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1928réf. 155614First edition. Thin octavo. Issued without wrapper but with protective tissue; white cord tie. Tan cloth protective folding case with bookplate of Lord Esher. 11 pages. Scarce. Privately Printed paperback books
1928réf. 222011First edition. Octavo. Over 100 b/w text illustrations; endpapers and jacket design by H.M. Brock. Dust jacket unclipped; few nicks. Very good. Scarce thus. No foxing. Signed by Drinkwater and Brock in black fountain pen ink on the title page. Brock has also drawn an ink sketch of a young woman. W. Collins Sons & Co. hardcover books
1848réf. 1093Philadelphia: G. B. Zieber & Co. 1848. Book. 8vo original plain paper boards cloth spine. Pp. 221 3. Frontis. and 3 plates; errata slip at p. 208. Boards rubbed foxed some stainswith running light tidemark. First edition scarce. BAL 5517; noted as advertised available in cloth or paper but both copies listed are rebound. G. B. Zieber & Co. hardcover books
réf. 5525Gyln was author of best selling romantic novels. unknown books
réf. 5527Froude is best remembered for his literary association with Thomas Carlyle as well as his own historical writings. unknown books
réf. 37121Single leaf 8" x 13" completely in ink manuscript on blue paper. Old folds a few pinholes along folds affecting six to eight letters. Else Very Good. "DEAR SIR I HOLD A COMMISSION FROM YOUR EXCELLENCY AS BEAT COMMANDANT BEARING DATE OF FEB. 14TH 64. I HAVE FILLED THE DUTIES IMPOSED UPON ME BY SAID COMMISSION TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WHEN YOUR EXCELLENCY CALLED OUT THE MILITIA LAST AUGUST I VOLUNTEERED IN A COMPANY OF CAVALRY AND WAS ELECT 2D LIEUT AND IN THAT CAPACITY HAVE SERVED YOUR EXCELLENCY FAITHFULLY TO THIS TIME AND AM WILLING TO CONTINUE TO DO SO AT THE SAME TIME I THINK IT JUST THAT I SHOULD HAVE THE SAME RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES THAT OTHER BEAT COMMANDANTS HAS AND FOR THIS REASON I PRESUME TO WRITE YOUR EXCELLENCY THIS LETTER. "LAST YEAR I GAVE BOND FOR THE DELIVERY TO THE CONFEDERATE GOVT OF FIFTEEN HUNDRED POUNDS OF BACON & FIFTEEN HUNDRED POUNDS OF BEEF. I THEREFORE ASK YOUR EXCELLENCY TO GRANT ME A CERTIFICATE OF EXEMPTION FROM ENROLLMENT IN THE CONFEDERATE ARMY. I MAKE THIS REQUEST OF YOUR EXCELLENCY BECAUSE I THINK I HAVE SERVED YOU FAITHFULLY AS ONE OF YOUR OFFICERS AND HONESTLY THINK I AM ENTITLED TO THE SAME RIGHTS AS OTHER OFFICERS IN THIS COUNTY. I BELIEVE YOUR EXCELLENCY WOULD UPON INQUIRY THAT I AM THE ONLY BEAT COMMANDANT IN THIS COUNTY THAT IS DOING SERVICE IN THE FIELD. MY RANK AS BEAT COMMANDANT IS THAT OF 2D LIEUT. HOPING TO HEAR FROM YOUR EXCELLENCY SOON I SUBSCRIBE MYSELF YOUR EXCELLENCY'S OBT. SERVANT. JONATHAN ENGLISH. 2D LIEUT. WATTS RANGERS." The author was Jonathan Q. English 1831-1865 a farmer from Monroe County Alabama. He was 2nd Lieutenant of the mounted Alabama Infantry Company known as the English Independent Cavalry or Watts' Rangers which had been formed by his cousin Capt. Thomas C. English 1819-1884 a brother-in-law of Gen. George McClellan. Less than seven weeks after writing this Letter English died near his home during the Battle of Eliska near the Baldwin/Monroe County line. Very few of the Company's men survived the Battle; but his cousin Thomas survived and was promoted to Major. At the time of his death Jonathan had a wife and four young children. unknown books
1614réf. T47Description: Quarto Approx. 8.5" x 6.5". Begins with the Genealogies by John Speed with printed title page n.d. The illustrated Genealogies depicts the lineage from Adam to Christ ending with a double page map of Canaan often lacking. The Bible bound with an engraved title page 1614 with a woodcut border comprising twenty-four small compartments showing the tents of the twelve tribes as well as the figures of the twelve apostles. Title is enclosed within a heart-shaped frame. Text in two column black letter. With Apocrypha as issued. New Testament title page 1613 with similar woodcut border. With Two Right Profitable and Fruitful Concordances by Robert F. Herrey with printed title page and colophon 1613. First chapter woodcut initials head- and tailpieces throughout. Collation: par2 A-Z8 Aa-Zz8 Aaa-Hhh8 Iii4 Old Testament 4 Kkk-Yyy8 Zzz10 New Testament. Complete with both title pages. Binding: Contemporary rebacked brown calf. Spine with four raised bands and a red morocco label with the words "Holy Bible" lettered in gilt. Endpapers renewed. All edges red. Rubbed with corners bumped and scuffed. Condition: Occasional soiling and staining; title page of Genealogies frayed to edges; text trimmed with headlines cropped to parts of the book of Psalms only; Cc6 Kk6 with tear into text without loss; Zzz6 small burn hole to gutter impacting sidenotes. Overall a well-preserved and complete copy with both title pages. Provenance: "James Honey his book 1760" and "Ann Honey her book 1760" with family history records of the Honey family through 1830 on front free endpaper on verso of final leaf of Apocrypha and on verso of title page of Tables. References: Herbert 330; ESTC 2232. Robert Barker hardcover books
