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1942163H4369London: Hutchinson & Co. Publishers Ltd. 1942. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 156 pages. Index. Seventeen black and white plates. "In this unusual and important book the author traces the remarkable history of 'The Pilgrims' a unique organization which may well prove the basis and meeting-ground for an even closer fellowship between the the two great English-speaking peoples on whose constant friendship the peace of the world so largely depends." - from dust jacket. "The goal to move America into global government is not new. It was the goal of many British aristocrats specifically Cecil Rhodes and industrialist Andrew Carnegie along with the Pilgrim Society." - Joan Veon 2007. Average wear to unmarked book which is foxed at edges. Above-average wear and yellowed tape repairs to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A worthy example of this elusive title much-sought by conspiracy researchers. Please note that this is not a limited edition copy. Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd. Hardcover
190823509PUblished By The Reilly & Britton Co. Chicago 1908. Glossy COLOR Frontispiece by Howard Heath Light Wear OF 4 Boys in Bubble Like Vehicle Title Page Corner Dog Ear light Soil. Splendidly Illustrated Blank Flyleaf page at Back MISSING There are pages of colorful illustrations.Hardback NODUSTJACKET 1908 1ST EDITION VG-/GOOD SOLD AS-IS. NO JACKET Cover is Brown black & White Slight SOIL & Darkening SPINE COVER Front has slight Rub Scuff Tiny Chips TEARS Extremities & Wear Lettered in Black on Spine WITH Tears Ends 12 mo. with three titles listed on page Preceding Contents. Ending with in Egypt Interior nice Tight Light FOX Stains Wear few wrinkled or Dogeard pages. 310 pgs ADS Light edgewear tan. 8vo Decorations and lettering on boards is still strong and easy to read. Interior few Pencil Marks Pages slightly age tonedSize of book is about 5 1/2 and 7 1/2. Cover Couple corners Rubbed Thru The cover has heavy shelfwear and edge rubbing with tears at top and bottom of spine. .First Edition . One of the scarcer titles in the series and one especially hard to find in collectible condition. .This is Very Scarce Title. First Edition. Hard Cover. PUblished By The Reilly & Britton Co., Chicago hardcover
1861007995Madrid: Imprenta y Litgrafia Militar del Atlas S. Bernardino 1861. First Edition. Half Calf. Pebbled Cloth. Very Good. D. J. Villegas. Majesterial pictorial survey of Spanish cavalry costume from the era of the Roman Empire -- called here the Caballeria Primitiva -- up to 1861 with the number of illustrations devoted to a century increasing with each successive century. Thus the Gothic era or seventh century is given a single plate while the nineteenth century then in its seventh decade receives 14 plates. Oblong folio 30.5 by 41 cm. Title leaf half-title leaf two page intro followed by 69 hand-colored lithographic plates and 40 explanatory pages which are interspersed with plates. Plates have lightly colored or more accurately tinted backgrounds which have a flatness to them. However richer coloring was applied to costume the men and their horses. Gum Arabic sometimes used to enrich the color as well. At the close of the book there is a one page indice. Starting of joints which also rubbed considerably. Cloth on boards scratches and other signs of moderate wear. Leaves within age toned with scattered soiling generally light and not disconcerting. Imprenta y Litgrafia Militar del Atlas S. Bernardino unknown
1941537087Not specified but German-occupied Russia: Der Feldkommandant 1941. Unbound. Near Fine. 11.5" x 8.25". Printed on gray paper in two columns one each in German and Russian with an identical message. A bit of very slight soiling near fine. A notice ordering Jews of 14 years or older to wear a white band with a blue Star of David on their left arm and ordering all Jewish-owned business to be clearly legibly marked as such on the front door and front window as a "Judishes Unternehmen" "Jewish Company". Additionally the final paragraphs states that Jewish-owned business would be required to be open on Saturdays. We could find no record of this seemingly innocuous but chilling broadside which is presumably rare. Der Feldkommandant unknown
1926055829Istanbul: Ikbal Kitabhânesi Chaphâna-ye Abajoli. AH 1345 = 1926 1926. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original full burgundy cloth with original purple endpapers. The title and publisher are lettered in gilt on the front board with the period price "Fiyati 125 gurush" on the rear board. Foolscap 8vo 18 x 10 cm. In Persian. 47 pages of text followed by 36 1 chromolithographed maps on numbered double-page leaflets. There is an additional lithographed index map of Iran. Minor shelf wear on the front and rear boards slightly faded endpapers many maps loosely inserted into the binding a small tear on the 32nd map. Overall a very good clean and complete copy. The first and only edition of this extremely rare and attractive pocket atlas of Qajar Iran produced during the Pahlavi period in the second year of the rule of Reza Shah Pahlavi. The atlas divides the country into 30 sections accompanied by 36 chromolithographed maps and one lithographed index map providing economic agricultural financial demographic commercial and political information. It was published by Hossein Ketabchi an Iranian bookseller and publisher of Azerbaijani origin who owned the Iqbal Publishing House in Istanbul between 1902 and 1943. According to the preface and introduction which begin with praise for the ruling Pahlavi dynasty particularly Reza Shah the Iranian publisher arranged each map in this atlas at a scale of 1:2000000. The maps are organized geographically starting from Khorasan in the east and moving westward to Tabriz. The final two maps include place names toponyms. The maps included: Iran general political map and neighbouring countries and regions Baluchistan Afghanistan Turkestan Arabia Iraq