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18215065Philadelphia: Published by Joseph Yeager; printed by Charles Woodward 1821. Engraving etching and aquatint with hand-coloring and mezzotint on buff wove paper plate: 50.5 x 66 cm.; image: 42.5 x 59 cm. Second state in which it is added that the view was "taken from M. Carey & Sons Book Store. S.E. corner of 4th and Chestnut Sts". There is no known extant copy of the first state but it is referred to and described in Stauffer & Fielding's American Engravers upon Copper and Steel page 556. "The procession of butchers with their carts carrying meat from a cattle market show was organized to encourage the breeding of cattle and attracted 300000 people if the Philadelphia Gazette is to be believed. It took one hundred carts to carry 86731 pounds of meat including bear and deer meat. The butchers and victualers proudly flew their banner 'We feed the Hungry.'" Nash First City: Philadelphia and the Forging of Historical Memory. ~ "The most popular of local views in aquatint was the light-hearted genre scene The Procession of the Victuallers. This is almost the only such local print of its time. Set in an atmosphere of happy holiday cheer there is in it as well the appeal of dozens of figures drawn from Krimmel 1786-1821 whose simple charm in the flat planar medium is redolent of days long gone. The Procession of the Victuallers drawn by Krimmel in the year of his death 1821 was aquatinted by Joseph Yeager c. 1792-1859 in his only engraving in that mode which has been found. This is lavish in size and in the crowded atmosphere typical of Krimmel. The Philadelphia Gazette of March 16 the day after the event reported that 'What added considerably to the novelty and beauty of the scene was the ascension of several handsome balloons during the line of march.' It has been said that the spectacle was witnessed by 300000; the population of the city at that time was 127000." Snyder Mirror of America. The 1904 auction catalogue of rare Americana from the estate of Moses Polock "the oldest bookseller in the United States" included the original watercolor later sold at Christie's New York in 2008 for $338500 and the descriptions noted that it was "from this that the now very rare engraving was made." There is loss to the margins at the lower right-hand corner and several closed tears intruding into the text or the image; paper restoration is subtle but visible. Some general discoloration but the colors remain quite bright. Framed. Rare. Stauffer & Fielding 3438ii. Published by Joseph Yeager; printed by Charles Woodward unknown books
17161Album from a German family with Photographs from both World Wars. c. 1914-1955. Filled with 155 original silver gelatin print photographs of family friends and daily life in Germany during the tumultuous years of the German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Period and Cold War period. Original black boards with "Kriegs-Erinnerungen" War Memories printed on front cover in silver lettering. 9.5 x 13 in. Photographs of various size from 2 x 3 in. to 7 x 9.5 in. 1 ephemera. Most are black and white but include 18 midcentury photographs in color. Some images have written annotations with dates from 1928-1955 although portrait photographs of a young man in WWI-era German military uniform dates the photo range much earlier as Germany entered World War I in 1914. 3 class portraits of primary school children from 1928 and 1936. Includes wartime photos of WWII-era Germany. In one urban setting a woman stands at in front of a train station with the banner "Räder müssen rollen für den Sieg Wheels Must Roll For Victory" and a smaller sign identifying the "Wehrkreisauskunft Nebenstelle Military District Information Branch". A man in full WWII-era German infantry officer uniforms appear in some photographs alongside his civilian companions. Photos of a young nurse in uniform with colleagues. Later color photos show the family in the 1950s in West Germany as they pose with a Volkswagen Beetle. Other family photos show Christmas celebrations outings at the beach baby photos and at home. unknown books
