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Hammond, Natalie H (Harris) [Mrs John Hays Hammond]
The Boers And The Uitlanders: An Address To The Century Club Of San Francisco Cal. January 9 1901
San Francisco: D. Paul Elder And Morgan Shepard 1901. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. 30 Pp. Dark Green Wrappers Printed In Gold. Inscribed "Compliments Of Natalie H. Hammond" On Front Free Endpaper Also With Ownership Signature "Misses Heath" At Top. Front Cover Neatly Detached But Present; Small Chips At Edges Which Overlap The Page Block. <br/> <br/> D. Paul Elder And Morgan Shepard paperback
Ссылка продавца : 037578
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Uncle John's Panorama: Charley's Games And Sports With Mentions Of Football/ Soccer And Bass Ball / Baseball
Philadelphia: C. G. Henderson & Co 1856. Hardcover. Fair. Color Cover And Hand-Colored Illustrations Throughout. Pp 3-26 With Pp 3 And 26 Attached To Front And Rear Covers As Issued. Third Printing First Issued 1852 In 32 Pp. In Accordion Style Binding Reprinted 1854 1856 As Here In 26 Pp And 1858. Title On P. 3 Is "Charley's Games And Sports" The First Printing In 1852 Gave Title As "Little Charlie's Games And Sports" The 1854 Edition Is Accordion Style This Printing Is In Standard Binding With All Pages Attached At Spine Edge Not A Foldout Panorama But Otherwise Similar. Very Worn Covers Frayed With Chipping To Paper Pages With Foxing And Finger Marks Inscribed To Lucius Evarts And With His Ownership Signature Etc. All In Pencil. Mention Is Made Of "Bass Ball" With Rules Too Complicated To Describe Also Football With Reference To Much Kicking Of Shins So A Reference To Soccer. Very Scarce In Any Printing Worldcat Locates Only 4 Institutional Copies None Located West Of Ohio. <br/> <br/> C. G. Henderson & Co hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 037573
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Comerford, T; Sir John Davies; James Scanlan & B Edes
The History Of Ireland From The Earliest Account Of Time To The Invasion Of The English Under Henry Ii : Being A Series Of The Principal Transactions Of That Kingdom For Upwards Of 3000 Years. Also An Account Of The Most Eminent Men. With A Dissertation. And The Genealogies.By T. Comerford. To Which Is Added Discovery Of The True Cause Why Ireland Was Never Entirely Subdued. Until. James The First- Originally Published In 1612 By Sir John Davies- Also Remarks By The American Publishers
Baltimore: James Scanlan & B. Edes 1826. First Edition Thus . Hardcover. Good. Xii 328 Pp. Two Pages "Advertisement" By The Publisher's At Beginning Explaining The Book; And Their Three Pages Of Remarks At End. Frontispiece Lacking. First American Edition From The Third Dublin Edition Also With The Publisher's Additions. Nicely Rebound Probably Circa 1900/1910 In 3/4 Red Leather Four Bands Gilt Over Red Pebbled Cloth Marbled Endpapers; Title Author Date And Owner's Name "D. L. Roscoe/ U. S. Army" In Gilt Colonel David Livingstone Roscoe. Binding With Some Wear Gilt Brilliant Small Fray At One Tip. Pages Evenly Aged. Quite Scarce Worldcat Identifies This American Edition But Could Not Locate Any Institutional Holding Of This American Edition With New Publishers' Comments. <br/> <br/> James Scanlan & B. Edes hardcover
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Article De ????????? ?????????? ????? / Alexandre Nikolaevitch Benois (1870-1960)
/ Starye Gody / Les Vieilles Années Numéro De Mai 1912 : With Article By / Alexandre Nikolaevitch Benois 1870-1960 Alexandre Benois : L'Exposition « Lomonossoff Lomonosov Et L'Époque D'Elisabeth « Organisée À St. Pétersbourg Par L'Académie Impéraile Des Sciences Pp. 3-28.
Mockba Moscow: / Starye Gody 1912. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. Illustrations Throughout. 62 Pp 4 Pp Ads At Rear. Original Grey Wrappers Printed In Black. Includes The Article By / Alexandre Nikolaevitch Benois 1870-1960 Alexandre Benois : L'Exposition « Lomonossoff Et L'Époque D'Elisabeth « Organisée À St. Pétersbourg Par L'Académie Impéraile Des Sciences Pp. 3-28. Alexandre Or Alexander Nikolayevich Benois Russian: Romanized: Aleksandr Nikolayevich Benua;1870 - 1960 Was A Russian Artist Art Critic Historian Preservationist And Founding Member Of Mir Iskusstva "World Of Art" An Art Movement And Magazine.14 As A Designer For The Ballets Russes Under Sergei Diaghilev Benois Exerted What Is Considered A Seminal Influence On The Modern Ballet And Stage Design. Mikhail Lomonossov In Russian Mikhail Vasilievich Lomonosov 1711 - 1765 Was A Russian Scientist An Encyclopedia A Historian A Poet And A Celebrity. He Founded The Moscow University Which Now Has His Name. Lomonosov Did Outstanding Work In Physics Chemistry Mining And Metallurgy. He Further Developed The Theory Of Thermal Molecular Biology And Used His Work In An Obscure Form For The Law On The Constancy Of Mass And The Law On The Conservation Of Energy . Lomonosov Wrote Fundamental Works On The History Of The Russian People. He Is The Founder Of Contemporary Russian Grammar. In 1763 He Was A Member Of The Russian Academy Of Sciences The First Russian Scientist To Be A Member Earlier Members Were As A Rule Germans . According To Lomonosov The Thermal Phenomena Were Due To The Rotation Of The Particles Of Matter. On The Basis Of His Theory He Broadly Gave The Correct Explanation For Melting Evaporation And Thermal Conductivity. He Came To The Conclusion That There Is The Greatest Cold Level Corresponding To The Cessation Of The Movement Of Particles. Later It Was Formulated As The Absolute Zero Temperature. Scarce; All Pre-1917 Russian Paper Is Scarce As Most Of It Was Seized By The State And Sent To State Libraries Or Used For Pulp For New Newsprint. <br/> <br/> ?????? ???? / Starye Gody hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 037585
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Harper's Bazar Bazaar Magazine A Repository Of Fashion Pleasure And Instruction Volume Vii. January 3 Through December 26 1874 - Bound Annual Volume Complete
New York: Harper & Brothers 1874. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good . No Pattern Supplements. 876 Pp. Quarter Morocco Over Marbled Boards Morocco Tips Marbled Boards And Matching Marbled Endpapers. 16" X 12". Light Wear To Binding On Al Edges Hinges Tight No Marks Pages Clean And Square But With Some Even Aging. Price Includes Media Mail Within U.S.; International Shipment At Usps Priority Mail Box Rate For 11 Pound Package. <br/> <br/> Harper & Brothers hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 037589
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Gargiulo, Raffaele
Recueil Des Monumens Les Plus Interessans Bourbon Et De Plusiers Aures Collections Particulieres Volume Iii With First Few Pages And Plates Of Volume Iv 1856
Naples: Raffaele Gargiulo 1856. 3rd Edition . No Binding. Poor. Plates. Title Page 60 Numbered Plates Complete And Two Page Table Of Plates Of Volume That Is Probably Volume Iii But Only Shows "Vol" Without Number On Title Page. Title Page And First Four Plates Of Another Volume Similarly Unmarked Volume Number But "Iv" Filled In By Hand. Both Title Pages Indicate "Troisieme Edition". <br/> <br/> Raffaele Gargiulo unknown
Ссылка продавца : 037598
