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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
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
1905327084Chicago: Illinois Central Railroad Company 1905. 200 copies this is one of Fourteen Copies Printer's Edition By Permission #6. illustrated throughout with photogravures of Lincoln documents in the ICRC collection. 4to. Full pebbled limp pebbled black morocco with gilt stamping on upper cover "Compliments of the Illinois Central Railroad Company." Laid into full orange cloth dropbox with gilt stamp "Collection of Foreman M. Lebold. 200 copies this is one of Fourteen Copies Printer's Edition By Permission #6. illustrated throughout with photogravures of Lincoln documents in the ICRC collection. 4to. Provenance: Lou F. English this copy presented by Walter J. Gunthorp to Lou F. English.; Foreman M. Lebold lettering to clamshell box Illinois Central Railroad Company unknown
182045432London:: Reprinted for T. and H. Rodd 1820. First separate edition reprinted from the original in the British Museum; noted in Stow in his additions to Holinshed for the year 1577. original drab unprinted wrappers. Tiny chips to wrappers; light soiling; but very nice. 8vo. Reprinted for T. and H. Rodd, unknown
186511541New York: Athenaeum Club 1865. FIRST EDITION. With engraved frontispiece portrait. Original printed purple wrappers housed in a quarter-calf portfolio rear joint splitting; chipping and soiling to wrappers with some splitting at the folds still a very good copy of this large fragile item. First edition number 46 of 50 large paper copies. Monaghan 379. [Athenaeum Club] unknown
1788799861788. WEATHERWISE Abraham pseud. An Almanack for the Year of Christian ra 1788. Portsmouth NH: John Melcher 1787. 12 leaves. Sewn. Complete. Early owner's name on final leaf some short closed tears else very good. Drake 4645 locates four copies. Evans 20859. ESTC W25187. Includes Franklin's "The Way to wealth. unknown
1909111111113432The Critic and Guide Company 1909. Hardcover. Acceptable. The Critic and Guide Company; New York 1909. Hardcover. In 8 Volumes but missing Volume 4. Acceptable condition. Abraham Jacobi was a German physician and pioneer of pediatrics. He was a key figure in the movement to improve child healthcare and welfare in the United States and opened the first childrens clinic in the country. To date he is the only foreign-born president of the American Medical Association. He helped found the American Journal of Obstetrics. He is regarded as the Father of American Pediatrics. An Acceptable maroon cloth binding with gilt lettering on front board and spine binding shaky few books with starting hinges and few with cracked hinges some fraying to spine edges rubbing along board edges and joints some age toning to pages small abrasions to board corners previous owner bookplate affirmed to front pastedown of 6 of the books small bookstore sticker bottom front pastedown Vol.2 TEG a bit dull and with blemishes sunning to spine some handling/scuffing and soiling/discoloration to boards bubbling/warping top front board buckram Volume 7 spine lean red smudging front free endpaper Vol.2 some moisture staining top and bottom board corners with ink bleed to pages edges/corners of few pages in front and rear of Vol. 2;3 and 6 chipped bottom corners pages 29-36 Vol.3 moisture damage to Volume 6 staining on fore-edge staining to rear matters chipped bottom corner pages 45-60 of Vol.7 few dog-eared pages spine buckram starting to separate from backing material without Dust wrapper. 8vooctavo or approx. 6 x 9 Vol.1 445pp. Vol.2 464pp. Vol.3 472pp. Vol.5 381pp. Vol.6 632pp. Vol.7 467pp. Vol.8 613pp. indexed. We pack securely and ship daily w/delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scans are available for any item please inquire. The Critic and Guide Company hardcover
1865136231865. Lincoln Abraham. Late Civil War portrait of Abraham Lincoln derived from a February 1865 photograph taken during the final months of the American Civil War. The image records Lincoln near the conclusion of the conflict that preserved the Union and ended legal slavery in the United States. Created shortly before his assassination in April 1865 the portrait captures a visibly worn president whose appearance reflected the physical and political strain of leading the nation through four years of war. The photograph was long attributed to Mathew Brady but was actually taken by government photographer Lewis Emory Walker and issued commercially through the New York photographic publishers E. & H. T. Anthony. The portrait belongs to a group of late images that document Lincoln's appearance in the closing weeks of the war.