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Adami, Valerio - Helmut Heissenbüttel
Das Reich - Gelegenheitsgedicht Nr. 27.
München., Studio Bruckmann., 1974. 50,6 x 42,8 cm. [25] unpaginierte Blätter, davon 10 Original--Farbserigraphien auf Tafeln. Illustrierter OLeinenband mit illustriertem OUmschlag in OPappmappe., 68359A Erste Auflage. Umschlag mit winzigem Einriß recto und sehr kleiner Fehlstelle am Rand verso oben. Mappe wenig berieben, minimalst angestaubt und etwas fingerfleckig. Mappe innen wenig nachgedunkelt und etwas stockfleckig. Sonst sehr gutes Exemplar.
Bookseller reference : 68359AB
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Adochi
Bilder und Zeichnungen 1994 - 1995. Mit Beiträgen von Roland Scotti, Susanne Wedewer, Jürgen Rapp.
Mannheim., IT Verlag., (1995). 28 x 21 cm. 79 S. OPappband., 12145D uflage 750 Exemplare. Einbandkanten mit kleinen Bereibungen. Sonst gutes bis sehr gutes Exemplar.
Bookseller reference : 12145DB
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Adochi
San Martino - Berlin - San Jose. Arbeiten 1987-1989. Walter Bischoff Galerie.
Berlin, Edition Georg Nothelfer im Henssel Verlag., 1989. 27 x 21 cm. 73 S., 1 Blatt. OKarton mit OKlappenumschlag., 40004AB Auflage 1000 Exemplare. Umschlag etwas berieben, gutes Exemplar.
Bookseller reference : 40004AB
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Adrian, Pic
Art and Meta-Art.
Barcelona., 1990. 21 x 15,5 cm. 119 S. OKarton., 17342D.jpg Erste Auflage. Einbandkanten mit kleinen Bereibngen. Sonst gutes bis sehr gutes Exemplar.
Bookseller reference : 17342DB
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Adriani, Götz / Winfried Konnertz / Karin Thomas
Joseph Beuys.
Köln., Verlag Dumont Schauberg., 1973. 31 x 23 cm. 206 S. OLeinen mit OUmschlag., 27399AB Erste Ausgabe. Umschlag an den Rändern berieben und am unteren Rand läsiert. Etwas angegilbt und Folierung etwas abgelöst an den Kanten. Sonst gutes Exemplar.
Bookseller reference : 706FB
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Adriani, Götz / Winfried Konnertz / Karin Thomas
Joseph Beuys.
Köln., Verlag Dumont Schauberg., 1973. 31 x 23 cm. 206 S. OLeinen mit OUmschlag., 27399AB Erste Ausgabe. Kleiner Einriss am Umschlagkapital, etwas berieben. Umschlag gering nachgedunkelt. Gutes Exemplar.
Bookseller reference : 68248AB
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Ajgi, Gennadij
Im Garten Schnee. Aus dem Russischen von Felix Philipp Ingold.
Berlin., Rainer Verlag., 1993. 26 x 18 cm. 88 unpaginierte S. OHalbleinen mit transparentem OKunststoff-Umschlag., 64135AB Auflage: 135 Exemplare. Tadelloses Exemplar.
Bookseller reference : 64135AB
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Akai, Fujio
- Harmlos dazwischen? - der Maler Fujio Akai / - harmless, in-between - the painter Fujio Akai. [Von] Hans Guenter Golinski.
Ohne Ort., Museum Bochum., (Um 1993). 24,5 x 20 cm. 1 Blatt. 10; 10; 10; 10 S.,35 Tafeln, 1 Blatt. OPapp-Kassette und Seidenband in Karton-Chemise., 44165A 1. Auflage. Kleines Fleckchen auf dem Kassettendeckel, sonst tadelloses Exemplar.
Bookseller reference : 44165AB
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Alain Dauvigny
ANDRE GIDE ou l'impossible morale. (avec envoi de l'auteur)
1954 / 32 pages. Broché. Editions Imprimerie Samie.
Bookseller reference : LIT800M
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Alain Pujol
LA CUISINE DES MOUSQUETAIRES par Maïté et Micheline. (avec un envoi de Maïté)
1991 / 177 pages. Broché. Editions de la Presqu'ile.
Bookseller reference : CUI156M
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Alain Dunoyer de Segonzac
UN CONQUERANT SOUS LA MER. Henri-Germain Delauze. (avec un envoi de l'Auteur)
1992 / 221 pages. Broché. Editions Buchet / Chastel.
Bookseller reference : MAR890M
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Albert Savine
TRIPOLI au XVIIIe siècle. (avec un envoi de l'Auteur)
1912 / 190 pages. Broché. Editions Louis-Michaud.
Bookseller reference : VOY345M
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Albrecht, Hans Joachim
Skulptur und Zeichnung 1986 - 2000. Mit Beiträgen von Walter Erben, Hans Heinz Holz, Peter Anselm Riedl und Hans Jocachim Albrecht.
Krefeld., Eigenverlag., 2001. 28 x 23 cm. 168 S. Illustrierter OPappband., 47508A Erste Auflage. Einbandkanten minimal berieben. Sonst sehr gutes Exemplar.
