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663008À Colle et à Paris, Chez Froullé, 1788 4 tomes en 2 vol. in-8, XVI-383-259 pp. et 292-366 pp., demi-basane fauve mouchetée, dos à nerfs orné de filets et de fleurons dorés, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque). Dos légt frottés, un mors légt abîmé.
39347In-8 (220 x 140 mm), demi-chagrin grenat à grands coins, dos à 5 nerfs filetés au noir, auteur et titre dorés, couverture illustrée et dos conservés, 390 pages, exemplaire non rogné. Paris, Paul Morihien, 1948 (Levallois, Société Industrielle d'Imprimerie, 15 juin 1948).
17030053901703 Paris, Moreau, 1703. In-12 (100 X 165 mm) veau brun, dos à nerfs orné de caissons et fers dorés, pièce de titre, tranches rouges (Reliure de l’époque) ; (3) ff., XXIII pages, (3) pages, 282 pages, 7/8 planches dont une dépliante, (4) pages de table. Tache d'encre noire en marge intérieure de la gravure de Confucius, sans atteinte au dessin. Cachet ex-libris en marge du titre avec la devise « Là ou ailleurs », mentions manuscrites anciennes couvrant la première contregarde et le premier feuillet blanc.
170949Londres, Lockyer Davis, 1781 in-8, VIII-87 pp., avec un portrait-frontispice, basane fauve marbrée, dos à nerfs cloisonné et fleuronné, pièce de titre cerise, encadrement de simple filet à froid sur les plats, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque). Un mors inférieur fendu, petit manque de cuir en coiffe inférieure, coins émoussés, mais bon exemplaire.
113584aafGlagow, Printed by Edward Khull, & co. for W. Sommerville, A. Fullarton, J. Blackie & co. Booksellers, 1814 - 1815, in-8vo, XXIV + 450 p. / 1 leaf + page 451 up to 973, illustrated with 6 engraved portraits and 2 engraved folded maps (put on linen by the binder), mild browning to the text-pages, fine full red morocco bindings, spines on 5 bands richly gilt, arms, letters (‘N’) & chiffres in gilt lines within 6 compartments, with date 1815, covers with gilt filets and identical chiffres in the 4 corners, inside floral borders with birds, bindings signed ‘Hatchards 187 Piccadilly’,
1868007605Boston: Ticknor & Fields 1868. The First Ticknor & Fields edition in the publisher's original dark brown pebbled cloth with gilt lettering and decorations on the spine both covers decorated in blind stamped wreaths and rules dark brown end pages 415 pp. Contemporary small bookplate front paste down dated 1871 of F. M. Thayer Evansville Indiana for many years editor of the Journal of that city and Postmaster. Near Fine bottom corner last 2 pages creased that corner bumped 1/4" dark mark rear cover overall a lovely tight copy that feels unread. Thoreau's first book a classic of American writing. . Second Issue . Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ticknor & Fields Hardcover books
1955059850Hollywood; Kentucky; Scotland Etc.: Schmidt 1955. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. Finely Tooled Leather Autograph Album Made In Austria For High-End Dept. Store J. W. Robinson Los Angeles And Begun Circa 1930 By The Schmidt Family On Highland Avenue Los Angeles.Chipping To Corners And Front Spine Edge Repairable. Many Pages Of Autographs In U.S. And Scotland Including About 116 From Hollywood Personalities: Tony Duquette Gene Barry Red Buttons Vincente Minnelli Ray Stark Ryan O'neal William Hollingsworth Cyd Charisse Tony Martin James Mitchum Gene Kelly Barry Sullivan William Frye Samuel Goldwyn Jr. Sidney Howard Stan Kamen Hugh O'brien Polly And Edgar Bergen Agnes Moorehead Ivan Rollefson Hermione Baddeley Murray Korda Greer Garson Edward G. Robinson William Wyler George Cukor Samuel Goldwyn Jr. Sidney Howard Gene Kelly Delbert Mann Etc. Clearly From 1930'S - 1940'S More Autographs Some Indecipherable But Large Selection All Hollywood Names. Scarce Signatures Of Some Of The Early Directors And Producers. <br/> <br/> Schmidt hardcover
182965376Précédée d'un discours sur la Constitution et le Gouvernement des Etats-Unis, 1 vol. in-8 reliure de l'époque demi-veau vert, Imprimerie de Firmin-Didot, Paris, 1829,1 f. blanc, 3 ff., 485 pp., 2 ff. blancs, avec une carte dépliante en couleurs
