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1941rif. 28256Croton-on-Hudson 1941. Brief 1-pp TNS on Eastman's personal Croton-On-Hudson notepaper addressed to a "Miss Mendham" dated March 30 1938. Old folds; holograph additions in Eastman's hand; Very Good. "I shall be delighted to have you use some of my poems in your Verse Speaking Festival.perhaps the poem called "Battle Fields" in my volume "Kinds of Love" would be appropriate." Adds three further suggestions in holograph beneath signature: "The Sing Sing Alarm" "Isadora Duncan" "To Live in Summer" unknown books
1945rif. 28254New York 1945. Brief TNS on Eastman's personal W. 13th St. letterhead addressed to "Josephine" dated November 25 1945. Old folds else Fine with bright clear autograph: "Dear Josephine: Thanks so much for the news -- sad as it all was -- in your letter. It was nice to hear from you. I hope the autobiography may live up to your expectations." The recipient is likely the American proletarian novelist and essayist Josephine Herbst 1892-1969; the "sad news" to which Eastman refers may well have been Herbst's ongoing battles with her former husband and fellow novelist John Herrmann. unknown books
1941rif. 28255Croton-on-Hudson 1941. Brief 1-pp TLS on Eastman's personal Croton-On-Hudson letterhead addressed to a "Mr. Simon" dated November 14 1941. Single holograph correction in Eastman's hand. Mailing folds; slightly toned at margins; Very Good. Regarding the recipient's letter to the Reader's Digest of September 24 Eastman had been hired as an editor for the conservative publication earlier in the same year. The subject appears to be the institution of the death penalty in the Soviet Union: ".Nobody questions the fact that the death penalty was decreed for theft of 'socialist property' and the extension of all penalties to children twelve years old automatically extends that one. I am sorry to say I can not tell you offhand when the previous decree was issued but I think it was the Spring of 1934. unknown books
1993rif. 9010253London: Arms & Armour Press 1993. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. Translated by Janet S. Mallender and John R. Clements. Foreword by David G. Chandler. Arms & Armour Press hardcover books
rif. 16412Bessie Rayner Parkes. Autograph letter. October 10 1857. 3 pages. 9 x 7 in. Black ink on white paper. Early British feminist Bessie Raynor Parkes writes to a friend on the progress of women's' activists and plans for launching a feminist journal. Just one year after this letter Parkes would launch the first British feminist periodical "The English Woman's Journal." She lists her co-organizers of the nascent journal on page 2 and thanks the addressee for her support of the journal on the following page: "I am very glad you signed; & especially as being a married lady. We wish to collect all the weight and all the matrimony possible about the Journal!" The letter also details activists' struggles to pass a bill protecting women's property rights but note the triumph of getting the "Divorce Bill" passed in parliament the Matrimonial Causes Act of 1857 which made divorce legal under British law. unknown books
1830rif. 214546Lipsiae: J.C. Hinrichs 1830. First edition. x 2 pp. 1238 col. 3 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Contemporary half brown morocco and decorated paper boards. Binding a bit scuffed and rubbed but sound internally fine. First edition. x 2 pp. 1238 col. 3 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Massive and early catalogue of manuscripts in the libraries of France England Belgium Holland Spain and Portugal. The work is dividedd by country city and library and contains an essential Index of proper names at the end. J.C. Hinrichs unknown books
1870rif. 68658London 1870. Paperback. Very Good. Not illustrated. 48pp. Thin purple wrapper. 19cm. Creases in wrapper. Other relatively minor wear. paperback books
1904rif. 19235London: His Majesty's Stationery Office By Mackie & Co. 1904. viii 439 pages; index; followed by ix pages Circular of the Commission with a chronological list of their reports; this Vol. I only and with the index covering this volume and concerning: the Monmouth Insurrection 1685-6; Letters of Mary Princess of Orange to Lady Mary Forester; Family Papers and Letters 1706-1799; Home Affairs 1755-1784; Letters from Lord George Sackville to General Irwin 1761-1784; Ireland; the Wary of the Austrian Succession; Cherbourgh and St. Malo 1758; Seven Years' War 1758-1759; Minden Papers letters from Richard Cumberland and others on Spanish Affairs 1778-1780; Letters relating to Prince William Henry Duke of Gloucester 1777-1779; India 1776-1784; Minorca 1776-1782 and miscellaneous materials; the Introduction states that "The papers forming this large and important collection are chiefly composed of letters reports and other official documents from and to Lord George Sackville the 3d son of Lionel 1st Duke of Dorset.letters from many persons of eminence."; the useful index is a great finding-aid for this historical material; entire detailed lists of the actions on America especially during the time of the Revolution; bound in marbled-paper covered boards faux vellum spine and corners leather spine label with gilt titles all edges tinted red; some edge tips wear and soiling to binding; volume in very good condition and an interesting compendium of primarily 18th century correspondence especially concerning military history. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. His Majesty's Stationery Office By Mackie & Co. Hardcover books
