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‎LD KOOP [?] L D‎

‎1945 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY AN AMERICAN ARMY OFFICER RESPONSIBLE FOR MANY OF THE COMFORTS ON A LIBERTY SHIP FOR THE RETURNING HEROES OF WWII AND THEIR GERMAN PRISONERS‎

‎FRANCE ENGLAND NORTH ATLANTIC. Good. 1945. On offer is a superb significant original World War II manuscript diary hand written from a very unique perspective of an American Army officer aboard the US "Victory Ship" SS Frederick Victory. Historians researchers and collectors alike will appreciate this diary as a rather rare look at the demobilization of US Troops after the war and a side of the war not much written about. And few will write with such frankness and spirit as our author. The officer L.D. Koop if the gilt stamped name on the book's cover is testament using a 1924 dated book with dates written over was in charge of the ships PX and Canteen and responsible for all provisions aboard ship. The diary details a great deal over the 200 pages of writings including rare entries regarding German prisoners of war and even caustic entries about America's allies: the Belgians are "dumb" the British troops looked sloppy and the "French just wanted the US to fight the war for them." He writes about the American soldiers officers even the chaplain. He discusses their morals and his opinions of the German prisoners of war. He also relates some fascinating stories concerning picking up troops in Antwerp; mentions many hiding animals they found on the battlefield in their duffle bags. The soldiers apparently drugged them and took them aboard ship. One officer even had a deer with him he found in the Black Forest. He mentions them carrying German POWs and German mines in the Atlantic. At one point his ship is almost blown apart by a mine and his descriptions of the remains of the towns and battle damage is very descriptive. Readers will get a palpable sense that they were done with the war and ready if not anxious to go home. Some of the entries are very critical of how operations were being run. Beginning July 15 1945 they depart from Pier 6 Bush Terminal Brooklyn and returned to Brooklyn on January 30 1946. Here are some snippets: July 15 1945 New York City. Reported aboard the "Fredrick Victory" 12:30 am ship departed from Pier 6 Bush Terminal at 7:25 am two hours spent within the harbor testing compasses. Weather rainy and sea fairly rough after leaving Harbor passed Sandy Hook at 11:am It was the last land sighted due to rain and fog prevailing. This ship is a really rough job- The Chaplain is the first man seasick at 2pm with two of the C.M. soon to join him. One of the crew told me this was a fairly calm day but the ship is still rolling at steep angles. So far I feel ok - I'm keeping my fingers crossed. We began to unpack some of my PX supplies and equipment including a brand new cash register- They certainly give you everything. We are traveling at quite a rate and average about 400 miles a day baring breakdown. Thought it would be a good idea to take photos on deck this afternoon but decided against it because of the disreputable appearance of all. The standard uniform is non existent here - Whatever you want but coming back will have to be a difficult story - Strictly G I ! July 17 1945 - The Atlantic The sea is calm today and it is actually hot. Good for sun bathing and I did take advantage of it. The water situation aboard will be rough I'm afraid as we have exceeded our quota for the past three days and if the destination is France as it probably will be we won't be able to pick up any additional water. The Chaplain is proving to be a source of amusement for all with his "droll remarks "He's over his seasickness now but we all predict it will return with the first rough day. The Master predicted that we will be back in port at New York by the 10th of August of not before I wonder July 201945- The Atlantic We were informed by radio today that our new destination is Antwerp Belgium and probable time of arrival will be late Wednesday nite or early Thursday morning. We expect to discharge cargo and pick up troops from that port. The weather is still cool cut somewhat calmer than yesterday. We passed by a very large ship tonight - either America or Isle- de France. To date we have been doing most of the passing but this ship really flew by us. Finished by Troop messing plan today so now its only a matter of hoping it works in practice. The Chaplain is sick again - Something he ate this time he claims He has been trying to convert us all we believe - passing out bibles etc!! Have written several letters but from the looks of things it will be several days before I can mail them. July 26 1945 Belgium