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Duncan, Henry
Sacred Philosophy Of The Seasons; Illustrating The Perfections Of God In The Phenomena Of The Year: Summer Leather Presentation Binding From Exeter With Double Fore-Edge Painting Of Front And Back Of A Country Estate
Edinburgh. : William Oliphant And Son 1838. 3rd Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Viii 418 Pp. Full Morocco Ornately Gilt And Blindstamped All Edges Of Boards And All Turns Gilt All Edges Of Page Block Gilt. Full Page Presentation Inscription For Excellence In Mathematics To A Student At The Exeter Free Grammar School From Mr. Gould Teacher In Mathematics Dated December 1838. Near Fine. In A Custom Black Card Box. With A Very Fine And Very Old Double Fore-Edge Painting Of Front And Rear Views Of An Immense English Country House And Surrounding Lands. <br/> <br/> William Oliphant And Son hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 037638
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Original Balinese Painting From Collection Of Herman Sachs
Bali 1910. Original Painting . No Binding. Very Good. Approximately 17 1/2" X 16 1/2". Original Balinese Painting On Thin Canvas Probably Early Twentieth Century But Possibly Older From The Collection Of California Architectural Designer Herman Sachs Who Studied With The German Expressionists Circa 1915-1917 Lter Returned To America And Founded The Dayton Museum Of Art Later Worked On The Most Prominent Los Angeles Landmark Buildings Circa 1923-1930 And Also Worked In Ceramics And Batik. Sachs Was The U S Representative For George Grosz Circa 1921. <br/> <br/> unknown
Ссылка продавца : 037696
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Napolitano, Pasquale Giovanni And Emmie / Emma Goetz
Original Modernist Textile Wall Hanging By Pasquale Giovanno Napolitano And Emmie Goetz Napolitano
Los Angeles: Pasquale Napolitano 1935. Original Telegram . No Binding. Very Good. Approximately 26" X 18". Original Textile Designed By Pasquale G Napolitano And Made By His Wife. Napolitano Studied At Chouinard And Otis In 1922-925 Engaged In Work On Architectural Murals 1925-1930 Working For Designer Herman Sachs On Such Prominent Buildings As Bullocks Wilshire Los Angeles City Hall The Palm Beach Biltmore Etc.; Studied Ceramics In Ny And Mural Painting In Germany 1929-1931 Returned To Architectural And Other Work In The U.S. Completed Many Wpa Murals In Southern California 1934-1938 And Some Private Commissions Illustrated Many Books For Merle Armitage 1935-1960 Worked As A Set And Prop Designer And Artist In The 1940'S And Notably Did Church Art Work For The Next Twenty Years Including Full Church Interiors Monumental Sculptures Etc. He Is The Subject Of The Monograph "Napolitano" 1934 By Merle Armitage. <br/> <br/> Pasquale Napolitano unknown
Ссылка продавца : 037700
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Napolitano, Pasquale Giovanni And Emmie / Emma Goetz
Original Modernist Textile By Pasquale Giovanno Napolitano And Emmie Goetz Napolitano
Los Angeles: Pasquale Napolitano 1935. Original Telegram . No Binding. Very Good. Approximately 73 X 38". Original Textile Designed By Pasquale G Napolitano And Made By His Wife. Emmie Goetz Studied Textiles In Germany In 1930-1931 And Later Worked For Maria Kipp In Los Angeles. Napolitano Studied At Chouinard And Otis In 1922-1925 Engaged In Work On Architectural Murals 1925-1930 Working For Designer Herman Sachs On Such Prominent Buildings As Bullocks Wilshire Los Angeles City Hall The Palm Beach Biltmore Etc.; Studied Ceramics In Ny And Mural Painting In Germany 1929-1931 Returned To Architectural And Other Work In The U.S. Completed Many Wpa Murals In Southern California 1934-1938 And Some Private Commissions Illustrated Many Books For Merle Armitage 1935-1960 Worked As A Set And Prop Designer And Artist In The 1940'S And Notably Did Church Art Work For The Next Twenty Years Including Full Church Interiors Monumental Sculptures Etc. He Is The Subject Of The Monograph "Napolitano" 1934 By Merle Armitage. <br/> <br/> Pasquale Napolitano unknown
Ссылка продавца : 037701
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Napolitano, Pasquale Giovanni And Emmie / Emma Goetz
Original Modernist Textile Wall Hanging By Pasquale Giovanno Napolitano And Emmie Goetz Napolitano
Los Angeles: Pasquale Napolitano 1935. Original Telegram . No Binding. Very Good. Approximately 36" X 26". Original Textile Designed By Pasquale G Napolitano And Made By His Wife. Napolitano Studied At Chouinard And Otis In 1922-925 Engaged In Work On Architectural Murals 1925-1930 Working For Designer Herman Sachs On Such Prominent Buildings As Bullocks Wilshire Los Angeles City Hall The Palm Beach Biltmore Etc.; Studied Ceramics In Ny And Mural Painting In Germany 1929-1931 Returned To Architectural And Other Work In The U.S. Completed Many Wpa Murals In Southern California 1934-1938 And Some Private Commissions Illustrated Many Books For Merle Armitage 1935-1960 Worked As A Set And Prop Designer And Artist In The 1940'S And Notably Did Church Art Work For The Next Twenty Years Including Full Church Interiors Monumental Sculptures Etc. He Is The Subject Of The Monograph "Napolitano" 1934 By Merle Armitage. <br/> <br/> Pasquale Napolitano unknown
Ссылка продавца : 037699
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Napolitano, Pasquale Giovanni And Emmie / Emma Goetz
Original Modernist Textile By Pasquale Giovanno Napolitano And Emmie Goetz Napolitano
Los Angeles: Pasquale Napolitano 1935. Original Telegram . No Binding. Very Good. Approximately 40" X 12". Original Textile Designed By Pasquale G Napolitano And Made By His Wife. Napolitano Studied At Chouinard And Otis In 1922-925 Engaged In Work On Architectural Murals 1925-1930 Working For Designer Herman Sachs On Such Prominent Buildings As Bullocks Wilshire Los Angeles City Hall The Palm Beach Biltmore Etc.; Studied Ceramics In Ny And Mural Painting In Germany 1929-1931 Returned To Architectural And Other Work In The U.S. Completed Many Wpa Murals In Southern California 1934-1938 And Some Private Commissions Illustrated Many Books For Merle Armitage 1935-1960 Worked As A Set And Prop Designer And Artist In The 1940'S And Notably Did Church Art Work For The Next Twenty Years Including Full Church Interiors Monumental Sculptures Etc. He Is The Subject Of The Monograph "Napolitano" 1934 By Merle Armitage. <br/> <br/> Pasquale Napolitano unknown
Ссылка продавца : 037698
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Original Balinese Painting From Collection Of Herman Sachs
Bali 1910. Original Painting . No Binding. Very Good. Approximately 17 " X 16 1/2". Original Balinese Painting On Thin Canvas Probably Early Twentieth Century But Possibly Older From The Collection Of California Architectural Designer Herman Sachs Who Studied With The German Expressionists Circa 1915-1917 Lter Returned To America And Founded The Dayton Museum Of Art Later Worked On The Most Prominent Los Angeles Landmark Buildings Circa 1923-1930 And Also Worked In Ceramics And Batik. Sachs Was The U S Representative For George Grosz Circa 1921. <br/> <br/> unknown
Ссылка продавца : 037697
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Tomi Ungerer; Gunter Krauss
Zeichnungen! Schmuck Stücke!
