‎History‎

‎Jones Jo. Seawell‎

‎A Defence of the Revolutionary History of the State of North Carolina from the Aspersions of Mr. Jefferson‎

‎Boston / Raleigh: Charles Bowen / Turner and Hughes 1834. Presentation Copy SIGNED AND INSCRIBED at front paste down "Presented to Joseph Hyde Pratt 6/18/1926 Burnham S. Colburn" with the bookplate of Burnham Standish Colburn beneath the inscription. A great North Carolina Association Copy Burnham Colburn assisted in organizing the Biltmore Estate Company which developed Biltmore Forest. He was also a prominent banker in Asheville and a noted mineral collector instrumental in the founding of the Southern Appalachian Mineral Society Joseph Hyde Pratt was a noted North Carolina geologist conservationist state and civic leader and World War I hero. In the original patterned cloth binding gilt lettering and decoration back Very Good 1/4" loss of cloth at top edge of spine end papers toned moderate toning throughout. Howes J234. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED. First Edition. Patterned Cloth . Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Presentation Copy. Charles Bowen / Turner and Hughes Hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 008945

‎Marsh Rev. John‎

‎An Epitome of General Ecclesiastical History from the Earliest Period to the Present Time. With an Appendix Giving a Condensed History of the Jews‎

‎New York: J. Tilden and Co. 1844. SCARCE with both folding maps at front and folding chart present and in Very Good condition. Bound in contemporary full calf gilt back marbled edges. Very Good Minus boards rubbed hinges starting yet holding well 1/8" loss of calf at head of spine moderate toning throughout prior owner name in ink. Large map at front hand colored small tears and creases light toning 2nd map with 1 small tear light toning folding chart at rear with chip to fore edge margin light toning and creasing. 462 pages illustrated title page with portrait frontis followed by 6 engraved plates. . Eighth Edition. Calf. Very Good Minus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. J. Tilden and Co. Hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 008949

‎Neilson George‎

‎Sammelband Feudal & Literary Essays with ALS Other Manuscript Sheets and Related Ephemera Laid in‎

‎Glasgow: The Author 1914. Signed binding by MacLehose Glasgow. of full calf five raised bands with gilt lettering back marbled end papers. The binding Very Good spine darkened joints and corners showing some wear later owner name and inscription front marbled end page. A sammelband with title page contents page and 13 listed works dated 1896-1914 by George Neilson 1858-1923 the noted Scottish historian antiquary and lawyer. Additionally a 4 p. ALS sent to Neilson by Joseph Barn dated 1896 at least 4 other unsigned ms. notes and numerous period newspaper clippings laid in. The contents are; 1. Old Annan 1896. 2. The Motes in Scotland in the Scottish Review 1898. 3. Knight Service Juridicial Review 1899. 4. Scottish Serjeanties Ibid 1899 5. Garrison Theory On some Scottish Burghal Origins Ibid 1899. 6. Dumfries Burghal Origins 1914. 7. Burghs of Annandale 1914. 8. Sir Hew of Eglintoun. 1900-01. 9. History in Golagros and Gawayne 1901-02. 10. Crosslinks between Pearl and Awntyrs of Arthur 11. Roderick Dhu's Poetical Pedigree 12. Antonine Wall Inscriptions 1908. 13 Notes on Duel Remissions Danes' Skins and Barbour Translations. Neilson was a keen scholar who made important contributions to early Scottish history and of the history and development of Scottish law. This sammelband was quite likely Neilson's own copy given the ALS. Most of the items included not found in current commerce.The bulk of Neilson's archives are held by University of Glasgow Special Collections. . First Edition. Calf. Very Good. Small 4to. The Author (?) Hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 008961

‎Mrs. Oliphant Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant 1828 1897‎

