[MARTINIQUE].Livre Rare Book
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1890LBW-8885S.l., [vers 1890]. Planche cartonnée (87 x 62,5 cm).
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
18249443Paris, Ladvocat, 25 mars 1824 (Imprimerie de J. Pinard) ; in-12 ; demi-chagrin bleu-marine, dos à nerfs orné de roulettes décoratives de style romantique, fleurons à froid, filet doré sur les plats, plats de couverture marron illustrés conservés, non rogné (reliure fin XIXe-début XXe) ; 172 pp. y compris le faux-titre et le titre ; au verso du faux-titre on lit "Publié au profit d'un établissement de charité".
1853GITg926Ensemble de 91 lettres manuscrites originales de divers formats et longueurs, rédigées par différentes personnes, en diverses communes de la Martinique, adressées à Louis-Henri de Gueydon alors qu'il était Gouverneur de cette île. A l'exception de quelques lettres de particuliers, les auteurs sont l'Evêque de Fort-de-France et Saint-Pierre Etienne Le Herpeur et les membres de Conseils Municipaux. Elles sont datées et écrites en grande majorité de Fort-de-France, Saint-Pierre, Bellevue, Le Marin, Macouba, Saint-Esprit, La Trinité, Port d'Espagne, Le Lamentin, L prêcheur, Les Trois Ilets, Les Anses d'Arlets, Le François. Une partie de ces lettres fut adressée au Comte de Gueydon au moment de la naissance de son fils Henri (1854-1907) à Fort-de-France; l'autre partie fut composée lorsque le Comte de Gueydon quitta son poste. Toutes reflètent à quel point il était apprécié et un grand nombre rappelle tout ce qu'il mit en oeuvre pour la prospérité de la Martinique: juste répartition et encaissement des impôts, développement de l'agriculture grâce à l'immigration indienne, défense et développement de l'industrie sucrière, travaux d'intérêt général pour les vagabonds et certains condamnés, aménagement de routes et ponts, d'un bassin de carénage, développement de l'instruction et campagnes de vaccination (avec le concours de Mgr Etienne). Son oeuvre la plus remarquable étant la construction d'un canal permettant à la rivière de Case Navire (aujourd'hui Schoelcher) d'alimenter Fort-de-France en eau potable.
183541420London: Published by Edmund Fry 1835. 2 viii 112 pp. Original cloth rebacked. Title stamped in gilt on upper cover. Frontis engraving with tissue guard of black children in school taught by elegantly dressed white teachers; and with several signs: "The Day of Our Freedom August 1st 1834" engraved by J. Crosland; "That Which I See Not Teach Thou Me"; "Shew Me Thy Ways O Lord Teach Me Thy Paths." Occasional foxing Good plus. <br /> <br /> A scarce work issued to celebrate the abolition of slavery in British colonies with the Slavery Abolition Act passed in 1833 and going into effect on 1 August 1834. "On the memorable day when British Colonial Slavery ceased the 'Peckham Negro's Friend and Instruction Society' held a special meeting with a view to 'signalizing the day of Negro Emancipation by some act of Christian benevolence" and accordingly came to the unanimous resolution of undertaking 'the charge of an Adult School to be established in the island of Jamaica. The necessary steps were taken to effect this design; and it is the hope of aiding the the extension of its practical usefulness which has prompted a few individuals who have long felt deeply interested in the Negro's cause to collect into a small volume such poems as may be within their reach written for the most part in special commemoration of the abolition of Slavery and to apply the profit if any to the furtherance of the object before described."<br /> The authors of most of these poems have signed with their initials only. This is the first edition.<br /> LCP 2587. Published by Edmund Fry unknown
182335353London 1823. Four works in one volume 8vo. Collations as below. Contemporary half calf and marbled paper covered boards flat spine tooled in gilt and blind<br/> <br/>Sammelband of pamphlets relating to the West Indian sugar trade.<br/> <br/>Comprising the following: 1 Larpent Sir George. On Protection to West-India Sugar . Second Edition Corrected and Enlarged. London: Printed for J.M. Richardson 1823. 159 1pp. Sabin 39068. 2 Macaulay Zachariah East and West India Sugar or a Refutation of the Claims of the West India Colonists to a Protecting Duty on East India Sugar. London: Printed for Lupton Relfe 1823. 2 viii 128pp. Sabin 42951. 3 Macaulay Zachariah A Letter to William W. Whitmore Pointing out some of the Erroneous Statements contained in a Pamphlet by Joseph Marryat entitled "A Reply to the Arguments contained in Various Publications Recommending an Equalisation of the Duties on East and West India Sugars." London: for Lupton Relfe 1823. 2 38pp. Sabin 42953. 4 Marryat Joseph. A Reply to the Arguments recommending an Equalization of the Duties on East & West Indian Sugar . second edition. London: for J.M. Richardson 1823. 111 1pp. Sabin 44708. A nice group of pamphlets focusing on the equalisation debate; i.e. an abolition argument that sugar growers in the East Indies were at a disadvantage to their counterparts in the West Indies due to the latter's use of slavery. unknown books
1825115991825 Paris J. Carez, Verdière, Bossange 1825; in-folio en feuilles de 1 feuillet (Table) et 61 sur 63 cartes ou tableaux à double page en couleurs + feuillets " bis" de texte en noir. Ensemble placé dans un carton ancien usagé au dos renforcé. Petites déchirures sans manque en marge de plusieurs planches non rognées, rousseurs en marge de nombreuses planches, quelques traces de mouillure angulaire à plusieurs planches, trace de pli au centre de chaque planche double. les gravures et coloris sont frais. Ensemble de cartes consacré aux deux Amériques du Nord et du Sud et aux Caraïbes et Antilles.
