fleurons et frises dorés monté sur cartonnage, pièce de titre rouge, Édition originale rare de cette grammaire de langue russe publiée en Russie. Elle est inspirée du Rossijkaja grammatika de Mikhail Lomonossov, parue à Moscou en 1755, sans pour autant en être une imitation servile. Elle était principalement destinée aux français résidant en Russie et s'est particulièrement appliquée à rester simple et donner l'usage courant de la pratique de cette langue. Son auteur, Jean-Baptiste-Charpentier était lecteur de français à l'école de l'Académie des sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg et traducteur. Lorsqu'il se rendit sur place, il trouva de nombreux ouvrages pour apprendre le français mais aucun pour apprendre le russe pour un français. Il la fit publier par la plus célèbre presse scientifiques du pays sur les conseils et avec le soutien de Marignan. Au contenu habituel d'une grammaire (alphabet, orthographe, conjugaison...), il ajouta des exercices, des dialogues familiers, des proverbes ainsi que des informations sur les monnaies, les poids et mesures de Russie. Elle connut un certain succès à sa parution et trois rééditions en 1791, 1795 et 1805. Michaud, Biographie universelle, VII, 679; Barbier, I, 53f. Reliure défraîchie mais solide, petites taches et rousseurs, réparation au titre. Couverture rigide
1785ABC_46272Paris: the widow of Duchesne 1785. Uniformly bound in contemporary mottled calf gold-tooled spine red morocco spine labels with title in gold and one green morocco spine label for volume 2 with the volume number red edges marbled endpapers. 12mo. With Duchesnes woodcut publishers device DC monogram in a wreath and accompanied by oak branches and a different headpiece in each volume. 3 volumes. First edition volume 1 in the present copy with the title-page in a variant state with the year 1785 misprinted the numbers 1 and 7 are tilted to the right and the 8 is on its side printed and published in Paris of a famous and important history of the American Revolution by Pierre Charpentier de Longchamps 1740-1812. Although the title promises the description of all the wars raging in the four parts of the world the work concentrates on the American Revolutionary War or American War of Independence.The larger part relates to the military operations in North America primarily the French and British activities.In addition to the war in the North American colonies the book describes the French attacks on the English in the Caribbean India and Gibraltar.Variant issue with the year 1785 misprinted on the first title-page of the original Paris edition of this famous and important history of the American Revolution by Pierre Charpentier de Longchamps 1740-1812. Another page-for-page reprint appeared in Amsterdam in the same year followed by several other editions and translations including a Spanish translation in 1793. Foot of the spines of the second and third volumes damaged otherwise a set in very good condition.l Barbier II 812; Cioranescu 18th cent. 40820; Fay p. 21 Gephart 5702; Howes L-447; Sabin 41905. the widow of Duchesne, unknown