‎Fine Bindings The Makers of Florence; Dante Giotto Sanonarola and Their City‎

‎London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd. 1903. Finely bound by Giulio Giannini Parchment WorksPiazza Pitti Florence in 1920 their small ticket front end page. Contemporary vellum over beveled boards spine intricately tooled in gilt red morocco label elaborate paneling in gilt and red morocco border inlays tooled in floral gilt patterns to covers Decorative floral end papers all edges gilt ribbon marker. A later edition of the Extra-Illustrated edition with numerous illustrations. Very Good Plus boards soiled prior owner name and inscription front end page. An excellent example of Giulio Giannini's masterful Florentine bookbinding skills. . Later Edition. Vellum. Very Good Plus. Small 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Macmillan & Co., Ltd. Hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 008962

‎Koster Henry‎

‎Early American Imprints Travels in Brazil in the years from 1809 to 1815. Volume I only‎

‎Philadelphia: M. Carey & Son 1817. Volume I only of the First American Edition issued without the maps and plates. 340 pages. Bound in contemporary paper covered boards. Very Good Minus front board nearly detached with broken joint rear joint starting to open but hinge holding well boards soiled and rubbed at edges moderate toning and foxing throughout title and dedication pages uncut. Koster's classic work on the North of Brazil first published in England in 1816 with a 2nd edition following in 1817. This 1st American Edition published and printed by Carey July 16 1817. While the English editions are valued for their maps and prints this American edition much the scarcer. No copies in current commerce last auction record 1986. Shaw & Shoemaker; 41213. Sabin No. 38272. First American Edition. Paper Covered Boards. Very Good Minus. Tall 8vo. M. Carey & Son Hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 008967

‎Pedro Alonso O'Crouley; trans. by Sean Galvin‎

‎A description of the Kingdom of New Spain by Sr. Don Pedro Alonso O'Crouley 1774 translated and edited by Seán Galvin Idea comprendiosa del reyno de Nueva España‎

‎San Francisco: John Howell--Books 1972. First English Language Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. A near fine first English translation in a near fine dustjacket. Blue cloth boards with bright gilt title stamping on cover and spine. Sunning to endpaper edges otherwise fine. Orange endpapers. Rear pocket map present and pristine. Jacket showing a bit of dust stains otherwise fine. Illustrations in black and white with some in color. xviii 148 pp. Quarto 9 x 12 1/2 inches tall. O'Crouley's description of New Spain in the eighteenth century is a valuable contribution to scholarship mostly unknown until the late twentieth century when it was published. The original manuscript comprises 202 leaves bound in red leather in the Biblioteca Nacional de Madrid Ms. 972.02. It was published in English in 1972 as A Description of the Kingdom of New Spain by Sr. Dn. Pedro Alonso O'Crouley 1774.Once published it was widely reviewed in the scholarly literature. In 1975 it was published in a facsimile edition. For the English edition the translator Galvin rearranged some of the text to produce a more readable work. One scholar criticized this saying "This is a disservice to the text since part of its overall significance as an 'enlightened' compendium resides precisely in its structure as a miscellany." -- Wikipedia The volume is richly illustrated. He drew native plants and flowers cacao vanilla avocado sapote mamey passion flower and pricky pear cactus as well as animals not known in Europe. What has gained most attention are his depictions of race mixture castas which have been published in works on that topic. O'Crouley provides written text for the illustrations which were likely copies of existing casta groupings. He devotes an entire section of text to the condition of the Indians lamenting their current state. Unlike many casta paintings that show scenes of imagined everyday life of the racial types O'Crouley's lack any further context.11 He wrote short descriptions of New Spain's principal cities the capital Mexico City the second largest city Puebla; Valladolid now Morelia; Oaxaca; Guadalajara; Durango; Acapulco; and Veracruz. He travelled north to presidios of Los Adáes in Texas; El Paso del Norte; and the province of Nayarit. His description of New Mexico is considerably longer than the places coming before it. Also lengthy is the chapter on his voyage up the Gulf of California; his description of California itself; and an expedition to Nueva Andalucía Sinaloa and Sonora. John Howell--Books hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 1018

