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199346349HEYNE WILHELM 1993. 5. softcover. Roboter-Foundation Deutsche Erstausgabe! HEYNE, WILHELM paperback
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1680D18688London: M.C. for Henry Brome 1680. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to. Uncut; light browning. Modern calf gilt. 40pp. Letters signed "R.W." but usually attributed to Walton. Wing W673; ESTC R8226. provenance: J. Chamberlain; J.C. Lynn. Robert S Pirie; with their three bookplates. Pencil notes from Pirie at the front indicate the rarity of the item. He states that only 2 or 3 copies are known of this the first edition. <br/><br/> M.C. for Henry Brome hardcover
1966C91059University of Pennsylvania Press. As New. 1966. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - - Corresponds to ASIN: B0007DWNN2. 177 pages. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works Life and Work Raisonnee -- with a bonus offer-- - May be EITHER: out of print OOP and extremely rare in this pristine condition; signed by author or contributor; or a first or special edition; inquire for details . University of Pennsylvania Press hardcover
199346349HEYNE WILHELM 1993. 5. softcover. Roboter-Foundation Deutsche Erstausgabe! HEYNE, WILHELM paperback
199146348HEYNE WILHELM 1991. 3. softcover. Roboter-Foundation Deutsche Erstausgabe! HEYNE, WILHELM paperback
197840833HEYNE WILHELM 1978. 3. softcover. Roboter-Foundation Elias Lije Baley & R. Daneel Olivaw HEYNE, WILHELM paperback
1962142652Garden City New York: Doubleday & Company Inc 1962. First edition of Asimov's work on the chemistry of life processes. Octavo original half cloth. Signed by Isaac Asimov on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Alex Gotfryd. Rare and desirable signed. Isaac Asimov's Life and Energy is an up-to-date introduction both distinguished and readable to the chemistry of life processes in particular the life processes in particular the workings of the human body. The author's approach - from the physicist's more than the chemist's point of view - is fresh and original. Doubleday & Company, Inc hardcover
158747668Venice: Apud Ioannem de Gara Giovanni di Gara 1587. First edition. Hardcover. g- to g. Large quarto. Paginated double sided leaves throughout: 5 1 238 5-62 leaves. Period dark brown mottled leather boards with gilt lettering over a brown label on the spine. Raised bands. Speckled edges of the book block in red. Introductory text in Latin dedicates the book to Pope Sixtus V and includes his elaborate engraved papal coat of arms as well as large decorative initials. The initial text also gives biographical and historical background on the author and his roots. The Latin introduction is followed by a two-page Hebrew intoduction.<br /> <br /> This phenomenal volume is a pioneering trilingual Hebrew-Latin-Italian dictionary created by Italian Renaissance-Era Rabbi linguistic scholar and physician David ben Isaac De Pomis 1524-1594. De Pomis' aim with this work being as he was a scholar of both Jewish as well as secular subjects was to create a work which would who have crossover appeal and be useful to both Jewish and non-Jewish scholars alike. In many ways the work can be seen valuable outreach to the Christian and Italian communities of the period. Although De Pomis approaches this work from the perspective of Rabbinic/Biblical Hebrew he also includes numerous additional medical and biological terms given his background as a physician. The main body of the text consists of the dictionary which is organized alphabetically according to the Hebrew. Following sections include a glossary of common Rabbinic abbreviations a Italian-Hebrew Lexicon containing the original Italian in Roman script facing the Judeo-Italian in Hebrew script leaf 5-36 and a final alphabetical index of Latin words leaves 36-62.<br /> <br /> There are original printing errors resulting in the mis-pagination of 7 leaves #77 79 85 112 190 199 and #10 of the second pagination but all content is present.<br /> <br /> Text throughout in Hebrew Latin and Italian all printed in a two-column format.