181112036Paris, Arthus-Bertrand, 1811. In-8 de (6)-494 pp., demi-veau olive, dos lisse orné, pièce de titre en maroquin rouge (Ateliers Laurenchet).
1836022178Dover NH: J.T. Gibbs Publisher 1836. Quarter Leather. Poor. Folio. Quarter leather with marbled boards. Large folio. Bound volume of the Dover New Hampshire newspaper the Dover Gazette and Strafford Advertiser comprising of every weekly issue spanning from December 1 1835 to November 22 1836. Of particular note are many articles recounting events of the Battle of the Alamo in Texas. The first account appears in an early April issue of the paper reporting on what a New Orleans newspaper reported. After this short account longer articles appear documenting more of the battle the events and other news from fighting in Texas. These appear sporadically throughout the rest of the volume. For example the May 3 issue reports news from the Texas Telegraph which prints the names of those dead in the attack mentioning David Crockett James Bowie and many others. Many other articles on battles in the Texas Revolution also appear throughout as well as other news relating to it. Other news in the paper reports on a massacre of crew of the whaling ship Awashonks; the a brief account of the building of a Mormon temple in Kirtland Ohio; the Florida War with the Seminole; a massacre in Hawaii; news on insurrections of enslaved people in Kentucky and New Orleans; a piece on Sam Houston etc. POOR condition. Ex-library with minor stamping. Covers and first several blank endpapers DETACHED. Covers scuffed faded and worn especially along the extremities. Other than the first several endpapers the text block is solid and clean. One or two papers have an ownership signature in ink on the top of the page. J.T. Gibbs, Publisher unknown
183515827Renduel Paris 1835 2 vol. 2 vol. in-8 de VII 390 pp. et 394 pp., veau glacé de l'époque, dos lisse orné, pièces de titre, gardes intérieures renouvelées (accroc à la coiffe inférieure du tome I).
180310561Desenne, Petit, Le Normant, Veuve Dufresne Paris an XI -1803 2 vol. 2 volumes in-8 de 2 ff.n.ch. 326 pp. XL (notes) et VIII 358 pp. 1 f.n.ch.; demi-veau de l'époque, dos lisse richement orné de motifs et palette dorés, pièces de titre et de tomaison, tranches jaunes.
