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580Published in the late 1920s this book describes all the diversions avavilable to tourists and residents alike in Monte Carlo. The cover is a schematic map done in blues and taupeThere are advertisements for local businesses at the beginning and end of the text. Many black and white photos are included. There is wear to the edges of the covers including two small tears to the right edge of the front cover. Ther is a water stain at the bottom of the text. A very rare publication. paperback
1996169699Altona: D.W.Friesen & SonsLimited 1996. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dj. Larger 8vo. pp. 4 376. Vol. 2 of this BC town's local history. D.W.Friesen & Sons,Limited hardcover
18465004753London: Sampson Low 1846. Bound in one quarter black leather and printed boards. Binding shows some edgewear but still tight. Ex-Lib Yale - with withdrawn stamp few marks. 400 pp. in total. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Sampson Low Hardcover
18505004760London: Sampson Low 1850. Bound in one quarter black leather and printed boards. The title page is missing and the two ffep.'s are loose. All the "editions" are present. Binding shows some edgewear but still tight. Ex-Lib Yale - with withdrawn stamp few marks. 452 pp. in total. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good /No Jacket. Sampson Low Hardcover
18505004759London: Sampson Low 1850. Bound in one quarter black leather and printed boards. Binding shows some edgewear but still tight. Ex-Lib Yale - with withdrawn stamp few marks. 440 pp. in total. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Sampson Low Hardcover
1874901910Chicago: R.R. McCabe & Co. 1874. Bound in green cloth that is quite "mottled". The interior pages are clean and the book is tight. Thomas Sharon cited on copyright page; B&W 2 page frontispiece; previous owners book plate on front paste down; 422pp. Very Scarce!. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG/No Jacket. R.R. McCabe & Co. Hardcover
1970164H4688British Columbia: Cadboro Bay United Church W.A. 1970. Book. Fair. Ring-bound. First Edition. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. 42 one-sided pages. Oblong 22 x 11cm. Undated but may be circa 1970. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Cadboro Bay United Church W.A. Paperback
186047007New York: S. Augustus Mitchell Jr. 1860. Each folio 15¼" X 12¼" image areas 13¼" X 10½". Hand colored. Very good. Slightly age toned with minor soiling. Handsome pair of maps of Canada's eastern counties and what was then her western counties from the 1864 edition of "Mitchell's New General Atlas Containing Maps of the Various Countries of the World Plans of Cities Etc." Portions of New York Vermont New Hampshire Maine Michigan Ohio and Pennsylvania are visible below. Nicely colored with attractive floral border. S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr. unknown
28019Mitchell. Two maps published by Mitchell 1880. Both measuring 12" X 15" images 10" X 14". Hand colored. Decorative borders. Near fine. Mitchell unknown
19912080502106914209Not Available 1991. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
1822ST20877London: Printed for R. Ackermann 1822. First English Edition. 300 x 235 mm. 11 3/4 x 9 1/2". xvi 325 1 pp.Translated by Frederic Shoberl. <br/> Imposing contemporary crimson straight-grain morocco gilt covers with filigree frame with densely massed scrolling fleurons raised bands spine gilt in compartments with radiating viny scrolls surrounded by leaves and annular dots marbled endleaves all edges gilt. WITH 13 HAND-COLORED PLATES in etching and aquatint many after Japanese artworks one folding. Bookplate removed from front flyleaf. Bookseller's ticket of J. L. Thompson & Co Kobe Japan on front pastedown. Abbey Travel 557; Tooley 489; Martin Hardie "English Coloured Books" pp. 113-14. See also E. F. Strange "Japanese Illustration" pp. xxiii-xxiv. Spine and fore-edge of upper board slightly darkened a few minute flakes to lowest spine compartment but the binding extremely well preserved with very lustrous boards. Final 10 leaves slightly creased one repaired marginal tear but still A FINE COPY INTERNALLY exceptionally bright smooth and entirely fresh and clean.<br/> <br/> This generously proportioned production illustrated with 13 vibrant colored plates is a rare European account of Japan during the period in which the country was "closed" to the west offered here in its first English edition. Originally published in French in 1820 "Illustrations of Japan" is comprised of a history and description of the Tokugawa shogunate which Titsingh had translated from the Japanese plus Titsingh's own observations on the language customs and ceremonies of the Japanese people. The present English edition is accompanied by plates in etching and aquatint enhanced with hand coloring. Our author Dutch diplomat Isaac Titsingh 1745-1812 spent 14 years in Nagasaki for the Dutch East India company and between 1779-84 he served as trade director-cum-ambassador travelling to Edo now Tokyo for audiences with the shogun and other high officials in the shogunate. Unlike most of his Western contemporaries Titsingh was open-minded and curious about the people he encountered engaging with their art and culture; in fact art historian and Victoria & Albert Museum keeper Edward F. Strange tells us that Titsingh is the earliest known European collector of Japanese prints of which a number appear in the present volume. Our publisher Rudolph Ackermann 1764-1834 made his living issuing sumptuously illustrated books such as the present volume and was an early adopter of color aquatint and lithography technologies; Hardie writes that he was "the great presiding genius before whose magic wand so many pictorial books sprang into existence." In very attractive period morocco this is a particularly appealing copy of the work free of the foxing and offsetting that often plague copies of this and other large-format color illustrated books. Printed for R. Ackermann unknown