<br /> <br /> Binding with head and tail of spine chipped away hinges splitting and some additional rubbing to extremities. Some scratching to covers. Interior with some sporadic minor to light foxing water stains and/or smudges throughout the text. Title page loose but sill attached. A few minor sporadic instances of worming but all are in the margins. Leaves 222-228 of the first pagination contain minimal water staining along the bottom margin not affecting text. Small tears to the bottom corners of leaf 120 of the first pagination and leaf 35 of the second pagination. Starting at interior front cover. Book block tight overall. Binding in good- interior in good condition overall. Hebrew title: צמח דוד : בו הצמיח ופרש ב×ר היטב בקצור בשלשה ×œ×©×•× ×•×ª כל שורש מלה ומלה ×©×ž×¦× ×‘×¡×¤×¨ הערוך הגדול<br /> Author: פומיס דוד בן יצחק<br /> Alternate Transliterations: Tsemach David Zemah Dawid Tzemach David Zemach David<br /> References: Bartol. II. 37; Wolf I. 311 III. 195 196. Vinograd Venice 717. Roest 944. Zedner p.641. Cowley p.154<br /> <br /> About the author:<br /> David ben Isaac De Pomis 1524-1594 was a noted Italian Rabbi physician linguist and scholar born in Spoleto. De Pomis was respected as something of a savant in his time by both the Jewish and non-Jewish community for his excellence across numerous fields of study. He traced his roots back to the original Roman Jewish community of the ancient era who had first come to the Italian Peninsula during the fist century. In 1587 he published this work "Tsemah David" which many consider to be his magnum opus. Apud Ioannem de Gara (Giovanni di Gara) hardcover
1713Flo315<p>Suite of 2 frontispieces and 61 portraits from Isaac de Larrey's <i>History of England Scotland and Ireland</i> 1713-1730.</p><p>All portraits by Dutch Baroque master Adriaen van der Werff.</p><p>Copperplates engraved by Pieter Stevens van Gunst and others including Gerard Valck Cornelis Vermeulen Nicholas Pitaut Benedict Audran Jean Audran Charles Simonneau Pierre Drevet Etienne Desrochers and Willem van der Gouwen.</p><p>Allegorical frontispiece by Bernard Picart and 28 portraits from Isaac de Larrey's <i>Histoire d'Angleterre d'Ecosse et d'Irlande</i> Reinier Leers Amsterdam 1713. </p><p>Allegorical frontispiece and 33 portraits from Isaac de Larrey's <i>Histoire d'Angleterre d'Ecosse et d'Irlande</i> Johann Covens and Cornelis Mortier Amsterdam 1730.</p><p>Plates mostly by Pieter Stevens van Gunst and others including Gerard Valck Cornelis Vermeulen Nicholas Pitaut Benedict Audran Jean Audran Charles Simonneau Pierre Drevet and Etienne Desrochers.</p><p>A sumptuous collection of oval portraits in decorative Baroque frames surrounded with allegorical figures putti crowns coats of arms garlands and other paraphernalia.</p> <p>Portraits of English royalty aristocrats and clergy from the 16th and 17th centuries including Henry VII Henry VIII Edward VI James I Charles I Oliver Cromwell Charles II James II William III and Mary II James IV and V of Scotland etc.</p><p>Many queens and ladies including four wives of Henry VIII Catherine of Aragon Jane Seymour Catherine Parr and Catherine Howard Elizabeth of York Mary Queen of Scots Lady Jane Grey the Nine Day Queen Bloody Mary Anne Hyde Margaret Tudor Mary of Guise and more.</p><p>Also includes European royalty Holy Roman Emperor Charles V Philip II of Spain Frederick V of the Palatinate William I Prince of Orange Ferdinand 3rd Duke of Alba Francis Duke of Anjou Alexander Duke of Parma etc.</p><p>Adriaen van der Werff 1659-1722 was a Dutch painter of religious and mythological scenes and portraits active mainly in Rotterdam. He combined the precise finish of the Leiden tradition learned from his master Eglon van der Neer with the classical standards of the French Académie Royale. From 1697 he was Kabinettsmaler court painter to Johann Wilhelm Elector of Palatine in Dusseldorf. </p><p>Brown leather spine worn and chipped paper title label illegible marble paper boards scuffed and stained torn stubs of two plates removed at front some plates coming loose from binding. All plates with wide margins good solid impressions of the engravings with even age-toning to the paper. A few scattered spots of foxing slight curling of a few corners and dust to page edges but generally very good.</p> Reinier Leers, Johann Covens and Cornelis Mortier paperback
