‎Biographie‎

‎Stephens, F G‎

‎Dante Gabriel Rossetti‎

‎London England: Seeley and Co. Limited 1894. Hardcover. VG. 10.75"x7.5". 96pp. Full vellum-covered boards rebind giltstamped spine label marbled endpapers deckled edges. B&W frontis illustrated cuts throughout. Original etchings bound-in with impression and tissue. Soiled warped boards slight edgewear. Previous owner's bookplate previous owner's name in ink to ffep toned tissue slightly toned interior. Seeley and Co. Limited hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 4178

‎Wadsworth, Barbara‎

‎Edward Wadsworth: A Painter's Life‎

‎Michael Russell Publishing Ltd. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1989. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0859551601 . Tight unmarked book in clean green cloth with glossy dust jacket. . Michael Russell Publishing Ltd hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 66253 ISBN : 0859551601 9780859551601

‎Oppen, Mary‎

‎Meaning a Life: An Autobiography‎

‎Santa Barbara CA: Black Sparrow Press 1978. First edition limited. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo 9.5"x6.5". 212pp. 1/4 bound in rose cloth & illustrated paper; pastedown spine label in original transparent vinyl jacket. Light fade light foxing very light soiling to cover margins. Rubbing to vinyl jacket. Not signed not hand-numbered. Black Sparrow Press hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 3348 ISBN : 0876853750 9780876853757

‎Mackay, John‎

‎Life of Lieut. General Hugh Mackay of Scoury; Commander in Chief of the Forces in Scotland 1689 and 1690. Colonel Commandant of the Scottish Brigade in the Service of the States General and a Privy-Counsellor in Scotland‎

‎Edinburgh Scotland: Laing and Forbes 1836. First edtiion. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo 8.5â€x10.5â€. 213pp along with one page of errata. Brown buckram wrapped boards rebind. Corners bumped. Front top corner missing .25â€. Title spine label chipped. rear top corner crushed .5â€. Prior owner Duncan Eanes book plate pasted to interior of front board. 1.5†and 3.25†tears on portrait frontispiece page. Creases to same. Generally text block is yellowed with occasional foxing. Book inscribed by “The Authorâ€. Laing and Forbes hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 3888

‎Chadwick, Mrs Ellis H‎

‎In the Footsteps of the Brontes‎

‎New York: Haskell House Pub Ltd 1971. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 502 pages indexed. Hardcover bound in tan cloth. Light wear to the binding. A nice clean copy. Contains a few illustrations. This is a reprint of the 1895 edition. <br/> <br/> Haskell House Pub Ltd hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 047164 ISBN : 0838312721 9780838312728

‎Stille, Charles J‎

‎Major-General Anthony Wayne and the Pennsylvania Line in the Continental Army‎

‎Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company 1893. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. x 441 pages indexed. Hardcover bound in burgundy cloth. The binding generally shows moderate wear but there is some damping at the headcap of the spine and some heavy damping at the top of the rear cover. There is also a little discoloration near the foot of the spine. The damping does not affect the interior. Top edge gilt. A sound copy with secure inner hinges. Text is clean. Contains just a few illustrations. We understand that three is a signed limited edition of this work. This is NOT a signed or limited edition. <br/> <br/> J. B. Lippincott Company hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 051169

‎Trotsky, L and Zarudnaya, E (trans)‎

‎Trotsky's Diary in Exile 1935‎

‎Harvard University Press 1976. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item500grams ISBN:0674910060 Harvard University Press hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 5760377 ISBN : 0674910060 9780674910065

‎Isabel Burton, W Wilkins‎

‎THE LIFE OF CAPTAIN SIR RICHARD F. BURTON‎

‎New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1898. Hardcover. Good. 6 x 9 in. 548 pp. Gray cloth boards with color portrait. Condition is GOOD ; front inner joint is started with a small break there but no damage to muslin and joint remains quite solid. Covers have toning to edges spine very toned. Mild wear to corners slight loss to spine ends. Endpapers and text edges foxed mild foxing to first few pgs text clean. Bio. Stax. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 54927

