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49407HardCover . <br><b>🔴</b> Condition - Good<b>🔴</b><br>Australian buyers can combine up to 5Kg of Books for the same postage charge.<br><b>🟢</b> This Book weighs 1590 Grams.<b>🟢</b><br> INTERNATIONAL POSTAGE ON THIS ITEM WILL REQUIRE AN ADDITIONAL CHARGE weight is over 500 grams hardcover
355 pages. Prior owner's stamp inside each cover otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A quality copy. Book
Features/Photos: Two cosmonauts orbit as a team; Jamaica moves to independence; "Flip" - a new type of oceanographic research vessel - designed for submarine investigation; London't underwater police; A French crossing of the channel by car - M.Tony Andal and his amphibious car/amphicar; Royal Family portrait upon the twelfth birthday of Princess Anne; Neolithic craft in Northern Nigeria; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Quality copy. Book
Features/Photos: Douglas-Home with Lyndon Johnson; Cyprus Crisis; Colour photos of the Queen and her family; Burials in Shrines and houses of Chatal Huyuk; Earliest Neolithic Cities; Gorbals Slum Clearance; Principal rooms at 10 Downing street modernised; MG Magnette full-page colour ad; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Quality copy. Magazine
Features/Photos: America's hero - Alan Shepard; Morale-booster for the US - the triumph of Commander Shepard and of American scientists; The Swedish warship Vasa - 5 pictures; Moscow military parade; Roman Splendour - The Royal Procession drives past the colosseum; 5-inch Howitzers in the scrap heap; King Hussein engaged to a British girl from an 'ordinary family'; Scenes from the Queen's visit to Italy; The Queen in Venice; and more. Bit of writing atop front cover. Average wear. Sound copy. Magazine
Features/Photos: Lord Beaverbrook; The Mariners leave Plymouth for Lisbon and Rhode Island; The Rhodesians and Nyasaland; Armageddon 1918; Excavations in Swat, Northern Pakistan; A family moves home to a jungle-stripped valley in Ceylon; Dress rehearsal for moon project Apollo; and unmarked. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Quality copy. Magazine
Features: Australia's first air V.C. - Wing Commander H.I. Edwards; Photos of Italian and German POWs in Africa; Presentation of the Polish air force flag in England - six photos; Russia bombs Rumanian oil-fields; Diagram of German gliders used at the battle of Crete - landing air troops; Four fantastic low-level daylight photos of the R.A.F. attack on Rotterdam - 100,000 tons of enemy shipping crippled; Russia's resistance - article by Cyril Falls; Photos from Russia - where Soviet troops are at death-grips with the German enemy; Centerfold illustration of 'Winnie", a huge camouflaged English gun which hurls vast shells across the channel into German-occupied territories; Two full-page illustrations of giant English guns mounted on rail cars; Photos of England's 'Front-Line" Town - Dover; Photos of leading personalities of the week; Two-page map of the western Pacific illustrates America's strategic air and naval position in relations to Japan and Singapore; Photos of the "Robin Moor" being blown up by the Germans - the first U.S. ship torpedoed by Germany; Three photos of the Robin Moor's survivors at sea; Full page family photo of the Duke and Duchess of Kent with their two children, aged five and four; Article on the Plover; Full-page Dunlot ad shows how they serve agriculture; Full-page ad for The Nuffield Organization shows air crews with their planes in background. Average wear. Faint ink stamps to front cover. Clear tape inside each cover along spine, and externally along spine. A sound copy. Book
Features/Photos include: Full-page photo of the German Imperial Family; Boer War drawings, including some from the Boer side; Photo of Wepener, Orange Free State, Lately Besieged by the Boers. Average wear. Unmarked. Some moisture exposure. Sound copy. Book
