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[LAWRENCE, TE] THOMAS, Lowell T E
Typed Letter Signed
"Lowell" in green fountain pen ink on his engraved Lowell Thomas Hammersley Hill Pawling New York letterhead June 20 1963. 7 1/8" x 10 1/2"; 1 page; very good minor signs of handling. To columnist Leonard Lyons Interesting letter commenting on the film "Lawrence of Arabia." In part: ".In recent years the Lawrence story has been fantastically distorted -- by people who had no first hand knowledge of the Arabian campaign. Together with a copy of a 2 page letter dated January 28 1963 that Thomas had sent to T.E. Lawrence's brother Arnold W. Lawrence commenting in great detail on the film and why he thought most of it was fiction. Thomas 1892-1981 born April 6 1892 Woodington Ohio; died August 29 1981 Pawling New York; noted American author/radio and television commentator; made T.E. Lawrence famous with his book "With Lawrence of Arabia"; voice of Hearst Movietone News 1935-52; author of over 50 books; participated in 2 television series. Leonard Lyons 1906-1976 born September 10 1906 New York New York; died October 7 1976 New York New York; American journalist; Broadway syndicated column "The Lyons Den" was noted for good taste in reporting gossip; appeared as himself: "Daisy Kenyon" 1947 in the Stork Club; "Jigsaw" 1949 newspaper columnist; "Mr. Broadway" playing himself in episode "Keep an Eye on Emily" September 26 1964. Soft cover. Very Good. paperback
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[LAYNG, TE] T E
Sixteenth-Century Maps Relating To Canada A Check-List and Bibliography
Ottawa: Public Archives of Canada 1956. 1956. 8vo. pp. xxvi 283. 4 double-sided b/w plates. index. biblio. wrs. library markings. Ottawa: Public Archives of Canada, 1956. unknown
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[Le Grand Jacques]
LE TOUR DU MONDE EN VÉLOCIPEDE
Former owner's name on front endpaper and title page. Occasional foxing ; Extremely scarce! A detailed accound of an adventure of a cyclist. Numerous b&w illustrations from ink drawings. Originally published in the periodical Le Velocipede Illustre starting in 1870 and collected here in book form. Red boards with gilt lettering and gilt pictorial design. Decorative black pattern along edges. All edges gilt. Brochure of a Danish Beach destination laid-in with 4-digit phone number ; 8vo; 266 pages
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[Lear, Edward and others] The Fine Art Society
Spring '91 - 7 May - 7 June / Illustrations with descriptions include for example: George Frederic Watts - "Sir Galahad" / Edward Lear - "Campagna di Roma" / Edward Lear - "Dar Mar Sabbas Palestine 30th April 1858" / Edward Lear - "Karyes" 12th September 1856 / John Frederick Lewis - "An Arab" and "Interior of the Mosque of Santa Sophia Constantinople 1840-41" etc. etc.
1991. London The Fine Art Society PLC. 1991. 20.5 cm x 25.5 cm. 70 pages. 72 colour photographs throughout. Original Softcover catalogue. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. A catalogue of an assortment of art work and high end design furniture available from The Fine Art Society. paperback
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[Lee, Charles]; The New York Historical Society
COLLECTIONS OF THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOR THE YEAR 1871 - 1874 THE LEE PAPERS VOLS. I - IV Four Volumes Complete
New York: The New York Historical Society 1872 - 1875. First Editions. Hardcover. Tall Octavos Four Volumes; VG-; Full green publisher's cloth with gilt lettering to roundback spines; Boards show light plus bumping to corners and heads/tails of spine and light shelfwear overall and to corners; Textblocks have light age-toning to edges and the ex librii of a former owner appears on the front paste-down of each volume; All pages uncut; The complete four volume set of "The Lee Papers" published by the New York Historical Society which comprises volumes iv - vii of the New York Historical Society Publication Fund series. Contains the correspondence and writings of Revolutionary War General Charles Lee; CONTENTS: Vol. I. "1754-1776" 12 494 pages -- Vol. II. "1776-1778" 10 494 pages -- Vol. III. "1778-1782" 12 494 pages -- Vol. IV. "1782-1811" 12 500 pages. RWO. 1357755. Special Collections - Downstairs. The New York Historical Society hardcover
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[LENINGRAD THE HERMITAGE MOSCOW THE PUSHKIN MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS]
Paintings And Sculptures In Soviet Museums
Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers 1978. 1978. folio. pp. 199. 277 illus. 55 colour 1 fold-out. cloth. dw. First Edition of the English Translation. F. Hardcover. Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, [1978]. Hardcover
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[Lennon, John]
John Lennon erinnert sich. Translated by A. Fan. Drawings by Thomas Struck.
Hamburg, Release-Verl. 1974. 118 S., einige s/w Abb., Kart., Exlibrisstempel u. Gekritzel auf Bl. 1. Erste dt. Ausgabe, der laienhaft produzierte Band mit der Anmutung eines studebtischen Privatdruckes
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[LESKOVIKLI] HAYREDDIN NEDIM [GÖÇEN], (1867-1942).
Bir elçinin tarihçe-i sefareti, 1207-1208 (Tarih-i Osmani Encümeni Külliyati, Aded: 3).
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) In contemporary black cloth bdg. Modern Turkish lettered gilt on spine. Little stains on top of the first pages. A clean copy otherwise. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 16 cm). In Ottoman script. 112 p. Mustafa Rasih Pasha who was one of the important figures of Babiali at the time of III. Selim was sent to the Russia as an ambassador after treaty of Jassy. There are sefâretnâme and arîza about Rasih Pasha's embassy. The works written by Ottoman ambassadors or their assistances about their journeys are called sefâretnâme. The embassy travel and Russian impressions have been transferred into sefâretnâme related to Rasih Pasha's Russian embassy. Rasih Pasha described the social, economic, military, administrative and economic aspects of Russia in detail which are not explained in sefâretnâme in his arîza. These works composed after Rasih Pasha's embassy to Russia have involved very important informations about Russian Empire at the end of XVIII. Century. It is seen that the development of Russia during I. Petro reached to the top towards the end of XVIII. Century time of the II. Catherine. III. Selim as an Ottoman King made use of the arîza written on Russian during his reconstruction movement known as Nizam-i Cedit movement. This book includes memoirs of embassy of Mustafa Rasih Pasha in Russia. Hegira: 1333 = Gregorian: 1917. First Edition. Özege 2277.; TBTK 11603.; 6 copies in OCLC: 21790420.