1919WRCAM49707Paris 1919. xv14284pp. printed in French and English on facing pages plus four large folding maps. Folio. Original printed wrappers. Minor edge wear small nick on front cover. Very good. Untrimmed and unopened. In a cardboard chemise and slipcase. Official French printing of the Treaty of Versailles a document of monumental importance in American and world history. The treaty made with Germany at the end of the First World War concluded a war of unrivalled devastation while sowing the seeds for the Second World War just twenty years on the horizon. The United States guided by Woodrow Wilson's vision played a central role in the crafting of the treaty. The U.S. Senate refused to ratify the treaty however based on the objection of several senators to the Covenant of the League of Nations which was included as Part I of the settlement thereby largely removing American influence and involvement from the international scene in the inter-war period. <br> <br> The Treaty of Versailles was a wide-ranging and ambitious document which sought not only to address the immediate postwar settlement but to punish Germany for its actions in starting and prosecuting the war attempted to remake the map of Europe and created a supra-national political organization the League of Nations. The Covenant of the League of Nations comprises the first part of the treaty. The next most famous part is that dealing with reparations which includes Article 231 the infamous "war guilt clause." By this article Germany accepted the responsibility of her and her allies "for causing all the loss and damage to which the Allied and Associated Governments and their nationals have been subjected as a consequence of the war imposed upon them by the aggression of Germany and her allies." The intent of the article was to affix legal and financial responsibility on Germany but it took on moral implications and was used by Hitler during his rise as an example of Allied perniciousness. Germany had to agree to pay reparations to the allies in the sum of 20000000000 gold marks the amount to be modified by a reparations commission in 1921. Germany also had to recognize the independence of Austria and agree not to compromise that independence in the future. Germany's borders were redrawn with Alsace- Lorraine being given to France West Prussia to Poland and other lands such as Danzig and the Saar Basin stripped away. She lost her overseas possessions the Rhineland was occupied and the German army was limited to one hundred thousand men and largely disarmed. Other provisions address issues of tariffs ports labor aerial navigation prisoners of war and more. <br> <br> As has been noted the many punitive measures of the Treaty of Versailles did much to fan the seeds of discontent in post-war Germany and to facilitate the rise of Hitler who publicly flaunted the provisions of the treaty throughout the 1930s. The refusal of the United States to ratify the treaty and participate in the League of Nations was a crucial part in the chain of events that led to the Second World War. A most important document here in an official French printing with the Protocol as a separate signature at the end. unknown books
17141Women's Suffrage Germany P. Aug. Rosler. "Wahre und Falsche Frauen Emanzipation Truths and Lies: Women's Emancipation". Written in German. Stuttgart und Wien: Dof Roth'sche Verlagshandlung 1899. Printed by Hieronymus Muhlberger in Augsburg. 60 pages. 9 x 6 in. Original paper wraps. Very rare with 0 institutions or libraries in the US holding this volume per OCLC Worldcat. An early German language treatise regarding popular myths on women's suffrage and the Women's Question die Frauenfrage. The volume lists the Madonna mother of Christ as one example of virtuous women whom all respect. German women were granted the right to vote and be elected from November 12 1918 immediately after the Armistice of WWI. Handwritten ink annotation on front cover. Front and back cover are detached; pages 1-16 detached; pages 49-60 detached. In good condition. unknown books
1984343721984. Softcover. Good minor shelfwear slightly rolled. Light beige ill. wraps. 60 pp. 50 bw and color plates. Text in German. unknown books
1990167311990. Softcover. VG small label on fron lower right cover. White wraps. 82 pp. Numerous bw plates. Text is in German. Primarily pictures and writings by German neo-expressionist A. R. Penck 1939-2017. with accompanying catalogue list. paperback books