Bookseller reference : 47508AB
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Albrecht, Hans Joachim
Skulpturen und Zeichnungen 1983 bis 1986.
Ohne Ort., Eigenverlag., (Um 1985). quer 8°. 32 S. OKarton. Erste Auflage. Sehr gutes Exemplar.
Bookseller reference : 32299AB
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Albrecht, Jürgen
Städtisches Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach. 28. Januar - 18. März 1990.
Mönchengladbach., Städtisches Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach., 1990. 17 x 24 cm. 12 unpaginierte S. OKarton., 13565D 1. Auflage. Sehr gutes Exemplar.
Bookseller reference : 13565DB
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Alcopley - Michel Seuphor
ébauche d'une erreur. A Poem by Michel Deuphor. Translation into Drawings by L. Alcopley.
New York., UNA Editions., 1981. 28 x 22 cm. 55 (9) S. Illustrierter OKarton., 65551AB_1 First printing. Umschlag minimal angestaubt, sonst sehr gutes Exemplar.
Bookseller reference : 65551AB
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Alechinsky, Pierre
L'avenir de la Propriete.
Paris. Geneve., Yves Riviere / Weber S.A., 1972. 31 x 21 cm. 64 unpaginierte S. OKarton mit Pergamineinschlag., 65192AB Kleine Fehlstelle im Pergamin, sonst sehr gutes Exemplar.
Bookseller reference : 65192AB
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Alfaro (d.i. Andreu Alfaro Hernandez) - Helmut Dreiseitel [Herausgeber]
Alfaro.
Köln., Galerie Dreiseitel., 1981. 23 x 24,5 cm. 163 S., 4 Blatt. OLeinen., 2578D Auflage 1000 Exemplare. Rücken etwas ausgeblichen. Sonst gutes Exemplar.
Bookseller reference : 2578DB
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Almond, Darren
Darren Almond. 50 moons at a time. K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-WWestfalen. 26. Februar - 29. Mai 2005.
Köln., Walther König Verlag., 2005. 25 x 20 cm. 110 S. OPappband., 52443BB Sehr gutes Exemplar.
Bookseller reference : 52443BB
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Aloi, Roberto
Un Monumento die Roberto Aloi. Quattro Fotografie e una letera di Carlo Bassi./ Pier Carlo Santini: Gli Sbalzi di Roberto Aloi. / Kurze Auszüge aus Schriften über Robeto Aloi / Agnoldomenico Pica: Disegni di Roberto Aloi.
Milano., Hoepli Editore., 1966-1968. 4°. 30 S., 1 Blatt; 38 S., 1 Blatt; 83 S.; 68 S.- 2 Blatt. OKarton mit OUmschlag und Pargaminumschlag. 4 Bände. Erste Auflage / First edition. Minimalste Gebrauchspuren, sehr gutes Exemplar.
Bookseller reference : 32301AB
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Alonso, Pablo
Pablo Alonso. Herausgegeben von Rainer Haarmann. Mit einem Beitrag von Kathrin Becker.
Salzau / Köln., Edition Salzau / Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König., 2001. 27 x 21 cm. 47 S. OPappband., 713E Erste Auflage. Sehr gutes Exemplar.
Bookseller reference : 713EB
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Alper, Ben
Adrift.
(Ohne Ort), Flat Space Books, 2015. 25,5 x 20,5 cm. 68 Seiten. Mit 38 farbigen Fotoabbildungen. Farbig illustr. Orig.-Karton., 11294ab 1|11294ab 2 [3 Warenabbildungen]
Bookseller reference : 11294AB
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Alsonso, Diana Mercedes
Diana Mercedes Alsonso.
Köln., Thürmchen Verlag., 1999. 12°. 19 unpaginierte S. OKarton. Erste Ausgabe. Gutes Exemplar.
Bookseller reference : 32463AB
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Alsonso, Diana Mercedes
Insekten / Fliegengitter. Ausschnitt aus einer 80teiligen Diainstallation.
Köln., Thürmchen Verlag., 1999. Quer klein 12°. 13 unpaginierte S. OKarton. Erste Ausgabe. Gutes Exemplar.