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[Leuthold, Jean-Rodolphe] (Author unknown for the Second Book)
La Verite Sur Neuchatel Ou Relation Authentique des Journees du 28 Mars du Juillet 1852 et de la Suppression de la Bourgeoisie de Valangin Accompagnee des Commentaires et de tous les Documents qui ont trait a ces faits Pour Servir D'Introduction a L'Histoire / Rapport Du Conseil D'Etat Au Grand-Conseil De La Republique Et Canton De Neuchatel Sur L'Insurrection Royaliste Du 3 Septembre - Two Books in One Volume
Neuchatel: Imprimerie De Frederic Loutz / Imprimerie De Charles Leidecker Et A Combe 1852 1 The Truth About Neuchatel Or Authentic Relation of the Days of March 28 July 1852 and the Suppression of the Bourgeoisie of Valangin Accompanied by the Commentaries and all the Documents relating to these facts To Serve as an Introduction to the History. Work Dedicated to the citizens who attended the Republican demonstration of July 6. 2 Report from the Council of State to the Grand Council of the Republic and Canton of Neuchatel on the Royalist Insurrection of September 3. 1852 / 1856. 79pp 1; 139pp bound in half cloth and marbled paper paper spine label rubbed binding and hinges tight. Book two includes a folding Plan with a closed tear and a folding Plate. Penned name at the beginning of Book Two "Jules Gutter 1873". Interior shows occasional foxing. Imprimerie De Frederic Loutz / Imprimerie De Charles Leidecker Et A Combe hardcover
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[LEWITT]. NEW YORK THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
Sol Lewitt.Edited And Introduced By Alicia Legg Designed By Sol Lewitt Essays By Lucy R. Lippard
New York: 1978. 1978. 4to. pp. 181. many illus. biblio. wrs. extremities worn tail of spine chipped. Exhib. Cat. New York: [1978]. unknown
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[LITTORAL DE LA FRANCE] - AUBERT (Cha. F.), SCOTT (H) -
LE LITTORAL DE LA FRANCE.
Paris, Victor PALMÉ ÉDITEUR , 1884-1889 ; in-8, 478-628-654-504-551-601 pp., cartonnage de l'éditeur. Les 6 volumes. RARE SÉRIE COMPLETE - bon état d'ensemble - Dessins par H. Scott - contient Côtes Normandes (de Dunkerque au Mont Saint-Michel)rousseurs (ce tome en 2e édition) - deuxième partie - Côtes Bretonnes (Du Mont Saint-Michel à Lorient) débrochage - troisième partie - Côtes Vendéennes (De Lorient à la Rochelle ) - quatrième partie - Côtes Gasconnes (De la Rochelle a Hendaye, frontière de l'Espagne) - cinquième partie -Côtes Languedociennes (Du Cap Cerbère à Marseille) débrochage - sixième partie et dernière - Côtes Provençales -(De Marseille à la frontière d'Italie) Chaque volumes contient plus de 300 gravures (très nombreuses illustrations dans le texte et en pleine page- série en bel état de reliure, cartonn. polychrome ,dos et plats ornés gris tranches dorées, bon état général des reliures, signé pau Souze,engel serie grise.
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[LIBRARIAN OF YILDIZ PALACE LIBRARY].
[HAFIZ-I KÜTÜB: OTTOMAN LIBRARIANSHIP - PALACE LIBRARY] Ottoman manuscript document including notes on types of rare books, photograph albums and their languages, "Library of HM, Yildiz Palace" letterhead.
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original manuscript document including notes the types and numbers of the rare books, photo albums and their languages, probably taken by the royal librarian of the Ottoman Yildiz Palace in the period. 21,5x13,5 cm. In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 1 p. No signature. Letterhead of "Yildiz Sarayi Alîsi Kütübhâne-i Hümâyûn-i Cenâb-i Mülûkâne" [i.e. Library of HM, Yildiz Palace].
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[LIEUTENANT] IBRAHIM NACI.
Farewell: A Turkish officer's diary of the Gallipoli Campaign. Edited by Seyit Ahmet Silay, Lokman Erdemir.
New English Paperback. Pbo. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In English. 144, [16] p., facsimile of diary (15 pages) and 1 color map. Farewell: A Turkish officer's diary of the Gallipoli Campaign. Edited by Seyit Ahmet Silay, Lokman Erdemir. Translated diary of a Turkish military officer who died during the Gallipoli campaign in July, 1915.
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[LIEUTENANT] IBRAHIM NACI.
Farewell: A Turkish officer's diary of the Gallipoli Campaign. Edited by Seyit Ahmet Silay, Lokman Erdemir.
Fine English Original bdg. HC. 4to. (29 x 24 cm). In English. 319 p., ills. Farewell: A Turkish officer's diary of the Gallipoli Campaign. Edited by Seyit Ahmet Silay, Lokman Erdemir. Translated diary of a Turkish military officer who died during the Gallipoli campaign in July, 1915.
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[LIFE DURING THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION].
Eastern Horizon. Monthly Review.
Hong Kong.: Eastern Horizon Press. 1973-1978. Four issues of this periodical in original pictorial wrappers with neat writing on front wrappers in pen and pencil. Some marking with pen in a few articles not affecting legibility. Some browning to leaves else four very good sound copies. 26 x 18.5cm. Most issues include an article by Rewi Alley. Issues included are: Vol. XII No. 5 1973 Vol. XIII No. 5 1974 Vol. XV No. 1 1976 Vol. XVII No. 1 1978. <br> <br>Articles include: When the PLA Came to Tibet with photographic illustrations Population Growth and Birth Control in China both by Han Suyin Among the Tibetans and Chiang You Are a Good One Shanghai in the Tachai Movement New Discoveries Amongst Old Haunts in North Hopei these four by Rewi Alley The People's Poetry Peasant Art Chinese Paintings Poems by Mao Tsetung What Are the Peasants Doing in China Today Part 2 by Barbara Mututantri The Barefoot Doctor The Long March China Surges Towards the 21st Century The Long March with map and line illustrations. . Eastern Horizon Press. unknown
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[Lincoln, Abraham, 16th President of the United States]
The Rail Splitter Vol. I No. 16 October 6 1860
Chicago: Charles Leib 1860. Very Good. Four-page newspaper. A couple of small holes various brown spots and other bits of minor wear A campaign newspaper for Abraham Lincoln in the Presidential Campaign of 1860. We note a half-column story on the front page of this issue that accuses Senator Douglas of being a Roman Catholic -- a charge based partly on the fact that Mrs. Douglas was a Catholic as were their children -- probably an effective charge in largely Protestant mid-19th century America. Our brief research suggests that Douglas was neither a Catholic nor a formal member of any other organized religious group. The purpose of another half-column story on the front page was to make it clear that Lincoln had publicly condemned the actions of John Brown and did not object to Brown's execution. Charles Leib the editor was a political operative with an unclear background who had previously edited a Democratic campaign newspaper on behalf of the Buchanan campaign in 1856. Leib served briefly as an Assistant Quartermaster in the Union Army before heading to New Mexico probably in 1863 and died there in 1865 at the age of 38. Charles Leib unknown
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[LITERARY MISCELLANY] Compiled by the Ladies of the First Unitarian Church of Oakland, California
Borrowings
San Francisco: C.A. Murdock & Co 1889. First Edition. 12mo. Contemporary pebble-grained cloth boards; floral endpapers; 78pp. Boards slightly faded at edges and lacking any exterior titling. A Very Good copy. Literary miscellany comprised of brief extracts and short poetical works by various authors; probably published as a charitable venture. The binding is commercial and clearly contemporary but devoid of any external indication of the contents all other copies of this work we have seen were issued in pictorial cloth. Possibly a proof copy or trial binding. C.A. Murdock & Co unknown
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[LOU CALE THE FAMOUS] - WARN'S, RAIVES -
Etrange fruit.