1846061124-E241Harper & Brothers Publishers 1846. Very Good TWO VOLUME SET Three Quarter morrocan leather with marbled boards and gilt edges Foldout color map in Volume One spines have slight wear Hinges reinforced . First Edition. Leather Binding. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Harper & Brothers Publishers hardcover
1856200901-MB57Boston: Phillips Sampson and Company 1856. Very Good Two volume set First edition 1856 spines professionally rebacked by binder original boards by the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Cover. Phillips, Sampson and Company Hardcover
1883230111-MB34James R. Osgood and Company 1883. Very Good Embossed brown cover with gilt hinges tight over 300 illustrations Mixed state with some point probably "second issue" no picture on page 441 Baton Rouge on frontispiece St. Charles Hotel . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Cover. James R. Osgood and Company Hardcover
0076501865. Hardcover. Good. The West Point account book of William Gerhard while a cadet 1865-1869 and 6 documents relating to his military service. William Gerhard 1847-1914 of Philadelphia was the son of Benjamin Gerhard 1811-1864 and Anna Sergeant Gerhard 1815-1873. He married Sally Lyle Howell 1855-1879 and they had one child Arthur Howell Gerhard 1877-1949. He was appointed a cadet on Sept. 8 1864 and was at West Point from June 1865 through June 1869 when he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieut in the 9th United States Cavalry on June 15. He served in Texas from Oct. 1869 until he resigned on September 30 1874 having been promoted to 1st Lieut on Nov. 19 1873. Following his military service he was a manufacturer of chains and anchors in Ardmore Pa. and then a senior member of Empire Chain Works Philadelphia Pa. The account book is the original calf-bound book issued by West Point showing Gerhard's monthly expenses for items from the commisary and other expenses for the 4 years he was a cadet. With handwritten paper label on the front cover: "Cadet William Gerhard June 1865." The additional documents consist of: 1 a handwritten letter reporting "Gen. Meade took Willie Gerhard to see the President to ask for an appointment at West Point" and Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton subsequently making the appointment; 2 printed letter of appointment for Gerhard signed by Stanton and dated Sept. 8 1864; 3 official appointment with blue seal to take effect July 1 1865 signed by Edwin M. Stanton and dated Feb. 22 1866 sic; 4 Gerhard's appointment as Second Lieut. in the 9th Regiment of Cavalry signed by Secretary of War John A. Rawlins and dated June 24 1869; 5 a leave of absence for 3 months for Gerhard signed by Adjutant General E. D. Townsend and dated June 23 1869; and 6 Gerhard's promotion to 1st Lieut. of the 9th Regiment of Cavalry signed by Secretary of War Wm. W. Belknap and dated Nov. 29 1873. The handwritten letter is unsigned but attributed to James Cornell Biddle 1835-1898 which is consistent with the letter. The account book is in Good Condition: front board is detached but present; lacking leather from spine; pages are clean and tight. Documents are clean and solid; light folds some of which are starting to separate. hardcover
186533225New York: Kimmel & Forster 1865. Lithograph. Approximately 21" X 26. Very good. Lightly evenly age toned; blank margins either trimmed or edgeworn for the cream mat goes to the image edge at the top and sides while the bottom includes the full title line mat opening 23" X 18¼". First edition. Magnificent allegorical lithograph issued by the famed New York print publisher who also produced a companion piece entitled "The End of the Rebellion in the United States 1865." A large figure of Columbia stands at center atop a huge splitting rock looking to the viewer's right and clutching a waving flag in her right hand; meanwhile her other hand wags a pointing finger toward the viewer's left side. At her feet lie a whip and open shackles representing the abolition of slavery. To the viewer's right stands Abraham Lincoln and indeed the entire right side represents the Republican cause. A stern General Winfield Scott stand behind Lincoln and a crowd of young men strain forward some offering up bags of gold some bearing arms all willing to join the cause; a woman in the foreground covers her eyes and is comforted by two children. The