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Codice Atlantico (Codex Atlanticus). Giunti, Barbera, Firenze, 1976. Il Codice Atlantico è la più vasta raccolta di documenti leonardeschi conosciuti. Alla fine del 1500 a Madrid lo scultore Pompeo Leoni con numerosi fogli e frammenti contenevano la quasi totale produzione intellettuale di Leonardo ha creato una composizione curiosa e spettacolare che rappresenta ogni aspetto del genio vinciano: l’ appassionato interesse per la meccanica e la matematica, l'astronomia, la geografia fisica, la botanica, la chimica e l'anatomia, nonché le arti figurative. Disegni per progetti tecnici innovativi, dispositivi idraulici, armi, fortificazioni, macchine volanti, imbarcazioni e automi, oltre agli studi con annotazioni teoriche e pratiche per L'Adorazione dei Magi, Leda e il cigno, e il Battaglia di Anghiari. Inoltre, al suo interno, i progetti per i monumenti equestri, mai eseguiti, a Francesco Sforza e Gian Giacomo Trivulzio, nonché i progetti architettonici per il rinnovamento urbano di Milano e la residenza reale di Romorantin in Francia. L'opera è composta da dodici volumi, in facsimile, formato 44x65 cm. e dodici volumi di testo (formato 22x30 cm. di trascrizione diplomatica e critica a cura di Augusto Marinoni e un volume contenente l'indice per materie e l'indice alfabetico a cura di Pietro C. Marani ), tutti rilegati a mano in piena pelle, con impressioni in oro sul dorso. Edizione limitata di 998 copie. Condizioni ottime.
1930010937NY. Unpublished notebook 9" x 11 1/4" containing original artwork and designs official documents orders and correspondence pertaining to regimental coats of arms and distinctive insignia for the period 1922-1930. Notebook opens with three pages of formal guidelines for regimental colors and devices then begins in earnest with original signed Adjutant General order No. 244 October 1922 calling Falls "to active duty without pay or allowances for service in connection with submission of coats of arms for colors distinctive badges insignia etc." The notebook contains 2 full-page original watercolors and 16 original crest and shield drawings in color pencil State National Guard Headquarters and 7 regiments - 10th 14th 71st 105th 106th 107th 108th Infantry along with correspondence blueprints design approval documents and finely printed samples for some designs. There is detailed correspondence on Falls' New York State "Half Moon" design when the Quartermaster Corp of the War Department in Washington severely altered his original conception. Author artist military general and New York City socialite DeWitt Clinton Falls 1864-1937 was an authority on military heraldry and uniforms and a designer of military insignia. His papers are held by the New York Public Library and the American Numismatic Society. This Notebook includes: Original watercolor "Half Moon" Nov 1922; 2 letters Dec 1922; Memorandum from the Secretary of War Dec 1922 approving the design; Original watercolor "Regimental Colors for New York National Guard" 1922; Correspondence with Adjutant General's Office and the War Department with 2 blueprints; Copy of "First Design submitted by War Department for emblem of State of New York. Disapproved by Adjutant General Oct 1922"; 2 letters to Falls from Adjutant General's Office Apr 1923 with a proof copy of the QM's altered "Half Moon" crest; Reply by Falls Apr 1923 that the Quartermaster' altered design "is awful and under no circumstances should be accepted"; 2 page detailed letter from Adjutant General's Office to Quartermaster General War Department Apr 1923 noting QM's five major and several minor deviations from Falls' original which had been approved by the General Staff; Reply by War Department May 1923 that the Quartermaster Corps drawing was done in accordance with what was shown and described in "The Hudson Fulton Celebration 1909" submitted in a report to the NY State legislature in 1910 and that revisions to the drawing would be made if the State of New York "does not consider the report as being historically correct and will so state and furnish evidence which it considers authentic"; AG letter May 1923 to Falls requesting he draft a second endorsement; Falls' June 1923 reply that "it was not so much the historical points that he criticized about the QM design "as the faulty drawing and bad proportions of many of the details." He points out technical and aesthetic weaknesses with the eye of an artist of the Quartermaster drawing that can be easily resolved.; Letter and enclosures to Falls from Adjutant General's Office June 25 that they are in receipt of Quartermaster revisions and asking him to review; Falls June 28 reply "it is about as near right as we can get it and same can be returned approved"; Original color pencil drawing "Headquarters Device" with 1 page description. Undated; Original color pencil drawing "10th Infantry" Approved Nov 1923 War Department with letter of approval. Notation: "This design not being satisfactory to the regiment permission was given Jan 1926 to submit new design"; 2 original color pencil drawings - one for crest and one for shield with a printed sample of shield in use "10th Infantry" with 1 page description. Approved W.D. June 1926 with letters of approval for each. 2 original color pencil drawings - one for crest and one for shield "14th Infantry" with 1 page description. Approved W.D. May 1925 with 2 letters of app . Very Good. Hard. 1st. 1930. unknown
192132432New York: Privately Printed 1921. First Edition. Near fine in original full gilt-decorated burgundy morocco top edge gilt. Quarto. 9 x 12 in. x ii 147 1 pp. With 24 illustrations with tissue guards: 23 black & white photographic plates as well as the Morehead coat of arms reproduced in color. TLS from Austin Heaton Carr of Winston-Salem laid in explaining that this copy was presented by John Motley Morehead to his grandfather Julian Carr on account of his grandfather's close friendship with Eugene Morehead: the two left Chapel Hill to fight for the confederates and Eugene was later best man at Julian's wedding. Limited issue numbered 15 of only 25 copies and signed by Morehead and presented to General Julian S. Carr. A lovely copy of a rare book with interesting provenance. <br/><br/> Privately Printed unknown books
17788670Paris, de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1778. 2 volumes in-4 de [4]-389-[1]-XIX-[3]; [8]-500-XXXII pages, plein veau marbré brun, dos à nerfs ornés de filets et fleurons dorés, pièces de titre en maroquin rouge, tranches mouchetées, petits accrocs aux coiffes supérieures, épidermures, coupes et coins frottés, tampon sur les pages de titre, quelques pâles rousseurs.
186543889London: Bacon & Co 1865. <p>Atlantic Cable. The Atlantic Telegraph. Printed broadside with hand-colored wood-engraved illustrations. London: Bacon & Co. 1865. 83.6 x 58 cm. Two horizontal folds reinforced on verso a few tiny lacunae slightly affecting a few words marginal tear repaired minor soiling but very good. Matted. </p> <p> A superb and amazingly detailed broadside commemorating the second attempt to lay the Atlantic Cable issued by the Atlantic Telegraph Company one of the sponsors of the venture. The first Atlantic Cable laid in 1858 had ceased transmitting shortly afterwards; a subsequent investigation by the British government uncovered the design flaws in the cable and transmitting system and took steps to correct them based on the recommendations of physicist William Thomson later Lord Kelvin. In 1865 the second Atlantic Cable voyage was launched this time aboard Isambard Kingdom Brunel's enormous steamship Great Eastern which was the only vessel capable of transporting the extremely heavy cable and installation machinery. Unfortunately the cable snapped and sank two-thirds of the way through but the following year a third Atlantic Cable venture was successful: A new cable was laid and the cable lost the previous year was grappled for and recovered. Rapid and reliable communication between North America and Europe was finally possible.</p> <p> The present broadside issued around the time of the Great Eastern's departure from Valentia Ireland the Atlantic Cable's eastern anchor in 1865 contains a wealth of detail about the Atlantic Cable's history development and technological features as well as information on the history and theory of telegraphy proposed submarine cable routes and the machinery used to lay the cable. At the center of the broadside is a large image of the Great Eastern with a smaller cutaway view below; a map showing the routes of the Atlantic Cable and other submarine cables is at the top and framing the broadside are exact-size images of the 1858 and 1865 cables.</p> . Bacon & Co unknown books
1823PHO-1666London, John Murray, 1823 et 1828, 2 volumes In-4, relié pleine toile orange, dos lisse avec pièce d’auteur et titre, date en pied, xvi-768pp. et xxvi-320pp.cvii-1f., tome 1, tâche sur les 5 premiers feuillets, petites rousseurs, mouillure angulaire sur les planches au tome 2, petits frottements à la reliure. Édition originale, illustrée de 30 planches dont 11 en couleurs pour le tome et de 31 planches au tome 2, les cartes manquent, Cachet Émile Petitot, Ex-libris manuscrit, Ex-libris Jean-Pierre Legrand-Deloron. Avec une mention signée : "membre de l'Expédition arctique T.A. 23 , 1972-1973" .