‎PROGRAM US NAVY Zowie! Zowie!‎

‎Queenstown Ireland 1919. Staplebound. Color illustrated wraps. Very good. Unpaginated 8 pg. 20.5 x 12.5 cm. A Thanksgiving performance/celebration directly on the heels of the Armistice agreement. An impressive production loaded with artistry - Actors Orchestra Scenic Artists and Wardrobe. <br /> <br />ZOWIE ZOWIE. A MUSICAL "MUSH UP" TAKEN FROM THE LUCKY BAG OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL MEN'S CLUB AND "MESSED UP" BY THE "GOBS" OF BASE SIX. Scenery designed and executed by HARRY E. BURNS. Music written or adapted and orchestrated by CHESTER N. WHITE. Under Personal Direction of John S. Arwine Jr. BASE SIX THANKSGIVING DAY 1918. <br /> <br />Commander Arwine was executive officer of the USS Melville a United States Navy destroyer tender stationed in Queenstown Ireland where she carried out repair and support operations. Covers lightly toned with discernible fold through the middle. <br /> <br /> <br/><br/> paperback books‎

Bookseller reference : 2334

‎Paul Chrisler Phillips; JW. Smurr J. W.‎

‎The Fur Trade. Complete in Two Volumes.‎

‎Norman OK: University of Oklahoma Press 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/very good . A very near fine first edition complete in two volumes in a very good plus original slipcase. Publisher's orginal tan buckram with brown and gilt titling. Binding is strong sturdy and square on both volumes no writing no nameplates clean and bright inside. There are five tiny coffee drop stains on the front cover of volume I. In volume 2 two pages of the index have a dog ear fold which has been straightened out. The slpcase is very good: it has the original labels and shows a short bump on the front left lower corner. There is a minute area on the top edge where the slipcase paper has started to peel but all paper still present. These books look good smell good and are an important read on the history of the North American fur trade. xxvi 686 & viii 696 pp.indexed and illustrated with a bibliography.Octavo 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches tall. In her introduction to the 1954 edition of Hiram Martin Chittenden's The American Fur Trade of the Far West Grace Lee Nute Research Associate of the Minnesota Historical Society noted how well Chittenden's work has stood the test of time since its publication in 1902 but suggested that because of the specialized monographs published since that time "a vast literature is now at hand for anyone capable of welding it into a unified comprehensive history of the fur trade of the North American continent." The attempt has now been made and the result is a qualified success. Paul Chrisler Phillips devoted his life to the task; he died before its completion. J. W. Smurr provides the concluding chapters to this massive two volume work. Publication of the book handsomely accomplished by the Oklahoma University Press has been aided by a grant from the Ford Foundation. Here is the entire history of the North American fur trade from its inception as a gleam in the eye of European explorers and merchant-adventurers to its decline in the mid-nineteenth century with the shift in consumer interest to cheap textiles. The story is told in a basically chronological form although the vast area of the trade and the variety of European and American traders who conducted it require a constant process of starting again and again in time. The research is exhaustive. Though based principally on printed primary sources extensive use has been made of manuscript materials. Let it be said at once that Phillips' study helps correct the view held by most about the importance of the fur trade in inciting maintaining and expanding European settlement in North America. The evidence marshaled by Phillips goes far to prove that the lowly "trade" so readily ignored or slighted by kings at the time and by historians later played a more important role than is normally assigned to it. Indeed one can wonder whether the very establishment of English and French colonies on North American soil would have been accomplished but for the existence of fur-bearing animals and the Indian who was willing to trap them and exchange their pelts for European goods. Nevertheless by concentrating so exclusively on the fur trade Phillips tends to see all political movement in terms of a struggle for beaver. The Great War for Empire between France and Great Britain is presented in such a context as are other events which may perhaps legitimately be assigned more complicated origins. The integration of the sources mined by Phillips and the formal expression of his interpretation of them leave something to be desired. The sentences except in Smurr's concluding chapters flow in a harsh monotony. In a two volume work the unvarying style and the massive accumulation of fact become burdensome to the reader. The text is unrelieved by sensitive passages of summary interpretation or imaginative insight. The personalities of the traders do not "live" as they do in Chittenden's still useful though geographically and temporally more limited history. The book is splendidly illustrated with many original drawings of furbearing animals by Mary Baker as well as with more conventional illustrations drawn from a variety of sources. It has excellent maps. It is well designed and carefully printed. Its two volumes are indexed and paged separately. The indexing is reasonably full but as is usually the case in university-oriented publications it omits direct reference to the material objects trade goods costume items etc. associated with the trade and thus makes the museum scholar create his own index. In sum the book is a significant achievement and an important contribution to our knowledge of our past. ---- WILCOMB E. WASHBURN of the Smithsonian Institution in The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography Vol. 86 No. 2 Apr. 1962 pp. 210-212 University of Oklahoma Press hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 920

