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1790310846London: Printed for Alex. Hogg at the King's-Arms No. 16 Paternoster-Row; and sold by all Booksellers and news-carriers in town and country 1790. An entire new edition taken from the original journals as published in quarto by government at a most extravagant price. The whole now revised corrected and improved and published on reasonable terms by Capt. John Hogg late of the Royal Navy. Illustrated with 115 engravings. Without large folding map charting the three voyages. 4 vols. 8vo. Contemporary full tree calf. Lacking folding chart of voyage hhinges loose on several two covers detached internally very good. Booklabels of J. Sellick Bookseller Binder Plymouth. An entire new edition taken from the original journals as published in quarto by government at a most extravagant price. The whole now revised corrected and improved and published on reasonable terms by Capt. John Hogg late of the Royal Navy" Illustrated with 115 engravings. Without large folding map charting the three voyages. 4 vols. 8vo. Not in Beddie. Published in 80 weekly parts from 1784 to 1786. This scarce edition is revised from that of 1785 ESTC cites four copies only two of which are complete: a complete copy in the National Library of Ireland; a copy in a private collection; a copy at the Boston Athenaeum in fact an incompete copy of the 6 volume ed of 1795; and a copy at St. John's University which is vol 4 only. ESTC T206666; not in Beddie cf. 21 & 22 Printed for Alex. Hogg at the King's-Arms, No. 16 Paternoster-Row; and sold by all Booksellers and news-carriers in town and cou unknown books
1859WRCAM47080New Haven: T.J. Stafford 1859. 131pp.17-88 leaves paginated on rectos only including two leaves of advertisements89-971pp. Oblong octavo. Frontis. Original brown publisher's cloth stamped in blind and gilt. Cloth lightly faded extremities worn. Spine very weak. Front inner hinge cracked. Minor wear and soiling to text missing pp.15-16 but no evidence of removal. Still good. Handsomely illustrated catalogue of carriage- maker G. & D. Cook & Co. of New Haven displaying eighty lithographed images of different carriages with a brief history and description of New Haven. G. & D. Cook & Co. was founded in the 1850s and collapsed in 1861 under the economic pressures of the Civil War. They reformed as a joint stock company but that also failed. During the Civil War the company manufactured an early form of bullet-proof vest for Union soldiers at the front lines. Only two copies of this work turn up in OCLC at the University of Illinois and the Henry Ford. T.J. Stafford hardcover books
1903H22364Boston & Farmington: Cook and Watkins 1903. Hardcover. Very Good. Catalog from 1897 measures 14 x 11 inches folio deep red cloth stamped in gilt very good some small scattered abrasions to rear cover. Although the catalog is from Cook & Watkins in Boston it is stamped John W. Holt Farmington PA on cover: this was a Fayette County business near present day Nemacolin and Fallingwater. The catalog has 60 sheets of lithograph designs of stone concrete granite and marble monuments. In addition there are 128 loose sheets of monumental designs dated from 1895 to 1903: 63 sheets measure 13 x 11; 42 sheets measure 11.75 x 9 and seem to be taken from 1901-1903 issues of "Granite" magazine; 9 sheets measure 12 x 9.5 and are gravure photos and finally 14 sheets measure 18 x 12 on slightly thicker paper lithographs in faint gray-blue tone dated 1895 and featuring monumental designs by Charles H. Gall - whose offices were 127 N. Dearborn St. in Chicago. In addition there is a zipping leather briefcase measuring 15 x 11 x 2 inches holding 8 polished granite samples each of which measures 6 x 4 inches. All in very good condition. A terrific and rare assemblage. Cook and Watkins hardcover