, Les humanoides associés , 1991 ; in-4, 44 pp., cartonnage de l'éditeur.
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[LOU CALE THE FAMOUS] - WARN'S, RAIVES -
Le centaure tatoué.
, Les humanoides associés , 1992 ; in-4, 51 pp., cartonnage de l'éditeur.
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[LOÇU CALE THE FAMOUS ] - WARN'S, RAIVES -
Le centaure tatoué.
, Les humanoides associés , 1992 ; in-4, 51 pp., cartonnage de l'éditeur.
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[LON NOL REGIME - RATIONALE FOR THE 1970 COUP].
Documents sur l'Agression Vietcong et Nord-Vietnamienne Contre le Camdodge 1970. Documents on the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Aggression Against Cambodia 1970.
Phnom Penh.: Le Ministere de l'Information. 1970. Black and white photographic illustrations D 92pp. Text in French. 26 x 21cm. A very good copy in stapled wrappers. . Le Ministere de l'Information. unknown
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[London Fire Force; Metropolitan Water Board; Fire Fighting in the Second World War; maps and plans]:
Lithographic coloured London Fire Force plan indicating the wartime Emergency Water Supply to the Trafalgar Square and Whitehall area of London headed 'E. W. S. No. 284 Plan referred to on Sheet No. 10 Water Unit Maps re Government Buildings'.
Without date or place. London Fire Force circa 1943. On one side of piece of 41 x 20.5 cm paper with lines and indications in light and dark blue red and green. In fair condition on aged paper with creasing and one closed tear towards the head. The map has Trafalgar Square at its head with the note that the two 'Basins' carry '40000 Galls. each' and Parliament Square at its foot. Whitehall and Parliament Street connect the two on the right of the map and to the left of the map is the lake in St James's Park: '200000 Galls Underground Tank Pumping Station 1400 Galls Pump 15 foot Gravity Main from Serpentine'. Also marked on the map are 'Inlet connections for L.F.F. Pumps and Pits' '6 Signle Outlet Suction Hydrants Round Thread' and 'Two 6 foot Steel Pipes in Subway Also under Embankment in Subway'. Down the centre of the map are the government buildings: the Admiralty Treasury Downing Street Foreign and Colonial Offices India Office and Home Office Office of Works Board of Education Board of Trade and Ministry of Health. No other copy found listed.Image on application. Without date or place. (London Fire Force, circa 1943.) unknown
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[LONDON THE NATIONAL GALLERY]
Rembrandt: the Master & his Workshop Vol 1: Paintings Vol. 2: Drawings & Etchings 26 March-24 May 1992
New Haven & London: Yale University Press in association with National Gallery Publications London 1991. 1991. 4to. pp. 396; 288. profusely illus. many colour. biblio. cloth. dw. printed slipcase. Exhib. Cat. Hardcover. New Haven & London: Yale University Press, in association with National Gallery Publications, London, [1991]. Hardcover
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[Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty]
BoatsÕ Signals for the use of His MajestyÕs Fleet and Coastguard Stations
London: H. M. S. O. 1909. 1st edition. Nice Copy. small octavo. orig. dec. cloth xxv 159pp. colour plates & illusts. Superb early naval signals guide. Includes colour plate of flags & pendants; also Submarine Pendant Board covering Submarine A.1 through to D.2. There are numerous annotations & corrections throughout in red ink. In black cloth-covered boards with gilt Royal Coat of Arms & titles on front board. Book is secured with a brass clasp fully operational. Ownership signature dated 1911. This is a very scarce item H. M. S. O. hardcover
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[LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF THE TREASURY].
Grant by Letters Patent in trust of the equity of redemption in the leasehold estate of John Bourke Ryan an outlaw. 18th April 1812.
London 1812. . Manuscript on vellum single folding sheet 62 x 179 cm; engraved headpiece ruled in red signed A.C. Litchfield MS short-title and date to verso; minor spotting weakness along fold lines with the occasional small area of loss to text and staining without seal.<br /> A deed by the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury dated 18th April 1812 granting the equity of redemption i.e. the right to reclaim a mortgaged property in the leasehold estate of John Bourke Ryan to his creditors.<br /><br />Ryan a serial debtor had earlier been prosecuted for failing to pay the sum of £288 7s 6d for 'goods sold and delivered' to him by Edward Goldsmid a merchant of Change Alley in the City of London. As a result of Goldsmid's efforts the Court of Kings Bench declared Ryan an 'outlaw' in civil law essentially stripping the debtor of his legal protections and permitting the sale of his possessions to cover any costs owed.<br /><br />Following the prosecution the Commissioner's granted the equity of redemption in Ryan's property to William Speer 'one of the chief clerks of our Treasury' and Henry Charles Litchfield 'solicitor for the affairs of our Treasury' to hold on trust for the benefit of Ryan's creditors including Goldsmid.<br /> London, 1812. hardcover
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[Louis Charles Pierre ] The Comte de Castellane; Margaret Josephine Lovett [trans]
Souvenirs of Military Life in Algeria Two volumes
London: Remington and Co Publishers 1886. Very Good. London: Remington and Co Publishers 1886. Second Edition in English. Two octavo volumes. 244 & 260 pp. Color fold-out map to front of volume I. Brown cloth boards stamped in gilt and black. Boards moderately worn along edges with brief exposure and general scuffing. Hinges starting but binding holding. Front and rear free endpapers pasted onto pastedowns aside from rear endpaper of vol. II. Ownership stamps and bookplates to endpapers of each volume; spotting and toning to endpapers; light chipping to edges though text unaffected. Map with several tears and edgewear else Very Good and sound. Overall still a Very Good set. Remington and Co Publishers unknown
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[Love and Adventure in the 18th century] - Louvet de Couvray, Jean-Baptiste
Die Liebes-Abenteuer des Chevaliers Faublas.
1984. Two Volumes. Muenchen C.H.Beck 1984. Octavo. 383 468 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in original slipcase. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. Bibliothek des 18.Jahrhunderts. hardcover
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[LUNE].
ON THE MOON. " Footprints and photographs by Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin ". Numéro spécial du magazine américain LIFE célébrant le succès de la mission Apollo 11. 18 août 1969 (volume 47, n° 4).
In-folio, reliure d'amateur pleine toile écrue. La couverture est illustrée d'une grande photo en couleurs représentant le drapeau américain flottant sur le sol lunaire. 24 photographies légendées, la plupart en couleurs et à pleine page.
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[Luxury] Photo Story 2 in a row [Special] Zoom in on the new art of the new species!