52 pages. Features: Great full-page photo of the King, Queen and two Princesses in coronation dress; Larger Royal Family photo in Coronation Dress; The Surprise Royal Drive in North London - Great Popular Enthusiasm; Three incredible photos of the Hindenburg disaster in progress; Monte Carlo Casino - photo-illustrated article by General Pierre Polovtsoff; The Royal Visit to the City - Their Majesties Passing Temple Bar - full-page photo; Huge almost two-page photo of the King and Queen at Luncheon with the Lord Mayor in Guildhall; Mr. Baldwin's CAll to Youth in a Farewell Speech as Premier; Coronation Naval Review - photos of the "Revenge" and the "Hood"; Photos of numerous foreign warships at Spithead to pay respects - including the swastika flying over the Graf Spee; Incredible huge 4-panel centerfold measuring 38"x14" presents a cutaway drawing of the recently commissioned "Southampton" - a vessel of novel features including 6-in guns in tripple turrets, athwartship catapult and multiple A.A. guns; Large photos of Coronation Lights O' London - Panoramas taken from the summit of the Duke of York's Column; The King of Denmark's Silver Jubilee - photos; Nice full-page ad for the Austin Eighteen car; Wonderful half-page black and white photo ad for Rolls-Royce Automobiles; Unmarked with average wear. Centerfold and next page loose but present. A worthy vintage copy. Book
32 pages. Features: Cover Photo of Monty; Large photo of Eisenhower conversing with his Deputy, General Alexander; Photo of George S. Patton - The Commanding General of American Forces; Photos of Sir Arthur Tedder, Sir Arthur Coningham, Carl Spaatz, Sir Andrew Cunningham, Henry K. Hewitt, James Doolittle and Sir Hugh Lloyd; Article on the Roosevelt Family 1613-1942, by Karl Schriftgiesser; Photos of Major-Gen. Guy Simonds, Staff-Sergt. M.H. Smith, V.C., and others; Naval Tasks in the Sicily Invasion - article by Rear-Admiral H.G. Thursfield; Countour map of Sicily with two photos/views of Catania; Two-page illustration of our airborne troops invading Sicily; Sicilian Beach-heads - early stages of the Allied invastion - 11 photos; Centerfold illustration entitled "The Greatest Invasion in History - Part of the Allied Armada approaching Sicily in Heavy Seas"; Two-page illustration of "The Vast Invasion of Sicily - A busy and perfectly organised Landing on the Beaches in the Early Morn"; Eight Historic Photos of the Great Sicilian invasion; Two-page illustration of some of the landing craft used for the Sicilian invasion; Two-pages of illustrations of the distinctive badges of warships of the Royal Navy, with their signification explained; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
40 pages. Features: Prominent photo of the French submarine "Phenix" which disappeared after a practice dive in Indo-Chinese waters with 71 on board; Piccadilly in the 'Eighties - and other items at the International Horse Show at Olympia; Japanes blockade of the British and French concessions at Tientsin by the Japanese - large map plus stark photos of electric fences, barbed wire and more; The Mauretania's Maiden Voyage - nice photo; Photo of wreckage of the "Connemara" flying boat; The "Impregnable" Siegfried Line - six photos; Great aerial photo of repairs to the pinnacle of the central tower of Canterbury Cathedral - known as Bell Harry; Great photos of British children being trainted to be farmers in Canada and Australia; Family tree showing the Queen's cousinship to George Washington and Robert E. Lee; Photos of the King and Queen at the World's Fair and other scenes; Photos of the new Atlantic Air-Liner - The "Golden Hinde"; Photos of Chelsea Daylight A.R.P. (Air Raid Precaution) Rehearsal; Photo of "the greatest number of people to cross the Atlantic in a Heavier-than-air machine - the "Atlantic Clipper" at Le Bourget - thirty people; Malayan Archaeology - article with photos; The King and Queen with the Roosevelts at their Hudson River estate; Photos of their Majesties in the U.S.A.; Photos of the last days of the Royal Tour and departure for Newfoundland; Full-page photo of the Royal farewell from Halifax for Newfoundland in the "Empress of Britain"; and more. Average wear. Interesting ad for Foot's Adjustable Rest-Chairs - a very complex-looking predecessor to the Lay-Z-boy. Unmarked. Some pages loose. Pages 1163-1166, 1177-78 and 1187-1162 missing. A worthy reference copy despite these deficiencies. Magazine