1949063518Lancaster Kutztown Collegeville PA: Pennsylvania Dutch Folklore Center/Pennsylvania Folklife Society 1949. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Complete run of The Pennsylvania Dutchman/Pennsylvania Folklife 1949-1997. This influential periodical began as a biweekly newspaper first issue dated 5 May 1949 eventually migrating to a quarterly magazine final issue dated Spring 1997. Vols. 1-22 are custom-bound in brown leatherette lettered in gilt on front covers and spine panels Vols. 1-3 in the original elephant folio format of the Dutchman Vols. 4-22 in standard quarto magazine format. Note that the title changed to "Pennsylvania Folklife" with Vol. 9. Vols. 23-46 are unbound each issue individually sleeved. Vol. 1 consists of 25 issues with some still bright white suggesting that they are possibly from a later reprint Vols. 2-3 of 22 each Vols. 4-5 of 15 each Vols. 7-45 mostly of 4 each with some volumes in the '60s including an unnumbered 5th "Folk Festival" issue and Vol. 46 of 3 issues all published totaling about 260 issues. The entire set is solid Near Fine to Fine the bound volumes all essentially as issued except of course for having been bound in hardcover and the unbound issues show only slight handling wear in some cases most virtually unworn. The bound volumes show two former owner signatures/stamps on the front flyleaf of each volume but are otherwise unmarked. A rare opportunity to purchase a complete run of a publication that has become almost impossible to assemble "in the wild." Delivery options possible depending on location. Pennsylvania Dutch Folklore Center/Pennsylvania Folklife Society Hardcover
200260148Centro Atlantico De Arte Moderno Las Palmas De Gran Canaria; Et Al. New. 2002. Paperback. 84891526 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- Text in Spanish with portions in English as well. 360 pp. With 257 ills. 228 col. . 28 x 25 cm. -- with a bonus offer-- . Centro Atlantico De Arte Moderno, Las Palmas De Gran Canaria; Et Al paperback
1753PHO-10961753 , à Paris de l'Imprimerie Royale , in-4 (260 x 200 mm) , relié plein veau marbré époque , dos à nerf orné ave pièce de titre rouge , tranches rouge , léger accidents aux coiffes , une charnière fendillée , bel exemplaire illustré d'un bandeau gravé par Gobin d'après le peintre Flotte de Saint-Joseph, et 7 planches dépliantes : 6 cartes gravées par Dheulland, un tableau de calculs astronomiques.
191344456Charleston: Lanneau's Art Store. 1913. Paperback. Portfolio containing twenty architectural lithographs and introduction; still in original portfolio cover. One of the South's early preservationists Alice Huger Smith collaborated with her father historian D. E. Huger Smith providing architectural drawings for two important publications: Twenty Drawings of the Pringle House 1914 and The Dwelling Houses of Charleston South Carolina. The contents are housed in original hinged 16- x 18-inch paper-covered boards with moderate to heavy smudging mostly in area of three slots for closure although ribbon or cardboard for these slots is now missing. Contents pages loose as intended include title page; "The Colonial House of Miles Brewton: With Some Account of its owners" a three-page essay by D. E. Huger Smith; all 20 prints which are lightly foxed with "holes" along edges of at least one print does not affect image itself and appears to be a thinning or defect in paper. ; . Lanneau's Art Store, paperback
1982060734Reading PA: Historical Society of Berks County/George M. Meiser IX 1982. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Complete in 25 volumes accompanied by "A Comprehensive Index to The Passing Scene Volumes 1 to 10" Neiman. Issued more or less annually 1982-2018. Single-owner collection as issued or very nearly so. Some volumes show a slight binding lean typical of issue; Vol. 2 shows minor foxing to front cover gold foil in a few areas. Vol. 2 signed by primary author George Meiser other volumes unsigned. A rare opportunity to purchase the complete set of this pioneering and literally unique photographic history the most comprehensive of its kind ever issued for any county in all 50 states. Historical Society of Berks County/George M. Meiser IX Hardcover
8186dans le quel la côte Nord-ouest de l’Amérique a été soigneusement reconnue et relevée ordonnée par le Roi d’Angleterre, principalement dans la vue de constater s’il existe,à travers le continent de l’Amérique,un passage pour les vaisseaux,de l’Océan pacifique du nord à l’Océan atlantique septentrional et exécuté en 1790,1791,1792,1793 par le capitaine George VANCOUVER traduit de l’anglais. Ouvrage enrichi de figures.Trois tomes en trois volumes petit in folio,reliure cartonnée, postérieure,avec étiquette de titre imprimée.Tome premier:faux-titre,titre, XII,491 pages 7 gravures hors-texte sous serpente.I) village indien désert II)4 mâts singuliers fichés en terre III) Mont Rainier IV) village d’une tribu d’indiens V) village de Cheslakées VI) la découverte VII) Anse des amis. Tome second : faux-titre titre 516 pages 5 planches hors-texte sous serpente petites déchirures réparées en marge inférieure de la table des matières. Planche I) La mission Carlos près de Monterey II) cartes des iles d’Hergest, III) Anse des Saumons, dans l’entrée de l’observatoire. IV) New-Eddystone, dans le canal de Behm. V) le Présidio de Monterey Tome troisième : faux-titre, titre 562 pages, une déchirure réparée à la dernière page de la table des matières ainsi qu’à la page de garde. 