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192575648Columbia PA: N.p. ca. 1925. These records were kept by Jacob Bowers 1888-1972 of Columbia PA. Contents include 11 pigeon pedigree sheets; 3 letters to Bowers dated 1924-45; an American Pigeon Racing Union diploma from 1926; a small book entitled "Diseases of Pigeons; and other clippings and notes. Some fold rears and a few hips but a nice assemblage.Though it has all but disappeared pigeon racing used to be an immensely popular in the early 20th century. Pigeon racing has been described as the "sport with a single starting gate and a thousand finish lines." Competing birds are taken from their lofts and must race home. The time taken and distance covered are recorded and the fastest bird is declared the winner. Races are generally between 100 kilometers 62 mi and 1000 kilometers 620 mi in distance. In the United States flights of up to 1800 kilometers 1100 mi have been recordedProvided it survives the many hazards associated with racing a single pigeon could compete from about six months of age and still be in competition at over ten years of age. Such feats are uncommon however and the average racing career rarely exceeds three years.citation needed Hazards can also come from weather conditions on the day of the race. N.p. unknown
1016627270.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
6060Four plates of floor plans of Longford Castle. 60 pp. 8vo orig. tan printed wrappers. London: Chiswick Press; “To be Obtained from the Housekeeper Longford Castle†1910.<br/> <br/> “Third edition edited and revised by William Barclay Squire F.S.A.â€; this is the most complete record of the collection. Radnor 1868-1903 was a prominent Conservative politician and his mother Helen Matilda Chaplin 1846-1929 helped compile this catalogue. The collection began with the father-son pair of Sir Jacob de Bouverie 1st Viscount Folkestone 1694-1761 and William 2nd Viscount and later 1st Earl of Radnor 1725-76. The former purchased more than 100 pictures including works by Holbein Moroni and Poussin. Some of the paintings featured in this catalogue now reside in the National Gallery London and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Poussin’s The Adoration of the Golden Calf also went to the National Gallery in 1945 while his The Crossing of the Red Sea resides in the National Gallery of Victoria. William Barclay Squire 1855-1927 was an important scholar of music and a librarian.<br/> <br/> The catalogue lists 222 pictures 104 family portraits and 47 miniatures which are all arranged by their location in Longford Castle. Most are described with biographical information on the subject or artist. There is an index of painters at the end.<br/> <br/> The floor plans show Longford Castle in 1678 and 1898 highlighting the added rooms and features.<br/> <br/> Fine copy. Inscription on title-page: “Cynthia 18 June 1955.â€. unknown
187551479Paris: Auguste Fontaine 1875. First edition. No. 8 of 50 copies on Whatman Paper. Frontispiece portrait in two states. 4 xv xvi blank 510 2 table 8 Extrait du Catalogue Auguste Fontaine. 1 vols. 8vo. Original printed wrappers all edges uncut. Some browning to wrappers partial split at spine of front wrapper two small chips from margins of front wrapper else very fine unopened copy. First edition. No. 8 of 50 copies on Whatman Paper. Frontispiece portrait in two states. 4 xv xvi blank 510 2 table 8 Extrait du Catalogue Auguste Fontaine. 1 vols. 8vo. Printer's apprentice turned prolific author Restif de la Bretonne 1734-1806 was one of the distinctive literary voices of late eighteenth-century France whose works chronicle the excesses of the ancien régime and the tumults of the Revolution.<br /> Exceedingly scarce édition de tête of this bibliography which remains important and has been reprinted on several occasions. Auguste Fontaine unknown
18758344Paris: Auguste Fontaine Libraire 1875. 1875. Very good. - Octavo original printed gray wraps rebound in reddish brown cloth; gilt-lettered label on spine; deckle-edged. The covers are bumped rubbed & soiled & the label is chipped. The original wraps are soiled with the corners creased; the front wrap is detached with a small stain & pencil notations. xv & 510 pp. B&W frontispiece. The contents are bright and very good. <p>Limited edition of 500 numbered copies on Holland paper.<p>The rare first edition. Paris: Auguste Fontaine, Libraire, 1875. paperback
