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1958233201958 27 dessins signés, encres, mine de plomb, fusains et crayons de couleurs réunis dans un carnet de croquis à spirale, 1958, 27 x 36 cm,
1840WRCAM38241France & the United States 1840. 26 leaves plus forty-eight blank leaves. Contemporary mottled calf spine gilt edges marbled. Slight wear to outer joints. Composed in a clear clean hand. Occasional minute soiling. In very good condition. A detailed manuscript inventory listing personal and household goods transported to the United States from France and separately items shipped from America back to France. The volume records the possessions of Eugène Mourgue his wife Colombe and their domestic servants beginning with the dozen trunks which they had shipped to the United States. The objects shipped for their travels includes cloth clothing porcelain china and silver. The manuscript also provides detailed lists of the objects the Mourgue household shipped back to France upon their return to the Continent. Of particular interest is a box of books with specific titles briefly noted. These include La Pérouse's VOYAGE in four volumes plus atlas; a multi-volume set of Duhamel du Monceau a twenty-volume set of Buffon; Abbé Raynal's ATLAS; numerous books for children; geographies dictionaries and other educational volumes; and numerous other works including Oliver Goldsmith's VICAIRE DE WAKEFIELD. Morgue also returned to France with numerous maps and prints including "Amerique septentionale" "Golphe du mexique" "La morte de Captain Cook" views of New York and Mount Vernon and portraits of Washington and Franklin. hardcover books
1869316802Boston: Alfred Mudge and Sons 34 School Street 1869. First Edition. With 6 original mounted photographs. 57 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original burgundy cloth. Very good small nick and loss to upper spine. First Edition. With 6 original mounted photographs. 57 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Celebration of the arrival of first transatlantic telegraphic cable on American shores with speeches of the dignitaries of Duxbury and Boston and a patriotic summary of the history of telegraphy; n appendix gives material on the cable fleet and press accounts. Alfred Mudge and Sons, 34 School Street unknown
1869316802Boston: Alfred Mudge and Sons 34 School Street 1869. First Edition. With 6 original mounted photographs. 57 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original burgundy cloth. Very good small nick and loss to upper spine. First Edition. With 6 original mounted photographs. 57 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. WITH 6 PHOTOGRAPHS. Celebration of the arrival of first transatlantic telegraphic cable on American shores with speeches of the dignitaries of Duxbury and Boston and a patriotic summary of the history of telegraphy; n appendix gives material on the cable fleet and press accounts. Alfred Mudge and Sons, 34 School Street unknown books
193522936ATLANTIQUE 1935 1 Maquette originale, gouaches, collages et photographies argentiques, 1935, in-folio porte-feuille demi-toile écrue en feuilles, couverture cartonnée, 24 pages.
1962234831962 1 Huile sur toile signée en bas à gauche, titrée et datée au verso,1962, 87 x 114 cm.
18521338Original manuscript. 1852-1854. Folio 38 x 27cm. Full contemporary reverse calf with gilt morocco titles labels to the spine "Rough Sales Book / S & L / B". Marbling to page edges. Marbled endpapers with engraved label for "Baily Brothers Booksellers Stationers Account Book Manufacturers" London to the front pastedown. 172pp. of manuscript text in ink on red-ruled laid paper watermarked "W. King / 1850" followed by c.160pp. blank with a handful of pages torn out following the conclusion of the manuscript text section and another within the text. The majority of entries are in English with some in Spanish mostly written in the same hand. Condition is very good the binding firm with marking to the boards chipping to the head of the spine and a little wear to the extremities. The contents with a 3cm tear to the head of the first text page and two pages partially cut/torn away at the bottom are otherwise in good order. The ledger of a British sales agents operating in Panama during the mid-nineteenth century detailing the importation and sale of a wide variety European and South American goods into the country.</p><p>The manuscript meticulously records the origin city/country importer ship the goods received and sold and the charges entailed for each shipment. A typical entry for example records the arrival of "gunpowder received per "Alexander" and sold on behalf of the Kames Gunpowder Company Glasgow" followed by details of the subsequent purchasers "J. D. Cordova" etc. and the charges/commissions taken by the agent including fees for landing expenses and "carriage to arsenal". </p><p>Many of the entries describe large diverse cargoes combining both essential and luxury goods including: alpacas; chocolate pots; "41 cases of pickles and mustard"; lavender water; rocking chairs; a "copying machine"; cinnamon; scissors razors; bone buttons; horse brushes; compasses; gin; hatchets; bedsteads; looking glasses; children's toys; cloves; muslins; kegs of shot; cups and saucers; tobacco; machetes; claret; playing cards rat traps; "Aqua de Colonia" cologne; silk gloves; saddles; blunderbusses; padlocks; lace; pantaloons; "Jamaica rum"; almonds; vinegar; bonnets; sausages; gold frames; water closets; wash stands; champagne; mosquito nets; and much else besides.</p><p>The origin ports include major European trade centres such as Liverpool and Glasgow but also include many South American ports such as Guayaquil Equador carrying beans cocoa coffee sugar and quinoa amongst other things; Buenaventura Colombia; Callao Peru carrying candlesticks coffee mills and bayonets; Lima Peru "bottled fruits" and cherry cordial; and Valparaiso Chile; as well as San Francisco and New York to the north. The importers themselves are also a mixture of British and Panamanian companies.</p><p>A fascinating detailed insight into Panama's transatlantic and South American trade during the mid-nineteenth century. [Original manuscript]. hardcover
1965235911965 1 Gouache, aquarelle et crayon gras signé en bas à gauche, 1965, 65 x 50 cm.
