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171025803Amsterdam 1710. Copper-engraved map period hand-colouring in outline. Tables upper left and along the right side. Attractive map of North America based upon De L'Isle's highly influential map of North America published in 1700.<br/> <br/>By combining a wealth of information and geographical observation with delicate engraving and an uncomplicated composition this elegant map is a superb example from the golden age of French mapmaking and was published in Chatelain's Atlas Historique an important encyclopaedic historical atlas. California is shown as a peninsula with a number of villages and mountains; the Mississippi River extends far north of its true source. The table along the right side details the various native tribes from each region with lettered references for locating on the map.<br/> <br/>Lowery 263; Phillips 579. unknown books
553031 vols. 9 x 6 inches framed to 17 x 14-1/2. Two chips lightly scratched. Glued in wood frame. 1 vols. 9 x 6 inches framed to 17 x 14-1/2. unknown books
1872WRCAM31184Washington 1872. 4pp. of manuscript on a single long ruled sheet of paper folded in half to produce two folio-size leaves. Light fold lines. Minor browning. Very good. A legal manuscript copy of a land patent issued by Abraham Lincoln to John Hicks granting him lands in Missouri set aside by the United States in 1842 for reservation land but unclaimed at the time of the original grant on May 3 1861. The lands in question were ceded back to the United States via a treaty with the Wyandot Nation of the Upper Sandusky in Ohio signed March 17 1872. Includes numerous references to other key treaties made between 1842 and 1872. Good evidence of land transfer issues as the wholesale cession of Indian lands to the United States began in earnest. EBERSTADT 165:363. unknown books
11502Photograph cabinet size albumen print 4" x 6 3 /4 " laid down to larger board of Lincoln's Springfield IL home dated 1889 with imprint of O.H. Oldroyd state custodian on verso. This is a photograph of the only house the Lincoln's ever owned. The house was built in 1839 it was only a story and a half when they purchased it in May of 1844. Between 1844 and 1861 the years the Lincolns lived there the home underwent several additions the last in 1856 when the second story was added. A note on the verso indicates that the original owner of this photograph visited the Lincoln homestead in May of 1889. Some spotting to image mount toned notations in various hands on recto and verso of mount. Provenance from Ostendorf's collection. unknown books
1866238120Washington D.C.: John H. Littlefield; Wm. Terry Printer 1866. Photograph by John Goldin of Littlefield's painting on printed mount. 1 vols. Image 11 1/2 x 18 3/4 in.; mounted to 19 x 24 in. Soiling to image vertical crease large chips to bottom of mount not affecting image or legend; good. Photograph by John Goldin of Littlefield's painting on printed mount. 1 vols. Image 11 1/2 x 18 3/4 in.; mounted to 19 x 24 in. A published photograph of Littlefield's hyper-realistic Lincoln death-bed painting each figure meticulously rendered from photographs. Littlefield studied law under Lincoln in 1858 stumped for him in his Presidential bid and was rewarded with a position in the Treasury Department. After Lincoln's death Littlefield invented this tableau of twenty-five people ranged around the death-bed including Vice-President Johnson Surgeon Chalres Leale and Mrs. Lincoln. "The artist used photographs as models for the twenty-five people gathered in the death room but his profile of the dying Lincoln shows a first-hand acquaintance" Ostendorf LINCOLN'S PHOTOGRAPHS p. 279. Provenance: Harper Family John H. Littlefield; Wm. Terry, Printer unknown books
1866238011Washington D.C.: John H. Littlefield; Wm. Terry Printer 1866. Photograph by John Goldin of Littlefield's painting on printed mount. Image 8 1/2 x 13 3/4 in.; mounted to 13 x 17 in. Faint toning to mount; fine. Photograph by John Goldin of Littlefield's painting on printed mount. Image 8 1/2 x 13 3/4 in.; mounted to 13 x 17 in. A published photograph of Littlefield's hyper-realistic Lincoln death-bed painting each figure meticulously rendered from photographs. <br/>Littlefield studied law under Lincoln in 1858 stumped for him in his Presidential bid and was rewarded with a position in the Treasury Department. After Lincoln's death Littlefield invented this tableau of twenty-five people ranged around the death-bed including Vice-President Johnson Surgeon Charles Leale and Mrs. Lincoln.<br/>"The artist used photographs as models for the twenty-five people gathered in the death room but his profile of the dying Lincoln shows a first-hand acquaintance" Ostendorf LINCOLN'S PHOTOGRAPHS p. 279. John H. Littlefield; Wm. Terry, Printer unknown books
