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1990193912CA: pub. by author 1990. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good in wrappers. Paperback. Edges lightly rubbed. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information. pub. by author paperback books
199446638Plymouth: General Society of Mayflower Descendants 1994. Paperback. Very good. Fourth Edition. 93pp. index. Very good in publisher's pink wraps. <br/><br/> General Society of Mayflower Descendants paperback books
198746641Plymouth: General Society of Mayflower Descendants 1987. Paperback. Very good. 66pp. index. Very good in publisher's stapled wraps. Ink name on inside of front else internally fine. <br/><br/> General Society of Mayflower Descendants paperback books
191955546Washington: GPO 1919. cloth. Genealogy. thick 4to. cloth. iv 1332 pages. Second edition revised and enlarged. Besterman p.2127. 6965 entries. Ex-library copy with markings. GPO unknown books
190745821n.p. 1907. 1st Printing. Single sheet blue lettering now housed in a mylar sleeve. A VG copy light soiling mostly to recto corners rubbed overall bright. Single sheet. Illustration at head of recto by Henri Cassiers 1858 - 1944. Approx: 8" x 5-1/2" <br/><br/>There is an option to detach postcard however this is still attached and no creasing. unknown books
1998102561998. Softcover. VG- Light wear to wraps at extremities; Front cover creased at bottom right corner; Internally clean and tight as new. Illustrated wraps. 439 pp. 176 colornumerous bw plates. Text in French; A massive tome which focuses on 151 works which were in this large exhibition. Each of the works is very-well annotated with several bw closeups of details. Includes a chronology genealogy examples of signatures and short essays by Klaus Ertz. There are 96 works by Jan Brueghel and 55 works by Pieter Brueghel. Extensive bibliography. paperback books
193210788127 pp. San Francisco: The Book Club of California 1932. 27 pp. Fold-out facsimile of one of Scott's letters and 3 illustrations. Bound in green paper-covered boards with a rust colored leather spine. Some wear on the spine otherwise fine. § Unnumbered edition of 300 copies. The Book Club of California hardcover books
191934191Washington: GPO 1919. cloth. Genealogy. thick 4to. cloth. iv 1332 pages. Second edition revised and enlarged. Besterman p.2127. 6965 entries. Light wear at spine ends. GPO unknown books
193267854San Francisco: Lilienthal 1932. Limited. hardcover. very good. Illustrated. 156pp. 8vo cloth- backed boards printed paper labels on cover and spine uncut. San Francisco: Gelber Lilienthal 1932. Vert good .<br/><br/> One of 400 copies printed at the Grabhorn press.<br/><br/> Lilienthal unknown books
193220832San Francisco: Gelber Lilienthal Inc 1932. First edition 1 of 400 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press 8vo pp. 8 156 1; frontispiece portrait 6 plates; fine in original gray cloth backed boards printed paper cover and spine labels. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. <br/><br/> Gelber, Lilienthal, Inc hardcover books
193217264San Francisco: Gelber Lilienthal Inc 1932. 1st ed. Limited to 400 cc Heller & Magee166. Cloth backed boards with printed paper label on cover and spine. VG minor edgewear with slightly bumped corners/some fading along edges and spine/very light foxing on edges of page. 8 156 1 Frontispiece portrait with 6 plates. 8vo. <br/><br/>Printed at the Grabhorn Press. Included TLs to Iolo Williams author of ELEMENTS Of BOOK COLLECTING 1927; and prospectus 1932. "Written as a memorial to Sir Walter Scott the centennial of whose death fell on September 21 1932." Heller & Magee. Gelber, Lilienthal, Inc hardcover books
19143226Antwerp 1914. Broadsheet leaflet 280 x 185 mm. With the arms of Antwerp and the arms of the Plantin Press at the foot. Creased along fold soiling and browning. Good condition. WWI CHRISTMAS 1914 LEAFLET from Belgian children to "the Children of the United States" USING "THE OLD ORIGINAL TYPES OF CHRISTOPHORUS PLANTINUS 1514-1589." A remarkable survival. <br/><br/>As the German soldiers moved through neutral Belgium en route to capture Paris they confiscated the food supply; civilians especially children were brought to starvation or quite near to it. In order to feed its people the Belgian government appealed to the people of the United States for humanitarian aid. In response a large number of Americans young and old sent funds and food to the beleaguered Belgian people. <br/><br/>Here we have an original instrument sent from the children of Belgium thanking the Americans and their children for "their nice Christmas presents." This expression of thanks bears the original signatures of three persons no doubt Belgian children judging from the inscriptions who were blessed by the donations received from Americans.<br/><br/>The leaflet is dated Dec. 25 1914 -- this is the exact date of the UNOFFICIAL CHRISTMAS TRUCE. "Starting on Christmas Eve many German and British troops fighting in World War I sang Christmas carols to each other across the lines and at certain points the Allied soldiers even heard brass bands joining the Germans in their joyous singing.<br/>At the first light of dawn on Christmas Day some German soldiers emerged from their trenches and approached the Allied lines across no-man's-land calling out "Merry Christmas" in their enemies' native tongues. At first the Allied soldiers feared it was a trick but seeing the Germans unarmed they climbed out of their trenches and shook hands with the enemy soldiers. The men exchanged presents of cigarettes and plum puddings and sang carols and songs. Some Germans lit Christmas trees around their trenches and there was even a documented case of soldiers from opposing sides playing a good-natured game of soccer. German Lieutenant Kurt Zehmisch recalled: "How marvelously wonderful yet how strange it was. The English officers felt the same way about it. Thus Christmas the celebration of Love managed to bring mortal enemies together as friends for a time." Source: "Christmas Truce of 1914" online.<br/><br/>That the leaflet was printed with original PLANTIN TYPES is of great interest. Note that the W in the word "War" was created using two letters: an upper-case U and a lower-case u. But clearly Plantin had a W as we see from the large Fraktur W in the word "With."<br/><br/>We have located an announcement that was published in the Jan. 22 1915 issue of the extremely obscure newspaper "Het Volk: Christen Werkmansblad." It states that "the Antwerp administration" was responsible for printing the leaflet. "The schoolchildren will sign this acknowledgment of thanks which will then be sent to America. The children from East Flanders weren't so happy!" We are unable to explain the meaning of this last sentence !<br/><br/>Few originals of this leaflet are likely to have survived over the last 106 years. It remains a heartwarming example of the generosity of young Americans towards the suffering Belgian children. unknown books