Bookseller reference : 32464AB
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AMIES, Hardy
SIGNED - Three Volumes From His Personal Library - Text in German
Three (3) original signatures of Hardy Amies, the couturier for Queen Elizabeth for some thirty-nine years, contained in three books from his personal library, and each also containing his bookplate. 8vo. Three volumes each signed and dated by Amies to front endpaper, very slight wear to boards, otherwise in Very Good condition, signed on crisp, clean leafs. Sir Edwin Hardy Amies, KCVO (1909-2003), was a British fashion designer, best known for being the dress designer for HM Queen Elizabeth II for thirty-nine years. In the 1930s Amies rose to become one of Britain's leading couturiers and his salon was one of the few to rival the great dress houses of Paris. After a successful pre-war career as a designer in other people’s fashion houses, Amies opened his own establishment at 14 Savile Row in 1946. In 1950 Amies made several outfits for Elizabeth's royal tour to Canada (then Princess Elizabeth). He received the award of a Royal Warrant as official dressmaker in 1955. One of his best known creations is the gown he designed in 1977 for Queen Elizabeth's Silver Jubilee portrait. Knighted in 1989, Amies held the warrant until 1990, when he gave it up so that younger designers could create for the Queen. He was also the couturier for Lady Alice Egerton, who was appointed as lady-in-waiting to the young Princess Elizabeth in 1949, and who would go on to become Woman of the Bedchamber when Elizabeth became queen in 1953. For three years he travelled and worked in France and Germany; becoming fluent in both countries' languages. Amies worked for a customs agent and then as an English tutor in Antibes, and later in Bendorf, Germany where in 1928 he acquired one of these volumes for his library. Around the same time, another of the volumes was acquired in a village on the Mosel River. He returned to England in 1930. The third volume is signed by him in 1933 and appears to have been gifted to him by famous Austrian writer Karl Heinrich Waggerl. Manuscript
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Anania, Michael
In natural light.
Wakefield/Rhode Island/London, Asphodel Press 1999. 1999. 12°, 5 Bll., 91 S. Orig.-Karton.
Bookseller reference : 80532
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André David
Douze ballades et chansons d'Ecosse
Les éditions G Crès et Cie , Paris 1920 préface de madame la comtesse de Noailles tirage à 450 exemplaires ici n° 221 broché avec couverture rempliée format 10 x 13 cm bel envoi manuscrit de l'auteur sur page de faux titre 66 pages Bon état port en plus André David fut Romancier, poète, mémorialiste et essayiste. - Producteur d'émissions radiophoniques. - Directeur de collections littéraires (jusqu'en 1940). - Président-fondateur des Conférences des ambassadeurs
Bookseller reference : EPB-1073
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André Figueras
LA CROIX DE LORRAINE QUI TUE. (avec envoi de l'auteur)
1975 / 229 pages. Broché. Editions André Figueras.
Bookseller reference : IDE101C47
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André Figueras
STRICTEMENT CONFIDENTIEL. (avec envoi de l'auteur).
1978 / 207 pages. Broché. Editions André Figueras.
Bookseller reference : IDE100C47
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Anderson, David D
Route 2, Titus, Ohio.
Deerfield, Lake Shore Publishing 1993. 1993. 2 Bll., 219 S.,1 Bl. Orig.-Karton.
Bookseller reference : 79562
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Anderson, David D
The path in the shadow and other stories of World War II and Korea.
Deerfield, Lake Shore Publishing 1998. 1998. 3 Bll., 235, (1) S. Orig.-Karton.
Bookseller reference : 79563
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Andriesse, Jan - Roland Mönnig/ Guido de Werd [Herausgeber]
Jan Andriesse.
Kleve., Museum Kurhaus Kleve., 2003. 16,5 x 23,5 cm. 85 S., 1 Blatt. OKarton., 12106D Erste Auflage. Einband etwas nachgedunkelt und mit kleinen Randbereibungen, etwas angestaubt. Sonst gutes Exemplar.
Bookseller reference : 12106DB
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Andriessen, Cees
Cees Andrieessen. Systematische Catalogus Lino's 1971 - 1981 en Toegepaste Grafiek. 1967 - 1981. Nijmeegs Museum. 9.1.1982 - 14.2.1982.
Nijmweegen., Nijmeegs Museum., 1982. 20 x 14 cm. 32 S. OKarton. 500 numerierte Exemplare. Dies ist Exemplar Nummer Umschlag minimal nachgedunkelt. Gutes bis sehr gutes Exemplar.
Bookseller reference : 56535BB
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Andriessen, Cees
Systematische Catalogus Lino's 1971 - 1981 en Toegepaste Grafiek. 1967 - 1981. Nijmeegs Museum. 9.1.1982 - 14.2.1982.
Nijmweegen., Nijmeegs Museum., 1982. 20 x 14 cm. 32 S. OKarton., 56534BB 500 numerierte Exemplare. Leichter Abklatsch der montierten Abbildungen, sonst sehr gutes Exemplar.
Bookseller reference : 56534BB
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Andy Hope 1930 [d. i. Andreas Hofer] - Veit Görner / Antonia Lotz (Herausgeberin)
Medley Tour by Andy Hope 1930.
Köln., Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König., 2012. 29,9 x 20,7 cm. 109 S. Illustrierter OPappband., 3183E Erste Auflage. Sehr gutes Exemplar.
Bookseller reference : 3183EB
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Angel Sabourdin
du DELIT DE DIFFAMATION POLITIQUE et de SA REPRESSION (étude historique). Avec un Envoi de l'Auteur.
1902 / 193 pages. Broché. Editions V. Giard & E. Brière.