background on this side is horizon of mountains and a glorious sunrise. On Columbia's other side stands the figure of Justice without her usual blindfold raising up her scales in one hand and sword in the other glaring angrily toward all those at the left side of this hectic scene. James Buchanan's sleeps blissfully at the edge of the split rock while next to him crouches his secretary of war John B. Floyd -- who was charged with corruption -- eagerly scooping up gold coins into a large sack. Further back Jefferson Davis clutching a ripped U.S. flag and Alexander H. Stephens stand beside a palm tree with a huge snake coiling up its length and spitting at the scales of justice. An angry cluster of soldiers swirls around them. The background on this side is grim and muted with battle scenes. A superb handsome example of this famous Civil War allegorical print. Kimmel & Forster unknown
010176Cambridge/ Boston/ Albuquerque: Printed by John Wilson and Son / Published by A.Williams and Co. Book. Fine. Buckram. First Printings. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Six volumes handsomely bound in recent tan buckram with the original front wrappers attached at front paste downs of each volume. A Fine and lovely set of original publications of Bandelier's works with the blindstamps of author Jonathan E. Reyman and occasional scholarly marginal notations in pencil. Included are: Papers of the Archaeological Institute of America American Series III and IV. Parts 1 and 2. Final Report of Investigations Among the Indians of the Southwestern United States Carried on Mainly in the Years 1880-1885; American Series I. 1.Historical Introduction to Studies Among the Sedentary Indians of New Mexico. 2. Report on the Ruins of the Pueblo of Pecos .American Series V. Hemenway Southwestern Archaeological Expedition. Contributions to the History of the Southwestern Portion of the United States. "Report by A. F. Bandelier of His Investigation in New Mexico in the Spring and Summer of 1882" contained in Bulletin of the Archaeological Institute of America I. January 1883. and Index to Final Report of Investigations Among the Indians of the Southwestern United States The Historical Society of New Mexico June 1942 4to- 9 3/4" to 12 3/4". Printed by John Wilson and Son / Published by A.Williams and Co. Hardcover
190121432Nueva York: Polhemus y Compania 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Title continues: Tomadas por parte de México Bajo la Dirección del Ingeniero Jacobo Blanco Jefe de la Sección Mexicana de la Comisión Internacional de Limites que Restablecio los Monumentos en Anos de 1892 a 1895. 11 x 14 inches oblong in original black cloth with red leather spine and corners marbled edges and endpapers. Title stamped in gilt on upper board and spine. Also designated "Vol. III" on spine. Front board and first few leaves detached but present rear hinge cracked. Text block otherwise sound and quite clean. Title page and one-page introduction by Blanco are followed by 258 b/w half-tone plates showing all of the monuments along the U.S./Mexico border from El Paso to the Pacific. Many of the images include the surveyors and their equipment. "In the 1870s and 1880s land ownership and border disputes broke out when valuable natural resources were discovered near the United States-Mexican border. The International Boundary Commission which set out in 1891 consisted of two main parties one from the U.S. and one from Mexico. John Whitney Barlow and Jacobo Blanco respectively U.S. and Mexican commissioners met at El Paso in February 1892 to begin the work. Their instructions were to resurvey the border line locate and rebuild the old monuments and install additional markers as necessary" Smithsonian. This album is the Spanish-language equivalent with the same plates of "Report of the Boundary Commission Upon the Survey and Re-Marking of the Boundary Between the United States and Mexico West of the Rio Grande 1891-1896: Album" published by the U.S. Government Printing Office in 1899. Polhemus y Compania hardcover books
