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1961144012Paris: Cinedis 1961. Archive of 14 original single weight black-and-white photographs and various ephemera from the 1961 film here under the original French title. The photographs numbered on the versos in holograph pencil detail costumes for starring actors Marina Vlady and Jean Marais an exhibit of film stills and costume designs at a bookshop called "Lavocat" costumes displayed at tge shop "Delvaux" and the ephemera consists of a press packet detailing film credits and biographies an invitation for two to the premiere on March 26 at the Marivaux cinema a small slip with annotations in holograph ink and a carbon typescript from Maryse Martres to "Madame Armon" at Delvaux regarding the costumes. Housed in a large manila folder. <br/><br/>Based de La Fayette's 1678 anonymously published novel France's first historical novel widely regarded as an early psychological novel. The Princess marries a much older prince Marais but yearns for a handsome duke Poron. Her fidelity eventually coming into question. Marais also starred in Delannoy's and Cocteau's other collaboration "Love Eternal" 1943. Delannoy directed over 50 films at first well-regarded dissipating at the end of his career with several B-grade films. Costuming for the film was produced by Pierre Cardin and Marcel Escoffier both also worked together on "Beauty and the Beast" 1946 and "Fernandel the Dressmaker" 1956. <br/><br/>Martres Martin was a prolific French actress since 1948 notably "Girl on the Third Floor" 1955 and "The Happy Road" 1957 and she was later involved in press relations at Cinedis a notable film agency in operation since the Silent Film era. Kishi was born in 1932 and became a Japanese actress and writer. She married director Ciampi in 1957. Since 1996 she has been a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Population Fund UNFPA. The Delvaux shop has been producing leather goods mostly handbags since the 19th century with central locations in Belgium. <br/><br/>Photos range from 6.75 x 9 inches to 7.25 x 10.5 inches. Ephemera ranges from 3.5 x 4.75 inches to 8 x 10.5 inches. Very Good plus overall with scattered creases and toning. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available upon request. Cinedis unknown books
19451711Great Lakes Ill 1945. About very good. Two panoramic photographs 10 x 19.25 and 8 x 18.25 inches. Minor wear at corners; lower left corner of larger image partially stripped. Minor toning and dust soiling. A striking set of two panoramic photographs that comprise official portraits of African-American Naval Company 771 at the Great Lakes U.S. Naval Training Station at the end of World War II. The training center on the shore of Lake Michigan just south of Waukegan Illinois was the principal site for the training of naval recruits during World War II and the only location for Black recruits who were trained from 1942 through the end of the war at a segregated base within the larger facility called Camp Robert Smalls. The earlier of the two portraits dated July 24 1945 is a traditional group shot with the 127 men of the company kneeling and standing on bleachers. The second larger of the two images dated August 10 1945 calls the group the "Last Negro Company of Great Lakes Ill. Winners of All Competitive Flags" and shows the men standing in formation at attention in front of a training vessel. A fine pair of images. books
1967149868Paris: Parc Film 1967. Collection of five vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1967 French film. All but one with a stamp specific to the film's French release on the verso.<br/><br/>A day in the life of suburban housewife Juliette Jeanson Vlady who intersperses her daily routine of housework cleaning and shopping with appointments as a call girl. One of director Jean-Luc Godard's most highly regarded stylistically innovative films released the same year as "Weekend" and "La chinoise." <br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Paris.<br/><br/>Four photographs 7 x 5 inches one 8 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Parc Film unknown books
15954Photo album of J.J. Martin member of the Marine Corps. Photos mostly of the Americas and Spain in the 1930s. Album is 8"x11". Loosely tied leather boards with 49 pages the first 9 collecting his friends' names homes and colorful comments and nicknames about each person. Two of the three ties have come loose. Next thirty pages hold 120 photographs of Martin's travels aboard the ship within the United States down south to Central and South America and east to Europe. Some photos are captioned. There are many photos of women and children as well as photos of other marines and people aboard the U.S.S. Arkansas. There are some pages where it appears that photos have come loose. A certificate is laid in indicating that Martin crossed the equator on his way to Chile on October 221931. Photo sizes are 2"x3" to 5"x6.5".<br/><br/>The U.S.S. Arkansas was a dreadnought battleship the second member of the Wyoming class built by the United States Navy. Prior to the photos in the album the ship served in the First World War. She would later return to Europe to serve in the Second World War including as support for the invasion of Normandy. During peacetime she remained a vital ship and performed a variety of duties such as training cruises for midshipmen and goodwill visits overseas. Album in good condition leather board has slight soiling and 2 of 3 ties have come loose. Tears to some pages and photos but subjects of photos are not affected. unknown books