the Caucasia etc. map of the mountains with an inlaid relief map of cities and regions such as Qum Isfahan Tehran etc. map of Mashhad Tous and Jam map of Shirvan Bojnurd Jajrom and Bastam map of Astrabad Gorgan Mazandaran and Semnan map of Nishapur Sabzavar Shahrud Tebes and Gonabad map of Semnan Lasjerd Ardestan and Naeen map of Mazandaran Tehran Qazvin and Rasht with Khazar shore map of Qazvin Mianeh County Rasht and Hamadan map of Langran Ardabil and Tabriz map of Tabriz Khoy Maku and Urmiya with the Lake of Urmiya map of Urmiya Sakhar and Sanandaj Iran Kurdistan map of Hamadan Kermanshah Borujerd and Dezful Khozistan Province map of Karbala Bagdad and Khanakin Iraq map of Khozistan Dezful and Shushtar map of Fars Province Shiraz Bandar-e Bushehr map of Fars Province Shiraz Firuzabad and Farg map of Isfahan Naeen Abadeh and Merakan Hormozgan Province map of Qum Kashan Isfahan and Golpayegan map of Yazd Kerman Province Marand and Bavanat map of Kerman Province Baft Bam and Orzu map of Bandar Abbas Bandar Lengeh Term and Bandar-e Jask with strait of Hormuz with the north of the Persian Gulf a part of the Arabia present day UAE and Omman map of Fars Province Larestan County and Jahangiri map of Qaen Birjand Tebes Tun and Kuhestan of Mazandaran Province map of Harat of Yazd Province Khaf Qaen Birjand and Dorud map of Mistan Nehbandan and Sarhad district map of Ladez Jaleq Kuhak and Sarbaz in Sistan and Beluchistan regions map of Makran Bahuklat and Bandar Gavater with the sea of Oman and shores map of Makran Qasr-e Qand Shahbaz map of Bam Reykhan South Khorasan Bampur and Sarbaz map of trade routes of Iran map of Iranian railways demographic map of Iran relief maps of Iran from Bayazid to Tehran from Bagdad to Tehran three inlaid maps relief maps of Iran from Mashhad to Tehran from Isfahan to Tehran three inlaid maps and relief map of Iran from Bandar Abbas to Tehran and from Kashan to Bushehr including three inlaid maps. Hossein or Hüseyin later known as "Hüseyin Kitapçi" after the Surname Law in Turkey began his career at the Iranian-origin Sems Publishing House before founding his own publishing house in 1902. Until he died in 1943 he made significant contributions to literature publi <br/> <br/> Ikbal Kitabhânesi, Chaphâna-ye Abajoli., [AH 1345 = 1926] hardcover
1967393485San Francisco 1967. Unbound. Good. A collection of snapshots taken at the New Year's Wail concert on January 1 1967 at the Panhandle near Golden Gate Park in San Francisco with some accompanying images. Various sizes. Condition is overall good with tape remnants or shadows mostly in the margins. Several are captioned.<br /> <br /> The "The New Year's Wail / New Year's Whale" was organized by the Hells Angels as a thank you to and a celebration of the Haight Ashbury community for "crowdfunding" the bail money for their member Chocolate George after a traffic arrest. The Diggers helped to promote the event which featured Big Brother and the Grateful Dead as well as Orkustra with Bobby Beausoleil later of the Manson Family. The bands played on a flatbed truck and the photographer was clearly very close to the bands probably on the truck itself. Of the dozen candid photographs of the concert all but one the only color image of some Hells Angels and their bikes in the crowd feature the bands: Joplin appears in at least eight of them and Jerry Garcia in three with other shots of other band members in various combinations. Also accompanied by several other images: two color images of Joplin singing date stamped in May 1967 damage to the margins although the images of Joplin are largely clear. Also with a color photo of a psychedelically decorated hippie crash pad as well as another 14 images of several young men presumably the photographer and his friends: one with a motorcycle several in military garb sitting on a dock smoking pot one on a ship's deck and several overseas in Thailand and the Philippines. unknown
1630SAV156Strassburg: In Verlegung Lazari Zetzners Seligen Erben 1630. Hardcover. Good. 1625-1630. Four parts in one volume separately titled two with engraved borders. Oblong 8vo 133x175mm. Pagination: Part 1: 3-111 1pp. lacking title; Part II: 135 1pp. pp. 19-20 misbound but present ; Part III: 87 1pp.; Part IV: 159 1pp lacking 5 engravings at pp. 69-70 89-90 141-144 157-158. Sold as is. 228 oblong copperplate engravings of Old and New Testament compositions covering biblical books of Genesis to Apocalypse with Latin German and French text from a chronicle by Johann Ludwig Gottfried. Old German Type. This copy opening with the dedication by Merian to the austere and noble Frankfurt town mayor Johann Martin Bawer von Eiseneck Baur von Eysseneck and followed by the Favorable Reader pages. Part I of the Icones Biblicae covers the books of Genesis to end of Deuteronomy. Part II is dedicated to Anna Maria Königin and Jacob Sandrarts a burger and tradesman of Frankfurt respectively and covers the books of Joshua to second book of Kings. Part III the shortest and dated 1630 covers books of Chronicles to II Maccabees. Part IV dated 1629 with engraved title with Christ as Humilitas and astounded St. Paul in Glory covers New Testament chronicles and scenes including all four Gospel writers Acts of the Apostles and the Apocalypse. Later half calf over speckled boards; front cover loose some minor excisions as noted above preliminary leaves and some corners and margins repaired some margins shaved close with loss scattered stains overall a good compact copy rich in engravings. <br/><br/>Merians engravings and Gottfrieds trilingual chronicle together an iconographic compendium to the Bible the Icones Biblicae published between 1625 and 1630 by Zetzners in Strassburg. The printers De Bry in Frankfurt produced another edition of the same title from 1625 to 1627. After 1631 other editions of the "Icones Biblicae" appeared in Amsterdam and Cologne. The initial work was conceived as a monumental collection of great scenes from the Bible designed by Merian and accompanied with short descriptive