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Wroth, Warwick, And Arthur Edward WrothBiblio.com

The London Pleasure Gardens Of The Eighteenth Century In Fine Binding By Bayntun Of Bath

Wright, Marie RobinsonBiblio.com

Picturesque Mexico Inscribed By Author To Her "Dear Friend" Ms. Emerson Also With A Studio Photograph By Antonio Cordero Of Mexico City Inscribed To Mrs. Emerson By Col. Quintas Mexican Army Dated March 24Th 1898 Also With A Mounted Studio Full Length Portrait Of A Ladt Possibly Mrs. Emerson Signed Feldman 1902 Possibly By Fred J. Feldman Of El Paso

1897036243Philadelpha: J. B. Lippincott Company / Fred J Feldman 1897. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good. Photographs Throughout; Two Original Studio Photographs. 445 Pp. Gray Cloth Gilt All Edges Gilt. First Printing. Also With 8 1/4" X 5 1/4" Studio Photograph Of An Officer In Uniform Inscribed "Truly Your Friend. Col. Quintas. Mex. Army. March 24Th 1896" Photograph Mounted On Card Gilt Edges Verso With Printed Information Of Antonio Codero Fotografo Callejonde La Olla Num. 6 Mexico. Also With A 6 1/8" X 3" Formal Portrait Photograph Of A Seated Lady Signed In Pencil "Feldman 1902" Possibly By Fred J. Feldman Of The Stout-Feldman Studio Active In El Paso As The Bushong Studio 1895- And Later As Feldman And Stout-Feldman. Book With All Gilt Bright Covers Worn And Lightly Soiled With Fraying At Corners And Broken Hinges At Endpapers. Quintas Photograph With Crease / Crack Across Lower Image Lady's Photograph Fine. Per Wikipedia Marie Robinson Wright Née Robinson; May 4 1853 - February 1 1914 Was An American Travel Writer Of The Long Nineteenth Century. She Was Elected Member Of Learned Societies In Various Parts Of The World; And Served As A Special Delegate Or Representative To International Expositions. It Was However As An Observer And Especially As A Writer That Wright Gained Her Fame. Her Books Were Written About Brazil Bolivia Chile Peru And Mexico. These Volumes Were Generous Octavos Well Illustrated And Filled With Facts Gathered Chiefly From Authoritative Sources Or Confirmed By Her Own Observations. In 1895 With Her Daughter Ida Dent Wright For Her Sole Companion She Went To Mexico. Secretary Of Foreign Affairs Ignacio Mariscal And President Porfirio Díaz Were Already Her Warm Admirers And It Was To Them She Went With Her Plans. Both These Executives Furnished Her With Letters To Every Governor In Mexico And The President Ordered Not Only A Military Escort Wherever Needed But That Special Trains And Steamboat Facilities Should Be Given Her Throughout The Country. Then She Spent A Year In Thoroughly Inspecting And Studying The Country. Besides Thousands Of Miles Of Railway And Steamboat Traveling Wright And Her Daughter Went Nearly 900 Miles 1400 Km In Mountain Regions On Mules Attended By Military Escort And Penetrating Regions Where None But Indigenous Women Had Been Seen Previously. The Result Of Her Experiences Was Put In A Large Illustrated Book On Mexico Which Was The Most Comprehensive And Beautiful Book On Mexico Ever Written In Any Language And Which Was Ordered In Advance By 8000 Mexican Officials. <br/> <br/> J. B. Lippincott Company / Fred J Feldman hardcover

Arroyo Seco Books · États-Unis99,23 $US≈ 83,96 €

WR ELLIS W RBiblio.com

1888 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER HANDWRITTEN BY AN ALABAMA MAN 'WEDDED' TO OLD SOUTHERN THEOLOGICAL DOGMA NOW SEEKING SPIRITUAL ENLIGHTENMENT FROM A MADISON COUNTY MEDIUM

