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PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM OF TRAVEL TO CALIFORNIA COLORADO ARIZONA IDAHO WYOMING & ILLINOIS

1519ref. 45859N.P.: 1915-1948. 1915-1948. 5 1/4" x 8 3/4" x 2" in limp faux black calf post-binder with title PHOTOGRAPHS stamped in gilt on front cover sewn at gutter margin with black silk braid. 100 pp on thick black paper. 178 silver gelatin and silver print photographs sized 1 1/2" x 2" up to 4 1/2" x 6 1/2" all with identifying text below in white ink. A well-documented photo album recording the automobile travels of a young German-American woman and her beaus through the West and Midwest from before World War I through the Roaring 20s the Great Depression and post-World War II. The album carefully documents the friends family and places visited as well as the vehicles. The earliest automobile trip involves a 1923 Ford Model T 2-door given to our chronicler by Mac McGuire who also generously presents a trotting racehorse with several photos showing the car scenes in and around Illinois Illinois horse tracks as well as Mac himself. The 1925 Buick 2-door coupe experiences a much wider group of excursions including stops and views through Telluride Colorado with views of the town street scenes the mines as well as the “Gang” at the Hotel Telluride including the Chinese-American Cook. The album also shows views of the Painted Desert the compiler in front of the plane in Rock Springs Wyoming where she takes her first plane ride as well as sitting in the car in front of the US Airmail Service Hangar. In addition there are views of the auto trek to Yellowstone the dams along the way feeding the bears and even the Buick driving through the heavy brush. She apparently owns a 1927 Auburn 8-95 Coupe afterwards and visits include Petaluma California Santa Barbara and Pocatello Idaho with a view of the car and a Native American. The compiler consistently refers to herself as me my and mine and makes references to visiting relatives in 1948 after the War in Germany as well as a Sonnichsen relative released from Russian POW camp in 1948 but no indication of her name. Minor rubbing and edgewear along with minor wear to some of the leaves. A very good exemplar with all the photos retaining bright strong contrast. [1915-1948]. unknown

BUCKINGHAM BOOKS · Estados Unidos1500,00 US$≈ 1342,64 €

Anonymous [Philipp Joseph Schalbacher]; [Francois Jean Philibert Aubert de Vitry] [trans]Biblio.com

Journal de Christine

1825ref. 30459Paris: Bossange Frères 1825. Very Good -. Paris: Bossange Frères n.d. ca. 1825. Presumed First French Edition. Oblong octavo 14.5 x 23 cm; publisher’s pictorial lilac paper-covered boards adorned with vignettes of two young girls one skipping rope the other playing badminton; iii4-134pp.; six leaves of hand-colored aquatint plates. Ex-library with the early 20th-century gift bookplate to front free endpaper “From the books in the Children’s Room / A memorial to Nathaniel Thayer 1898–1927” with Nathaniel Thayer’s personal bookplate on facing front pastedown marred by deaccessioned rubber-stamps otherwise free of library markings. Margins quite scuffed and rubbed with rather extensive chipping and exposure of boards beneath front joint starting to crack but holding else a Good to Very Good copy in this striking publisher’s binding contents fresh and sound. Attributed to the German author Philipp Joseph Schalbacher Journal de Christine adopts the form of a pedagogical study made by the father of two young children a boy of five and a girl of four whom he observes without too much interference "knowing full well that in order to bring oneself to their level of childlike personhood one must avoid wielding over their inclinations any tyrannical constraint" from the Preface our translation. The publisher's binding beautifully encapsulates this spirit the upper cover repeating an image adorning the title page depicting two young girls jumping rope and playing badminton—education which permits pleasure and sport while also encouraging good behavior and piety. Exceedingly uncommon institutionally with three copies of this edition only as of August 2024 all separately catalogued—at Texas A&M the Morgan and the BNF. Princeton adds a copy of the 1837 reprint edition. While this work arises periodically on the market we find no copies in this lovely variant of the publisher's binding. Bossange Frères unknown

Capitol Hill Books, ABAA · Estados Unidos1500,00 US$≈ 1342,64 €

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Authentic Memoirs Memorandums and Confessions

1790ref. 69478London: J. Parsons 1790. Full Description: ANONYMOUS. Authentic Memoirs Memorandums and Confessions. Taken from the Journal of His Predatorial Majesty the King of the Swindlers. London: J. Parsons n.d.c.a. 1790. First edition. Octavo 8 x 5 inches; 204 x 125 mm. viii 184 195-300 1 errata 1 blank pp. With skips in pagination but collates complete. Although the final leaf reads "End of the First Part" no second part is known. This Journal covers the years 1780-1784. Contemporary half calf over marbled paper boards. Spine stamped in gilt. Brown leather spine label lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Some minor rubbing to boards along edges and joints. Title-page repaired along inner gutter margin. Some light toning throughout. Previous owner's old ink signature on title-page. Overall very good. This journal by the anonymous "King of the Swindlers gives a detailed account on the various scams and swindles in which the subject was implicated. Most of names in the text being lightly disguised. According the the introduction by the publisher "This singular miscellany fell into the Editor's hands through the carelessness of its owner who left it on the seat of a hackney coach. He was instantly succeeded by a lady who took possession of his journal and after satisfying her own curiosity gave it to the Editor; earnestly recommending the exposure of its contents for the information and benefit of the community. Tue mere possession under these circumstances did not in the Editor's opinion authorize his publishing or justify his retaining it: he therefore advertised the manuscript -offering to resign it to the bearer of any memorandum or confession agreeing in substance and character with the original ; and declaring his determination if not claimed in a given time to prepare it for the press and to publish it as soon as possible. Having thus satisfied every punctilious consideration and no claim being made; he hath fulfiled his promise and discharged his duty to the public by promulging its contents." HBS 69478. $1500. J. Parsons unknown books