Moon's Bride Came C.O.D. - After a courtship by mail between Edmonton and Hong Kong, Moon Chai Lim Noey and Chui Man Chan are married - article with photos; The Third Face of Eve - the completely authenticated account of the three entirely separate lives of a young U.S. housewife hailed by psychiatrists as perhaps the most dramatic study ever conducted of the baffling problem of multiple personality - portrayed in film by Joanne Woodward; TV show 'Gunsmoke' - a grown-up western - article with photos of Matt Dillon/Jim Arness; Fantastic full-page colour ad for Coffee Crisp and Aero Chocolate Bars - "Canada's Favourites"; Sandra Dee - brief article with three photos; Feast for Art Lovers - Art Fair arranged by the Women's Committee of the Winnipeg Art Gallery - brief article with many photos; Colour photos of the Royal visit to Ottawa including huge colour-photo centerfold image of the Queen speaking in the Senate Chamber with Prime Minister Diefenbaker to her side; To Win an NHL Title You've Got to Have a Take-Charge Guy - article with photos of Flaman, Jean Beliveau, Doug Harvey, Gordie Howe, Ted Lindsay, Dick Duff and Andy Bathgate, by Andy O'Brien; Family Up a Tree - Amazing photos of the tree house in which the Dorton family lives in Lexington, Kentucky; Fantastic colour photo and write-up for Edmonton Eskimo star Jackie Parker; The Identical Leavy Twins of Vancouver - Jack and Leo are six feet, 10 inches tall and weigh 340 pounds! - article with photos; Photo of Alfons Arndt lifting a polar bear on his shoulders; Nipper cartoon strip by Doug Wright; Gregory Clark tells about the Puff-Ball. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A nice copy. Book
187 pages. Features over 80 women from around the world - a total of 7 different countries - who have joined the family of contributors from the first book to keep the message of hope alive and the lights aglow. More than just a cookbook. Scattered amongst its beautifully designed pages are inspirational quotes, celebrity comments, vibrant photography and a powerful message that comes through clearly. Unmarked. Attractively illustrated dust jacket. Giftable. Book
200147480Bear Family, 2001. BCD 16576 AR CD CD
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Features: Unknown New Zealand - Two young men set out to explore unmapped territory between Lake Te Anau and the coast, only to meet with disaster - A lake (Bloxham) and waterfall (Dorizac) discovered by these plucky young climbers are officially named after them; Saharan Adventure - includes encounters with the blue-eyed Tuaregs, the veiled nomads of the desert, who wear chain-mail armour of the Crusades and carry swords and lances; Six Wild Sheep - Describes author's experience trying to capture Alaskan wild sheep for a California zoo; The Pirates of the Ethel - First published in 1929, this is an authoritative account of one of the most remarkable cases of piracy on the high seas in Australian annals; Oakhill's "Souvenir" - the adventure of a crocodile hunter; The Tame Bandit - An amusing story arising out of the troubles in Malaya - Dragged away from farm and family by the terrorists, and forced to serve with them under the threat of death, an inoffensive little Chinese secretly vowed vengeance, and at long last achieved it; "Cockeye" - Phases of Life From All Over the World - Vivid little close-ups of manners and customs around the world; Guardians of the Mountains - The Wardens of Canada's National Parks. Colour 'Butlin's Holiday Camp' brochure laid-in. Staining to page i of advertisements. Front cover detached. Heavy wear externally. Contents in decent condition. Magazine