The British control this town and are far more numerous than Americans. They certainly make sloppy looking soldiers - Never wear neck ties rolled sleeves' etc. Tried to buy some souvenirs but everything costs like hell so ended up buying a few postcards at 1 franc- July 211945 The Atlantic We sighted our first mines today- floating ones which evidently had broken loose from their moorings. We have received several radio messages telling of mines in the vicinity so I guess these waters must be full of them they have a constant two man lookout for them and as soon as we enter the English Channel out Navy gun crew will take on a watch as an added precaution. These waters are still plenty dangerous. July 251945 Off the coast of Belgium We are passing along the coast of Belgium now and are only 5 or 6 miles from the shore all of the German defenses are still visible and the beach literally bustles with anti -tank defenses and gun defenses. We first passed a Belgium town called Kuocke- which looked pretty intact but the entire channel here is full of half sunken ships and wrecks from the air raids. The coast of England is clearly visible from the other side of the ship and I can't imagine why the Germans were unable to make the crossing after Dunkirk. Early this morning we passed within 25 feet of a mine. A narrow scrape and one the escorts tried to detonate it with gunfire. July 271945 Belgium Took Lt. Boyles place as duty officer today as I'll have tomorrow off and am planning to go to town together with Capt. Moore and Mr. Chaffee. They began unloading cargo at 2 pm. Yesterday and by tonite two hatches are about empty with 3 more today. They estimate that we will finish unloading either Sunday nite to Monday morning. The Belgians are fair workers but dumb and I caught one crew hosting bags of beans with baling hooks and breaking the bags. August 121945 - The Atlantic We were making 16 knots today until a fog came up which caused it to be reduced to 10. We certainly have not had a break on the weather on the return trip. About 20 cases of Ptomaine have broken out among the men as a result of a bad ham. As a whole seasickness has been the chief illness to date however !! One of the officers aboard has a small deer aboard which he captured in a German forest altho pests are forbidden we have several dogs and rabbits aboard in addition. They were brought aboard by drugging them and carrying them in duffle bags some ingenuity. It wont be much longer 3 days and we will be in the U.S.A. and I certainly cannot wait for this ship to tie up at New York Pier. Sept 15 1945 - The Atlantic Departed from Pier 9 at 2 pm today with our destination set for Antwerp Belgium. We are carrying 226 German PW's and 10 guards this trip and those PW'S certainly aren't anxious to return as they are going under Russian control. They really have cut down on the PW men since my Alabama days. I learned this evening supper for the PW's consisted of beans sauerkraut franks bread and coffee. No butter or desert etc. We are in charge of the Germans but it is a rather loose control so we won't have the problems we have with the troops. It is raining a bit tonight so I guess the weather is the same at home. I certainly was lucky getting that at at the beach Thursday !! In my service questionnaire I requested immediate relief from active duty today so here's hoping. Sept 17 1945 The Atlantic Today was PW work day and we really got plenty done which should save time on the turnaround in Antwerp I had about 40 PW's working on the troop compartments and were got the decks painted in two of them bunks set up and life jackets on each. The Germans are good workers and seem to actually enjoy the work. Today was a calm day but there wasn't much sun around compared with yesterday. We are approximately 800 miles from New York now and really making good time. We are having a movie tonite - " Totilla Flats " which the PW's' are being allowed to attend altho I suppose most wont know what it is all about.Am going to try and get some snaps of the PW's tomorrow if possible as I never was able to get any when I was in the camps in the South. All entries are hand written in ink and easy to read. The diary is leather bound with some wear to the exterior. Binding is tight with no pages coming loose detached or missing. ; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF E.C. WHITE CHILE LOST INCA CITY PERU BOLIVIA COLOMBIA ESPIONAGE STEALTH DIPLOMACY LATIN AMERICA SOUTH AMERICA VENEZUELA PYGMY CITY IN THE ANDES INCA INCAN CHILEAN CIVIL WAR PHARMACEUTICALS MEDICINE IN SOUTH AMERICA PURDUE DR. EMERSON WHITE ALBERT BLAKESLEE ARCHAEOLOGY PALEONTOLOGY EXPLORATION KAL BLANCO HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0002594

