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19010002413ABOARD THE USTS ENTERPRISE. Good. 1901. On offer is a super group of four 4 folio manuscript logbooks 2 and exercise books 2 handwritten and compiled by Navy cadet Herman T. Parker who served aboard the United States Naval training ship USTS Enterprise between 1901 - 1902. Beginning under the command of Edward Merritt Hughes from June 1 1901 to Oct 12 1901 and then commanded by Edward David Taussig June 14 1902. Uniquely the group of four presents the historian and researcher of Naval education an opportunity to view the education alongside the performance as the official USTS Enterprise logs are filled with the standard data all sailors have recorded since the Age of Sail: weather winds nautical or ship observations position and status. There are any number of fascinating entries: the Prince and Princess of Norway boarding the Enterprise an encounter with the Russian Fleet a review by the Czar of Russia's Royal Yacht a German royal yacht in review and boarding ships; a number of exchanges with the British German and French Navy. There are many cases were the Enterprise encounters Fleets of the Russian Navy. Another interesting entry: "Port watch -went on liberty at 9 commanding officer made official calls on U.S. consul charge d'affaires Vice Admiral De Loviui Command of Port Vice Admiral Avalon Admiralty Molars." The cross-Atlantic includes ports in Scotland Copenhagen Denmark Saint Petersburg Russia Kiel Germany Antwerp Belgium Gravesend England Gibraltar Funchal Madeira before going back to Boston Massachusetts. The trip and education of a lifetime for this young man who by the end of the voyage would be an 'old salt'. The folio sized books have about 200 pages in total with writing. The books show some signs of ageing but overall G.; Manuscript; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF HERMAN T. PARKER 1ST EDITION ILLUSTRATED SIGNED HANDWRITTEN JOURNAL LOGBOOK DIARY LEDGER US NAVY RUSSIAN NAVY UNITED STATES NAVAL TRAINING SHIP USTS ENTERPRISE GERMANY GERMAN NAVY TRAVEL JOURNAL RUSSIAN NAVY NAVAL MANEUVERS ROYAL YACHTS MARINE MARINERS SAILORS MIDSHIPMEN NAUTICAL 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
18960002579NEW YORK CITY NY. Fair. 1896. On offer is an original 20 page manuscript typed and handwritten by Joseph G.C. Cottier 1874-1897. Titled "The Expression Of The General Equations Of Hydrodynamics In Terms Of Curvilinear Coordinates" which relates to his work and intense study of the science of hydromechanics. Cottier had read and mastered nearly all of the extensive and profoundly difficult literature of this science which has occupied the attention of the most eminent mechanicians during the past two centuries and this work is part of the fruits of his research. From the personal papers of Robert Simpson Woodward 1849-1924 American physicist and mathematician born at Rochester Michigan. He graduated C.E. at the University of Michigan in 1872 and was appointed assistant engineer on the United States Lake Survey. In 1882 he became assistant astronomer for the United States Transit of Venus Commission. In 1884 he became astronomer to the United States Geological Survey serving until 1890 when he became assistant in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. In 1893 he was called to Columbia as professor of mechanics and subsequently became professor of mathematical physics as well. He was dean of the faculty of pure science at Columbia from 1895 to 1905 when he became president of the Carnegie Institution of Washington whose reputation and usefulness as a means of furthering scientific research was widely extended under his direction. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1896. In 1898-1900 he was president of the American Mathematical Society and in 1900 president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 1915 he was appointed to the Naval Consulting Board. He died in 1924 in Washington D.C. Professor Woodward carried on researches and published papers in many departments of astronomy geodesy and mechanics. In the course of his work with the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey he devised and constructed the "iced bar and long tape base apparatus" which enables a base line to be measured with greater accuracy and with less expense than by methods previously employed. His work on the composition and structure of the earth and the variation of latitude found expression in a number of valuable papers. Titled and signed on verso 20 pages 8 x 13". Soiled. BIO NOTES: Joseph G.C. Cottier 1874-1897 Cottier was a graduate student in Columbia during the academic years 1895-7. The exceptionally rapid progress he made justified the expectation that he would soon become an original investigator of the first order in the domains of mathematical physics. Joseph Germains Charles Cottier was born in Jersey City N. J. May 29 1874. He was graduated from Stevens Institute of Technology with the degree of mechanical engineer in 1894. During the following year he was employed in engineering work partly by the East River Gas Company of New York and partly by the Blake Pump Company. Although successful in this work it proved of little interest to him and he resolved to turn his attention to studies which would lead him to an academic career. Accordingly he applied for and was awarded a scholarship in Columbia University and he entered the School of Pure Science in the autumn of 1895. He chose mechanics as his major subject and mathematics and education as minors. At the end of the academic year 1895-6 he was appointed fellow in mechanics and received the degree of A.M. Continuing his studies with marked proficiency he was reappointed Fellow in Mechanics at the close of the year 18967 and he expected to complete the work required for the doctorate degree during the present academic year. He had made a special study of the science of hydromechanics. He had read and mastered nearly all of the extensive and profoundly difficult literature of this science which has occupied the attention of the most eminent mechanicians during the past two centuries. He had already begun to produce original work in this field; and on departing in July last for Europe he left for publication papers on the equations of hydrodynamics in a form suitable for application to problems connected with the movements of the earth's atmosphere and on the expression of the general equations of hydrodynamics in terms of curvilinear coordinates. The first of these papers has been published in vol. XXV of the Monthly Weather Review of the United States Weather Bureau and the second will be published in the Mathematical Review. Personally Mr. Cottier was an exceedingly unassuming man and modest almost to shyness with respect to his own attainments. Because of these characteristics and by reason of incessant occupation with his studies few of his associates and few even of his instructors came to know him intimately. The few to whom he became well known however held him in highest esteem as well for his singularly gentle and courteous manliness as for the penetrating clearness and strength of his intellectual capacity. It is fitting in this connection to state that Mr. Cottier's parents have given his collection of treatises and papers on the mathematico-physical sciences to the library of the Department of Mechanics. They have thus founded a permanent memorial of their son's devotion to science and have at the same time shown his and their appreciation of the fellowship honors which Columbia had twice bestowed upon him. written by Prof. Robert S. Woodward in 1897. ; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF JOSEPH G.C. COTTIER SCIENCE SCIENTIFIC HYDRODYNAMICS CURVILINEAR COORDINATES COMPLEX MATHEMATICS OF ROBERT SIMPSON WOODWARD PHYSICS ENGINEERING MECHANICIANS MECHANICAL UNITED STATES TRANSIT OF VENUS COMMISSION JOSEPH GERMAINS CHARLES COTTIER AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL AMERICANA 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 PAPEL . unknown