réf. ST18542England ca. 1375. 287 x 198 mm. 11 1/4 x 7 3/4. Single column 32 lines in a small rounded English gothic hand with rubrics in the margins. Rubrics in red running title in red paragraph marks in red or blue two initials measuring two lines in height and colored blue with red penwork. See: P. E. Beichner "Aurora Petri Rigae Biblia Versificata A Verse Commentary on the Bible." ◆Remnants of mounting tape in top margin of recto but a really excellent specimen the hand very clear the ink especially rich and the vellum extremely clean and quite bright. Written in a gothic hand heavily influenced by the English secretarial style this leaf comes from a copy of the "Aurora" a commentary on the Bible in verse form written in the late 12th century by French poet Petrus Riga 1140-1209 a canon of Rheims cathedral. Although little is known about the author's life Riga's text became immensely popular throughout Europe and was routinely studied in Medieval universities. According to Beichner "for those who could read Latin it supplied Scriptural lore in a popular form and it also served as a book of popular theology devotional reading moral instruction and entertainment. Its influence was propagated by teachers preachers and lexicographers by poets and other writers. It was studied imitated translated and quoted. Not only was it widely read in monasteries and convents but it was also recommended reading for the sons of nobles." It is interesting to note that although Riga's work was copied numerous times in the 13th century copies from the later Medieval period such as the present work are uncommonly rare. The parent manuscript containing our leaf was previously in the possession of the Dukes of Westminster and was sold at Sotheby's on 11 July 1966 lot 229 when it was advertised as having 267 leaves missing the first gathering plus 13 other leaves. Bookseller Francis Edwards acquired the manuscript at that sale removed three damaged leaves and sold the remainder. It was thereafter broken up and dispersed. Several sister leaves are now in the collections of Marquette University Lawrence University and the University of South Carolina. unknown books
1598réf. ST16441Cambridge: John Legat 1598. Second Printing. 153 x 98 mm. 6 x 3 7/8". 4 p.l. 375 1 pp. Modern sprinkled calf blind-ruled covers raised bands flanked by double gilt rules brown morocco label remnants of paper library shelf label at tail of spine. Printer's device on title page. Front pastedown with bookplate of the Fox Pointe Collection; rear pastedown with deaccession stamp of Bradford City Libraries. STC 19736; ESTC 19736. ◆Spine just faintly sunned leaves lightly browned due to paper quality and trimmed a bit close at head grazing headline on a couple of leaves isolated marginal stains or tiny rust spots but an excellent copy fresh and clean in a sympathetic binding with few signs of wear. This was an important work in establishing distinctions in liturgy and doctrine between the Catholic Church and the Church of England written by a moderate puritan whom DNB considers "perhaps the most significant English theologian of his age." Perkins 1558-1602 was one of the most popular voices of his time speaking from a Calvinist puritan point of view; while he could be virulently anti-Catholic he did not believe in repudiating the English church only in reforming it. According to DNB "The genius of Perkins's work did not lie in its originality—his theology represents a conventional recital of Calvinist scholasticism in virtually every respect. His gift lay rather in bringing to a broad audience a variety of theological and moral issues popularizing essentially technical discussions and therefore as Fuller observed humbling 'the towering speculations of philosophers into practice and morality.'" The present work spread his polemical influence beyond England to the Continent; even the Catholic bishop William Bishop admitted he had "not seene any book of like quality published by a Protestant to contain either more matter or delivered in better method." Both the 1597 first edition and our 1598 second printing are rare: no other copies of either edition are recorded at auction by RBH or ABPC in the past 50 years. John Legat unknown books
