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19071873Southeastern Missouri 1907. About very good. Seventy-six silver gelatin photographs on twenty grey card leaves each image approximately 3.75 x 2.25 inches. Square grey cloth album string-tied. Light wear and soiling to covers. Contemporary ink inscription on front pastedown. Light foxing and soiling to leaves heaviest on first three leaves. Leaves lightly warped. Two images excised. A charming vernacular photograph album depicting life along the Mississippi River in the vicinity of the declining town of Gayoso Missouri. The caption on the front pastedown reads "These pictures made in the year of 1907 by Tom Pierce & Ed Cappoc at Goyaso Mo." Gayoso located on the banks of the Mississippi in the southeasternmost tip of the state was settled in 1799 and incorporated in 1851 as the county seat of Pemiscot County. By 1898 the movement of the river threatened to swamp the town and the county seat was moved to several miles south to Caruthersville. Though the river changed course and briefly spared Gayoso by 1900 its post office closed and today any remnants are buried deep in the silt of the Gayoso Bend Conservation Area. The present images show the town disappearing as the river eats away at large swathes of its surrounding land.<br/><br/>Several of the images depict flooding and high water -- trees standing in water men wading to cut lumber riverbank erosion and one image seems to show a collapsed pier. Other views show boats traveling up and down the Mississippi some ferrying lumber several large paddlewheelers and men poling lumber on rafts. One image shows a horse and buggy on what we presume to be the main street of Gayoso with a storefront visible behind the rig. Many of the images show the hardy folk who are still living in the remains of the dying town -- a woman and child in front of a clapboard house with a rotting porch and crumbling roof; a group of boys and three dogs all laughing in front of a building that may be the schoolhouse; one man apparently giving a haircut to his friend seated in front of some steps high water visible amongst the trees in the background; and several images which show men and boys logging and lumbering some of them standing in waist-high water while they fell doomed stands of trees. The album captures a slice of life on the Mississippi River at the turn of the century with all its attendant hardships commercial opportunities and dangers. unknown books
1909240774New York: Privately Printed by the De Vinne Press 1909. First edition. Frontispiece portrait and 7 other photographs and a colored Jock Scott fly at the end. xii 266 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green cloth t.e.g. Light shelfwear title page foxed else near fine. First edition. Frontispiece portrait and 7 other photographs and a colored Jock Scott fly at the end. xii 266 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Scarce privately printed work with considerable sporting content.<br/><br/>Pp. 123 to 266 comprise the Logbook of Camp Albany on the Ristigouche River with entries from 1883 to 1898 on angling hunting and social topics. A prefatory note quotes from Dean Sage's classic book and an afterword by Charles H. Raymond offers an appreciation of Abraham Lansing 1835-1899 of Albany New York: "To watch his tall graceful form while casting on the river was to see the exemplar of the accomplished fisherman; the man the rod the line were together but the extension and the completion of artistic and practical perfection".<br/><br/>Inscribed by Mrs. Lansing to the Hon. Hampden Roth November 5 1909. Wetzel p. 174; Bruns L39; Bibliotheca Salmo Salar 107 Privately Printed [by the De Vinne Press] unknown books
18871661London 1887. Very good plus. Three printed documents varying sizes 14pp. total. Light wear along folds. Light tanning. One document in a red cloth folding case. An interesting group of three printed documents concerning the Powder River Cattle Company in Wyoming. The manager of the company Morton Frewen was the scion of Anglo-English gentry and came to the Wyoming Territory in 1878 to seek his fortune establishing one of the larger cattle concerns on the Northern Great Plains in what is now northeastern Wyoming with additional holdings in Alberta. In 1882 the company was reorganized as the joint-stock Powder River Cattle Company Ltd. with an English board of directors and investors. Frewen served as manager until 1886 when controversy ensued with charges of false statements of losses due to overstocked pastures and harsh winter. The present group includes Frewen's report to the first annual meeting of the company as well a defense in an 1886 lawsuit between Frewen and the directors of Powder River and an 1887 profit-and-loss statement composed by the company's liquidator. In full they are as follows: <br /><br />1 The Powder River Cattle Company Limited Report of the General Manager. at the first Annual General Meeting Held February 26th 1884. London: 1884. 