1848BB1404Brussels and Leipzig: Carl Muquardt 1848. First Edition thus. Near Fine. Translated into German by Dr. Heinrich Berghous. Imperial 8vo: x2382pp with 24 tissue-guarded hand-colored plates. Contemporary quarter calf flat spine in five compartments lettered and decorated in gilt stamped in blind; marbled covers edges and end papers. An excellent copy binding tight and unmarred moderate foxing mostly marginal to about half of text leaves but plates completely clean and richly colored. Continental editions of Catlin are quite scarce and this offers reduced-scale versions of the plates in the North American Indian Portfolio at a fraction of the cost. Howes C 243b. Sabin 11539. Pilling 684. Graff 630. First German Edition published originally in different form in London 1841 a hybrid of Catlin's two best known works Letters and Notes on the Manners Customs and Condition of the North American Indians 1841 and North American Indian Portfolio 1844. The text of this edition is an abridged version of Letters and Notes while most of the plates are scaled-down versions of the large folio plates of the Indian Portfolio. "As graphic delineations of Indian hunting and dancing scenes these plates rank next to those of Bodmer." Howes N. B. With few exceptions always identified we only stock books in exceptional condition carefully preserved in archival removable polypropylene sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. Carl Muquardt unknown
1861100126<p>Group of three daily diaries for 1861 1863 1865 and two others for 1866 and 1867. Together five diaries. Various places: 1861-1867. Each 12mo morocco wallet style bindings four black one red. Diaries for 1861 and 1863 in pencil others combination of pencil and ink. All bindings are worn 1863 is more so and a couple have some tears along edges and hinges. The 1866 diary has more significant wearm and some cracks along the edges. Group of 10 pages are loose in 1863. Condition of writing varies but generally fairly legible. Overall the group is in very good condition.Herrick was from Syracuse New York and served in Company D of the 110th Regiment of the New York Volunteers. However information from the National Park Service archive suggest he served with the 12 Regiment out of New York. He appears to have served during the siege at Port Hudson and did garrison duty at the infamous Union prison Fort Jefferson in Florida. The first diary covers his enlistment in April 1861 to the end of that year. The diary describes training and the trip to Washington where the regiment was reviewed by President Lincoln. It appears that in July 1861 he was discharged for medical reasons but for some reason he re-inlisted in August 1862. The diary for 1863 covers the entire year and includes descriptions of the siege and assault on Port Hudson. Herrick seems to have been ill during this period and stayed in camp a lot. In February 1864 Herrick and the 110th began garrison duty at Fort Jefferson the much reviled Union prison located on Garden Key Island in the Gulf of Mexico. While Herrick’s descriptions often seem somewhat monotonous the weather his health which ships came in his impressions of various drills this diary is one of very few first hand accounts inside the prison. There are some interesting entries including a prison detail discovering coffins while digging a foundation for a new building an officer arrested for selling whiskey to prisoners and a prisoner being "strung up" for stealing. Perhaps the most significant content of this diary is related to Lincoln’s assassination. In an entry on April 22nd a ship brings news to the prison "they had three prisoners slung up for rejoicing over it" Then in an entry dated July 24th the naval transport Florida brought three of the Lincoln assassination conspirators Samuel Arnold Michael O’Laughlin and Dr. Samuel Mudd to the prison. This prison wasn’t known for kindly treatment of prisoners the weather usually very hot and humid and the place was infested with bugs and misquotes. The food was what you would expect and Samuel Arnold was reported to have said the meat was so rotten "dogs ran from it." nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers</p> books
1841009470No Place: Notes on Gunpowder Percussion Powder; Cannon and Projectiles 1841. Half Leather. Fair/No Jacket. No place: 1841. Half leather with dark brown pebbled cloth. 75 pp. Black and white illustrations in text throughout. A technical discussion on gunpowder measuring ballistics cannons and their manufacture the use of metals in various projectiles etc. This includes a look at the composition of gunpowder and variations for different applications aspects of different metals and other substances an illustrated look at the manufacturing and testing of cannons ways of measuring ballistics with illustrations etc. Printed via lithograph from handwritten manuscript. Knowlton served as a professor at the United States Military Academy helping to teach mathematics as well as artillery. This particular copy bears pencil corrections pencil brackets and the word 'omit' next to several passages perhaps indicating this was a proof or editor's copy of some sort. FAIR/GOOD condition slightly ex-library bearing a 'torpedo station' stamp in the interior and in gilt on the spine with call numbers at the foot of the spine. Heavy scuffing and some gouging to the leather along the hinges spine and corners with superficial loss. General fading some staining and minor discoloration. Light soiling. Last name in large ink script on the title page with a few other ink notes spots etc. to the first two pages. Leaf 45/46 with heavy ink spots hatches slightly obscuring the text in places. Heavy foxing to the paper with a large dampstain affecting the lower corner. Several pages with tears and chipping along the edges with mostly minor loss. Large rice paper repair to the leaf 71/72 with the fore edge margins of the last 2 pages bearing extensive loss of paper. Notes on Gunpowder, Percussion, Powder; Cannon and Projectiles unknown
180341822A Parme, imprimé par Bodoni, 1803. Petit in-8 de (8)-61 pp. 1 feuillet blanc, basane blonde, dos lisse orné, pièce de titre en maroquin rouge, roulette dorée sur les plats (reliure de l'époque).
181014534Arthus Bertrand Paris 1810 2 vol. 2 vol. in-8 de 2 ff.n.ch. XLVII 315 pp. 1 f.n.ch. (errata) et 2 ff.n.ch. 324 pp. 1 f.n.ch. (errata), demi veau vert empire moderne, dos lisse richement orné, pièces de titre et de tomaison, tranches jaunes.
