‎Anonyme‎

‎[Anonymous]‎

‎18th-century floral design - carnations‎

‎France or the Low Countries ca. 1750 Folio sheet ca. 32.5 x 21.0 cm. Tipped-in in a recent passe-partout. = This is an original floral drawing including carnations in pencil and ink: probably designs for tapestries wallpaper murals or the decoration of wooden panels used in cupboards or other furniture. The rendering of the leaves is in Louis XV style placing these designs in approximately the mid-18th century. From a suite of drawings on laid paper three of which show a watermark with a post horn in a shield and the letters L G V below. This is Gravel SLD.346.1 found on a 1791 Thomas Jefferson letter from Richmond VA but doubtlessly originating from the Dutch paper mill of Lubertus Van Gerrevink renowned worldwide for the quality of his paper. Another sheet bears the watermark IV which indicates Jean Villedary a French paper maker. Both watermarks have been used over a considerable period of time but are essentially 18th-century. Some light age-wear a few small chips at the lower edge otherwise in very good condition. hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 69811

‎[Anonymous]‎

‎18th-century floral design.‎

‎France or the Low Countries ca. 1750. Folio sheet ca. 32.5 x 21.0 cm. Tipped-in in a recent passe-partout. = This is an original floral drawing in ink probably designs for tapestries wallpaper murals or the decoration of wooden panels used in cupboards or other furniture. The rendering of the leaves is in Louis XV style placing these designs in approximately the mid-18th century. From a suite of drawings on laid paper three of which show a watermark with a post horn in a shield and the letters L G V below. This is Gravel SLD.346.1 found on a 1791 Thomas Jefferson letter from Richmond VA but doubtlessly originating from the Dutch paper mill of Lubertus Van Gerrevink renowned worldwide for the quality of his paper. Another sheet bears the watermark IV which indicates Jean Villedary a French papermaker. Both watermarks have been used over a considerable period of time but are essentially 18th century. Some light age-wear otherwise in very good condition. hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 69808

‎[Anonymous]; Anderson, Victor (Illustrator)‎

‎A Christmas Poem with Publisher's ALS and related ephemera‎

‎Berkeley: The Hart Press 1975. Book. Fine in Wraps as Issued. String Tied Printed Wrappers. Limited First Edition Thus. Tall 8vo. Fine in string tied green wrappers illustrated by Victor Anderson and printed by Ruth and James D. Hart. With ALS on Hart's stationery dated Feb. 2 1976 " Dear Mr. Glick In reply to your request I send a copy of the latest work from The Hart Press. None of our publications is for sale. A list of them is in the current News Letter of the Book Club of California. Sincerely James D. Hart". Also laid in a printed with illustration Christmas Greeting from Ruth and Jim Hart. Hart's signature appears to be quite uncommon in commerce. The Hart Press Paperback‎

书商的参考编号 : 009738

‎[Anonymous]‎

‎A Fan depicting the Siege of Gibraltar‎

‎Spain c1780. Folding paper fan with a fine large hand-coloured engraved view of the Siege of Gibraltar with Spanish ships and troops in the foreground the verso with engraved key in Spanish decorated with weapons of war on either side mounted on ivory sticks the ivory sticks decorated in silver and gilt with a fort ship and flag the gaurdsticks carved and pierced and with silver and gilt depicting a ship and drums. The unsuccessful siege of Gibraltar began in 1779 and lasted until February 1783 when the siege was lifted. This fan which it has been suggested belonged to the Earl of Minto is not in the Schreiber Collection. unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 2221