4pp. <br /><br />2 In the High Court of Justice. Between Morton Frewen. Plaintiff and The Powder River Cattle Company Limited. Defendants. Defence Delivered the 26th Day of March 1886 by Messrs. Stibbard Gibson & Co. London: 1886. 6pp.<br /><br />3 To the Shareholders of the Powder River Cattle Company Limited. The Balance sheet of the above Company. C. Fitch Kemp. London: 1887. 4pp.<br /><br />Early and unusual ephemera relating to British ranchers in Wyoming. books
1659M9569Lugduni:: Antonii Cellier 1659. 1659. Two works bound together. Small thick 4to. 16 535 3; 8 311 9 pp. Engraved frontis. port. engraved title vignettes engraved head pieces engraved initials 5 folding tables index; lightly foxed marginal damp staining to upper corner from half-title-112 & 473-538 pp. first work marginal burn hole 447-448 pp. text unaffected small marginal chip to title second work damp staining 1-14 & at head of gutter 12-74 pp. second work ink stain p. 51 wear affecting text p. 313 second work - index with early repair and ms. replacement of missing letters. Early paper spine preserving original vellum boards; spine & extremities rubbed vellum soiled. Very good. RARE. EARLY EDITIONS. Important works by Riverius on the practice of medicine. Riverius was physician to the King of France and introduced the teaching of chemistry to the University Montpellier. He was one of the earliest advocates of Harvey's doctrine in France and made valuable contributions to the history of dentistry dermatology otology and psychiatry. NLM 17th C. 9694 & 9718; Wellcome IV p. 534 both works. Complete title: Institutiones MedicAe in Quinque Libros DistinctAe Quibus Totidem MedicinAe partes Physiologia Pathologia Semeiotice Hygienine & Therapeutice Dilucide Explicantur. Lugduni: Antonii Cellier 1656. WITH: Observationum Medicarum & Curationum Insignium CenturiAe Tres Quibus Accesserunt Obseruationes ab Aliis CommunicatAe: Necnon Centuria Quarta Post Obitum Authoris in eius MusAeo Reperta; & Cura ac Diligentia Simeonis Iacoz Doctoris Monspeliensis in Lucem nunc Primum Edita cum Obseruationibus Morborum Infrequentium Anonymi Cuiusdam Inter eius Scripta Repertis. Antonii Cellier, 1659. hardcover books
1657JC14411London: Philip Briggs 1657. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 4to. 417pp dictionary index. Two folding plates. Contemporary English calf spine repaired at top. Lacking title and dedication; photo copies of these laid in. Several early ownership signatures and scrawls. <br/><br/> Philip Briggs hardcover books
1860236714New York: T. Nelson and Sons 1860. First. hardcover. good. Color plates. 202pp. 3pp. of publisher's ads. 18mo original blue cloth cloth lightly soiled spine lightly sunned edges of corners lightly worn and bumped foxing throughout not affecting plates. New York: T. Nelson and Sons 1860. First Edition.<br/><br/> Beautifully illustrated. Most of plates are views of cities and prominent scenery along the Hudson River including a folding view of Albany.<br/><br/> T. Nelson and Sons unknown books
1898100889Madrid: Sucesores de Rivadeneyra 1898. First. hardcover. near fine. 2 volumes bound in one. Short thick 4to handsomely rebound in recent 1/2 red morocco with the original red wrappers bound-in. Madrid: Sucesores de Rivadeneyra 1898 1899. First Edition. A near fine copy.<br/><br/> Vol. I: Negociaciones Diplomaticas desde el Principio de la Guerra con los Estados Uniedos. Vol. II: Conferencia de Paris y Tratado de Paz de 10 de Diciembre de 1898.<br/><br/> Sucesores de Rivadeneyra unknown books
1882WRCAM46974N.p. but Chicago 1882. 24pp. Narrow octavo. Original printed pictorial wrappers. Light soiling and wear vertical crease to center of pamphlet. Minor internal soiling. Just about very good. Promotional pamphlet for the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad Company advertising lands for sale in Nebraska. The cover claims "No state offers greater advantages in soil climate rail roads market facilities or grand opportunities to the farmer and stock raiser than Nebraska." The text commences on a high note: "This is the State whose latch string is out and offers homes and promises of prosperity to all who will come." The emphasis is agriculture and stock raising with glowing essays including "Great Grazing District" "Livestock in the State" "Orchards and Groves Planted" "The Pure Air of the Prairies" "The Herd Law - No Fences Allowed" "The Cheapest Lands in America" "Sheep Raising in Nebraska" "Education the Birthright of Every Nebraska Child" etc. OCLC lists two similar items each in a single copy: one at Yale with the imprint of Lincoln: State Journal Co. 1881; and one at the Huntington with the imprint of St. Louis: A. Gast 1881 The present copy has no imprint. A. Zeese & Co. the Chicago engraving firm who is attributed on the first map specialized in half tones zinc etching relief-line lithogravure and photoelectric type. Chicago seems to us the most likely place of printing for all the editions noted above. unknown books