<br /> <br /> Stereoview photograph published by Keystone View Company reproducing the 1865 Walker portrait of Abraham Lincoln. Keystone stereograph number 92. The mount bears the Keystone biographical text about Lincoln on the verso together with the company's copyright notice. A handwritten pencil notation on the reverse references the earlier attribution of the photograph to Mathew Brady. The portrait shows Lincoln with closely cut hair a style that contemporary accounts suggested was recommended by his barber in preparation for the creation of a life mask by sculptor Clark Mills.<br /> <br /> Photographic portraits of Lincoln produced during the final months of the Civil War became some of the most widely circulated visual representations of the president after his assassination in April 1865. Images such as this stereographic reproduction contributed to the creation of Lincoln's public memory in the late nineteenth century when photographic publishers issued stereographs and other prints that allowed Americans to view notable figures through emerging visual media. Stereographs played an important role in popular visual culture during this period offering audiences three dimensional photographic views through stereoscopic viewers and distributing portraits of political leaders to a wide national audience. Light wear consistent with age and handling. Overall condition good to very good. unknown
1863182911863. Maine Farmer. January 8 1863 prints the full text of Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation within one week of its issuance providing contemporaneous evidence of how federal emancipation policy was circulated to the Northern public during the Civil War. Published just days after January 1 1863 the issue situates emancipation alongside ongoing war reporting integrating the declaration of freedom for enslaved people in Confederate states into the broader military and political narrative of the Union war effort. Introduced under the subheading "The following is the text of the President emancipating the slaves in the rebellious states" the proclamation asserts federal authority through wartime powers declaring that "all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are and henceforward shall be free" and further authorizes the enlistment of Black men into the armed forces. The proximity of this text to battlefield reports and personal correspondence underscores the immediacy with which emancipation entered public discourse as both military strategy and social transformation.<br /> <br /> Maine Farmer. Vol. not stated. Maine January 8 1863. 4 pages. Newspaper format. The Emancipation Proclamation appears in full on the second page accompanied by additional Civil War coverage including reports of troop movements battle outcomes and casualties. On the same page a letter from a Union soldier of the 16th Maine Regiment written at the Battle of Fredericksburg reads in part: "Dear Father I write you while lying on the battlefield wounded perhaps fatally. Tell mother I think of her while lying here and wish I had her to be with me in my last parting moments." An editorial note explains that the letter was written in pencil on the battlefield the paper "tinged with blood" and that the soldier died the following day linking the proclamation directly to the lived experience of wartime sacrifice.<br /> <br /> Issued at a turning point in the Civil War the publication captures the intersection of emancipation policy military necessity and public communication in the Union states. The inclusion of both the proclamation and firsthand testimony from the battlefield demonstrates how questions of slavery citizenship and national survival were experienced simultaneously at the level of policy and individual life. Newspapers such as this served as primary vehicles through which federal decisions reached civilian audiences shaping understanding of the war's aims and consequences. Small edge tears and light foxing present not affecting text. Overall very good. unknown
