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18780001064AUGUSTA MAINE ME. Good. 1878. On offer is a super original archive of five 5 handwritten manuscript diaries authored by Reverend Isaac J. Mead of Augusta Maine. He was the son of Albert Manley Read who died in 1861 fighting in the Civil War. Research finds that Mead is listed in the Universalist Register of 1895 as editor of THE GOSPEL BANNER. His handwritten diaries are for 1878 he is 37 years old 1882 1887 1888 and 1889 when he is 48. Mead is an enthusiastic prolific writer rarely failing to write a diary entry rarely failing to detail his visits his works his travels and to set these writings apart Isaac Mead proves to be a rather political churchman who rarely fails to press the Universalist Church's approach. His daily entries include the weather his work on the Banner Universalist meetings conferences Sunday services his preaching funeral duties etc. He makes many 'insider' remarks on Church doings and of other Church communities' doings. Historians and collectors of Maine and the neighboring states will have a treasure trove of information on religious matters of the day plus Mead also details: politics of the day; the Blaine and Harrison presidential contest local news like the Dexter Bank case Stain-Cromwell were defendants stabbing on the mail train soldier jumps fight leads to death collision of ocean steamers muster week-encamped on Leonard Farm Glencarin finished race faster etc. Took trip to New York City-Coleman House Coney Island "great playground of this city" Fleetwood Park Eden Museum wax Madison Square - 2 plays. Mr. Fairburn got him his Remington rifle -"a very pretty gun". Mead mentions many hundreds of names of his colleagues visitors family et al. Many entries about gun club target practice etc. Reverend Mead does not provide holographic ownership markings but this archive of diaries came from a larger archive of his estate ephemera. Some nibbling to the books but overall G.; 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall; MAINE ME RELIGION UNIVERSALISM CHRISTIANITY EVANGELISM EVANGELICAL CIRCUIT RIDER HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA; Signed by Autograph . unknown
18620009086CAMBRIDGE BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS MA. Good. 1862. On offer is the 1862 diary of Isaac S. Pear owner of a Massachusetts factory and business manufacturing spring and cot beds and specialties in folding furniture. Pear speaks often of his day-to-day activities and his business which he writes have been negatively affected by the ongoing and bloody Civil War. The entries range from short concise entries of the weather to longer ones directly related to his business activities at the time. There are also reports of the Civil War battles won and lost and the general feeling of the people around him usually a mixture of exhaustion and anxiety. He obviously keeps tabs on the war especially as it reflects the effect on regiments and people from Massachusetts and his entries reflect this often. It seems about the middle of the year Pears factory begins making cots and beds for the Union Army. A call goes out in August for men to volunteer for the Union. For a few weeks Pear closes his store and factory at 2pm in aid of recruiting. He mentions that stores that did not close early were shut down by a mob. There also seems to be a dour attitude about the situation as Pear often reports the amount who have died in the war and the despondent look of the soldiers who return. The situation does not look good at all through Pears eyes. He also mentions people he knew by name who have died in the war. The Memoranda and Cash Accounts section of the diary contain a number of pages of detailed lists of items bought and paid for money received from clients at the store and money paid out to employees many of whom seem to be family. The book is approximately 380 pages of which there is writing in 300 or so. The cover is soft black leather with a wrap around portion meant to slide into a little loop however the loop no longer exists. It says Diary 1862 on the front. It shows a good bit of wear throughout. The pages show some discoloration and wear especially near the front and back but nothing that affects legibility. Pear wrote in pencil throughout the book and there is some smudging on certain pages that can affect legibility however these entries can be read with a bit of effort made easier under direct light. His handwriting is easy to read and legible throughout. The book is in overall good condition. Sample entries: Friday February 7 1862. Quite and warm all day. The snow thawed considerably. News of the taking of Fort Henry on the Tennessee River read to-day. People feel elated. This evening took tea at Mrs. Williams.; February 8. Comes in pleasant but colder than yesterday. A little trade at store though still poor. The war affects business very much and all are anxious for a short but honorable termination.; March 19. Pleasant all day. The taking of Newberne N.C. continued. The 21st 23rd 24th 25th Mass. Regts were in the action. Our cas. About ninety killed and 400 wounded.; June 19. Warm and pleasant all day. Busy at factory making spring cots for Army use.; August 5. Talk of a draft to fill the quota for 600000 more men for the army. Cities and towns offering bounties for volunteers for $100 to $200.; August 10. Visited Camp Cameron today.A large number of troops there under the new call of 300000 by President Lincoln.; September 3. All account go to show that the Rebels have an overwhelming Army and are determined to get into Washington and Maryland or die in the attempt.; December 