186040447New York: Baker & Godwin 1860. Oblong 8vo 7" x 9 3/4" in original publisher's cloth. Front cover detached but present gilt-decorated and stamped in blind. Two frontis engravings the Company's building in New Haven and portraits of the Cooks and General Manager Kimball with tissue guard. 4 226pp. Except as noted Very Good.<br /> <br /> With full-page woodcuts of carriages numbered in accordance with the Descriptive Price List. The facing page of nearly every woodcut is an attractive detailed full-page engraved and usually illustrated advertisement for New Haven Hartford or New York merchants engaged as suppliers to the carriage trade or other business concerns.<br /> An Index to advertisements is included. The advertisement for Henry Austin Architect is a tinted plate which includes a hand-colored woodcut of his office on Chapel Street New Haven. A six-page article on New Haven in 1860 with a railroad map of the shoreline from New York to Boston is also included. "With excellent tinted litho. pls. of every American carriage of the day" Romaine. "Includes advertisements from other firms most of which were located in New Haven" Winterthur. <br /> Romaine 80. Winterthur 1801. Baker & Godwin unknown
17778605<p><strong>Cook's Second Voyage</strong></p><p><strong>1777 Dublin edition</strong></p><p>2 volumes. Octavo. 8½ x 5 inches. 6 xxx 372pp 6 392pp. 1 folding map 4 engraved plates. Leather bindings with dark red leather spine labels. Covers well worn front hinges of both volumes broken but holding rear hinges starting. Shiny glue residue on each spine and hinge from an earlier attempt at repair. Folding table torn at fold discolored from old tape repair. Modern bookplates. A good set.</p><p>First Dublin edition. 2 volumes of a 4-volume set complete within itself. The Beddie bibliography notes two 1777 Dublin editions. The first is part of a 4-volume set. "Binder's title: Cook and Forester's Voyage. Consists of the two-volume Dublin editions of <em>Cook's Voyage to the south Pole</em>… and Forster's <em>Voyage around the World</em>… 1777 each volume having two title pages." Beddie. This set only has one title page. However the "Directions for Placing the Cuts" include directions for plates in <em>Foster's Voyage</em> labeling the volumes as 3rd and 4th in the set. The two volumes of Cook's Voyage offered here are labeled as the 1st and 2nd volumes of the set. While only the Cook volumes are offered here it is complete in itself. The official account of Cook's second voyage and his first as commander of the Resolution 1772-1775. The success of Captain James Cook's first voyage led the Admiralty to send him on a second expedition which was to circumnavigate the globe as far south as possible in search of any southern continents. The men on this expedition were the first to cross the Antarctic Circle. Further visits were made to New Zealand and on two great sweeps Cook made an astonishing series of discoveries and rediscoveries including Easter Island The Marquesas Tahiti and the Society Islands Niue the Tonga Islands the New Hebrides New Caledonia Norfolk Island and a number of smaller islands. Another Dublin edition was published in 1784 this earlier Dublin edition is scarce. Beddie: 1218; Hill: 358; Sabin: 16245.</p> Printed for W. Whitestone, S. Watson, et al. hardcover
73446COOK James. The Journals of Captain James Cook on His Voyages of Discovery. Cambridge: Published for the Hakluyt Society at the University Press 1967-74. Vols. One and Two are second printings with addenda and corrigenda the rest are 1st eds. 4 Vols. in five plus folio atlas. Frontises. illus. portraits maps plates folding maps. Orig. pictorial cloth non-priceclipped d/js. Fine. Hill 367. The best textual edition of Cook's journals of his three voyages with much supplementary material edited by J. C. Beaglehole. The atlas has 88 reproductions of original charts and views drawn by Cook and his officers on the three voyages. Also includes the journals of the surgeons William Anderson and David Samwell both printed for the first time as well as those of Captains Clerke and King for the duration of the voyage after Cook's death. unknown