19070002567MONTANA OTTUMWA IOWA SHERIDAN COUNTY DAKOTA. Very Good. 1907. On offer is an original significant historic record of late 1800s and early 1900s pioneer and western life being the original handwritten manuscript diary of a fascinating and eclectic Montana pioneer whose many job titles included lawman judge Civil War veteran teacher miner and newspaper editor Samuel Dow Bollinger 1848 - 1917. The 3½ x 6 inch 40 page book begins in 1907 though much is retrospective with annual entries through 1917. The last two entries of 1917 seem to indicate he was ill and likely died about that time. The first page or so gives history of his parents who had come from Pennsylvania writing entries covering his birth through the rest of his life and a very interesting life and one uniquely reflective of the times in which he lived. In the early 1860s he worked for a couple newspapers in Ottumwa; The Courier and The Mercury from 1866 - 1869 Bollinger and he also served with the US Army in the Dakota Territory. After the army Bollinger headed to Missouri marries his first wife and then in 1880 he moves to Montana where he joins the Odd Fellows Lodge at Virginia City. He did some freighting work for the railroad became justice of the peace at Sheridan County. He details several accounts of criminals that he encountered. Later he became an itinerant teacher at several different locations. In 1889 he founded and published a newspaper at Pueblo Colorado called "The Pueblo Democrat" - he adds that his partner W.G. Jackson who "beat him out of his interest and then let the paper die" runs for Supt. of Schools in 1890; in 1894 he is in Cripple Creek doing some mining and also working with a newspaper and publishing the "Daily Crusher"- then back to Missouri and then back to Montana in 1898 as Justice of the Peace again in 1904 at Sheridan County and the in 1913 he goes to Arkansas where it appears his life ended. Here are some snippets: Inside front cover: After I'm dead send the book to Emolyn Bowman or Mrs S.M. Hatfield Samuel Dow Bollinger Fifth Son of Simon P Bollinger and Ruth Bollinger Davis Born at Ottawa Iowa Oct 22 1848; Earliest recollection 1852 cut off sister Mary's Finger. 1852-1862 Helped father at carpentering and furniture making educated at public schools and private college in Ottawa. 1862-66 Worked at printing "Mercury" and "Currier "offices in Oltuwna. Walked to Dallas Co Iowa 125 miles and spent summer with uncle George Hills returned in fall and had first R.R. ride for Pella to Ottuma 60 miles. 1866 Drove an Ox train from Ottawa to Hamburg 1869 Worked passage on boat from New Orleans to La Grange MO than walked to Kirksville MO. 1866 Went to Hawsburg Iowa 200 miles in company with mother and sister Susan and her husband Ehias P Day worked on first issue of "Fremont Co Times" Published by Eaton Brothers. Went to Caldwell co Mo thence to Ottawa on foot. 1866-69 Served three years in US Army CO E 10th infantry at 71 Wadsworth now in N Dakota. 1870 Broke prairie with four yoke of oxen in Adams Co Missouri built frontier shop at Shars Mill and thought school at Ball Knob district 1871 Married to Mary M Vanlaningham 1872 Bought 40 arches of brush land taught school and cleared land until 78. 1881 Man killed by lighting near Sheridan found corpse in a box just as he been pecked up took him out washed and shaved him got clothes and coffin at county expense and buried him decently. 1882 Settled in Sheridan built frontier store and shop Esther came back from MO after burying a baby boy that was born during her visit of ten months. 1882 -1885 Served several terms as Justice of the Peace at Sheridan Montana disarmed John Mitchell a murderer and committed him to jail. Defied a masked mob from Laramie who came for the prisoner in the night in face of threats of personal violence turned over the man who shot Mitchell the leader of the mob eventually sent to prison. From the Great Falls Genealogical society: MITCHELL John Laurin MT shot Daniel Kane Mitchell was killed soon after he reached Sheridan MT March 12 1885. 1888 -Bad Man of the plains rode into the post office in Stuart issued warrant constables afraid Arrested him myself and committed him to Los Amias jail for 90 days broke up gang.' Overall G.; Manuscript; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF SAMUEL DOW BOLLINGER MONTANA PIONEER LAWMAN WILD WEST VETERAN TEACHER MINER NEWSPAPER EDITOR OTTUMWA IOWA SHERIDAN COUNTY DAKOTA TERRITORY PUEBLO COLORADO THE PUEBLO DEMOCRAT MONTANA TERRITORY WESTERN LAWMEN GENEALOGY AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL AMERICANA 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 PAPEL . hardcover
19350001270AROUND THE WORLD. Very Good. 1935. Full-Leather. On offer is the super beautifully printed diary specifically for the British Medical Association World Tour of 1935. This official diary was owned by Sir William Willcox as evidenced by the personal letters and other related ephemera in the book's pouch. The book contains the itinerary for every day of the tour with information and maps relating to places visited as well as all the travel and dining arrangements and travel tips given in detail. Space meant for the purpose and other blank spaces are used by the author many many pages of handwritten entries relating to the voyage the crew the other doctors and medical related observations and traded words of wisdom from other practitioners. Here are some biographical notes based on an online review of a biography of Sir William: The Detective-Physician: the Life and Work of Sir William Willcox by PHILIP H.A. WILLCOX London Heinemann Medical Books 1970 pp. xiv 332 illus. £3.50. In this book Dr. Philip Willcox has described the life and work of his father Sir William Willcox K.C.I.E. C.B. C.M.G. M.D. F.R.C.P. who was physician to St. Mary's Hospital from 1907 to 1935 and an expert forensic adviser to the Home Office from 1904 to 1941. It is much more than a work of filial piety. It describes a brilliant career she like of which is no longer to be seen in the modern world. As Dr. Willcox writesin his introduction: 'Here was the case of a man who without outside influence or financial support in his youth at first earned his living as a schoolmaster paid for his own medical education at St. Mary's Hospital at a time when there were no state sponsored scholarships qualified as a doctor became a Home Office pathologist and analyst consultant physician and lecturer in several subjects at his medical school.' Before the first world war Sir William Willcox gave evidence in twenty-five trialsfor murder or manslaughter including those of Crippen Steinie Morrison and Seddon. After the war he gave evidence in other famous trials and throughout the whole of these periods he was on the consultant staff of St. Mary's Hospital treating patients and teaching students and also running a large private practice in the West End of London. His retirement from the staff of St. Mary's