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06651London: The Folio Society 2002. The Great Kelmscott Chaucer - The Folio Society Facsimile<br /> In a Superb Reproduction of Cobden-Sanderson's Original Binding<br /> <br /> KELMSCOTT PRESS. Geoffrey Chaucer. The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer now newly imprinted.Hammersmith: Printed by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press 1896 i.e. London: The Folio Society 2002.<br /> <br /> Superb Folio Society facsimile of the Kelmscott Chaucer printed for The Folio Society London by Cambridge University Press and completed on 20 February 2002. Limited to 1010 copies of which 1000 were for sale; this copy No. 125.<br /> <br /> Large folio 16 3/8 x 11 3/8 inches; 415 x 288 mm. 4 blank ii 2 554 1 limitation 1 blank pp. With eighty-seven woodcut illustrations after Edward Burne-Jones redrawn by Robert Catterson-Smith and cut by W. H. Hooper; woodcut title-page; fourteen variously repeated borders; eighteen repeated frames; twenty-six large woodcut initial words; and numerous smaller initials together with Morris's printer's device. Designed by William Morris and cut by C. E. Keates W. H. Hooper and W. Spielmeyer. Printed in black and red in Chaucer type with titles of longer poems in Troy type; text in double columns. Edited by F. S. Ellis. Guard sheet between title and first text leaf.<br /> <br /> The paper Oxford twin-wire laid was specially made at the James Cropper Mill Burneside Cumbria and supplied by John Purcell Paper. Binding design by David Eccles after a Kelmscott Chaucer bound by T. J. Cobden-Sanderson for the Doves Bindery 1900. The present copy bound by Smith Settle Otley Yorkshire in full Nigerian goatskin with handmade Fabriano endpapers.<br /> <br /> Full cream Nigerian goatskin covers elaborately gilt to the Cobden-Sanderson design spine with eight raised bands richly tooled and lettered in compartments Fabriano blue silk endleaves top edge gilt. <br /> <br /> Together with: The Kelmscott Chaucer. An Essay by William S. Peterson issued to accompany the facsimile. octavo 16 pp. original wrappers. <br /> <br /> Both housed in the original blue cloth clamshell case with cream morocco spine label lettered in gilt. Case with minor wear and light soiling to lower spine; the book itself in fine condition.<br /> <br /> The Kelmscott Chaucer remains "not only the most important of the Kelmscott Press's productions; it is also one of the great books of the world.its splendor can hardly be matched" Ray.<br /> <br /> The original Kelmscott edition of 1896 was issued in just 425 paper copies and 13 on vellum and stands as the supreme achievement of the private press movement - an ideal synthesis of typography illustration and bookbinding. <br /> <br /> The present Folio Society facsimile executed with exceptional fidelity in materials and craftsmanship is widely regarded as the finest modern recreation of Morris's masterpiece preserving both its monumental scale and its tactile richness.<br /> <br /> A magnificent production - arguably the closest one can come to owning the Kelmscott Chaucer itself without entering six-figure territory.<br /> <br /> References for the original 1896 edition: Peterson A40; Ray The Illustrator and the Book in England p. 258; Ransom p. 329; Sparling 40; Tomkinson 40; Walsdorf 40; Clark Library pp. 46-48; The Artist & the Book 45. London: The Folio Society, 2002 unknown
184012955Boston: Printed by J. Howe No. 39 Merchants Row.Engraved by N. Dearborn.Entered according to Act of Congress by J. Greenleaf 1840. Broadside 21.25 x 29 inches printed in eight columns with eight mounted intaglio portraits each 3.5 x 3 inches all text and portraits within an elaborate ornamental border. Moderate foxing edge wear and scuffing. A few closed edge tears a couple just touching text minor scuffing to left edge of one portrait long vertical crease affecting one portrait. Overall good condition. A handsome large-format pictorial broadside featuring steel-engraved portraits and biographical passages of the first eight Presidents of the United States. Each of the eight columns of biographies is headed by a mounted portrait featuring Presidents Washington Adams Jefferson Madison Monroe John Quincy Adams Jackson and Van Buren. This is the first edition of this marvelous display broadside produced by Greenleaf who issued four updated versions in 1844 1846 1849 and 1850. The portraits were produced by noted Boston engraver Nathaniel Dearborn who executed the portraits on steel a laborious and expensive process at the time. Usually for works of this type publishers and engravers would have used much cheaper woodblock engravings but the use of steel here resulted in sharper and more lifelike images which the publisher here touts as "the highest style of the art."<br /> <br /> In his study of presidential portraiture Popular Images of the Presidency From Washington to Lincoln Noble Cunningham provides excellent background on patriotic broadsides of this type: "Popular prints offering portraits of all the presidents in a grand design on a single sheet not only celebrated the presidency but also subordinated individual presidents to the institution.the presidency emerged as the central unifying agent and the foremost symbol of the American republic. Mass-produced prints played an important role in reinforcing public perceptions of the president as the center of the Union and its preserver."<br /> <br /> All versions of Greenleaf's presidential broadside are rare with OCLC reporting just a single institutional copy of the present first edition at AAS. Printed by J. Howe, No. 39, Merchants Row...Engraved by N. Dearborn...Entered according to Act of Congress by J. Greenleaf unknown