‎LE BLOND - Geraud de LA CHAU‎

‎Description des principales pierres gravées du Cabinet de SAS Monseigneur le Duc d'Orléans‎

‎à Paris: Chez M. l'abbé de la ChaudM. l'Abbé Le Blond 1780. Fine. Chez M. l'abbé de la Chaud M. l'Abbé Le Blond à Paris 1780 - 1784 20.50 x 34 cm 2 volumes reliés First edition magnificently illustrated with a frontispiece by Cochin engraved by Saint-Aubin a title vignette by the same 59 large tailpieces and headpieces designed and engraved by Saint-Aubin explained and deciphered at the beginning of the work and 179 figures hors-texte each presenting an engraved stone engraved by Saint-Aubin. Fine printing on deluxe Holland paper. Full black morocco-grained shagreen binding ca 1850. Smooth spine with flat raised bands decorated with fillets and roulettes on the bands. Triple-ruled frames on boards with corner fleurons. Marbled edges. Light rubbing to headcaps corners. Paper lacking to margin of one leaf in volume I. Some leaves browned. Pale angular dampstain on 3 leaves of volume I. Handsome copy with wide margins.  The Duke of Orléans Louis-Philippe D'Orléans was a great collector both of books antiquities and engraved stones; the latter provide useful information to archaeology and are even decisive for studies on Antiquity. Gathering engraved stones required long and patient research and much money and there were scarcely any but sovereigns who could assemble such a collection. That of the Duke of Orléans was in this respect remarkable. At the end of the work a letter from Daubenton on the accuracy of the representation of hippopotamuses. Chez M. l'abbé de la ChaudM. l'Abbé Le Blond hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 36801

‎le chevalier d' ACEILLY [Jacques de CAILLY]‎

‎Diverses petites poésies‎

‎Paris: N. Delangle 1825. Fine. N. Delangle Paris 1825 10 x 15.30 cm relié Edition forming part of the Petits Classiques françois collection printed in 500 copies at the expense and under the care of Charles Nodier and the publisher with the typefaces of Didot l'Aîné. Half navy blue morocco binding with corners spine with five raised bands decorated with double blind-stamped compartments marbled paper boards marbled endpapers and pastedowns marbled edges two corners slightly bumped. Handsome copy despite some minor foxing. N. Delangle hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 71539

‎Le Chevalier GOUGENOT DES MOUSSEAUX‎

‎Les médiateurs et les moyens de la magie‎

‎Paris: Henri Plon 1863. Fine. Henri Plon Paris 1863 14 x 23 cm broché First edition. Spine reinforced scattered foxing gift inscription on half-title page. Rare. Henri Plon unknown‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 4670

‎LE CORBUSIER‎

‎L'art décoratif d'aujourd'hui • The Decorative Art of Today‎

‎Paris: Georges Crès & Cie 1925. Fine. Georges Crès & Cie Paris 1925 15.50 x 24.50 cm relié L'Art décoratif d'aujourd'hui The Decorative Art of TodayGeorges Crès & Cie Paris 1925 15.5 x 24.5 cm contemporary shagreen Second edition with numerous illustrations. Contemporary binding in half burgundy shagreen green shagreen boards in marble paper. Rare autograph inscription dated 1925 and signed by Le Corbusier to the film director Jean Grémillon. Our copy is enhanced on the first free page with a second autograph dated 1928 by Le Corbusier: “To Mr E. Mercier. It is not a question here in fact of the decorative art but of the spirit that animates this magnificent epoch and is so poignant.” A precious copy in a strictly contemporary binding and enhanced by two successive autographs by Le Corbusier. Georges Crès & Cie hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 64578

‎LE FARINO, PFC, 4TH POTC T-55 L E P O T C‎

‎1943 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT NOTEBOOK OF DETAILED INFORMATION REGARDING THE STATE OF AMERICA'S AMMUNITIONS ARMAMENTS AND METHODS OF BOMB MAKING: "MILITARY EXPLOSIVES REFERENCE"‎