1898455013New York: Century Co 1898. Unbound. Fine. Illustrated broadside printed in orange and black on white paper. Measuring 13½" x 20". One barely visible tear repaired on the verso else about fine. Poster for a magazine issue. Image along the left margin displays an illustration by Jay Hambidge of a fireman scaling a house to reach a man in dire need of rescue. The right side of the broadside provides a long list of the other articles in the issue. Century Co unknown
1902021995New York: The Macmillan Company 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. Minor wear to covers. Near Fine. Second Printing in publisher's original decorated blue cloth. Illustrated. This copy is SIGNED "with the best wishes of/Theodore Roosevelt/Dec 1906." Jacob Riis a significant contributor to the cause of urban reform in the United States of America at the turn of the twentieth century was among the most dedicated advocates for America's oppressed and downtrodden. He arrived in New York from his native Denmark at the age of 21 in 1870. A pioneer in photojournalism Riis photographed and wrote about the slums and tenements of a New York in the dawn of a new century. Riis came to Roosevelt's attention through his 1890 book HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES. As Commissioner of the New York City Police Department Roosevelt accompanied Riis on his evening travels through the slums and witnessed firsthand the inhumane conditions endured by many of New York's inhabitants. In his 1901 book MAKING OF AN AMERICAN Riis wrote of Roosevelt: "It could not have been long after I wrote HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES that he came to the Evening Sun office one day looking for me. I was out and he left his card merely writing on the back of it that he had read my book and had 'come to help.' That was all and it tells the whole story of the man. I loved him from the day I first saw him; nor ever in all the years that have passed has he failed of the promise made then. No one ever helped as he did. For two years we were brothers on Mulberry Street." Roosevelt in turn wrote of Riis after his death: "It is difficult for me to write of Jacob Riis only from the public standpoint. He was one of my truest and closest friends. I have ever prized the fact that once in speaking of me he said 'since I met him he has been my brother.' I have not only admired and respected him beyond measure but I have loved him dearly . and I mourn him as if he were one of my own family." <br/><br/> The Macmillan Company hardcover
1904014375New York: The Outlook Company 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Hinges cracked and neatly repaired. Still Near Fine. Second Printing in publisher's original decorated cloth. Illustrated with plates. This copy virtually unique as it is INSCRIBED and SIGNED by both the author and the subject as President. Riis's inscription is dated 5 August 1908. Roosevelt writes: "with the best wishes of/Theodore Roosevelt/The White House/Jan. 18th 1909." The addition of "The White House" by Roosevelt is notable as prior to his administration the residence was known as the "President's Palace" the "President's House" and the "Executive Mansion." It was Roosevelt who officially named it "The White House" in 1901. Of the many books signed by Roosevelt we have both handled and seen we have never before encountered one in which he has noted his official residence along with his signature. <br/><br/>Jacob Riis among the most dedicated advocates for America's oppressed and downtrodden arrived in New York from his native Denmark at the age of 21 in 1870. A pioneer in photojournalism Riis photographed and wrote about the slums and tenements of a New York in the dawn of a new century. Riis came to Roosevelt's attention through his 1890 book HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES. As Commissioner of the New York City Police Department Roosevelt accompanied Riis on his evening travels through the slums and witnessed firsthand the inhumane conditions endured by many of New York's