18818281San Francisco: The Bancroft Company 1881 Map. Very Good. No Binding. Large folding black & white lithographed pocket map. 63x75 cm. plus borders. Original shoreline hand-colored. Light creases where once folded into wrappers a few short tears to right blank border 4 inch repaired tear to edge some reinforcement to rear at fold junctions. Very good condition. An extremely detailed and handsome map of San Francisco on a scale of 2500 feet to the inch. Along the bottom border is a lengthy "Reference List of Prominent Places" about 380 places which keys their location on the map. The prominent places include cemeteries churches hospitals hotels parks public buildings railroad depots schools theaters wharves and ferries etc. An inset on the right provides a skeleton map showing the relative position of San Francisco to the surrounding Bay Area. The original western shoreline before the landfill is shown and highlighted with color. The Bancroft Company unknown
1876054986Viyana - Vienna Wien: Adolf Holshausen Matbaasi / Amerikan Kitab-i Mukaddes Sirketi = Adolf Holzhausen Printing House on behalf of the American Bible Society 1876. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original cloth bdg. with gilt lettering in a very calligraphic style on the front board embossed decoratively. Demy 8vo. 22 x 14 cm. In Ottoman script Old Turkish with Arabic letters. 107 p. Slightly fading on cloth and sporadically foxing on endpapers otherwise a fine copy. Extremely rare first and only edition of this early Wien imprint of the "Book of Isaiah" translated into Ottoman script. It is the earliest example of three imprints in Adolf Holzhausen Printing House of Wien in the Ottoman Turkish language according to the Özege catalogue. Adolf Holzhausen 1868-1931 was an Austrian publisher and bookseller. He was the son of Adolf Holzhausen the Elder 1827-1892 the head of the Viennese court and the university's book printing company. He was trained in the family business his father had owned the Manzsche book printing company since 1858. Holzhausen learned the typesetting of oriental scripts and also provided the company with oriental letters. He later founded the university book printing company and his own publishing house which mainly published art books and historical works. After the First World War he was promoted to the head of the Military Geography Institute. Also he suggested that Austrian educational book publishers worked together. Özege 18043.; TBTK 10281.; Only one copy in OCLC in Bogaziçi University Library of Turkey: 949512980. <br/> <br/> Adolf Holshausen Matbaasi / Amerikan Kitab-i Mukaddes Sirketi [= Adolf Holzhausen Printing House on behalf of the American Bible hardcover
1920C3106<p>Notepad with 69 sheets from the 1920s with handwritten notes in German by Akiba Rubinstein on 66 sheets of which 9 are double-sided in German and 57 are written on one side. Size 13 x 19.5cm. Originally stapled. Small octavo 7 1/2" x 5 14" bound in quarter green stapled cloth over green pictorial paper wrapper. Original manuscript.</p><p>The notepad contains recordings of a simultaneous player's game to characterize his game type. Rubinstein shows a new freshly felt point of the opening e.g. B. in the opening "Four Knight Game". Rubinstein's extensive explanations and comments show different variations comment on the middle game in the positional frame and make comments on the strongly led endgame.</p><p>Akiba Rubinstein 1880 - 1961 was one of the world's strongest players until 1931 was an endgame specialist and the namesake of some opening variations. He won several important tournaments such as Carlsbad 1907 and St. Petersburg 1909. In 1931 he played his last tournament in Rotterdam and later struggled with psychological problems.</p><p><strong>Condition:</strong> The pages are toned and occasionally stained. A few pages were torn out. The wrapper is dusty faded slightly bumped and has markings else about very good. Exceptional collector's item related to chess history.</p> Self Written paperback
1875055260Constantinople Istanbul: Neologos Litografyasi - Votîra ve Sürekasi Matbaasi. AH 1292 1875. 1st Edition . Leather. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Contemporary 1/4 leather bdg. with marbled boards. Small 4to. 27 x 19 cm. 23 p. 11 p. in Ottoman script Old Turkish with Arabic letters; 12 p. in French with rare 4 folded maps. A very good copy. First and only edition of this extremely rare bilingual book in French and Ottoman Turkish including the first records on the formation and characteristics of storms to explain how storms and hurricanes occurred which route they followed and how they were conveyed to the regions that need to be warned by telegraph for the vessels sailing in the seas by French expert Coumbary who was founded the Rasathâne-i Âmîre i.e. Ottoman Imperial Observatory. Both the original French and Turkish translations of the work were published together in one volume. The work also included four maps which were drawn for this work only. The first map shows the movement of a storm that occurred on March 8 1865 the second one shows the occurrence between the Tropic Cancer and Capricorn whirlwinds storms in the Atlas and Indian oceans the movements in the Bay of Bengal the storms in different directions in the China Sea the Gulfstream Grönland and Azores. The second observatory in the Ottoman era was established for meteorology. Before this center was established beginning from the Reformation 1839 many meteorological observatories were built by foreigners in