‎Sherman Alexie‎

‎Indian Killer‎

‎New York: Atlantic Monthly Press 1996. First Trade Edition. Boards. Fine/fine. A fine SIGNED first trade edition in a fine dustjacket. Black paperboards. Gold foil title stamping on spine is fresh and bright. Binding is sturdy and square. SIGNED by Alexie on the title page. Octavo 6 & 1/4 x 9 & 1/4 inches tall. “Vigorous prose . . . haunted surprising characters . . . flashes of sardonic wit . . . Indian Killer is a meditative exploration of the sources of human identity.” — Richard E. Nicholls The New York Times Book Review Atlantic Monthly Press hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 938 ISBN : 087113652x 9780871136527

‎MENU Annual Dinner of the Garden Club-Poetry Society‎

‎1926. Cards. Dark green card stock. Very good. 12.5 x 8.5 cm. folded. A program and menu featuring a gathering of New England based garden and poetry enthusiasts. Held on February 10th 1926 welcomed by Mrs. Willard A. Boyd President of the Poetry Society and her husband William A. Boyd President of the Garden Club. The entertainment consisted of a poetry reading of The Poetry of a Catskill Garden by Louise Driscoll a musical duo a playlet "In The Garden" in two scenes by William B. McCourtie and a dinner featuring Chicken Gumbo. Light scratch to one panel fold marks. <br/><br/> unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 1860

‎Baltasar de Obregon; George P. Hammond & Agapito Rey trans. & eds.‎

‎Obregon's History of 16th Century Explorations in Western America entitled Chronicle Commentary or Relation of the Ancient and Modern Discoveries in New Spain and New Mexico Mexico 1584‎

‎Los Angeles: Wetzel Publishing Co. 1928. First English Language Edition. Hardcover. Very good. First English translation of Historia de los descubriementos antiguos de la Nueva Espa a. HOWES O 351 a. Blue cloth boards gilt title stamping on spine is crisp and bright. Corners lightly rubbed. Front hinge starting but text block sound and square. Errata tipped in. From the private library of Larry Southwick collector's marginalia pencilled near front hinge. Very good folding map has offset onto TOC and has a fine crease along part of the edge of map. No DJ. Frontis. xxxvi 351 pp. including index. Octavo 6 x 9 inches tall textblock. Baltasar Obregón born 1534 was a 16th-century Spanish explorer and historian. He is most notable for publishing the Historia de los descubrimientos de Nueva Espana an account of his travels in the New World. Obregón was born the son of an encomendera in the Spanish colony of New Spain. At the age of 19 Obregón joined up with a Spanish expedition to California from which he returned with travel experience. In 1554 at the age of 20 he joined the expedition of Francisco de Ibarra to explore the frontiers of Spanish territory and to secure mineral resources. The expedition was a success founding several settlements and allowing the Spanish to colonize Zacatecas. Later in life Obregón published an account of his travels the Historia de los descubrimientos de Nueva Espana in which he described the landscape of northern Mexico. After cataloging his own life he continued to publish the accounts of other Spanish expeditions such as that of Antonio de Espejo --- wikipedia Wetzel Publishing Co. hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 654