13. John E. Noone was killed at the Battle of Fredericksburg this day aged 27 years. Background: In 1852 Mr. Pear went to California. He traded in San Francisco three years and worked in the mines one year and then returned to Cambridge in 1857. The same year he entered his present business as manufacturer of spring and cot beds and specialties in folding furniture his factory being situated on Brattle street Boston. In the presidential campaign of 1856 Mr. Pear cast his vote in California for the free soil candidate John C. Fremont. In 1860 he voted the Bell and Everett ticket in 18564 for Lincoln and has been a republican ever since. Mr. Pear was a member of the common council with William E. Russell and in the board of aldermen the next two years. In 1887-88 he was a member of the legislature serving upon the committee on elections and giving valuable aid upon the committee on water supply in the taking of land around Fresh pond. He worked for the Australian ballot which was then secured. During his legislative career he was an intimate of the late Chester F. Sanger who occupied the adjoining seat in the house. Mr. Pear has been on the Republican City committee for the past dozen years. He is to-day a director in the Cambridge Mutual Fire Insurance company and also in the Colombian Cooperative bank. He is also an esteemed member of the California Pioneers of New England.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF ISAAC S. PEAR CIVIL WAR ERA BRATTLE STREET CAMBRIDGE BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS BUSINESS OWNER COT AND BED MANUFACTURING UNION ARMY SUPPLIER REPORTS OF THE CIVIL WAR CIVILIAN LIFE ON THE UNION SIDE RECRUITMENT OF SOLDIERS EFFECT OF THE CIVIL WAR ON CIVILIANS WAR TIME COMMERCE ECONOMY SUPPLIERS TO THE UNION ARMY AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . hardcover
1996C93166Peter Lang Pub Inc. As New. 1996. Paperback. 082042904X . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - TWO VOUME SET. Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- Text in English. DESCRIPTION - - Vol. I: Text- Vol. II: Plates. "Isaac de Moucheron 1667 1744 18th-century Dutch painter and interior decorator. In Holland at the turn of the eighteenth century the taste for more elaborate room decoration created a demand for large landscapes including imaginary garden scenes. Works by Isaac de Moucheron often illustrated imaginary Italianate gardens filled with classical architecture and statuary. His beautiful compositions were much sought after and often used for wall designs. Contents: Life and Times - Artistic Achievements - Appendices - Bibliography - Portraits of I. De Moucheron - Catalogue of Isaac de Moucheron's Oeuvre - An Inventory of Dutch Decorative Paintings - Indices - Plates. Peter Lang Pub Inc Frankfurt am Main 1996. 2 vols. Illustated. Scarce. One 1 2 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 . Peter Lang Pub Inc paperback
18421540DBNouvelle édition. 3 Bde. Paris, Roret, 1842. 4°. XXXII, 509(1) S.; XI(1), 542, 8 S. Mit 1 gest. Titel (Atlasband), 97 Kupfertafeln (dv. 8 kol., 41 doppelblattgross u. 10 gef.) Halblederbände der Zeit mit Rückenvergoldung (berieben und bestossen).
18421540DB1842. Nouvelle édition. 3 Bde. Paris Roret 1842. 4°. XXXII 5091 S.; XI1 542 8 S. Mit 1 gest. Titel Atlasband 97 Kupfertafeln dv. 8 kol. 41 doppelblattgross u. 10 gef. Halblederbände der Zeit mit Rückenvergoldung berieben und bestossen. Vgl. Brunet I 785 u. Grässe I 340 für die zweite Ausgabe. - Titelauflage der zweiten Ausgabe. Erschien erstmals 1792-1796 in Paris. Die farbigen Tafeln mit Holzmuster die übrigen Tafeln mit Holzverarbeitungsgeräten Maschinen und Holzarbeiten. Am Schluss mit einer zusätzlichen nicht nummerierten Tafel. Der gestochene Titel des Atlasbandes zur zweiten Ausgabe. - Die Seiten unbeschnitten. Einige Tafeln und die Seitenränder stärker gebräunt. Ansonsten nur wenig stockfleckig. unknown
18086506London: Samuel Bagster 1808. Seventh edition first Bagster ed. Hardcover. Near fine. Octavo 22cm; full crushed dark brown morocco by Zaehnsdorf spines in six compartments with five raised bands gilt-tooled border and decorative corner pieces to covers; titling and salmon devices stamped in gilt in spine compartments; top edge gilt; hunter green silk doublures and endpapers with gilt dentelles; iivi7-512pp with engraved half-title portrait frontispiece and engraved plates by Philip Audinet. Gentle sunning to spine some trivial wear to board edges with a hint of offsetting opposite several plates and a discreet repaired tear to lower margin of p.55; Near Fine with the text fresh and wide-margined. According to the University of Pittsburgh which houses an extensive collection of 19th century editions of the Angler this first edition published by Samuel Bagster was "the earliest attempt at an exact reprint of the 1653 edition." As such more than an attractive binding but also a significant edition of a cornerstone of English sporting books. Samuel Bagster hardcover