1855WRCAM50640Washington 1855. 7pp. Printed on blue paper. Folio stitched as issued. Gatherings loose. Edges toned internally clean. Very good. Concluded September 10 1853 proclaimed February 5 1855. Concluded by Joel Palmer at Table Rock in Oregon Territory. The Rogue River tribe agrees to sell their lands between Rogue River and Siskiyou Mountains in return for $60000. EBERSTADT 109. unknown books
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 books
1735D6963Venice: ex Typographia Balleoniana 1735. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio 375 x 240mm. xxiv 572pp. 4 208pp. Title in red and black with ornamental device of the muses. Diagrams interspersed numerous ornamental initials and head-and tail-pieces. Preface by Jacopo Grando. Contemporary vellum lacking plate joints splitting intermittent foxing. Ownership inscription A. Docinelli A. M. D. 1864 on title and also Di Giorgio Bonelli da Mondovi. P.P. Pictorial wood-engraved ex-libris by Leo Wyatt for Lord Norwich on pastedown. <br/><br/>Complete medical works of Rivière. The complete medical works of Lazare Rivière 1589-1655 professor at Montpellier consists of the Institutiones medicae together with the Praxeos medicae and an additional 17 parts on the head the sense organs the teeth the thorax and abdomen the joints womens illnesses and fevers. Also included are 400 observations by the author approximately 250 communicated to him by fellow physicians and finally the Arcana a collection of secrets giving the chemical formulae for a large number of preparations together with their medicinal properties. At the end separately paginated is added a treatise on the symptoms cause and cure of respiratory problems by Fabrizio Bartoletti 1586-1630. Rivière was the first to introduce the therapy of using metallic compounds internally known as the spagiric or paracelsian-specific method and the first to note aortic constriction. Rivières work was instrumental in the French Renaissance of medicine. ex Typographia Balleoniana hardcover books
178029817Madrid: En la Imprenta Real de la Gazeta 1780. Small 4to 19.5 cm; 7.75". 2 X 437 1 pp. <br><br>Third edition "corregida notablemente por los autores" who were both doctors of law of a lively and standard treatise on the civil law of Castile but with a section at the end of each chapter on the differences that obtain in Aragon because of the "fueros" legal exemptions that exist there.<br>Â Â Â Â Earlier editions appeared in 1771 and 1775. Of this edition WorldCat locates only six U.S. libraries reporting ownership. The work was translated and published in English in 1825. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Palau 18719. Contemporary quarter dark leather with marbled paper sides; binding worn and marbled paper very faded and abraded. All edged marbled. Waterstain in upper quarter of most of the volume. En la Imprenta Real de la Gazeta hardcover books
181337080Buenos Ayres: Imprenta de Niños Expòsitos 1813. First edition. A good untrimmed copy a few stab holes and string from binding in a larger volume some small worm holes affecting a few letters edgewear mildly toned. Broadside. 1 pp. 4to. Dated abril 10 de 1813. To celebrate the victories at Salta and Tucuman. "Esta proclama fué dada con motivo del desenlace de sucesos importantes como lo eran las dos brillantes victorias de Tucuman y Salta asà como por el triunfo de la libertad en los pueblos de Tanja Cinti Tupiza Potosà y la provincia de Charcas" Zinny p. 91. Also signed by: Dr. Antonio Alvarez de Jonte; Nicolas Rodriguez Peña and Tomas de Allende secretario de guerra. Furlong: IV 2895. Zinny BibliografÃa histórica p.91 No. 9. Not in Fors. Imprenta de Niños Expòsitos unknown books
1696635Venice: Joannes La Nou 1696. 1/2 calf. Very Good -. 4to. 16476pp. Nicely bound in 20th century brown calf over marbled boards. Old faded water stain to the final 50 pages. Edited and much expandedafter Riviere's death by one of his students Bernardino Christini. The section on astrological medicine is noteworthy. Riviere d. 1655 was an important French professor of medicine. NLM 17th Century #2901 under the editor B. Cristini. Wellcome Med. Cat. IV p. 535 the 1676 ed. See Garrison & Morton #2727 Riviere's OPERA MEDICA UNIVERSA. The only copy currently for sale on-line. Joannes La Nou unknown books