Stuttgart: Gunter Krauss Schmuck 1993. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. Plates And Facsimiles By Tomi Ungerer. #250 Of 1000 Copies; This Copy One Of 500 Hand Signed And Numbered By Gunther Krauss And Also Signed By Ungerer On The Facing Page. Black Boards Stamped In Gilt And Red Inner Black Board Red Endpapers Bound Portfolio Within Of Color Plates With Facsimiles On Thin Paper. Non-Authorial Gift Inscription On Half-Page Flap. <br/> <br/> Gunter Krauss Schmuck hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 037749
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Assollant, Alfred (Jean Baptiste); Translated By A G Munro; Illustrated By Jean E?douard Dargent, Calling Himself Yan' Dargent
The Fantastic History Of The Celebrated Pierrot . Rendered Into English By A.G. Munro. With . Illustrations By Yan' Dargent.
London: Sampson Low Marston Low And Searle 1875. First English Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. 262 Pp. 3/4 Blue Morocco Over Blue Cloth Five Bands Red Morocco Spine Label Gilt In Al Compartments "London 1875" In Gilt At Base Of Spine Marbled Endpapers All Edges Gilt. Original Cloth Cover And Title Page Bound In At Rear. First Printing Title Page And Official Publication Date Is 1875. A Few Points Of Light Rubbing No Damage Bright And Clean Gift Quality. Reviewed In The Spectator 12 December 1874 Page 22 As Follows: "Here Is Another Modern Fairy Tale Which For Extravaganza And Boldness. Fairly Distances Its Competitors. Of Course M. Assolant Cannot Keep Away From Allusions To Men And Things Of The Day But He Gives Generally An " Unreason " To His Story Which After The Very Sensible And Didactic Tales With Which We Have Been Largely Saturated Is Somewhat Refreshing. Pierrot Is A Soldier Of Fortune Who Performs Exploits Of The Baron-Munchausen Type Among The Chinese And Tartars. After A Certain Period Of Life One Gets Tired Of Reading How The Hero Spitted Ton Thousand Enemies At Once On His Sword But There Is An Age Which Finds An Inexhaustible Delight In Such Marvels. Possibly The Book Is A Trifle Too Full Of Bloodshed. The Peace Society Might Fairly Begin A Crusade Against War Even In Story-Books And Should Begin With M. Aseolant Sic Who Never Scruples To Kill A Hundred Thousand Men On A Single Page." <br/> <br/> Sampson Low, Marston, Low, And Searle hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 037748
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Original Sketch, Inscribed From Robert Gentle To Tyrus Yu Wong
Original Sketch Of A Female Nude Inscribed From Robert Gentle To Tyrus Yu Wong
Circa 1935 1935. Original Artwork . No Binding. Very Good. 8 1/2" X 11" With Similar Sketch On Reverse. Born In Nebraska In 1914. By 1933 Gentle Had Settled In Los Angeles And Was Studying At Otis Art Institute. For 51 Years He Was A Background Artist At Hanna-Barbera Studio. He Died In Ojai Ca On Jan. 24 1988. Exh: So. Calif. Artists San Diego Fa Gallery 1934. Source: Edan Hughes "Artists In California 1786-1940". Gentle Was A Student At Otis At The Same Time As Wong. <br/> <br/> unknown
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Painting, Signed M N Hunter????
Young Girl: Original Painting On Masonite
Circa 1930 1930. Original Artwork . No Binding. Very Good. 10" X 8". Original Painting Of A Young Girl Circa 1930 Signature Indistinct But Likely "M N Hunter". <br/> <br/> unknown
Ссылка продавца : 038241
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Maria Augusta Ceritto (Also: Cerrito) Norins
Storm In Jamaica" Original Watercolor By Maria Augusta Ceritto Also: Cerrito Norins
Los Angeles Circa 1945 1945. Original Artwork . No Binding. Fine. Original Watercolor 9" X 6" On Much Larger Sheet Titled And Signed By The Artist. Maria Augusta Ceritto Also: Cerrito Norins 1903-1989 Jamaican Artist Had Settled In Los Angeles By The 1940'S. Source: Edan Hughes Author Of The Book "Artists In California 1786-1940" D <br/> <br/> unknown
Ссылка продавца : 038360
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Romance In Porcelain" Watercolor On Parchment Set With Cast In Costume; A Lido Showgirl In Full Feather; Finales Des Folies; Many Ink Drawings Including Diane Enchantee Etc. Also Many Set Design Elements
Paris Circa 1934-1950 1946. Original Art Work . No Binding. Very Good. Group Of Several Dozen Drawings Of Paris Night Club Sets Performers Design Details Etc. Undated Probably Circa 1934-1950. <br/> <br/> unknown
Ссылка продавца : 038434
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Nineteenth Century Painting On Board Grapes On The Vine
Circa 1890 1890. Original Artwork . No Binding. Very Good. Painting 15 1/8" X 8 1/8" Unsigned. <br/> <br/> unknown
Ссылка продавца : 038621
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(Herman Sachs Collection)
Three Groups Of Antique Chinese Silk And Gold-Wrapped Yarn Embroideries
Circa 1800 1800. 1st Edition . No Binding. Very Good. Original Silk Embroideries Circa 1800 Embellished With Gold Leaf-Wrapped Yarn Mounted On Old Paper Framed Under Glass. From The Collection Of Los Angeles Architectural Decorator Herman Sachs Bullock's Wilshire Los Angeles City Hall Etc. <br/> <br/> unknown
Ссылка продавца : 039011
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Simon Newcomb, Assisted By Frank E Ross (Ownership Signature Of Astronomer John E Willis)
Investigation Of Inequalities In The Motion Of The Moon Produced By The Action Of The Planets