texts in German Latin and French by German theologian and historian Johann Ludwig Gottfried. Swiss-born engraver Matthaeus Merian the Elder lived in Frankfurt most his life where he produced several religious historical and topographical publications for the European market. Perhaps best known for his detailed prints of European cities Merians biblical imagery both of Old and New Testament compositions were also well integrated into the vernacular culture of his time. Merians superb engravings are reminiscent of seventeenth century European landscapes plentiful in period details and notable for Baroque-ized exaggerations consisting of raucous figures in high drama situations. It is purported Rembrandt van Rijn consulted a copy of the "Icones Biblicae" for ideas for his compositions. OCLC locates only one copy but that of De Bry in a US institution. This Zetzners edition is uncommon outside Europe. Altogether a scarce work and commonly lacking a few engravings which were probably pulled for artistic reference. In Verlegung Lazari Zetzners Seligen Erben hardcover
163238184London: Printed by M. Flesher for Rich: Royston in Ivie-lane next the exchequer Office London 1632. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. This is the third edition of Montaigne's influential and famous essays and on the title page it says that whereunto this edition is now more newly added an index of the principal matters and personages mentioned in the book. The celebrated architectural illustration that is engraved on the title page is by Martin Droeshout responsible for the iconic portrait of Shakespeare in the First Folio also appeared in this edition for the first time Montaigne is credited with pioneering the modern essay form. His Essays are a collection of personal reflections exploring a wide range of topics from human nature to philosophy literature and personal experiences. Published in three books they were written and revised over several decades with the first edition appearing in 1580. The remarkable modernity of thought apparent in Montaigne's essays coupled with their sustained popularity made them arguably the most prominent work in French philosophy until the Enlightenment. Their influence over French education and culture is still strong. Wikipedia They were originally written in Middle French and published in the Kingdom of France. Montaigne's stated design in writing publishing and revising the Essays over the period from approximately 1570 to 1592 was to record "some traits of my character and of my humours." Montaigne's Essays went through several stages of publication evolving from a two-book work in 1580 to a final posthumous edition in 1595. The first English translation of Montaigne's Essays was published in 1603 by John Florio. This translation titled The Essayes or Morall politike and millitarie discourses was a significant event in English literature introducing the French philosopher's work to an English-speaking audience. <br /> <br /> Bound in full brown leather; the spine has raised bands with titling and ornaments in gilt. There are small chips on the right side of each band. A small piece of leather at the bottom of spine edge is torn away and their is a slight crack to the top of spine along the front cover. The covers have some bumping and rubbing and a few small spots. It appears that the formal endpapers are missing and there is just rough paper covering the inside covers. It is torn and revels glue remnants <br /> <br /> The front inside cover has a bookplate with a coronet and the Latin motto "Vernon Semper Viret" meaning in English "Vernon Always Flourishes". This appears to belong to George John Warren Venables-Vernon 5th Baron Vernon 1803-1866 who was a British politician and member of parliament. He was also a devotee of Dante and The Inferno.<br /> <br /> The text pages have bright white margins but the printed text sections are somewhat browned. There small brown spots along the margins of pages 55-60 with one having become a hole. There are three books of essays with the second and third books having title pages dated 1631. The first book: pages 1 - 177; the second book: pages 183-440; the third book: pages 443-631. It is followed by the "Index or Table of subjects that is unpaginated. Despite the noted condition issue this is still a very good copy of this important book. LIT/073125. Printed by M. Flesher, for Rich: Royston, in Ivie-lane next the exchequer Office, London hardcover
1988022752New York: Rock Foundation 1988. First edition. 12 volumes in 3 parts and 3 slipcases. Large folios gray cloth. Very slight rubbing to spines and slipcases; Near fine or better. No signs of previous ownership. Schuster 1904-1969 a pioneer in the Study of Folk Symbols spent his life traveling the world gathering them and compiled an extensive and organized file of examples. Carpenter compiled and wrote this book from those files. It is also a masterpiece of printing and book design by Meriden/Stinehour Press. Rock Foundation unknown
1935895London: Jonathan Cape 1935. First Trade Edition. Bound by Bayntun-Riviere. Fine. LAWRENCE T. E<br /> Seven pillars of wisdom: a triumph<br /> London. Jonathan Cape 1935. First trade edition.<br /> <p>Quarto. 672pp. With a photogravure portrait frontispiece of Lawrence from the plaster bust by Eric Kennington 53 plates four in colour and four folding maps. Bound by Bayntun-Riviere stamp-signed to front turn-in in contemporary gilt-tooled brown morocco A.E.G. marbled endpapers Housed in custom tan cloth slipcase. An immaculate copy.</p> <br /> <p>A handsomely bound copy of the first trade edition of Lawrence's magisterial account of the Arab Revolt during the First World War.</p> . Jonathan Cape unknown
