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192311409Various Places: Various Publishers. Very Good. c.1923-1937. Ephemera. Southern Pacific Steamship with closed tear top of spine when folded closed into next page when open; Cape Cod with light foxing top front edge. United States Line with fine pen lines aroung 'American Express Co. " lower front cover. Others are fine. ; D&C 15 pages unfolded including inside rear cover; full of b&w photographs and information rates; includes double page illustration on the Flagship of the fleet S. S. Greater Detroit. UNITED STATES LINES 1923 with cabin rates itineraries rail fares officers & agents. CAPE COD single folded sheet with double panel map b&w photos. PACIFIC MAIL 1923 with b&w photos birdseye view drawing of the Panama Canal zone. EASTERN STEAMHIP 1924; 31pp. double page map showing E. S. Connections; many deck plans; 5 full page phtographs of their steamships; photographs schedules etc. . Various Publishers unknown
1748175859Leipzig.: Schwabe Johann Joachim. 1748. Engraved map on laid paper 20.5 x 36 cm plate -mark inc. captions 24 x 39 cm sheet size original fold later hand-colouring slight marginal spotting but in very good condition. Fine 18th century ground plan of Gorée Island off the coast of Senegal infamous for its association with slavery. The map shows encampments and forts with a detailed key. Originally published in Abbe Prevost's "Histoire générale des voyages." 1746 -1789 with maps and plans by the great cartographer Jacques-Nicolas Bellin this was prepared for volume two of the the German edition "Allgemeine Historie der Reisen." published in 1748. . (Schwabe, Johann Joachim) unknown
1878ST20676Paris: Librarie Hachette et Cie 1878. FIRST EDITION. 344x 256 mm. 13 1/2 x 10". 4 p.l. 639 pp. <br/> Publisher's tan morocco-grained cloth WITH ANIMATED DESIGN BY AUGUSTE D. SOUZE stamp-signed on front cover STAMPED IN GILT AND BLACK covers with dolphin and wave frame trident cornerpieces central panel with heraldic emblems including Venice's Lion of St. Mark and banners bearing the names of the covered territories flaming censer at foot of central panel publisher's emblem below it raised bands matching tan morocco spine elaborately gilt marbled endpapers all edge gilt. With 254 wood-engraved illustrations 75 of these full-page and seven steel-engraved maps two of them full-page. With book label of the Publishers' Bookbindings collection of Ellen K. Morris and Edward S. Levin laid in at front. Two-inch crease at bottom of rear joint but the joint not cracked or otherwise weakened a touch of rubbing to extremities occasional faint offsetting from illustrations other trivial imperfections but A VERY FINE COPY--clean fresh and bright internally with stately margins in a shimmering binding showing almost no signs of use.<br/> <br/> In its striking--and strikingly well-preserved--publisher's binding this grandly proportioned and thoroughly illustrated travelogue comes from a major American collection. Our author French painter and writer Charles Yriarte 1832-98 had begun travelling around Italy and the Balkans as a reporter for the "Monde Illustré" magazine. In 1871 he left the magazine to begin travelling and writing on his own. The present work was composed during this new period on a journey Yriarte took starting in Venice and along both coasts of the Adriatic Sea including the inland portions of the eastern Adriatic countries which he says in the introduction have been little-visited. His descriptions of landscapes architecture cultures and costumes he encountered are accompanied by a wealth of illustrations after a variety of artists which provide very romantic impressions of the scenery and peoples of the Adriatic coast. The binding is the work of engraver and designer Auguste Souze fl. 1857-92 who produced many dies for publisher's bindings in France during the third quarter of the 19th century. Our binding is profusely decorated with the iconography of the Adriatic region and the gilt and black are used very effectively to give depth and richness to the design. This volume comes from the splendid collection of publisher's bindings assembled over three decades by Ellen K. Morris and Edward S. Levin and exhibited at the Grolier Club in 2000. In a review of the sumptuous catalogue for the exhibition written for the Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America Andrea Krupp praises the "pristine condition" of this "glittering and opulent collection.". Librarie Hachette et Cie unknown
1807ST20596London: Printed for J. Johnson 1807. Second Edition. 225 x 140 mm. 8 3/4 x 5 1/2". iv 373 1 pp. <br/> Original blue paper boards and paper backstrip spine with original printed paper label EDGES UNTRIMMED. With 12 aquatint plates after sketches by Carr. A Large Paper Copy. First page of text with contemporary ink inscription reading "Ballygarth House." Lowndes I 377 1st ed. Boards with a couple of snags and faint stains corners minimally rubbed one plate with vague offsetting but AN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE COPY showing very few signs of use inside or out.<br/> <br/> In its remarkably well-preserved original boards this is a beautiful copy of a popular travel narrative. Sir John Carr 1772-1832 had originally trained as a lawyer but after visiting the Continent for his health made his career as a travel writer instead. The 1803 publication of the first edition of the present work launched him into fame as a writer. His subsequent works proved just as popular and after the 1806 publication of "The Stranger in Ireland" he was knighted by John Russell 6th Duke of Bedford then Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Afterward Lord Byron in a suppressed verse from "Childe Harolde" appropriately called him "Green Erin's i.e. Ireland's knight and Europe's wandering star." Our copy's inscription indicates it belonged to the library of Ballygarth House very probably referring to Ballygarth Castle in County Meath Ireland the seat of the Pepper family which dates from the 14th century. While not a rare book it is uncommonly encountered in its original publisher's binding particularly in such fine condition as seen here. Even the richly printed aquatints which would typically be found foxed or causing offsetting are in virtually perfect condition. Printed for J. Johnson unknown
