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[GUERRE D'ALGÉRIE]. MAURIENNE (Jean-Louis Hurst, dit).
Le Déserteur, roman.
Paris, Éditions de Minuit, 1960 in-12, 125 pp., un f. n. ch., toile grège, dos lisse, pièce de titre brique, couverture et dos conservés (reliure moderne).
Riferimento per il libraio : 244946
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[GUTTINGUER (Ulric)].
Arthur, ou Religion et solitude. Troisième partie
Rouen, Imprimerie de Nicétas Périaux, 1834 in-8, XIII pp., un f. n. ch., pp. 17-425, un f. n. ch. d'errata, demi-basane bouteille, dos lisse orné de filets dorés, coins en vélin vert, tranches mouchetées (reliure de l'époque). Accroc en coiffe supérieure, deux mors supérieurs fendus, dos passé, coins usés.
Riferimento per il libraio : 243590
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[Historia]
HISTORIA - N° 910 - Octobre 2022
Revue de 98 pages, format 200 x 265 mm, illustrée, brochée couverture couleurs, bon état
Riferimento per il libraio : LFA-126742298
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[Illustrated London News].
The Illustrated London News Selections from The Illustrated London News.
Folio 16" x 11 1/2" laminated mint green colored boards illustrated. Binding with some chips and wear at extremities small bookplate on front pastedown endpaper torn a couple of other pages with minor tears not collated but a couple of issues with a page missing generally the contents seem complete slight aging; otherwise very good. This is a collection of the Illustrated London News that was probably used to promote subscriptions. The date on the tile page indicates 1852 but the actual issues seem to run from December 7 1844 to July 5 1845. This volume contains about twenty issues during that period but does not include every issue. In some of these promotional collections some issues are reprinted but the reprints are from 1852. A couple of pages are missing but the issues seem mostly complete. This volume was put out about ten years after the Illustrated London News began publication in May 1842. It contains some very interesting news and illustrations including an illustration of an 'electric telegraph' in the April12 1845 issue a very young Queen Victoria and Prince Albert engraving at a costume ball in the June 7 1845 issue and a tennis match in the February 1 1845 issue.
Riferimento per il libraio : 101421
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[Illustrated London News].
The Illustrated London News Selections from The Illustrated London News.
Folio 16" x 11 1/2" laminated mint green colored boards illustrated. Top hinge cracked spine somewhat split and torn chips and wear at extremities small bookplate on front pastedown a bit of foxing some browning and aging not collated but issues appear complete. This is a collection of the Illustrated London News that was probably used to promote subscriptions. The date on the tile page indicates 1852 but the actual issues seem to run from June 11 1842 to May 6 1843. This volume contains about twenty five issues. While many issues say reprint these reprints were done around 1852 for what appears some promotional effort. This volume contains some of the earlier issues of this publication which began in May 1842. It contains some interesting news and illustrations including a small engraving of a cricket match p.164 an article on prison reform October 22 1842 and catching a whale p. 388.
Riferimento per il libraio : 101422
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[Illustrated London News].
The Illustrated London News Selections from The Illustrated London News.
Folio 16" x 11 1/2" laminated mint green colored boards illustrated. Top cover detached spine somewhat bent and cracked chips and wear at extremities one or two signatures a little loose small bookplate on front pastedown a bit of foxing some browning and aging not collated but issues appear complete. This is a collection of the Illustrated London News that was probably used to promote subscriptions. The date on the tile page indicates 1852 but the actual issues seem to run from March 30 1844 to November 30 1844. This volume contains over 20 issues. While some issues may say reprint these reprints were done around 1852 for what appears some promotional effort. This volume contains some of the earlier issues of this publication which began in May 1842. It contains some interesting news and illustrations including a short story and illustration of a copper balloon for flying in Paris March 30 1844 the London Stock Exchange April 13 1844 an article and illustrations on Emigration to Sydney April 13 1844 a visit from the King of France June 1 1844 and an article on currency and income taxes June 1 1844.