11375Some woodcut diagrams. Woodblock-printed. 3 76; 71; 93; 71 folding leaves. Four quyển in four vols. 8vo orig. wrappers with pasted-on handwritten title-slip leaves appear to be knot-bound inside red edges. Vietnam: Nguyá»…n dynasty.<br /> <BR> <BR> Rare Vietnamese edition of the Classic of Changes incorporating cosmological diagrams and commentaries of the Neo-Confucian philosophers Shao Yong é‚µé› 1012-77 Cheng Yi ç¨‹é¢ 1033-1107 and Zhu Xi 朱熹 1130-1200. The only other Vietnamese copy of the Classic of Changes in WorldCat is a different edition held at Leiden University accession no. 695525306. <br /> <BR> <BR> "The Yijing was probably introduced into Vietnam at about the same time as it reached Korea and Japan but it did not become influential until the establishment of the Lê dynasty 1428-1789. During that period Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism became state orthodoxy and the Changes was studied both as a Confucian classic at the Imperial College and as a divination manual at the Ministry of Rites."-Richard J. Smith The I Ching: A Biography 2012 pp. 151-52.<br /> <BR> <BR> "Yijing scholarship in Vietnam was highly pragmatic. Vietnamese scholars were not interested in metaphysical discussions or textual criticism. To most Vietnamese the Yijing was a book of high practical value. The Yijing was basically treated as a textbook for the civil service examinations. The Vietnamese government reprinted Zhu Xi and Cheng Yi's commentaries on the Yijing numerous times to promote Confucian education and morality.<br /> <BR> <BR> "Traditional Vietnam also applied Yijing-related principles to things and affairs in their daily life. Though not a popular and influential text in the Vietnamese Confucian circle the Yijing and its yinyang wuxing two primal forces and five basic agents doctrine penetrated the ideas and practices of Vietnamese politics medicine agriculture calendrical studies geography religion and folklore. The yinyang wuxing doctrine shaped the Vietnamese perception of their society politics human relationship and the outside world.The imperial family and the courtiers applied the principle of wuxing in naming. Vietnamese scholars used the Yijing to advocate the 'six-eight poetry.' Some Vietnamese officials claimed authority from the divination of the Yijing. Geomancy or fengshui based on the yinyang wuxing doctrine was prevalent in Vietnamese thought and folklore."-Wai-Ming Ng "Yijing Scholarship in Late Nguyá»…n Vietnam" Review of Vietnamese Studies 3 No. 1 2003 p. 5.<br /> <BR> <BR> Our copy of the Classic of Changes appears to be identical to the digitized copy held at the National Library of Vietnam HVv.1/1-4 which has been described as a Vietnamese reprint of a Yongle-era 1403-25 Chinese edition. It is a succinct presentation of the Classic of Changes with essential prefatory and in-line commentaries by Neo-Confucian scholars including a series of cosmological diagrams in the first volume. As Richard Smith notes above Yijing editions such as ours have been published in Vietnam since the Lê dynasty and the absence of publication information - either of the Chinese edition or the Vietnamese reprint - makes our copy difficult to date. The presence of handwritten marginalia in sinographs nevertheless makes clear that our copy has been carefully studied by at least one Vietnamese student of the classic presumably before the abolishment of the civil examination system in 1919.<br /> <BR> <BR> Overall very good condition with light and mostly marginal staining and worming. The endpapers are recycled paper with printed and handwritten texts. Edges are painted red and some are split along the fore-edge which does not affect reading. Annotated by hand throughout in red ink with additional and later page numbers in Arabic numerals and glosses in the Vietnamese Latin alphabet. <br /> <BR> <BR> ⧠Yuenan Hannan wenxian ziliaoku 越å—漢喃文ç»è³‡æ–™åº« Academia Sinica. unknown
188640586New York: William S. Gottsberger 1886. 1886 and 1887. Complete in 6 volumes. Four of the volumes 3 through 6 are first printings with the date of 1886 on title page and "Press of William S. Gottsberger" at the bottom of the copyright page. Two volumes 1 and 2 are dated 1887 on the title page and there is no Gottsberger imprint on the copyright page. 12 mo original brown publisher's cloth stamped in black and gilt. Overall Very Good condition with light to moderate shelf wear and evidence of damp stain to front cover of volume 5. William S. Gottsberger hardcover
191023430Reilly & Britton Chicago 1910. Hardback NODUSTJAKCET 1910 1ST EDITION VG/VG- AS-IS. NO JACKET Slight SOIL & Sun SPINE COVER 19cm. with four titles listed on title page. Ending with YUCATAN Small Corner Ding From Top edge Cover. Interior nice Tight Light FOX Wear. 343 pgs ADS Aeroplane Boys Series & Airship Boys Series Verso of half title lists five titles ending in Boy Fortune Hunters in Yucatan. Very good condition with slight remains of smoke to spine. Gift inscription dated 1911 on front free endpaper . One of the scarcer titles in the series and one especially hard to find in collectible condition. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Reilly & Britton, Chicago, hardcover
19450009118DIJON FRANCE FR. Very Good. 1945. On offer is the 1945 Come-Back Diary of the 602 Anti-Aircraft Artillery Gun Battalion detailing the few months of the battalions involvement in World War II. The document is an incredibly unique and interesting piece of World War II memorabilia. As well each and every newsletter in the collection was written or compiled by Sidney Bernstein one of the most famous music promoters of the 1960s and the man who booked the Beatles among many other in their first tour of America and helped jump start the British Invasion in the mid-1960s. The Come-Back Diary contains within it all the volumes of the 602nd AAA Gun Battalion daily newsletter published between April 1945 and October 1945. Bernstein and the 602 AAA Gun Battalion are stationed in Dijon France for the entirety of the newsletters production The first issue of the first volume April 11 1945 has the headline Your 3 Minutes Gazette Goes To Press!! and feature short paragraphs under the titles Feature Story Music Dept. Your Daily Comic Strip Gossip Column Editorial War News and Tonites Movie. Other sections featured