various cities such as Istanbul Smyrna Trebizond Tekirdag and Merzifon both as private and public establishments. The very first known temperature readings are the meteorological observations made by the Priest Dalmas at the St. Benôit monastery between 1839-1847. Later William Lane an Englishman who came to Istanbul during the Crimean War made observations at the British Cemetery at Haydarpasa. W. Noe director of the Mekteb-i Fünûn-u Sahane made observations at the house in Kalyoncukulluk where he lived until the Beyoglu Fire in 1848; and finally it is known that French engineer Ritter who was invited by the government for waterworks in Kuruçesme 1856-1860 also conducted meteorological observations. Observations on precipitation and humidity conducted between 1875-1892 by an amateur observer on the Thomson Farm in Erenköy are invaluable on the subject of Istanbul's climate. These observations have been published in Budapest in 1928. Excellent observations on heat pressure and humidity made in the summer residence of the Russian ambassador on Büyükada have also been published in Annales St. Petersburg. In 1858 the French government established the first observatory communicating data over the telegraph and in 1863 by compiling meteorological data in France the French National Meteorological Network started operations. In 1868 upon the recommendation of the French government the Rasathane-i Âmire was founded to convey meteorological forecasts to certain centers by telegraph. Instruments were purchased from leading European factories and operations started on top of a hill 74 meters high on Pera. The first director was Mr. Aristide Coumbray who came to Istanbul to renovate the telegraph network. Instruments commissioned from France were set up at Mr. Coumbary's home which stood at the garden of the Swedish Embassy. The observatory was later moved after its offices were prepared. Coumbary represented Turkey in the first international meteorology congress convened in Wien five years later in 1873. Rasathane-i Âmire worked by the same system as the National Meteorology Center in France. In the observation books of 1868 August-November names of affiliated stations are given to us Soulina Köstence Constantia Varna Burgaz Valona Elbasan Durazzo and Beirut. Later stations in Izmir Diyarbakir Baghdad and Fao were also added. The observatory founded by Aristide Coumbary in 1868 in Istanbul operated until the end of the First World War. Özege 5735.; TBTK 7688 10862.; Not in OCLC. <br/> <br/> Neologos Litografyasi - Votîra ve Sürekasi Matbaasi., [AH 1292] hardcover
176610667London: R. Baldwin. Good with no dust jacket. 1766. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. The leather is splitting at the hinges but still bound by the cords. 9 maps present but the larger map of the London area is splitting at the seams. The last pages including the valuable addenda are lightly stained at the upper right corner. The upper back corner is burnt which I would suppose is the source of staining to the last pages. There is no fire damage to the paper only the leather covering the boards. ; Besides many many interesting articles on the North American Colonies Indians etc. bound in the back is the 8 page prospectus for the Equitable Life Assurance company and a 4 page letter from George Steevens dated February 1 1766 concerning his proposed edition of Shakespeare and asking for contributions to it. Pretty rambling hard to read and pretty cool. ; 6x8 1/2"; 64084 pages . R. Baldwin hardcover
1900010054London: W. Griggs Chromo-Lithographer to Her Majesty the Queen 1900 Limited to 300 Copies for Private Circulation this being No. 191. 4 lxv 1 158pp printed on rectos only 159-220pp double sided 116pp printed on rectos only and being in Amharic text printed on hard stock paper. Top edges gilt other edges marbled. Collated and complete with 111 chromo-lithographic plates as called for with the colours still bright. Not just oversized but MASSIVE measuring 15 1/4 inches tall by 13 inches wide and 5 1/8 inches thick. Bound in the original blind stamped leather done in an Ethiopian style. Covers in Fair Condition internally in Good Condition. Spine covering pulling away from the front cover front cover nearly detached lower spine edge loss corners of the book are bumped occasional fore-edge tear not affecting the text nor image. Valerie Lady Meux 1852-1910 was a character in her own right being a banjo playing barmaid that married Sir Henry Bruce Meux 3rd Baronet who came from one of Britain's richest brewing dynasties - Meux's Brewery. The original Ethiopian manuscripts were brought back from the Abyssinian Campaign by a British officer who sold them to the antiquarian book dealer in London Bernard Quaritch. They were then purchased by Lady Meux and reproduced by E. A. Wallis Budge on her behalf. W. Griggs, Chromo-Lithographer to Her Majesty the Queen hardcover