was marked by a packed and emotional final ward-round about which the Dean the late Lord Moran wrote: 'What everybody thinks was shown by the turnout. I have never seen anything like it.'Sir William Willcox was born at Melton Mowbray in 1870 and throughout his life he indulged in the hobbies of a country squire: hunting hacking and shooting. In the sunset of his life I myself remember shooting with him when he was on a visit to my parents in Buckinghamshire. Sir William Wilcox first took a degree in chemistry and then taught chemistry for four years in a private school becoming a Fellow of the Institute of Chemistry. Clearly these years laid the foundation of his great knowledge of toxicology. He did not begin to study medicine until the age of twenty-five and he qualified with brilliant Honours in the London M.B. at the age of thirty. Soon Willcox joined the distinguished line of Home Office pathologists-Sir Thomas Stevenson Pepper Luff Webster-and in his turn he trained Spilsbury and Roche Lynch. It is interesting to record that all of Willcox's distinguished honours from the State were won on war service in World War I. He served with the Gallipoli expedition and in Mesopotamia where he made a great contribution to the recovery of the British Army from the early disasters of the campaign. Everyone who is immunised with TAB vaccine as I myself am each year should remember that this was pioneered by Willcox and Sir Robert Archibald. In 1918 General Sir Alfred Keogh the great Director-General of Army Medical Services in World War I who was honoured with the Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath a very singular honour for a medical man wrote to Willcox and cast his mind forward to the post-war period: 'To you and to me the great interest is of course the question of the national health its relation to national efficiency to housing to poverty and the relation of industrialism thereto. I have some-but not very stronghopes that the medical profession will come to realise that its part in these great questions is bigger than they have been in the habit of imagining. But we have to get away from the ideas that are so prevalent if not voiced that we are merely technical advisers and cannot like other professions produce leaders of men. I see little signthat "Public Health" is really recognised to be that which it is. All the talk is of sick benefit clubs halfcrowns for the practitioner and so on. The great things are forgotten.' Sir William Willcox was one of the first to be concerned about the problem of barbiturate addiction and in 1926 while engaged on this topic we find him writing: 'The BMA representatives are very obstinate and very difficult to deal with.' Plus Ca change plw c'est la meme chose. Sir William Wilcox lived in considerable style in Welbeck Street in the house where he had his private consulting rooms. He kept horses and rode every morning in Rotten Row. I remember a very senior general practitioner in the country just after World War II bemoaning the decline in standards of dress. He remarked that consultants now come to consultations in the country in small fast cars and wearing tweed jackets whereas Sir William Willcox used to be driven down from London by his chauffeur in a Rolls Royce car and wore a morning coat and top hat and 'the patients were very pleased to pay a guinea a mile for that'. Dr. Willcox has rightly eschewed any temptation to sensationalize the narrative of his father's great work in forensic medicine and in dealing with drug addiction. The facts stand on their own and the life and work of Sir William Willcox make fascinating reading. Unfortunately the book is somewhat marred by a considerable number of printing errors for example 'tetronal' is wrongly spelt on page 255 and Norman Kerr's name is wrongly spelt twice on page 284. What has happened to the proofreaders that all publishers used to employ But this small imperfection does not diminish the great interest of this biography and Dr. Willcox is to be warmly congratulated on it. E. GREY-TURNER. Unpaginated but very thick leather bound 13 x 21 cm and overall VG.; Manuscript; 8.25 x 5.25 OBLONG; POLICE ENFORCEMENT EXPERT TESTIMONY TRAVEL WORLD TOURS AROUND THE WORLD TRAVEL DOCTORS FORENSICS MEDICAL MEDICINE HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL PERSONAL HISTORY MEMOIR MEMORIAL DIARY JOURNAL DIARIES JOURNALS LOG LOGS KEEPSAKE Travel Steamships Steamers Trains Railroad . hardcover
18810008188HOLYOKE MASSACHUSETTS. Good. 1881. On offer is a rare manuscript from late 19th century Massachusetts. This municipal record book details the matters pertaining to a vital municipal Board in America's first planned industrial city. Measuring 10.5 inches by 8 inches it contains 143 pages and is 100% complete. The cover binding and pages are in good condition. The handwriting is legible. There are also several pages of notes and correspondence tucked inside. Located on the Connecticut River Holyoke MA was one of the first planned industrial communities in the United States. The city features rectilinear street grids which was a novelty in New England. In 1847 merchant investors began construction of dam and canal system along the Connecticut River. With this construction came an elaborate complex of mills and worker's housing which evolved into the city of today. As an interesting side note volleyball was invented here and Holyoke is home to the Volleyball Hall of Fame. To say that water and water management were important matters to the citizens of Holyoke would be an understatement. Its very existence its jobs and its prosperity were totally reliant on it. This gives an inkling into the importance of its Board of Water Commissioners. Hence this original ledger of the Holyoke Board of Water Commissioners is a vital piece of municipal history. Holyoke was home to numerous paper mills giving rise to its longtime nickname as the "Paper City." Among the many water-powered paper companies and mills referenced here include the Albion Paper Co. Union Paper Mfg. Co. Parsons Paper Co. Hampden Glazed Paper Co. Newton Paper Co. Excelsior Paper Co. etc. In 1888 Holyoke's paper industry spurred the foundation of the American Pad & Paper Company which is still one of the largest suppliers of office products in the world. Timothy Merrick the Town Clerk maintained this journal. The journal's entries chronicle all matters pertaining to the city's busy water board. At the time the board was active in extensive affairs ranging from dealings with companies such as the Connecticut River Railroad and Holyoke's many paper mills to bodies of water throughout the city. "Voted and approved 19 bills including payroll for Frely amounting to $575.44" p. 3; "On motion voted to allow Jolly Brothers to make connection with the City pipe and to use water the work to be done at their own expense buy under the supervision of the Supt. of the Works" p. 7; "Voted that the Registrar notify George D. Robinson Atty for P. Dolan that a hearing on his claim for damages for diverting Tannery Brook be held over Dec 19th at 2:30 p.m." p. 22; "Voted to loan to V.J. O'Donnell $1800 of mortgage on house on Price St." p. 23; "Voted to rebate to Parsons Paper Co on July $56.48 on August $14.03. Also to G Burnett $20.00 on Nov." p 46. The names of numerous Holyoke residents businesses landmarks street addresses intersections etc. can be found throughout journal. Also many other Holyoke based companies from other industries can be found throughout the pages of