196126894New York: Pocket Books Inc. GC-768. Very Good. 1961. Cardinal Edition. Softcover First Printing. a good sound copy with only light wear a tiny bit of damage at lower rear hinge. Mass Market PB The first U.S. paperback printing of Werfel's epic of the early days of the Armenian genocide. Controversial to this day ask a Turk it was first published in the U.S. by The Viking Press in 1934 the original German edition had come out the year before and had no additional American editions until the appearance of this one more than a quarter-century later -- which suggests that the same forces of denial and suppression primarily emanating from the Turkish government were at play in the publishing world as in the motion picture industry where protests and pressure applied by the Turks prevented M-G-M which had owned the movie rights to the book since the 1930s from ever getting a film adaptation off the ground. One very bad one was produced independently in the early 1980s after M-G-M had divested itself of the rights and washed its hands of the whole thing. . Pocket Books, Inc. (GC-768) paperback books
199821477Toronto: University of Toronto Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 080204185X . First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . University of Toronto Press hardcover books
1951518211951. The United States Courts. Court of Restitution Appeals Reports. Opinions Nos. 1-60. Advisory Opinion No. 1. Military Government Law No. 59 Amendments and Regulations. Other Pertinent Laws Rules of the Court. n.c.: United States High Commission for Germany 1951. xii 708 pp. Ex-library with stamps and white lettering location on spine. Cloth worn with gilt lettering. Internally clean. $25. Volume I ONLY. unknown books
186818900Munich: Christian Kaiser 1868. Handcolored title and 100 handcolored plates of flowers numbered 301 through 400. 1 vols. Sm. 12mo 4 7/8 x 3 1/4 inches. Original green cloth gilt. Inner hinges broken light marginal browning not affecting the attractiveness of the plates. Handcolored title and 100 handcolored plates of flowers numbered 301 through 400. 1 vols. Sm. 12mo 4 7/8 x 3 1/4 inches. 100 handcolored plates of Alpine flowers. Supplement volume with 100 plates of alpine flowers of Germany and Switzerland. Christian Kaiser unknown books
1999179921999. Hardcover. VG. Color boards. 210 pp. Numerous color and bw plates. Text in German. hardcover books
1992166421992. Softcover. VG. Color wraps. 309 pp. Numerous color and bw plates. Text in German. paperback books
198136819Stuttgart Germany: Cantz'sche Druckerei 1981. Softcover. G Average wear to edges and spine; cover cut-out is torn and is missing its top edge; interior is good. Purple wraps with front cover cut-out French flaps. 143 pp. Numerous bw plates. Many excellent illustrations. With an introductory essay by Eduard Beaucamp. A nice catalog. Cantz'sche Druckerei paperback books
1984318131984. Softcover. VG light scuffing to cover. Black ill. wraps. 84 pp. Profuse bw and color plates. Text in German. Highlights of the company's finest specimens! unknown books
189647650Berlin: Expedition der Buchhandlung Vorwärts 1896. First Edition. Octavo 19.5cm.; publisher's orange wrappers printed within typographically decorative border; 52pp.; text printed entirely in blackletter. Some shallow chipping to upper cover fore-edge not approaching text some light soil textblock uniformly toned else a Very Good copy internally clean and sound. At head of title: "Berliner Arbeiter-Bibliothek" IX. Heft. One of a series of educational Marxist pamphlets issued under the banner the "Berliner Arbeiter-Bibliothek" this introducing its readers to the theory of surplus value without having to wade through Marx's original text. Other titles in the series covered the benefits of unionism and labor protection legislation; provided a concise history of the Paris Commune; and included an edition of Bellamy's "Looking Backward. Expedition der Buchhandlung Vorwärts unknown books