"On a rainy morning in early 2003, Nia Vardalos found out that she had been nominated for an Oscar for writing the sceenplay for My Big, Fat Greek Wedding . But her mind was not on champagne and celebratory cheer. Instead, she was alone, en route to a fertility clinic, trying yet again for another chance at motherhood. In her attempts to make a baby, Vardalos tried everything from drinking daily jugs of green-mud-tea to voodoo-doll-like acupuncture, to working with two surrogates. All the while she was trying to advance her film career, writing films while dodging questions from family, friends, and Hollywood reporters who continually asked Where s the baby? She decided to try adoption and discovered Foster Family Agencies, meeting social workers and eventually getting paired up with a three year old girl with blonde streaks in her hair who she knew, instantly, was her daughter. With her signature wit and candor, in Instant Mom Vardalos opens up about what came next - the heartaches and smiles, tears and laughter that all make up what it means to be a parent. Filled with stories about Vardalos life in the Hollywood scene - she counts Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson and Sean Hayes as friends - and her unique take on the tough but often hilarious moments that make up motherhood, Instant Mom is about how stubborn optimism can work in one's favor, and how it was this very optimism that brought Nia to her daughter against all of the odds. Book
11848Lyon, Imprimerie Waltener & Cie - Fort volume In-4°, broché cousu, 256 pages sur vergé - armoirie frontispice de Pomey portant mention en bandeau sous le pommier "de Pomey en Beaujolais et Lyonnais " ( voir notice ), exemplaire portant la ment° "Tiré à petit nombre pour la famille" (N°18), table. Rousseurs dans la quasi intégralité du volume, frottements d'usage, tenue solide. Rare édition Originale.
199914813Bourg-en-Bresse, Imprimerie AGB, 1999 ; grand in-8, broché ; (2), 463 pp., (1 bl.), (2) pp. ; couverture blanches pelliculée, illustrée des portraits en couleurs de Nicolas Bellet de Tavernost et de Claude Cachet de Garnerans ; 45 blasons et 11 portraits in-texte.
2018524956Lattes 2018 384 pages 13 6x21 4x2 7cm. 2018. broché. 384 pages.
Oblong format in blue cloth cover with illustration of skaters. 11 1/8"w x 7 7/8"h. 40 pages. Previous owner's inscription. A well-used book: Fraying, small wrinkles, and wear to cover. Spots and tanned marks on endpapers. Stains on some pages. A bit musty smelling. Beautiful color and b&w illustrations. Foreword by Edna St. Vincent Millay.
plaquette in-8 (22x14,5), 19 pp. Bon état. [SO-4]
029990Approximately 310 letters comprising 1172 pages dated 1837-1972 with the bulk 145 letters 582 pages written in the 1890s. The letters are mostly manuscript some are typed most of the letters are without envelopes there are several incomplete letters and 67 undated letters. The letters mainly center on the family of Edward James van Lennep and his wife Alice Norton Shedd 1870s-1890s with the later letters also including their children particularly Cara Hart van Lennep Nesbit. Many of the letters were written on the letterhead of the Sedgwick Institute Great Barrington Massachusetts. Edward van Lennep took over the management of the school from his father the Rev. Henry John van Lennep.<br /><br />The archive also includes 4 Diaries 1880 1898-99 1899 1901 2 Account Books 1863 1914 2 Notebooks 1875-76 1 not dated 1 Commonplace Book not dated 1 Guest Book c1890s.<p>The collection contains approximately 306 pieces of ephemera which includes printed and manuscript ephemera including letterhead business receipts medical receipts legal documents property deeds school documents banking documents telegrams manuscript pages of verse manuscript notes and memoranda postcards greeting cards invitations calling cards receipts accounts newspaper clippings pencil drawings photographs used envelopes as well as printed ephemera such as pamphlets booklets circulars advertisements and a map. Ephemera pieces are dated from 1880s-1960s.</p><p> <b>Description of Collection:</b></p><p> <b>Correspondence: 310 letters 1172 pages dated 1837-1972 as follows:</b></p>1830s-1880s: 15 letters 65 pp. dated 1837-1888 mostly 1880s related to the Bird and Shedd families particularly Alice N. Shedd who married Edward J. van Lennep.<p> 1890s: 145 letters 582 manuscript pp. this section begins with letters to and from Alice N. Shedd from her mother and others. Then collection also has letters relating to the courtship of Alice by her future husband Edward J. van Lennep and their marriage in 1895. There are letters to and from Alice from her husband mother and other family members as well as letters by Edward to his mother wife and others. Many of the letters are on the letterhead of the Sedgwick Institute Great Barrington Massachusetts. Edward J. van Lennep had taken over management of the school from his father Rev. Henry John van Lennep.