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[ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS]
The Illustrated London Almanac: 1887
London Illustrated London News 1896. 1896. 4to. Illustrated with 6 full page chromolithographed color plates of children at play around a central vignette of a beautiful woman and numerous b/w woodcuts. Original pictorial color wrappers. Very good. 64 pages original pictorial color wrappers. No signatures or bookplates. Printed by Leighton Brothers. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. London, Illustrated London News [1896]. paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 229163
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[ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS]
The Illustrated London Almanac: 1882
London Illustrated London News 1881. 1881. 4to. Illustrated with 6 full page chromolithographed color plates of children at play after Kate Greenaway and numerous b/w woodcuts. Original pictorial color wrappers. Very good. 72 pages original pictorial color wrappers. No signatures or bookplates. Printed by Leighton Brothers. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. London, Illustrated London News [1881]. paperback
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[ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS]
The Illustrated London Almanac: 1881
London Illustrated London News 1880. 1880. 4to. Illustrated with 6 full page chromolithographed color plates of beautiful women and numerous b/w woodcuts. Original pictorial color wrappers. Very good. 72 pages original pictorial color wrappers. No signatures or bookplates. Printed by Leighton Brothers. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. London, Illustrated London News [1880]. paperback
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[ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS]
The Illustrated London Almanac: 1886
London Illustrated London News 1885. 1885. 4to. Illustrated with 6 full page chromolithographed color plates each with two differing views - on for each month of the year and numerous b/w woodcuts. Original pictorial color wrappers. Very good. 64 pages original pictorial color wrappers. No signatures or bookplates. Printed by Leighton Brothers. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. London, Illustrated London News [1885]. paperback
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[ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS]
The Illustrated London Almanac: 1885
London Illustrated London News 1884. 1884. 4to. Illustrated with 6 full page chromolithographed color plates and numerous b/w woodcuts. Artists include G.L. Harrison fox hunting scene; P.H. Pavy F. De Neck florals. Original pictorial color wrappers. Very good. 68 pages original pictorial color wrappers. No signatures or bookplates. Printed by Leighton Brothers. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. London, Illustrated London News [1884]. paperback
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[ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS]
The Illustrated London Almanac: 1883
London Illustrated London News 1882. 1882. 4to. Illustrated with 6 full page chromolithographed color plates of beautiful women or scenes of nature and numerous b/w woodcuts. Original pictorial color wrappers. Very good. 72 pages original pictorial color wrappers. No signatures or bookplates. The nature scenes are drawn by F. De Neck. Printed by Leighton Brothers. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. London, Illustrated London News [1882]. paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 229160
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[ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS]
The Illustrated London Almanac: 1884
London Illustrated London News 1883. 1883. 4to. Illustrated with 6 full page chromolithographed color plates of children at play and florals floral illustrations by F. De Neck and numerous b/w woodcuts. Original pictorial color wrappers small chips to spine. Very good. 72 pages original pictorial color wrappers. No signatures or bookplates. Printed by Leighton Brothers. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. London, Illustrated London News [1883]. paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 229157
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[Illustrated London News (London).]
The Prince Of Wales Unveiling The Statue Of Sir Bartle Frere On The Thames Embankment.
London UK: Illustrated London News 1888. Print of an Engraving 9.5" x 7" Very Good. [London, UK: Illustrated London News,] 1888. unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 63-3737
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[Irving, Washington; Franklin]
Stories and Literary Excerpts. Part 1. Povesti i Literaturnye Otryvki. Chast' pervaia.
<p><strong>Including a mystification attributed to Benjamin Franklin</strong></p><p>This collected edition of stories includes Russian translations of <strong>Washington Irving</strong>'s novella '<em>The Haunted House</em>' from his book '<em>Bracebridge Hall</em>' Libman #2709 and an essay titled '<em>Journey to Ermenonville</em>' attributed to <strong>Benjamin Franklin</strong>. However the latter is most likely a mystification — a pseudonymous work falsely attributed to Franklin. It is possible that a Russian author used Franklin's name to lend the piece greater authority or intrigue.<br />This conclusion is supported by the content of the essay which describes a visit to the tomb of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. While it is historically accurate that Franklin served as the United States Minister to France from 1776 to 1785 and could have visited Rousseau's tomb Rousseau died in 1778 the text reveals that the travelers were informed during their visit that Rousseau's body was no longer there. In fact Rousseau's remains were transferred to the Panthéon on October 11 1794 — four years after Franklin's death in 1790. This chronological inconsistency strongly suggests that the essay could not have been written by Franklin himself.<br />'<em>Povesti i Literaturnye Otryvki</em>' was published by Nikolai Polevoi a renowned Russian editor writer translator and historian in six parts. Each of the first four parts includes a novella by Washington Irving.</p><p>We couldn't trace any copy in OCLC.</p> Universitetskaia tipografiia hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 5523
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[Jarrin (Charles)]
Instruction populaire sur les nouvelles mesures à l’usage du département de l’Ain. Deuxième édition, augmentée.