186424898<p>"<i>As a MAN OF THE PEOPLE understanding them and trusted by them he has proved himself the man for the time.</i>"</p> <b>ABRAHAM LINCOLN. HENRY CHARLES LEA.</b>Printed Pamphlet. <i>No. 17: Abraham Lincoln</i> March 1864. 12 pp. 5¾ x 8¾ in.<p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Excerpts:</b></p><p>"<i>What will be the place assigned by history to Abraham Lincoln</i>" p3</p><p>"<i>Few of us can forget the feelings of doubt and distrust with which we regarded his advent to the Presidential chair. That his native energy had elevated him from a youth of poverty and labor was reassuring and yet the narrow sphere in which his life had mostly been passed seemed to deprive him of the opportunities of familiarity with the great principles and details of statesmanship requisite for the perilous contingencies of the future.</i>" p3-4</p><p>"<i>Thus with doubt confusion and demoralization around him with no landmarks in the past to serve as a guide for the present or as a precedent for the future did Mr. Lincoln undertake the awful responsibilities of his high position. Thus relying on himself and on the people he boldly set to work to restore the Republic.</i>" p5</p><p>"<i>The country was saved so soon as the people recognized in their President a man who believed that he could save it and who honestly intended to do so. Had Abraham Lincoln done no more than this he would have merited a place between Washington and Jackson. It is a great thing to lift a nation to the highest level of its duties and responsibilities and few men to whom in the world's history the opportunity has been vouchsafed have accomplished the task so thoroughly.</i>" p6</p><p>"<i>And now the momentous question arises before the American people—to whose hands shall be confided the delicate trust of restoring the Union of our fathers</i>" p7</p><p>"<i>The great duty to which Mr. Lincoln has dedicated himself with rare singleness of purpose is the one thought which engrosses every true American heart—the re-establishment of the Union on a permanent basis.</i>" p7</p><p>"<i>The results of the war during the last twelve-month have not shown that the Proclamation was a mistake in military policy.</i>" p9</p><p>"<i>When Mr. Lincoln recommended the plan of compensated emancipation which was adopted by Congress he showed that he recognized fully how great an element of future strife lay in the institution of slavery and how beneficial to the whole country its abolition would be. Moderate in all his opinions he wanted a gradual not a violent change and long after his Emancipation Proclamation was issued he provoked the wrath of the radical emancipationists in Missouri by lending what aid he constitutionally could to the 'conservatives' in that State who desired that the extinction of slavery should be brought about gradually. Possibly in this Mr. Lincoln was mistaken yet if so the error arose from the desire which he has constantly manifested to harmonize the conflicting interests of the country even at the expense of temporary popularity.</i>" p9-10</p><p>"<i>The wisest statesman does not disdain to profit by experience nor can the head of a popular government adopt measures of fundamental change before the people are ripe for them. It is probable that Mr. Lincoln learned much as the war wore on; at all events the people did.</i>" p10</p><p>"<i>There are many who have richly earned the gratitude of the people for eminent services rendered to the Republic in the hour of her trials. There is no one who has so signally centered upon himself the confidence of all. There have been mistakes of detail in military naval and financial matters—mistakes inseparable from the sudden transition from profound and prolonged peace to civil war upon the largest scale. Yet in the general policy of the administration in its principles of statesmanship there have been few errors save those arising from a too generous disbelief in the sincerity of Southern madness.</i>" p11</p><p>"<i>Had Mr. Lincoln moved faster than he has done he would have left the people behind him and lost the support without which no popular government can conduct an exhausting war.</i>" p11</p><p>"<i>As a MAN OF THE PEOPLE understanding them and trusted by them he has proved himself the man for the time.</i>" p12</p><p>"<i>no one can be named who unites like Abraham Lincoln the kindliness and firmness the skill and experience the native sagacity and honesty to bring about an harmonious settlement and to extort from repentant rebels the implicit confidence which those high qualities have won from all loyal men.</i>" p12</p><p><b>Historical Background</b></p><p>The Union League Club of Philadelphia formed in 1862 as a patriotic society to support the Union and the policies of the Lincoln administration. The members of this private club represented the Philadelphia region's elite in business education and religion.</p><p>On April 15 1864 Lea met with Lincoln in Washington and three days later he wrote to Lincoln including two pamphlets he had recently written for the Union League Club including this one. He informed Lincoln "To prevent misconstruction perhaps I should add that I am a man of independent position with nothing to ask at your hands except the preservation of our institutions."