‎[Anonymous] Naval Staff Intelligence Division‎

‎A Manual of Belgium and the Adjoining Territories‎

‎London: Office of the Admiralty and Marine Affairs 1918. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6". Unknown. A scarce strategic manual of Belgium's geography originally hidden from the public or press written during the final year of the First World War. A Manual of Belgium and the Adjoining Territories a scarce strategic manual used as a geographical study of Belgium during the First World War written anonymously by Naval Staff Intelligence Division. Published by the Office of the Admiralty and Marine Affairs in 1918 the final year of the First World War. In the publisher's original blue cloth.Particularly focused towards the geography of Belgium including distribution of population history agriculture manufacturing communications and trade the manual has been published to state facts that will better aid planning for resolving the Western Front. The book was in property of the government and originally hidden from the press and publicThis manual would have been accompanied by an atlas of the region including Verdun and Metz. In the publisher's original blue cloth. Externally smart with minimal marks to boards. Slight fading to the spine. Rubbing to joints with a minor lift to cloth to head of front joint and bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Offsetting to free end papers and the odd spot to pastedowns. Education committee stamps to end papers. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with minor age toning. Very Good Office of the Admiralty and Marine Affairs hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 1002N27

‎[ANONYMOUS] -‎

‎A New History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Present Time. In Two Parts. Part I -II.‎

‎London: Printed by W. Darton Jun. 58 Holborn Hill 1812. . Together two vols.: 64; 64pp. 12mo. Sixteen half-page engraved illustrations in each part; a single wormhole in Part II extends from p. 9 to the end expanding over the last few leaves to touch a couple of illustrations and with loss of a few letters the text entirely intelligible except for a few words in the publisher’s advertisements on the lower wrappers. But for the wormhole an exceptionally nice set in the original stiff printed buff wrappers these dated 1818 and with "Price One Shilling each Part." First edition of this revision rare ending with the American declaration of war against England in 1812 and the American defeats in Canada. The Dartons H1146 noting it as "a revision of the Newbery text" that text produced by Richard Johnson; the thirty-two dramatic engraved illustrations apparently are new. OCLC records the UCLA copy of both parts bound together without wrappers and Part I only with the 1818 wrappers at the British Library and Lilly; The Dartons adds Leeds University and the Spencer Collection for Part II. London: Printed by W. Darton, Jun., 58, Holborn Hill, 1812. unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 13943

‎[Anonymous]‎

‎A Present from the Isle of Man.‎

‎20th century. 555 by 555mm. 21.75 by 21.75 inches. Map printed on cloth some spotting. Unusual map of the Isle of Man printed on cloth presumably as a souvenir "A Present From". The map shows the roads railways and topographical detail. It is surrounded by views of Kirk Braddan the Tower of Refuge the Laxey Wheel and the seafront. The two symbols of the Isle of Man the Manx cat and the triskelion of three legs joined together are shown at either end of the island. hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 12296

‎[ANONYMOUS]; translated by JANE, Cecil; edited by PENZER, N M:‎

‎A SPANISH VOYAGE TO VANCOUVER AND THE NORTH-WEST COAST OF AMERICA. Narrative of the Voyage Made in the Year 1792 by the Schooners Sutil and Mexicana to Explore the Straight of Futa.‎

‎London: The Argonaut Press. 1930. First English edition first printing. First English edition first printing. Signed by the editor. Numbered 282 of of 525 limited copies. Original quarter vellum with orange cloth-covered boards titles in gilt to the spine and a gilt motif to the upper board. Illustrated in black and white with a fold-out map a fold-out frontispiece and five further illustrations. A very good copy the binding square and firm the velum and cloth with some light discolouration the edges a little rubbed and a slight bump to the bottom corner of the lower board. Without the silk page marker. The contents with some offsetting and spotting to the endpapers are otherwise clean throughout. Signed by N. M. Penzer in black ink on the half title. The first English translation of an anonymous account of a Spanish 1792 expedition to what is now British Columbia describing the geography flora fauna and the indigenous people that they came across as well as an encounter with an English expedition led by George Vancouver. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. London: The Argonaut Press. 1930 hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 23870

‎[Anonymous]‎

‎A View of the Relative State of Great Britain and France at the Commencement of the Year 1796‎