18299021127Edinburgh / London: Printed for Cadell & Co. / Simpkin and Marshall 1829. 1st. Hardcover. Very good. Bound in full dark blue calf with spines and board edges stamped and decorated in gilt. Gilt stamped spine labels are rubbed and chipped more than half gilt lost but impressions still legible. Boards are rubbed at the heads heels extremities and bottom edges. Volume one has a separated front inner hinge. Volume two front inner hinge has started but is holding. Marbled endpapers. Fold-out map in color bound in to volume one. Three tables on one fold-out sheet bound in to volume three <br/><br/> Printed for Cadell & Co. / Simpkin and Marshall hardcover books
1945127231945. Original wraps. Very Good -. A wonderful significant piece of World War II history. A fragile booklet a log mapping out in detail the schedule and itinerary of this American battalion. SIGNED BY OVER 100 RETURNING SOLDIERS FROM THE BATTALION THE 733 F.A. BN WHICH SET OUT FROM MISSISSIPPI IN LATE MARCH '44 AND SOME 7 1/2 MONTHS LATER --IN MID-NOVEMBER-- PENETRATED INTO GERMANY. This booklet has obviously travelled long and far but has held up nicely and is still very solid in its stapled salmon-colored wrappers. Light creasing and a bit of inevitable wear are far outweighed by the miracle of these returning heroes all 106 of them signing their names and addresses on the "Memoranda" pages and the pastedowns of this very scarce logbook. <br/><br/> paperback books
1857218260Washington D.C. 1857. In all 4pp. 1 vols. 4to. Livingston letter stained and separated at fold others very good. In all 4pp. 1 vols. 4to. The Career of Rear Admiral John W. Livingston. John W. Livingston 1804-1885 naval officer from New York City was the son of a naval surgeon William Turk in 1843 Turk and his wife Mary Livingston Turlk changed their name to Livingston. Livingston rose throught the service and untimately became Commodore during the Civil War and was promoted rear admiral in 1868. See DAB<br/><br/>The earliest letter here is a grant of one month's leave of absence to "Lieut. John W. Turk." In the form letter fromthe Dept. of Navy of 1855 the Acting Secretary of the Navy Charles W. Welsh summons Livingston to appear at a General Court Martial on board the "Receiving ship North Carolina at New York on the 28th day of April" 1855; and the letter from Captain Thomas A. Conover "Flag Officer Comdg U.S. Armed Force Coast of Afroca" conveys orders to Livingston then in command of the U.S.S. St. Louis to "proceed with all despatch to Cape Palmas on the West Coast of Africa and look after our interests in that quarter. unknown books
1843290096Paris. : Imprimerie Royale. 1843. Publisher’s printed boards. . Very good light scuffing and soiling to covers contents fresh and bright with wide margins. . 4to. 31x23cm. . French text. Uncommon report of a French commission to examine slavery and politics in the French colonies. The early eighteenth century was a time of of civil unrest and slave rebellions in the colonies and public opinion in Europe was strongly anti-slavery. This led to the final abolition of slavery in the French colonies in 1848. Heavy book may require extra shipping. weight: 3.4 lb. Imprimerie Royale. hardcover books
1837256446Washington D.C. 1837. 1-1/2 pages pen and ink on paper. Folio. Old folds else fine. 1-1/2 pages pen and ink on paper. Folio. A PROPOSAL TO FUND NAVY PENSIONS. A chronicle of the short-lived Bank of the United States and its continued involvement in US Navy pensions. <br/><br/>After the demise of the Second Bank of the United States in 1836 a result of the historical "Bank War" between US President Andrew Jackson and Bank President Nicholas Biddle Biddle attempted to resuscitate the institution as a commercial bank chartered by the State of Pennsylvania. The former bank's stock holders except the US government voted to transfer the old bank's assets and liabilities to the new bank which made it difficult to disentangle the dealings of the defunct bank with the newly state-chartered bank. This letter from Secretary of the Navy Mahlon Dickerson discusses arrangements for The Bank of the United States to fund Navy Pensions and is an example of it's continued involvement with the US Government after the Second Bank of the United States charter had expired. Reading in part: <br/><br/>"I have received your letter of the 19th inst. and agree to the arrangement you propose that for the funds you may place at the disposal of this department for the payment of Navy Pensions credit shall be given on the Bond from the Bank of the United States chartered by the Legislature of Pennsylvania to the United States."<br/><br/>Written at the onset of the Panic of 1837 Biddle would fail to replicate the success he experienced as President of the Second Bank of the United States and resigned as President in 1839. The Bank of the Unites States failed in 1841. Biddle faced financial ruin and was arrested for fraud but was acquitted before his death in 1844. <br/><br/>Born in Hanover Township New Jersey Mahlon Dickerson 1770-1853 was a cavalry veteran of the Whiskey Rebellion who would go on to be elected Governor of New Jersey serve as US Senator receive two appointments as Secretary of the Navy and be confirmed as a judge for the United States District Court of New Jersey. unknown books