</p><p> 1900s-1910s: 39 letters 96 pp. mostly manuscript some typed most without envelopes.</p><p> 1920s: 26 letters 116 pp. mostly manuscript some typed most without envelopes letters to mother Alice letters to daughter Clara some written by Alice some by Edward others</p><p> 1930s-1970s: 18 letters 90 pp. mostly manuscript some typed most without envelopes.</p><p> Undated Letters: 67 letters 223 pages mostly manuscript without envelopes.</p><p> <b>Account Books Commonplace Books Diaries Notebooks etc:</b></p><p>Account Book inside cover states "Property of William Jackson 1863" 37 manuscript pages measures 4" x 6" bound in limp calf dated 1863. The book appears to list the property of a school globes desks chairs etc. amongst other related things.</p><p> Notebook of William Van Lennep 67 manuscript pages bound in half black leather pebbled cloth covered boards measures 7 ¼" x 8 ½" written in ink in a legible hand dated 1875-1876. This volume appears to be notes for his senior year chemistry class First Session Sept-Dec 1875 and Second Session Jan-April 1876.</p><p> Diary of M. J. Shedd of Great Barrington Massachusetts 21 manuscript pages bound in black cloth limp boards folding flap type diary measures 3" x 5 ¾" three days per page format. Of the 21 pages they comprise 40 days of entries dated from April 8th to December 18th 1880. The diary was kept in ink and pencil in a legible hand and is in good condition. The first page of diary is lacking.</p><p> Guest Book 16 manuscript pages written in ink in various legible hands bound in wrappers measures 6 ½" x 8" dated 1890-1899. Appears to be a guest book for someone named Eunice it contains the signatures of visitors to Eunice's house and the towns of their residences.</p><p> Diary of Mrs. Alice Norton Shedd van Lennep 67 manuscript pages entries dated 21 October 1898 to 21 October 1899 bound in paper backed boards measures 5 ¼" x 7 ¾" paper on boards mostly torn off text good written in ink in a legible hand. The diary starts at the birth of her daughter Emily Bird van Lennep on 27 March 1898. Mrs. Shedd is the wife of Edward James van Lennep 1856-1934.</p><p> Diary of Mrs. Alice Norton Shedd van Lennep 42 manuscript pages lacks wrappers measures 6 ¾" x 8 ½ " written in pencil in a legible hand dated 25 June to 19 November c1899. While not signed there is much on "Birdie" who presumably is Mrs. Shedd's baby daughter Emily Bird van Lennep.</p><p> Diary of Mrs. Alice Norton Shedd van Lennep 37 manuscript pages bound in wrappers measures 6 ½" x 8 ¼" entries written in ink in a legible hand dated 21 April - 26 July 1901.</p><p> Account book 7 manuscript pages measures 3 ½" x 6 ½" unbound written in ink in a legible hand dated 1914. Possibly belonging to either Mrs. Hiram Shedd or E. J. Van Lennep as two pages of the accounts show board being paid by Shedd to Van Lennep.</p><p> Commonplace Book 30 manuscript pages lacks binding measures 6 ½" x 7 ¾" not signed not dated.</p><p> Notebook 26 manuscript pages bound in stiff cardboard; flip top notebook style measures 6" x 9" written in pencil legible hand not dated not signed. This notebook appears to have been kept by someone who was either in the navy or working on a ship as a fireman or signalman.</p><p> <b>306 Pieces of Ephemera as Follows:</b></p><p> 84 pieces of printed and manuscript ephemera includes letterhead receipts medical receipts legal documents property deeds school documents banking documents telegrams etc. mainly belonging to the family of Edward J. van Lennep his wife Alice and their children dated c1890s-1930s.</p><p> 45 manuscript pages mainly verse but with 10 pages of genealogical notes not dated c1910s-1920s. Some of the verse is copied some appears to be original. Possibly belongs to Clara Hart van Lennep.</p><p> 41 postcards greeting cards invitations etc. c1910s-1920s. Several addressed to Mrs. Alice S. van Lennep.</p><p> 33 manuscript receipts accounts etc dated 1880-1927. Mostly for E. J. van Lennep or Alice S. van Lennep.