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D16138Amsterdam: Willem Blaeu. Hardcover. Very Good. c.1630. Two parts in one. 4to 242 x 170 mm. 244; 123 1 pp. Engraved frontispiece folding engraved plate full-page engraved illustration and 96 large circular engraved emblems the emblems after A van de Venne. Minor staining at head of leaves in first part 2g4 with large repaired tear. Seventeenth century red morocco covers paneled in gilt spine with raised bands in six compartments lettered in the second the others with a repeat decoration in gilt marbled endpapers edges gilt with expert repairs to joints. Provenance: James Peter signature dated 1710; William S. Heckscher 1904-1999 noted emblem book scholar bookplate. <br/><br/>Rare edition of two emblem works including the famous folding plate depicting children at play. The emblems depict various aspects of human life; love morality and religion accompanied by texts in Dutch Latin and French. Jacob Cats known to the Dutch as "Father Cats" was one of the most popular authors of the golden age of Dutch literature and is best known for his emblematic works. Cats Catalogus 177 both works; Landwehr Emblem & fable books 113 & 136; de Vries 84 & 63. Willem Blaeu hardcover books
198151223Detroit:: Wayne State University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1981. Hardcover. 0814316883 . Translated from the German and annotated by Robert L. Hiller and John C. Osborne. First edition thus. Very good in a very good sun faded one small chip dust jacket. . Wayne State University Press, hardcover books
1996047604Den Haag: Constantijn Huygens Instituut 1996. Studie-uitgave met inleiding en commentaar verzorgd door Hans Luijten. 3 vols. 349; 776; 526p b/w illus. dj thick quarto format. Contents: Deel 1 Teksten. Deel 2 Inleiding en commentaar. Deel 3 Apparaat. Monumenta literaria neerlandica 9:1-3. Constantijn Huygens Instituut unknown books
1710001702Hamburg: Thomas von Wierings 1710 - 1714. Full Vellum. Very Good. An emblem book from a Dutch master! 8vo. Abundantly illustrated with 39 engraved plates eight of which are folding and 168 text engravings. The set includes Cats' most famous and beloved works some of which became deeply etched into the national consciousness including "Sinn und Liebes=Bildern" "Josephs Selbst Streit" Der Mannlichen Achtbarkeit" "Heuraht" "Galathea" "Spiegel der alten und neuen Zeit" "Frau=Ring" containing "Der Welt Anfang/Mittel und Ende" "Alterthum/Land und Garten=Leben" "Aspasia" Primarily in German with some Latin. Some soiling to the contemporary vellum which nonetheless is bright and attractive. A few trivial closed tears and minor cracking to the spines. All volumes tight and generally clean. <br/><br/> Thomas von Wierings hardcover books
199634566NY: North-South Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1996. Hardcover. 1558584757 . Translated from the German by Anthea Bell. Illustrated by Sergei Goloshapov. First printing thus. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . North-South Books hardcover books
1858WRCAM42580St. Louis 1858. 430pp. plus two of four folding engraved plates. Original brown publisher's cloth cover stamped in blind and gilt; rebacked with brown cloth. Corners worn. Lightly foxed; text block lightly dampstained around the edges. A few small edge tears. One plate with a small tape repair. About good. A scarce illustrated history of St. Louis with wonderful folding lithographs of the Merchant Exchange steam boats and a stove works factory. Contains short sketches on all manner of local retailers including furniture warehouses hotels jewelers and a Daguerrean Gallery Mr. J.J. Outley proprietor. Also describes local railroad routes. A great compendium of information on early St. Louis businesses. The NUC lists this title but fails to note any locations. HOWES T52 "aa." hardcover books
1894001704Indianapolis IN: The Bowen-Merrill Company 1894. Very Good Plus wrappers have shallow chips at edges. Pages are uncut and are clean and tight and unmarked. "The following papers are petitions to Congress from Northwest and Indiana Territories for the suspension of the sixth article of compact of the Ordinance of 1787 and the admission of slavery to the Territory together with the counter-petitions the reports on them and the accompanying documents." Rare. First Printing. Printed Wrappers. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. The Bowen-Merrill Company Paperback books