179916287London: John Stockdale 1799. First Edition First Issue. Full leather. Near fine. The first edition first issue of Travels Through The States Of North America by Isaac Weld published in London in 1799 and complete with 16 maps and plates. Quarto 2 xxiv 464pp 8pp catalogue. Full calf raised bands six compartments title in gilt over red morocco label on spine. Includes the publisher's catalogue but lacking the errata slip. Even toning to leaves throughout a few leaves of text with transference. Contemporary gray endpapers. From the library of noted abolitionist and antiquarian collector George Head Head of Rickerby with his bookplate affixed to the front pastedown. The first issue with the index incorrectly identifying the fourth plate as: "The Patowmac River from Mount Vernon." This work is complete with 12 copper engraved plates including a frontispiece a large fold-out map of the eastern United States hand-colored map of Upper and Lower Canada and two plans for Quebec and Washington D.C. A few plates with light toning and scatter foxing. All plates and maps with solid hinges tissue covers and vibrant imagery. Sabin 102541 Howes W235 Lowndes 2868 Clark II 132 Includes a handwritten note from Arthur H. Masten to the recipient of this copy. An attractive work. Isaac Weld 1774-1856 conducted a survey of the United States from 1795 to 1797 covering the Eastern Seaboard and parts of the American frontier including Virginia Pennsylvania New York and the Carolinas. Weld traveled by horseback boat and on foot observing the social political and economic conditions of the newly formed nation. In "Travels" he commented on the vast natural beauty of the American landscape the state of infrastructure and the way of life of settlers and Native American tribes he encountered. Weld was critical of the rough manners and egalitarianism he witnessed contrasting it with European refinement yet he admired the industrious spirit of Americans. His narrative of the nascent United States helped to shape European opinions of the new nation during the Revolutionary period. John Stockdale unknown
19522601010022<p>New York: Analog: Science Fiction and Fact; Astounding Science Fiction Conde Nast; Street and Smith; Davis Publications; Dell 1952. Paperback. Good. Contains the first appearance of Frank Herbert's Dune World Dec 1963 and The Prophet of Dune Jan 1965 later printed as the novel Dune. Contains the first appearance of Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game August 1977; Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern "Weyr Search" October 1967 330 volumes. Most volumes digest size some larger bedsheet sized. Softcover. Good bindings and covers. Some volumes have light shelf wear mailing stamps. Clean unmarked pages. Three of the earliest volumes lack covers but all the other volumes are good. Includes: Jan. 1952 Lacking cover; March April July Sept Nov Dec 1958 6 vols; April-Dec 1959; Complete: 1960 1961; 1962; 1964; 1965 1967 1968; 1969 10 v.; 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 complete; 1981 Jan Feb Mar 3 vols; 1982 1983 complete 1984 10 vols Aug-Dec; 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 complete; 1991 Oct-Dec 7 vols; 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 complete 2003 10 vol; 2004 Jan-Aug 6 vol. Also includes duplicates some volumes two months combined. <br />This is an oversized or heavy book which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.</p> Analog: Science Fiction and Fact; Astounding Science Fiction, Conde Nast; Street and Smith; Davis Publications; Dell paperback
16243619<p>Compendium on Alchemy Medicine and Science A-2S8 2S8 blank present. 34 598 24 pages. Title-page in red and black. Worming to inner margin of first gathering with some minor affects; browning some old underlining partially in red and marginal notes some minor stains. Overall a good copy in the original full yapped vellum. This volume contains:1 Basilius Valentinus:Triumphwagen des Antimonii.2 Roger Bacon: Von der Medicin und Artzney/ oder Tinctur des Antimonii oder Spieglases Beydes in den Menschlichen Crpern zu erhaltung desselben Gesundheit und abwendung aller auch unheilbaren Kranckheiten und Seuchen Und unvollkommenen Metallen ihren Aussatz heilen sie zu clarificiren und in das beste Gold zuverse.3 Ein kurtz rundes und wolgegründtes Tractätlein Von den Particular und Universal-Tincturen.4 Vom Stein der Weisen Theoria. Und Practica Des Edlen . Georgii Phaedronis Rodocheri.5 Uhralter Ritterkrieg Das ist Ein alchymistisch kürtzliches Gäsprech. Unsers Steins/ des Golds und des Mercuii .6 Opus Saturni M. Johannis Isaaci Hollandi.7 Consideratio Oder Philosophische Betrachtung Von der Materia Lapidis Philosophici.8 Von der Occulta Chemicorum Philosophia Ein kurtzer Tractat.Basilius Valentinus also known under the Anglicized version of his name Basil Valentine was a fifteenth-century alchemist & the Canon of the Benedictine Priory of Saint Peter in Erfurt Germany. Krown & Spellman HA 45215; 18 mo 4 x 6.4 in; xxxviv 59824 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. .</p> Friedrich Lanckisch for Bartholmaeus Voigt hardcover