196947929Hamburg: Quer-Verlag 1969. Second Expanded edition. Oblong 16mo ca. 7x13cm.; original red staplebound card wrappers taped into cloth tape-backed sharp aluminum boards decorative element mounted to upper cover; 61ll. printed mimeographed on white and red paper. Old ballpoint manuscript spine title boards a bit tarnished else Very Good or better contents fresh and fine. Rubberstamp to upper cover: "Notwehrtauglich" "suitable for self-defense" the title page describing this as "Handliche mit scharfen kanten ausgestettatet kampfausgabe für die phase des revolutionären widerstands" a "handy sharp-edged combat edition for the next phase in revolutionary resistance" - our/google's translation. Collection of rhymed chants first issued by the author's publishing house Quer-Verlag in 1968 for members of the German Student Movement and the protests staged that year. The author the son of a dock worker was himself a member of the leftist literary group Hamburg Linksliteratisch. This work a curious example of a book as weapon in the literal sense the boards' fore-edges extending beyond the text block and are both sharp and the corners quite pointed so that while the book is small enough to fit in the palm of one's hand one can imagine the harm it could do to a vulnerable jugular. Quite scarce OCLC locates three copies of any edition in the United States as of March 2020 at Yale U. Iowa and Harvard. Quer-Verlag unknown books
193034600Berlin: Reuichbahnzentrale 1930. 1 vols. Folio 39 x 24 inches. Linen backed. 1 vols. Folio 39 x 24 inches. Reuichbahnzentrale unknown books
186523692Germany: No Photographer Noted 1865. Carte-de-visite photograph of the Count Von Bismarck 1815 -1898; approx. 2 1/2" x 4" size; identified on front; no studio identified; no date circa 1865; light wear to mount darkened at back bottom edge; in very good condition. Photograph. Not Bound. Very Good. No Photographer Noted Paperback books
186523697London England: Hills & Saunders 1865. Carte-de-visite photograph of Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein 1831 -1917; approx. 2 1/2" x 4" size; identified on back; studio identified on front & back; no date circa 1865; some light wear to mount darkened at back bottom edge; in very good condition. Photograph. Not Bound. Very Good. Hills & Saunders Paperback books
186523695Germany: No Photographer Noted 1865. Carte-de-visite photograph of William King of Prussia 1797 -1888; approx. 2 1/2" x 4" size; identified on front; no studio identified; no date circa 1865; some light wear scraping to mount; in very good condition. Photograph. Not Bound. Very Good. No Photographer Noted Paperback books
2003328802003. Softcover. VG. Glossy photographic wraps with white and red lettering. 122 pp. Profuse color plates. Text in German. Includes bibliographical references. unknown books
193810268Horn Austria: Foto-Werkstatte Rudolf Bartosch 1938. Photograph Album. Leather bound. Near fine. A collection of 91 photographs depicting women's service in the Reich Labor Service. Bound photograph album string at spine silver emblem of the Reichsarbeitsdienst Weibliche Jugend on front cover. Highlights of the album include women in military dress uniforms women in Nazi Swastika bathing suits women dancing with soldiers soldiers building railroad tracks. Beginning in 1935 the Reich Labor Service Act mandated service to the German state. It was compulsory for both sexes with either service to charitable organizations or more often military projects. An important part of the organization was to educate German youth about National Socialism. Foto-Werkstatte Rudolf Bartosch unknown books
19372148Munich: Verkehrsverein München E.V. 1937. 8vo 8 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches; 210 x 197 mm 20 pages in stapled wrappers. A rare Nazi-era listing of "curiosities" in Munich and misspelling "accommodation" in the title. Extensive lists of museums libraries galleries notable buildings hotels and rooms. There's also a helpful map of the main sights. Listings in German but with a couple of pages in English with information on railways stations air travel tourist offices interpreters and the like. OCLC shows no institutional holdings of this pamphlet. December 2019. RARE. <br /><br />CONDITION: Vertical crease throughout. Pages toned but clean and unmarked. A Very Good copy. Verkehrsverein München E.V. books
1982167843Munich Germany: Prestel Verlag 1982. Hardcover. VG- light wear to corners and edges of book and dust jacket. Goldenrod cloth boards glossy color-illustrated dust jacket with gold lettering. 546 pp. BW and color illustrations. Exhibition catalogue. Text in German. Comprehensive catalogue of this artist's work copiously illustrated. Prestel Verlag hardcover books
1971126871971. Softcover. VG-. White wraps. 47 pp. 126 bw plates. Exhibition listing biographic chronology illustrated catalogue of 124 works many stunning plates. Text in German. unknown books