‎London: J. Debrett 1796. Very Good. London: J. Debrett 1796. First Edition. Octavo; removed from covers; 490pp. A2 B-M4 N1 half title present. Some minor toning to textblock with a few cover remnants along spine else Very Good and sound.<br /> <br /> Oft-reprinted contemporary account of the ongoing conflict between Great Britain and France during the French Revolutionary Wars. <br /> <br /> ESTC 1257. J. Debrett unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 12801

‎[ANONYMOUS]‎

‎Affectionate Regards. Love's Messages‎

‎No place listed: No publisher listed 1889. EPHEMERA POETRY VICTORIAN GIFT BOOK LOVE TOKEN. ANONYMOUS. 7 ¼" x 8 7/8"; 5 leaves; stiff board with a calendar style easel backing easel back has pencil inscription "From Samuel Danforth 1889"; 3" x 3 ¾" booklet bound with a pink silk ribbon affixed to a 4 ¼" x 6" color printed card that is encircled by a twisted decorative cord; booklet has 5 leaves printed verso only; light soiling small chip to pictorial booklet onlay; very good plus. A lovely and unusual commercially produced Valentine or love token card with an easel backing for standing it up. Layers of decorative paper the outer one with deckle edging and folded corners is hand-lettered in gold ink with the words "Affectionate Regards." Blue and white twisted silk cording surrounds a layer printed with gilt branching. The small onlaid booklet contains a broken-hearted love poem. The last verse reads<br /> <br /> "Had we ne'er met sae kingly<br /> Had we never loved sae blindly<br /> Never met or never parted<br /> We had ne'er been broken-hearted.". No publisher listed unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 1993

‎[ANONYMOUS]‎

‎Album of Period Coiffures Historical and Modern from Medieval Times to the Present Day A.D. 1400-A.D. 1927‎

‎London: Henry Serventi Ltd. no date circa 1927. Hairstyles FIRST EDITION. Quarto 31 x 23cm 34 unnumbered leaves of captioned plates each with a tissue guard no text leaves. Publisher's maroon cloth with gilt titles to upper. Also with a loose pamphlet: 'L'Oreal Guide for Harmless Hair Tinting' London: Debacq & Harrop in publisher's brown paper wrappers stapled twice. Light spotting and a few minor marks throughout with one tissue guard chipped and re-inserted and another creased and torn to one corner. Moderate general wear to cloth including some marks and stains. Good. A very scare publication showing French high-society hairstyles from the period of Henri III to the time of publication including the famous 'Marcelle Wave' from the late nineteenth-century. Only one copy listed on Library Hub at the University of the Arts London. London: Henry Serventi, Ltd., no date [circa 1927] unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 70861

‎[Anonymous]‎

‎ALGÉRIE‎

‎Algiers: Literary Guild. 1951. Softcover. Good. Glassine wraps bit torn. Boards with brown spots. Hinges weakening ; A forerunner of a coffetable book in its original glassine wraps. Full page photogravures with multi language legends for the pictures ; 8vo . Literary Guild paperback‎