2015274N.P.: by the artist 2015. Original. Framed and matted. Fine. Lucas Richardson. Framed in black wood and matted in charcoal gray: overall size 18 1/2" x 15 1/2" / image displayed: 7 7/8" x 4 7/8". Lucas Richardson graduated valedictorian from DuCret School of Art in 2002. He has a double major in graphic design and fine art illustration. He continued to study with Peter Caras who had been instructed by Frank Reilley James Bama and Norman Rockwell. As a portrait artist Richardson has undertaken commissions in oil & charcoal mediums. He is also actively engaged in digital design. A STRIKING Portrait! by the artist unknown books
1919100988Chromolithograph broadside 16" x 20".Creases where folded slight abrasion at the conjunction of one of the folds some slight chipping to the lower right corner and the left margin which extend a little into image; still a colorful and unusual piece. A scarce early 20th century broadside version of the Emancipation Proclamation in the form of a WWI "uplift" poster. At the center is Abraham Lincoln holding a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation. He is flanked with smaller images of Paul L. Dunbar Frederick Douglas Lt. Col. Franklin A. Dennison and Lt. Col. Otis B. Duncan. Other images include soldiers farmers children at school and a bald eagle perched on top of American Flags. We are reminded in the captions of some of the accomplishments of African American and the promise of the future. A very attractive Broadside even with a few imperfections. Renesch, books
184829488Cincinnati: Robinson & Jones 1848. Original printed wrappers light wear spine reinforced with archival tape three rubberstamps on blank portions with ornamental borders stitched. 49 3 blanks pp. Very Good. <br/><br/> This scarce pamphlet is the address of 'An Israelite to the Christian World' asserting "that Israelites view with as much concern and regret as devout Christians the lamentable attempts to instil disbelief in a Divine revelation." Lindo argues that God's Covenant with the Jews "has never been intermitted but has always been and still continues to be in operation." Through the revelation they received at Sinai "the world is indebted for the civilization it now enjoys and will continue to be indebted for the preservation of that civilization." Christianity he says was "originally a Jewish sect adhering strictly to the monotheism of the Old Testament" but it has "gradually become so perverted as to remove it from what it was originally." <br/>FIRST EDITION. Rosenbach 637. Singerman 1026. Not in Sabin Thomson Eberstadt Decker. Robinson & Jones unknown books
1934163204Garden City: Published for The Crime Club 1934. Octavo pp. 1-10 1 2-301 302: blank original decorated black cloth spine panel stamped in green top edge stained green fore-edge untrimmed bottom edge rough-trimmed. First edition. "Sequel of a sort to BURN WITCH BURN! . A good mystery thriller with even some moments of humor." - Bleiler The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1162. Clareson Science Fiction in America 1870s-1930s 553. Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 155. Schlobin The Literature of Fantasy 740. In 333. See Barron ed Horror Literature 3-146. Bleiler 1978 p. 138. Reginald 10059. A nearly fine copy in a bright very good pictorial proof dust jacket with "PUBLICATION DATE / OCT 24 1934" stamped at the bottom of the front flap. #163204 Published for The Crime Club unknown books
159037978np 1590. Image area 19 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches in 28 x 23 inch mat. Single crease down center with one 1/2 inch spot worn through otherwise a nice handsome map. Image area 19 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches in 28 x 23 inch mat. Abraham Ortelius 1527-1598 was a Flemish geographer of German origin. His major work Theatrum Orbis Terrarum 1570 with later revisions and addenda was the first modern atlas. It was based on contemporary charts and maps and contained a collection of plates engraved by Franz Hagenberg in a uniform size and format. The Theatrum preceded the first Atlas of Ortelius' good friend Gerardus Mercator. In fact popular and sentimental legend has it that Mercator delayed publication of his own work so that his younger friend's would appear first. although this simply is not true Mercator wasn't ready the legendary cartographer did compliment Ortelius for the "care and elegance" he put into his "Theatrum. unknown books
1909240774New York: Privately Printed by the De Vinne Press 1909. First edition. Frontispiece portrait and 7 other photographs and a colored Jock Scott fly at the end. xii 266 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green cloth t.e.g. Light shelfwear title page foxed else near fine. First edition. Frontispiece portrait and 7 other photographs and a colored Jock Scott fly at the end. xii 266 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Scarce privately printed work with considerable sporting content.<br/><br/>Pp. 123 to 266 comprise the Logbook of Camp Albany on the Ristigouche River with entries from 1883 to 1898 on angling hunting and social topics. A prefatory note quotes from Dean Sage's classic book and an afterword by Charles H. Raymond offers an appreciation of Abraham Lansing 1835-1899 of Albany New York: "To watch his tall graceful form while casting on the river was to see the exemplar of the accomplished fisherman; the man the rod the line were together but the extension and the completion of artistic and practical perfection".<br/><br/>Inscribed by Mrs. Lansing to the Hon. Hampden Roth November 5 1909. Wetzel p. 174; Bruns L39; Bibliotheca Salmo Salar 107 Privately Printed [by the De Vinne Press] unknown books