1745217829London: Various publishers 1745. Second edition printed in the same year as the first. viii1128 pp. 3 of 4 folding engraved maps. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound together in full brown contemporary calf rebacked. Very good. Second edition printed in the same year as the first. viii1128 pp. 3 of 4 folding engraved maps. 1 vols. 8vo. The Court-Martials of Mathews and Lestock. BOUND WITH:<br/><br/>2. Lestock Richard. Vice-Adm--l L-st-k's Account of the Late Engagement near Toulon between His Majesty's fleet and the fleets of France and Spain : as presented by him the 12th of March 1744-5 : also letters to and from Adm---l L-st--k relating thereto since his arrival in England with notes. 56 pp. London: for M. Cooper 1745. First edition.<br/><br/>3. Lestock Richard. Vice-Admal Lestock's Recapitulation: as spoke by him at the Bar of the Honble House of Commons on Tuesday the 9th of April 1745. 27 pp. London: for John Millan 1745. ESTC T39592<br/><br/>Three important pamphlets relating to the trials of Admiral Mathews and Lestock which resulted from their engagement with the French and Spanish fleet near Toulon in February 1744. "The battle was highly discreditable to the British fleet and not very honorable to their opponents but it is of the highest historical importance in the history of the navy. It marked the lowest pitch reached in discipline and fighting and efficiency by the fleet in the 18th century and it had a very bad effect in confirming the pedantic system of tactics set up by the old Fighting Instructions . " - Encyclopedia Britannica 11th ed. To the puzzlement of many Lestock who was second in command and who kept his distance from the battle was acquitted; while Mathews who engaged the enemy however confusedly was censured and discharged from the service. Provenance: Philip.C. Duschnes; Paul Peralta-Ramos with stamp Various publishers unknown books
1945342Papua New Guinea 1945. Very good. 24pp. Folio. Original printed pictorial card covers stapled. Printed in multiple colors throughout. Some light wear corners bumped. Rare commemorative brochure for the first year anniversary of Base Hospital Fifteen an American naval hospital in Papua New Guinea in the Admiralty Islands during World War II. The hospital served as a staging point for Allied casualties during the Philippines Campaign of 1944-1945. "Our first year has been an eventful one. The wounded of battles fought all the way from New Guinea to Okinawa have passed through here in large numbers. Hospital ships have been frequent visitors and planes have brought us many human cargoes. Australians English and others of our allies have been treated here as well as some of the natives." The souvenir contains numerous images of life at the base including the wards the laboratory storehouses kitchens library and recreation areas and the soldiers' quarters. It also includes a list of officers who have been stationed there as well as the enlisted men. It is a wonderful snapshot of this base hospital and its operations. OCLC locates one institutional copy at the San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park. unknown books
7083318. UNITED STATES NAVY DEPARTMENT. OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE UNION AND CONFEDERATE NAVIES IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION. Washington: Government Printing Office 1894-1922. Series 1 vols. 1-21232627; Series 2 vols. 1-3. Series 1 lacks three volumes nos. 2124 & 25; series 2 is complete. 27 volumes. Illustrated. 8vo. blue cloth gilt lettering at spine. Ex library with all the usual markings. Texts are clean though the paper is age-browned in most volumes; some volumes have detached leaves or sprung signatures. Most bindings show some wear being shaken in binding with loose boards. Offered with all faults. unknown books
7506218. UNITED STATES NAVY DEPARTMENT. OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE UNION AND CONFEDERATE NAVIES IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION. Washington: Government Printing Office 1894-1922. Series 1 vols. 2-27; Series 2 vols. 1parts1-4-3. Series 1 lacks the first volume otherwise it is complete. Series 2 is complete. 29 volumes Illustrated. 8vo. blue cloth gilt lettering at spine. Ex library with only a bookplate at pastedown. A very nice looking set. unknown books