Bourg, Bottier ; Belley, Pézieux ; Nantua, Mercier, 1840 ; in-32, broché ; 40 pp., couverture rose fuschia décorée.
Riferimento per il libraio : 11944
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[JOU] - CERVANTES (Miguel de)
le jaloux Carrizalès d'Estramadure.
In-4, 59p. Edition réalisée pour le tri-centenaire de la mort de Cervantes. Tirage limité à 410 exemplaire. Celui-ci un des 380 exemplaires numérotés sur vélin blanc. Illustré d'un frontispice, d'une page de titre gravée et de 7 bois reproduits en pleine page de Louis Jou. Traduction française de Louis Viardot. Exemplaire en excellente condition.
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[JULIO (Julien-Ernest Houssay, dit l'abbé)].
Place au travailleur !. Études sociales et photographies d'après nature. Par un ouvrier socialiste
Beauvais, Imprimerie A. Schmutz, 1890 in-12, 347 pp., un f. n. ch. de table, broché.
Riferimento per il libraio : 233963
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[KYOTO FOLK ART NEWS - THREE ISSUES].
京都民芸だより. Kyoto mingei dayori.
Kyoto.: 京都民芸協会. Kyoto mingei kyokai. 1979 1982 1986. Three issues no. 12 21 37. Maps black and white photographic illustrations 31 to 39pp each. Text in Japanese. 18.5 x 13cm. Stapled wrappers very lightly browned at margins a very good set. . 京都民芸協会. [Kyoto mingei kyokai]. unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 223329
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[L'ESTOILE (Pierre de)]
Journal des choses mémorables advenues durant le règne de Henry III, Roy de France et de Pologne.
2 volumes In-8, [12]-532-[26]; [4]-516-[26]p. Edition nouvelle, augmentée de plusieurs pièces curieuses, & enrichie de Figures & de notes pour éclaircir les endroits les plus difficiles. Edition illustrée de 13 planches gravées par Harrewyn, dont 11 portraits. Très bel exemplaire, élégamment relié et en parfaite condition.
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[LA FAYETTE (Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne, comtesse de)]
Mémoires de Hollande. histoire particulière en forme de roman. Quatrième édition revue sur l'édition originale par J.-P.-A. Parison, et publiée avec des notes par A.-T. Barbier, ancien secrétaire des bibliothèques de la Couronne
Paris, J. Techener, 1856 in-12, [2] ff. n. ch., XX pp., 350 pp., un f. n. ch. de table, avec deux portraits en frontispice (Madame de Sévigné et Madame de La Fayette), un fac-similé en dépliant et une planche de musique notée, veau olive, dos à nerfs orné de filets et caissons dorés, encadrement de triple filet doré sur les plats, double filet doré sur les coupes, tranches dorées, encadrement de guirlande, filet et dent-de-rat dorés sur les contreplats (Petit, sucr. de Simier).
Riferimento per il libraio : 221898
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[LE GLAY (Edward)].
Li Romans de Raoul de Cambrai et de Bernier. publié pour la première fois d'après le manuscrit unique de la Bibliothèque du Roi par Edward Le Glay
Collection Romans des douze Pairs de France, VIIParis, J. Techener [Imprimerie de L. Lefort à Lille], 1840 in-8, [2] ff. n. ch., XXIV pp., 354 pp., un f. n. ch. d'errata, avec un fac-similé hors texte, veau blond, dos à nerfs orné de filets, pointillés et caissons dorés ornés de grotesques, pièces de titre et de tomaison vertes et cerise, encadrement de triple filet doré sur les plats, double filet doré sur les coupes, tranches dorées, encadrement de guirlande dorée sur les contreplats (Niédrée).