186865220Knoxville TN 1868. Broadside. 21 x 14cm. Six six-line stanzas. Some stains and two small holes one affecting two words. Short break at one fold. See BAL 17099 for two sheet music printings ca. 1866. A famous poem in perhaps the first or only separate non-music printing. OCLC lists only musical scores. <br/><br/> unknown books
19649018346New York: American Elsevier Publishing 1964. Hardcover. Fine condition. Facsimile of the Dutch edition of 1570. Bound in publisher's original quarter maroon leather and maroon cloth with front cover and spine stamped in gilt. Engraved colored maps with text reproduced from the original in the Bibliotheque de l'Universite de Leyde. Pages unnumbered. Without dust jacket as issued. A beautiful and high quality production. 16 1/2 inches tall and weighs almost 8 pounds. <br/><br/> American Elsevier Publishing hardcover books
1705WN63455Amsterdam: Pierre Mortier 1705. Vellum binding with handwritten spine titling. Sprinkled edges. Vellum quite soiled and separating from rear board at the foreedge. Name and neat handwritten notes on preliminaries. Large work in 3 volumes with many plates and foldouts etc. Very controversial in its criticism of the Venetian Republic enough so that its French author was sent to the Bastille albeit briefly. Later Edition. Vellum. Fair/No Dust Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Trade. Pierre Mortier Hardcover books
1787245126Albany 1787. unbound. An endorsement to an arrest warrant for the confiscation of goods belonging to Samuel Barrow -- 1 page 11.5 x 10 inches with endorsement on verso Albany New York August 5 1787 -- ordered by Revolutionary War patriot and then-Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court Richard Morris in very small part: "The people of New York - To The Sheriff of the County of Richmond - Greeting. We command you that of the Goods and Chattels Land and Tenements of the aforesaid Samuel Barrow in your Bailiwick being Debt in the sum of four-hundred and eighty pounds.for damages.have you whole monies before us at our City of Albany.Richard Morris Chief Justice." Bancker has placed his endorsement on the verso: "The within Saml. Barrows hasth Goods or Chattels in my Bailiwick whereof the Debt and damages or any part thereof can be made." It should be noted that the entire document is in the hand of and signed by: John McKesson 1734 - 1798 an Anti-Federalist New York Attorney and staunch Revolutionary War patriot who was appointed to the Provincial Convention 1775 all four Provincial Congresses 1775 - 1777 and to the First and Second Councils of Safety. He also served as clerk of the State Assembly and to the Ratifying Convention 1788 of which he is said to have participated in the hostile negotiations which eventually led to New York finally ratifying the U.S. Constitution. This document is in very good condition with heavy natural folds and coincidentally was signed by Bancker and McKesson on the very day August 5 1787 that the first draft of the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights was completed.<br/><br/> American patriot and major in the American Revolution who as a representative of Richmond County Staten Island cast an important vote in the ratification of the United States Constitution by the state of New York. The final vote was 30 to 27 and the failure to ratify might may have brought down the fledgling nation. Soon after the Revolutionary War Bancker was appointed Sheriff of the County of Richmond.<br/><br/> unknown books
1603299062Antwerp: Abraham Ortelius 1603. unbound. Map. Engraving with hand coloring Image measures 14" x 18 3/4". Staining toning and chips to margins but otherwise is good condition.<br/><br/> Beautiful early map of Provence and part of Languedoc from the Rhone river to Monaco. Strap work cartouche and scale with two ships complete the design. Abraham Ortelius 1527--1598 a Flemish cartographer and geographer is widely regarded as one of the important and influential cartographers in history. He is known for his "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum" which was the first modern atlas. Van Den Broecke 47<br/><br/> Abraham Ortelius unknown books