05176London: William Pickering 1830. A Fine Fore-Edge Painting by "The Dover Painter"<br /> <br /> FORE-EDGE PAINTING. The "DOVER PAINTER" artist. HAYDAY binder. COLLINS William. <br /> The Poetical Works of William Collins. London: William Pickering 1830. <br /> <br /> With a fine fore-edge painting executed ca. 1930 by the "Dover Painter" depicting a view of Chichester Cathedral. The distinctive treatment of the clouds and pointillistic brush strokes for detail are hallmarks of the style of the extremely skillful artist known as the "Dover Painter" the name given by Jeff Weber to the artist who produced very high quality painted fore-edges in the 1920s and 1930s.<br /> <br /> Twelvemo 6 1/4 x 3 7/8 inches; 160 x 98 mm. ii i-lxxii 2 1-150 pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait of William Collins with original tissue-guard.<br /> <br /> Bound by Hayday stamped in black on front paste-down. With the label of "W.H. Dalton/Bookeller & Stationer/28 Cockspur St. Charing Cross" also on front past-down. Full contemporary dark green hard-grain morocco covers bordered in blind spine with five raised bands ruled in blind and lettered in gilt in compartments. Blind decorated board-edges and turn-ins cream coated endpapers all edges gilt. Expertly and invisibly rebacked with the original spine laid down. A near fine example.<br /> <br /> On the front free-endpaper in pencil "Listed in Weber 1949 p. 170 - copy from Scarsdale Public Lib."<br /> <br /> The "Dover Painter" an unknown English artist - probably worked on commission exclusively ca. 1920-1930 for Marks & Co the London booksellers. By 1928 Dawson's Book Shop in Los Angeles headed by Ernest Dawson began a relationship with Marks & Co. "a reciprocal agency agreement" that included sending crates of books to America via the Panama Canal. Several hundred fore-edges came to Dawson's. Sesslers' in Philadelphia bought and sold examples of the "Dover" painter's work as fore-edges by this and other artists turned up in the B. George Ulizio collection at Kent State University. Other fore-edge paintings were imported via J.W. Robinson Company department stores Los Angeles. The Robinson Co. books came with added new Sangorski & Sutcliffe slipcases made especially for them and sometimes included a typed identifying slip mounted on the end-leaves.<br /> <br /> William Collins 1721 -1759 was an English poet. Second in influence only to Thomas Gray he was an important poet of the middle decades of the 18th century. His lyrical odes mark a progression from the Augustan poetry of Alexander Pope's generation and towards the imaginative ideal of the Romantic era.<br /> <br /> Provenance: Thomas Thorpe catalogue 150 issued ca. 1931 item # 303; Weber. 1001 Fore-Edge Paintings p.170; Purchased by Zeitlin & Ver Brugge from Mrs. Estelle Berman Yonkers NY December 1984; Sold to Randall Moscovitz. London: William Pickering, 1830 unknown
1900C3180<p>lii232 pages with diagrams index and tables. Quarto 10 1/2" x 6 3/4" bound in dark brown cloth with gilt lettered spine label and original vignette affixed to front cover. Annotations by Leopold Hoffer. From the library of Lothar Schmid. Betts: 7-36 Limited to 500 copies. First edition.</p><p>The London 1899 chess tournament was without a doubt one of the very strongest tournaments ever held on British soil. Almost every great master of the day was present including the past and reigning world champions. It proved to be the swan song of the old champion Wilhelm Steinitz but for Emanuel Lasker it was a glittering success which propelled him way beyond the other grandmasters of the time. All important players were invited. Many of these players were the champions of the country that they represented. Refusals came from Siegbert Tarrasch and Rudolf Charousek illness. The businessman Amos Burn had to withdraw at the opening's day. Fifteen participants played double rounds from 30 May to 10 July 1899 except for Richard Teichmann. He withdrew after round 4 due to an eye disease. His remaining games in the first cycle were declared as lost.</p><p>Rounds were played in St. Stephen s Hall. The time limit was fifteen moves in one hour. Participants were entertained by the City of London chess club at Crystal Palace and the Star and Garter Hotel in Richmond. A banquet took place in the International Hall of the Café Monico on 29 June. Lasker finished a whopping 4.5 points ahead of the group finished tied for second Janowski Maroczy Pillsbury. This is easily one of the more dominating personal performances in a tournament ever played. London 1899 goes down in history as one of the great Lasker victories along with St. Petersburg 1896 Paris 1900 St. Petersburg 1914 and New York 1924. There was a second section in the tournament won by Frank James Marshall with 8.5 out of 11. Georg Marco and Jacques Mieses were the most experienced opponents and the tournament was not all that strong.</p><p>Lothar Maximilian Lorenz Schmid 10 May 1928 - 18 May 2013 was a German chess grandmaster. He was born in Radebeul near Dresden into a family who were the co-owners of the Karl May Press which published the German Karl May adventure novels. He was best known as the chief arbiter at several World Chess Championship matches in particular the 1972 encounter between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky at Reykjavic. He was also an avid collector of chess books and paraphernalia. It was reputed that he owned the largest known private chess library in the world as well as a renowned collection of chess art chess boards and chess pieces from around the globe.</p><p><strong>Condition: </strong>Lothar Schmid's book plate to front end paper. Book plate of another former owner to front paste down corners bumped spine lightly sunned else very good.</p> Longmans, Green and Company hardcover
1970022883New York: Harper & Row Publishers 1970 Stated first edition American first printing without the number line on bottom back page in the second issue dust jacket lacking the exclamation mark at the end of the first paragraph on the front flap. A tiny bump to bottom back corner and light rubbing to spine ends and corners else book in fine condition; dust jacket with a short closed tear/crease to bottom back edge near the flap-fold a short closed tear/crease to foot of back spine fold a tiny closed tear to upper front flap and minor rubbing to extremities. Harper & Row, Publishers hardcover