1838ST19413London: Hodgson & Clark 1838. FIRST EDITION. 560 x 380 mm. 22 x 15". 1 p.l. lithograph dedication and table of contents 1 leaf ads. <br/> Apparently unrestored publisher's red quarter morocco over pink watered silk boards flat spine gilt titling on front cover and spine marbled endpapers. WITH 30 VERY FINE SCENIC COLOR LITHOGRAPHS lithograph title and 29 views on 25 plates by T. S. Boys W. Gauci A. Picken and L. Haghe all with original thick tissue guards. Abbey Travel 32; Hardie "English Coloured Books" p. 247. ◆Covers a little soiled and with minor evidence of insect activity corners rather bumped but the original binding without major problems and still surprisingly solid for such a large picture book. Faint stains to free endpapers a few additional trivial defects but VERY FINE INTERNALLY THE PLATES ESPECIALLY CLEAN AND FRESH WITH CONSISTENTLY BRIGHT COLORING.<br/> <br/> Composed of idyllic renderings of views along the great Belgian and German rivers noted in the title the picturesque illustrations in this book are the work of Clarkson Frederick Stanfield 1793-1867 a self-taught artist and close friend of Charles Dickens who began his career as a scenic painter for dramatic productions. In addition to the dramatic landscapes castles and ruins depicted here the artist also paints a picture of daily life in the region by illustrating in great detail the activities of peasants laborers and other common folk who lived and worked in the area. Indeed the stories suggested by the characters' interactions--for example a group of women taking a break from their labors to gossip two lovers stealing a quiet moment on a hillside a solitary old woman selling her meager supply of fresh vegetables on the road--are as enchanting as the landscapes themselves. The theatrical qualities of these plates are perhaps no surprise given the artist's background in stagecraft. Stanfield worked his way up from volunteering for amateur theater productions to a paid position at Drury Lane in London's fashionable Covent Garden district. During his 12-year tenure with that theater as DNB tells us "he achieved a legendary reputation as a creator of romantic landscape scenery. . . . Stanfield's work especially 'taught pit and gallery to admire landscape art and the boxes to become connoisseurs' according to his friend W. M. Thackeray." Even after Stanfield left Drury Lane to focus on his paintings and published works the artist continued to paint scenery for Dickens and even supplied illustrations for some of his works of fiction including the "Christmas Books." DNB notes that upon Stanfield's death Dickens wrote "a moving editorial tribute . . . which described him as 'the soul of frankness generosity and simplicity. The most genial the most affectionate . . . and the most lovable of men.'" Intact copies of the present work are quite scarce in the marketplace. Hodgson & Clark unknown
1846253662New York 1846. unbound. 1 page 10 x 8 inches New York City December 8 1846. In this letter a salesman has booked travel for a favored client: "I have sent for you by the steam boat CHAMPION which leaves here this afternoon for New Haven marked as you directed by Springfield railroad with three kegs of printing ink." An interesting memento from the days when steamships were owned by the wealthy railroads who attempted to monopolize travel and trade. In this case the steamboat Champion actually the New Champion 1846 - 1851 would leave the Port of New York and set sail up the Long Island Sound eventually entering the Connecticut River bound for New Haven. The passenger could choose to sail as far up as Springfield Massachusetts or transfer for the much faster train at New Haven all owned by Hartford & New Haven Railroads. Several folds; small chip in the left margin. Very good condition.<br/> <br/> unknown
CJW1322Bern: Ertug & Kocabiyuk 2002. No. 46 OF 50 SPECIALLY BOUND COPIES of a total edition of 350. 670 x 508 mm. 26 3/8 x 20". 3 p.l. 10 pp. 63 leaves. <br/> Publisher's scarlet morocco by Buchbinderei Burkhardt AG covers with gilt-rolled border cornerpieces tooled in gilt upper cover with gilt calligraphic Arabic centerpiece lower cover with gilt central heraldic device marbled endleaves all edges gilt. With a portrait frontispiece of Emperor Selim III 48 DOUBLE-PAGE PLATES AND THREE DOUBLE-PAGE MAPS. ◆A virtually as-new copy.<br/> <br/> This is one of the deluxe copies of a modern facsimile of Melling's massive and magnificently illustrated work devoted to 18th century Constantinople a book that provided the earliest interior views and plans of the harems and palaces of Sultan Selim III when it was published in 1819. The illustrations remain the best and certainly most attractive record we have of the city during this era in its history. Our edition was produced from a copy of the elephant folio first printing in the collection of the facsimile's publisher Ahmet Ertug with images faithfully reproduced in their original mammoth size 650 x 970 mm. After his arrival in Constantinople in 1795 architect and painter Antoine Ignace Melling 1763-1831 was appointed imperial architect by Selim III. In the course of his duties he designed and landscaped a seaside palace for Selim's sister Princess Hatice and produced these striking panoramic views of the city and its environs. After completing the palace and a number of other building projects for Selim he returned to Paris and in 1804 issued a prospectus for this work. He established an engraving studio in 1809 to reproduce these drawings and began publishing the completed prints as a series of fascicles that were sent to subscribers. The last one appeared in 1819. The outstanding success of an exhibition of the paintings on which the "Voyage Pittoresque" was based earned Melling the rank of painter to the Empress Josephine. When "Voyage Pittoresque" was originally published booksellers in England sold copies for £84 a huge sum for a book at the time. The original edition in pleasing condition now fetches between $75000 and $100000. Our handsomely bound actual size facsimile offers an attractively priced alternative. Ertug & Kocabiyuk unknown