‎SAVANNA PROVING GROUNDS ILLINOIS IL. Very Good. 1943. On offer is a super original manuscript relic of American World War II efforts being the handwritten 'Military Explosives Reference' handwritten and maintained by P.F.C. L.E. Farino 4th P.O.T.C. T-55. The clamshell type cover protects hundreds of lined pages of illustrations charts data observations and notes outlining the then state of the art 'Bombs Explosives Bullets and other Ordnance'. Dated 1943 Savanna Proving Grounds measures approx. 9" x 11" x 1.5" details what then would have been secret information given the location being the Army's top secret base frequently referred to as the Army's version of the Air Force's Area 51. Reference notes from one online source: "The US Army set up the Savanna Proving Grounds during WWI with construction starting in 1917. It was originally a remote site for the Rock Island Arsenal to test cannons. A multitude of unexploded shells remain in the area as a result. The Savanna name is easy to confuse with the Department of Energy Savannah River Site in South Carolina. That confusion worked in the favor of the Army as the Savanna site became the home for US Army nuclear weapons projects. Over time the Savanna installation became a super-secret development and testing lab where the US Army went when it wanted to be alone much like the Air Force's Area 51." The book is overall VG save for the title page being detached but present.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; KEYWORDS: SAVANNA PROVING GROUNDS US ARMY EXPLOSIVES TOP SECRET BOMBS EXPLOSIVES BULLETS ORDNANCE AREA 51 FARINO MILITARY EXPLOSIVES REFERENCE PERSONAL MEMOIR HANDWRITTEN HAND WRITTEN WORLD WAR II WWII WW2 ILLINOIS AUTOGRAPH AUTOGRAPHS SIGNED LETTERS DOCUMENT DOCUMENTS MANUSCRIPT MANUSCRIPTS WRITERS WRITER AUTHOR HOLOGRAPH PERSONAL AMERICANA ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT . unknown‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0001453

‎LE GALLIENNE, RICHARD‎

‎The philosophy of limited editions. Taken from prose fancies‎

‎Chicago: The Black Cat Press 1935. Edition limited to 100 copies designed and printed by Norman W. Forgue; 12mo pp. 18 2; title-page and chapter vignettes designed and hand-colored by Calvin Brazelton; light wear to extremities former owner's stamp on front pastedown else very good in original green and taupe textured paper covered boards. "Over-production in both men and shirts is the evil of the day. The Black Cat Press unknown‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 21288

‎LE GALLIENNE RICHARDA. D. A.‎

‎Limited editions a prose fancy: together with Confessio Amantis a sonnet‎

‎London: privately printed 1893. First separate edition 24mo pp. 4 11 5; original gray wrappers slightly discolored else fine. Signed by the author on the half-title. <br/><br/> privately printed unknown books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 30184

‎LE GRAND D'AUSSY‎

‎Voyage d'Auvergne‎

‎à Paris: Chez Eugène Onfroy 1788. Fine. Chez Eugène Onfroy à Paris 1788 12 x 21 cm relié First edition quite rare illustrated with a panoramic view of the city of Clermont and the surrounding volcanoes. Half midnight blue calf Restoration binding. Smooth spine with large romantic tooling lengthwise. Good copy. The last leaf of the table of contents is frayed at the margin. The author having spent five months in Clermont Ferrand and visited Auvergne proposed to make a travel account to the glory of an unknown and remarkable region for tourism; a large part of the work is a description of the city of Clermont-Ferrand. The rest of the book is devoted to the particularities of Auvergne namely its volcanoes and springs. At the very end of the work the author provides itineraries for walks and discoveries. Chez Eugène Onfroy unknown‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 35255

‎LE JOYEUX DE SAINT-ACRE‎

‎Examen sur l'indifférence en matière de religion de M. l'abbé de La Mennais‎

‎Paris: Aux archives des lettres sciences & arts 1820. Fine. Aux archives des lettres sciences & arts Paris 1820 14 x 21.50 cm broché First edition published under a pseudonym. Work illustrated with an engraved frontispiece. Handsome and rare copy almost free from foxing. Aux archives des lettres, sciences & arts unknown‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 19811