161549135Leiden and Breda: H. L. van Haestens and Isaac Schilders 1615. First editions. Hardcover. Fine. Sammelband of two works quarto published in 1615 and 1616. Contemporary vellum yapp edges manuscript lettering at spine. A few faint marginal stains; some worming in the upper blank margin of a few leaves else fine.<br /> <br /> I. J. Gysius Oorsprong Leiden: H. L. van Haestens 1616. Signed: rev. parens4 A-3D4 3E6 2H1 signed 2G1; 2N3 signed 2M3; = 210 leaves; 8 411 1 blankpp. Title in red and black with double-ruled border and engraved title vignette; 17 text engravings 15 full-page oval portraits; a smaller medallion portrait; a statue of Alva 2 engraved folding plates graphically depicting public executions; roman and gothic letter. Lacks bottom corner D4 no loss.<br /> <br /> Rare first edition of this illustrated account of the Spanish campaigns in the Netherlands. Johannes Gysius d. 1652 has compiled this history from many sources including Bor van Meteren Meursius’ Rerum Belgicarum and Baudartius’ Morghenwecker along with his own analyses. A second edition appeared in Delft in 1626. A finely-printed work partly in Gothic type. Notably the half-page medallion portrait pair p. 260 depicts only Dierick van Batenburch on the right; while his martyred brother Gisbert’s medallion is left blank. Haitsma Mulier/v.d. Lem 197a. De Wind 1835 571-76. For substantial notes on the publication history see Bibl. Belgica G 63 G64 ed. 1626; G65 ed. Latin 1619.<br /> <br /> II. J. Baselius Historisch-verhael Breda: Schilders 1615. Signed: pi1 A4 A-S4 T3 = 80 leaves; 10 149 1 blankpp. Engraved title; main text in gothic letter. <br /> <br /> First and only edition of this companion work by Jacobus Baselius the Elder 1563-1604 a minister at Bergen op Zoom who was born in Flanders. Posthumously published the work was edited and continued by the author’s children. Dedication signed “De Kinderen Jacobi Baseliiâ€. Haitsma Mulier/v.d. Lem 30b. De Wind 374 noting one other work by Baselius. Not in Bibl. Belgica. OCLC locates only 6 copies in the Netherlands and the UK. NNBW 3:67-68. Full titles: 1 Oorsprong en voortgang der Neder-Landtscher beroerten ende ellendicheden. Waerin vertoont worden de voornaemste tyrannijen moorderijen ende andere onmenschelijcke wreetheden die onder het ghebiedt van Philips de II coninck van Spaengien door zijne stad-houders in ‘twerck ghestelt zijn gheduyrende dese nederlantsche troublen ende oorlogen. Hier zijn mede bygeboecht de voornaemste placcaten brieven ende remonstrantien van beyde zijden: mitsgaders de afbeeldingen der princen die aen d’een zijde getyranniseert hebben ende aen d’ander zijde tyranniger wijse omghebracht zijn. 2 Historisch-verhael inhoudende sekere notable explooten van oorloge in de Nederlanden. Sedert het oprechten van de companien der heeren gouverneurs ende ritmeesteren van Paulus ende Marcelis Bax. H. L. van Haestens [?] and Isaac Schilders hardcover
1796053496Constantinople Istanbul: Letterhead "Liberte - Egalite Pera-Les-Constantinople". ca. 1796-1797 1796. No Binding. Very Good. Original manuscript autograph document signed by Jean-Baptiste Annibal Aubert du Bayet. 315x205 cm. In French. 1 p. With a blind-stamped seal. A legible and fine handwritten letter. Text: Le General Aubert du Bayet Ambassadeur de la Republique Francaise pres de la porte Othomane le depart de la compagnie d'Artillerie legere employee a l'instruction des turcs et celui des officiers francaises precedemment employere ou destinee au service du grand seigneur; Arrete que le citoyen Collin ancien major d'infanterie venu a Constantinople d'apres l'autorisation du gouvernement retournera incessamment en France et qu'il profitera a cet effet du batiment qui va conduire la compagnie d'Artillerie legere a Ancone. English: General Aubert du Bayet Ambassador of the French Republic near the Othomane gate the departure of the company of Artillery light employee in the instruction of the Turks and that of the French officers previously employed or destined to the service of the great lord; Decrees that the citizen Collin former major of the infantry who came to Constantinople after authorization from the government will return to France shortly and that he will benefit for this purpose from the building which will lead the company of light artillery to Ancona sic. Angora - Ankara. Jean-Baptiste Annibal Aubert du Bayet 19 August 1759 Louisiana - 17 December 1797 Istanbul was a French General and politician during the period of the French Revolution. Aubert du Bayet was born in Baton-Rouge in the French American colony of Louisiana in 1759. Aubert du Bayet participated in the campaigns in America during the American Revolutionary War. Aubert du Bayet arrived in France at the beginning of the Revolution but was initially hostile to revolutionary ideas. While in Metz as a young Captain he published an anti-Jewish pamphlet entitled Le cri du citoyen contre les Juifs. However he soon saw that it could serve his ambitions. He became a member of the legislature in 1791. Aubert du Bayet was President of the French National Assembly the "Legislative Assembly" from 8 July 1792 to 22 July 1792. In 1793 he served as General of Brigade in the heroic defense of Mayence in 1793 when he finally had to surrender to the Prussian Army. He then seconded Hoche in Vendée in the fight against the Chouans in the War in the Vendée. He then became Minister of Defense of France "Minister of War" from 3 November 1795 to 8 February 1796. In 1796 General Aubert du Bayet was appointed as ambassador "Minister of the Republic" to the Ottoman Empire. He was sent to the Ottoman