1917réf. 2326264New York: G. Ricordi & Co 1917. Stapled Binding. Very Good. 0x0x0. Wrappers lightly soiled. 1917 Stapled Binding. 51 pp. "La boheme is an opera in four acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa based on Scenes de la vie de boheme by Henri Murger. The world premiere performance of La boheme was in Turin on 1 February 1896 at the Teatro Regio and conducted by the young Arturo Toscanini. Since then La boheme has become part of the standard Italian opera repertory and is one of the most frequently performed operas internationally. According to Opera America it is the second most frequently performed opera in the United States just behind another Puccini opera Madama Butterfly. G. Ricordi & Co unknown books
1975réf. 1414417Springfield: Charles C. Thomas 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo ix 95 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus condition dust jacket. Gray spine with orange titling. Dust jacket has bumping to spine head/tail small tears to the bottom fore corners minor chipping to fore edges and light scuffing throughout. Boards have light bumping to fore corners and minor shelf wear throughout. Textblock has light age toning to pastedown. Inscribed "To Don with best wishes" and signed "Frank" on the front free end page. Shelved in Room F. 1414417. Special Collections - Upstairs. Charles C. Thomas hardcover books
1886réf. 221283First edition. Octavo. Introduction by Symonds. Illustrated with vignettes and headpieces. 262 pages. Superbly bound in 3/4 brown morocco over tan cloth spines with raised bands and gilt stamped floral devices within gilt ruled compartments gilt ruled covers matching tan cloth endpapers white silf bookmarks t.e.g. Fine fresh. No signatures or bookplates. Babington82. Half title reads: The Camelot Classics. Edited by Ernest Rhys. Walter Scott hardcover books
1754réf. 95186Erlangen 1754. Hardcover. Poor. This volume only of 3. 74 of 76 plates and maps plus 2 unnumbered facsimiles. Old full leather. 25 cm. Backstrip almost entirely detached along rear joint. Lacks 2 plates numbers I and XXXIII. Old ownership stamp Marie Steiger Zamoyska and a couple of others covered up. German text. Pococke did put a nose on his illustration of the Sphinx and had some other inaccuracies. Despite such errors Pococke's book is generally regarded as one of the best early accounts of travel in the Middle East. This is not the finest of copies but it is an inexpensive and serviceable copy of the 1754 German edition of the Pococke's Egyptian volume. hardcover books
1755réf. 95187Erlangen 1755. Hardcover. Poor. This volume only of 3. 63 of 67 plates and maps numbered XXXVII-CIII. Old full leather. 25 cm. General wear. Cover almost entirely detached at front hinge. Lacks 4 plates or maps numbers XLIII LIX LXII and LXIII. Old ownership stamp Marie Steiger Zamoyska and a smaller hard to deciper circular stamp. German text. Pococke did put a nose on his illustration of the Sphinx in the Egyptian volume and had some other inaccuracies. Despite such errors this is generally regarded as one of the best early accounts of travel in the Middle East. While this is not the finest of copies it is an inexpensive and serviceable copy of the 1755 German edition of the Pococke's volume on travel in Ottoman-controlled 18th century Greece including Thrace and elsewhere in Europe. hardcover books
1915réf. 90590New York London Boston: G. Schirmer 1915. Apparent 1st ed. with Johnson translation no later printing information. Paperback. Very Good. 165p. Softcover in original wrapper. Illustration mounted on front. 31cm. Vover illustration scuffed with some crease marks. Backstrip chipped at bottom and appears to have been reglued for four or five centimeters above above the chipping. Tape mark next to bottom of backstrip on both sides. Contents sound and clean. Johnson had great success as a lyricist early in the century but found chamged tastes when he attempted a return to song-writing in 1914. He did successfully translate the libretto for this opera which the Metropolitan Opera performed in 1916. Granados the Spanish Romantic composer of the piano pieces from which this opera was adapted attended the premiere but drowned in the English channel upon his return to Europe when a German submarine torpedoed the boat on which Granados was travelling. The libretto appears throughout the music in this edition with Granados's Spanish text immediately above Johnson's English translation. The libretto was also published separately by Schirmer in 1915 as a smaller-format 42-page pamphlet in their series of opera-librettos with Granados's Spanish text and Johnson's English translation appearing side by side in separate columns. We don't know whether either version has publishing priority but both are quite uncommon. G. Schirmer paperback books