‎Le maitre de CLAVILLE‎

‎Traité du vrai mérite de l'homme‎

‎à Amsterdam: Aux dépens de la Compagnie 1748. Fine. Aux dépens de la Compagnie à Amsterdam 1748 9.50 x 16.50 cm relié New edition. Title page in red and black. Contemporary full marbled brown calf binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title-label. Head of spine partly lacking. 2 corners slightly bumped. A treatise on moral philosophy and education in the taste of the 18th century that is to say written with wit style and eloquence irony and seriousness finesse and didacticism and for good reason this treatise was much read and appreciated in its time. If it invents nothing the author assembles all the moral thought of the 18th century heir to the moralists of the previous century which is no small thing. Aux dépens de la Compagnie hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 46204

‎LE MENUET DE LA JUGANNIERE‎

‎Eloge de Pierre Faure conventionnel havrais son vote au procès de Louis XVI‎

‎Le Havre: Imp. Micaux frères 1929. Fine. Imp. Micaux frères Le Havre 1929 16.50 x 25 cm broché First edition of this offprint printed in a small number of copies. A good copy. Imp. Micaux frères unknown‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 25654

‎LE PERE - SCHROEDER (sculpsit)‎

‎DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Edfou Apollinopolis magna. Vue perspective du petit temple. ANTIQUITES volume I planche 65‎

‎Paris: Imprimerie Impériale 1809. Fine. Imprimerie Impériale Paris 1809-1829 71 x 54 cm une feuille Original etching etching in plano untrimmed extracted from the 'Imperial Edition' of the Description of Egypt or Series observations and research conducted in Egypt during the French expedition published by order of His Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great. Conducted between 1802 and 1830 and published between 1809 and 1828 she was taken in 1000 copies available to institutions. Laid the watermark visible by transparency ancient and modern Egypt paper. Tiny bites and marginal without breach engraving otherwise excellent freshness and preservation. The monumental first edition of the Description of Egypt in 13 volumes contained 892 colored plates of which 72 including 9 volumes involved antiquity. The other volumes dealt with the Natural History and modern Egypt as Napoleon Bonaparte had brought with him a commission of scholars from all disciplines so that they said in his description was stored the richest museum of universe. The work was written in part by Baron Dominique Vivant Denon before he became DG of Napoleon in the Louvre Museum. More than 80 artists and 400 writers were hired for this huge project. The dimensions of the exceptionally large boards necessitated the creation of a special press and a specific piece of furniture to keep them .! Imprimerie Impériale hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 25854

‎LE PERE - LOUVET (sculpsit)‎

‎DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Edfou Apollinopolis magna. Élévation du portique du grand temple. ANTIQUITES volume I planche 53‎

‎Paris: Imprimerie Impériale 1809. Fine. Imprimerie Impériale Paris 1809-1829 71 x 54 cm une feuille Original etching in plano untrimmed extracted from the 'Imperial Edition' of the Description of Egypt or Series observations and research made in Egypt during the French expedition published by order of His Majesty the Emperor Napoleon Great. Conducted between 1802 and 1830 and published between 1809 and 1828 she was taken in 1000 copies available to institutions. Laid paper with watermark visible transparence.Infimes and marginal bites without any damage to engraving otherwise excellent condition of freshness and preservation ancient and modern Egypt. The monumental first edition of the Description of Egypt in 13 volumes contained 892 colored plates of which 72 including 9 volumes involved antiquity. The other volumes dealt with the Natural History and modern Egypt as Napoleon Bonaparte had brought with him a commission of scholars from all disciplines so that they said in his description was stored the richest museum of universe. The work was written in part by Baron Dominique Vivant Denon before he became DG of Napoleon in the Louvre Museum. More than 80 artists and 400 writers were hired for this huge project. The dimensions of the exceptionally large boards necessitated the creation of a special press and a specific piece of furniture to keep them .! Imprimerie Impériale hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 25908

