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1947réf. 25863Worcester MA: American Antiquarian Society 1947. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. Large clothbound quarto. 757 pp. Volume One only. Covers ALA through N.Y. A few stray scuffs to navy cloth binding. Gilt spine lettering bright and unflaked. A very good copy of this still useful reference work. American Antiquarian Society unknown books
réf. 12703DAVAR Hebrew historic newspaper 1 July 1948 LABOUR DAILY TEL-AVIV with in headline the proclamation of the Ene of British Mandate in Palestine Eretz-Israel the last British soldiers left yesterday - Israel Jewish Navy entr in the Port of Haifa. This complete newspaper includes 4 large pages size: 17" x 23" twice folded. Very good condition minor cuts in the middle fold. unknown books
réf. 16585Poems Prayer Journal Poetry and prayer journal written in many hands with entries dated from 1820-1830. Original red half morocco. Gilt detail on front cover "H. P. Tuckerman." 120 pages writing on first 76 pages. Unpaginated. 9 x 7 1/2 in. 53 handwritten entries from many different individuals. Original drawing mother and child under tissue on first page signed by "S. Tuckerman". Two pencil drawings of forest scenes. Entries include a Hymn written for the British and Foreign School Society. "The stream which once a slender wild Wholl'd scarcely seen its humble way Now gushes freely from the hill And splashes into day. Oh stream of knowledge when thy tides Brings hope and life and yonder To every tree that decks thy sides Forget not then the flowers.A thousand wreaths crown many proud brow A thousand tongues his praise accord; The marble almost living now Now the death dealing sword. His greatness lives the earth and sky and tracks the . flood But womans Happiest destiny Is only - to be good." Includes Biblical inscriptions from Luke 2 and many meditations on religious topics such as one Prayer entry dated to 1827: "The smiling sky is every bright the earth is fair with flowers There comes not night there falls not blight ton childhood's blissful hours;- Then pray-Heaven sees no sight so fair As happy childhood bowed in prayer." Many of the entries deal with themes of mortality and death. "Life is but a scanty ledge-Where the poor traveler walk suspended o'er a fathomless abyss! Oh! let him heed his footing heed his side! Chance play round him momently and each may sweep him to destruction." Another poem comes with an introduction about the untimely death of the author: "Verses on hearing an Eolian harp at midnight by a young gentleman who died of a consumption a few days after writing them. // Ye heavenly sounds! enchanting notes! That swell the whispering breeze; Lay whence your soft complaining airs Your magic power to please. Are ye some fairy tiny voice That by the glow worms light At lonely hours your vigils keep Unmark'd by mortal sight Are ye some nymph of ancient time Like Echo hapless maid In plaintive songs that woo'd your love Till changed into a shade" Other entries focus on the natural world such as a poem entry from 1828 titled "Spring Mountain": "How sweet the landscape-morning twines Her tresses round the brown of day And bright mist on the forest pines Like happy spirits float away So well on the mountain crown Whence the glad stream comes shouting down Through woods and rocks that hang on high Like clouds against the deep blue sky. Oh at this hour when air and earth Are gushing love and joy and light And songs of gladness hail the birth Of all that beautiful and bright It comes so fresh so with so sweet It draws the heart from its retreat To mingle with the glories born On the first holy light of Morn." Another reads: "What's Life the meteor's lurid glare that shoots athwart the sky: We gaze tis gone nor vestige there nor trace can we espy. Tis transient as the morning dew tis fading as the rainbow's hue tis pulsing as the boreal light Just hails the day to sink in night." Some light toning and minimal foxing. Very good condition. unknown books
réf. 16810WWII Daily dairy from an American high school girl in 1942. Handwritten entries about family Scout activities sports and living through WWII. 6 x 3.5 in. Original cloth boards. "Diary 1942" on front cover. Comes with a 1942 postcard addressed to diary's owner requesting she have an eye exam listing her school as Caldwell School and address in Harper IL. Daily entries through mid-May and then entries become more sporadic. She writes about War Savings stamps issued by the US Treasury to help fund WWII. "I got 16 defence sic stamps and got my book almost full. fWe went to see Sergeant York at the tower." The stamps would be collected in a booklet and redeemed for Treasury Certificates or War Bonds. She writes about school activities and