169436324Amsterdam Abraham Wolfgang 1694. Uncut in contemp. blank boards. Title handwritten on spine. Spine a little rubbed. 22307 pp. and 8159 pp. Textillustrations in woodcut illustrating Cartesian physics and world system. A large copy few marginal brownspots. Previous owners name on fly-leaf Vilhelm Maar Danish historian of medicine. <br/><br/><em>First Latin edition The French original from 1690 Voyage du Monde de Descartes of this imaginary travel to find Descartes on the moon and in the upper spheres. The work is one of the most importent anti-Cartesian polemics of the 1690's and it attacs the whole of Descartes system in a satirical way."It aimes principally at the sharp Cartesian distinction between body and soul related in a satirical fashion the voyage of the disembodied souls of the narrator of Mersanne and of another old friend of Descartes in the upper spheres. On their way to visit Descartes in the third heaven they meet the souls of Aristotle and the disciples of descartes clearly refelcting here the philosophical opinions of Gabriel Daniel himself. One of the articles of that treaty stipulates that the Cartesians will refer to Aristotle with more respect whereas the Aristotelians will refrain from calling Descartes "Enthusiast" "Madman" "Heretick" or "Atheist" - all of these evidently labels commonly used by the opponents of Descartes at that time." Michael Heyd in "Be Sober and Reasonable". The work was published anonymous and earlier sometimes attributed to Daniel Defoe. - </em> hardcover
1825003992Saratoga Springs: G.M. Davison 1825. Second Edition . Hardcover. Good. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. 169pp. Brown marbled boards black leather backing gilt lettering to spine. Cover is moderately worn contents are foxed front endpaper missing binding is tight. A compact little tour guide. Howes D-143. <br/> <br/> G.M. Davison hardcover
1833003909Philadelphia: Carey Lea & Blanchard 1833. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. vi 410pp. Half leather raised bands gilt spine lettering and decoration marbled endpapers. Corners and spine rubbed superficial cracking to front inner hinge but hoding tightly binding is sound former owner's bookplate and bookseller's small label on front pastedown owner's name on front free endpaper contents are mildly toned and there is a very occasional marginal note. A fascinating and often witty critique of American society in the 1830s. Howes H-138. <br/> <br/> Carey, Lea & Blanchard hardcover
9a891J. Christie Dublin 1814-1815. 215 cm x 145 cm. Zusammen ca. 4250 Seiten mit 180 Kupfertafeln goldgeprägte Ganzledereinbände mit Rückentiteln Titelseiten mit hinterlegtem Namensausschnitt/etwas fleckig/3 Rücken eingerissen/2 untere Kapitale mit kleinen Ausbrüchen/6 exlibris entfernt. - 4 gestochene Wappenexlibris/Sabin 105485/reichhaltige Sammlung von Reisebeschreibungen mit einem Vorwort von Samuel Johnson. Berichtet von den Reisen der großen entdecker: Anson Beaulieu Cortes Columbus DSampier ellis Pococke Thevenot etc./Bände 1-2 sind ganz Amerika gewidmet/Die tafeln zeigen Bauwerke Trachten und Tiere/gute komplette Ausgabe/Beiliegen 14 teils gefaltete Kupferstich-Karten von A. Bell gestochen bei Wale. Folgende Karten sind enthalten: West indies/Russia in Europe/Poland and Prussioan States/Italy/Germany/Spain and Portugal/Europe/Asia/South America/North America/Hungary with Turkey in Europe/France/Africa/East Indies - unknown
1837177519Paris. circa1837. Engraved map with original outline hand-colour 22 x 30 cm; 28.8 x 38.6 cm sheet marginal repair to the lower corner not affecting the map sheet lightly age-toned in very good condition preserved in a window mount. Fine map of China Japan and Central Asia noting Manchuria "Mandchourie" bordering Northern India and Turkestan in the West and Russia "Russie d'Asie" in the North. <br> <br>From the estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker with his pencilled catalogue mark on the verso. . unknown
1869176603Philadelphia.: E. H. Butler. circa1869. Lithographed map with original hand-colour 21.2 x 27.6 cm two inset maps of Liberia and Sierra Leone; and Egypt showing the Suez Canal text and engravings for an unrelated entry on the verso; margins dusty top edge worn with small edge tears one affecting the border and marginal chip but in good condition. Detailed map of Africa before the escalation of colonial acquisition in the 1880s. . (E. H. Butler). unknown
189575897N.p.: N.p. ca. 1895. Original string-tied album with alligator-patterned wrappers title in the blank space in the middle of the front. 7 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches and with ten leaves. Each leaf bears back-to-back photographs so there is a total of 20 photographs all inter-leaved with tissue guards having the same alligator pattern. Every photograph has an annotation in red and in a very legible hand. A lovely little album.In actuality the album is primarily concerned with sights in the Great North. The only photograph taken in the U.S. is a moody and eerie shot of the turbulent waters off Point Reyes. The one succeeding that is titled "Government Street Victoria B.C." Among other pictures are the Russian Church and trading post at Sitka. There is a very nice photograph of downtown "Skaguway." The tour must have originated in Spokane as there is one photograph of "Spokane Passengers at Pitchfork Falls." Their clothing makes this album a tad dateable. It's not a loud declamatory album but rather one of quietness and appreciation. The photographer surely an amateur. had a real feel for the frozen North. N.p. hardcover
1848004241New York: C.S. Francis & Co. 1848. Hardcover. Fair. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 172pp. Brown embossed cloth gilt lettering. Cover is faded worn at extremities spliting along spine gilt lettering still fairly bright contents are age-toned and foxing to first and last few pages some signatures loose former owner's name on front pastedown. map not present. A compact "guide to citizens and strangers" with 36 engraved full page plates of prominent New York and vicinity sites. <br/> <br/> C.S. Francis & Co. hardcover