1802216710Washington D.C. 1802. First edition. 53 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Sewn uncut. Fine. First edition. 53 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Shaw and Shoemaker 3298 2 copies unknown
192072185N.p.: N.p. ca. 1920. Original album containing 44 photographs from late 19th century to early 20th century featuring members of the Cameron family including Hubert G. or Herbert G. Todd and Albert the compiler of this album. Photos trace the Cameron's family's life from Kansas to New Mexico then to El Paso and elsewhere in the West. Notably includes ca 1870s-1880s cartes-de-visite of family members with sewn borders the highlight being a 1.25 x 2 in. portrait identified as "Judge Cameron" with a Williams & Thomson Kansas City KS backmark.Herbert left home and went west first "punching" cows and breaking horses. His first wife was "Blanch Blanche Duncan." She was Todd Cameron's mother and died young at the age of 27. Herbert's second wife was Trinidad born in Mexico in 1896. She gave birth to Albert. She died in El Paso TX of tuberculosis. Many of the photos are Todd and Albert engaged in various activities. Todd later died in WWI. Other photos are of Herbert who worked in the northwest in mines the sawmills he ran a gas station in New Mexico and was a farmer in Bastrup County TX. In 1930 the census lists his occupation as "watchman" so he appears to have picked up whatever jobs he could to support his family. The annotations on the photos also indicate that Herbert lost his right hand in an accident with mining machinery so his prospects may have been limited.Family history holds that this family was related to Hugh Cameron who became known as the "Kansas Hermit." Since Hugh does not seem to have ever married it may well be one of his brothers. According to various biographies he was the third of six boys and two girls born to Allen and Catherine Frazier Cameron in New York state. Allen was born in Scotland but it is unclear whether Catherine was also or whether she was born in New York. We have been unable to locate the information on all of the siblings but the idea that one or more of them followed Hugh to Kansas is almost a certainty. We have also been unable to find a first name on "Judge Cameron" pictured in the album - presumably one of Hugh's brothers.Hugh Cameron 1826-1908 "The Kansas Hermit" was an abolitionist Civil War officer judge and founder and resident of Lawrence KS known for his eccentric behavior. Originally from upstate New York he was teaching math in Washington DC when he was fired for espousing his "radical" anti-slavery views so he decided to walk to Kansas to settle and have his voice and vote heard during the Border War period of the 1850s. Connections from Washington secured him an appointment as a territorial judge and he used his power to counteract the "Ruffians" promoting slavery in the state. When the Civil War broke out Cameron enlisted and received a commission as a first lieutenant in Co. F 2nd Kansas Cavalry and was promoted to captain by the end of the year. He was made lieutenant colonel of the 2nd Arkansas Cavalry Union in February 1864 eventually being promoted to brevet brigadier general for meritorious service. After the war Cameron's eccentricities began to emerge. Despite his status as a former judge and military hero with connections in the federal government he began living in a hollowed out tree in Lawrence and eschewed the social norms of the time. One report holds that this was the result of being "spurned by Mary Phelps a Missouri woman." Lawrence Journal-World May 27 2001. The Kansas Hermit usually emerged for some spectacular purpose such as walking to Santa Fe NM to deliver a letter of apology to the people of the state for Kansas Sen. Edmund Ross casting the vote which prevented President Andrew Johnson from being convicted at his impeachment trial. He later said that the purpose of "burying himself in the woods" was to emulate the life of the prophets in the hope that he would receive "visions." N.p. unknown
1876H26995Pittsburgh: Benjamin Singerly 1876. First Printing. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo publisher's dark green cloth gilt very good clean copy lightest wear and toning. With handwritten errata sheet for this book clearly from the time of publication. 445 pp illustrated with plates. Benjamin Singerly hardcover
2080202103701952Shanghai old register N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. Size: A5 Shanghai old register paperback
1874H21740Chicago: R. R. McCabe 1874. First printing. Hardcover. Good. 8vo publisher's green cloth gilt good copy with light ink stains to front cover minor bubbling and mottling to cloth light rubbing and wear old bookplate contents very good and clean. 422 pp. appears to be a novel set in Minnesota; includes material on the Minnesota Massacre. R. R. McCabe hardcover