1849Salem: T. C. Cushing 1801. . pp. 1-3 4Ð20 2 blank leaves 20 21Ð27 28Ð30Ñblank. 12mo contemporary marbled wrappers Not in Sabin OCLC nor in NUC; American Imprints 1293ÑEssex Institute only. The Laws together with membership lists were printed at various times copies for the following years have been found usually in one copy only: 1784; 1790; 1807 and 1838. Pages 3Ð9 contain the laws of this benevolent society; pages 9Ð20 list the 249 past and present members of the societyÑthose that are deceased are marked with an asterisk and those who left the society are marked with a dagger. Pages 21Ð27 contain "The Several Acts of the General Court Relating to the Society" [Salem?]: T. C. Cushing, 1801. unknown books
18971100971897. U.S. NAVY. Regulations governing the Uniform of Commissioned Officers Warrant Officers and enlisted Men of the Navy of the United States. 26 2 pp. With 52 full-page chromolithographic plates of military costume 1 full-page chromolithograph of an American Eagle. 8vo. 234 x 143 mm bound in original publisher's blue cloth. Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1886. The plates are divided into two series the first for the Commissioned officers and the second for enlisted men. Note: Plates 20 and 21 of the second series relating to enlisted men were not issued and were omitted in the numbering. The volume was reprinted in 1897 by the Government Printing Office with revisions; the present volume documents the early version of the Regulations. Slightly worn at binding extremities. Quite scarce. hardcover books
1937002732New York: Macaulay Company 1937. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 7 3/4 x 5 1/2; pp. 5 vi-vii 1 9-288; gray cloth over boards and pictorial dust jacket; title and a small vignette in dark-blue; deckled fore-edge; minor worn spots to corners and a small bump to top edge of back board; light wear to tips of spine; very good or better condition. DJ with unfortunate tape repairs to edges - in fair to good condition. igned and inscribed by the author on ffep to dancer and actress Dorothy Dorothea Sally Eilers. Marina Yurlova 1900 - 1984 was a White Army child soldier and author. Daughter of a colonel of the Kuban Cossacks she joined the 3rd Ekaterinodar Regiment at the age of 14 becoming its only female soldier and soon was appointed a mascot of her unit. Marina fought in both World War I and the Russian Civil War. Performing various duties in combat including auto mechanic driver sapper patrol etc. she was wounded in several instances and won the Cross of Saint George for bravery three times. On the last occasion Marina and approximately another 100 soldiers walked through the Siberian snow for a month injured in order to reach the American Hospital in Vladivostok. After recuperating she was given a safe passage to Japan and later in 1922 to the United States where she married cinematographer William C. Hyer 1905 - 1989 and performed as a dancer. Yurlova published her autobiography in three stand-alone volumes - Cossack Girl 1934 Russia Farewell 1936 and the current one in 1937 - which roughly covered the Russian Japanese and American periods of her life. Her Wikipedia article stated that although Cossack Girl had been reprinted copies of Russia Farewell are rare and those of The Only Woman even more so. OCLC lists several copies at institutions; none other in the trade as of August 2020. Macaulay Company hardcover books
1976300569New York: American Geographical Society 1976. unbound. Tanguy de Remur. Laminated Map. Full-color offset lithograph. 40 3/4 x 26 3/4 inches. Some scuffs and abrasions but otherwise in good condition.<br/><br/> Iconic map of the impressive terrain below the ocean surface showing fracture zones trenches rift valleys and undersea mountain ranges including the immense Mid-Oceanic Ridge. Geological features above and below the ocean are labeled with heights and depths indicated. The work was produced from thousands of sonar images. Bathymetry is the study of underwater depth of ocean floors or lake floors equivalent to hypsometry or topography. This edition with Editions Pierre Charron produced with the American Geographical Society.<br><br>Marie Tharp 1920-2006 was a prominent American oceanographic cartographer and geologist whose work was incredibly important to modern earth science and to the advancement of women in the field. The discovery of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and our modern understanding of plate tectonics and continental drift has been attributed to Tharp - although at the time she was often uncredited for her work. Bruce Charles Heezen 1924 %u2013 1977 was an American geologist. Under Tharp's influence he gave up the idea of an expanding earth for a form of continental drift. Tharp was Heezen's assistant while he was a graduate student. When she showed Heezen that her plotting of the North Atlantic revealed a rift valley Heezen dismissed it as "girl talk". She persisted and they eventually discovered that not only was there a North Atlantic rift valley but a mountain range with a central valley that spanned the earth. Rumsey 7048.000.<br/><br/> American Geographical Society unknown books