inhabitants. In his 1901 book MAKING OF AN AMERICAN Riis wrote of Roosevelt: "It could not have been long after I wrote HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES that he came to the Evening Sun office one day looking for me. I was out and he left his card merely writing on the back of it that he had read my book and had 'come to help.' That was all and it tells the whole story of the man. I loved him from the day I first saw him; nor ever in all the years that have passed has he failed of the promise made then. No one ever helped as he did. For two years we were brothers on Mulberry Street." Roosevelt in turn wrote of Riis after his death: "It is difficult for me to write of Jacob Riis only from the public standpoint. He was one of my truest and closest friends. I have ever prized the fact that once in speaking of me he said 'since I met him he has been my brother.' I have not only admired and respected him beyond measure but I have loved him dearly . and I mourn him as if he were one of my own family." The Outlook Company hardcover
1087<p>8vo. 200 x 180 mm. 8 x 6 ¾ inches. 302 pp. Manuscript text in neat hand. Bound in half-leather and marbled boards gilt rules on spine. Some rubbing to spine ends a later ownership name stamp on front pastedown.</p> <br /> <p>Manuscript lecture notes from Prof. Leonard Woods' class in theology taught at the Seminary in Andover. The student introduces the lectures in the first two pages: "West Chester Society Colchester Conn. -- In view of an examination preparatory to my ordination I presented to the Council the following confession of faith." He follows this information with a nine page table of contents for the lectures which begins with "On the inspiration of the Scriptures." In clear prose he recounts what he was taught by Prof. Woods while he was a student at Andover for those several years.</p> <br /> <p>Although unsigned these lecture notes most likely belong to Jacob Scales 1788-1873. Scales was born in Freeport Maine graduated from Dartmouth in 1817 and went on to Andover Theological Seminary finishing his degree there in 1820. In December of that year he was ordained pastor of the Congregational Church at Colchester Connecticut. In 1827 Scales became a pastor in Henniker NH; then Cornwall Vermont in 1839. Here he ran afoul of the local anti-slavery society according to Lyman Matthews' "History of the Town of Cornwall Vermont" Cornwall VT: 1862 pp. 182-6. A remonstrance by ten members of the church felt strongly he should not be installed. An ecclesiastical council was convened: "The remonstrants acknowledge that upon the subject of slavery Mr. Scales in sentiment is correct; but they allege that as a practical abolitionist he does not come up to the standard of the American Anti-Slavery Society. Of this however no proof was adduced. This Council can recognize no other standard than the Word of God." and therefore the church proceeded to install him. His tenure was not always smooth and he was dismissed in 1842. He became an acting pastor at Plainfield from 1842-1861. see his brief biography in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register v. 66 p. 50 Scales published several sermons and other works in his lifetime and Dartmouth College has a collection of his papers.</p> <br /> <p>Leonard Woods 1774-1854 was a professor of theology at Andover from 1808 until his retirement in 1846. He was a member of the Congregational Church and an orthodox Calvinist. He continued to write and prepare his works for publication. A five volume set of his lectures sermons letters and essays was published in Andover between 1849-1851. see: McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia Harper & Bros.: 1880 for more information on Woods. . Item #67599 JT/DSC 1087</p> <br /> <p> </p> . unknown
1951112603Philadelphia: Jefferson Medical College 1951. Softcover. Very Good. Small quarto. vi 119pp. Comb-bound wrappers. Owner's name penned on title front cover detached from a few prongs very good. Containing Course I: The Upper Extremity Course II: The Head and Neck Course III: The Thorax Course IV: The Abdomen and Pelvis Course V: The Lower Extremity Course VI: The Articulations. Scarce OCLC locates only 2 copies. Jefferson Medical College unknown