201274711Mexico: Servicio De Informacion Agroalimentatria y Pesquera 2012. MEX 1st English language edition one of 2800 copies. No markingstop corners of the cover are eased Near Fine; no dust jacket as published in Very Good cloth clam shell box. Green cloth with pastedown ribbon markers 192pp colour photos throughout. The text of this book on food production and agricultural produce in Mexico is in English. A heavy book. 4.3 JM LVR 202/b3. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12". Servicio De Informacion Agroalimentatria y Pesquera Hardcover
51860Leipzig Georg Joachim Göschen 1830. . Verlags-Bibliographie Göschen 1785-1838 Nr. 1027. Vgl. Studien zur Verlagsgeschichte u. zur Verlegertypologie der Goethezeit S. 190. - Einband stark beschabt Textteil gebräunt/stockfl.; erste Karte gebräunt sonst nur gelegentlich stockfleckig im weißen Kartenrand. - Allgemeine Übersicht. Topographie der vorzüglichsten Orte von A-Z. Grenzkolorierte Karten von Königreiche ENGLAND SCHOTTLAND u. IRLAND; Gibraltar Malta Helgoland Ionien; die Kolonien: Britisch-Ostindien Kap-Kolonie Westindien afrikanische Westküste Goldküste Guinea Mauritius St. Helena Nordamerika Hopparo Britisch-Guyana Australien. - Der königlich sächsische Kammerrat W. E. A. v. Schlieben 1781-1839 Statistiker u. Oberlandfeldmesser war Mitbegründer des Statischen Vereins in Sachsen 1831-1850 u. Leiter des Zentralkomitees des Vereins. Leipzig, Georg Joachim Göschen, 1830. unknown
18949683Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co. Very Good. 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. 207 pp. frontis; 8vo; white cloth lettered & decorated in gilt with gilt oval under embossed Mexican flag in color on front cover; top edge gilt; black & white plate illustrations throughout. Spine somewhat darkened with light stain; cloth down joints & very foredges a bit mottled; leading corners bumped. Small return address sticker of Mrs. Harry Johnson Mt. Clemens Michigan on front endpaper. Shoemaker was a world traveler and travel writer having penned books on The Siberian Railway motor travel in France the Orient etc. Here he travels through Mexico by traing auto and horseback. . Robert Clarke & Co. hardcover
20052081502111907690Chinese book office 2005. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Chinese book office paperback
1956H4205Redstone Arsenal AL: `Army Ballistic Missile Agency 1956. Paperback. Near Fine. Stapled stiff manilla wraps 59 photocopied pages printed on rectos only very good stamped 'Copy 1' and another numeric stamp 53974 also stamp of the Convair Fort Worth Division Research Library on cover and title page produced by the Armed Services Technical Information Agency in Arlington VA. This was considered an unclassified document since the paper had been presented publicly. Only one copy in OCLC at Auburn AL. A couple small dents to front cover else fine. A rare document from the 50s Space Race. `Army Ballistic Missile Agency paperback
19703246Gregg International Publishers Limited 1970. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 1970 publication of the original1936 Edition: 623pages illustrated 29 plates. Red cloth covers with gilt titling to spine. Bibliography.Georg Wilhelm Steller 1709 - 1746 German botanist zoologist physician and explorer is considered a pioneer of Alaskan natural history. He accompanied Vitus Bering on the Second Kamchatka Expedition ca.1740 sailed with Bering across the straits to land at Kayak Alaska in 1741. Steller became the first European naturalist to describe many North American plants and animals including several species that bear his name such as Steller's sea cow. His extraordinary survival through wrecks disease and starvation on the return trip is one of the great chapters of Arctic exploration. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. ISBN: 0576291242. ISBN/EAN: 9780576291248. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3246. . 9780576291248 This book weighs over 1Kg and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries. Gregg International Publishers Limited hardcover
1850177528London.: The London Printing and Publishing Company. circa1850s. Lithographed map with original outline hand colour 25.8 x 33.5 cm three vignette illustrations decorative border central fold in very good condition presented in a window mount. Attractive decorative map with three vignettes by Rapkin: Yedo; a State barge in sail with penants flying--the paired oarsmen depicted through 10 small windows below deck; and Koreans in traditional costume; the map after the great mapmaker and publisher John Tallis. <br> <br>From the estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker with his pencilled catalogue mark on the verso. . The London Printing and Publishing Company. unknown
1925100676<p>New York and London 1925-1926. 1925-1926. Very good. - 1 An autograph letter 1 & 1/4 pages signed "Rosita Forbes". Writing from 28 Wilton Place London on May 23 1924 Rosita Forbes is concerned with her tax liabilities in England as a result of her just completed first American lecture tour. She addresses a Miss Smith of the Pond Bureau asking that should "British Income Tax people" inquire about her tour and her contracts with the Pond Bureau "please give no information of any sort but refer the questioners to us. Next time I come to U.S.A. I shall have to have a financial secretary to keep accounts!". She suggests she could return in October "but I don't want to arrive in America more than one day before my first lecture. Your country is too expensive."</p><p>2 A cablegram from Forbes dated May 9 1925: "AVAILABLE AMERICAN LECTURES FROM NOVEMBER FIRST OR EARLIER TILL MARCH CABLE CONFIRMATION."</p><p>3 A 3-page autograph letter 7 inches high by 4-1/2 inches wide "Rosita Forbes". Writing from 28 Wilton Place London on May 9 1925 Forbes addresses Pond stating that she has "always been ready to come out to U.S.A. by Oct. 30th. I cabled you to this effect yesterday.I sent you a quantity of press cuttings & a good Abyssinian dress picture a week ago. Now I send you some snapshots & a map with our complete route on it.I don't see how Weigall & I can clash because our subjects are so different.I hope this time you will save on railway fares!!!! Please try & arrange lectures in groups if possible! Macaulay is going to publish my Abyssinian book 'From Red Sea to Blue Nile' & also a novel 'Wings Aflame' in the autumn. Best of luck to us both!!!!" The title "Wings Aflame" may be a reference to her novel "If the Gods Laugh" published in 1925.