‎John L. Kessell‎

‎Mission of Sorrows: Jesuit Guevavi and the Pimas 1691-1767‎

‎Tucson AZ: University of Arizona Press 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/fine. A near fine first edition in a fine unclipped dust jacket. Brown cloth boards front top corner bumped. Gilt title stamping. Mission map end papers. From the private library of Larry Southwick collector's marginalia pencilled at inner edge of half title. xvi 224 pp. including index. Quarto 7 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches tall. The Mission of Guevavi on the Santa Cruz River in what is now southern Arizona served as a focal point of Jesuit missionary endeavor among the Pima Indians on New Spain's far northwestern frontier. For three-quarters of a century from the first visit by the renowned Eusebio Francisco Kino in 1691 until the Jesuit Expulsion in 1767 the difficult process of replacing one culture with another—the heart of the Spanish mission system—went on at Guevavi. Yet all but the initial years presided over by Father Kino have been forgotten. Drawing upon archival materials in Mexico Spain and the United States—including accounts by the missionaries themselves and the surviving pages of the Guevavi record books—Kessell brings to life those forgotten years and forgotten men who struggled to transform a native ranchería into an ordered mission community. Of the eleven Black Robes who resided at Guevavi between 1701 and 1767 only a few are well known to history. Others—such as Joseph Garrucho who presided more years at Guevavi than any other Padre; Alexandro Rapicani son of a favorite of Sweden's Queen Christina; Custodio Zimeno Guevavi's last Jesuit—have the details of their roles filled in here for the first time. In this in-depth study of a single missionary center Kessell describes in detail the daily round of the Padres in their activities as missionaries educators governors and intercessors among the often-indifferent and occasionally hostile Pimas. He discusses the Pima uprising of 1751 and the events that led up to it concluding that it actually continued sporadically for some ten years. The growing ferocity of the Apache the disastrous results of certain government policies—especially the removal of the Sobaípuri Indians from the San Pedro Valley—and the declining native population due to a combination of enforced culture change and epidemics of European diseases are also carefully explored. The story of Guevavi is one of continuing adversity and triumph. It is the story finally of expulsion for the Jesuits and a few short years later the end of Mission Guevavi at the hands of the Apaches. In Mission of Sorrows Kessell has projected meticulous research into a highly readable narrative to produce an important contribution to the history of the Spanish Borderlands." -- From the Publisher University of Arizona Press hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 689

‎Owings Nathaniel A.; Paolo Soleri; Nathan Glazer; Daniel P. Moynihan; et al.‎

‎Cry California The Journal of California Tomorrow Vol. 7 No. 2 Spring 1972‎

‎San Francisco: California Tomorrow 1972. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR and guest editor Nathaniel A. Owings on page 1 - " For My Chancellor- Bill Bachman F.A.I.A with his co-author;s regards Nat Owings April 3- 76". Nat Owings was a founding partner in the prestigious and influential architectural firm Skidmore Owings & Merrill. He contributed the article " The City Go slow go slow" starting at page 3 and is also listed as a director for California Tomorrow. Other contributors to this issue include Paolo Soleri Daniel P. Moynihan and Nathan Glazer among others. Near Fine top corners small creases faint impression top edge from paper clip. Fabulous Mark Adams cover art. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Magazine. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. California Tomorrow Paperback books‎

Bookseller reference : 005710

‎Elizabeth P. Benson & Gillett G. Griffin eds.‎

‎Maya Iconography‎

‎Princeton: Princeton University Press 1988. First Edition First Printing. 1/4 cloth. Very good/fine. Very good first printing. Brown cloth under buckram quarter cloth binding. Cream endpapers. Pages are clean and bright. Rear endpaper and page 379 have short tear at bottom. From the private library of Larry Southwick collector's marginalia pencilled near front hinge. In a fine dust jacket now protected in a clear removable archival cover. Profusely illustrated with photos and drawings. 379 pp. including bibliography and index. Quarto 10 1/2 x 10 inches tall. Large and heavy item billed at actual shipping charges. Princeton University Press hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 222 ISBN : 0691035903 9780691035901