1900002635no place: Not published 1900. Book. Near fine condition. Unbound. Signed by Authors. First Edition. Jacob Harold Gallinger 1837-1918. Born in Cornwall Ontario Canada. Republican. Member of New Hampshire state house of representatives during 1872-73 and 1891. Delegate to NH state constitutional convention in 1876. Member of NH state senate from 1878-80 4th District 1878-79 10th District 1879-80. U.S. Representative from NH 2nd District during 1885-89. U.S. Senator from NH from 1891-1918 died in office. Delegate to Republican National Convention from NH in 1900 1904 and 1908. 3.5 inch wide and 2.5 inch tall card boldly inscribed "J. H. Gallagher New Hampshire U. S. Senate May 5 1900." An attractive example of this signature. Not published Paperback books
4548ZEITLIN Jacob. SMALL RENAISSANCE: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA STYLE. Los Angeles: Jacob Zeitlin 1972. 8vo. Wrappers. 16 pages. First book appearance. A paper read to the Bibliographical Society of America in 1955 and printed by them in the Papers at that time. unknown books
1909398711909. Schapiro Jacob Salwyn. Social Reform and the Reformation. New York: Columbia University Press 1909. 160 12 pp. Includes twelve pages of advertisements. Hardcover. Newly rebound in blue cloth with gilt stamped spine. Ex-library with perforated stamp to title page. $25. A title in the Studies in History Economics and Public Law series edited by the Political Science Faculty of Columbia University. unknown books
7548New York: Rand School Press 193-. 16p. wraps paper browned. Rand School Press unknown books
19681323766London; New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd; Dover Publications Inc 1968. First Edition. Softcover. 16mo; pp 96; G-/paperback; beige spine with red text; covers show mild soiling wear to exterior; light toning to rear; text block has modest shelf wear to exterior edges; slight crack to front gutter; illustrated;. 1323766. FP New Rockville Stock. Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd; Dover Publications Inc unknown books
1973010924New York: KTAV Publishing House Inc 1973. Book. Near fine condition. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. xiv 295 pages of text including a bibliography and an index. Hardcover binding in almost new condition. Unclipped dustjacket with minimal shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. Illustrated by historic photographs. Signed and inscribed by the author to a member of the Goldman Memorial Foundation "To David: With happiest memories of those many sessions when we worked out the major outlines of this book. With affectionate gratitude signed Jacob.". KTAV Publishing House, Inc Hardcover books
193012281Philadelphia: Carey & Lea 1930. hardcover. 1 engraved plate. 10pp. 299-308. IN: American Journal of the Medical Sciences vol. 7 1830. 8vo 1/2 calf marbled boards. Philadelphia: Caret & Lea 1830. Very good.<br/><br/> GM 4316.<br/><br/> Carey & Lea unknown books
196888547New York: Pyramid Books 1968. Small octavo pictorial wrappers. First edition. Pyramid Books X1890. First book of the Battle Circle trilogy. Anatomy of Wonder 1987 4-20. A fine copy. #88547 Pyramid Books unknown books
1921257297New York: Kenneth Durant Publisher 1921. Magazine. pp. 186-232 wraps worn and slightly browned else good condition 7.75x10.5 inches. Includes articles by Trotsky Lenin and others. Kenneth Durant, Publisher unknown books
1920105932New York: Ludwig C.A.K. Martens Publisher 1920. pp. 569-600 "special 32-page issue" stapled wraps 8x10.75 inches wraps soiled with minor staining and ink stamp of the Clarion Bookshop in Chicago on front wrap staples rusted else good condition. Complete issue; cover story "Pro barba! an historical inquiry into the causes of the popularity of Karl Marx's beard in Russia Ludwig C.A.K. Martens, Publisher unknown books
1948155630Tremont Station NY: P.R. Club Communist Party Expelled 1948. 20p. mimeographed 8.5x11 inch sheets stapled at upper left minor wear evenly toned horizontally creased else good condition. Journal published by the expelled members of the Bronx CP youth group the Paul Robeson Club. This issue consists entirely of an open letter sent by expelled members of the Chapel Hill North Carolina CP. P.R. Club, Communist Party (Expelled) unknown books
2016Embry 194029Emmaus Road 2016. First edition first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. Emmaus Road, 2016. First edition, first printing. unknown books