Bookseller reference : HIS1282M
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Anon
Rare Japanese Manuscript: [Kaei Ni-nen Tori-uru Shi-gatsu: Angeria-sen Toraiki. "Record of the Arrival of a Ship from Anglia, Fourth Month of 1849"]
Manuscript record of the unexpected arrival of the British HMS Mariner led by Commander Charles Mitchell Mathison in Japan, in 1849, with interest in making surveys around Edo (Tokyo), four years prior to Commodore Perry's arrival, and during Japan's period of isolation (Sakoku) during which most foreigners were prohibited entry in to the country and locals prohibited exit; containing also a description of Japanese castaway Otokichi who was on the British vessel, disguised as a Chinese to evade capital punishment, who later assisted Admiral James Stirling in establishing the 1854 Anglo-Japanese Friendship Treaty. Text is in Japanese. 8vo. 44 pages in manuscript, plus title page, on 23 unpaginated double leaves. Traditional karitoji binding ("semi-bound" meaning title page and contents without a book cover) string-stitched at spine, fukurotoji style ("bound-pocket" with folded leafs bound into spine), and opening from left to right. Complete in a single volume, measuring approximately 24 x 17 cm. A scant few ink marks to rear leaf margin, indication of some burrowing, unobtrusive to legibility, otherwise in very good condition, beautifully preserved, clean and bright, an exceedingly scarce work. Certainly an assertive manoeuvre, for the British to show up unannounced in the harbour of Edo, Japan was in the state of Sakoku ("locked country"), the isolationist foreign policy of the Tokugawa shogunate under which relations and trade between Japan and other countries were severely limited, and nearly all foreign nationals were barred from entering Japan, while common Japanese people were kept from leaving the country. The long-standing policy had been in place for over two centuries, since 1603, and would last a few more years after the departure of HMS Mariner. It was Commodore Perry in 1853, and his equally brazen arrival with his American Black Ships, that would force the opening of Japan to American trade through a series of treaties called the Convention of Kanagawa, ultimately ending the island's declaration of Sakoku, and facilitating other trade relations with Western nations. On 14 October, 1854, the first limited Anglo-Japanese Friendship Treaty was signed by Admiral Sir James Stirling and representatives of the Tokugawa shogunate (Bakufu). Yamamoto Otokichi (1818-1867), who was onboard HMS Mariner disguised as a Chinese interpreter during the ship's attempted entry in Japan, later played an instrumental role in establishing this treaty, providing Stirling with intel on language and culture during the negotiations. On 26 August 1858, the Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Amity and Commerce was signed by the Scotsman Lord Elgin and representatives of the Tokugawa shogunate for Japan, after the Harris Treaty was concluded. Britain obtained extraterritorial rights on Japanese with the British Supreme Court for China and Japan, in Shanghai. A British iron paddle schooner named Enpiroru was presented to the Tokugawa administration by Bruce as a present for the Emperor from Queen Victoria. A scarce compilation of records from the Japanese perspective on a pre-Perry interaction between Bakufu authorities and a British ship, with references to Otokichi. This manuscript collates four Japanese reports of the British ship the HMS Mariner, which arrived in Japan from Shanghai in May of 1849 to make a topographical survey of the area around Edo (modern-day Tokyo), led by Commander Charles Mitchell Mathison, who had entered the Royal Navy on 5 August 1819. The event marks a very early British appearance at Japan, also pre-dating by four years the imposing arrival of Commodore Perry and his American Black ships also intent on making surveys. The first record briefly describes the layout of the Mariner and the aim of its visit to Japan. It also mentions the considerable Japanese language abilities of the Chinese interpreter on board who explained things in a way that is easy to understand, he in fact being the Japanese castaway Yamamoto Otokichi (1818-1867). The second section records foreign ship sightings from daimyo with guardhouses on the Miura Peninsula. [daimto were the most powerful landholding magnates holding the largest sections of land] The third report describes the meeting of Commander Mathison and the Bakufu intendant Egawa Tarozaemon (1801-1855), a dispute over a map of Japan, and Japanese observations of the ship and the crew. The last report is a copy of Isenokami Abe's (Masahiro Abe: 1819-1857) message to the bugyo (magistrates) and metsuke (censors/inspectors) in which, with HMS Mariner in mind, he expresses concern about the increase in the number of foreign ship arrivals in recent years and the abandoning of the Edict to Repel Foreign Ships. Abe notes that if the edict is enforced again, while there is no illegality on the part of the foreign ships, a dispute could arise, thus cautioning the noble families on the coast to prepare defenses. [Only a few years after the arrival of HMS Mariner, Isenokami would play a major role in the signing of the Convention of Kanagawa, as a result of pressure from the Perry Expedition.]
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Rare Slavery Document: Wisselbrief [Bill of Exchange, Promissory Note].