</p><p> 31 newspaper clippings c1920s some deal with a Henry van Lennep son of Edward J. Lennep who was a famous high school baseball player.</p><p> 19 pieces of printed ephemera including several pamphlets or booklets such as "A Reference Guide to Salem 1630" 1935 "Philadelphia" 1906 "A Gentle Hart" by J. R. Miller 1896 printed circulars and advertisements "District School Journal of the State of New York" 1843 "Proceedings Forty-Second Continental Congress National Society D.A.R. "1933 map of Great Barrington Mass. 1952 etc.</p><p> 19 used envelopes dated 1920s-1960s. Most addressed to either Clara Hart van Lennep or to her mother Alice S. van Lennep and father Edward J. van Lennep. Clara may have married a William Nesbit needs to be researched.</p><p> 19 photographs measuring from 2 ½" x 4" up to 6" x 8" not dated includes 5 cdv's only two identified 4 black and white photos of Civil War re-enactors c1950s-1960s 2 photo postcards identified on rear plus others some are identified some not.</p><p> 15 pencil drawings mostly of dogs or horses possibly belonging to Clara Hart van Lennep.</p><p> <b>History of van Lennep Family of Smyrna Turkey and Great Barrington Massachusetts</b></p><p> The Family of the Rev. Henry John van Lennep 1815-1889</p><p> Henry John Van Lennep was a noted 19th-century Christian minister missionary writer and educator born in Smyrna in what today is Izmir Turkey in 1815. The first van Lennep in Smyrna was the Rev. Henry John van Lennep's great grandfather the merchant David George van Lennep 1712-1797. David was the chief merchant of the Dutch trading station and Consul of the Dutch Nation in Smyrna. He originally left Holland for Smyrna in 1731 with Philippe de la Fontaine to set up a business. An older brother of de la Fontaine had been in Smyrna as early as 1704 and they joined him. After the de la Fontaines died retired or were bought out the business came to be called Van Lennep & Enslie. After Enslie withdrew from the business it became known as "Jacob van Lennep & Co." when David's son Jacob Van Lennep 1769-1855 the Rev. Henry's grandfather took over the business from his father.</p><p> Eventually the Van Lennep's business had an extensive network of international contacts exporting silk and angora wool thread from the interior of Turkey and figs citrus and other fruits from the islands in the Aegean Sea. They imported rough cotton linen fine cloth silver and gold cloth coffee sugar indigo herbs pepper porcelain and glass. His company was also the most important commercial bank in Smyrna. Van Lennep's firm was joint owner along with others in a vessel for which David George Van Lennep represented the company as agent and broker.</p><p> David George van Lennep became one of the assessors in Smyrna for the Directorate of Levant Trade and Navigation in the Mediterranean whose responsibility it was for the fitting out of all vessels which passed through the Straits of Gibraltar to verify and check their patents and bills of lading and maintain contact and correspond with the various consuls in the Levant and North Africa. He was an assessor from at least 1752 until his death in 1797. David George van Lennep was described as the uncrowned king of the Dutch Colony and his house the rendezvous of the high society of Smyrna.</p><p> David George van Lennep's son Jacob took over the business from his father along with two of his younger brothers. Jacob served as the Consul General for the Netherlands at Smyrna from 1825 till his death in 1855. Jacob's son Richard eventually joined the firm. The Rev. Henry John van Lennep whose archive is offered here was the son of this Richard Van Lennep 1779-1827 and his wife Adele Maria von Heidenstam 1790-1867. Richard was born in Smyrna and became a partner in the firm of his father's Jacob van Lennep & Co. Richard van Lennep withdrew from the firm in 1804 visited the United States about 1808 to enter into new business relations after his trip to the United States he rejoined Jacob van Lennep & Co. Richard was also for a time the consul of Sweden.