Washington: The Carnegie Institution Of Washington 1907. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good . Viii 160 Pp. Blue Cloth Hardcover Issue. Light Wear Slight Bumping To Corners With Pronounced Larger Bump To Lower Front Tip. Ownership Signature Of John E. Willis David White Co. Later Of The Naval Observatory At Washington Inventor Of The Pendelum Astrolabe. Simon Newcomb 1835 -1909 Was A Canadian-American Astronomer Applied Mathematician And Autodidactic Polymath. Newcomb Visited Paris France In 1870 Already Aware That The Table Of Lunar Positions Calculated By Peter Andreas Hansen Was In Error. While In Paris He Realized That In Addition To The Data From 1750 To 1838 That Hansen Had Used There Was Further Data Stretching As Far Back As 1672 And Newcomb Used The "New" Data To Revise Hansen's Tables. In 1878 Newcomb Started Planning For A New And Precise Measurement Of The Speed Of Light Starting Development A Refinement Of The Method Of Léon Foucault. A Letter From Albert Abraham Michelson Began A Long Collaboration And Friendship. In 1880 Michelson Assisted At Newcomb's Initial Measurement But Michelson Left To Start His Own Project. Miichelson Published His First Measurement In 1880 But Newcomb's Measurement Was Substantially Different And In 1883 Michelson Revised His Measurement To A Value Closer To Newcomb's. In 1881 Newcomb Discovered The Statistical Principle Now Known As Benford's Law Formulating The Principle That In Any List Of Numbers Taken From An Arbitrary Set Of Data More Numbers Will Tend To Begin With "1" Than With Any Other Digit.I N 1891 Within Months Of Seth Carlo Chandler's Discovery Of The 14-Month Variation Of Latitude Now Referred To As The Chandler Wobble Newcomb Explained The Apparent Conflict Between The Observed Motion And Predicted Period Of The Wobble As Due To Elasticiity; He Used The Variation Of Latitude Observations To Estimate The Elasticity Of Earth Finding It To Be Slightly More Rigid Than Steel. He Wrote On Economics And His Principles Of Political Economy 1885 Was Described By John Maynard Keynes As "One Of Those Original Works Which A Fresh Scientific Mind Not Perverted By Having Read Too Much Of The Orthodox Stuff Is Able To Produce From Time To Time In A Half-Formed Subject Like Economics." He Was Credited By Irving Fisher With The First-Known Enunciation Of The Equation Of Exchange Between Money And Goods Used In The Quantity Theory Of Money. His Reputation Suffers From His Hostility To C. S. Pierce And Also From Newcomb's Disbelief In The Possibility Of Manned Flight. Source: Wikipedia. <br/> <br/> The Carnegie Institution Of Washington hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 039053
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Simon Newcomb
Contributions To Stellar Statistics. First Paper. On The Position Of The Galactic And Other Principal Planes Toward Which The Stars Tend To Crowd
Washington: The Carnegie Institution 1904. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. 32 Pp. Quarter Red Cloth Handwritten Short Title On Spine Over Light Green Paper Boards Printed In Black. Wear At Corners Paper Tips Frayed Bookplate Of Dartmouth Mathematics Professor Charles Nelson Harkins. Simon Newcomb 1835 -1909 Was A Canadian-American Astronomer Applied Mathematician And Autodidactic Polymath. Newcomb Visited Paris France In 1870 Already Aware That The Table Of Lunar Positions Calculated By Peter Andreas Hansen Was In Error. While In Paris He Realized That In Addition To The Data From 1750 To 1838 That Hansen Had Used There Was Further Data Stretching As Far Back As 1672 And Newcomb Used The "New" Data To Revise Hansen's Tables. In 1878 Newcomb Started Planning For A New And Precise Measurement Of The Speed Of Light Starting Development A Refinement Of The Method Of Léon Foucault. A Letter From Albert Abraham Michelson Began A Long Collaboration And Friendship. In 1880 Michelson Assisted At Newcomb's Initial Measurement But Michelson Left To Start His Own Project. Miichelson Published His First Measurement In 1880 But Newcomb's Measurement Was Substantially Different And In 1883 Michelson Revised His Measurement To A Value Closer To Newcomb's. In 1881 Newcomb Discovered The Statistical Principle Now Known As Benford's Law Formulating The Principle That In Any List Of Numbers Taken From An Arbitrary Set Of Data More Numbers Will Tend To Begin With "1" Than With Any Other Digit.I N 1891 Within Months Of Seth Carlo Chandler's Discovery Of The 14-Month Variation Of Latitude Now Referred To As The Chandler Wobble Newcomb Explained The Apparent Conflict Between The Observed Motion And Predicted Period Of The Wobble As Due To Elasticiity; He Used The Variation Of Latitude Observations To Estimate The Elasticity Of Earth Finding It To Be Slightly More Rigid Than Steel. He Wrote On Economics And His Principles Of Political Economy 1885 Was Described By John Maynard Keynes As "One Of Those Original Works Which A Fresh Scientific Mind Not Perverted By Having Read Too Much Of The Orthodox Stuff Is Able To Produce From Time To Time In A Half-Formed Subject Like Economics." He Was Credited By Irving Fisher With The First-Known Enunciation Of The Equation Of Exchange Between Money And Goods Used In The Quantity Theory Of Money. His Reputation Suffers From His Hostility To C. S. Pierce And Also From Newcomb's Disbelief In The Possibility Of Manned Flight. Source: Wikipedia. <br/> <br/> The Carnegie Institution paperback
Ссылка продавца : 039055
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Newcomb, Simon
On The Secular Variations And Mutual Relations Of The Orbits Of The Asteroids
Cambridge / Washington: Welch Bigelow And Company 1860 / Washington Observations For 1865 1867 1867. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good . Pp 123-1520; 29Pp. The First Paper Is An Offprint Of An Article In The Memoirs Of The American Academy New Series Vol V 1860 Preserving The Prited Cover With Title Etc.; The Second Paper Is Extracted From Washington Obervations For 1865 1867. The Two Papers Were Bound Together As Part Of A Larger Compilation. Simon Newcomb 1835 -1909 Was A Canadian-American Astronomer Applied Mathematician And Autodidactic Polymath. Newcomb Visited Paris France In 1870 Already Aware That The Table Of Lunar Positions Calculated By Peter Andreas Hansen Was In Error. While In Paris He Realized That In Addition To The Data From 1750 To 1838 That Hansen Had Used There Was Further Data Stretching As Far Back As 1672 And Newcomb Used The "New" Data To Revise Hansen's Tables. In 1878 Newcomb Started Planning For A New And Precise Measurement Of The Speed Of Light Starting