1861605660<p>"W.A. Buckingham" in black ink on bifold pictorial leaf State of Connecticut Executive Department Norwich letterhead February 5 1861. 5 1/4" x 8" 2 pages. Very good. To Gideon Welles: In part: ". . .I have been solicited to appoint commissioners to the convention which is to be held in Washington on the 4th inst but have not done so. . .I have received no intimation from Virginia that a representation from Conn. is desired except what I have seen in the newspapers. I telegraphed you this noon inquiring your views but as I have received no reply. . ." Welles 1802-1878 born July 1 1802; died February 11 1878; was the United States Secretary of the Navy from 1861 to 1869 under Lincoln and Johnson. A proposed convention of all states to try and adjust differences between the north and the south. Seven states had declared their secession from the Union and established the Confederated States of America on February 4 1861 the day before this letter was written.</p> unknown books
1845008044Iowa City:: Williams & Palmer Printers 1845. A square tight copy. Moderate foxing. Light damp stain to upper corner of pages affecting a few page numbers but NO text. Light damp stain to bottom edge of the last 50 pages in the margin only -- NO text is affected. A very early Iowa City imprint. Not in Sabin. Cited on p. 253 of Fitzpatrick's Bibliography of Iowa Territorial Documents. Iowa did not became a state until 1846. The last page is numbered 159 rather than 157 as in some copies. Also includes with separate title page: "Laws of Iowa Passed at the Session of the Legislative Assembly Which Commenced on the 5th Day of May 1845. John Chambers Governor; S. J. Burr Secretary of the Territory; S. C. Hastings President of the Council; J. M. Morgan Speaker of the House of Representatives. Published by Authority." same year and imprint. Bound in later tan cloth with a gilt-lettered red leather spine label. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good condition. 8vo. 159pp. Williams & Palmer, Printers Hardcover
1845230646Washington DC: Gales and Seaton 1845. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 693 pages publisher's black embossed cloth gilt title on spine; light water stain to top and bottom margins pp.1-16; .small ash burn hole leaf 225/226 other ash marks marginal chip at bottom p. 237 lower right corners stained pp. 41 to rear rear joint spltting a bit at both ends edgeworn corners bumped. Provenance: ex libris David Bixler; Lewis C. Groves California Historical Society with "Sold" sticker from 1944 ; and Bernhard Franz bookseller & stationer Virginia City Nevada Territory with his sticker at rear endpaper. The large Preuss Map of 36 panels has multiple breaks at folds a several old cellphane tape repairs not discolored. <br/><br/> Cohen MAPPING THE WEST pp. 130-133; Howes F370; Streeter 3131; Wagner-Camp IV: 115:1; Graff 1436; Field 565; Sabin 25845. Soliday I:861. Rosenbach 32:146. Wheat 497 & 3266; Cowan pp. 223-4; Zamorano 80 #39; Reese Best of the West 86; . Important Report by the amazing John C. Fremont also known as "The Pathfinder". This copy has the 22 plates and five maps including the two folding text maps AND the important famed large map by Charles Preuss laid in at the rear pocket: " It fills up the vast geographical chasm" between Missouir and the Columbia River. It is "monumental in its breadth - a classic of exploring literature." - Goetzmann EXPLORATION AND EMPIRE page 248. Gales and Seaton hardcover
19062222259<p>First edition first printing December 1906. Octavo. Illustrated by Carl Eytel with 337 pen and ink sketches from nature; 33 full page halftone photographs; maps one folding and plans. Original light blue cloth over grey stamped in gilt t.e.g. Dust jacket few chips; few nicks; few creases. Very good. 270 pages and 271 pages 2 page publisher's ads. 2 volumes.</p><p>Printed by The Griffith-Stillings Press Boston.</p><p>E. I. Edwards "Desert Voices" page 88-89. "The Classic and definitive account of the Colorado Desert." "Desert Harvest" pages 77-78. "The Enduring Desert" pages 130-131.</p> Little, Brown, and Company hardcover books