</p><p>4 A retained carbon of Pond's cable dated May 13 1925: "NOVEMBER ONE TO MARCH SATISFACTORY CAN YOU REMAIN TO MARCH THIRTEEN HAVE ENGAGEMENT BOOK FOR NINTH"</p><p>5 A return cable from Forbes dated May 14 1925: "YES FORBES"</p><p>6 A retained carbon of Pond's letter dated June 11 1925 addressed to "My Dear Lady Rosita". In his letter Pond complains "I note that Macaulay has the books. I'm sorry one of the better publishers was not selected for they do publish rather sensational stuff". He goes on to comment about Abyssinian controversies. "Marian C. Cooper asks me to ask you not to judge his ideas of Abyssinia by his articles in ASIA which were edited without his consent nor the film The Golden Prince which was made up without his aid from some pictures he and Schoedsack made. .Powell in his book on Abyssinia criticized Cooper for things he had done and he does not wish you too to join in the hue and cry."</p><p>7 Retained carbon of Pond's June 16 1925 cable: "CAN I USE ABYSSINIAN PHOTOS FOR NEWSPAPER PUBLICITY ARTICLES.".</p><p>8 A cablegram from Forbes dated June 18 1925: "FORBES ANXIOUS SELL ARTICLES AND PHOTOGRAPHS ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION CONSULT KENNADAY 215 WEST 33RD STREET AND DO WHAT BOTH CONSIDER BEST.".</p><p>9 Retained carbon of Pond's reply to Forbes cablegram now addressing her as "My dear Mrs. McGrath". "Paul Kennaday tells me that he has not been able to place your articles about Abyssinia. I am awfully sorry that this has not been done for we need publicity in this country to secure business and so far no one knows that you have been in Abyssinia or made a new journey.Things so far have not been going as good as I like but this does not mean that there will be no tour and a fairly good one. If you find that English bookings are going exceedingly well I suggest that you give Mr. Christy more time in November."</p><p>10 A 2-page autograph letter 5-3/4 inches high by 4-3/4 inches wide on "28 Wilton Place" letterhead signed "Rosita Forbes". The letter dated September 15 1925 overlaps with Pond's later letter of September 18th. "I am so sorry you are having trouble over my American tour - what bad luck. I think under the circumstances it would probably be better if I arrived on January 1st & stayed till early April.Would you mind on receipt of this letter cabling me the date you consider most suitable for me to come over as I have to arrange the letting of my house which is a matter needing time. I don't mind what date I come but as living is very expensive in U.S.A. I don't want to come until there is contract business in view!!".</p><p>11 A retained carbon of Pond's September 18 1925 letter to Forbes suggesting that the tour be moved forward to January "to commence your tour with your booking in Haverhill Massachusetts on January 5th."</p><p>12 A retained carbon of Pond's letter responding to Forbes letter of September 15. Dated September 25 1925 Pond writes "I think we are both agreed that it is better for you to arrive in early January. I am not cabling you about this as I wrote you on September 18th and you know my point of view. Your first engagement at present is January 5th."</p><p>13 A cablegram from Forbes dated September 29 1925: "DELIGHTED ARRIVE JANUARY FIRST / ROSITA".</p><p>14 A retained carbon of a letter from Pond dated October 8 1925 concerning a booking. "The Chicago Geographic Society is very anxious to have you this year but they are unable to pay more than one hundred $100.00 dollars. Are you willing to allow me to book you with them I giving you the minimum rate of seventy-five $75.00 dollars which was in force last year and retaining twenty-five $25.00 dollars to cover my own expense"</p><p>15 A 2-page autograph letter 7 inches high by 5-1/4 inches wide on "Broadlands Romsey Hampshire" letterhead signed "Rosita Forbes". Forbes sends the first sheet of her contract not here present and pictures for her lectures. "I shall probably have to come over on the 'Paris' of the Compagnie Transatlantique leaving Plymouth on the 16th Dec. as I can probably get better accommodation on her as I have done a good deal of writing for the Company.I am so sorry you are having so much trouble over my tour for I've always told everyone that of all the business men all over the world I've come in contact with you are the best to work with.".</p><p>16 A retained carbon of a letter from Pond dated October 30 1925 encouraging Forbes to come later than the December date she suggested. "There will really be nothing doing here until your first lecture on January 5th."</p><p>17 A 2-page autograph letter 5-3/4 inches high by 4-3/4 inches wide on "28 Wilton Place" letterhead signed "Rosita Forbes". The letter dated October 30 ok's the arrangements with the Chicago Geographical Society but questions "Won't the National or American Geographical Socs. have me this time" She confirms her early arrival in New York and makes a request "Please secure an inexpensive room with bath somewhere in N.Y. Consult Miss Smith because you are not very good my friend at cheap hotels!!!!"</p><p>18 A 2-page autograph letter 5-3/4 inches high by 4-3/4 inches wide on "28 Wilton Place" letterhead signed "Rosita Forbes". Addressing "Mr. Pond or Miss Smith" Forbes reaffirms her December arrival in New York. "Don't you think you cd. induce some of the newspapers to interview me on 'Curious Xmases' or 'My most extraordinary Xmas'. It wd. make publicity. I spent one Xmas in camp in the African desert on my way to Kafara. Another in an Arabian harem one in Persia & in Abyssinia they have a special ceremonial."</p><p>19 In a retained carbon of a Pond letter dated November 13 1925 he expresses his pleasure that Forbes has accepted the terms for the Chicago Geographical Society lecture. "The National Geographic which wanted you so eagerly before has now passed you by and so has the American. They are strange people."</p><p>20 A 2-page autograph letter 7 inches high by 4-3/8 inches wide on "The Nook Sunningdale" letterhead signed "Rosita Forbes". In the letter dated November 21 Forbes reassures Pond that despite her early arrival he doesn't ".have to bother at all about me till you want me to lecture.Mr. Wingate of the Dorland Agency is going to communicate with you re publicity on arrival as I've just written the feature article for the February issue of the Monitor on 'Morocco'".