Development A Refinement Of The Method Of Léon Foucault. A Letter From Albert Abraham Michelson Began A Long Collaboration And Friendship. In 1880 Michelson Assisted At Newcomb's Initial Measurement But Michelson Left To Start His Own Project. Miichelson Published His First Measurement In 1880 But Newcomb's Measurement Was Substantially Different And In 1883 Michelson Revised His Measurement To A Value Closer To Newcomb's. In 1881 Newcomb Discovered The Statistical Principle Now Known As Benford's Law Formulating The Principle That In Any List Of Numbers Taken From An Arbitrary Set Of Data More Numbers Will Tend To Begin With "1" Than With Any Other Digit.I N 1891 Within Months Of Seth Carlo Chandler's Discovery Of The 14-Month Variation Of Latitude Now Referred To As The Chandler Wobble Newcomb Explained The Apparent Conflict Between The Observed Motion And Predicted Period Of The Wobble As Due To Elasticiity; He Used The Variation Of Latitude Observations To Estimate The Elasticity Of Earth Finding It To Be Slightly More Rigid Than Steel. He Wrote On Economics And His Principles Of Political Economy 1885 Was Described By John Maynard Keynes As "One Of Those Original Works Which A Fresh Scientific Mind Not Perverted By Having Read Too Much Of The Orthodox Stuff Is Able To Produce From Time To Time In A Half-Formed Subject Like Economics." He Was Credited By Irving Fisher With The First-Known Enunciation Of The Equation Of Exchange Between Money And Goods Used In The Quantity Theory Of Money. His Reputation Suffers From His Hostility To C. S. Pierce And Also From Newcomb's Disbelief In The Possibility Of Manned Flight. Source: Wikipedia. <br/> <br/> Welch, Bigelow, And Company (1860) / Washington Observations For 1865 (1867) hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 039052
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Armitage, Merle (Inscribed By Armitage To T Edward Hanley)
A Rendezvous With The Book
Brooklyn: George Mckibbin & Son 1949. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Photographs. 30 Pp. Yellow Cloth Stamped In Red And Black. Based On An Exhibition Of Merle Armitage's Books At The Lilienfeld Gallery New York April-May 1948. Inscribed "To Ed Hanley One Of The Few Understanding Persons This Book Was Made For! Merle Armitage 1950". Edward Hanley Was A Bradford Pennsylvania Collector Of Rare Books And Art Who Sold His Massive Collection Of Books Manuscripts And Literature-Related Art To The University In 1958 And 1964. This Acquisition Formed The Foundation For The Center's Collections Of First Editions And Manuscripts Of D.H. Lawrence G.B. Shaw Dylan Thomas And Samuel Beckett All Of Which Are Among The Most Comprehensive In The World. Hanley Also Collected Important First Editions Manuscripts And Association Copies Of Other Significant 19Th- And 20Th-Century Authors As Well As Portraits Of Literary Figures. The Most Important Single Item From The Hanley Collection Is The Set Of Corrected Page Proofs For James Joyce's Ulysses. <br/> <br/> George Mckibbin & Son hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 039428
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Musil, Robert
Gesammelte Werke. 2.Bde. = komplett. Hrsg. von Adolf Frisé. 1. Aufl.
Reinbek bei Hamburg Rowohlt 1978. . Erste Ausgabe WG 2 18. - 1. Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften. 9783498042554 / 3-498-04255-6; 2. Prosa und Stücke kleine Prosa Aphorismen Autobiographisches Essays und Reden Kritik. 9783498042561 / 3-498-04256-4. - Gutes Exemplar (Reinbek bei Hamburg), Rowohlt, (1978). unknown
Ссылка продавца : 71111
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Velde, C F van der [Carl Franz van der].
Sämmtliche Schriften. Dritte verbesserte Auflage. 8 Bde. = komplett.
Stuttgart Friedrich Henne 1839. . Carl Franz van der Velde 1779-1824 war als Jurist u.a. in Breslau und Zobten tätig aber vor allem war er der Literatur leidenschaftlich ergeben. Der bei seinen Zeitgenossen beliebte und gern gelesene "deutsche Walter Scott" diesen Namen verdankte er seiner Neigung zu historischen Stoffen z. B. über Christine von Schweden schuf Dramen Romane und Erzählungen die auch in andere Sprachen übersetzt wurden. Noch auf dem Krankenlager vollendete er sein letztes Werk "Die Gesandtschaftsreise nach China" über Staunton. Bd. 8 enthält eine biographische Skizze von Theodor Hell und eine Auswahl der Briefe. - Angestaubt teils unaufgeschnitten; gelegentlich leicht stockfleckig. Schwacher Stempel verso Titelbl. - Gutes Exemplar Stuttgart, Friedrich Henne, 1839. unknown
Ссылка продавца : 71590
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Barth, Hermann
Das Geschmeide. Schmuck- und Edelsteinkunde. 2 Bde. = komplett.
Berlin Alfred Schall 1903. . Bd. 1. Die Geschichte des Schmucks; 2. Das Material des Schmucks. - Auftragswerk für den 12. Jahrgang der Veröffentlichungen des Vereins der Bücherfreunde. - Beide Bände m. ganz schwacher Wasserrand um den Fuß herum Bd 1 auch innen minimal. Letzte Anzeigenseite und anliegendes Vakat unauftrennbar. - Gutes Exemplar Berlin, Alfred Schall, ( 1903). unknown
Ссылка продавца : 71411
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Saint-Genois, Le baron Jules de
Catalogue méthodique et raisonné des manuscrits de la bibliothèque de la ville et l'université de Gand Ghent. Avec deux planches.
Gand Ghent: C. Annoot-Braeckman Imprimeur de la Ville 1849-1852. First and only edition. A voluminous catalogue of manuscripts. 3 VIII 499 pp plus three plates one of which is folding the title-page calls for only two plates but in fact there are three. 686 manuscripts described in great detail. Fully indexed. Printed on good wove paper. 8vo. Recent cloth. FINE AND BRIGHT. Rare. <br/><br/> C. Annoot-Braeckman, Imprimeur de la Ville hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 38318
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Jacobsen, JP [Jens Peter]. J P
Gesammelte Werke. Aus dem Dänischen von Marie Herzfeld. Mit Buchschmuck von Heinrich Vogeler Worpswede. Mischauflage. 3 Bde. = komplett.