1980896PABEL/MOEWIG VERLAGSUNION 1980-82. 1. softcover. besten Stories von 19 Die 67276711671367176724 PABEL/MOEWIG VERLAGSUNION paperback
1991830HEYNE WILHELM 1991-92. 1. softcover. Asimov-Chronik Die 819982288358 HEYNE, WILHELM paperback
1952283962gnome press 1952 first edition. near fine red binding lettered in black very good blue and black jacket the rear upper right has a larger chip missing rubbing on the board ends small name on the ep gnome press unknown
1808ABC_45232Paris 1808. Large 4to 22 x 27.5 cm. Eugène Duverger & Jean-Joseph Marcel Imprimerie Impériale Later red half morocco marbled sides title in gold on spine. With 4 tables. 6 47-58 483-782 pp. Offprints from vols. 47 & 48 of the Mémoires de lAcadémie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres with separately printed title-page. The four "mémoires" that make up the first item were lectures delivered in the years 1787 to 1791 but published for the first time in 1793; the second much longer item a lecture delivered on 5 April 1785 includes long extracts in Arabic from Masoudi Sirat Alresoul Kitab Aldjouman Tabari and others.Shelfmark on spine unobtrusive blind library stamp on title-page & following 2 leaves. Owners inscription of Col. S. B. Miles on front free endpaper and his wifes presentation bookplate to Bath Public Reference Library on front paste-down.l Wilson 197. ABE CAT Art History unknown
135523Leather Bound. Condition: Very Good. Isaac Collins Publisher Trenton NJ 1791. First Edition. 1st Printing. Unpaginated pages. Old Testament. Apocrypha. New Testament. Index to the Holy Bible 25 pages. Table of Time 1 pg. Scripture Measures Weights and Coins 4 pg. Kindred and Affinity Forbidden in Scripture and Laws to Marry together 1 pg. A Brief Concordance to the Whole Bible Perused and Enlarged by John Downame 82 pg. 1790. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Light general wear. Full leather binding is covered in a Black Cloth tarp glued under the boards serving to protect the book which seems to be in its Original Very Good condition. Page browning on approx. 10 preliminary pages and 10 ending pages of text. Size: L 4to 9.75 - 12'' tall. The Isaac Collins Bible was the first Bible printed in New Jersey and was considered one of the most typographically accurate Bibles of its day the second quarto King James Bible printed in America the best known product of the eighteenth century New Jersey press. Isaac Collins a Quaker a printer and bookseller commissioned a series of committees led by John Witherspoon to correct his proof sheets in order to ensure the text was error free. Published shortly after the American Revolution this copy includes Witherspoon's address 'To the Reader' instead of the traditional dedication to King James as in other King James Bibles. Due to its size some historians also consider it one of the earliest American family Bibles. This 1791 Collins Bible is the first English language Bible printed in America that was also offered publically for sale in America. Isaac Collins In order to comply with the varying sentiments regarding the inclusion of the Apocrypha and marginal commentary Collins provided subscribers to this edition the choice of including or excluding them in their personal copies. Religion::Bible Study Religion::Christian Pre-1910 RBR29 hardcover