A numbered (278) and printed document granting financial compensation to a slave owner in Suriname, by the Dutch government, signed in the original by numerous parties including the Gouverneur de Kolonie Suriname [Governor of Suriname] Van Lansberge, the Administrateur van Financienvan Het Ministerie van Kolonien te s-Gravenhague [Finance Administrator for the Ministry of the Colonies, at The Hague], and the recipient of the funds who is not only a slave owner but well-known chirurgeon A.D. Charlouis. Text is in Dutch. With steel engraved colonial coat of arms, official ink stamps, the embossed stamp of the "Klein Kolonie Suriname" government. Single leaf measuring approximately 26,5 x 13 cm. Very good condition, beautifully preserved, a scarce and historical slavery document with notable signature. The present document is interesting, as is was made almost two years after the official abolition of slave ownership in Suriname, which reveals the lengthy time period over which this process was stretched. The government's primary concern was not the freedom of the enslaved people; it was the preservation of the plantation economy, lest there be a mass exodus of workers leaving the plantations. The latter was cited as the reason and justification for the mandatory employment contract which accompanied 'free status' of a slave. Chirurgeon Andries Daniel Charlouis (Emden, Lower Saxony 1820 - Paramaribo, Suriname 1880) is the recipient of this compensation. Historical evidence reveals that he had more slaves than what is represented with this document, and that he released them gradually. He was well-known in the field of medical science, particularly for his studies on medicinal matters and the indigenous people of South America; his name appears in numerous medical journals of the period. Reinhart Frans Cornelius van Lansberge (1804-1873), whose signature authorizes this document, was the Governor-General of Suriname from 1 August 1859 to 29 June 1867. Slavery was abolished in the Dutch West Indies during his governorship. Previous to this post, he was Governor of Curacao from 1855 to 1859, and formerly Dutch Consul-General Venezuela. Doctor Charlouis, whose original signature is found to verso, received 1935 guilders with this promissory note effective 15 August 1865. This figure represents the release of approximately 6 slaves. A manuscript annotation to upper left margin, penned in a West Germanic language, refers to the abolition act: "Opheffing der slavernij... 1863" [Elimination of slavery... 1863]. Red ink annotations reveal that this document was registered on 16 September 1865, and signed by a Geregistreerde referendaris J.C. Jaunen [registered secretary]. Additional annotations to the upper margin suggest that the funds were cashed in on 16 October 1865 "Betaalbaar te Amsterdam" [paybale to Amsterdam]. Also interesting to note, two of the signed annotations to verso, those of Charlouis and a witness, make reference to German plantation owner, banker Wilhelm Eduard Ruhmann at Paramaribo. As such, this transaction was most likely transacted at Surinaamsche Bank which had been founded earlier the same year, and the funds dispatched from there to the Dutch government in The Netherlands. The Netherlands abolished the Atlantic slave-trade in 1814. However, localized slavery continued for over half a decade. Slavery was finally abolished in Suriname and the Dutch West Antilles on 1 July 1863 with the Emancipation Act. On that day, about 35,000 slaves in Suriname and 12,000 slaves on the Dutch islands in the Caribbean were given their freedom, or rather a modified version of freedom. Freed men in Suriname come under state supervision for ten years with a mandatory employment contract on the plantations. The slave owners received financial compensation from the government upon releasing their slaves to this system. The Dutch government paid 300 guilders per slave to the owner for the "lost property". (In the Dutch East Indies, payments were far lower, 50 to 350 guilders depending on the age of the slave). The abolition of slavery was referred to as 'emancipation'. Parties were organized in which King William III was presented as a key figure and benefactor of the freed slaves.
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Illustrated Latin Manuscript Leaf, Hand Painted With Symbolism of Anti-Slavery, Introducing an Early Work of Translation by a Franciscan Friar of the Third Order.
Manuscript leaf introducing an early work of translation by a Franciscan Friar of the Third Order, hand painted in full colour and featuring fascinating symbolism. Text is in Latin. Leaf measures approximately 34 x 49 cm. One soft fold, minor age-toning, otherwise in very good condition, a beautifully preserved hand painted document made at the turn of the 18th century. The present document suggests that as membership of the Franciscan Third Order grew rapidly, and no formal papal education was being received by those preaching in the streets, there was a need for some form of instruction or guidance. As such, some of the key and simple canonical documents began being written for the laymen/women to understand the principles. The symbolism features intimation of anti-slavery. Purposed with works of teaching the gospel, providing charity, and social well-being for the public, early members of the Franciscan Third Order were a community focused on truth and humility, striving to emulate Christ and model a pure life. The symbolism in the manuscript illustration of the present document is fascinating and enlightening, in particular the focal image top and center. This is an armorial motif depicting slavery, rather the Catholic church's purported desire to slavery. Unlike the standard Moor's head seen in the papal coat of arms seen since early days, the imagery here features an African tribal warrior chief, all seen but his legs, with a confident stance and holding a spear up high in declaration; this is drawn inside of a gold shield topped with the pope's mitre simplex headdress. As a whole, this could be interpreted as the Franciscan Third Order's support to abolish slavery. Some of the more common instances of symbolism are the red ribbons to signify the Blood which Christ, and the laurel leafs in a circular placement as in the ancient Greek custom of symbolising victory, honor, and peace, in this case being victory over sin, honor to the Holy one, and peace on earth. There are also two large gilt fleur-de-lis, which is often said to from 1244 in the arms of the Kings of France, although clearly used earlier as this document precedes the latter event by 40 years. In early Catholic-based examples such as the present leaf, the fleur-de-lis is believed to represent either the Trinity, or the lancehead of a spear such as which would have pierced the side of Jesus on the Cross. Manuscript
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Manuscript Court Documents Pertaining to an American Merchant Ship Captured in 1801 by a Spanish Privateer and Recaptured Again by the American Crew.