18906184821890. Unbound. Very Good. Sepia-toned gelatin silver boudoir photograph. Image approximately 7.5" x 4.5". on a slightly larger card mount. Light fading at the upper extremities very good or better. Contemporary ink caption on verso noting "Headquarters of the Beekmanites 6 miles from Rockford Ill." with a few later and erasable pencil notes. The Beekmanites were and still are to some degree an obscure religious cult. In the 1880s Dorinda Beekman declared herself Jesus and began her own religion on Weldon Farms in Winnebago Illinois outside of Rockford and declared the farm as Heaven. When Beekman suddenly died and didn't return from the dead three days later one of her disciples a red-headed man named George Jacob Schweinfurth declared that her spirit had taken over his body and he continued the religion and where he lived in luxury enjoying the company of the female "Angels" who worshipped him and who soon began to give birth to red-headed children causing the patriarch to be driven from the property and move to Chicago where he took up Christian Science. His story attracted some attention including a visit by and published article in The New York Times. A nice artifact of an obscure byway in American home-cooked religions. unknown
0274907372.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
a98319NY 1948 first edition. Yeshiva. octavo wraps. Steiner article pp. 187-264 with 26 text line drawings and a fullpage photo portrait of Steiner. Good plus. Old adhesive tape marks on cover. Binding secure and text clean. . paperback
112873Kristianstad Fredrik F. Cedergren 1818-19. 8:o. 4 373 5; 4 377-920 5 s. Något nötta hfrbd med sparsamt guldornerade ryggar. Ryggarna lite flammiga. Två volymer. Två volymer. Ur S:ta Claras församlingsbibliotek med gammal blå rundstämpel på titelbladet samt deras etikett i översta ryggfälten. Genomgång av världshistorien år för år. Första delen från syndafloden 3000 f.kr till 1788 andra delen 1789-1818. Jöran Jacob Thomaeus 1786-1845 var kyrkoherde och sedermera prost i Kristianstad och Vä och en flitig författare av religiösa och historiska skrifter. Han dog i Halland av ett blixtnedslag. unknown
165832984-310Lutetia i.e. Ulm n. pr. 1658. With engr. title. Printed title 2 unn. leaves 297 pp. =295 pp. 1 blank p. 4 unn. pp. last blank "Clavis Heutelia" keys for the numerous anagrams and acyrogolia. 8vo. 18th century half calf. Sm. monastic libr. stamp on title. Lutetia i.e. Ulm n. pr. 1658. Bound with: GRIMM Hans Rudolf. Kleine Schweitzer Cronica Oder Geschicht=Buch.Erstlich woher der Nahmen Schweitzer komme.Benebst auch ein Beschreibung der Natur=Wunder dess Schweitzer=lands. 4 unn. 204 12 unn. pp. index Burgdorf 1723. Ad I: First edition of a notable work of baroque literature Heutelia is one of the few literary products of Switzerland in this time and one of the wittiest. This is a journey description based on satire and utopia. Written by Veiras former advisor of the Winter King i.e. Frederick V Elector of the Palatine and King of Bohemia and by Gravisseth who was Bailiff of Oron it is a critical account on the social conditions in 17th century Switzerland. The title "Heutelia" is an anagram of "Helvetia" the Latin name of Switzerland. "Die Absicht war durchaus die Schäden und Verkehrtheiten der Schweiz aufzudecken" Feller/Bonjour. Politically the travelers represent the aristocracy and take a sharp stand against democratic Switzerland. Ad II: First edition. Although this popular writing contains numerous disortions and errors it is also characterized by lively and interesting descriptions of the mountains rivers and natural wonders of Switzerland.- Nice copy with two rare works bound together. _ - Ad I: Paisey H 1019; VD17 23:299560W; Weller Druckorte I p. 30; Hayn/Gotendorf VII 257; Haller V 1195 under Gravisset;; Barth 2193; Faber du Faur 448; Jantz 2571; Kosch II 969; Feller/Bonjour 405ff.; cf. Baechtold 473f.; not in Bircher/Bürger. Ad II: Haller IV 470; not in VD18 nor in Barth; HBLS III 747; cf. Simmen René. Vom grossen Misch-Masch 1965. LITERATURE: GERMAN ; HELVETICA: ALLGEMEIN ; yes ; Lutetia (i.e. Ulm), n. pr. unknown
1972119001Kottayam Kerala : Kurisumala Ashram Vagamon no year about 1972. 180x125mm. XV - paperback. 312 Kurisumala Ashram Vagamon paperback