Jena Eugen Diederichs 1906-1911. . 1. Novellen Briefe Gedichte. Verbess. Aufl. 13.-17. Tsd. 1911. Enthält: Einleitung der Übersetzerin; Mogens; Ein Schuß in den Nebel; Zwei Welten; Es hätten Rosen da sein müssen; Die Pest in Bergamo; Frau Fönß; Fragmente; Briefe Gedichte 2. Frau Marie Grubbe. Interieurs aus dem siebzehnten Jahrhundert. 9.-12. Tsd. 1907. 3. Niels Lyhne. Roman. 10.-12. Tsd. 1906. - Marie Herzfeld auch H. M. Lyhne u. Marianne Niederweiden; 1855-1940 österreichische Schriftstellerin Literaturkritikerin u. Übersetzerin übersetzte als erste das Gesamtwerk von J. P. Jacobsen Austria Forum; Lex. jüd. Autoren 11 S. 194-201. - Einbände berieben gebräunt u. leicht fleckig 2 Deckel geworfen; vereinz. stockfleckig Nr. bzw. NaT Jena, Eugen Diederichs, 1906-1911. unknown
Ссылка продавца : 71939
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Boardman, John
Greek gems and finger rings. Early Bronze Age to Late Classical. Photographs by Robert L. Wilkins. 51 plates in colour 1016 photographs 318 line drawings.
London Thames & Hudson 1970. . Minoans and Mycenaens. The geometric and early archaic periods. Archaic gems and finger rings. Classical gems and finger rings. Greeks and Persians. Hellenistic Greece and Rome. Materials and techniques. Mit Anmerkungs-Anhang u. Indices. - Unt. VDeckel-Ecke bestoßen Vors. lichtrandig; sonst gutes Exemplar London, Thames & Hudson, (1970). unknown
Ссылка продавца : 73821
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Chinese folk paper-cuts. Children's sports. Paper cutting.
ca. 1980. . 5 mehrschichtig handgeschnittene Kinderfiguren aus Matt- und Lackpapier zu den Sportarten Schwimmen Eisschnelllauf Tischtennis Bodengymnastik und Kampfkunst. - Gut und sauber [ca. 1980?]. unknown
Ссылка продавца : 74113
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Mayser, Otto
Bauspiele. Anleitung zur Herstellung eines technischen Baukastens.
Ravensburg Otto Maier 1930. . Werkzeug u. Baumaterial Bastelanleitungen für Wasserrad mit Hammerwerk Puppenschaukel Laufkran u.a. - Leicht angestaubt/gebräunt Ravensburg, Otto Maier, (1930). unknown
Ссылка продавца : 74247
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George, Stefan
Gesamt-Ausgabe der Werke. Endgültige Fassung. BÄNDE 1-9 und 12-17 in 15 Bänden.
Berlin Georg Bondi 1927-1933. . Erste Ausgabe dieser Fassung der Werke WG 2 53. - 15 Bände in 13 Einzel- und Doppelbüchern. - 1. Die Fibel. Auswahl erster Verse / 2. Hymnen. Pilgerfahrten Algabal / 3. Die Bücher der Hirten und Preisgedichte der Sagen und Sänge und der hängenden Gärten / 4. Das Jahr der Seele / 5. Teppich des Lebens und die Lieder von Traum und Tod mit einem Vorspiel / 6./7. Der Siebente Ring / 8. Der Stern des Bundes / 9. Das neue Reich / 12. Shakespeare Sonette - Umdichtung vermehrt um einige Sonetten aus dem Passionate Pilgrim / 13./14. Baudelaire - Die Blumen des Bösen - Umdichtungen vermehrt um drei neue Gedichte / 15. Zeitgenössische Dichter - Übertragungen Teil 1: Rossetti Swinburne Dowson Jacobsen Kloos Verwey Verhaeren / 16. Zeitgenössische Dichter - Übertragungen Teil 2: Verlaine Mallarme Rimbaud De Regnier D'Annunzio Rolicz-Lieder / 17. Tage und Taten - Aufzeichnungen und Skizzen. - Es fehlt der Doppelband 10./11. Dante - Die Göttliche Komödie - Übertragungen sowie der Schlußband 18. NaV; sonst gut erhalten Berlin, Georg Bondi, 1927-1933. unknown
Ссылка продавца : 74480
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Rodewald, Eva
Spieltiere zum Selbstmachen für kleine und große Kinder.
Berlin W. Vobach & Co. 1930. . Umschlagtitel: "Spiel-Tiere zum Selbstmachen für kleine und grosse Kinder". Tiere mit Fell aus Stoffresten; Tiere mit Fell aus langhaarigem Plüsch u. mit beweglichen Gliedern; Tiere aus Bast oder Crepette zu flechten; bemalte Tiere aus Kork; Tiere aus Krimmerstoff oder Wollplüsch; Tiere für die man ein Fell aus Wolle häkelt; Tiere mit gestricktem Fell; ausgesägte u. bemalte Tiere aus Holz. - Umschlag angestaubt u. mäßig stockfleckig Deckel geknickt; innen gut Berlin, W. Vobach & Co. (1930). unknown
Ссылка продавца : 75097
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Abdulla Superb Cigarettes Sammelalbum NR. 3. Wappen der bekanntesten und bedeutendsten ausländischen Haupstädte.