Four manuscript court documents pertaining to an American merchant ship captured in 1801 by a Spanish Privateer while on a voyage to Barcelona and Malaga with valuable cargo, the subsequent recapture by the American crew, and claim for compensation from the salvage of her cargo. Three folio, one octavo, all single-leafs. Two documents are split at folds, one of which has very minor loss to text, otherwise the lot in very good condition, clean and legible, a most interesting record of the event and proceedings in the Admiralty Court. The American Brig Eliza, formerly Schooner Maria, whose homeport was Charleston and master was Captain Joseph Michael, was destined for Barcelona and Malaga in June 1801, with a cargo belonging to an American merchant named John Seamy. Near Tarifa, in Cádiz Province, on 10 July she was seized by Spanish privateers and ordered to the Port of Algeciras. While at anchor there, Captain Michael, with the help of his crew, in particular a Benjamin Hubble, managed to re-take the ship from the Spanish. They immediately proceeded across the Bay to Gibraltar with the intention of selling the ship and cargo for personal gain. Refusal to acquiesce to the Spanish privateers would have resulted in extreme retribution for the American captain and crew if they had not succeeded in their escape, as mentioned in the documents as a reason to disallow the captain of any monetary gains for the recovered vessel. There was also intense fighting around Gibraltar, involving the French, Spanish, and British, therefore the Spanish were well-positioned and well-armed. It was the Battle of Algeciras Bay taking place, having begun only 4 days earlier on 6 July 1801. (It would end on the 12th). Adding to the eminent danger for the Americans, when the United States had declared independence, British diplomats were quick to inform the Barbary States that U.S. ships were open to attack. In May 1801, some 6 weeks before the incident described in the present documents, the First Barbary War had begun, a war between the alliance of the United States and several European countries, against the Northwest African Muslim states known collectively as the Barbary States. Prior to independence, American colonists had enjoyed the protection of the British Navy. The British no longer offered protection. The Mediterranean Sea was now a precarious place for Americans to sail. On 4 December 1801, four members of the crew, Benjamin Huddle, Robert Sherington, Thomas William, William Sesten, engaged a proctor to recover the ship and her cargo. His compensation would be half of the value of the salvage. Following the recovery voyage, accusations flowed freely and, a few months later, in December 1801, a trial in the Admiralty Court ensued. The proctor presented his case for the claimants. The result of the trial is not identified herein, but can be assumed in favour of the claimants, based on the final document, which is a "release of all claims" by the ship's new captain, Nathan Ells, who was a mate under Captain Michael, employed on the ship during the event in question.
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Spoof Decree of a Criminal Prosecution for Drunkenness in the Form an Exorbitant Monetary Fine Payable to the Deliverer of the Document - COMPLETED IN MANUSCRIPT.
8vo. 1 page, printed document completed in manuscript including date, name of recipient/delinquent, amount of the fine, name and signature of the messenger/collector of funds. With a partial manuscript message to inner page of leaf. Double leaf measuring approximately 17 x 21 cm in its folded state, watermarked with the year 1822. Signed in ink in an original hand, "Jno. Rd. Carter," as the messenger. Very good and original condition, an amusing document, seldom seen completed in manuscript. Roughly designed after an authentic court document, the heading bears the abbreviations "G.R. IV" signifying the reign of King George IV and features an engraved representation of the Royal Coat of Arms of the British monarch. Dated 31 January 1826 in manuscript, charges are laid upon a Mr. David Crossby of Gosberton [South Holland district, Lincolnshire], who is guilty of the crime of "the wicked and abominable sin of drunkenness, by frequently swallowing large quantities of Beer, Ale, Porter, and all other Malt Liquors, (Small Beer excepted) Brandy, Rum...", his fine being 50 pounds of good and lawful Money of Great Britain, payable within 24 hours to the deliverer of the said notice. Fifty pounds sterling was a very large sum of money at the time, £50 then being equivalent to approximately £4,450 today, although substantially more impactful when we consider that the average income from 1800 to 1825 was less than £20 a year. As such, the fine here would represent approximately 3 years wages to the poor bloke who was "convicted" of simply consuming alcohol.
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Two Signed Membership Documents Pertaining to the Acceptance of Monica Mary Cole, an English Geographer, into Two Scientific Societies.