5 planches hors-texte sous serpente planche I) cratère d’un volcan au sommet du Mont Worroway dans l’ile d’Owhyhée. II) Port Dick pris à l’entrée de Cook avec une flotille de pirogues indiennes III) Le mont saint Elie IV) Montagne remarquable près de la rivière de Monterey VI) le village d’Almandrel dans la baie de Valparaiso.La vue de Valparaiso,annoncée,n’était pas jointe à ce volume.Grandes marges.Sans l'atlas.Edition originale de la traduction française. A Paris de l’Imprimerie de la République An VIII
1982062449Reading PA: Historical Society of Berks County/George M. Meiser IX 1982. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Complete in 25 volumes accompanied by "A Comprehensive Index to The Passing Scene Volumes 1 to 10" Neiman. Issued more or less annually 1982-2018. Single-owner collection. Some volumes show minor foxing along top text block edge and/or to front flyleaf all otherwise as issued or nearly so. Vol. 4 is a presentation copy inscribed by GMMIX to a contributor to that volume and vol. 16 is signed by GMMIX; vols. 5 9 13 17 20 22 23 and 25 are signed by both Meisers. Vols. 1 9 and 12 show a gift inscription not by the Meisers to the former owner inked on front flyleaf; Vol. 6 shows a former owner's address inscription inside the front cover in pencil; Vol. 11 shows a former owner's name and date inked on front flyleaf. Vols. 14 15 are brand new still sealed in original shrinkwrap. A rare opportunity to purchase the complete set of this pioneering and literally unique photographic history the most comprehensive of its kind ever issued for any county in all 50 states. Historical Society of Berks County/George M. Meiser IX Hardcover
5 works in 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with frontispieces and plates; newly and handsomely bound in full navy blue crushed morocco, sides with double frame borders in gilt, backs gilt with five raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered in gilt, all other compartments ruled and tooled in gilt with an anchor device, all original pictorial wrappers (a little dust-soiled) preserved, a splendid set ideal as a gift or for presentation. The finest novel of the Royal Navy in WWII and a maritime classic. The story, based upon the author's own experiences [see 'Chronicles' below] , forms the basis of Charles Frend's notable feature film starring Jack Hawkins in one of his most memorable roles. So accurate is its depiction of the Battle of the Atlantic that it is one of the very few works of fiction admitted by Law to his standard bibliography 'The Royal Navy in World War Two'. Law, 1865. Monsarrat's 'WWII Chronicles', arguably the definitive record of corvette service in WWII, are the basis of the novel. The set comprises 'HM Corvette' (1942), 'East Coast Corvette' (1943), 'Corvette Command' (1944) and 'HM Frigate' (1946). The first three volumes were combined and issued in slightly abridged form as 'Three Corvettes' (1945). Taken together and in sequence the four volumes provide a near-continuous record of Monsarrat's own wartime service. Furthermore they contain much of the inspiration and context, and in several cases actual incidents which reappear in the author's masterpiece 'The Cruel Sea' (1951), arguably the finest novel of the Royal Navy in WWII. Monsarrat's seatime began in HMS Campanula [broadly the 'HMS Flower' of the first volume] on the North Atlantic convoys; at one time she was the only RN vessel operating out of St. Johns. She is perhaps best known for her service in convoy OG71 (Milford Haven-Gibraltar, August 1941) which suffered so badly at the hands of a U-boat pack that it was ordered to seek shelter in neutral Lisbon. Many of the merchantmen were lost (including the SS Aquila with 22 Wrens aboard) together with the escorts HMS Bath and HMS Zinnia. The full story is related by Lund and Ludlam in 'Nightmare Convoy' (1987). He then transferred to HMS Guillemot ['HMS Dipper' in the second volume] serving on the East Coast convoys. Among the actions portrayed are the torpedoing of HMS Vortigern by E-boat S-104, and the successful destruction of an HE-111 in August 1941. HMS Guillemot's captain, Lombard-Hobson' has said of Monsarrat 'he was reserved and unpopular, but I liked him myself'. Monsarrat then assumed command of HMS Shearwater ['HMS Winger' in the third volume] operating in the North Sea out of Harwich. Individual volumes are becoming increasingly elusive. COMPLETE SETS ARE SELDOM OFFERED FOR SALE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.120 (HM Corvette); Law 1008 (East Coast Corvette), 1007 (Corvette Command) and 1084 (HM Frigate). Astonishingly 'HM Corvette' is not recorded by Law.
