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238401Paris, L. G. Michaud, octobre 1814 in-8, 62 pp., dérelié.
174122348A Amsterdam, chez François l'Honoré Fils, 1741. Un fort vol. au format in-12 (168 x 102 mm) de xxxii - 469 pp. et 2 ff. bl. Reliure de l'époque de plein veau glacé et marbré havane, filet à froid encadrant les plats, dos à nerfs orné de filets gras à froid, jeu de petits filets obliques dorés sur les nerfs, doubles caissons d'encadrement dorés, pièce de titre de maroquin acajou, pièce de tomaison de maroquin brun, titre doré, tomaison dorée, palette dorée en tête et queue, filet doré sur les coupes, tranches rouges.
198053Paris, Baudouin, s.d. (1790) in-8, 103 pp., broché. Quelques mouillures angulaires, mais bon exemplaire.
193822497Bruxelles les Éditions Atlas 1938 -in-8 broché 1 volume, broché blanc in-octavo Editeur (paperback in-8 editor)(23,3 x 15,6 cm), dos et couverture imprimés en noir et rouge (cover printed), toutes tranches lisses, orné de nombreuses cartes, photographies, et reproduction de gravures in et hors-texte en noir, sans illustrations, 351 pages, 1938 Bruxelles : les Éditions Atlas ; Nantes : E. Gernoux ; Paris : A. Vanelsche Editeurs,
196129740Paris Seuil 1961
1941372174Port-au-Prince: No Publisher 1941. First edition. vii 3 16pp. Moderately worn and creased spine quite chipped front cover has large chip at upper fore-corner circa 1 1/2 by 2 1/2 inches; not affecting printed text else a good sound copy. First edition. vii 3 16pp. Stenio Vincent 1874-1959 served as President of Haiti from November 1930 to May 1941. He ran a popular campaign focusing on his opposition to the American occupation of the island. Following his election he assumed a dictatorial stance and created a new Haitian constitution giving him wide powers. He stepped down in 1941 and was succeeded by Elie Lescot. Rare OCLC locates only the NYPL microfilm holding [No Publisher] unknown
179237277Paris: Patriote Françoise 1792. First edition. Modern silk with gilt titles. Title page torn and repaired affecting a few words of the statement of responsibility and the quote below it small inked numeral foxing on a few leaves; else contents very good in an excellent binding. 114 pp. Sm. 8vo. Covers the slave insurrections in Haiti. OCLC shows only nine copies. Sabin 75161. Cundall 417. LCP. Afro-Americana 9128. Martin & Walter. Révolution française: IV/2 9677. Patriote Françoise unknown books
Grande e bella carta geografica della Repubblica Dominicana (cm. 113 x 163), litografata a colori e montata su tela. Nella parte superiore sono riportati (in spagnolo e francese): “Signos y abreviaturas convencionales” - Escalas <br> 1:400,000 <br> 4 km. por cm. Nella parte inferiore figurano: “Carte générale de Port-Au-Prince - Tabla de distancias, República de Haiti - Mapa de las tierras del golfo de México y del mar Caribe - Distancia entre las ciudades más importantes en las carreteras principales (Duarte - Sanchez - Mella) - Plano de Ciudad Trujillo”. “Durante la llamada ‘Era de Trujillo’ se produjeron varios mapas generales de la isla de Santo Domingo. De 1938 data el primero de los dos mapas de gran tamaño, a escala 1:400,000 que mostraban la división política de la isla, tanto en provincias en la parte dominicana, como en departamentos en la parte haitiana”. Qualche alone, abras. e picc. mancanze ai soli margini bianchi, altrimenti esempl. ben conservato.
235784Paris, Imprimerie nationale, 1791 in-8, titre, 74 pp., demi-chagrin Bradel fauve (reliure moderne).
Footnotes, Glossary of Creole terms referring to Voudoun, References, Index. Black and white photographic plates. Diagrams. Voudoun is the religion, primarily African in origin, of the vast majority of the inhabitants of the Republic of Haiti. This work "Delineates this cult as an experienced and comprehended initiation into the mysteries of man's harmony within himself and with the cosmic process." - Editor's Foreword. Average wear to publisher's blue cloth decorated with gilt upon front board. Unnmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this fascinating reference. Book
156230Paris, Plon, 1874 2 vol. in-8, XXXIV-512 pp. et 559 pp., portrait-frontispice, index, bradel demi-percaline cyan, couv. cons. (rel. post.). Légères rousseurs.
