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1881rif. 61524printed for HMSO - Her Majesty's Stationery Office by George Edward Eyre & William Spottiswoode 1881. 1st edition. Hardback. Cloth VG. ii166ii128pp index Ex Archaeological Society Library in a plain library cloth binding two bookplates title to the second part re-laid pages rather tanned edges a little rubbed. Contains : report of the mss of the Duke of Manchester kimbolton mss 1535 - 1801 as well as the mss of the Earl of Ashburnham including the Stowe mss Royal Letters etc Henry IV to Charles II etc etc. printed for HMSO - Her Majesty's Stationery Office by George Edward Eyre & William Spottiswoode hardcover
1884rif. 61521printed for HMSO - His Majesty's Stationery Office by George Edward Eyre & William Spottiswoode 1884. 1st edition. Hardback. Cloth VG. ii601pp index Ex Archaeological Society Library in a stout binding two bookplates edges a little rubbed. Contains MSS of the House of Lords 1671 - 1678 Earls of Devon Leicester Pembroke etc etc. printed for HMSO - His Majesty's Stationery Office by George Edward Eyre & William Spottiswoode hardcover
1870rif. 61523printed for HMSO - Her Majesty's Stationery Office by George Edward Eyre & William Spottiswoode 1870. 1st edition. Hardback. Cloth VG. xiv133xxii349pp index interleaved with approx 4 pages of blank paper at the end Ex Archaeological Society Library in a stout binding two bookplates some spotting edges a little rubbed. Contains MSS of the House of Lords 1641 - 1645 Dukes of Manchester & Rutland Bedford and many many others. printed for HMSO - Her Majesty's Stationery Office by George Edward Eyre & William Spottiswoode hardcover
1881rif. 61525printed for HMSO - Her Majesty's Stationery Office by George Edward Eyre & William Spottiswoode 1881. 1st edition. Hardback. Cloth VG. iiix-xxxiv786pp index Ex Archaeological Society Library in a plain library cloth binding two bookplates title to the re-laid last few pages of the index re-laid & strengthened with archival paper pages rather tanned LACKS pages 1-8 of the introduction edges a little rubbed. Contains : report of the mss of the Duke of Marlborough Blenhiem mss including early St Albans charters Earls of Jersey & Portsmouth etc etc printed for HMSO - Her Majesty's Stationery Office by George Edward Eyre & William Spottiswoode hardcover
1870rif. 61522printed for HMSO - Her Majesty's Stationery Office by George Edward Eyre & William Spottiswoode 1870 -. 1st edition. Hardback. Cloth VG. xiv133xxii349pp index Ex Archaeological Society Library in a stout binding two bookplates some spotting edges a little rubbed. Contains MSS of the House of Lords 1641 - 1645 Dukes of Manchester & Rutland Bedford and many many others. printed for HMSO - Her Majesty's Stationery Office by George Edward Eyre & William Spottiswoode 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
1897rif. 46408HMSO - Her/His Majesty's Stationery Office 1897 - 1903. 1st edition. Hardback. Half calf VG. 2 volumes vi334pp vi243pp Ex Archaeological Society Library in a half red calf over cloth binding two bookplates an attractive solid set with some rubbing to the leather at the edges. The volumes contain three reports comprising charters to the 17th century patents granted to successive owners of Drumlanrig Castle papers of William 1st Duker of Queensberry etc etc. HMSO - Her/His Majesty's Stationery Office hardcover
rif. 135331773. 48.5 x 37 cm - Manuscrit sur papier vergé. Diverses déchirures avec petits manques sans manque de texte ; taches claires. Document très lisible. Précaution de confinement des bêtes malades polmonera grava surveillance et obligation de produire un certificat de santé lors du passage dans la région Grand Croix où la maladie est déclarée Moncenis sur les routes de Savoie à Suse où doit se tenir une foire. unknown
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 divided by country city and library and contains an essential Index of proper names at the end. J.C. Hinrichs unknown
rif. 123489Sans lieu ni date vers 1920. 8 feuillets. 20 x 13 Cm. Broché. Petite mouillure. Manques angulaires. Manuscrit anonyme exécuté sans doute par un soldat dans la première moitié du XX°. Cet émouvant recueil réalisé sur un pauvre et fragile papier consigne les couplets d' une quinzaine de refrains populaires chacun soigneusement illustré d'un petit croquis naïf : le Drapeau - Marche des Colons - Le Cantonnier - Salut à la Campagne - La Mère Michel - Le Chameau - Les Crocodiles - La Grenouille - Encore un carreau de cassé - Le canard et le Chien - De quoi qu'il ya a.1 - Histoire d'une puce - N'en jetez plus - Malbrought s'en va t'en guerre - Montagnes et Bruyères. Sans lieu ni date (vers 1920). unknown
1769rif. 1728061769. JAPANESE MILITARY MANUSCRIPTS. Ushikubo Kageharu Castle Map. By Ushikubo Kageharu reworked by Yoshida Gizaemon. 2 ff and folded map. 27 x 20 cm folded with a foldout 27 x 600 cm wrappers housed in a new chitsu case. ca. 1769-1777. AND Kohyakujou-zu. Unpaginated illustrated throughout in black and white. 28 x 40 cm stab bound in wrappers. AND Chinjyou-zukishu. Unpaginated illustrated throughout in colour. 27 x 19.5 cm stab bound in wrappers. N.p.; n.d. An extraordinary group of detailed eighteenth century maps and plans depicting castles and related Paraphernalia". Ushikubo Kageharu Castle Map shows the layout of a castle and an attack route. Kohyakujou-zu 100 diagrams of an unknown castle. Oblong binding has been folded in half. Chinjyou-zukishu contains information on battle maps and castle secrets from the Warring States Period as well as flags banners and horse banners used in battle. Contains two intact volvelles. unknown