20172081502111905823Hoo shubbansha 2017. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Hoo shubbansha paperback
190677360Oxford Ohio: The Western College. Very Good. 1906. Softcover. This viewbook is soft-bound in brown wrappers with dark blue and gilt embossing on the upper cover. The covers show light soiling/toning edge-wear and light wear to the spine-ends. The staple binding is solid. "Edited By The Class of 1906." . The Western College paperback
196020924N.P.: McCormick Distilling Company n.d. ca 1960. 1960. Colorful Billy the Kid hand-painted porcelain statue patterned after the authentic paintings in the Overland Hotel Reno Nevada. The Kid is standing in full dress trousers tucked into his western boots hat on his head and six gun strapped to his waist and holding a carbine that is standing by his side. Colorful and attractive. Fine. McCormick Distilling Company, n.d. [ca 1960]. unknown
1950100136Perth: Paterson Brokensha. 1950. Royal octavo pp. 342 b/w photos original gilt decorated boards. Near-fine condition. Prominent businessmen politicians etc. of Western Australia in the period with b&w photographs of each and brief chronology of WA history. 1st Edition. Boards. Paterson Brokensha hardcover
186046941New York: S. Augustus Mitchell Jr. 1860. Folio 15¼" X 12¼" image area 13¼" X 11¼". Hand colored. Very good. Ligjht age toning and faint soiling about the edges. Attractive nicely colored example of this map many of whose names and boundaries have changed dramatically from the 1864 edition of "Mitchell's New General Atlas Containing Maps of the Various Countries of the World Plans of Cities Etc." "Transcaucasia" is now Armenia Georgia and Azerbaijan Turkey includes what is today Syria and Iraq Persia is of course Iran etc. etc. Inset at lower left depicts "Palestine or the Holy Land." Lovely coloring and sharp floral border. S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr. unknown
186045840New York: S. Augustus Mitchell Jr. 1860. Folio 15¼" X 12¼" image area 13¼" X 11¼". Hand colored. Very good. Faint age toning only. An exceptionally bright and sharp example of this map many of whose names and boundaries have changed dramatically from the 1864 edition of "Mitchell's New General Atlas Containing Maps of the Various Countries of the World Plans of Cities Etc." "Transcaucasia" is now Armenia Georgia and Azerbaijan Turkey includes what is today Syria and Iraq Persia is of course Iran etc. etc. Inset at lower left shows "Palestine or the Holy Land." Extra bold coloring and with handsome decorative border. S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr. unknown
1887513254New York: Press of Fleming Brewster & Alley 1887. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. 16mo. 8pp. illustrated by H.R. Ward. Printed wrappers sewn with red cord as issued. Front cover is moderately dust soiled else very good. An epic poem issued by the Western and Atlantic railroad: “St. Valentine February Fourteenth 1887†in remembrance of the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain in Georgia between the armies of Johnston and Sherman. The poem is issued in holograph facsimile with two full-page illustrations. Uncommon. (Press of Fleming, Brewster & Alley) unknown
186045832New York: S. Augustus Mitchell Jr. 1860. Folio 15¼" X 12¼" image area 13¼" X 10½". Hand colored. Very good. Mild age toning only. Quite sharp and attractive map of this what was then Canada's western counties from the 1864 edition of "Mitchell's New General Atlas Containing Maps of the Various Countries of the World Plans of Cities Etc." Portions of Michigan Ohio Pennsylvania and New York also visible below. Well colored and featuring a handsome decorative border. S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr. unknown
1928545041Cicero Illionis 1928. Hardcover. Very Good. Oblong folio 12 ½" x 10. A handsome presentation album consisting of three letterpress leaves followed by 27 gelatin silver prints neatly mounted on the rectos of thick card leaves each with a letterpress caption printed underneath. All but the first print measure 8" x 10". Screw-bound in flexible leather covers lettered in gold on the front cover. Head and tail of spine are torn the cardboard leaves are slightly bowed very good or better.<br /> <br /> The album was prepared "upon the occasion of a visit of city officials and business men of Baltimore to the Hawthorne Works of the Western Electric Company." It contains crisp professional views mostly of the Hawthorne factory complex at Cicero Illinois as well as a few views of other parts of the Company's operations such as the plant in Kearny New Jersey and the distribution houses in New York and Kansas City. Among the many visually striking views are "A three and one-half acre" interior the "Reel Yard operating by Floodlight" throngs of employees at a "Hawthorne-Club Open-Air Dance" and a final view of employees leaving the complex under a dramatic sunset "After the day's work."<br /> <br /> At the peak of its operations from 1905 through 1983 the Hawthorne Works employed upwards of 45000 people in the production of radio systems radar and telephone equipment and related consumer goods. Located in a suburb of Chicago the complex also gained notoriety for the term "Hawthorne effect" which "refers to the type of reactivity in which individuals modify an aspect of their behavior in response to their awareness of being observed."<br /> <br /> An early scarce promotional album dating from the heyday of Western Electric during the roaring twenties. hardcover