Camion trucker magazine TRUCKERS MAGAZINE March 1997 No.171
Not Available 1997. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
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[Lytton, Edward Bulwer] By the Author of "Pelham," "Eugene Aram" &c
The Pilgrims of the Rhine
London: Charles Tilt 1840. 8vo. xxxvi 341 pp. Original full brown morocco binding with gilt decoration to boards and spine. Gilt turns ins and all edges gilt. Frontis and engraved title with engravings throughout. Rubbing and some chipping to leather especially at spine. Foxing to endpapers. Bookplate to front pastedown. With an ink gift inscription 'on his leaving Eton' from novelist William Thackery's cousin Charles Thackery. . Very Good. Full Morocco. 1840. Charles Tilt 1840 unknown
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[M McDonnell Bodkin, County Court Judge for County Clare; Sir Hamar Greenwood, Chief Secretary for Ireland; the Peace With Irela
Printed handbill. A County Court Judge on the Lawlessness of the Forces of the Crown in Ireland. County Court Judge Bodkin K.C. at the conclusion of the Ennis County Clare Quarter Sessions on February 5 1921 made a grave statement .
'Reprinted from the Manchester Guardian of February 7 1921.' Published by the Peace with Ireland Council 30 Queen Anne's Chambers London S.W.1. Printed by the Caledonian Press Ltd. T. U. 74 Swinton Street London W.C.1. 4pp. 12mo. Bifolium. Fair on aged high-acidity paper. Drophead title with the second part reading in its entirety: 'County Court Judge Bodkin K.C. at the conclusion of the Ennis County Clare Quarter Sessions on February 5 1921 made a grave statement as to the violence committed by the forces of the Crown in Ireland in the following words: -'. The article reprints a report by Bodkin to the Rt Hon. Sir Hamar Greenwood Chief Secretary for Ireland under the following headings: 'Looting at Lahinch' 'Men Shot at Ennistymon' 'Murder at Miltown-Malbay' 'Directed to Call for Body' 'Complaint to Colonel of Auxiliaries' 'Application Dismissed' 'Juristiction not "Ousted"' 'People Treated with Great Violence' 'No Charges Against Victims' and 'Burden Too Heavy for Ratepayers'. The report ends: 'In conclusion I venture to repeat an opinion expressed at a previous sessions three months ago that law and order cannot be restored or maintained by what I felt constrained to describe as a competition in crime.' One copy on COPAC etc LSE. 'Reprinted from the Manchester Guardian of February 7, 1921.' Published by the Peace with Ireland Council, 30 Queen Anne's Chamb unknown
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[M. SAIT MALATYALI (Turkish mapmaker and soldier)].
[MAP of DIYARBAKIR and SYRIA] Diyarbekir, Siverek, Sard, Ras al-Ayn.
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original color map. Folded. Oblong atlas folio. (50 x 60 cm). In Ottoman script. Shows Southeastern parts of Asia Minor and Syria; Siverek, Sard (Iraq) and Ras Al-Ayn (Rasulayn - Resualyn) in Syria. Hegira: 1333 = Gregorian: 1917. Not description on map-maker. Scale: 1: 200.000. This is one the serie of the Bonn projection maps which are the first map series in modern techniques in Turkey and the Ottoman Empire. In order to produce these maps covering Turkish territory, Reconnaissance Branch was incorporated into The Mapping Commission. The maps were produced in the datum based on the latitude and longitude of Ayasofya Mosque in equal area Bonn Projection. The field works for the 123 sheets covering the country were conducted by 76 staff. The production was completed in 18 years starting from east west. Field works continued without stopping except in years 1914 and 1920. This map series called also reconnaissance maps contributed a lot to producing 1:25.000 scale maps. According to Türkezer & Çobanoglu: History of Mapping in Turkey-1:200.000 Scale Maps, last cartographer of Diyarbakir regio is M. Sait Malatyali. No his biographic material and info in 'Savaslarda Haritacilar'. Rare.
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[Mallarmé, Stéphane (trad.) ] - Hope, C. W. Elphinstone (Mrs) - Laurent, John (ill.)
L'Etoile des fées. Traduction de l'anglais par M. Stéphane Mallarmé. Illustrations de M. John Laurent.
1881 Paris, G. Charpentier, 1881. 28,5 x 21 cm (R), in-4, 90 pp. - 2 ff. n. ch. (annonce et imprimeur) - 11 planches hors texte en noir sous serpentes légendées dont l'une en frontispice, cartonnage de l'éditeur, premier plat orné d'une large composition à froid et dorée, dernier plat reprenant la même composition, cette fois-ci entièrement en noir, dos orné portant le titre en long, tranches dorées.
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[Maginn, William] An Officer of the Line
The Military Sketch-Book: Reminiscences of Seventeen Years In the Service Abroad and at Home two volumes
New York: Printed By J. & J. Harper For Collins and Hannay G. & C. Carvill and Others 1827. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Two volumes in original paper over boards with cloth over spine and paper spine labels. 221 & 199 pages. Edges remain untrimmed. Covers and end leaves show wear. Scattered fairly light foxing. Both volumes remain tight and contents are otherwise clean. <br/> <br/> Printed By J. & J. Harper, For Collins and Hannay, G. & C. Carvill, and Others hardcover
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[Magnetic Telegraph Company / The Magnetic / British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company / Bright, Edward Brailsford (1813 - 19
British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Co. Limited - Large Fold-Out-Sheet with: "Instructions for Forwarding Messages by other Companies - For Private Information Only". This exceptional piece of Ephemera comes with an Original piece of the 19th century undersea-cable. The very rare original Instruction-Sheet which was meant to hang inside of the first Telegraph Offices was published by Edward B.Bright in the Chief Offices in Liverpool July 1862 and it automatically cancelled the one which dated December 1860.