1941007967North Montpelier VT: The Drfitwind Press 1941 One of 94 copies. Covers a little faded and lightly worn along the edges. Size: 8vo. First Edition. Sewn Wraps. Very Good Plus. The Drfitwind Press paperback
1879WRCLIT64146London: Frank Kerslake 1879. Contemporary three quarter gilt calf marbled boards t.e.g. Front free endsheet loose binding rather scuffed and worn a bit of soiling at edges; a sound copy with an early bookseller's description tipped to the front endsheet. First edition of the earliest Dickens bibliography. A significant association copy probably in a presentation binding inscribed by the compiler to the novelist's son on a preliminary leaf: "To Charles Dickens Esq. with the regards of the Compiler James Cook Aug. 27 1879." Cook's BIBLIOGRAPHY "made with a set of the various Works as they were originally published in parts or in volumes" precedes that of R.H. Shepherd Manchester 1881 and several items directed at collectors such as Johnson's HINTS TO COLLECTORS 1885. Cook provides "such particulars as are necessary to give the Bibliophilist or Collector a thorough knowledge of the peculiarities of the several editions". Major minor and miscellaneous works Christmas books biographies and portraits are described with notes on reprints and inscribed copies. GIMBEL H108. Frank Kerslake hardcover books
140948273Tucson AZ: Food Conspiracy Cooperative 1975. First Edition. Near Fine. 33 original issues of the Food Conspiracy Cooperative newsletter: Vol. 2 Nos. 4 11 12 15; Vol. 3 Nos. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 14-15 16-17 18-19 20 21 22 23 25 26; and Vol. 4 Nos. 2 4 6 8 10 12 16-21 22-26. Each mimeographed issue approx. 10 - 15 pp. Tabloid format 8 1/2 x 7 inches. One issue bound with single staple. Near Fine with light wear and toning address and postmarks to rear cover of most issues. Also included are an undated copy of the bylaws and a postmarked envelope containing a March 1974 price sheet for the People's Warehouse in Tucson.<br /> <br /> <p>A collection of newsletters from the early days of the Food Conspiracy Cooperative established in Tucson in 1971 and still in existence today. The food conspiracy movement originated in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1968 and soon developed into a network of autonomous collectives. Members combined their resources to buy in bulk from farmers and suppliers allowing them to access better food at lower prices.<br /> <br /> <p>The Tucson co-op's commitment to affordable health foods was part of a broader anti-capitalist ethos. "The basic purpose of the Food Conspiracy is to serve the needs of the people" begins Article 7 of the bylaws. "We feel that our purpose would be to provide an economic political and social alternative to the individualistic capitalistic society." The scrappy newsletters are filled with information about women's health United Farm Workers strikes the American Indian Movement and much more providing a window into the turbulence and optimism of 1970s radical liberation movements. Food Conspiracy Cooperative unknown
1794M4831London: W. Faden 1794. Very Good. Notes: An important map of the North West. Published by William Faden as part of his post revolutionary atlas of North America. The map covers from the west coast to Hudsons Bay to Washington state in the south. There is a detailed path of the Captain Cooks voyage is also deliniated. Size : 430x710 mm 16.875x27.875 Inches Coloring: Original Outline Coloring Reference: Nebenzahl 5.6 Category: Maps Polar Arctic Regions Alaska Greenland Iceland; W. Faden unknown
1777M5272London: William Straham 1777. Very good a short tear from the left margin due to attachment to the atlas professionally repaired right margin reinforced. Notes: English edition of Cook's chart depicting his tracks and the other important explorers. Size : 560x545 mm 22x21.5 Inches Coloring: Hand Colored in Outline Category: ; Maps Polar Antarctic Regions William Straham unknown