192654867Moscow МоÑква: Kinopechat Кинопечать 1926. First edition. Softcover. Good to very good condition. Octavo. 80pp. Dark blue and white wrappers with constructivist typography on the front cover housed in modern blue heavy paper portfolio with printed typographic design of original cover pasted to cover flap. Publisher's device on title page. This scarce published screenplay for the film adaptation of Sholem Aleichem's novel "Wandering Stars" by the acclaimed Russian-Jewish novelist playwright and journalist Isaac Babel 1894-1940. The film was premiered in Kiev on January 4th 1927 and was directed by Grigori Gritscher-Tscherikower 1883-1945. It was produced by VUFKU studios the national film studios of the Ukrainian SSR.<br /> <br /> This book contains the entirety of the film's screenplay accompanied by three striking b/w illustrations by Soviet artist and designer Alexander Bykhovskii 1888-1978 who likely also created the striking cover. The final three pages contain publisher's ads listing other work on the topic of cinema.<br /> <br /> The story tells of the love between Leibel the son of a wealthy shtetl family and Reizel a poor cantor's daughter in Bessarabia. The two run off to join a traveling Yiddish theater group. They are later separated with each becoming successful in their own right only to eventually reunite in America. The work was first serialized and originally appeared in the Warsaw newspapers between 1909 and 1911. It has come to be seen as the third in an unofficial trilogy of novels by the writer centering on musicians or performers preceded by Stempenyu 1888 and The Nightingale 1889.<br /> <br /> In 1925 the Moscow State Jewish Theater suggested that the Goskino the Soviet State Film Studio produce a film adaptation of Sholem Aleichem’s novel. The order was commissioned to Isaac Babel for translation and adaptation from the book's original Yiddish language to Russian for the screenplay. During this period Babel had been working on other translations of Yiddish literature into Russian including the collected works of Sholem Aleichem and work by David Bergelson. According to Babel's foreword printed here he faced a number of difficulties adapting the novel including the modification of petty bourgeoisie motifs as well as the changes of film directors and their differing requirements. Because of certain elements in the script of which the main committee of the Goskino did not approve the film's production had to ultimately be switched to VUFKU studios in Odessa. In a letter during the period of production Babel apparently wrote: “I will have to be present on the set. if I am not there the director will ruin everything" and later upon hearing of further changes made by Gritscher-Tscherikower wrote that "it is more profitable for me not to participate in this shameful productionâ€. Regardless of Babel's opinion of the final product the film was well received by Soviet audiences at the time.<br /> <br /> Text in Russian. Portfolio with minor wear. Wraps partially restored with minor wear. Previous owner's names and date at top of title page one near gutter. Light water staining along right half of bottom edge of first 30 pages reappearing from pages 40 to end though along lower part of foredge more pronounced on pages 75/76 and light fraying along foredge from pages 67 to 76. Block lightly age-toned. Kinopechat (Кинопечать) unknown
1740S13116Lausannae & Geneva: Marci-Michaelis Bousquet & Sociorum 1740. 1740. 4to. iv xxxii 363 1 pp. Half-title engraved frontispiece portrait of Newton engr. Jean-Louis Daudet after Vanderbank 12 engraved folding plates title vignette of 4 cherubs and a female figure each using an optical instrument representing learning optics/perspective drawn by Delamoncein and engraved by Daudet head & tail pieces and woodcut initial letters drawn by Papillon index; first 11 leaves browned. Contemporary full vellum green leather gilt-stamped spine label edges with decorative red freckling as designed by the binder; foot of spine with faint ink marking "11-". Paper unevenly browned. Verso of title with small ink annotation "=1135="; rear pastedown with another notation "á 20.Luglio 1801." Very good. Third Latin edition edited by Bousquet with a dedication to Joannes Bernoulli. This edition contains the full array of 31 querries. / "Newton's contributions to the science of optics :: his discovery of the unequal refractions of rays of different color his theory of color and his investigations of 'Newton's rings' to mention only a few of the most noteworthy :: place him among the premier contributors to that science. . . . Today we recognize that his work on optics offers unique rewards in its exciting innovative conjunction of physical theory experimental investigation and mathematics and in the revealing glimpse that it provides of a crucial period in the evolution of experimental science." :: Alan E. Shapiro The Optical Papers of Isaac Newton: Volume 1 1984 p. xi. / Jean-Louis Daudet 1695-1756 who made the frontispiece and title vignette was an engraver and print publisher active in Lyon inherited business from his father Etienne Joseph Daudet. He flourished from 1722 till his death in 1756. Thereafter the business continued by his widow in association with his son-in-law Louis Martin Roch Joubert until 1773. / "Newton famously declared that it is not the business of science to make hypotheses. However it's well to remember that this position was formulated in the midst of a bitter dispute with Robert Hooke who had criticized Newton's writings on optics when they were first communicated to the Royal Society in the early 1670's. The essence of Newton's thesis was that white light is composed of a mixture of light of different elementary colors ranging across the visible spectrum which he had demonstrated by decomposing white light into its separate colors and then reassembling those components to produce white light again. However in his description of the phenomena of color Newton originally included some remarks about his corpuscular conception of light perhaps akin to the cogs and flywheels in terms of which James Maxwell was later to conceive of the phenomena of electromagnetism. Hooke interpreted the whole of Newton's optical work as an attempt to legitimize this corpuscular hypothesis and countered with various objections." / "Newton