1862. Liverpool British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Co. Limited 1862. Elephant Folio SHett 51.5 cm wide x 82 cm high. Folded into an original cloth folder sized: 14.2 cm wide x 21.8 cm high. Original Hardcover with fold-out-sheet Poster inside. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. The Poster-sheet with Instructions is signed in printed letters by Edward Brailsford Bright Secretary and General Manager of the Magnetic Telegraph Company Liverpool; historian of the telegraph industry; brother of Charles Tilston Bright 1832-1888 The stunning Poster includes wonderful offers on how to deliver messsages for example: Messages for. To be handed to: Leeds - Foot porterage to Racecourse 1s. Glasgow - Messages cannot be accepted for delivery by man & horse Scilly Islands - 40 miles 1s by Steam-Boat London - Takes for Aldershott Camp by Government telegraph free or messenger 2s. Edinburgh - Takes for North Berwick 5miles - No horses obtainable Southampton - Takes for West Indies Brazils &c. by mail steamer as parcel 5s. London/Cambridge - Takes for Ascot and Eton College Oxford - To be handed over to "Electric" London - Takes for Lyme Regis etc. etc. The British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company also called the Magnetic Telegraph Company or the Magnetic was a provider of telegraph services and infrastructure. It was founded in 1850 by John Brett. The Magnetic became the principal competitor to the largest telegraph company in the United Kingdom Electric Telegraph Company the Electric and became the leading company in Ireland. The two companies dominated the market until the telegraph was nationalised in 1870. The company's first objective in 1852 was to provide the first telegraph service between Great Britain and Ireland by means of a submarine cable between Portpatrick in Scotland and Donaghadee in Ireland. The cable core was gutta-percha insulated copper wire made by the Gutta Percha Company. This was armoured with iron wires by R. S. Newall and Company at their works in Sunderland. Before this could be achieved two other companies attempted to be the first to make the connection across the Irish Sea. Despite having the contract to lay the Magnetic company's cable Newall also secretly constructed another cable at their Gateshead works with the intention of being first to get a telegraph connection to Ireland. This Newall cable was only lightly armoured with an open 'bird-cage' structure of the iron wires there was no cushioning layer between the core and the armour and the insulation was not properly tested before laying because of the great hurry to get the job done before Magnetic was ready. This cable was laid from Holyhead in Wales to Howth near Dublin with William Henry Woodhouse as engineer and thence to Dublin via underground cable along the railway line. Laying of the submarine cable was completed on 1 June 1852 by the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company's chartered paddle steamer Britannia of 1825 usually used as a cattle ship and with assistance from the Admiralty with HMS Prospero.However the cable failed a few days later and was never put into service. In July of the same year the Electric Telegraph Company of Ireland tried using an insulated cable inside a hemp rope on the Portpatrick to Donaghadee route. This construction proved problematic because it floated the Submarine Telegraph Company's Dover to Calais cable in 1850 was also lightweight having no protection at all other than the insulation but they had taken the precaution of adding periodic lead weights to sink the cable. It was laid from a schooner Reliance assisted by tugs. The strong sea currents in the Irish Sea much deeper than the English Channel dragged the cable into a large bow and there was consequently insufficient length to land it. The attempt was abandoned. For their cable Magnetic were more careful in testing the insulation of batches of cable than Newall. Coils of cable were hung over the side of the dock and left to soak before testing. They used a new type of battery for insulation testing that was capable of being used at sea. Previously the test batteries had been lined wooden cases with liquid electrolyte Daniell cells. The new 'sand battery' comprised a moulded gutta-percha case filled with sand saturated with electrolyte making it virtually unspillable. 144 cells were used in series around 150 V. Several suspect portions of insulation were removed and repaired by opening up the iron wire armouring with Spanish windlasses. Newall attempted to lay the Sunderland-made cable again using the chartered steamer Britannia in the autumn of 1852. The cable was too taut as she sailed from Portpatrick resulting in the test instruments being dragged into the sea. Several delays caused by broken iron wires as the cable was laid resulted in the ship drifting off course and running out of cable and this attempt too was abandoned. Magnetic were successful with a new cable in 1853 over the same route with Newall this time using the chartered Newcastle collier William Hutt. This was a six-core cable and heavier than the 1852 cable weighing seven tons per mile. At over 180 fathoms 330 m down it was the deepest cable laid to that date. Repairs to the cable in 1861 required 128 splices. Tests on pieces of retrieved cable found that the copper wire used was very impure containing less than 50% copper despite the Gutta Percha Company specifying 85%. The Magnetic's telegraph system differed from other telegraph companies. They favoured underground cables rather than wires suspended on poles. This system was problematic because of the limitations of insulation materials available at the time but the Magnetic was constrained by the wayleaves owned by other companies on better routes. They were also unique in not using batteries which were required on other systems. Instead the operator generated the necessary power electromagnetically. The coded message was sent by the operator moving handles which moved coils past a permanent magnet thus generating telegraph pulses. The Magnetic laid the first submarine telegraph cable to Ireland and developed an extensive telegraph network there. They had a close connection with the Submarine Telegraph Company and for a while had a monopoly on underwater and hence international communication. They also closely cooperated with the London District Telegraph Company who provided a cheap telegram service in London. The Magnetic was amongst the first to employ women as telegraph operators. The English and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company which was also known as the Magnetic was established by John Brett in 1850. John Pender also had an interest and Charles Tilston Bright was the chief engineer. The company's initial objective was to connect Britain with Ireland following the success of the Submarine Telegraph Company in connecting England with France with the first ocean cable to be put in service. The British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company was formed in 1857 in Liverpool through a merger of the English and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company and the British Telegraph Company originally known as the British Electric Telegraph Company. The main competitor of the Magnetic was the Electric Telegraph Company later after a merger the Electric and International Telegraph Company the Electric for short founded by William Fothergill Cooke. By the end of the 1850s the Electric and Magnetic companies were virtually a cartel in Britain. In 1859 the Magnetic moved its headquarters from Liverpool to Threadneedle Street in London in recognition that they were no longer a regional company. They shared these premises with the Submarine Telegraph Company. The company had a close relationship with the Submarine Telegraph Company who laid the first cable to France and many subsequent submarine telegraph cables to Europe. From about 1857 the Magnetic had an agreement with them that all their submarine cables were to be used only with the landlines of the Magnetic. The Magnetic also had control of the first cable to Ireland. This control of international traffic gave them a significant advantage in the domestic market. Another company with a close relationship was the London District Telegraph Company the District formed in 1859. The District provided a cheap telegram service within London only. They shared headquarters and directors with the Magnetic. The Magnetic installed their lines and trained their staff in return for the District passing on traffic for the Magnetic outside London. The Magnetic founded its own press agency. It promoted its agency by offering lower rates to customers who used it than the rates for customers who wanted connections to rival agencies. In 1870 The Magnetic along with several other telegraph companies including the Electric were nationalised under the Telegraph Act 1868 and the company wound up. Wikipedia hardcover
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[MAISEAU (L.R.B.)]
Manuel de la Libert? de la Presse, ou Analyse des Discussions L?gislatives sur les trois lois Relatives ? la Presse et aux Journaux et ?crits P?riodiques...
First edition, [viii], 344, [2]pp., cont. half calf, hinges cracked, upper board almost detached.
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[Major Eliot Antony Brett-James (1920-84), 5th Indian Division Royal Signals, lecturer at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst;
Brett-James Twenty-two typed and manuscript accounts receipts and notes assembled by the military historian and Sandhurst lecturer Eliot Antony Brett-James while a student at Sidney Sussex College Cambridge.