COOK 6GENESIS 1977. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. LIMITED EDITION FINE IN SLIPCASE. #344 OF 500 COOK James. The Journal of H.M.S. Endeavour 1768-1771 Guildford: Genesis Publications Limited 1977. 4° preface by the Earl Mountbatten of Burma 40 plates 6 coloured facsimile manuscript original red morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf galleon motif stamped in gilt on upper cover spine gilt in compartments blue watered-silk liners g.e. red cloth box. LIMITED TO 500 . GENESIS Hardcover
295372Cincinatti New York: Strobridge Litho Co. PAUS Herbert Andrew. Original poster. Color lithograph. Page measures 35 1/2" x 56 1/2".<br/> <br/> Homefront poster from World War I encouraging Americans to save food. This vividly colored lithograph depicts a Red Cross nurse a wounded soldier a mother and infant and other people in need standing in front of a Iron Cross and pointing to a quote by John Greenleaf Whittier. Folded as issued some cracks along folds. Repair to right margin. Mounted on linen. Beautiful colors.<br/> <br/> Strobridge Litho Co unknown
295372Cincinatti New York: Strobridge Litho Co. PAUS Herbert Andrew. Original poster. Color lithograph. Page measures 35 1/2" x 56 1/2".<br/><br/> Homefront poster from World War I encouraging Americans to save food. This vividly colored lithograph depicts a Red Cross nurse a wounded soldier a mother and infant and other people in need standing in front of a Iron Cross and pointing to a quote by John Greenleaf Whittier. Folded as issued some cracks along folds. Repair to right margin. Mounted on linen. Beautiful colors.<br/><br/> Strobridge Litho Co unknown books
18542606010100E. Hutchinson 1854. Hardcover. Good. Rare Antebellum Cook Book and House Keeping Guide Publisher's embossed boards. Hardcover. Boards rebacked with renewed spine. Edge wear. Generally good internally. Scattered spotting. 136 pages ; 21 cm. Section on cookery has special t.p.: Ladies' domestic economy and housekeepers' guide : containing a selection of valuable family recipes . / by an Experienced cook. [E. Hutchinson] hardcover
1935155213Portland OR: N.p. 1935. Vintage leatherbound photograph album containing 30 photographs of Franz Bakery of Portland Oregon circa 1935. Photographs stamped by two local photography studios Columbia Commercial Studio and Angelus Commercial Studio on the versos. <br /> <br /> A comprehensive document of the daily operations of Franz Bakery with many shots of both the bakery's exterior with the company's then-slogan "The Home of Butter-Nut-'The Bread Supreme'" proudly displayed and interior. The archive captures nearly every possible view of the industrial operation including employee offices and canteen storerooms the company's fleet of Chevrolet delivery trucks and garage and of course the bakery itself. Franz Bakery is still in operation today and is currently one of the largest bread and pastry manufacturers in the northwest United States. <br /> <br /> Photographs approximately 10 x 8 inches housed in an album measuring 11.5 x 8 inches. Album and contents generally Near Fine with the occasional hint of fading. N.p. unknown
1954148946New York: The Producers Theatre 1954. Archive of 14 vintage photographs from the 1954 play. Eleven photographs with stamps identifying the play two photographs with the stamp of photographer Gene Cook and two photographs with the stamp of photographer Louis Melacon on the verso. Included is an announcement of the premiere and an invitation to the play both on Broadway producer and publicist Barry Hyams letterhead the latter signed by Hyams in manuscript ink as well as a production synopsis of the play listing cast and crew theatre and opening and closing dates.<br /> <br /> Featured in the photographs are Barbara Baxley and Janice Rule both notable actresses of the 20th century American theatre.