</p><p>21 In a retained carbon of a letter dated November 30 1925 Pond regrets that it is too late to place an article on various Christmases with any of the syndicates or magazine sections of newspapers. However he has an idea: "Iola Plaxton spent some time in Fleet Street as the special correspondent for the Daily and Sunday Express is now back in New York and keen to meet you. .she concocted a scheme provided you approved of your giving her an exclusive interview on this particular theme the minute you arrive. Meantime she is going to get an editor lined up to take it."</p><p>22 Retained copy of a cablegram dated December 22 1925: "ROSITA FORBES STEAMER 'PARIS' NY. RESERVED ROOM AT WALDORF ASTORIA. POND."</p><p>23 An undated promotional letter from The Pond Bureau signed in blue ink by James B. Pond and titled "Rosita Forbes Returns". In the letter he solicits future lecture possibilities. "Although Rosita Forbes has been announced before you are again reminded of her return tour. If you can still find a place for her do so for you will like her and she will please you. Send for open dates and terms."</p><p>24 An autograph letter 9-3/8 inches high by 6 inches wide on "Hotel Webster New York" letterhead. Dated January 7 1926 Forbes writes to the Pond office manager "Miss Smith" after her first lectures in Haverhill Mass. "I enclose two endorsed cheques value 200 $ & 230 $ - a long bill for steamer fare 2 lectures & expenses.Please send me here - I've left the Shelton too noisy - the 2 photos I gave to Mr. Pond the first day I saw him & ask him to send me a cheque soon as I have 10 dollars 1 cent a French franc & a half crown left in the world." Signed "Yrs. R.F."</p><p>25 On a "Hotel Webster New York" envelope Forbes notes her expenses: "They only gave me enclosed 150 dollars at Passaic last night instead of 200 as per contract". She then lists her expenses including a taxi fare totalling $2.52. Pond notes that he has paid the $2.50 and dates the envelope !/12/26 with the note "Remainder due tomorrow $50.00".</p><p>26 An autograph letter 9-3/8 inches high by 6 inches wide on "Hotel Webster New York" letterhead. Dated Jan. 13 -1926 and addressed to "Miss Smith" Forbes sends further financial accounts regarding the Passaic NJ lecture. "If you get a cable for me tomorrow or Friday will you let me know at once as I'm expecting a very important business wire from England. Yrs. wearily - just how you feel too!" Signed "Rosita Forbes".</p><p>27 A January 18 1926 carbon of a receipt addressed to George Byron Gordon of the Philadelphia Museum for payment of $150.00 for a lecture by Forbes. The receipt is marked "PAID".</p><p>28 A January 19 1926 carbon of a receipt addressed to Forbes detailing payments totaling $213.30 paid to her for expenses and lectures in Passaic NJ and Philadelphia.</p><p>29 A retained carbon of a letter from Pond dated January 19 1926: "When you arrive in Toledo on Thursday A Mrs. Rippon will meet you at th station and will take you to the Hotel Secour."</p><p>30 An autograph letter on 8-3/8 inch high by 5-1/2 inch wide letterhead signed "Rosita Forbes". Writing from the "Fortnightly Club 120 Bellevue Rd Chicago" Forbes informes Pond "I shall not be in U.S.A. on April 7th. I sail on the 'France' on April 3rd. If the Philadelphia Geographical Society want me they'll have to change their lectures round a bit & let me have an earlier date. Yrs. dirtily - is it possible to keep clean in Chicago!" The letter is humorously dated "Jan. 24th. I have reason to believe".</p><p>31 A lengthy 2-page autograph memo on 8 inch high by 6 inch wide notepaper signed "R. F." "Due to Rosita Forbes" Forbes outlines $489.28 in expenses and fees due her for Steamer fare and and Haverhill/Brockton lecture fees & expenses during the early part of January 1926. "Note A. You forgot to tell me that Mrs. Fuller wrote you about Dec. 1 offering me hospitality at Brockton. They were all very angry about it !!!! I cd. only say I had never been told of such an offer." The memo is accompanied by a calculator receipt from Pond's office confirming Forbes' math.</p><p>32 An autograph letter 9-3/8 inches high by 6 inches wide on "Hotel Webster New York" letterhead. Dated "Sunday Jan. 31". Addressing Miss Smith of the Pond Bureau Forbes writes: "I arrived here this morning by the 'Big Four' which only takes 1 night & 1 day instead of yr. nice -sweet - train which takes 2 nights & 1 day!! No letters!!! Please send me .the copy of Raisuli book i.e. "The Sultan of the Mountains: The Life Story of Raisuli" as I must look up some stories in it for an article.Please also let me know how many of Mr. Crane's lectures Vassar Smith Providence Bryn Maur. are arranged & what date" Signed in full "Rosita Forbes".</p><p>33 A 2-page financial memo dated Feb. 1st 1926 handwritten by Rosita Forbes on a folded 7 inch high by 5-1/2 inch wide sheet of "The Fortnightly / Chicago" letterhead. On the first page Forbes notes the amounts due to the Pond Bureau for lectures in Toledo Chicago and St. Louis. On the 2nd page she lists her expenses. The memo is unsigned.</p><p>34 In an autograph letter on 3 sides of a folded sheet of 5 inch high by 4-1/2 inch wide notepaper Forbes complains to Miss Smith of the Pond Bureau "When I asked the Buffalo Athletic Club for cheque they said by contract it was to be mailed to you but they presented me with 25 dollars as they hadn't time to look up the one way fare." She then outlines her expanses and asks that "Mr. Pond .send me a cheque for this before I go to Cambridge on Weds. & wd. you send a p.c. to Toledo & the March lectures asking them to pay me cheques at the end of lecture - otherwise I shall be in a recurrent state of bankruptcy!!" The letter is signed in full "Rosita Forbes" and is stamped "Ans'd Feb 16 1926".</p><p>35 A retained carbon of a letter from Pond to Forbes dated February 16 1926 in which Pond indicates his irritation with her. "I shall greatly appreciate it if when you have a contract calling for payment with me you do not request that a committee make payment with you.Apparently you asked Dr. Gordon in Philadelphia for your fee for he wrote me a rather long letter asking me why I had financial troubles with my lecturers. This give a very bad impression.I have not yet had any word from Brooklyn. The new chairman is apparently disgruntled.It certainly was most unfortunate that you missed Brooklyn and I do hope you will examine your contracts carefully in advance."