throughout the seven month run include Afterthoughts Religious Services Notes from a G.I.s notebook Letter of the Day Sports Personalities Predictions Sinatra what is the strange phenomena called Frank Sinatra and many many more. As the issues progress the newsletter takes on a more conversational tone dealing less with the events coming up than with the general feelings and daily life in Dijon in the waning months of the War as well as including more personal thoughts from Bernstein himself. For example: Vol. 2 No. 13 June 26 1945. Brother is hot.He cusses and cusses and cusses - The Sun-baked tents - the dirty sons of the Rising Sun - the Sun itself.but then he remembers - an intensely cold winter night on guard in Germany - reports on the hot loop Nazi paratroopers dropping all around - his fingers almost froze to his M1 that long long night and how he prayed that hed see the sun once more.The guys stops cursing.peels off his OD shirt and strips to the waist leaves his tent for a slug of water.smiles at the sun.and goes to work on the Tuesday edition. In total the newspaper is filled with items and tidbits from back home in the U.S. entertainment and lifestyle information for the serviceman of the Six-Oh-Second. Bernstein is a very competent and very enjoyable writer throughout and does an exceptional job of conveying emotion wit and the experience of daily life as a soldier in the Dijon. Days of heightened emotion such as FDRs death Hitlers death VE day VJ day the opening of Bernsteins GI Nite Club and many others in the last year of the war are especially interesting. Bernstein is an incredibly adept and interesting writer and these days show off his talent especially well. The newsletters continue until September 24 1945. There is one later newsletter included in the collection from October 13th. This is on the first page of the compilation and does an excellent job of setting the scene of the post WW2 landscape as well as Bernsteins feelings of writing the newsletter during the war. It is one of the most interesting newsletters in the collection account for roughly 85 pages. Each page seemed to be set and printed by Sidney Bernstein himself. The pages are in good shape showing occasional rips and tears but very little other than that. Some pages have smudging of the ink but nothing to affect the legibility of the content. The cover is a simple brown paper. It seems the front cover used to say 602 AAA COMEBACK DIARY with a drawing of what looks to be the Statue of Liberty however the drawing and letters have faded almost completely and are very difficult to make out. There is no spine and the book is bound by thread. This would make an absolutely amazing document of World War II history as it presents a nuanced and comprehensive picture of the life of servicemen in Dijon as the War came to end. As well this would be great for anyone interested in the incredible life of Sid Bernstein before he helped change the world of music forever. Sample Text: April 12 - EDITORIAL - The President of the United States of America our Commander in Chief passed away last night. The strange thing about death is that life still goes on men are painting others guarding prisoners rations billets motor pool the Colonel on his daily inspection to the Major continues with his daily conferences more men liberated from the hell that is Germany the whole works the whole world continues with their jobs for that is the way he wanted it. He is a casualty of war just like Otto Kiefers brother and Leo Olszowas brother who died while serving their country.; THE GI NITE CLUB - It opens tonite at 7 PM.Will be open every nite from to-nite on until 11:30 PM.The place was planned as a club for every enlisted man whos got some time and very little money to spend.It belongs to every man with six chevrons or less.The GI Club is being opened in a hurry because of the urgent need for one.The fellows of the 214th AAA and those of the 602 AAA who make up the small operating staff of your GI Nite-Club have had a rugged time.You cant appreciate success unless you have a hard time achieving it.Its better this way.The returns on a few nights sales of beer will allow us to buy wine.sparkling Burgundy - Cognac - and Champagne.; August 6 - The latest news on the closing of GI Joes is that there is none. In this case No news is Good news - the popular and much needed eatery is still functioning as of old. The news of its closing upset more people and stomachs than any local news item in weeks.DIJON has a growing reputation as the all GI town - perhaps the powers that be have recognized this fact - and are trying to keep Dijon as the town - that is first last and always - of - for - and by YOU - Mr. JOE G. I.your garcon Sidney.; August 15 - Yes its all over - All over the world - Lady peach has resumed her reign. We her subjects bow humbly at her throne.The world has again become Gods kingdom - And we his children lift our hearts and voices in prayer - for this is not just a day of rejoicing.it is a day - that puts an end to all that is bad - a day whose prayers hopes and accomplishments will mark the beginning of a bigger better world.Wood-blocks and printers ink.bold black type and huge head-lines.blaring trumpets and empty cognac bottles. lip-sticked cheeks and eager lips.horns and boat whistles.an extra hour in bed.being called by your first name and calling the Lieutenant by his.a smile from the frozen face Madame and a happy Bonjour from the unknown jolie Madamoselle.Peace Its Wonderful - La Guerre est Finie. Background: Sidney Bernstein August 12 1918 August 21 2013 was an American music producer and promoter. Bernstein changed the American music scene in the 1960s by bringing The Beatles The Rolling Stones Herman's Hermits The Moody Blues and The Kinks to America. He was the first impresario to organize rock concerts at sports stadiums. Bernstein was born in New York City in 1918 and was adopted by a Russian Jewish family. He studied journalism at Columbia University before working in a