‎Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, U von‎

‎My Recollections 1848-1914‎

‎Chatto and Windus 1930. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item750grams ISBN: Chatto and Windus hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 5761657

‎Brock, Thomas D‎

‎Robert Koch: A Life in Medicine and Bacteriology‎

‎ASM Press 1999. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item900grams ISBN:9781555811433 ASM Press hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 5580976 ISBN : 1555811434 9781555811433

‎Nair, A M‎

‎Indian Freedom Fighter in Japan: Memoirs of A. M. Nair‎

‎Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture 2025. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item650grams ISBN:9784866582610 Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 5844706 ISBN : 4866582618 9784866582610

‎Rusk, Dean‎

‎As I Saw It: A Secretary of State's Memoirs‎

‎I.B. Tauris 1991. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1200grams ISBN:1850432384 I.B. Tauris hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 5581266 ISBN : 1850432384 9781850432388

‎Acton, Harold‎

‎Memoirs of an Aesthete 1939-1969‎

‎Viking Adult 1971-03-30. Hardcover. Good/Good. 6x1x9. Jacket is tattered torn and rubbed jacket flaps are creased binding sound pages lightly age-toned. In this remarkable book Harold Acton writes a witty and vivid account of his first thirty-five years of his life from his boyhood among the international colony of dilettanti in Florence before the First World War to his maturity when he discovered his spiritual home in Peking before the old Chinese culture was destroyed. Between the two he was one of the brilliant generation up at Oxford just after the war and afterwards moved to Paris where he knew many of the literary and artistic figures of the time. It is an outstanding memoir rightly regarded as a classic. Viking Adult hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 250515012 ISBN : 0670468169 9780670468164

‎Sutton, George Miksch‎

‎Bird Student; An Autobiography‎

‎Austin: University of Texas Press 0-292-70727-4 1980. 4to 216pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Color illustrations. A previous owner's bookplate tipped in. Biography Ornithologic Illustration Ornithology. University of Texas Press Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 159257 ISBN : 0292707274 9780292707276

‎Sarah Jane Nevins Hyer‎

‎1901-1903 & 1909-1912 Diaries of the Widow of a Prominent Jefferson County Wisconsin Pioneer Family with Familial Ties to the Man Who Named Aztalan‎