quickly realized his mistake in attaching his theory of colors to any particular hypothesis on the fundamental nature of light and immediately back-tracked arguing that his intent had been only to describe the observable phenomena without regard to any hypotheses as to the cause of the phenomena. Hooke and others continued to criticize Newton's theory of colors by arguing against the corpuscular hypothesis causing Newton to respond more and more angrily that he was making no hypothesis he was describing the way things are and not claiming to explain why they are. This was a bitter lesson for Newton and in addition to initiating a life-long feud with Hooke went a long way toward shaping Newton's rhetoric about what science should be. . ." / "The first edition of The Opticks 1704 contained only 16 queries but when the Latin edition was published in 1706 Newton was emboldened to add seven more which ultimately became Queries 25 through 31 when in the second English edition he added Queries 17 through 24. Of all these one of the most intriguing is Query 28 which begins with the rhetorical question "Are not all Hypotheses erroneous in which Light is supposed to consist of Pression or Motion propagated through a fluid medium" In this query Newton rejects the Cartesian idea of a material substance filling in and comprising the space between particles. Newton preferred an atomistic view believing that all substances were comprised of hard impenetrable particles moving and interacting via innate forces in an empty space as described further in Query 31." :: Newton's Cosmological Queries :: MathPages. / Grace K. Babson Sir Isaac Newton 1950 141; George J. Gray A Bibliography of the Works of Sir Isaac Newton 182; Wallis 182. See: Printing and the Mind of Man 172. Marci-Michaelis Bousquet & Sociorum, 1740. hardcover books
1740S13116Lausannae & Geneva: Marci-Michaelis Bousquet & Sociorum 1740. 1740. 4to. iv xxxii 363 1 pp. Half-title engraved frontispiece portrait of Newton engr. Jean-Louis Daudet after Vanderbank title printed in red & black 12 engraved folding plates title vignette of 4 cherubs and a female figure each using an optical instrument representing learning optics/perspective drawn by Delamoncein and engraved by Daudet head & tail pieces and woodcut initial letters drawn by Papillon index; first 11 leaves browned. Contemporary full vellum green leather gilt-stamped spine label edges with decorative red freckling as designed by the binder; foot of spine with faint ink marking "11-". Paper unevenly browned. Verso of title with small ink annotation "=1135="; rear pastedown with another notation "a 20.Luglio 1801." Very good. Third Latin edition edited by Bousquet with a dedication to Joannes Bernoulli. This edition contains the full array of 31 querries. / "Newton's contributions to the science of optics :: his discovery of the unequal refractions of rays of different color his theory of color and his investigations of 'Newton's rings' to mention only a few of the most noteworthy :: place him among the premier contributors to that science. . . . Today we recognize that his work on optics offers unique rewards in its exciting innovative conjunction of physical theory experimental investigation and mathematics and in the revealing glimpse that it provides of a crucial period in the evolution of experimental science." :: Alan E. Shapiro The Optical Papers of Isaac Newton: Volume 1 1984 p. xi. / Jean-Louis Daudet 1695-1756 who made the frontispiece and title vignette was an engraver and print publisher active in Lyon inherited business from his father Etienne Joseph Daudet. He flourished from 1722 till his death in 1756. Thereafter the business continued by his widow in association with his son-in-law Louis Martin Roch Joubert until 1773. / "Newton famously declared that it is not the business of science to make hypotheses. However it's well to remember that this position was formulated in the midst of a bitter dispute with Robert Hooke who had criticized Newton's writings on optics when they were first communicated to the Royal Society in the early 1670's. The essence of Newton's thesis was that white light is composed of a mixture of light of different elementary colors ranging across the visible spectrum which he had demonstrated by decomposing white light into its separate colors and then reassembling those components to produce white light again. However in his description of the phenomena of color Newton originally included some remarks about his corpuscular conception of light perhaps akin to the cogs and flywheels in terms of which James Maxwell was later to conceive of the phenomena of electromagnetism. Hooke interpreted the whole of Newton's optical work as an attempt to legitimize this corpuscular hypothesis and countered with various objections." / "Newton quickly realized his mistake in attaching his theory of colors to any particular hypothesis on the fundamental nature of light and immediately back-tracked arguing that his intent had been only to describe the observable phenomena without regard to any hypotheses as to the cause of the phenomena. Hooke and others continued to criticize Newton's theory of colors by arguing against the corpuscular hypothesis causing Newton to respond more and more angrily that he was making no hypothesis he was describing the way things are and not claiming to explain why they are. This was a bitter lesson for Newton and in addition to initiating a life-long feud with Hooke went a long way toward shaping Newton's rhetoric about what science should be. . ." / "The first edition of The Opticks 1704 contained only 16 queries but when the Latin edition