19311447Kaunas: Spaudos Fondo Leidinys 1931. First edition. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers. Untrimmed. Cover artistically restored. With Pranas Naujokaitis’ posessors inscription on the title page and collection stamp on cover. Illustrated with three black-and-white photographic reproductions of the authors’ portraits. Illustrated with three black-and-white photographic reproductions of the authors’ portraits. First edition. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers. Untrimmed. 232 2 p. and 3 plates. <p><br /> Scarce Lithuanian edition of Yiddish literature. With modernist cover design. <br /> <p><br /> <p><br /> A collection of short stories by Yiddish authors such as Sholem Aleichem 1859–1916 Scholem Asch 1880–1957 and I. L. Peretz 1852–1915.<br /> <p><br /> <p><br /> Pranas Naujokaitis 1905–1984 was a Lithuanian writer journalist and editor author of Lietuviu Literaturos Istorija History of Lithuanian Literature.<br /> <p><br /> <p><br /> Extremely scarce WorldCat locates only two copies worldwide.<br /> <p>. Spaudos Fondo Leidinys unknown
1618ABC_45668The Netherlands 1618. ca. 22 x 295 cm. In passe-partout. Engraved print on paper. Rare allegorical print perhaps by Zacharias Dolendo: Exposition of the present state of the free Netherlands a satire against the Remonstrants and supporting Prince Mauritss suppression of them presented as their failed attempt to undo the unanimity within the Republic of the Seven United Provinces. It caricatures waardgelders mercenaries hired by cities in this case to defend the freedom of the dissenting Remonstrants against attacks by Counterremonstrants.The print seems to be the second state of a print of Dolendo after a painting by Isaac Claesz. Swanenburgh. The first state of this print an allegory on the siege and relief of Leiden was printed in 1574. Our copy would be the second state of this 1574-print with another text.At left the Dutch maiden is assailed and driven from her safe seat Christ by Discord Death and Violence. At right Neptune tries to stop a soldier from attacking her. Utrecht appears on the soldiers helmet and the names of the Remonstrant cities on a flap of his trousers: Alkmaar Rotterdam Leiden etc. characterizing him as a waardgelder. With a minor stain on the back faintly visible on the front and 3 barely visible folds. Otherwise in very good condition.l Atlas van Stolk 1320 1337; D.R. Horst De opstand in zwart-wit: propagandaprenten uit de Nederlandse opstand 2003 p. 151 fig. 47 p. 334; Knuttel 2769; Muller Historieplaten 1313 "very rare. unknown
Frommann-9783772802317frommann-holzboog Verlag e.K. English. Hardcover. New. 2860 p. 145 x 190 cm. This edition of Newtons 16431727 works has never been replaced altogether to the present day. In spite of Newtons profound impact on natural sciences it should not be overlooked that substantial parts of his writings deal with philosophical and theological problems. Evidence of this can be found in this edition. It contains all of Newtons major theological works. As a religious thinker Newton dealt with Jacob Böhmes writings in the English translation by Sparrow published in 1661. In his interpretation of the apocalypse and the Book of Daniel Newton focuses on Böhmes mystical thought. frommann-holzboog Verlag e.K. hardcover
Frommann-9783772802317frommann-holzboog Verlag e.K. English. Hardcover. New. 2860 p. 145 x 190 cm. This edition of Newtons 16431727 works has never been replaced altogether to the present day. In spite of Newtons profound impact on natural sciences it should not be overlooked that substantial parts of his writings deal with philosophical and theological problems. Evidence of this can be found in this edition. It contains all of Newtons major theological works. As a religious thinker Newton dealt with Jacob Böhmes writings in the English translation by Sparrow published in 1661. In his interpretation of the apocalypse and the Book of Daniel Newton focuses on Böhmes mystical thought. frommann-holzboog Verlag e.K. hardcover
1802894F19London: T. Egerton 1802 . First edition. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 9" by 6". None. The first edition of this five volume work of naval history charting the course of maritime events from the Romans to the start of the nineteenth century. The first edition of this work complete in five volumes.The work of highly controversial Royal Navy officer Captain Isaac Schomberg who gained distinction in several actions during the American Revolutionary and French Revolutionary Wars. This work contains both prose history and extensive appendices.Schomberg began his impressive history in 1796 and follows naval and maritime events from the Roman Empire onwards.Rebacked in full calf bindings with back strips renewed. Retaining the original endpapers.With the inscription of Caroline A. Buchetts to a front blank of each volume and a further former owner's inscription to the head of the title page of volumes II-V. With a publisher's advertisement leaf to volume I. Rebacked in full calf bindings retaining the original boards. Retaining the original endpapers. Externally excellent. Former owner's inscription to a front blank or front free endpaper of each volume with former owner's inscription to head of title page of volumes II-V. Minor worming to the tail of front pastedown to page 225 of volume II. Internally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright with light spotting and handling marks to the first few leaves of volume IV. Very Good Indeed T. Egerton hardcover
191611111112222233379<p>The sole UK printing published by Paragon Publishing Works London in 1916. The BOOK is in near Fine condition. Very slight edge wear. Covers slightly darkened to edges but the book remains in remarkable condition despite its age and cheap production. The poet/painter's third separate publication which like its predecessors were printed at his own expense and privately distributed. The title is slightly deceptive as a small group of poems including war poems are appended. A few tiny 'corrections' to the text have been neatly made by the publishers as usually encountered. The binding is stitched with the bright yellow wrappers glued on from the back end-paper. A very rare book in remarkably good condition. Housed in a custom solander box with gilt titling and marbled paper lining. Scarce. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.</p> Paragon Publishing Works, London
1802182487London: printed for T. Egerton Bickerstaff and Richardson 1802. The author's seminal work on naval history First edition in an attractive period speckled calf binding. The subscribers list notes 301 copies including those ordered by Lord Nelson the Treasurer of the Navy Charles Bragge Captain Cochrane and Viscount Hood. Trinity House took 24. In particular "the comprehensive lists of ships captains and actions in volumes 4 and 5 are of value" NMM. Schomberg 1753-1813 entered the Royal Navy in 1770 serving with his uncle on the Prudent at Spithead. He was soon posted to Newfoundland on the Romney Vice-Admiral Duff's flagship subsequently transferring to the Canada on whom he saw action at Gibraltar St. Kitt's and the Battle of the Saintes. In 1786 he was selected as mentor to Prince William the future William IV on board the frigate Pegasus. A clash of characters led to a confrontation with William provoking Schomberg into "applying to Captain Horatio Nelson the senior officer on the station for a court martial on himself to clear his name - on the petty matter of not sending a boat inshore to collect sheets from the hospital." ODNB. He continued to come into conflict with senior officers for the rest of his career including one notable incident where he sent a letter of complaint to the colonial government in Madras so unnecessarily vitriolic that he was ordered to return to England. Provenance: Marquess of Sligo at Westport House then to Captain D. M. Fyffe of Trinity House with their bookplates; subsequently in the library of Clive Richards the owner of "the finest collection of Nelson letters in private hands" The Telegraph with his loosely inserted bookplate. 5 vols octavo 209 x 130 mm. Tables in text; 5-page subscriber's list and 2 pp. of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary speckled calf black and red twin labels smooth spines divided by gilt decorative rules compartments gilt-stamped with central device board edges milled in blind blue speckled edges red silk bookmarkers. A few minor abrasions to spines a few scratches to boards tips a little bumped small Japanese tissue repair to vol. II front free endpaper contents variably foxed and soiled: a very good set. NMM V 1232. "Clive Richards City financier and owner of the finest collection of Nelson letters in private hands - obituary" The Telegraph 23 April 2021. hardcover