</p><p>36 A February 13 1926 carbon of a receipt addressed to F. A. Coupal of the Buffalo Athletic Club for payment of $250.00 and $19.57 expenses for a lecture by Forbes. The receipt is marked "PAID".</p><p>37 A February 18 1926 carbon of a receipt addressed to Charles R. Crane of the Radcliffe College for payment of $200.00 for a lecture by Forbes. The receipt is marked "PAID".</p><p>38 A February 25 1926 carbon of a receipt addressed to Isaiah Bowman of the American Geographical Society for payment of $75.00 for a lecture by Forbes. The receipt is marked by Pond "Paid Mrs Forbes". Together with: a Typed Letter Signed dated February 5 1924 from Isaiah Bowman Director of the American Geographical Society praising Forbes lecture given during her first American tour. "She has a most entertaining story to tell and it could hardly be told with greater art."</p><p>39 A February 25 1926 carbon of a receipt addressed to Marion Miller of the Toledo Club Toledo Ohio for payment of $200.00 for a lecture by Forbes. The receipt is marked by Pond "did not fill date".</p><p>40 An autograph letter 9-3/8 inches high by 6 inches wide on "Hotel Webster New York" letterhead dated Sat. Feb. 27. "Dear Lady / Here is my bill.I think perhaps you'd better send it me on Monday or I might be penniless!! but most of all I want that poster about my films - 'Red Sea to Blue Nile' which I gave Mr. Pond at the Waldorf.So awfully sorry to bother you." Signed in full on the verso "Rosita Forbes". The bottom edge of the letter has some damage resulting in the loss of a very few letters.</p><p>41 A March 1 1926 carbon of a memo addressed to Rosita Forbes for payments due her of $100.00 and $16.51 expenses for a lecture by Forbes in Cambridge Mass.</p><p>42 A March 3 1926 carbon of a receipt addressed to Charles R. Crane of the Mary Wheeler School for payment of $200.00 for a lecture by Forbes. The receipt is marked "PAID".</p><p>43 A 2-page autograph letter 9-3/8 inches high by 6 inches wide on "Hotel Webster New York" letterhead dated March 4. "Dear Miss Smith / I had a letter from the man at Toledo insisting that Mr. Pond had agreed to let him know whether I was coming or not & that the Pond Bureau having failed to write he was justified in believing I was not coming. I think therefore that it is only fair to call Brooklyn & this quits as far as finance is concerned. I lost 100 dollars over Toledo owing to some slight forgetfulness!!!! & you lost 50 dollars over Brooklyn owing to some large forgetfulness!!!! .It was rather awful about Toledo because as i told you I was to be the guest at a big newspaper lunch. So much for this sad business!!".She goes on to outline her plans for lectures up until March 14. Chicago Minneapolis and Decatur Illinois. Signed "Yrs. R. F."</p><p>44 A March 25 1926 carbon of a receipt addressed to R.V. Nevins of the Algonquin Club Bridgeport Conn. e for payment of $200.00 plus $5.52 expenses for a lecture by Forbes. The receipt is marked "PAID".</p><p>45 A March 26 1926 retained carbon of a Pond letter. He expresses his disappointment as to the result of Forbes' tour. "I find that you only delivered nineteen professional talks receiving a gross amount for them of $1992.50. Considering your heavy expenses here in the way of living and moving about I am afraid you must have had a considerable loss."</p><p>46 A 2-page autograph memo 9-3/8 inches high by 6 inches wide on "Hotel Webster New York" letterhead dated March 27 1926. The memo outlines Forbes' expenses for her Bridgeport and Montclair lectures and the amounts owed her from the Pond Bureau. The memo is signed "R. Forbes".</p><p>47 An April 14 1926 retained carbon of a Pond letter. He hopes that she had "a pleasant and peaceful" journey home to England. He goes on to mention that she has a brief mention in Gilbert Frankau's newest book "Masterson".</p><p>48 A 2-page autograph letter signed "Rosita Forbes". The letter dated July 2 1931 on 9 inch high by 7 inch wide "Harefield House Harefield Middlesex" letterhead is a response to Pond concerning the lecture possibilities of the English explorer Bertram Thomas. ".before I got your letter I had warmly recommended you to him. I spent most of our lunch with him telling him to go to you but remember he'll be a serious speaker! I've told him he must make his book a bit light & he promised to try". She goes on to recommend the Turkish-Albanian soldier and statesman Izzet Pasha. "Use my name for all its worth with Bertram.</p><p>49 A July 10 1931 retained carbon of Pond's response to Forbes' letter of July 2. "I finally met Bertram Thomas. I found him a very disagreeable individual. I wrote him a letter telling him what I thought of him and he came and apologized to me. From what I know my call down was needed."</p><p>Though Rosita Forbes started travelling at an early age following her marriage to Major Ronald Forbes it wasn't until after a nervous breakdown following her husbands death in World War I that her travels started in earnest. At first she served as an ambulance driver in France during the war and subsequently traveled around the world "by way of American Hawaii Papua Sumatra Java Cochin China Siam." and again back to China where she was taken prisoner during the revolution and ended up doing Red Cross work for the Chinese army. In 1919 she resumed her travels through Africa and the middle-east and was in Jerusalem for the riots of 1920. "From here her journeys are chronicled in her lectures.After her return from Kufra she met and married Col. Arthur McGrath of the British War Office." Astonishingly all this had been accomplished by the time she was thirty years old.</p><p>Rosita Forbes described her journey around the world in her first book "Unconducted Wanderers" 1919. Disguised as a Moslem she travelled across the Libyan desert to the oasis of Kufara from 1920-21. This journey is described by her in "The Secrets of the Sahara: Kufara" 1924.</p> New York and London, 1925-1926.