‎FOSTER FA. F. A.‎

‎Black Mountain College: 1933-1956‎

‎F.A. Foster 1984. First Edition. Near fine in original printed saddle-stitched wrappers. Thin octavo. 6.325 x 8.5 in. 8 pp. Signed by F.A. Foster on title page. Scarce. <br/><br/> F.A. Foster unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 20362

‎Art History Notebook Women's Education‎

‎Woman Professor at Girls' Academy in 1889 Handwritten Notebook on Art History‎

‎Women's Education Art History Original handwritten essay on "Art North of the Alps" and biographic entries for 50 of the most important European artists from a woman Professor at a girl's academy in 1889. Notebook of a female art lecturer in 1889 at Mt. Auburn Institute for girls with essay on northern European art and short biographies of 50 of the important artists from this region. Handwritten label on front cover: "Jean Sprunger Lea. Art Lecturer. Mt. Auburn Institute '89. Cin Ohio". 8 x 6.5 in. Original paper boards. 66 pages last 20 are blank. Written on first page: "Senior Art Lecturer from January to June '89. Cincinnati Ohio". Comes with two typed mimeographed copies of essay Art North of the Alps from a former owner. Includes biographies of Van Eyck Albrecht Durer Hans Holbein Rubens Van Dyck and Velasquez among others. Mt. Auburn Institute was established in 1856 as a Family School for Young Ladies. The school took pride in their History and Literature departments and offered special courses in art music and culture at a time when higher education for girls was considered novel and unnecessary. <br/><br/>"Art North of Alps. Teutonic German Dutch Flemish Spanish French and English art. In the beginning of the 18th century art underwent a revolution. the Gothic style was introduced with it's airy lightness boldness and grace. Some of the best specimens of the Gothic art are the nave o the Cathedral of Frieburg a heavy structure the minister of Strasburg completed 1275 finest example of Gothic fretted work and the choir o the cathedral of Chartres finished 1264. On their choir brought fourth the history of the Redemption." Biographies of some of the most important figures in European art history. "Albrecht Durer 1471-1528 was born in Nuremburg. His father was a goldshith and brough up his son in the same trade. Young Durer when he reached the age of twenty-one travelled as far as Venice and saw many of the Italian masterpieces.He has left many writings as well as paintings - Among these are scientific works on Geometry and Astronomy--Venice offered him a salary if he would come there-Antwerp did the same but he couldn't leave his beloved Nuremburg." Some additions or corrections made in pencil by original owner. Inscription from later owner on first page. Rust mark from paperclip on inside front cover and p. 1. Very good condition. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 16766

‎Schenck David‎

‎North Carolina 1780-'81. Being a History of the Invasion of the Carolinas By the British Army Under Lord Cornwallis in 1780-'81.‎

‎Raleigh NC: Edwards & Broughton Publishers 1889. Very Good prior owner name dated 1895 in pencil front paste down and 3rd front end page. Very Good in original dark brown cloth titles in gilt floral end pages cloth rubbed at spine ends and fore edges. All maps and illustrations present fold-out map of the Carolinas at p.16 particularly nice. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Edwards & Broughton, Publishers Hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 007088

‎Americana Printing History Typography Design Fine Press San Francisco Zamorano Club Los Angeles Roxburghe Club‎

‎1980 Roxburghe-Zamorano Keepsake Printed at the Scenic Road Press William Morris to Smith Letter About the Impertinence of a Woman Designer from the Sanford & Helen Berger Collection‎

‎San Francisco CA: Scenic Road Press 1980. Small broadside keepsake printed at the Scenic Road Press for members of the Roxburghe & Zamorano Clubs on the occasion of their Joint Meeting in 1980; one of 200 printed. A letter of February 24 1887 from William Morris to 'My dear Smith' noticing his indignation that he'd been sent by Smith to visit a woman he'd thought to be a potential client who actually wanted him instead to look at her designs. Approx. 4 1/2" x 7" size; printed black in a Kelmscott-style type on quality paper stock; with the original plain paper envelope; slight wear; in very good condition. First Edition. Broadside. Very Good. Scenic Road Press books‎