‎Aztalan Jefferson County Wisconsin. Poor with no dust jacket. Hardcover. On offer are two fine journals kept for a total of six years by a member of the Hyer family by marriage who was related to the Wisconsin pioneer credited with giving the town of Aztalan its name. Our author is Sarah Jane Nevins Hyer 1844-1923. She was born in Genesee New York to Jacob Nevins 1817-1874 and Elizabeth Green 1811-1883 both from Vermont. They settled in Jefferson County WI in 1846 when Sarah was a toddler. Sarah married Julius Caesar Hyer 1828-1902 on October 15 1866 in Jefferson. Julius was born in New York and came to Wisconsin as a young man. He was a pioneering farmer of the Aztalan region purchasing 120 acres of land and transforming it into a crop-rich farm. Together Sarah and Julius Hyer would have three children but only one would survive to old age. Lille Hyer 1867-1868 died in infancy and Henry B. Hyer 1868-1889 died at 21 due to epilepsy. Edward Julius Hyer 1872-1952 would live his entire life in Aztalan on the family farm with his wife Myrtle Hathaway and their children Hazel and Edward Hyer. He was a member of the Jefferson county board Aztalan district school board and county fair board and Equitable Reserve Association. The Hyers are among Aztalan’s prominent pioneering families. Notably Nathaniel Fisher Hyer 1807-1866 Julius’ cousin is the man credited with naming Aztalan SEE BIO NOTES. Julius’ father Frederick Hyer 1793-1847 and Nathaniel’s father David Roscoe Hyer 1774-1835 were half brothers. Both were sons of Walter E. Hyer Sr. 1744-1797. David was born to Walter and Elizabeth Rusco 1723-1778 After Elizabeth died Walter and his second wife Abigail Rowe 1745-1799 had more children including Frederick. When Sarah begins her first diary Julius is nearing the end of his days. He remains somewhat active in his business though he is mostly unwell and home. Sarah herself is confined to a wheelchair according to historical records and she references her chair occasionally. Her diary entries are filled with discussion about her immediate and extended family neighbours the farm and farm labor the larger community and reminiscences of her youth and those who have passed on. Some excerpts: “.Eddie fixing up the henhouse. Elsie ironing. Myrtle sewing. Jule feeling much better. Eddie brought me 4 letters this morning when he came home from the factory. Hebners Auction. Walter very busy…Carrie and Gertie drove up. Mrs. Harvey Foster is very sick and Mrs. McAddams Myrtle and Walter went to Mrs. Jeninks . Dandelions in bloom out in the yard. Walter brought me one” Nov 6 1901. “.received a letter from Eliza Hyer wife of David Roscoe Hyer Jr. sister-in-law of Nathaniel Fisher Hyer saying Walter’s folks have a Baby Girl Esther Hyer born March 16th. Eddie went to the Creek in the afternoon. Henry Tyler came in the evening” March 19 1902. “.Jule failing fast the house full off sic kind neighbors and relatives. Dr Reed came every one so kind and good to us. Our Dear Husband Father and Brother passed away at 625PM May 15th 1902. Minna went for the undertaker and telegraphed to the relatives and friends it is very hard for Eddie and my self to bear he has been a great sufferer for the last year and a half and has borne it all as patiently but now he is at rest” May 15 1902. Sarah enjoys recounting her early days in Jefferson County. For example shortly after Julius’ death she accompanied family to visit her childhood town and she describes stopping by her log schoolhouse: “.8 weeks since Jule’s funeral. We borrowed Mr. Tyler’s Surrey and all went down to Brother Charles’ Eddie Myrtle Ethel Beatris Walter and myself went in the Surrey…and took my Chair along. We had such a good night with Brother Henry Nevins came to Charles and Minas folks came as well had supper together and Jenners folks were there too Charley Nevins came home with us we went around by Mrs. McAddams place it had been years since I was around that way we saw the old place where our first log schoolhouse was built one of the bottom logs are are still there grown over with grass and all around where it stood and where there were nothing but little bushes and sprouts were growing they are grown to large trees I saw where the path was across the fields where I yousto sic trudge to school when I was 5 years old and Charles was older Ann and Corneha fellows went to the same school at that time and they are both gone and Cousins Varamer Jesse and Frank attended school Varamer has been gone for 45 years there were Charley Fuller and Daniel Washburn too both gone now. Mary Turner was not going at that time but when I was eleven years Mary was going to our school and now after 47 years Charles Turner is the only one living that was a parent and sending Scholars to our school at that time I saw the marsh where we yousto slide on the ice in winter the hill where we yousto slide down with hand sleds and get tipped over and the soft water pond long since dry where I yousto go with Charles hunting frogs for fish bait oh those were glorious days when I thought Pa Ma Charles and Myself were all there were in the world how few are left that were