Sidney Sussex College University of Cambridge. 1945 and 1947. An interesting collection of Cambridge ephemera dating from a period of considerable economic and social turbulence. The twenty-two items are in good condition on lightly-aged paper. They include six term accounts with Brett-James's details typewritten on printed forms signed by tutors D. Thomson and B. T. D. Smith. These accounts are itemised with details of domestic charges. Affixed to all but one of these accounts are official College receipts signed by tutors. Also present is an Autograph Note to Brett-James from the College clerk R. S. Mason on his letterhead 22 July 1946; a bill from Bell & Lunn's Travel Service 6 King's Parade Cambridge; and eight leaves of autograph accounts by Brett-James totalling 5pp. 8vo; and 7pp. 12mo; in which he gives the names and prices of books and magazines with the cost of other items from a 'sherry bottle' to 'packet of paper' and 'toothpaste'. Before matriculating Brett-James had served in the Second World War in the Middle East India and the Far East with the 5th Indian Division Signals whose company history he wrote. On leaving Sidney Sussex College in 1947 he worked in publishing until 1961 when he took up a position as Lecturer and later Senior Lecturer in Military History at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. His final posts at the Academy were as Deputy Head 1968-9 and Head 1970-80 of the War Studies and International Affairs Department. Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge. 1945 and 1947. unknown
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[Major-General Samuel Irwin Townsend (1732-1794), 19th Foot; American War of Independence; King George III'; William Pitt the Yo
American War of Independence Copy MS. 'King's Warrant' declaring ' . Townsend discharged from further accounting for the Sum of £17464. 14. 8 received by him for Recruiting Service from the end of the year 1778 to 24th. June 1786.'
'Given at Our Court at Saint James's this First day of May 1787 in the Twenty Seventh Year of Our Reign.'. Folio 2 pp. On first leaf of bifolium with the verso of the second leaf docketed under the heading 'King's Warrant'. Text clear and complete. Fair on aged paper. Headed 'Copy' and with 'George R' in a bold hand in the top left-hand corner. Although the signature is almost certainly not in the hand of the king the document is docketed in pencil: 'Signature of his late beloved Majesty King George III on Copy of a Warrant retained by General Saml. Townsend'. Begins in another hand: 'Whereas We are given to understand that our Trusty and Well beloved Major General Samuel Townsend Inspector General of the Recruiting Service is set insuper in the Account of Our Right Trusty and Well beloved Counseller Richard Rigby late Paymaster General of Our Forces for the Sum of Seventeen Thousand Four Hundred Sixty Four Pounds Fourteen Shillings and Eight Pence being Money Imprested to him for carrying on the above Service from the end of the year 1778 to the 24th. day of June 1786 .'. The document records that the original was signed by Pitt Eliot and Aubrey as 'Commissioners for auditing the Public Accounts' 'the Commissioners having recommended unto Us to discharge Major General Samuel Townsend from rendering any further Account of the same'. 'Given at Our Court at Saint James's this First day of May 1787 in the Twenty Seventh Year of Our Reign.' unknown
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[MAJOR] HALIT ZIYA [TÜRKKAN] (?), (Turkish cartographer, scientist, specialist of cadaster), (1886-1966).
[MANUSCRIPT HAND-COLOURED MAP OF SYRIA - PALESTINE - TRANSJORDAN] Suriye - Filistin - Transjordan.
Very Good Turkish Original manuscript color map of Middle East including Syria, Palestine and Transjordan. Signed by cartographer. 28x20 cm. In Turkish (with Latin letters). The Mapping Department, which moved to Ankara from Istanbul after the Independence War, settled in the Attar Basi Khan in Koyunpazari and the press section also started its studies in the building which is the Art School in Ulus today. In 1924, the department, which is still inside the General Directorate Garrison, moved to the hut-shaped buildings with single floor between the Military Sewinghouse and the General Directorate. On the other hand, the production of maps and plans, which were to be used in development services carried out in parallel to the revolutions starting with the declaration of the Republic and following each other, was considered to be based on a legal arrangement. Because of the necessity of an urgent legal arrangement, the bill of law concerning to the General Directorate of Mapping, whose preparations were initiated by Lieut. Gen. M. Sevki (Ölçer) who knew the importance of the subject, was sent to the Ministry of Defense at the beginning of 1925. After the approval of Ministry of Defense, the bill, which was sent to the Prime Ministry, was discussed in the Council of Ministers and presented to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. As a result; the Mapping Department was re-organized as the General Directorate of Mapping affiliated with the Ministry of Defense with the law bearing the number 657 on May 2, 1925 in order to do all mapping works and meet the needs of maps and plans of all ministries, institutions and organizations. [.] The first application of photogrammetry was made in Kayas, Ankara with the Wild Autograph plotting apparatus which was purchased in that year. Captain Ömer Kadri and Captain Niyazi came back from their photogrammetry education in Germany. Major Halit and Major Nüzhet were sent to France for photogrammetry education and Captain Ishak and Captain Bahri were sent to Germany. Captain Ahmet (Denkmen) and Captain Ömer Kadri attended the Congress of Photogrammetry assembled in Berlin. (Source: The Illustrated History Of Turkish Cartography). Halid Ziya was born in Izmir, Tire. He went to Istanbul and continued to Hendese-i Mülkiye and Engineer Mekteb-i Âlîsi for seven years. After starting with "Aydin Province Umur-i Nafia Third Class Engineering", Halid Ziya Bey, who continued to work as a deputy chief engineer on 14 March 1910, left Aydin and returned to Istanbul after continuing this duty for about six and a half months. As a teacher, he taught Accounting, Algebra, Geometry, and Topography at Halkali Ziraat Mekteb-i Âlîsi and Darussafaka. Halid Ziya Bey, who was appointed as a teacher of Hendese and Cosmography in Kabatas High School, started to practice the profession of engineering and cadastral, which was his main specialty in 1327. After the First World War, the Istanbul Government started its activities in order to capture and neutralize Halid Ziya Bey and his friends. Upon the harsh measures taken, Halid Ziya Bey had to live as a fugitive in the Hasirci Mountains of Eskisehir for a while with the armed force attached to him. Halid Ziya Bey, who was involved in the movement in Anatolia until the end of the National Liberation Struggle, returned to his engineering duty after the proclamation of the Republic and was included in the cadastral works again. In 1925, Halid Ziya Bey was appointed as the Head of the Science Committee of the new cadastre organization. He wrote 5 books on cadastre, photogrammetry, trigonometry, and cadastral tools in 1928 and 1929. In addition, as a result of personal work in 1928, the road between the provincial division of the Republic of Turkey with cities has prepared a comprehensive map to show up in the forest and mining. (Source: Kadastro ne idi, nedir, ne olacaktir, Kadioglu - Yildirir. From Preface.). No scale.
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[Malamat, Abraham]
The Rise of the Israelite Monarchy [IN HEBREW]. [SERIES]: Issues in Jewish History - 2.
IN HEBREW. 235x170mm. 150 pages. Softcover. Cover rubbed, slightly yellowing and slightly age stained. Spine yellowing, slightly worn and slightly curved. Inner cover slightly yellowing. Binding partly visible on inner cover and between pages 8-9. Pages yellowing. Else in good condition.