was published in 1706 Newton was emboldened to add seven more which ultimately became Queries 25 through 31 when in the second English edition he added Queries 17 through 24. Of all these one of the most intriguing is Query 28 which begins with the rhetorical question "Are not all Hypotheses erroneous in which Light is supposed to consist of Pression or Motion propagated through a fluid medium" In this query Newton rejects the Cartesian idea of a material substance filling in and comprising the space between particles. Newton preferred an atomistic view believing that all substances were comprised of hard impenetrable particles moving and interacting via innate forces in an empty space as described further in Query 31." :: Newton's Cosmological Queries :: MathPages. / Grace K. Babson Sir Isaac Newton 1950 141; George J. Gray A Bibliography of the Works of Sir Isaac Newton 182; Wallis 182. See: Printing and the Mind of Man 172. Marci-Michaelis Bousquet & Sociorum, 1740. hardcover
1970WRCLIT57895New York: Touchstone Publishers 1970. 244pp. plus lithographs. Large folio 65 x 48 cm; 25.5 x 19 inches. Loose sheets and signatures laid into folding cloth case. Case rather faded and smudged with lower edge of upper lid broken internally very good; except for two small marginal spots to one plate the plates are in fine state. First edition. One of the earliest of the several collaborations between the Nobel Prize-winning author and Soyer. From an edition of 175 copies and 20 a.ps. this is one of 150 numbered sets with the lithographs printed on Arches each signed and numbered by the artist in the margin and with the title-leaf signed by the author. Touchstone Publishers hardcover books
175614817Frères Duplain Lyon 1756 1 vol. In-4 de 2 ff.n.ch. XVI 185 pp. XIV (table) 1 f.n.ch., veau marbré de l'époque, dos à nerfs orné, pièce de titre, triple filet doré en encadrement sur les plats armoriés, tranches rouges.
195109964Gnome Press: NY 1951. First edition & 1st binding state. Hardcover. Absolutely classic sf novel. Currey A binding - cloth sheets measure 20.3cm x 13.5cm and 1.9cm in depth later issued in boards with sheets measuring 20.3cm x 12.5cm and 1.4cm in depth. See L. W. Currey: Science Fiction And Fantasy Authors: A Bibliography Of Their First Printings page 17. Dark blue boards with red lettering: 1st state dustjacket priced $2.75 on front inner flap and just three titles listed and one calendar on rear panel. Blue cloth mottled/stained light blue a VG copy in a VG bright unfaded pictorial dustjacket. Gnome Press: NY hardcover
1916169657London: The Paragon Printing Works 1916. His third and final collection of war poems First edition privately printed and scarce especially so in collectable condition. This copy was given as a gift by Rosenberg's patron Sydney Schiff to the actress Lydia Sherwood inscribed by him on the front wrapper verso "To Lydia Sherwood from Sydney S. Jan 24 '26". This copy has ten manuscript corrections to the text as usual possibly by Rosenberg's sister Mina. Rosenberg first met Schiff 1868-1944 a translator of Proust's Recherche and a modernist financier in the spring of 1915 and soon joined Eliot Joyce and Wyndham Lewis as one of his beneficiaries. "Schiff became Rosenberg's 'absentee' patron in the sense that he put no pressure on him to produce works in return for occasional support and he was available whenever Rosenberg needed him" Cohen p. 116. The two men both Jewish corresponded throughout Rosenberg's time in the trenches where the poet faced antisemitism from his superiors and his fellow privates. Rosenberg's "friendship with Schiff also contributed to his growing consciousness of being a Jew" p. 128 and following the publication of Moses Schiff was instrumental in distributing copies of the book in literary circles in London. Under Schiff's wing Rosenberg became one of the most celebrated British poets of the period noted in particular for his war poems several of which are printed here alongside the titular verse-drama. "Rosenberg's poems from the front show him to have absorbed the great tradition of English pastoral poetry but his tone is different: more impersonal informal ironic and lacking the indignation characteristic of the work of Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon. Rosenberg was killed on the western front near Fampoux north-east of Arras on 1 April 1918 and buried in an unmarked grave. His remains were discovered eight years later and reinterred under a headstone in the Bailleul Road east cemetery in Flanders" ODNB. Small octavo. Original yellow wrappers printed in black. Housed in a custom yellow quarter morocco slipcase and chemise by James Macdonald Co. New York. Wrappers toned spine slightly worn and split at foot still sound a very good copy of a fragile publication. Reilly p. 279. Joseph Cohen Journey to the Trenches: The Life of Isaac Rosenberg 1890-1918 1975. unknown
1556157Basileae Basel: Henricum Petri 1556. First edition. Printer’s device on last page. In contemporary vellum. Title on spine lettered in ink. Binding stained. Title page restored. Foxing and waterstain throughout. First edition. Printer’s device on last page. In contemporary vellum. Title on spine lettered in ink. 6°; A1–Ss6 8 p. 2 folding plates 980 col. 2 p. <p><br /> Isaac Nathan ben Kalonymus was a French philospher and contraversialist of the 15th century. Came from the renowned Nathan family which claimed it’s descent from King David. He is the author of the first Bible concordance and the division of the Old Testament into verses is attributed to him.<br /> <p><p><br /> Adams I. 188.<br /> <p>. Henricum Petri unknown