1619WRCAM54737Leiden: Nicolaus a Geelkercken 1619. 1751pp. lacking blank leaf P4 which divides the two narratives but was mistakenly included as pp.119-120 in the continuous pagination; including large engraved vignette on title with twenty-five engraved plates five folding double-page and two large folding maps. Oblong quarto. Contemporary Dutch vellum. Old stains and soiling to boards manuscript "33" in ink on spine edges rubbed boards slightly bowed. Modern bookplate on front pastedown. Minor toning and foxing tiny reinforcement at mounting stub on verso of each large folding map some offsetting. Overall very good. In a blue cloth box gilt leather label. Scarce first Latin edition of one of the bestsellers of illustrated 17th-century travel literature which reports Le Maire's critical DISCOVERY OF TIERRA DEL FUEGO an alternate route to the Pacific and also recounts the Pacific pillaging of the veteran East Indies sailor-turned-pirate Joris van Spilbergen. In addition the work includes valuable early information on ports along the Pacific coast of the Americas and is also of interest for the 17th-century Dutch presence in Brazil. Rich in ethnographic detail the numerous illustrations in the SPECULUM ORIENTALIS. include images of oversized penguins llamas and an Andean condor with a nine-foot wing span. Naval battles beleaguered Spanish settlements and newly discovered islands are also depicted in detail making this a valuable compendium of adventure on the high seas during the Age of Discovery. <br> <br> In 1614 the VOC commissioned Spilbergen to sail to the Moluccas with nearly 700 men. Despite the ostensible commercial nature of his expedition Spilbergen's six vessels were heavily armed anticipating encounters with silver-laden Spanish vessels. Spilbergen spent two years calling at various Spanish and Portuguese ports along both coasts of South America failing to capture any great amounts of silver or silk from Manila but burning several settlements and emerging triumphant from a naval skirmish just south of Lima. <br> <br> By contrast Le Maire's less mercenary expedition resulted in important discoveries; his exploration of Tierra del Fuego and the Tuamotou Archipelago called into doubt the existence of a massive southern continent providing a catalyst for Tasman's discovery of New Zealand and Australia. The two expeditions crossed paths in the Dutch East Indies in 1616. <br> <br> Spilbergen's fleet of six ships was fitted out and armed to combat the Spanish colonies attacking Spanish settlements and shipping along their route. They sailed to Brazil then through the Straits of Magellan and north along the coast of America as far as California. After sailing east to the Philippines they went on to Batavia in search of a Spanish fleet reportedly planning to attack Dutch settlements in the Moluccas but they never found a fleet. On his arrival at Batavia Spilbergen encountered Le Maire and Schouten whose voyage for the newly-formed Compagnie Australe had embarked in 1615 a year after Spilbergen's. Le Maire and Schouten traveled via the newly-discovered Le Maire Strait but on their arrival at Batavia they were arrested for breaching the monopoly granted to the Dutch East India Company of the Strait of Magellan. Spilbergen took Le Maire Schouten and their crews on board and escorted them back to the Netherlands virtually as prisoners. Le Maire grew ill and died en route. <br> <br> This work is remarkable as an early document on Dutch navigation to the Brazilian coasts. Its great value lies in Spilbergen's detailed account of their stay in the Ilha Grande from October 1614 to January 1615 and in São Vicente in 1615. Plate 2 depicting the disordered landing of Dutch vessels in São Vicente clearly documents the way of life of the indigenous peoples under Portuguese occupancy. Colonial religious structures appear alongside typical Native American hammocks and traditional Brazilian costumes and methods of animal husbandry are evident. This illustration with its explanatory text is particularly important as 17th-century ethnographic documents about the future São Paulo are very rare. <br> <br> One of the large folding maps remains important for illustrating Le Maire and Schouten's route across the Pacific. Other maps show the Straits of Magellan and Manila the Moluccas and various ports on the Pacific coast of America. <br> <br> The SPECULUM ORIENTALIS. was originally published in Dutch the same year as this Latin edition with identical plates. Translations in other languages followed rapidly: German in 1620 Frankfurt and French in 1621 Amsterdam. The work was not translated into English until the 1906 Hakluyt Society edition with the title THE EAST AND WEST INDIAN MIRROR. LANDWEHR VOC 361 mistaking the first edition of the Dutch: it is 1619 as his excellent collation obviously attests not 1617. BORBA DE MORAES II:276. HOWGEGO S159. W. Klooster THE DUTCH IN THE AMERICAS 1600- 1800 cat. 24 p.12. BLAIR-ROBERTSON XV pp.328-30; illustrated XVIII p.224. LeCLERC 1994. SABIN 2288. RODRIGUEZ 2288. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 619/133. J. de Villiers THE EAST AND WEST INDIAN MIRROR Hakluyt Society 1906. JCB II:143. Lach ASIA IN THE MAKING OF EUROPE III pp.445-48. Schilder AUSTRALIA UNVEILED Ch. V pp.32-37. TIELE 66. Nicolaus a Geelkercken hardcover books