1992réf. 95018Istanbul: Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture snd General Directorate of Fine Arts 1992. Second edition of 1000 copies. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Slipcased set containing two separately titled volumes. color illustrations 359 408p. Original hardcover bindings. djs. 30 cm. Original matching slipcase. Jackets have tears at ends of backstrips. Republic of Turkey, Ministry of Culture snd General Directorate of Fine Arts hardcover books
1915réf. 91341New York London Boston: G. Schirmer 1915. Apparent 1st ed. with Johnson translation no later printing information. Paperback. Good. 165p. Softcover in original wrapper. Illustration mounted on front. 31 cm. Ends of backstrip chipped as are lower corners of front cover. Minor creasing and corner wear. Hard to decipher circular rubber stamp on lower corner of front cover. "Distribuidores exclusivos para Colombia Casa Musical Humberto Conti Bogota .". stamped in black at bottom of title-page. Johnson had great success as a lyricist early in the century but found that tastes had changed when he attempted a return to song-writing in 1914. He translated the libretto for this opera which the Metropolitan Opera performed in 1916. Granados the Spanish Romantic composer of the piano pieces from which this opera was adapted attended the premiere but drowned in the English channel upon his return to Europe when a German submarine torpedoed the boat on which Granados was travelling. The libretto appears throughout the music in this edition with Granados's Spanish text immediately above Johnson's English translation. The libretto was also published separately by Schirmer in 1915 as a smaller-format 42-page pamphlet in their series of opera-librettos with Granados's Spanish text and Johnson's English translation appearing side by side in separate columns. We don't know whether either version has publishing priority but both are quite uncommon. G. Schirmer paperback books
1976réf. 86657Bangkok: Munnithi Maeban `Asa 1976. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. illustrations some color 136p. Blue boards. dj. 28cm. Jacket shows some wear.Corner bumped. Thai title and text on pages 3-44; illustrations captioned in Thai and English on pages 45-100; and an English title-page and text at pages 101-133. Munnithi Maeban `Asa hardcover books
1805réf. 84653London: J. Carpenter 1805. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. frontis 160p. Contemporary 1/4 leather with marbled boards. 16 cm. Leather portions of cover rubbed. Small scuffed area on marbled paper on front cover. Ownership signature of John Philip Sousa dated 1916 on front free endpaper. An earlier name partially inked over on title-page. Camoes was a great 16th century Portuguese poet. J. Carpenter hardcover books
1841réf. 71313Boston: Oliver Ditson 1841. Paperback. Good. Sheet Music 5p. Disbound removed from a bound volume. 35 cm. Foxing around edges. One short tear on fore-edge. One of seven songs The Alpine Horn The Sweetheart The Tyrolese in America The Mountain Maids Invitation The Matin Bell The Miller's Maid and The Free Country which appear to have used the same cover page with a black and white lithograph illustration of the five members of the Rainier Family dressed in Tyrolean folk costumes. The Page is headed "The Celebrated Melodies. Oliver Ditson paperback books