<br /></p><p><b>Henry Charles Lea</b> 1825-1909 was born in Philadelphia and received a classical education from a private tutor. He showed particular promise in natural history. He joined his father in the publishing business in 1843 but had a nervous breakdown in 1847. While recuperating he read medieval French history and decided to become a historian rather than a scientist. Over the next fifty years Lea produced ten books and numerous articles on medieval institutional legal and ecclesiastical history. During the Civil War Lea was a member of the Union League of Philadelphia and led its Board of Publication. In that role he wrote many of the League's published pamphlets including this one. From 1863 to 1865 he served as a Bounty Commissioner and aided the provost marshal in recruiting soldiers including African Americans.</p> books
1579M11348Antwerp Belgium 1579. Very Good. Notes: Highly decorative and detailed map of Portugal with two elaborate cartouches. <br>Latin text on verso.<br>Abraham Ortelius April 1527 – June 1598 was a Flemish cartographer geographer and cosmographer from Antwerp in the Spanish Netherlands. He is recognized as the creator of the first modern atlas the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Theatre of the World. Along with Gemma Frisius and Gerardus Mercator Ortelius is generally considered one of the founders of the Netherlandish school of cartography and geography. He was a notable figure of this school in its golden age approximately 1570s–1670s and an important geographer of Spain during the age of discovery. The publication of his atlas in 1570 is often considered as the official beginning of the Golden Age of Netherlandish cartography. Size : 342x520 mm 13.46x20.47 Inches Coloring: Original Hand Coloring Reference: Van den Broecke #26. Category: Maps Europe Portugal; unknown
1828009569This ciphering book measures 8" x 12.5". It contains 92 pages of ciphering work. There is also an additional 36 pages of text in a different hand perhaps by a sister copied from Timothy Shay Arthur's <i>Advice to Young Ladies</i> and the American Tract Society's <i>Helps for Every Hour</i>. Quarter-bound with marbled boards. The owner's label reads "Abraham Rex / Philadelphia / 1828." An 8.5" x 4" pencil drawing copied from <i>The Tours of Dr. Syntax</i> is laid in. <br /><br />Ciphering books were prepared as part of the basic mathematical training of relatively well-off American students usually boys. Most like this one contain examples of the Numeration Addition Subtraction Compound Multiplication Reduction Compound Reduction Rule of Three Indirect Proportion Vulgar Fractions Compound Proportions The Double Rule of Three Avoirdupois Weight Troy Weight Long and Land Measure etc. <br /><br />In addition to providing mathematical basics boys venturing into trades or businesses needed advanced or specialized training in mathematics. In this case Abraham's book includes some work that would prepare him for mercantile positions including Tare and Tret calculating weight adjustments for packing and shipping materials Insurance Commissions and Brokerage Compound Interest Rebate or Discount Equation calculating combined payments Barter Loss and Gain Fellowship calculating complicated partnership percentages etc. <br /><br />Abraham was a member of a prominent and prosperous Pennsylvania Dutch family. Online genealogical records show that the Rüx anglicized to Rex family immigrated to the United States sometime prior to 1720 and settled in Germantown north of Philadelphia. The family soon moved westward to Schaefferston in Lancaster County where it proliferated and prospered with members becoming merchants innkeepers informal bankers brokers pharmacists and physicians. <br /><br />For more information about the Rexes of Schaefferstown see Wenger's <i>Delivering the Goods: The Country Storekeeper and Inland Commerce in the Md-Atlantic</i>. An archive of Rex family business papers is held by the Winterthur Library. <br /><br />For more information about ciphering books see Kilpatrick's <i>Rewriting the History of School Mathematics in North America . . . The Central Role of the Cyphering Books</i> Doer's master's thesis: <i>Cipher Books in the Southern Historical Collection of the University of North Carolina</i> and Andries's "Learning Mathematics in North America" at the University of Pennsylvania's Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica. <br /><br />18th-century American ciphering books are scarce as the overwhelming majority of extant examples date from the early 1800s into the mid-1850s. hardcover books