court with artillery equipment and French artillerymen and engineers to help with the development of the Ottoman arsenals and foundries. Infantry and cavalry officers were also to train the Spahis and Janissaries but they were frustrated by the opposition of the Janissaries. Ironically some of these troops trained to Western methods were successfully employed against the French troops of Napoleon a few years later under Sir Sydney Smith at the Siege of Saint-Jean d'Acre in 1799. Their behaviour delighted Selim III and upon their return they were named Nizam-gedittes or "New Regulars" but they were eventually slaughtered and dispersed by the Janissaries and conservative clerics and politicians leading to the deposition of Selim III. Aubert du Bayet died of fever in 1797 in Constantinople. Co-signed by six politic figures in its period however they cannot be determined. Very rare. <br/> <br/> Letterhead "Liberte - Egalite, Pera-Les-Constantinople"., [ca. 1796-1797] unknown
180054439London:: Printed For J. Wright Piccadilly By John Dean 1800. 1800. First edition in English. 4to. Translated from the original Spanish by Maurice Keatinge. Leather and boards viii 514 1 pp. frontispiece map preface. One of the most important firsthand accounts of the Spanish conquest of Mexico. Written by Bernardo Diaz del Castillo a foot soldier who served under Hernan Cortes during the expedition that led to the fall of the Aztec Empire. The book covers the expedition from Cuba to Mexico in 1519; first encounters with Indigenous peoples along the Gulf Coast; the alliance with the Tlaxcalans; the march to Tenochtitlan; meetings between Cortes and Moctezuma II; the uprising in Tenochtitlan and the retreat known as the La Noche Triste; the siege and fall of Tenochtitlan in 1521; etc. The book provides detailed descriptions of Indigenous cities markets and customs; military operations and logistics; relationships among Spanish commanders; daily life of common soldiers; the cultural shock experienced by Europeans encountering Mesoamerican civilization; etc. Encyclopedia Britannica: "Bernal Diaz del Castillo 1495 – 1584 was a Spanish soldier and author who took part in the conquest of the Aztec nation. Diaz's account is written in an unassuming colloquial style and has both historical and artistic value." A.S.W. Rosenstock 19 #193: "All the later histories of America have acknowledged their debt to Bernal Diaz and his work has been acclaimed one of the most valuable source books of the period." The author was an original member of Cortez’s expedition to conquer the Aztec nation. He was involved in the initial planning stages all the way to its culmination. One of the most important sources on the conquest of the Aztec Empire and Mexico. The original leather spine label is missing but a new leather label approximating the original has been placed inside this copy. Retains the original leather boards which exhibit perimeter wear. Internally there are repairs to the hinges with some toning of the text but remarkably free of foxing. In all a very good copy. Printed For J. Wright, Piccadilly, By John Dean, 1800. hardcover
1927011179NY: George H. Doran Company. First American edition. Hard cover in original cloth and dust jacket. Rare "Gift" edition for the 1927 Christmas season similar in format binding and dust jacket to the First English Edition. Contains 18 line cuts in the text by Erik Kennington from the 1926 edition of Seven Pillars of Wisdom which are not present in any other issue or edition of Revolt In the Desert either UK or USA. Published NY: George H. Doran Company 1927. 8vo. 7" x 9 3/4" xx336pp. with 24 full-page illustrations including frontis portrait drawing of Lawrence by Augustus John endpapers by Erik Kennington plus 18 additional line cuts in the text by Kennington 2-color fold-out map tipped in at rear. Publisher's brown buckram with gilt spine lettering top-edge light brown tinting. Near fine straight tight copy in very good mylar protected dust jacket unclipped with $5.00 price intact on front flap with light soil mild fade/sun darkening to spine. Fold-out map fine. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1927. George H. Doran Company hardcover
1927308297London: Jonathan Cape 1927. First London edition one of 315 large paper copies. Illustrated. Folding map at end. 2 445 1 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Brown pigskin and tan boards. Faint traces of rubbing at head of spine. Early gift inscription on front pastedown dated March 21st 1927. Fine. First London edition one of 315 large paper copies. Illustrated. Folding map at end. 2 445 1 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Revolt in the Desert was an instant bestseller on both sides of the Atlantic and "within weeks of publication the combined royalties from Revolt were more than sufficient to pay off the Seven Pillars overdraft. Lawrence's Trustees therefore invoked a special clause inserted in the contract with Cape to protect his privacy and halted publication in England. Revolt continued to sell well however both in the United States and in translation" Wilson 1988 pp. 180. Lawrence was characteristically of two minds about the book: dismissive of the text which he viewed as an embarrassment to himself and yet attentive to the critical response. O'Brien A105;Macro 1439 Jonathan Cape unknown