1592réf. U74Description General title page 1592 in facsimile with an architectural border featuring a lion and a dragon. First leaf of Tables bound in before Genesis. Text in two column black letter. Complete set of woodcut illustrations and maps. Woodcut architectural title featuring Lady Justice and Mercy before Psalms. Includes Apocrypha as issued. New Testament with Tomson's revision and title page 1591 with design like general title. Woodcut first chapter initials head- and tailpieces throughout. Collation A4-A1A4 A-Z6 Aa-Zz6-Qq6 Aaa-Zzz6; Aaaa-Zzzz6; 5A-5M2. Lacks general title Adam and Eve engraving and final leaf of Job title and Job leaf in facsimile. Binding Rebound in brown morocco. Spine with five blind-lined raised bands and the words "Bible" "Breeches Bible" and "Pre 1700" in gilt. Plain endpapers. Condition Prelims soiled with loss of a words and repairs; A1 repaired to fore-edge costing a few letters of text with missing text and sidenotes in manuscript; F6Xxx4-6 marginal repair; final leaf of Apocrypha and NT title page guarded; final leaf of Revelation strengthened to edges; browning and soiling; occasional marginal damp stains; trimmed only touching upper border or sidenotes on a handful of occasions. Provenance "James France Manly born Dec 14 1820" to foot of Second Title page; verso of NT title page with extensive description of the Manley family. References Herbert 210. Christopher Barker hardcover books
2017réf. 52402Leiden: Brill 2017. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo. xiv 397 1pp. Index and 15 page bibliography. Text in English with occasional Chinese names & phrases. Boards with equal bands of white gray and orange on spine. This important collection of articles by leading Chinese scholars of Islamic studies reflects current thinking about the past and present condition of Islam in China. It has a strong focus on China's north-west the most important region for the study of Islam in China. Most contributions relate to the Hui Chinese-speaking Muslims of Gansu and Qinghai provinces and the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region but there are also chapters on the Uyghurs of Xinjiang. An important feature of this book is the attention paid to the Sufi orders: the role of these networks which embody an inner-directed and mystical aspect of Islam is crucial to the understanding of Muslim communities in both historical and contemporary China. Publisher Contents: Acknowledgements; Introduction; Section 1; Chapter 1 The Localization and Nationalization of Islam in China; Chapter 2 Architectural Styles of Mosques in China: Analysis and Comments; Chapter 3 Islamic Culture in Tibet; Chapter 4 A Brief Narrative of Chinese Style Islamic Relics; Chapter 5 Studies of Islam in China in the Twentieth Century; Section 2; Chapter 6 A Primary Investigation of the History of the Hui People and the Historical Data of Islam Recorded in the Notes Written by Zhou Mi; Chapter 7 Satuq Bughra Khan and the Beginning of Islamization in the Tian Shan Region.; Chapter 8 Analysis of the Introduction of Islam into KuqaSection 3; Chapter 9 A Tentative Analysis of the Struggle and Impact between the White Mountain Khwajas and the Black Mountain Khwajas in the Qing Dynasty; Chapter 10 The Relationship between the Naqshbandi Order in Central Asia and Khwaja in Xinjiang and Menhuan in Northwest China; Chapter 11 Sufism and Islam at the Turning Point from the Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty; Chapter 12 Some Thoughts on Sufi Groups in the Context of Islam in Northwest China.; Chapter 13 A Brief Analysis of the Formation and the Characteristics of the Ishan Sufi GroupSection 4; Chapter 14 On Cosmology and Tawhid in the Works of Wang Daiyu; Chapter 15 Impacts of Liu Zhi's Religious Ideas Upon the Sect of the Western Teaching Hall; Chapter 16 A Tentative Analysis of the Concept of "Heaven" and the Relationship between Islam and Confucianism in the Works by Ma Dexin; Chapter 17 Issues in the Study of Ma Dexin; Section 5; Chapter 18 Basic Characteristics of Islam in Northwest China; Chapter 19 Studies on Islam in Beijing; Selected Bibliography; Index. Volume 6 of the Brill series "Religious Studies in Contemporary China Collection." RSCC. Brill hardcover books
1887réf. 51661Tokyo æ±äº¬: Kyoshundo ä¹æ˜¥å ‚ 1887. First edition. Softcover. Very good. Quarto. 