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1996ref. 14723Lanham Maryland U.S.A.: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc. New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless -- with a bonus offer--; 014723; PLATO PHILOSOPHY ANCIENT POLITICAL SCIENCE . 1996. 0847681122 . Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc paperback
2006ref. CBS-9780761403517Misclenious Publishers 2006. New. Misclenious Publishers unknown
ref. 51-6800München & Leipzig: R. Piper & Co. Verlag 1906. 11 color lithographs on Japan style paper. 60 x 46cm. sheet size. Title page and one page of text by W. Fred. Housed in original qtr. vellum and marbled board portfolio. Rare.OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:162329155. MoMA: .R. Piper & Co. Munich.Major book publishing house founded by Reinhard Piper and Georg Müller in 1904. Was primarily a publisher of contemporary literature and poetry including Fyodor Dostoyevsky's complete works and many titles by Expressionist writers; also published many volumes on art by leading critics and historians including Wilhelm Hausenstein Julius Meier-Graefe and Wilhelm Worringer. Early on Piper established friendships with many prominent artists and writers of the day including lifelong ties to Ernst Barlach Max Beckmann Vasily Kandinsky Alfred Kubin and Franz Marc. Published the major books of the Blaue Reiter group including Kandinsky's Concerning the Spiritual in Art published 1911; dated 1912 Marc and Kandinsky's Der Blaue Reiter 1912 and Kandinsky's Sounds 1913 all of which featured original woodcuts by the artists. In 1917 in association with Meier-Graefe founded the bibliophile society and special imprint Marées-Gesellschaft. As a print publisher concentrated especially on Beckmann publishing about eighty of his prints between 1912 and 1927 some of them within illustrated books and some through Marées-Gesellschaft. In 1923 also began issuing large-format reproductions of famous paintings and pastels. Persisted despite censorship and repression during the Nazi era. Still exists today as a book publisher. München & Leipzig: R. Piper & Co. Verlag, [1906] hardcover
1888ref. 3393San Francisco: Published by Bell & Heymans 1888. First Edition. Very good. Folio 350 x 258 mm. 86 ix 1 pp. including fascinating advertisements. Original wrappers chipped and foxed. Wrappers with two-color lithographs 44 b/w lithographs illustrating the text some extending over 2 pages all by Britton & Rey San Francisco. MAP 53 x 71 cm with some short tears at fold intersections. Recto: "Map of Sonoma County Cal'a sic. Showing Boundary Lines of County and Townships Railroads and Public Roads Cities Towns &c. &c." Published by Bell and Heymans 434 California St. San Francisco Copyrighted May 1888. Lithographer: Cal Label & MacCabe Lith Co. San Francisco. Verso: "Map of Verano Sonoma Valley California." Lithographer: H.S. Crocker & Co. San Francisco. Beautifully illustrated promotional materials for the nascent planned community of Verano Sonomy Valley created by the firm of Britton & Rey in their prime. The folio volume and the accompanying map sheet with color illustrations are rare: this is the only complete copy that has been recorded at auction. Although more commercial than the Thompson & West local histories the present work has the same type of wonderful documentation with the added cache of ads that enhance the historical value. Following a history of Sonoma County and Russian River Valley are essays on industries agriculture orchards viticulture stock raising lumber minerals natural wonders business opportunities social life etc. These promotional materials were apparently aimed at investors from the East Coast and perhaps beyond; at some point our map was inscribed in French: "Californie" sic. The remarkable lithographs by Britton & Rey depict scenes views panoramas portraits architecture vineyards orchards etc. some after photographs. Included with our copy is the rare folding lithograph sheet with map of Sonoma County on one side and colored illustrations and map of Verano on other side Hooker Falls orange and olive grove General Vallejo's home Sonoma Creek Verano Park. At that time Verano now known as El Verano was a planned community. The present promotional items were no doubt occasioned when a new train depot was built nearby. The Bancroft copy as recorded by OskiCat does not contain the map but there is a related map greatly reduced defective and apparently printed on one side only by H.S. Crocker with the same title likewise surveyed by P.R. Davis which measures 26 x 46 cm or about half the size as ours. Auction comparables: Dorothy Sloan Auction 20 2007 lot 6 this copy purchased after the sale for $1410. An ugly copy of the map backed with tissue thus obscuring the entire "Map of Sonoma County Cala" on the verso sold at PBA on June 7 2012 for $600. Rocq 14850. Published by Bell & Heymans unknown books