here then they are almost all on the other side where we shall soon join them” July 12 1902. The second diary is filled with lengthy entries as well as pressed flowers letters flyers little drawings likely by Sarah’s grandchildren and other ephemera. A 65th birthday gift from her family Sarah keeps the diary from July 1909-July 1912. She describes the comings and goings of the Hyers Nevins and other community members the family farming business and her grandchildren’s activities. Confined to a wheelchair Sarah has ample time to observe and reminisce. Some excerpts: “.Myrtie and Ellen busy getting ready for Mrs. Henke’s birthday party this evening and Hazeley’s this afternoon. They had supper ready for the children when School was out the table looked fine 16 bright little faces sit down to the table little Carley sit with them at the table his mama fed him they had a fine Supper bananas apples peanuts and candy for dessert. They brought Hazel many little presents…a gold chain and locket…then in the evening Albert Emma and little Carley and Eddie Myrtle Walter and Hazel went to Mrs. Hankes party. They had a good time and a big crowd. Ellen and Grandma Brotts stayed with me. Mr. John Harbie wife and grand daughter and Mr. And Mrs. Hathaway stoped sic a while on their way to the party” October 26 1909. “.Myrtie washed. Lightning struck and burnt a barn a mile from the Creek between 2 and 3 am this morning. Dave David working on the road for Eddie. Children at school. Received Lauria Nevins graduating card to day. Eddie went to Lake everything looks just grand will soon have Strawberries of our own. Eddie brought some from the Lake and we had a Strawberry Shortcake for supper” May 31 1910. “Town Meeting Day…There was no opposition the Republicans had no ticket so the Democrat ticket is the same as last year. Brother Charles was down to dinner. 35th anniversary of Charles’s wedding day Hattie Heyer came after Allen last evening” April 2 1912; Note The Democratic ticket is tipped into the diary. Sarah’s son E. J. Hyer is Chairman and Allen Hyer is clerk other locals about whom Sarah writes regularly are also on the ticket including Charles Oestreich. “.Eddie and Albert drawed our hay in the Orchard this morning. PM Eddie Walter and Hazel took Lauria and Rhoda to Milford to visit Charley and Jennie Shroeder. They stopped at Crandals to talk over fixing up the church. Mr. And Mrs. John Whiting and Mrs. Harbie were there they will commence on the Church as soon as possible…People came in evening after School meeting…” July 1 1912. Taken together these two diaries encompass six years in the life of a pioneering Wisconsin family and offer a peek into the world of a woman who used a wheelchair in the very early 20th century. As the Hyer’s were well-off Sarah did not seem to struggle as some may have but the world through her eyes is often one of observation rather than direct engagement. The connection to Nathan Fisher Hyer is worth mentioning again See BIO NOTES. A treasure trove of early Jefferson County history. The first journal is a ledger book in which daily entries were made beginning in November 1901 until December 31 1903. The long ledger pages allow her to write 4-5 entries per page and she writes nearly daily with entries ranging from a few lines to a longer paragraph. It measures 11.5 inches by 5.5 inches and contains 176 pages. The back cover of the book is missing. The front cover is cloth and is stained. The book is stitched and binding is intact. The pages are in good condition with the exception of the last few pages which have been damaged due to lack of protective cover. The handwriting is legible. The diary is about 85% complete. Overall Fair. The second journal is a large hard cover volume. It measures 10x7.25 inches. Hyer began it on her 65th birthday July 28 1909 and kept it daily until she runs out of pages on July 27 1912. The hard covers are intact but stained from wear and use. The spine has broken and the sewn binding is very loose with some pages detached. While all signatures are present they are very loose. All pages are intact although several have been damaged by wear on the edges and folding though this does not interfere with legibility. The book contains 300 pages and is 100% complete. Overall Fair to Poor. BIO NOTES - THE HYERS: The Hyer family name is associated with the earliest days of Aztalan Jefferson County Wisconsin. Specifically Judge Nathaniel Hyer who had settled in Milwaukee visited the area after Timothy Johnson of Watertown discovered the region. Hyer drew a basic map of the Aztalan area and published a written account of the place in the Milwaukee Advertiser in 1837. Hyer named the region Aztalan based on the incorrect idea that the Aztecs of Mexico originated there. Hyer found mounds in the Aztalan WI region and connected them to images of Aztec pyramids. While Hyer’s rationale for naming the place Aztalan has been proven false the name itself remains. Milwaukee Public Museum Aztalan Site History 2022. ; Manuscripts; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author . hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 0012282