this early volume such as the Jolly Brothers custom iron and steel forgings Daniel O'Connell Farr Alpaca textile mill Tuttle Rubber Co. Valley Pipe Co. Crafts & Fraser Store etc. Various local charitable and religious organizations are mentioned such as the Sisters of Charity at Mount Saint Vincent. This is a very important historical document as this Board was for practical purposes the most important government body in the city. Political scientists and historians would find this a treasure trove. It is a perfect view of local government in action. Its detailed recording of actions taken and events responded to provide a rich history of the city and a fascinating view of how it worked in the late 19th century. It is an excellent resource for genealogists as it provides complete name details and other identifying information such as addresses.; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; KEYWORDS: 1881 HOLYOKE MASS HISTORY OF; 19TH CENTURY; 1880s; HOLYOKE MA; HAMPDEN COUNTY; MASSACHUSETTS; NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES; PAPER CITY; VOLLEYBALL HALL OF FAME; HOLYOKE BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS; TIMOTHY MERRICK; AMERICAN PAD AND PAPER COMPANY; INDUSTRIAL NEW ENGLAND; URBAN HISTORY; WATER MANAGEMENT IN THE 19TH CENTURY; HOLYOKE BUSINESSES; INDUSTRIES IN 19TH CENTURY HOLYOKE; GENEALOGY OF THE HAMPDEN COUNTY; ECONOMIC HISTORY OF HOLYOKE; ECONOMIC HISTORY OF HOLYOKE; MUNICIPAL BOARD OF HOLYOKE; HOLYOKE CITY HALL; CITY CLERKS OF HOLYOKE; LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF 19TH CENTURY HOLYOKE; AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL 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 PAPEL . unknown
19170001524BROOKLYN TO CONSTANTINOPLE TO PARIS. Good. 1917. On offer are two 2 absolutely super original World War I and post-War manuscript diaries handwritten by American Foreign Service agent and Central Intelligence Agency operative Grace Phillips Cogswell. A woman of many talents and accomplishments living a life one usually reads about in fiction. The diaries date from 1917 - 1926 No.1 1917-1920 800 entries; No.2 1923-1926 475 entries covering the World War I years and then while she was working for the O.S.S. and American CIA Central Intelligence Agency. It should also be noted that she was married to the famed naval commander Captain Francis Cogswell whose diary we list separately. She traveled abroad extensively and writes of being in many different countries / cities including Venice Constantinople Rome Edinburgh Paris and many many more. From the mundane daily activities to super expamples of her sparkling personality and keen eyed observations. Here are some snippets: "Annapolis - Dined at The McNairs disgraced myself by eating too much. F. teasing me Brklyn - Fleet due today minus destroyers. Went to Governors Island and watched the fleet come in. Mr. Blairs to watch land parade with Miss Hunt. Brklyn - celebrated today with a parade and welcome home cards in every window and all sorts of parties for Soldiers Francis home from Lisbon brought me much laces and embroideries for my birthday. Regent Palace. Got military permit. Met Ambassador Davis. Saw the King drive out of the Palace Grounds on his way to the memorial services of the Princess of Denmark at Winchester . Chandler sailed at 1 p.m. Mrs Chandler and I left on 5:40 train for Paris London - Went to headquarters with Capt. Hellweg and Bones. Sat in Comdr. Brooks office and waited for dope. Met Mrs. Schuyler. Mr. Copehard and Brooke had our money changed for us at Guarantee Trust Co. took Capt. Hellweg and Brooke to lunch at Ritz Edwinburgh - Went aboard to sew on F's blouse. Mrs. Chandler came down for tea. Capt. Hellweg aboard most of time as his dog Spottie lives on board. In route Rome. Changed at Modane and had all my clothes stripped off by a horny handed female she had the time of her life. Found 3 gold pieces of 5 ea. and was wild when the French official let me thru with them. Magnificent scenery Mts. and scroll painted houses. Rome. Hotel Flora saw bones of monks made into fanciful designs in vault of church. Constantinople Pera Palace - Mrs. Day birthday. Mrs Wetherby gave large dinner Embassy crowd at Russian Club. Most remarkable violinist I've ever heard there food perfect. Danced at Pera Palace later with Ital. officer and will never be the same after trying to dance with him Lunch at Harvid Beys house in Asia Minor. Met the Princess his wife who is a daughter of last Sultan and niece of present __ . She did not appear at lunch but rec'd the ladies upstairs afterwards. Remarkably carved easle birds supporting mirror. She gave me a rose heavy course rug pred. cream color Constantinople - We are to lunch on the Scorpion with Capt. McCulloulgh and go for climb up mountain. Mr. Smith assoc. press man came with us . Venice - Mrs. J___ wife of Ambassador of Rome called at 10:30 and we took her to the Ital. ship Scills to see the war orphans . Comdr. Bryant told me that Francis is a hero. When a Calif. plane nose dived into the ocean near them they swung out of column at a snappy speed and picked it up it having turned bottom up and the aviators crawled around and sat on the keel. F. was afraid it would sink and wanted to back down to it but the Capt. voted for a boat to be lowered which picked them off. The W. VA. crew cheered the ___ cheered Francis so Mr. Bryant said. Think he stretched that a bit." BIOGRAPHY: GRACE PHILLIPS COGSWELL b. June 7 1887 d. Dec. 21 1971 was born Grace Woodman Phillips the daughter of Lee Phillips and Clara Cushing. She married Lieutenant Henry Burnet Post b. June 15 1885 d. Feb 9 1914 San Diego CA on 25 Jan 1907 at St Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church New York NY. Henry Burnet Post was the son of Henry Albertson Van Zo Post b. May 16 1832 New York - d. January 1914 and Caroline Burnet McLean b. July 14 1843 Cincinnati Ohio. In 1900 Henry A V Post was a Banker and they were living at 140 W 77th St New York NY. Henry Burnet Post was in the US Army Air Force and died in an aircraft accident in 1914 aged 28 after establishing an American altitude record of 12120 feet. Henry Post Army Airfield at Fort Sill Oklahoma is named in his honour. Grace Phillips married for the second time in New York NY on November 25 1916 to Francis Cogswell. She served in the U.S. Foreign Service and later in the Central Intelligence Agency O.S.S./CIA 1917 - 1926. From her 1919 US passport application she was living in Brooklyn NY and Francis Cogswell was residing on board the USS Chandler. In the 1920 census she is living with her parents at 508 3rd St Brooklyn NY. From Oct. 4 - 10 1922 she sailed on the SS President Cleveland from Honolulu to San Francisco CA and her US address was San Diego CA. From her 1925 US passport application Grace P Cogswell was living in New York NY and Francis Cogswell was residing with the US Pacific Fleet. From 1-10 Sep 1925 Grace Cogswell sailed from Auckland New Zealand to Honolulu on the Aorangi. Grace P Cogswell died Dec. 21 1971 and is buried at SECTION 6 SITE 8709 next to Francis Cogswell in Arlington National Cemetery. Overall VG.; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: GRACE PHILLIPS COGSWELL WORLD WAR I WWI WW2 CIA OSS CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY SPYCRAFT DIPLOMACY DIPLOMATIC CORP HISTORY OF OSS SUFFRAGE WOMEN'S STUDIES GENDER STUDIES ESPIONAGE OFFICE OF STRATEGIC STUDIES WOMEN SPIES POST WORLD WAR I WWI THE GREAT WAR WORLD WAR I HANDWRITTEN HAND WRITTEN AUTOGRAPH AUTOGRAPHS SIGNED LETTERS DOCUMENT DOCUMENTS MANUSCRIPT MANUSCRIPTS WRITERS WRITER AUTHOR HOLOGRAPH PERSONAL AMERICANA ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENTLETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY . hardcover