22 leaves double-sided fukuro-toji syle. Tan paper string-bound Asian-style wrappers. Black lettering in English on a white paper label pasted on the front cover. This scarce work intended primarily for an English-speaking readership in the West contains biographical text for 10 different Japanese historical and legendary figures. The text for each is accompanied by a beautiful Japanese woodblock-printed illustration in color ukiyo-e. The prints which total 10 double-page images throughout were created by four different Meiji-era woodblock artists and are captioned above bilingually in English and Japanese. Each print includes the artist's signature. The acclaimed artist Ogata Gekko 尾形月耕 1859 - 1920 created 4 prints "Yamato Takeru" "Wake no Kiyomaro" "Taira no Shigemori" and Saigo Takamori the prolific artist Toyohara Chikanobu 豊原周延 1838-1912 created 2 prints "Empress Jingu" and "Kato Kiyomasa" Mizuno Toshikata 水野年方 1866-1908 created 2 prints "Takenouchi no Sukune" and "Kusunoki Masashige" and an as yet unidentified fourth artist created the other 2 prints "Minamoto No Yoshiie" and "Hojo Tokimune". We believe that all images here were created specifically for the book and have found no other external examples or other references for them. The figures covered here are in order: Yamato Takeru Prince Ousu a semi-legendary prince of the Yamato dynasty - the legendary Empress Jingu - the legendary hero statesman and Shinto priest of the first century Takenouchi no Sukune - Wake no Kiyomaro 733-799 an important government official - Minamoto No Yoshiie 1039-1106 among the most acclaimed samurai in Japanese history - Taira no Shigemori 1138-1179 a samurai of the Taira clan during the Heiji Rebellion - Hojo Tokimune 1251-1284 ruler of Japan and leader of the Japanese forces against the Mongol Invasions of Japan - Kusunoki Masashige 1294-1336 an acclaimed samurai - Kato Kiyomasa 1562-1611 a famous daimyo of the Azuchi-Momoyama and Edo periods - famed samurai Saigo Takamori 1928-1877 who was one of the leaders of the Meiji Restoration. As stated in publisher's advertisement in English at the front of the book this is the first volume of what was intended to be larger series of 10 volumes 日本å¤ä»Šå家圖解 Nihon Kokon Meika Zukai illustrating the lives of notable and famous figures in Japanese history. The set was to cover a total of 100 figures 10 per volume. Ultimately only the first two volumes were ever published 1887 and 1890. A third related book also from Kyoshundo was published during this time illustrating famed locations in Japan. This variant of the work contains the main text throughout only in English although the final two pages containing publisher's advertisements and publication information are printed in Japanese as well as the image captions. The other known version of the book which was issued simultaneously has the main text of the book printed trilingually in English Japanese and Kanbun a form of Classical Chinese read in Japan which is no longer used. The first printed page of the book credits "Miki Tecki" Miki Teiichi 三木 貞一 1861-1933 with "Japanese and Chinese" text and Goro Takahashi 高橋 五郎 1856-1935 with English translation. The book contains a number of English typographical errors throughout including on the front cover. Covers with some light smudges and a few small stains. Light pencil markings on the front cover. The string binding has partially come loose with only the middle two strings of four still present and holding. A few leaves have some minor rippling. All images throughout mostly clean. In very good condition overall. The work in is known by a number of variant titles in English: Short Biographies of Emeni Japanese in Ancient and Modern Times - The Pictures and Biographies of a Hundred Eminent Japanese - Nihon Kokon Meika Zukai - Pictures of a Hundred Eminent Japanese Ancient and Modern with Their Biographies - Map of Japan's Ancient and Modern Families literal translation. Kyoshundo (ä¹æ˜¥å ‚) unknown books
1862réf. 49952Glasgow Edinburgh and London: William Mackenzie 1862. Deluxe Edition. Two volumes folio 450 x 330 mm published between 1862 and 1863. 16 1344pp. 57 unnumbered leaves of albumin prints 230 x 160mm mounted on card stock. Crimson morocco over wooden boards elaborately tooled in gilt and blind; edges mounted in brass double brass clasps with thistle motif; covers with a broad blind-stamped border around a recessed central panel with the crowned cipher of Queen Victoria in gilt; gilt tooled spine with 5 raised bands; a.e.g. marbled endleaves with gilt dentelles. Covers with some mild traces of use; single crease in each marbled endleaf partially detached in second volume; occasional light to moderate foxing mostly confined to the plate mounts; albumin prints in fine condition often with foxing extending about 5mm from the edges into the mount. Overall a very good set with a fine series of photographs notable for their technical achievment. Deluxe edition one of 170 copies complete with all 57 albumen prints. Produced for the 1862 International Exhibition and dedicated to Queen Victoria then recently in mourning for the death of Prince Albert this work appeared at a time when photography