1794ref. 6467London: Laurie & Whittle 1794. Engraving with mezzotint and roulette-work a set of four titled 'Spring' 'Summer' 'Autumn' and 'Winter'. A beautiful series depicting a pair of lovers progressing through the seasons in a country landscape Spring and the gentleman presents his love with garlands of flowers a flower-seller kneels in front of them and holds up a swag of flowers she has just picked up from her overflowing basket. Summer and the harvest is in full swing the gentleman holds his love's hand and points to the young children gathering sheaths of corn in the mid-ground. The lady is seated on harvested corn in front of a stand of trees. In the trees an elder lady keeps an eye on the pair of lovers. Autumn and the pair are seated at the edge of some trees the lady offers her love a pineapple whilst her apron overflows with the fruits of the autumn. In the mid-ground two gentlemen and their dogs are out shooting. Winter and the happy pair well-wrapped against the cold take a stroll and watch the skaters in the mid-ground. Each title panel includes an appropriate 6 to 8 line quote from James Thomson's The Seasons. Laurie & Whittle unknown
ref. 47618Various publishers & dates. Extensive photographic archive documenting events on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico Border during the Mexican Revolution focused primarily on the Border Wars in Texas and the Veracruz Incident of 1914 comprised entirely of contemporary images all but a few of which are original vintage prints. The collection includes: • Sixty-one commercially-produced real-photo postcards ca. 14cm x 9cm or the reverse; • Six commercially-printed postcards using non-photographic processes same dimensions; • Three carte-de-visite portraits ca 9cm x 6cm mounted to cards; • Eight small-format photographs ranging from 14cm x 8cm to 11cm x 16cm of which three appear to be commercial images; • Three 8x10 20cm x 25cm photographic prints printed at some later date from original plates but apparently not contemporary; • One vintage 4x6 10cm x 16cm photograph mounted on board. All but a dozen or so images are captioned in the negative and most are additionally captioned in pencil in a later hand on verso. Approximately half the images include no photo credit; of those that do we have identified the following photographers: W.H. Horne D.W. Hoffman Walter P. Hadsell Van Zile & Chalk and L.O. She. Condition is generally Very Good. Two of the photo postcards are damaged with abrasions to significant portions of image area; the remainder show various degrees of edge wear aging and creasing but by and large image quality remains excellent. None of the postcards are postally used though a few include brief contemporary notes on verso. The refusal of Mexican President Porfirio Dîaz to cede power to his rival Francisco Madero in the elections of 1910 resulted in a violent large-scale revolt by campesinos and leftists setting off the thirty-year long Mexican Revolution. American involvement in the conflict began in 1911 when President William H. Taft under the guise of heightening border security moved to back Díaz against the rebels. The resulting mobilization - Taft sent more than 20000 American troops nearly a quarter of all American forces to the Mexican border with especially heavy concentrations in Texas and New Mexico - was to that date the largest mobilization of American military forces in peacetime. At the same time many Americans whose sympathies were not aligned with the Díaz dictatorship including anarchists wobblies Native Americans and more than a few soldiers of fortune went south to fight on the side of the rebels. The resulting border conflict which took place over nearly a decade occasionally pitting American insurrectos against American Federal troops resulted in thousands of Mexican and hundreds of American deaths. The Border Wars reached their climax around the period 1912-1914 which happened to coincide with a near-hysterical vogue for postcards among the American public. The result is that the Mexican Revolution is perhaps the first major armed conflict to have been extensively photo-documented in real time and certainly the first to have had a significant mass audience for that documentation. At least three hundred commercial photographers have been identified in association with the Mexican Revolution and they produced tens of thousands of images ranging from the relatively innocuous e.g. peaceful street and harbor scenes in Veracruz to the horrific lynchings and sidewalk cremations. This entire range of content is represented in the current collection along with portraits of most of the key players on the Mexican side including El Presidente Porfirio Díaz; his primary rival and successor Francisco Madero; Madero's successor by coup Victoriano Huerta; and various military figures including General Juan Navarro Felipe Angeles Ramírez and numerous others. Many of these semi-professional images though produced with commercial intent "professional" remains a guarded term in the context of what was essentially battlefield exploitation photography are valuable for their almost off-hand depictions of violent day-to-day life on the contested border including the casual destruction and acceptance of death from both sides that seemed to define this conflict. Of particular note are numerous of photographs of African-American troops the so-called "Buffalo Soldiers" as well as at least one image depicting Native American soldiers in uniform. Locales represented include Camp Grossmont in California; El Paso and Laredo in Texas and their cross-border sister cities Juarez and Nuevo Laredo; Veracruz site of the American incursion of 1914 known as the "Veracruz Incident"; and various unidentified encampments and battle sites in both Texas and Mexico. A wide-ranging and compelling photographic collection documenting not only a key period in U.S. military diplomacy - one which for better or worse set the tone for American-Mexican relations for the succeeding century - but also a tangible manifestation of the first widespread public incarnation in America of the picture-postcard as a vehicle for both propaganda and photojournalism. unknown