5036AMERICAN REVOLUTION PRISONERS OF WAR. ALS. 1pg. 8 x 12 . July 12 1781. Commissary of Prisnrs. Office Phillipsburg New York. An autograph letter signed Abm Skinner the American Commissary General of British prisoners of war. He wrote to an unidentified man: Permit me my Dr. Colonel to hand you the inclosed Certificate of your Exchange. You will observe it Signed by our friend Joshua Loring British commissioner for prisoners as well as your humble Servt. and tho as long since as Octobr. Last I cannot but Suppose it will be agreeable to you to receive it now. I participate in the happiness resulting from the transaction and I hope the ensuing Campaign may enable you as well as many others to feel sensibly the agreeable Change - make my Compts. if you please to the Gentlemen of your Regt. with whom I have the honor to be acquainted. The letter is docketed in an unknown hand on a stub remnant most likely by the gratified Colonel. The letter is tanned there are some spots and there is a minor repair to the verso. unknown
5036AMERICAN REVOLUTION PRISONERS OF WAR. ALS. 1pg. 8 ¼†x 12 ½â€. July 12 1781. Commissary of Prisnrs. Office Phillipsburg New York. An autograph letter signed “Abm Skinner†the American Commissary General of British prisoners of war. He wrote to an unidentified man: “Permit me my Dr. Colonel to hand you the inclosed Certificate of your Exchange. You will observe it Signed by our friend Joshua Loring British commissioner for prisoners as well as your humble Servt. and tho as long since as Octobr. Last I cannot but Suppose it will be agreeable to you to receive it now. I participate in the happiness resulting from the transaction and I hope the ensuing Campaign may enable you as well as many others to feel sensibly the agreeable Change - make my Compts. if you please to the Gentlemen of your Regt. with whom I have the honor to be acquainted…â€. The letter is docketed in an unknown hand on a stub remnant most likely by the gratified Colonel. The letter is tanned there are some spots and there is a minor repair to the verso. unknown books
178132033Amsterdam: Yaccov Proops 1781. Third edition. Hardcover. g-. Quarto. 2 52 double-sided leaves. Rebacked in modern brown leather spine over original period brown leather boards. Gilt lettering and ruling on the spine. Modern endpapers. Profusely illustrated throughout with copperplate engravings. Includes both an initial illustrated title page with copperplate engravings surrounding the text Ma'aleh Bet Horin and a printed title page with decorative woodblock borders and the publisher's device. In addition to the Hebrew text a few sections throughout are in Judeo-German Yiddish printed in Vaybertaytsh script.<br /> <br /> This third edition of the famous Amsterdam Haggadah found the work reformatted into a smaller size and saw the title officially changed to Maleh Beit Horin meaning "house free men". Most of the same famous copperplate engravings by Abraham ben Jacob aka Abraham bar Yaccov that previously appeared in the 1695 and 1712 editions are retained here. The two images added to the 1712 second edition are included the illustrated order of the Seder and the complete ten plagues but four of the full series of images included in the first two editions are not present. These missing images are Abraham smashing the idols of his father Moses receiving the Ten Commandments a Mount Sinai Moses and Aaron coming to Pharaoh and the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. In our copy the engraved title and three other other engravings contain contemporary hand-coloring the rabbis of Bene Brak the Four Sons the angels visiting Abraham. <br /> <br /> The text of this third edition replaces the complete running commentary from Isaac Abravanel of the earlier editions with 3 additional text commentaries. These include the "Gevurot Hashem" from the Maharal of Prague Judah Loew ben Bezalel writings by Rabbi Moshe Alshich and "Olelot Ephraim" a collection of ethical homilies by Rabbi Shlomo Ephraim Luntschitz. However Abravanel's commentary is present following Yishtabach through the end of the Seder and in the initial six-leaf section preceding the text of the Passover seder which discusses the laws of Passover.<br /> <br /> This copy is lacking the original engraved map of the Holy Land at the rear as it was originally issued. Binding with some rubbing and abrasions to the original boards and spine. Interior with heaving staining to pages throughout with text still legible. Biding and interior in in good- condition overall. Hebrew title: מעלה בית חורין ×•×”×•× ×¡×“×¨ הגדה של פסח <br /> Alternate Hebrew title: הגדה של פסח: ×›×ž× ×”×’ ××©×›× ×–×™× ×•×›×ž× ×”×’ ספרדי×<br /> Publication: יעקב פרופס ××ž×©×˜×¨×“× ×ª×§×ž"×<br /> Alternate transliterations: Ma'ale Bet Horin Ma'ale Beit Khorin Ma'ale Beit Chorin Ma'ale Beit Horin <br /> Bibliographic references: Yaari 199 Vinograd: Amsterdam 2113 Yudlov 300 Yerushalmi: Plate 75<br /> <br /> This contravenes the statement made by Yerushalmi Plate 75 that all of the engravings of the previous editions are retained. Yaccov Proops hardcover