24529LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD THE ATLANTIC SOUVENIR; A CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S OFFERING. FOR 1828. Philadelphia: Carey Lea & Carey 1827 First edition. Original pictorial green glazed boards all edges gilt in original slipcase labels. Joints chipped but a solid copy. Contains the first appearance of James Nelson Barker's famous version of `Little Red Riding Hood.' This tale was part of Perrault's 1697 collection HISTOIRES OU CONTES DU TEMPS PASSE and was first printed in English in 1729 and in America in 1789. It has been reprinted countless times with a variety of endings and morals. It also contains William Leggett's `The Rifle' an early American detective story pre-Poe which was the first murder mystery to be solved using ballistics and is the earliest American detective story cited by Ellery Queen. Also contains first printings of Longfellow his fifth book appearance and Irving. The edition was 7000 copies. QUEEN'S QUORUM pp. 7-8. Mac Donnell FIRSTS December 2001 pp. 44-45. Kaser pp. 275-84. BAL 843 10122 and 12039. Sabin 27903. Thompson pp. 49-55 110. hardcover books
189116330Lancaster Pa.: The Society. Very Good. 1891-1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean marbled boards with leather spines and protective leather front corners. Gilt lettering on spines. Soft cover booklets with most original covers bound into ten hardcover volumes 1891 - 1900. Text's interiors are tight clean & intact. Each booklet has a tissue protected frontispiece. Illustrations: engravings drawings in one color maps photographs. Vol. 1. 94pp published in 1891. Proceedings & addresses: includes Society Constitution Lancaster April 15th 1891. Vol. 2. 182pp. Published in 1891-1892. Proceedings & addresses Harrisburg Oct. 14th 1891. Vol. 3. 292pp. Published 1893. Proceedings & addresses Oct. 12 1892. Vol. 4. 292pp. Published 1893. Proceeding & addresses York Oct. 11 1893. Vol.5. 266pp. Published 1895. Proceedings & addresses Reading Oct. 3 1894. Vol. 6. 283pp. Published 1896. Proceedings & addresses Bethlehem Oct. 22 1895. Vol. 7. 576pp. Published 1897. Proceedings & addresses Philadelphia Oct. 25 1898. Vol. 8. 322pp. Published 1898. Proceedings & Adresses. Lancaster Oct. 22 1897. Vol. 9. 468pp. Published 1900. Proceedings & Addresses Allentown Oct. 20 1899. Vol. 10. 565pp. Published 1900. Proceedings & Addresses Ephrata Oct. 20 1899. Volume #7 spine lightly rubbed. Genealogy Pennsylvania Germans; B/W Portrait illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . The Society hardcover
1912016735Borough of Hopatcong New Jersey 1912. Near Fine condition. SEE PHOTO. This is a beautiful and very scarce color map of Lake Hopatcong New Jersey. When unfolded it measures 18" tall by 38" wide. Some folds have been neatly reinforced on the blank side with archival-quality document repair tape. Buildings are represented by red squares water in green. Some of the properties and locations depicted are: Port Morris Landing Roxbury Township Borough of Mount Arlington Byram Township Nolans Point Atlas Powder Co. Brookland Borough of Hopatcong Byram Cove Henderson Bay Byram Bay Maxim Park Jefferson Township Woodport Hurdtown Hurd Mining Co. W. M. Force Estate John P. Lawless Mary Ingram estate Aaron Peck estate Raccoon Island Halsey Island Bertrand Island Theodore King Gertrude Otten Violet Littell Robert Dunlap estate etc. Full title: "Property Map of Lake Hopatcong New Jersey Prepared by Hudson Maxim for the Morris Canal Investigation Commission November 16 1912 Compiled from Various Maps and Actual Surveys by P. E. Boomer C. E.". First Edition. Folded map. Near Fine condition. 18" tall by 38" wide when unfolded. Borough of Hopatcong, New Jersey? Paperback