Riferimento per il libraio : 226935
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[Les cent nouvelles nouvelles].-
Les cent nouvelles nouvelles. Texte revu avec beaucoup de soin sur les meilleures éditions et accompagné de notes explicatives.
1909 Paris, Garnier, (1909), in 12 broché, VI-424 pages ; couverture illustrée.
Riferimento per il libraio : 78500
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[LES NOUVELLES AVENTURE DE SAN ANTONIO ] - DARD (Patrice) -
Le silence des anneaux.
Paris, Fayard, 2004 ; in-8, 298 pp., br. Roman qui fait peur - broché bon état.
Riferimento per il libraio : 201309401
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[LES NOUVELLES AVENTURE DE SAN ANTONIO ] - DARD (Patrice) -
San antonio tient le bambou.
Paris, Fayard, 2004 ; in-8, 330 pp., br.
Riferimento per il libraio : 201710025
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[LES NOUVELLES AVENTURES D'ERGUN L'ERRANT,BD DÉDICACÉ ] - DEUBELBEISS, PEETERS -
Ergun mort ou vif.
Tournai, Casterman, 1987 ; in-4, 47 pp., cartonnage de l'éditeur. Eo dédicacé ( petite éraflure sur le bas du dos ).
Riferimento per il libraio : 200905717
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[LES NOUVELLES AVENTURES DE BUCK DANNY] - HUBINON (Vic), CHARLIER -
Les gangsters du pétrole.
Bruxelles, Dupuis, 1953 ; in-4, 47 pp., broché, couverture illustr. Eo usure du livre ,page 17 abimé(restaurer)coter 50euros vendu 45 euros dans l'état.
Riferimento per il libraio : 200809084
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[LES NOUVELLES AVENTURES DE SAN ANTONIO] - DARD (Patrice) -
Un pompier nommé Béru.
Paris, Fayard, 2002 ; in-8 (petit), 278 pp., broché, couverture illustr. Roman.
Riferimento per il libraio : 201003473
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[LES NOUVELLES AVENTURES DES PIEDS NICKELES] - PERRE (A.) -
LES PIEDS NICKELES ont la guigne!-n°13.
Paris, Société Parisienne d'édition, 1936 ; in-8, 64 pp., br.
Riferimento per il libraio : 202203777
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[LES NOUVELLES DU MERCREDI] - FOURNEL (Paul) -
PAC DE CRO DÉTECTIVE.
Strasbourg, L'Alsace - Le verger editeur, 1995 ; in-12, 141 pp., br. Broché en très bon état - illustrés par Claude Lapointe.
Riferimento per il libraio : 201612172
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[LES NOUVELLES DU MERCREDI] - FOURNEL (Paul), LAPOINTE (Claude) -
Pac de Cro détective.
Strasbourg, L'alsace - le verger editeur, 1995 ; in-8, 141 pp., broché, couverture illustr. Très bon état.
Riferimento per il libraio : 201107942
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[LES NOUVELLES DU MERCREDI] - JOUET (Jacques), LAPOINTE (Claude) -
Le point de vue de l'escargot.
Strasbourg, L'alsace - le verger editeur, 1994 ; in-8, 127 pp., broché, couverture illustr. Très bon état.
Riferimento per il libraio : 201107941
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[LETI (Gregoire)]
La vie d'Olivier Cromwel.
2 volumes In-8, [28]-476-[24]; 556-[22]p. Nouvelle édition revue, corrigée & enrichie de figures. troisième édition, après celles de 1694 et de 1696. Illustré de nombreux portraits gravés et de planches de médailles hors texte. Exemplaire en parfaite condition.
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[LINDBERGH, Charles] INTERNATIONAL NEWS PHOTOS, INC
A collection of nine International News Photos of Charles Lindbergh each with mimeographed identifying caption two captions defective. Each stamped with the International News Photo large copyright stamp on verso.