1867016804New York City: Chapin & Shelley Printers 1867. Near Very Good condition. Moderate wear to the cover. Light old stain at the bottom of exactly 7 leaves. SEE PHOTOS. Bound in the original printed paper-covered boards and brown cloth spine. At the top of the photo you can see the original built-in brown cloth loop -- apparently intended so that the book could be easily suspended from a conveniently located nail or hook. 4.5" wide by 7.5" tall. 160pp. many pages of ads both bound-in and tipped-in. There are printed ads on both front and rear covers and endpapers. Besides the directories of Binghamton residents businesses and streets this book is crammed with great old vintage advertisements for things such as a photograph emporium the Albany & Susquehanna Railroad Hartford CT Live Stock Insurance Company insuring horses and cattle against death and theft wagon hubs cigars i.e. segars snuff Singer sewing machines square pianos watches boots livery boarding carriages Eagle Brewery "colored job printing" steam printing Binghamton DAILY REPUBLICAN newspaper caskets billiard parlor drugs stoves dentist Race's Oyster and Dining Saloon Barton Seminary for Young Ladies etc. Full title: "Lant's Directory of Binghamton City New York Containing a List of the Names and Residence of Every Family; The Business Directory or Classification of the Various Business Men etc; Also the Street Directory with an Appendix of Much Useful Information 1867-68." Not in Sabin Howes Streeter Eberstadt or Decker. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Very Good condition. 160pp. many pages of ads. Chapin & Shelley, Printers Hardcover
1829053217New Orleans: Printed by A. T. Penniman & Co. 1829. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavos. xii 325 3 cxii; 2 410 pages. Untrimmed. Lacks the final leaf of Volume II part of Table of Contents. Hardcovers bound in early 20th century 3/4 leather with black cloth-covered boards. Raised bands and gilt titles on the spines. Housed in a sturdy cloth-covered slipcase. An ex-library set with removed shelf numbers at the foot of the spines. Library bookplate on the front pasteowns. Each volume has the name of "Junius Davis" stamped in gilt on the front cover. The bindings show moderate rubbing and wear and has a little hinge cracking at the headcap and foot of the spines. Still a sturdy set. In Volume I about 1/3 of the half title is torn away affecting some of the text. The final three leaves have large tears at the bottom margins not affecting the text. In Volume II the leaf for pages 409-410 is torn away at the fore edge with significant loss of text part of the Table of Contents it lists the contents of the last two chapters of the volume. There is heavy damping to the bottom half of the text blocks in both volumes and both volumes have soiling to the title pages and final leaves. Wide margins to the text. This was the copy of Junius Davis 1845-1916. Davis was a lawyer who was the son of George Davis the Attorney General of the Confederate States. Junius was born in Wilmington and studied at the Bingham School near Hillsborough before he enrolled in the Confederate Army at 17 serving with the Tenth North Carolina Regiment. He was in the Battles of Drewry's Bluff and Bermuda Hundred and was part of the attack on Fort Harrison. He was slightly wounded in the trenches around Petersburg during the last days of the war and was part of the retreat to Appomattox. He and some others were cut off from the main group and retreated into the woods only to hear the next day that Lee has surrendered. They were not certain of this and went to Lynchburg where they were advised to go home. They then returned to Greensboro North Carolina in hopes of joining up with Johnston but they learned that Johnston had surrendered there and so they turned themselves over to the Federal Provost Marshall. After the War Junius Davis studied law and joined his father at his law firm. There is a partial faint pencil signature on the torn half title of Volume I reading "Geo." This is likely his father George Davis. Although the Table of Contents at the end of Volume II is incomplete this is overall an attractive and sound set and contains an interesting provenance. <br/> <br/> Printed by A. T. Penniman & Co. hardcover