</p><p> A revolution in Holland in the mid-1790s along with a naval defeat by the British in 1797 made continental trade difficult for the van Lennep family. These events followed by continental trade restrictions introduced by Napoleon normal overseas trade became almost impossible. It is therefore of interest that Richard having left the family firm made his journey to the United States in 1808 to seek commercial contacts there. As a consequence when he rejoined the family firm upon his return to Smyrna the company's business and trade became almost completely directed to the United States and more especially to Baltimore Philadelphia and Boston while the West Indies also became an area of interest.</p><p> The only son of Richard van Lennep who did not pursue a career in business was the Rev. Henry John van Lennep. Together with his younger brother Gustave Adolphe he was sent by their parents to be educated in the United States at Mount Pleasant School in Amherst and the Hartford Grammar School no doubt to learn the ways of America to help with the family's international business.</p><p> Henry John's brother Gustave Adolphe returned to Smyrna in about 1835 while Henry John continued his education at Amherst College. During his college years he decided to become a missionary and after graduation from Amherst in 1837 he spent a year at Andover Theological Seminary. He completed his training under the direction of a theologian and was ordained as a Congregational preacher the 27th of August 1839.</p><p> Shortly after marrying Emma Bliss Henry John left for Turkey together with his new wife as a missionary for the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. This board had been created in 1812 as a variant of the Dutch Réveil Movement and had since 1830 begun spreading the "true" gospel amongst Jews Greeks and Armenians in the Near and Far East. Their missionaries also concentrated on education so that under their direction an extensive network of schools was created in the Levant. Henry John's first posting was in his birthplace Smyrna. Unfortunately his wife Emma died in 1840. After travelling extensively in Turkey and Greece Henry John returned to the United States in 1843 where he married for the second time this time Mary Elisabeth Hawes the daughter of his former tutor. Sadly his second wife also died in Constantinople in September 1844 within a year of their marriage.</p><p> During the following ten years Henry John did missionary work from Constantinople and taught at a seminary in that town. During visits to Syria and Palestine he gathered material for a subsequent publication Bible Lands Their 28 Modern Customs and Manners Illustrative of Scripture 1875.</p><p> In 1849 he was again in the United States where he married for the third time Emily Ann Bird 1825-1898. Emily was born in Beirut Lebanon the daughter of Isaac Bird and Ann Parker. Four years after the wedding he was transferred from Constantinople to Tokat a tiny town located along the foothills of the mountains flanking the northwestern part of central Anatolia. There he was to open a missionary post and theological seminary. During his various trips around Tokat he made detailed notes concerning the various archaeological sites he came across which he later published in two volumes as <i>Travels in Little-Known Parts of Asia Minor</i> 1870. He himself made the illustrations for this publication. It was at Tokat that his son Edward J. van Lennep was born in 1856. In November 1858 Henry was visited by the German Orientalist Mordtmann who described Henry John as "one of the very few erudite missionaries in this part of the world who have a solid knowledge of both the country and its languages. He is not only a linguist but also a painter musicologist hunter and botanist in short a universal genius."</p><p> His rather unconventional behavior caused jealousy amongst his colleagues some of whom tried to have him removed from his post. Fortunately Henry John managed to forestall this attempt. In 1861 the couple left Tokat. After a short stay in the United States they returned to Smyrna to teach there for six years. By then the problems with his eyesight and further disagreement concerning missionary policy made him decide to return to the United States and to settle there permanently about 1867.