179148770Thessaloniki: Mordekhai Nahman ve-David Yisraelig'ah 1791. First edition. Hardcover. g- to vg-. Two volumes large quarto. Vol.1: 2 157. Vol.2: 3 158- 274 1 35. Double-sided leaves. Rebound in modern burgundy mottled faux-leather boards with gilt lettering on the front covers gilt lettering and ruling on the spines. Edges of the book block in red. Title pages bordered with small woodcut motifs.<br /> <br /> The first printed edition of this commentary on the Talmudic tractate Bava Batra by famed mediaeval Spanish Rabbi Meir Abulafia aka 'The Ramah' c. 1170 – 1244. The work is one of only three surviving parts Tractates Bava Batra Sanhedrin and Kidushin plus the fourth chapter of Tractate Gittin from his larger series of his Talmudic commentaries known as Yad Ramah meaning "Hand of the Ramah" or "The Upraised Hand". The final section of the second volume contains Shiyur Shitah Mekubetset with its own title page a subsequent commentary on the work by Rabbi Bezalel Ashkenazi c. 1520 – c. 1592 and an approbation at the start of the first volume by editor Yosef Elia Halevi. The first volume includes a few illustrated figures and diagrams on leaf 123.<br /> <br /> Text throughout in Hebrew printed in Rashi script in a two column format.<br /> <br /> Bindings with minor rubbing bumping and damp staining to the corners. Minor scratches and smudges to the covers. Title page in volume one torn along the left margin. Title page of volume torn along the left margin with no loss of text. Title page of volume 2 with tears worming and staining with some loss of text. Volumes quite clean overall with only minor sporadic staining in the margins. Worming throughout both volumes with some loss of text mostly in the second volume. A few pages throughout the volumes have been repaired with tape. Bindings in very good- interiors in good- to good condition overall. Scarce. Hebrew title: יד רמה<br /> Authors: רבי מ×יר הלוי ×בו××œ×¢×¤×™×™× ×”×¨×ž"×” יוסף ×ליה הלוי בצל×ל בן ××‘×¨×”× ××©×›× ×–×™<br /> Publication: ש××œ×•× ×™×§×™ בדפוס ×”×©×•×ª×¤×™× ×ž×¨×“×›×™ × ×—×ž×Ÿ ודוד ישר×ליג'×”<br /> <br /> Bibliographic references: Vinograd- Salonica 407. Mordekhai Nahman ve-David Yisraelig'ah hardcover
2008140945289New York: Harmony Books 2008. First edition. First edition. Signed by Abraham Bolden on the half title with a warm lengthy inscription to the former owner dated April 26 2010. x 306 pp. Bound in publisher's cloth and boards spine lettered in silver. Fine in Fine dust jacket. <p>The autobiography of the first Black Secret Service agent on the White House detail who faced a lot of racism and vitriol from other agents during his time in JFK's White House. After helping to foil a plot against President Kennedy's life in Chicago in October 1963 mere weeks before the Dallas assassination Bolden was forced into silence about the events in Chicago which remain completely unknown and obscure even to most historians of the era and eventually railroaded into jail on trumped-up charges. In 2022 he was officially pardoned by President Biden.<p>A rare signature from one of the unsung heroes of the Kennedy assassination milieu. Harmony Books unknown
2016Signed-Nonfiction-52National Geographic Washington D.C. 2016 First edition first printing. Hardbound. Brand new! Very Fine in a very fine dust jacket. A tight clean copy new and unread. Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket protector. NOT price clipped. Shipped in well padded box. SIGNED BY AUTHOR Buzz Aldrin on title page his name only with no other marks or writing. You cannot find a better copy. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. Hardcover. New/New. National Geographic (Washington D.C.) hardcover
66-0075New York: Jewish Forward 1926–1931. 8vo. 5 volumes. 515 pp. 458 pp. 493 pp. 607 pp. 595 pp. illus. Very good in blue boards. Fifth volume cover faded second volume cover somewhat faded others less so. Third volume in poor protector. Spine top and bottom slightly bumped on all copies.Frontispiece portrait of author. Black-and-white portraits throughout. Yiddish library stamp on front endpaper in first volume. New York: Jewish Forward, 1926–1931. hardcover
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