Druck: Reichenbach im Vogtland Carl Werner ca. 1930. . Umschlag angestaunt/gebräunt u. knickspurig die Innendeckel mit weiteren Wappendarstellungen sauber beklebt. Insgesamt gutes sauberes Exemplar Druck: Reichenbach im Vogtland, Carl Werner, [ca. 1930]. unknown
Ссылка продавца : 74854
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Perier, Augustin (edited and with an introduction by Eugene Chaper)
Recueil de documents relatifs à l'histoire politique littéraire scientifique à la bibliographie à la statistique etc. du DAUPHINE réunis et annotés par un vieux bibliophile dauphinois. Ier fasciscule: Histoire abrégée du Dauphiné de 1626 à 1826 par Augustin Perrier. ALL PUBLISHED--COMPLETE
Grenoble: F. Allier père et fils 1881. A LARGE-PAPER COPY OF THE FIRST AND ONLY EDITION OF THIS KEY WORK CONCERNING THE DAUPHINE principally before and during the French Revolution. VII 120 pp. From a total edition of 200 copies this is ONE OF ONLY 25 COPIES PRINTED ON FINE DUTCH LAID PAPER "papier d'hollande". 4to. Original wraps. FINE AND BRIGHT WITH NO DEFECTS. A pristine copy of an important work. Rare and perhaps unique in this state. <br/><br/> F. Allier père et fils paperback
Ссылка продавца : 38356
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Philes, George P (Andrew J Odell)
Bibliotheca Curiosa: Catalogue of the Library of Andrew J. Odell
New York: Sears and Cole 1878-1879. AN IMPORTANT EXAMPLE OF AMERICAN COLOR PRINTING. Two volumes complete. A remarkable catalogue of a remarkable collection. Odell focused on bibliography books about books history of printing and the graphic arts and fine printing at a time when few American collectors were interested in these areas. Books in these categories account for well over half of the 2434 lots. There is also a wide selection of extremely rare books in other areas especially the occult including incunables and a few highly important medieval manuscripts. The catalogue itself is notable for two reasons. First there are the precise knowledgeable and extensive descriptions with numerous references to specialized bibliographies: most American book catalogues of this period give the barest information about the items at hand. Second this is certainly the most lavishly-produced American book auction catalogue of the 19th century. It was beautifully printed on fine laid paper with numerous engraved initials headpieces and tailpieces. THIS SET IS THE DELUXE ISSUE ONE OF VERY FEW COPIES PRINTED PRIMARILY FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION with the initials headpieces and tailpieces printed in different colors. Volume II of this deluxe issue is dated 1879 while volume II of the regular issue is dated 1880. The sets of this deluxe issue that reached the market were sold for $10 each a colossal price when we consider that lot 1462 a copy of Bodoni's 1818 Manuale Tipografico sold for $4.50! Title-pages printed in red and black. Facsimiles. 4to. Original wraps. Uncut. Minimal wear to wraps INTERNALLY FINE AND BRIGHT. Complete sets are extremely rare volume II is especially scarce. Not in Bigmore & Wyman or Taylor. AN OUTSTANDING ITEM IN OUTSTANDING CONDITION. <br/><br/> Sears and Cole paperback
Ссылка продавца : 38384
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Piot, Eugene
Le Cabinet de l'Amateur with Gazette et Bulletin du Cabinet de l'Amateur
Paris: Firmin Didot 1861-1863. 34 issues in two volumes in one all published. A LARGE PAPER COPY. Piot conceived this illustrated art periodical as a continuation of his Cabinet de l'Amateur et de l'Antiquaire which he had produced during the early 1840s. Dozens of scholarly articles about painting prints drawings books and the decorative arts all written by Piot. Also includes all 34 issues of the Gazette et Bulletin du Cabinet de l'Amateur which covers the contemporary collecting scene and was issued along with the main publication. Beautifully printed by Didot. A large-paper copy on luxurious Holland paper. Ample margins. Folio original wraps. Uncut. Very light wear to wraps internally bright and fine. Very rare on large paper. <br/><br/> Firmin Didot paperback
Ссылка продавца : 1552
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Bouchot, Henri
Les livres à vignettes du XVe au XVIIIe siecle
Paris: Edouard Rouveyre 1891. A LARGE-PAPER COPY OF THE FIRST AND ONLY EDITION of this useful book about early illustrated books. 96 pp 6 pp of ads. From a total edition of 750 copies this is ONE OF 20 COPIES tête PRINTED ON IMPERIAL JAPANESE PAPER. Signed dedication inscription from the publisher Edouard Rouveyre to his fellow publisher M. Montgrédien. 8vo. Original wraps. UNCUT FINE AND BRIGHT with no defects. <br/><br/> Edouard Rouveyre paperback
Ссылка продавца : 38358
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Boileau-Despreaux, [Nicolas].
Oeuvres. 2 TEILE in 1 Bd = komplett.
Paris o. Vlg 1778. . N. Boileau-Despréaux 1636-1711 befreundet mit Racine u. MoliÄre machte sich einen Namen als witziger u. bissiger Satiriker der zunächst seine Texte in den Pariser Salons vortrug. Die Ausgabe enthält Satiren Briefe Gesänge und Epigramme. - Deckel berieben u. etwas bestoßen Gelenke gering angelockert. Sauberes Exemplar Paris, o. Vlg, 1778. unknown
Ссылка продавца : 75362
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Chinese Folk Paper-Cuts. Flowers and Bird in a Round.
ca. 1970. . Blumen Rosen Chrysanthemen und Singvögel Schmetterling oder Käfer in jeweils rundem Papierschnitt den ein ornamentaler quadratischer Rahmen umgibt; jeweils in Orange Hellviolett Hellrot 2 Anthrazit Violett Pink und Hellgrün. - Gut und sauber [ca. 1970?]. unknown
Ссылка продавца : 75401
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Paper Cutouts Yangchow China.
1960. . Chinese paper-cuts. - Die Papierschnitte in Rot Orange Dunkelblat und Violett zeigen eine prächtige über einen breiten Fluß führende Brücke aus verschiedenen Perspektiven: aus der Ferne von den Bergen aus gesehen aus der Nähe von erhöhtem Standpunkt vom Brückenkopf aus bei einem Feuerwerk und aus der Sicht eines auf die Brücke Fahrenden. - Die Mappe mit schwachen Gebrauchssp. die Papierschnitte gut und sauber 1960. unknown
Ссылка продавца : 75409
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Foulche-Delbosc, Raymond (Mateo Aleman)
Bibliographie de Mateo Alemán 1598-1615 incluye bibliografía de Guzmán de Alfarache
New York and Paris: Revue Hispanique 1918. FIRST AND ONLY EDITON of the standard bibliography of early editions of books by Mateo Alemán best remembered for Guzmán de Alfarache perhaps the best known of all picaresque novels. ONE OF VERY FEW COPIES PRINTED ALL ON FINE DUTCH LAID PAPER. Dozens of editions described in exhaustive detail. Three full-page plates. 4to. Original wraps. Small tear to spine else ENTIRELY UNCUT FINE AND BRIGHT. Very rare. <br/><br/> Revue Hispanique paperback
Ссылка продавца : 38399
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Perrin, Narcisse
Notice géographique et historique sur l'Ile-Barbe près de Lyon; suivie du catalogue des manuscrits de la bibliothèque rassemblé dans cette île par Charlemagne; et extraite d'un voyage inédit dans les départemens méridionaux
Paris: Imprimerie de Goestchy for the author 1820. First and only edition of this monograph on this little island now part of the 9th arrondissement of Lyon in the Saône. 32 pp. The Ile Barbe has been inhabited since ancient times an abbey was built there in the fifth century and Charlemage endowed it with a rich collection of manuscripts in the ninth. As mentioned on the title-page the final pages provide a catalogue of these extremely early medieval manuscripts 22 manuscripts described. 8vo. Original wraps. Entirely uncut fine and bright. Very rare especially in such pristine condition. <br/><br/> Imprimerie de Goestchy [for the author] paperback