224768Paris, Plon et Cie, 1874 2 vol. in-8, 512 pp. et 559 pp., index, portrait (par Faivre-Duffer) en frontispice, demi-chagrin noir, dos à nerfs orné (rel. de l'époque). Qqs rousseurs. Il manque la préface. Bon exemplaire.
240573Paris, Plon et Cie, 1874 2 vol. in-8, XXXIV-512 pp. et 559 pp., index, portrait (par Faivre-Duffer) en frontispice, demi-chagrin bleu nuit, dos à nerfs (reliure de l'époque). Dos un peu frotté. Soulignures crayon.
Features: Satanism and the World Order - Professor Gilbert Murray explains how "The spirit of hatred, which rejoiced in any wide-spread disaster that was also a disaster to the world's rulers, is perhaps more rife today than it has been for a thousand years"; Santo Domingo - The Land of Bullet-Holes - Photo-illustrated article by Harry A. Franck describes how, crossing between Haiti and Santo Domingo, he found striking differences in the two peoples; Paradise Shares (fiction); The Making of a Book-Collector - William Harris Arnold; From a Door-Step in Leinster (Life in small Irish towns), I. The Door-Step, II. A Girl for the Kitchen; The Strange Paumotu Atolls - Frederick O'Brien describes his visit; Aaron Harwood (fiction); The Tide of Affairs - Comment on the times; Quaint Old Boston - Photo-illustrated article; Georgios Venizelos and Hellas; Her Promised Land (fiction); Mecca's Revolt Against the Turk - An explanation of current difficulties in the Middle East subsequent to Emir Feisal setting himself up as king of all Syria in March, 1920 - article with photos of Mecca, Medina, T.E. Lawrence, and The Emir Feisal; The Success of the Season - Theatre business is growing; Musical Adventures of the Season; Where is America Going? - The third (and final) letter by American reporter Webb Waldron to Bernard Roberval, French historian and philosopher; Investment and Banking; Colour frontispiece illustration "The Painted Desert", by Albert Groll. pp. 289-432, 56 [ads]. Includes a particularly wonderful assortment of nostalgic ads, with full-page color ads for Old Colony Trust Company of Boston (featuring John Hull, the mint master of the Massachusetts Bay Colony), W. & J. Sloane (rugs) of Fifth Ave., NYC, Indestructo Trunks, The Jordan Silhouette motor car, The Templar Motor Company, Mercer Motors Company, The Pantasote Company, Macbeth-Evans Glass Company, Kellogg's Krumbled Bran, G-E (General Electric) Fans, Davey Tree Surgeons, and Beech-Nut Ginger Ale. Somewhat above-average external wear. Contents clean and unmarked. Binding intact. Lacking back cover. A sound copy of this fascinating and informative vintage issue. Book
8754P., Charles Blot, sans date (1891). Fort in 8 demi-chagrin dos à nerfs. Avec gravures, illustrations, plans, cartes et vues dans le texte et une carte coloriée de l’île d’Haïti. XVI-393-402 pp.