书商的参考编号 : 18181

‎[Anonymous]‎

‎Alternate Universe Record Collection‎

‎n.p.: n.p. 1990. Very good plus. Stunning and extensive collection of original artwork album covers and two lengthy reference books - all describing a vast imaginary world of 20th century rock-and-roll that never existed. Introducing the auto-fanfictive outsider art of The Indoor Kid - a Henry Darger of Greil Marcuses Syd Barrett of Daisy Ashfords Robert Christgau of Richard Dadds - who fell through the pages of ten thousand music magazines into a wonderland of his own making. The anonymous creator hereafter The Artist fashioned an entirely fictitious musical universe. From dozens of albums drawn and collaged over actual LPs as well as what might perhaps best be described as concept art for those albums to extensive accompanying commentaries whose tone owes a great deal both to zines of old and the once-popular Encyclopedias of Rock the impression is one of carpeted suburban bedrooms and children longing to escape both backwards into lost decades and forwards into the autonomy and sexuality of imagined adulthood. The Artist's mock-authoritative assertions of judgment and offhand omniscience speak of a child raised by a stacks of ROLLING STONE and CREAM in lieu of the foundling's traditional pack of wolves. His major fascinations - psychedelia the particular flavor of British whimsy that preceded it and hippie-tinged heavy metal of the Zeppelin-Black Sabbath era- are all in line with this lineage and with the character of the solitary late-'80s adolescent.<br /> <br /> THE DREAM OF FAME BEATS FAME ITSELF:<br /> <br /> The Artist's record collection most immediately calls to mind the work of Mingering Mike the D.C.-based self-made recording artist who constructed scores of fake albums by "unheard artists such as Joseph War the Big 'D' and Rambling Ralph on labels such as Fake Records Inc. Decision Sex and Mother Goose" Hadar. Discovered at a flea market in the early 2000s Mike's work found instant cult and early online fame. The present collection however can be dated with a great deal of confidence to the mid-late 1980s through perhaps the very early 1990s from the issue dates of the original repurposed albums as well as triangulating particular contemporary references coupled with certain early laser-print fonts. Thus while it is almost certainly impossible that the one could have influenced the other the similarities of technique imagination and single-minded dedication in their respective oeuvres are striking. <br /> <br /> Their art styles however are highly individuated. Though both may be placed under the broad umbrella of outsider art our Artist abhors a vacuum; he does not have Mike's appreciation of negative space. Lacking any formal skills or apparent training and with a representational style much younger than his assumed years he works in blasts of color in layers of collage and pen and children's marker in puns and allusions and call-backs both verbal and visual. And whereas Mingering Mike's invented record labels and bands lent verisimilitude to his own fantasied career in which he was the star The Artist is self-effacing to a fault. His dream is pure and strange. Not so much the protagonist of this created world but its chronicler publicist. In short that most reviled and necessary of creatures: the rock journalist. <br /> <br /> "OPIUM: ONE OF THE MOST POTENT DRUGS. NOW THE NAME OF A NEW ROCK AND ROLL BAND."<br /> <br /> Clearly a deep reader if only of music journalism the artist scatters little gems in the corners. Little clusters of mini-trends pop up in band names: the exquisitely named Sand Witch Witch-ita Falls Witching Hour and Witches Comettee sic; Mezzanine Anecdote and The Syntax Man; Tar-O and the O-CULT Band. Elsewhere there's a knowing nod to the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band clearly a source of inspiration; a song called "Austin Osmanspare" described as a "creepy tale of a black magic practitioner"; a reference to vocals vocals! like H.P. Lovecraft. Well-versed in the style of Bangsian word-omelettes "a sound full of ponderous organ pounding plodding rhythms screaming operatic vocals fast blitzkrieg-Bach-inspired guitar runs" some of the song titles are undoubtedly jokes on purpose: "Who When And Where Is Our Love Machine" "Soldier Sentry Squabbie Cockleshell Army" "666 All in the Name of Satan" Death Banquet's "Let Me Bludgeon You" followed by "No No No Don't Break The China" and the magisterial "Surrender Your Arms Sexual Metaphor." <br /> <br /> Meanwhile the real world does exist but is kept resolutely peripheral: nods to Timothy Leary praise from George Harrison glowing comparisons to Ozzy Osbourne and sneering ones to Michael Bolton creep in. Occasionally a deep-cut cover appears like "Magic Handkerchief" Bown/Bannister always scrupulously attributed. In a stroke of crossover genius one of the two encyclopedic notebooks explains that the imaginary band Iron Maiden had to change its name when the other real Iron Maiden got too famous. Poets too feature not only in certain liner notes "The group are heavily into Shelly sic Byron Keats William Blake and Sigfried Sasoon sic" but also most intriguingly in one unique piece of album art: "Strange Games" by "WILLIAM BLAKE." Unlike all the others however this album incorporates actual photographs of a teenage boy sulking theatrically for the camera in a red-collared black cape heavy bangs and incipient wispy mustache. We suspect the subject of being the artist and if we are correct his choice of pseudonym is impeccable.<br /> <br /> ENTRANCE TO THE SOLAR MINE<br /> <br /> What became of the creator is unknown and likely unknowable. Perhaps like Mingering Mike he decided that "the dream of fame beats fame itself" Washington City Paper. Perhaps he put away childish things and went on to be a sober and square maker of spreadsheets and never reminisced about a single song no one else had ever heard. Or perhaps he struggled when abruptly deposited in an adult world more real but less beloved than his own - a sadly more likely scenario as this collection was rescued from a storage locker auction.<br /> <br /> What is known for certain however is that the most compelling of pasts is the dream-past just before one's own birth well-remembered by parents and better-known to cool older siblings but eternally opaque to oneself. It is tragically the strangest history of all farthest away yet tantalizingly close. One cannot remember it so one invents. Wasn't Satanic Brittanica's "Moanin' Alone If You Leave Me Girl" a banger And that the song "Bastard" by Dallas sure rocks. Tune the FM dial of the aimless drives of youth. You remember. Collection includes the following 101 items: 52 original hand-colored and collaged record album sleeves. Two handwritten clamp-bound journals. Six color xerox reproductions and 41 original color marker-and-collage artworks for a subtotal of 47 different images; the color xeroxes do not reproduce any of the original works present and though some band names and iconographic motifs recur no images repeat from the album covers. Collaged materials include one piece with several original photographs of a young man tentatively identified as the anonymous artist. All materials show minor wear with occasional glue separation of artwork from original album cover; on the whole spectacularly well preserved. A complete inventory is available as well as a document with further sample quotes. n.p. unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 40620