ballroom and joining the US Army in 1943. During World War II he was stationed in Britain and also served in France with the 602nd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Gun Battalion of the United States Army. besides his military duties as part of the 602nd Triple A Gun Battalion he published a newspaper filled with items from back home entertainment and lifestyle information for the serviceman called The Comeback Diary. Bernstein helped jumpstart the British Invasion as the first concert promoter to bring The Beatles over to the United States from Britain. OVERALL: VG; Manuscript; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF SIDNEY BERNSTEIN 602 ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY GUN BATTALION 602nd AAA GUN BN SIX-OH-SECOND COME-BACK DIARY LAST MONTHS OF WW2 LIFE OF A WORLD WAR TWO GI SOLDIERS NEWSLETTER COMPANY GAZETTE VE DAY VJ DAY DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL PERSONAL HISTORY FIRST PERSON ACCOUNT FRANCE AFTER THE LI . unknown
17891296<p>London: Philadelphia printed Re-Printed J. Debrett 1789. First edition. Leather_bound. Very Good. 4 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches. 8vo. 364 pages including the errata sheet and terminal advertisement. Collates as: a 2 leaves b 6 leaves A - B in 6s C - P in 12s Q 6 leaves. Handwritten note to ffep in near contemporary hand noting "Rev'd Marshall D. Smith Passaic New Jersey. Very rare and therefore to be carefully used and returned to the owner." Small thumbnail sized chip at bottom outer margin of title page with no loss of text. Some light soiling to first half of the text but pages otherwise clean and free from marking soiling or staining. Top edge brightly gilt. Other edges uncut. Bound in early 20th Century polished calf by Pratt with gilt panels of triple gilt-ruled borders and gilt acorn decorations in corners. Original spine with six gilt decorated compartments and two black morocco spine labels relaid. Extremities lightly rubbed. Griffiths 1789/8. A spectacular and uncut copy of the rarest Anglican/Episcopal Prayer Book. The Protestant Episcopal Church was founded at a convention at Philadelphia in 1785. After the American Revolution a new American Prayer Book was proposed and printed in an edition of 4000 copies by a Philadelphia printer. This edition was printed in a very limited number for the use of the bishops in England. Only fifty 50 copies were printed. "A rarer book connected with American church history can hardly be named." Perry's History.</p> Philadelphia printed, Re-Printed J. Debrett hardcover
176256918Frankfurt am Mayn Garbe 1762. 8vo. Very nice contemporary full mottled calf with five raised bands to richly gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. A bit of wear to spine causing slight loss of leather and a neat restoration to lower compartment. A paperlabel pasted on top of spine. Small loss of leather to back board. A stamp on title-page Holstein=Holsteinborg. 70 397 pp. 4 folded tables paginated 391-97. Internally clean some quires printed on thick paper. <br/><br/><em>The rare first edition of the founding work of Niebuhr's Arabia-expedition which would gain world-wide fame and establish the scientific description of the Arabian peninsula. The present work consists in 100 questions the answers to which constitute the purpose of the Royal Danish Arabia Expedition. In fact the present work is the handbook of Niebuhr's travel to Arabia Felix as its author is the spiritual father of it. The work is extraordinary in many ways and it not only served as the basis for the Arabia-expedition it also constitutes a forerunner of modern bible science that would begin to emerge a few decades later. Johann Davis Michaelis 1717-19 was a theologian and orientalist whose fame today rests upon the present work and upon the fact that he was responsible for the first scientific expedition to Arabia Felix namely that of Niebuhr. In 1753 he had come up with the idea for the the Royal Danish Arabia Expedition 1761-1767 and had gotten the Danish minister Bernstoff to agree to it. In 1760 when the expedition was becoming a reality Michaelis recommended Niebuhr as a participant and he outlined the entire purpose of the trip - namaly the list of 100 questions that he prepared and published for the members of the expedition in order for them to answer in the course of the voyage. For all intents and purposes Michaelis was the spiritual father of the Arabia-expedition. As a theologian and an orientalist many of Michaelis' questions have root in the Bible. But unlike many other theolgians of the time Michaelis sought to shed light over biblical themes through sources outside of the Bible - especially from the Middle East not least Arabia. In this regard his 100 Questions also came to be a precursor to the emergence of modern bible science.Although the expedition would have never taken place had it not been for Michaelis and his 100 questions - many of which are also purely naturalistic - he could not quite have foreseen the scientific outcome of the expedition. He had not foreseen that Niebuhr would become the founder of the scientific description of the Arabian peninsula and that Niebuhr's notes would become the basis for the first decipherment of Mesopotamian and Persian cuneiform. On the contrary he was probably quite disappointed that his questions were not all answered as thoroughly as the had anticipated. Adding to that Niebuhr's answer to the questions "only" takes up six pages in the preface to "Description of Arabia" although the text itself contains many detailed explanations and answers to Michaelis' questions. </em> hardcover