‎Churchill, W S‎

‎My Early Life: A Roving Commission‎

‎Thornton Butterworth Ltd 1930. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item700grams ISBN: Thornton Butterworth Ltd hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 5578719

‎Roosevelt, Priscilla Reynolds‎

‎Apostle of Russian Liberalism: Timofei Granovsky‎

‎Oriental Research Partenrs 1986. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item650grams ISBN:9999724833 Oriental Research Partenrs hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 4145243 ISBN : 9999724833 9789999724838

‎Foxe, Arthur N (1902-1982); Button, Dick (1929-2025); etc‎

‎BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES on the sport of ICE SKATING and FIGURE SKATING from the library of ARTHUR N. FOXE.‎

‎<p>Good. - Material from the library of the psychiatrist and skating bibliographer Dr. Arthur N. Foxe consisting of mechanically reproduced pages from several skating bibliographies which likely served as source material for his books. The first consists of 28 pages printed on one side containing Fred W. Foster's "The Bibliography of Skating" as published over several issues of "The Bibliographer: A Journal of Book Lovers" from March 1883 through April 1884. The 9-1/2 inch high by 7-3/8 inch wide sheets are bound together with a metal claps through 2 holes punched at the bottom of the sheets. These pages are contained within stiffer cream sheets with the content typed by Dr. Foxe on the cover sheet and his "Skating Library" stamp affixed at the bottom.</p><p>The second bibliography titled "English Books on Skating after 1900" is compiled by Dr. Foxe himself. These consist of an original page typed on an 11 inch high by 8-1/2 inch wide sheet of paper with 3 identical mechanically reproduced copies listing 20 books on skating. Dr. Foxe has made pencil & ink corrections to the original which are then reproduced on the copies including scratching out 4 of the titles. The corners of these pages are creased and there are rust stains from a paper clip at top left.</p><p>A 27-page bibliography compiled by the famous figure skater and skating analyst Dick Button is mechanically reproduced on 27 sheets of 11 inch high by 8-1/2 inch wide paper. This bibliography lists books from the 18th through the 20th century by country. Included are works from Great Britain Germany France Austria the Netherlands the U.S.A. Belgium Denmark Switzerland Sweden and Finland. The pages are annotated in ink by Dr. Foxe identifying which of the books he has in his own library or has on file. Stapled at top left the last 2 pages are detached but present. The bibliography is titled in ink by Dr. Foxe at the top of the first page. The pages are soiled and the bottom corner of the first page is creased.</p><p>Wonderful unique material.</p><p>From the Skating Library of Arthur N. Foxe with his stamp and annotations. A psychiatrist and criminologist Dr. Foxe was an avid collector of skating books and published "Skating for Everyone" as well as a brief bibliography of skating and a little book about Poe and hypnosis.</p>‎

Référence libraire : 99865

‎Schnickel, Richard‎

‎The Disney Version: The Life Times Art and Commerce of Walt Disney‎

‎Pavilion 1986. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item750grams ISBN:9781851450077 Pavilion hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 5759567 ISBN : 1851450076 9781851450077

‎Stokes, J‎

‎Eleanor Marx 1855-1898: Life Work Contacts‎

‎Ashgate 2000. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item550grams ISBN:9780754601135 Ashgate hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 5578240 ISBN : 0754601137 9780754601135

‎Hanson, Margaret Brock (editor)‎

‎Powder River Country: The Papers of J. Elmer Brock‎

‎Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1989. Second Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0960583440 . Stiff unmarked book in burgundy faux leather with gilt titles; in bright dust jacket with a half-inc edgetear to rear panel and a series of nicks. ; 8.5 x 10.5"; 510 pages . hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 65538 ISBN : 0960583440 9780960583447

‎Steinmetz, Rollin C‎

‎The Amish Year‎

‎New Brunswick NJ: Rutgers University Press. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1956. 1st. hardcover. 8vo 224 pp. Profusely illustrated with photographs by Charles S. Rice. First printing. . Rutgers University Press hardcover‎

Référence libraire : BOOKS108498I

‎Freeman, GL G L‎

‎Currier & Ives Pictorial History of American Battle Scenes‎

‎Watkins Glen: Century House. Fine copy. 1961. 1st. hardcover. 4to 104 pp. "Never before reproduced lithographs from the revoltion on with special attention to the Civil War -- combined with contemporary texts." . Century House hardcover‎

Référence libraire : BOOKS108872I

‎Harper, Paul & Joann P Krieg (editors)‎

‎John F Kennedy: The Promise Revisited‎

‎Westport CT: Greenwood Press. Fine copy issued without dust jacket. 1988. 1st. hardcover. 8vo 375 pp. Still shrink-wrapped from the publisher. . Greenwood Press hardcover‎

Référence libraire : BOOKS109468I

‎Freeman, Douglas Southall‎

‎Lee's Lieutenants: A Study in Command Three Volumes‎

‎New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Fine copies in fine dust jackets. 1970. BOMC ed. hardcover. 8vo 2395 pp. . Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover‎

Référence libraire : BOOKS110772I