17691956London: Printed for L. Davis and C. Reymers Printers for the Royal Society 1769. Paper over boards with leather spine. Octavo. xii 382 2 pages. Bound in blue patterned paper over boards with leather spine with five raised bands gilt spine titles and rules. There are a few unobtrusive stamps from the Mercantile Library of Philadelphia including one to the title page. Mild browning to textblock some folding plates with repairs some with short tears at folds. Folding plates. First publication of Mason and Dixon’s landmark geodetic paper: “Observations for Determining the Length of a Degree of Latitude in the Provinces of Maryland and Pennsylvania in North America†pp. 274–328. This is the second and most mathematically rigorous of their published contributions detailing pendulum experiments zenith sector readings and triangulation methods used to calibrate the colonial boundary line—now known as the Mason-Dixon Line.<br /> <br /> The present volume includes another paper by Mason and Dixon on astronomical observations for calibration of the Royal Society's astronomical clock used in their survey. Together these papers document the astronomical and geodetic precision underpinning the Mason-Dixon boundary survey—among the earliest applications of Enlightenment science to American territorial mapping. One fold-out map shows the areas of Maryland Pennsylvania and Delaware involved in the Mason-Dixon survey. <br /> <br /> Volume 58 of The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society also includes an important paper on small pox inoculation experiments in electricity and magnetism and much more. Printed for L. Davis and C. Reymers, Printers for the Royal Society unknown
1795PHO-2286Paris, chez Buisson, An 3 de la République (1795), 4 volumes Texte : 3 tomes in 8° (21x13,5cm), XXIV-391pp, (4) 386pp, et (4) 371pp., veau raciné époque, dos lisse avec pièces de titre rouge et tomaison noire, tranches dorées, frises aux plats, roulettes interne, petits frottements. Atlas : in-4° (31,5x24cm), titre, table des planches, 28 planches HT, portraits, cartes, plans, vues. Exemplaire à toutes marges. Reliure d’attente, dos manquant, carte détachée avec tache aux plis,
1933175261933. Archive of Walter Johnson's 1933 Atlantic City High School yearbook and related reunion materials documents African American student life within a formally integrated but socially segregated New Jersey public school during the Great Depression. Johnson a graduating senior in 1933 appears in a yearbook extensively inscribed by classmates whose messages span both commencement year and later reunions preserving contemporaneous peer networks across four decades. Created in a city where redlining confined most Black residents to Atlantic City's Northside neighborhood the volume and accompanying ephemera situate one student's educational experience within broader histories of African American urban life public schooling in the Jim Crow North Depression-era youth culture and Black alumni civic organization.<br /> <br /> Archive dates primarily from 1933 with later additions from 1978 and subsequent reunion years; ten items total. Central volume is Atlantic City High School yearbook published by Westbrook Publishing Company Philadelphia 1933 183 pages hardcover 10.5 x 7.75 inches extensively inscribed throughout by classmates in 1933 and again at the 45th reunion in 1978. The school's divisions are organized by Technical Classical and Commercial tracks with individual portrait sections and personal profile prompts listing favorite activities characteristic phrases and anticipated futures including one sardonic entry predicting a destination "In the ranks of the unemployed." Accompanying materials include a June 16 1933 telegram in original envelope from the Negro Alumni Associates of Atlantic City High School congratulating Johnson on his graduation; two reunion pamphlets from the 45th and 50th reunions; several envelopes including one bearing a lengthy handwritten note from reunion organizer Ben Ginsburg; and two printed advertisements for Atlantic Coast Amusement Enterprises promoting comedians and song-and-dance acts associated with Atlantic City's boardwalk entertainment industry.<br /> <br /> Produced in the depths of the Great Depression the yearbook captures a graduating class confronting economic uncertainty while articulating ambition humor and collective identity. Its Art Deco stylistic elements and commercial advertising reflect Atlantic City's resort economy during its interwar peak while the presence of a formal Negro Alumni organization in 1933 demonstrates structured African American institutional engagement within a multiracial public school setting. Later reunion annotations underscore continuity of alumni networks across five decades. Light general wear consistent with age; inscriptions legible and internally clean; associated ephemera well preserved with minor handling wear. Overall very good condition. Cohesive documentation of African American secondary education alumni organization and urban community formation in Depression-era New Jersey extending into the late twentieth century. unknown