1755ABC_474521755. Manuscript of 24 pages 6 printed maps on cardboard. This wonderful logbook details the journey of a French captain from Manila to the Maluku Islands in todays Indonesia. The journey took place during the months of March to May of 1755. The captain of the ship recounted with great detail the events of every day of the journey with detailed daily accounts of the weather winds manoeuvres of the ship its departures anchorages and precise coordinates at every point of the journey. The captain furthermore had a keen eye for the geographical and nautical details along the journey. He recounted the exact locations of for example sandbanks and bays where ships and their crews can take provisions and fresh water. The accounts are detailed and captivating: "After our boats were back on board we set sail . in the afternoon to moor under the old Portuguese fort on the Solor island Indonesia the winds for the tide were fresh at 1:34 a.m. . sand and gravel and then I went back to mooring. The pavilion of the fort . the village is under the said fort at 3 cables from us .". The captain goes on to describe the geographical features of the islands as well as other places en route with great detail. Curiously we find inscriptions in Spanish and the names of one don Phelipe Qui who describes himself as el piloto and one Padre Don Estevan de Melo. The latter might be identical with Don Estevan Roxas y Melo a native of Lima Peru and secretary to the Archbishop of Manila Rodriguez since 1736. Roxas y Melo was part of the 1751 reconstruction of the Cathedral of Manila working under the auspice of the Italian architect Juan de Uguccioni.The logbook comes with six printed maps partly illustrating the journey of the captain pasted on contemporary cardboard. They depict the Bay of Sulavesi with the city of Bantang Pitcairn the coast of New Guinea the coast of Queensland the Santa Cruz Islands in the present-day Solomon Islands and Alejandro Selkirk Island. The plates stem from the French translation of James Hawkesworths An Account of the Voyages Hawkesworth Relation des voyages entrepris par ordre de sa Majesté Britannique actuellement regnante; pour faire des découvertes dans l'hemisphère meridional Paris 1774.Some holes on the first sheet not affecting the text. Small water damage some slighlty affecting the text. Remnants of seals on last page. Otherwise in good condition. unknown
19632110502151003580Kojunsha Publishing Office 1963. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 13 Kojunsha Publishing Office paperback
15741412080047Parisiis : Apud Galeotum a Prato & Ioannem Ruellium 1574-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo. 8 107 frontis 196 ill. Parallel Latin and French. Quarter bound in fine early 20th century quarter green Moroccan. Gilt spine. 5 raised bands. Speckled boards. Marbled end pages. Silk ribbon. Printers device on final blank. Clean unmarked pages with minimal tanning. Inlaid auctions slips from 1936 and 1940 of this book at auction and the 1551 edition. Harvard Mortimer French 316; Brunet III 343; Adams H852. <br><br> Hieroglyphica is a text extant from the early medieval period ascribed to Horapollo Horus Apollo but it may be a pseudepigraph. The text of the Hieroglyphica consists of two books containing a total of 189 explanations of Egyptian hieroglyphs. The books profess to be a translation from an Egyptian original into Greek by a certain Philippus of whom nothing is known. The text was discovered in 1419 on the island of Andros and by the end of the 15th century the text became immensely popular among humanists. <Br>The Greek text is not in this edition which reproduces the engravings from the 1551 edition with some additions and a nice frontispiece Brunet. The frontispiece is attributed by Didot in his essay on the woodcut gives it as the most elegant woodcut that surrounds the title page and attributes the work to Jean Cousin. Papillion adds further that all the figures of this book are from the same artist. from auction slip. Parisiis : Apud Galeotum a Prato, & Ioannem Ruellium hardcover
18961812240048Boston Mass. : Published by the New-England Historic Genealogical Society 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed. The Tan Book series: Massachusetts Genealogy 182 volume set. Hardcovers. A massive collection of many of the towns in Tan Book series. Census information births marriages deaths. Contains the Vital Records of the following Massachusetts towns: Acton; Alford; Amesbury; Andover vols 1-2; Arlington; Ashfield; Ashburnham; Athol; Barre; Becket; Bedford; Beverly vols 1-2; Billerica; Brimfield; Bolton; Boxford; Bradford; Brockton; Brookfield; Burlington; Canton; Carlisle; Cambridge Vols 1-2; Charlemont; Charlestown Vol 1. Newer printing; Charlton; Chatham NP 1991; Chelmsford; Chelsea NP; Chester; Cohasset; Conway; Dalton; Danvers vols 1-2; Dartmouth Vos. 1-3; Deerfield; Dennis Vols. 1-3 np; Dorchester South; Douglas; Dracut; Dudley; Dunstable; Edgartown 2 vols; Essex; Falmouth Picton Press 1993; Framingham; Gardner; Gloucester vols. 1-3; Grafton; Granville; Great Barrington; Greenfield; Groton vols. 1-2; Hamilton; Harvard; Harwich Harwick Historical Soc 1982; Haverhill vols. 1-2; Heath; Hinsdale; Holden; Holliston; Hopkinton; Hubbardston; Hull; Ipswich Vols. 1-2; Lee; Leicester; Leominster; Lexington; Lowell Vols. 1-4; Lynn Vols. 1-2; Kingston; Malden; Marblehead Vols. 1-3; Marlborough; Manchester; Medford; Methuen; Middleborough Mass. Soc. Mayflower Desc. 1986 Vols 1-2; Middleton; Middlefield Vols. 1-4; Nantucket Vols. 1 3-5; New Ashford; New Bedford Vols. 1-2; New Braintree; Newbury vols. 1-2; Newton; Northbridge; Norton; Oakham; Palmer; Pelham; Pembroke; Petersham; Phillipston; Princeton; Plympton; Reading; Richmond; Rowley; Roxbury Vols. 1-2; Royalston; Rutland; Salem Vols. 1-6; Salisbury; Saugus; Shelburne; Shirley; Shrewsbury; Southborough; Southbridge Holbrook NP; Spencer; Stoneham; Stoughton; Stow; Sturbridge; Sudbury; Sutton; Taunton Vols. 1-3 vol 1; Templeton; Tewksbury; Tisbury; Topsfield; Tyngsborough; Tyringham; Webster Holbrook np; Wakefield; Warren; Washington; Wayland; Wenham; Westborough; West Bridgewater; West Boylston; Westford; Westminster; West Newbury; Westport; West Stockbridge; Weymouth Vols. 1-2; Winchendon; Windsor; Williamstown; Worthington; Upton; Uxbridge. Note: 9 of the volumes later printings as indicated. This is an oversized or heavy book which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. Boston, Mass. : Published by the New-England Historic Genealogical Society, hardcover