1691CA0706<p><br />8 sheets written on recto and verso. Folio 12 1/2" x 8 3/4" unbound leaves. 1 page written in Nahuatl currently housed in a custom made enclosure by Octavaye Studios. <br /><br />The Cabildo Justice and Aldermen of the Village of Tehuacán testify that Don Gabriel Santiago cacique of Tehuacán has in his possession documents that belong to the City starting with the Royal Decree that ordered the founding of Tehuacán over the village of Calcahualco in times of Viceroy Peralta 1566 – 1567 as well as deeds for grants of land and water made by the Viceroys to the City of Tehuacán. He has this papers that he inherited from his father Agustin de Santiago deceased. He also has other documents: deeds formalities sales and possessions. They ask all these papers be returned to the City to be stored by the Royal Notary in a box with 5 keys. They deem these papers necessary to the city to be able to solve land disputes and land invasions and to be able to give deeds to the landowners. The case is presented to a judge who orders all papers belonging to the city be turned over to the Notary in possession of Don Gabriel Santiago or any other cacique. He complies but requests papers of a water dispute in the village of Santa Maria be included in this box.<br /><br />Don Gabriel Santiago testifies he needs those papers in order to collect tributes from the Indians and to solve problems that arise in the community. On the back of his testimony there is one page in Nahuatl signed by the members of the Cabildo.<br /><br /><strong>Condition:</strong><br /><br />Edge wear with tears and chips heal corner damaged else very good in a fine enclosure.</p> Manuscript
1935L1040<p>332viii ad pages. Small octavo 7 1/2" x 5 1/2" bound in original publisher's gilt-stamped black cloth in original jacket. Inscription to front end paper. <em>Firsts </em>Volume 14 number 9 page 31 First edition. <br /><br /><em>Garden </em>marked the return to the original design for the dust wrappers without any graphics added to the standard index card layout. Here the card is in gold and the front and back panels and the front and spine of the book's cover are also stamped in gold.<br /><br />Floyd the son of Professor Garden invites his socialite friends to the rooftop garden of his father's New York penthouse to listen to the outcome of horse races. Detective Philo Vance receives an anonymous telephone message inviting him to one of Floyd's gatherings. On that particular night Floyd's best friend has placed an enormous bet on a horse named Equanimity. Once it is announced that Equanimity has lost the race a gunshot is heard and Floyd's friend is found dead of a gunshot wound. Though initially thought to be a suicide Detective Vance deems the death a murder. The night proves to be even more eventful due to the attempted poisoning of Floyd's mother's nurse and the subsequent murder of his mother. Ultimately Detective Vance is able to solve the murders. He lures the murderer into revealing himself and gathers photographic evidence of him trying to push the detective off of the garden balcony. <br /><br /><strong>Condition:</strong> <br /><br />Inscribed on front end paper "To / Harry P. Burton / With sincerest regards / S.S. Van Dine.". Irregular darkening to lower outer blank margins of front end end matter gently bumped corners. Jacket edgewear heaviest to flap folds fold corners and head and foot of spine panel unclipped else better than very good in like jacket.</p> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
1932L1282<p>x-330 pages with frontispiece and illustrations by John Richard Flanagan. Octavo 8 1/4" x 5 1/4" bound in original publisher's yellow cloth with black lettering to spine and cover in original pictorial jacket.<strong> From the library of Larry McMurtry</strong>. <strong>with signed letter from the author. </strong>First American edition.</p><p>Small letter to I W Chip of Coventry signed Sax Rohmer with envelope.<br /><br />After discovering the tomb of El Mokanna - the Veiled Prophet - and retrieving the precious relics buried there the eminent archaeologist Sir Lionel Barton blows up the tomb. The heretic sect faithful to Mokanna interpret the fireball as their prophet's second coming and a violent uprising begins.<br /><br />Meanwhile the insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu senses an opportunity to use the powerful relics for his own evil ends. The action stretches from Persia to Cairo then back to London including an extraordinary confrontation inside of the Great Pyramid. Along the way his opponents face Ogboni killers mind-control drugs dervishes and a "ghost mosque."</p><p><em>The Mask of Fu Manchu</em> was an American pre-Code adventure film directed by Charles Brabin. Written by Irene Kuhn Edgar Allan Woolf and John Willard it is based on the 1932 novel of the same name by Sax Rohmer the sixth in the series. Starring Boris Karloff as Fu Manchu and featuring Myrna Loy as his depraved daughter. Lewis Stone plays his nemesis. Dr. Petrie is absent from this film.<br /><br />From the library of Larry Jeff McMurtry 1936-2021 with his book plate to front pastedown was an American novelist essayist bookseller and screenwriter whose work was predominantly set in either the Old West or contemporary Texas. His novels included <em>Horseman Pass By</em> 1962 <em>The Last Picture Show</em> 1966 and <em>Terms of Endearment</em> 1975 which were adapted into films. Films adapted from McMurtry's works earned 34 Oscar nominations 13 wins. <br /><br />While at Stanford McMurtry became a rare-book scout. During his years in Houston he managed a book store called the Bookman. In 1969 he moved to the Washington D.C. area. In 1970 with two partners he started a bookshop in Georgetown which he named Booked Up. In 1988 he opened another Booked Up in Archer City. It became one of the largest antiquarian bookstores in the United States carrying between 400000 and 450000 titles. Citing economic pressures from Internet bookselling McMurtry came close to shutting down the Archer City store in 2005 but chose to keep it open after great public support. He maintained his personal private collection at his home in Archer City.<br /><br /><strong>Condition</strong>:</p><p>McMurtry's book plate tipped to front pastedown. Corners bumped some toning to covers some internal fingering. Jacket some soiling spine ends and edges chipped fold over edges with closed tears and small chips else very good in a good jacket.</p> Published for the Crime Club by Doubleday, Doran and Company Inc hardcover