1997068506Mainz Germany and East Berlin PA: Klaus Stopp 1997. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Complete in six 6 volumes uniformly bound in red buckram lettered in gold foil oblong format. Published 1997-99. Vol. I unnumbered Vols. II-V numbered 82 of an edition limited to 500 copies. Volumes show a few slight surface marks to cover cloth but are essentially as issued with firm square bindings unmarked interiors. 284 286 303 332 240 278 pp. illus. in color b&w. A monumental undertaking stunningly presented. Essential to all fraktur collections. Technically a Vol. VII limited to only 200 copies was issued but is more of a tribute to Stopp including an addendum of copies cataloged since the publication of Vol. VI and typically isn't included in "complete" sets of this series. Klaus Stopp Hardcover
183334458v.p. including Antwerp London Havana Pensacola New York 1833. Folio. 12 3/4 x 8 inches. 21 leaves plus two additional manuscript leaves laid in. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards manuscript label on front board. Bookseller's label on front pastedown.<br/> <br/> Account book of Atlantic trading voyages.<br/> <br/> An interesting manuscript ship's log containing financial accounts for the brigs Nimrod and Jasper for an eight year period from 1826 to 1833 while they were under the command of a Captain John Hill. The two ships made numerous voyages between the United States Europe and the Caribbean. The present log book contains line accounts of expenditures for journeys from London and Marseilles to New York and Norfolk in 1827; from Antwerp to London in 1828; from Philadelphia to the West Indies in 1829; from Madeira to the Turks Islands in 1831; from the West Indies to Pensacola to Havana in 1832; from the Indies to New York in 1833; and other similar voyages. The log also contains two copies of an 1832 letter written in Havana by Hill to merchants there inquiring about the price of molasses and a list of port charges at several major way points. A fascinating artifact of trans-Atlantic trade in the 1820s and 1830s. unknown
186917660New York: D. G. Beers & Co A. D. Ellis & G. G. Soule. Very Good. 1869. First Edition. Hardcover. Original 1869 brown marbled boards over brown cloth spine. Contain 41 color maps including 4 that are double page. Each is appox. 12" 15". THE MAPS ARE IN VG TO NEAR FINE CONDITION. Occasional light soil on a margin. Atlas is graded G due to several tears along spine & rubbed cover edges & corners. Binding is tight. New York Atlas. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 98 pages . D. G. Beers & Co, A. D. Ellis & G. G. Soule hardcover
159921604Paris 1599 un document, de 26 lignes, manuscrit à l'encre brune d'une page sur velin parcheminé, format 39,5 centimètres de large par 20,5 centimètres de haut, ODET DE LA NOUE (et Marie de LAUNOY son épouse) ayant vendu la Chatellenie et Seigneurie de l'Espine-Gaudin et du Loroux Botreau à Messire GABRIEL DE GOULAINE, Ayant la garde Noble de Claude de La Noue leur Fils, requiert et Réclame au Nom du Dict Claude de La Noue avoir la Promesse préférable et d'avant Tous Autres du tout ou partie des dictes Chatellenies..... Signature manuscrite de Louis Leconte, Notaire de la prévôté au Chatelet de Paris, 1599,
1828PHO-1669London, John Murray, 1828, 1 volume In-4, relié pleine toile orange, dos lisse avec pièce d’auteur et titre, date en pied, xxvi-320pp.cvii-1f., petites rousseurs, mouillure angulaire sur les planches au tome 2, petits frottements à la reliure. Édition originale, 31 planches, les cartes manquent, Cachet Émile Petitot, Ex-libris manuscrit, Ex-libris Jean-Pierre Legrand-Deloron. Avec une mention signée : "membre de l'Expédition arctique T.A. 23 , 1972-1973" .