‎[Anonymous]‎

‎America Septentrionalis‎

‎1755-1780. Other. In excellent condition. Cut close to the engraved border lines. 152 by 190mm 6 by 7½ inches. Original copper engraving hand colored in outline and wash when published. An unusual small map of North America not listed in various collections. According to the style of the engraving the map could be published either in Germany or England in the 2nd half of the 18th century. Many engraved names of cities and towns rivers. A little cartouche is in the lower left side with three different small mileage scales. unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 30955

‎[ANONYMOUS]‎

‎An Album of International Air Liners. Player's Cigarette Cards Album‎

‎London: John Player and Sons no date 1936. Cigarette Cards COMPLETE ALBUM. Octavo 19 x 13cm eight leaves with 50 cards pasted-in. Publisher's soft card covers. Very lightly spotted and browned. Near fine. London: John Player and Sons, no date [1936] unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 54523

‎[ANONYMOUS ARTIST]‎

‎An attractive Dutch School Landscape Oil Painting‎

‎A Dutch oil painting of a landscape scene - a water mill by a canal with trees and sky. Probably an amateur artist it is signed P.M. '85. Assumed 1985. Oil on canvas and mounted in a wooden and gilt frame. Sold with the frame. Frame size 500 mm width x 420 mm height. Image size 285 mm x 230 mm. The painting is in very good condition with just a touch of crackle to the glaze. The frame is mainly in good condition but with a little rubbing to the lower edge. unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 3102

‎[ANONYMOUS]‎

‎An Illustrated Map of London.‎

‎London c1855. 510 by 590mm 20 by 23.25 inches. Engraved plan printed in red and black on cloth key to plan below. Rare map of London printed on cloth. The plan is printed in red and black. All bridges railways public buildings squares parks and borough names are printed in red. To the left and right of the title is a note: "Below is a List of the chief Sights & Amusements of London and it's Environs worthy of notice. The Star denotes free admittance. The Figures on the left refer to the map on the right the distance in miles from London." Although the plan is not dated we can assign a date of around 1855: it depicts both Holloway Prison 'Model Prison' opened in 1852 and the Metropolitan Cattle Market 'New Cattle Market' opened in 1855. Strangely the plan fails to show King's Cross Station which was opened in 1852. Not in Hyde. hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 2366