109036Amsterdam Widow and Orphans of Joseph Proops 1800. . 8vo two vols; publishers embossed leather boards with gilt ornamental borders to front and back and decorations to spine red morocco pastedowns to spine with gilt title in Hebrew spine corners rubbed and chipped with a piece missing from the top of the spine of vol. I hinges cracked but holding; all edges gilt contemporary Dutch marbled endpapers leaves clean; 1 52 120; 1 52 186 ll.<br /> Ashkenazic rite prayer-book with Judeo-German translation and commentary by Hadrath Kodesh edited by Aaron ben Isaac Eizerlohn. Title with ornamental border with atypical cupids to the top.<br /><br />The Proops family were a dynasty of well known Hebrew printers publishers and booksellers in Amsterdam. Solomon Ben Yosef d. 1734 whose father may have been a Hebrew printer as well was an established bookseller in Amsterdam and in 1704 had set up his own Hebrew press which produced mainly liturgical books as well as works on halakhah Kabbalah Jewish ethics and history. From 1715 productions by Proops carried advertisements of books he had published and in 1730 he issued a sales catalogue the first such Hebrew publication. <br />After his death appointed guardians continued to operate the press and even when his three sons took over they continued trade under the old name until 1751 and later - under their own names. In 1785 Joseph Proops sold most of his work to Kurzbeck of Vienna and when Proops died a year later his widow and sons continued printing on a small scale with various partners until 1812. Solomon ben Abraham Proops grandson of Solomon Ben Yosef split from the family printing house in 1797 and continued to work alone until 1827.<br /> Vinograd Amsterdam 2293. Amsterdam, Widow and Orphans of Joseph Proops, 1800. hardcover
1952mon0000074288Grayson & Grayson 1952. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Non price clipped dust wrapper. No inscriptions. Grayson & Grayson hardcover
1854List1708Philadelphia 1854. Ninth plate ambrotypes in a union case measuring 2 ½ x 2 ⅛ inches visible in larger case. With the identification of Isaac Rehn with his imprint and “Patented July 4 & 11 1854†imprinted on the case. A fine pair. A striking pair of ambrotypes of Mary and Moses Pennock who were members of the Kennett Square Underground Railroad network as well as active members of the Kennett Square abolitionist and Quaker community. Moses was one of the founders of the Longwood Progressive Meeting. In R.C. Smedley’s History of the Underground Railroad in Chester and Neighboring Counties of Pennsylvania Lancaster Office of the Journal 1883 the Pennocks are mentioned on p. 301 as working as part of the network surrounding Isaac and Thamazine Meredity. Their son Samuel who would go on to secure important agricultural patents is also mentioned twice. <br /> <br /> The images are notable from a photographic history perspective as well as being early examples of the ambrotype process that had been patented in part by fellow Quaker and spiritualist Isaac Rehn. Rehn held a partial patent on ambrotypes along with James Ambrose Cutting of Boston and became unpopular among other photographers for his efforts to extend his patent. He later practiced spiritual photography and was a Professor of Chemistry at Pennsylvania Medical University in Philadelphia. Rehn was also involved in radical politics as a founder and leader of the Philadelphia section of the International Workingmen’s Association which was later disenfranchised by Karl Marx along with several other American sections. Examples of Rehn’s work are held at the National Gallery of Art the Library Company of Philadelphia and Yale’s Sterling Memorial Library. <br /> <br /> Overall a very fine and significant pair of images. unknown
1950160914008New York: Gnome Press 1950. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. First edition wrappered issue. Though the publishing history is murky this is assumed to be either an example from the publisher's short foray into paperback publishing or an Armed Services edition. Very Good. Pages toned. Wraps lightly worn with a short tear and associated creasing at the base of the front joint light foxing to verso of covers and rear cover light bit of production-caused waviness to front cover. Exceedingly scarce in this format and much more uncommon than the hardcover edition. Gnome Press paperback books
1952140945054Garden City New York: Doubleday & Company 1952. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition first printing. Signed by Isaac Asimov on the front free end paper and inscribed "To John Zola who thought I'd run out". Bound in publisher's original blue cloth-affect boards with spine lettered in white. Near Fine with toning to edges of boards and pages. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with minor wear at the extremities light soiling browning to the blindside. Doubleday & Company unknown
19571192Garden City NY: Doubleday 1957. First Edition. Jacket design by Ruth Ray. VG soiling to boards a few bumps to edges offsetting to endpapers slight spine lean in a Good unclipped dustjacket soiling and rubbing chipping and loss to edges light creasing to upper third dampstaining to flap edges and at rear fold fading to spine tape ghosts on verso. The second novel in Asimovs Robot series. Doubleday hardcover
003105London: printed by W. Griffin; for J. Newbery and W. Nicoll in St. Paul's Church-Yard; G. Kearsly in Ludgate-Street; T. Davies in Russel-Street Covent-Garden; and J. Walter at Charing-Cross 1763 i.e. 1762. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. viii 78. iipp. With the half-title and a final leaf containing 'A table of songs.' First edition. Early twentieth-century quarter brown morocco over cloth. With a frontispiece inserted. ESTC N3119; Roscoe A36 1. <br/> <br/> London: printed by W. Griffin; for J. Newbery, and W. Nicoll, in St. Paul's Church-Yard; G. Kearsly, in Ludgate-Street; T. Davie hardcover