179235978Paris: De L'Imprimerie du Patriote François 1792. First edition. Cloth with gilt titles. Amateur repair of quarter-size hole on title page darkening several words faint foxing pencil annotations else a very good copy. 15 pp. Sm. 8vo. Caption title: Faits Relatifs aux Troubles de Saint-Domingue presentes au Comite Colonial en Vertu d'un Decret de I'Assemblee nationale par M. Bore citoyen et planteur de Saint-Domingue. Date supplied in manuscript. Memoirs of a planter from 1789 to 1791. OCLC shows only seven copies. Sabin 6423. Garrett French Colonial Question 153. Bissainthe M. Dict. de bib. haïtienne 4837. Catalogue de l'histoire de France VIII p. 733: 400. De L'Imprimerie du Patriote François hardcover books
1892643861892. 2 Vols. Port-Au-Price 1892. Complete set. 2 Vols. Port-Au-Price 1892. Complete set. Nineteenth-Century Haitian Codes Haiti. Pradine Linstant d. 1884 Editor. Les Codes Haitiens Annotes Contenant 1 La Conference des Articles Entre Eux 2 Sous Chaque Article Les Titres des Lois et Actes Tant Anciens que Nouveaux qui les Expliquent Les Completent les Modifient Les Arrets du Tribunal de Cassation 3 Une Table Generale et une Table Analytique et Alphabetique des Matieres. Port-Au-Price: Chez A. L. de Pradine 1892. Two volumes. cvi 484; lxiv 279 pp. Complete set. Octavo 9" x 6". Recent cloth printed title labels to spines. Light toning to text internally clean. Ex-library. Stamps to title pages. An attractive set. $450. Later edition. Pradine's were the standard annotated editions of the nineteenth century. Volume I: Code Civile and Constitution de la Republique de Haiti; Volume II: Code de Procedure Civile Code de Commerce. OCLC locates 13 copies in North America 11 in law libraries. unknown
1892643861892. 2 Vols. Port-Au-Price 1892. Complete set. 2 Vols. Port-Au-Price 1892. Complete set. Nineteenth-Century Haitian Codes Haiti. Pradine Linstant d. 1884 Editor. Les Codes Haitiens Annotes Contenant 1 La Conference des Articles Entre Eux 2 Sous Chaque Article Les Titres des Lois et Actes Tant Anciens que Nouveaux qui les Expliquent Les Completent les Modifient Les Arrets du Tribunal de Cassation 3 Une Table Generale et une Table Analytique et Alphabetique des Matieres. Port-Au-Price: Chez A. L. de Pradine 1892. Two volumes. cvi 484; lxiv 279 pp. Complete set. Octavo 9" x 6". Recent cloth printed title labels to spines. Light toning to text internally clean. Ex-library. Stamps to title pages. An attractive set. $450. Later edition. Pradine's were the standard annotated editions of the nineteenth century. Volume I: Code Civile and Constitution de la Republique de Haiti; Volume II: Code de Procedure Civile Code de Commerce. OCLC locates 13 copies in North America 11 in law libraries. unknown books
Pages 91-176 plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: My Tiger-Hunting Adventures in India; Adventures of Newspaper-Man, Frederic Martyn (part 2); Canada's New Wonderland - new railway in the neighbourhood of the Yellowhead Pass runs from Edmonton to Prince Rupert - article with great photos; The Raid - author brings down a Gotha; A Woman's Travels in Unknown Asia - part 4 - major article of times spent in China with many fascinating photos, including a 3-year-old couple engaged to be married!; Choking An Alligator; In a Cauldron of Fire; Lost in a Limestone Cave; Treed by a Leopard - a missionary's story of a Chinese farmer's terrible predicament; Through Holland in a Canal Boat - article with lovely photos; The Winter Tragedy of the Yellowstone - Corporal Thomas M. Connery recounts the life of the Yellowstone Mounted Police and the nerve-wracking, monotonous life of the winter guard, which led to a terrible tragedy; Photo of the smallest boot in the world; The Catching of "Black Abyss" - involves Australian horseman Harry Pitt; The Fatal Curve - rail coach goes down an embankment; A Fateful Night - adventures in the west - where revolvers settled disputes and vigilance committees made quick work of trials; My Experiences in the "Black Republic' - wild tales from Haiti (Hayti) "where complete savagery has been permitted until even recent years; My Adventures with African Wild Dogs - savage and cunning creatures of which little is known; The Bushranger - adventures involving a crook in the Australian goldfields; The "Water Trees" of the Soudan - the amazing Tebeldi tree - article with photos; Photo of large fruit tree being gassed beneath a large canvas to kill pests; Interesting back cover ad for Haywood's Tire Surgery features illustrations of Richard A. Oldham of Illinois and E.T. Buchmann of Chicago. Above-average wear. Covers detached but present. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