rif. ria9780271027234_inpPaperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; In the Middle Ages textual amulets were thought to protect the bearer against enemies to heal afflictions caused by demonic invasions and to bring the wearer good fortune. Offering an analysis of many surviving textual amulets this paperback
1983rif. 369282H.P. Kraus New York 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Very Good. 168 pages with 134 colour illustrations and 20 black & white half-tones all tipped in. Original green cloth in illustrated dust wrapper. Limited edition of 600 copies. From the collection of Jean F. Preston Curator of Manuscripts 1977-1991 and Curator of Medieval Manuscripts 1991-1993 in the Firestone Library Princeton University; died at home in Oxford England in July 2006. Her signature on the front endpaper. Size: 24.5 x 33.5 cms. Category: Books on Books; Featured Items; Hardback Books; This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. H.P. Kraus hardcover
1940rif. 369275Macon. Protat Freres Paris 1940-41. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. Portfolio with cloth ties featuring 140 black & white plates with 13 pages of text in French. Binding shows a little sign of age related wear and splitting of the clothto one internal flap. Contents extremely clean throughout. Size: 26.5 x 34 cms. Text is in French & Latin. Category: Books on Books; French Language; French & Latin Language; This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. Macon. Protat Freres hardcover
1819rif. 27979British Museum 1819. Large folio First Edition some moderate age-staining a handful of leaves expertly remargined; strongly bound in early twentieth-century terracotta buckram gilt back uncut a very good bright clean crisp copy. Sold from an institution with its bookplate on front paste-down and small neat stamp on title verso. The Lansdowne MSS are a significant named collection forming part of the holdings of the British Library. They include State papers and correspondence of Lord Burghley Papers of Sir Julius Caesar Papers of Dr. White Kennett his manuscripts passed to James West and so to Lansdowne historical papers from the 15th-18th centuries William Petyt's parliamentary papers and papers of legal interest and topographical and heraldic collections of great importance. The MSS were purchased by the british Museum at Sotheby's auction in 1807. The catalogue comprises: Part I: The Burghley Papers; Part II: the remaining papers each part having its own separate index together with a transcript of the Commons Address the Royal Commission with Caley's Order and a detailed contectural Preface by Henry Ellis. A REMARKABLY FRESH CRISP COPY OF AN INVALUABLE AND EXTREMELY SCARCE WORK. [British Museum], hardcover
rif. 1035316Sin Encuadernar. Aceptable. . 17 Folios de distintos tamaños algunos firmados 1 cuadernillo firmado por Manuel Rodríguez Díaz con 20 págs. manuscritas a dos columnas. En general creo que son de principios del Siglo XX. Algunas firmadas en Rivadeo Fulqueirna Parroquia de Santa Convos de Orea Santa Cruz de Moscán ect. unknown
rif. 1041028. . 2 manuscritos. Sin fecha siglo XVIII ¿ XIX 1º 31x21 cm. 1 gran árbol Genealógico 2 folios manuscritos en ambas caras clara grafía tinta sepia. 2º 31x21 cm. 2 grandes árboles Genealógicos 6 folios manuscritos en ambas caras clara grafía tinta sepia. Los dos cosidos. Acompaño a estos manuscritos con otros 6 folios con árboles y texto que no he podido localizar por estar la tinta muy clara pero son de los Prados. # manuscrito. Genealogía unknown
1915rif. 3528Philadelphia 1915. Collection of a total of 285 manuscript and typescript pages of prose poetry and dramatic material written and edited by suffragist Sarah Dickson Lowrie 1870-1957. Lowrie a columnist and editor at the Philadelphia Public Ledger was also an activist. Founder of the Philadelphia Women's Committee later Chairperson of the Philadelphia League of Women Voters she used her public platform to promote equality for women and the working poor. An exceptional collection of material capturing the range of Lowrie's work as an author and editor including three genres across a period of at least 15 years. Included are: Autograph Manuscript including 5 published and unpublished works 202 pages dated 1900-1903 Bound in half sheep over pebbled cloth measuring 7 x 8 inches and dated 1900-1903. The gift inscription in Lowrie's hand on the front endpaper "Mabel Norris Stewart April 1900" suggests that the notebook was a gift from her sister a major supporter of Sarah's career. Indeed the bulk of the manuscript documents Lowrie's composition and heavy revision of her story David the Hero from May 1900-August 1902 pages 1-35 59-175 with headings and notes for each section regarding dates of completion. The final entry states: "Finished these tales August 26 1902 - and dedicated them to Mary Mabel Norris Stewart with all my heart. Published Easter 1903." Interspersed within the notebook are other pieces of work by Lowrie. which appear to be unpublished. St. John of the Wilderness pages 35-56 is dated January-February 1901. The poem Away from You pages 57-58 is dated February 25 1901 and is accompanied by an original sketch. A story Peter the Fisherman pages 176-194 is dated August 25 1903. And the final piece dated November 25 1903 is on the death of her father pages 195-202 and appears to include a family