184874639Wash D. C.: GPO. Very Good. 1848. Pamphlet. Original government document complete in 16 pages - contents are bright and clean. . GPO unknown books
1846106675<p> Pamphlet 8vo uncut 7 pp. Browning and gaining pencil notation on front page a few minor chips along edge; otherwise very good. Jacob Thompson 1810-1885 was the Congressman from Mississippi 1839-1851. He was also the committee chairman on Indian Affairs and Secretary of the Interior. This speech addresses his views on a Bill that would increase the price of the sale of public lands. </p> books
185928994Columbus Ohio 1859. Caption title as issued. 16pp untrimmed. Margin-foxing Good.<br/><br/> The occasion was a celebration of German Democrats "whose thrifty and pleasant homes are mostly in the Fifth Ward." In this scarce pamphlet Cox lauds the German opposition to tyranny their love of "Constitutional government and law;" and their distrust of anarchy and disorder expressed in those annoying "Woman Rights Free Love and Abolition Conventions." Most recently such destructive "egotistical faith" has shown itself in the John Brown Invasion and in the doctrines of the Republican Party. "When Brown shoots down the citizens at the Armory he appeals to the God of the oppressed as his judge and all the Ismatics of New England and Ohio applaud the murderer as a martyr." And when Republicans deny the right of territories to decide whether to permit slavery "they deny to majorities the right to rule." <br/>OCLC 34559434 3- OH Hist. Soc. U TX Hist. Soc. W. PA as of 6/12. Not in Thomson Sabin Eberstadt. unknown books
1807009322London to Boston 1807. Envelope or Cover. Very good. This two-page stampless folded letter measures 14.5" x 9" unfolded. It is datelined "London 7th Jany. 1807" with a manuscript annotation "per Enterprise via New York" in the lower left corner. There is "36" rate marking along with a circular postmark in red that reads "New-York Mar. 9" and a matching red "Ship" handstamp. During opening a small piece was cut from the back to remove the wax seal. <br /><br />Of special interest is a clear strike of an oval handstamp on the reverse that reads <p style="margin-left:3%; margin-right:3%;">"Daniel's Life Preserver in case of Shipwreck Bathing & Wapping A National Concern Established 1806."<p>It would appear that the Life Preserver hand stamp only served as an advertisement as there is no postal reason for it to have been applied. <br /><br />Although there no records tying Jacob Cram to the Daniel's firm Parker & Poor were general merchants in Boston and major importers of British goods. Although the letter contents do not pertain to life preservers it is likely that the hand stamp was applied as an advertisement for the relatively new product. <br /><br />Following his grammar school education Francis Columbine Daniel was apprenticed in 1779 to a surgeon and apothecary in the East London Thames River community of Wapping and nine years later he opened his own office nearby. <br /><br />At the time the area was a hub of naval and maritime activity and having witnessed many drownings Daniel determined to find a way to save the lives of mariners and passengers who fell into the Thames. To that end he designed an "air jacket" that could be carried in a coat pocket and quickly inflated by means of a silver tube after which it would keep a wearer's head arms and upper body above the water surface. <br /><br />As part of his testing process Daniels conducted startling public demonstrations. In 1805 several men wearing early versions of his jacket jumped off the London Bridge and floated downstream while smoking pipes or playing musical instruments to the astonishment of a gathering crowd. The following year at a London regatta two men wearing his devices appeared to walk on the water while carrying a giant sack full of ships' biscuits and a third repeatedly fired a horse pistol into the air. <br /><br />Later that year Daniel began marketing his life preserver after it had received a gold medal from the Royal Humane Society. <br /><br />Exceptionally scarce. At time of listing there are no other examples of this handstamp for sale in the philatelic or ephemera trade. There are no records of other examples having been sold at auction and none are known to be held by institutions. <br /><br /> books
19791242014Belgium: Le Musee Royal De L'Afrique Centrale 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto; VG/G; Red spine with white lettering; Jacket has some wear along the edges tearing near corners and especially at the upper spine edges; Boards are straight with some wear to the edges and corners; Text block is bright and clean; 81 pages. #LR; Shelved in Room X. 1242014. FP New Rockville Stock. Le Musee Royal De L'Afrique Centrale hardcover books