195547136Japan: n.p. 1955. Very good plus overall. Chronological and beautifully unified photo album detailing the construction and interior design of the now-lost Soviet embassy in Tokyo. Built during the tenure of Alexander Antonovich Troyanovsky as head of mission in Japan the new embassy was designed to be earthquake-resistant its concrete foundation set on a site on Mamiana Hill in the center of Tokyo. This album offers a look at the technicalities of building a new concrete structure during a period in Japanese history when heavy machinery was sometimes operated by men wearing hanten coats and pith helmets. The 24 larger format photos show interior 16 and exterior 7 views of the building as it was near or at completion as well as an architectural model of the embassy. The smaller format photos that introduce the album depict the earlier stages of construction including laying the foundation building the main structure and laying roof tiles. The clean lines and open spaces of the new embassy combine pre-Stalinist Soviet architecture with Art Deco and Japanese architectural leitmotifs reminiscent of and likely influenced by the Japanese work of Frank Lloyd Wright. <br /> <br /> Isaac Chertok 1889-1964 chief builder and architect for the embassy is visible in several photographs supervising and observing construction. Chertok had worked as chief builder for the Ministry of Trade in Moscow before joining the embassy staff in Tokyo in the late 1920s. When a visiting Soviet official warned him that he was to be arrested and sent to Gulag as a Japanese spy should he return home to the Soviet Union he fled to Palestine and subsequently emigrated to the United States. Also present here is a smaller album of and other assorted personal documents from Chertok's time in Japan as well as his later life. <br /> <br /> Chertok's Soviet Embassy was largely destroyed during American air raids the spring of 1945 a remaining portion was demolished after the Japanese surrender. An important record of a lost architectural landmark the building's ambitious ultramodern design reflecting the political optimism of the early years of the Soviet and Showa eras. 2.5'' x 2.25'' to 8.5'' x 11'' loose photographs and portfolios; 6.25'' x 8'' one album; 11'' x 13'' another album. Main album: original brown cloth boards string-bound. 192 small and 6 larger black-and-white photographs tipped onto black paper; 15 photographs apparently perished. One large portrait with names of those pictured loosely laid in. 30 leaves. Second album: original floral cloth boards string-bound. 51 black-and-white photographs tipped onto black paper; eight have come loose. 24 leaves. Also included: 10 stiff card studio portfolios with black-and-white photographs two identical. 42 loose black-and-white photographs and photo postcards some written on including six copies of one group photo in various orientations and sizes; one loose color photograph plus other assorted personal documents. Albums with mild to moderate edgewear and occasional chipping. Photos with occasional residue to rear from removal from album; studio portfolios with some edgewear and occasional cracking. Overall clean and bright. n.p. unknown
158747873Venice: Apud Ioannem de Gara Giovanni di Gara 1587. First edition. Hardcover. g to vg-. Large quarto. Paginated double sided leaves throughout: 5 1 5-62 238 leaves. Recased in its original period vellum binding and reinforced with new endpapers. 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. What was originally bound in as a separately paginated concluding section at the end of the volume leaves 5-62 here has been mistakenly rebound before the main pagination 238 leaves. These 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 6 leaves #77 79 85 112 199 and #10 of the other 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 some light rubbing and bumping to the edges. A strip of vellum has been torn away at the top of the front cover. Some additional period staining to the covers. Light water stains and foxing to the title page which includes the period ink signature of the previous owner J. Blacknell in the left margin. Text pages throughout with some light to moderate staining to the margins. Text mostly unaffected and overall clean and vibrant. Bottom corners of the final two leaves including the blank with some light chipping. Book block tight. Binding in good interior in very 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
184742792Philadelphia Jewish Publication Society 1847. Hardback. 5607 1847. 1st English-language edition. Original boards 12mo 4 140 pages. Singerman 968. Rosenbach 609. Simon Gratz’s copy with designation bookplate from Gratz College the Jewish institution established by his family. The copyright page notes "Entered.in the year 1847 by John Moss Mayer Arnold and Gratz Etting." Copyright holder Gratz Etting's obituary from Isaac Leeser's Occident can be viewed at http://www.jewish-history.com/occident/volume7/jul1849/obituary.html. Gratz Etting's father Reuben Etting was the brother of Solomon Etting was the first American-born shochet ritual slaughterer who was married to Rachel Gratz only daughter of Barnard Gratz. The Gratz family tree showing both Simon Gratz this book's owner and Reuben Etting and Rachel Gratz the parents of copyright holder Gratz Etting can be viewed at https://d5iam0kjo36nw.cloudfront.net/V06p082001.jpg.