2010ref. 1-141854406XThomas Nelson Inc 2010. Imitation Leather. New. lea edition. 1696 pages. 10.25x7.50x2.00 inches. Thomas Nelson Inc hardcover
1991ref. ZB394761AB Academic Publishers 1991-1995. volumes 7-8. 1991-1995. partly bound library markings textually clean & tight PRICE IS FOR THE LOT. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. AB Academic Publishers unknown
1794ref. 25786London: publish'd by Laurie & Whittle 1794. Engraved map on four joined sheets hand coloured in outline. Bowen and Gibson's large scale wall map of North America: a Laurie and Whittle issue published following the Treaty of Paris that ended the American Revolution. Bowen and Gibson's map was first issued in about 1755 under the title An Accurate Map of North America. It served as a generally accurate template for showing the enormous political changes that took place in the next forty years. Sometimes known as the Pownall Map of North America because of the significant contribution the former governor of Massachusetts Thomas Pownall made to the geographical knowledge of the northeast this large wall map has great presence and teems with information including numerous Native American placenames in the western areasnative tribal regions notes and routes of early roads and the forts along the Mississippi and to the west of the Appalachians. The two inset maps are of Baffin and Hudson's Bays and the mouth of the Colorado River the latter map based on the explorations of Eusebio Kino. The present map is the fourth version of the title and is an issue which incorporates the changes brought about by the 1783 Treaty of Paris. A notation on the map reads: "The Divisions in this map are coloured according to the preliminaries signed at Versailles sic. January 20th. 1783. The Red indicates the British posessions; the Green those of the United States; the Blue what belongs to the French and the Yellow what belongs to the Spaniards." Also included is Article III from the Treaty that guaranteed fishing rights to the United States in the Grand Banks and other places around New Brunswick and Newfoundland. Previous issues dating to the Revolution had included some of the articles of the 1763 Treaty these have been entirely removed and the cartouche has been reworked among other changes. The present issue has no imprint in the bottom right corner is printed on laid paper and includes the western coast of Newfoundland coloured in red. Degrees of Latitude 36; Stevens & Tree "Comparative Cartography" 49k in Tooley The Mapping of America. publish'd by Laurie & Whittle unknown books
1802ref. 5174London: Harding 1802. Aquatint coloured by hand on laid paper watermark '1802' Publication line at foot of plate shaved with slight loss some expertly repaired tears to margins. An anonymous work of quality. Unusually the present work does not include either the artist responsible for the original or the engraver who worked on the plate. The publication line is very faint: sometimes an indication of a later issue but the early watermark does not support this. None of the standard reference works include either this print or mention of the horse Sacripant. This suggests that this image is rare and the absence of names allied with the early watermark may indicate some sort of proof issue. Harding unknown books
1880ref. elala317Toronto: J.H. Meacham & Co. Printed by F.Bourquin Philadelphia 1880. 1880. folio. pp. 1 p.l. 13 1 15-162 ff. 12. lacking last leaf part of Patrons Directory & pp. 24-25 with right hand side of P.E.I. map on recto verso blank. original cloth calf corners very worn spine wanting covers detached marginal tears to outer leaves & map of Canada which has been trimmed cutting into last letters of lines of text on p. 14 & with loss of page number some soiling & marginal stains. First Edition. A scarce atlas: Amicus cites only four copies. May p. 3. Phillips 10426. 1st Edition. Hardcover. [Toronto]: J.H. Meacham & Co., Printed by F.Bourquin, Philadelphia, 1880. Hardcover
1890ref. 5166London: J. Braill & Son 1890. Aquatint printed in colours and finished by hand. A fine copy of this excellent late example of the racing aquatint. The heyday of the racing aquatint in Britain was probably about 1830 but the present example shows that the art had not died out even sixty years later. The print is unfortunately unsigned but aside from the process used the style of painting is charming and recalls the work of John Frederick Herring and his contemporaries. J. Braill & Son unknown books