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[Malcolm Campbell, racing motorist and motoring journalist] General Rubber Company Ltd and the Consolidated Rubber Manufacturer
Malcolm Campbell's signature; Printed with MS. additions An Agreement . Between the General Rubber Company Limited and the Consolidated Rubber Manufacturers Limited
31 May 1935. 8pp. fol. one blank leaf fold mark down middle good condition. The document gives the terms of the agreement including 1a the sale of "The shares and interests of the Vendors of and in the Companies set out in the Schedule . and/or other interests of the Vendors in all other foreign companies belonging to the Dunlop-Revere Emerge- Revere and Pirelli-Revere groups ." There are seven terms and a schedule which lists various companies. The document has official stamps and concludes with the Common Seals of both parties/companies and the signatures of the seven witnesses. These signatures include "Malcolm Campbell Director". The only connection with the rubber industry that I have uncovered so far is his use of Dunlop tyres in a race. 31 May 1935. unknown
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[MALTON, Thomas, 'the younger', after].
WESTMINSTER BRIDGE FROM THE BISHOP’S WALK BY LAMBETH PALACE LONDON.
<i>Watercolour 330 × 460mm in modern mount. </i><br /><br />The view shows part of the gateway of Lambeth Palace to the right and on the left Westminster Abbey and the Palace of Westminster to the left. - A closely allied view by Malton was apparently sold at auction in 1925 whereabouts unknown with figures differently placed.<br />
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[Manitoba Women's Progressive Conservative Association; the Progressive Conservative Association of Manitoba; Young Progressive
Progressive Conservative Association of Manitoba Annual Meeting Programme; Marlborough Hotel Winnipeg; Friday November 17 1961
Winnipeg Manitoba: Manitoba Women's Progressive Conservative Association & the Progressive Conservative Association of Manitoba 1961. First Edition First Printing. Card Covers. 8vo. measuring 7" x 10". Illustrated bi-folded programme booklet published on the occasion of the annual general meeting of the Manitoba Women's Progressive Conservative Association and the Progressive Conservative Association of Manitoba. Comprises of a complete and detailed programme of events for three separate events being held over a period of three days: 1. Manitoba Women's Progressive Conservative Association 1961 Annual Meeting - Marlborough Hotel Winnipeg - Thursday November 16 1961; 2. Progressive Conservative Association of Manitoba Annual Meeting Programme - Marlborough Hotel Winnipeg - Friday November 17 1961; 3. Young Progressive Conservative Association of Manitoba 1961 Annual Meeting - Thursday November 16th 1961 - Mezzanine Floor - Marlborough Hotel. Includes a list of speakers order of events etc. Light rubbing to the covers else without blemish. Unrecorded in commerce. Not found in Peel BAC/LAC University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections. Scarce/. <br/><br/>Cover Subtitle; Developing the Horizons of Opportunity. [Manitoba Women's Progressive Conservative Association & the Progressive Conservative Association of Manitoba] unknown
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[MANUSCRIPT - SIGNATURES - THE NETHERLANDS].
Handteekeningen van I. Gecommiteerde Raden van de Staten van Holland. II. Vorsten staatsmannen krijgsbevelhebbers geleerden enz. .
The Netherlands 1800. Splendid late 18th-century ca. 1790 gold-tooled red morocco sewn on 4 supports with a smooth spine bound by the so-called Second Dissertation Bindery Leiden ca. 1780-ca. 1794; Storm van Leeuwen IIA pp. 350-358 with 4 closing loops on the front board 1 top edge 2 fore-edge 1 bottom edge connecting to 4 closing knotted buttons on the back board. Both boards show 3 gold-tooled floral frames built up from 2 different rolls with small corner pieces in between the inner frame with 4 larger floral corner pieces and a large lozenge shaped centrepiece built up from multiple impressions of 5 different floral and animal stamps. Further with a gold-tooled spine and board edges gilt edges and marbled endpapers. Large 4to. With 162 signatures on 160 vellum or paper cuttings mostly vellum including 2 cuttings with 2 signatures each mostly from the 17th century some from the 18th century and a few from the early 19th century. Further with one large printed coat of arms of the Wassenaer family on the verso of the title-page an engraving ca. 9.5 x 7 cm showing the house of Jacob Cats on the verso of leaf 34 and with 19 printed coats of arms on the versos of several leaves 16 depicting a coat of arms with the name of the family below and 3 blank shields. The title page headings and captions all in a very neat late-18th-century or early 19th-century cursive script written in Dutch using brown ink. Remarkable collection of 162 signatures of mainly 17th-century 16th- to early 19th century Dutch and international prominent people - from statesmen like Stadtholder Maurice of Orange Count of Nassau etc. and Grand Pensionary of Holland Johan de Witt 1625-1672 royals like King Philip II of Spain 1527-1598 and William III of Orange Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic and later King of England Scotland and Ireland 1650-1702 and government officials like "Griffier" to the States General François Fagel 1629-1746 the most important clerk of the Dutch Republic's government to authors poets and scholars like P.C. Hooft 1581-1627 and Nicolaas Tulp 1593-1674. For each individual mentioned in the present work their signature - on a separate vellum or paper cutting mounted on the recto of the leaf - appears next to a short biographical description. Some biographical descriptions are more extensive than others but two names appear without any further information. The first is Caspar Clotterbooke leaf 30 who is listed as a secretary for the council of the States of Holland in the 18th century 1778. He was born in The Hague in 1720 held several high positions in the councils of Haarlem and the States of Holland as a representative of that city and died childless in 1817. The second is Hendrik Nobel who is listed in the second part among royals statesmen military commanders scholars and others. He lived from 1568 to 1649 and was appointed as "bewindvoerder" administrator or governor of the Rotterdam Chamber of the Dutch East India Company VOC. In two cases one cutting contains two signatures - those of Johan van Hoorn and Abraham van Riebeek appear together as well as those of Adriaan Valkenier and Johannes Thedens; all four were Governor General of the Dutch East Indies resp. from 1704-9 1709-13 1737-41 and 1741-43. In the case of William III two signatures are included for one single individual - the first is his signature as Prince of Orange and the second is his signature as King of England Scotland and Ireland "William R.". The work was bound by the so-called Second Dissertation Bindery in Leiden which was active at the end of the 18th-century between ca. 1780-1794 Storm van Leeuwen. The work was most likely produced as an album with blank leaves to be used as a notebook or scrapbook album of some sort at a later date. The paper used in the album is clearly watermarked throughout for example a lion within a crowned medallion pro patria eiusque libertate countermarked J. Honig & Zoonen. The firm Honig or Honigh Zaandam the Netherlands was active from the late 17th century until the late 19th century but was known as J. Honig & Zoonen during the 18th century. The paper is most likely contemporary to the binding. While several of the cuttings containing signatures are also dated - as part of the signature itself or separately added - these dates represent the exact or otherwise approximate date the particular signature was produced. The majority of the signatures can be traced back to the 17th century but were probably cut from official hence the vellum documents to be sold as collector's items around the beginning of the 19th century.The present work was part of the collection of A.M. van den Broek 1932-1995 an antiquarian book print and art collector from Haarlem. His collection mainly contained works focussed on Haarlem and its surroundings. The present work includes 7 signatures from prominent Haarlem representatives in the "Commons" the council of the States of Holland during the 17th- and 18th centuries.The binding shows very slight signs of wear two scratches on the front board some rubbing along the spine and closing knotted buttons on the back board the gutter of the first and second front flyleaves is slightly exposed without affecting the integrity of the binding. Further with some minor offsetting on the blank versos of the leaves from the signature cuttings. Otherwise in very good condition. A remarkable collection of signatures from mainly 17th century prominent Dutch and international statesmen and other famous people.l Cf. for the binding: Storm van Leeuwen IIA pp. 350-358. hardcover
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[MANUSCRIPT - MAPS - INDONESIA - ISLANDS in the PACIFIC OCEAN].