Bookseller reference : 25332

‎West Rebecca‎

‎The New Meaning of Treason‎

‎New York: Viking Press 1964. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. viii 374 pp with index. Slight rubbing to extremities light dust soiling to top edge else fine. Dust jacket is chipped at corners and spine ends and has a small crease. Revised and expanded version of West's work on World War II traitors and defectors. Viking Press hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 1358

‎Academia Chilena de la Historia‎

‎Boletin de la Academia Chilena de la Historia. Año XXIII. Segundo Semestre de 1956. No. 55‎

‎Santiago de Chile: La Academia Chilena 1956. First edition. Paper wrappers. A very good copy shelf worn. 152 pp. Sm. 4to. Contains: El tratado secreto peruano-boliviano de 1873 y la diplomacia brasilena; El "Valdiviano federal" y el federalismo en Valdivia; Abogados titulados en Chile en El Siglo XIX; and Fuentes para la historia del trabajo en el Reino de Chile. II.-Cuenta y relación de los jornales en el obraje de Peteroa. 1602-1609. La Academia Chilena unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 42199

‎Dimaria Ernie‎

‎Fire: A War That Never Ends An Introspective Account of the Fire That Killed Six NYC Firefighters on Aug. 2 1978‎

‎Las Vegas Nevada U.S.A.: Sunset Bookstore 1993. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Very Good dust jacket. Previous owner bookplate; DJ protected with Mylar Cover. Near Fine binding / Very Good dust jacket. Sunset Bookstore unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 217132 ISBN : 0963729616 9780963729613

‎Japanese Local History‎

‎GRADUATION PORTRAIT ALBUM NO. 8 English Translation.; March of 10th Year of Showa Period‎

‎Kure 1935. Purple velour cloth binding yapp edges cord tie. Marble eps. Binding cloth faded. General extremity wear. Very Good. 12-3/4" x 9-1/4" <br/><br/> hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 49657

‎Carlyle Thomas; Edited by James Anthony Froude‎

‎Reminiscences. In Two Volumes Fine Binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe for Marshall Field and Co.‎

‎Londini: Longmans Green & Co. 1881. SCARCE in lovely fine binding stamp signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe London for Marshall Field and Co. Thomas Carlyle 1795-1881 was a Scottish essayist satirist and historian. Published a month after Carlyle's death by his literary executor James Anthony Froude to much controversy over the editing. They were republished in 1887 with Harvard professor Charles Eliot Norton as the editor. Two volumes in contemporary half calf over marbled boards the calf undyed at the spines and dyed green at the covers to harmonize with the green marbled boards backs gilt marbled end papers top edges gilt wear showing at joints yet still holding nicely small rubs at corners interiors clean and bright. A handsome set. . First Edition. Half Calf. Very Good -/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Longmans, Green & Co. Hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 008415

‎Viereck George Sylvester; with a Foreword by Colonel Edward M. House‎

‎Spreading Germs of Hate‎

‎New York: Horace Liveright 1930. RARE. With the ownership signature of F. W. Rueckheim 1846-1937 German immigrant and entrepreneur who is credited with inventing Cracker Jack and who became the target of anti-German sentiments in 1917 when he was reported to the Secret Service for insulting the Illinois Militia. He was later cleared of those charges having established his loyalty to the US. Near Fine two pages toned from old paper apparently laid in at one time in a Very Good dust jacket small chips at spine ends 2 small corner creases to flaps 1" closed tear bottom edge front panel. xiv one leaf 3-327 pp. profusely illustrated. With fantastic dust jacket designed by Alfred Maurer. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Horace Liveright Hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 008349

‎Napoleonic-Era Manuscript Contract of Marriage Between Michel Joseph Guillot and Catherine Filon In French‎

‎Versailles France 1812. Eight pages of text on parchment handwritten in French of the period. dated October 23 1812 the date of a failed coup against Napoleon. Very Good parchment moderately foxed. A fascinating document containing 9 numbered Articles that detail the terms of the marriage. . String Tied. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Paperback books‎

Bookseller reference : 006809