Two signed membership documents formally accepting English geographer Monica Mary Cole into two scientific societies for the learned, the Royal Geographical Society and the Geologists' Association, respectively. 8vo. Two separate printed documents, three leafs combined, each document completed, signed and dated by the respective society's secretary. Leafs measure approximately 20,5 x 26 cm. Creasing to one document, otherwise in very good condition. Monica Mary Cole (1922-1994) was an English geographer, lecturer, and author, an intellectual woman and polyglot, whose legacy has been described by her colleagues as "a leader in her chosen field of academic research" who "scaled the heights of a profession that, even today, finds too few women as the incumbents of chairs." She left the Royal Geographical Society £10,000 for it to establish a research travel grant for young female physical geographists. The Archives of the Royal Holloway, University of London holds a collection of papers relating to Cole. They include her personal papers and objects connected to her career as a geographer between 1967 and 1970. During her distinguished career she produced pioneering works in the fields of biogeography and geobotany, remote sensing and terrain analysis, and mineral exploration. Her research spanned Central and Southern Africa, Brazil, Venezuela, Australia, China and Finland. Cole was not the archetypal quiet and contemplative academic. She was a larger-than-life character, and people loved to be around her. She was elected as a Fellow in the Royal geographical Society on 22 June 1942. The following year, on 6 December 1943, she also became an elected member of the Geologists' Association of London. The present documents are her official membership declaration papers from each of these societies. In 1947, Miss Cole was appointed geography lecturer under Bill Talbot at the University of Cape Town. She conducted a detailed land utilisation survey on the soils and crop yield affected by climate anomalies in Elgin, Western Cape, which was called "one of the most thorough and useful land utilization surveys carried out anywhere in South Africa" by Stanley Jackson, in The Geographical Journal.
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Anonymous
Manuscript - Vellum Land Deed - Burnham Market - Text in Latin - Wax Seal
Burnham Market [in the district of King's Lynn, Norfolk], 1589. Manuscript indenture on vellum, outlining a conveyance of land in the environs of Burnham Market, from Edward Clarke of Stanhoe to John Barrett of Barwick, with a monogram magenta red wax seal. Text is in Latin. Document measures approximately 47 x 9 cm, with wax seal affixed to vellum pendant. Some age-toning, otherwise in very good condition. Latin indenture made in the thirty-first year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I [1589] concerning land in the area of Burnham Market, very near to Stanhoe, with which John Barrett of Barwicke acquires land from Edward Clarke of Stanhowe. A William Baxter is also mentioned in this document. The wax seal features imagery of a sword or staff within monogram letters, suggesting a notable status of service to the king. This is an exceptionally scarce and consequently significant concerning property rights in the sixteenth century feudal era of England, dated only thirty years from the earliest parish record held in Norfolk registry archives, and featuring a most interesting wax seal. Stanhoe is a village and civil parish in the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk, only 19 miles from the seaside village of King's Lynn which would later be the birthplace of Captain George Vancouver the great navigator of Pacific Northwest America fame. Manuscript
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Anonymous
Manuscript Book - Reading Rifle Club
Reading (Berkshire, England), 1901-1923. Manuscript minute book for the Reading Rifle Club, established in 1900, containing all particulars of its growing membership, annual shooting programs and competitions, rules and regulations, financial statements, and the like, recorded in various hands over the years and containing several original signatures. A few of the club's printed documents, some manuscript letters from members, and newspaper clippings are tipped in. Together with a printed pocketsize 9 page handbook of the club's rules. 8vo. 218 pages on watermarked lined paper. Half calf over dark teal cloth boards titled in gilt to spine, original marbled endpapers, bookbinder's label to front pastedown. Endpapers reinforced at seam, otherwise in very good condition, a most interesting volume dealing with shooting as a sanctioned pastime. A fine example of a pre-war shooting club, nineteenth century firearms etiquette, and freedom to enjoy skilled gunnery competition. Gaining popularity and new members every year from its opening season, the Reading Rifle Club appears to have been most diligently managed, every one of its meetings being recorded in this manuscript minute book. Entries are wide-ranging in subject matter, some topics up for discussion being entrance fees and prizes, monthly competitions, an annual challenge cup, subscriptions, nominations and elections for leadership and administrative posts, expenses and receipts, ammunition purchases, firearms kept onsite, new members, annual shooting programs and competitions, rules and protocol, scoring, handicapping, dividing competitors into classes, the daily pay rate for the range warden, special use of the firing range, and so forth. Meetings were very regular from the turn of the century until 1914, then reduced rather abruptly owing to the Great War, during which time most of the members would have been in service, putting their shooting skills to practical use. Many captains are named as members, being of the British Army or the Royal Navy, many surely being attached to the pre-First World War Berkshire Yeomanry. Further research may find some notable persons. Being a legitimate and accredited pastime promoting honest and skilful competition, the member roll also included reverends. [In 2009 the National Rifle Association of the United Kingdom