‎[Anonymous]‎

‎An Outline of English History in Verse by TLC.‎

‎London Wertheim Macintosh and Hunt 1859. 12mo. 48 pp. Publ. embosssed cloth with front board gilt red edges. English history in 171 verses from year BC 54 to AD 1837 and Queen Victoria. â€This neat and unpretending little volume is well suited for children. In pleasent and easy verse it gives a sketch of English history which may be readily commited to memory†was the short notice given by the London Quarterly Review in 1859. hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 112937

‎[ANONYMOUS]‎

‎Anecdotes of a Convent. By the Author of Memoirs of Mrs. Williams‎

‎1771. ANONYMOUS. Anecdotes of a Convent. By the Author of Memoirs of Mrs. Williams. 18th-century full calf gilt-lettered red and black morocco spine labels. Dublin: Printed for J. Potts and T. Walker 1771. 2 Vols. First Irish edition published in the same year as the London edition. Rare Worldcat lists only two copies of this edition and seven of the London edition. This epistolary novel has been attributed to Helen Maria Williams but this is most unlikely as she would have been ten-years-old at the date of publication. The chapter describing events at the convent has been included in Terry Castle's anthology The Literature of Lesbianism Columbia University Press 2003 though it deals with a young woman falling in love with another woman who turns out to be a man raised at the convent and unaware that he is male. Some light toning and foxing light wear to conrers front free endpaper of Vol. 2 lacking else a very good copy. unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 60131

‎[Anonymous mid-nineteenth-century abolitionist poem] [slavery; the American Civil War]:‎

‎Anonymous abolitionist poem in a mid-nineteenth-century hand entitled 'The Fugitive Slave' with the first line: 'I'm weary yet I cannot sleep'. Apparently unpublished.‎

‎Without date or place. 3pp. 12mo. Bifolium on ruled laid paper. Fair: aged with a 12.5 x 5 cm section cut away from the top of the first leaf before the writing out of the poem. 63 lines divided into six nine-line stanzas. The stanzas are numbered and the poem is complete. The stanzas are numbered and the poem is complete. Written from the slave's point of view with the first stanza reading: 'I'm weary yet I cannot sleep Dark thoughts of morning make me weep For at the rising Sun I'm told I'll be converted into gold There's no escape I must be sold Because my master wants the gold And I'm his Slave yes I'm his Slave Because my master wants the gold And I'm his slave'. Last stanza describing the slave's flight to Canada: 'At last my dreadful journeys o'er I'm safe upon the farther shore St Georges cross floats over me I've found the land of Liberty. My youths renewed no more I'm old That fear is gone of being sold For now I'm Free Yes now I'm Free The fear is gone of being sold For now I'm Free.' No indication has been found that the poem was ever published. Without date or place. unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 23092

‎[Anonymous Physician and Physicist]‎

‎ANTI-SMOKING IN 1687. De morborum curationibus tractatus curiosus D. M. E. P. medici ac physici accuratissimi‎