1986480501986. William Rehnquist Supreme Court oversized photograph signed by all nine justices. Group portrait taken on the occasion of the investiture of William Rehnquist being elevated to Chief Justice and Antonin Scalia's investiture. Signed by John Paul Stevens Sandra Day O'Connor Antonin Scalia William H. Rehnquist William J. Brennan Jr. Thurgood Marshall Byron R. White Lewis F. Powell Jr. and Harry A. Blackmun. The photograph 13 inches by 10 inches. Matted and framed to an overall size of 21 inches by 23 inches. The Rehnquist Court refers to the Supreme Court of the United States from 1986 to 2005 when William Rehnquist served as Chief Justice of the United States. Rehnquist succeeded Warren Burger as Chief Justice after the latter's retirement and Rehnquist served as Chief Justice until his death in 2005 at which point John Roberts was nominated and confirmed as Rehnquist's replacement. The Rehnquist Court is generally considered to be more conservative than the preceding Burger Court and Warren Court. According to Jeffrey Rosen Rehnquist combined an amiable nature with great organizational skill and he "led a Court that put the brakes on some of the excesses of the Earl Warren era while keeping pace with the sentiments of a majority of the country." Biographer John Jenkins argued that Rehnquist politicized the Supreme Court and moved the court and the country to the right. Through its rulings the Rehnquist Court often promoted a policy of New Federalism in which more power was given to the states at the expense of the federal government. The Rehnquist Court was also notable for its stability as the same nine justices served together from 1994 to 2005 the longest such stretch in Supreme Court history. unknown books
1905150190New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1905. Finely Bound Standard Library edition of Theodore Roosevelt's American big game epic. Octavo bound in three-quarters red morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and detailing to the spine in two compartments in raised bands gilt ruling to the front and rear panels top edge gilt marbled endpapers silk ribbon bound in tissue-guarded frontispiece with black and white illustrations throughout. Presentation copy inscribed as President by the author on the second front free endpaper"To Victor Geza Fischer from his friend Theodore Roosevelt Xmas 1908." The recipient Victor Geza Fischer 1848-1925 was a European painter likely of Hungarian origin who corresponded with President Theodore Roosevelt sending him letters perhaps about art or his own works as seen in a 1903 letter preserved at the Library of Congress. In near fine condition. When his first wife died in 1884 Theodore Roosevelt withdrew to his cattle ranch in western Dakota. There he wrote Hunting Trips of a Ranchman 1885 and Thomas Hart Benton 1887 and began work on The Winning of the West 1889. He also penned this account of big-game hunting in the United States with chapters on hunting lore hunting with hounds hunting the grizzly and hunting from the ranch. G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
151281The Peter Gruber Foundation. Original offprint of Jerome J. Shestack's Leadership and the Legal Profession in a Democratic Society. Octavo original wrappers. Association copy inscribed by the author on the front wrapper "To Justice Ginsburg. Ah would that we had leaders like you! With esteem Jerry."  The recipient Ruth Bader Ginsburg served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020 and was responsible for some of the most eventful legal decisions of the past half-century. Nominated by President Bill Clinton in 1993 to replace retiring justice Byron White Ginsburg became the first Jewish woman and the second woman to serve on the Court after Sandra Day O’Connor. Ginsburg spent much of her legal career as an advocate for gender equality and women’s rights winning many arguments before the Supreme Court. During her tenure as associate justice of the Supreme Court Ginsburg received attention for her fiery and passionate dissents that reflected liberal views of the law. She was popularly dubbed “the Notorious R.B.G.†a moniker she later embraced. She authored several important majority opinions related to gender discrimination voting rights and affirmative action in cases such as United States v. Virginia 1996 which struck down the Virginia Military Institute’s male-only admissions policy as violating the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment Olmstead v. L.C. 1999 in which the Court ruled that mental illness is a form of disability covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and Friends of the Earth Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services Inc. 2000 in which the Court held that residents have standing to seek fines for an industrial polluter that affected their interests and that is able to continue doing so. In fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box by the Harcourt Bindery. Jerome J. Shestack 1932–2011 was an American attorney diplomat and prominent leader within the legal profession known for his work in complex commercial litigation and appellate advocacy. Over the course of his career he became a respected figure in both domestic legal practice and international human rights diplomacy serving as United States Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in the late twentieth century. Shestack also held significant leadership roles within the American legal community including serving as President of the American Bar Association where he promoted the rule of law legal ethics and international cooperation among legal institutions. The Peter Gruber Foundation unknown
1819117109London: Printed for John Thomson & Co. for Baldwin Cradock & Joy London & John Cumming Dublin 1819. Rare first edition of celebrated cartographer James Wyld the Elder's authoritative world atlas. Quarto bound in three quarters contemporary calf over marbled boards with original printed paper titular label to the front panel gilt titles to the spine engraved frontispiece table of comparative heights of of the principle mountains of the world engraved calligraphic title page featuring an engraved vignette of Wyld displaying a globe containing 41 hand-colored numbered maps including one double-page engraved by N.R.Hewitt after Wyld additional table of comparative lengths of principle rivers of the world. The maps include four of the ancient world three world maps including a double-page Mercator's projection map nineteen maps of European countries eight maps of Asia two of Africa and five related to the Americas each featuring a miniature vignette of the country or area's most famed palace city or attraction. The map of the young United States includes several important historical regions. One of the most unique and scarce features on early maps of the United States is the appearance of Franklinia. Franklinia was formed by settlers in 1784 but it was never recognized by Congress. Eventually it was annexed by North Carolina and later reverted back to Tennessee. This ephemeral state appeared on only a small number of maps into the early part of the 19th century this being a later example. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable. One of the foremost geographers of his time James Wyld the Elder. made several important contributions to cartography including the introduction of lithography as a method of map printing to England in 1812 He was named royal geographer to His Majesty George IV and William IV as well as HRH the Duke of York. Upon his death in 1836 Wyld's eldest son James Wyld Jr. became the sole owner of the thriving family mapmaking business based in Charing Cross. His maps which covered regions as diverse as London and the gold fields of California were regarded highly and Wyld himself had an excellent reputation as a mapmaker; he was elected as a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society in 1839 and he was appointed Geographer to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert as had been his father before him. Printed for John Thomson & Co. for Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, London & John Cumming, Dublin hardcover books