195016890Garden City: Doubleday & Company Inc. 1950. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing to upper right corner tip and a two small closed tears one to the base of the front panel 6 mm and base of spine panel 8 mm. 16890. Octavo jacket art by Richard Powers cloth. The author's first SF novel and first book. In the far future "Earth is largely a radioactive wasteland populated by a few million inhabitants who are discriminated against by the rest of the galactic empire which has forgotten that Earth was humanity's original home." - Brians Nuclear Holocausts: Atomic War in Fiction 1895-1984 p. 122. Reference: Anatomy of Wonder 2004 II-51. Sargent British and American Utopian Literature 1516-1985 p. 237. In 333. Doubleday & Company, Inc. unknown
1836377809Lewistown PA: John W. Shugert 1836. First edition. 400pp. 12mo. Modern quarter calf and marbled paper boards. Repairs to endpapers. Provenance: Kalozetean Literary Society embossed stamps ink numerical stamp on verso of title and first leaf. First edition. 400pp. 12mo. Charles Ball was born into slavery in Maryland circa 1781 and subsequently separated from his family. He would later be hired out as a cook to the U.S.S Congress and after his marriage and birth of a child would be separated again from his family and sold to a cotton planter in South Carolina and later to Georgia. After escaping from horrendous conditions in early 1810 he would serve in the U.S Navy in Commodore Joshua Barney's Chesapeake Bay Flotilla only to be recaptured into slavery in Georgia. He escaped again and eventually made his way to Lewistown Pennsylvania. In 1830 the town raised money to purchase his freedom from his former owner who had tracked him down and sought to reclaim him as a fugitive slave.<br /> <br /> Ball's autobiography dictated to Isaac Fisher was first published by subscription by a newspaper editor in Lewistown Pennsylvania in 1836 with a more widely-published edition printed in New York the following year. Republished again with significant changes and a new title the work appeared as The Life of a Negro Slave in 1846; an abridged and more fanciful version was next published under the title Fifty Years in Chains in 1859. With each successive edition the prose of the abolitionist movement and the sensationalism of commercial ventures dramatically changed the autobiography making the first edition of the narrative particularly desirable as the true statement of Ball's original voice.<br /> <br /> "On its first appearance Slavery in the United States was issued by subscription by a small-town newspaper editor and had only limited circulation. It lacked the abolitionist rhetoric now considered a defining feature of the slave narrative. Only in 1837 was it picked up by New York abolitionists who had it repackaged as an antislavery book and circulated through their information networks alongside other tracts such as Narrative of James Williams. Finally Slavery in the United States was published in 1858 as Fifty Years in Chains by an opportunistic publisher who tapped into the new market for antislavery stories created by the resounding success of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin 1852 . All signs point to the first edition being a relatively private publication destined mainly for a readership living near to Ball himself . Thanks to the correspondence of Isaac Fisher it is now known that 3000 copies were printed and sold in the 'village' Fisher's word of Lewistown and in three Ohio counties . very few copies of the first edition remain in circulation compared with the number available of that of 1837 . the publication of the first edition was the result of private planning outside the established circles of either the commercial publishing industry or the abolitionist movement . Yet the ever wider readership of Charles Ball's narrative in the later editions corresponded to the incremental loss of its substance. There occurred a gradual adulteration of what Ball's oral testimony to Fisher in the mid1830s might be imagined to have contained. Publication under a commercial imprint in the post-Uncle Tom context only deepened this process of hollowing-out. What was left in the end was but a distant echo of the slave's original singular voice" Michael Roy The Vanishing Slave: Publishing the Narrative of Charles Ball" in Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America 111:4 2017: pp. 513-545. Lib. Co. of Philadelphia Afro-Americana 813; Work pages 310-311 John W. Shugert unknown