<br> Published by Isaac Leeser's first Jewish Publication Society; Isaac Leeser had himself famously published the first Jewish translation of the 5 books of Moses into English just 2 years earlier in 1845. Leeser's monumental Twenty-Four Books of the Holy Scriptures the first Jewish translation of the 24 books of the Bible into English would not appear until 1852. <br> <br> â€Simon Gratz 1840-1925 was among the most recognized and respected Jewish Americans in the city of Philadelphia. He was born into one of the oldest families and perhaps most notable. He inherited a legacy of high ambition and accomplishment going back to the family’s early settlers in the United States—Barnard and Michael Gratz. The Gratz Brothers were most enterprising in shipping land acquisition and trading which allowed for the cementing of the strong and influential relationship between the family and the city. Simon’s father Edward Gratz was known for his activities with the construction of the Pennsylvania Railroad and his most famous aunt Rebecca Gratz for her ‘charm’ and philanthropy†Historical Society of Pennsylvania. The author Jonas Ennery 1801-1863 was a French deputy. He was for twenty-six years attached to the Jewish school of Strasbourg of which he became the head. In collaboration with Hirth he compiled a Dictionnaire Général de Géographie Universelle 4 vols. Strasburg 1839–41 for which Cuvier wrote a preface. Soon afterward he published Le Sentier d'Israël ou Bible des Jeunes Israélites Paris Metz and Strasburg 1843. At the request of the Société des Bons Livres he took part in the editorship of Prières d'un CÅ“ur Israélite which appeared in 1848. In 1849 despite anti-Jewish rioting in Alsace Ennery was elected representative for the department of the Lower Rhine and sat among the members of the "Mountain." He devoted his attention principally to scholastic questions. After the coup d'état he resisted the new order of things and was exiled for life in 1852. He retired to Brussels where he lived as a teacher until his death. <br> For a brief overview of the Gratz-Etting family around the time of publication see https://archives.cjh.org/agents/families/13583. <br> OCLC: 77743372. OCLC and Singerman together list 6 copies of this separate first edition from 1847 American Antiquarian Penn YU Free Lib Penn Library Company Phila PPRF. Gratz stamp on blank front pastedown period paper label on boards internally very clean and nice Very Good Condition. B AMR-57-9B-BD!X-'kk. Philadelphia, Jewish Publication Society unknown
1963C1436a<p>48 pages with photographs and diagrams. Octavo 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" bound in original publisher's spiral binding in blue felt wrappers with black and silver Piatigorsky Cup stamped to cover. Included 10 first day tickets for the cup. Signed or inscribed by all the contestants. First edition.<br /><br />The Piatigorsky Cup was a triennial series of double round-robin grandmaster chess tournaments held in the United States in the 1960's. Sponsored by the Piatigorsky Foundation only two events were held in 1963 and 1966. The Piatigorsky Cups were the strongest U.S. chess tournaments since New York 1927. Jacqueline Piatigorsky nie Rothschild was married to cellist Gregor Piatigorsky. One of the strongest woman chess players in the U.S. and a regular competitor in the U.S. Women's Chess Championship she designed the cup and was the primary organizer of the tournament. The prize funds were among the largest of any chess tournament up to that time. Every player was guaranteed a prize and all traveling and living expenses were paid.</p><p>The First Piatigorsky Cup was held in The Ambassador Hotel Los Angeles in July 1963. The tournament field of eight included players from five countries. The Soviet representatives Paul Keres and World Champion Tigran Petrosian finished equal first to share the cup with a score of 8½/14 receiving more than half of the $10000 prize fund $3000 for first. Since dollars brought back to the USSR were exchanged by the Soviet government for rubles at an unfavorable rate Keres and Petrosian were reported to have bought automobiles Ramblers with their winnings. Keres won the most games in the tournament six but lost twice to Samuel Reshevsky. The Cup was Petrosian's first tournament since winning the 1963 World Championship match with Mikhail Botvinnik and was one of two first prizes he shared in his six-year reign as champion. He was the first reigning champion to play in an American tournament since Alexander Alekhine at Pasadena 1932. After losing in the second round to Svetozar Gligoric Petrosian was never in danger the rest of the tournament. The remainder of the tournament field included two Americans Reshevsky and Pal Benko two Argentinians Oscar Panno and Miguel Najdorf and two Europeans Gligoric Yugoslavia and Fridrik Olafsson Iceland. U.S. Champion Bobby Fischer declined an invitation after his demand for a $2000 appearance fee was refused by the tournament organizers. Gligoric led halfway through the tournament with 4 1/2/7 but he scored only three draws in the last seven games and finished fifth behind Najdorf and Olafsson. Petrosian finished the strongest with 5/7 in the second half. Before the last round Petrosian led with 8 points followed by Keres with 7 1/2 and Najdorf and Olafsson with 7. Both Petrosian and Keres had Black in the final round. Petrosian drew his game against Reshevsky but Keres beat Gligoric to result in a tie for first place with 8 1/2 points each.<br /><br /><strong>Condition: </strong><br />Spiral spine small split at center else a better than very good copy.</p> Piatigorsky Cup Committee paperback