186230007.01<p>On the front page under <i>"News from the North" </i>is the text of Abraham Lincoln's reply to <i>New York Tribune</i>editor Horace Greeley. Greeley's letter urging Lincoln to emancipate all slaves in Union-held territory was known as "The Prayer of Twenty Millions." It was first published on August 20 1862. Lincoln responded on August 22 declaring that his paramount goal is to save the Union regardless of its effect on slavery as well as his personal views that all men should be free.</p> <b>ABRAHAM LINCOLN.</b>Newspaper. <i>Richmond Whig</i> Richmond Va. August 30 1862. 2 pp. 17 x 24 in.<p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Excerpt:</b></p><p><i>"…As to the policy I 'seem to be pursuing' as you say I have not meant to leave any one in doubt. </i></p><p><i> I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored the nearer the Union will be 'the Union as it was.' If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time </i>save<i> slavery I do not agree with them. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time </i>destroy<i> slavery I do not agree with them—My paramount object in this struggle </i>is <i>to save the Union and is </i>not<i> either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing </i>any<i> slave I would do it and if I could save it by freeing </i>all<i>the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that.—What I do about slavery and the colored race I do because I believe it helps to save this Union and what I forbear I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do </i>less<i> whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause and I shall do </i>more<i>whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause. I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors; and I shall adopt new views so fast as they shall appear to be true views. </i></p><p><i> I have here stated my purpose according to my view of </i>official<i> duty; and I intend no modification of my oft-expressed </i>personal<i> wish that all men every where could be free." </i></p><p><b>Historical Background</b></p><p>Though this letter is often as proof that Lincoln did not intend to abolish slavery unknown to Greeley and most Americans Lincoln had already drafted the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation and was only waiting for a Union military victory to deliver it. Moreover Lincoln makes a "divide and conquer" rhetorical move: he splits the issue by stating that his constitutional duty as president is to keep the Union together while simultaneously expressing his personal view of universal freedom at the end.</p><p>Additional content in this issue includes a front page editorial <i>"European Recognition" "The Indian Atrocities in Minnesota" "Yankee Finances" "An Order From Gen. Burnside" "The Peninsular Campaign—Gen. </i><b><i>J. Bankhead </i></b><i>Magruder's Official Report"</i> which takes over two columns with considerable detail.<br /><br />The back page has additional content with: <i>"A Brilliant Cavalry Exploit" "The Impressment of Slaves In Georgia" "Outrages in Arkansas" "From Kentucky"</i> and more. Additionally there are various reports from the <i>"Confederate Congress"</i> and numerous advertisements including a <i>"$100 Reward"</i> for a runaway slave.</p><p>The <i>Richmond Whig</i> is one of the less common—but still important—newspapers from the capital of the Confederacy.</p><p>In <i>Four Years in Rebel Capitals: An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death</i> journalist T. C. DeLeon wrote that the <i>Richmond</i> <i>Whig</i>was among the South's best wartime newspapers. Their pages "recorded the real and true history of public opinion during the war. In their columns is to be found the only really correct and indicative 'map of busy life its fluctuations and its vast concerns' in the South during her days of darkness and of trial."</p><p>One of the more interesting episodes in the history of the <i>Whig</i> is its alleged involvement in a terror plot against New York City during the Civil War. The <i>Whig</i>was reputed to have worked with the Confederate government to use advertisements and editorials to convey secret messages to Southern sympathizers in the North. In October 1864 the <i>Whig</i> was alleged to have run an editorial that signaled Southern supporters to embark on a terror campaign that called for widespread fires to be set in New York city and federal offices to be taken over and the capture of the city's military commander Maj. Gen. John Adams Dix.</p><p><b>Condition</b></p><p>Good. Never bound several folds with minor wear at the folds.</p> books
170837855London: Jacob Tonson 1708. In all 36 fine engraved plates. 3 vols. 8vo. Beautifully bound in full nineteenth-century crimson crushed morocco gilt spines green leather labels marbled endpapers a.e.g. BY RIVIERE. BEAUTIFUL SET with the engraved bookplate of "John Sheepshanks 1852" in each volume. In all 36 fine engraved plates. 3 vols. 8vo. Jacob Tonson unknown books
195178342Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America 1951. First edition of this modern classic of Jewish theology. Octavo original cloth. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with some chips and rubbing. Jacket designed by Marshall Lee. Man Is Not Alone is a profound beautifully written examination of the ingredients of piety: how man senses God's presence explores it accepts it and builds life upon it. Abraham Joshua Heschel's philosophy of religion is not a philosophy of doctrine or the interpretation of a dogma. He erects his carefully built structure of thought upon foundations which are universally valid but almost generally ignored. It was Man Is Not Alone which led Reinhold Niebuhr accurately to predict that Heschel would "become a commanding and authoritative voice not only in the Jewish community but in the religious life of America." Jewish Publication Society of America hardcover books