ref. 5153Engraved title-page & 24 engraved plates several plates slightly dampstained. Large 4to orig. blue wrappers frayed & scribbled upon by an early owner stitched as issued uncut. London: I. & J. Taylor 1792. First edition and very rare; ESTC locates only two copies: at the Bodleian and Avery Architecture Library. This is very attractive work of designs for storefronts and specialized doors issued by the leading publishers of architectural works of Britain the Taylor's Architectural Library. The Taylors father and son were shrewd businessmen and gave priority to the practical manuals required to support the building boom of the late eighteenth century. Bound-in at end is a two leaf folio catalogue of the Taylor's publications this seems to be ESTC T80563 dated after 1795. Good copy of a very rare book preserved in a box. ❧ ODNB. unknown books
1973ref. ANAIS-0028949803Macmillan USA 1973-09-01. Vols 5& 6. hardcover. Good. 5.1x20.3x26.7. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Macmillan USA hardcover
ref. G0153542365902HARCOURT SCHOOL PUBLISHERS. 9780153542367 9780153542367 Harcourt Social Studies: Student Edition World History 2007 HARDCOVER. HAS BEEN REBOUND IN FULL COLOR COVER. PLEASE NOTE THAT CD-ROM components access cards/codes digital license and other supplemental materials are NOT guaranteed to be included for used items. If their inclusion is essential please inquire before purchasing to determine whether they are included. Light to moderate wear to cover/edges/corners. School markings and writing on/inside covers. Minimal markings/highlighting on/inside book none of which detracts from content. Binding and cover solidly connected. . Used Very Good. HARCOURT SCHOOL PUBLISHERS hardcover
1990ref. ZB393922Elsevier Science Publishers Biomedical Division 1990. volumes 5; 8-9; 17-24; 27-31; 38-47. 1990-2001. partly bound library markings textually clean & tight price is for the lot. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Elsevier Science Publishers, Biomedical Division, unknown
1861ref. 19902New York: Currier & Ives 1861. Hand-coloured lithograph by Charles Parsons signature in image. Expert marginal repairs. Sheet size: 22 1/2 x 32 inches. Image size: 17 1/2 x 27 1/4 inches. A magnificent Currier & Ives portrait of one of the premier yachts in the New York Yacht Club: the yacht that beat the "America" in her speed trials. The Stevens brothers listed in the title were members of a prominent American family their father had served in the American Revolution. John Cox Stevens was one of the founding members of the New York Yacht Club the first Commodore and one of five sponsors of the "America" the yacht that went to England in 1851 and won the race thereafter known as the America's Cup Race. His brother Robert L. Stevens designed the "Maria" which beat the "America" during the series of speed trial races to Sandy Hook prior to the latter's epoch-making trip to England. The "Maria" was one of the most beautiful yachts in an era of exceptionally beautiful boats: an icon amongst American yachts. It was estimated that the Stevens spent a total of $100000 on experiments and alterations involving Maria in the 22 years that she was in the family. A 1914 article in the New York Times described her as "a scientific racing machine the first of her kind" cf. NYT 17 May 1914. Conningham 6805; Gale 7360. Currier & Ives unknown books
1896ref. LV1550Los Angeles:: Elstner-Morehouse 1896. 1896. Large oblong 4to. Not paginated. 36 full page illustrations of Los Angeles with related adverts on the opposite pages 15 full page photos of individual Los Angeles Buildings. Original full gilt stamped brown cloth; inner hinges neatly repaired. Early inscription to Arthur Ellis 1927. Early Ownership signature of Sam Behrendt Los Angeles 1925. Fine. EXTREMELY SCARCE. BEAUTIFUL COPY OF THIS VERY RARE LOS ANGELES SKETCHBOOK. With 36 full-page plates depicting early Los Angeles buildings. This unequaled record of the central Los Angeles business district was created according to the preface in order ". . .to show the active business portions together with a few of the more pretentious of the office buildings and manufactories". Arthur Ellis was a founding member of the Zamorano Club. Provenance: Sam Behrendt the son of Los Angeles pioneer Caspare Behrendt d.1913 the discovery of gold brought him to California "acquired his education in the Spring Street and Eighth Street Grammar Schools at Los Angeles and after he was fifteen years old spent one year in a business college. For to years he clerked in a grocery and cigar business and remained there until 1900. Selling out and returning to Los Angeles he became connected with the San Gabriel Electric Company later merged with the Pacific Light and Power Company. He was employed as a collector and later solicited new contracts for three years. On leaving that corporation Mr. Behrendt entered the insurance business for himself and in 1907 took in Mr. I. O. Levy as a partner under the name Behrendt-Levy Company and they incorporated the business in 1908. This is a general insurance agency and the establishment now employs twenty-one people. Mr. Behrendt