‎LE PERE - BOUTELOU (sculpsit)‎

‎DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Erment Hermonthis. Plan coupe et élévations du temple. ANTIQUITES volume I planche 94‎

‎Paris: Imprimerie Impériale 1809. Fine. Imprimerie Impériale Paris 1809-1829 71 x 54 cm une feuille Original unshaved full-page etching from the “Imperial edition” of the Description de l'Égypte or ‘Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand A Collection of the observations and research carried out in Egypt during the French expedition published on the orders of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great'.Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Naopleon Bonaparte and published between 1809 and 1828 1000 copies were printed and distributed to institutions on vergé paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark visible when held up to the light. Light marginal spotting not touching image otherwise in very fresh fine condition. An engraving from the Description de l'Egypte one of the masterpieces of French printing and the birth of a new field: Egyptology. A gigantic survey of Egypt at the time of Bonaparte's conquests in 1798 and 1799 the work is divided into 13 volumes of engravings making up 892 plates of which 72 colored as well as presenting the splendors of the Egypt of the Pharaohs in 9 volumes. The other volumes discuss natural history and present a fascinating portrait of Coptic and Islamic Egypt as it was seen by Bonaparte's Eastern Armies. The ‘Egyptian campaign' militarily a disaster demonstrates through the engravings of the Description d'Egypte the scientific success it nonetheless became thanks to the 167 expert members of the Commission of the Sciences and Arts of the Institut d'Egypte Egyptian Institute who followed Napoleon's army. The Institut gathered together in Egypt the mathematician Monge the chemist Berthollet the naturalist Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire as well as numerous artists engineers architects and doctors. They were tasked with re-discovering modern and ancient Egypt and displaying its natural treasures as well as the know-how of its inhabitants.This edition the so-called “Imperial” edition of the plates for the Description de l'Egypte was printed in four large formats two of which were specially created for it and christened “Moyen-Egypte” and “Grand-Egypte”. A special press was built to print it the process extending over 20 years from 1809 to 1829. The “Imperial” edition proved so popular that a second edition this time in black and white and without the “Egypte ancienne et moderne” watermark – known as the “Royal Edition” – was published during the Restoration by the printing house of C.-L.-F. Panckoucke Paris.The engravings of the Description d'Egypte owe a great deal to Baron Dominique-Vivant Denon illustrator diplomat collector and later Director of the Musée Napoléon the Louvre. His exploration of the South of Egypt gave Bonaparte the idea of sending the experts of the Institut there thus creating a faithful and complete portrait of the area. This was the research gathered together from 1802 in the mammoth Description de L'Egypte.Denon embarked on this story of archeological exploration at the age of 51 reaching first Alexandria and then Cairo before exploring Upper Egypt. Along with the members of the Institut d'Egypte the Natural History Museum's painter H.J. Redouté brother of Pierre-Joseph Redouté author of Roses the mineralogist Dolomiue and the draughtsman Joly Denon then explored the Nile Delta and Lower Egypt. When however he joined the 21st Light Infantry Regiment as it marched across Upper Egypt in pursuit of the retreating Mameluks in November 1798 he found himself the only civilian. In the very midst of the battle itself he reeled off sketches of the works of art that peppered his path right up to the threshold of the Sudan. He said that he had crossed “a country that is apart from its name entirely unknown to Europeans and therefore everything was worth describing” Voyages dans la Basse et la Haute Egypte pendant les campagnes de Imprimerie Impériale unknown‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 25835

‎Le Petit, Jules‎

‎Bibliographie des principales editions originales d'ecrivains francais du XVe au XVIIIe siecle. Ouvrage contenant environ 300 fac-similes de titres des livres decrits‎

‎Paris: Quantin 1888 Olms reprint 1969. A massive bibliography of first editions of French literary texts from the advent of printing until 1800. Hundreds of items described in detail. Illustrated with about 300 facsimiles of title-pages. Large 8vo. Attractively bound in publisher's cloth. Fine and bright. <br/><br/> Paris: Quantin, 1888 (Olms reprint, 1969) hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 1955