1926163208New York London: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1926. Octavo pp. 1-2 i-iv v-vi 1 2 3-326 327-328: blank note: final leaf is a blank original red cloth front and spine panels stamped in black. First edition. Merritt's second book. Although Wentz notes "several printings" and G. Gordon Dewey in FANTASY ADVERTISER December 1948 notes five "printings" there was but a single printing. ". Putnam had been unable to sell a pitifully small edition of a thousand copies of THE SHIP OF ISHTAR in book form and the sheets for the last three hundred copies were finally purchased by Munsey and were bound and distributed to readers of ARGOSY-ALL-STORY Magazine." - Sam Moskowitz Explorers of the Infinite Cleveland: World 1963 p. 203. This book is found in numerous variant bindings no priority established this copy bound in red mesh weave cloth with black stamping and top edge not stained. ". the most fully realized of all his fantasies." - Cawthorn and Moorcock Fantasy: The 100 Best Books 36. "The most romantic of Merritt's works. Very uneven as a novel. Sometimes fascinating sometimes dull; pretentious yet with a knowing wink of humor now and then; finely imagined if not always executed." - Bleiler The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1157. Anatomy of Wonder 1976 3-42. Ashley Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction pp. 130-31. Barron ed Fantasy Literature 3-246. Bleiler ed Supernatural Fiction Writers: Fantasy and Horror pp. 838-39. Clareson Science Fiction in America 1870s-1930s 559. Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 156. Schlobin The Literature of Fantasy 746. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature III pp. 1407-11. Tymn ed Fantasy Literature p. 140. In 333. Bleiler 1978 p. 138. Reginald 10070. Currey p. 365 binding E. A fine copy in very good pictorial dust jacket with wear at spine ends and corner tips mild darkening to spine panel and 70 mm closed tear along upper front flap fold. #163208 G. P. Putnam's Sons unknown books
1603299083Antwerp: Abraham Ortelius 1603. unbound. Map. Engraving with hand coloring Image measures 14" x 18 3/4". Staining toning and chips to margins but otherwise is good condition.<br/><br/> Friuli is the northeast Italian region bordering Austria Slovenia and the Adriatic Sea. It's home to the sharp-peaked Dolomite Mountains and vineyards producing white wines. Ortelius' 1603 edition extends from Venice north to the Italian Alps and east to Trieste and Istria. Lovely depiction of Venice floating on several islands. Abraham Ortelius 1527--1598 a Flemish cartographer and geographer is widely regarded as one of the important and influential cartographers in history. He is known for his "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum" which was the first modern atlas. Van Den Broecke 119<br/><br/> Abraham Ortelius unknown books
1570214216Antwerp: Ortelius Abraham 1570. unbound. very good. Map. Uncolored engraving. Image measures 14 3/8" x 19.75".<br/><br/> Beautiful map of southern Italy. Latin text on verso. Published in "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum". Minor scattered staining particularly in margins. Full original margins.<br/><br/> Ortelius, Abraham unknown books
1946202144New York: Machmadim Art Editions 1946. First. hardcover. near fine. 7 pages of text in Hebrew followed by 48 black & white plates. Thin 4to flexible cloth. New York: Machmadim Art Editions 1946. First Edition.<br/><br/> Presentation copy to Mr. and Mrs. Meyer Schapiro.<br/><br/> Machmadim Art Editions unknown books
177814190London: Published by J. Watts Dealer in Prints & Drawings opposite the Mews Gate Charing Cross 1778. Mezzotints. Printed on laid watermarked paper. In excellent condition. Morning Image size: 9 1/2 x 13 7/8 inches. Plate mark: 10 x 13 7/8 inches. Sheet size: 10 5/8 x 14 7/8 inches. Evening Image size: 9 3/8 x 13 7/8. Plate mark: 9 7/8 x 13 7/8. Sheet size: 10 3/4 x 15 1/8 inches. This is a stunning pair of mezzotints of two hunting dogs catching their quarry by John Watts after paintings by Abraham Hondius.<br/> <br/>Watts was a successful printmaker and publisher who was active in London during the second half of the eighteenth century. He was famed for his rich mezzotints which he exhibited in London between 1766 and 1778. Watts scraped mezzotints after some of the most renowned artists of his day but he had a special penchant for works by the Dutch masters such as this handsome pair after Abraham Hondius the celebrated Dutch animal painter. These rich mezzotints are a superb example of Watts's luxurious style of engraving translating the energy and fluidity of Hondius's beautiful paintings into a dramatic example of superior mezzotint engraving.<br/> <br/>Benezit Dictionnaire Des Peintres Sculpteurs Dessinateurs et Graveurs. Published by J. Watts, Dealer in Prints & Drawings opposite the Mews Gate Charing Cross unknown books