1884rif. 1574Habana 1884. Good plus. 2496 i.e. 498pp. Quarto. Contemporary calf gilt a.e.g.; rebacked with original spine laid down. Corners repaired with later black buckram; boards scuffed spine chipped. Hinges cracked repaired with later cloth and renewed endpapers. Minor scattered foxing and toning to text. Accomplished in a neat highly legible hand. A very attractive manuscript translation into Spanish of Pierre Larousse's well-known work on eminent and historical personages Fleurs Historiques des Dames et des Gens du Monde in a contemporary Cuban gilt goatskin binding. The manuscript connects three figures in the upper social echelons of Cuban society. José Fernandez Pellon the scribe of this volume is recorded as the Grand Master of Cuba's freemasons lodge the Gran Logia Unida de Colón y la Isla de Cuba. The translator Aurelio Almeida helped to found the organization in 1875 and at this time served as the Lodge Secretary. The initials E.D. gilt at the foot of the spine and the dedicatory inscription "A Eugenia Desvernine" refer to Eugenia Desvernine y Galdós b. 1865 daughter of the famous Cuban pianist Pablo Desvernine and Carolina Galdós y Echániz. She was also the niece of Benito Pérez Galdós the Spanish realist novelist who some authorities consider only second in stature to Cervantes. A contemporary social register remarks that Eugenia was one of the most beautiful women in Cuba perhaps an inspiration for the painstaking production of this manuscript. The original work by Larousse was a loose collection of religious parables classical myths biographies of ancient and modern historical figures. The title of the manuscript advises that is an extract and in the brief introduction Almeida explains his selection process writing that "He suprimido algunos artículos sobre cosas muy sabidas de la historia sagrada; y otros sobre la de Francia que mencionan frases ó personas casi ninca citadas ó citades solamente por las escritores francesas." He also notes several alterations and additions more relevant to Spanish history saying "En Cambio he agregado algunos artículos sobre historia de España que no están en el original y he tomado unos pocos de otra obra del mismo Mr. Larousse y de libros diversos." The result is an original amalgam of biographies historical episodes and religious parables. Interestingly we find no recorded printed editions of Larousse's work in Spanish so that the present manuscript is also an entirely original work of translation. A fascinating product of the cultural interests and mores of Cuban high society near the end of the Spanish colonial period. unknown books
1889rif. 331Glen David. David Glen's Collection of Highland Bagpipe Music Containing Marches Quicksteps Strathspeys and Reels Numbering 60 Tunes. Part First. Third Edition. Edinburgh: Arranged and published by David Glen 8 Greenside Place Ent. Sta. Hall. ii; 36 17.5 cm x 26 cm. No date 1889 See Roderick Cannon Alt Pibroch Club – a Bibliography of Bagpipe Music. The front cover of the paper wrapper is reproduced as the title-page. The verso of the table of contents is blank. Sold with two manuscripts. The first title in pencil "The Mackintosh's Lament" with a note underneath the title "Arranged for the Bagpipes by Pipe-Major A. McLennan Highland Light Infantry Militia Inverness." 3 joined pages of lined music paper six lines to a page page 1 in ink with pencil instructions pages 2 and 3 in pencil. One additional leaf verso "Health & Prosperity Slow march"; recto "Macbeth's Strathspey." Both in pencil short-hand musical indications for repeats. David Glen was the son and successor to Alexander Glen bagpipe maker in Edinburgh. The back cover of the wrapper lists David Glen's publications with prices. Wrapper with minor tears and soiled. David Glen paperback books
1981rif. WRCLIT52233New York: George Braziller 1981. Quarto. Gilt cloth. Color plates facsimiles and illustrations. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. George Braziller hardcover books
1960rif. WRCLIT21483Baden-Baden: Woldemar Klein Verlag 1960. Two volumes. Small folio. Vellum backed boards stamped in gilt. Profusely illustrated with color facsimiles highlighted in gold. Commentary to each plate additionally in French and German. Second enlarged edition of each volume. Fine in lightly worn dust jackets. Woldemar Klein Verlag hardcover books