<br /> <br /> A modern take on the biblical story of Noah "The Flowering Peach" premiered at the Belasco Theatre on December 28 1954 for a run of 135 performances closing on April 23 1955 and featured stars of Yiddish theater Menasha Skulnik and Berta Gersten. Remade as the Broadway musical "Two by Two" in 1970 by Richard Rodgers Martin Carnin and Peter Stone starring Danny Kaye. An unusual play for social realist Clifford Odets a humorous modern take on the Biblical story of Noah. The last original play produced by the playwright. <br /> <br /> 8.25 x 10 inches. Some light rippling one with layout annotations in manuscript wax pencil else Near Fine. <br /> <br /> Announcement and invitation on Barry Hyams letterhead 8.5 x 11 inches. Horizontal creases to both else Near Fine.<br /> <br /> Synopsis 8.5 x 11 inches. Good to Very Good. The Producers Theatre unknown
1944166253London: The Golden Cockerel Press 1944. Introduction & Notes by Owen Rutter. Translated into English by Averil Mackenzie-Grieve. Pp. 220last blank2blank folding map 12 wood-engravings by Peter Barker-Mill appendix notes; f'cap folio; green buckram with gilt lettered and decorated brown leather title label on spine upper board decorated in gilt the cloth slightly marked and rubbed fore-corners and foot of spine lightly bruised; top edge gilt; some browning of preliminary blank and frontispiece from previously inserted newsclipping not present; The Golden Cockerel Press London 1944. First Edition in English limited to 350 numbered copies on Arnold's mould-made paper. Holmes 92; Beddie 1284; Davidson pages 62-63; Spence 1150; USN 23-5.59; Cockalorum l62. An eyewitness account of a three-year voyage with Captain Cook previously unpublished in English. The Golden Cockerel Press unknown
158231882Tiguri : excudebat C. Froschoverus, anno 1582 In-folio, plein vélin richement estampé à froid, dos à nerfs, titre, 12 ff. n. ch., 397 ff. ch. & 15 ff. n. ch. Reliure un peu fanée, coiffe sup. usée. Lég. hum. marginale en début d’ouvrage. Un attaque de ver au dernier ff. sans atteinte au texte. Quelques brunissures éparse, sinon bon exemplaire frais.
1819141342P., Audot 1819 In-8 182 x 106 mm, cartonnage bradel moderen, couvertures conservées, VIII- 282- 18 pp., frontispice “Le Mardi Gras”, gravé par Simonet d’après Chasselat et 8 planches gravées tirées en bistre découpes de viandes, volailles, poissons. Avec le catalogue de l’éditeur, daté de mars 1821, relié à la suite de la table 18 pp..
1810127917à Paris, chez Patris et Cie 1810 In-8 20 x 12,5 cm. Reliure moderne demi-chagrin violine, dos lisse orné de petits fers encadrés de filets à froid et dorés, pièce de titre maroquin noir, XXXII-116 pp., 1 planche repliée contenant 6 figures, table des matières. édition originale d’un rare et important ouvrage dont la page de justification est signée de la main de Nicolas Appert. Intérieur d’une grande fraîcheur.
1630129585à Paris, chez Philippe Gaultier, rue des Amandiers, près le Collège des Graffins, au Pélican, M. DC. XXX. 1630 In-16 17 x 10 cm. Reliure de l’époque vélin souple, dos lisse muet, [10]-287 pp., bandeaux et lettrines, illustrée d'un frontispice, d'une vignette de titre, de 5 figures à pleine page, empreintes de maniérisme et très représentatives de l'art baroque du XVIIe siècle ; traitées à la manière des vanités, elles opposent les jouissances des cinq sens aux souffrances du Christ et de l'Église, chacune d'elles présentant deux scènes distinctes qui se répondent. Le tout finement gravé sur cuivre par Corneille Galle, Guillaume Collaert et Peter de Jode, la plupart d'après des compositions de Nicolas Van der Horst, élève de Rubens. Ex-libris CGL Miremont. Reliure d’usage, charnières fendues, intérieur. Ouvrage peu courant.
188944572Sarreguemines, , 1889. 12 assiettes en faïence émaillée marquées au revers (diamètre 21,5 cm).
174291805Chez la Veuve Oudot | Troyes 1742 | 9.6 x 15.9 cm | Relié
8286P., Compagnie des Marchands Libraires du Palais, 1665. Fontispice, 7 ff. non ch., 238 pp., 2 ff. non ch. (table), trois planches comprises dans la pagination. 3 ourages en un volume in 12 veau de l’époque, dos à nerfs orné (reliure usagée avec manque de cuir), (petites galeries de vers au troisième texte).
