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Grisier, A. :Livre Rare Book

Armes (Les) et le duel, par A. Grisier. Ouvrage agréé par S. M. l'Empereur de Russie. Préface anecdotique par Alexandre Dumas. Notice sur l'auteur par Roger de Beauvoir. Epître en vers de Méry. Lettre du Comte Ludovic d'Horbourg. Dessins par E. de Beaumont. Dixième édition.

[COLUMBIA RIVER -- TRAVEL ALBUM]. [LOVELL, Arthur Eugene (Photographer & Compile).]Biblio.com

A charming souvenir photo album capturing scenes along the Columbia River from The Dalles down to Kalama WA in 1898 as the Lovell family emigrated from Illinois to Bay View and later La Conner WA depicting sternwheelers sailing ships shipwrecks Cape Horn and Astoria in 1898.

189864137Bay View & La Conner WA: A. Eugene Lovell 1898. Oblong 12mo. 7 x 5.5 in. 12 pp unpaginated. thick gray card stock slotted die-cut windows for inserting photos with 11 original photographs sized 3.25 x 4.25 in. 6 albumen on thin photo paper 5 silver gelatin on matte finish photo paper 1 manuscript Christmas note presenting the album Christmas 1898 a few ever-so-faint pencil manuscript captions below. Pebbled textured black cloth silver lettering stamped on front cover minor edgewear soiling to rear pastedown minor soiling to final image still a VG- exemplar. This souvenir album opens with beautiful sunset shot across the Columbia River followed by a photo of a young woman standing in front of well-appointed home with Hops growing along the porch. These are followed by photos capturing shipping along the Columbia River with the British sailing yacht Samantha out of Liverpool tied up to the Bailey Gatzert sternwheeler; the sternwheeler Kehani which operated from Portland originally launched in 1890 and was rebuilt and renamed Ottawa in 1905; a nice front view of the passenger sternwheeler Regulator built originally in 1891 by Louis Paget for The Dalles Portland & Astoria Naviagation Co. known as the Regulator Line operating steamer service from The Dalles to the Lower Columbia River past Kalama. Other photos depict a stately Victorian hotel on pilings near the shipping channel; a shipwreck of a 3-masted schooner on its’ side buried in the sand; and Cape Horn along the River prior to construction of the rail line. The final photo captures the waterfront of Astoria in 1898 with warehouses and canneries on pilings and houses above on the bluffs. Lovell 1883-1976 moved from Illinois to Washington following the death of his father William Lovell with his mother Susan Lovell and brothers Charles & Harry Lovell who homesteaded near La Conner WA after first settling in Bay View WA in late 1898. The trip must have been prior to July 12 1898 as the Regulator sternwheeler depicted in one of the photos wrecked at the Cascade Locks July 12 1898 was salvaged and rebuilt with a larger and heavier hull launching Feb. 1899. A. Eugene Lovell, hardcover

Zephyr Used & Rare Books · États-Unis450,00 $US≈ 380,75 €

[MARITIME -- PORTLAND & WILLAMETTE RIVER]. WIESTER, C[harles] E[rskine].Biblio.com

Three exceptional mounted albumen photographs of a Newark-class cruiser with support ships under steam a Yorktown-class steel-hulled gunboat and finally two commercial 3-masted ships and sternwheelers on the Willamette River in Portland Oregon.

189260143Portland OR: C.E. Wiester E.J. Partridge Corner of 3rd & Columbia 1892. Three mounted albumen photographs sized 6.75 x 4.25 in. mounted on dark maroon-coloured studio board w/ photographer’s imprint at lower right corner minor edgewear rubbing slight dustsoiling still nice images w/ good contrast. Three striking images of a bustling Port of Portland Oregon on the Willamette River depicting United States Navy warships sternwheelers barges 3-masted barks and others. The first depicts a Newark-Class Protected Cruiser most likely the USS Baltimore C-3 which was launched and commissioned in 1888 and joined the Pacific Squadron where she served until cruising the West Coast of the United States until October 1892 when she returned to the Atlantic to take part in the Naval maneuvers for the 1893 Columbian Exposition. The second shows the stern of a Yorktown-class gunboat possibly the USS Yorktown PG-1 who sailed with the USS Baltimore in Chile and later took part in sealing patrols from 1892-1898 off of Alaskan waters with the Royal Navy. Wiester 1858-1941 not to be confused with contemporary George M. Weister 1862-1922 who also began his photographic career with the Partridge Photo Company of Portland OR around 1890 and by 1892 had taken over the operation with his own imprint while Weister had launched the Weister Company selling photographs photographic supplies cameras and lantern slides. Charles Wiester worked only for a short time as a photographer as by 1900 he was working as a railroad agent and moved subsequently to Spokane WA by 1910. C.E. Wiester, E.J. Partridge, Corner of 3rd & Columbia, unknown

Zephyr Used & Rare Books · États-Unis495,00 $US≈ 418,82 €

[Mississippi River]; [Niagara]; [Nichols, Harley DeWitt]Biblio.com

Artist's Sketchbook of the Upper Mississippi River and Niagara Falls

1882JC111661882. Hardcover. Very Good. Mottled black cloth backed in ornately gilt-ruled black calf; oblong 184 x 132 mm; contains 25 pencil drawings most of them titled and dated. It includes Fort Snelling; Minnehaha Falls; Oak Drive in White Bear Lake; a boat on White Bear Lake; St. Anthony's Falls in Minneapolis; Lake Minnetonka; Wabasha St. Bridge; an Old Brewery in St. Paul; Shanty-ville; Shelter Island New York; Goat Island; plus 3 portraits a bonfire scene and other views of the upper Mississippi River Niagara Falls and St. Paul Minnesota. Boards detached and spine perished; a few leaves loose and laid-in. Skilled work most of it on one side of the leaf therefore removable and suitable for display. <br/><br/>Harley DeWitt Nichols 1859-1939 was born in Barton Wisconsin. He began his education in art as early as 11 years of age. His first job putting his talent and training to use came in the form of an apprenticeship with the Milwaukee firm Marr & Richards where he stayed for 3 years drawing and engraving on wood. The subsequent years included many moves from Milwaukee to Chicago and later to New York where he studied at ASL and was encouraged by Professor Packard to pursue a career as an illustrator at a European school. Nichols left for Munich in October 1885 to attend the Royal Academy where he studied under Heckel became a member of the American Club and socialized with Carl von Marr the clubs president. He went to London for a little while and worked as an illustrator. By 1893 hed returned to New York working mostly in advertising and illustrating for Harpers Weekly and Century magazines. He helped organize the New York Water Color Club. Nichols didnt curb his parapatetic lifestyle until he moved to Laguna Beach California in 1894. The art community in Los Angeles was in its infancy but he got a teaching job at the Echo Mountain summer school and he was inspired by the scenery of Yosemite Monterey San Juan Capistrano and other locations in southern California. He stayed in Laguna Beach until his death in 1939. hardcover

Sanctuary Books · États-Unis500,00 $US≈ 423,05 €