196523469St-Maur Yves Gautier-Jean Détienne 1965 1 St-Maur, Yves Gautier-Jean Détienne, 1965, in-folio, couverture titrée et rempliée.
19509752Paris Editions Blondel la Rougery 1950. Route map of the western Mediterranean and Northwest Africa 63.5 x 99 cm printed in three colours lined on linen. Shows the routes from Marseille and Bordeaux to Tunisia Alergira and Morocco with considerable detail of the road network inland. Decorative elements include a compass rose a matelot steering a ships wheel and a couple of steamships in the upper border. Map unknown
17673Paris, Yves Gautier, 1965. In-folio, non paginé, en feuilles, couverture originale, étui éditeur de toile bleue (petites taches et frottements à l'étui, couverture insolée).
1904698591 vol. in-folio reliure de l'époque demi-cuir maroquiné bordeaux, double filet doré en mors et coins, s.n., Imprimerie Maréchal et Montorier, A. Maréchal Succr., Paris, 1904
1950231371950 Estampe signée en bas à gauche dans la planche, (1950), 61 x 81 cm, encadrée
1935231361935 Estampe signée dans la planche, légendée et datée dans la planche en bas à droite, 1935, 48.5 x 76 cm., cadre d'origine de La Compagnie avec sa plaque en laiton gravée.
1960231601960 Affiche tirage offset signée en bas à droite dans la planche, (1960), 50 X 65 cm., encadrée.
1952231381952 Affiche tirage offset signée en bas à gauche dans la planche, (1952), 48 x 63.5 cm., encadrée.
1958241951958 Affiche signée en bas à droite dans la planche, tirage offset, (1958), 100 x 62 cm.
97101875. Gibson & Sons Penzance & Scilly Isles. Three striking unfamiliar photographs the last two in particular excellent compositions of a significant historical event. The three slides are bound in 8 cm glass squares with none of the glass shattered and the images themselves in good condition clear and unfaded. Each mount carries the stamp of the photographers Gibson & Sons. With numbered labels carrying a shelfmark. Each mount titled in manuscript. ONE: ' Schiller" wreck. Lifeboat in which Survivors came ashore'. Shows the white lifeboat with 'SCHILLER' and 'HAMBURG' on the bow on a beach with the background showing sailing ships in the bay. TWO: ' "Schiller" wreck - Digging the last graves. <> Scilly'. Striking composition showing five workmen toiling among stones before a country wall in front of which appears to be a long row of wooden markers. Stone building and horse in background. THREE: 'Schiller wreck at Scilly. A Funeral.' Strking composition show a large group of people one lady with an umbrella gathered around a country grave with metal railings with a stone building behind. The Schiller has been dubbed in the title of a 2001 book by Keith Austin 'The Victorian Titanic'. It is said that the German army in both world wars were instructed to spare the Scilly Isles in recognition of the inhabitants' assistance to the survivors of the wreck. [1875.] Gibson & Sons, Penzance & Scilly Isles. unknown
193496700Paris, éditions de l’Atlantique 1934 7 numéros. In-4 31 x 23,5 cm. Agrafés, 8 pp. par numéro, première page en bichromie, photographies en noir & blanc, illustrations et cartes hors texte, textes de G. la Roërie, Firmin Roz, Constantin-Weyer, Montpetit, de la Roncière, Maurice Guierre, Valéry Larbaud, etc, illustrations de Chancel, V. Le Champion, ..., publicités. Ensemble en excellent état.
193521821ATLANTIQUE 1935 1 Atlantique, 1935, petit in-4, broché illustré en couleurs, couverture en couleur illustrée d'un paquebot et d'une Marianne à la cocarde tricolore, 28 pages.
1935191331935 Gouache, titrée, 1935, 22.3 x 19 cm, encadrée.
196524938St-Maur Yves Gautier-Jean Détienne 1965 1 Saint-Maur, Yves Gautier-Jean Détienne, 1965, in-folio, couverture titrée et rempliée, sous étui.
193854768Coupe longitudinale dépliante en 7 panneaux (format déplié 32 x 128 cm) sous chemise imprimée, J. Barreau & Cie, Albert Sébille dél., s.d. [ circa 1938 ]
This is a very good substantial run of the Transatlantic Review with just light wear. Very clean inside and out. All issues softcovers in their original wrappers. The run contains issues 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 32, 35, 36, 42 & 43, 44, 45, 49 and the Index volume. 25 issues in all from 1959 to 1974. Size varies a bit, typically 8" or 9" X 6". Heavy set, foreign shipping will be extra. This set will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
19337185Rouen Lecerf 1933 1 in-4 Illustrations de MONSNERGUE. Rouen, Lecerf, 1933, in-4, broché, couverture titrée sous chemise illustrée d'une carte marine, en demi-toile grise.