Various places 1930-1936. Generally very nice. Various sizes; about 8 x 6.". Lindbergh in Copenhagen; Lindbergh with Nazi Dr. Wurster; veteran French aviator welcoming Lindberg; with Anne in aircraft; and four pertaining to the kidnapping proceedings. unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 69495
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[LITTERATURE] - DRIEU LA ROCHELLE (Pierre)
Histoires déplaisantes. - Journal d'un délicat. - La Duchesse de Friedland. - L'Agent double. - Le Souper de réveillon. - L'Intermède romain.
Paris, Éditions Gallimard, 1963; in-8 (143 x 210 mm), 262 pp., broché.
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[LITTERATURE] - FITZGERALD (Francis Scott)
La ballade du rossignol roulant.
Paris, Belfond, 1993; in-4, 75 pp., broché, couverture imprimée à rabats. Traduit de l'américain par Jacques Tournier. Quelques photographies en noir et blanc.
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[LITTERATURE] - FITZGERALD (Francis Scott)
La ballade du rossignol roulant.
Paris, Belfond, 1993 ; in-4, 75 pp., broché, couverture imprimée à rabats. Traduit de l'américain par Jacques Tournier. Quelques photographies en noir et blanc.
Riferimento per il libraio : _202100280
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[LITTERATURE] - HELLENS (Franz)
La pendule empire, suivi de trois contes exemplaires.
Blainville-sur-Mer, l'Amitié par le Livre, 1964; in-8, 238 pp., broché. Franz Hellens est un écrivain belge de la seconde moitié du XXème siècle. Ce livre est un recueil de nouvelles. Illustrations de Michel Frérot. Bon état.
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[LITTERATURE] - HELLENS (Franz)
La pendule empire, suivi de trois contes exemplaires.
Blainville-sur-Mer, l'Amitié par le Livre, 1964 ; in-8, 238 pp., broché. Franz Hellens est un écrivain belge de la seconde moitié du XXème siècle. Ce livre est un recueil de nouvelles. Illustrations de Michel Frérot. Bon état.
Riferimento per il libraio : G0236
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[LITTERATURE] - MUSSET (Alfred de)
Nouvelles.
Paris, G. Charpentier & E. Fasquelle, Éditeurs, 1892; in-12, 4-352 pp., relié demi-cuir bleu foncé, dos à 5 nerfs, tête queue de paon (couverture conservée). Bibliothèque-Charpentier. Alfred de Musset, écrivain romantique français (1810-1857). Il commence sa carrière dans le cénacle de Charles Nodier et mène une vie de Dandy où se mêlent alcool et dépression. Son oeuvre est marquée par une sensibilité extrême. Il eut une relation tumultueuse avec George Sand. Bon état.
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[LITTERATURE] - MUSSET (Alfred de)
Nouvelles.
Paris, G. Charpentier & E. Fasquelle, Éditeurs, 1892 ; in-12, 4-352 pp., relié demi-cuir bleu foncé, dos à 5 nerfs, tête queue de paon (couverture conservée). Bibliothèque-Charpentier. Alfred de Musset, écrivain romantique français (1810-1857). Il commence sa carrière dans le cénacle de Charles Nodier et mène une vie de Dandy où se mêlent alcool et dépression. Son oeuvre est marquée par une sensibilité extrême. Il eut une relation tumultueuse avec George Sand. Bon état.
Riferimento per il libraio : H0383
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[LITTERATURE] - ROUBAUD (Jacques)
L'abominable tisonnier de John Mc Taggart Ellis Mc Taggart et autre vies plus ou moins brèves.
Paris, Seuil, 1997; in-8, 330 pp., broché. Jacques Roubaud compositeur de mathématique et de poésie et romancier, né en 1932. Il est un des membres de l'Oulipo coopté par Raymond Queneau. Il est l'auteur d'une oeuvre où les mathématiques ont une importance capitale.
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[London Illustrated News]
The Sketch April 25 to July 25 1900; No. 378 Vol. XXX through No. 391 Vol. XXXI except No 384 bound together
London: The London Illustrated News 1900. Hardcover. 4to. Bound in olive cloth. Leather spine label with gilt lettering marbled page edges. Some edgewear endpaper split at hinge but binding sound pencilled game scores to verso of front free endpaper page 233/4 excised contents clean; very good. The London Illustrated News hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 047483
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[LOUYS]. - CARDINNE-PETIT R.