183300MV244HARVARD BELLERICA NEPONSET MASSACHUSETTS MASS MA 1833. On offer is a remarkable super archive of early 19th century manuscripts; being an original grouping of 42 manuscripts handwritten circa 1830s by then undergraduate and later Dr. Henry Blanchard 1811-1897 originally from Bellerica Massachusetts he died in Neponset Massachusetts who received his BA in 1834; MA 1839 and M.D. in 1840. This archive offers a sensational detailed snapshot on the state of Harvard education as Blanchard provides a clearly stated question and his essay in response to the topic on a wide variety of themes: "In what respects can war be regarded as a national blessing; The rate of Interest to be Established by Law; If we do not like Goethe it is because we do not understand him; The feelings towards each other by a zealous Catholic and an Early Reformer" plus writings on Harvard The Soul religion poor and humble sufferings phrenology and physiognomy wealth as influence political economy science and modern literature etc. Fascinating. Historians collectors and archivists are given a rare opportunity to detail this one student's growth in politics historical perspective and ideology shaped in the halls of the unarguably oldest most revered educational institution in America at the time. Most are signed 'Blanchard' two are dated 1833 the rest undated. Most of his essays are 3 to 4 pages all are approximately 7-3/4 x 9-3/4 inches. Well stored for generations these are at least VG. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. unknown
176629379London: J. Dodsley . B. Whiston and T. White . and G. Kearsly 1766. First edition 8vo pp. vi 1 8-189; engraved vignette of an eagle feeding her young on title page 6-line errata on verso of title page but without the extra errata slip pasted in at the back of some copies 6 small ink corrections in the text authorial; a stunning binding presentation of full red goatskin elaborate gilt filigree borders on covers gilt-decorated spine in 6 compartments green morocco label in 1 gilt rolled edges and turn-ins a.e.g. green silk bookmarker; bookplate of the Fintray House library; fine copy. Capel Berrow 1715-1782 was a divine whose work "was a farrago of ill-digested learning" DNB. This is his last and best book. Samuel Johnson was one of the subscribers to his collected Theological Dissertations 1782. <br/><br/> J. Dodsley ... B. Whiston and T. White ... and G. Kearsly unknown books
176629379London: J. Dodsley . B. Whiston and T. White . and G. Kearsly 1766. First edition 8vo pp. vi 1 8-189; engraved vignette of an eagle feeding her young on title page 6-line errata on verso of title page but without the extra errata slip pasted in at the back of some copies 6 small ink corrections in the text authorial; a stunning binding presentation of full red goatskin elaborate gilt filigree borders on covers gilt-decorated spine in 6 compartments green morocco label in 1 gilt rolled edges and turn-ins a.e.g. green silk bookmarker; bookplate of the Fintray House library; fine copy. Capel Berrow 1715-1782 was a divine whose work "was a farrago of ill-digested learning" DNB. This is his last and best book. Samuel Johnson was one of the subscribers to his collected Theological Dissertations 1782. J. Dodsley ... B. Whiston and T. White ... and G. Kearsly unknown
185028170New York: G. P. Putnam and others see below 1850. First American edition 19 volumes 8vo text in double column within ruled borders; a fine set in contemporary half blue polished calf over marbled boards red morocco labels on gilt-decorated spines. Household Words was considerably more popular in England than America and its publishing history in America is "almost absolutely dark as is the whole subject of periodical printing and 'arrangements' . The 1850's were years of copyright agitation in America and certainly no legally protective arrangements were possible to the English publishers before the journal was discontinued in 1859. And it is not surprising that the course of Household Words was not so brilliant in America as was that of its successor All the Year Round.It was partially a local work and not quite so interesting to an America as to an English reader; it had changed publishers too often; there was no legitimate arrangement between the English proprietors and the American publishers; it was sold at too high a price; it had been published by inexperienced people and therefore had not received proper publicity and promotion; and its lack of pictorial illustration made it unpopular with the masses" Buckler William E. "'Household Words' in America" in Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America vol. 45 pp. 160-66. While the first volume was published by Putnam volumes 2 and 3 were printed from English plates and have a London imprint; those publishing the remaining volumes included in order McElrath & Lord; Angell Engel & Hewitt McElrath & Barker; T. C. McElrath & Co.; J. A. Dix; Dix & Edwards; Dix Edwards & Co.; Miller & Curtis; James Miller; Jansen & Co.; and Frederick A. Brady. Complete sets of this American piracy in a matching contemporary binding are uncommon. <br/><br/> G. P. Putnam [and others, see below] hardcover books
185250916New York: Edward Walker & Sons 1852. Illustrated broadside approx. 17" x 15" not examined out of old frame; generally very good with no folds or breaks. The New York Book Bindery was established by Edward Walker in 1836. This advertisement was printed in 1852 after the original building burned down and announced the opening of the new larger building at the same location. Delaware only in OCLC. <br/><br/> Edward Walker & Sons unknown books
183228893Edinburgh & London: Archibal Constable et al. 1832. First editions first issues of each novel but one as below; 78 volumes in all 12mo and small 8vo complete with all half-titles and bound without ads in early 20th century full red crushed levant double gilt borders on covers floral sprays in the corners gilt-lettered direct on gilt-decorated spines full doublures of maroon levant with gilt crest maroon silk moire endpapers a.e.g. bookplates of the N.Y. investment banker Thomas Cochran; volumes 1-22 with spines and an occasional cover darken due to smoke 2 or 3 of theses early volumes heat-stressed 2 joints cracked smoked volumes with stiff joints; the balance of the set generally quite nice. Includes Queenhoo-Hall by the late Joseph Strutt continued and completed by Scott 1808 Todd & Bowden Sir Walter Scott: A Bibliographical History 1998 32Aa and hereafter T&B; Waverley 1814 T&B 77Aa; Guy Mannerling 1815 T&B 82Aa; The Antiquary 1816 T&B 94Aa; Tales of My Landlord 1816 T&B 98Aa; Tales of My Landlord Second Series 1818 T&B 122Aa; Rob Roy 1818 T&B 112Aa; Tales of My Landlord Third Series 1819 T&B 135Aa; The Monastery 1820 T&B 144Aa; Ivanhoe 1820 T&B 140Aa; The Abbot 1820 T&B 146Aa; Kenilworth 1821 T&B 149Aa; Peveril of the Peak 1822 T&B 165Aa; The Fortunes of Nigel 1822 T&B 157Aa; The Pirate 1822 T&B 156Aa; Quentin Durward 1823 T&B 167Aa; Redgauntlet 1824 T&B 178Aa; St. Ronan's Well 1824 T&B 171Aa; Tales of the Crusaders 1825 T&B 181A; Woodstock 1826 T&B 190A; Chronicles of the Canongate First Series 1827 T&B 206Ab second edition first issue; Chronicles of the Canongate Second Series 1828 T&B 216Aa; Anne of Geierstein 1829 T&B 227A; and Tales of My Landlord Fourth Series 1832 T&B 253A. <br/><br/> Archibal Constable [et al.] unknown books