Pages 612-634. Features: Cover illustration at Herreshoff's Yard, Bristol, Rhode Island, of the launching of "Columbia," built to defend "America's" Cup against "Shamrock"; Our Opportunities; This Busy World; Photos of Men of the Day - A.J. Cassatt of the Pennsylvania Railroad, W.W. Keen of the American Medical Association, and Henry O. Havemeyer; Photos and brief obituaries for "Waltz King" Johann Strauss and Richard Parks Bland; Photo of Captain H.E. Nichols, U.S.N. who commanded the U.S.S. "Monadnock"; Photos from the Philippines of - General Lawton at the Battle of Baliuag, General MacArthur on the Skirmish Line, Colonel Summers and staff leaving Baliuag with six battalions, General Lawton in his field HQ at Angat, Colonel Summers's troops on the march, Colonel Summers's command advancing to the Battle of Moasin; The Philippine Revolt - The Santa Cruz Expedition; An English Mother (poem); The Fifth Annual Lake Mohonk Arbitration Conference; Image of the French cruiser "SFAX" bringing Captain Dreyfuss home for retrial; Full page illustration "A Faro Game at El Paso"; A Curious Coincidence; A Queen's Charity; London; Two-page centerfold illustration of the North Atlantic Squadron in the Harbor of Cape Haitien, Island of Haiti "A Visit From the Natives"; Hawaiian America - lengthy article with Oahu, Hawaii, Maui and Kauai; Amateur Sport - baseball article with many photos of college players; The Conspirators (continued); Illustration "Forced Inspiration" by Peter Newell on back cover. Great vintage ads. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A quality copy. Magazine
91 pages plus many pages of wonderful vintage ads. Features: A detailed narrative of General Korniloff's 300 mile Escape from the Austrians back to the Russian lines; Some Exciting Experiences with Rhinos, by J.A. Jordan - with photos; Hindengerg's Death Trap - a terrible tragedy befalls the Russian armies amid the Masurian Lakes; The Pygmy People of Mount Marviveles in the Phillipines - the Negritos, or "little Negroes" - with photos; The Vengeance of Eugene Ristori - The Five-Year Story of a Corsican Murder Vendetta which ends in Panama; The House of the Chained Bear - a night of terror in the wilds of Transcaucasia; On the Borders of Tibit - Part 2, by Reginald Farrer, with nice photos; The Three Scarlet Feathers - the terrible experience of a white man who got into the black books of Voodoo people in Hayti (Haiti); A Flying Man in South Africa - Part 3 of John G. Barron's adventures - illustrated; My Experiences as a "Wild Girl" - Carl L. Thompson of Seattle and his strange job; Round Labrador and Hudson Bay - Part 4 - E.W. Hawkes' adventures, with great Eskimo photos; The Snake-Charmer's Vengeance - Alexander Feely recounts a circus tale; Our Catch - an extract from the diary of a Lieutenant of Alpine Chasseurs which describes how six Alpine Chasseurs bluffed three hundred Huns, with eight officers, into surrendering without a fight. Photo of Shrovetide Football at Ashbourne in Derbyshire. Harris-Goar Jewelry ad on back cover. Nice ad for Baseball Magazine Co. Great full-page ad for Canada Steamship Lines. Above-average external wear. Binding intact. Bit of writing atop front cover. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
237943Paris, Imprimerie de Dondey-Dupré, 1821 in-8, viij pp., 56 pp., dérelié
209321Paris, Plon et Cie, 1874 2 vol. in-8, XXXIV-512 pp. et 559 pp., index, portrait (par Faivre-Duffer) en frontispice, demi-chagrin prune, dos à nerfs, filets dorés (rel. de l'époque). Dos un peu passés, qqs rousseurs mais bon exemplaire.
240712Paris, Plon et Cie, 1874 2 vol. in-8, XXXIV-512 pp. et 559 pp., index, portrait (par Faivre-Duffer) en frontispice, demi-maroquin noir, dos à nerfs, tranches marbrées (reliure de l'époque).
1370628Poitiers: Amis de la Poésie, 1933 in-16, frontispice, 248 pages, illustrations de l'auteur dans le texte. Broché, couv. illustrée. Edition originale, un des 100 ex. numérotés (N° 78). Envoi. Très bon état. RARE.