1860D130301860s. Hardcover. Very Good. Cloth morocco backstrip; folio 400x260mm; approx. pp. 100 full of manuscript entries by a single hand with permanent instructions and headings in ink and crew member names and station designations in pencil; numerous additional blanks at rear. Nonetheless a trove of information. Lined paper listing the 614 men aboard assigning each a number gun and location Fore Castle Port Main Top Mizzen Top etc.; listing division and stations; and recording details of every situation that might occur on the ship see examples below. The ship is unnamed but it appears to be a ship of the Line or a Frigate which had 3 masts as well as some minimal amount of steam power. There were 6 African-American members of the crew all of whom were Union Sailors during the Civil War Edward Turner Joseph Davis and Thomas Mills from Maryland; Henry Andres from the West Indies; Joseph Gordan from New York; Samuel R. Whittaker from Buenos Aires. Three of these men served on the USS Minnesota which may help identify the ship. Also includes the ship's Fire Bill crew member stations of Making Sail from Single Anchor Mooring and Unmooring and much more. A rich volume worthy of further study. Cloth torn; front hinge cracked; first few signatures loose. Alittle faint waterstaining and soiling but generally nice and clean. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1975138646N.p.: N.p. 1975. Vintage borderless double weight photograph circa 1975 featuring mystery writer John Le Carre in conversation with an unknown figure to the right of the photograph. Partially stricken attribution rubber stamp to the verso with pencil holograph annotations indicating the copyright belonging to photographer Marina Cicogna. <br/><br/>One of the best-known espionage novel writers John Le Carre spent his early career as a secret agent for MI6 until the success for his third novel the 1963 "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" allowed him to leave the intelligence services and become a full-time author specializing in espionage fiction. His work including the 1965 novel "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" has been adapted to television radio and film many times including the well-received recent adaptation of that work the 2011 film directed by Tomas Alfredson. <br/><br/>Photographer Marina Cicogna granddaughter of Count Giuseppe Volpi one of the weathiest men in Italy grew up rubbing shoulders with many famous American actresses and actors. She took photographs of her friends becoming a respected photographer in her own right and later went on to produce films for many well-known Italian filmmakers including Pier Paolo Pasolini Luchino Visconti Sergio Leone Ello Petri and more. <br/><br/>7.75 x 11.75 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
16711Handwritten logbook from a US sailor serving aboard the U.S.S. Buffalo during WWI including his experience of Armistice Day. 1918. Original cloth boards. 7 x 4 in. Hand-drawn illustration of sailor with a paintbrush in hand on front cover. 184 pages. Unpaginated. Clippings notes and drawings from Samuel F. Rolph's time spent abroad in the navy during WWI including many cartoons about military life. "Just little clippings and sketches picked up here and there and put in here to look back on some day and think of the days spent on the water. SFRolph. 1918." Below is a newspaper clipping about the owner of the logbook dated 9-13-18 "Henry D. Rolph and Samuel F. Rolph who are not in the radio section of the navy are now overseas."<br/><br/>Towards the end of the book is a notable entry from Armistice Day November 11 1918. "We were all excited and wondering who would get the honor of copying the "dope" about the signing of the armistice. All were willing to stand over our watch a little while. Here copied it. 1pm. I was at chow. When I cam back I copied a little regarding it also. All the whistles bells horns in the harbor were going full blast and I thought tot myself that must have been the way they all felt when old Liberty Bell was rung in 1776. It certainly was impressive even amid the chaos. For it meant a great deal." Includes an original mimeograph of the armistice announcement and an invitation for a celebratory "Exchange Committee" with allied British forces in Gibraltar. "Great celebration ashore. Parades. Governor spoke.Greatest crowds that ever were in Gibraltar." Several menus included along with 1918 Thanksgiving Day dinner menu for sailors on his ship: Tomato soup turkey potatoes mixed nuts and lemonade. A handwritten book filled with unique mementos from a WWI-era sailor in the US Navy. Soiling to cover as this was carried by a sailor on active duty. Light foxing and discoloration to pages. Very good condition. unknown books
191052132Washington DC: Press of Shaw Bros 1910. First edition. 8vo. 46 pp. Illustrated portrait. Inscribed to John H. Hunter by "the author". Scarce; the NUC locates only three copiesDLC ViU NcD only microfilm editions found on OCLC. Not in Nevins or Broadfoot. Original printed wrappers spine eroded. <br/><br/> Press of Shaw Bros unknown books