Pierre Louÿs intime. " Le solitaire du Hameau ". Illustration de Bils.
Paris, Jean-Renard, 1942. In-8, broché, 158 pp. Planche en frontispice.
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[MARCHAND, Aime, photographer]; EVENING NEWS, SANDHURST (BENDIGO)
WESTERN DISTRICT Photographs of The Burns Boys and the Bark Mill machinery by which they lost their arms at Portland.
1874. Albumen print photograph carte de visite format 104 x 62 mm mount; the negative with caption in manuscript 'A.M. Copyright Registered'; verso with printed title in various fonts 'Photographs of The Burns Boys and the Bark Mill machinery by which they lost their arms at Portland' and 'Copyright Registered / ""Evening News"" office Sandhurst'; the print has a nick at upper right corner but is otherwise in good condition; the verso has some light marks. A rare photograph relating to a horrific accident that occurred in Portland on the far west coast of Victoria on 21 April 1874 involving two young brothers John and Thomas Burns. The photograph was published as one of a series of six cartes de visite of this gruesome subject. One of the other cartes showed the machinery involved in the accident and on its verso was printed the following text: 'How the Accident Occurred. The two brothers Burns who live at Portland aged respectively ten and twelve were going home from school one day in May sic 1874 and on their road stopped at a bark-mill which the elder began to feed and in doing so got his hands caught. The younger brother seeing this called for assistance and in endeavouring to release his brother got his own arms caught. Assistance being near at hand the machinery was stopped which prevented the whole of their bodies being drawn in and crushed to atoms. The doctor who was first called to attend them was equal to the dreadful task and successfully completed his work in less than twenty minutes. On its completion however both he and his attendants wept like children. It is gratifying to observe that the school children of Victoria have contributed the noble sum of over £2000 towards the Burns boys' support and also that the schoolmaster of Portland reports them as being two of the best conducted lads in his school.' The only example of this carte de visite of the Burns Boys we have been able to trace in institutional collections is in the State Library of Victoria which holds all six cartes in the series. However the SLV catalogue entry incorrectly attributes the group to the non-existent photographer Aiḿe Marchaud - a misreading of the actual photographer's name Aimé Marchand. Aimé Marchand was a professional photographer and proprietor of the Royal Photographic Company in Portland. Of French or Belgian origin and possibly formerly an assayer in California he appears to have begun photography in Tarnagulla on the central Victorian goldfields around 1865 as an assistant to A.B. Clay. By the following year he had settled in Portland where he opened the Royal Photographic Studio in Gawler Street. From his base in Portland he toured surrounding districts offering portrait and view services. Marchand earned a ""1st Class Honorable Mention"" in the 1866–67 Intercolonial Exhibition but little else is known about his life. He appears to have left Australia in 1878. A misprint of his name in a local directory as Annie Marchand created the misconception that he was one of only a few named women photographers in the colonies. The first published full account of the Bark Mill accident appeared in the Portland Guardian April 24 1874: 'SAD ACCIDENT TO TWO CHILDREN. On Tuesday last about 2 o'clock p.m. Mr. D. Kay's bark mill at the north end of Percy street was the scene of a frightful accident in which Thomas and John 11 and 9 years of age the sons of Mr Anthony Burns boatman have been both mutilated in a sad way and crippled for life. The circumstances of the accident so far as we can ascertain are as follow :- The two boys on then way to school went to play in the mill which is now sub-let with a number of boys. The eldest boy Thomas commenced feeding the machine with bark whilst the youngest boy John played in the shed or assisted in driving the horse that worked the mill in a circle. In another part of the same shed some boys were shying about pieces of bark already prepared for milling when one of the pieces coming in the direction of young Burns and distracting his attention both hands got caught in the machine spiked rollers and in an incredibly short space of time both arms were drawn in to the shoulders. The lad driving the mill horse terrified at the accident ran away when the younger Burns with a bravery beyond his years after a vain endeavour to stop the horse ran to the assistance of his brother. But here melancholy to relate the poor child was himself caught the right arm waa drawn in above the elbow and the left hand and part of the wrist dragged between the rollers. In this dreadful position both the children remained till some person of sufficient sense reversed the machine when the poor sufferers were taken up more dead than alive from fright and loss of blood. The boys were at once taken to their father's home but some time elapsed before Dr. Brewer's arrival and both at this time had bled so much that little or no blood followed when the quadruple amputation was subsequently performed. We think that the borough council should pass some bye-law compelling the proprietors of bark and other mills to box the machinery so as to guard against future accidents of this dreadful character. A small additional outlay in this case might have been the means of saving these two lads from a mutilation worse than death.' The local and wider community contributed enough funds to ensure that the two boys could be looked after reasonably well in later life. They were both cared for into adulthood by their older brother Harry. John Burns died in 1923 at the age of 60 but unfortunately spent the last part of his life in the lunatic asylum in the nearby town of Ararat. Thomas lived to be 88 dying in 1949. He was an accomplished singer in the choir at All Saints Church Portland. unknown
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[MARTONNE (Guillaume-François de)].