‎Lugduni imprint false: likely printed in Germany 1687. First Edition. Very good. 8vo 180 x 100 mm. 8 295 pp. Later German quarter calf over decorated blue paper boards actually two different sheets were utilized printed waste utilized as spine lining the text is in Latin and French vellum corner tips black spine label gilt binding a bit worn all edges stained red. Paper defect on fol. H3 pp. 101/2 affecting five lines of text with loss paper stock foxed and somewhat browned as is common with Germany medical books at this date but a good unsophisticated copy with a few leaves unopened. UNKNOWN PHYSICIAN ARGUES AGAINST HEAVY SMOKING IN 1687. <br /> <br /> This curious medical book discusses in 65 chapters an uncharacteristically broad array of afflictions: vertigo vomiting stomach complaints "hypochondria" "melancholia hypochondriaca" ailments of the liver and spleen arthritis fever coughing grief scurvy bloody urine epilepsy asthma and much more. <br /> <br /> To these discussions are added a series of bewildering letters to various unknown recipients including an argument addressed to a young student AGAINST SMOKING TOBACCO "Ad juvenem quendam studiosum cui Nicotianae fumum dissuaseram" pp. 231-236. Here the anonymous author argues against the "noxious" smoke of tobacco "Nicotiana" which is an "enemy to human nature." But the author conceeds that "No one of a sound mind will deny that this plant has been endowed with amazing strength by God the greatest Creator." Also: "All other plants were created in vain and the earth was crushed by the useless weight of millions of plants in vain because the faculties of all other plants were in this one plant . that can by itself remove and quench both cold and hot disease." However the conclusion is that even "Moderate smoking is harmful but much more harmful to those who sin in excess." We learn that the tobacco plant "not only has the power of subverting the stomach but also has a certain narcotic capacity and if we are to believe the writers of Indian affairs it often produces wonderful visions." Such however should very rarely be put to use. Furthermore tobacco is harmful to the skin and flesh; if smoked frequently the brain is weakened by the narcotic power; nor does it help the eyes. Finally the author implores his young recipient to "abstain from daily smoking."<br /> <br /> No copy in the U.S. The BL copy lacks the title-page. <br /> <br /> BnF Catalogue des sciences médicales II p. 258. unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 3835

‎[Anonymous contributions, published by D Appleton & Co]‎

‎Appleton’s Juvenile Annual. A Christmas and New-Year’s Gift for Young People.‎

‎<p><strong>Author:</strong> Anonymous contributions published by D. Appleton & Co.<br /><strong>Title:</strong> <em>Appleton's Juvenile Annual. A Christmas and New-Year's Gift for Young People.</em><br /><strong>Publisher:</strong> New York D. Appleton and Company 90 92 & 94 Grand Street 1869.<br /><strong>Language:</strong> Text in English.<br /><strong>Size:</strong> 7.5 x 5 inches. <br /><strong>Pages:</strong> 382 pages publisher's catalog.<br /><strong>Binding:</strong> Attractive and very good near fine original publisher's decorative green cloth binding with richly gilt-stamped titles and ornamental designs to the front board and spine. Blind-stamped decorations to the rear board hinges fine overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown under a protective removable mylar cover. All edges gilt.<br /><strong>Content:</strong> Very good content bright tight and clean rare light foxing or age-toning to pages - as shown. <br /><strong>Illustrations:</strong> Complete with numerous in-text and full-page illustrations including a striking frontispiece of "Capture of a Shark" and other scenes such as "The Miracle of the Sword" and "Fishing for Electrical Eels with Horses."</p><p><strong> <br /><br />The book: </strong>A rare and handsome 1869 first edition of <em>Appleton's Juvenile Annual</em> a richly illustrated Christmas and New Year's gift book for children. This volume gathers together engaging tales instructive essays and imaginative narratives ranging from Arthurian legend "Prince Arthur and the Sword" to natural history "The Electrical Eel" and moral parables "A Child's Faith". With its lavish gilt-stamped decorative cloth it is a prime example of the Victorian gift-book tradition that blended visual appeal with edifying reading for young audiences.</p> New York, D. Appleton and Company, 90, 92 & 94 Grand Street, 1869. hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 1577212024511

‎[ANONYMOUS], [NEELE, Samuel John, engraver]‎

‎Atlas to the Memoirs of John Duke of Marlborough; containing Armorial Bearings Fac Similes Maps and Military Plans‎