</p><p> In the U.S. he taught natural sciences Greek and modern languages at Ingham University in LeRoy New York for three years after which he moved to Great Barrington Massachusetts about the year 1870 where he became director and owner of the Sedgwick School for Boys also known as the Sedgwick Institute. Henry's son Edward worked with him at the Sedgwick School and eventually took it over after his father's death.</p><p> Besides the two publications already mentioned Henry John also published <i>Oriental Album</i> 1862 and <i>Ten days amongst Greek Bandits</i> 1868. He also executed several drawings for Professor Edward Hitchcock that were included in his <i>Geology of Massachusetts</i> 1841 and <i>Illustrations of Surface Geology</i> 1860. Amherst College has a collection of his artwork several sketch albums and individual pieces and several folders of papers mostly ephemeral items.</p><p> Henry John van Lennep's son William van Lennep was a well-known surgeon and professor at Hahnemann Hospital at Philadelphia a leader in the homœopathic field of medicine.</p><p> Edward James van Lennep 1856-1934 and Alice Norton Shedd 1869-1957</p><p> Edward James van Lennep 1856-1934 was born at Tokat Asia Minor Turkey on 26 July 1856. He first came to Great Barrington after his father relocated from Turkey about the year 1870 when Edward was only 14 years old. He attended Sedgwick Institute his father's school and was prepared for Princeton University where he graduated with two degrees Bachelors and Masters. He took a job as a professor at his father's Sedgwick Institute. Edward worked at the school teaching languages French Greek Armenian Turkish then took over as managing director and proprietor of the Sedgwick Institute after his father's retirement. Edward spent over fifty years 1877-1934 at the Sedgwick Institute. Besides teaching languages he stressed rowing organized crews for regattas and at one time owned a boat house at Lake Buel where the students did their practicing. Many of those tutored by van Lennep continued the activities at college and made a name for themselves. He also emphasized gymnastics and practiced what he preached. When he was 75 years old he noticed some children endeavoring to stand on their heads. He stopped and gave them a demonstration how to do it. At the same age of 75 he was still able to walk upstairs on his hands. Edward was a member of the First Congregational Church and served at one time as superintendent of the Sunday school. Edward John van Lennep died at Great Barrington on 1 April 1946.</p><p> Edward married Alice Norton Shedd at West Stockbridge Massachusetts on 18 July 1895. Alice was born in South Egremont Berkshire County Massachusetts on 3 September 1869 and died at Great Barrington on 29 June 1957. She was the daughter of Luke Shedd and Julia Ada Norton. Luke Shedd was at one time a professor/teacher and in retirement was listed as a landlord. Another name that appears in this archive is Urania Shedd Luke Shedd's sister.</p><p> Edward and Alice had at least four children: Julia Norton van Lennep 1896-1897 who died as an infant Emily Bird van Lennep 1898- Clara Hart van Lennep 1901-1980 and Henry John van Lennep 1902-1989.</p><p> Henry John van Lennep was named for his grandfather and was a famous baseball player at the high school and college level Brown University. An injury appears to have cut short his career. He became an officer in the Post Office at Great Barrington Massachusetts.</p><p> Clara Hart van Lennep married in 1937 to one William Bonnell Nisbet 1902-1976. Nisbet was an interior decorator. He was the son of William Browning Nisbet and Edith Bonnell. There are letters in this collection written by Clara as well as artwork. She was stated to be a painter particularly of horses as well as a photographer and an equestrian.</p><p>Emily Bird van Lennep married in 1922 to Harold K. Allen 1896-2013. Together the couple had at least four children: Harold K. Allen Jr. Peter Allen Charles Ellsworth Allen 1925- who married in 1952 Marilyn Ann Miller and Robert Allen 1927-.</p> books
20192-1708231722Independently published 2019. Paperback. New. 251 pages. 11.69x8.27x0.59 inches. Independently published paperback