17901102170067William Porter Skinner-Row 1790. Leather Bound. Very Good. 3 volumes. 8vo. Superior copy near fine. Clean unmarked pages including four beautiful folded maps in fine condition with no splits or foxing. Good binding and covers bound in full contemporary leather very minor rubbing. Spines solid with six compartments. Gold gilt lettering and decorations on the spine bright spine lettering. Inside cover labelled with the crest and motto of Edward Westby of County Clare Ireland. Volume I: 34 336 2 pp. Volume II: 24 383 2 pp. 12 371 2 pp. Maps: Volume 1: p. 1. The World with the Latest Discoveries p. 290. A New Map of Spain Designed for the Present State of Spain Volume 3: p. 1. The British Islands p. 335. A Map of Ireland principally intended to show the position of the Chief Groups of Mountains and the courses of the greater Rivers. Copied with some additions from Beaufort's small Map by permission. William Porter, Skinner-Row hardcover
1916022588Paris: Devambez. Rare First Printing of Claude Debussys Elegie for Piano L. 146 138 Wrappers. First and Limited Edition: No. 11 of only 25 copies on Imperial Japanese Paper and signed by Mary Mellor. Large 4to. 211 pp. printed text and facsimiles of manuscripts. This book was composed to honor the contributions of women during World War I. Debussy was one of 92 men and 30 women who participated in the project offering a range of artistic contributions from France England the United States Canada and Russia. Among contributors in addition to Debussy were Auguste Rodin Rudyard Kipling Robert Baden-Powell Anatole France Lord Kitchner Pierre Loti Marcel Prevost Jerome K. Jerome and Gertrude Atherton. The book is dedicated to Queen Alexandra of Denmark Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Empress of India. The portrait of Queen Alexandra is bordered with hand-colored stenciled roses. Debussy wrote his Elegie in December 1915 when he was still experiencing the devastating events of the First World War. Shortly before he had undergone a cancer operation from which he never quite recovered. The Elegie was the only piano piece he wrote during that year and it was to be his last piano work. Due to his deteriorating health he wrote very little afterwards. The spine has been superbly restored. Edge roughness on a blank that is not Japanese Imperial Paper mostly unopened. Very Good. Rare collectable. . Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1916. Devambez paperback
0913UY0LCL0Unknown Binding. Good. Philadelphia: Printed by R. Aitken and Son 1788. Almost very good. Front cover detached. Name from 1791 on front fly. Scarce. unknown
1701AQ33150London: Printed by T. Ilive for Edward Brewster 1701. 160pp. With a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. ESTC T60836. Bound with: The Most Pleasant and Delightful history of reynard the fox. The second part. London. Printed by A. M. and R. R. for Edward Brewster 1681. 112pp. ESTC R218371 Wing M2912. And: The shifts of reynardine The son of Reynard the Fox Or a Pleasant history of his life and death. London. Printed by Thomas James for Edward Brewster 1684. 8 160pp. ESTC R40614 Wing S3426. Quarto. Text predominantly black letter with headlines and side notes in roman and italic. Modern blind-ruled chestnut morocco lettered in gilt to spine. Very occasional minute marginal worm-tracks scattered spotting naive marginal paper repairs to title page and first mentioned and terminal leaf of final mentioned work. Reynard the Fox 'hero of several medieval European cycles of versified animal tales that satirize contemporary human society. Though Reynard is sly amoral cowardly and self- seeking he is still a sympathetic hero whose cunning is a necessity for survival. He symbolizes the triumph of craft over brute strength usually personified by Isengrim the greedy and dull-witted wolf.The main literary tradition of Reynard the Fox descends from the extant French 'branches' of the Roman de Renart about 30 in number nearly 40000 lines of verse. The facetious portrayal of rustic life the camel as a papal legate speaking broken French the animals riding on horses and recounting elaborate dreams all suggest the atmosphere of 13th-century France' Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature. ESTC R35186. Quarto. Printed by T. Ilive, for Edward Brewster unknown
65432Bombay: Printed at the Education Society's Steam Press Byculla 1893. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. xxiii2362 errata4 ads. Arabic and English text. Publisher's original red cloth binding with gilt lettering to spine and upper cover. From the library of the "Newman School of Missions" of Thabor Jerusalem with their book label to front pastedown. The Newman School of Missions was a historical institution located at a place called Thabor in Jerusalem British Palestine active at least during the 1920s to 1940s. Some rubbing and fading to cloth slightly cocked contents clean and unmarked save for one ink scribble to lower portion of page 95 generally a pleasant copy in the original cloth. An important and uncommon English translation of the Mu'allaqat 'The Suspended Odes' one of the most celebrated compilations of pre-Islamic poetry. The seven poems by Imru' al-Qais Tarafa Zuhayr Labid 'Antara Ibn Shaddad 'Amr ibn Kulthum and Harith ibn Hilliza are believed to have been hung in the Kaaba although many scholars have argued the title is less literal referring instead to suspension in the mind. Due to its renown the Mu'allaqat attracted several important commentaries by leading scholars of early Arabic poetry. This edition is translated line by line with notes alternative readings historical context etc. by Capt. F.E. Johnson. It also features an introduction and analysis by Sheikh Faizullabhai a Fellow of the University of Bombay. Bombay: Printed at the Education Society's Steam Press, Byculla, 1893. hardcover