1356Paris E.Flammarion Enoch & CIE. 1899. Oblong 4to. pp. 40 with 18 color lithographs by Riviere including 15 full page. 1st edition. Original pictorial boards with color printed design by Rivière. Minor scuffing and wear weak spine. A fine example of fin-de-siecle Japonisme and of Riviere's graphic work. Typography and printed decorative fleurons and endpaper by George Auriol. Slightly worn and rubbed. Interior fine. RIVIERE HENRI . Fragerolle Georges. LA MARCHE A L'ETOILE. MISTERE EN 10 TABLEAUX. Poème et Musique de Georges Fragerolle. Illustrations by Henri Rivière. Paris E. Flammarion Enoch & CIE. 1899. Oblong 4to. pp. 40 with 18 color lithographs by Riviere including 15 full page. 1st edition. Original pictorial boards with color printed design by Rivière. Minor scuffing and wear weak spine. A fine example of fin-de-siècle Japonisme and of Rivière's graphic work. Typography and printed decorative fleurons and endpaper by George Auriol. Slightly worn and rubbed. Interior fine. unknown books
69768Hardcover. Good. Holograph. Includes Charles River Branch Railroad Company pages 1-116 covering June 20 1849-Oct. 24 1853; Charles River Railroad Company pages 119-133 covering Dec. 8 1852-Oct. 12 1853; and United Charles River Railroad Company pages 139-209 covering Nov. 9 1853-Aug. 30 1855. Ruled ledger. Leather. 26cm. Covers sound but scuffed and rather worn. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1945WRCAM46525Washington 1945. 1816pp. plus several maps. Contemporary red three-quarter morocco and cloth spine gilt. Hinges reinforced. Modern bookplate on front pastedown; ownership markings on front flyleaf. Internally clean. Very good. Government document concerning a treaty between the United States and Mexico respecting the "utilization of the waters of the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio Grande from Fort Quitman Tex. to the Gulf of Mexico." The hearings were held in January and February 1945 and the present document is published in five parts covering the entirety of the hearings. The treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ratified at the end of the Mexican-American War gave the right to navigation of these waters between the two countries; the treaty signed in February 1944 sought to regulate other usages beyond navigation such as irrigation and consumption. hardcover books
18584741baY2Toronto Ontario: John Lovell 1858. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. Canada; Manitoba; Red River expedition 1857; Assiniboine and Saskatchewan expedition 1858; 258pages; 25.5cm; full black leather binding re-backed; inserted folded map: 35 x 77cm; part of Red River Valley north of 49th parallel to accompany report of H. Y. Hind's Canadian Red River expedition; small tear bottom left corner small breaks at 2 folds; detached folded map: 76.5 x 142cm; plan 'shewing' proposed route from Lake Superior to Red River settlement compiled from Dawson & Napier's maps T. Devine surveyor branch west Crown Lands Department Toronto 29th May 1858 Andrew Russell assistant commissioner; across map bottom: Profile of canoe route by Professor Hind horizontal scale 10 miles to 1 inch vertical scale 600 feet to 1 inch; center top of map: Plan of country between Red River settlement and Lake of the Woods scale 8 miles to inch; signed S. J. Dawson note-this is reduced copy of map from actual survey accompanying Dawson's report of 15th March 1858; Red River expedition under direction of George Gladman 1800-63 and Simon James Dawson 1820-1902; report by Henry Youle Hind 1823-1909; Canada Legislative Assembly Victoria 21 appendice No 3. A. 1858. First edition. John Lovell Hardcover books
2012260801Afton Minnesota: White Pine Prints 2012. First edition one of 100 copies printed. Full color illustrations from photographs. 1 vols. Oblong folio. Black cloth. As new in dust jacket. First edition one of 100 copies printed. Full color illustrations from photographs. 1 vols. Oblong folio. Lavishly illustrated work on the Whale River Salmon Camp founded in 1967 by Stan Karbowski 1917-2010 the people the flora and the surrounding landscape of northern Quebec. The photographer Chuck Koosman first visited the Whale in 2001. David Ledie has fished the river for 18 years and chronicles the history of the camp and the changes in the salmon runs over the decades noting that the numbers of fish seen and caught came back dramatically when the Greenland and Newfoundland commercial salmon fisheries were bought out. <br/><br/>A beautiful production. White Pine Prints unknown books