‎LE PHO - Pham VAN KY‎

‎L'homme de nulle part‎

‎Paris: Fasquelle 1946. Fine. Fasquelle Paris 1946 12 x 18.50 cm broché First edition a Service de Presse advance copy. Foxing to covers complete with publisher's advertising slip. Work illustrated with plates by Lê Ph. Rare autograph inscription dated and signed by Pham Van Ky to the literary critic of Nouvelles littéraires. The stories that comprise this first work of fiction by the Vietnamese francophone writer Van Ky draw inspiration from Vietnamese legends. ""Pham Van Ky ne se contente pas de traduire des histoires vietnamiennes en français ; son écriture crée plutôt une sorte de palimpseste culturel dans lequel la composition des contes est infléchie par des allusions à des textes littéraires français. . Pour Pham Van Ky en revanche l'acte d'écrire en français est inextricablement lié à un système d'éducation coloniale qui l'a conduit du Vietnam du Collège de Quinhon au Lycée du Protectorat de Hanoi puis à Paris en 1938 . le titre même de L'Homme de nulle part résonne comme une question fondamentale qui hantera sa production littéraire pendant vingt ans : que reste-t-il de l'identité lorsqu'un sujet n'est plus ancré dans un environnement géographique - et par extension culturel et linguistique - particulier "" Pham Van Ky is not content to simply translate Vietnamese stories into French; his writing rather creates a sort of cultural palimpsest in which the composition of the tales is influenced by allusions to French literary texts. . For Pham Van Ky however the act of writing in French is inextricably linked to a colonial education system that led him from Vietnam from the College of Quinhon to the Protectorate High School of Hanoi then to Paris in 1938 . the very title of L'Homme de nulle part resonates like a fundamental question that will haunt his literary production for twenty years: what remains of identity when a subject is no longer anchored in a particular geographical - and by extension cultural and linguistic - environment Karl Ashoka Britto Disorientation. France Vietnam and the Ambivalence of Interculturality. Van Ky's works were illustrated by great artists from the Hanoi school part of the first class of the École des Beaux-Arts de l'Indochine: Lê Ph who created the plate illustration for this work and Mai Trung Th who would create lithographs on silk for a series of his poems. Fasquelle unknown‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 87455

‎LE POMMIER‎

‎Almanach du pays à cidre quatrième année an 1866‎

‎Rouen: Imp. D. Brière & fils 1866. Fine. Imp. D. Brière & fils Rouen 1866 10 x 15.50 cm relié First edition. Half sheep binding in fir green smooth spine decorated with triple gilt fillets marbled paper boards marbled endpavers and pastedowns wrappers with a small restored lack preserved near-contemporary binding. Library stamp facing the title page. Handsome interior condition almost entirely free from foxing. Rare. Imp. D. Brière & fils hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 30996

‎Le Ragois‎

‎Histoire de France‎

‎Douai: Jacquart. Gebunden. Jacquart unknown‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 23160

‎Le Sage Alain RenAA.‎

‎The adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane.Translated from the French of Le Sage. Embellished with fifteen highly finished engravings from drawuings designed expressly for this edition‎

‎London: Thomas M'Lean; John Bumpus et al. 1819. 3 volumes 8vo 15 hand-colored aquatint plates; bound without the half-titles in later full polished blue calf by Zaehnsdorf double gilt rules on covers gilt-decorated spines in 6 compartments morocco labels in 2 a.e.g.; a very good sound set. With the engraved bookplate in each volume of the meat-packing baron Philip D. Armour Jr. 1832-1901 of Chicago. <br/><br/> Thomas M'Lean; John Bumpus [et al.] unknown books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 47996

‎le Sage [Lesage], Alain Rene; Henri Van Laun (transl, intro, life, notes)‎

‎The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillana Vol. I II III IV Complete‎

‎London and Philadelphia: Gibbings and Co./J. B. Lippincott Co. 1896. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Thus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Complete in four 4 volumes pink cloth lettered in black outline with yellow accents deckled text block edges with top edge in gilt. Cover cloth mildly soiled and faded spine panels tanned to brown. Firm bindings interiors unmarked beyond former owner's signature stamp to each front flyleaf. Contents tanning toward edges. Approx. 240-280 pp. per volume. Gibbings and Co./J. B. Lippincott Co. Hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 065053