166818089<p><b>1668 1ed Abraham Cowley English Poetry Mistress Motto Pindar Ode Davideis Sylva</b></p><p><i>"What shall I do to be for ever known</i></p><p><i>And make the Age to come own"</i></p><p><i>I shall like beasts or common people die </i></p><p><i> Unless you write my elegy." </i>– Abraham Cowley <i>The Motto</i></p><p>Abraham Cowley was one of the leading English poets during the 17th-century. This charming and rare sixth edition was the last edition of the original one-volume printing. Following this edition the works were printed in multiple volumes. Famous poems such as '<i>The Motto</i>' '<i>The Mistress</i>' '<i>Ode to Pindar</i>' and '<i>Davideis'</i>are all included in this collection. The Pindaric Ode is especially interesting in that Cowley attempted to reproduce Pindar's works but in doing so he misinterpreted the metrical patterns and in doing so did not accurately reflect Pindar's poetry. He did however create one of the most famous odes ever written which would become the influence for William Wordsworth's famous ode<i> "Intimations of Immortality."</i></p><p>This impressive 1668 first edition includes a biography of Thomas Spratt.</p><p>Item number: #18089</p><p>Price: $750</p><p>COWLEY Abraham</p><p><b><i>The works of Mr. Abraham Cowley : consisting of those which were formerly printed: and those which he design'd for the press now published out of the authors original copies</i></b></p><p>London: Printed by J.M. for Henry Herringman. 1668. First edition.</p><p><u>Details</u>: </p><p>· Collation: Complete with all pages</p><p>o Biography and Miscellanies – 42 41 1</p><p>o The Mistress – 80</p><p>o Pindarique Odes – 4 70 i.e. 68</p><p>o Davideis – 154 23</p><p>o Other verses and works – 148</p><p>· References: Lowndes 539; Perkin B 7.</p><p>· Language: English</p><p>· Binding: Leather; secure</p><p>· Size: ~11.75in X 7.75in 30cm x 19.5cm</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>18089</p><p><br /></p><p>Photos available upon request.</p> J.M. for Henry Herringman hardcover
168823716<p><strong>1688 Abraham Cowley English Poetry Mistress Motto Pindar Ode Davideis Sylva RARE</strong></p><p><em>"What shall I do to be for ever known</em></p><p><em>And make the Age to come own"</em></p><p><em>I shall like beasts or common people die </em></p><p><em> Unless you write my elegy." </em>– Abraham Cowley <em>The Motto</em></p><p>Abraham Cowley was <strong>one of the leading English poets during the 17th-century</strong>. This charming and rare edition was the last edition of the original one-volume printing. Following this edition the works were printed in multiple volumes. Famous poems such as '<em>The Motto</em>' '<em>The Mistress</em>' '<em>Ode to Pindar</em>' and '<em>Davideis'</em> are all included in this collection. The Pindaric Ode is especially interesting in that Cowley attempted to reproduce Pindar's works but in doing so he misinterpreted the metrical patterns and in doing so did not accurately reflect Pindar's poetry. He did however create one of the most famous odes ever written which would become the influence for William Wordsworth's famous ode<em> "Intimations of Immortality."</em></p><p>Item number: #23716</p><p>Price: $750</p><p>COWLEY Abraham</p><p><strong><em>The works of Mr. Abraham Cowley : consisting of those which were formerly printed: and those which he design'd for the press now published out of the authors original copies</em></strong></p><p>London: Printed by J.M. for Henry Herringman. 1688.</p><p><u>Details</u>: </p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Collation: Complete with all pages; </p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Biography and Miscellanies – 58 41 1</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->The Mistress – 80</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Pindarique Odes – 4 70 i.e. 68</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Davideis plus other verses and works – 154 23 1 148</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->References: Lowndes 539; Perkin B 7.</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Language: English</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Binding: Leather; tight and secure</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Size: ~12in X 8.25in 30.5cm x 21cm</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>23716</p><p>Photos available upon request. </p> J.M. for Henry Herringman hardcover