183228893Edinburgh & London: Archibal Constable et al. 1832. First editions first issues of each novel but one as below; 78 volumes in all 12mo and small 8vo complete with all half-titles and bound without ads in early 20th century full red crushed levant double gilt borders on covers floral sprays in the corners gilt-lettered direct on gilt-decorated spines full doublures of maroon levant with gilt crest maroon silk moire endpapers a.e.g. bookplates of the N.Y. investment banker Thomas Cochran; volumes 1-22 with spines and an occasional cover darken due to smoke 2 or 3 of theses early volumes heat-stressed 2 joints cracked smoked volumes with stiff joints; the balance of the set generally quite nice. Includes Queenhoo-Hall by the late Joseph Strutt continued and completed by Scott 1808 Todd & Bowden Sir Walter Scott: A Bibliographical History 1998 32Aa and hereafter T&B; Waverley 1814 T&B 77Aa; Guy Mannerling 1815 T&B 82Aa; The Antiquary 1816 T&B 94Aa; Tales of My Landlord 1816 T&B 98Aa; Tales of My Landlord Second Series 1818 T&B 122Aa; Rob Roy 1818 T&B 112Aa; Tales of My Landlord Third Series 1819 T&B 135Aa; The Monastery 1820 T&B 144Aa; Ivanhoe 1820 T&B 140Aa; The Abbot 1820 T&B 146Aa; Kenilworth 1821 T&B 149Aa; Peveril of the Peak 1822 T&B 165Aa; The Fortunes of Nigel 1822 T&B 157Aa; The Pirate 1822 T&B 156Aa; Quentin Durward 1823 T&B 167Aa; Redgauntlet 1824 T&B 178Aa; St. Ronan's Well 1824 T&B 171Aa; Tales of the Crusaders 1825 T&B 181A; Woodstock 1826 T&B 190A; Chronicles of the Canongate First Series 1827 T&B 206Ab second edition first issue; Chronicles of the Canongate Second Series 1828 T&B 216Aa; Anne of Geierstein 1829 T&B 227A; and Tales of My Landlord Fourth Series 1832 T&B 253A. Archibal Constable [et al.] unknown
193887251s. l.: Imprimerie Ramlot et Cie 1938. Fine. Imprimerie Ramlot et Cie s. l. 1938 18 x 24 cm broché First edition strictly hors commerce one of 5 numbered copies on Holland paper deluxe issue. Minor foxing without consequence on some leaves. A handsome and very rare full-margined copy of this work denouncing the misdeeds of French colonization in the Maghreb. Mission providentielle published in 65 copies at the author's expense under the pseudonym of François Lazerge consists of a first version of La Rose de sable which would appear in its definitive version from Henri Lefebvre in 1967. Finally fearing he would incur the wrath of the authorities Henri de Montherlant refused to have Mission providentielle distributed and published it only privately. Imprimerie Ramlot et Cie unknown
188084907s. l. Luzern Lucerne: Adolphe Braun & Cie 1880. Fine. Adolphe Braun & Cie s. l. Luzern Lucerne s. d. ca 1880 44 x 56 cm reliure de l'éditeur Publisher's binding in full green cloth smooth unlettered spine framed with blind-stamped frieze and black and gilt fillets Photographische Ansichten der Gotthardbahn. La ligne du Gothard 1876-1879. Lucerne. Tunnel de Rindelfluh. Sisikon. Voie ferrée entre Grünbach et Axenberg. Gorges de Grünbach. Pont de Kerstellenbach. Viaduc de Zgraggenthal. Häggrigerbach. Strahllochbrücke. Chantiers à Göschenen et Airolo. Compresseurs. Matériel de construction. Locomotives. Les ouvriers devant lentrée du tunnel de Göschenen. Le défilé de Stalvedro. Le Tessin. Gare de Bellinzona. Vues de Lugano. Oblong folio album 44 x 55 cm in green cloth titled in gilt letters on the front cover composed of 58 albumen prints mounted on card and a panorama assembled on a double page. Studio legend on the mounts. Average format of prints: 22 x 28 cm Panorama format: 27.5 x 90 cm Adolphe Braun & Cie hardcover
195882402Paris: Gallimard 1958. Fine. Gallimard Paris 1958 12 x 19 cm broché First edition one of 56 numbered copies on Holland paper deluxe copy. Additionally 210 copies were printed on pure thread paper and hors commerce 50 copies on Madagascar paper. A very handsome copy of Camus's finest text on commitment and the responsibility of new generations facing the challenges of the world to come. Gallimard unknown
195086112Paris: Gallimard 1950. Fine. Gallimard Paris 1950 12 x 19 cm broché First edition one of 70 numbered copies on pure thread paper ours being one of 15 hors commerce copies lettered under Ingres covers deluxe copies after 2 reimposed on pure thread laid paper hors commerce reserved for Jacques Hébertot and 13 holland paper copies. Minor marginal tears of no consequence to the covers. Handsome and rare copy of this response by Albert Camus to Jean-Paul Sartre's ""Les mains sales"". Gallimard unknown
182171198Paris: Chez l'auteurS. n.P. GueffierChez tous les marchands de nouveautés des quatre coins du monde 1821. Fine. Chez l'auteur S. n. P. Gueffier Chez tous les marchands de nouveautés des quatre coins du monde Paris 1821 13 x 21 cm 3 volumes reliés First edition printed in 400 copies and illustrated with 8 plates outside the text including one folding plate as well as a portrait of the author as frontispiece. Berbiguier destroyed almost all copies after publication. Contemporary bindings in half brown sheep smooth spines decorated with quadruple fillets dentelles and gilt fleurons red morocco title and volume labels grained paper boards all edges marbled. Two minor wormholes at the head of the second volume. Enigmatic and very fine pinhole marks at regular intervals on all three spines. Bookplate of the R. & B. L. library pasted on the front pastedown of the first volume. « L'époque où Berbiguier compose ses mémoires est propice aux croyances démonologiques suite à la grande Inquisition et à l'illuminisme du XVIIIe siècle qui marquent profondément le XIXe siècle à travers entre autres un engouement pour l'occultisme. Ce n'est donc guère étonnant que la figure de Satan imprègne Les Farfadets et que la sorcellerie se manifeste dans le récit sous la forme de la persécution. Le XIXe siècle voit également le développement de la psychiatrie par l'entremise de travaux de grands aliénistes tels que Henry Ey et Philippe Pinel dont Berbiguier sera justement le patient. Pinel que l'auteur considère littéralement comme le « représentant de Satan » dans sa nomenclature des farfadets ne réussira guère à le délivrer des supplices des démons invisibles réels uniquement pour le seul tourmenté. » ""The period when Berbiguier composed his memoirs was propitious for demonological beliefs following the great Inquisition and the illuminism of the 18th century which profoundly marked the 19th century through among other things a craze for occultism. It is therefore hardly surprising that the figure of Satan permeates Les Farfadets and that witchcraft manifests itself in the narrative in the form of persecution. The 19th century also saw the development of psychiatry through the work of great alienists such as Henry Ey and Philippe Pinel of whom Berbiguier would indeed be a patient. Pinel whom the author literally considers as the 'representative of Satan' in his nomenclature of farfadets would hardly succeed in delivering him from the torments of invisible demons real only for the sole tormented one."" Ariane Gélinas « Le ""Fléau des farfadets"" Écrire sur la marge : folie et littérature Postures no 11 2009 Handsome copy very rare in elegant contemporary binding of this astonishing text written by ""the most famous of hallucinated monomaniacs"" Dictionnaire encyclopédique des sciences médicales. Chez l'auteurS. n.P. GueffierChez tous les marchands de nouveautés des quatre coins du monde hardcover