19306032181930. "Dolores Del Rio" in black fountain pen ink on 1/2 length glamour shot wearing a white gown with her head tilted back slightly showing off her long flowing dark hair. Photograph is on heavy weight stock; matte finish; 7 1/2" x 9 1/2". Very good traces of mounting on the verso; ca. 1930s. Boldly signed and inscribed: "To Martha Very cordially Dolores Del Rio." Provenance: from the collection of Hollywood hairdresser Martha Acker. No Binding. Very Good. unknown books
1674D6962Venice: apud Franciscum Brogiollum 1674. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio book 5 only 325 x 220mm. 12 159pp. 9 443pp. 21. Engraved woodcut printers device depicting Europa. Title printed in red and black. Tables. Double column. Some woodcut ornamental head- and tailpieces and initials. Later half vellum over marbled boards endpapers renewed light browning and foxing or dampstaining. Pictorial wood-engraved ex-libris by Leo Wyatt for Lord Norwich on pastedown. <br/><br/>Rivières extensive compendium of medicine. There was a parallell edition of Rivières Opera medica universa printed in Frankfurt of this same year Sumptibus Joannis Petri Zubrodt. This volume is book five in his extensive compendium of medicine with sections on physiology pathology semiotics preservation of health and therapeutics. Subjects dealt with include cancer haemorrhaging the amount of food required by a healthy individual the diagnostic significance of bloodshot eyes and the medical properties of various fruits nuts and vegetables. Rivière 1589-1665 professor at Montpellier was the first to introduce the Paracelsian iatro-chemistry or the internal use of metallic compounds to Montpellier and the first to note aortic stenosis. apud Franciscum Brogiollum hardcover books
18861077Omaha: Burlington Route 1886. About very good. 9616pp. Original red printed wrappers. Spine worn and chipped corners worn. Internally clean. A book of "social amusements" and games "Presented with the compliments of the Passenger Department of the Burlington Route." The final few leaves contain a map of the Burlington Route from Chicago to Denver as well as numerous advertisements. Burlington Route unknown books
2472Boston: The Company Alfred Mudge & son Printers 1878. . 8vo buff wrappers front printed some minor fragments missing from the bottom margin of the first few leaves not affecting text One holding library only in OCLC. Lists all capital expenditures for the year bridge building and other repairs; a breakdown of all shipments sent and the usual financial disclosures Boston: [The Company] Alfred Mudge & son Printers, 1878. unknown books
3003Boston: The Company; Alfred Mudge & Son Printers 1878. . 8vo dusty pink wrappers front printed; some chips; slightly soiled One holding library in OCLC Boston: [The Company]; Alfred Mudge & Son, Printers, 1878. unknown books
1993A059716 facsimile hand written pages with diagrams and three fold out diagrams of Palenque. Folio 12 1/2" x 8 1/2" bound in velum with black label and gilt lettering to cover. Testimonio's Tabula Americae. Limited to 980 copies of which this is 169. Spanish artillery Captain Antonio del RÃo's ca. 1745-ca. 1789 discovery of tangible evidence of an amazingly rich Maya past and this printed report were the beginning of the study of this truly lost civilization. In May 1786 upon the order of the Spanish Crown Governor and Brigadier General of the Royal Audencia of Guatemala Don José EstacherÃa sent RÃo to Chiapas to investigate rumors of an ancient city near Santo Domingo del Palenque and determine the origin of its inhabitants. Rio was preceded by other visitors to Palenque the most recent being two brief forays by José Antonio Calderón a local official and Spanish architect Antonio Bernasconi whose sparse observations prompted the order for the full-scale investigation by RÃo. The Spanish captain made up for his lack of antiquarian training with his zeal hiring seventy-nine Maya locals to assault with crowbars and axes the abandoned tree-engulfed seventh-century city of Palenque. In his report RÃo describes and comments on the hieroglyphs he saw. RÃo sent his manuscript report to Guatemalan Governor José EstacherÃa and it was preserved in Madrid. Almendáriz's original drawings were recently found in a private European collection and published: Estampas de Palenque not included here Madrid: Testimonio 1993. After the end of the Napoleonic Wars the author's manuscript and Waldeck's drawings re-emerged in a still mysterious manner to be published in England. Publisher Henry Berthoud bought the manuscript from a mysterious Dr. McQuy McQueen in Jamaica at the end of April 1822. Capitalizing on public interest in American indigenous cultures as well as in Romantic ruins Berthoud published Rio's work in hopes of a popular bestseller which might otherwise have been lost.Condition:A Fine copy. Testimonio CompañÃa Editorial books