198117116JLos Angeles: The Thinking Cap Company 1981. Original tan khaki baseball style hat given to select members of the film crew who helped create the classic George Lucas produced Steven Spielberg directed film classic Raiders of the Lost Ark. This hat was given to a member of Industrial Light and Magic George Lucas’s landmark film special effects company who worked on the motion picture. The front of the hat has a 5 inch wide by 3 inch tall embroidered patch recreating the film’s distinct original title logo. One size fits all with adjustable straps at rear with the original The Thinking Cap Company label which made the hats is sewn in. Fine unused hat rare in such lovely condition. Accompanying is a The Propstore Certificate of Authenticity. The Thinking Cap Company unknown
154447Amsterdam: Paradiso 1978. Vintage single color silkscreen poster for a March 23 1978 performance by The Patti Smith Group at Paradiso Amsterdam. Designed by Martin Kaye. <br /> <br /> The opening act Cake was a Dutch reggae pop group not to be confused with the 1990s alternative rock band from Sacramento California.<br /> <br /> In 1978 The Patti Smith Group was touring in promotion of their third studio release the highly acclaimed and commercially popular "Easter" which contained one of Smith's most recognizable songs "Because the Night" co-written by Bruce Springsteen.<br /> <br /> Martin Kaye one of the foremost poster designers of the punk era was the Paradiso's longest serving in-house designer from 1972 until 1983 with his studio in the basement of the venue. Kaye's silkscreen posters were usually produced in an edition of 125 copies which he would distribute throughout Amsterdam himself accompanied by his dog Lady.<br /> <br /> 24 x 17 inches. Near Fine. Paradiso unknown
1828302753London Charles and Henry Baldwyn 1820-1828. 1828. 8vo. Title page vignettes. Contemporary 3/4 tan calf over marbled boards red and dark green spine labels minor rubbing. An attractive set. 16 volumes. Bookplates of F. Barham Zincke of Wherstead. Volumes 15 16 are edited by Henry Southern and Nicholas Harris Nicolas published by Baldwin Cradock and Joy; and Payne and Foss. Printed by Thomas Davison. Volumes 1-14 printed by D.S. Maurice. Hardcover. Very Good. London, Charles and Henry Baldwyn, 1820-1828. hardcover
197716308JLos Angeles: Universal Pictures 1977. First Edition. Original Universal Pictures studio master key book of 50 black & white stills from the horror film The Sentinel. Each still measures approximately 9†x 7 1/4†and is backed with linen with verso text indicating the details of the individual image as well as general film information. With behind-the-scenes stills of the film being made as well as photographs showing individual scenes and candid images of the cast and crew. Bound in royal blue cloth with the film’s production number and title: “2091 THE SENTINEL†stamped in gold on the spine. Fine condition. The Sentinel is a 1977 American supernatural horror film directed by Michael Winner and starring Cristina Raines Chris Sarandon Ava Gardner Burgess Meredith Sylvia Miles and Eli Wallach. It also features Christopher Walken Jeff Goldblum John Carradine Jerry Orbach Tom Berenger Nana Visitor and Beverly D'Angelo in supporting roles. The plot focuses on a young model who moves into a historic Brooklyn brownstone that has been sectioned into apartments only to find that the building is owned by the Catholic diocese and is a gateway to Hell. It is based on the 1974 novel of the same name by Jeffrey Konvitz who also co-wrote the screenplay with director Winner. Universal Pictures hardcover
192467243Kobe: Kobe Herald 1924. 7 volumes 8vo issues no. 1 5 10 13 16-18; 212 plates in total almost all being photo-reproductive images taken by members of the Mountain Goats with a few illustrations and 3 maps; full original cloth in a variety of colors gilt illustration of a mountain goat on upper cover of each; volume 5 with loose upper end paper and title leaf lower spine of voume 17 partially perished bookplate of a "Sebald" in volume 18; volume 17 inscribed by Daunt to "Mrs. Lange" on free endpaper; overall a very good set. An engaging serial produced for the benefit of the Ancient Order of Mountain Goats an Alpine Club centered in Kobe Japan. While some images and articles are taken from previous publications much of the material is provided by the membership and includes reports of various treks and ascents photographs typically taken by Daunt and J. G. S. Gausden letters diaries witticisms and poetry and regular digressions into the local golfing scene. Because the intended audience of the series was club members many of the articles are pseudonymous. Inaka was discontinued after the 18th issue. It stands as a record of early organized mountaineering in Japan The Alpine Club of Japan was established ten years before the first issue of Inaka was released and individual issues are rare. Four US institutions have holdings of any issue with no records showing completeness. Kobe Herald unknown