Suitte du journal depuis le départ de Manille NIII 1755.
1755. Manuscript of 24 pages 6 printed maps on cardboard. This wonderful logbook details the journey of a French captain from Manila to the Maluku Islands in todays Indonesia. The journey took place during the months of March to May of 1755. The captain of the ship recounted with great detail the events of every day of the journey with detailed daily accounts of the weather winds manoeuvres of the ship its departures anchorages and precise coordinates at every point of the journey. The captain furthermore had a keen eye for the geographical and nautical details along the journey. He recounted the exact locations of for example sandbanks and bays where ships and their crews can take provisions and fresh water. The accounts are detailed and captivating: "After our boats were back on board we set sail . in the afternoon to moor under the old Portuguese fort on the Solor island Indonesia the winds for the tide were fresh at 1:34 a.m. . sand and gravel and then I went back to mooring. The pavilion of the fort . the village is under the said fort at 3 cables from us .". The captain goes on to describe the geographical features of the islands as well as other places en route with great detail. Curiously we find inscriptions in Spanish and the names of one don Phelipe Qui who describes himself as el piloto and one Padre Don Estevan de Melo. The latter might be identical with Don Estevan Roxas y Melo a native of Lima Peru and secretary to the Archbishop of Manila Rodriguez since 1736. Roxas y Melo was part of the 1751 reconstruction of the Cathedral of Manila working under the auspice of the Italian architect Juan de Uguccioni.The logbook comes with six printed maps partly illustrating the journey of the captain pasted on contemporary cardboard. They depict the Bay of Sulavesi with the city of Bantang Pitcairn the coast of New Guinea the coast of Queensland the Santa Cruz Islands in the present-day Solomon Islands and Alejandro Selkirk Island. The plates stem from the French translation of James Hawkesworths An Account of the Voyages Hawkesworth Relation des voyages entrepris par ordre de sa Majesté Britannique actuellement regnante; pour faire des découvertes dans l'hemisphère meridional Paris 1774.Some holes on the first sheet not affecting the text. Small water damage some slighlty affecting the text. Remnants of seals on last page. Otherwise in good condition. unknown
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[Manuskripte]. - Sotheby?s
Sotheby's. Catalogue of Western Illuminated Manuscripts the Property of The John Carter Brown Library, Providence, Rhode Island and comprising the bequests of John Nicholas Brown and Louisa Dexter Sharpe Metcalf including The Ottobeuren Gradual and Sacramentary, circa 1164 and The so-called Psalter of the Prince d'Anyou, not later than 1537 fromthe collection of Horace Walpole.
London, Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., 1981. 4°. Mit zahlr. tlw. ganzs. bzw. farb. Abbildungen. 119 S., 2 Bll., OPpbd.
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[Manuskripte]. - Sotheby?s
The Gospels of Henry the Lion, Count of Saxony, Duke of Bavaria, Helmarshausen Abbey, c. 1173-1175.
London, Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., 1983. 4°. Mit 31 ganzs. farb. Abbildungen. 77 (1) S., Illustr.-OPpbd.
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[MAP - ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS INTEREST].
唐士孔明之作引城. Tōshi Kōmei no sakuhikijō. Castle of the Chinese Military Strategist and Statesman Zhuge Liang.
Japan.: No publication details. Colour woodblock folding map 37.3 x 50cm. Some occasional worming some staining at upper corners else in good bright condition. Colour woodblock pictorial map showing the castle of Zhuge Liang famed statesman military comander and strategist well known to those familiar with The Romance of the Three Kingdoms. The map shows cannons around the castle. The lengths of both the outer and the inner wall are also given. . No publication details. unknown
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[MAP OF AIR BASES AND ROUTES IN THE FAR EAST].
列国の極東航空施策. Rekkoku no Kyokutō kōkū shisaku. Major Nations' Air Plans in the Far East.
Tokyo.: 誠文堂新光社. Seibundō Shinkōsha. Circa1940. Folding colour map black and white photographic illustrations of aircraft and text on reverse 38.6 x 52.2cm. The two lower left panels are browned some occasional spotting other margins worn along folds. An interesting map. This captivating map designed for children delineates air bases and flight routes surrounding Japan during the late 1930s. It served as a new year supplement within the pages of the children's science magazine "Kodomo no Kagaku" Science for Children presumably issued in the latter part of the 1930s. As events unfolded the Pacific War emerged as an air power-centric conflict and this map adeptly illustrates the strategic positioning of air bases across Asia and the Pacific representing various nations. <br> <br>The map's legend highlights air bases belonging to Britain the US the Soviet Union and France along with their corresponding flight routes. Noteworthy Australian locations such as Melbourne Charleville and Darwin are marked along a primary air route. On the reverse side a comprehensive explanation about air power unfolds complete with a chart detailing the air forces of major nations and their strength as of 1935 which strikingly reveals Japan's relative vulnerabilities. . 誠文堂新光社. [Seibundō Shinkōsha]. unknown
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[MAP OF ASIA IN THE PACIFIC WAR].
大東亜戦争放送ニュース聽取用地圖. Daitōasensō Hōsō nyusu chōshuyō chizu. The Great East Asia War. Wireless News Listeners' Map.
東京. Tokyo.: 日本放送協会. Nihon Hōsō Shuppan Kyōkai. Showa 17 1942. Colour folding map scale 1: 10000000 54.7cm x 79.5cm chronology of building the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere on reverse. Some light browning a little darker at folds and reverse washi repairs to folds on reverse. This colour map of Asia and the Pacific published on 30 January 1942—just one month after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor—offers a striking glimpse into wartime strategy and propaganda. Remarkably despite being produced at the war's outset it accurately anticipated key battlegrounds that would define the conflict. The main map is supplemented by two inset maps: one in the upper right highlighting Japan the Hawaiian Islands and Honolulu and another in the lower left focusing on Singapore with Darwin marked along the lower edge. <br> <br>The reverse side features a revealing chronological chart titled "Building Great East Asia" documenting Japan's military expansion from the 1931 Manchurian Incident through January 1942 as troops advanced across Southeast Asia. Notably two blank rows were intentionally left at the chart's end anticipating future victories to be recorded as the war progressed—a telling detail that underscores the map's dual role as both strategic document and propaganda tool. An interesting map which combines geographical precision with ideological messaging. . 日本放送協会. [Nihon Hōsō Shuppan Kyōkai]. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 219230
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