playing sports with friends. "After school was Scouts. I brought Lois. I think she is going to be a scout I hope so. I wore my boys shirt and my boyfriend called me a tom-boy. He called me "darling" once." "Today I took out the ball and we played volley ball." ".we made teams and played a good game." ".after school Arvis and I played catch.I played some records and went to bed." They also listened to national coverage of the 1942 Rose Bowl which was played in North Carolina rather than Pasadena due to fears of a Japanese bombing attack. This game was January 1 1942 less than one month after Pearl Harbor. ".Well we are lessening listening to the Rosebowl game and I don't like it. I just had some orange juice." She writes about her father working night shifts possibly in a war industry; and includes many humorous and charming observations about life through the eyes of a teenage girl. "Today after school I went to a puppet show with my mother.After the show we went backstage. They showed us all the marionettes. When we got home dad was just about to go to work." "My uncle sent a letter.telling her he got married. It was a great shock to her. My mother thought it was grand." "Today mother washed my hair.It hadn't been washed in four weeks did it feel good." "Bill played with the morse code we all had a lot of fun." She writes on social activities with boys. "Today we had our first dancing lesson. I was chosen to take the money in my room.We learned a dance and then the boys came and asked us to dance. I danced with Donald." She also writes about her first menstrual cycle: "Today I became a young lady. Mom had to tell everybody about it too." Some very cryptic messages showing the mischievous nature of the author: "Dear Diary Today I started a thing. Its easy to do and you can make all most anything with it. I got pretty far." The next day she continues: "Today I worked on the thing I started yesterday. Now I got 1 foot done." List of accounts and phone numbers handwritten at the back. Very good condition. unknown books
2002réf. TB31694n.p. : Pediment Publishing 2002. First Edition. Fine in pictorial paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine with gilt and white text on the front board. An oblong octavo of 8 by 11 inches. Without a dust jacket. 128 pages each illustrated from images of black and white photographs of the towns listed in the title. Pediment Publishing hardcover books
1911réf. SJ13642London:: Society of Chemical Industry 1911. 1911. Series: Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry no. 18 vol. XXX September 30 1911. 4to. pp. 1099-1146 xii. Figs. Original printed wrappers; creased. Very good. Complete issue of the Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry. FULL TITLE: Journal and Patent Literature I. General Plant; machinery; IIa. -- Fuel; gas; mineral oils and waxes. IIb: -- Destructive Distillation; Heating; Lighting. III. -- Tar and Tar Products. IV. -- Colouring Matters and Dyes. V. -- Fibres; Textiles; Cellulose; Paper. VI. -- Bleaching; Dyeing; Printing; Finishing. VII. -- Acids; Alkalis; Salts; Non-metallic Elements. VIII. -- Glass; Ceramics. IX. -- Building Materials. X. -- Metals; Metallurgy including electro-metallurgy. XI. -- Electro-Chemistry. XII. -- Fats; Oils; Waxes. XIII. -- Paints; Pigments; Varnishes; Resins. XIV. -- India-Rubber; Gutta-Percha. XV. -- Leather; Bone; Horn; Glue. XVI. -- Soils; Fertilisers. XVII. -- Sugars; Starches; Gums. XVIII. -- Fermentation Industries. XIXa. -- Foods. XIXb. -- Water Purification; Sanitation. XX. -- Organic Products; medicinal Substances; Essentials Oils. XXI. -- Photographic Materials and Processes. XXII. -- Explosives; Matches. XXIII. -- Analytical Processes. XXIV. -- Miscellaneous Abstracts. Society of Chemical Industry, 1911. hardcover books
1804réf. 247484Hudson N.Y. 1804. 8 pp. printed in three columns. 4to. Old fold lines. Minor soiling and toning. Very good. In a tan half morocco and cloth folder spine gilt. 8 pp. printed in three columns. 4to. A single issue of this Upstate New York weekly newspaper which began publication in 1801. This issue contains the text of President Jefferson's Message to Congress of Nov. 8th. In his speech Jefferson discusses relations with foreign powers including the Delaware and other Indian tribes the Louisiana Purchase; the United States Navy; and the federal budget. Critical of Jefferson Croswell would later be tried for libel and defended before the Supreme Court by Alexander Hamilton. The publication of this weekly newspaper would continue through 1807. unknown books