1828ST20535-01London: John Rodwell 1828. FIRST EDITON. 217 x 138 mm. 8 1/2 x 5 1/4". iv 339 1 pp. <br/> Contemporary diced russia raised bands spine attractively gilt in an arabesque style gilt-rolled turn-ins pink moiré endpapers all edges gilt. With a folding map of the travel routes and 23 pages reproducing inscriptions three of these folding. Front flyleaf inscribed in ink: "Juliana Calvert / from A. C. / 1838." Blackmer 48; Weber I 159. Joints and extremities a little rubbed tiny crack just beginning at top of front joint two tiny chips to foot of spine very minor offsetting and foxing to map a couple of patches of marginal foxing but INTERNALLY AN ESPECIALLY FINE COPY--unusually clean fresh and surprisingly bright--in a good-looking well-preserved binding.<br/> <br/> In especially desirable condition this is quite a scarce travel account by the English antiquary explorer and clergyman Francis Vyvyan Jago Arundell 1780-1846 who visited the so-called Seven Churches of Asia also called the Seven Churches of the Apocalypse and the Seven Churches of Revelation locations in present-day Turkey of central importance to St. John and the Book of Revelation. In that book John who was a threat to Roman officials as leader of the new Christian religion in Asia had been banished to Patmos where he was visited by an apocalyptic vision directing him to write to the churches at Ephesus Smyrna Pergamum Thyatira Sardis Philadelphia and Laodicea commending their successes pointing out their failures and prevailing upon them to repent. These seven Turkish churches reflect a surprisingly significant role in the region's early Christian history with some scholars maintaining that as many as 18 of the 27 New Testament books were written there--and Arundell's narrative would have helped to raise the popular understanding of this importance. Following his marriage to the daughter of the British consul-general at the Levant Company in Constantinople Arundell became chaplain to the company's trading center in Smyrna now Izmir in 1822. From there he embarked on a series of tours through Asia Minor including places that according to DNB "until then had for the most part not been described by any European traveller." The present work is the product of the author's first tour which included two separate excursions between March and September of 1826. Despite being a clergyman Arundell's interest in these sites was primarily archaeological and historical and this work includes his firsthand descriptions of the ruins he encountered facsimiles of Greek inscriptions found there and narratives of the arduous journeys between sites that were well off the beaten path. This work is surprisingly scarce in commerce suggesting that copies were often read with avidity. John Rodwell unknown
1890102754<p>No place no date but France/Alger c.1890. 18pp stapled. Lined accounting paper torn in half before writing. Size:18 x 20 cm. Description of 12 days of a trip from Paris to Polestra Algeria for a wedding organised by the family Prengrüeber. Side-notes and corrections by the author herself.</p><p>Starting their trip on April 21st of 1890 from Paris a couple is heading towards Algeria. They are in for a rough start as their umbrellas get stolen at Garde de Lyon and as rain followed them from Paris to Marseille and even to Alger all while being sea-sick. <br />During the voyage with her husband Pierre the author is astonished mostly by the rich sights of local gardens mosques casbah… She richly describes the sumptuous clothes of European women but also the way local women wear their veil according to different customs. Over the 12 days described in this manuscript probably preparatory for another account we learn of the French colonial hotels and restaurants Hotel de Nice Brasserie Gruber as well as the presence of the army. The couple seems very inclined to talk with military men. During their travel we can guess their background; they make mention of telegraph photography phonography and autos pinacles of technology at that moment only accessible to the rich.<br />She and her husband adopt a colonialist view on the locals and more than once speak of uncalled-for thieving. They visit Alger the French and Arab parts of town having each night diner with their friends the Julien family. To get to the wedding organised by the Docteur Prengrüebeur colonial doctor part of the anthropological society of Paris they venture further in the country : El-Biar the Kouba Valley Blida the Chiffa gorges Bouffarik Béjaïa Mansouriah caves Sétif…<br />In Palestra they arrive with other families Lüeckel Lagervinais Broussais… on Monday the 28th of April for the civil wedding and stay until after the religious wedding blessed by the bishop of Chartres. It is hard to determine whose mariage it was only that André Julien is the " garçon d'honneur " with a girl from Alger. <br />The manuscript ends at the end of May the second in the city of Batna for no known reason.</p>