168421111<p><b>1684 Abraham Cowley English Poetry Mistress Motto Pindar Ode Davideis Sylva RARE</b></p><p><i>"What shall I do to be for ever known</i></p><p><i>And make the Age to come own"</i></p><p><i>I shall like beasts or common people die </i></p><p><i> Unless you write my elegy." </i>– Abraham Cowley <i>The Motto</i></p><p>Abraham Cowley was <b>one of the leading English poets during the 17th-century</b>. This charming and rare edition was the last edition of the original one-volume printing. Following this edition the works were printed in multiple volumes. Famous poems such as '<i>The Motto</i>' '<i>The Mistress</i>' '<i>Ode to Pindar</i>' and '<i>Davideis'</i> are all included in this collection. The Pindaric Ode is especially interesting in that Cowley attempted to reproduce Pindar's works but in doing so he misinterpreted the metrical patterns and in doing so did not accurately reflect Pindar's poetry. He did however create one of the most famous odes ever written which would become the influence for William Wordsworth's famous ode<i> "Intimations of Immortality."</i></p><p>This impressive 1684 first edition includes a biography of Thomas Spratt.</p><p>Item number: #21111</p><p>Price: $750</p><p>COWLEY Abraham</p><p><b><i>The works of Mr. Abraham Cowley : consisting of those which were formerly printed: and those which he design'd for the press now published out of the authors original copies</i></b></p><p>London: Printed by J.M. for Henry Herringman. 1684.</p><p><br /></p><p><u>Details</u>: </p><p>· Collation: Complete with all pages</p><p>o Part I </p><p> Biography and Miscellanies – 2 xl 41 1</p><p> The Mistress – 80</p><p> Pindarique Odes – 4 70 i.e. 68</p><p> Davideis plus other verses and works – 154 23 1 148</p><p>o Part II – 16 161 1</p><p>o Part III – 20 166</p><p>· References: Lowndes 539; Perkin B 7.</p><p>· Language: English</p><p>· Binding: Leather; tight and secure</p><p>· Size: ~12in X 8.25in 30.5cm x 21cm</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>21111</p><p>Photos available upon request. </p> J.M. for Henry Herringman hardcover
168122534<p><strong>1681 Abraham Cowley English Poetry Mistress Motto Pindar Ode Davideis FOLIO</strong></p><p><em>"What shall I do to be for ever known</em></p><p><em>And make the Age to come own"</em></p><p><em>I shall like beasts or common people die </em></p><p><em> Unless you write my elegy." </em>– Abraham Cowley <em>The Motto</em></p><p>Abraham Cowley was one of the leading English poets during the 17th-century. This charming and rare sixth edition was the last edition of the original one volume printing. Following this edition the works were printed in multiple volumes. Famous poems such as '<em>The Motto</em>' '<em>The Mistress</em>' '<em>Ode to Pindar</em>' and '<em>Davideis'</em> are all included in this collection. The Pindaric Ode is especially interesting in that Cowley attempted to reproduce Pindar's works but in doing so he misinterpreted the metrical patterns and in doing so did not accurately reflect Pindar's poetry. He did however create one of the most famous odes ever written which would become the influence for William Wordsworth's famous ode<em> "Intimations of Immortality."</em></p><p>Item number: #22534</p><p>Price: $750</p><p>COWLEY Abraham</p><p><strong><em>The works of Mr. Abraham Cowley: consisting of those which were formerly printed and those which be design'd for the press now published out of the authors original copies.</em></strong></p><p>London: Printed by J.M. for Henry Herringman. 1681-82.</p><p><u>Details</u>:</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Collation: 2 parts in 1</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Part I</p><p> <!--endif-->'The Motto' – 42 41 1</p><p> <!--endif-->'The Mistress' – 80</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Wanting p. 33-36</p><p> <!--endif-->'Pindarique Odes' – 4 70 i.e. 68</p><p>'Davideis' – 154 23 1 148</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Part II</p><p> <!--endif-->'Constantia and Philetus' – 6 19 1</p><p> <!--endif-->'Piramus and Thisbe' – 21-32</p><p> <!--endif-->'Sylvia' – 33-56</p><p> <!--endif-->'Loves Riddles' – 57-120 2</p><p> <!--endif-->'Naufragium joculare' – 6 129-161 1</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->References: Lowndes 539; Perkin B 7.</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Language: English</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Binding: Leather; tight and secure</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Size: ~11.5in X 8in 29.5cm x 20.5cm</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>22534</p><p>Photos available upon request.</p> J.M. for Henry Herringman hardcover
16-5581Londres: Jean Brindley 1737. Original engraving. 46.6 x 58cm. sheet size. Centerfold. Tear without loss in upper margin .OCLC Number 228726949Text on the print:A portrait of a squire holding the reins of a horse landscape behind. Plate 10 of the Duke of Newcastle's treatise on horsemanship .References : Huth 23; Podeschi 26 and 49; Lowndes 1663; Wing N884-87; Brunet I 1700; Graesse II 93; Mellon Books on the Horse and Horsemanship 1783 p. 49; Mennessier de la Lance II p. 250; Nissen ZBI 848. Londres: Jean Brindley, 1737 unknown