1963rif. 369416Oxford University Press 1963. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. CLEAN UNMARKED COPY. VOLUME TWO. Oxford University Press hardcover
1963rif. 369415Oxford University Press 1963. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. CLEAN UNMARKED COPY. VOLUME ONE. Oxford University Press hardcover
1963rif. 369419Oxford University Press 1963. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Small Tears. CLEAN UNMARKED COPY. VOLUME SIX. Oxford University Press hardcover
1963rif. 369417Oxford University Press 1963. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. CLEAN UNMARKED COPY. VOLUME THREE. Oxford University Press hardcover
1963rif. 369418Oxford University Press 1963. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Small Tears. CLEAN UNMARKED COPY. VOLUME FIVE. Oxford University Press hardcover
1935rif. 78807Le Donjon: l'auteur c. 1935-1940. Large 4to 27x21 cm. Portfolio contemporary half cloth with cornerpieces covers decorated paper rubbed with tie-ribbons. Textleaves loosely inserted secured by split-pins. - Première partie: Le Donjon avant la Révolution. 47 leaves. "Souvenirs de jeunesse 4 leaves & Le Donjon dès ses origines jusqu'à la Révolution.43 numbered leaves 4bis & 4ter - 45 2 in manuscript. - Deuxième partie: Le Donjon pendant la Révolution. 192 numbered leaves 1 bis leaf. With corrections in handwriting and enlarged with slips of paper pasted in. On letter-paper "Syndicat de la presse . des boissons" with watermark 'The Best Paper for Type Writing'. - A real working copy with imperfections. - Pierre Audin was a 'Marchand de vin' and 'Conseiller général de 1919 à 1940 ancien adjoint du maire du 10e arrondissement de Paris et maire de Loddes'. - This typescript/manuscript has never been published. - Unique source for the history of Le Donjon Allier. l'auteur hardcover
1885rif. 78800St. Germain des Fossés: Société Coöperative de Consommation des employés P.L.M. 1885-1888. 3 vols. Folio 35 x 20 resp.22 cm. Contemporary boards. With 2 extensive titles written by hand and 1 title pre-printed. Exercise books with squared paper with the names written in alphabetical order in vol. 1 on 28 leaves vol.2 on 20 leaves and in vol. 3 on 20 leaves. The remaining leaves blank. Interesting bookkeeping with the names in nice elegant handwriting of the employees of the important railway company P.L.M. or "Compagnie des chemins de fer de Paris-Lyon-Méditerannée. St. Germain-des-Fossés is an important junction in Departement Allier between Vichy and Moulins - Covers soiled and partly damaged; dark brown spots on the paper tears dog's ears and further traces of using daily the 'Comptes courant'. Société Coöperative de Consommation des employés P.L.M. hardcover
1869rif. 78805Different places: Etudes des notaires 1869-1913. 13 vols. Folio 30x20 cm. Partly with wrappers. Each vol. between 4 and 16 pp. Folts in the middle as usual and other small imperfections. Ventes de terrains et fermes/maisons dans l'Allier. Good legible handwriting. - Added 3 smaller documents "Conservation des hypothèques à Moulins 1847 1850 and 1869. Etudes des notaires unknown
1900rif. 78806Bert: personal use 1900-1913. Folio 345x23 cm. Spine restored cloth covers missing marbled endpapers soiled; traces of use. 396 numbered and legalized leaves by the 'Mairie de Bert' with stamps and signatures. 1 leaf with large tear. All the payments of the clients discharged by crosswise deletion. The clients families of the village and its region have descendants to this day like Belin Belloeuf Boutonnat Cantat Monsieur Combaret Favier Fournier Gonard Malbrunot Nesson Monsieur Pénin Ressot De Rondepierre etc. Some of the different purchases: 'huile colza' 'huile à bruler' 'vinaigre' but also 'essence' 'pétrole' 'vaisselle' and even 'livraison de pierres sable et ciment'. - Added : 10 quittances ca 1910 of notable enterprises. personal use hardcover
rif. 6863232mo-folio almost all one page. One of the poems incorporates the names of members of the 17th Congress another is a game or riddle and a third by a 9-year old girl summarizes in verse the history of the crusades she had been reading. Varying wear but all seem to be quite readable. For the lot of 24 manuscript poems unknown
rif. B9781020999284Hardback. New. hardcover
1895rif. S54817London: British Museum 1895-1896. x 823; vi 384 . . HB. 2 vols roy. 8vo orig. cloth gt small nick to head of one spine. Vol. 1 unopened. Good unused set from an institutional library with minimal marking: neat ink stamps to title pages small barcode labels to endpapers small shelf labels to spines. Vol. I: Text; Vol. II: Index. The Stowe Manuscripts are a collection of over 2000 British and Irish manuscripts spanning over nine centuries held by the British Library. They are some of the most famous mediaeval written works in the world. British Museum hardcover
rif. B9781018597140Hardback. New. hardcover