‎London: Printed for Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown 1820. War of the Spanish Succession FIRST EDITION. Quarto 28 x 22cm unpaginated. Containing 22 engraved maps plans facsimile letters and armorial bearings. Contemporary tan half calf with gilt titles to spine and marbled paper over boards. Turquoise endpapers. Internally crisp and clean with a touch of light spotting and toning. Heavy wear to binding extremities with loss to head and tail caps and split joints. Tapes mostly holding but very weak. Good. London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820 unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 62203

‎[ANONYMOUS], [SMITH, Dulcie Lawrence, translator], [SMITH, Eileen Lawrence, illustrator]‎

‎Aucassin and Nicolete: A Twelfth-Century Romance. Translated from the Original Old French by Dulcie Lawrence Smith with Illustrations by Eileen Lawrence Smith‎

‎London: Andrew Melrose Ltd. 1914. Illustrated Chantefable FINELY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED. Quarto 26 x 21cm pp.4 69 1. With 17 illustrated plates by Eileen Lawrence Smith including a colour frontispiece and two further colour plates each mounted on card with a tissue-guard. Publisher's quarter vellum with gilt titles to spine blue paper over boards and gilt titles to upper. Top edge gilt others untrimmed. Black ink gift inscription to the fly-leaf dated March 1915 possibly from the translator but unverified. Light occasional spotting throughout with some offsetting to endpapers otherwise internally clean. Moderate toning to spine; just starting to lower joint but holding firm. Light general wear to binding. Very good. London: Andrew Melrose Ltd., 1914 unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 73520

‎[Anonymous / Palace Theatre Program]‎

‎B.F. Keith's Palace Theatre New York Vaudeville Program • Archie Gunn Cover Illustration‎

‎Very Good. Classic Palace Theatre Vaudeville Program with Archie Gunn Cover<br /> <br /> A period program from B.F. Keith's Palace Theatre the premier vaudeville house in America documenting the height of New York's live entertainment culture between the wars. Programs from the Palace capture the transition moment between vaudeville dominance and the rise of Broadway and film.<br /> <br /> Illustrated throughout with performer portraits theatrical advertisements and contemporary fashion promotions the program offers a vivid cross-section of stage entertainment and commercial culture. <br /> Featured performers include Leonora Hughes and Mary Haynes alongside theatrical promotions for productions such as The Firebrand and The Guardsman with Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne. <br /> Advertisements from Bonwit Teller Milgrim and other luxury retailers reinforce the close connection between theatre fashion and urban sophistication.<br /> <br /> PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION<br /> Stapled pictorial wraps.<br /> Format: Theatre program.<br /> Size: 5.5 by 7.75 inches.<br /> Pagination: 32 pages.<br /> Illustrations: Photographic plates and period advertising throughout.<br /> Cover: Illustrated by Archie Gunn.<br /> Imprint:New York: B.F. Keith's Palace Theatre circa late 1920s-early 1930s.<br /> <br /> CONDITION: Bindings are secure. Text is clean; light even age-toning. Moderate handling wear; light soiling to wraps. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE -<br /> This program reflects the final flourishing of vaudeville at the Palace Theatre before its decline in the 1930s. It captures a moment when live performance fashion and consumer culture intersected in New York's entertainment capital.<br /> <br /> The Palace Theatre stood at the center of American vaudeville and its programs functioned as both souvenir and cultural document. This example reflects the layered experience of the era: performance fashion advertising and social aspiration all contained within a compact format. The inclusion of national advertisers and Broadway promotions underscores how the Palace served as a bridge between touring acts and New York's theatrical establishment.<br /> <br /> Archie Gunn 1863-1930 was a prominent American illustrator associated with Life magazine and known for his elegant depictions of fashionable women. His work helped define the visual language of early 20th-century American illustration. Cover with his 'signiture'.<br /> <br /> SUBJECTS: Vaudeville programs Palace Theatre New York Broadway history Archie Gunn illustration theatrical advertising 1920s entertainment culture fashion advertising ephemera Theatre Ephemera Performing Arts Illustrated Ephemera unknown‎

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