1881007885New York: Harper's Weekly 1881. RARE. A single leaf extracted from HARPER'S WEEKLY of Jan. 1 1881 16 1/2" w x 22 3/4" h. The original and iconic Thomas Nast engraving on newsprint. Very Good small chips along edges larger chips each side of centerfold not affecting image newsprint evenly lightly toned. Page nos. 8 and 9 top margin. Text from reverse side shows on close examintion. Unmounted under shrinkwrap atop mat board and with cardboard backing. "Cartoonist Thomas Nast established the bounds for Santa Claus' current look with an initial illustration in an 1863 issue of Harper's Weekly as part of a large illustration titled 'A Christmas Furlough'." The Public Domain Review. This 1881 engraving marked the beginning of our modern-day conception of Santa Claus. Will be mailed flat- please inquire for added cost. Eminently suitable for framing. . First Printing. Newsprint. Very Good. 16 1/2" w x 22 3/4" h. Harper's Weekly Paperback books
1844biblio882<p>Very Good. This is a historically significant copy with an 1844 dedication to the renowned Arctic explorer Elisha Kent Kane by the author who himself was a famed surgeon general and first president of the American Medical Association. A true rarity and a remarkable find for historians both of 19th century world explorers and of 19th century medical advances as well as the A.M.A. - Scuffed leather covers worn margins small gutter tears top and bottom missing spinal title plate interior normally foxed.</p><p>Photos of this unique find on request.</p> Lea And Blanchard hardcover
18504492<p>No date Ca. 1850. Good softcover. Center-stitched pamphlet in self-wraps. First page/front cover is age darkened with some soiling and staining and has a 3/4 x 1.5 inch chip missing at top fore corner - 1st page text not affected 2nd page missing 1st letter of first three lines; last page/rear cover is age darkened with light foxing and few small pencil marks at top fore corner and has contemporary black stamp 'For Sale in Williamsville Vt. By W. L. Williams.' ; tightly bound; few interior pages are age darkened with foxing most are fairly bright and clean but for some pencil marginalia; all text is easily legible; all leaves remain supple. Consists of 4 page narrative about captivity by Indians and white man William Wallace's exposure to Indian remedies; remaining 12 pages are ads for 'Brant's Indian Pulmonary Balsam' and 'Brant's Indian Purifying Extract' which cure scrofula fevers liver complaints abscesses consumption piles mercurial diseases female complaints etc. Not dated but some advert testimonials are dated 1844 - 1849 and pencil note in a margin is dated 1850. 8vo 16 pp; illustrated adverts. Cf Sabin #34480; OCLC #765809491. Note that caption title on this work is exactly as stated and differs from Sabin which includes 'no fiction' in title and 'Taro-way Indians' as well as differing from OCLC which has 'no fiction' and 'Taw-way Indians'.</p> New York: Wallace & Co. paperback
1935008526Garden City: Doubleday Doran & Co. 1935. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front end page -" To Ethan D. Alyea Who helped with this volume as the acknowledgements show - With thanks & regards Harry T. Peters". With laid in one page TLS on author's stationery with New York City letterhead dated December 23 1935 to Mr. Alyea - "My dear Ethan I am enclosing you herewith a copy of 'California in Stone' together with your California Volume which you so kindly lent me. I am trying to return all the material I borrowed before Christmas to make the book. You will note that your book helped me in many places in the book. My notes only show that you loaned me this one volume however if you find in checking over that you lent me any others kindly call it to my attention as I want to be sure to return all I borrowed and my notes may not be complete in the confusion. I hope you will like the book and enjoy it as much as I did in making it. Sincerely yours Harry". #246 of 501 copies printed. Fine in Very Good Plus dust jacket chips at corners of flap folds spine sunned to grey In Very Good Plus slipcase lightly soiled. Uncommon with all three in such lovely condition. SIGNED copies of this title or any of this author's books for that matter are RARE especially so with a great Presentation and Association Inscription and TLS. Howes P-258. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Limited and Numbered Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good Plus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Association Copy. Doubleday, Doran & Co. Hardcover books