32768Stockholm Samuel Rumstedt 1837. 8:o. 5 1 blank 57 s. Tryckt på bättre papper. Häftad och oskuren i tryckt rosa originalomslag ryggen litet blekt. L. F. Rääfs exlibris. Mycket fint exemplar. Setterwall 6801 not. Första fortsättningen på “Bidrag till svenska kyrkans och riksdagarnas historia ur presteståndets archiv†som utgavs i tre häften av Bexell Ahlqvist och Lignell 1835. Ytterligare ett bihang av Bexell utgavs 1839. unknown
1729072193Leipzig: Lankisch 1729. 1035 S. 34 Bl. Reg.; mit 1 Kapitelbordüre u. 2 Vignetten in Holzschnitt; es fehlen die Titelei u. der 'Vorbericht' insges. 4 Bl. Titelbl. u. Vorbericht in Kopie beiliegend Text und Register sind vollständig; lt. Vgl. mit dem Expl. der Universitätsbibliothek der Humboldt-Universität Berlin 6. Aufl. 1729; 2 S. mit altem Stempel 1 Doppels. mit Tintenspritzer 1 S. mit Randnotiz wenige Eselsohrspuren Papier sonst weit überwiegend allenfalls mäßig bis kaum fleckig; schöner neuer Handeinband in Halbleder auf 4 Bünden mit Lederecken u. handgemachtem Marmorpapierüberzug Rückentitel u. Zierlinien in Gold mit 4 blindgeprägten Rückenvignetten aus der Buchbinderwerkstatt Rönsberg Velbert-Langenberg. Halbleder. Gut. 202 cm. Handeinband. Lankisch Hardcover
1987009206Los Angeles: The Rounce & Coffin Club/ Patrick Reagh and Bonnie Thompson Norman 1987. Book. Near Fine. One Sheet Illustrated. First Printings. Remembering Jake Zeitlin Dinner Invitation Rounce & Coffin Club invitation for dinner Nov. 12 1987 one sheet oblong fold 6' x 8 1/2" printed by The Tiger Press. Together with Jacob Israel Zeitlin 1902-1987 Memorial Service Program Sunday September 131987 Leo Baeck Temple Los Angeles. "Printed with deep regard and affection by Patrick Reagh and Bonnie Thompson Norman." One sheet folded 7" x 5". Both items are Fine. The Rounce & Coffin Club/ Patrick Reagh and Bonnie Thompson Norman unknown
68886Iserlohn 1854-58 Julius Bädeker. Stor 8vo. IV 180 s. Samt. kartonert innbd. uten titteltrykk. Ryggen litt skrapet. navn på forsatsbl. Stempel på tittelbl. . unknown
19542110502150415378Asahishinbunsha 1954. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Asahishinbunsha paperback
181643452New-York: Re-printed: For John Reid Bookseller 1816. Hardcover. First American edition. Original Boards. 8vo. 79 pages. 23 cm. In English with some Hebrew. Singerman 0260. <br> Copy belonging to Simon Gratz 1773-1839 with his signature and date 1817 the year after publication on the front end paper and on the title page. The signature matches examples of his signature which can be seen online at <br> www.kaplancollection.org/item/deed-simon-gratz-to-james-duncan-and-2b696467<br> The book then bears the donation bookplate of another later "Simon Gratz esq" 1837-1925 who was a prominent 19th-century Philadelphia lawyer educator and civic leader. The bookplate is from Gratz College which the later Simon Gratz helped found. <br> Nikelsburger takes on an apostate Jew Rev. Frey who is intent on converting his former coreligionists to Christianity. In his opening letter to Frey Nikelsburger does not hold back: "In your eagerness to convert the Jews to your way of thinking you make no scruples of converting and perverting the prophets by turning their words to a meaning which you conceive to be best adapted to your purpose; and in doing this you make them not only flatly contradict each other but themselves also." <br> "For American Jews Koul Jacob seemed an appropriate answer to Frey a Jewish convert to Christianity who had resumed his missionary activities shortly after his arrival in America. It was a well-tempered but firm refutation of Frey's arguments. Moreover its author was an English Jew and if American Christians were to take offense at it its European authorship distanced American Jews from it" Berlin G. Defending the Faith. Albany: SUNY 1979.