‎Le Sage, Alain Rene‎

‎Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane par Le Sage; avec des notes historiques et littéraires par M. le Comte François de Neufchâteau 3 volumes‎

‎Paris: Lefèvre 1825. Hardcover. Near Fine -. 3 volumes 4 xxiv 386 p. frontispiece portrait double-leaf engraved map; 4 456 p.; 4 386 p.; 23 cm. Polished calf spines with gilt-tooled title and volume on leather labels. Decoration in gilt and black on spines. Marbled paper over boards. Top page edges gilt. Marbled endpapers in a different pattern. Part of the publisher's series Collection des Classiques François. Former owner's circular light blue stamp: "St. T." on series title page. In Near Fine- Condition: spines and edges very lightly rubbed; front board of vol. 3 slightly faded along upper edge; otherwise clean and bright. Lefèvre hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 005555

‎Le Sage, Alain Rene‎

‎The adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane. Translated from the French by Tobias Smollett. Preceded by a biographical and critical notice of Le Sage by George Saintsbury With twelve original etchings by R. de Los Rios‎

‎London: J. C. Nimmo and Bain 1881. Edition limited to 100 copies on laid paper this is copy no. 40 printed at the Ballantyne Press with proof etchings on Whatman paper; 3 vols. 8vo contemporary half brown morocco gilt-decorated spine in 6 compartments gilt-lettered in 2 t.e.g. the others uncut; very minor rubbing else fine and bright. J. C. Nimmo and Bain unknown‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 44670

‎LE TASSE‎

‎Jérusalem délivrée‎

‎Paris: Lehuby 1848. Fine. Lehuby Paris 1848 12 x 19.40 cm relié New illustrated edition with 22 plates by Célestin Nanteuil and some headpieces. Text adapted for young readers. Translation by Le Prince Le brun. First edition of this version for young readers. Publisher's polychrome mosaic cartonnage binding. Smooth spine with ornaments on red green and cream ground. Upper cover decorated with 4 shields 2 red and 2 blue and a portrait of Tasso on cream ground all set against Renaissance interlacing patterns. Blind-ruled frame on covers. Edges gilt. On the lower cover a very elaborate shield on green ground. Tinted paper throughout. Dark traces on the lemon endpapers. Some very occasional and light foxing. A very handsome copy in this cartonnage binding. Lehuby unknown‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 85404

‎LE TASSE‎

‎Jérusalem délivrée poëme du Tasse‎

‎Paris: Musier fils 1774. Fine. Musier fils Paris 1774 14 x 21.40 cm 2 volumes reliés First edition of this new translation by Charles François Lebrun illustrated in first printing by Gravelot. 2 title pages with fleurons engraved by Drouet 2 frontispieces with medallion portraits of Tasso and Gravelot 20 figures by the same 28 tailpieces 12 hors-texte and 20 vignettes at the head of portraits of the main characters from the text. Full glazed lavallière calf binding. Raised band spine decorated. Red morocco title label green morocco volume label. Triple fillet frame on boards. Red edges. Traces of rubbing. Some stains on boards without consequence. Dampstain to volume II from p. 65 to 68 and p. 92 to 96 in upper margin extending somewhat onto the text otherwise fresh throughout. Very handsome copy. Manuscript notes at head of endpaper pages: Ces 2 volumes ont été achetés le 3 germinal an 9 à la vente des livres de l'abbé Barthélémy auteur du Voyage du jeune Anacharsis. These 2 volumes were purchased on 3 Germinal year 9 at the sale of books of Abbé Barthélémy author of the Voyage of young Anacharsis. Translation of great elegance by Lebrun future consul and Duke of Plaisance who had composed this translation during his fifteen years of retreat on his estate at Grillon near Dourdan after having served Maupeou who was overthrown in 1774. Musier fils hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 80573