though still a laborious and expensive process was just beginning to become a popular activity. Victoria herself was an amateur photographer and "the royal couple had been enthusiastic supporters of photography in England from the beginning; in 1853 they became founding patrons of the Photographic Society Club" K. Fiedorek. Francis Frith 1822-1898 the devout Quaker whose photographic images grace the present work was one of the best-known photographers to work in the Near East and the most commercially successful photographer of the nineteenth century. Finding his elementary studies tedious Frith left school at the age of ten apprenticed with a grocer and eventually started his own business. He later went into printing sold the grocery business to a competitor at a substantial profit and went on to devote himself to photography. "The growing Victorian interest in the East and its exotic and historic attractions caught the attention of this astute businessman" Perez. Between 1856 and 1860 Frith made three photographic expeditions to Egypt Ethiopia Sinai and the Levant accompanied by the engineer Francis Herbert Wenham who provided technical assistance in mechanics and optics. While Perez notes that Frith's "approach was always a strictly commercial one and his concern was to make truthful and accurate views of the area" he readily concedes that "the technical quality of Frith's photographs is superior." Frith employed the new wet collodion process in which glass plate negatives were sensitized exposed and developed while still wet. While technically demanding the process yielded rich detail and broad tones. "Frith's were the first original wet-plate photographs of Jerusalem and the Holy Land to reach a wide English-speaking audience and his pictures of the small Palestinian towns were most likely the first published anywhere" Nir p.66. Perhaps the most novel aspect of this celebrated edition of the Bible and certainly a harbinger of things to come was the way in which the photographer "presented the radical possibility of seeing photographs of the biblical sites alongside related verses of scripture. he sought to defend and promote his faith by conscripting the veracity of science and materialism to his cause and considered photography to be the most effective medium for his campaign" Foster et al. This vision is manifest even in such details as the re-captioning of prints previously offered for sale so that the new descriptions would more clearly reference the King James text. It should be noted that while the printing was still done by hand this was one of the earliest books for which machinery was used for composing. Original publisher's price = 50 guineas. Another version of this work was published at London in 1860-1862 by Eyre & Spottiswoode; sometimes confused with the present work it was issued in 20 parts each containing a single photographic print by Frith. K. Fiedorek A Photographic Bible Fit for a Queen NYPL Blog 2014. Foster Heiting and Stuhlman Imagining Paradise pp. 68-69. Gernsheim Incunabula of British Photographic Literature 1839-1875 p.36 no.184. Herbert The English Bible 1940 1217. Y. Nir The Bible and the Image The History of Photography in the Holy Land 1939-1899 esp. chap. 3: "Early Traveling Landscape Photographers". N. Perez Focus East: Early Photography in the Near East 1838-1885 pp.163-165. William Mackenzie unknown books
1957réf. 47198Tokyo Osaka & Moji: The Mainichi Newspapers 1957. Revised. Hardcover. Very good condition. Quarto. 14 1 83 2pp. 116 3 plates. Original umber cloth with gilt and debossed lettering on covers silver on spine; housed in matching umber board slipcase with printed label on cover. Orange endpapers. English and Japanese title pages printed in red and black. Beautifully illustrated with 116 plates of b/w photographs by Tatsuzo Sato and architectural plans with view of the exterior as well as interior including many art objects. "The Katsura Imperial Villa Katsura-no-Rikyu is situated at Shimo Katsura in the southwest suburbs of Kyoto on the banks of the Katsura River and occupies some 13000 tsubo of land about 11 acres. Originally it was Prince Katsura's villa but it finally became an imperial villa in 1883." Hiriguchi. Description of plates from pages eight to fourteen. Text in Japanese and English. Slipcase with light sunning on back and very light wear along edges. Pages seven through nine of English text with heavy creasing in margins but intact. Spine of slipcase missing. The Mainichi Newspapers hardcover books