<br> <br> "Simon Gratz 1773-1839 and Hyman Gratz 1776-1857 inherited their father's business. Their store was at the Graff House 7th & Market where Thomas Jefferson wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence. Both Simon and Hyman Gratz were treasurers of Mikveh Israel. They were among the founders of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Simon served in the Pennsylvania Volunteers during the war of 1812." www.ushistory.org/mikvehisrael <br> Simon Gratz' sister was Rebecca Gratz 1781-1869 the founder of the first Jewish Sunday school in America and who was also "said to have been the model of Rebecca the daughter of the Jewish merchant Isaac of York who is the heroine in the novel Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott. Scott's attention had been drawn to Gratz's character by Washington Irving who was a close friend of the Gratz family" Wikipeida. <br> In addition Simon Gratz was a participant in the famous US Supreme Court real estate case of 1848 Gratz Vs. Cohen see: Solis-Cohen J. "A FAMOUS FAMILY FIGHT ABOUT REAL ESTATE: GRATZ VS. COHEN." Publications of the American Jewish Historical Society no. 37 1947: 345-52. http://www.jstor.org/stable/43058341 .<br> <br> OCLC: 5192299A copy with no special assocation sold for $1000 with commissions at auction in 2005. Rear board detached light wear to boards some staining nice copy. Good Condition. RAB-58-16-MLDB. New-York: Re-printed: For John Reid, Bookseller hardcover
190942930New York: Ferlag "Kibets 1909. 1st Edition. Original publisher’s binding Folio newspaper. Complete first volume Starting with Vol I Nr 1 of “Der Kibitser†Dec. 15 1908 renamed and renumbered first as Vol I Nr 1 Jan 22 1909 of “Der Groyser Kibetser The big kibetzer†with the following issue of Feb 5 numbered as "3" to correctly follow from the first issue and then with Vol I Nr 6 March 19 1909 onward as “Der Groyser Kundes The Big Stick†or “The Big Prankster.†Incidentally the other set of this volume we examined also did not have a Nr 2 so we are confident this is complete as issued. <br> One centerfold cartoon by Zuni Maud see image features "Der Kaptialistisher Tayfel"--the Capitalist Devil–holding back a "mother" by the hair to stop her from interfering as "baby's milk-bottle" is drained off by the "milk-trust" cat. <br> The caption reads "The Capitalist Devil: - to the mother: Never mind madam all in English in Hebrew letters you go to the factory the milk-trust will take good care of your baby."<br> This cartoon-laden periodical was a New York City Yiddish language satirical bi- weekly which ran from 1908 until 1927.<br> The humor paper was issued biweekly this volume for its first 20 months and then weekly after that. OCLC also references another Vol I Nr 1 from April 15 1908 a special S´imhes` Toyreh Simchas Torah issue but this may have been a one-off. <br> Founded by the humorist Yosef Tunkel or Der Tunkeler his pen name meaning 'The Dark One' the paper was taken on by Jacob Marinoff when Tunkel left to work for an established paper in Warsaw. The paper consciously set itself up in opposition to the serious Yiddish-language press of the time such as the socialist Forverts.Naturally more traditional religious Judaism did not escape its satire: The later 1915 "Christmas" edition included a parodic conversation between Jesus and the prophet Elijah. <br> Despite its irreverent attitude to everything it also published poetry by Di Yunge "The Young Ones" poets such as Moyshe-Leyb Halpern and Zuni Maud. At its height it had a circulation of 35000 but folded in 1927 due to flagging sales. Der Groyer Kunds is highlighted in this recent talk by Yiddish comics scholar Eddie Portnoy on the reactions in the Yiddish press to restrictions on Jewish immigration to the US: https://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/collections/archival-recordings/recorded- programs/ybcr-nybc-ybcr-1048/door-slams-shut-reactions-yiddish-press-immigr ation .<br> SUBJECTS: Yiddish wit and humor -- Periodicals. OCLC: 28297536. Most holdings appear to be fragmentary and do not include these issues. Issue 18 with torn cover. In final issue the bottom margin suffers some loss to the final leaves none to the dramatic front cover though. Damaged boards are loose and most issues are coming loose though the quality paper used has remaind strong and bright much better than standard newsprint would have. Important graphic Yiddish humor from the great migration period. Dramatic and displayable! BK5 YID-43-9A-LEX. [New York]: Ferlag "Kibets unknown
1018185933.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1173284257.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