182386654Paris 1823. Fine. The painting of Romulus in the Musée d'Angers reminds me of the happy days of my youth Paris 1er avril 1823 19.10 x 23.80 cm 1 page et demi sur un bifeuillet Autograph letter signed by painter Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson to Prégent Brillet de Villemorge mayor of Angers dated April 1 1823. One and a half pages on a bifolium with the autograph address on the verso of the last leaf. Traces of folds inherent to mailing and some creases in the laid paper. Girodet is attempting to recover the painting that won him second prize in France's most prestigious artistic competition: Romulus having Tatius killed 1788. During the French Revolution the painting had left the Académie royale de peinture for the Musée central des Arts before being entrusted to the Musée d'Angers. The painter fondly recalls the masterpiece that made him famous: ""As I grow older those of my earliest works done on the school benches and such as the 'Tableau de Romulus' in the Musée d'Angers reminding me of that happy period of my youth have despite their faults an attraction for me that the less imperfect productions which since those distant times have won me some acclaim do not have and it is on this account alone that I would have wished to recover at least the lifetime possession of them"". After being part of Jacques Louis David's atelier Girodet competed three times for the prestigious Prix de Rome a veritable holy grail for French artists which ""has long been the highest distinction awarded to an artist wishing to embark on a career in the fine arts"" Stéphane Allavena. In 1788 he won second prize with 'Romulus' and first prize with 'Joseph Recognized by His Brothers' presented the following year. Girodet was one of the last painters to stay in Rome before being expelled by revolutionary uprisings marking a period of interruption in competitions for several years. The works submitted for this prize - including the one mentioned by the painter - were not recovered by their authors and became the property of the academy considerably enriching royal - and then public - collections to the detriment of the artists. In these important lines the painter recalls the unfavorable condition of artists at the beginning of the 19th century: ""The Musée du Louvre is reserved for the works of dead artists and the Galerie du Luxembourg will not dispossess itself of those of my works that are placed there"". It remains unknown whether Girodet won his case; he also tried to negotiate by offering to paint a new commissioned work: "" to operate the exchange which would be agreeable to me and to which your kindness would seem to wish to consent and which I dare to think would not be to the detriment of the Musée d'Angers I would have to work on a painting specially intended for this particular arrangement . . I would consider myself very happy to be able through a better painting to justify the honor of seeing my name among those of the skilled men whose works adorn your museum and who are appreciated there by connoisseurs as distinguished as you are"". Precious letter by an immense artist defending his interests: ""Burdened by a multitude of affairs that do not even allow me the freedom to indulge in the experience of my art I am I assure you more to be pitied than blamed"". unknown
1880840941880. Fine. 1880 21 x 24 cm autre Album bringing together 10 original paintings on beige silk in colors mounted on gold paper. The pastedowns of embossed and gold paper with flowers and leaves. The final work of the collection bears 2 red seals. The majority of these collections are never signed due to censorship so it is extremely rare to find a seal therefore the painter's signature. Each painting is a square of silk measuring 16.8x16.8cm. The erotic scenes contain no decor no background concentrating all attention on the couples. 3 however have drapery or a screen. The paintings are extremely stylized and finely executed of great quality. A few fine strokes draw the figures clothed in fabrics that partially cover them. With a few red touches the colors used are browns harmonizing with the beige background. It is almost impossible to date this type of work precisely and it is likely older by several decades although its very refined style seems to reflect the end of the nineteenth century in Japan. Accordion album covered in blue silk with gold motifs. Wooden case in 2 parts 24.5x28.5cm a base and a lid with manuscript writing on the lid. For the album: Rubbed manuscript label. Worn corners with fabric loss. The gold paper with rubbing. In the margins the paintings have some soiling or light dampstains. It is very rare that these collections always hidden from view have preserved their storage box. Compared to the well-known production of erotic prints the paintings while respecting a certain number of codes of Japanese eroticism size of genitals swooning women fabrics partially masking nudity sexual positions. show greater creativity and originality expressing more of the technique and vision of the painter. The series thus demonstrates extreme refinement and great purification especially when compared to shunga from the Edo period. Furthermore even if the erotic scenes respect the codes of shunga representation one can clearly distinguish an evolution in the vision of sexuality: women hold a more equal place and the whole tends more toward harmonious sexuality perfectly rendered in these paintings by the choice of brown gradations punctuated with touches of more violent colors thus representing a form of serenity inhabited by the violence of desire. Shunga is the generic Japanese term designating erotic art it literally means Spring Image spring being a euphemism and figure of speech expressing sexuality. The term Shunga having long been reserved for prints collections or albums have often been designated by the appellation Pillow Books or pillow notes etc. Utamaro: The Song of the Pillow 1788. Precious and rare ensemble. hardcover
193885973Paris: Plon 1938. Fine. Plon Paris 1938 12 x 19 cm broché First edition on ordinary paper. Small tears repaired at head and foot of spine. Half black morocco binding smooth spine gilt date at foot decorative abstract patterned paper boards blue paper endpapers and pastedowns original wrappers and spine preserved binding signed Thomas Boichot. Rare and precious autograph inscription signed by Charles De Gaulle on this text which he dedicated to Marshal Pétain: ""A mon ami Louis Borel en souvenir de ses précieux conseils et de sa fidélité. Avec mon bien cordial témoignage. 7 octobre 1938. Charles."" To my friend Louis Borel in remembrance of his precious advice and his loyalty. With my most cordial testimony. October 7 1938. Charles. Plon hardcover