réf. 38349WOMAN'S JOURNAL THE PEOPLE'S HOME JOURNAL. JANUARY 1893 Volume VIII No. 1. New York: F.M. Lupton 1893. Folio. Printed wrappers. 20 pages. Begun in 1885 this journal was published until 1929. It features literary contributions by women. This issue includes a mystery "Circumstantial Evidence" by Mrs. M.V. Victor; and "Rosamond: a Tale of Riverside" by Mrs. Mary J. Holmes among several published stories. With numerous advertisement throughout the issue which feature products and services of interest to women and household maintenance. Upper right tip worn else very good. unknown books
1888réf. 224763Vicksburg Miss 1888. FACSIMILE. 1p. printed on verso of floral wallpaper. Folio. Stamped copyright applied for Jan. 1888 on lower margin. Some splitting at old folds. FACSIMILE. 1p. printed on verso of floral wallpaper. Folio. Wall-Paper Newspaper Facsimile. A facsimile of a Confederate wall-paper newspaper printed on the verso of a sheet of wallpaper due to the scarcity of paper. "Compelled to print on one side of the paper only and frequently shorn of advertisements the editor gave to his readers only the military information the local news and occasional quotations from other journals" Brigham. This issue is famous for the note added July 4th at the bottom of the page by just victorious Union soldiers: "Two days bring about great changes. The banner of the Union floats over Vicksburg . this is the last wall paper edition and is excepting this note from the type as we found them. It will be valuable hereafter as a curiousity". Clarence Brigham "Wall-Paper Newspapers of the Civil War unknown books
1933réf. M11155Bristol et al.:: John Wright and Sons et al. 1933. 1933. 8vo. ii 183 ad 1 pp. Red cloth gilt-stamped cover and spine titles; spine a bit sunned. Near fine. John Wright and Sons, et al., 1933. hardcover books
réf. 25581EXPOSITION--LONDON--1851 THE ART JOURNAL. ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE. THE INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS 1851. London: The Art Journal 1851. Folio. Publisher's calf spine and tips. xxvi 328 xvi viii xxii viii viii pages. First edition. Exhibition catalogue with hundreds of engravings and articles on science by Robert Hunt textiles by Lewis D.B. Gordon the exhibition itself by Ralph Wornum plants and agriculture by Edward Forbes and color by Mrs. Merrifield Very good. unknown books
réf. 25582EXPOSITION - LONDON - 1851 THE ART JOURNAL. ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE. THE INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS 1851. London: The Art Journal 1851. Folio. Publisher's gilt calf spine and tips. xxvi 328 xvi viii xxii viii viii pages. First edition. Exhibition catalogue with hundreds of engravings and articles on science by Robert Hunt textiles by Lewis D.B. Gordon the exhibition itself by Ralph Wornum plants and agriculture by Edward Forbes and color by Mrs. Merrifield Very good. unknown books
réf. 33859THE JOURNAL OF FABRICS AND TEXTILE INDUSTRIES. Volume XIII Number 82. Bradford England: 1888. 4to. Wrappers. 40 pages. First edition. A trade publication featuring three full-page fabric designs and four samples woolen products. Bright but lightly chipped. unknown books
réf. 33858THE JOURNAL OF FABRICS AND TEXTILE INDUSTRIES. Volume XIII Number 80. Bradford England: 1888. 4to. Wrappers. 28 pages. First edition. A trade magazine with four woolen samples and three full-page textile designs along with advertisements and articles on the industry. A bright if lightly chipped copy. unknown books
réf. 12912THE CHINA JOURNAL OF SCIENCE & ARTS. 1926. Shanghai: North-China Daily News & Herald 1926. 8vo. Cloth. Frontispiece ii 314 14 pages plates. First edition. With articles on Chinese industry agriculture and cultural arts with many photographs on plates. Occasional foxing on some leaves else very good. unknown books
réf. 25583EXPOSITION--LONDON--1851 THE ART JOURNAL. ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE. THE INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS 1851. London: The Art Journal 1851. Folio. Rebacked calf spine and tips with marb boards. xxvi 328 xvi viii xxii viii viii pages. First edition. Containing hundreds of engravings and articles on science by Robert Hunt textiles by Lewis D.B. Gordon the exhibition itself by Ralph Wornum plants agriculture by Edward Forbes and color by Mrs. Merrifield. Rebacked else ve good. unknown books
1790réf. 22837Paris: à l'Imprimerie des Sciences et arts 1790. First edition. 1-3 blank. 1 vols. 12mo. Disbound some light marginal browning tiny worm holes in lower marginalelse a very good copy with the 3 centimes Republique Française stamp in the lower margin. First edition. 1-3 blank. 1 vols. 12mo. Prospectus. The prospectus for this literary sciences and arts periodical. The periodical was to appear on the 5 and 10 of each Décade consist of 24 8vo pages beautifully produced. à l'Imprimerie des Sciences et arts unknown books