Ссылка продавца : 38404
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Delisle, Leopold
Observations sur l'origine de plusieurs manuscrits de la collection de M. Barrois
Paris: Typographie Ad. R. Lainé et J. Havard 1866. 3 72 pp. Delisle upon perusing the catalogue of Lord Ashburnham's library compiled by none other than renowned book thief Guglielmo Libri noticed that over thirty of the manuscripts greatly resembled codices that had disappeared from the Bibliothèque Impériale. Ashburnham had acquired all of those manuscripts from celebrated medievalist Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Barrois. This book provides a detailed account of each of the manuscripts comparing various published descriptions. Delisle also tries to explain how Barrois had acquired them. A fascinating bit of detective work. Printed on fine wove paper. Large 8vo. Bound in contemporary boards. Light wear to beards internally fine and bright. Rare. <br/><br/> Typographie Ad. R. Lainé et J. Havard hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 38415
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Reid, Captain Mayne
Odd People Being A Popular Description Of Singular Races Of Man
London: Routledge Warne & Routledge 1860. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Plates. 476 Pp. Three Quarter Green Morocco Five Bands Gilt Red Morocco Spine Label Probably An Original Deluxe Binding All Edges Polished And Colored Red. Slight Rubbing Small Points Of Fraying Of Leather At Corners. Hinges Tight With Neat Repairs To Front Hinge. Previous Owner's Four Line Note At Top Of Front Free Endpaper; Four Line Gift Inscription To Edward Marjoribanks Referencing August 1860 On Second Free Blank. Text Very Clean No Foxing. Small Antique Bookseller's Ticket Of H & C Treacher Brighton At Upper Left Of Front Pastedown Probably As A Binder's Ticket. Per Wikipedia Thomas Mayne Reid 1818 -1883 Was A British Novelist Who Fought In The Mexican-American War 1846-1848. His Many Works On American Life Describe Colonial Policy In The American Colonies The Horrors Of Slave Labour And The Lives Of American Indians. "Captain" Reid Wrote Adventure Novels Akin To Those By Frederick Marryat And Robert Louis Stevenson. They Were Set Mainly In The American West Mexico South Africa The Himalayas And Jamaica. He Was An Admirer Of Lord Byron. His Novel Quadroon 1856 An Anti-Slavery Work Was Later Adapted As A Play Entitled The Octoroon 1859 By Dion Boucicault And Produced In New York. Books Such As The Young Voyagers Were Highly Popular Especially With Boys. His Tales Of The American West Were Also Popular With Children Across Europe And Russia. Many Became Popular In Polish Or Russian Translations Including The Rifle Rangers 1850 Scalp Hunters 1851 Boy Hunters 1853 War Trail 1851 Boy Tar 1859 And Headless Horseman 1865/6.3 Several Russian And Polish Writers Have Noted The Influence Of His Works In Their Childhoods. For Instance Vladimir Nabokov Recalled The Headless Horseman As A Favourite Adventure Novel Of His Boyhood - "Which Had Given Him A Vision Of The Prairies And The Great Open Spaces And The Overarching Sky."6 At Age 11 Nabokov Translated The Headless Horseman Into French Alexandrines.7 Alexander Bek Mentions The Well-Read K. K. Rokossovsky Future Marshal Of The Soviet Union Referring To Reid's Work In Early 1942.8 The Polish Writer Czeslaw Milosz Cites Russian Translations Of Reid As Well-Remembered Early Reading Matter By Which He Also Learned Russian And The Cyrillic Alphabet. A Chapter On Reid Appears In His Essay Collection Emperor Of The Earth 1976. Anton Chekhov In Island A Journey To Sakhalin 1893-94 Mentions "Mayne Reid" In Chapter 10: "The Morose Angry Sea Has Spread Itself Boundlessly For Thousands Of Versts. When A Little Boy Has Been Reading Mayne Reid And His Blanket Falls Off During The Night He Starts Shivering And It Is Then That He Dreams Of Such A Sea." United States President Theodore Roosevelt In His Autobiography Credits Reid With Being A Major Early Inspiration. The Shy Asthmatic Upper-Class Boy Teddy Roosevelt Grew Up To Pursue Naturalistic Zoology And Adventure Travel. Russell Miller In His Biography Of Arthur Conan Doyle Credits Reid As One Of The Writer's Favourite Childhood Authors And A Great Influence On His Writings. While Almost Completely Forgotten In The Western World Reid's Novels Are Popular In Russia And Eastern Europe Being Considered A Part Of Western Literature Canon And Published Under The Category Of "World Classics" Along With Jack London And Fenimore Cooper. All In All As Distinguished A Legacy As Any Of The American "Great Writers" If Not More So. <br/> <br/> Routledge, Warne & Routledge hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 031234
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Schretlen, M J, Foreword By M J Friedlaender
Dutch And Flemish Woodcuts Of The Fifteenth Century
Boston / New York : Houghton Mifflin Company 1925. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 71 Pp 81 Plates Appendix With Further Plates At End. Original Brown Cloth Beveled Edges Spine Gilt. A Large Well-Made Book With Just Traces Of Use Near Fine Gilt Bright No Foxing No Marks. <br/> <br/> Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 031277
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Ser Giovanni (Fiorentino), Translated By W G Waters
The Pecorone Of Ser Giovanni Limited Numbered Large Paper Edition First English Translation 1897
London: Lawrence And Bullen 1897. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12 Plates By E. R. Hughes. Quarter Vellum Spine Printed In Red Over Brown Paper Covered Boards. 11 3/4" X 8 3/4". Deckled Edges; An Unopened Copy Pages Still Attached Along Top Edge. #70 Of Only 110 Copies Of This Large Paper Edition Finely Printed On Japanese Vellum. The First Translation Into English. Light Wear Hinges Tight Fraying Along Bottom Edges At Tips. No Names Or Marks. Tissue Guards Clean And Intact. Well Preserved Not An Uncommon Book But Usually Found Damaged. Per Wikipedia L Pecorone Often Referred To In English As The Golden Eagle Is An Italian Collection Of Stories Written Between 1378 And 1385 By Giovanni Fiorentino. It Was Written In A Style Influenced By The Decameron Of Giovanni Boccaccio The Golden Legend Collection Of Saint Lives The Seven Sages Of Rome Or The Gemma Ecclesiastica Of Giraldus Cambrensis. For Its Historical Facts However It Relies On The Nuova Cronica Of Giovanni Villani. It Is Said To Be An Influence On Shakespeare's The Merry Wives Of Windsor And Merchant Of Venice. <br/> <br/> Lawrence And Bullen hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 031289
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Wit And Humor Of American Statesmen: A Collection From Various Sources Classified Under Appropriate Subject Headings
Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs & Company 1902. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Frontispiece Portrait Of Abraham Lincoln. 233 Pp. Blue Cloth Gilt. First Printing With "Published September 1902" On Copyright Page. Near Fine No Names Or Marks Touch Of Rubbing At Corners Gilt Brilliant No Name Or Marks Or Stains. Dj With Small Chips At Corners Tiny Chip At Center Of Front Spine Edge Wear And Narrow 1" Detached Chip Along Center Of Front Flap Fold Not Affecting Lettering Or Design 1 1/2" Tear Down Upper Rear Spine Edge Some Dust. One Of Many Books On Politicians' Humor Filling The Void Of Books On Politicians' Countless Mistakes. <br/> <br/> George W. Jacobs & Company hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 031311
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