is also a director of the Union Bank and Trust Company and a director of the Shiff Lang & Company." He is a member of Hollenbeck Lodge no. 119 a Scottish Rite Mason and Shriner Elk Corona Parlor of the Native Sons of the Golden West B’nai Birth Los Angeles Athletic Club San Gabriel Country Club City Club Chamber of Commerce Merchants and Manufacturers Association and the Friars Club of New York. At Oakland Ca. he married Sadie Mosbacher. Together they had a son George b.1904. Behrendt was also known to be a friend of film star Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle holding a dinner in his honor at the Alexandria Hotel February 12 1917. – McGroarty. John Steven McGroarty Los Angeles from the mountains to the sea: with selected biography vol. II p. 422; James Miller Guinn A history of California and an extended history of Los Angeles and . . . 1915 page 124; Harris Newmark Sixty Years in Southern California. Elstner-Morehouse, 1896. hardcover books
1794ref. 6467London: Laurie & Whittle 1794. Engraving with mezzotint and roulette-work a set of four titled 'Spring' 'Summer' 'Autumn' and 'Winter'. A beautiful series depicting a pair of lovers progressing through the seasons in a country landscape Spring and the gentleman presents his love with garlands of flowers a flower-seller kneels in front of them and holds up a swag of flowers she has just picked up from her overflowing basket. Summer and the harvest is in full swing the gentleman holds his love's hand and points to the young children gathering sheaths of corn in the mid-ground. The lady is seated on harvested corn in front of a stand of trees. In the trees an elder lady keeps an eye on the pair of lovers. Autumn and the pair are seated at the edge of some trees the lady offers her love a pineapple whilst her apron overflows with the fruits of the autumn. In the mid-ground two gentlemen and their dogs are out shooting. Winter and the happy pair well-wrapped against the cold take a stroll and watch the skaters in the mid-ground. Each title panel includes an appropriate 6 to 8 line quote from James Thomson's The Seasons. Laurie & Whittle unknown books
1974ref. ZB394758Panel Publishers 1974-1989. volumes 1; 6-8; 10-15. 1974-1989. partly bound library markings textually clean & tight PRICE IS FOR THE LOT. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Panel Publishers unknown
2002ref. ANAIS-0153364785Houghton Mifflin School 2002-04-01. Student. paperback. Good. 21.6x1.3x28.6. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Houghton Mifflin School paperback
1882ref. 3554New York: Currier & Ives 1882. Lithograph printed in colours. An excellent Currier & Ives image of a racing yacht at full stretch. A valuable pictorial record of this New York Yacht Club vessel owned jointly by H.W. Johnson and William Krebs from a painting by the prolific and highly talented Charles R. Parsons. Conningham 1281; Gale 1404. Currier & Ives unknown books
1867ref. 3551New York: Currier & Ives 1867. Lithograph coloured by hand. Currier & Ives view of the start of the first Trans-Atlantic yacht race. This image recalls the start of modern ocean racing: in 1866 under New York Yacht Club rules three schooners of between 32 and 32.6 metres raced from Sandy Hook N.J. to Cowes Isle of Wight. The Henrietta owned by American newspaper publisher James Gordon Bennett won arriving at 5:45 pm on Christmas day in a time of 13 days and 22 hours. The Fleetwing arrived 8 hours later followed by the Vesta 1 1/2 hours after her. Conningham 2634; Gale 2854. Currier & Ives unknown books
1857ref. 6284New York: Currier & Ives 1857. Lithograph coloured by hand by Charles Parsons. A dramatic scene after Arthur Tait full of movement: a pair of retrievers quest for their master's quarry one successful holds aloft a bird the second has spotted the second injured bird. In the background their master urges them on. Tait spent the first three decades of his life in England and arrived in New York in 1850. A follower of Edwin Landseer and the style of the Pre-Raphaelites he established himself as a realistic painter of animals and sporting scenes. He kept a summer studio at a camp in the Adirondack Mountains where he painted sporting scenes. He and Nathaniel Currier sometimes hunted together. 'These wilderness scenes often composed around an anecdote appealed to a wide popular audience and from 1852 Currier & Ives as well as Louis Prang published a number of lithographs and chromolithographs of his work.' Grove / Artnet Conningham 151; Gale 164. Currier & Ives unknown
1848ref. 69954New York:: Ensigns sic and Thayer 1848. A few small and unobtrusive losses in the area of the portraits with old reinforcements on verso; some shallow marginal chipping. Generally bright and very attractive. . 29 x 21 inches. Printed ornamental borders; portraits of George Washington and Generals Taylor and Scott at top with patriotic views at the lower edge; Table of Distances in Mexico at the lower left corner; and border panels listing statistics of the States and Territories. . This map was issued several times from 1846-51 reflecting border changes resulting from the Mexican-American War. Ensigns [sic] and Thayer, unknown