1789réf. 5260London: Numb. 13119 1789. Very Good/Prints worldwide congratulations to the King upon his recovery from an illness including messages from Dominica the Bahamas and other colonies. 220 x 285 mm; 4 pages numbered 525-528. Numb. 13119 unknown books
1789réf. 5258London: Numb. 13076 1789. Very Good/Prints an Act of Parliament regulating trade between His Majesty's Colonies in the West Indies Canada and elsewhere and plantations in the United States. 220 x 285 mm; 8 pages numbered 121-128. Paper a bit toned with some bleed-through. Numb. 13076 unknown books
1779réf. 5259London: Numb. 11994 1779. Very Good/Prints a proclamation ordering all horses oxen and cattle not employed in domestic defense forces "to be driven and removed to some place of security" in the face of a threatened invasion from the French . 220 x 285 mm; 4 pages unnumbered. Numb. 11994 unknown books
1769réf. 5207London: Vol. XXV #1906 1769. Very Good/Contains notices of trade ships to and from North America the death of Pope Clement XIII parliamentary debates on marriage and divorce regulations entertaining advertisements farming advice auction notices and so forth. 220 x 285 mm; 8 pages numbered 209-216. Outer leaves split along fold. Paper a bit toned. Vol. XXV, #1906, unknown books
1758réf. 5208London: Vol. III #200 1758. Fine/Reportage on events in the French and Indian War also known as the Seven Years' War. The article on "News from America" tells of a successful expedition against the French the Indians returning with a dozen scalps and three prisoners. There is also a description of how the Indian allies crept up on Fort Loudon and scalped French soldiers. Also tells of the meeting of an Indian leader with the governor of Charleston. 210 x 280 mm; 8 pages numbered 339-344. Paper a bit toned. Vol. III, #200, unknown books
1758réf. 5210London: Vol. III #160 1758. Very Good/The news starts with an article entitled "the present state of the Colonies in North-America brought by the last Mail." The report highlights the savagery of the Seven Years' War. 210 x 280 mm; 8 pages numbered 17-24. Paper a bit toned. Corners bumped. Outer leaves splitting along fold. Vol. III, #160 unknown books
2009réf. CNJL1180Monmouthshire: The Old Stile Press 2009. Limited Edition. No binding. Fine. Lemaire Angela. No. 3 of 25 copies for sale folio size 52 pp. The story begins: "I was present during the Great Plague of 1665 It took away my life" he said. Per the artist this work originally produced by her in 1967 is "about a man who is killed by the plague in London in 1665; I have brought him to life again so that he can tell his story." The story unfolds as a series of nine eerily wonderful etchings by Angela Lemaire which were inspired by the sufferings of the plague victims. Each enclosed in a separate leaf and introduced with a quotation from scripture also dealing with suffering with each plate numbered and signed by her. Ms. Lemaire's Afterword tells the story of her inspiration for the work and the essay by Anthony Dyson discusses the making and proofing of the plates which is a story worthy on its own merits. ___DESCRIPTION: Unbound folio sheets each with letterpress printing on the first and last pages inserted between the plates the images from zinc plates with each plate signed and numbered by the artist in pencil. The eight intaglio plates images 2 through 9 are each tissue-guarded; Image 1 and the original Title page are both woodcuts. Folio size the signatures being just under 15" tall the work is unpaginated containing 52 pages excluding cuts and images; type Baskerville paper Somerset soft white satin; limited edition of 25 copies for sale plus 3 NFS this no. 3 signed by the artist on the colophon page. The unsewn sections are held loosely in a folded portfolio of smokey blue Roma paper handmade by Fabriano in Italy which is then laid into a clamshell box covered with blue cloth paper label on the front with olive green lettering lined with aubergine velvet. ___CONDITION: Signatures are fine; clean straight with no folds or edgewear. All tissue guards over the zinc etchings present. The portfolio is fine as is the clamshell box. ___POSTAGE: International customers please note that due to the size of this work additional postage may apply please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions we are here to help. The Old Stile Press unknown books
1982réf. 20584Cincinnati: Obzene 1982. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Folded tabloid newspaper format. The April 1982 issue possibly the third issue. Edited by Ann Onymous and Lu Linden. 16 pp. Includes a cartoon panel by Tuli Kupferberg and J. Crawford. Articles photos and more on the Ohio music scene punk and otherwise of the early 1980's. Very good condition. Folded once for mailing. Obzene paperback books