18880002441MADISON COUNTY ALABAMA HUNTSVILLE. Very Good. 1888. On offer is an interesting original 19th Century manuscript letter handwritten by W.R. Ellis who writes to Alabama spiritualist and medium Herman Snow 1812-1905. The letter offers a fascinating insight to local contemporary beliefs. The writer asks for a copy of an address by "Prof A R Wallace" titled "If a man dies shall he live again" He writes: ".most especially do I desire to read what he has to say upon the proof afforded by Spiritualism of a natural immortality." "I am in a section of our country wedded to old theological dogmas. I see nothing and know nothing of the claims of spiritualism. Can you not 'minister to my needs' by sending me something of his lectures that can enlighten me" 2pp 5" x 8". VG cond.; Manuscript; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF W.R. ELLIS HERMAN SNOW MADISON COUNTY ALABAMA DIFFERENCES IN SOUTHERN SOCIETIES THE DEEP SOUTH HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA POST CIVIL WAR SOUTHERN AMERICANA SPIRITUALISM REV HERMAN SNOW W R ELLIS SPIRITUALIST MEDIUM OCCULT THEOLOGY RELIGION VERSUS SPIRITUALISM SPIRITUALISM IN THE BIBLE BELT IMMORTALITY REINCARNATION REBIRTH HANDWRITTEN HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG PRIMARY SOURCE FIRST HAND ACCOUNT SOCIAL HISTORY PERSONAL STORIES LIVING HISTORY ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPELBIOGRAPHY BIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY PERSONAL NARRATIVES . unknown

Katz Fine Manuscripts Inc. · Canada955,99 $US≈ 808,86 €

Wordsworth, Christopher; Over 350 Wood Engravings, 28 Steel Engravings, By Copley Fielding, F Creswick, D Cox, Paul Huet, MeissoBiblio.com

Greece. Pictorial Descriptive And Historical

1839052209London: William S. Orr & Co. 1839. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Xxiii 356 Pp. First Printing 1839. Full Morocco Gilt And Stamped In Blind Yellow Endpapers All Edges Gilt. Plates Tissue Guards With Subject Titles. Slight Usage Tiny Repairs To Corners Furbished. Captions Printed On The Tissue Guards. Binding Is Early Or Original Wear But Nicely Refurbished New Morocco Spine Label Hinges Intact And Solid. Contents Very Clean Light Foxing To A Few Plates But Almost All Are Entirely Clean And With Clean Intact Tissue Guards. Wordsworth Was The Youngest Son Of The Rev. Dr. Christopher Wordsworth Master Of Trinity And A Nephew Of The Poet William Wordsworth. He Was The Younger Brother Of The Classical Scholar John Wordsworth And Charles Wordsworth Bishop Of Saint Andrews Dunkeld And Dunblane. He Was Educated At Winchester And Trinity Cambridge. Like His Brother Charles He Was Distinguished As An Athlete As Well As For Scholarship. He Won The Chancellor's Gold Medal For Poetry In 1827 And 1828. He Became Senior Classic And Was Elected A Fellow And Tutor Of Trinity In 1830; Shortly Afterwards He Took Holy Orders. He Went For A Tour In Greece In 1832-1833 And Published Various Works On Its Topography And Archaeology The Most Famous Of Which Is "Wordsworth's" Greece 1839. In 1836 He Became Public Orator At Cambridge And In The Same Year Was Appointed Headmaster Of Harrow A Post He Resigned In 1844. In 1844 Sir Robert Peel Appointed Him As A Canon Of Westminster 1844-1869. He Was Vicar Of Stanford In The Vale Berkshire 1850-1869 And Archdeacon Of Westminster 1864-1869. In 1869 Benjamin Disraeli Appointed Him Bishop Of Lincoln Which He Retained Until His Death In 1885. <br/> <br/> William S. Orr & Co. hardcover

Arroyo Seco Books · États-Unis339,79 $US≈ 287,50 €