history as well as a tribute to the man. Tucked loosely within the volume is a letter to Sarah from another female author identified only as J.S.C. regarding a short story. Also loosely inserted is a 1 page Autograph Poem unsigned in Lowrie's hand with content that ties together authorship and sex: ".Take my ovary Let me go Unapproached by further woe; But if you want What matters next Take o take my Appendix." Together the group shows her writing process and her ability to work on multiple projects during a highly creative period. Further research could link together the works based on religious themes Lowrie's work in activism and journalism and her own family's history. Autograph Playscript Signed for Me-Too 16 pages dated 1915 Unbound but with a contemporary straight pin holding the upper left corner. Written fully in pencil with Lowrie's notation that the play was "written on July 19th & played on August 26 1915." What appears to largely be a fair copy of the two-act play the manuscript does contain checklists and notes on the first page regarding materials and equipment needed for staging. The final page is detached and incomplete but similarly contains scratch notes for the performance. Typed Manuscript Unsigned and hand annotated for The Idol 52 pages undated Unbound with loose pages measuring 8.5 x 11 inches. A short story -- possibly authored by Lowrie but definitely edited and annotated in her hand. Here the attention to detail and hands-on approach Lowrie takes are apparent. Meticulously corrected in type and in pencil with extensive portions excised or changed the typescript has also been cut apart and pasted back together throughout. The result is mispagination and the creation of a very new version of the original story. Autograph Poem Unsigned 4 pages undated Tied with blue string at the header. Pages measuring 6.75 x 10.25 inches and cut unevenly. A largely fair copy with one correction to the final line. Lowrie here tackles the themes of war violence and pacifism asserting women's place within them. "If I had been a pacifist 2000 years ago I grant you I'd have been unique and ready for a show. For in those old bloody days men really did in truth Demand an eye for a lost eye and for a tooth a tooth.One thousand years ago indeed the world had changed in part; Men's fights were then adjusted - sometimes - by words in court.Now I've been watching how things change And how the old's reversed; I always like to look ahead instead of last be first." References to war and technology including cars suggest that the present poem post-dates WWI. Typed Playscript Unsigned for The Flower Garden 8 pages undated Unbound but with two contemporary straightpins at the upper right corner. On legal paper measuring 8.5 x 12 inches. Annotated throughout in pencil with stage directions casting notes and revised lines. A play in one act it does appear that the play was performed and the present manuscript was used in its unfolding. The rear page is annotated heavily with the names of various players almost all women. Further research could definitely be conducted on those names and on the potential performance. Research opportunities abound for scholars including but not limited to American community theater performances the history of publication in women's magazines the connection between literature and women's activism themes in a pacifist suffragist's writing methods of composition and annotation and the work of Sarah Lowrie herself. unknown
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
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
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
rif. 60625Prague Czechoslovakia: Sumptibus Pragopress 1970. Two vols. Folio. 1st - 12.75 x 16.75 in. 63 1 pp. text in Czech English French German & Russian. Title in purple & black. Faux vellum paper boards gilt lettering on spine; 2nd - 13.5 x 17 in. 222 pp of colour photo facsimile reproducing the entire manuscript. Quarter-vellum over embroidered Bohemian folk pattern cloth covers w/ original mylar protective cover ever-so-slight fraying in a couple fore-edges still NF/NF set preserved in original clamshell slipcase gilt lettering on spine hinges starting at foot of spine. Striking facsimile edition of the sumptuous Romanesque Codex of Vysehrad commissioned as one of four manuscripts produced by the same artists between 1080 and 1085 around the time of the coronation of Vratislav II 1061-1092 first king of Bohemia and includes the lection for the king’s coronation. They all probably originated in the scriptorium at the Monastery of St. Emmeram and this manuscript was declared a National Cultural Monument of the Czech Republic. The extensive cycle of images carefully rendered and detailed draw from the Regensburg School and Ottonian influences with a Christ’s genealogy on four divided pages. Within the 108 folios there are 26 pages depicting the gospels four of the Old Testament and 29 scenes from the life of Christ with large decorated illuminated initials. Originally the property of the Church of Vysehrad many scholars believe it was originally prepared for St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague Castle and Vratislav II had secured his title after negotiations with Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV at the time in conflict with Pope Gregory VII as he continued insisting on the retaining the Slavonic liturgy and wanted to appoint his own bishops. Sumptibus Pragopress, hardcover
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