celebrated its 150th Anniversary. Today the association is primarily concerned with civilian full-bore target rifle shooting, although retaining its military heritage and close links with the British Armed Forces. Similarly, the Reading Rifle Club would have attracted Captains and Colonels of the Royal Armed Forces.] Incidences of special interest include experimentation with a patent target machine, a disconcerting matter of irregular entries on a score card, possible embezzlement of subscription money, a shooter having an epileptic seizure, and a proposal for establishing a summer camp at Clacton-on-Sea together with the Colchester Rifle Club. We also find occasional mention of Churn Camp, which was at the time in Berkshire, and another popular place for men of the Berkshire Yeomanry. Indeed a pastime requiring fastidious safety monitoring and honorable sportsmanship, frequent mention is made of the governing body of full bore rifle and pistol shooting sports, the National Rifle Association (NRA), which had been founded only forty years earlier in 1859. The Reading Rifle Club was affiliated to it. [The National Rifle Association was based at Putney Heath & Wimbledon Common, in south-west London, 12 years before its better known American cousin.] Manuscript
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Anonymous
Manuscript Plan - Wadenhoe and Bearshank Wood
Northamptonshire, circa 1827-1828. Manuscript plan of Wadenhoe Wood, Bearshank Wood, showing a single building, perhaps an estate or farmhouse in the making. Drawn on gilt-edged paper watermarked 'Brocklesbey & Iorbey 1827.' Small 8vo. 4+ pages. Original ink drawings on 3 double-leafs, string-tied into paper wrappers inversely titled in manuscript, and placed into marbled paper covers. Item measuring approximately 20 x 33 cm, string-tied to margin, Fold at center, otherwise in Very Good condition. These charming hand drawn maps of Wadenhoe Wood, Bearshank Wood, and the grassy regions in between, show roads, the River Nene and some tributaries, and even foot bridges. Roughly within 5 miles of Little Wadenhoe Wood, on the map which shows the broadest scope of the region, is drawn a square indicative of an estate or farmhouse. The chart of Bearshank Wood draws a country road from Pilton to Benefield (which today connects Pilton Road to Harley Way), near which the home would be situated. A partial road also begins at Pilton and terminates between the forest and field regions. Wadenhoe is a village and civil parish in East Northamptonshire. It is best known for Wadenhoe House, a magnificent Jacobean manor built circa 1617, whose early residents include the Delacy family who were actively involved in the Gunpowder Plot, and George Ward Hunt - Chancellor of the Exchequer in the first Disraeli government later First Lord of the Admiralty (1874). The latter made some renovations to create a classical House of the period. Bearshank Wood was once a famous butterfly site; in the 1920s butterfly collectors would descend from far and wide to capture rarities such as chequered skippers and Duke of Burgundy fritillaries. Closed, dense woodland and conifer plantations are poor habitats for fussy butterflies, thus these and other remarkable butterflies disappeared from here decades ago. Manuscript
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ANSON, George - SUBSCRIBER OWNED COPY
Voyage Round the World in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. By George Anson Esq; Commander in Chief of a Squadron of His Majesty's Ships, Sent upon an Expedition to the South-Seas. ....
.....Compiled from Papers and other Materials of the Right Honourable George Lord Anson, and Published under his Direction, by Richard Walter, M.A. Chaplain of His Majesty's Ship the Centurion. SUBSCRIBERS COPY OWNED BY SUBSCRIBER LISTED IN BOOK AND WITH ADDITIONAL MANUSCRIPT LEAF SIGNED BY ANSON. First Edition. Quarto, measuring approximately 260mm x 210mm. 34, 420 pages, with 42 engraved folding plates and maps. Bound in a contemporary full calf binding. Bound without the directions to binder leaf, otherwise a stunning and very clean copy of this book. WITH THE SIGNATURE OF HENRY PENNYMAN ON THE TOP OF THE TITLE PAGE WHO IS LISTED IN THE LIST OF SUBCRIBERS AND THE BOOKPLATE OF JAMES PENNYMAN. IN ADDITION THERE IS A MANUSCRIPT LEAF - A RECEIPT FOR LOAN IN SALT - SIGNED IN THE ORIGINAL BY ANSON IN MAY 1752. This is the official account of Anson's voyage. England, at war with Spain in 1739, equipped eight ships under the command of George Anson to harass the Spaniards on the western coast of South America, for the purpose of cutting off Spanish supplies of wealth from the Pacific area. The Spanish fleet sent out to oppose the British ran into storms; provisions ran out and many ships were wrecked. Anson continued taking prizes during 1741-42, off the Pacific coast, and in June, 1743, captured the Manila galleon containing a vast treasure in Gold and Silver. Cox I, p. 49. Hill 1817. National Maritime Museum I, 109. Sabin 1625. Manuscript
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Anthony, Evelyn
The Doll's house.
London - New York - Toronto - Sydney - Auckland, Bantam Press 1992. 1992. 285 p., hardback with dust jacket.
Bookseller reference : 102229
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Antonakos, Stephen
Neons. Allen Priebe Art Gallerry Wisconsin State University-Oshkosh april 1971.
Wisconsin., Allen Priebe Art Gallerry:, 1971. 24 x 21 cm. 24 unpaginierte S. OKarton., 25217A Umschlag leicht angestaubt und verso etwas fleckig. Eine Kante gering gestaunt. Ordentliches Exemplar.
Bookseller reference : 25217AB
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APPY Frédéric
Nixe. Mise en question et exaltation du livre - Avec envoi de l'auteur
Editions de la différence 1985 394 pages in-8. 1985. broché. 394 pages. Précédé d'un entretien avec Michel Butor
Bookseller reference : 13678
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ARAGON
Le nouveau crève-coeur / Avec envoi de l'auteur
Nrf Gallimard 1949 123 pages in-12. 1949. broché. 123 pages. Avec envoi de Aragon
Bookseller reference : 18912
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