1967138581Paris: Concordia Compagnia Cinematografica 1967. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the set of the 1967 film. Studio rubber stamp on the verso. One of the photos features Marina Vlady sharing a cigarette with Roger Montsoret. Based on a 1966 article on casual prostitution in France by Catherine Viminet. <br/><br/>One of three feature films Godard released in 1967 and like both "Week End" and "La chinoise" one that showcases Godard's increasing focus on deconstructing filmic narrative and structure and vocalization of leftist political ideas. <br/><br/>Godard has stated that his overall desire with the film was "to include everything: sports politics even groceries" to make "an attempt at description of a phenomenon known. as a complex."<br/><br/>5 x 7 inches. Fine condition. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 482. Rosenbaum 1000. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Concordia Compagnia Cinematografica unknown books
1781217548London: Printed for J. Almon and J. Debrett 1781. First edition. A2 B-2B4. 4 190 2 ad pp. Errata leaf follows title page. 1 vols. 8vo. Uncut in later drab wrappers chipped and torn lower wrapper especially. Title leaf soiled with abrasion costing four letters in first line. Some old folds and minor soiling bottom corner of last leaf crumpled. First edition. A2 B-2B4. 4 190 2 ad pp. Errata leaf follows title page. 1 vols. 8vo. Courts Martial of Keppel & Palliser during the American Revolution. Written by Thomas Lewis O'Beirne 1748-1823 the Anglican divine whose first publication was the sermon he preached "An excellent sermon preached in St. Paul's Church New-York" NY 1776 as chaplin in Lord Howe's fleet at St. Paul's Chapel in New York after the disastrous fire in New York City of September 21 1776 probably set by Patriot arsonists. Upon his return to England in 1779 O'Beirne wrote a defense of Howe in "A Candid and Impartial Narrative of the Transactions of the Fleet ." L. 1779 and became more and more allied with the Whig party.<br/><br/>This is his defense of Admiral Keppel in the politically charged dispute with Sir Hugh Palliser and Lord Sandwich over their actions in the engagement with the French fleet off the coast of Brest in July 1778. Charges and counter-charges flew over that indecisive and costly encouter Kessel being accused "misconduct and neglect of duty" and of not having done enough to finish off the crippled French fleet. Indeed a claim was made at the time "that had the French been defeated at the time a diplomatic mission to America giving them the opportunity to abandon the French treaty would not have failed" DNB Palliser on the other hand was accused of neglecting to obey an order to come to the support of the rest of the fleet. The dispute ultimately resulted in court-martials of both men resulting in the acquittal of each although Palliser was censured and ruined while Keppel refused to serve under the current Ministry. <br/><br/>"The whole episode had severely weakened the standing of the Navy. Keppel asked not be sent to sea under the current Ministry and so the Admiralty retired him which led to a general resignation by his naval supporters depriving the Navy of many able officers in the continuing war against America." - DNB<br/><br/>The first edition of O'Beirne's account of the two court martials although well represented in institutions is rare on the market; and only one copy of the 2nd edition has appeared at auction over the last 30 years. ESTC T 9693 Printed for J. Almon and J. Debrett unknown books
1719WRCAM35378Seville: Francisco Garay 1719. 4pp. Small quarto. Modern three-quarter morocco over linen boards spine gilt. Occasional stains holes at bottom of both leaves not effecting text last page of text closely trimmed. A good copy. A four-page ballad describing the enormous storm experienced by the Spanish fleet in 1719 and of the miraculous preservation of the ships which eventually arrived safely in Cadiz. It was this same great fleet which Spain had gathered at Cadiz and Corunna for the invasion of the west of England directed by James Butler the attainted Duke of Ormonde. A rare possibly unique piece of early 18th-century Spanish verse. Not recorded in Palau NUC or on OCLC. Francisco Garay hardcover books
50599Munich 1957. Octavo 20.8 Ã 14.5 cm. Original printed wrappers; 62 2 pp. A fine copy. First appearance in print of Marina Tsvetaeva's epic poetic cycle about the October Revolution and the ensuing Russian Civil War which the poet experienced first-hand in Moscow before emigrating in 1922. The poems were written before her emigration while her husband Sergei Efron was fighting against the Bolsheviks in the Volunteer Army. According to the preface by Gleb Struve Tsvetaeva herself had planned to publish these texts as one book in 1928 but was unable to do so. In 1939 she handed the manuscript over to a professor at Basel University who made them available to Struve after the war. Scarce in the trade. unknown books