Li Romans de Parise la duchesse. publié pour la première fois d'après le manuscrit unique de la Bibliothèque royale
Collection Romans des douze Pairs de France, IVParis, Techener [Imprimerie de Casimir], 1836 in-12, [2] ff. n. ch., xxiv pp., 236 pp., veau blond, dos à nerfs orné de filets, pointillés et caissons dorés ornés de grotesques, pièces de titre et de tomaison vertes et cerise, encadrement de triple filet doré sur les plats, double filet doré sur les coupes, tranches dorées, encadrement de guirlande dorée sur les contreplats (Niédrée).
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[Mercury House News]
The Mercury House News. Number 1 December 1936 to Number 14 March 1938 all published
Hobart: Davies Brothers Limited 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Hobart Davies Brothers Limited 1936 to 1938. Quarto each number comprising 8 pages with illustrations mainly from photographs. Plain binder's cloth a little marked flecked and rubbed at the extremities with the rear cover heavily mottled; endpapers foxed; light tidemark to the bottom corner of three numbers the first two and the last one; trifling signs of use; a very good run. Published during the editorship of Frederick Usher 1931-1943 'The Mercury House News' was 'published monthly by and in the interests of the employees of Davies Brothers'. In the first number the Managing Director C.B. Davies writes that 'There is no reason why this little sheet should not be a means of improving the mutual understanding between employer and employee thereby creating a feeling of confidence and attaining the good fellowship and co-operation between the departments of the whole organisation of Davies Brothers Limited'. The end result is the desired 'blend of humour in general items' with departmental reports that are 'a serious record of the events of the month - improved plant promotions social items sporting news and the like'. However Number 14 is the 'Last Issue. Owing to the regrettable decision of the piece-workers of the Linotype Chapel "that they will not set the matter for HOUSE NEWS unless payment is made for same" and as the publication is entirely a voluntary effort on the part of all employees in which considerable interest has been taken and pleasure derived it is regretted that the publication will cease with this issue'. We thought complete runs of this in-house journal would be scarce but we were very surprised to find no record of any issues at all in Trove. Davies Brothers Limited hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 102433
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[MIRABEAU (Honoré-Gabriel Riqueti de)].
Recueil de contes. Première [- seconde] partie
Londres [Paris], s.n., 1780 2 parties en un vol. in-8, [2] ff. n. ch., 155 pp., [2] ff. n. ch., 180 pp., avec un frontispice, basane fauve marbrée, dos à nerfs cloisonné et fleuronné, pièce de titre cerise, simple filet doré sur les coupes, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque). Coiffes rognées, un mors inférieur fendu, coins très abîmés.
Riferimento per il libraio : 238157
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[MONNIER-DUFOUR Jacqueline Hélène] DES ROCHES Jean:
Nouvelles silhouettes genevoises.
Neuchâtel, Attinger, 1895. In-12 de.[8]-288-[4] pages, demi-vélin blanc, pièce de titre rouge au dos,.
Riferimento per il libraio : 13084
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[Moscow News]
Modern Soviet Songs
Moscow: Moscow News 1967. 1st edition. Nice copy. oblong octavo. pictorial wrappers 80pp. illusts. music 12 popular songs. Dual text ENGLISH / RUSSIAN. Inc. Yevtushenko. Scarce Moscow News unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : R68112
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